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Sen. Bob Graham, for-mer Florida governor,will address the Mon-mouth College Classof 2013 during com-mencement today.Coming Monday.

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By John R. PulliamThe Register-Mail

GALESBURG TheDistrict 205 Board of Edu-cation will be asked Mon-day to take another step indeveloping plans to buildnew Silas Willard Elemen-tary School or renovateand add on to the existing

building.Mondays meeting at the

Lincoln Education Center,932 Harrison St., begins

with a reception for dis-trict retirees at 6:30 p.m.There will be a public hear-ing at 6:50 p.m. to consid-er a waiver of the CasimiPulaski school holiday anLincolns Birthday schoolholiday for the 2013-14school year. The regulamonthly meeting will be-gin at 7 p.m.

The board will be asketo approve hiring the civilengineering firm of Kling-ner and Associates for en-gineering services at Silas

Willard.It is becoming more

common for architecturalfirms to request that civilengineering work be con-tracted by the owner, ac-cording to agenda docu-ments. That is the case

with Cordogan Clark anour Silas Willard project.

Klingner and Associatesis the parent company o

Galesburgs Metzger John-son architectural firm. BobJohnson of Metzger John-son is District 205s rep-resentative for OperatioRebuild-Achievement.

Cordogan Clark of Auro-ra has been hired to devel-op plans for both optionsat Silas Willard. Plans areunder way to gauge pub-lic opinion as to buildingnew or renovating througa combination of commu-nity open houses, voting bSilas Willard parents at theschool and a poll in The

Register-Mail.Any vote will be advi-sory. The district hopesto complete voting in No-

vember, as opposed towaiting to put an advisorreferendum on the ballotin March 2014. However,Interim Assistant Super-intendent for Finance anOperations Jim Rich saithe school district willcheck with its attorneys, asa referendum may still benecessary.

I believe if we keep partof the building, we can

add on to it without a ref-erendum, Rich said. Onething the board wanted isto get community input

DISTRICT 205SCHOOL BOARD

Engineercontracton agendFirm would assistwith Silas Willardproject

PARADE MAGAZINE

MOTHERS DAY: GUESSWHOS COMING TO DINNER?INSIDE

A mother is the truest friend we have. A mother holds her childrenshands for a while ... their hearts forever. Author Unknown

Today we share the stories of four Galesburg women who have taken

dierent paths in their lives but share the same name Mom.

Happy Mothers Day.

MOTHERS DAY

MAGNIFICENT MOMS

Melissa McLaren (second from left) comforts her children as they watch a fire destroy their home at 937E. South St. on Monday. JOHN WILLIAMS/THE REGISTER-MAIL

By Tom LoewyThe Register-Mail

GALESBURG Maria Valdez doesnt

have any big plans forMothers Day.

I think I will plantsome flowers, saidthe 61-year-old moth-er of three. And we

will get together wealways do. My son canthrow together a party

MARIA VALDEZ:

Mother, sona unique team

By Lisa CoonThe Register-Mail

Kelly Larkin alwaysdreamed of what it would

be like to be a mother.She longed to feel thatmother-child bond andexperience that uncondi-tional love.

The 36-year-old Gales-burg woman and her hus-band, Bill, however, dis-covered after infertility

KELLY LARKIN:

Motherhood anamazing blessing

By Ariel CheungThe Register-Mail

GALESBURG While volunteering ata local rescue missionin September 1997,Mary Kelley saw a lit-tle girl in her grand-parents lap, clutchinga pickle.

She asked to holdthe 18-month-old,

cooing over the smallgirl with light brownskin.

MELISSAMCLAREN:

Familystrengthenedby tragedyBy Antwon R. Martin

The Register-Mail

For Paige Porter, moth-erhood is a career.

The stay-at-home momis the mother of five, twoof whom are adopted. ASouth Korean foreign ex-change student bringsthe total to six. The chil-dren range from ages 6 to16 and attend Gale Ele-mentary School, ChurchillMiddle School and Gales-

burg High School.Her home sits comfort-ably tucked in a wooded

PAIGE PORTER:

Mothering asa way of life

Kelly Larkin poses withher husband, Bill Larkin,and sons Josh, 5, andAyden, 2, on Friday.PHOTOS BY STEVE DAVIS/

THE REGISTER-MAIL

Coney Island ownersJesus Valdez and hismother, Mariz Valdez,are seen in their restau-rant on Thursday.

Paige Porter sits for aphoto with her children(clockwise from top left)Megan, 15; exchange

student from South Ko-rea, Seong Joo Min, 16;Marikah, 14; Caleb, 11;Camilla, 6; and Dallin,13.

Melissa McLaren (cen-ter) poses with her chil-dren, clockwise fromupper left, McKinzey, 17;Shawn, 16; Daniel, 14;family friend Al Grubbs,Barney and Raven. The

McLarens lost theirhome to a fire on Mon-day and were prepar-ing to move into a newhome this weekend.

SEE LARKIN, A8

SEE MCLAREN, A8SEE PORTER, A9

SEE VALDEZ, A9

SEE BOARD, A10