The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL back issues from July 2008:
'Shrew' a twisty taleof boys meet girls
Jul 01, 2008; ... Snap, crackle, pop! "The Taming of the Shrew" at the IllinoisShakespeare Festival snaps with sharp direction, crackles withlaughter and pops with stunning theatrical design. The plot revolves around the wooing and marriage of two wealthysisters - fiery Katharina ("Kate") and her ...
Deaths
Jul 01, 2008 ... CentralIllinois Evelyn L. Donnan Bateman LINCOLN - Evelyn L Donnan Bateman, 93, Lincoln, died at 9:50 a.m.June 30, 2008, at St. Clara's Manor, Lincoln. Service: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader FuneralHome, Mount Pulaski, with Bill Shanle ...
Use common sense when running with dogs
Jul 01, 2008; ... QHow safe is it to go jogging with your dog? Are any specialprecautions or equipment needed? A Jogging with your dog is a great form of exercise for both youand your dog. Most of the things that you need to consider forsafety reasons mainly rely on good old common sense, so there ...
Marriage proposal gets crowd's approval
Jul 01, 2008; ... GIBSON CITY - After 19 years operating a drive-in theater here,Mike Harroun has a few favorite stories. One, like many of the movies shown at the drive-in, has a happyending. Screen gem A patron, who had met his girlfriend at the drive-in, proposed toher one evening ...
Bloomington bowl-boundTotal team effort sends Extreme past RiverCity
Jul 01, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - Throughout the second half of the season,Bloomington Extreme coach Kenton Carr kept the belief that his teamwas so close to becoming a complete unit. Monday night was its epiphany. Rested, loose and hungry, Bloomington displayed its most completegame of the ...
Movies by moonlight
Jul 01, 2008; ... GIBSON CITY - It was just past 8 p.m. on a pleasant Saturdayevening and Keith Wolf of St. Joseph was tossing around a Nerffootball with his children, Jacob and Emily. Matt Maughan of Mahomet was nearby getting ready to grill hotdogs and brats for family and friends. A few ...
Zoning panel recommends windfarm between Odell, Emington
Jul 01, 2008; ... PONTIAC - A proposed wind farm in Livingston County wasrecommended for approval Monday and now moves to the County Board. The Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously voted to recommendIberdrola Renewables' plan for the Streator Cayuga Ridge South WindFarm, a 155-turbine project ...
Relay sets fundraising recordfor
Jul 01, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - American Cancer Society Relay For Life of McLeanCounty remains the largest such relay in Illinois after a record-setting weekend. The 14th annual McLean County Relay, which was noon Friday tonoon Saturday at the Normal Community West High School track, had2,385 ...
Turner leaves ISU for national track office
Jul 01, 2008; ... After 15 years of helping organize youth track in Bloomington-Normal, Central Illinois Track Club president Marilyn Turner hastaken a job with the national office of USA Track and Field inIndianapolis. Turner, 57, retired Friday after nearly 35 years at IllinoisState, where she ...
$21M in special education moneyOK'd by governor
Jul 01, 2008; ... SPRINGFIELD - More than 200 Illinois school districts could be inline for a total of $21 million in state funding for specialeducation programs. Although the state's lingering budget impasse makes it unclearwhen the money will be released, Gov. Rod Blagojevich Monday ...
State paychecks threatened
Jul 01, 2008; ... SPRINGFIELD - When it comes to the state budget, few will besaying "Happy New Fiscal Year" today. In what is becoming a trend: Another fiscal year is set to beginwith no state budget in place. Although state government isn't goingto simply shut down, a continued stalemate among ...
Police: Group attacks bicyclist
Jul 01, 2008 ... Police, fire, rescue Police: Groupattacks bicyclist BLOOMINGTON - A man riding a bicycle was the victim of a random,unprovoked attack by five to eight males, a Bloomington policereport said. The Bloomington man, 20, was riding on Market Street at CatherineStreet when ...
B-N swimmers registerpersonal bests at trials
Jul 01, 2008 ... OMAHA, Neb. - Monica Drake and Caitlin Hamilton of theBloomington-Normal YMCA Waves swim team far exceeded their seedingsduring the 400-meter freestyle preliminaries at the U.S. OlympicSwimming Trials on Monday at the Qwest Center. The 17-year-old Drake, who came in seeded 42nd at ...
Exercising and fun at museum
Jul 01, 2008; ... NORMAL - Grant Zimmerman painted his first circle on the paintwall Monday at the Children's Discovery Museum. He also went on the two-story Luckey Climber - where he got stuckand unstuck. Then the 2-year-old ventured outside and played withthe monster bubbles. "He's having ...
5 McLean Co. pharmacies join drug disposal program
Jul 01, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - Five McLean County pharmacies are accepting unusedprescription and nonprescription medicines for proper disposal in anexpansion of the Livingston County program to keep leftover drugsout of the water supply. Mike Novario, director of pharmacy at OSF St. Joseph ...
Judge sets trial date in October in suit against wind-farm plan
Jul 01, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - A judge ruled Monday that a trial date should beset sooner rather than later in the civil lawsuit involving aproposed wind farm along the border of McLean and Woodford counties. Judge Scott Drazewski set Oct. 27 for a bench trial for a lawsuitfiled by Information is ...
Letters
Jul 01, 2008 ... Wasteful to have hydrants flushed by fire fighters -Since when can the Bloomington Fire Department take the fireengines from the firehouse, go out and flush fire hydrants and putyellow bags over the ones that do not function at a cost savings? Craig Cummings recently made the ...
Hard choices ahead for redevelopment
Jul 01, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - The Bloomington City Council is going to have towork together and be prepared to make some hard choices about itsdowntown if a proposed study to improve the district is to succeed. Chicago architect Doug Farr warned council members at a specialwork session Monday ...
Ruling on pipeline hearings expected
Jul 01, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - A ruling is expected this week in a request thatcould delay eminent domain hearings on a proposed crude-oil pipelinefrom near Pontiac to Patoka. Staff members of the Illinois Commerce Commission asked thehearings be postponed so they could address late information ...
Clinton may look to landfill for energy
Jul 01, 2008; ... CLINTON - The Clinton school district will review options from aDeWitt County energy company to develop a renewable energy sourcefueled by landfill gas at the Clinton Landfill to heat and cool thedistrict's buildings. Edwin Ingalls, general manager of Greenfield Energy, met with ...
Ex-counselor given probation in abuse case
Jul 01, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - A former residential counselor accused of sexuallyabusing a teenage girl at Chestnut Health Systems was sentencedMonday to 30 months' probation and ordered to complete sex offendertreatment. Sara F. Thompson, 27, of Chicago, pleaded guilty in February toone count of ...
Roanoke man dies in motorcycle wreck near Pontiac
Jul 01, 2008; ... PONTIAC - A 35-year-old Roanoke man died Sunday night after amotorcycle crash. Shawn P. Troyer was driving west on Illinois 116 when he lostcontrol of his bike at a curve, hitting a stop sign at theintersection with Livingston County 1800 North, just east ofPontiac, according to ...
Fire in Cornell garage damages vehicles, tools
Jul 01, 2008; ... CORNELL - No major injuries were reported in a garage fire earlyMonday morning that destroyed a car, a van and several tools. Cornell firefighter Joe Ruddy apparently tore a ligament duringthe blaze. His father, Chief Mike Ruddy, said his son will be fineand is scheduled to for ...
2 escape injury in train-car collision
Jul 01, 2008; ... TOWANDA - Two people escaped injury when a train struck their carearly Sunday, causing a fire that engulfed the vehicle in flames. "I'm just really glad they didn't sit there in their vehiclepassed out because that could have been fatal," said Sheriff MikeEmery. The man and ...
Setting it right
Jul 01, 2008 ... Local How Time Flies - The manager of the new People's Restaurant in1983 ...
This week's magic words: fitness, fun, free - just try it
Jul 01, 2008 ... The Twin Cities Fitness Week being celebrated through Fridayshould not be viewed as simply a weeklong event but rather as akickoff for an active summer - ultimately leading to a more activelifestyle all year for adults and children. This is an opportunity to try something new or ...
Heyworth, LeRoy to playopener at Hancock Stadium
Jul 01, 2008 ... FOOTBALL Heyworth, LeRoy to playopener at Hancock Stadium Heyworth High School will play its Heart of Illinois Conferencefootball opener at Illinois State University's Hancock Stadium. The district will pay about $2,900 to play LeRoy on Aug. 29,according to Heyworth ...
ISU professor: NCAA sanctions on football programs are no deterrent
Jul 01, 2008; ... NORMAL - Chad McEvoy considers himself a researcher, not acrusader. Yet the Illinois State assistant professor of sport management'sresearch into the effect of NCAA sanctions on the success offootball teams has raised some eyebrows nationally. McEvoy recently appeared before ...
Airplane makes emergency landing on I-55
Jul 02, 2008 ... DWIGHT - Three men escaped injury when a small plane made anemergency landing Tuesday afternoon on Interstate 55 near Dwight,state police at Pontiac said. The 1980 Beechcraft A36 Bonanza single-propeller plane was headedfor Pontiac's airport for refueling while en route from ...
Chiefs extend win streak to 8 games
Jul 02, 2008 ... GRAND CHUTE, Wis. - The Peoria Chiefs used a four-run fourthinning to cruise to a 5-1 Midwest League win over the WisconsinTimber Rattlers on Tuesday night for their first eight-game winningstreak in five seasons. Jovan Rosa doubled home two runs to put the Chiefs on top, 2-0,and ...
Atlanta man accused in knife attack
Jul 02, 2008 ... ATLANTA - A misunderstanding over spraying a farm field may haveled to a stabbing Monday in rural Logan County that left one maninjured and another in jail, police said. Atlanta Police Sgt. David Leimbach said Adam Graber, 27, Atlanta,was arrested after he allegedly stabbed an ...
Cancer Center to offer a variety of treatments
Jul 02, 2008; ... SPRINGFIELD - Construction on a new major cancer center inDecatur could begin in September after the state signed off on theproject Tuesday. The state Health Facilities Planning Board approved plans for theCancer Care Center of Decatur, a facility that hopes to combine themany ...
Clinton again vying for home repair grant
Jul 02, 2008; ... CLINTON - Clinton Mayor Ed Wollet hasn't given up his pursuit ofa large grant that would allow low- to moderate-income residents toreceive help for home repairs. The grant is available through the Department of Commerce andEconomic Opportunity and is capped at $350,000 for a ...
Moore helps Gold to first-game victory
Jul 02, 2008 ... Colton Moore pitched a one-hitter to lead the BNBA Gold to a 10-0 win over the Illinois Valley Knights in the opening game of an 18-under baseball doubleheader Tuesday at O'Neil Park in Bloomington. The Knights won the second game, 5-2. Moore (1-0), who struck out five and ...
Church's Sundaycollection stolen
Jul 02, 2008; ... NORMAL - The Sunday morning collection at a Normal church wasstolen in a break-in shortly after it was collected, so the pastorsaid he would forgo his pay for the week. The New Vision Church of God, 814 Jersey Ave., was burglarizedSunday, said a Normal police report on file ...
Deaths
Jul 02, 2008 ... central illinois Joseph Adcock Jr. LINCOLN - Joseph "Joe" Craft Adcock Jr., 90, Boise, Idaho,formerly of Lincoln, died Wednesday (June 25, 2008) at the home ofhis daughter after a long, hard-fought battle with cancer. Visitation will be July 10 from 10 a.m. until the ...
Letters
Jul 02, 2008 ... Stomp out high prices with your own two feet We're not going to take it anymore. If everyone in the United States would fill their gas tanks up ona Thursday or Friday for the weekend or wait until the tank getslow, this would put a hurt on the gas industry and the ...
Opinions on gym-sharing idea sought
Jul 02, 2008; ... SAUNEMIN - The Saunemin Elementary School gym may be closed andreplaced with a new one, and school officials are asking residentsto voice their opinions on the issue next week. The single-school district and the village are consideringteaming up to build a $1.2 million, ...
Even presidential politics are in Cubs' path
Jul 02, 2008; ... There are suspensions, appeals and salary arbitration, each aplatform for posturing, debate and the spinning of facts/numbers.The All-Star selection process includes fan balloting. Hall of Fameinductees are elected by a vote as well. The politics of baseball go beyond that to be ...
Veteran Boorasreturning toThunder forthird season
Jul 02, 2008 ... BLOOMINGTON - New Bloomington PrairieThunder head coach JarrodSkalde announced Tuesday that forward Jon Booras, the InternationalHockey League team's career leader in points, goals, assists andgames played, has become his first signee and will return to theThunder for a third ...
Durbin says help on way for food pantries
Jul 02, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - Sara Molck stopped by the St. Vincent de Paul FoodPantry on Monday to get some groceries to tide over her family ofthree young children. "Without you guys, I wouldn't have anything right now," she toldthe staff of volunteers on Tuesday. Molck wasn't alone. Lee ...
Heavy damage, no injuries in Cullom fire
Jul 02, 2008; ... CULLOM - No injuries were reported in a fire Tuesday morning thatengulfed a single-story home at 110 N. Oak St. Cullom Fire Chief Carl Krause said the home was engulfed by thetime the fire was reported at 10:36 a.m. The house was occupied by three people, but the primary ...
Some state employees under new boss
Jul 02, 2008; ... SPRINGFIELD - About 200 state employees began working under a newboss Tuesday as part of a $15.8 million reorganization planaffecting the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Under legislation signed into law Monday, workers at the statenatural history survey, water survey, ...
Man given 25-year sentence for home invasion, brutal sex assault
Jul 02, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - A judge said Tuesday there are no obviousexplanations for the brutal rape of a woman last year that nettedthe 18-year assailant 25 years in prison. "To bash the head of a woman with a rock several times then rapeher" defies explanation, said Judge Kevin Fitzgerald ...
Effingham St. Anthonytennis star to play forISU
Jul 02, 2008 ... NORMAL - Effingham St. Anthony High School graduate Hannah Eskerhas signed a national letter of intent to play for the IllinoisState's women's tennis team, Redbird coach Chris Hoover announcedTuesday. Esker shattered St. Anthony's record for singles wins (100) atthe No. 1 ...
Y-Zone program leadskids down right path
Jul 02, 2008; ... CLINTON - An after-school program called Y-Zone helped improveboth the grades and the character of students in its recentlycompleted inaugural year, officials at Clinton Community YMCA say. Results indicate 98 percent of the 60 students who finishedY-Zone either raised their grades ...
Tournament golf in B-N just not what it used to be
Jul 02, 2008; ... There was anticipation in the air on a sunny June day at theIllinois State University Golf Course. The first Bloomington-Normalgolf tournament of the year had finally arrived. It was time to teeit up in competition and see what you were made of. A field of 179 - from scratch ...
Inline hockey looking for a new home
Jul 02, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - As two inline hockey teams of the McLean CountyYouth Hockey Association leave today for a national tournament inNew York, the future of their sport in Bloomington-Normal is indoubt. The MCYHA has dismantled its rink and vacated the InterstateCenter building it ...
City's sales tax now at 7:75 percent
Jul 02, 2008 ... News in brief City's sales tax now at 7.75 percent BLOOMINGTON - The cost of new clothes and other goods cost alittle more in Bloomington as of Tuesday. The city's sales tax went from 7.5 percent to 7.75 percent. Theincrease will add 25 cents on the purchase of $100 ...
Residents file appeal of rulingOK'ing rezoning classification
Jul 02, 2008; ... CLINTON - A formal appeal has been filed by the residents of aClinton subdivision seeking to overturn a rezoning decision by theDeWitt County Board that allowed a heavy machinery business to bezoned commercial. Don and Ruth Harvey, residents of the Evans and Stonesubdivision, ...
Practice says doctor breached contract breach
Jul 02, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - A local anesthesiology practice has filed a lawsuitagainst a Bloomington doctor claiming the physician breached anemployment agreement. Dr. Mark Lanzerotte is named in the civil lawsuit filed in McLeanCounty Circuit Court by McLean County Anesthesiology Ltd ....
Library patron complains aboutDVD
Jul 02, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - A DVD available at Bloomington Public Library wascalled pornographic by one patron, but library officials say theywork to balance community standards with the need to provide freeaccess to information. A Bloomington man complained earlier this week to ...
Development chief named at college
Jul 02, 2008 ... Development chief named at college EUREKA - Eureka College has named a former Peoria council memberto lead fundraising for the college's Ronald W. Reagan LeadershipProgram and the Ronald Reagan Museum. As development director, John D. Morris of Peoria will cultivatedonors ...
Here we go again; a new fiscal year with no budget
Jul 02, 2008 ... A new fiscal year has begun with the same old problems - anunbalanced budget and elected officials worried more about theiregos and political futures than about what's best for the state andits residents. Technically, the state has no budget - balanced or otherwise -for the ...
Successful bake sale follows a few good guidelines
Jul 02, 2008; ... Everyone loves bake sales, don't they? At an event earlier thisyear I had the pleasure of meeting a delightfully soft-spoken Frenchnun from West Chicago selling baked goods. People seek out her bakedgoods at this event every year and they are out-of-this-worlddelicious. I saw two people ...
Summer experience
Jul 02, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - Pat O'Rourke, who recently graduated from CentralCatholic High School, saw himself becoming a chef. He took the culinary arts program offered at Bloomington AreaCareer Center, and found the job brought a lot of criticism and longhours. So O'Rourke now plans to ...
POLICE, FIRE, RESCUE
Jul 02, 2008 ... Police step up July 4 DUI patrols SPRINGFIELD - State and local police plan to increase drunken-driving and speeding enforcement over the July Fourth weekend. Illinois State Police say they'll conduct more than 100 roadsidesafety checks in addition to more general patrolling ...
25th sweet for Sugar Creek
Jul 03, 2008; ... NORMAL - Besides the glow of silver, the 25th anniversary forNormal's longest-running festival will have a touch of green to it,too - just as it did for its 24th birthday. Credit the Illinois State University quad for that color fusion. As visitors to last summer's Sugar Creek ...
A bang-up weekend
Jul 03, 2008 ... Abang-up weekend As you may have noticed en route to this column, the front pageof today's GO! section is devoted exclusively to the holiday weekendat hand. So instead of trying to single out one of the manyexplosive events slated between now and the Fourth, we'll simplyrefer ...
ZBA conditions for wind farm, company's response under study
Jul 03, 2008; ... PONTIAC - The issue of whether a wind farm should be built inLivingston County will come back to a county committee on July 15,after members have digested the information they received Wednesdaynight. The board's agriculture and zoning committee took up the questionof whether ...
Extreme defense remains hungryConfidence highfor United Bowl IVafter holding rageto seven points
Jul 03, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - Forty-eight hours later, Bloomington Extremereceiver James Walton was still amazed. "They were lights out," Walton said of the defensive performanceMonday night. "That's the best defensive performance I've ever beena part of as a football player." But can they ...
GO! Calendar
Jul 03, 2008 ... THis WEEKEND (JULY 3-6) Bloomington-Normal- Fairview Park Fourth of July - Aquatic centerearly bird swim (9-11 a.m.) and celebration (noon-5 p.m.), withfireworks sky concert at dusk; July 4; Fairview Park, Normal. (309)454-9540.- Miller Park Fourth of July Festivities and Sky ...
Silver, Tribe split twin bill
Jul 03, 2008 ... The BNBA Silver's Patrick Adams went toe-to-toe with the PONYTribe's Kevin Stocks, each throwing nine-inning complete games in a2-1 Silver win to start off a Tuesday night doubleheader. Anthony Bellotti doubled in the top of the ninth inning to scoreJason Schroeder, who led the ...
Letters
Jul 03, 2008 ... What if all businesses added fuel surcharge? When I reviewed my service invoice from a local lawn service, Inoticed a $2 fuel surcharge added to the total price. After my initial shock, I thought, "Good idea!" I mean, afterall, if I were a businessman, why not try to pass off ...
Smith blastsPeoria Chiefsto streak record
Jul 03, 2008 ... GRAND CHUTE, Wis. - Marquez Smith hit a three-run homer in thefirst inning and finished with two hits and four runs batted in asthe Peoria Chiefs tied a 19-year-old franchise single-season recordwith their ninth straight victory by beating the Wisconsin TimberRattlers, 8-4, in a Midwest ...