The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL back issues from July 2007:
"Go Fish" is the sermon series concluding today. [Derived headline]
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Illinois waits for someone to blink in Springfield
Jul 01, 2007; ... It's July 1. Do you know where your local lawmaker is? Usually, by now, most people don't give a hoot where Joe Senatoris hanging out because the General Assembly has already completed itsbusiness for the summer and lawmakers have headed home to spend timemarching in parades and ...
An unforgettablefireworks show
Jul 01, 2007; ... BLOOMINGTON - Fourth of July fireworks were never the same forClark Taminger and Bill Bartosik after July 5, 1957. The Twin City men were among about 2,500 Marines tucked intotrenches not far from where a nuclear weapon was detonated at a testsite in the Nevada desert. They felt ...
Theater award
Jul 01, 2007 ... Awards Theater award BLOOMINGTON - Impressive Home Theaters Inc., 403 Bronco Drive,Suite 3, Bloomington, has been awarded the Home Theater of the YearAward - Runner Up in the $25,000-$50,000 category by Electronic HouseMagazine. The company was recognized for the ...
OmahahandlesExtreme
Jul 01, 2007; ... OMAHA, Neb. - Quarterback Dusty Burk's second visit in two monthsto play his former team didn't turn out nearly as well as he hadhoped. In fact, it was downright painful. Burk, who didn't practice all week due to a strained abdomen, wasclearly suffering Saturday night after the ...
Feisty' soldier was proud of her service
Jul 01, 2007; ... MOUNT ZION - For several minutes on a beautiful Saturdayafternoon, almost nothing moved along the four miles of Illinois 121through Mount Zion nor the three-mile stretch of U.S. 36 leadingeastward. Almost nothing but the multitude of U.S. flags as varied as thepeople who stood ...
Community
Jul 01, 2007 ... Monday Community- Reservations due, Veterans' appreciation breakfast; 8a.m. July 14, Knights of Columbus Hall, Morton. Hosted by TazewellCounty Republicans. Veterans, free; non-veterans, $10. Call (309) 353-8467 by July 10.- Reservations needed for picnic for families whohave ...
Miller-Ginnetti reunite,claim three-stroke lead
Jul 01, 2007; ... Miller-Ginnetti reunite, fire 64 for three-stroke lead By Jim Benson jbenson@pantagraph.com NORMAL - Stacey Miller has packed the Illinois Women's StateAmateur, Lee Enterprises Signature Cup and Country Youth Classic intothe last two weeks. She might be in need of a ...
Truants, uninsured targeted
Jul 01, 2007; ... SPRINGFIELD - Illinois motorists who don't insure their cars couldfind themselves without wheels under one of a handful of new statelaws going into effect today. The measure, which would require motorists convicted of drivingwithout insurance to lose their licenses for three ...
New TV law's topbackers got bigAT&T support
Jul 01, 2007; ... SPRINGFIELD - As AT&T was lobbying this year for a controversialoverhaul of Illinois' pay television laws, it was donating tens ofthousands of dollars to the state lawmakers who would ultimatelyapprove the measure, records show. A St. Louis Post-Dispatch review of campaign data ...
New alertness atCIRA after strike
Jul 01, 2007 ... BLOOMINGTON - Central Illinois Regional Airport security officialswill pay extra attention to the airport's front drive after a burningvehicle rammed a Scottish airport Saturday and two car bombs werefound on Friday in London. "Rules are already that you cannot leave a vehicle ...
Police work onleads in robberyat McDonald's
Jul 01, 2007; ... LeROY - People questioned after a standoff Friday at a Champaignhotel ended up not being connected to the McDonald's robbery thatmorning in LeRoy, police said Saturday. One man in that standoff has been arrested in connection with theThursday night burglary of a McDonald's ...
Settingit right
Jul 01, 2007 ... Local Sibley accident - Jason Bunting, 30, of rural Cabery was involvedin a car ...
Salary hikes OK'd for Olympia teachers
Jul 01, 2007; ... STANFORD - Teachers in the Olympia school district will receivesalary increases averaging 3.9 percent, according to the terms of anew contract agreement. The settlement between the Olympia Board of Education and OlympiaEducation Association was announced in a statement from both ...
Sweating for kids' sake
Jul 01, 2007; ... LeROY - The children of LeRoy will have a new park to play in,thanks to a donation from a LeRoy family and volunteers whoconstructed playground equipment Saturday at Falcon Ridge Park. The subdivision park project was part of the town's CommunityBuild and Parks and Playground Work ...
Funerals pending
Jul 01, 2007 ... Bertram, Peggy, 68,-of Forrest, 2:05 p.m. Saturday (June 30, 2007)at her residence in Forrest. Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, ...
Wurth-Thomas takes second in Ireland meet
Jul 01, 2007 ... MARDYKE, Ireland - Bloomington native Christin Wurth-Thomas placedsecond in the 1,500-meter run at the Cork City Sports Track and FieldMeet Saturday, ...
Deaths
Jul 01, 2007 ... Central-Illinois Ethel Cox LINCOLN - Ethel Leona Smith Cox, 102, of Lincoln went home to theLord at 3:08 a.m. Saturday (June 30, 2007) at Prairie Village,Rantoul. A celebration of life service will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday atBeason United Methodist Church, Beason. The ...
Ed Boyer plucks the weeds from his bushes... [Derived headline]
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Fight the bite: Join the swatteam to fight West Nile virus
Jul 02, 2007; ... Celebrations of patriotism, freedom and independence often includebackyard barbecues, pool parties and fireworks. These Fourth of Julyfestivities signify the official arrival of summer. Unfortunately,with Independence Day and its outdoor activities comes another signof summer _ the ...
New feature puts fresh focus on participation sports
Jul 01, 2007; ... What games do you play? Do you walk? Run? Volley? Climb? Hike?Skate? Check? Or checkmate? Whatever it is that keeps you active, whereever it is you get acompetitive fix and an adrenaline rush, the Pantagraph sports sectionhas a redesigned and refocused home for participation ...
Fire started onapartment balcony
Jul 01, 2007 ... Police, fire, rescue Fire started on apartment balcony BLOOMINGTON - Bloomington firefighters rapidly doused a fire thatstarted on an apartment balcony Friday evening. The fire call around 8:30 p.m. was to 1906 Tracy Drive. Firefighters said hot embers or ash may ...
New superintendent ready to start
Jul 01, 2007; ... NORMAL - Gary Niehaus expects his Monday to be much like Fridaywas - except he will have the title of Unit 5 school superintendent. Niehaus has been preparing for a double transition, handing overhis title as superintendent of the Charleston school district andassuming leadership ...
Game Time Gym Gold sweeps past Thrashers
Jul 01, 2007 ... Strong pitching and the hot bat of Harold Riggins carried the BNBAGame Time Gym Gold 18-under travel baseball team to a sweep of theIndianapolis Thrashers Saturday in a wood-bat doubleheader at RedbirdField in Normal. Zack Watkins (4-0) and Brad Jahnke combined on a three-hitter ...
It won't be a goon league,' IHL says
Jul 01, 2007; ... BLOOMINGTON - Three months before its six teams hit the ice, thenewly resurrected International Hockey League continues to be thesubject of whispers and innuendo regarding its long-term viability. In the meantime, IHL officials have become master spin doctors inan attempt to woo ...
Letters
Jul 01, 2007 ... Unraveling Bush deeds will take a lot of time Back in the early 1920s, the Walsh Committee took over a year tountangle the Teapot Dome scandal, and Congress took about as long toinvestigate profiteering on World War I munitions and militaryhardware contracts. Those, indeed, ...
Cemeteries offer links to Spirit of'76
Jul 01, 2007; ... BLOOMINGTON - McLean County is far-off from Bunker Hill, Yorktownand other battlefields of the Revolutionary War, a distance measurednot only in miles but also time. In fact, the first wave of whitesettlers did not begin arriving in what would become McLean Countyuntil the mid- to late ...
Youths make difference on State Farm board
Jul 01, 2007; ... BLOOMINGTON - When Jessica Moran recalled how her senior year ofhigh school was smashed by Hurricane Katrina, it still brought tearsto her eyes, but she swallowed them and talked about how she plans tohelp her former neighbors in Mississippi. Cedric Riley, 18, got off to a shaky ...
Old grocery becoming multipurpose entertainment center in Wenona
Jul 01, 2007; ... WENONA - Jim Dale looked around his town of 950 people and foundno movie house, banquet hall or even a stage for musical events. Thatis when he decided to turn an old grocery store into all of theabove, complete with a marquee. "It will be an entertainment center," he said, ...
Adult fiction
Jul 01, 2007 ... Adult fiction Normal Public Library Burning Bright, Tracy Chevalier; TheNavigator, Clive Cussler; American Outrage, Tim Green Spare Change,Robert B. Parker. Bloomington Public Library The Mickey Mantle Novel, PeterGolenbock; A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini; Free ...
Nuclear History 101
Jul 01, 2007 ... Nuclear History 101 Following are key dates in U.S. nuclear testing and technology: June 1942: The United States begins nuclear development program,the Manhattan Project. Experiments at the University of Chicagohelped advance understanding of atomic theory. July 16, ...
10 books
Jul 01, 2007 ... 10books July is National Grilling Month. Here are some books to get youcooking. "Al Roker's Big Bad Book of Barbecue" by Al Roker "Book of Electric Grilling" by Lesley Mackley, Anne Sheasby "George Foreman's Big Book of Grilling, Barbecue, and Rotisserie"by ...
Area communities readyto celebrate the Fourth
Jul 01, 2007 ... Central Illinois will celebrate the Fourth of July with a varietyof events and activities through Wednesday. Today Hopedale: Dinner-entertainment today. Tuesday: flea market, foodand games. Wednesday: parade, lineup 9 a.m., Main and Railroad;judging, 9:30 a.m.; step off, 10 ...
Bankruptcies
Jul 01, 2007 ... The following bankruptcies were filed in Danville, Peoria andSpringfield from June 20 to June 26: Randy Shawn Cowman, Clinton - assets, $280; liabilities, $16,272. Clara D. Owens, Bloomington - assets, $3,373.20; liabilities,$6,450.10. Mitchell D. Allen and Laura M ....
McLean County
Jul 01, 2007 ... McLean County Darrin Robert Vaughan and Ashley Elisabeth Weber, both of Normal. Charles Edward Person and Michele Lynn Tuggle, both ofBloomington. Travis Eugene Waterman and Allie Lynn Wray, both of Colfax. Charles Allan Bruno and Donna Jean Maaks, both of ...
Governor shouldn't fly high when budget is grounded
Jul 01, 2007 ... Use, misuse or overuse of state aircraft by the governor and otherstate officials is not the real issue. Those practices are onlysymptoms of a larger problem - one of attitude, not altitude. Some government officials, particularly the governor, seem to havemisplaced their ...
Divorces
Jul 01, 2007 ... The following divorces were finalized last week in McLean CountyCircuit Court: Northcutt, William Russell and Christine Sue Dobbs, Jeffrey Ryan and Wendy Jean Bright, Terry L. and Serena L. Phares, ...
State needs to step up, take careof elderly in long-term care facilities
Jul 01, 2007; ... It's all about health care for seniors. Many are unable to pay forthat care on their own and those who can, pay more because the stateof Illinois does not adequately reimburse long-term care facilitiesfor care provided to Medicaid recipients. Today you hear a lot about expanding ...
Major detours
Jul 01, 2007; ... BLOOMINGTON - Lauri DeVault learned a lot about science, nutritionand food in college - none of which have anything to do with her jobat Country Insurance & Financial Services today. Maybe the main thing the Bloomington woman learned in her fouryears as a foods and nutrition major ...
Sights, sounds, tastes flavor Chicago fest
Jul 01, 2007; ... CHICAGO - The largest Midwest food festival is under way atChicago's Taste of Chicago. Planners in 1980 hoped 75,000 would attend what was then a one-day event. The actual number was closer to a quarter of a million. The 2006 Taste of Chicago drew 3.5 million to the city's ...
Siring aa congregation Church plant has big plans
Jul 01, 2007; ... At a recent Sunday church service at Lifepointe Church, TimFerrill quoted Chicago-area mega-church leader Bill Hybels, whowrites about leaving the comfort of a Christian circle, entering the"zone of the unknown" and creating a new circle. The local link to Hybels' book, titled ...
Expert offers tips for discouraging brave coyotes
Jul 01, 2007 ... Here's the first edition of a new feature called "Ask theExperts." The idea is for readers to send questions on a variety oftopics, from outdoor sports like fishing and hunting to bikes,physical fitness, nature and more. I'll find experts who can answerthem. I received a number ...
AirTran givingaway Vegas trip
Jul 01, 2007; ... AirTran giving away Vegas trip Win a trip to Las Vegas for yourself and seven friends fromAirTran Airways now through July 7. The promotion marks AirTran's seven new routes to Las Vegas,including the one starting from Central Illinois Regional Airport inBloomington in ...
Paris loses ... Cubs box ... eagles produce a goose egg
Jul 01, 2007; ... COLUMN DIARY, a check of big headlines, small wonders and otherworldly events: June 2007 1. Chicago Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrono slugs his catcher in thedugout.-Brings new meaning to phrase "assault and battery." 2. Milk catches up to gasoline in unfortunate race to see ...
Pedalingscenery
Jul 01, 2007; ... CHICAGO - David Jansen made a sharp turn in his life after hepedaled alone across America five years ago. He had ridden his touring bicycle to Morro Bay, Calif., afterdipping its wheels in the Atlantic Ocean near Savannah, Ga. The triptook two and a half months. "I could ...
Chiefs rally falls short
Jul 02, 2007 ... PEORIA <\ The Peoria Chiefs fell behind early and dropped a 4-2decision to the Burlington Bees on Sunday afternoon at O'Brien Field. Burlington scored single runs in the first, second, fifth andsixth innings to put the Chiefs (6-5 in second half, 37-43 overall)into a ...
Gold bats powersweep of Watseka
Jul 02, 2007 ... The BNBA Game Time Gym Gold erupted for 34 runs in a doubleheadersweep of host Watseka in under-18 travel baseball Sunday. Cody Gilles doubled and drove in three runs to lead the Gold to an8-1 win in the first game. Alex Buck had three hits while CoryPhillips, Tyler Cook, Harold ...
Friedman netsfeature winat Fairbury
Jul 02, 2007 ... Daren Friedman of Forrest passed Ryan Dauber of Tonica with sevenlaps to go to claim the late model feature Saturday night at FairburyAmerican Legion Speedway. The feature win was Friedman's first of the season at Fairbury. Following him to the finish line were Scott Bull of ...
Deaths
Jul 02, 2007 ... Central Illinois Janet M. Bauer CISSNA PARK <\ Janet M. Bauer, 71, of Cissna Park died at 9:10a.m. Saturday (June 30, 2007) at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Service: 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Johns Lutheran Church, Ash Grove,with the Rev. Kevin Wendorf officiating ....
Funerals pending
Jul 02, 2007 ... Bill, K. Richard, 80, of Dearborn, Mich., Sunday (July 1, 2007) atOak Wood Hospital Dearborn, Mich. Calvert & Metzler Memorial Home,Bloomington. Gordon, Ronald, 66, of Minier, 7:11 p.m. Saturday (June 30, ...
Substation rolls out welcome mat
Jul 02, 2007; ... SAYBROOK<\ Fresh from starting his new job at the sheriff's newsubstation in Saybrook, Deputy Laurin Bartlemay was given anotherimportant task in the village Sunday:parade marshal. Bartlemay waved to Saybrook residents from his squad car duringthe village's Freedom Festival parade, ...
Unfilled U.S. attorney posts in limbo
Jul 02, 2007; ... FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS - There may be no end in sight to the U.S.attorney's limbo in Southern Illinois, with the White Houseapparently finding no luck hiring someone for a short-term job. And Southern Illinois isn't alone. Of 93 U.S. attorney offices inthe nation, 23 - almost 25 percent ...
Miller, Ginetti unseat Clark, Peterson in Two-Woman
Jul 02, 2007; ... NORMAL - The twisting and turning of Chris Clark's body pleadedfor her putt on No. 17 to trickle into the cup. The disappointment on her face after the putt told the wholestory. After tying first-round leaders Stacey Miller and Michelle Ginettion No. 16 at Ironwood Golf ...
Letters
Jul 02, 2007 ... Program aimed at sheep is fleecing America Beware livestock producers! The National Animal IdentificationSystem and Scrapie Eradication Program are at your back door. It'srunning rampant mostly in Illinois and Ohio. Both ideas are illegal and unethical, but government people ...
Ford County Fairto put Web to work
Jul 02, 2007; ... MELVIN <\ This year, the Ford County Fair is at everyone'sfingertips at www.fordcountyfair.org. The fair offers a variety of events from July 8 through 14 at theMelvin fairground. A complete schedule with details of each evening'sactivities is available on the Web site. Information ...
Road updates
Jul 02, 2007 ... Bloomington-Normal 1. Lincoln Street between Veterans Parkway and Capen Drive will beclosed until the end of July for rehabilitation. 2. Washington Street in Downs will be closed until July 3 forpavement work. 3. Various streets in uptown Normal are affected by the ...
History showcased at Ford County Museum
Jul 02, 2007; ... PAXTON - You can get a sneak preview of the new Ford County Museumfrom 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday as members of Ford County HistoricalSociety welcome the public before an official grand opening in thefall.- "This is a beginning," explained Ed Karr of Paxton, president ofthe historical ...
Futures Unlimited opening work site in Dwight
Jul 02, 2007; ... PONTIAC - The bumpy bus ride from her group home in Dwight toFutures Unlimited in Pontiac soon will be a thing of the past forJeannie Johnson. The result? Johnson, who can spend nearly two hours round-trip onthe bus, will have more time for center activities. "We're bringing ...
Wellness Clinics
Jul 02, 2007 ... ANNOUNCEMENTS Wellness Clinics PONTIAC - Livingston County Public Health Department in Pontiacwill host wellness clinics on July 10 and July 24. Blood pressure screenings, metabolic syndrome screenings and bloodchemistry profiles will be available. Prostate cancer ...
Inline's top wheel
Jul 02, 2007; ... BLOOMINGTON - When her son was 7 years old, Sheril Donahue wasdesperate to find a remedy for his rowdiness. "She was on the verge of having me take Ritalin," Austin Donahuesaid. This was after he tried football. "That wasn't working," he said. She searched the ...
Tumbling & Trampoline
Jul 02, 2007 ... TUMBLING & TRAMPOLINE USTA National Championships AT DAYTONA, FLA. JUNE 19-23 GYMASTICS ETC. AND RISING STARS ACADEMY TUMBLING Sub-novice girls-Emily Coddington, 7th Sub-novice boys-Brock Gottschalk, 4th Sub-novice boys-John Hanten, ...
U.S. Merchant Marine
Jul 02, 2007 ... U.S. Merchant Marine NORMAL - Benjamin Sanders of Normal graduated June 18 from theU.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y. At the academy's 71st commencement, Sanders received a ThirdAssistant Engineer's merchant marine license. Midshipman Sanders wasadditionally ...
Bloomington
Jul 02, 2007 ... BLOOMINGTON Trunk Bay Construction, Bloomington, issued a permit June 27 for$210,000 house, 2717 Piney Run. Kaisner Homes, Bloomington, issued a permit June 27 for $200,000house, 1318 Wicklow Drive. Hollywood Home Builders, Chatham, issued permits June 25 ...
Funerals today
Jul 02, 2007 ... Bressner, Marjorie E., 11 a.m. at McDowell United MethodistChurch. Camden, Hazel O. "Nanny", 1:30 p.m. at Fricke-Calvert-SchraderFuneral Home, Mount Pulaski. Forman, Jeanette, 1 p.m ....
CISA 90 wins soccer tourney
Jul 02, 2007 ... CISA 90 wins soccer tourney Bradley University's Central Illinois Soccer Academy U-17 boysteam, CISA 90, won the Muscatine Summer Classic soccer tournamentheld June 23-24 in Muscatine, Iowa. After being tied 1-1 in regulation and overtime periods in thesemifinal, CISA 90 ...