The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL back issues from May 2009:
Deaths
May 01, 2009 ... central illinois Oral Cutright PONTIAC - Oral Otis Cutright, 90, Hemphill, Texas, died April 23,2009, after an illness. A memorial service will be at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in the StarrFuneral Home Chapel, Hemphill, Texas. Mr. Cutright was born June 25, 1918, in ...
Nonnemacher good enoughNCHS star gives up 4 hits but beats BHS
May 01, 2009; ... NORMAL - Megan Nonnemacher wasn't perfect Thursday. She was still pretty good, and her Normal Community High Schoolteammates aren't looking too bad, either. Nonnemacher, a junior right-hander coming off back-to-backperfect games, couldn't keep the streak going but she still ...
Kern, BHS baseball roll to win
May 01, 2009 ... Ryan Kern drove in four runs to key the Bloomington High Schoolbaseball team to a 10-2 Big 12 Conference baseball victory overDecatur MacArthur on Thursday at Howard Saar Field. Kern, Matt Herek and Derek Gliwa each had two of the PurpleRaiders' 11 hits. Herek had three ...
Nourie Memorial set Saturday at Fairbury
May 01, 2009; ... There are dirt track racing fanatics, and then there was LarryNourie. A long-time fixture and pit crew member at Fairbury AmericanLegion Speedway and other area tracks, the Kankakee mechanic died inMarch at age 57 of heart-related problems. "So many people in the racing ...
From Pages Past
May 01, 2009; ... 5 years ago (2004): Bloomington resident and former IllinoisState runner Dan Engel surged ahead in the final 100 meters toemerge victorious in the 7.5-mile Lake Run on a cool, wet morning atLake Bloomington. His time was 40 minutes, 47.8 seconds. 15 years ago (1994): Dan Latka's ...
Bridgestone Firestone lays off 50 more workers at Normal plantDemand for huge tires still strong
May 01, 2009; ... NORMAL -The recession, which claimed 67 jobs at BridgestoneFirestone Off Road Tire earlier this year, has claimed 50 more. The latest layoffs, effective at the end of work today, involvehourly workers making smaller to mid-sized off road tires, for whichdemand has ...
IHSA:No plans to delay events
May 01, 2009 ... BLOOMINGTON - At least two southern states have canceled highschool sporting events because of fears of an outbreak of swine flu,but the Illinois High School Association does not have any immediateplans to take similar measures. The IHSA has posted a bulletin on its Web site ...
Arts in Brief
May 01, 2009 ... THEATER Charlie Brown' HEYWORTH - Heyworth High School will present the musical, "You'rea Good Man, Charlie Brown," at 7:30 tonight and Saturday, with amatinee performance at 1 p.m. Sunday. Performances are at the high school in Heyworth. The cast includes David ...
Red Cross volunteers high achievers in Coach K's mind
May 01, 2009; ... NORMAL - Duke University Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski says aplayer on any team must be dependable and do what's needed to makethe team greater. The winning NCAA men's basketball coach - who also coached theU.S. Olympic basketball team to a gold medal in Beijing last year ...
Flu precautions must be taken at early stages
May 01, 2009 ... With the rapid spread of swine flu cases reported globally,government officials in the United States and elsewhere must becautious, monitor the situation, keep the public informed andprepare for a larger outbreak. Cases have been confirmed in at least 11 countries, and the listis ...
Good Neighbors
May 01, 2009 ... lilies Good Neighbor I would love to have some of your day lilies. -Minier Neighbor, (309) 392-1525 Good Neighbor I would love to have the day lilies you offered. -C of Normal, (309) 268-9797 Good Neighbor Having moved, I am starting over with a garden. Iwould love ...
Club Clipboard
May 01, 2009 ... bloomington-normal Chapter FM, PEO - 7 p.m. Tuesday, First Baptist Church, 2502 E.College, Normal; program: Ways & Means Book Sale and Exchange. Bloomington-Normal Alumnae Panhellenic - 1 p.m. Thursday, 15528Crestwicke Drive, Bloomington; program: Inventors Hall of ...
Normal fights ash borerTown will plant more than 700 trees this year to combat beetle
May 01, 2009; ... NORMAL - Spring flowers aren't the only thing resurging after along winter. The deadly emerald ash borer also is on the move again. The Asian beetles, which infiltrated North America about 10 yearsago and were found in Bloomington and other areas of McLean Countylast year, start ...
How Time Flies
May 01, 2009; ... 100 years ago May 1, 1909: Fire destroyed the Grand Opera House in the 100block of East Market Street. Losses to the Grand and 15 otherbusinesses and buildings was $93,800. But insurance coverageamounted to just $34,700. The blaze began in the BloomingtonPrinting Company next ...
Public Safety
May 01, 2009 ... Police, fire, rescue Burglar cooks, eats, leaves BLOOMINGTON - Someone broke into an apartment in the 800 block ofNorth Center Street, Bloomington, cooked and ate chicken and left,police said. The resident came home at 11 p.m. Tuesday to find a plant knockedover, a ...
Troubled trendsNew fashions have shoppers scratching their heads
May 01, 2009; ... If white is the new black - and the drifts of snowy fashionsarriving in the stores suggest it might be - then we're in fortrouble. Customers love white ... until they try it on, says Liz Kazyk,owner of Orlando, Fla.'s Sweet boutique. The problem: show-through. Whatever is ...
Creature sleeping bag goes from dreas to reality
May 01, 2009; ... It's a memorable scene from "The Empire Strikes Back": Han Solouses his light saber to slice open the carcass of a tauntaun, alarge, furry repto-mammal, so that a nearly frozen Luke Skywalkercan huddle inside and survive the deadly cold on the ice planetHoth. It's so memorable ...
Climate whines, ill swine, reality check for Blago
May 01, 2009; ... COLUMN DIARY, a check of big headlines, small wonders and otherworldly events: April 2009 1. Cigarettes jump 62 cents a pack as they continue to killpeople in that way, too. 2. Colonel Sanders rolls over in grave. Kentucky Fried Chickenannounces it will begin grilling ...
Proposal seeks to limit funeral pre-need salesHynes wants funeral homes out of fund management role
May 01, 2009; ... SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes wants to stripfuneral homes of the ability to manage pre-need funeral sales. The proposal, unveiled Thursday, comes in response to thecollapse of a pre-need funeral fund administered by the IllinoisFuneral Directors Association. At least ...
BHS' Henry leads school to Intercity title defense
May 01, 2009; ... BLOOMINGTON - After a hard practice Wednesday, Bloomington HighSchool girls track coach Roland Brent wasn't expecting super timesin the 20th annual Intercity Meet on Thursday. That came true, but he was pleasantly surprised in other ways ashis team won for the fourth straight ...
ISU student tested; virus not expected
May 01, 2009; ... NORMAL - A student at Illinois State University has been testedfor swine flu but campus leaders said they believe the results willcome back negative. "It's possible that the student has swine flu, but it'sunlikely," Dr. Glenn Weiss, medical director of the ISU StudentHealth ...
Coach brings in record for Red Cross
May 01, 2009; ... BLOOMINGTON - Coach K was a slam dunk for the American Red Crossof the Heartland. The Red Cross's 16th annual Evening of Stars - with DukeUniversity head basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski as keynote speaker -attracted a record number of people and raised a record amount ofmoney on ...
Letters
May 01, 2009 ... Change law to allow chickens in Normal For some time, I have been interested in raising three to fivechickens. I live in Normal on a fenced lot 130 x 100. When Iinquired about the legality from the town I found that we have anordinance that says: "SEC. 17.8-7 HOUSING. No ...
Comadena moving up
May 01, 2009; ... When Milwaukee's Mike Cameron bowled over Houston catcherHumberto Quintero on April 24, he knocked Quintero all the way ontothe disabled list. Cameron also ignited a chain reaction that ensnared Normal WestHigh School graduate Jordan Comadena. "There's been some injuries at ...
Man charged with concealing body now accused of '05 slaying
May 01, 2009; ... BLOOMINGTON - A four-year police investigation into the death ofa Bloomington man resulted in murder charges Thursday against a manpreviously convicted of concealing the victim's body. Tommy Lee Slayton, 41, of Springfield, faces three counts offirst-degree murder in the 2005 ...
Total recall: This one hits where it hurts
May 01, 2009; ... Athletes deal with equipment issues all the time. It might be afaulty chin strap, a worn out shoe, a broken racket string. Most are easily repaired or replaced. No harm done. Certainly, there are examples in baseball: a loosely laced mitt,dull spikes, a frayed batting ...
Grant oges to hire more attorneysFederal money targets domestic violence, rape cases; Tazewell to train lawyers
May 01, 2009; ... SPRINGFIELD - The state has hired two additional attorneys tohelp fight domestic violence and sexual assault cases against womenin Illinois. The Illinois appellate prosecutor's office received a $1.1million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to hire attorneyswho mostly ...
Man, 18, guilty of sex abuse
May 01, 2009; ... BLOOMINGTON - A Bloomington man was convicted of aggravatedcriminal sexual abuse after a bench trial Thursday. Timothy Rudolph, 18, was accused of sexually abusing a victimunder the age of 13 in November. The victim, who has learning and speech disabilities, hugged astuffed ...
McLean Co. to receive medicine
May 01, 2009; ... BLOOMINGTON - McLean County Health Department will be among thehealth departments receiving anti-viral medicine to treat swine flu,the health department's Bree Davis said Thursday. The medicine treats swine flu; it is not a vaccine to reduce therisk of getting flu, Davis explained ....
Wet spring showing now signs of going away
May 01, 2009 ... LINCOLN - If April showers bring May flowers, the blooms will bewhoppers. A very wet spring was expected to continue, with showers possibleagain today. Most of Central Illinois was under a flash flood watchearlier Thursday. Bloomington-Normal had seen 10.19 inches in March ...
Upon entry, hospitals giving swine flu questionaires
May 01, 2009; ... Walk into a hospital, and expect some official questions aboutswine flu. Starting Thursday morning, the three-question query was given toworkers, visitors and patients at OSF St. James-John W. AlbrechtMedical Center. Spokeswoman Pam Meiner said the practice is inresponse concerns ...
Daily digest
May 01, 2009 ... NEWS IN BRIEF Programs to get food, shelter aid BLOOMINGTON - McLean County will receive $49,232 to supplementemergency food and shelter programs, United Way of McLean Countyannounced. The money is available through the American Recovery andReinvestment Act of 2009. A ...
Regional digest
May 01, 2009 ... Delavan school board seats five DELAVAN - Delavan School Board has seated its new ...
Maestra's tenure hits sour noteSurvey: Performers lose confidence in Deal
May 01, 2009; ... BLOOMINGTON - Illinois Symphony Orchestra Maestra Karen LynneDeal has lost the confidence of the majority of her musiciansbecause of inconsistencies in her conducting and poor rehearsalmanagement, according to a survey of performers within theorganization. Adding to the ...
State agriculture department placing ash borer traps
May 01, 2009; ... BLOOMINGTON -- The Illinois Department of Agriculture has startedsetting traps to see if the emerald ash borer has traveled to othercounties. Warren Goetsch, bureau chief of environmental programs, said thetraps are placed in high-risk areas in southern Illinois, along ...
State Farm tightens puts clamps on travel
May 01, 2009; ... BLOOMINGTON -- The spread of the swine flu has curtailed travelat State Farm Insurance Cos. The company announced Thursday that it would prohibit businesstravel from other offices into Bloomington. It has also restrictedtravel by Bloomington-based workers to out-of-town ...
Names & Faces
May 01, 2009 ... IWU BLOOMINGTON Illinois Wesleyan University Associate Professor ofEnglish Wes Chapman has won the Kemp Foundation Award for TeachingExcellence, the university's top teaching honor. Chapman has been at IWU since 1991. IWU BLOOMINGTON Illinois Wesleyan ...
Shedding light on new plants
May 02, 2009; ... Local garden centers are bursting withplants this time of year.Many are tried-and-true varieties we incorporate in our garden eachyear; others may be enticing, yet unfamiliar. A basic question thatarises when considering the purchase of an unfamiliar plant is theamount of light it ...
Pantagraph shows market reach growth
May 02, 2009 ... BLOOMINGTON - More than 83 percent of adults in Central Illinoisread The Pantagraph, visit its Web site, or do both, despite theeffects of a national recession that is adversely affectingnewspapers nationwide. The market reach growth is being fueled by increased audiencenumbers ...
Deaths
May 02, 2009 ... central illinois William Antolik STREATOR - William G. Antolik, 88, Streator, a resident of theLaSalle Veterans Home, died Tuesday evening (April 28, 2009) at St.Margaret's Hospital, Spring Valley. Service: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hagi Funeral Home, Streator, with theRev ....
Titans take big lead at CCIW golf
May 02, 2009 ... HUNTLEY - Bennett Blakeman fired a 1-under-par 71 Friday to powerthe Illinois Wesleyan men's golf team to a commanding lead afterthree rounds of the College Conference of Illinois and WisconsinChampionship at Whisper Creek Golf Club. The Titans, with five players in the top 10, ...
Gadgets galoreNew things designed to get consumers spending
May 02, 2009; ... CHICAGO - Living within our means doesn't mean doing without. At least not doing without a serrated lettuce knife that won'tbrown leaves, a grill charm that marks our less-than-spicy chickenbreast or a paisley slipcover for an ugly lampshade. Leslie Haywood invented dime-sized ...
Products designed to make life easier, better
May 02, 2009; ... Maybe you don't need eco-friendly salad bowls, a flip-flop rackor a set of rolling penguin salt and pepper shakers that glideacross the table, but some inventors think you do. Here are some ofthe products that debuted at the International Home and HousewaresShow in Chicago in March:- A ...
Repairing, not replacingAuto owners keep cars a little longer
May 02, 2009; ... NORMAL - Russell Johnson of Normal has 100,870 miles on his 2005Chrysler but wants to keep the family car awhile longer yet. "If we can get another 100,000 miles on it I will be very happy,"said Johnson, who put four new tires on in early March. "With the economy the way it ...
Religion Calendar
May 02, 2009 ... Covell Community Church Service; 10 a.m. Sunday Funks GroveChurch, rural McLean; No Sunday school. Beyond the Ashes; 7 p.m. May 10, Stanford Christian Church;gospel group; free will offering. Young at Heart potluck; noon May ...
Church remains relevant today
May 02, 2009; ... Statistics show the number of people attending church isdeclining. Well-known authors and leaders go to great lengths toexplain why people are opting for home church, small group studiesor no group growth at all! On one hand I can understand; thebehaviors of church people can closely ...
Titans win, then fall in 13-inning marathonIWU needs three wins today for CCIW softball tourney title
May 02, 2009; ... BLOOMINGTON - Even after losing in 13 innings Friday night,Illinois Wesleyan softball coach Steve King knew there was a brightside. "It's already better than last year," he said. The Titans dropped two games and were eliminated on the first dayof the 2008 College Conference ...
Pitching troubleshurt ISUbaseballCreighton scores 5 in 8th in victory
May 02, 2009; ... NORMAL - Robbie Knight delivered the key hit in Creighton's five-run eighth inning Friday at Duffy Bass Field. Illinois State's agony stemmed from the fact Knight's two-runsingle was also the only hit of the frame. ISU starter Ryan Camp and reliever Kyle Nelson combined to ...
IWU back on trackMarzec, Titans tip Augustana
May 02, 2009; ... BLOOMINGTON - Illinois Wesleyan's baseball team had lost three ina row and four of five. The Titans had incentive Friday that wentbeyond celebrating Senior Night. "We need to start rolling again going into next week and theconference tournament," senior shortstop Tim Marzec said ....
Bulls, Celtics taking it to the limit
May 02, 2009; ... The Chicago Bulls were pretty much like everybody else lateThursday night - giddy and disbelieving, silly smiles on theirfaces, trying to make sense of it all. Great things had occurred, and the demands for explanations andmore drama followed - specifically, how the heck can they ...
West's Cumbess tosses perfect game vs. U High
May 02, 2009 ... Normal West High School's Lauren Cumbess achieved perfectionFriday, spinning a 13-strikeout masterpiece as the host Wildcatsposted a 5-0 win over Intercity rival University High. Cumbess (9-2) faced the minimum 21 batters and backed her effortin the circle with a two-hit, two-RBI ...
Letters
May 02, 2009 ... Resurface Lincoln St.; add a through street Lincoln Street in south Bloomington absolutely should beresurfaced. It is in such terrible shape, we avoid it. Our carsshake, rattle and roll when driving on it. I have talked to several people in this area. We all agree weneed ...
ISU to dedicate stadium
May 02, 2009 ... NORMAL - Illinois State's new baseball stadium at Duffy BassField will be dedicated at 1:45 p.m. today before the 2 p.m. firstpitch for the Redbirds' game against ...
Davis challenged to rebound
May 02, 2009; ... CHAMPAIGN - Mike Davis is not bashful about comparisons. He lovesLeBron James, has been asked to emulate Blake Griffin and thinks hemost resembles Rudy Gay. The Illini coaching staff has given Davis a video package showinghow Griffin gobbles up rebounds like jelly beans. It's part ...
Take 2The Morning Line
May 02, 2009 ... The List By the numbers: MLB in April It rained home runs across the major leagues in April, especiallygrand slams as offense rebounded to its highest level in threeseasons and sluggers hit grand slams at a pace that would shatterthe season record if it keeps up. Here's a ...
Handicapping derby? It's a losing proposal
May 02, 2009; ... The best two minutes in sports happens today. Put a couple buckson it and your heart rate will go up. That's a guarantee. It's "The Run for the Roses," or the Kentucky Derby for those whowatch one horse race a year. These are the kind of athletes allowners love. They don't give ...
Grandparents learned to adapt in hard times
May 02, 2009; ... Grandparents learned to adapt in hard times I keep wondering what my grandparents would think. My paternalgrandmother and grandfather were products of the Great Depression.They married and moved to a farm in Pontiac during the mid-1930s,and although they were never destitute, they ...
BLOOMINGTON... [Derived headline]
May 02, 2009 ... BLOOMINGTON - The kids' act billing itself as "the world's No. 1preschool band" is coming to the U.S. Cellular Coliseum this summer. The Wiggles, who appear daily on the Disney Channel's PlayhouseDisney programming block, will star in "The Wiggles Go Bananas Live"at 6:30 p.m. Aug ....
St. Louis heart walk dedicated to area teen
May 02, 2009; ... ST. LOUIS The Metro St. Louis Start! Heart Walk today will bededicated to a former Normal Community High School student.KirbieBrittain, 15, died in a St. Louis hospital on Sept. 1 of a heartailment.At the walk, a speech will be given in her honor, and an 8-foot tribute banner will be ...
Rally held for immigrant rights
May 02, 2009; ... BLOOMINGTON About 100 people turned out Friday for a rally andmarch downtown Bloomington to call for immigration reforms andpayment of wages owed to workers from the now-closed WildwoodIndustries plant.The crowd, which included people holding Americanflags and signs that said My Dream ...
From Pages Past
May 02, 2009; ... 5 years ago (2004): In an eagerly anticipated match witnessed bya horde of scouts, Illinois State's Kyle Bloom outpitched SouthernIllinois left-hander Eric Haberer for a 6-3 Missouri ValleyConference baseball victory at Redbird Field. 15 years ago (1994): Francis Brown, a volunteer ...
Rain forces Unit 5 to move groundbreaking indoors
May 02, 2009; ... NORMAL -- Celebrations to mark the groundbreaking for new Unit 5schools have been moved indoors because of continued rain. | Five-day forecast The events will be at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Saturday, both atPepper Ridge Elementary School, 2602 Danbury Drive, Bloomington. Thefirst ...
Names and Faces
May 02, 2009 ... SCHOLARSHIPSSIUCFAIRBURY Alyssa Surber of Fairbury has receivedthe Transfer Scholarship Award to attend Southern IllinoisUniversity, Carbondale. The award is for $2,000.Surber, a 2009graduate of Parkland Community College, is the daughter of David andJudy Surber. SIUCLeROY ...
In CourtWoman accused of forging checks
May 02, 2009 ... In Court Woman accused of using fake checks BLOOMINGTON A Bloomington woman has been charged with burglaryafter police said she used fake checks to buy more than $12,000worth of merchandise at a Bloomington retailer. Alice Cobb, 18, of the 800 block of West Grove ...
Illinois weighing online gambling
May 02, 2009; ... SPRINGFIELD Mr. Hot Stuff or Chocolate Candy could win you a lotof money this weekend by the click of a mouse.But not inIllinois.More than $80 million will be bet on the Kentucky Derbytoday, and part of that will be generated through onlinebetting.However, Illinois is one of nine states ...