The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL back issues from October 2008:
Deaths
Oct 01, 2008 ... Central Illinois Donald Beck PONTIAC - Donald Beck, 82, Pontiac, died at 8:53 a.m. Tuesday(Sept. 30, 2008) at OSF Saint James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center,Pontiac. A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Duffy FuneralHome, Odell, with the Rev. James Wolfe ...
Finding the right way to freeze peaches
Oct 01, 2008; ... Q.I would like to stock up on peaches for the winter. Please tellme how I go about freezing them, or is it better to go thepreserving jar route? I would also like to know why the yolks alwaysturn dark around the edges every time I hard boil eggs. What am Idoing wrong? - LC A ....
Silver lining: GAs is cheaper
Oct 01, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - At least one economic side effect is positive:Gasoline prices have dropped. Prices at the pump have continued their slide away from $4 agallon for a variety of reasons. Decreased demand, the lower priceof crude oil, a supply increase in the weeks after the ...
C1 Rail
Oct 01, 2008 ... Quotable "People are going to go home and look at their 401(k)'s and notbe very happy, and these are not just people from New York, but Iowaand everywhere else. This bill is meant for everyone - not just WallStreet but Main Street." New York Stock Exchange floor ...
D1 Rail
Oct 01, 2008 ... Quotable "The future is not something we enter. The future is something wecreate." Leonard I. Sweet Morsels Bust bacteria According to the folks at Sunset Magazine's test kitchen,bacteria is easier to remove from a wooden cutting board than from ...
American Pie
Oct 01, 2008; ... No matter the time of year or the occasion, Better Homes andGardens readers love playing in the dough. So the magazine sent outa call asking readers to share their flakiest homespun favorites. The result, published in the September 2008 issue: a collectionof praiseworthy pies as ...
Thank FTC for changes to thwart unwanted 'robo-calls'
Oct 01, 2008 ... What's worse than having an unwanted sales call interrupt yourdinner or favorite television program? Having that call be aprerecorded message rather than a live human voice to whom you canvoice your displeasure or explain why it's not a convenient time totalk. The Federal Trade ...
Johnson will not use 'clean slate' ploy on ISU
Oct 01, 2008; ... NORMAL - The disjointed August-September Illinois State footballschedule of three nonconference games and two bye weeks has arrivedat a merciful conclusion. And while the Redbirds finally know who they will be playing(Missouri Valley Football Conference opponents) and when they ...
Counselors: Meltdown nothing to get stressed about for most people
Oct 01, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - Counseling professionals in the Twin Cities saygetting stressed out by the nation's economic crisis won't helpindividuals change the big picture. But news of stock market gyrations, congressional wrangling overa multibillion-dollar bailout and retirement plans ...
Thunder signs 4to bring trainingcamp roster to 30
Oct 01, 2008 ... BLOOMINGTON - The Bloomington PrairieThunder brought its trainingcamp roster to 30 with the announced signings of four playersTuesday. Jarrod Skalde, who spent part of last season as a playeroverseas, landed another European to the mix with the addition ofChristian Ban. Ban, a ...
Residents organize to oppose drilling test wells
Oct 01, 2008; ... HUDSON - The city of Bloomington's plan to drill test wells nearLake Bloomington and Evergreen Lake has several residents looking toband together to oppose it. Laurie Peterson, who lives in Hudson Township, is among thoseorganizing area residents into one group so they can get ...
Raiders topMount Pulaskiin volleyball
Oct 01, 2008 ... Alina Agamy and Emily Burger each had 13 assists as BloomingtonHigh School's volleyeball team defeated host Mount Pulaski, 25-15,25-17, Tuesday night. Lauren Seyller and Kasey Heckelman led the Purple Raiders (16-5)with 10 and nine kills, respectively. Allison Kirk chipped in ...
Zook to shake up Illini defense
Oct 01, 2008; ... CHAMPAIGN - Illinois football coach Ron Zook intends to shake uphis defense. He said he will do that beginning with Illinois' road game atMichigan on Saturday, a stadium where none of the current FightingIllini have ever set foot. "We've got to get some things cleaned up ... ...
Public Safety
Oct 01, 2008 ... Incourt Murder suspecthas court date BLOOMINGTON - A Bloomington man accused of killing his 15-month-old son was in court Monday for a status hearing on murder charges. George Autman, 21, of the 400 block of Fox Hill Circle, ischarged in the May 27 death of Antwan ...
New VoteCalls supporting $700 billion plan seemed on the increase
Oct 01, 2008; ... SPRINGFIELD - Calls supporting the $700 billion economic bailoutplan seemed to increase in at least some Illinois congressmen'soffices after the plan was voted down Monday. U.S. Rep. Ray LaHood, a Peoria Republican, said that before thevote, most of the constituents calling his ...
District 87, teachers fail to reach pact
Oct 01, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - Bloomington District 87 and its teachers' unionnegotiated late into Tuesday night with the help of a mediator, buttalks ended about 11:30 p.m. with no settlement reached. Talks are scheduled to continue Oct. 8 with the mediator, saidJim Patton, president of the ...
Promise of subdivision brings doubts
Oct 01, 2008; ... NORMAL - The promise of an upscale subdivision wasn't enough tosell some Fox Creek Elementary School parents and neighbors on theidea of supporting gravel excavation near the school for five years. Attorney Bill Wetzel, representing the developers of the proposedStringtown Lakes ...
Scratching lottery ticket reveals her $1 million prize
Oct 01, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - Patricia Norby thought she'd won $1,000 as shescraped the instant lottery game card. But, as more and more zeroes appeared, she realized she'd won $1million. "I started screaming," the rural Bloomington resident said. Thatwas Sept. 6. On Tuesday, the ...
Man pleads guilty to federal porn charges
Oct 01, 2008; ... PEORIA - A Bloomington man who worked as a substitute teacher inUnit 5 and District 87 schools pleaded guilty Tuesday in federalcourt to charges of producing child pornography. James Love, 38, was charged in October 2007 with producingpornographic images of two children. The ...
Board member Nuckolls pleads not guilty in case
Oct 01, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - McLean County Board member Robert Nuckolls pleadednot guilty Tuesday to charges that he violated an order ofprotection and failed to follow the terms of court supervision for a2006 battery conviction. Nuckolls, 46, of the 2800 block of Gill Street, was arrested ...
Regional digestPhoenix woman leads hospital
Oct 01, 2008 ... STREATOR - A Phoenix health care administrator has been named tothe top position at St. Mary's Hospital. Joanne Fenton, 55, began her job as the president and chiefexecutive officer of the hospital this week ....
From Pages Past
Oct 01, 2008; ... 5 years ago (2003): Behind Alicia Bates' 17 assists and MicahMoore's nine kills, the Normal West volleyball team cruised to a 25-21, 25-10 victory over Pontiac. Sophomore Kelsey Swango registered29 service points, 24 in a row at one point, as University Highswept past Delavan, 25-0, ...
Stabbing death of woman ruled a homicide
Oct 01, 2008 ... BLOOMINGTON - The August stabbing death of a Normal woman wasruled a homicide by McLean County Coroner Beth Kimmerling. Kimmerling announced her findings Tuesday in the death of AngelA. Neal. Neal, 34, died shortly after 1 a.m. Aug. 28 at BroMennRegional Medical Center, Normal ....
Malinowski, Johnsonpace IWU volleyball
Oct 01, 2008 ... Michelle Malinowski had nine kills and Gaby Johnson eight inIllinois Wesleyan's 26-24, 25-23, 25-18 College Conference ofIllinois and Wisconsin volleyball victory over Elmhurst on Tuesdayat Shirk Center in Bloomington. Stacy Hassinger had 29 assists for the Titans, who received ...
A3 Rail
Oct 01, 2008 ... FYI Stay updated: Visit www.pantagraph.com for the latest roadclosures. Long term: A list of long-term road projects, including work inuptown Normal, is updated weekly in Monday's Pantagraph. Today Basket weaving class- 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 1 and 8, Deer ...
Lawsuit to stop Pontiac prison closing challenged by state in ndw court ruling
Oct 01, 2008; ... PONTIAC - A lawsuit that claims Gov. Rod Blagojevich cannotlegally close Pontiac Correctional Center should be dismissed,according to a motion the Illinois attorney general's office filedTuesday. The lawsuit contends the state cannot close the prison becausethe 2008-09 state ...
Daily digestFell Park marker to be dedicated
Oct 01, 2008 ... NORMAL - A brick monument that pays tribute to the Fell family atNormal's oldest park, which bears the family's name, will bededicated during a ceremony Sunday. The dedication will begin at 2 p.m. at the park, which isbordered by Willow, Oak, Cypress and Walnut streets on land ...
Officials scoff at Web site alert
Oct 01, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - Twin City officials and professionals are notworried that Bloomington-Normal garnered national attention ascommunities that could struggle because of economy woes. BusinessWeek.com recently ranked Bloomington second on its listof towns that could be hit hardest by the ...
FD bagwell
Oct 01, 2008; ... There are many varieties of winter squash; pumpkin is just one ofthem. Pumpkin is probably the best known and most used member of thesquash family. The most popular way to use pumpkin today is as pie.The pumpkin pie probably originated when someone sliced off thepumpkin top, removed the ...
He was nobody's fool, on-screen, or off
Oct 02, 2008; ... Nobody asked us, but here goes anyway: The last great Paul Newmanmovie was, and is, "Nobody's Fool," released the year the starturned 70. Very few actors have gotten to enter their septuagenarian term sogracefully. Maybe we missed something or just blinked at the wrong time ...
Songs with sting
Oct 02, 2008; ... After a career that began at age 18 some 46 years ago, thereprobably aren't a lot of items left on Randy Newman's "to-do"list.But performing in Central Illinois, we're happy to report, isone of them. Or so we hope. The interviewer has just received an itinerary of Newman's ...
Cost of jail overcrowding spelled out at forum
Oct 02, 2008; ... NORMAL - Finding a solution to the chronic overcrowding at theMcLean County jail could save taxpayers more than $500,000 a yearand allow people to remain free while their cases wind their waythrough the court system. The problems connected with sending as many as 40 inmates per ...
Accident snarls traffic in Normal
Oct 02, 2008 ... NORMAL - Traffic was snarled for more than half an hour Wednesdayafternoon on Main Street in Normal because a pickup truck hit apower pole, police said. A pickup truck struck a power pole just north of the intersectionwith Dry Grove Street about 3:10 p.m., police said. A live ...
Reaction to east-side highway plan mixed
Oct 02, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - Opinions are divided among residents whoparticipated in the study to help determine the corridor for apossible east-side highway. Earlier this week, engineers from Clark-Dietz unveiled thelocation of the proposed corridor to a joint session of the McLeanCounty Board ...
ISU loses freshman point guard Smith
Oct 02, 2008; ... NORMAL - There is one less contender to become Illinois State'sstarting point guard this season. Freshman Kenyon Smith was declared academically ineligible toplay in the 2008-09 season, the school announced Wednesday night.Smith, who is still enrolled at ISU, failed to meet the ...
Confident IWU rides into CCIW opener
Oct 02, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - Coming off a bye week, the 3-0 Illinois Wesleyanfootball team has had some down time to reflect on its best startsince 2002. "The nonconference (schedule) was good for us," IWU senior tightend Rick Podkowa said Wednesday. "It's the first time we've been 3-0 in ...
Letters
Oct 02, 2008 ... Discount Palin because of positions on issues This letter is not about Sarah Palin's record as a small-townmayor and governor of Alaska. I leave that to investigativejournalists, who, I understand, have found a lot to work with. Thisletter is about her positions on various ...
Weller phasing out congressional duties as term comes to an end
Oct 02, 2008; ... SPRINGFIELD - Even before Jerry Weller was the lone U.S.congressman to miss Monday's vote on the ill-fated financialbailout, his office was showing signs of his pending retirement. Weller, who earns nearly $170,000, still has three monthsremaining in his term, but a spokesman said ...
Yes to perform at U.S. Cellular
Oct 02, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - Pioneering art rockers Yes are bringing theircontroversial "In the Present" tour to Bloomington's U.S. CellularColiseum at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 30. Tickets are priced from $45 to $85, and go on sale at 10 a.m.Oct. 11. On board for the newsworthy tour are "classic ...
Deaths
Oct 02, 2008 ... Central Illinois Henrietta Brockman DANFORTH - Henrietta Zeedyk Brockman, a former one-room schoolteacher and lifelong member of St. John's Lutheran Church inDanforth, died peacefully Monday (Sept. 29, 2008) as she was closingin on her 102nd birthday. Visitation will ...
Union workers at MMNA to vote on tentative pact
Oct 02, 2008; ... NORMAL - Unions workers at Mitsubishi Motors North America willvote on a tentative contract agreement Friday and Saturday. An informational meeting for the 1,264 members of United AutoWorkers Local 2488 will be at 4 p.m. Friday at Illinois StateUniversity's Braden Auditorium ....
Don't count on calorie signs to solve obesity problem
Oct 02, 2008 ... Here's a quick quiz: When was the last time you read thenutritional information on the side of bag of Cheetos? Question 2, Parts A and B: Do you know that many restaurantchains have nutritional information available for consumers? Haveyou bothered to look at it? Question 3: ...
B1 Rail
Oct 02, 2008 ... Best bet Television MLB PLAYOFFS: 1:30 p.m. - ALDS: Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay -TBS Complete TV/radio listings, Page B2 Inside Conference time Illinois Wesleyan's football team knows its 3-0 start won't meanmuch Saturday when the Titans open ...
IWU women kick waypast St. Mary's in soccer
Oct 02, 2008 ... The Illinois Wesleyan women's soccer team peppered the St. Mary'sCollege net with 18 shots en route to a 2-1 nonconference Wednesdayat Notre Dame, Ind. Erin Kugler scored on a feed from Tina Rodriguez to put IWU (6-4-0) on the board in the ninth minute. Molly O'Brien later ...
Public Safety
Oct 02, 2008 ... Incourt Man sentencedfor burglaries BLOOMINGTON - A Bloomington man was fined $1,000 and placed on 24months of probation for the March burglaries of two vehicles. Three other burglary counts were dismissed against Jeffrey Langein a plea agreement with prosecutors ....
A3 Rail
Oct 02, 2008 ... FYI Stay updated Visitwww.pantagraph.com for the latest roadclosures. Long term: A list of long-term road projects, including work inuptown Normal, is updated weekly inMonday's Pantagraph. Today Bloomington Public Library book sale\ Crossroads ...
Hamilton, Turner triumphtwice for NCHS swimmers
Oct 02, 2008 ... Normal Community High School swimmers Caitlin Hamilton and JennyTurner each took home a pair of first-place finishes at the UrbanaDual on Wednesday. Hamilton won the 200- and 500-yard freestyle events, while Turnerwas the top finisher in the 50 freestyle and the 100 ...
Good deeds prove anglersdo more than just catch fish
Oct 02, 2008; ... Anglers are nice folks. Here are two examples:- Bloomington-Normal realtor Jeff Prochnow, who is public relations officer forthe Mohammed Shrine chapter based in Bartonville, picked up a checkfor about $500 from the Bloomington-Normal Bass Club at its regularmeeting Wednesday. The money ...
From Pages Past
Oct 02, 2008; ... Oct. 2, 2008 5 years ago (2003): Chad Fisher assisted on every goal as NormalCommunity's soccer team downed host Mattoon 3-1 in a Big 12Conference match. Chris Kesler netted four goals, all in the firsthalf, as Normal West blitzed Decatur Eisenhower, 14-0. 15 years ago ...
Tasers in play over 100 times in '08
Oct 02, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - Police officers in McLean County have drawn orfired their Taser stun guns more than 100 times so far this year. The statistic was presented during a Minority and PolicePartnership public forum Wednesday night about the stun guns used bythe three main police agencies ...
Five step program
Oct 01, 2008; ... Go to the grocery store and you make a list. Otherwise, you buy achew toy for the dog and forget the milk. Go to the doctor and youget a diet and exercise plan. Otherwise, you eat Oreos and becomeembedded in the couch. | MLB page It makes sense, then, that you enter baseball's ...
Names & Faces
Oct 01, 2008 ... GRADUATESIllinois StateNORMAL Illinois State University hasreleased the names of 185 graduate students who have completedrequirements for master's degrees with the close of the 2008 summersession. Codes: M.A., master of arts; M.S., master of science;M.S.E., master of science in ...
How Time Flies for Oct. 1, 2008:
Oct 01, 2008; ... 100 years ago Oct. 1, 1908: Wesleyan's football team beat BHS 11-0 in ascrimmage at Wilder Field. Across town, Normal High beat ISNU'ssecond team 16-0. (It was not unusual in those days for high schooland college teams to play one another. A touchdown was worth fivepoints ...
Letters
Oct 01, 2008 ... Van Allen will help west Bloomington I am writing to endorse David Van Allen for McLean County Board,District 8. Like me, Dave is concerned about keeping the west sideof Bloomington growing. In addition, Van Allen is interested inmaintaining a stable and healthy future water supply ...
Grants aim to help speed up Amtrak service
Oct 02, 2008; ... SPRINGFIELD - Amtrak riders on the route between Chicago and St.Louis could get to their destinations a bit faster under a planannounced by federal officials this week. As the number of people taking trains continues to rise, the U.S.Department of Transportation said it will dole ...
Unemployment rate up for third straight month
Oct 02, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - The economic picture continues to worsen in McLeanCounty. For the third consecutive month, the county's jobless rate set anew high as it rose from 5.6 percent to 5.8 percent in August,according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security. Thattally also was ...
Cemetery walk recounts notable lives
Oct 02, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - Days of the living dead are returning toBloomington for the 14th autumn this weekend and next. As fans of the annual Evergreen Cemetery Discovery Walk havelearned over the course of its history, these are the good kind ofliving dead. They return from their ...
Humblesready forfirst startforISU
Oct 02, 2008; ... NORMAL - Tight end Kedric Meredith peered to his right on Tuesdayat Illinois State football practice and as usual saw a tackle.Unusual, however, was Meredith also saw an old friend. "It's weird. Now I look over and see Landon. I haven't seen thatsince high school," Meredith said of ...
Weekend's Best Bets
Oct 02, 2008 ... Monsters, Inc. If we have to explain 10,000-pound vehicles called Predator,Prowler, Lone Eagle and Holman's Beast for you, then the odds areyou aren't the audience being sought for Thunder Slam, A MonsterTrucks Motorsport Spectacular. However, if your face lights up likea semi's ...
Short Takes
Oct 02, 2008 ... Coming soon Scheduled to open in area theaters next weekend (Oct. 10) are: -Body of Lies, a Ridley ("Blade Runner") Scott thriller with LeonardoDeCaprio and Russell Crowe teamed, respectively, as a CIA boss andhis operative trying to smoke out a dangerous al-Qaida bomberthrough a ...
Go! Calendar
Oct 02, 2008 ... Special Events THis WEEKEND (OCT. 2-5) Bloomington-Normal- Illinois Symphony Guild Tea, Togs & Tots -Guild fundraiser, with fashion show, child fashions and tea; 4 p.m.Oct. 2; Bloomington Country Club. (309) 452-9037 for tickets.-Friends of the Bloomington Public Library Book ...
Letter from John Wesley donated to IWU collection
Oct 02, 2008; ... BLOOMINGTON - Illinois Wesleyan University now holds a literalconnection to Methodist church founder John Wesley, the campus'snamesake.The Rev. Ron and Doris Bogart of Normal have donated toBloomington's private liberal arts university an 18th century letterpenned by Wesley.The letter is ...
How Time Flies for Oct. 2, 2008:
Oct 02, 2008; ... 100 years ago Oct. 2, 1908: A big Republican rally had people filling thestreets and the square. Vice Presidential candidate James Shermanspoke. Congressman Esch came from Wisconsin. Mayor John F. Miller ofSeattle was there too. (Miller is from Randolph, where he isvisiting ...
Images of robbery suspects released
Oct 02, 2008 ... BLOOMINGTON - Police on Wednesday released security-camera imagesof the two suspects in Monday's robbery at Busey Bank in hopes thepublic may be able to help identify the pair.The images taken fromsecurity footage show the man and woman, both wearing masks,entering the Busey Bank branch ...
Bryan ready to take bench
Oct 02, 2008; ... CLINTON - In the days leading up to his taking the judicialbench, Clinton attorney Garry Bryan was asked numerous times whattype of judge he would be.It's an obvious question, Bryan, 54, saidduring his swearing-in ceremony Monday afternoon at the DeWittCounty courthouse. But it's a ...