The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL back issues from September 2007:
'Mister Roberts'
Sep 01, 2007 ... THEATER Mister Roberts' BLOOMINGTON - Community Players moves into its 85th season with astaging of the classic service comedy, "Mister Roberts," opening at7:30 p.m. Thursday with a "pay-what-you-can" preview. Regular performances are at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 7, 8, 13, 14, ...
Sunday
Sep 01, 2007 ... Sunday - Third annual "Gospel Sing in the Park" 1 to 4 p.m. atForest Preserve Park, downtown DeLand, by The Joyful Noise GospelMinistry, with special guests The Daltons, from Somerset, Ky. In caseof rain, the event will be at the Chapel of Hope. Sunday - Amy Shelton of Rantoul will ...
Leadershipconference set
Sep 01, 2007 ... Leadershipconference set BLOOMINGTON - A Children & Family Ministries LeadershipConference, "INSYNC ... Building on the Same Thing, at the Same Time,with the Same Strategy" will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 8 at ValeCommunity Church, Bloomington, with Jeff Sandstrom. Individual ...
NCHS makes its point
Sep 01, 2007; ... NORMAL - A lot of plays worked to perfection Friday night in thehighest scoring Intercity Football Doubleheader game ever betweenBloomington and Normal Community high schools. Yet, one which brokedown may have been the most pivotal in Normal Community's 47-35victory at Hancock ...
Pontiac clicks on offense,rolls past Prairie Central
Sep 01, 2007; ... PONTIAC <\ Pontiac High School football coach David Youngconstantly said his spread offense could be erratic, even admittingat times it will "take two steps forward, one step back." Friday night, it took a couple of giant steps forward. The Indian offense overmatched Prairie ...
Bell helpsWest ring upBig 12 victory
Sep 01, 2007; ... Bell's time arrives as Wildcats romp By Randy Sharer rsharer@pantagraph.com DECATUR - The blame for Normal West High School's paltry 19minutes in time of possession against Decatur Eisenhower Friday nightbelongs to Darius Bell. The junior football star ...
Brewer's4 TDs leadMahomet
Sep 01, 2007 ... Iroquois West at Georgetown-Ridge Farm, Dwight at Reed-Custer, PANTAGRAPH STAFF Mahomet-Seymour 49, Peoria Manual 0 Andrew Brewer rushed for four touchdowns as the Bulldogs blankedPeoria Manual in a nonconference game at Mahomet. Brewer, a junior halfback, scored ...
Titans drop pair in volleyball
Sep 01, 2007 ... ELMHURST - Starting three sophomores and a freshman, the IllinoisWesleyan volleyball team dropped its first two matches of the seasonFriday at the Elmhurst College Tournament. In the first match, the Titans fell to ...
Rebholz keys win for Saints
Sep 01, 2007; ... NORMAL - Central Catholic High School junior quarterback AdamRebholz didn't stay down long after throwing four interceptions lastweek in his first varsity start. His teammates wouldn't let him. "I've been telling him all week to just relax," said Saints seniorwide receiver ...
For a few hours, Iowa allows same-sex marriage
Sep 01, 2007; ... DES MOINES, Iowa - Iowa's first same-sex couple to get marriedhere tied the knot Friday in a surprise breakthrough for gay rightsadvocates in this traditionally conservative Midwestern state. As wedding ceremonies go, the Rev. Mark Stringer admits the eventhe presided over Friday ...
U High sinks Saintsin Intercity soccer
Sep 01, 2007 ... Three different players scored two goals each for University HighSchool in a 6-0 win over Central Catholic on Friday in the 11thannual Intercity Soccer Tournament at the Prairie Cities SoccerComplex in Bloomington. The Pioneers remained unbeaten at 4-0 overall and 3-1 in ...
Simeon guard makes verbal pledge to ISU
Sep 01, 2007; ... NORMAL - Kenyon Smith, a 6-foot senior point guard from ChicagoSimeon High School, announced Friday he will sign a national letterof intent with Illinois State's basketball team. Smith became the second high school recruit for new ISU coach TimJankovich. Earlier, 6-8 forward Jeremy ...
Redbird volleyballgoes 1-1 at 'Bama
Sep 01, 2007 ... After dropping a four-game morning match to Sacramento State, theIllinois State volleyball team bounced back to beat Alabama-Birmingham, 26-30, 30-17, 30-26, 30-24, in an afternoon match in the'Bama Bash at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The Redbirds fell to ...
Illinois-Missouri QB matchups too ripe to ignore
Sep 01, 2007; ... ST. LOUIS - When Illinois butts helmets with Missouri in theircollege football opener today, there will be a tendency to narrow thefocus to a battle of dynamic quarterbacks. In truth, the game could be decided by which team rises up on thedefensive side and which team avoids ...
Alleged shooter charged in Lee Street confrontation
Sep 01, 2007 ... BLOOMINGTON - Police on Friday found and arrested a 29-year-oldman accused of firing a handgun at others in a confrontation Aug. 25,leading officers to surround an apartment for nearly six hours. Officers thought Antonio E. Herron fled into the apartment in the400 block of North ...
County's alcohol sales sting snares 7 businesses
Sep 01, 2007; ... BLOOMINGTON - About half of the businesses checked sold liquor toteens in the sheriff's office's first alcohol sales sting since 1999,the sheriff said. An 18-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man were able to buyalcohol at seven of the 15 locations visited in the sting, ...
Deaths
Sep 01, 2007 ... central illinois Glenn Duginger LINCOLN - Glenn Duginger, 88, Lincoln, died Wednesday (Aug. 29,2007) at his residence.- Service: 2:30 p.m. today graveside in Richmond Grove Cemetery, NewHolland, with the Rev. Carroll Richards officiating. Visitation: none ....
Mattress eyed insuspicious blaze
Sep 01, 2007 ... PONTIAC - A suspicious blaze that badly damaged a mobile homeThursday morning in Pontiac started as a mattress fire, a firelieutenant said Friday. Pontiac Fire Lt. Scott Runyon said there was nothing near themattress that could have ignited it on its own. "It's suspicious in ...
At the end of the Lifeline
Sep 01, 2007; ... BLOOMINGTON - After providing paramedics for medical callsthroughout McLean County for two decades, Lifeline Mobile Medics isexpected to shut down the service this morning. Ambulances still will be available everywhere in the county, butthe level of training of responders will vary ...
Candidates enter judge, prosecutor races
Sep 01, 2007 ... Two people have announced they are running next year for positionsin the local legal community. Livingston judge Associate Judge Jennifer H. Bauknecht of Pontiac has announced hercandidacy for the Republican nomination for circuit judge inLivingston County. Bauknecht ...
Illinois Wesleyan knows today's opener at Coe sets the tempo' for the season
Sep 01, 2007; ... Like the rest of the seniors on the Illinois Wesleyan footballteam, nose guard Rob Hoyland has endured three consecutive 3-7seasons. Hoyland knows the turnaround has to start with today's 1 p.m.season opener against Coe at Clark Field in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. "This sets the ...
Governor signs measure on federal gun database
Sep 01, 2007; ... SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Rod Blagojevich approved legislation Fridayaimed at preventing the sale of guns to individuals who pose a threatto public safety. Crafted in the wake of last April's deadly shootings at VirginiaTech, the measure will require the state to contribute information ...
IWU essentials
Sep 01, 2007 ... Illinois Wesleyan vs. Coe Site: Clark Field, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Kickoff: 1 p.m. today Records: Season opener for both teams Coaches: IWU's Norm Eash has a 119-709-1 record entering his 21stseason at his alma mater. Coe's Erik Raeburn begins his eighth seasonat ...
Threshermen's crowd takes ride into history
Sep 01, 2007; ... PONTIAC - A visit to the 59th annual Central States Threshermen'sReunion is a journey into American's agrarian past on a dirt road. Nothing is paved at Threshermen's Park, four miles north ofPontiac on Illinois 23, and only farm fields surround the area. Even from a distance, a ...
Student sues ISU over pay
Sep 01, 2007; ... PEORIA - An Illinois State University student has filed a lawsuitin federal court claiming the school violated federal labor standardsby denying overtime pay to students working as conference assistants. Jill North, a senior business administration major, filed thelawsuit related ...
Judge dismisses lawsuit allegingsecret' election
Sep 01, 2007; ... BLOOMINGTON - A judge dismissed a complaint from a Cooksvillewoman Friday that the election of village trustees should be tossedout because local officials violated election rules. Nadene Ratcliffe filed the lawsuit in May charging that candidateselected to Village Board posts did ...
Walgreens moving north
Sep 01, 2007 ... Pantagraph/CARLOST. MIRANDA Above: Zak Hill, a mason worker, right, and Erik Henson ofLaborers Local 362, left, work Friday to build the walls for the newWalgreens in the 1400 block of North Main Street in Bloomington.Walgreen Co. demolished two businesses and four homes in August ...
Hampton Inn building hotel in Lincoln
Sep 01, 2007; ... LINCOLN - Officials in Lincoln hope a new hotel will give anotherboost to the growing community. Construction on a 64-room Hampton Inn on the west side of townnear Cracker Barrel and Interstate 55 is expected to start in about aweek, said Lynn Paulus, business manager of Hotel ...
More road work coming next week
Sep 01, 2007 ... More road work coming next week NORMAL - Motorists already trying to figure out which streets areopen will face two more obstacles next week. College Avenue between Fell Avenue and Linden Street in Normalwill be closed to through traffic for a week, beginning Tuesday,while ...
Funerals pending
Sep 01, 2007 ... Allen, Glenn W., 99, of Delavan, 8:20 p.m. Thursday (Aug. 30,2007) at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria.- Davis Mortuary,Delavan Chapel. Fischer, Robert W., 53,-of Dwight, 8:30 a.m. Monday (Aug. 27,2007) at his residence of natural causes.-Hager Memorial ...
ISU plates can be specialized
Sep 01, 2007; ... NORMAL - Drivers in Illinois soon could spy a "REDBIRD" in therearview mirror. Or they might find themselves trailing "ISU 1857" - a nod to theNormal campus' sesquicentennial - or any other number of combinationson license plates. Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White ...
For-profit group irks charities
Sep 01, 2007; ... BLOOMINGTON - Three not-for-profit agencies are concerned aclothing collection effort by a national for-profit group could put adent in their efforts to serve the Twin Cities. "We're very concerned," Home Sweet Home Ministries spokeswomanSabrina Burkiewicz said. "We're just getting ...
Working to play together
Sep 01, 2007; ... NORMAL - Fourth-grader Joharri Weatherspoon climbed onto the newplayground equipment at Fairview Elementary School for the first timeThursday morning, culminating a grass-roots effort by the school thatlasted three years. Like many of the other students, Weatherspoon and his ...
Excerpts from comments related to Opinion page material
Sep 01, 2007 ... "Judges should wash their hands of political dispute," OurViews,Aug. 29 Springfield is the home of the longest running circus in history.What was a two-ring event with Republicans and Democrats has turnedinto a three-ring extravaganza with Dems I and II. At a time when ...
Woodford County launches Web site
Sep 01, 2007; ... EUREKA - A new Woodford County Web site offers access to localgovernment services and information. The site, available at www.woodford-county.org, includes anelectronic library of County Board and committee meetings with audio.It contains contact information, biographies and links ...
The idea of doing nothing is strangely exhilarating
Sep 01, 2007; ... Saturday mornings are chore time at our house. All thestraightening and picking up that was put off earlier in the weekcan't be ignored on Saturdays. Everyone has a job to do, even thedogs. (They guard the household by barking at the vacuum cleaner.) But a few Saturdays ago, the ...
What aChore
Sep 01, 2007; ... The first fire. It's like the first caramel apple, the firstsweater, the first football game. When the time comes, you'll knowit. But before you look for the extra-long matches or flip the switchto turn on the gas, there's something you should do. Have thefireplace inspected, ...
Roll up your sleeves, labor in the garden this weekend
Sep 01, 2007 ... Labor Day weekend has arrived, signaling the end of summer, but itseems like spring came only yesterday. Many of us spend the longLabor Day weekend finishing household projects we've put off allsummer that need to be done before winter arrives. There are choresthat need to be completed ...
Illinis runs out of juice
Sep 02, 2007; ... ST. LOUIS - To be honest, Eddie McGee figured he'd spend Saturdayon the sideline, holding a clipboard and watching Juice Williamsquarterback the Illini. That's what he did every game last year as a freshman understudy. But when Williams was injured early in the second quarter, ...
Funerals today
Sep 01, 2007 ... Adair, Jacqueline, 5 p.m. celebration of life at Carmody-FlynnWilliamsburg Funeral Home, Bloomington. Deffenbaugh, Helen Darlene, 10 a.m. Mass of Christian burial atSt. Mary's Catholic Church, Pontiac. Duginger, Glenn, 2:30 p.m. graveside at Richmond Grove Cemetery,New ...
ISU's Staehlin lifts volleyball team to victory
Sep 02, 2007 ... TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Senior Kari Staehlin's 18 kills poweredIllinois State's volleyball team past host Alabama on Saturday,earning the Redbirds second place in the Bama Bash Tournament. ISU prevailed 30-28, 19-30, 30-21, 30-18 to up its overall recordto 5-2. Staehlin and setter Erin ...
Are chickenfarms incross hairs?
Sep 02, 2007; ... In 28 years of raising chickens, Virgil Shockley has had his shareof worries, from bird disease to pollution. But nothing prepared himfor the latest concern sweeping the poultry industry: Local farmscould be deemed terrorist targets by the U.S. government. "Out here?'' Shockley ...
Graham rides horseto team penning title
Sep 02, 2007 ... AMARILLO, Texas - Bloomington resident R. Joseph Graham and hishorse, San Jack Wimpy, captured the world champion team penning titleat the American Quarter Horse Association Bayer Select WorldChampionship ...
Penalties sting Red Devils as loss to Knox extends streak
Sep 02, 2007; ... EUREKA - Eureka College football coach Dan Sullivan preached tohis team about a change of culture, making them believe a victory wasnear. The wait continues. Despite rushing for 145 yards, the Red Devils saw their losingstreak reach 18 games in a 33-14 season-opening loss to ...
Butson, Titans trip Elmhurst in volleyball
Sep 02, 2007 ... Katie Butson tallied 18 kills as Illinois Wesleyan's women'svolleyball team beat host Elmhurst College, 30-17, 30-18, 30-24 onSaturday to earn its second win on the final day of the ElmhurstTournament. In their first match, the Titans (2-2) needed all five games andeach of ...
Man to man: Group looks inward to stop violence
Sep 02, 2007; ... BLOOMINGTON - Every week, Jim Strauss talks to more than two dozenmen who have abused women or children. As part of his job as a licensed clinical professional counselor,he sees men who are so angry they can't sit in the group. "They stormout," he said. Later, some men may ...
English, U High capture own golf invitational
Sep 02, 2007 ... Freshman Lauren English shot a second-round 75 Saturday and earnedmedalist honors in the two-day Pioneer Invitational, leading the hostUniversity High School girls golf team to the championship of the 15-team tournament at the Weibring Golf Club at Illinois State. English had a ...
Summernationals champ Erb wins Farmer City 50
Sep 02, 2007 ... FARMER CITY - Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville continued his red-hot summer Friday night by claiming the $5,000 first prize in theFarmer City 50 at Farmer City Raceway. Erb, the reigning UMP Summernationals late model champion, wasfollowed across the finish line by Wes Steidinger ...
Special teams betray Titans
Sep 02, 2007 ... CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - This wasn't the start the Illinois Wesleyanfootball team was hoping for. Coe blocked two punts, and two-way ironman Tommy Breitbachreturned a punt and an interception for touchdowns Saturday to liftthe Kohawks to a 24-6 season-opening win over the Titans at ...
U High tops West for crown
Sep 02, 2007; ... All University High School had to do Saturday to win the IntercitySoccer Tournament was tie Normal West. With the game tied at 2-2 and 17:14 left, the Pioneers could haveplayed conservatively to secure the trophy. "That's not what we're shooting for," said U High coach ...
Restorations proudly on display at reunion
Sep 02, 2007; ... PONTIAC - A fourth-generation blacksmith shares the finer pointsof the craft. The smell of smoke and chug of a steam engine mingle with thedramatic sounds created by a saw musician. A chain saw rips through wood at the hands of an artist. These aren't everyday sights, ...
Funerals pending
Sep 02, 2007 ... Homann, Charles L. "Louie," 68, of 2103 Summerfield Blvd.,Bloomington, 7:35 a.m. Saturday (Sept. 1, 2007) at ManorCare HealthServices, Normal. Calvert & Metzler Memorial ...
Vanrheeden, Hansenlead Tremont to win
Sep 01, 2007 ... J.D. Vanrheeden rushed for a team-high 79 yards and scored twotouchdowns, and Luke Hansen kicked a pair of field goals as theTremont High School football team notched its first victory with a 34-8 Heart of Illinois Conference win at Gibson City on Friday night. Vanrheeden scored on ...
Stinde powersNo. 8 Lexington to-in over LeRoy
Sep 01, 2007; ... ByRandy Reinhardt rreinhardt@pantagraph.com LEXINGTON - T.J. Stinde's impact on Friday's Heart of IllinoisConference football game was immediate. It also had staying power. The Lexington High School sophomore's 95-yard return of theopening kickoff was only the ...
Community
Sep 02, 2007 ... MOnday Community- Bloomington Labor Day Parade, "Save the AmericanDream"; 10 a.m., from Center and Madison streets, west on FrontStreet to Lee Street, south on Lee to Wood Street and west on Wood toMiller Park. Picnic for union members at Miller Park Pavilion.Admission to picnic: ...
Letters
Sep 02, 2007 ... Use extra care when driving in rural areas During this time of year, driving in rural areas is extremelydangerous. Tall corn blocking a drivers' view is a definite problem. Farmers will soon be traveling the roads, harvesting their cropswith their large machinery. Tall corn ...
Changes to b-N trashpickup set for holiday
Sep 02, 2007 ... BLOOMINGTON - Bloomington and Normal have set trash and recyclingcollection schedules for Labor Day. In Bloomington, garbage and recyclable materials are collected asscheduled every business day of the year, with the exception of onlytwo days: Labor Day and Christmas. They ...
Locked-intuition a hit for some
Sep 02, 2007; ... SPRINGFIELD - Kelly Lambert faced a choice many high schoolseniors and their parents have to make. Should she take two years of classes at a community college, wheretuition is less costly than at a four-year university? Or should she jump straight from her home in Joliet to ...
Community Action agency settles in at new location
Sep 02, 2007; ... BLOOMINGTON - Mid Central Community Action, located for decades onEast Grove Street, has moved to a new location that should be moreconvenient for clients and staff. There will be more room for programming and parking at its newspace at 1301 W. Washington St., said Executive ...
Pair honored forpolitical engagement
Sep 02, 2007 ... ILLINOIS STATE Pair honored for political engagement NORMAL - Two Illinois State University professors will becomenational role models for how to teach college students to bepolitically engaged. Bob Bradley and Stephen Hunt have been named Carnegie ...
Funerals today
Sep 02, 2007 ... Yergler, Max L., 12:30 p.m. at ...
Labor Day occasion to commemorate lost railroad workers
Sep 02, 2007; ... BLOOMINGTON - On Feb. 25, 1921, "death came fantastic with horror"when a storage tank explosion tossed Harold Downey's whirling,lifeless body 200 feet into the air. A Chicago & Alton Railroadboilermaker, Downey's fatal accident reminds us of the untold numberof railroad workers who lost ...
From here to the world
Sep 02, 2007; ... BLOOMINGTON - Among the fake teenagers pouring their hearts out toa webcam and beauty pageant contestants embarrassing themselves,there is a man calling himself Johnny Firefly alleging racialhypocrisy in Bloomington-Normal. In a 7-minute clip on the popular video-sharing Web site ...
Divorces
Sep 02, 2007 ... The following divorces were finalized last week in McLean CountyCircuit Court: Miles, Steven S. and Keri A. Rowe, Gene Clifford and Lisa Marie Stabe, Matthew John and Laura Margaret Fowler, Keith ...
Colleges are ground zero of revolution
Sep 02, 2007; ... NORMAL - In spring 2006, Mike Macfadden and his Illinois StateUniversity lacrosse teammates did something the club had never donebefore: They beat the University of Illinois. U of I boasted of its exploits over the years, Macfadden said,even posting a highlight reel on the Web that ...