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June of 2009, John once again joined Dr. Sublett as a reader for the Advanced
Placement Human Geography exam in Lincoln, Nebraska. John served as faculty
advisor for the Geography Club and Gamma Theta Upsilon once again this year, and
continues to enjoy the opportunity to work with the students in this capacity. As the
summer begins, he looks forward to spending time on some projects around the house.
Email: jkostelnick@ilstu.edu Homepage: my.ilstu.edu/~jckoste
Deborah L. Lescher, Secretary. Debbie completed her nineteenth year with the Department
and her thirty-fourth with the Civil Service System. Debbie and her husband, Ray,
basically completed their garages that they were decorating the last couple years. They
added two of the final touches with the addition of a flat-screen TV and a surround sound
system, which makes watching the NASCAR races even better. There is always
tweaking here and there, but otherwise it is pretty much the way they want it to look.
They have had several parties in the finished garages. For instance, in November 2009,
they hosted a bash for youngest son Dallas’s thirtieth birthday, with approximately 50-60
people that came to help him celebrate. Then in April 2010, Reese, their youngest
grandchild, Dallas’s girlfriend’s boy, had his third birthday party, with appromimately 30
people enjoying watching him having a blast on his new motorized four wheeler, riding it
all over the premises. Ray and Debbie celebrated St. Patrick’s Day by going to
Maguire’s in Bloomington, and also Cinco de Mayo, going to Carlos O’ Kelly’s,
something they have done for the past several years. They both still do the marching
band competitions for Normal West High School every fall for their oldest granddaughter,
Brittany (17), with Ray still driving the semi with all the equipment and Debbie still doing
chaperone duties along with lots of other things that come with band competitions, and
sometimes getting to ride in the semi with Ray instead of riding the buses. And this fall
(2010) will also see their second granddaughter, Kourtney (13), joining the marching
band, so now they will have double the enjoyment watching and helping both girls. All
three granddaughters still participate in soccer, Brittany with the Normal West team, and
Kourtney and Hanna (9) still with the Prairie City Leagues. And Hanna will also be doing
her second year of girls’ softball. Debbie and Ray still do their three major NASCAR
races (Daytona in February, Talladega in April, and Michigan in August) every year and
their two major dirt track late model races (the DREAM in June and the WORLD 100 in
September) in Rossburg, Ohio. They also do some of the bigger dirt track late model
races at some of the local tracks, such as Fairbury, Farmer City, Macon, and Lincoln
speedways. An example would be a series called the “UMP Summer Nationals,” which is
also referred to as the “Hell Tour” because the drivers are in 28 different cities in several
different states in 30 days, definitely an exhausting and rough tour for the drivers but fun
and exciting to watch for the fans. As Debbie always says, their lives are very busy with
no grass growing under their feet, and they would not have it any other way. Email:
dllesch@ilstu.edu
David H. Malone, Professor of Geology and Department Chairperson. B.S., 1988, Illinois State
University; M.S., 1990, and Ph.D., 1994, The University of Wisconsin. This past year
was typical in the professional and personal life of David Malone. Over the summer, he
taught the capstone Field Geology course for the eighteenth time. Last year's group was
among the largest in his experience, as 34 students from nine universities were served.
The diversity of background and culture was good. It was another cold and nasty May in
Wyoming, but the students coped well and the Thermopolis hot springs were particularly
soothing. Participation in the Illinois EarthScope Teachers’ Workshop kept him busy for
the balance of the summer. In the fall, he taught Structural Geology. In the spring he
taught Stratigraphy (perhaps for the last time) and the Big Bend spring break field trip.
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