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KEN BRADBURYBOB BRADNEYROBERT CROWEROGER DEEMMINDY FARMER
TREV FLORENCEPATRICK GRACEBUFORD GREENCORI PATE
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Crime Stoppers of Morgan and Scott
Counties is seeking information to
assist the Jacksonville Police
Department in their investigation into a
recent residential burglary.
On Monday, October 19, 2009, between 5:00PM and 5:45PM, a residence in
the 500 block of Hooker St. was burglarized. The complainant advised that
a suspect had entered the residence through a window and removed an
Xbox 360 game console with a wireless controller, a Call of Duty video game,
and a black LG 515 cell phone.
The police are asking that anyone who has information concerning this
crime, or any other crimes within the two county area, submit a tip online by
going to www.tipsubmit.com or calling Crime Stoppers at 243-7300. Tips
may also be submitted by texting 274637 (CRIMES). The first word of the
text tip must be “payout”. More information can be found at www.mor-
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A cash reward of up to $1000 will be paid for information leading to an arrest.
INSIDESourceSourceTravels Through the Cornfields by Bob Bradney 3
MacMurray College Adult Degree Program by Mindy Farmer 4
Finding the Groove by Kyle Cummings & Josh West 5
Introductions by Ken Bradbury 6
Plan for Retirement... Submitted by Brent Bordenkircher 7
Community Calendar 8
Community News and Bulletins 9
Oktoberfest Pictures 10
Barfield Carpets by Cori Pate 11
Where God Leads... by Cori Pate 12-13
Sports 14
Morgan County Nightlife with Katie Carroll 16
Entertainment 17
On Campus by Lauren Ridings and Tina Arnold 18
PC Doctors 19
Outdoors by Bruce Arnold 20
Cottage Delights Georgia Stout’s recipes & stories 21
Classifieds 22-23
Legal Notices 23
Your 15 Minutes by Mindy Farmer 24
Getting the Word Out by Natalie Rowe
When Lisa Jackson entered my office to talk about her
“Spooky Walk,” I was suprised...she didn’t strike me as a
Halloween enthusiast. Boy, was I wrong. The moment she began
discussing “Haunted Trails,” a spooky walk she is hosting in her
backyard, her face lit up with excitement, ideas danced behind her
fiery eyes, and she spoke passionately about her event and the
charity it supports.
Years back Lisa and her family adopted a St. Bernard from
the Scott County Dog Rescue. The pup was immediately part of
the family. Today, while many people help with financial relief and
adoption events, the Rescue is still in need. So Lisa, her family,
and friends will be opening up the Jackson’s 6000 square foot
backyard to the public. For a small, voluntary donation of $2.00
per person, anyone can take an after dark stroll through movie
inspired horror scenes, and all proceeds will benefit the Scott
County Dog Rescue.
Why did Lisa choose to host this event? “Before we
moved, we had a pool in our backyard, so we had a small Fourth
of July party every summer with close friends and family. Since we
have changed residences and no longer have a pool, and
Halloween is really the last outdoor celebration you can squeeze in
before the holidays, we decided to have a Spooky Walk and donate
the proceeds to a worthy cause.” Lisa Fondly remembered past
Halloweens from childhood “When I was growing up, I never had a
store-bought costume, my brother Mike was really creative and
always made costumes for me.” Combine that with the fact that
Lisa managed a video store for five years, and the making for an
entertaining Spooky Walk is quite apparent.
October 29th, 30th, or 31st from 7:00 pm - ? visit 726
North Main Street in Jacksonville. Prepare to scream for a good
cause. Lisa explained that while this is the first year for the event
and they haven’t had much time to plan “We’ll see how this year
goes and plan for an even bigger event next year!”
The Looking for Lincoln Wayside Exhibit at the David A. Smith House was dedi-cated during Illinois College’s Homecoming. It is located at the corner of Park and Groveon the IC campus and was made possible through a donation by the Women’s BuildingAssociation of Illinois College.
Pictured participating in the dedication are Hal Smith, Director of the IllinoisLooking for Lincoln Coalition, Doris Hopper, text writer for the wayside exhibit, SandyBellatti, President of the Women’s Building Association, and Laura Marks, Chairman of theJacksonville Looking for Lincoln Committee.
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These many grocery storeswere supplied in part by two whole-salers, Capitol Grocerty at 234 W. Courtand by Jenkinson Grocery Co. at 200 E.Douglas.
Why so many grocery stores?Remember in 1936 the Great Depressionwas still very much with us. Familiesdidn’t have two cars. A lot of familiesdidn’t have a car at all. So neighborhoodstores made a lot of sense. Moreover,even though the chains, such as Krogers,A&P, and Piggly Wiggly had stores intown, they were small. The day of thesupermarket was several years ahead.
In addition, a great many ofthese stores gave services that wouldseem unbelievable today. My Motherduring all of these years shopped atRedburn’s on North Main, not near at allto where we lived on Edgehill. ButRedburn’s was a “cash and carry” store,as I suspect most of them were. MyMother would pick up the telephone andplace her order, and later in the day, Mr.Redburn would deliver. He would bill atthe end of the month.
Many of these grocery storeswere called “Red and White” stores.They had a special logo and they carriedthe Red and White brands. These chainstores came to pass because of thedepression, which is to say, they com-bined their buying power and standard-ized how they sold groceries. It was asuccessful chain that got Jacksonvillethrough the depression and indeed, someof the stores continued to exist after thewar. If my memory serves me correctly,Denny’s at the corner of Pine andLafayette may have survived the longest,staying open until well into the 60s.
I listed the addresses, becauseas you can readily ascertain, many of thebuildings are now being used for otherpurposes. Thus, Spencer’s on SouthDiamond is now R&M Appliances;Leck’s on South Diamond is nowAshley’s; Denny’s on Pine is a Churchaffiliated building.
The building that housedJenkinson Grocery Company still standsat the intersection of East Douglas andNorth Mauvisterre. What isn’t apparentas one drives by is that the interior of thebuilding contains huge loading docks,docks where fruit, vegetables, and pro-duce were constantly being unloaded. Inits heyday, large trucks could be seenentering at all times of the day.
The coming of the supermar-kets; the increasing wealth of the peoplewho lived here, thus owning cars to doshopping; and, World War II brought somany changes, that one by one, thesestores closed.
The War Years
I really can’t tell you muchabout grocery shopping in the war years,because I was elsewhere. I am told therewere ration cards for many commodities,including meat. I never fully understoodwhy, because in the Army it seemed likeall we were fed was Spam; K rations,and something I will called chipped beefon toast. (It had another name in theArmy, but as this is a family publication,we’ll leave it as that.)
I do know that shortly beforethe war, the Old Dunlap Hotel on WestState Street, immediately east of TrinityEpiscopal Church, was torn down, andthe Atlantic and Pacific Tea Companybuilt the first supermarket in
Jacksonville. As stated earlier, that wasthe beginning of the end of the neighbor-hood stores.
The A&P as it was called, gotthe lion’s share of the business during itsheyday. It had competition. The PigglyWiggly on the Square and KentDawson’s on North Main continued tocompete. There was a time that I sup-posed the A&P would always be domi-nant here, but I now know that nothinglasts forever, and it finally closed, as didthe Piggly Wiggly and as did Dawson’s.
The Last Grocery Store Downtown
After the demise of the A&P, aman by the name of Bill Esslinger decid-ed to occupy the West Street Buildingwith a unique supermarket. As I recall,he asked 10 or 15 prominentJacksonville women to advise him as towhat they would like to see in a super-market. He not only listened to them,but took their advice, and for a numberof years, Bill’s carried on a remarkablebusiness. After Bill passed away, hissons continued, but the coming of theLincoln Shopping Center and the devel-opment of West Morton proved to be theend of down town grocery shopping.
So here we are in 2009 withthree big box stores, one on East Mortonand two on West Morton. And, variousconvenience stores located here andthere. An improvement? I supposeopinions vary, but I thought you mightbe interested in how we got here.
The Depression Years
The depression years are usually saidto begin with the crash of the stock market inOctober of 1929. Jacksonville suffered as didthe rest of the country, with the economy in aterrible decline from 1930 until World War IIbroke out in December of 1941,
Even with the economy in decline,there was no shortage of both downtown andneighborhood grocery stores. There were morethan 60! Sixty! Where were they and why didwe have so many? Let me list1 them and youcan see how close some of them were to whereyou now reside. My guess is not very far.
1. Allen’s, 431 South Church
2. Barnhart’s, 1236 South Main
3. Bergschneider’s, 101 East
Greenwood
4. Birnbaum’s, 221 South Main
5. Brockhouse’s, 826 Lafayette
6. Bump’s, 825 South Diamond
7. Burge’s, 533 South Church
8. Stace’s. 459 Hardin
9. City Garden, 232 Dunlap
Court
10. Cowger’s, 640 North Main
11. Daly’s, 800 N. Clay
12. DeFrates, 400 E. Lafayette
13. Denny’s, 260 Pine
14. Duncan’s. 928 S. Main
15. Economy, 501 E. State
16. Eoff’s, 319 N. West
17. Fenstermaker’s, 428 S. East
18. Ferreira’s, 300 E. Lafayette
19. Fisher Grocery, 625 W.
Beecher
20. Food Center, 220 W. State
21, A&P Different Locations
22. Haney’s, 301, W. Morgan
23. Hankins, 300 S. Main
24. Holmes, 228 W. State
25. Home Market, 1600 S. Main
26. Howe’s, 475 S. Clay
27. Keehner’s, 701 N. Main
28. Krogers, 225 S. Main
29. Krogers, 312 E. State
30. Krogers, 232 W. State
31. Kumle’s, 220 S. Main
32. Leck’s, 700 S. Diamond
33. Lonergan’s, 742 Allen Ave.
34. Mapes, 234 N. Main
35. Swain’s, 310 E. State
36. McDonald’s, 338 E.
Independence
37. McGinnis’, 362 N. West
38. McGound, 832 N. Main
39. Menezes, 407 W. Lafayette
40. Morton Hurley, 504 N.
Webster
41. Nunes, 901 N. Diamond
42. O’Brien’s, 472 S. Main
43. Petty’s, 1358 S. East
44. Phillip’s, 320 Brown
45. Piggly Wiggly, 72 es Square
46. Quinlan’s, 359 E. Beecher
47. Redburn’s, 801 N. Main
48. Ring’s, 635 E. Morton
49. Schmalz & Son, 52 ns
Square
50. Sherwin’s, 455 S. Fayette
51. Spencer’s, 600 S. Diamond
52. Swaby’s, 238 N. Main
53. Templin & Wright, 401 E.
Morton
54. Underwood’s, 701 N. Prairie
55. Vannier’s, 108 N. West
56. Wilkins, 802 Hardin
57. Williamsons, 844 W. State
58. Winstead’s, 952 N. Main
59. Zell’s, 226 E. State
1This list is obtained from Polk’s City Directory for 1936.
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This coming January,MacMurray College will introduce theBachelor of Science degree inOrganizational Leadership. This newadult degree completion program willprovide working adults with the opportu-nity to earn a bachelor’s degree in a uni-versity setting while continuing to workfull-time. The curriculum is specificallydesigned for professionals who wouldlike additional management and supervi-sory experience.
The MacMurray faculty andadministration jointly crafted this newdegree program to meet the needs of con-temporary working professionals.Nationally, adults 25 years and oldermake up 1/3 of the higher education mar-ket. Dr. Colleen Hester, CollegePresident, calls adults returning to com-plete their college education “the bigstory of growth in American higher edu-cation.” Many working men and womenstarted a college degree program andnever completed it or earned an associ-ate’s degree, and would like further edu-cation. These individuals recognize theadditional benefits that a bachelor’sdegree can bring both personally andprofessionally. They are now asking howcolleges can meet the needs of adultswho are unable to earn a degree in a tra-ditional undergraduate setting.
MacMurray is responding tothis question by offering a bachelor’sprogram designed with the unique needsof working professionals in mind. TheOrganizational Leadership program is atwo-year, accelerated course, utilizingboth in-class and on-line instruction.According to Dr. David Fitz, VicePresident of Academic affairs, the pro-gram has a strong value-centered andcommunication approach, so that stu-dents can “promote themselves, commu-nicate attractively, and have a soundvalue basis” in the workplace. Twocourses will be offered each eight-weekterm, covering diverse topics such asprofessional writing, communication,ethics, leadership, psychology, and sta-tistics. Dr. Hester says that MacMurrayis excited to offer a program that willprepare students with “the legacy of aMacMurray College education with highquality expertise to help them be leadersin organizations.”
The Adult Degree CompletionProgram is specifically for adults whoare 25 years or older and have two years
of full-time work experience. Individualsmust have completed 60 college credithours from a regionally accredited insti-tution to qualify. Students with an associ-ate’s degree will be granted 60 credithours and students with a grade pointaverage of a 2.0 (C average) or higherwill be automatically admitted. Eachcourse will be taught over an eight-weekterm, with classes meeting in-person twoweekends each term. The weekend classschedules vary, depending on the coursestructure.
MacMurray recognizes theaccess and affordability created by com-munity colleges and want students withassociate’s degrees to have their previouscredits apply toward this new degree.The intent of the program is to allowindividuals who want to start as afford-ably as possible and not lose any time ingetting a degree. To achieve this goal,MacMurray has worked with LincolnLand Community College to ease transi-tion into this program through an articu-lation agreement that ensures that a stu-dent with an associate’s degree fromLincoln Land will have all of the prereq-uisites necessary to begin this programas a Junior. It will also allow adult stu-dents in the Jacksonville area to earn abachelor’s degree locally, eliminating thedifficulties associated with commutingor moving.
Jan Terry, Executive Director ofthe Jacksonville and Beardstown LincolnLand campuses, calls this new program“incredibly exciting.” While articulationagreements are fairly common amongstpublic institutions, an agreement such asthis between a public and private institu-tion is rare. MacMurray and LincolnLand already have five degree programsarticulated, including elementary educa-tion, special education, nursing, and lib-eral arts. The adult degree completionprogram is a “most creative and unusual”sixth addition, according to Terry. Notonly can practicing professionals attendthe courses while working, but individu-als with applied science degrees, such asnursing and construction management,can also articulate seamlessly into theprogram.
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“It’s called The New Trier Jazz Festival. It’s in Chicago, and we’re going to play init.”
The members of the Jazz Band watch with rapt attention as Mr. Bartunek, TriopiaHigh School’s new band director, presents this news with a flourish. The classroom, normal-ly packed to the brim with students of all ages and grade levels, is fairly empty now, housingonly a dozen or so teenagers.
“We’re going to the festival this February, and we will play in front of a panel ofjudges which will critique the performance,” says Mr. Bartunek with the air of one enjoyingthe reactions.
The kids sitting in the front row glance at each other excitedly. This is an interest-ing discovery. Playing in a local concert is certainly fun, but traveling to Chicago? Instantlyseveral eyes in the crowd break away as the students begin to daydream about it.
This is just one of many events Triopia’s new director has in mind. In addition totraveling in the spring, a whole host of private concerts has been planned. The students are thebest and most determined band members. In the opinion of sophomore guitarist Billie Smith,“Playing and studying jazz has greatlybroadened my horizons, and I’ve learneda lot about playing in general.”
Most of the kids also take bandas a class during the day. Trevor Gaines,senior tuba player, has recently found anew instrument to add to his arsenal. “Ijust walked into the room and said, ‘I’mgoing to play the trumpet.’ It’s been goinggreat so far,” Trevor told us.
Trevor is not a unique case atTriopia. In the first row, senior JennaArthur and freshman Jessica Clinton, bothflautists, are now broadening their musi-cal interests by trying the alto saxophone.
There are many great changesbeing made to the band program atTriopia, , and if you want a firsthandaccount, watch for the announcements ofupcoming concerts.
Finding the Groove By Kyle Cummings and Josh West
The settingwas Crispin LectureHall at IllinoisCollege. I’d beenhired by the StudentActivities Board todeliver the
Homecoming convocation. “Somethinglight,” they said, “funny, entertaining, youknow...”
I arrived ten minutes before theappointed hour to find a lecture hall full ofstudents who 1) were desperate for convo-cation credit and 2) had little intention ofactually listening. A little gal saw me in thehallway and shouted, “You the speaker?”After that warm and gracious greeting I toldher that I was indeed the lion tamer they’dhired for the night. “This is the room,” shesaid, then left me to find my way in.
Crispin Lecture Hall is well suitedfor speeches on chemistry and physics, but,as a venue for an entertaining speech, it hasall the warmth of a meat packing plant. Achemical resistant lecture table and a chartof the Periodic Table of the Elements do notlend themselves to high comedy unlessyou’re a perverse chemist or an entomolo-gist who gets his giggles by observing thehome life of anthropoids.
At the appointed tick of the clockthe same little girl who’d greeted me sowarmly took the podium, grabbed a stapler,banged in on the wooden podium andshouted, “Come on! The quicker you quietdown the quicker we can get out of here!”
That’s the absolute truth. I wasbeing introduced as a root canal.
She went on, “Our HomecomingConvo speaker is…uh…” She looked atme. “What was your name?”
“Ken Bradbury.”“Yeah. Here he is.” Then she left
the room. She left the room. Introductions. Gotta love ‘em.
Sometimes the highlight of a speakingengagement is simply listening to the vari-ous ways you can be introduced.
Speaking to the International FFAConvention in Chicago many years ago, Iwas introduced as “That famous writer, RayBradbury.” Although Ray is an Illinoisnative he’s lived in California most of hislife and would have been hard pressed tohurry back and help me. The guy doesn’teven have a driver’s license and refuses toboard an airplane. I apologized to theassembled throng for being who I was,spoke my speech and somehow found myway back downstate. (Irritating note to self:That speech was over 20 years ago, and Istill haven’t been paid.)
Speaking to a civic group inMetropolis, Illinois, I was informed,“Here’s Ken Bradbury who will be playingthe bagpipes for us tonight.” Interesting.
No one told me and my pipes were hoursaway in Arenzville.
Hired to do a piano gig in LincolnI was introduced by the MC as “A guyyou’ll never forget,” then he forgot myname.
Sometimes the simple ambianceof the room is even more memorable thanthe introduction. It’s hard to do a piano pro-gram called, “The simplicity of Christmas”at the Beardstown Elks Club when Fat andthe Havana Ducks country western band areplaying full-bore in the room next door.Actually, it wasn’t even a separate room asthe Baptists and the boozers were separatedby only a flimsy pull-curtain.
Playing the piano on the Spirit ofPeoria Riverboat when the paddle wheelerpasses a barge is exciting. The wake of thetugboat will cause you to change keysbetween verses one and two of “When Youand I Were Young, Maggie.”
Hired by the Decatur Park Districtto lead a group of inner-city kids in a theatreworkshop at the Holiday Inn, I looked at theuntamed crowd and wondered just howslowly the morning’s clock would be tick-ing. The leader of the group spent the firstten minutes simply getting the 200-or-so“actors” to sit down. After having finallyachieved some semblance of order he intro-duced me. Then just as I rose to speak oneof the Park District employees stuck hishead in the door and shouted, “Hey guys!Jesse Jackson Jr. is in the lobby!”
This bald, pudgy white guy fromArenzville lacked the drawing power of theChicago political superstar and the rest ofmy presentation resembled a peacekeepingin Afghanistan.
But sometimes it’s done well. Sowell, in fact, that an introduction can be bet-ter than the featured speech. Don Eldred,former Dean of Students at Illinois College,was the master of the introduction. He usesno canned publicity material. He does hishomework on the speaker then presents asimple and fresh introduction. When he fin-ishes you truly want to hear what the pre-senter has to say.
But my favorite introduction…the little town of Benld, Illinois. I don’tremember the denomination, but the gather-ing was a delightful group of elderly ladieswho’d dined on a bounty of homemadegoodies and then retired to their sanctuaryfor my program. The dear old saint whowas to introduce me had lost her notes andher hands were shaking as she stood beforeher 30-or-so congregants. She said, “I’msorry. And I’m very nervous. And on top ofall that I’ve lost my notes. But I just ate sup-per with him and he seems like a very niceman. Here’s Ken.” Simple, direct, and shedidn’t even bang a stapler.
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You might not see it on your calendar, but Oct. 18 – 24 is National Savefor Retirement Week. This event, endorsed by Congress, is designed to promote the benefitsof saving for retirement and to encourage workers to take full advantage of their employer-sponsored retirement plans — so you may want to use this week as a starting point to do justthat.
For many of us, the need to boost our retirement savings is critical. In fact, some 53 percentof Americans report that the total value of their household’s savings and investments, exclud-ing the value of their primary home and any defined benefit plans, is less than $25,000,according to the 2009 Retirement Confidence Survey, sponsored by the Employee BenefitResearch Institute.
Also, the decline in popularity of these defined benefit plans — the traditional pension plansthat make payments based primarily on years of service — is one reason that saving for retire-ment has become such a major issue. From 1986 to 2008, participation in defined benefitplans among full-time workers in private industry declined from 76 percent to 24 percent,according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In many cases, these defined benefit plans havebeen replaced by defined contribution plans, such as 401(k) plans — which means that muchof the responsibility of adequately funding retirement has shifted from the employer to theindividual.
Given these factors, it’s clear that you must be proactive in building resources to achieve theretirement lifestyle you’ve envisioned. So, consider taking the following steps:
Contribute to your 401(k) or other employer-sponsored plan. If possible, try to put in as muchas you can afford to your 401(k) or other tax-advantaged, employer-sponsored plan, such asa 403(b) or 457(b). It’s a good idea to spread your 401(k) dollars among the available invest-ments in a way that reflects your risk tolerance and time horizon. And as your incomeincreases, try to increase your 401(k) contributions. At a minimum, put in enough to earnyour employer’s match, if one is offered. Due to the prolonged economic slump, someemployers have cut back or eliminated their 401(k) matching contributions, but if one isoffered, take advantage of it.
Open an IRA. Even if you contribute to a 401(k), you are probably still eligible to open anIRA. A traditional IRA can grow on a tax-deferred basis, and a Roth IRA grows tax-free, pro-vided you’ve had your account for at least five years and don’t begin taking withdrawals untilyou’re 59-1/2. Plus, you can usually find that an IRA provides more investment options thata 401(k) plan.
Rebalance your investment portfolio regularly. During the long bear market, many newretirees faced difficulties when they were forced to tap into investment portfolios whose valuehad dropped significantly. You can help avoid this problem by periodically reviewing andrebalancing your investments. So for example, if you know you’re going to retire within thenext five years, you may want to consider shifting some of your assets into shorter-terminvestments that may not be as susceptible to market volatility. You can speak with a finan-cial advisor, who can help you review your specific situation.
By making the right moves, you can turn every week into a “Save for Retirement” week. Andyou’ll probably be glad you did, once your actual retirement week arrives.
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November 5th & 6th - 1-5pm and November 12th & 13th 1-5pm the Salvation Army is
holding its Christmas Sign-up Dates for Angel Tree Children’s gifts and Family Food
Baskets at 331 W Douglas.
Jacksonville Area Senior Center Schedule - Community Park Open Tues -Thurs 9:00am
- 4:00 pm handicapped accessible.
Jacksonville Fire Department Raffle - tickets for a pink fire hat with proceeds to bene-
fit the Mia Ware Foundation are 1/$1 or 6/$5 and can be purchased at the Chamber
office. The drawing will be held November 4. For more info, please call 245-2174.
ON GOING EVENTS:
5:00 pm - 9:00pm El Rancherito Musical Entertainment Robert Sampson
7:30 - Little Shop Of Horrors - Jacksonville Theatre Guild
12:00pm - 4pm Make the Bed Food Bank Fundraiser - American Legion. Donate non-
perishable food items or monetary support for a chance to win a Casino Trip for two!
4:00pm - 5:30pm Trunk or Treat - hosted by the Central Christian Church at 359 W.
College Ave. For more info, please call 243-7461.
7:30pm “Halloween Concert,” - Jacksonville Symphony Society, IC Rammelkamp
Chapel
7:30pm - Little Shop Of Horrors - Jacksonville Theatre Guild
2:00pm - Little Shop Of Horrors - Jacksonville Theatre Guild
9:00am - 2:00pm Senior Day - at Hamilton’s, 110 N. East St. There will be free health
screenings, entertainment on stage, a Bread of Love Meal available through reserva-
tion and suggested donation. Call for exhibit info, at 479-4619.
1:00pm - 5:00pm Salvation Army Christmas sign-up at 331 W Douglas in the
Sanctuary
1:00pm - 5:00pm Salvation Army Christmas sign-up at 331 W. Douglas in the
Sanctuary
5:00pm Day of the Dead by Felicia Olin Downtown Gallery Hop
7:30 pm Pardon My Shorts Jacksonville Theatre Guild
8:00am - 11:00am ISD will be hosting Chris Cakes Pancake Feed in Burns Gym. For
more info, please call 217.479.4286.
9:00am -12:00pm Shred Day Jacksonville Public Library parking lot.
7:00 pm Jubilee Habitat for Humanity -A Night of Music - ISVI Theatre. 658 E. State
St. Tickets: $5.00 each. Children 5 and under: FREE. Contact: Kathy Turner 217-245-
3949 or Mickey Berry 217-
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Mr. Anderson’s Biology II Class by Bethany Fischer and Cody Griffin
“I think it’s the best learning environment.” That is Mr. Anderson’s opinion aboutfield trips in his Biology II class. He would rather it be called Field Biology, since so much ofwhat the students do is about the world around them. The students have learned about aquaticplants and animals, trees in the area, how to identify birds, and later they will collect wildflow-ers, weeds, and leaves. This part of the class is only one semester long, with the second semes-ter being Bio Tech which focuses on forensics.
Mr. Anderson said that he’s been taking classes on field trips for about 10 years now.He thinks that when the students get out of the classroom and are surrounded by the environ-ment they’re learning about, they’ll get a better feel for what they’re learning. “The outdoorsis a wonderful teacher,” Mr. Anderson said. The class that he has now has about 20 kids, whichis one of the biggest classes of Bio II that he has ever taught. He said that with a bigger classit is sometimes harder to get everybody involved, but so far this year he hasn’t had a problemwith it.
The picture that is shown shows two boys in the class seining. A seine, by defini-tion, is “a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge andsinkers at the lower”. By using a seine, the class tried to collect fish and aquatic plants.Although he was unsuccessful in finding fish, Mr. Anderson still feels that the trip was worth-while. The first class field trip (where the picture was taken) was to a field pond where the stu-dents caught aquatic plants, a turtle, and several crawdads. The second field trip was to a farmpond near Mr. Anderson’s house. Once again, no fish were caught, but the students learned alot about the plants that they caught. The third trip was finally a success when the studentscaught a clam and several minnows in Indian Creek near Arenzville. Mr. Anderson said that hewas impressed how everybody in the class participated in the activity at Indian Creek. Aboutthe trip he said, “There are things that work better in the classroom, and things that work bet-ter outdoors, but blended together they work.”
The class has since moved on and they are now working on how to identify leavesthey are gathering from the various woods around the school.
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play by Ken bradbury with “brief” music by roger wainwright
Friday evening
November 6th
7:30 pm
saturday evening
November 7th
7:30 pm
sunday matinee
November 8th
5:00 pm
tickets available now!! Contact the jacksonville
theatre guild for ticket purchasing/reservations 217.245.1402
join us for an evening or afternoon of entertainment and
help support the boys and Girls club of central illinois
sponsored by the source, jacksonville theatre guild
and Lincoln land community college
Debbie Bartz knows all about bells, whistles and doo-dads. After 21 years in thehandcrafted home decor business, her Jacksonville Company, Taylor & Coultas, Inc., at 220 E.State St., has gained a nationwide reputation for delivering the extras, like ribbons, bows, andpompons that add a three-dimensional touch to holiday decor.
The business is named after Debbie's crafty grandmothers, Helen Coultas Sturdy andPauline Taylor Moody. One, a meticulous seamstress, the other, a savvy saleswoman.
Following the company slogan, "Making the world a softer place, one pillow at atime," Taylor & Coultas sells decorative pillows with seasonal expressions. With pompons,rick rack, bells, and other accents, petite pillows showcase clever phrases like, "Oh by gollyit's time to be jolly."
The company also specializes in non seasonal pillows embellished with decorativetrimmings, also embroidered with popular phrases. Recently, birthday products have beenadded to the extrensive lineup.
All Taylor & Coultas products are designed in house by Steven Varble. This is a wholesale agency, and it is not open to the public. However, the Taylor &
Coultas products are sold in gift shops all over the United States. Once each year, Debbie opensher doors to our community in her inventory reduction sale. You can take advantage of thisopportunity on November 7th during the hours of 7am and Noon. The next time you see anadorable Taylor & Coultas product, you can tell your friends, "It was designed in Jacksonville."
Crafty Christmas by Marcy Patterson
Community News and Bulletins...
RehearsingShorts
Jodi Heitbrink and BradBarnes get up close andtheatrical in rehearsal forKen Bradbury's Pardon
My Shorts, a fundraiserplay for the Boys and GirlsClubs of Morgan Countyon November 6, 7, and 8.Friday and Saturdayshows begin at 7:30 p.m.with a 5 p.m. show onSunday. The play will bepresented at the SophieLeschin Theatre. For tick-ets, call the JacksonvilleTheatre Guild at 245.1402.
These items will be
given away on
mondays, from
4 - 6 pm at the club.
Drop Off Locations
include:
Jacksonville Fire Dept.
(200 West Douglas)
Lincoln Land WREC
(32 N. Central park plaza)
The Source
(205 E. morton Ave. Suite 6.)
Coat Drive
Boys & Girl’sClub of CentralIllinois
Donate new or gently used
coats, hats, mittens, scarves and
boots!
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For local citizen Steve Barfield,what began as an apprenticeshipinstalling carpet eventually morphed intoan almost 35-year-long career. Barfieldowns his own business on NorthWestgate called Barfield Carpets. Whenspeaking with him, one cannot help butsee that his number one concern is satis-fying his customers.
Barfield grew up on a farm inWoodson, Illinois. In 1975 at 20 yearsold, he began an apprenticeship at aJacksonville business called Lovekamp’sFloor Coverings. He worked installingcarpets for the business. As his skills
improved, Barfield could see that open-ing his own business was a possible real-ity.
In 1997, Barfield began sellingand installing carpets under the businessname of Barfield Carpets. In his job as acarpet installer, he saw firsthand howoften problems and mistakes were madewith measuring for the flooring, so hedecided that the best way to eliminatethose problems would be to do all of thework himself.
Barfield’s son Michael andnephew Charlie consistently help withwork at the store along with other crewsas needed for sheet vinyl and laminate
work, but all of the carpet jobs are doneby Barfield himself. In his van, he alwayscarries a wide variety of floor coveringsamples to take onsite for customers tolook at.
“I keep the samples in the vanso that I can take them to the home orbusiness itself,” Barfield stated. Thatway, the customer can get exactly whatthey need with their wallpaper or couch.Lighting is also a big issue.”
While Barfield is at the home orbusiness allowing the customers to viewtheir floor covering choices, he measuresthe area precisely so that very few errors
are ever made. “I’ve been doing this longenough I’ve got it down pretty well,” helaughed.
The flooring possibilities atBarfield Carpet are endless; from carpetto laminate, nearly anything a customerdesires can be ordered in to fit their need.This, coupled with great customer serv-ice, is why Barfield’s customers keepcoming back. His numbers of repeat cus-tomers and referrals are what keeps thebusiness going.
“We have a lot of loyal cus-tomers,” Barfield stated. “Sometimes, Iam serving the third generation of a fam-ily that buys from us. It happens over and
over. We just try to satisfy our customers.If something is wrong, I drop everythingand fix it first thing.”
Between all the sampling,installing, and measuring Barfield does,he is always busy and does not have setstore hours. He encourages interestedcustomers to call the business at (217)243-2655 because that is the best way toget a hold of him.
Barfield enjoys serving theJacksonville community because hedeeply cares about the town that he andhis family grew up in. Treating local cit-izens well and ensuring satisfaction is hisfirst priority, and he does it quite well.Both old and new customers shopping atBarfield Carpets are sure to keep comingback for all their flooring needs.
Barfield Carpets is located in Jacksonville on 497 North Westgate. Photos by Cori Pate.
Steve Barfield stands next to his delivery van with son Michael, who helps out his dad when needed.
Steve and his son Michael take a break from inspecting and loading carpet.
Many people come home to visitrelatives in Jacksonville; they may even callthe town their second home. The Popet fam-ily is no different, except for the fact thatthey are coming home to visit fromRomania. Although Karen, Ruben, and theirdaughter Marta fit right in with theirAmerican friends and family, their hearts arein their small village back home.
Karen’s roots are in Jacksonville,along with her entire family and manyfriends nearby. Her maiden name was Coltonand she was a very well-known athlete. Sheplayed basketball and volleyball at JHS andeven helped her basketball team make it tothe Sweet 16. She graduated valedictorian ofher class in 1977, and was inducted into theJHS athletic hall of fame for volleyball.
She went onto Millikin Universityto major in accounting. She played volley-ball and was inducted into the hall of famethere as well. She was also honored as anAcademic All American Athlete.
Karen graduated from college andprovided accounting services in Tulsa,Oklahoma and Mississippi. She thenreturned back to Jacksonville to work as anaccountant at Illinois College. This is whereshe took her first mission trip.
She traveled to Mexico with IC todo mission work with children. She thenspent a month in Europe where her groupused basketball and other activities as a wayto evangelize. She would play in the gamesand then each teammate would choose aplayer to give their testimony to after thegame. After these experiences, there was noturning back.
“I knew I wanted to go full time inmissions, but I wasn’t sure where I wouldend up,” Karen stated, so she traveled over-seas in the fall of 1993 to visit Austria andRomania to see if either struck her eye. Shetraveled back to America after that trip andmoved to Romania to be a missionary inFebruary of ‘94.
She went to Romania right after thefall of communism, so it was an immenseculture shock to see how little the peoplethere had. Karen began working at a neworphanage that she felt had a great missionand needed her help. It was not completelyfinished when she got there, but they soonhad 14 kids.
Just one year earlier, a man namedRuben had begun working at that sameorphanage. After he graduated high school,he did not have many choices of what careerpath to take due to the fact that he was aChristian. So, he decided to join the Army.
After that, he worked at a lumberyard for a couple of years. Then, his unclebegan the first private Christian orphanage inRomania. Ruben went to visit, and after see-ing all the Americans and people from other
countries working with the children, hedecided that, “someone from Romania needsto do something,” so he and his brotherbegan working there.
Ruben and Karen worked togetherfor six years before they ever became a cou-ple. For the first year, Ruben was scared totalk to Karen. She later became his Englishlanguage teacher and best friend. The twonow laugh, thinking of how Karen used tohelp Ruben write letters to his young,
American girlfriends.After being close for a long time,
Ruben and Karen realized that they both hadthe same vision for their lives. They decidedin January of 2000 to get married, so onFebruary 18th, they did! Soon after theymarried, they began a non-profit organiza-tion called Beraca, which means “the valleyof blessings.” They began this so that theycould open their own orphanage. Karen hadbeen in the process of adopting a baby girl,Marta, before she and Ruben decided to
marry. Adoption is a very complicated
process in Romania, so it took some time.Ruben fully agreed with the adoption, sayingthat he had a special place in his heart for thebaby girl as well. The fall after they married,they went to America to sign the rest of thepaperwork to adopt a then 2-year-old Marta.At this time, Ruben and Marta both becamecitizens of the United States.
The couple had help drawing up
plans for the orphanage and got approvalfrom their village of about 600 people tobegin building. Karen pointed out that thiswas, “quite a task,” considering that besidesa small cement mixer, everything was builtcompletely by hand.
That summer, Karen’s father Ronbrought a group of twenty people across theworld to help his daughter and son-in-lawput a roof onto their new orphanage. Just afew months later, the couple made their tripto America to sign papers to finish adopting
Marta. After that, in the fall of 2001, they
returned to Romania to finish building theirorphanage. By the time March came around,the orphanage was already receiving its firstgroup of children, a family of ten. The num-bers continued to grow. In the summer theyhad 20 kids, with a capacity goal of five bed-rooms that have four beds each.
Orphans in Romania are manybecause of the mindset of the people.
Families can only get government monetaryassistance if they have more than four chil-dren, so most families have a quite largenumber of children. Adoption there is closed,so no Americans or citizens from other coun-tries can adopt there. Also, abortion is illegal.
Romanians do not adopt children, itis just not a part of their culture because ofthe large number of children everyonealready has. If Romanians do adopt, theyonly want babies, which leaves many chil-dren unwanted and alone. Ruben stated that
the people in Romania “take comfort in mis-ery and lack ambition.”
Many of the kids are not orphanedby both parents, but the parent who is leftabandons the child due to no means to carefor them, no room, or the child is abused.Most of the children are stuck in terriblestate orphanages and have been there sincethey were small children.
At these state orphanages, babiesare not touched or held.; they are basicallycorralled like animals. They are given a bot-tle sporadically, but the nourishment it pro-vides is only physical.
Because of their lack of touch andlove, the children rock themselves or bangtheir heads to stimulate themselves. Theirhair even falls out due to lying in a bed 24hours a day. Many of the children, if not res-cued, end up with physical and/or mentaldisabilities due to neglect.
Ruben and Karen provide a homefor as many kids as they can to save themfrom the awful circumstances at stateorphanages. At their orphanage, the childrenare able to go to school in their village or
nearby villages to get the best education theycan.
In the Popet’s eyes, their main goalis to break the pattern the kids in orphanagestend to face by educating them and nurturingtheir relationship with Christ so that theyknow they have other options. One of theirteenagers is going to college this fall, so theyhope others will follow.
“We want to break the cycle for ourkids. Lots of kids from the state orphanagesdo the same thing their parents did,” statedKaren. “They have a child, abandon it, andthe cycle starts all over again.”
Employees at the orphanageinclude women who cook, get the childrenready for school, clean, do laundry, help thekids after school with baths and dinner, helpwith homework, and get the kids to bed.There is also a barn, garden, and cows to carefor.
Ruben and his brother deal with themaintenance of the area, such as making hotwater. “We have to chop and burn wood tomake hot water in Romania. Things like heatand air conditioning are automatic here in
America, but not for us (in Romania),” hestated. The couple fills in any place theyneed to along with keeping all the books andpaperwork up-to-date.
On Sundays the workers are off, soKaren and Ruben care for the children. Theytake the children to church every Sunday andinvolve them in all activities of nearbychurches. “The kids really enjoy church,”stated Karen. “They always want to go.” OnThursday and Sunday evenings, Ruben putstogether a lesson accompanied with singing,and sharing time.
The churches in Romania are not
the only ones that impact the Popets and theorphaned children. They depend on churchesand friends from Maine, Georgia, and theMidwest, among others who aid the orphan-age with monetary gifts and Christmas pres-ents for the kids, along with their ever-pres-ent prayers and support for the group.
Along with building and managingthe orphanage full time, the family has alsohelped out members of their village by pro-viding a free medical clinic for all who are inneed. Karen and Ruben pay for the doctors
and the medicines needed; though some-times it is difficult to pass the medicinesthrough customs. This fall, dental serviceswill also be provided free of charge to vil-lagers.
In their village, many changes havehappened over the last 15 years. The vil-lagers are celebrating a new paved road anda new bridge. Getting fresh water and phoneshave also been a huge feat for them.
To American citizens, water, roads,and phones are things we take for granted,but Ruben’s visits to America make him real-ize how blessed we are as a country. “Tomany people, America is just a dream,” hesaid. “There isn’t a church or village inRomania that isn’t affected somehow byAmericans.”
It is also amazing to the couple howquickly fads and ideas change in the U.S.They come to visit once every other yeareither at Christmas time or in the summers.They often laugh about how many changesoccur in that short time period.
The differences in the two culturesare like night and day. “In Romania, we lookat things differently. There are no plans orschedules. We take whatever comes,” Rubensaid.
On their trip here this time, thefamily traveled to Branson, Six Flags,Maine, and many local towns and churches.They thoroughly enjoy spending time withtheir family and love eating Mexican food(which Romania does not yet have).
Typically, the family stays for acouple of months in the spare bedrooms atKaren’s parents house, but this year theChurch of the New Covenant offered a housenear their church for the group to stay in forthe duration of their trip. One man in thecongregation even gave them a car to drivewhile they were here.
As their daughter, Marta, continuesto grow (she is now 15 years old), Ruben andKaren are waiting to see what her plans andvisions are for the future and will maketheirs choices according to God’s purposefor them.
Although it is difficult to be 28hours from her family and loved ones, Karensmiled and said that she feels she and Rubenare, “making a good eternal investment.”Ruben agreed: “It is hard work, but there arelots of rewards and advantages. God isalways faithful. If He isn’t there, things don’twork - it’s a big deal.”
After many years of workingtoward helping God’s kingdom grow, Karen,Ruben, and Marta wouldn’t have it any otherway. As they travel back to Romania, manyfeel that their impact here was great, but theireverlasting impact on the orphaned childrenis the greatest of all.
29 October - 4 November 2009PAGE 12
Where God Leads: Karen & Ruben’s Path to Romania by Cori Pate
Karen Popet, at her desk. Photos courtesy of Karen
Popet.Ruben Popet.
The Popet family’s privately owned orphanage can house as many as 25 occupants. Here two staff members are pic-
tured with a full house.
The Popet’s orphanage has many different activities for the children including trees to climb.
Karen Popet is pictured with just one of the many children
she and her husband nurture.
Many people come home to visitrelatives in Jacksonville; they may even callthe town their second home. The Popet fam-ily is no different, except for the fact thatthey are coming home to visit fromRomania. Although Karen, Ruben, and theirdaughter Marta fit right in with theirAmerican friends and family, their hearts arein their small village back home.
Karen’s roots are in Jacksonville,along with her entire family and manyfriends nearby. Her maiden name was Coltonand she was a very well-known athlete. Sheplayed basketball and volleyball at JHS andeven helped her basketball team make it tothe Sweet 16. She graduated valedictorian ofher class in 1977, and was inducted into theJHS athletic hall of fame for volleyball.
She went onto Millikin Universityto major in accounting. She played volley-ball and was inducted into the hall of famethere as well. She was also honored as anAcademic All American Athlete.
Karen graduated from college andprovided accounting services in Tulsa,Oklahoma and Mississippi. She thenreturned back to Jacksonville to work as anaccountant at Illinois College. This is whereshe took her first mission trip.
She traveled to Mexico with IC todo mission work with children. She thenspent a month in Europe where her groupused basketball and other activities as a wayto evangelize. She would play in the gamesand then each teammate would choose aplayer to give their testimony to after thegame. After these experiences, there was noturning back.
“I knew I wanted to go full time inmissions, but I wasn’t sure where I wouldend up,” Karen stated, so she traveled over-seas in the fall of 1993 to visit Austria andRomania to see if either struck her eye. Shetraveled back to America after that trip andmoved to Romania to be a missionary inFebruary of ‘94.
She went to Romania right after thefall of communism, so it was an immenseculture shock to see how little the peoplethere had. Karen began working at a neworphanage that she felt had a great missionand needed her help. It was not completelyfinished when she got there, but they soonhad 14 kids.
Just one year earlier, a man namedRuben had begun working at that sameorphanage. After he graduated high school,he did not have many choices of what careerpath to take due to the fact that he was aChristian. So, he decided to join the Army.
After that, he worked at a lumberyard for a couple of years. Then, his unclebegan the first private Christian orphanage inRomania. Ruben went to visit, and after see-ing all the Americans and people from other
countries working with the children, hedecided that, “someone from Romania needsto do something,” so he and his brotherbegan working there.
Ruben and Karen worked togetherfor six years before they ever became a cou-ple. For the first year, Ruben was scared totalk to Karen. She later became his Englishlanguage teacher and best friend. The twonow laugh, thinking of how Karen used tohelp Ruben write letters to his young,
American girlfriends.After being close for a long time,
Ruben and Karen realized that they both hadthe same vision for their lives. They decidedin January of 2000 to get married, so onFebruary 18th, they did! Soon after theymarried, they began a non-profit organiza-tion called Beraca, which means “the valleyof blessings.” They began this so that theycould open their own orphanage. Karen hadbeen in the process of adopting a baby girl,Marta, before she and Ruben decided to
marry. Adoption is a very complicated
process in Romania, so it took some time.Ruben fully agreed with the adoption, sayingthat he had a special place in his heart for thebaby girl as well. The fall after they married,they went to America to sign the rest of thepaperwork to adopt a then 2-year-old Marta.At this time, Ruben and Marta both becamecitizens of the United States.
The couple had help drawing up
plans for the orphanage and got approvalfrom their village of about 600 people tobegin building. Karen pointed out that thiswas, “quite a task,” considering that besidesa small cement mixer, everything was builtcompletely by hand.
That summer, Karen’s father Ronbrought a group of twenty people across theworld to help his daughter and son-in-lawput a roof onto their new orphanage. Just afew months later, the couple made their tripto America to sign papers to finish adopting
Marta. After that, in the fall of 2001, they
returned to Romania to finish building theirorphanage. By the time March came around,the orphanage was already receiving its firstgroup of children, a family of ten. The num-bers continued to grow. In the summer theyhad 20 kids, with a capacity goal of five bed-rooms that have four beds each.
Orphans in Romania are manybecause of the mindset of the people.
Families can only get government monetaryassistance if they have more than four chil-dren, so most families have a quite largenumber of children. Adoption there is closed,so no Americans or citizens from other coun-tries can adopt there. Also, abortion is illegal.
Romanians do not adopt children, itis just not a part of their culture because ofthe large number of children everyonealready has. If Romanians do adopt, theyonly want babies, which leaves many chil-dren unwanted and alone. Ruben stated that
the people in Romania “take comfort in mis-ery and lack ambition.”
Many of the kids are not orphanedby both parents, but the parent who is leftabandons the child due to no means to carefor them, no room, or the child is abused.Most of the children are stuck in terriblestate orphanages and have been there sincethey were small children.
At these state orphanages, babiesare not touched or held.; they are basicallycorralled like animals. They are given a bot-tle sporadically, but the nourishment it pro-vides is only physical.
Because of their lack of touch andlove, the children rock themselves or bangtheir heads to stimulate themselves. Theirhair even falls out due to lying in a bed 24hours a day. Many of the children, if not res-cued, end up with physical and/or mentaldisabilities due to neglect.
Ruben and Karen provide a homefor as many kids as they can to save themfrom the awful circumstances at stateorphanages. At their orphanage, the childrenare able to go to school in their village or
nearby villages to get the best education theycan.
In the Popet’s eyes, their main goalis to break the pattern the kids in orphanagestend to face by educating them and nurturingtheir relationship with Christ so that theyknow they have other options. One of theirteenagers is going to college this fall, so theyhope others will follow.
“We want to break the cycle for ourkids. Lots of kids from the state orphanagesdo the same thing their parents did,” statedKaren. “They have a child, abandon it, andthe cycle starts all over again.”
Employees at the orphanageinclude women who cook, get the childrenready for school, clean, do laundry, help thekids after school with baths and dinner, helpwith homework, and get the kids to bed.There is also a barn, garden, and cows to carefor.
Ruben and his brother deal with themaintenance of the area, such as making hotwater. “We have to chop and burn wood tomake hot water in Romania. Things like heatand air conditioning are automatic here in
America, but not for us (in Romania),” hestated. The couple fills in any place theyneed to along with keeping all the books andpaperwork up-to-date.
On Sundays the workers are off, soKaren and Ruben care for the children. Theytake the children to church every Sunday andinvolve them in all activities of nearbychurches. “The kids really enjoy church,”stated Karen. “They always want to go.” OnThursday and Sunday evenings, Ruben putstogether a lesson accompanied with singing,and sharing time.
The churches in Romania are not
the only ones that impact the Popets and theorphaned children. They depend on churchesand friends from Maine, Georgia, and theMidwest, among others who aid the orphan-age with monetary gifts and Christmas pres-ents for the kids, along with their ever-pres-ent prayers and support for the group.
Along with building and managingthe orphanage full time, the family has alsohelped out members of their village by pro-viding a free medical clinic for all who are inneed. Karen and Ruben pay for the doctors
and the medicines needed; though some-times it is difficult to pass the medicinesthrough customs. This fall, dental serviceswill also be provided free of charge to vil-lagers.
In their village, many changes havehappened over the last 15 years. The vil-lagers are celebrating a new paved road anda new bridge. Getting fresh water and phoneshave also been a huge feat for them.
To American citizens, water, roads,and phones are things we take for granted,but Ruben’s visits to America make him real-ize how blessed we are as a country. “Tomany people, America is just a dream,” hesaid. “There isn’t a church or village inRomania that isn’t affected somehow byAmericans.”
It is also amazing to the couple howquickly fads and ideas change in the U.S.They come to visit once every other yeareither at Christmas time or in the summers.They often laugh about how many changesoccur in that short time period.
The differences in the two culturesare like night and day. “In Romania, we lookat things differently. There are no plans orschedules. We take whatever comes,” Rubensaid.
On their trip here this time, thefamily traveled to Branson, Six Flags,Maine, and many local towns and churches.They thoroughly enjoy spending time withtheir family and love eating Mexican food(which Romania does not yet have).
Typically, the family stays for acouple of months in the spare bedrooms atKaren’s parents house, but this year theChurch of the New Covenant offered a housenear their church for the group to stay in forthe duration of their trip. One man in thecongregation even gave them a car to drivewhile they were here.
As their daughter, Marta, continuesto grow (she is now 15 years old), Ruben andKaren are waiting to see what her plans andvisions are for the future and will maketheirs choices according to God’s purposefor them.
Although it is difficult to be 28hours from her family and loved ones, Karensmiled and said that she feels she and Rubenare, “making a good eternal investment.”Ruben agreed: “It is hard work, but there arelots of rewards and advantages. God isalways faithful. If He isn’t there, things don’twork - it’s a big deal.”
After many years of workingtoward helping God’s kingdom grow, Karen,Ruben, and Marta wouldn’t have it any otherway. As they travel back to Romania, manyfeel that their impact here was great, but theireverlasting impact on the orphaned childrenis the greatest of all.
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Where God Leads: Karen & Ruben’s Path to Romania by Cori Pate
The Popet’s orphanage has many different activities for the children including trees to climb. Marta (R) sits with one of her many friends from her parent’s orphanage. Top: The orphanage rests on a farm complete with a barn, stable and live-
stock. Middle: Children enjoy winter. Bottom: Christmas brings a smile.
Karen Popet awaits a Holiday meal, with the children from her orphanage.
Megan Usherwood Defensive Player of the Week
The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference (SLIAC) has announced MacMurray
women’s soccer junior Megan Usherwood as defensive
player of the Week for October 5. Usherwood, a goal
keeper from Chatham Glenwood High School, allowed
only one goal in 270 minutes of goal keeping during the
week of September 28 through October 4. She record-
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shutouts in the three games
played. Usherwood had 18
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The theme for this year’s homecoming was “Feelin’
Groovy: the 1960s.” The College paid special recognition to the
class reunion years: 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994,
1999, and 2004.
Homecoming activities kicked-off Thursday evening with a
student torchlight parade starting at Michalson House at 8:00 p.m.
followed with a pep rally in Wall Gymnasium. The homecoming king
and queen were announced during the pep rally.
On Saturday, MacMurray’s 27th annual homecoming
parade began at 10:00 a.m. on East State Street. This year’s parade
marshals were MacMurray Alums Dr. Richard Flynn ‘64 who is also
the President of Springfield College (Springfield, Massachusetts)
and his wife, Jani (Koopman) Flynn ‘64.
The Highlander soccer teams played Fontbonne University
– women at 12:00 p.m. and men at 2 p.m. on the soccer field. The
football team was tested on the gridiron against Eureka College at
1 p.m. on Freesen Field. The football program celebrated 25 years
at Mac. Our special half-time entertainment was provided by the
Jacksonville High School’s Marching Crimsons.
A variety of delicious food from student groups were avail-
able from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. West of the hospitality tent activities for
children ran from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. n the south side of the tennis
courts. MacMurray’s Applebee Gallery, Putnam Center for the Arts
was open from 9 to10 a.m. and 11 a.m. to12 p.m. for an Alumni
showing: the works of Jim Brooksher ‘74 and Lee Schrader Dowling
‘47. The Alumni Board Awards (Nancy Clapp-Channing ‘69 –
Distinguished Career Award, David Hart ‘69 – Distinguished Alumni
Award and Anne Purfield ‘99 – Young Alumni Award) and the
Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (Derek James ‘04,
Nichole Sellergren Heyen ‘99 and Rich Laren ‘83) were given
Saturday evening during the Alumni Dinner.
Homecoming concluded on Sunday with a Holy Fools
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Alumnae soccer game at 12 p.m. on the soccer field.
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Homecoming Week at MacMurray College
UMAC Player of the Week
MacMurray College senior wide receiver,
James Rollen, has been named Upper Midwest Athletic
Conference (UMAC) offensive
player of the week, October 19,
2009, for the South Division.
The Belleville West High School
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touchdown. He also caught
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another score in the game
against Greenville.
College
SLIAC named Mac’s Ashley Jenkins
as Player of the Week
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women’s soccer freshmen Ashley
Jenkins as the SLIAC Offensive
Player of the Week for October 5.
Jenkins, midfielder/forward from
Jennings High School in St. Louis,
Missouri, posted seven goals and
two assists in the three games that
were played during the week
(September 28- October 4). She
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win against Spalding University.
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Hello everyone! Surprised to see anarticle written by me - Katie Carroll?
I was in good ole “Jville” forIllinois College’s Homecoming and alumnifestivities and asked The Source if they wouldlet me write a guest article. And here I am!
You are probably expecting somearticle about my Friday night or Saturdaynight adventures here in Jacksonville, but youwon’t find either. To be honest, although Iwas having a great time, I was in bed byeleven thirty Saturday night! Lame, I know.
Fortunately or unfortunately,whichever way one wishes to look at it, my“big girl” life has encouraged me not tounderestimate sleep and the wonders it canperform! However, you will be proud of meas I made up for any loss of a good time byvisiting The Pulse Night Club, formerly EasySt. Lounge, onSunday after-noon.
Yeah! Howabout that -I’ve only beengone for fivemonths andJacksonville isalready chang-ing! I can’timagine whatthose five andten year marks will be like.
Anyway. The Pulse Night Club.That is where I spent the better part of mySunday afternoon. The Oktoberfest partykicked off at three, though I arrived later inthe evening around five. And no, we were notcelebrating the Bears game - no pity parties.Sadly, I am writing this article as my Bearsdisappoint me again but that is another storyand not so upbeat!
So, Sunday, October 18th wasJacksonville’s Oktoberfest! If you have neverattended, I strongly suggest you look into itnext year. Why? Well, aside from the eventbeing a good time and an excuse to party on aSunday, it’s for a great cause!
Various charities in Jacksonvillesold tickets to Oktoberfest for five dollarseach and kept all proceeds. The charities thatbenefited this year were The Boys and GirlsClub, Kiwanis, and JASA Youth Roller
Hockey. Total, they made over $900.00! Howawesome is that?
Many of the tickets were sold aheadof time, but a couple charities manned thedoors for those who had not yet bought tick-ets. Those who purchased tickets wereallowed admittance and received one freedrink with the purchase of a ticket.
Delicious brats and barbeque sand-wiches accompanied by a bag of potato chipswere sold for only two and three dollarsrespectively. I can attest to both being deli-cious because, I’ll admit it, I love, love, lovefood, I was starving, and I had to have both!
Sponsoring the event was of course,The Pulse Night Club, and also, Bud Light,The Source, and WJVO 105.5 FM.
At seven, the Madd Hoss Jacksonband kept the dance floor lively and full with
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The wait staff was awesome- verynice, very pretty ladies! Everything was great.I have always loved the inside of that bar andwith the change, I still do. It is a very wel-coming and comfortable place!
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Halloween has been known bymany names ranging from Shadowfest, OldHallowmas, All Hallow’s Eve, and Festivalof the Dead.
Halloween is on the last day of theCeltic Calendar, October 31st. It was origi-nally a pagan holiday, a time when spirits,deceased loved ones, and friends are hon-ored, as well as a time to gaze into the worldof things yet to come. Even now for pagansall over the world, Halloween is, amongother things, a night of ancestors, a harvestfestival, a time of magic, and a New Year’sEve celebration.
Orange and black are Halloweencolors because orange is assoicated with thefall harvest and black is associated withdarkness and death.
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To many people around the globe,black cats are the utlimate representation ofthe mystery of Halloween. Throughouttime, the black cat has been associated withdifferent goddesses, and in ancient Egypt,execution was the price for harming one ofthese creatures. The cat has long held a rep-utation for being an animal possessing psy-chic and magical powers. With its unbreak-able link to witches, pagan goddesses, andthings of a magical nature, it was destined tobecome a prevelant symbol of the witches’favorite holiday.
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Halloween’s Traditional SymbolsSherry Hopkins
another Year Of Homecoming Festivities already Over
Yes, on top of class assignments, exams, andpersonal lives, this week students, including myself, dec-orated floats for Saturday’s parade, made the residencehalls look “Groovy” to match our homecoming theme thisyear, and prepared for Saturday’s soccer and footballgames. At the parade awards are given each year to stu-dent groups who are involved. This year Belles Lettreswon first, Bacchus won second, and IDEA won third.
Congratulations to all. This weekend was notonly a celebration for current MacMurray students, butalso for alumni because they have the opportunity to comeback and visit the campus and, of course, their friends. Ialways enjoy seeing the women from a range of genera-tions gather together in Rutledge lounge for the Phi NuTea and Belles Lettres Brunch. Sunday was our secondHoly Fools service of this year. The group was excited tosee many alumni return for our Homecoming service andenjoyed hearing stories from times when they were“Fools.”
The Alumni Board and the Board of Trusteesalso met this week to discuss the college. I had the oppor-tunity to eat lunch with a group of the Trustees onThursday and most definitely enjoyed myself. We sat withmen who were proud to say that they were in the firstgraduating class that included men here at MacMurray.Looking back to while they were in college, I learnedabout the theatre program, and how men and women hadcurfews during the week and on weekends. It was veryinteresting to see the faces of alumni who were once stu-dents, just like I am.
Even with the busy week of Homecoming, onething must go on: The Show! We are still consistentlyworking on our production of Arsenic and Old Lace withpractices each night. Things are coming together, and theset looks absolutely amazing. So, I encourage all of you tojoin us on November 5th through 7th for our 7:30pm per-formances!
…my junior year at Mac is flying by, and thepassing of this week marks another milestone. Now, I onlyhave one more Homecoming here at MacMurray. Lookslike I should make the most of my time here!
Ghouls, ghosts, and goblins oh my! It's that timeof year again and I couldn't be more excited aboutHalloween at Illinois College! Yes, I'm looking forward todressing up as a nerd, enjoying all of the costume parties,but I'm mostly excited about my yearly ghost hunting.
Did you know that IC is known as one of themost haunted campuses in the U.S.?
Nine students met for the first class on January 4,1830, which means that there is almost 200 years of IC his-tory. And, like many other historic spots, the events of thepast have certainly left a mark on the campus.
There are eight allegedly "haunted" buildings oncampus, including: Beecher Hall, David A. Smith House,Whipple Hall, Crampton, Ellis, Fayerweather, Sturtavent,and Rammelkamp Chapel. I am particularly interested inSmith House because that's where the women's literarysocieties meet. There are several versions of the story, butall of them claim that the ghost is Effie Smith, the daugh-ter of the original owner of the house. Effie was dating ayoung military man and when he proposed to her, he gaveher a diamond ring. To see if the diamond was real, Effiescratched her name into the window. This etching remainedfor many years, but the window has now been replaced andthis unusual piece of history has been lost.
The legend has several endings. In one version,David Smith did not approve of his daughter's new fiancé.Fearful of her father’s wrath, the young man hid himself ina small room, accessible only from the attic. For some rea-son, he nailed himself in to escape, and later died there.Effie was extremely upset over her lover's death and com-mitted suicide by jumping out of her window.
In the second version, Effie’s young man wentoff to fight in the Civil War. Every day, Effie climbed upto the attic and waited for him to return. When she learnedthat he had been killed in battle, she committed suicide by,once again, jumping out of the window.
Regardless, the story ends with her suicide, andher ghost still haunts the house. Effie’s rocking chair is stilllocated in the attic. The story says that if you turn the chairaround, leave the attic, and return later, the chair will havereturned to its original position. Also, it is not uncommonfor cold air to suddenly fill the room, even though for yearsthe windows were painted shut.
There are many other stories online. IC is knownfor it's ghostly happenings and what a better time thanHalloween to test some of these legends?
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1. You can only upgrade from Windows XP and Vista. Previous oper-ating systems will not work.
2. You need a minimum of 1 GB of RAM. Click Start\ControlPanel\System. The amount is stated on that page.
3. You need a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that runs at a speed of1 GHz or faster. Click Start\Control Panel\System. The amount is stated on thatpage.
4. You need a minimum of 16 GB of free disk space. Click Start\MyComputer (Computer in Vista.) Right click (right click) Drive C and chooseProperties. The General tab displays the hard drive usage.
5. Download and run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor fromwww.Microsoft.com. The Advisor will report programs of concern. Driversand updates may be available to ensure compatibility.
The upgrade from Vista could be very smooth. The upgrade from XPwill require that the hard drive be wiped clean and Windows 7 installed on theclean disk. That means you lose everything there. So … think about backing-up your important files to an external disk. You should be doing that presently.
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Should I get the new system now?” If you want to be the first on yourblock to try the program, go ahead. We have tried the Beta (trial) and Pre-release (PR) versions and like it. However, you may want to wait a bit and seewhat the reaction is to the new release. Usually, there are a number of programbugs that are found and Microsoft will release “patches” or “updates” to cor-rect the concerns. Usually, these are minor adjustments that don’t affect thebasic operation. But … if you are ready, jump in. Cost will be $100 - $125 forthe upgrade and about $200 for the stand-alone.
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I had several ideas in mind whenit came to this second article. I was tornbetween several of them, but could notdecide which one to pursue. I believe Ihave come to a decision on what to write,but always wanting to prove my wife cor-rect I have been procrastinating (see pre-vious article). The busyness of work,home, and everyday life has led to thedelay of finishing. Probably the singlemost contributing factor to not having fin-ished the article is that I happen to be con-sumed with the upcoming duck season.Everything seems to be revolving aroundthe opening of what I consider the greatesttime of the year. I seem to grow less inter-ested in work and more concerned withwhat the weather is doing 1400 milesnorth of here. This got me to thinking,why do I care so much about hunting?Like many people who are outdoor enthu-siast, I was introduced to it by my father.
My first recollection of goinghunting was when I was approximatelyseven years old. I can remember beggingmy dad to take me duck hunting with himto which I assume after several unrelent-ing hours, days, and weeks of it he proba-bly gave in. The exact details of the huntare not clear to me but after talking to myfather he filled in some of the gaps. Dadexplained to me that going to bed the nightbefore my first hunt did not go well. Ithink he compared it to the night beforeChristmas. He explained to me that theuse of an alarm clock was not an option,due to me poking him in the side an hour
before it was to go off. I was curiousabout the clothes I wore when I wasyounger because I did not recall owningany camouflage as a child. Dad told me Iwas draped in an old duck brown jacket heowned and rubber boots that were mymom’s - this being one of the many timesin my life I was happy the digital cameradid not exist. Dad had a pond south oftown that he had hunted for a few yearswhich would be where he would take mein the beginning. I remember having towalk what seemed 45 miles to get to thepond. It was probably less than a 1/3 of amile to that pond, but I now wonder if itwas mom’s boots that made it feel longer.Dad could not remember whether or nothe killed any ducks that day but did say itwas a great time.
Something happened to me thatday dad took me hunting. I assume thatwas the day I contracted the hunting dis-ease. From that day on my father gotbothered every single moment to take mehunting. Shortly after my seventh year ofexistence, the stories of dad taking mefishing and hunting on a regular basisbegan. I remember going to the lake orNichol’s Park fishing in the summer andhunting at Lake Jacksonville or near theIllinois River in the winter. I can remem-ber going pheasant and quail hunting justoff of Massey Lane, when there used to bequail, of course. Growing up, I remembergoing to the Ducks Unlimited banquet atthe Blackhawk shortly before duck seasonopened. I remember feeling like “one of
the guys” in the presence of all the men. Ispecifically remember dad telling mewhat I heard at the banquet was not to bebrought home and repeated to mom.Language of the duck hunter was notalways the purest. I believe all of theseevents have contributed to why I am sopassionate about hunting and the outdoorstoday.
Having a young child of my ownI now appreciate what he did for me. I canonly imagine the patience he had whiletrying to keep me quiet sitting in the treestand on my first deer hunt. I can notcount the times I tripped and fell into thewater while duck hunting or was so coldpheasant hunting I thought frostbite hadset in. Dad would always ask if I wantedto go home and I assume with tears run-ning down my face I would say no. Dadwould explain that nothing was flying thatday so we might as well leave, turning theblame away from me. I know many ofyou have similar stories as to who intro-duced you to hunting or fishing. If thosepeople are still alive I ask that you thankthem. If those people are not around tothank, think of them when you are in theoutdoors. I hope one day to be able tointroduce my daughter to the outdoors likemy father did to me. I know it will behard to convince her mother that she isgoing on her first youth hunt (see previousarticle), but I know she will come around.I hope one day to dress my daughter in myold duck brown jacket, but I think she willget her own boots.
Wild Things
So you think yours was big...
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS - A Minnesotabowhunter may have bagged a staterecord 32-point buck. Twenty-nine-year-old Scott O'Konek of South Haven tookthe buck last week during the first of twospecial archery hunts at Camp Ripley.O'Konek tells the Star Tribune he was"shaking" after shooting the big buck fromhis stand with a bow and arrow. The buckmight have the largest non-typical orasymmetrical rack taken by archery inMinnesota. The buck scored a preliminaryantler score of 228. The current record is225 set in 1989, according to theMinnesota Deer Hunters Association.After the antlers have dried, a conclusivescore will follow in 60 days. The deer wasan estimated 5 years old and field-dressedat 192 pounds.
Illinois Sportsmen Against Hunger
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(continued on pg. 23, see Outdoors)
Logan has worked at theCottage for over a year, part-time. Someyoung people these days seem to bereckless and inconsiderate, but Logan isjust the opposite. He is caring and fun-loving. We say, “Logan, you are abreath of fresh air!” When he comesinto work, he greets you with a smileevery time. You may recognize Loganbecause he has been involved in a lot oflocal plays. He would like to continuehis education in Theatre after graduat-ing from JHS.
Vickie (another employee) andI, just for fun, asked Logan to look forthe roasted peanut/candy corn recipe.As you may know, this time of year thisis a popular candy mixture with roastedpeanuts and candy corn (made with justthose two ingredients). He looked
through several notebooks where arerecipes are kept. It took quite awhilebefore he finally gave up and told us hecouldn’t find it. We had combined italready in a bowl, (which took about 10seconds) and told him “never-mind wealready made it.” Turning around andseeing the bowl, he realized how it wasactually made and laughed. Logan isable to laugh at himself, which is one ofhis best qualities.
Texas cake is Logan’s favoritedessert that we make at the Cottage. Itcan sometimes be found on our weeklymenu and we get requests to make it forour customers. It has been around formany years. If you need a crowd-pleas-ing recipe, this is it.
TeXaS cake
Makes a 15 x 18 sheet pan with short sides
Mix and set aside:2 c. sugar
2 eggs
2 c. flour
½ tsp. salt
1 tsp. soda
½ c. sour cream
½ tsp. vanilla
1. Bring 2 sticks butter or margarine, 1c. water and 4 tsp. cocoa to boiling.Add this hot mixture to blended batter.Pour into greased sheet pan.
2. Bake 23 minutes at 350 degrees. Letcool while making frosting.
FrOSTinG
Melt 1 stick butter, add 6 tablsp. milkand 4 tablsp. cocoa. Stir until blended.Mix in one box of powdered sugar, 1tsp. vanilla and 1c. chopped pecans.(optional)
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Youth organization seeking a full-time Program Director.Responsibilities include: planning, managing and oversightof daily programs for an after school youth program forages 6 - 18. Duties also include: development of program-ming and staff, community outreach, facilities management,membership administration and grants management.Minimum requirements: Bachelor’s degree in education,child development or related field required; minimum ofthree years experience planning/implementing youth pro-grams and supervising staff; strong written/verbal commu-nication skills. Send cover letter, resume and references to:Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Illinois, 733 North ClayStreet, Jacksonville, Illinois 62650 Fax 217-245-6868 oremail to [email protected]
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AUCTIONS
AUCtiONMOrGAN COUNTy IL 39.43 ACrES rECrEATIONAL LAND W/rUrAL rESIDENCE
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEV-ENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MORGANCOUNTY, JACKSONVILLE, ILLINOIS
THE FARMERS STATE BANK AND )TRUST COMPANY,
Plaintiff, )vs. ) No. 2009-CH-72)WAYNE MORRIS HARBOUR, )DARLA DYANNE KING, HRI )JACKSONVILLE, INC., D/B/A )AIRESERV, UNKNOWN OWNERS, )HEIRS, LEGATEES AND DEVISEES)OF BRUCE W. DAVIS, DECEASED, )HEIRS OF JEREMY WAYNE DAVIS,)DECEASED and NONRECORD )CLAIMANTS, )
Defendants. )
NOTICE BY PUBLICATIONNotice is given you UNKNOWN
OWNERS and NONRECORDCLAIMANTS, that this case has been com-menced in this Court against you and otherdefendants, asking for the foreclosure of acertain mortgage on the premises describedas follows, to-wit:
Lot Sixty-three (63) of the Plat ofMarNiCo Village, a Subdivision located inSection Nine (9) in Township Fifteen (15)North and Range Eleven (11)
West of the Third Principal Meridian,Morgan County, Illinois.
PARCEL NO. 08-09-202-008Commonly known as 230 N. MarNiCo,Jacksonville, IL 62650 and which saidmortgage was made by Bruce W. Davis toThe Farmers State Bank and TrustCompany and recorded in the Office of theRecorder of Deeds of Morgan County,Illinois as Document No. 559055, and forother relief.
Unless you file your answer orotherwise file your appearance in this casein the Office of the Clerk of this Court,Teresa Lonergan, 300 W. State Street,Jacksonville, IL 62650 on or beforeDecember 2, 2009 A JUDGMENT ORDECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BETAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THERELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT.
WITNESS: October 19, 2009.TERESA LONERGAN, Clerk of theCircuit Court
FLYNN & FLYNNAttorneys for Plaintiff222 West State StreetJacksonville, IL 62651217 245-2181
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Public Notice is hereby given thaton October 19, 2009, a certificatewas filed in the Office of theCounty Clerk of Morgan County,Illinois, setting forth the namesand post-office addresses of all thepersons owning, conducting andtransacting the business known asRigor-IT, located at 20 Sommerset,Jacksonville, Illinois 62650.
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processing into venison that is provided tofood banks for distribution in local com-munities throughout Illinois. Since 1994,the Illinois Sportsmen Against Hunger(ISAH) program has coordinated thedonation of more than 573,000 pounds ofvenison, providing nearly 2.3 millionmeals for families and individuals inneed. More than 106,000 pounds of veni-son was donated through the program dur-ing last year’s deer season. For a list ofmeat processors handling venison for theIllinois Sportsmen Against HungerProgram, check the IDNR web site athttp://dnr.state.il.us/legislation/isah/.
For further information aboutIllinois Sportsmen Against Hunger, con-tact Tracy Shafer, ISAH program coordi-nator, at 217/785-5091 or by e-mail [email protected].
Duck Season - 10/31 thru 12/29
If you have an outdoor event you wouldlike everyone to know about email [email protected].
TSO would also like photos andstories of your deer, turkey, waterfowl, orwhatever you want to brag about.
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During her 37 years living inJacksonville, Liliana Kalanik Costa hasdedicated her time to volunteering fornumerous causes and organizations. She isdeeply passionate about social justice andhas participated in various local organiza-tions over the years, from the Crisis CenterFoundation, to the Area Agency on Aging,to Amnesty International.
Liliana enjoyed a wonderfulchildhood in Desamparados, Costa Rica,where both her paternal and maternalgrandparents lived nearby. Associationwith both of these families brought greatbalance to her life. Her father’s parentswere coffee laborers of modest means witha large, loving family surrounding them.Liliana enjoyed spending time with hermany cousins and visiting her grandpar-ents every Sunday. In contrast, her moth-er’s parents had the benefit of more educa-tion and wealth and her grandfather was aninfluential politician. Liliana describesgrowing up amongst these diverse circum-stances as “the best of both worlds” andbelieves her interest in social justice stemsfrom her close, loving relationships withboth families.
Liliana’s parents valued educa-tion and enrolled her in a private Catholicboarding school where students spokeFrench exclusively. They also encouragedher to read literature beyond the schoolcurriculum, which helped broaden her edu-cation. After graduating from high school,Liliana attended the University of CostaRica and earned a degree in education.
The university provided a vastlydifferent environment from her Catholicprimary education. She’d always had ideasabout social justice, but truly had theopportunity to explore them for the firsttime while in college. The Theology ofLiberation was working its way throughLatin America at the time. Students wereorganizing various movements anddemonstrations around social issues andthe political situation in Latin America,and Liliana immediately became involved.
After graduating, Liliana spentsome time studying in Louisiana, thenreturned to Costa Rica. While working foran import/export business of a familyfriend, she met John Kalanik. John was anative Pennsylvanian, working for the U.S.government. The two married and shared a
full life traveling and living in variousplaces throughout the world and the U.S.The couple came to Jacksonville in 1972,and Liliana has resided here ever since.John became ill and the community was“extremely kind and supportive” duringhis illness. Liliana says that the people inJacksonville were “amazing to her” afterJohn’s death and that has always meant agreat deal.
Liliana says that discrimination“makes [her] cry every time” she comesacross it. Her passion for social justice hasled to involvement with numerous groupsover the years. Liliana was very privilegedto help start the Youth Attention Center andserve on its board of directors, then as acase manager. She participated in theestablishment of the Crisis CenterFoundation because of her concern forabused women, an issue that is very impor-tant to her. Her desire to serve others hasalso led to volunteering with the NAACP,the ACLU, and an HIV/AIDS group.
Working closely with the localLatin American Community is also impor-tant to Liliana. She became a naturalizedcitizen in the 1960s and says, “I am a Costa
Rican by birth and a U.S. citizen bychoice.” She is involved with the commu-nity in Morgan and Cass County and saysher goal is to help overcome cultural barri-ers and address misconceptions aboutLatinos. For Liliana, it is important to helppeople realize that Latinos are productivecitizens, who help in their communities,and have a strong work ethic. She is pas-sionate about this cause because she is “aLatino woman involved in all issues relat-ed to Latino women at all levels.”
In talking with Liliana, it’s clearthat she so passionately pursues volunteer-ing because she cares deeply about peoplein her local community and around theworld. Talk to her for just a few minutes,and you’re certain to find a commonacquaintance, someone she calls herfriend. In turn, anyone who’s had thepleasure of working with Liliana openlyadmires her kind heart and passionate spir-it. Liliana is a true representation of howvolunteering enriches both an individualand a community.
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12-14# Hen Turkey $43.99
12-14# Bone in Breast $51.99
Boneless Pit Ham $56.99
We can do all your side dishes too.
Sweet Potato Casserole
Cheesy Potato Casserole
Cream Corn
Pit Smoked Baked Beans
Dressing
Twyford BBQ & Catering217-370-2274
www.twyfordbbq.com
Let’s Talk Turkey
Pick up on Wednesday, Nov 25th or Dec 24th.
Succulent, tender, one plump bird. Fully cooked and
ready to eat. Perfect for a party or for that special fami-
ly gathering. Expertly smoked by our resident pitmaster.
Want to Nominate someone for their 15 Minutes? Contact Mindy Farmer via email at [email protected]