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Ameren plant in Meredosia to close 

BY JIM SALTER 

ASSOCIATED PRESS 

Ameren Corp. said Tuesday it 

will close two power plants in Illinois 

by the end of the year — including 

a plant in Meredosia that 

is seen as a linchpin in a multi-billion 

dollar clean-energy project 

ROODHOUSE 

Electric 

rates to 

increase 

by $3 

BY TOM BOTT 

JOURNAL-COURIER 

Roodhouse City Council voted 

to raise electric rates for residential 

and commercial customers by 

$3 at a special Tuesday meeting. 

The council accepted a recommendation 

to increase the meter 

charge to offset the cost of labor 

in the Electric Department. 

The new rates are expected 

to appear on November electric 

bills. 

Mayor Joe Snyder also appointed 

Flo Bryant as a temporary replacement 

for Ward 2 Alderman 

Lucas Gillis, who resigned June 

14. It was Snyder’s intention to 

appoint Bryant to fi ll the remainder 

of Gillis’ term, but the council 

did not approve the appointment. 

Snyder appointed Bryant for 30 

days and plans to come back to 

council in 30 days and ask it to extend 

the appointment. 

Gillis resigned his seat in June 

after it was discovered he sent 

sexually explicit messages to a 

city dispatcher. 

The council voted to amend 

the city layoff ordinance. Employees 

who are dismissed will 

now receive 10 days pay instead 

of continuing to work 10 days after 

they are let go. Aldermen also 

eliminated seniority for employees. 

Now the City Council, not a 

seniority list, will determine who 

is dismissed or promoted. 

RATES, see Page 8 

GOOD TASTE 

MAKING WHOOPIE 

Adding fall flavors to trendy treat. 

Page 9. 

INDEX u Obituaries/P2 Region/P3 Dear Abby/P4 World & Nation/P5 Commentary/P6 Business/P7 Comics/P11 Sports/P12-13 Crossword/P14 

uJHS SOCCER LOSES 

ON SENIOR NIGHT. 

SPORTS, PAGE 12. 

VOLUME 181 / NO. 278 

16 PAGES 

Cost of complying with EPA cited as reason 

— blaming the cost of complying 

with new pollution rules issued 

by the Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

SUNNY AND WARM 

Highs in the lower 80s. 

Clear tonight with lows in 

the lower 50s. 

See Back Page. 

Fall stroll 

JOURNAL-COURIER/ROBERT LEISTRA 

Quentin Bryson-Adams, 4, leads the way Tuesday as she walks to Duncan Park in Jacksonville 

with her sisters, Greta, 3, and Edith, 6 months, and mother Emily. 

Walton sentenced for cocaine possession 

BY MARIA NAGLE 


A Roodhouse man who accused 

Jacksonville police of violating 

his civil rights during a traffic 

stop last summer is headed 

to prison for possessing cocaine 

during the incident. 

In exchange for entering into 

a stipulated bench trial, Bamako 

“Marco” Walton, 39, was sentenced 

Tuesday to one year in the 

Illinois Department of Correc- 

The St. Louis-based utility 

will shut down plants in Meredosia 

and Hutsonville. Ninety jobs 

will be eliminated, though Ame- 

tions plus one year of supervised 

parole. Misdemeanor charges of 

resisting police and possessing 

less than 10 grams of cannabis 

were dismissed. 

The defendant was advised 

ahead of time that by entering into 

that type of trial, it was tantamount 

to a plea of guilty. 

While Walton did not plead 

guilty to felony possession of cocaine, 

he was aware that he almost 

certainly would be found 

ren said it is seeking other places 

where the 22 management and 

68 union workers can be reassigned. 

guilty. That’s because the facts 

stipulated to and presented to the 

judge for his review were those 

that State’s Attorney Chris Reif 

would have presented as evidence 

at a jury trial or a bench trial 

before a judge alone. 

Walton also acknowledged he 

was waiving his right to cross-examine 

and confront witnesses at 

a bench or jury trial. 

Circuit Judge Richard Mitchell 

took the case under advise- 

In July, EPA issued the Cross- 

State Air Pollution Rule that requires 

reductions in sulfur dioxide 

by 73 percent and nitrogen 

oxide by 54 percent from 2005 

levels. Ameren said other more 

AMEREN, see Page 8 

13TH DISTRICT 

Goetten 

decides 

against 

running 


Greene County State’s Attorney 

Matt Goetten took some of 

the suspense out of 13th Congressional 

District race Tuesday, 

saying he won’t be a candidate in 

next spring’s election. 

Goetten emailed a statement 

to the news media that had been 

inquiring about his fi nal decision. 

“For the past several weeks, 

many constituents in the 13th 

Congressional District have encouraged 

me to run to serve as 

their next congressman. I have 

been humbled and honored by 

their support. My obligations as 

Greene County state’s attorney 

and to my family prohibit me at 

this time from seeking a seat in 

Congress,” Goetten said. 

The statement did not rule out 

some later decision. 

“I intend to continue serving 

the public as state’s attorney and 

perhaps in other ways in the future,” 

he said. 

A number of candidates have 

been circulating petitions for the 

seat, including Jay Hoffman, a 

Collinsville Democrat and former 

state representative, and 

Tim Johnson, an Urbana Republican 

who now represents the 15th 

Congressional District. 

Upon redistricting, which 

takes effect with the next election, 

the 15th District will include 

Greene County, as well as all of 

Jersey, Calhoun and Macoupin 

counties and the middle section 

of Madison County. 

ment after receiving on Sept. 6 

about three pages of stipulated 

facts and a laboratory report 

submitted by the prosecutor. On 

Sept. 22 Mitchell entered a fi nding 

of guilt. 

Walton was taken into custody 

and his attorney, Craig Grummel, 

declined to comment after Tuesday’s 

hearing. 

Walton fi led a federal complaint, 

COCAINE, see Page 8 

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REGIONAL RECORD 

v OBITUARIES v 

Elnora J. ‘Judy’ Preston 

1928 - 2011 

•JACKSONVILLE• 

Elnora J. “Judy” Preston, 83, of Jacksonville, died Monday, 

Oct. 3, 2011, at Heritage Health Therapy 

and Senior Care in Jacksonville. 

She was born June 15, 1928, in Jacksonville, 

the daughter of Henry M. 

and Ruby Burchell Preston. She married 

Wallace A. Preston in June 1947 

in Jacksonville, and he preceded her 

in death in August 2000. 

Mrs. Preston is survived by three 

sons, Dan (wife, Jackie) Cogswell of 

Chapin, Larry A. (wife, Juanita) Preston 

of Jacksonville and Mark (wife, Mary) Preston 

of Franklin; seven grandchildren; and eight greatgrandchildren. 

One brother, Bill Preston, preceded her in 

death. 

Mrs. Preston was a clerk at Sears and Roebuck on 

the square in Jacksonville for several years, and continued 

to enjoy meeting with her former coworkers over coffee. 

She was a member of Central Christian Church. Judy 

liked working in her garden and creating crafts, antiquing 

and taking long drives with her husband. She cherished 

her family, especially her grandchildren. 

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Williamson 

Funeral Home, with burial at Diamond Grove 

Cemetery. The family will meet friends from 9:30 a.m. Friday 

until the time of service at the funeral home. Memorials 

are suggested to Central Christian Church or the Alzheimer’s 

Association. Condolences may be left online at 

www.airsman-hires.com. 

Bernice Lyons 

1920 - 2011 

•WAVERLY• 

Bernice Lyons, 91, of Barton W. Stone Home in Jacksonville, 

and formerly of Waverly, died 

Monday morning, Oct. 3, 2011, at the 

home. 

She was born March 2, 1920, in 

Waverly, daughter of the late Herman 

Turner and Myrtle Miner Turner 

Cooney. She married Clyde William 

Lyons on Nov. 27, 1939, in Bowling 

Green, Mo., and he preceded her 

in death Sept. 24, 1991. 

Surviving is one daughter, Judith 

Brown and husband Ronald of Waverly; 

a son, Clyde “Butch” Lyons and wife Kathy of Waverly; 

three grandchildren, Lonn Brown and wife Tara of Waverly, 

Brandon Brown and wife Letitia of Waverly and Jodi 

Lyons of Waverly; four great-grandchildren, Seger and 

Sienna Brown and Levi and Case Brown, all of Waverly; 

one sister, Dorothy Handy of Chatham; a brother, Clifford 

Turner and wife Peggy of Loami; and several nieces and 

nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; 

two granddaughters, Roxanne Brown and Gina Lyons; 

four sisters; and three brothers. 

Mrs. Lyons was a member of the Waverly United 

Methodist Church in Waverly and farmed along side her 

husband for many years. She loved to fl ower and vegetable 

garden. 

Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Friday at Neece- 

Airsman-Hires Funeral Home in Waverly. Burial will be at 

Waverly East Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. 

Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made 

to Waverly East Cemetery or the charity of the donor’s 

choice, both c/o Neece-Airsman-Hires Funeral Home, 349 

Tanner St., Waverly, IL 62692. Condolences may be left for 

the family online at www.airsman-hires.com. 

Morgan County 

Sheriff 

ACCIDENT 

• A motorist on Interstate 

72 reported that about 

3 a.m. Monday his automobile 

was sideswiped by another 

vehicle, which caused 

his vehicle to spin out of 

control and go off the road. 

The other motorist drove 

away. The accident happened 

near the Ashland/Alexander 

exit eastbound. 

ARRESTS, CITATIONS 

• Alana M. Jackson, 26, 

of 820 E. Lafayette Ave. was 

booked into the Morgan 

POLICE BEAT 

FROM OFFICIAL REPORTS OF PUBLIC RECORD 

County jail about 9:55 p.m. 

Monday on petitions to revoke 

probation on charges 

of resisting a peace officer 

and retail theft. 

Jacksonville Police 

ARRESTS, CITATIONS 

• Charles R. Hall, 52, 

of 428 S. Mauvaisterre St., 

Apt. O, was arrested about 

7:20 p.m. Monday on a 

Greene County warrant accusing 

him of failing to appear 

in court on a contempt 

of court charge. 

• Troy D. Fortune, 22, 

of 1236 S. East St., Apt. D, 

was arrested about 8:10 

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Wanda Eileen Sims Brown 

1926 - 2011 

• WAVERLY• 

Wanda Eileen Sims Brown, 85, of Barton W. Stone 

Home in Jacksonville, and formerly of Waverly, 

died Monday evening, Oct. 3, 

2011, at the home. 

She was born March 24, 1926, in 

Waverly, daughter of the late Otis and 

Florence Keplinger Sims. She married 

Wilbur “Wib” Brown on Jan. 12, 

1947, and he preceded her in death 

Nov. 10, 1970. 

Surviving are three daughters, Patty 

Steele and husband Milton of Coupeville, 

Wash., Mary Jackson and husband 

Greg of Waverly and Betty Adams of Chandler, Ariz.; two 

sons, Wilbur “Gene” Brown and wife Cricket of St. Simon, 

Ga., and Bill Brown of Mesa, Ariz.; fi ve grandchildren, Brijin 

Haycraft of New Berlin, Nate Steele and wife Shantina 

of Coupeville, Wash., Joe Jackson of Springfi eld, Suzanne 

Hoole and husband John of Seattle and Luke Adams and 

wife Robinette of Phoenix; 10 great-grandchildren; sistersin-law, 

Virginia Sims of Jacksonville, Mary Akers of Roodhouse 

and Louise Brown of Waverly; and several nieces 

and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; 

husband; and two brothers, Albert Sims and Glenn Sims. 

She was a 1944 graduate of Waverly High School and 

enjoyed the many reunions and alumni banquets with 

her classmates. She was a member of the Waverly United 

Methodist Church in Waverly and the United Methodist 

Women’s group and served on many committees through 

the years. She was also a member of the BA Club in Waverly. 

Wanda was a friend to many and drove many miles 

taking friends to appointments in the area. 

Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Saturday at the 

Waverly United Methodist Church in Waverly. Burial will 

be at Waverly East Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4- 

7 p.m. Friday at the Waverly United Methodist Church. 

Memorials may be made to the Waverly United Methodist 

Church or to the Waverly Senior Center, both c/o 

Neece-Airsman-Hires Funeral Home, 349 Tanner, Waverly, 

IL 62692. Condolences may be left for the family online 

at www.airsman-hires.com. Neece-Airsman-Hires Funeral 

Home in Waverly is in charge of arrangements. 

John L. Copley 

1949 - 2011 

•GRAFTON• 

John L. Copley, 62, died peacefully Sunday, Oct. 2, 

2011, at his home with family by his side. 

Born Sept. 10, 1949, in Alton, he was the son of Robert 

and Nancy (Graves) Copley of Godfrey. On Feb. 14, 1998, 

in St. Louis, he married the former Janet Fowler. She survives. 

Also surviving are two sons, Robert Joseph Copley and 

his wife Katherine of Madison, Wis., and Erik Thomas Copley 

of Jacksonville; one granddaughter, Maci Katherine 

Copley; one sister; and fi ve brothers 

He was a dear son, father, husband, brother-in-law, uncle, 

great-uncle and friend to all. 

A memorial visitation will be from 4 p.m. until time of 

memorial service at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Godfrey Congregational 

Church. Memorials may be made to the Bladder 

Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) or the Jersey 

Community Unit School District 100 Foundation. Online 

guestbook and information may be found at 

www.gentfuneralhome.com. 

Visit www.myjournalcourier.com to leave 

condolences and sign the guestbook. 

a.m. Tuesday on a charge of 

domestic battery. 

• About 9:15 a.m. Monday 

a 15-year-old girl was 

arrested on charges of 

battery and disorderly conduct 

and a 14-year-old girl 

was arrested on a charge 

of disorderly conduct after 

an incident at Jacksonville 

High School, 1211 N. Diamond 

St. 

• A 16-year-old girl was 

arrested about 12:15 p.m. 

Monday on a charge of aggravated 

battery after she 

was reported to have struck 

a school employee at Garrison 

Alternative School, 936 

W. Michigan Ave. 

• Scottie R. Rees, 40, of 

321 N. Westgate Ave., was 

booked into the Morgan 

County jail about 4:45 p.m. 

on a charge of driving on 

a revoked or suspended 

license. 

BURGLARY, THEFT 

• Someone stole the 

rear license plate off a vehicle 

in the 300 block of East 

Morgan Street during the 

past two weeks, according 

to a report made about 8:55 

a.m. Tuesday. 

South Jacksonville Police 

ACCIDENT 

• A 17-year-old girl was 

cited about 9:30 p.m. Monday 

on a charge of improper 

backing after a two-vehicle 

accident on Lakeview Terrace. 

Jersey County 

State Police 

ACCIDENT 

• Willis R. Moore, 51, of 

Pleasant Hill was arrested 

about 6:25 p.m. Monday on 

charges of driving under the 

influence, leaving the scene 

of an accident and failure 

to reduce speed after a twovehicle 

accident near Route 

100 and Elsah Road. 

Moore was reported to 

have collided with another 

vehicle while he was driving 

a motorcycle, but he did 

not lose control and kept 

driving. No injuries were 

reported. 

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HARBERT, JOANNA 

11 a.m. today, Buchanan 

& Cody Funeral Home in 

Meredosia. Oakland Cemetery 

in Meredosia. The 

family will meet friends one 

hour prior to the service at 

the funeral home. 

WILLIAMS, DON E. 

10 a.m. today, Crawford 

Funeral Home in Jer- 

T O D A Y ’ S 

obituaries 

WANDA EILEEN SIMS BROWN, 85, of Barton W. 

Stone Home in Jacksonville, and formerly of Waverly, 

died Monday evening, Oct. 3, 2011, at the home. Funeral 

services will be held 10 a.m. Saturday at Waverly United 

Methodist Church, with burial at Waverly East Cemetery. 

Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Friday at the church. 

Neece-Airsman-Hires Funeral Home in Waverly is in 

charge of arrangements. 

JOHN L. COPLEY, 62, of Grafton, died Sunday, Oct. 2, 

2011, at his residence. Memorial services will be held 6 

p.m. Thursday at Godfrey Congregational Church. Visitation 

will be from 4 p.m. until time of services Thursday 

at the church. Gent Funeral Home in Alton is in charge of 

arrangements. 

BERNICE LYONS, 91, of Barton W. Stone Home in 

Jacksonville, and formerly of Waverly, died Monday 

morning, Oct. 3, 2011, at the home. Funeral services will 

be held 10 a.m. Friday at Neece-Airsman-Hires Funeral 

Home in Waverly, with burial at Waverly East Cemetery. 

Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral 

home. 

ELNORA J. “JUDY” PRESTON, 83, of Jacksonville, 

died Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, at Heritage Health Therapy 

and Senior Care in Jacksonville. Funeral services will be 

held 11 a.m. Friday at Williamson Funeral Home in Jacksonville, 

with burial at Diamond Grove Cemetery. The 

family will meet friends from 9:30 a.m. until time of services 

Friday at the funeral home. 

pending 

DARLINE OWENS, 86, of Garland, Texas, and formerly 

of Macomb and Rushville, died Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011, 

in Texas. Arrangements are pending at Wood Funeral 

Home in Rushville. 

FAY E. PERRY, 81, of Beardstown, died Tuesday, Oct. 

4, 2011, at her residence. Arrangements are pending at 

Sager Funeral Home in Beardstown. 

CLYDE V. SMITH, 95, of Jacksonville, died Tuesday 

evening, Oct. 4, 2011, at his residence. Arrangements are 

pending at Buchanan & Cody Funeral Home in Jacksonville. 

U P C O M I N G 

services 

seyville. Fieldon Cemetery. 

HODGSON-SCHRAMM, 

HELEN R. 

Funeral Mass, 10 a.m. 

Thursday, Church of Our 

Saviour in Jacksonville. Calvary 

Cemetery. Visitation, 

4-7 p.m. today at Williamson 

Funeral Home in Jacksonville. 

Prayer service, 

3:30 p.m. today at the funeral 

home. 

Costello won’t seek 

re-election to Congress 

BY JIM SUHR 


ST. LOUIS — Longtime Democratic congressman Jerry 

Costello abruptly announced Tuesday he won’t seek another 

two-year term next year, setting the stage for potential jockeying 

for the southwestern Illinois seat that a top state Republican 

fi gures is up for grabs. 

Costello has held the 12th District seat since 1988 and 

wielded considerable clout, helping secure federal funding for 

a new Mississippi River bridge linking St. Louis to his district 

while pressing legislation meant to stave off property owners 

from having to buy mandatory and perhaps expensive fl ood 

insurance. 

“I want to move on,” the 22-year incumbent, 62, told reporters 

in announcing his retirement at St. Louis Downtown Airport 

in Cahokia, Ill., just southeast of St. Louis. 

Insisting that he long has said since being fi rst elected 

he’d never be a career congressman, Costello added that “you 

can’t go from 100 mph every day and just stop. I intend to continue 

to go full speed pursuing other interests and opportunities 

that may come along,” perhaps including consulting, 

teaching and charity work. 

“I will miss the people but not the weekly commute from 

home to Washington, D.C.,” he said. 

The Illinois Republican Party’s chairman cheered the 

news, insisting that replacing Costello — a former St. Clair 

County board chairman who has been the longest-serving 

Democrat in Illinois’ congressional delegation — with a GOP 

candidate would be one of that party’s top priorities next year. 

“The district has been trending Republican for several 

years,” Pat Brady said, noting Republican Bobby Schilling’s 

defeat of Democrat Phil Hare last year in southern Illinois’ 

17th Congressional District — turf that hadn’t been held by 

a Republican previously since 1980. A Republican also snared 

a state senate seat in downstate Illinois that had eluded the 

GOP since 1975. 

The top national Democrat waved off such Republican optimism. 

“This is a strong Democratic district that both President 

Obama and Sen. Kerry (as the Democratic presidential nominee 

in 2004) won, and we look forward to electing a Democrat 

next November who will represent middle-class families and 

fi ght to create local jobs and grow the economy,” said Steve 

Israel, head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. 

Village of South Jacksonville will be 

flushing fire hydrants the week of 

October 10 th -October 14 th . There will be 

discolored water while this is being done and we 

ask for your patience during this time. This is a 

very important and necessary function. Questions 

can be directed to the Village Hall at 245-7014.

Journal-Courier, Jacksonville, Ill., Wednesday, October 5, 2011 3 

STATE&REGION 

Uninsured may soon have coverage DAILY 

BY MARY ANNE MEYERS 

ILLINOIS NEWS CONNECTION 

Will the proverbial fox be guarding 

the hen house in Illinois? 

One of the next steps for the Affordable 

Care Act in Illinois is setting 

up the Health Benefi t Exchange 

that will help about 1 million uninsured 

residents and small businesses 

get coverage. 

This week, a legislative committee 

fi nalizes its recommendations on 

the Exchange. One big issue is who 

should sit on its governing board. 

The insurance industry has 

asked to be represented, saying it 

has expertise to offer. 

STATE&REGION UPDATE 

However, Jim Duffet, executive 

director of the Campaign for Better 

Health Care, points out that that 

could be a confl ict of interest. 

“Those who are going to be profiting 

off a million plus more Illinoisans, 

it’s fair and fi ne for them to be 

on an advisory committee, but they 

shouldn’t be around the table making 

decisions.” 

Jennifer Creasey, associate state 

director with the legislative office 

of Illinois AARP, agrees, saying consumer 

interests need to be protected. 

“We don’t think that anyone 

should be on the board that will prof- 

it from insurance products.” 

Duffet says he’s also concerned 

because of reports that the four cochairs 

of the bipartisan committee 

have already received more than 

$70,000 from the health insurance 

industry this year. They say the 

money will not infl uence their votes; 

Blue Cross/Blue Shield is quoted 

saying “it supports political candidates 

that share the health policy interest 

of its members.” 

Another sticky issue will be funding 

the exchange. When federal 

funding runs out in 2016, it is expected 

to cost close to $90 million a year. 

The committee is looking at a vari- 

ety of options, including fees for consumers 

and fees for insurers. 

Duffet says the fees should come 

out of insurance reserve funds. 

“We have insurers today who’ve 

got reserves of 1,100, 1,400, 1,500 

percent — $30 billion that they’re sitting 

on.” 

Gov. Pat Quinn wants Health 

Benefi t Exchange legislation passed 

during the fall veto session at the 

end of this month, to make sure that 

the state gets its paperwork in to 

Washington, D.C., in time to qualify 

for millions of dollars in federal subsidies 

provided by the Affordable 

Care Act. 

In this Sept. 29, 2011 photo, inmates at the Cook County Jail in Chicago, the second largest county jail in the nation, wait to be 

processed for release. Cook County Commissioners have passed an ordinance this month that orders the jail not to hold illegal 

immigrants until Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers can pick them up. Their move is part of a backlash against 

a federal policy that many see as unfair to immigrants, breaking up families and costing local governments money they don’t 

have to keep suspects for the 48 hours ICE needs to take them into federal custody. 

BY DON BABWIN 


CHICAGO — The release of 

more than 40 suspected illegal immigrants 

jailed in Cook County on 

felonies has added fuel to a contentious 

debate over public safety and 

local authorities’ defi ance of a White 

House program that aims to pursue 

more criminal deportations. 

The program depends on police 

and sheriff’s deputies to hold 

suspected illegal immigrants who 

get arrested beyond the time when 

they would otherwise be released. 

But commissioners in the county 

around Chicago recently adopted 

a new law that orders the sheriff 

to ignore all federal requests to detain 

immigrants after they complete 

IN BRIEF 

their sentences or post bail. 

Other places, such as San Francisco, 

have taken similar measures, 

part of a backlash against the 

Obama administration, which many 

say is unfairly seeking to deport immigrants 

accused of traffic violations 

and other minor offenses. But 

Cook County’s new ordinance is the 

fi rst to forbid a sheriff from holding 

suspected felons as well as those accused 

of misdemeanors. 

“It puts residents at risk, and it 

puts my police offi cers at risk,” said 

Rod Craig, mayor of Hanover Park 

in suburban Chicago, who is livid 

about the release of three suspected 

illegal immigrants charged with 

assaulting two offi cers and trying to 

take one of their guns. 

Memorial services in honor of 

Dr. David Koss to be held Sunday at IC 

(J-C) — Illinois College faculty and former students will have a memorial 

service for the Rev. Dr. David Koss at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Rammelkamp Chapel. 

Koss, who died July 23, taught philosophy and religion at IC from 1972 to 

2002 and received the Harry Joy Dunbaugh Classroom Teaching Award, the 

highest teaching award given at Illliois College. 

College chaplain Katrina Jenkins will offi ciate. Tributes and memories will 

be shared by Naomi Hahn, Judge James Stewart, Dean Donald Eldred and 

Garrett Allman. Music will be provided by Allman, Rudolf Zuiderveld, Ann 

Marie Stahel, Nichol Del Giorno and Addie Gramelpacher. 

Other participants will be IC President Axel Steuer, William Cross and 

John Kay. 

School District 117 announces early dismissal 

for parent-teacher conferences Thursday 

(J-C) — Jacksonville School District 117 schools will be dismissed early 

Thursday, leading into an extended weekend. 

The early dismissal is for staff to plan on school improvement initiatives. 

Murrayville-Woodson Elementary School will be dismissed at noon, Central 

Offi ce Kindergarten will be dismissed at 12:15 p.m. and all other elementary 

schools will be dismissed at 12:30 p.m. 

Turner Junior High School will be dismissed at 12:50 p.m. and Jacksonville 

High School will be dismissed at 1 p.m. 

Students will ride their regular buses Thursday and school lunches will be 

served. 

There will be no student attendance Friday. There will also be no school 

Monday in observance of Columbus Day. 

Parent-teacher conferences are scheduled from 3:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. 

Thursday and during the day Friday. Parents or guardians should contact the 

school before Thursday to set a date and time for a conference. 

Detaining the immigrants is supposed 

to give federal agents time to 

pick up the suspects and begin the 

deportation process. But one after 

another, local governments have 

complained about that the Secure 

Communities program, which gives 

immigration agents access to fingerprints 

collected at jails. They say 

the practice costs too much money 

and treats immigrants unfairly, 

especially those accused of only 

small-time offenses such as shoplifting, 

traffi c violations or drunken 

driving. 

Some states have pulled out 

of the program. In Illinois, for instance, 

Gov. Pat Quinn declared the 

government would not cooperate. 

New York’s governor also suspend- 

BY MARIA NAGLE 


A Jacksonville man pleaded guilty 

Tuesday to a felony charge accusing 

him of punching his girlfriend 

and cutting her neck with a knife last 

month. 

Russell W. Callahan, 20, waived 

his rights to a preliminary hearing 

and legal representation, and, against 

the advice of his court-appointed attorney, 

pleaded guilty to the aggravated 

domestic battery charge. In 

exchange for his guilty plea a felony 

count of domestic battery causing 

great bodily harm was dismissed. 

Judge Richard Mitchell vacated 

the appointment of Public Defender 

Thomas Piper to represent Callahan 

after the defense attorney told 

the court he could not allow his client 

to plead guilty before he had an 

opportunity to provide him with legal 

advice. 

“He indicated on his fi rst appearance 

that he wanted to plead guilty 

and, obviously, based upon the 

charges we believed that would have 

been the ultimate outcome anyway,” 

State’s Attorney Chris Reif said after 

Tuesday’s hearing. 

Jacksonville Police arrested Callahan 

Sept. 23. 

Based on the information he re- 

AP PHOTO/M. SPENCER GREEN 

Cook County defi es government on immigration 

ed participation. And in San Francisco, 

the sheriff refuses to honor detention 

requests from the Customs 

and Immigration Enforcement for illegal 

immigrants charged with misdemeanors. 

In Cook County, which is overwhelmingly 

Democratic and has 

seen rapid growth in its Latino population, 

commissioners on both side 

of the issue captured the anger and 

fears that are being voiced far beyond 

the Chicago area. 

“What we are doing is righting 

a wrong against people who are 

on the soil of Cook County under 

the protection of the U.S. Constitution,” 

said Commissioner Larry Suffredin, 

a Democrat who supported 

the measure. 

Local man pleads guilty to 

domestic battery charge 

ceived about the case the prosecutor 

said he was going to do everything 

he could to obtain a conviction, 

“even if it meant subpoenaing 

the victim and forcing her to testify,” 

Reif said. “We hadn’t gotten to that 

point yet.” 

Reif said Callahan had a history of 

domestic violence involving the same 

victim. 

Callahan on Tuesday admitted violating 

his probation on misdemeanor 

charges of domestic battery and 

unlawful consumption of alcohol by 

a minor. The revocation petitions alleged 

Callahan failed to remain lawabiding 

and tested positive for using 

illegal substances, Reif said. 

In the latest incident, the injuries 

to the victim, who was hospitalized, 

were signifi cant enough to warrant 

the charge that is punishable by 

a mandatory minimum of 60 days in 

the Morgan County Jail or between 

three to seven years imprisonment 

in the Illinois Department of Corrections, 

Reif said. 

“More than likely we are going to 

be looking somewhere in that three 

to seven years range,” Reif said. 

Callahan’s sentencing was set for 

Nov. 15. 

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903 W. Superior Ave. 

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$78. 245-5111. 

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Husband no longer in love is 

tempted to get out and about 

She’s now saying she has 

“seen the error of her ways” 

and wants to change. I don’t 

know if I believe her or even 

care at this point. I have been 

so beaten down I just go 

through the motions. Part of 

me would like to see who else 

is out there for me, but then 

my wife cries and says she has 

“nowhere to go” and that I’d be 

putting the mother of my children 

“out on the street.” She 

doesn’t work because she can’t keep a job. 

(Something always comes up that forces 

her to walk out.) Please help me. I am beside 

myself and don’t know what to do. — 

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and their jobs were at school. 

Because they moved in 

fi rst, they treat me as if it is 

“their” apartment and I merely 

have a room there. When I 

try to buy things for the apartment, 

such as a new tablecloth, 

bath mat, etc., Keira immediately 

undoes any changes 

I have made when I leave for 

the day. I feel it is her passiveaggressive 

way of undermining 

me. It happens every day 

with something. 

This may seen petty, but this is my 

apartment, too. I pay rent just as they do, 

and I want to feel at home here as well. 

Keira is stubborn and wants things her 

way. How can I get her to quit this behavior 

without causing further animosity within 

our home? — HOME-LESS IN NEW 

YORK 

DEAR HOME-LESS: Convene a household 

meeting and tell Keira and Bruce 

what you have told me. While they arrived 

fi rst and furnished “their” nest, you have 

an equal right to have it refl ect some of 

your taste and personality. For your friend 

to erase it while your back is turned is inconsiderate 

of your feelings. 

If you don’t bring this out in the open, 

you will never establish a compromise. Because 

Keira is planning to be married, she 

had better get used to the concept of compromise 

because a successful marriage is 

full of it. 

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also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was 

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H E A L T H W A T C H 

CDC: Self-reported drunk driving is down 

ATLANTA (AP) — Drunken driving incidents 

have fallen 30 percent in the last 

fi ve years, and last year were at their lowest 

mark in nearly two decades, according to a 

new federal report. 

The decline may be due to the down 

economy: Other research suggests people 

are still drinking as heavily as in years past, 

so some may just be fi nding cheaper ways 

of imbibing than by going to bars, night 

clubs and restaurants. 

“One possibility is that people are drinking 

at home more and driving less after 

drinking,” said Dr. Thomas Frieden, director 

of the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

The CDC statistics — released Tuesday 

— are based on a 2010 national telephone 

survey of about 210,000 U.S. adults. The respondents 

were kept anonymous. 

Nearly 1 in 50 said they’d driven drunk 

at least once in the previous month. That 

equates to about 4 million Americans driving 

drunk last year. 

About 60 percent said they drove drunk 

just once, but some said they did it daily. 

That led to a CDC estimate of more than 

112 million episodes of drunk driving in 

2010. That’s more than 300,000 incidents 

a day. CDC offi cials lamented that fi nding; 

still, it was the lowest estimate since the survey 

question was fi rst asked in 1993, and 

down signifi cantly from the 161 million incidents 

in the peak year of 2006. 

Young men ages 21 to 34 were the biggest 

problem, accounting for just 11 percent 

of the U.S. population but 32 percent of the 

drunken driving incidents. 

The overwhelming majority of drunk 

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MUNITY BLOOD CENTER 

BLOOD DRIVE, 10 a.m.-2 

p.m. at Lincoln Land Community 

College, 32 N. Central 

Park Plaza. 

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COMMUNITY BLOOD CEN- 

TER BLOOD DRIVE, 4-6 p.m. 

at Walgreens, 134 W. Morton 

Ave. 

u “LARRY MEYER, CHAP- 

TER TWO” ART EXHIBIT 

OPENING RECEPTION, 5-7 

p.m. at Jacksonville Savings 

Bank, 1211 W. Morton Ave. 

Exhibit continues through 

Oct. 31. 

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CLASS, 6:30 p.m. at Jacksonville 

High School, 1211 N. Diamond 

St. Beginners, 6:30 

p.m.; regular, 7:30 p.m. 

u BINGO, 6:45 p.m. at AM- 

VETS, 210 E. Court St. 

DATEBOOK 

MEETINGS CALENDAR FOR CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS 

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 

Meetings are nonsmoking. The only requirement 

is a desire to stop drinking. 

“Open” meetings are open to anyone. 371- 

0638 or www.jacksonvilleaa.org. 

JACKSONVILLE LOCATIONS: 

n FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 1701 

Mound Ave. Wheelchair-accessible. 

n CLUB HOWS, 638 S. Church St. 

n WELLS CENTER, 1300 Lincoln Ave. 

Wednesday 

n CLOSED DISCUSSION, noon at Club 

Hows. 

n CLOSED DISCUSSION, 8 p.m. at Club 

Hows. 

n WHITE HALL: CLOSED BIG BOOK, 7 

p.m. at First Christian Church, Main and 

Bridgeport streets. Far west door, classroom 

upstairs. 

Thursday 

n CLOSED DISCUSSION, noon at Club 

Hows. 

n CLOSED DISCUSSION, 8 p.m. at Club 

Hows. “Newcomers Group.” 

n BEARDSTOWN: CLOSED DISCUS- 

SION, 8 p.m. at Merritt Hall, 1301 Monroe 

St. 

n RUSHVILLE: OPEN DISCUSSION, 7 

p.m. at Schuyler County Jail, 204 W. Lafayette 

St. Go in front door. 

AL-ANON 

Meetings are nonsmoking and open to anyone. 

The only requirement is that there be 

a problem of alcohol with a loved one or 

friend. 883-1227. 

Wednesday 

n AL-ANON, 7:30-8:30 p.m. at Centenary 

United Methodist Church, 331 E. State St. 

(use Morgan St. entrance). 

Thursday 

n AL-ANON, noon-1 p.m. at Wells Center, 

1300 Lincoln Ave. (use northwest entrance). 

Brown bag family group. 

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS 

All meetings are nonsmoking and open to 

anyone. 

Wednesday 

n THE STICK AND STAY GROUP, 8 p.m. 

at 104 Finley. Enter through back door. 

883-1975. 

SENIOR CENTER 

9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Community Park Center, 

1309 S. Main St. 883-1090. Wheelchair-accessible. 

Wednesday 

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staff; 11:30 a.m. potluck; 1 p.m. bingo, pinochle 

and Rummikub. 

Thursday 

n 9 a.m. bridge and bingo; 11:30 a.m. 

Bread of Love Soup and Salad bar; 1 p.m. 

pinochle, Mexican train dominoes, Phase 

10. 

OTHER MEETINGS 

Wednesday 

n BARTON W. STONE VOLUNTEER AS- 

SOCIATION, 9 a.m. in the community 

room. 

n DOLL CLUB, 1:30 p.m. at Central Christian 

Church. 

n LIVING WITH CANCER EDUCATION 

AND SUPPORT GROUP, 6:30 p.m. in 

Passavant’s meeting room 4. 

n PARKINSON’S DISEASE AND NEU- 

ROMUSCULAR DISORDERS SUPPORT 

GROUP, 6 p.m. in Passavant’s meeting 

room 2. 

n SOROSIS, 3 p.m. at the home of Mrs. 

Varble. 

n THE WEDNESDAY CLASS. Hostess: 

Dr. Carlson. 

n WEIGHT WATCHERS, 5:30 p.m. at Fitness 

World Health Club, 1521 W. Walnut. 

Weigh-in 30 minutes before meeting. 

(800) 651-6000. 

n MOUNT STERLING: EXPLORER’S 

BIBLE STUDY, 5:30 p.m. at First Christian 

Church, 117 W. Washington. 997-5920. 

n PITTSFIELD: BIBLE STUDY FOR SE- 

NIOR CITIZENS, 9 a.m. at McDonalds. 

285-6117. 

Thursday 

n JACKSONVILLE CITIZENS POLICE 

ACADEMY ALUMNI, 7 p.m. in the conference 

room of the Municipal Building. Russ 

Robinson, 243-1812. 

n MORGAN/SCOTT RTA/AARP, 8 a.m. at 

Kottage Kafe, 1850 S. Main St. 

n “REMEMBERING, TOO” GRIEF SUP- 

PORT GROUP FOR TEENAGERS, 6-8 p.m. 

at Springfield Family Counseling Center, 

305 E. Court. Ted Harvey, 473-8117. 

n TOPS (TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY), 

5 p.m. weigh-in, meeting at 5:30 p.m. at First 

Baptist Church, 1701 Mound Road. $26 annual 

fee. $3 monthly dues. 243-9683. 

n VET-2-VET, 6-7 p.m. at the American 

Legion, 903 W. Superior Ave. A veteran-led 

group. 243-6144. 

n WEIGHT WATCHERS OPEN HOURS, 

7:30-9:30 a.m. at Fitness World Health Club, 

1521 W. Walnut St. (800) 651-6000. Time 

to sign up, weigh in, buy product, talk to 

leader. 

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5:30 p.m. at First Christian Church, 201 N. 

Main. Enter through side door. Weigh-in 30 

minutes before meeting. (800) 651-6000. 

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CELEBRITY NEWS & NOTES 

Disney to re-release 4 

more classics in 3-D 

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fresh off the 

successful re-release of “The Lion King” 

in 3-D, Disney says it will churn out four 

more classics in three dimensions starting 

with “Beauty and the Beast” in January. 

“The Lion King” topped the domestic 

box office for two weekends last month 

after being re-mastered in 3-D. So far it has 

made $80 million in North America. 

The Walt Disney Co., based in Burbank, 

Calif., hopes to repeat the formula 

with “Beauty and the Beast” in January, 

“Finding Nemo” in September next year, 

“Monsters Inc.” in January 2013 and “The 

Little Mermaid” in September 2013. 

‘The Simpsons’ is in 

danger in 23rd year 

NEW YORK (AP) — In its 23rd year on 

TV, “The Simpsons” could be on the endangered 

species list. 

The show’s producer said Tuesday the 

show can’t continue under its current financial 

model, following a report that big 

pay cuts are being sought for the actors 

who provide voices for Homer, Marge and 

Bart Simpson and other characters. 

“We believe this brilliant series can and 

should continue, but we cannot produce 

future seasons under its current financial 

model,” said Chris Alexander, spokesman 

for 20th Century Fox Television. He said 

producers hope a deal can be reached. 

The animated series is a fixture on 

Fox’s Sunday night schedule, and critics 

consider it one of the best shows in the 

medium. But like many programs that 

have been on the air for a long time, the 

cost of making it has become prohibitive. 

The Fox network reportedly loses 

money each year on new episodes, even 

as all the old episodes run in perpetuity in 

reruns and are a cash cow for producers 

and creators. 

The Daily Beast reported Tuesday that 

producers are demanding a 45 percent pay 

cut from the six voice actors, who reportedly 

make nearly $8 million each for a 

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Bernanke warns recovery 

is ‘close to faltering’ 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Europe has a 

debt crisis. America has a jobs crisis. Corporate 

profi ts could be in trouble. World fi - 

nancial markets are in turmoil. And no one 

seems prepared to ride to the rescue. 

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke 

bluntly warned Congress on Tuesday of 

what most of America has sensed for some 

time: The economic recovery, such as it is, 

“is close to faltering.” 

The central bank chief spoke on a day 

when the stock market spent most of the 

trading hours in bear market territory — 

down 20 percent from its most recent highs 

in April. A late-day rally helped the market 

fi nish higher. 

Bernanke’s exchange with lawmakers 

seemed to capture the growing belief that 

no one is prepared to help the global economy 

in any meaningful way anytime soon. 

Speaking in unusually frank terms, he also 

captured the nation’s sour economic mood. 

The Fed chief was asked about protests 

around Wall Street, which went on for an 

18th day as demonstrators railed against 

corporate greed and expressed frustration 

over the economy. 

Christie won’t seek 

Republican nomination 

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey 

Gov. Chris Christie fi rmly declared Tuesday 

that “now is not my time” to run for president, 

dashing the hopes of Republicans still 

searching for someone other than former 

Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who has 

failed to win over skeptical conservatives, or 

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who is falling in polls 

as quickly as he had risen. 

After months of insisting that no, no, he 

wouldn’t run — and then a long weekend 

of well maybe — Christie made it fi nal in a 

news conference at the New Jersey Statehouse. 

That means it’s basically down to 

Romney and Perry battling to take on President 

Barack Obama, three months before 

the fi rst GOP nomination voting. 

Christie was the latest, perhaps last, 

hope of some establishment Republicans 

who had already been rejected by Indiana 

Gov. Mitch Daniels, Mississippi Gov. Haley 

Barbour, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, 

Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan and others who 

declined to run for president in 2012. He’s 

been governor of New Jersey for less than 

two years, but he’s cut the budget, curtailed 

public sector unions, and dealt with a Democratic 

legislature with disarming and combative 

confi dence. 

Christie disputed the idea that his name 

was just the latest on that list. 

“They weren’t searching. They came 

right to one target, and it was me,” he said 

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Tuesday. “And it has always been me.” 

Helicopter crashes into 

NYC’s East River, killing 1; 

4 rescued 

NEW YORK (AP) — A helicopter with 

fi ve people aboard crashed into the East 

River on Tuesday afternoon after taking off 

from a launch pad on the riverbank, killing 

one passenger and injuring the others. 

New York Police Department divers 

pulled the dead woman from about 50 feet 

of water about an hour after the Bell 206 helicopter 

went down around 3 p.m. All the 

passengers appeared to be British tourists, 

police said. 

Offi cers usually assigned to counterterrorism 

duties heard of the crash and arrived 

at the scene to fi nd the chopper inverted in 

the murky water with just its skids showing 

on the surface. Firefi ghters also responded 

to the scene. 

The pilot, Paul Dudley, and three passengers 

were bobbing in the chilly water, and 

it looked as though a man was diving down 

and coming back up, possibly in an attempt 

to rescue the remaining passenger, witnesses 

said. 

Offi cers jumped in and pulled out two 

women and a man, police spokesman Paul 

Browne said. The women were in critical 

condition, and the man was stable. All were 

hospitalized. The pilot made his own way to 

the riverbank and remained at the scene. 

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Knox leaves Italy for 

U.S. after acquittal 

LONDON (AP) — After Italian prisoners 

gave her a boisterous send-off, Amanda 

Knox made her way home to America 

on Tuesday, holing up with family on the 

upper deck of a jetliner to Seattle as she 

enjoyed her fi rst full day of freedom since 

her murder conviction was reversed. 

Reporters on board the British Airways 

fl ight hoping to talk to Knox, now a tabloid 

staple on two continents, were blocked on 

the stairs by a fl ight attendant who politely 

informed them that the family would 

speak publicly only after the plane touched 

down at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. 

It was unclear whether Knox herself 

would speak then. 

Knox’s life, spent in prison for the last 

four years, turned around dramatically 

Monday when an Italian appeals court 

threw out her murder conviction in the 

death of her British roommate. The decision, 

fueled by doubts over DNA evidence, 

stunned the victim’s family and angered 

the prosecution, which insists that she was 

among three people who killed 21-year-old 

Meredith Kercher. 

Knox left Perugia’s Capanne prison 

Monday night amid cheers that a companion 

compared to those at a soccer stadium. 

Hundreds of inmates — most of them 

in the men’s wing — shouted “Amanda, 

ciao!” and “Freedom!” as she walked into 

the central courtyard, said Corrado Maria 

AT 

FREE 

Hearing Test 


Daclon, head of the Italy-US Foundation, 

which championed Knox’s cause. 

Airline attack suspect 

shows tendency to make 

outbursts; his behavior will 

be closely watched 

DETROIT (AP) — A Nigerian man accused 

of trying to bring down a jetliner 

with a bomb in his underwear made a defi - 

ant political outburst Tuesday, demonstrating 

again why his courtroom behavior will 

be closely watched throughout the trial 

where he’s representing himself. 

“The mujahadeen will wipe out the U.S. 

— the cancer U.S.,” said Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 

scowling as he referred to 

Muslim guerrilla fi ghters. 

When marshals removed his handcuffs, 

he also claimed that a radical Muslim 

cleric killed last week by the American 

military is still alive. 

In nearly two years of legal proceedings, 

Abdulmutallab has normally been polite 

and studious in front of the judge and 

prospective jurors. But in the moments before 

court, he’s shown a tendency to make 

comments refl ecting loyalty to al-Qaida 

and contempt for the United States. 

The 24-year-old is charged in federal 

court with trying to destroy the Amsterdam-to-Detroit 

fl ight on Christmas 2009. 

He has pleaded not guilty, and his trial is 

expected to last three or four weeks. 

Islamic militants launch 

deadliest bombing in 

Somalia’s capital 

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Al-Qaida-linked 

militants launched their deadliest 

single bombing in Somalia on Tuesday, 

killing 70 people and demonstrating how 

the group that blocked aid to famine victims 

can still mount devastating violence even after 

most of its fi ghters fl ed the capital in August. 

A truck loaded with drums of fuel exploded 

outside the Ministry of Education 

on one of central Mogadishu’s busiest 

streets, where students and their parents 

were registering for scholarships offered by 

the Turkish government. Rebels of the al- 

Shabab militant group immediately claimed 

responsibility for the bombing, saying it was 

striking government offi cials and foreigners 

— referring to African Union peacekeeping 

troops supporting the U.N.-backed regime. 

The thunderous blast covered the city 

in dust more than a half-mile away and left 

blackened corpses sprawled amid burning 

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COMMENTARY 

Serious 

failures 

to govern 

NICK CAPO 

American citizens agree, but one 

challenge of contemporary life is handling 

information overload. Citizens, 

particularly adult voters who not only 

enjoy the benefi ts of living here but 

also accept that citizenship imposes 

duties upon them, must use good information 

as the raw material for their 

decisions and actions. 

One problem is that we’re struggling 

to keep our heads from exploding. 

We have easy access to a massive 

river of information, and both technological 

advances and competitive 

pressures are combining to weaken 

the focusing and fi ltering, or control 

and consensus, mechanisms that once 

restricted us to small sips of the available 

fl ow. Today, if you dip your drinking 

straw, your eyes and mind, into 

this river, you quickly discover that 

the other end of your straw is attached 

to a high-pressure fi re hydrant. 

One response, an understandable 

but self-defeating reaction, is to 

retreat into the soporifi c world of mass 

entertainment and celebrity culture. 

This world of Lindsay Lohan, “Jersey 

Shore,” and odd dance couples makes 

few demands on us, and if you happen 

to lose your job the next morning 

— well, perhaps you can secure a 

guest spot on a talk show to explore 

how positive thinking supposedly can 

help poor single mothers feed their 

children. 

Another response, a harder road 

but one that citizens must walk if 

democracy is to survive, requires us to 

impose our own order upon the raging 

torrent of information, connect the 

new information to our experience, 

and act upon what we know in our 

private and public spheres. 

This past weekend, the weakness 

LETTERS POLICY 

Letters should be addressed to the 

editor rather than to any individual and 

should be sent to the Journal-Courier, P.O. 

Box 1048, 235 W. State St., Jacksonville, IL 

62651, or e-mailed to letters@myjournalcourier.com. 

Writers should keep letters to no 

Most members of Congress 

were probably high 

achievers in school. But, 

as a group, they have a serious 

deadline problem. Congress’ 

inability to get things done — and 

done on time — is creating grave 

risks for the country. 

We’ve seen, perhaps on a 

micro-scale, the mess that can be 

created by inaction. Illinois lawmakers 

fi nally showed some teeth this 

past session and took charge of the 

foundering budget of red ink. 

But years of leaving it for someone 

else to address put us into a too 

little, too late situation. 

Anyone who believes Illinois will 

ever dig itself out from the pit of 

over-spending is either gullible or 

delusional. 

That’s what could be on the 

nation’s horizon, too. 

The nation teetered on the brink 

of default in early August because 

Tools of freedom 

Each weekend, I consume articles about current events and lingering policy 

problems. Generally I read several news magazines and newspapers before 

moving online to absorb several dozen pieces from a variety of publications, 

including three outlets from other countries. 

“With freedom comes responsibility,” Eleanor Roosevelt once wrote. Most 

of the U.S. and global economies 

was the topic of many articles and 

commentaries. Stephen Roach, a 

professor at Yale and non-executive 

chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, 

argues in “America’s Savings Imperative” 

that the U.S. economy will not 

fully recover from the Great Recession 

until U.S. consumers pay down their 

excessive debt and signifi cantly boost 

their saving rate. 

“The good news is that there has 

been some progress on the road to 

balance sheet repair,” he observes. 

“The bad news is that it hasn’t been 

nearly enough.” 

Some writers focused on the political 

arguments about the forthcoming 

federal budget cuts, some on the “Occupy 

Wall Street” protesters who were 

arrested for blocking the Brooklyn 

Bridge, while others focused on poverty, 

disruptions of specifi c economies 

or individual behavior. 

David Brooks, a conservative commentator, 

approaches these problems 

obliquely by examining cutting-edge 

research about empathy and action. 

He starts with Steven Pinker’s book 

“The Better Angels of Our Nature,” 

writing that “Empathy makes you 

more aware of other people’s suffering, 

but it’s not clear it actually 

motivates you to take moral action 

or prevents you from taking immoral 

action.” 

After reviewing the work of Jesse 

Prinz, a philosopher, Brooks adds, 

“Think of anybody you admire. They 

probably have some talent for fellowfeeling, 

but it is overshadowed by their 

sense of obligation to some religious, 

military, social or philosophic code. 

They would feel a sense of shame or 

guilt if they didn’t live up to the code. 

more than 300 words. The paper will edit 

letters for length, conciseness and clarity. 

If you have a topic you feel requires more 

space, contact the editor, David C.L. Bauer, 

at (217) 245-6121 or at dbauer@myjournalcourier.com. 

So we can verify authorship, each letter 

must be signed and must include the 

Democrats and Republicans 

couldn’t agree on whether to raise 

the debt ceiling. At the last minute, 

they brokered a deal — but one that 

largely postponed the problem. 

Just eight weeks later, Washington’s 

procrastinating again. The Senate 

last week approved a stopgap 

spending bill that would keep the 

government open until mid-November. 

For a while, it looked as though 

even that wouldn’t get done because 

of a battle over how to fund federal 

disaster relief. 

This week, the House must 

consider that same bill. We strongly 

urge representatives to approve it 

and not waste any more time. 

Even in normal times, Congress 

has a hard time meeting deadlines. 

The nonpartisan No Labels group 

released a report last week showing 

that only twice in the last 25 years 

has Capitol Hill passed all its yearly 

spending bills on time. 

... If you want to make the world a better 

place, help people debate, understand, 

reform, revere and enact their 

codes. Accept that codes confl ict.” 

You can connect this information in 

different ways, but here are the clicking 

sounds I hear in my head. 

More Americans need to accept 

and live by what we might call the 

Titanium Laws of Personal Finance: 

• Spend less than you make 

(i.e., accept your fi nancial reality) 

• Save and invest (carefully) 

your surplus funds (or, possibly, buy 

an affordable house) 

• Increase your earning potential 

(i.e., borrow for education only if 

you will fi nish a degree) 

• Increase your actual earnings 

(i.e., relocate to wherever the better 

jobs are) 

“What would Jesus do?” is a 

question that often receives ridicule 

because of the selectivity with which 

some Christian adherents apply its 

implicit code. Regarding our current 

economic plight, though, Jesus would 

feed the hungry and help the poor. 

From one weekend’s reading, 

this sip of new information, I have 

identifi ed a range of possible actions 

that I will take. “Freedom of speech, 

freedom of the press, freedom of information, 

freedom of assembly — these 

are not just abstract ideals to us,” 

Eleanor Roosevelt asserted. “They are 

tools with which we create a way of 

life, a way of life in which we can enjoy 

freedom.” 

This is a code of responsible 

citizenship. 

Nick Capo, associate dean and 

associate professor of English at Illinois 

College, writes as a public scholar and 

private citizen. 

writer’s address and daytime and evening 

telephone numbers. Only the names and 

towns will be printed. 

At the paper’s discretion, a writer’s 

name will be withheld at request, but such 

letters must still contain the person’s 

name, address and telephone numbers for 

verification. 

But these aren’t normal times. 

The failure to govern carries greater 

risks now. As the folks at No Labels 

put it, “Missed deadlines and petty 

arguments are unacceptable for 

elected offi cials tasked with pulling 

our nation out of an economic 

crisis.” 

We have a $14 trillion debt, a 

stalled economy and vanishing 

consumer confi dence. And what is 

Washington doing? Arguing over 

how to pay for disaster relief and 

postponing spending bills. 

The stakes are high for Congress 

in November. Not only must 

lawmakers fi nalize those appropriation 

bills for 2012, but the debt 

supercommittee must approve an 

additional $1.5 trillion in savings 

by Nov. 23. If the bipartisan group, 

created in August as part of the debt 

ceiling compromise, can’t come 

to agreement, automatic cuts will 

be triggered across parts of the 

Baked goods 

as a metaphor 

Ihave no beef with the 

student Republicans. 

Oh, I disagree with 

them about affi rmative action, 

and probably a dozen 

other things as well. But I 

LEONARD PITTS am not troubled — amused, 

but not troubled — by the 

way they’ve expressed their view. Unfortunately, 

others have been less sanguine. 

The story goes as follows: the GOP student group at 

the University of California at Berkeley wanted to illustrate 

its opposition to pending legislation that would allow 

state universities to consider race, gender, ethnicity and 

national origin as factors in admission. So it sponsored an 

“Increase Diversity Bake Sale,” in which the prices varied 

according to race. 

White men were asked to pay $2 for what Asian men 

could get for $1.50, Latino men for $1, African-American 

men for 75 cents and American Indian men for a quarter. 

All women received a 25-cent discount off those prices. 

If I were going to use baked goods as a metaphor for 

affi rmative action, my price scale would go like this: Black 

and American Indian men would pay $10, Asian and Latino 

men $7 for brownies white men were able to buy for 

a buck, and the blacks, the American Indians, the Asians 

and the Latinos would have to walk a gauntlet of gunfi re, 

physical assault, name calling and legal roadblocks in 

order to reach the counter. Women would not be allowed 

to buy any brownies, but would be required to remain in 

the kitchen baking them, preferably while barefoot and 

pregnant. 

After 350 years, the black, Latino, Asian and American 

Indian men would get a $5 discount off the original prices 

(do the math) but they’d have to listen to white men carp 

about the gross unfairness of it all. Women would also get 

a discount, but would have to sweep up the bakery after it 

closed. 

That said, I’m troubled at the response the GOP students 

have faced. There has been outrage, which is fair, 

but they say they’ve also been harassed and threatened 

online, which is not. 

One student protesting the sale told a reporter it was 

hurtful, “attacking underrepresented communities by 

reducing their communities to a cheaply priced good.” 

But even granting the vulnerability felt by such students, 

would we do them any favors, do we prepare them 

for the world, by treating them as delicate fl owers who 

must be shielded from all that is hurtful? We might do 

better teaching them to cope with the hurtful things that 

will inevitably come. 

The contretemps sparked a resolution from the student 

senate reportedly and ominously noting the power of 

a separate student Judiciary Council to defund any group 

that discriminates and condemning “the use of discrimination 

whether it is in satire or in seriousness by any student 

group.” 

The resolution thus combined politically correct 

censorship, and short-sighted overreach, laying out a 

rubric which, writ large, would outlaw the likes of Chris 

Rock, Mark Twain, Richard Pryor, Norman Lear, Stephen 

Colbert and other satirists who have used discrimination 

to make trenchant political points. 

Thankfully, the “racist bake sale” and a counter protest 

went on last week as planned. There was no violence, just 

vigorous debate and a visceral reminder of what a messy, 

dangerous, and powerful tool the founders entrusted to us 

when they said we had the right to speak our minds. 

Let freedom ring. 

Kent A. Kilpatrick 

Publisher 

government. 

Like all Americans, we expect 

robust debates. But leaders must do 

more than preen off talking points. 

They need to govern. 

Former Defense Secretary Robert 

Gates, who served eight presidents 

over fi ve decades, reminded 

an audience at the Southern Methodist 

University Tate Lecture series 

last week how the nation once 

solved problems. We won the Cold 

War and met many other challenges 

because our leaders governed from 

the center. The extremes expressed 

themselves freely, but those in 

charge charted a middle ground 

that refl ected fundamental American 

values. 

That’s not so today, which is why 

both parties need to put aside their 

absolutist tendencies and urgently 

search for common ground. 

Kicking problems down the road 

only harms America. 

Jacksonville 


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David C.L. Bauer 

Editor 

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— Editorial mission

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA — 

There’s a little known secret that 

many pharmaceutical companies 

and doctors hope you never 

discover. 

It concerns the existence of a 

safe* but obscure amino acid that, 

when taken in pill form, could 

actually scrub and clean out 

harmful plaque from the human 

circulatory system. 

In the process, it could remove 

years of built-up, life-threatening 

plaque, sludge and gunk from your 

veins and arteries, and help lessen 

the risk of a stroke or heart attack, 

and possibly even add up to as much 

as 20 extra years to your life. 

“It’s remarkable stuff,” says 

Andrew Garcia of Coral Gables, 

Florida, referring to ethylene 

diamine tetraacetic acid, or EDTA. 

“Unknown to the general public, 

it’s found in soft drinks, cosmetics, 

and even baby food!” 

“It’s been proven in more than 

1,820 medical studies and declared 

100% safe as a food additive by both 

the FDA and USDA,” says Garcia, 

CEO of Miracle Breakthrough 

Labs of Coral Gables, Florida, a 

nutritional laboratory that makes 

a pharmaceutically advanced 

EDTA formula. 

Will EDTA replace expensive 

procedures like angioplasty and 

coronary bypass surgery? Perhaps, 

says Garcia, citing other possible 

benefits like better vision, more 

energy, a stronger immune system, 

and increased blood flow throughout 

the body, which often improves 

sexual performance in both men and 

women. 

Discovered By Accident 

In the 1940s, the US Navy began 

using EDTA to remove dangerous 

levels of metals and toxins from the 

circulatory systems of sailors. 

It worked so well and with such a 

high degree of safety that the US 

Food and Drug Administration 

approved it as the leading treatment 

for heavy metal poisoning. 

Curious Side Effect 

But doctors noted a curious side 

effect: the sailors’ cardiovascular 

health had improved. Their blood 

vessels were inexplicably freer of 

blockages. 

Two-time Nobel Prize-winning 

scientist Dr. Linus Pauling was the 

first to discover that EDTA was not 

only a powerful way to eliminate 

heavy metals and poisons from the 

body, but also flush away dangerous 

deposits of plaque that stick to the 

inner walls of arteries. 

Along with supportive nutrients, 

Garcia’s formula contains a powerful 

form of EDTA that, immediately 

after ingestion, begins to scour blood 

vessels for plaque blockages, from 

tiny micro-capillaries to major arteries. 

Its effects are felt quickly, says 

Garcia, adding, “Needless to say, 

everyone’s different; results do vary.” 

Something Wonderful 

Happens 

Florida’s Bill Nichols feels as if 

he has a new lease on life. He states 

with confidence that he and his 

entire family “plan to live a lot 

longer and in much better health!” 

Not too long ago Bill was 

scheduled for angioplasty, a 

procedure that caused him much 

concern. Figuring that he had little 

to lose, he began taking Miracle 

Breakthrough Labs’ Advanced 

EDTA Mega Plus formula at a 

friend’s urging, as he counted down 

the days for his trip to the hospital. 

In a routine, pre-surgery checkup, 

Bill and his physician were stunned 

at what they saw. “My heart surgery 

may be a thing of the past,” says a 

teary-eyed Bill. “Advanced EDTA 

Mega Plus actually made my 

blockage disappear. My angioplasty 

has been postponed indefinitely. My 

doctor couldn’t believe his eyes!” 

Proof Positive: 

Eye-Opening 10-Day Test! 

To monitor his progress, Bill 

decided to take Garcia’s famous 

‘10-Day Test.’ The night before 

starting his 

EDTA regimen, 

Bill 

placed a small 

urine sample 

in a sealed, 

glass jar in 

his refrigerator. Ten days later, he 

took a second urine sample, and let 

it sit for 24 hours, along with the 

other sample. 

The next day, with the aid of 

a strong light source, Bill examined 

the first sample, swirling the 

fluid around for a thorough inspection. 

He did the same with 

the second sample and was 

shocked at what he saw. 

The second sample revealed a 

significant amount of white powder, 

swirling around the bottom of the 

container. This white powder was 

plaque that had been harmlessly re- 


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IBM 174.74 

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NYSE most active 

NEW YORK (AP) – Sales, 4:30 p.m. price and net 

change of the 15 most active New York Stock Exchange 

issues, trading nationally. 

Name Volume Last Chg. 

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S&P500 ETF 421,254,789 112.34 + 2.41 

SPDR Fncl 213,116,406 11.73 + .45 

SprintNextel 162,782,032 2.86 + .13 

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GenlElec 110,258,939 14.86 + .17 

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MorganStan 73,213,158 14.01 + 1.54 

JPMorgChse 65,787,218 30.26 + 1.86 

Pfi zer 58,641,860 17.59 + .26 

AnnalyCap 58,225,679 15.79 – .05 

Nasdaq summary 

NEW YORK (AP) – Most active Nasdaq issues. 

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Level3 157,594,162 1.42 + .01 

PwShs QQQ 126,680,920 52.19 + 1.05 

Microsoft 81,390,256 25.34 + .81 

Cisco 78,458,761 15.58 + .45 

Intel 75,856,428 21.22 + .60 

MicronT 57,073,070 4.52 + .19 

Oracle 49,286,694 28.69 + .75 

RschMotn 43,459,854 21.00 + .50 

Apple Inc 43,397,970 372.50 – 2.10 

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CHICAGO (AP) – Futures trading on the Chicago Board 

of Trade Tue.: 

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WHEAT 

5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel 

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Mar 642 659 1 

⁄4 634 1 

⁄4 640 – 17 

May 669 683 1 

⁄2 659 1 

⁄4 665 1 

⁄2 – 15 3 

⁄4 

Jul 681 694 673 1 

⁄4 681 3 

⁄4 – 11 

CORN 


Dec 589 1 

⁄2 593 3 

⁄4 577 587 3 

⁄4 – 4 3 

⁄4 

Mar 602 3 ⁄4 607 590 1 ⁄2 600 3 ⁄4 – 5 1 ⁄4 

May 610 1 

⁄2 614 1 

⁄2 598 1 

⁄2 608 1 

⁄2 – 5 1 

⁄4 

Jul 615 1 

⁄2 620 1 

⁄4 603 3 

⁄4 613 3 

⁄4 – 5 1 

OATS 

⁄2 


Arteries clogged with 

hardened plaque restrict 

blood flow to all parts of the 

body; a prelude to a major 

medical disaster. 

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PEPSICO 60.45 

PFIZER 17.59 

PNC BANK 46.59 

PROCTOR & GAMBLE 63.37 

SONIC 6.79 

STEAK N SHAKE (BH) 295.80 

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STIFEL FINANCIAL 26.56 

SYSCO 25.51 

TARGET 49.47 

TENNECO AUTO 26.05 

UNILEVER 31.45 

US BANCORP 23.16 

VERIZON 36.40 

WALGREENS 32.85 

WAL-MART 52.88 

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⁄2 – 3 1 

⁄2 

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⁄4 1197 1173 1 

⁄2 1181 1 

⁄4 – 16 3 

⁄4 

May 1193 1 ⁄4 1204 1181 1 ⁄2 1189 1 ⁄2 – 15 1 ⁄2 

SOYBEAN OIL 

60,000 lbs; cents per lb 

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Jan 49.56 50.19 49.18 49.28 – .99 

Mar 49.82 50.45 49.48 49.58 – .94 

SOYBEAN MEAL 

100 tons; dollars per ton 

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Does this obscure ingredient found in baby food and soft drinks really pose a threat to 

modern cardiovascular medicine? 

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EDTA scours the circulatory 

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surge erases earlier 

losses on Wall Street 

BY DAVID K. RANDALL 


NEW YORK — A late afternoon 

surge capped another wild day 

on Wall Street Tuesday, bringing 

the S&P 500 back from the brink 

of entering a bear market. Stocks 

jumped on reports that European 

officials were working on a joint effort 

to prop up the region’s struggling 

banks. 

The Dow Jones industrial average 

closed with a gain of 153, erasing 

a 200-point deficit in the last 40 

minutes of trading. It was down for 

the whole day before turning positive 

just 10 minutes before the closing 

bell. 

Indexes opened sharply lower 

as traders worried that Greece 

could be edging closer to default. 

Stocks pared their losses at midday 

after Federal Reserve Chairman 

Ben Bernanke told a Congressional 

panel that the central bank 

could take more steps to stimulate 

the economy, then slumped again 

in the afternoon. 

At 3:25 p.m., the market began 

rising quickly after several news 

outlets reported that European financial 

ministers were working on 

a way to coordinate their efforts to 

support European banks, as they 

BY RACHEL METZ 

AND JORDAN ROBERTSON 


CUPERTINO, Calif. – The 

most closely kept secret about the 

iPhone 5? There isn’t one – yet. 

Apple unveiled a faster, more 

powerful version of its sleek 

iPhone on Tuesday and named 

it the 4S. It includes a futuristic, 

voice-activated personal assistant 

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On way to Wall Street, confronting a protest 

BY ADAM GELLER 

AP NATIONAL WRITER 

NEW YORK — Almost 90 minutes into his commute 

from the New Jersey suburbs, Michael Devaney has nearly 

reached his job on Wall Street. But fi rst he threads through a 

sea of occupied but stone-still sleeping bags, around blearyeyed 

protesters crawling from under blue plastic tarps in 

search of cigarettes and coffee, and past a sign on a pole protruding 

from a suitcase. 

“Billionaires,” it warns, “Your Time is Up!” 

It is 7:50 a.m., and another day in the capital of capitalism 

has begun. 

The scene has been repeated now for most of three 

weeks, as the regular denizens of Wall Street arrive to meet 

protesters demanding an end to the fi nancial system as we 

know it. The bankers, lawyers and others climbing from 

the subways, briefcases in hand, seem largely unperturbed 

— sympathetic, even — to those who call them the enemy. 

Mostly, though, watching and listening as the tom-tom beat 

of the protests spreads from a lower Manhattan park to cities 

around the country, Wall Streeters sound confused. 

What exactly, they ask, do the protesters want? 

“They defi nitely have a right to be here, but they don’t 

seem to have a goal. What is it, to put Wall Street people in 

jail?” Devaney, who works in information technology at one 

of the fi nancial district’s many banks, asked Tuesday, after 

crossing narrow Zuccotti Park, on his way to the offi ce. 

“There are people who make a whole lot of money, but 

them making less money? I’m not sure what that’s going to 

do in itself.” 

In fact, Devaney’s uncertainty about the protesters’ message 

is echoed by some of the protesters, themselves. But 

while the protesters and the protested eyed one another 

somewhat warily Tuesday, the density that is life in Manhattan 

occasionally resulted in conversation, and left them wondering 

aloud what to make of another. 

“I’m still trying to fi gure it out,” said Pete McCarthy, a pinstripe-suited 

lawyer who represents a fi nancial services fi rm, 

studying the protesters on his way to work. “What are they 

saying, ‘People Instead of Profi ts’. What does it mean?” 

The Occupy Wall Street protests, which began Sept. 17 

in this privately-owned park across the streets from towers 

housing investment bank Brown Brothers Harriman and the 

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, have spread this 

week from Los Angeles to Chicago and other cities. Protesters 

have spoken out about the nation’s lack of jobs, blaming 

President Obama and members of Congress. They have criticized 

corporate lobbyists and employers. 

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expected in the coming months and years. 

“Numerous options to bring these units into compliance 

were explored, including installing additional environmental 

controls, but the costs were just too high to be justifi ed,” said 

Steven Sullivan, president and chief executive offi cer of Ameren 

Energy Resources Co., the holding company of Ameren. 

“We regret the impact this will have on our employees and 

the communities where these plants have been important to 

the local economies.” 

Coal-burning power plants are the leading source of 

carbon dioxide emissions that experts blame for global 

warming. 

The two plants provided about 4 percent of Ameren Energy 

Resources’ total generation over the past two years, 

the company said. Ameren serves about 2.4 million electric 

customers in Missouri and Illinois, along with about 

1 million natural gas customers in the two states. Ameren 

said customers will see no impact from the closures. 

The plant in Meredosia is also a proposed site that would 

have provided electrical generation as part of a scaled-down 

version of the FutureGen project. FutureGen calls for an experimental 

plant that would burn coal for power but store 

emissions of carbon dioxide underground. The project is 

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A commuter walks through Zuccotti Park in New York’s Financial District where Occupy Wall Street 

protestors are encamped Tuesday. The protests have gathered momentum and gained participants 

in recent days as news of mass arrests and a coordinated media campaign by the protestors have 

given rise to similar demonstrations around the country. 

But they have reserved most of their criticism for “Wall 

Street.” On Monday, when protesters dressed as corporate 

zombies marched past the New York Stock Exchange 

clutching fi stfuls of money, some bystanders shouted, “Get a 

job!” But others smiled at the street theater. 

Many of those who work in the fabled center of American 

commerce say they don’t take the protests personally. Indeed, 

some even sympathize. 

“It’s really incredible to me, the passion and conviction 

these people have,” said Lou Crossin, who works for a company 

that sells corporate governance research to large investors. 

“I don’t think these are violent people. They’re just 

standing up for their beliefs.” 

“Numerous options to bring these units into 

compliance were explored, including installing 

additional environmental controls, but the costs 

were just too high to be justifi ed. We regret the 

impact this will have on our employees and the 

communities where these plants have been 

important to the local economies.” 

— Steve Sullivan, president and chief executive 

offi cer of Ameren Energy Resources Co. 

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of setbacks, resulting in a revised plan known as FutureGen 

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Crossin said the protesters — with their chanting in unison, 

leafl eting and drum circles — reminded him of the lyrics 

of a song from his youth by Jefferson Airplane: “Look 

what’s happening out in the streets. Got a revolution.” 

He wasn’t the only one to feel that way. Sam Schmidt, a 

criminal defense attorney who walks by the park every day, 

said the protests took him back to when he was a college student 

in 1970 and went to Washington, D.C., to oppose the 

war in Vietnam. 

“I’m 60 years old. I lived through the ’60s and the ’70s, 

and this is nothing. I think it is well-behaved. We’ve got a few 

crazies, but we have a few crazies here (in New York) anyway,” 

he said. “It’s just reminiscent of my youth.” 

“Ceasing current operations at Meredosia has no impact 

on the viability of FutureGen 2.0,” Sullivan said. “FutureGen 

is still several years from needing a generating 

unit to test clean coal technology. We are currently in discussions 

with the FutureGen Alliance to determine how 

Meredosia Unit 4 could best be used for this project.” 

Ameren also cited a lack of a multi-year capacity market 

managed by the Midwest Independent Transmission System 

Operator as a factor in closing the plants. 

“Without the ability to sell capacity several years out, 

we cannot afford to make the substantial investment for 

environmental controls that would be required to keep 

these units in service,” Sullivan said. 

Ameren expects the closures to result in a charge to 

third-quarter earnings. The company also expects to incur 

other costs related to employee severance and the 

plant closures, though those costs have not yet been determined. 

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The council approved placing electric apprentice lineman 

Dan Buttitta on “permanent layoff status effective immediately.” 

Buttitta will be given two weeks separation pay, according 

to the motion. 

“The city shall gift Buttitta his climbing gear to help defray 

the cost of obtaining this equipment upon future employment. 

The city shall pay for the cost incurred by Buttitta 

in fi nishing up his last certifi cation,” it said. 

A motion to place electric meter reader Bill Jeffers on permanent 

layoff status with two weeks’ separation pay failed. 

Aldermen wanted to talk to the union before proceeding 

with the layoff. 

The council also adopted an amendment to $6.3 million 

Waterworks and Sewerage System Revenue Bonds because 

of a change in the interest rates. 

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prompting the FBI to review the circumstances behind his 

hospitalization after a traffi c stop about 2:45 p.m. Aug. 8, 

2010, at West Douglas Avenue and Church Street. In the 

complaint he accused three Jacksonville police offi cers of violating 

his civil rights by using excessive force. 

Walton was a passenger in a vehicle police stopped because 

the front registration plate was missing. He was Tasered 

once after running from offi cers and was injured when he 

fell on the ground, according to testimony at Walton’s preliminary 

hearing last year. 

Walton said he was hospitalized for treatment of a fracture 

on his thumb and multiple face fractures. Blood collected 

behind one of his eyes and he required stitches on the inside 

of his bottom lip. 

Federal authorities concluded in July that the evidence 

did not establish a prosecutable violation of the federal criminal 

civil rights statutes so they were not seeking criminal 

prosecution of the offi cers. 

During Walton’s arrest police located a white, rock-like 

substance on him specifi cally in the front, right coin pocket 

of his jeans, according to the stipulation of facts. Testing at an 

Illinois State Police crime laboratory determined the chunky 

substance weighed 1.9 grams and contained a cocaine base. 

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TOMORROW 

ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT 

In Fling 

The theme this 

year was “Spice up 

your Life.” 

To add some 

spice to the cooking 

demonstrations, we 

were lucky to have 

Celebrity Chef Bill 

Wade present two 

recipes. Bill is currently 

the executive 

chef for Muggsy’s 

Fine Dining, which 

also includes Mulligan’s and 

Brick House Barbeque. All the 

restaurants are in Downtown 

Jacksonville. 

Participants were given time 

prior to the demos to visit the 

vendor booths throughout the 

South Ballroom. Those that 

purchased VIP tickets got hors 

d’ouvres and wine in the Fireside 

Room. 

I then prepared four dishes 

utilizing spices and herbs which 

were mainly ones I had grown 

The latest 

trendy treat to 

make at home 

BY ALISON LADMAN 

FOR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 

Which came fi rst, 

the cupcake or the 

macaron? Or did pie 

beat them in the race to be the 

trendy treat of the moment? 

Maybe it doesn’t matter. 

Because the hot sweet now is the 

whoopie pie, those delicious oversized 

cake-like cookies sandwiching 

a fl uffy, sugary fi lling. 

While chocolate cookies with 

vanilla frosting are traditional, 

whoopie pies come in just as many 

wild fl avor combinations as cupcakes, 

macarons and pies. 

For our fall whoopie pie, we 

looked to three favorite cold 

weather fl avors — gingerbread, 

pumpkin and pecan pie. Gingerbread 

lends itself perfectly to the 

shell of a whoopie pie. It is, after 

all, still cake. And pumpkin marries 

so beautifully with the spices 

of gingerbread that we couldn’t 

leave it out. 

But for the fi lling, we wanted 

to get away from traditional fl uffy 

vanilla frosting. So we opted for 

a praline cream cheese fi lling 

and rolled the edges in toasted 

chopped pecans for a treat that’s 

reminiscent of a creamy pecan pie. 

PECAN PUMPKIN 

GINGERBREAD 

WHOOPIE PIES 

Start to fi nish: 1 hour 

Makes 20 small or 10 large 

pies 

FOR THE CAKES: 

2 1 

⁄4 cups all-purpose fl our 

1 teaspoon baking powder 

1 

⁄2 teaspoon baking soda 

1 teaspoon salt 

1 teaspoon cinnamon 

YOUR LIFE 

GOOD TASTE 

FOOD & NUTRITION 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2011 JOURNAL-COURIER • PAGE 9 

Celebrating Great 

Taste wrap-up 

On Tuesday, Sept. 27, the Jacksonville Journal-Courier 

sponsored its 4th Annual Celebrating Great Taste Cooking 

show at Hamilton’s 110 NE. I am hoping that all in 

attendance had a fun time. I know I had a great time. 

COLLEEN COOKSEY 

this summer. Along 

the way, I shared 

some tips about utilizing 

spices and herbs 

in your cooking. 

If a recipe calls for 

a fresh herb and you 

only have dried, use 

one teaspoon dried 

for every tablespoon 

of fresh. If it is a 

ground herb, reduce 

that to 1 

⁄2 teaspoon as 

they are more powerful. 

Add dried herbs at the beginning 

of the cooking process 

as they need the moisture to 

activate their fl avor and aroma. 

Add fresh herbs at the end of the 

cooking process. Store herbs 

and spices in a cool, dry, dark 

location. 

One garlic bulb equals ap- 

proximately 1 teaspoon minced 

or 1 

⁄2 teaspoon of garlic powder. 

The fi rst dish I prepared was 

a souffl é. I added a little interest 

to it by making it a chocolate 

mint souffl é. Cinnamon could 

also be used to compliment the 

chocolate. 

CHOCOLATE MINT 

SOUFFLE 

3 tablespoons butter, 

divided 

4 tablespoons sugar, 

divided 

4 oz. semisweet chocolate 

1 

⁄4 teaspoon mint extract 

2 eggs, separated 

1 

⁄8 teaspoon cream of 

tartar 

Preheat oven to 375. Generously 

grease 4 (4 oz.) ramekins 

with 1 tablespoon butter. Coat ramekins 

with 2 tablespoons sugar, 

tapping out the excess. Over a 

double broiler, melt the chocolate 

and the remaining 2 tablespoons 

butter. Whisk together 

until smooth and shiny. Remove 

from heat. Beat egg yolks until 

smooth. Temper the egg yolks 

by adding a small amount of the 

hot chocolate to the egg yolks 

and stirring. Return all to the 

pan, stirring constantly. Add 

mint to chocolate. Set aside. Add 

cream of tartar to the egg whites. 

Whip egg whites on mediumhigh 

speed until frothy. Slowly 

add remaining 2 tablespoons sugar. 

Continue whipping until stiff 

peaks form. Gently fold about 

one-fourth of the egg whites into 

the chocolate mixture. Fold in 

remaining egg whites until no 

white streaks remain. Spoon 

evenly into prepared ramekins. 

Bake for 25 minutes or until 

souffl é has risen and is crusty on 

top but still jiggles slightly. Serve 

with whipped cream and/or your 

favorite sauce. Garnish with 

fresh mint. 1 

⁄2 teaspoon vanilla 

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In Your Life 

JOURNAL-COURIER FILE PHOTO 

Karen Douglas of Thrifty Sisters Catering adds to Janice 

Winters’ plate during the 2010 Celebrating Great Taste 

Cooking Show. 

extract can be substituted for 

the mint if a chocolate souffl é 

is desired. Note: the souffl é 

mixture can be made ahead. 

Cover the ramekins with plastic 

wrap and refrigerate for up to 24 

hours. Add 5-7 minutes to the 

baking time if cooking directly 

from the refrigerator. 

• • • 

The following are recipes 

utilizing the fresh herbs that I 

have been able to grow in pots 

on my deck. If I can grow them, 

anybody can. 

Sage has an earthy aroma 

and pairs well with poultry, 

COOKING SHOW, see Page 10 

MAKING WHOOPIE 

AP PHOTO 

2 teaspoons ground gin- 

ger 1 

⁄2 teaspoon ground cloves 

1 

⁄2 teaspoon ground allspice 

1 ⁄2 cup (1 stick) unsalted 

butter, room temperature 

1 

⁄2 cup vegetable oil 

2 cups packed dark brown 

sugar 

3 tablespoons molasses 

1 teaspoon vanilla extract 

Zest of 1 orange 

2 tablespoons minced 

candied ginger 

2 eggs 

15-ounce can pumpkin 

puree 

FOR THE FILLING: 

Two 8-ounce packages 

cream cheese 

1 cup Marshmallow Fluff 

1 ⁄2 cup (1 stick) unsalted 

butter, room temperature 

1 

⁄2 cup packed brown sugar 

1 teaspoon vanilla extract 

1 cup toasted chopped 

pecans 

Heat the oven to 350 F. Line 2 

large baking sheets with parchment 

paper. 

In a medium bowl, sift together 

the fl our, baking powder, baking 

soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, 

cloves and allspice. Set aside. 

In the bowl of an electric mixer, 

beat together the butter, oil, brown 

sugar, molasses and vanilla. Add 

the orange zest, candied ginger 

and eggs, then beat to combine. 

Beat in the pumpkin puree. Stir in 

the fl our mixture until thoroughly 

mixed. 

Drop by the dough in mounds 

( 1 ⁄4 cup for large or 2 tablespoons 

for small) onto the prepared 

baking sheets, leaving several 

inches between each for spreading. 

You should make 20 or 40 

cakes, depending on whether you 

want small or large whoopie pies. 

Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until 

the cakes feel slightly fi rm to the 

touch. Allow to fully cool before 

fi lling. 

To make the fi lling, in the bowl 

of an electric mixer, beat together 

the cream cheese, Fluff, butter, 

brown sugar and vanilla until 

smooth. Drop a large spoonful 

WHOOPIE PIES, see Page 10


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COOKING SHOW: Recipes from the Celebrating Great Taste Cooking Show 


tomatoes, onions, pork and eggplant. 

GRILLED CORNISH GAME HENS 

1 

⁄2 onion, chopped 

2 cloves garlic, peeled and 

chopped 

1 

⁄2 cup lemon juice 

1 

⁄3 cup olive oil 

1 tablespoon white wine 

1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 

1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce 

1 teaspoon fresh ground black 

pepper 

1 tablespoon fresh sage, chopped 

1 teaspoon salt 

2 (1 1 

⁄2 lb.) Cornish game hens 

In a large non-reactive 1 quart measuring 

cup, mix onion, garlic, lemon 

juice, olive oil, white wine, Worcestershire 

sauce, pepper sauce, pepper, sage 

and salt. Place hens in gallon sealable 

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Marinade in refrigerator at least 4 

hours. Preheat an outdoor grill for medium 

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try to keep it around 350. Place over 

direct heat for approximately 5 minutes 

a side to sear the skin. Place away from 

heat source. Cook hens about 1 hour total 

on the prepared grill until no longer 

pink and juices run clear or until it reaches 

an internal temperature of 165. Note: 

hens may also be cooked in oven at 350 

for approximately 1 hour or until juices 

run clear or until it reaches an internal 

temperature of 165. 

Rosemary has a distinctive, piney aroma 

and fl avor. It matches well with grilled 

and roasted meats as well as vegetables, 

potatoes and breads. 

HERB ROASTED RED POTATOES 

1 

⁄4 cup olive oil 

2 tablespoons fi nely chopped onion 

1 

⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder 

WHOOPIE PIES: 

Pecan pumpkin 

gingerbread 


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Place the pecans in a large, wide bowl, 

then roll the edge of each whoopie pie in the 

pecans to coat. Refrigerate in an airtight container. 

Nutrition information per small whoopee 

pie (values doubled for larger ones) (values 

are rounded to the nearest whole number): 

460 calories; 250 calories from fat (53 

percent of total calories); 28 g fat (12 g saturated; 

0 g trans fats); 70 mg cholesterol; 51 g 

carbohydrate; 5 g protein; 2 g fi ber; 250 mg 

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1 

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1 

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1 lb. small red potatoes, quartered 

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Add potatoes and toss to cover potatoes 

with sauce. Place in single layer in baking 

sheet that has been sprayed with non-stick 

coating. Bake in pre-heated oven at 400 

for 40-45 minutes or until soft and golden 

brown. 

Basil is fragrantly sweet with minty 

notes. It is great with fi sh, tomatoes, pasta 

sauces and vegetable dishes. 

ASPARAGUS 

WITH BASIL BUTTER 

1 ⁄2 lb. fresh asparagus 

8 large leaves fresh basil, divided 

2 tablespoons butter 

Clean asparagus and trim off tough 

ends. Either leave whole or cut into 2” 

pieces. Place in skillet with small amount 

of water and 4 basil leaves, chopped. 

Quickly bring to a boil, reduce heat and 

steam 3-5 minutes or until desired doneness 

is reached. Drain off water. Add butter 

and remaining chopped basil. Toss to 

melt butter. Serve. Yield: 2 hearty servings. 

I did not actually prepare the following 

recipe while on stage but the audience got 

to sample it along with all the dishes I had 

prepared. 

SANGRIA HOPEWELL-STYLE 

Hopewell Winery 

1 bottle Hopewell Concord Wine 

1 

⁄2 cup brandy 

1 

⁄2 cup Triple Sec 

1 

⁄3 cup orange juice 

1 

⁄4 cup lemon juice 

1 

⁄3 cup frozen lemonade concen- 

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trate 

1 each lemon, orange, lime, sliced 

8 maraschino cherries 

Combine all ingredients in a non-reactive 

container. Set in refrigerator overnight 

or at least 12-24 hours. To serve: garnish 

with mint leaves. 

Chef Wade prepared the following two 

dishes for us on Tuesday. He did say that 

the seasonings can be adjusted to taste. 

ANGRY CREOLE PASTA 

Bill Wade 

“This is a very simple and easy dish to 

cook.” 

9 oz. linguine 

6 raw shrimp (21-26 ct.) 

Andouille sausage 

2 tablespoons Creole Seasonings 

1 tablespoon minced garlic 

4 oz. ( 1 

⁄4 cup) tomato sauce 

2 oz. chicken stock 

1 1 

⁄2 teaspoons cayenne pepper 

2 tablespoons cooking oil 

salt and pepper to taste 

1 

⁄4 cup green onions 

Boil linguine according to manufacturer’s 

directions. Be sure to add salt and 

a tablespoon of vegetable oil to the boiling 

water. In a large 12” sauté skillet, heat 

2 tablespoons cooking oil on high. Add a 

pinch of both salt and pepper to the oil. 

Add broth, shrimp, garlic, 1 tablespoon 

Creole Seasonings and andouille sausage 

to the skillet. Turn shrimp and andouille 

after 2 minutes. Add tomato sauce, 

chicken stock, remaining Creole seasonings 

and cayenne pepper. Cook on high 

for one more minute. Turn off heat. Add 

both the green onions and linguine. Toss 

and serve in a pasta bowl with Parmesan 

cheese. Enjoy! Yield: one generous serving. 

PASTA JAMBALAYA 

Bill Wade 

1 

⁄3 lb. fettuccine 

4 tablespoons unsalted butter, 

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Swiss steak, parsley potatoes, lima beans, 

cherry sauce with cake, whole wheat bread. 

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Vegetable beef soup, grated cheese, pea 

salad, banana, crackers. Cold supper No. 8. 

THURSDAY, OCT. 13 

Italian meatballs in marinara, whole 

wheat spaghetti in marinara, spinach with 

vinegar, mixed fruit, garlic bread. Cold supper 

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Ham and potato casserole, glazed carrots, 

pineapple cake, whole wheat bread. 

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1 

⁄2 small onion cut into strips 

1 

⁄4 green bell pepper, cut into strips 

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⁄4 red bell pepper, cut into strips 

2 tablespoons Creole seasonings 

1 teaspoon minced garlic 

1 

⁄4 teaspoon crushed red chili 

fl akes 

2 oz. diced chicken breast 

2 oz. andouille sausage, 1 

⁄4” slices 

3 oz. shrimp (21-25 ct.) peeled, 

and deveined 

1 

⁄2 can small tomatoes, diced 

1 ⁄2 cup chicken stock 

In a large pot of salted water bring water 

to a rolling boil. Add fettuccine and 

cook for 11 minutes. Heat a large skillet 

over medium high heat. Add 2 tablespoons 

butter. Add onions, bell peppers, 

Creole seasonings, garlic, red chili fl akes, 

chicken and sausage and sauté. Sauté until 

chicken is almost done. Add shrimp and 

tomatoes and cook for one minute. Add 

stock, increase heat to high and let stock 

reduce by a third. Remove skillet from the 

heat and gradually stir in the remaining 

two tablespoons cubed butter until melted. 

Add fettuccine to the skillet, mix, transfer 

to a bowl and serve. Yield: one generous 

serving. 

CREOLE SEASONINGS 

Bill Wade 

2 1 

⁄2 tablespoons paprika 

2 tablespoons kosher salt 

2 tablespoons granulated garlic 

1 tablespoon cracked black pepper 

1 tablespoon onion powder 

1 tablespoon cayenne pepper 

1 tablespoon dried oregano 

1 tablespoon dried thyme 

Mix all ingredients in a large bowl. 

Place the seasonings in an airtight container. 

Can be kept for several months. 

Colleen Cooksey writes regularly for the 

Food & Nutrition page. She is a registered 

dietitian and retired in 2007 as director of 

food services for Jacksonville School District 

117. 

Alton Brown wants next cookbook to be e-book 

ALTON BROWN 

AP PHOTO 

BY J.M. HIRSCH 


NEW YORK — Alton Brown’s next cookbook 

may be more like “The Matrix” than 

Food Network. 

That’s because the host of the network’s 

“Iron Chef America” says he’s done with oldschool 

publishing and wants to focus instead 

on innovative e-books. 

“I want to go where nobody has gone before,” 

Brown said Saturday during an interview 

at the New York City Wine and Food 

Festival. “I want to change the way we deal 

with information in the kitchen.” 

He says his just-released book, “Good 

Eats 3,” will be his last traditional cookbook. 

Future books — each of which will have 25 

recipes — will be immersive, highly interactive 

blends of text, photos and video. 

And this isn’t your average cooking demo 

video. Alton says the videos are being shot 

using a circle of 40 cameras that capture the 

action from all angles. Viewers then will be 

able to pan around the scene, stopping and 

watching it from any angle. 

He likened the experience to the socalled 

stop-motion special effects used in the 

science-fiction movie “The Matrix,” in which 

the action seemed to freeze while the camera 

angle rotated. 

Brown hopes future innovations will include 

kitchen tools that connect wirelessly 

to tablet computers, allowing the recipes to 

automatically adapt to a user’s ingredients 

or cooking conditions. 

“We’re trying to figure out how to reinvent 

information flow, to break out of recipes,” 

he says. “Cooking is a linear process, 

but that doesn’t mean the information has to 

be delivered in a linear way.” 

For diabetics, fruit is always available as 

a substitute for dessert. Milk provided with 

each meal. 

Congregate meals are served Monday- 

Friday at these locations: 

u Beecher Plaza, Jacksonville, 243-5921 

u Turner Apartments, Jacksonville, 243- 

4798 

u Laborers’ Homes, 1335 S. Diamond St. 

u Winchester: Depot, (217) 742-9042 

u Beardstown: Golden Age Center, (217) 

323-2355 

u Bluffs: Senior Citizens Center, (217) 

754-3499 

u Concord: Village Hall, (217) 457-2512 

u Virginia: United Methodist Church, 

(217) 452-3974 

u Waverly: Senior Building, (217) 435- 

3611 

Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 

u Franklin: United Methodist Church. 

For transportation in Jacksonville, call 

the Senior Citizens Bus at 245-9122. 

Soup and salad bar menu served Tuesdays 

and Thursdays at: 

u Jacksonville Area 

Senior Center, 1309 S. Main 

St. 

Traveling soup and salad 

bar 4-6 p.m.: 

u Virginia: United 

Methodist Church, fi rst 

Thursday 

u Balsam Terrace, 1215 

Lincoln Ave., second and 

fourth Thursdays 

u Ashland: First Baptist 

Church, third Thursday 

Home deliveries 

Available by calling 

individual sites and in 

Jacksonville by calling 479- 

4619. Also: 

u Ashland: United 

Methodist Church, 476- 

3460 

All participants will be 

afforded equal admission to 

programs and activities.

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INSIDE 

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 

Scores 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2011 

BY JASON FARMER 


Heading into regionals, Brown 

County’s Alex Templin had already 

earned medalist honors 

twice this year at the Deer Run 

Golf Course. 

He did it again Tuesday, carding 

a 1-over-par 73 to win the 

Hamilton Regional championship 

— and help lift the Hornets 

to a fi rst-place fi nish in the team 

standings as well. 

“I got off to a pretty good start 

and then kept it going through 

the round,” Templin said. “It 

feels pretty good (to win). I didn’t 

make a lot of bogeys today. I 

think I made only one bogey and 

one double-bogey today and that 

was it.” 

“Alex (Templin) was absolutely 

solid,” Brown County coach 

Kathy Roher said. “He always 

comes though. He is just so con- 


Katie Clayton’s 18 kills, 10 digs 

and two blocks led the Triopia 

volleyball team to a 25-19, 19-25, 

25-13 victory over Carrollton. 

Erin Washington added 13 kills, 

eight digs and three blocks for 

the Lady Trojans. Adrienne 

McLain dished out 28 assists for 

Triopia. Jade Pfl eger led Carrollton 

with six kills while Kim Lake 

led the Lady Hawks with 17 

assists. 

Triopia improved to 17-5 on 

the season while Carrollton fell to 

12-8. 

MEREDOSIA DEFEATS 

PLEASANT HILL 

Morgan Floyd’s fi ve aces and 

six kills led Meredosia to a 25-17, 

25-21 win over Pleasant Hill. Kimmie 

Carlin picked up four aces, 

11 assists and four digs as well for 

Meredosia. Madison Martin and 

Kelsey Whitaker led the Lady 

Wolves with three kills apiece. 

Meredosia improved to 8-14 while 

Pleasant Hill fell to 5-13. 

ISD ROLLS PAST CAMP POINT 

ISD continued its hot streak 

with a 25-18, 25-17 victory over 

Camp Point Central. Elizabeth 

Fitzgerald led the Lady Tigers 

with four kills and a block. Victoria 

Murrell had two aces and six 

digs for ISD. The Lady Tigers 

improved to 8-11 on the season. 

BEARDSTOWN EDGES 

FARMINGTON 

Beardstown beat Farmington 

25-20, 25-22 Tuesday in Beardstown. 

Jill Harris led the Lady 

Tigers with 10 kills, eight assists, 

12 digs and a block. Abby Newman 

added fi ve kills for the Lady 

Tigers. Beardstown improved to 

14-6 on the season. 

GREENFIELD TOPPLES 

BROWN COUNTY 

Rachael Goodall had four aces 

and 12 kills to lead Greenfield 

past Brown County 25-16, 25-22. 

SPORTS JOURNAL-COURIER 

& RECREATION 

Triopia’s Adrienne McLain (left) and Erin Washington attempt to make a block Tuesday night during the first game against 

Carrollton at Triopia. 

 

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VARSITY 

myjournalcouriervarsity.com 

Medalist leads Brown County to team championship 

sistent.” 

Brown County took fi rst place 

with a total of 352, just edging 

West Central, which fi nished with 

a 360. 

“We were very fortunate today,” 

Roher said. “The greens 

were unforgiving. We had trouble 

getting our chip-shots to stick. 

We had some highs and lows, 

but they all came through. Every 

meet we have played, we have 

had someone come through. 

They just keep plugging away 

one stroke at a time — and West 

Central played a great game today.” 

Templin was paired with West 

Central’s Alec Berry, who finished 

second with an 80. 

“(Alex Templin) is a lot of fun 

• PLAYER OF THE DAY• 

to play with,” Berry said. “He is a 

good guy and a good golfer. 

“I played pretty well until the 

end,” Berry said. “I just tried to 

play as smart as possible and to 

keep my strokes down.” 

“(Alec Berry) played well,” 

West Central coach Dan Burk 

said. “He was solid, but he had a 

little trouble towards the end fi nishing 

it off. He was just not putting 

it away at the end. But, I am 

glad for Alec (for finishing second) 

and for him shooting so 

well. Only one person (Templin) 

was in the 70s and the rest were 

in the 80s, but Alec (Berry) was 

paired with him and I think that 

helped him.” 

Brown County’s Morgan Wettstein 

and West Central’s Hunter 

Kelly Pembrook dished out 20 

assists for the Lady Tigers, who 

improved to 8-12 overall and 2-3 

in the WIVC. 

NEW BERLIN CRUISES 

PAST FRANKLIN 

New Berlin reached the .500 

mark with a 25-11, 25-14 win over 

Franklin-Waverly. Bella Parnell 

led the Lady Pretzels with 13 kills. 

Emily Lascody dished out 19 

assists for New Berlin. Ali Loos 

picked up 27 digs for the Lady 

Pretzels. New Berlin’s record is 

now 12-12 on the season. 

Nichole Bergschneider 

Routt’s Nichole Bergschneider is the J-C Player 

of the Day for Monday, as chosen by those 

who voted at myjournalcouriervarsity.com. 

Bergschneider had 11 digs against Jacksonville. 

Bettis each carded 85s to fi nish 

tied for fifth overall. Four Hornets 

finished with double-digit 

scores while West Central had 

three in double-digits. 

“We survived,” Burk said. “We 

didn’t play as well as we should 

have, but we survived and are 

moving on. Going in, we thought 

we had a chance. We are just glad 

to be moving on.” 

Pittsfi eld fi nished fourth overall 

with a score of 384 — and 

missed advancing as a team by 

three strokes. 

Pittsfi eld’s Sam Donohoo (89) 

was seventh overall, and Joe Miller 

(91) was ninth. Each will advance 

as individuals. 

“It’s always nice to have kids 

advance individually,” Pittsfield 

LUTHERAN DOWNS PORTA 

PORTA/A-C Central lost to 

Springfi eld Lutheran 25-18, 25-20 

on Tuesday. Lindsey Birdsell and 

Summer Worthington led the 

Lady Jays with four kills apiece. 

Birdsell and Jenna Thompson led 

PORTA with nine digs apiece. 

PORTA fell to 16-9 on the season. 

LADY SAUKEES FALL 

TO PAYSON 

Payson Seymour defeated 

Pittsfi eld 25-20, 25-21 Tuesday in 

R EEL 

sports 

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 

Cardinals lose 

• PAGE 12 

Templin takes fi rst at Hamilton 

L O C A L R O U N D U P 

Lady Trojans hold 

off Lady Hawks 

Carrollton’s Jade Pfleger shows frustration after losing to 

Triopia in the third game of play Tuesday night at Triopia. 

ROUNDUP, see Page 13 ➤ 

JOURNAL-COURIER PHOTOS/NICK TURNER 

coach James Feldpausch said. 

“The team is disappointed they 

didn’t advance and they know 

they could have done much better. 

They take pride in what they 

do. But the individual honors is a 

reward for all the hard work the 

individuals put in. 

“Sam (Donohoo) was consistent 

all day,” Feldpausch said. 

“He just had a lot of three-putts 

that he would have liked to do 

without. Joe (Miller) started really 

well with his front nine, but 

he struggled on the back nine. 

He had some control issues, and 

when he starts to doubt himself, 

his score tends to go up and that’s 

what happened today.” 

Carrollton’s Kyle Kessinger 

carded a 96 and also advanced as 

an individual. 

At the Greenview Regional, 

GOLF, see Page 13 ➤ 

JHS 

falls to 

SHS 

Crimsons lose 3-1 

on Senior Night 

BY BRIAN WEBSTER 


The moral of the story is this: 

If you want to win Senior Night, 

don’t schedule the best team in 

the Central State Eight. 

Then again, a victory Tuesday 

over the CS8-leading Springfi 

eld Senators would have made 

Jacksonville High soccer’s Senior 

Night considerably more memorable. 

But the Senators saw to it 

that wouldn’t happen, holding the 

Crimsons to just three meaningful 

shots on goal in a 3-1 victory 

that boosted Springfi eld to 16-3 

overall and to 6-1 in the CS8, tied 

with rivals Chatham Glenwood 

and Sacred Heart-Griffi n. 

To nobody’s surprise, play was 

rough and at times heated. Jacksonville 

(14-4, 3-3 CS8) intended 

to come out as strong as ever 

on its Senior Night, but Springfi 

eld wasn’t about to get pushed 

around. 

“It was a physical match, a typical 

CS8 match,” said JHS coach 

Steve West. “It’s always going to 

be a physical game, especially between 

teams that are at the top of 

the conference standings.” 

Jacksonville saw its chance 

to remain among the teams atop 

the CS8 dashed Tuesday night. 

Springfi eld pounced on the Crimsons 

with fi rst-half goals by Will 

Teichman and Peter Bremhorst. 

The Senators almost went up 3-0 

in the fi rst half when another solid 

shot bounced straight up off 

the crossbar. 

“They were, by far, one of the 

better teams we’ve played this 

year,” said West of Springfield 

High. “I think we’re a better team 

than we showed. We had some 

plays that I just feel we could have 

played better, in the fi rst half, especially.” 

As they had against CS8 foes 

Glenwood and SHG, the Crimsons 

controlled the action in the 

early minutes of the second half, 

and cut the defi cit to 2-1 when senior 

Tanner Gillis followed a shot 

by teammate John Williams and 

punched it in the net. 

“I got the rebound,” said Gillis. 

“John Williams kicked it off 

(Springfi eld goalkeeper Andy Pedraza). 

I was standing there when 

he saved it. There was no defense 

around.” 

Most of the night, Springfield’s 

defense was all around, 

short-circuiting Crimson attacks 

JHS, see Page 13 ➤ 

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS 

• New Berlin football: Thoele vaults for a touchdown 

• Jacksonville football: Giving the quarterback a lift 

• Beardstown football: Wes Carlock scores a TD 

• West Central vs. Greenfield football highlights 

• Greenfield football: Masters to McEvers TD

BASEBALL 

Major League 

DIVISION SERIES 

NATIONAL LEAGUE 

Tuesday, Oct 4 

Philadelphia 3, St. Louis 2 

Milwaukee at Arizona (n) 

Wednesday, Oct 5 

Philadelphia (Oswalt 9-10) at St. Louis 

(Jackson 12-9), 5:07 p.m. 

Milwaukee (Wolf 13-10) at Arizona 

(Saunders 12-13), 7:07 p.m. 

AMERICAN LEAGUE 

Tuesday, Oct 4 

Texas 4, Tampa Bay 3 

New York 10, Detroit 1 

Box Score 

PHILLIES 3, CARDINALS 2 

Philadelphia St. Louis 

ab r h bi ab r h bi 

Rollins ss 4 0 2 0 Furcal ss 5 0 1 0 

Utley 2b 4 0 1 0 Craig lf 3 1 0 0 

Pence rf 3 0 0 0 Pujols 1b 5 1 4 0 

Howard 1b 4 0 0 0 Brkmn rf 4 0 0 0 

Victorn cf 4 1 1 0 Freese 3b 5 0 1 1 

Mayrry lf 4 0 0 0 YMolin c 5 0 1 1 

Polanc 3b 4 0 1 0 Lohse pr 0 0 0 0 

Ruiz c 3 1 1 0 Theriot 2b 5 0 4 0 

Hamels p 2 0 0 0 Jay cf 1 0 0 0 

BFrncs ph 1 1 1 3 Punto ph 1 0 0 0 

Worley p 0 0 0 0 Schmkr cf 0 0 0 0 

Bastrd p 0 0 0 0 JGarci p 3 0 0 0 

Lidge p 0 0 0 0 Salas p 0 0 0 0 

Madson p 1 0 0 0 Hollidy ph 1 0 1 0 

Chamrs pr 0 0 0 0 

Motte p 0 0 0 0 

Totals 34 3 7 3 Totals 38 2 12 2 

Philadelphia 000 000 300 — 3 

St. Louis 000 000 101 — 2 

DP—Philadelphia 1. LOB—Philadelphia 

6, St. Louis 14. 2B—Rollins (3), 

Pujols 3 (3). HR—B.Francisco (1). SB— 

Rollins (2), Pujols (1), Berkman (1), Theriot 

(1). 

IP H R ER BB SO 

Philadelphia 

Hamels W,1-0 6 5 0 0 3 8 

Worley H,1 1 3 1 1 1 0 

Bastardo H,1 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 

Lidge 0 2 0 0 0 0 

Madson S,1-1 1 2-3 2 1 1 0 0 

St. Louis 

J.Garcia L,0-1 7 6 3 3 2 3 

Salas 1 0 0 0 0 0 

Motte 1 1 0 0 0 1 

VOLLEYBALL 

High School 

JACKSONVILLE DEF. 

ROCHESTER, 25-12, 26-24 

Jacksonville Individual Statistics 

Service points: Bentley Stewart 7, Abby 

Bruner 6, Andrea Phelps 6, Lauren 

Ingram 5, Amanda Caldwell-Jacques 5, 

Kelsi Richardson 4, Grace Fenner 4, Justice 

Hammers 2, Maggie McNeal 1, Jaelyn 

Keene 1, Erica Howell 1 

Kills: Jaelyn Keene 11, Bridgette Lonergan 

4, Haley Chelsvig 3, Amanda 

Caldwell-Jacques 2, Maggie McNeal 2, 

Abby Bruner 1 

Blocks: McNeal 3, Keene 1, Caldwell- 

Jacques 1 

Assists: Stewart 12, Bruner 6, Richardson 

2, Fenner 1 

Digs: Caldwell-Jacques 7, Phelps 5, 

Fenner 4, Richardson 3, Keene 1, Lonergan 

1, Ingram 1, Stewart 1, Bruner 1 

Records: Jacksonville 12-4 (6-0 CS8) 

JV: Jacksonville def. Rochester, 25-19, 

25-20 

ROUTT DEF. NORTH GREENE 

25-13, 25-14 

Routt Individual Statistics 

Service points: Rachel White 9 (2 aces), 

Abbey Smith 7 (1 ace), Nichole Bergschneider 

6 (1 ace), Josie Nix 3 (1 ace), Natalie 

Halpin 3, Rachel Langdon 3, Ally West 

2 (1 ace) 

Kills: Darcy Arendt 9, Langdon 4, Emily 

Bystry 3, Joanna Gross 3, White 1, Katie 

Tonry 1, Camille Casler 1 

Blocks: Arendt 1, Casler 1, Gross 1 

Assists: Smith 9, Bergschneider 1, 

Casler 1, White 1 

Digs: Bergschneider 15, Bystry 8, 

Arendt 5, Langdon 5, Tonry 4, West 4, 

White 3, Smith 2, Halpin 2, Casler 1 

JV: Routt def. North Greene 25-15, 25- 

15 

BEARDSTOWN DEF. 

FARMINGTON 25-20, 25-22 

Beardstown Individual Statistics 

Service points: Abby Brake 6, Emily 

Riddle 5 (1 ace), Sara Brewer 4 (1 ace), 

Abby Newman 5 

Kills: Jill Harris 10, Newman 5, Brewer 

4 

Blocks: Newman 1, Harris 1, Jade 

Hoenes 1 

Assists: Harris 8, Riddle 6, Kait Herter 

4 

Digs: Harris 12, Newman 8, Brake 7, 

Jennifer Janssen 4, Riddle 4 

Record: Beardstown 14-6 (7-2) 

JV: Beardstown def. Farmington 24-26, 

25-10, 15-10 

ISD DEF. CAMP POINT 

CENTRAL 25-18, 25-17 

ISD Individual Statistics 

Service points: Elizabeth Fitzgerald 8, 

Victoria Murrell 5 (2 aces), Desaree Hargrove 

6 (1 ace), Sarah Wilkes 2, Tracy 

Lavendar 4, Kathy Turner 2 (1 ace) 

Kills: Fitzgerald 4, Wilkes 2, Lavendar 

1, Turner 1 

Assists: Fitzgerald 2, Wilkes 6 

Blocks: Fitzgerald 1, Wilkes 1 

Digs: Murrell 6, Hargrove 1, Wilkes 2, 

Lavendar 1, Nereyda Rios 2 

Record: ISD 8-11 

JV: Camp Point Central def. ISD 25-8, 

25-17 

MEREDOSIA DEF. 

PLEASANT HILL 25-17, 25-21 

Service points: Meredosia — Morgan 

Floyd 10 (5 aces), Kimmie Carlin 8 (4 

aces), Dory O’Connell 4 (1 ace), Emily 

Campbell 2, Carly Sides 1 (1 ace), McKaylia 

Large 1 (1 ace); Pleasant Hill — 

Samantha Black 4, Shelby Pruett 4 (1 

ace), Lauren Jones 3, Mackenzie Carsey 

3, Kennedy Moore 2, Leah Cathorall 2, 

Madison Martin 1 (1 ace) 

Kills: Meredosia — Floyd 6, Sides 3, 

Emily Crook 3, Campbell 1, Ashley Thady 

1; Pleasant Hill — Martin 3, Kelsey 

Whitaker 3, Pruett 1, Jones 1 

Blocks: Meredosia — Sides 2; Pleasant 

Hill — Whitaker 5, Cathorall 1, Pruett 1 

Assists: Meredosia — Carlin 11, 

Campbell 1, Crook 1, Large 1 

Digs: Meredosia — Sides 12, O’Connell 

1, Alisha Kerr 1, Floyd 2, Campbell 1, 

Crook 2, Carlin 4, Large 3; Pleasant Hill 

— Carsey 2, Jones 2, Black 1, Cathorall 

1 

Record: Meredosia 8-14, Pleasant Hill 

5-13 

JV: Meredosia def. Pleasant Hill 25-12, 

25-19 

GREENFIELD DEF. 

BROWN COUNTY 25-16, 25-22 

Service points: Greenfield — Erika 

Conrady 7, Kendra McEvers 6, Rachael 

Goodall 5 (4 aces), Kelly Pembrook 4 (1 

ace), Sydney Shade 2 (1 ace), Randi Thien 

2 (1 ace); Brown County — Aimee Kerley 

5 

Kills: Greenfield — Goodall 12, Liz 

Bishop 4, Rachel Kerr 4, Pembrook 2, 

Conrady 1, Taylor Bergschneider 1; 

Brown County — Kerley 2, Vanessa 

Markert 2, Jenna Yingling 2 

Blocks: Greenfield — Conrady 2, 

Bishop 1; Brown County — Markert 1, 

Yingling 1 

Assists: Greenfield — Pembrook 20, 

Goodall 1, Bishop 1 

Record: Greenfi eld 8-12 (2-3 WIVC) 

JV: Greenfi eld def. Brown County 25-9, 

25-19 

ROUNDUP: JHS wins 

Continued from Page 12 

Pittsfi eld. Lorren Newingham had three kills, one block 

and 17 digs for the Lady Saukees. Destiny Miller had 10 

assists and six digs as well for Pittsfi eld. 

CRIMSONS WIN 

Jacksonville defeated Rochester 25-12, 26-24 on Tuesday. 

Jaelyn Keene led the Crimsons with 11 kills. Amanda 

Caldwell-Jacques added two kills, seven digs and one 

block. Bentley Stewart led Jacksonville with 12 assists. 

The Crimsons improved to 12-4 and 6-0 in the CS8. 

ROUTT STYMIES NORTH GREENE 

Darcy Arendt notched nine kills, fi ve digs and a block 

to lead Routt past North Greene 25-13, 25-14. Rachel Langdon 

had four kills for the Lady Rockets while Nichole 

Bergschneider picked up 15 digs. 

CROSS COUNTRY 

JHS BOYS, GIRLS WIN 

JIM SALTER 


ST. LOUIS — Albert Pujols did his part and the Cardinals 

had plenty of chances. 

They just never came up with that big hit. 

St. Louis stranded 14 runners and squandered a basesloaded 

threat in the eighth inning with Pujols on deck during 

a 3-2 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 3 of their 

National League playoff Tuesday. 

It was a huge missed opportunity for the Cardinals, who 

also wasted a strong showing by starter Jaime Garcia. He 

had the Phillies shut out on four hits until pinch-hitter Ben 

Francisco’s three-run homer with two outs in the seventh 

provided all the offense for Philadelphia. 

“It was a heartbreaker,” Pujols said. “Jaime was cruising 

pretty much the whole game. Just one ball up, a good 

swing and there you go, out of the park.” 

Trailing 2-1 in the best-of-fi ve matchup, the Cardinals 

must win Wednesday to send the series back to Philadelphia 

for a decisive fi fth game. Edwin Jackson, acquired at 

SCOREBOARD 

NEW BERLIN DEF. FRANKLIN- 

WAVERLY 25-11, 25-14 

Service points: New Berlin — Laci 

Marr 15 (1 ace), Ali Loos 10, Tessa Lockenour 

5 (2 aces); Franklin — Lauren 

Anders 4 (2 aces), Lauren Alexander 2, 

Hannah Mutch 2, Sydney Timmons 2 

Kills: New Berlin — Bella Parnell 13, 

Amber Kloppe 5, Lockenour 3; Franklin 

— Timmons 4, Alexander 2 

Blocks: New Berlin — Parnell 1, Grace 

Hammitt 1, Emily Lascody 1; Franklin — 

Timmons 1 

Assists: New Berlin — Lascody 19, 

Parnell 1; Franklin — Ashlee Walden 4, 

Alexander 3 

Digs: New Berlin — Loos 27 

Record: New Berlin 12-12 

JV: New Berlin def. Franklin (no scores 

available) 

TRIOPIA DEF. CARROLLTON 

25-19, 19-25, 25-13 

Service points: Triopia — Adrienne 

McLain 11 (1 ace), Brooklyn Lacy 8, Erin 

Washington 7 (1 ace), Katie Clayton 4, 

Sydney Meyer 4, Emily Carls 4, Kelsey 

Jackson 2; Carrollton — Madison 

Mountain 1 (1 ace), Megan Prough 6 (1 

ace), Jade Pfl eger 2, Kim Lake 5 (1 ace), 

Jaclyn Alexander 8 (2 aces), Kayla Lovel 

4 (3 aces), Allison Varble 3 

Kills: Triopia — Clayton 18, Washington 

13, Breanna Lacy 8, Meyer 3, Carls 1; 

Carrollton — Prough 4, Rachel Williams 

2, Lesemann 5, Pfl eger 6, Lake 4, Lovel 1 

Blocks: Triopia — Washington 3, Clayton 

2, Carls 1; Carrollton — Williams 3, 

Lesemann 2, Lovel 3 

Assists: Triopia — McLain 28, Meyer 

11, Washington 1; Carrollton — Lake 17 

Digs: Triopia — Clayton 10, Bro. Lacy 

10, Washington 8, Meyer 5, Carls 5, 

Jackson 2; Carrollton — Mountain 9, 

Prough 8, Pfl eger 5, Lake 4, Alexander 3, 

Lovel 3, Varble 10 

Record: Triopia 17-5 (5-3 WIVC), Carrollton 

12-8 

JV: Triopia def. Carrollton 25-17, 25-22 

LUTHERAN DEF. PORTA/A-C 

CENTRAL 25-18, 25-20 

PORTA Individual Statistics 

Service points: Katie Rebbe 4 (1 ace), 

Stacey Sinclair 2, Katie McCurdy 1 (1 

ace), Hailey Feigl 2, Jenna Thompson 2 

(1 ace), Lindsey Birdsell 3 

Kills: Birdsell 4, Sinclair 3, Rebbe 1, 

McCurdy 2, Feigl 2, Maggie Allen 1, 

Summer Worthington 4 

Blocks: Birdsell 1, Sinclair 2, McCurdy 

1, Allen 2 

Assists: Rebbe 15, Thompson 1, Feigl 

1 

Digs: Alexis Henry 3, Birdsell 9, Sinclair 

2, Rebbe 6, Thompson 9, Marlee Landon 

4, McCurdy 8, Feigl 3 

Record: PORTA 16-9 

JV: PORTA def. Lutheran 20-25, 25-21, 

25-9 

PAYSON SEYMOUR DEF. 

PITTSFIELD 25-20, 25-21 

Pittsfi eld Individual Statistics 

Service points: Courtney Pennock 5 (2 

aces), Caitlyn Harter 3, Alyssa Heavner 3, 

Danae Miller 3, Destiny Miller 2, Lorren 

Newingham 1 

Kills: Newingham 3, Paige Brokaw 3, 

Pennock 3, Heavner 2 

Blocks: Heavner 2, Newingham 1 

Assists: De. Miller 10 

Digs: Newingham 17, Brokaw 8, Hannah 

Norton 7, De. Miller 6, Da. Miller 5, 

Heavner 3, Pennock 1, Harter 1 

CROSS COUNTRY 

High School 

BOYS 

Team Results 

1, Jacksonville 32; 2, Taylorville 40; 3, 

QND 50 

Jacksonville Individual Results 

2, Kolby Briggs 15:52.4; 6, Adam Enz 

SPORTS 

17:12.85; 7, David Sibert 17:13.88; 8, Will 

Brockschmidt 17:20.24; 9, Shane Blackley 

17:23; 15, Micah Fender 18:16.12; 16, 

Allen Meunier 18:46.37; 17, Cody Stewart 

19:09.85; 22, Nathan Dean 19:29.75; 29, 

Daniel Jensen 22:22.28; 33, Bryce 

Michaelis 25:42 

GIRLS 

Team Results 

1, Jacksonville 25; 2, Taylorville 36; 3, 

QND 73 

Jacksonville Individual Results 

1, Allison Hewitt 19:45.13; 4, Clara Lee 

20:16.07; 5, Natalie Flynn 20:17.41; 7, 

Megan DeWitt 20:19.89; 8, Emma Chelsvig 

20:21.92; 11, Katelyn Halligan 

21:17.54; 15, Emily Corbridge 21:47.99; 

16, Janel Westerfi eld 21:48.23; 18, Jennie 

Stare 22:29.79; 19, Katie Rammelkamp 

22:30.4; 22, Alexis Jibben 

23:39.1; 25, Hannah Turner 24:37.27 

BASKETBALL 

Junior High 

GIRLS 

7th Grade 

SPRINGFIELD LITTLE FLOWER 23, 

OUR SAVIOUR 5 

Scoring: Sara Jackson 4, Cassie Huey 

1 

Record: Our Saviour 0-4 

8th Grade 

SPRINGFIELD LITTLE FLOWER 23, 

OUR SAVIOUR 17 

Scoring: Maddie Nelson 6, Lydia Lall 5, 

Marie Langdon 4, Lilly Schwiderski 2 

Record: Our Saviour 2-3 

7th Grade 

QUINCY 23, TURNER 15 

Turner scoring: Sullivan 7, Ezard 6, 

Watson 2 

8th Grade 

QUINCY 29, TURNER 20 

Turner scoring: James 9, Hillis 5, 

Kaufmann 4 

7th Grade 

NORTH MAC 20, WINCHESTER 19 

Winchester scoring: Walker 7, Starks 4, 

Cox 3, Lashmett 3, Cannon 2 

8th Grade 

WINCHESTER 35, NORTH MAC 7 

Winchester scoring: Clark 9, Sellars 9, 

Moore 5, Wade 5, Timmerman 5, Hubbert 

2 

7th Grade 

RUSHVILLE 39, BLUFFS 21 

Bluffs scoring: Likes 7, Marsick 6, 

Welch 4 

Record: Bluffs 0-2 

8th Grade 

BLUFFS 38, RUSHVILLE 17 

Bluffs scoring: Rock 17, Devlin 8, Fanshier 

7, Staake 4 

Record: Bluffs 4-0 

New Berlin Tournament 

7th Grade 

TRIOPIA 18, VIRGINIA 12 

Scoring: Triopia — Taylor Hancock 4, 

Jessica Medlock 4, Savanah Price 4, Bailey 

Littleson 2, Abbie Link 2, Jaclyn 

Gregory 2; Virginia — H. Harris 10, R. 

Ring 2 

Records: Triopia 1-5, Virginia 0-2 

8th Grade 

TRIOPIA 39, VIRGINIA 15 

Scoring: Triopia — Elly Crawford 20, 

Kaitlyn Nordsiek 6, Zoe O’Neil 6, Emily 

Burns 5, Mackenzie Musch 2; Virginia — 

K. Harris 7, R. Ring 6, H. Harris 2 

Records: Triopia 5-2, Vriginia 0-2 

7th Grade 

NEW BERLIN 23, BEARDSTOWN 20 

Scoring: New Berlin — Emily Beaty 8; 

Beadrstown — Craig 4, Dour 4, S. Sommer 

4, Herzog 4 

Records: New Berlin 3-3 

8th Grade 

NEW BERLIN 33, BEARDSTOWN 11 

Scoring: New Berlin — Claire Nelson 

12, Sydney Wyatt 10; Beardstown — 

Sierra Madrid 4 

Record: New Berlin 3-3 

The Jacksonville boys’ and girls’ cross country teams 

both took fi rst place Tuesday. The boys had three runners 

fi nish in the top 10 and the girls had three in the top fi ve 

and fi ve in the top 10. Kolby Briggs (15:52.4) led the JHS 

boys with a second-place finish while Allison Hewitt 

(19:45.13) fi nished fi rst for the girls. 

MEN’S SOCCER 

BLUEBOYS LOSE TO MONMOUTH 

Devin Freitag scored two goals and Tony Swierczewski 

added another as Monmouth College handed the Illinois 

College men’s soccer team a 3-0 defeat Tuesday at Illinois 

College. IC goalkeeper Trevor Donahue made six saves. 

IC fell to 4-4-3 overall and 0-2-1 in Midwest Conference 

play. 

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL 

MACMURRAY LOSES TWO 

MacMurray lost to Principia and Lindenwood Belleville 

on Tuesday. Principia defeated MacMurray 25-19, 25-22, 

25-13. Taylor Soat had nine kills, Latoya James had 16 

assists and Brooke Clemmons had 10 digs. 

Lindenwood defeated MacMurray 25-18, 25-15, 27-25. 

Amy Radford had fi ve kills and six digs. Lacey Walker had 

10 digs. MacMurray fell to 2-13 on the season. 

Cardinals fall to Phillies, 3-2 

the trade deadline, starts for St. Louis against Roy Oswalt. 

Cole Hamels pitched six shutout innings for the win, 

striking out eight, but the Cardinals put runners on base in 

each of those innings with fi ve hits, three walks and a hit 

batter. After Hamels left, St. Louis got a run in the seventh 

on David Freese’s two-out single off Vance Worley, but left 

the potential tying runs on base when Yadier Molina fl ied 

out softly to right. St. Louis loaded the bases in the eighth. 

Ryan Theriot, who was 4 for 5, led off with a single. An out 

later, Matt Holliday — limited to pinch-hitting duty because 

of a fi nger injury — singled off Brad Lidge, and Rafael Furcal 

followed with a single. 

But closer Ryan Madson came in and Allen Craig’s 

smash to second was turned into a double play. It was no 

huge surprise: St. Louis hit into a National League-record 

169 double plays during the regular season. 

“That’s the fi rst time I’ve used Madson for four outs or 

fi ve outs,” Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. “I fi gured 

the game was right there on the line and we had to stop 

them.” 


SPORTS MENU 

Wednesday, October 5 

TELEVISON 

5 p.m. (TBS) MLB Baseball Division 

Series: Philadelphia vs. St. Louis (CC) 

6:30 p.m. (FOXSN) Women’s College 

Volleyball Texas A&M at Texas. 

7 p.m. (ESPN2) WNBA Basketball 

Finals, Game 2: Atlanta Dream vs. Min- 

nesota Lynx(CC) 

8:30 p.m. (TBS) MLB Baseball Division 

Series: Milwaukee vs. Arizona (CC) 

RADIO 

5 p.m. (WEAI 107.1 FM) Major League 

Baseball, Philadelphia Phillies at St. 

Louis Cardinals. 

SPORTS BRIEFS 

E-mail your briefs to: sports@myjournalcourier.com. 

Carrollton Homecoming/Pack-the-House 

Carrollton will host a Pack-the-House/Homecoming 

night for volleyball Thursday, Oct. 6. The Lady Hawks 

will host Griggsville-Perry. Game time is 6:15 p.m. 

GOLF: Erickson takes 2nd 


PORTA/A-C Central (322) won fi rst place by six strokes. 

Nate Hopper (77), Will Edge (78) and Ethan Brue (80) 

fi nished third, fourth and fi fth overall for the Bluejays. The 

only downside to PORTA/A-C Central’s day was Nic Sinclair’s 

disqualifi cation for teeing off from the wrong spot 

and not correcting his mistake. 

Routt fi nished seventh (377), and Waverly (381) was 

eighth while Triopia-Virginia (474) brought up the rear. 

The Rockets did not advance as a team, but Tyler Blair 

moved on as an individual after carding an 85. Blair fi nished 

tied for eighth overall. Among the players who advanced 

but whose teams did not, Blair was tied for fi rst. 

The Rushville-Industry and Beardstown golf teams did 

not have the days they were looking for as the Rockets and 

Tigers fi nished 10th and 11th at the 12-team Havana Regional 

at Wee-Ma-Tuk Country Club. 

Brown County, West Central and PORTA/A-C Central, 

as well as those who qualifi ed as individuals from Routt 

and Pittsfi eld, will travel to Gibson Woods in Monmouth 

on Monday for sectionals. 

“I like the course (for sectionals),” Templin said. “I 

played the course three times this summer and played it 

pretty well. Hopefully I can carry it on in to sectionals.” 

JHS TAKES THIRD 

Less than a week after fi nishing in a virtual tie with Sacred 

Heart-Griffi n for fi rst in the CS8 Conference tournament, 

the Jacksonville golf team took third at Piper Glen 

Tuesday to advance. The Crimsons fi nished four strokes 

back of fi rst place SHG and three behind second-place 

Chatham. “It feels pretty good since that is Sacred Heart- 

Griffi n and Chatham Glenwood’s home course,” Jacksonville 

coach Perry Crowley said. “For us to compete with 

them on their home course, that is quite an achievement.” 

Bethalto’s Dustin Duncan earned medalist honors with 

a 1-under-par 71. Grady Erickson came in second overall 

with a score of 75 while Brandon Hannel carded a 78 to fi nish 

fourth for the Crimsons. 

“I shot a 75 and was pretty consistent,” Erickson said. “I 

hit a lot of pars. I don’t think I was hitting the ball all that 

well, but I can’t complain because I did do well overall.” 

“We did outstanding,” Crowley said. “We had two of 

four fi nishing individuals. It was a phenomenal round for 

Grady (Erickson) and Brandon (Hannel).” 

Jacksonville was the only team to have multiple golfers 

fi nish with scores in the 70s. 

“For the biggest part of the day, we were the leaders 

in the clubhouse,” Crowley said. “We thought we had a 

chance for a big victory, but came up short. But we did 

succeed in our goal of advancing as a team to the sectional.” 

“It’s great that the team is going to sectionals,” Erickson 

said. “It is so much more fun when the team goes. 

Maybe we can make something out of it as a team and go 

to state.” 

JHS: Scoreless in 2nd half 


in front of the Senators’ net. Jacksonville did catch a key 

break halfway through the second half when Springfi eld 

got called for a foul, giving the hosts a free kick from about 

12 yards out. 

Senior Corey Richardson took the shot, but it rolled just 

right of the crossbar, leaving the score at 2-1, Springfi eld. 

Only a few minutes later, the Senators’ Ben Harbison fi red 

in a point-blank shot for his team’s third goal of the night 

with exactly 19 minutes to play. 

“In the second half, we regrouped and came out, got 

the goal early,” said West. “But then they got the third goal 

and it was pretty much over.” 

The physicality continued. With about 16 and a half minutes 

to play, Jacksonville midfi elder Leo Alfano and Springfi 

eld’s Teichman got into a brief shoving match. Both were 

sent off the fi eld with yellow cards. 

“All you can do is play the games,” said West. “The kids 

played hard, as you could see. It was a very physical, very 

emotional game. We’ll bounce back.” 

Jacksonville will host its annual invitational tournament 

this weekend, so technically, though Tuesday was Senior 

Night, it did not mark the fi nal time the Crimson seniors 

will play at Alumni Field. 

The Crimsons will play two or three games in their tournament 

this weekend, then fi nish regular-season and CS8 

play next week at Taylorville. Jacksonville will then play 

Taylorville again in the fi rst round of the Class 2A Chatham 

Glenwood Regional the following week to begin postseason 

play. 

Glenwood, the No. 1 seed in the regional, will take on 

No. 4 Effi ngham, with the winners to play each other later 

in that week for the title.


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CATTLE PANELS 

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Computers 

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and repair of HVAC equipment with 3 

to 5 years applicable HVAC experience in a 

manufacturing or comparable environment. 

Interested candidates must complete an 

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Jacksonville, IL 62650 

Reynolds Consumer Products 

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Furniture 

PERK’S FURNI- 

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225 E. State, 

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black buffet 

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hand painted floral 

bedroom suite with 

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stools, kitchen tables, 

sofa, desk, 

dressers, bejeweled 

floral art collection 

and much more. 

Pets 

ADULT PERSIAN 

and Himalayan cats 

need good home, 

spayed and neutered. 

Small adoption 

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(217)473-2633. 

CATS, KITTENS and 

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(217)589-4269, 

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FOR SALE: Havanese 

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Nonshedding. Raise 

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217-435-3491. 

LAB PUPS, AKC, 

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Great for hunting or 

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Bischon Poodle mix, 

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(217)734-9240. 

*Automotive 

Jaguar 

VERY SHARP! 

2002 XJ8 Vander 

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Pirelli tires, Alpine 

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*Automotive 

Cadillac 

PRICE 

REDUCED 

1997 DEVILLE, pale 

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Only 73,000+ miles. 

$5510. 

(217)673-4091, call 

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Dodge 

2006 CARAVAN 

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132k miles. $7800. 

618-792-3101 

Ford 

2003 MUSTANG 

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2010 MUSTANG, V6, 

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$15,500, see at Walton’ 

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$28,300 or best offer. 

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618-616-2697 

*Trucks 

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618-372-7714. 

*Motorcycles 

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GREAT FUN! 

2005 ELITE 80 

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It runs 

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National Cathedral to open 

in November after fi xes 

BY BRETT ZONGKER 

lizing the building, reopening the cathedral and 


continuing its operations and mission,” the offi - 

WASHINGTON — The earthquake-dam- cials said. “The overall restoration of the catheaged 

Washington National Cathedral andral is expected to take numerous years.” 

nounced Tuesday that it plans to reopen on Cathedral offi cials said Tuesday that they 

Nov. 12 but says it must raise tens of millions of need at least $15 million for initial repairs but 

dollars to fully restore the building. 

that fully restoring the cathedral would likely 

Three of the four spires of the gothic cathe- cost tens of millions of dollars. 

dral’s central tower were damaged during the The cathedral is also trying to raise anoth- 

earthquake. Intricate stonework was shaken er $10 million to fund operations through the 

loose, and some fell onto the building’s roof. end of 2012. The Episcopal cathedral saw se- 

Major cracks also formed in parts of the strucvere losses during the nation’s fi nancial crisis 

ture. Inside the cathedral, small pieces of mor- as its endowment plunged in value and fundtar 

rained down from the 100-foot-high ceiling raising fell off. Its budget was slashed from $27 

during the quake. Safety netting was stretched million to $13 million and its staff was cut by 

over the sanctuary as a precaution. 

more than half from 170 full-time employees to 

The reopening will mark the fi rst time the 70 last year. 

cathedral has resumed its services since the “Reopening is only the fi rst step down a long 

5.8-magnitude earthquake on Aug. 23. It had path toward restoring the cathedral to its previ- 

hoped to reopen for 9/11 anniversary services ous state,” said the Rev. John Bryson Chane, in- 

but the collapse of a massive crane being used terim dean of the cathedral and the Episcopal 

for repairs complicated the work. 

bishop of Washington. “We will reach the end 

The long delay in reopening was due to the of that path only through the support of this 

need to stabilize damaged parts of the building, community and people across the nation.” 

cathedral offi cials said in a statement. 

The cathedral was completed in 1990 after 

“The short-term priorities are around stabi- 83 years of work. 

Morgan County 

court notes 

The following took place 

Tuesday before Circuit Judge 

Richard Mitchell: 

• JEFFREY BIRDSELL, 40, 

of Jacksonville was sentenced 

to 60 days in jail and fi ned 

$1,000 on his Aug. 3 guilty 

pleas to two felony counts of 

aggravated battery. 

Mitchell ordered Birdsell 

to serve 14 days in jail. He will 

not have to serve the remainder 

of the jail term if at a Jan. 

17 hearing he is compliant 

with conditions of two years of 

probation also imposed. 

In exchange for the guilty 

pleas, State’s Attorney Chris 

Reif agreed not to recommend 

a sentence to the Illinois Department 

of Corrections and 

capped Birdsell’s incarceration 

in the Morgan County Jail 

at 180 days. Two more counts 

of felony aggravated battery, a 

felony count of stalking and a 

misdemeanor charge of endangering 

the life or health of a 

child were dismissed. 

Jacksonville police arrested 

Birdsell on April 10 after a 

25-year-old man was attacked 

at a convenience store at 841 

W. Morton Ave. In court, Bird- 

Property transfers 

Property transfers recorded 

in Morgan County from Sept. 

14-28: 

JACKSONVILLE/SOUTH 

JACKSONVILLE 

Ted J. Donovan to Timothy 

R. and Justine R. Bruce, 13 Applebee 

Farms Drive, $201,000. 

Rolling Acres Estates to 

Michael R. Wankel, 900 W. 

Walnut St., $37,500. 

Farmers State Bank & 

Trust Company to Cletis E. 

and Judy L. Davidson, 733 

Bedwell St., $25,000. 

Terry C. and Julie A. Valentine 

and Jason C. Valentine to 

Terry C. and Julie A. Valentine, 

2010 Plum St., $66,000. 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage 

Corp. to Mathew S. and 

Laura J. Grubb, 820 N. Prairie 

St., $18,900. 

Michael Nicholas and Allison 

A. Guidish to Scott, William 

L. and Ruth A. Norris, 144 

Caldwell St., $121,000. 

Kevin and Rusti Mathews 

to James A. and Jacqueline V. 

Wilham, 1062 N. Diamond St., 

$61,050. 

Susan Kay Lloyd Merreighn 

and Kristine Elaine 

Lloyd Wilkerson to Larry G. 

and Janet K. Strubbe, 1606 

Brunes Road, $46,250. 

Charles C. and Reva R. 

Krell to Douglas C. and Dianna 

Sutphen, 2169 Southbrooke 

Road, $187,000. 

Chester and Nancy Barnd 

to Dale A. and Dana Bainter, 

106 Morningstar Lane, 

$35,000. 

Richard Allen Adams to 

Quintin S. Leetham, 197 W. 

Michigan Ave., $9,700. 

Edward Andrew and Demetria 

Childress Stafford to Alicia 

Mathews, 303 W. Vandalia 

COURT DOCKET 

sell apologized. He told the 

judge he snapped after seeing 

the man with Birdsell’s wife on 

the couple’s 21st wedding anniversary. 

Mitchell said he was concerned 

about the latest offense 

because Birdsell had been convicted 

in 2007 of a similar aggravated 

battery. 

At a bench trial in April 

2007, Mitchell found Birdsell 

guilty of hitting a 13-year-old 

boy with a club during a Jacksonville 

Area Youth Football 

game. 

• KENYON W. WASHING- 

TON, 32, of Jacksonville pleaded 

guilty to misdemeanor possession 

of cannabis. He was 

placed on one year of conditional 

discharge and fi ned 

$200. 

• AMANDA C. STONE, 31, 

of Jacksonville pleaded guilty 

to misdemeanor domestic battery. 

She was placed on one 

year of court supervision and 

fi ned $200. 

• SHAD A. WRIGHT, 37, of 

Haysville, Kan., pleaded guilty 

to felony possession of a controlled 

substance (oxycodone). 

He was placed on one 

year of conditional discharge 

and fi ned $500. Misdemeanor 

charges of possession of drug 

paraphernalia and possession 

FOR THE RECORD 

Road, $143,500. 

Kevin D. and Jennifer L. 

Suiter to Estell Earl and Linda 

Louise Coats, 4 Pine Cone 

Drive, $200,000. 

Donald D. Hunt to Ricky 

Stewart, 437 S. Mauvaisterre 

St., $16,000. 

Janet L. Gotschall, fka Janet 

L. Stroud to John Earl and Rheta 

Ann Smith, 428 S. Westgate 

Ave., $117,000. 

Harry Adams, as executor 

of the estate of Virginia 

L. Adams, to Donovan Bros. 

Builders Inc., 1420 S. Main St., 

$83,000. 

Eric R. Rammelkamp to 

Edward L. Killam, 506 S. Diamond 

St., $35,000. 

ACH Food Companies Inc. 

to Steel Recovery Solutions, 

LLC, 1201 E. Morton Ave., 

$1,017,500. 

Renee J. Fox to Alexander 

M. Hrynewych, 120 Sandusky, 

$235,000. 

Farmers State Bank and 

Trust Company to Jacksonville 

Theater Guild, 09-17-412-010. 

Cindy L. Keat to Larry G. 

and Janet K. Strubbe, 1581 

State Highway 78 North, 

$10,000. 

Andrew Scott and Sarah J. 

Young and Michael G. and Melissa 

D. Schildman to Sherry F. 

Hayes, 1119 Lynnville-Woodson 

Road, $153,500. 

Salem Evangelical Lutheran 

Church of Jacksonville to 

Jason C. and Caroline L. Valentine, 

09-21-206-008. 

CHAPIN 

Bettie M. and Wayne E. 

Magelitz to Ray N. and Marion 

V. Francis, 714 Superior St., 

$30,000. 

FRANKLIN 

David W. Horn to Jeffrey 

H. White, 361 Chaudoin Road, 

$150,000. 

of cannabis were dismissed in 

the plea agreement. 

• JEVON K. WALTON, 24, 

was sentenced to four weekends 

in jail and fi ned $200 on 

his Aug. 2 guilty plea to misdemeanor 

possession of cannabis. 

• JODY R. MCCOMAS, 36, 


to an amended felony charge 

of obstructing justice. He was 

placed on one year of conditional 

discharge and ordered 

to pay court costs. 

• FREDDIE G. LAW, 43, 


to felony escape. He was sentenced 

to 60 days in jail and 

placed on 60 days of conditional 

discharge. The plea agreement 

called for the dismissal of 

a misdemeanor charge of domestic 

battery. Law failed to report 

back to the Morgan County 

Jail after being released for 

work on June 23, according to 

court documents. 

• The Morgan County 

State’s Attorney’s Offi ce 

agreed to dismiss charges 

against the following: Michael 

S. Barfi eld, 26, of Jacksonville, 

misdemeanor reckless conduct; 

and Joseph C. Willoughby, 

41, of Ashland, misdemeanor 

criminal damage to property 

under $300. 

MEREDOSIA 

Fannie Mae, aka Federal 

National Mortgage Association, 

to Betsy Greer, 833 

Union, $39,900. 

John T. Griebler to Judy K. 

Dunmire, 221 S. Washington 

St., $12,000. 

Lenora Fischer, Ted Clark 

and Reba Cloyd to Jeremy D. 

and Heather Briscoe, 719 Main 

St., $68,000. 

Barbara L. and Bill Thiele 

to Byron G. and Susan E. Hamman, 

922 Ill. 104, $109,000. 

MURRAYVILLE 

Carol J. Hayes to Shawn 

McNeece, 1741 Midway Road, 

$120,000. 

WAVERLY 

Michael B. and Leslie A. 

Watkins to Gary A. and Karissa 

A. Turner, 3386 Shake Rag 

Road, $169,000. 

Victoria Spradlin, fka Victoria 

DeLong, to Paul Robert and 

Brenda C. Barbee, 19-11-103- 

019, 19-11-103-020, 19-11-103- 

021, 19-11-103-022, $19,000. 

COUNTY 

Paul H. and Betty A. Freeman 

to Paul H. Freeman, as 

trustee of the Paul H. Freeman 

Trust, and Betty A. Freeman, 

as trustee of the Betty 

A. Freeman Trust, parcels 

13-28-400-002, 13-33-300-005, 

13-26-200-002, 13-33-100-002, 

13-33-200-001, 13-33-300-025, 

13-26-300-001 and 13-28-300- 

003. 

Steven L. Quigg to Ceres 

Properties, LLC., 05-09-200- 

003, $1,065,775. 

To search property listings in 

Morgan County filed since November 

2009, go to InfoCenter 

at myjournalcourier.com.


Harvest time 

A farmer harvests a soybean fi eld Tuesday west of Manchester. 

OPEN 

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discussion, call the number 

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com. 

PAY SQUABBLE 

Time to give up and move on 

It appears to me that 

the regional superintendents 

ought to give it up 

and move on. Only in 

Illinois can you get fi red 

by the governor and keep 

your job, and hopefully it 

will be rescinded, and you 

get to keep your job. 

Afraid of facing the scrutiny 

The reason the regional 

superintendents 

have continued to work 

while not being paid is 

that they know that they 

would not be missed, 

and then everyone would 

know that they are not 

needed. 

DOUBLE-DIPPING 

Jacksonville could take a hint 

If the state of Illinois 

does not allow 

double-dipping of retired 

employees, why does the 

city of Jacksonville allow 

this to happen? This cuts 

someone out of a job that 

could really use it. And 

don’t give us the BS that 

they are a specialized 

position. 

TEACHING 

If it’s that great, then do it 

To the people obsessed 

with the teachers’ salaries, 

maybe you should go 

to school and become a 

teacher if they have it so 

great. Get a life. 

Get facts straight; don’t bash 

The person who keeps 

posting about 117’s salaries 

(he’s up to what, four 

now?) just keeps getting 

the whole statistical thing 

wrong. If the “average” 

is really $53,766, that 

would include all teachers, 

including those with 

the Ph.D. or Ed.D. So, my 

point is that your statement 

about the $53,766 

being not too bad for just 

a bachelor’s degree is 

just wrong, once again. 

People, go to the web 

and see for yourself what 

salaries are and are not. 

Do not depend upon those 

teacher bashers who seem 

to forget the niceties of 

the data that they quote. 

BACKPAGE 

READERS 

Don’s Place • 207 W. Morgan 

Retro Wed. with J Byrd. Retro music 

9-close. Prize drawing 10-11pm. 

PBR pitcher & shot special. 

Jacksonville Main Street’s 

Farmers Market on the Square 

Central Park, Today, 4pm. 

Veterans Remembered on 

display at Westown Ford during the 

month of October 

10 YEARS AGO 

A fi re at Illinois School 

for the Deaf’s historic main 

building was apparently 

caused by a heat gun being 

used to remove old paint 

from a porch. 

20 YEARS AGO 

Strong winds and heavy 

rain caused some property 

damage in the Jacksonville 

area. 

50 YEARS AGO 

BACK PAGE 

LOOKING BACK 

MAKING HISTORY 

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT 

IN HISTORY: 

On Oct. 5, 1921, the 

World Series was covered 

on radio for the fi rst time as 

Newark, N.J., station WJZ 

relayed reports from the 

Polo Grounds, where the 

New York Giants were facing 

the New York Yankees. 

(Although the Yankees won 

the opener, 3-0, the Giants 

won the series, 5 games 

to 3.) 

On this date: 

In 1829, the 21st president 

of the United States, 

Chester Alan Arthur, was 

born in Fairfi eld, Vt. (Some 

sources list 1830.) 

In 1892, the Dalton 

Gang, notorious for its train 

robberies, was practically 

wiped out while attempting 

to rob a pair of banks in 

Coffeyville, Kan. 

In 1910, Portugal was 

proclaimed a republic 

following the abdication of 

King Manuel II in the face 

of a coup d’etat. 

In 1931, Clyde Pangborn 

and Hugh Herndon 

completed the fi rst 

non-stop fl ight across the 

Pacifi c Ocean, arriving in 

Washington state some 41 

hours after leaving Japan. 

In 1941, former 

Supreme Court Justice 

Louis D. Brandeis — the 

fi rst Jewish member of 

the nation’s highest court 

— died in Washington at 

age 84. 

In 1947, President 

Harry S. Truman delivered 

the fi rst televised White 

House address as he spoke 

on the world food crisis. 

In 1953, Earl Warren 

was sworn in as the 14th 

chief justice of the United 

States, succeeding Fred M. 

Vinson. 

In 1970, British trade 

commissioner James Richard 

Cross was kidnapped in 

Canada by militant Quebec 

separatists; he was released 

White Hall Police Chief 

DAROLD MCCOLLUM 

was named Greene County 

sheriff. 

75 YEARS AGO 

The old stoplight at 

South Main Street and College 

Avenue, which had not 

been functioning for several 

years, was repaired. 

100 YEARS AGO 

JOHN JONES, editor 

of the Roodhouse Daily 

Record since its inception, 

the following December. 

In 1981, President 

Ronald Reagan signed a 

resolution granting honorary 

American citizenship 

to Swedish diplomat Raoul 

Wallenberg, credited with 

saving thousands of Hungarians, 

most of them Jews, 

from the Nazis during 

World War II. 

In 1988, Democrat 

Lloyd Bentsen lambasted 

Republican Dan Quayle 

during their vice-presidential 

debate, telling Quayle, 

“Senator, you’re no Jack 

Kennedy.” 

Ten years ago: Tabloid 

photo editor Robert 

Stevens died from inhaled 

anthrax, the fi rst of a series 

of anthrax cases in Florida, 

New York, New Jersey and 

Washington. American 

statesman Mike Mansfi eld 

died in Washington at 

age 98. Barry Bonds set a 

new mark for home runs 

in a single season, hitting 

numbers 71 and 72, but San 

Francisco was eliminated 

from the playoffs with 

an 11-10 loss to the Los 

Angeles Dodgers. Moses 

Malone was inducted into 

the Basketball Hall of 

Fame. 

Five years ago: The 

House ethics committee 

opened an investigation 

into the unfolding congressional 

page sex scandal that 

resulted in the resignation 

of U.S. Rep. Mark Foley, 

R-Fla. (The panel later 

issued a report critical of 

Republican lawmakers 

and aides, but which also 

found that no rules had 

been broken.) Secretary 

of State Condoleezza Rice 

visited Baghdad, where 

she warned Iraqi leaders 

they had limited time to 

settle their differences. 

NATO took over eastern 

Afghanistan from U.S.-led 

forces, assuming control of 

12,000 American troops and 

C 

K 

M 

Y 

resigned to become secretary 

of the Railroad YMCA 

in Roodhouse. 

150 YEARS AGO 

Money was being 

raised to buy a cannon for 

Jacksonville for the purpose 

of fi ring salutes. 

– compiled by Greg Olson 

and Alisia McCowan 

CORRECTION 

FLOYD E. HERRIN was 

the victim of a fatal shooting 

40 years ago that was 

recounted in Looking Back 

on Friday. 

extending its military role 

to the entire country. 

One year ago: Faisal 

Shahzad, the Pakistani immigrant 

who’d tried to detonate 

a car bomb in Times 

Square, accepted a life sentence 

from a federal judge 

in New York with a smirk 

and warned that Americans 

could expect more 

bloodshed at the hands of 

Muslims. President Barack 

Obama convened the fi rstever 

White House summit 

on community colleges, 

calling them the “unsung 

heroes of America’s 

education system.” Paroled 

burglar Steven Hayes was 

convicted of murdering a 

woman and her two daughters 

during a home-invasion 

robbery in Cheshire, Conn. 

(Hayes was later sentenced 

to death.) 

Today’s Birthdays: 

“Family Circus” cartoonist 

Bil Keane is 89. Actress 

Glynis Johns is 88. Comedian 

Bill Dana is 87. Actress 

Diane Cilento is 78. The former 

president of the Czech 

Republic, Vaclav Havel, is 

75. College Football Hall of 

Fame coach Barry Switzer 

is 74. Rhythm-and-blues 

singer Arlene Smith (The 

Chantels) is 70. Singer 

Richard Street is 69. Singermusician 

Steve Miller is 68. 

Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, 

D-Md., is 68. Rock singer 

Brian Johnson (AC/DC) is 

64. Actress Karen Allen is 

60. Writer-producer-director 

Clive Barker is 59. Rock 

musician David Bryson 

(Counting Crows) is 57. 

Rock singer and faminerelief 

organizer Bob Geldof 

is 57. Actor Daniel Baldwin 

is 51. Rock singer-musician 

Dave Dederer is 47. 

Hockey Hall of Famer 

Mario Lemieux is 46. Actor 

Guy Pearce is 44. Actress 

Josie Bissett is 41. Singeractress 

Heather Headley 

is 37. 

T H O U G H T F O R T O D A Y 

“American has believed that in diferentiation, not in uniformity, 

lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief; it has 

advanced human happiness, and it has prospered.” 

— Louis D. Brandeis (1856-1941). 

JOURNAL-COURIER/ROBERT LEISTRA 

WEATHER 

National forecast 

Forecast highs for Wednesday, Oct. 5 

Sunny Pt. Cloudy Cloudy 

Fronts Pressure 

Cold Warm Stationary Low High 

-10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s 

Showers 

Rain 

T-storms 

Flurries 

Snow Ice 

Weather Underground/AP 

TODAY: Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. 

TONIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds 5 

to 10 mph. 

TOMORROW: Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 5 to 

10 mph. 

TOMORROW NIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows in the mid-50s. Southeast 

winds 5 to 10 mph. 

EXTENDED FORECAST: Friday: Mostly clear. Highs in the 

lower 80s. Friday night: Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. 

Saturday: Mostly clear. Highs in the lower 80s. Saturday 

night: Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Sunday: Mostly clear. 

Highs in the lower 80s. Sunday night: Mostly clear. Lows in 

the upper 50s. Monday: Mostly clear. Highs in the lower 80s. 

Monday night: Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. 

Amiah Brown, Triopia Grade School 

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11 inches. Please do not fold paper and do not write heavily on 

the back. Horizontal pictures work best. 

TEMPERATURES 

High Tuesday .. 82° at 2:30 p.m. 

Overnight low ......................44° 

Record high ........... 94° in 2006 

Record low ............ 27° in 1935 

Year ago high ......................62° 

Year ago low .......................33° 

PRECIPITATION 

To 4 p.m. Tuesday ............0.00” 

So far this year ..............32.26” 

Last year by this date .....43.26” 

Normal year to date .......29.58” 

So far this month ..............0.00” 

Normal month to date ......0.38” 

Weather statistics provided by WLDS/WEAI 

IN THE SKIES 

Twilight begins ......... 6:34 a.m. 

Sunrise ................... 7:01 a.m. 

Sunset .................... 6:37 p.m. 

Twilight ends ............ 7:04 p.m. 

Moonrise ................. 3:16 p.m. 

Moonset ................ 12:48 a.m. 

Mercury rises ........... 7:26 a.m. 

Mercury sets ........... 6:52 p.m. 

Venus rises ............... 8:08 a.m. 

Venus sets ............... 7:13 p.m. 

Mars rises ............... 1:47 a.m. 

Mars sets ................ 4:05 p.m. 

Jupiter rises ............. 7:42 p.m. 

Jupiter sets.............. 9:18 a.m. 

Saturn rises ............. 7:35 a.m. 

Saturn sets.............. 7:03 p.m. 

In the evening twilight Venus is 

in the west. In tomorrow’s morning 

twilight Mars is in the ESE 

and Jupiter in the WSW. 

RIVER STAGES 

Peoria ..............12.1 ........-0.1 

Beardstown ........9.9 ...... +0.1 

Meredosia ..........3.9 ........-0.2 

Oakford ..............3.1 ........ 0.0 

Hannibal ...........10.2 ........ 0.0 

Louisiana..........11.8 ........-0.1 

M = Missing information 

MOON PHASES 

Full Moon 

Oct. 12 

Last Quarter 

Oct. 20 

CLOSE TO HOME 

Fall Festival 

Block Party 

Located on the corner of Walnut and N. Main 

October 8, 2011 

Bear Hollow Wood Carver 10-5 

Free Carnival Rides 12-5 

Face Painting 11-3 

Caramel Apples 

Fun for the whole family 

Turner Tree Service & Nursery 

JP Food Mart 

Weatherby’s Cafe 

New Moon 

Oct. 26

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