The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL back issues from March 2008:
What is God's role in your daily life?
Mar 01, 2008; ... Here we are: March 1. Two months of 2008 are already history ...The decisions and actions you have made in the past have helped tocreate your "now." And each decision in your "now" is defining andcreating your "tomorrow." So, if you are looking for a "better tomorrow," today is the ...
Texas position
Mar 01, 2008 ... Texas position DALLAS - The Rev. Nicole Diane Bates, a Bloomington native, hasreceived a call as an associate pastor for education and adultministry at Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church. The hiring is expected to be finalized today by a GracePresbytery vote, ...
Olympia topples Saints in sectional final
Mar 01, 2008; ... By Jim Benson jbenson@pantagraph.com PETERSBURG - Colt Stroud might have been worried a couple weeksago. Not Friday night. When Central Catholic cut Olympia's lead to two points early inthe fourth quarter of the Class 2A Petersburg Porta Sectionalchampionship game, ...
Extreme left without an opponent
Mar 01, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - Brian Cremer heard the news Friday night aftersettling into his seat at U.S. Cellular Coliseum with his wife andthree young children. The scheduled exhibition game between the Bloomington Extreme andthe Rock River Raptors was canceled after the Rockford-based ...
Normal West edges BHS
Mar 01, 2008; ... LINCOLN - Todd Albert didn't expect to have the basketball backin his hands so soon. Still, the Normal West High School seniorguard knew what to do with it. Albert took a quick return pass from teammate Sean Seibring,drove to the baseline and hit a fade-away jumper with 5.6 ...
Streator falls to Kankakeein Pontiac 3A regional final
Mar 01, 2008 ... PONTIAC - Joe Lightfoot scored 28 points to pace Kankakee HighSchool to a 68-53 victory over Streator on Friday night in thechampionship game of the Pontiac Class 3A Regional BasketballTournament. Lightfoot hit 5 of 7 from ...
IWU saves itself at foul line
Mar 01, 2008; ... ROCK ISLAND - Illinois Wesleyan was the worst free-throw shootingteam in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin. In the regular season, that is. The postseason began Friday andso did IWU's new-found ability to hit clutch free throws. The Titans connected on 10 of 12 ...
Bunnies hopping to firstsuper-sectional appearance
Mar 01, 2008; ... CHAMPAIGN - Jared Hayden tried to put the words together, but themoment left the Fisher High School guard almost speechless. Making history will do that to a person. For the first time in school history, Fisher captured a sectionaltitle after a 53-37 victory over GCMS in the ...
Sheehan, IWU scorchElmhurst in semifinal
Mar 01, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - For three minutes in the second half, IllinoisWesleyan's Claire Sheehan caught fire and burned Elmhurst. The streak, which started with 14 minutes left and the top-seeded Titans up by one point, ignited IWU to a 78-57 semifinalvictory in the College Conference of ...
NCHS tops Ottawafor 4A regional title
Mar 01, 2008 ... MINOOKA - It was all about defense for coach Dave Witzig's teamFriday night. Normal Community High School got the message early as the Ironmenheld Ottawa to just five points in the first eight minutes and wenton to sink the Pirates, 55-43, to win the Class 4A Minooka ...
Lincoln Christian women fall in regional semis
Mar 01, 2008 ... DUBUQUE, Iowa - Despite a game-high 16 points from DanielleSnider, the Lincoln Christian College women's basketball team fellto Grace Bible College, 64-52, in the semifinals of the NCCAAMidwest regionals on Friday. The Angels fell ...
Big inning propels ISU baseball over Hoosiers
Mar 01, 2008 ... The Illinois State baseball team used a five-run sixth inning torally back after blowing a three-run lead and defeat IndianaUniversity, 12-5, in the first game of the Austin Peay Invitationalat Clarksville, Tenn., on Friday. ISU (2-2) pounded out 17 hits as the Redbirds got two or ...
Thunder road woes continue vs. Komets
Mar 01, 2008 ... FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Saddled with the International Hockey League'sworst road record, the Bloomington Prairie Thunder knew the lastthing they wanted when stepping onto the Allen County War Memorialice to face the front-running Fort Wayne Komets was to play frombehind. The Komets, ...
Amid down seaasons, Illinois, Iowa plan another memorable matchulp
Mar 01, 2008; ... IOWA CITY, Iowa - Over the years, Illinois and Iowa have wagedsome meaningful and memorable battles in Big Ten Conferencebasketball. Conference titles have been on the line, great players have beenin the lineup and talked-about matchups have produced results thathave endured for ...
3 Titans named all-CCIW; Smith tabbed coach of year
Mar 01, 2008 ... BLOOMINGTON - Illinois Wesleyan junior guard Mallory Heydorn waschosen to the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin firstteam, and coach Mia Smith was named coach of the year on Friday. Senior guards Sarah Bull and Crystal Dye were named to the secondteam. It was ...
Pontiac's Timmerman finds third time is charm
Mar 01, 2008; ... NORMAL - Three-time Country Insurance 3-Point Showdown statequalifier Ashley Timmerman parlayed her wealth of experience into aClass 3A state title Friday at Redbird Arena. The Pontiac High School senior sank 10 of 15 attempts to finishahead of Bethalto Civic Memorial's Katie ...
Marshall ends Notre Dame's perfection
Mar 01, 2008; ... with Associated Press NORMAL - Most observers may have thought the Class 3A statetournament semifinal between Chicago Marshall and Quincy Notre Damehigh schools was meant to determine which girls basketball team wasbetter Friday. Not so. "In the end, the game was a ...
ISU ailmsto protect2nd seed
Mar 01, 2008; ... CARBONDALE - Don't worry. Illinois State's basketball team plansto show up at 7:30 p.m. today at sold-out SIU Arena. "Someone told us we need to call the Salukis and forfeit thatgame, I think that was on TV, because no one wins at Southern," saidISU guard Boo Richardson. "It was ...
Efforts to build coal plant continue
Mar 01, 2008; ... SPRINGFIELD - Talks aimed at beginning construction of a long-stalled coal power plant in Taylorville continue, but a resolutionthat would green-light the project has eluded developers so far. Nebraska-based developer Tenaska has been trying to build the$2.5 billion Taylorville ...
Redbird essentials
Mar 01, 2008 ... Redbird essentials Illinois State vs. Southern Illinois Time: 7:30 p.m. Site: SIU Arena, Carbondale Television Fox Sports Midwest, Comcast Sportsnet Chicago Radio: WJBC-AM (1230), WJEZ-FM (98.9) Records Illinois State 21-8, 12-5 MVC; Southern ...
Deaths
Mar 01, 2008 ... central illinois E. Alberta Hahn TOLUCA - E. Alberta Hahn, 92, Toluca, died at 12:20 a.m. Thursday(Feb. 28, 2008) at Apostolic Christian Home of Eureka. A Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Ann'sCatholic Church, Toluca, with Father James Kretz ...
Cold comfort on opening day
Mar 01, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - Four-year-old Megan Wilder shivered in her jacket. Her brother, Tommy Wilder, 6, thought he'd be OK without hiscoat. But he soon changed his mind. Sister Alex Wilder, 8, said her fingers were cold. And brothersCorey Wilder, 13, and Andy Wilder, 11, were buried in ...
Heartland show
Mar 01, 2008 ... ART Heartland show NORMAL - The Heartland Community College Faculty Art Exhibitionwill open Monday in the Academic Support Center on campus with areception from 6 to 8 p.m. The show will remain on view through March 28. Featured will be works in painting, ...
Constant snow cover can lead to mold for grass
Mar 01, 2008; ... As wave after wave of snow keeps pelting Central Illinois, I amwondering if the resulting persistent snow cover in some areas maylead to the formation of grass snow mold. Snow molds are cold-tolerant fungi that grow at freezing or near-freezing temperatures.These molds can damage ...
Hale fifth in national tourney
Mar 01, 2008 ... WRESTLING Hale fifth in national tourney Lincoln College sophomore Justin Hale, a Bloomington High Schoolgraduate, placed fifth last weekend in the NJCAA National WrestlingTournament at Rochester, Minn. Hale earned All-America honors for the second straight ...
Excerpts from comments related to Opinion page material
Mar 01, 2008 ... "Make NRA pay when someone kills with gun," YourViews, Feb. 25 What happened to personal responsibility? Why should anymanufacturer have to pay for the misuse of their products? By yourlogic the Stanley Corp. should pay if someone beats someone's headin with a hammer that they made ...
Too much shared information has become horrifying norm
Mar 01, 2008; ... Why is it people today have a need to reveal the most personaland intimate details of their lives? All you have to do is turn on the television to see people ontalk shows discussing every facet of their sex lives (or lackthereof). Go online and you find people in chat rooms ...
Community Calendar
Mar 01, 2008 ... Sunday - Ashley Getz of Normal will be special guest at 6 p.m. atthe Cowboy Church, First Christian Church, Farmer City. March 8 - Joe Pearles of Nashville, Tenn., will sing "easy-listening Gospel music with a touch of Country" at 7 p.m. at ParkUnited Methodist Church, Bloomington ....
Gov.'s office gives in on subpoenas
Mar 01, 2008; ... SPRINGFIELD - Just two days before his former top fundraiser andadviser is scheduled to stand trial on federal fraud charges, Gov.Rod Blagojevich's office released two grand jury subpoenas it hadpreviously refused to make public. The administration, which has fought to keep federal ...
Seneca murder case held up on psychiatrists
Mar 01, 2008 ... OTTAWA - Keith Mackowiak, who is accused of murdering an elderlySeneca couple, will have at least another two weeks before LaSalleCounty Judge H. Chris Ryan decides if he is fit to stand trial. The Seneca man is charged with killing Aloysius Twardowski, 84,and his wife, Catherine, ...
Man, 22, hurt inattack in Normal
Mar 01, 2008 ... POLICE, FIRE, RESCUE Man, 22, hurt inattack in Normal NORMAL - A 22-year-old man suffered multiple facial injuries inan attack that left him unconscious, a Normal police report said. The victim, who couldn't provide a description of the suspects,said he remembered ...
Man sought on cocaine charges
Mar 01, 2008 ... BLOOMINGTON - Police are asking for the public's help in findinga 30-year-old suburban Chicago man accused of selling cocaine inMcLean County. Yosawn O. Gray, last of Matteson, is 5 feet 11 inches tall,weighs 190 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes. He is wanted ona ...
No prison leniency for teen in carjacking
Mar 01, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - The 16-year prison term for a Bloomington teenconvicted in a carjacking will not be reduced, a McLean County judgeruled Friday. Al C. Summers, 16, pleaded guilty to armed robbery in Novemberand was sentenced to 16 years behind bars. He is serving thesentence in a ...
Planned Parenthood combining affiliates
Mar 01, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - A Central Illinois family-planning agency ismerging with its affiliates throughout the state in a move thatwon't hurt services at clinics in Bloomington and Clinton,administrators said. Planned Parenthood of East Central Illinois will consolidatetoday with the four ...
Man pleads not guilty indeadly Riley Drive shootings
Mar 01, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - A Bloomington man pleaded not guilty Friday morningto accusations he shot and killed two men and wounded two othersearlier this month. Two supporters yelled "I love you, Brian" as deputies walkedMichael Brian Brown, 30, out of a courtroom following a hearingFriday ...
Pucker up to a porker
Mar 01, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - It wasn't part of his regular duties Friday, butIrving Elementary School Principal Rich Stempinski didn't seem tomind kissing a pig. In a grand gesture as part of the school's morning assembly, heput on some lipstick, brushed off the 5-week-old ...
Gerwin to be nominated to Livingston County Board
Mar 01, 2008; ... PONTIAC - Pontiac resident Carolyn Gerwin is expected to becomethe newest member of the Livingston County Board. Gerwin was recommended to take over from Arnold Natzke, whoresigned last month after he failed to win the Republican nominationfor another term in the Feb. 5 primary ....
Pontiac looks to attract young professionals
Mar 01, 2008; ... PONTIAC - The Pontiac Area Chamber of Commerce is hoping for afew ideas on how to make the city more attractive to professionalsin their 20s and 30s. "What we are finding, especially people in their 20s, is thatthey are looking for cool' communities," said Cheri Lambert, ...
Metamora trooper sadd police dog
Mar 01, 2008 ... For the Pantagraph Sarge, a Belgian malinois,reported for duty this week withTrooper Tony Slaughterin Metamora. Metamora troopers add police dog METAMORA - State Police in Metamora added a new dog to thedepartment Thursday. Sarge, an 18-month-old Belgian ...
Fire chief's absence to be felt at benefit
Mar 01, 2008; ... CLINTON - Clinton's annual fire department dance and fundraiserwill be tonight at the Eagles Lodge, but it will be different thisyear. Chief Jeff Pearl died suddenly in November. Assistant Fire ChiefShaun Milton believes his absence will be felt during the event. "Jeff was ...
Letters
Mar 01, 2008 ... Doubt about U.S. freedom? Try speaking out in Iran Are you free? If you are not sure, go to Iran or go to NorthKorea and try to publish in their state-run newspapers that youdislike your leaders or religion. Here is America, I can say that I do not think President Bush isa ...
Stolen: diaperes, toilet paper ... and a pillow?
Mar 02, 2008; ... Police blotter: Money, jewelry and guns, according to police, arethe leading items taken in Twin City home burglaries. Which brings us to one pulled off the other night along WestGrove Street in Bloomington. Taken from the home, according to police reports, were 12 rollsof ...
ISU snaps SIU home streak
Mar 02, 2008; ... CARBONDALE - Osiris Eldridge was conducting a postgame interviewwhen a pair of Southern Illinois fans walked by Saturday night. "Good game," said the husband. His wife agreed and then toldEldridge, "You killed us." Eldridge stopped in mid-sentence and chuckled. The Illinois ...
Young knocks off Bolingbrook
Mar 02, 2008; ... NORMAL - The Chicago Whitney Young High School girls basketballteam operates under the assumption an opponent must be punished forits mistakes. The Dolphins seemed to turn every turnover and missed shot byBolingbrook into a nail in the Raiders' coffin en route to a 54-45victory ...
Komets' barrage tough on Thunder
Mar 02, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - The man of honor spent much of "Don Parsons WobblerNight" signing autographs and watching the action from a perchoverlooking the ice because he was serving a one-game suspension. Parsons couldn't have liked the view. First-place Fort Wayne built a whopping 39-18 ...
Augustana shoots pastIWU men to win league
Mar 02, 2008; ... ROCK ISLAND -There was little doubt as to the identity of theCollege Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin's best basketball teamentering Saturday. Whatever remained, Augustana removed it in a 71-60 victory overIllinois Wesleyan in the CCIW Tournament championship game before ...
Pontiac's Timmerman captures Queen of the Hill 3-point contest
Mar 02, 2008; ... NORMAL - Ashley Timmerman was her usual stoic self after winningthe Country Insurance 3-Point Showdown Queen of the Hill statechampionship Saturday at Redbird Arena. Asked if she would go outside later and scream, she confessedwith a smile, "Yes, probably." The Pontiac High ...
Women net IWU's first team title
Mar 02, 2008 ... KENOSHA, Wis. - Led by four victories from senior RachelAnderson, the Illinois Wesleyan women captured the first CollegeConference of Illinois and Wisconsin track and field teamchampionship in school history Saturday. The Titans scored 187.50 points to prevail over runner-up ...
School authorities address confusion in incident involving bullying
Mar 01, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - A parent alarmed by a misdirected letter has raisedconcerns about a Bloomington Junior High School seventh-grader witha list of children who bullied him, but the situation was resolveddays ago, the school superintendent said. The boy was suspended temporarily from ...
Illini essentials
Mar 01, 2008 ... Illini essentials Illinois at Iowa When: Today, 5 p.m. Where: Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, Iowa TV: Big Ten Network Radio: WTRX-FM (93.7) Records: Illinois is 11-17, 3-12 Big Ten; Iowa is 12-17, 5-11. Of note: This is the only ...
Concert, ice racing boost bottom line
Mar 01, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - Kid Rock and Motorcycle Ice Racing in Januaryhelped the U.S. Cellular Coliseum post a $51,000 profit for themonth. The profit cuts the operating loss tallied so far this fiscalyear nearly in half. The Coliseum now is at a $66,000 deficit forthis fiscal year, which ...
Butterflies and the bee
Mar 01, 2008; ... PONTIAC - Eleanor Heinrich was disappointed when she took secondplace in The Pantagraph Grand Final Bee last year, but she isputting that behind her as she aims this year to win it and a spotin the Scripps National Spelling Bee. "I think I'm going to do well this year and win," the ...
Threats found again at ISU halls
Mar 01, 2008; ... NORMAL - Two more messages referencing the shootings at NIU and athird potentially threatening message were found in dormitoryrestrooms at Illinois State University overnight Thursday or Fridaymorning, university officials said. ISU Police Chief Ronald Swan said the messages were ...
State Farm has record year again
Mar 01, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - After a year in which an absence of majorcatastrophes was offset by an increase in routine claims, State FarmInsurance Cos. still reported record earnings of $5.46 billion in2007. The company's net income increased by 3 percent last year, upfrom a record $5.32 ...
Heartland gets first softball win
Mar 02, 2008 ... GADSDEN, Ala. - Streator High School graduate Kaitlyn Ralphnotched the first victory in Heartland Community College softballhistory as the Hawks split a pair of games Saturday against GadsdenState Community College. Heartland (1-1) picked up a 3-0 victory in the nightcap ...
Struggling Illini line up win at Iowa
Mar 02, 2008; ... IOWA CITY - When Illinois gave the Iowa basketball team a shotSaturday, the Hawkeyes missed. Then, they missed again. A 1-of-9 finish from the field by Iowa was all the Illini neededto fight off the Hawkeyes' comeback bid and earn a 58-47 victory atCarver-Hawkeye Arena, struggling ...
Johnson, Hill lift Lincoln College to home victory
Mar 02, 2008 ... LINCOLN - Colby Johnson and Bobby Hill scored 21 points eachSaturday to lead the Lincoln College men's basketball team pastLewis and Clark, 83-74. Hill, a 6-foot-6 sophomore and Illinois State recruit, also hadfour rebounds and three assists ....
Redbird essentials
Mar 02, 2008 ... Redbird essentials ISU women vs. Drake When: 2:30 p.m. today Where: Knapp Center, Des Moines, Iowa Records: ISU 22-4, 12-3; Drake 17-9, 10-5 Television Fox Sports Midwest, Comcast Sportsnet Chicago Radio WJBC-AM (1230) Redbird chirps ISU has ...
Redbird baseball routs Valparaiso
Mar 02, 2008 ... Junior catcher Kevin Dubler had a career-high four hits,including his first home run of the season, to lead Illinois State'sbaseball team to a 9-3 victory over Valparaiso on Saturday in theAustin Peay Invitational at Clarksville, Tenn. Freshman Corey Maines hit his second homer of ...
Split decision for Titan hoop teams
Mar 02, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - Choking off the source is the key to defeating anystrong opponent. Illinois Wesleyan's Claire Sheehan and Elyse Sanchez were theTitans' figurative hands around Millikin's collective neck Saturdayin a 75-64 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin ...
Marshall secures eighth title
Mar 02, 2008; ... NORMAL - It takes some doing to make a name for oneself in theChicago Marshall High School girls basketball program. This year's squad did as much as it could, winning Saturday'sClass 3A state tournament title game, 58-47, over Freeport atRedbird Arena. The outcome gave the ...
Photographers help bereaved parents find comfort in loss
Mar 02, 2008; ... MILWAUKEE - Ashley Koch and Matt Buck open the little blue boxand lose themselves in the photographs of their son. They lingerover every one, every glimpse of his tiny fingers and toes, of himcradled in his mother's arms. But one image captures that day more than any ...
Students Face The Music
Mar 02, 2008; ... NORMAL - A pillow was the thing to bring for some of the hundredsof student musicians who competed Saturday at the Illinois HighSchool Association State Solo and Ensemble Contest for CentralIllinois. That's because some students from the 25 participating schoolshad hours to kill ...
17-year-old accusedof robbing man
Mar 02, 2008 ... Incourt 17-year-old accused of robbing man NORMAL - A 17-year-old man is accused of indicating he had a gunand robbing another man Jan. 20 or 21 in Normal. Reginald L. Harper, of the 1100 block of South Adelaide Street inNormal, was jailed Friday in lieu of posting ...
Deaths
Mar 02, 2008 ... Harold Williams Jr. BLOOMINGTON - Harold E. Williams Jr., 55, of Bloomington died at1:35 p.m. Friday (Feb. 29, 2008) at the family residence. There will be no service or visitation. Cremation rites have beenaccorded. Beck Memorial Home, Bloomington, is in charge ...