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Illinois College players Jake DeFauw (left) and his brother, Dylan, hug each other following their loss to Wabash College 

during the NCAA playoff game in Crawfordsville, Ind. 

Blueboys fans make trek to enjoy 

historic NCAA playoff game 

BY JASON FARMER 


•CRAWFORDSVILLE, IND.• 

Just over 200 miles away 

from Jacksonville, hundreds 

of Illinois College 

football fans, family, supporters 

and alumni braved the 

cold and windy weather conditions 

and made the trek to Wabash 

College to witness the Blueboys’ 

fi rst NCAA playoff game. 

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As commander of a Veterans of 

Foreign Wars post in southern Illinois, 

Michael Bennett is among 

those still waiting for the state to 

implement a video gambling law 

so patrons can plug money into 

machines and, if lucky, walk away 

with a jackpot. 

He shouldn’t hold his breath. 

More than two years after Gov. 

Pat Quinn signed the law, Illinois 

still doesn’t have all the regulations 

or a centralized computer system 

in place to launch the planned network 

of betting terminals at bars 

and restaurants, veterans and fraternal 

organizations, and truck 

stops. 

Even so, that hasn’t stopped 

some lawmakers from wanting 

to expand gambling even more. 

They tried unsuccessfully earlier 

this month to advance a plan that 

would add fi ve new casinos in Illinois, 

including one in Chicago, and 

slots at racetracks, though Quinn 

is opposed to that provision. They 

have promised to try again, maybe 

later this month, when they return 

to work in a one-day session at the 

Illinois Capitol. 

The Illinois Gaming Board said 

it’s working to implement the video 

gambling law, blaming part of 

the delay on a lawsuit that was settled 

four months ago, but some 

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West Central football coach 

Nick Graham and Routt football 

coach Nate Graham made the trip 

with their younger brother, Grant, 

and parents, Ron and Jennifer Graham, 

to watch their brother and 

son, Wes Graham, who plays for Illinois 

College. 

“It’s great,” Nick Graham said. 

“It is kind of like our season at 

West Central, and it is awesome. 

You make the playoffs and get to 

experience it, because now the 

Lincoln Courtroom 

commissioner honored 

with emeritus title 

BY JAKE RUSSELL 


Doing what you enjoy is one 

thing. 

To be honored for it is icing on 

the cake. 

Arline Bley was named commissioner 

emeritus Saturday afternoon 

during a reception at the 

Old Lincoln Courtroom and Mu- 

seum, 101 W. Third St. in Beardstown. 

About 40 friends and family 

attended to celebrate her retirement. 

“We’re going to miss her,” said 

Suzanne McClure, chairman of 

the Old Lincoln Courtroom and 

RETIRING, see Page 7 

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40s. Winds 5 to 10 mph. Tonight: 

40% chance of showers. 

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uPHOTOGRAPHS IN SPORTS, PAGE 17 

program is going to take it to that 

next level for the players and, motivations 

wise, this is the expectation, 

to get here. This is where you 

want to be and I can see that in the 

players and I can see that at IC.” 

Both Nick and Nate, as well 

as their father, are all Illinois College 

graduates. Ron Graham was 

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on the team in 1978 that set the 

school record for wins, the same 

record that this year’s team broke. 

“I was an IC graduate in 1979,” 

Ron Graham said. “I played on the 

1978 team that was 8-1. My son, 

Wes, now broke that record. It is 

kind of neat to watch him be out 

here. 

“IC football has had its ups and 

downs,” the elder Graham said. 

BLUEBOYS, see Page 8 

Arline Bley meets 

with friends and 

family at her reception 

Saturday. 

She was recognized 

as a commissioneremeritus 

with the Old 

Lincoln Courtroom 

and Museum. 

Bley joined 

the commission 

when the city 

council appointed 

it in 2005, but 

she’s been active 

in the museum 

much longer. 

Lacey Boensel, Pat Parker, 

Darcy Marr 

203 So. Miller St. 

Waverly, IL 62692 

217-435-3000 

New gambling 

plan pushed 

before last 

one fi nished 

JERSEY SCHOOLS 

Illinois A.G. 

advises that 

policy should 

be amended 

BY KATHIE BASSETT 

FOR THE JOURNAL-COURIER 

The Illinois Attorney General’s 

Offi ce has stepped into the dispute 

over a citizen’s videotaping of 

Jersey Community School Board 

meetings. 

The Attorney General’s Offi ce 

issued an advisory request to the 

School Board on its policy of restricting 

the placement of video 

cameras during meetings. 

Following a consideration of 

material submitted to the Public 

Access Bureau, Assistant Attorney 

General Sarah Kaplan concluded 

that the board’s policy was “unnecessarily 

restrictive” in a letter 

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Jacksonville, IL 62650 

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Chamber Member 

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Morgan County 

Sheriff 

BURGLARY, THEFT 

• Between midnight and 6 a.m. Saturday, somebody 

stole a Honda all-terrain vehicle from a house in the 2100 

block of County Line Road. 

VANDALISM 

• Somebody shot out the window of a truck parked at 

Shady Acre Drive in Meredosia about 11:05 a.m. Saturday, 

possibly with a BB gun. 

Jacksonville Police 

ARRESTS, CITATIONS 

• Bobby L. Law, 33, of 544 Brooklyn Ave. and a 16year-old 

boy were arrested about 11:45 a.m. Saturday at 

Shell Gas Station, 841 W. Morton Ave., on charges of assault 

and disorderly conduct. 

According to authorities, the two threatened to beat up 

a customer known to them. 

• Edwin L. Powell, 21, of 820 Beesley Ave. was arrested 

about 1:10 p.m. Saturday on a charge of possession of 

cannabis. 

ACCIDENT 

• Brenton M. Webster, 24, of 673 S. Fayette St. was 

treated and released at Passavant Area Hospital. He was a 

pedestrian in the parking lot of Walgreens, 1802 W. Morton 

Ave., and a vehicle backing out of a parking space col- 

Basil D’Oliveira 

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Basil D’Oliveira, the South 

African-born England cricketer who became a pivotal fi gure 

in the sport’s battle against apartheid, died Saturday after 

a long illness. He was 80. 

His death in England was announced by Cricket South 

Africa. 

D’Oliveira played 44 tests and four one-day internationals 

for England, his adopted nation. He was prevented from 

playing top-level cricket in South Africa in the 1950s because 

he wasn’t white. 

He was the central fi gure in cricket’s decision to fi nally 

turn its back on South Africa during its apartheid era. 

In one of the game’s great controversies, D’Oliveira was 

on the England team that was to tour South Africa in 1968. 

South Africa deemed that unacceptable and the tour was 

called off, leading to more than 20 years of cricket isolation. 

After the “D’Oliveira Affair,” South Africa did not play another 

match outside the country for 23 years and did not 

play any international cricket between 1970 and 1991. Only 

when apartheid was dismantled following Nelson Mandela’s 

release from prison was the country readmitted to 

cricket community. 

Other sports also banned ties with South Africa as a re- 

REGIONAL RECORD 

lided with him. 

BURGLARIES, THEFTS 

• Somebody stole $20 from a Jacksonville woman’s 

purse about 9:20 p.m. Friday. The woman told offi cers she 

wasn’t sure if it was taken while she was at Walmart, 1941 

W. Morton Ave., or if it happened at her apartment. 

• Between 9:30 p.m. Friday and 8:30 a.m. Saturday, 

somebody stole a purse from a vehicle parked in the 1000 

block of East Morton Avenue. 

VANDALISM 

• Between 5:30 p.m. Friday and 5:10 p.m. Saturday, 

somebody broke the window on the east side of a garage 

in the 700 block of Sheridan St. 

Meredosia Police 

ARRESTS, CITATIONS 

• Michael R. McDannald, 24, of 106 Main St., Chambersburg, 

was booked into the Morgan County jail about 

1:55 p.m. Saturday on a charge of criminal damage to 

property. 

The arrest was made in connection to six stop signs 

damaged on South Washington, Pearl and Orange streets 

in Meredosia overnight Friday, Police Chief Mike Beard 

said. All the signs were bent over and one was stolen. 

A vehicle was used to damage the stop signs, Beard 

said. 

Racenda K Chaplin, 20, of 106 Main St. was also 

booked into the Morgan County jail about 2:20 p.m. Saturday 

on a charge of obstructing justice. 

Emanuel campaigns in Iowa for Obama 

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm 

Emanuel will launch an ardent defense of President Barack 

Obama to Iowa Democratic activists, warning that “we just 

can’t cut our way to prosperity.” 

Emanuel was scheduled to speak Saturday night at the 

Iowa Democratic Party’s biggest annual fundraiser. Excerpts 

from his remarks were provided to The Associated Press in 

We want to thank everyone for coming and sending cards 

for our 50th anniversary. Thanks Michelle and Michael for 

having this for us. A special thank you to our friend Cindy 

Fry for getting this together with the children living away 

from here. It was a real nice time that we will never forget. 

Michael (Mick) and Mary Lou Brangenberg 

We wish to thank everyone who sent cards and gifts in 

celebration of our 60th wedding anniversary. Thanks to 

our children and grandchildren who helped make it so 

special. 

Bob & Ann Coates 

The family of Russ Douglas would like to take this 

opportunity to let you all know how much your love, time 

and generosity meant to all of us. There are no words to 

tell you of our shock, grief that has cut us to our very souls, 

and then, this community came to our rescue in such a 

show of love that it took our breath away. Please 

remember Russ the way he was before things got in his 

way so much that it took his joy of life. May God’s peace 

and blessing be on everyone of you, from our police 

officers, Joe Coultas, everyone in between all the way to a 

neighbor who just sat and listened. But they, that wait 

upon the Lord shall renew their strength: they should 

mount up with wings as eagles: they shall run and not be 

weary: And they shall walk and not faint. Isaiaeh 40:31. 

The family of Russ Douglas, Jr. 

The family of Aileen Heitbrink would like to thank 

everyone who expressed sympathy, visited and sent 

memorials. A special thanks to the staff at Jacksonville 

Skilled Nursing Center for the care Aileen received. 

Thanks to Buchanan Cody Funeral Home and Paster Paul 

Schwartzkopf for their excellent services. Also thanks to 

Faith Lutheran Church for the delicious luncheon. We 

appreciated every one of you. God Bless! 

POLICE BEAT 

FROM OFFICIAL REPORTS OF PUBLIC RECORD 

N O T A B L E D E A T H 

sult, and the country’s soccer team did not return to the international 

stage until 1992. 

“Throughout this shameful period in South Africa’s 

sporting history, Basil displayed a human dignity that 

earned him worldwide respect and admiration,” Cricket 

South Africa chief executive Gerald Majola said Saturday. 

Haroon Lorgat, the International Cricket Council CEO, 

said when he grew up in South Africa, D’Oliveira was revered 

among nonwhites. 

“At the time, his infl uence and his legacy in a divided 

South Africa stretched way beyond the cricket fi eld,” Lorgat 

said. “While he never regarded himself as such, he was 

a hero to a generation of disenfranchised South Africans.” 

In many ways, D’Oliveira’s role in changing views toward 

apartheid overshadowed — and distracted from — 

his immense talent as a cricketer. 

He scored 2,484 test runs, averaging 40.06, hit fi ve centuries 

and took 47 wickets with his probing away-swingers. 

He also scored more than 19,000 fi rst-class runs and took 

551 wickets in his 16-year career with England and county 

side Worcestershire. 

His statistics were all the more impressive given that 

he probably missed his best cricket years because of the 

discrimination in his home country. He did not make his 

test debut until he was 34. 

advance. 

In them, Emanuel says Obama has made crucial and 

tough decisions based on his principles, and not to lay the 

groundwork for a second term in offi ce. 

“In the next four years, there will be more challenges 

and more crises that will determine the economic vitality of 

the middle class and the economic future of this country,” 

Emanuel says. “Whose character, whose judgment do you 

want in that offi ce?” 

Before winning election as mayor, Emanuel was a top 

aide for Obama and he’s been a vocal advocate for the president. 

Emanuel says he expects voters to focus on the character 

of the candidates during the upcoming campaign. 

The defi cit reduction debate in Washington has centered 

on a fi ght between Obama and Democrats, who argue the 

solution is a combination of spending cuts and tax increases. 

Republicans argue for sole reliance on spending cuts. 

“To create true middle-class security, we can’t just cut our 

way to prosperity,” Emanuel says. “We must out-innovate, 

out-educate and out-build the world.” 

Emanuel was to be the featured speaker at the Jefferson- 

Jackson Day dinner in Des Moines, the largest annual fundraiser 

for the Iowa Democratic Party. His appearance was expected 

to give the party a chance to grab attention from Republican 

presidential candidates making their case to social 

conservatives just across town. 

While polls show next year’s election will likely be competitive, 

there’s a debate about tactics among some Democrats. 

Some argue Obama benefi ts from a long and heated 

Republican primary season in which candidates are burning 

GOP money and attacking each other. Others warn Republicans 

are getting all of the media attention and that Obama 

will be better off when he has a single opponent with whom 

he can draw contrasts. 

In recent weeks, Obama has sharpened his populist message 

as he shifts to election mode. Emanuel is echoing that 

theme as he seeks to rally activist Democrats. 

“President Obama believes in an America where hard 

work pays off, where responsibility is rewarded,” Emanuel 

says. “He believes in an America where we don’t have two 

rule books, one for those at the top and another set for everyone 

else. President Obama believes in the idea that our 

country prospers when we’re all in it together.” 

Obama has a long history in Iowa. His surprising win in 

the state’s precinct caucuses four years ago launched him on 

the road to the White House and he easily carried the state 

in the 2008 general election. Polls have shown the state to be 

competitive in this election cycle. 

The family of Myron L. Scott wish to express sincere 

appreciation to the doctors, staffs of Passavant Hospital 

(Emergency Room, Third Floor South, Intensive Care Unit, 

Transitional Care Unit), Lifestar Ambulance, South 

Jacksonville Police and Rescue, Home Instead, Memorial 

$ 550 

Homes Services, First Christian Church family, Ritual 

Team/Loyal Order of Moose, Members of the Military 

Graveside Rites, and many friends and neighbors for your 

care, visits, calls, cards, memorials, and most importantly 

your prayers in the loss of our husband, father, grandfather 

and great-grandfather. 

Mary Lou Scott, Stephen and Lou Ann Scott, Stephen 

Wesley Scott, Samantha and Jon Reeder & Raegan Michelle 479-0909 

COLWELL, VIRGINIA 

The family will meet 

friends from 1-3 p.m. today 

at Williamson Funeral 

Home in Jacksonville. Diamond 

Grove Cemetery. 

LAW, DEBRA DEE 

Memorial gathering, 

11 a.m.-2 p.m. today at the 

Phoenix Opera House in 

Rushville. Wood Funeral 

Home in Rushville is in 

charge of arrangements. 

GOBEN, AUDREY JEAN 

T O D A Y ’ S 

obituaries 

JAMES EDWARD CORNELL, 87, of Beardstown, 

died Friday, Nov. 18, 2011, at Heritage Manor South in 

Beardstown. Cremation rites have been accorded. Graveside 

services will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday at Beardstown 

City Cemetery. Sager Funeral Home in Beardstown is in 

charge of arrangements. 

DOLORES MARIE BRADNEY FUNK, 83, of Jacksonville, 

and formerly of Manchester, died early Saturday 

morning, Nov. 19, 2011, at Heritage Health-Barton W. 

Stone Home in Jacksonville. Funeral services will be held 

11 a.m. Wednesday at Williamson Funeral Home, with 

burial at Diamond Grove Cemetery. The family will meet 

friends one hour prior to services Wednesday at the funeral 

home. 

GLENN EUGENE GOUDSCHAAL, 77, of rural 

Clayton, died early Saturday morning, Nov. 19, 

2011, at Blessing Hospital in Quincy. Funeral services 

will be held 10 a.m. Tuesday at Hendricker Funeral 

Home in Mount Sterling, with burial at Knight Cemetery 

in Brown County where military rites will be conducted. 

Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Monday at the funeral 

home. Friends may also call from 8 a.m. until time of services 

Tuesday at the funeral home. 

Dolores Funk 

1927 - 2011 

•JACKSONVILLE• 

Dolores Marie Bradney Funk, 83, of Jacksonville, 

and formerly of Manchester, passed away early Saturday 

morning, Nov. 19, 2011, at Heritage 

Health-Barton W. Stone Home in Jacksonville. 

She was born Nov. 25, 1927, in 

Jacksonville, the daughter of Russell 

E. and Hazel Alma Sullivan Bradney. 

She was married to Harry E. Lewis 

for 22 years. She later married Maurice 

Cordell Funk on Dec. 8, 1970, and 

he preceded her in death Nov. 22, 2008. 

She is survived by one brother, Gene 

Bradney of Arizona; two daughters, Gloria 

(husband, Marty) Reiser of Quincy and Linda (husband, 

Hugh) McIntire of Jacksonville; one son, Garry (wife, 

Sandy) Lewis of Waverly; two stepdaughters, Sharon Parsons 

of Jacksonville and Connie (husband, Tim) Baker of 

Mahomet; one stepson, Gary Funk of Franklin; numerous 

grandchildren, step-grandchildren, great-grandchildren 

and nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death 

by one son, Gregory Michael Lewis; and two sisters, Dorothy 

Willner and Joyce Cowgur. 

Mrs. Funk was a 1946 graduate of Jacksonville High 

School, and a long time member of Manchester United 

Methodist Church. She enjoyed many years of farming 

with Maurice, and prior to that had worked at Kirlin’s 

and Capitol Records in Jacksonville. She enjoyed square 

dancing, antiques and collectibles, travel, country music 

events, yard work, shopping and spending time with family 

and friends. 

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday 

at Williamson Funeral Home, with burial at Diamond 

Grove Cemetery. The family will meet friends from 10-11 

a.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials are 

suggested to Heritage Health-Barton W. Stone Home Activity 

Fund. Condolences may be left online at 

www.airsman-hires.com. 

pending 

LARRY CARTER, 74, a resident of Aspen Ridge Care 

Centre in Decatur, and formerly of Jacksonville, died Friday, 

Nov. 18, 2011, at the nursing home. Mr. Carter’s body 

has been donated to science through MedCure. 

MINDA ROATE, 59, of Versailles, died Friday evening, 

Nov. 18, 2011, at Culbertson Memorial Hospital in Rushville. 

Arrangements are pending at Hendricker Funeral 

Home in Mount Sterling. 

U P C O M I N G 

services 

11 a.m. Monday, Airsman-Hires 

Funeral Home 

in White Hall. White Hall 

Cemetery. Visitation, 2- 

5 p.m. today at the funeral 

home. 

TARZWELL, LUCIE 

ELIZABETH ‘BETH’ 

9:30 a.m. Monday, Hansen-Spear 

Funeral Home 

followed by a 10 a.m. Mass 

at Blessed Sacrament 

Church in Quincy. Greenmount 

Cemetery in Quincy. 

Visitation, 3-6 p.m. today 

at the funeral home. 

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The Bluffs High School graduates 

& friends will meet for a dutch 

treat gathering at 10:00 a.m. on 

Monday, November 28, 2011 at 

the Lincoln Garden Restaurant in 

Jacksonville.

Journal-Courier, Jacksonville, Ill., Sunday, November 20, 2011 3 

STATE&REGION 

Man arrested for attempted murder DAILY 

BY JAKE RUSSELL 


A 22-year-old man was arrested 

on a charge accusing him of attempting 

to murder a 33-year-old 

Jacksonville woman. 

Reginald Britton, 22, was arrested 

about 8:30 p.m. in the 1500 block 

of E. Carpenter St. in Springfi eld. 

The woman was found by two 

hunters in a doghouse in rural Edinburg 

about 6:30 a.m. Friday. 

STATE&REGION UPDATE 

Injured, semi-conscious Jacksonville woman found by hunters 

She was semi-conscious, making 

noises that drew the attention 

of the hunters, Christian County 

Sheriff Bruce Kettlekamp said. 

Her injuries were severe, including 

trauma to her head. 

Kettlekamp does not believe any 

objects were used in the beating. 

One hunter called a friend who 

brought a truck, Kettlekamp said. 

They had her sit in the truck to 

warm up until the ambulance ar- 

rived. 

She was taken to an area hospital 

where she remains in stable 

condition, Kettlekamp said. 

It is unclear what provoked the 

incident. 

It is unclear if Britton is from 

Springfi eld or Jacksonville as the 

implication is that he was living 

with the woman and had recently 

moved to Jacksonville, Kettlekamp 

said. 

Scared of Santa 

Bond was set a $1 million, Kettlekamp 

said. 

“I’m just glad that he’s in custody 

and I think the citizens will feel 

at ease,” Kettlekamp said. “This 

shows a great working relationship 

between the state, city and county. 

When that works, together with 

the help of residents, we can apprehend 

suspects a lot easier.” 

jrussell@myjournalcourier.com 

Marlee Barnhill, 2, has reservations about sitting on Santa’s lap Saturday at The Peddler’s Antique & Home Décor Shoppes 

in Jacksonville. Laura Donovan (right) said Marlee and Natalee Barnhill, 3, had been talking about meeting Santa since they 

woke up, but both were a little too nervous after arriving. 

Unemployment insurance deal to save state millions 

BY ANDREW THOMASON 

ILLINOIS STATEHOUSE NEWS 

Lawmakers inked a deal that may 

save Illinois taxpayers $240 million 

and businesses $1.6 billion in federal 

taxes and fi nes over the course of 

the next decade. 

The Legislature has approved allowing 

the Illinois Department of 

Employment Security to sell bonds 

to pay off about $2.4 billion borrowed 

from the Federal Unemployment 

Account to keep unemployed 

Illinoisans’ benefi ts fl owing during 

the Great Recession. 

“It’s probably one of the biggest 

bills that passed (during the fall veto 

session),” said state Rep. Frank 

Mautino, D-Spring Valley, one of the 

lead architects of the deal negotiated 

over the summer and into the 

fall. 

Gov. Pat Quinn signed off on the 

deal Friday. 

Businesses’ usual contributions 

to the unemployment trust fund, administered 

by the Illinois Department 

of Employment Security, will 

pay for the interest on the bonds instead 

of money from the state’s general 

revenue fund. 

Illinois’ unemployment trust fund 

went from black to red starting in 

2009 as more people became unemployed. 

The state took out a $2.8 billion 

interest-free loan from the federal 

government to pay for unemployment 

benefi ts after it exhausted 

its unemployment trust fund. The 

state has paid back $400 million toward 

the debt so far. 

If Illinois doesn’t pay back the remaining 

$2.4 billion by Jan. 1, it faces 

$82 million in interest alone for 

2012. Mautino says it can sell bonds 

with an interest rate of about 1 percent 

as opposed to the 4 percent the 

federal government would charge 

THANKSGIVING SERVICES, DINNERS 

MORGAN COUNTY 

Community Thanksgiving Service, 6 p.m. today at the Community 

Center in Murrayville. 

House of Worship COGIC Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner, 

6 p.m. Tuesday at the church, 424 W. Court St. in Jacksonville. 

Annual Salvation Army Community Thanksgiving Meal, noon 

Wednesday in the basement of Grace United Methodist Church in 

Jacksonville. Delivery available to disabled shut-ins. Call (217) 245- 

7124. 

PIKE COUNTY 

Lighthouse Church Turkey Dinner, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday at 

the church, 205 S. Standford in Griggsville. Carryouts and delivery 

available. Call (217) 577-1101 or (217) 779-8513. 

Thanksgiving Dinner, 5-6:30 p.m. today at Calvary Baptist 

Church in Pittsfi eld. Delivery to homebound people available, call 

(217) 285-4282 or (217) 285-6117. 

on the remaining debt, saving the 

state $240 million. 

He added that the state could sell 

the bonds at such a low interest rate 

since interest rates on many other 

bonds, including U.S. Treasury 

bonds, are at an all-time low. 

Under the state plan, businesses 

will avoid nearly $1.2 billion in federal 

penalties and $400 million in 

increased federal taxes that would 

stem from the state’s delinquency in 

paying back the money to the federal 

government since businesses pay 

into the trust fund. 

“Had we not done this, every 

business that has a door would have 

received a notice from the federal 

government on Jan. 1 that says, ‘Because 

of the state’s inability to balance 

this fund, you will see an increase 

this year,’” Mautino said. 

The deal also rewards the 46 percent 

of businesses in Illinois that 

Feds investigate report 

of water pump failure 

SPRINGFIELD (AP) — Federal 

authorities say they’re investigating 

the report of a water pump 

failure in Illinois’ capital city. 

Department of Homeland Security 

spokesman Peter Boogaard 

wouldn’t comment on media reports 

that the failure was the result 

of hacking. 

But he said in a statement Saturday 

that his agency and the FBI 

are gathering information about 

the failure and there’s no data to 

indicate a public safety threat. 

JOURNAL-COURIER/ROBERT LEISTRA 

have avoided layoffs by lowering 

their unemployment insurance tax 

rate by 16 percent on average. What 

a business pays in unemployment 

insurance tax varies depending on 

the business’ history of layoffs. 

“Businesses need a degree of 

tax certainty to successfully grow 

in this economy. This legislation will 

provide the tax relief to make that 

happen while making the trust fund 

solvent,” said David Vite, president 

of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association, 

which lobbies on behalf of 

retail businesses in the state. 

The measure also avoids cutting 

unemployment benefits to cover 

the interest on the borrowed money 

this year. However, as part of longer-term 

unemployment insurance 

reform, the state will offer benefi ts 

for 25 weeks, not 26, starting Jan. 1 

to save the state an estimated $50 

million annually. 

H O M E L A N D S E C U R I T Y 

Homeland security officials 

have said in the past that they investigate 

every piece of intelligence 

that comes into the agency. 

Don Craven, a trustee for the 

Curran-Gardner Township Public 

Water District outside of Springfield, 

Ill., says the water pump 

burned out earlier this month. 

He says the water district has 

multiple pumps and there was 

never a break in service to its 

2,200 rural customers. 

SUNDAY 

u FESTIVAL OF TREES, 

12-2 p.m. at Jacksonville 

Masonic Temple, 345 W. 

College Ave. Sponsor: 

Woodhaven Volunteer 

Hospice and Special Support 

Services. 

u SARA’S STUDIO 

OF DANCE COMPANY 

SHOW, 2 p.m. at Jacksonville 

High School, 1211 N. 

Diamond St. In the auditorium. 

u “THE TOYSHOP,” 2 

p.m. at Jacksonville Theatre 

Guild offi ce, 210 W. 

College Ave. Adults, $13; 

children 12 and under, $8. 

245-1402. 

u DANCE TO BIG BAND 

AND GOLDEN OLDIES, 

2:30 p.m. at Moose Lodge, 

901 W. Superior Ave. $10 

per person. Music by Judy 

Kaye and Friends. 

u “CONSUMING KIDS,” 

4 p.m. at Congregational 

United Church of Christ, 

520 W. College Ave. Free. 

Documentary on the commercialization 

of childhood. 

u BINGO, 4:45 p.m. at 

Jacksonville American Legion, 

903 W. Superior Ave. 

u FRANKLIN: CHILI DIN- 

NER & QUARTER AUC- 

TION, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at 

Franklin High School, 110 

State St. Free-will donations. 

The Franklin Community 

Celebration Committee 

is sponsoring a 

chili dinner from 11 a.m.-1 

p.m. (freewill donations). 

Hot dogs, chili, nachos 

and desserts. There will 

be 18+ vendors. Quarter 

auction begins at 1. 

u MURRAYVILLE: COM- 

MUNITY THANKSGIVING 

SERVICE, 6 p.m. at Community 

Center, 503 Main 

St. 

u PITTSFIELD: THANKS- 

GIVING DINNER, 5-6:30 

p.m. at Calvary Baptist 

Church, 180 S. Franklin 

St. Free. Delivery to 

homebound persons available. 

285-4282, 285-6117. 

u WINCHESTER: WIN- 

CHESTER HIGH SCHOOL 

FINE ARTS FUNDRAIS- 

ER, 2 p.m. at Winchester 

High School, 200 W. 

Cross St. Adults, $5; students 

under 10, $3. 742- 

3151. 

STATE LOTTERY 

Pick Three-Midday 

0-6-8 

Pick Three-Evening 

6-5-4 

Pick Four-Midday 

0-3-0-4 

Pick Four-Evening 

4-3-9-4 

Little Lotto 

19-20-26-35-39 

Estimated Little Lotto 

Jackpot 

$100,000 

Lotto 

2-4-14-16-33-42 

Estimated Lotto 

Jackpot 

$8,250,000 

Powerball 

9-16-17-28-30 [11] 

Estimated Powerball 

Jackpot 

$60,000,000 

Estimated Mega 

Millions Jackpot 

$47,000,000


MONDAY 

• Bagged leaves pickup, 8 a.m. in Jacksonville. 

Paper or plastic bags. Be curbside by 8 

a.m. 479-4653. 

• Leaf vac running on ditch streets, 

8 a.m. at Jacksonville. Continuing through Dec. 

2. 473-4653. 

• WHITE HALL: Central Illinois Community 

Blood Center blood drive, 3-7 

p.m. at Seton Hall, 125 S. Main St. 241-7541. 

• WINCHESTER: Ham and bean dinner, 

4:30-7 p.m. at Winchester American Legion 

442, 24 S. Hill St. $5. 

• New Directions thank you feast, 

5:30-7:30 p.m. at Grace United Methodist Church, 

400 W. Morgan St. Reservations required. 473- 

0434. 

• BEARDSTOWN: Raffl e (bingo), 6:15 

p.m. at Elks Club, 205 E. Second St. 

• Yoga class, 7 p.m. at Passavant meeting 

room 3, 1600 W. Walnut St. Free. 

TUESDAY 

• SOUTH JACKSONVILLE: Bagged 

leaves pickup, 8 a.m. at South Jacksonville, 

South Jacksonville. Plastic bags preferred. Tuesdays 

in November. 

• Creative Toddler, 10:15 a.m. at Jacksonville 

Public Library, 201 W. College Ave. 243-5435. 

• Fused glass and photography exhibit, 

4-6 p.m. at David Strawn Art Gallery, 331 

W. College Ave. Artists: Carol Giffi n and Elliot Rudmann. 

Gallery talk, 6:30 p.m. Exhibit continues 

Tuesdays-Sundays through Nov. 27. 

• Thanksgiving dinner, 6 p.m. at House of 

Worship Church of God in Christ, 424 W. Court St. 

• Elementary band and orchestra 

holiday concert, 6:15 p.m. at Jacksonville 

High School, 1211 N. Diamond St. Fifth grade, 6:15 

Upcoming government and school board 

meetings in the area. 

p.m.; sixth grade, 7:15 p.m. 

• Bingo, 6:30 p.m. at Moose Lodge, 901 W. 

Superior Ave. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Use west 

parking lot; enter through west door. Open to the 

public. 

• MEREDOSIA: Bingo, 6:45 p.m. at Meredosia 

American Legion Hall, 856 Main St. 

WEDNESDAY 

• Storytime, 9:15 a.m. and 4 p.m. at Jacksonville 

Public Library, 201 W. College Ave. Topic: 

Thanksgiving. 243-5435. 

• Thanksgiving meal, 12 p.m. at Grace 

United Methodist Church, 400 W. Morgan St. 

Free. Seating begins at 11:30 a.m. Sponsor: The 

Salvation Army. 

• Salvation Army Food Pantry 

weekly commodity distribution, 1:15- 

3:15 p.m. at Salvation Army, 331 W. Douglas Ave. 

Proof of residency required. 245-7124. 

• Spirit of Faith soup kitchen open, 

4:30-5:30 p.m. at Spirit of Faith Soup Kitchen, N. 

Main St. 

• Reservation deadline for the Gov. 

Duncan Association Christmas Gala, 

5 p.m. at Hamilton’s 110 NE, 110 N. East St. $30 

per person. Gala to be held at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 29. 

GOVERNMENT CALENDAR 

Morgan County 

• Triopia School District will hold 

its regular board meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday. 

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. 

Wheelchair-accessible. 

Sunday 

n CLOSED 12 & 12 DISCUSSION, 8 p.m. 

at Club Hows. “12&12 Group.” 

n BEARDSTOWN: CLOSED DISCUS- 

SION, 10:30 a.m. at Merritt Hall, 1301 Monroe 

St. 

n SPRINGFIELD: ALCOHOLICS ANONY- 

MOUS FOR WOMEN, 10 a.m. at Discovery 

Club, 313 W. Cook St. Open to all women 

who want to be alcohol-free and drug-free. 

n WHITE HALL: CLOSED DISCUSSION, 

7 p.m. at First Christian Church, Main Street 

and Bridgeport. 

Monday 

n CLOSED DISCUSSION, noon at Club 

Hows. 

n CLOSED DISCUSSION, 8 p.m. at First 

Baptist Church. “Bowen Group.” 

n CLOSED DISCUSSION, 8 p.m. at Club 

Hows. 

n BEARDSTOWN: CLOSED DISCUS- 

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

St. 

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS 

ILLINOIS 245-8212 

N.E. Corner Plaza • Jacksonville 

Nov. 18 – Nov. 22 

* Happy Feet 2 3D rated PG 

Friday 6:50 Only 

Saturday & Sunday 2:10, 6:50 

Monday - Tuesday 6:50 Only 

* Happy Feet 2 rated PG 

Friday 4:40, 9:00 

Saturday 12:00, 4:40, 9:00 

Sunday 12:00, 4:40 

Monday & Tuesday 4:40 Only 

* Jack and Jill rated PG 

Friday 4:50, 7:20, 9:20 

Saturday 12:30, 2:40, 4:50, 7:20, 9:20 

Sunday 12:30, 2:40, 4:50, 7:20 

Monday & Tuesday 4:50 & 7:20 

J. Edgar rated R 

Friday 6:00, 9:00 

Saturday 12:00, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00 

Sunday 12:00, 3:00, 6:00 

Monday & Tuesday 4:30 & 7:15 

Dolphin Tale rated PG 

Balcony Seating Only 

Friday 6:50 Only 

Saturday & Sunday 12:20, 2:40, 6:50 


Paranormal Activity 3 rated R 


Friday & Saturday 5:00, 9:10 

Sunday 5:00 Only 


Wednesday, Nov. 23 


Wednesday 6:50 Only 


Wednesday 4:40, 9:00 

Muppets rated PG 

Wednesday 4:30, 6:40, 8:50 



Wednesday 6:00, 9:00 



Wednesday 4:50, 7:20, 9:20 

Thursday, Nov. 24 


Thursday 2:10, 6:50 


Thursday 4:40, 9:00 

Muppets rated PG 

Thursday 2:20, 4:30, 6:40, 8:50 



Thursday 3;00, 6:00, 9:00 



Thursday 2:40, 4:50, 7:20, 9:20 

*Pass List Restricted 

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Saturday and 7 a.m. on Sundays 

and holidays. Motor route delivery 

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needed, call the Journal-Courier 

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from 7 a.m.-11 a.m. on Sunday. 

For questions about advertising 

rates, call the Advertising 

Department from 7:30 a.m.-5:30 

p.m. Monday through Friday. 

Stadium Cinema 

South Main • 245-1850 

www.rmccinemas.com 

Shows Fri., Nov. 16 thru Tues., Nov. 22, 2011 

Immortals - 2D (R) 

Fri.: 5:15 

Sat.: 10:00 a.m., 12:55, 3:05, 5:15 

Sun.: 12:55, 3:05, 5:15 

Mon. & Tues.: 5:15 

Puss In Boots - 2D (PG) 

Fri.: 5:00 

Sat.: 10:00 a.m., 1:00, 3:00, 5:00 

Sun.: 1:00, 3:00, 5:00 

Mon. & Tues.: 5:00 

Immortals - 3D (R) $2.00 surcharge 

Fri. & Sat.: 7:25, 9:35 

Sun.: 7:25 

Mon. & Tues.: 7:25 

Puss In Boots - 3D (PG) $2.00 surcharge 

Fri. & Sat.: 7:00, 9:00 

Sun.:7:00 

Mon. & Tues.: 7:00 

Tower Heist (PG-13) 

Fri.: 5:15, 7:20, 9:25 

Sat.: 10:00 a.m., 1:05, 3:10, 5:15, 

7:20, 9:25 

Sun.: 1:05, 3:10, 5:15, 7:20 

Mon. & Tues.: 5:15, 7:20 

Twilight: Breaking Dawn (PG-13) 

Fri.: 12:05 a.m., 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 

7:00, 7:45, 9:00, 9:45, 10:15 

Sat.: 10:30 a.m., 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 

4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 7:45, 9:00, 

9:45, 10:15 

Sun.: 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 

6:00, 7:00, 7:45 

Mon. & Tues.: 4:15, 5:00, 6:00, 

7:00, 7:45 

THE WEEK AHEAD 

COMMUNITY CALENDAR 

All meetings are nonsmoking and open to anyone. 

Monday 

n NEW HOPE GROUP, “NEVER ALONE! 

NEVER AGAIN!” 7 p.m. at 510 W. Vandalia 

Road. Open discussion. 652-4988. 

Cass County 

• Virginia School District will hold 

a fi nance committee meeting at 9 a.m. Monday. 

• Virginia School District will hold 

its regular board meeting at 7 p.m. Monday. 

OTHER MEETINGS 

Sunday 

n ARENZVILLE: EXPLORER’S BIBLE 

STUDY, 6:30 p.m. at St. Peter’s Lutheran 

Church. 997-5920. 

Monday 

n ADDICTS VICTORIOUS, 7-8 p.m. at Faith 

Tabernacle, 571 Sandusky. Use side entrance 

to church hall. 

n “ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS” BEREAVE- 

MENT SUPPORT GROUP, 6-7:30 p.m. in 

Passavant’s meeting room 1. For transportation: 

245-0838. For information: 245-9541, ext. 

3296. 

n ALZHEIMER’S SUPPORT GROUP, 7 p.m. 

in Passavant’s classroom A. 

n WEIGHT WATCHERS, 6 p.m. at Fitness 

World Health Club, 1521 W. Walnut. Weigh-in 

30 minutes before meeting. (800) 651-6000. 

n FRANKLIN: FRANKLIN AMERICAN LE- 

GION AND AUXILIARY, 7 p.m. 

n NEW BERLIN: WEIGHT WATCHERS, 5:30 

p.m. at Village Hall, 301 Illinois St. Weigh-in 

30 minutes before meeting. (800) 651-6000. 

n PITTSFIELD: ADDICTS VICTORIOUS, 7-8 

p.m. in the basement of Subway in Pittsfield. 

1-800-323-1388. 

n RUSHVILLE: EXPLORER’S BIBLE 

STUDY, 7 p.m. at Presbyterian Church, 301 

W. Washington. 997-5920. 

Meal and musical entertainment. 245-5390. 

• Orientation for HMR program of 

weight management, 5:45 p.m. at Passavant 

classroom A, 1600 W. Walnut St. Free orientation. 

Preregistration required. Gives basic information 

and explains the different levels of this diet 

program sponsored by Passavant Area Hospital. 

479-5836. 

• Bingo, 6:30 p.m. at Jacksonville American 

Legion, 903 W. Superior Ave. 

• Ecumenical Thanksgiving Eve service, 

7 p.m. at Congregational United Church 

of Christ, 520 W. College Ave. Speaker: William 

Cross. Sponsor: Jacksonville Area Conference of 

Churches. Collection for the Grandparents Support 

Group and the Crisis Center Foundation. 

• Stan, Jeff and Lynn, 8 p.m.-12 a.m. at 

Bahan’s Tavern, 214 N. East St. 

• Captain Geech and the Shrimp 

Shack Shooters, 9 p.m. at The Pulse Nightclub, 

1699 W. Morton Ave. 

THURSDAY 

• ARENZVILLE: Turkey Trot 5K run/ 

walk, 8 a.m. at Residence, 106 E. Frederick. 

Participants to being canned items or cash donation 

for local food bank. 

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• GRIGGSVILLE: Thanksgiving Day 

dinner, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Lighthouse Church, 

205 S. Stanford St. Free. Also limited carryouts 

and delivery. 577-1101, 779-8513. 

• Spirit of Faith soup kitchen open, 

4:30-5 p.m. at Spirit of Faith Soup Kitchen, N. 

Main St. 

• Bingo, 6:45 p.m. at AMVETS, 210 E. Court 

St. 

FRIDAY 

• MEREDOSIA: Christmas show, 12- 

5 p.m. at Blacksmith Shop, Ill. 104. 584-1219, 

245-8643. 

• Toys For Lil’ Troopers, 2-5 p.m. at 

West Morgan Depot, 213 W. Morgan St. The Depot 

along with the recruiting offi ces in Morgan 

County will be conducting a toys donation drive. 

Donations will be accepted in the form of an unwrapped 

toy. (217) 245-1401. 

• Santa arrives, 6 p.m. at Jacksonville 

square, Downtown. Sponsor: Heart of Jacksonville 

and WJIL/WJVO. 

• DJ and karaoke, 8 p.m. at E.T.’s Zodiac & 

Co., 1857 S. Main St. 

• The Posse, 8 p.m.-1 a.m. at Paradiso, 39 

S. Central Park Plaza. Springfi eld band becoming 

popular in the area that play anything from ‘80s 

classics to new top 40 hits. 

SATURDAY 

• Free brown bag lunch, 12-12:30 p.m. 

at Market Square, 214 S. Main St. For volunteers or 

donations, (217) 408-0009. 


5 p.m. at Blacksmith Shop, Ill. 104. 584-1219, 245- 

8643. 

• Free brown bag lunch, 12:30-1 p.m. 

at Congregational United Church of Christ, 520 W. 

My husband and I were 

convinced early on in this relationship 

that this monster was 

determined to have us support 

him fi nancially, because 

he would leave us long, threatening 

messages demanding 

money, or else our daughter 

would be “homeless.” 

Amy moved back in with 

him, and I heard from her sister 

that the creep was bringing 

other women home for sex. It 

raised my hopes that Amy would give up 

on him. Instead, she became pregnant. 

Now Amy is hurt that I don’t call her 

and share in this exciting event. When 

I try to explain how I feel, she tells me, 

“It’s not about you, Mom.” She’s right. It’s 

about the baby. I am ashamed to not be 

able to change this baby’s future. What 

can I do? — PARALYZED WITH FEAR 

OUT WEST 

DEAR PARALYZED: Make every effort 

to prevent your daughter and grandchild 

from becoming isolated from your 

family. Some abusers deliberately impregnate 

their victims in order to keep them 

dependent. Keep the contact and the conversation 

going, so that when Amy fi nally 

realizes that her boyfriend is a danger not 

only to her but also to her baby, she can 

come to you for help. 

DEAR ABBY: We have two children, 

ages 9 and 6, and live in Northern California. 

We’ll be traveling to Southern California 

soon to attend my cousin’s wedding. 

We’ll be staying with my parents. 

My three unmarried adult siblings will 

be coming from out-of-state to attend the 

wedding. My brother “Ray” is a clear favorite 

with my kids. He visits often and 

showers them with attention, gifts and 

outings. He loves them dearly, but when 

he’s around he consumes all of their at- 

College Ave. To volunteer, call 408-0009. 

• Santa’s hours, 2-4 p.m. at Jacksonville 

square, Downtown. Sponsor: Heart of Jacksonville. 

• MURRAYVILLE: Saturday Night 

Gospel Sing, 6:30 p.m. at Youngblood Baptist 

Church, Nortonville Road. Featuring Chosen Ones. 

• MURRAYVILLE: Holiday concert, 

6:30 p.m. at Murrayville United Methodist Church, 

504 Main St. Featuring Shouts of Grace, The Sonshine 

Junior Choir, Inspirations and others. 

• County Line Dance, 7-10 p.m. at Illinois 

College Memorial Gymnasium, Lincoln Ave 

and Mound Rd. 

• DJ and karaoke, 8 p.m. at E.T.’s Zodiac & 

Co., 1857 S. Main St. 

SUNDAY, NOV. 27 


5 p.m. at Blacksmith Shop, Ill. 104. 584-1219, 245- 

8643. 

• MURRAYVILLE: Santa arrives, 4 p.m. 

at City of Murrayville, Cunningham St. 

• Music Under the Dome, 4 p.m. at Jacksonville 

Public Library, 201 W. College Ave. Performer: 

Michel Morse, classical guitar. 243-5435. 

• Bingo, 4:45 p.m. at Jacksonville American 

Legion, 903 W. Superior Ave. 

• Open mic with Stan, 9 p.m.-12 a.m. at 

Kuhl Tyme Korner, 901 W. Morton Ave. 

MONDAY, NOV. 28 

• Leaf vac running on ditch 

streets, 8 a.m. in Jacksonville. Continuing 

through Dec. 2. 473-4653. 

• • • 

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A D V I C E 

Parents must maintain contact 

with daughter needing support 

DEAR ABBY: 

Late last winter, a sheriff called to tell me that my daughter “Amy” had 

been found standing, bruised and battered, on a street corner in upstate 

New York. Her arm had been broken. He was convinced that the man she 

was living with had beaten her and kicked her outside to freeze. Her sister (my 

other daughter) paid to put her up in a hotel for the night. 

DEAR ABBY 

tention. 

I feel bad for my parents 

and other siblings — especially 

my sister, who doesn’t get to 

see them often and feels she 

can’t compete with the gifts 

and rough-house game-playing. 

Do you have any suggestions 

for how I might temper 

the kids’ enthusiasm for Uncle 

Ray on this trip, so others get 

to have meaningful bonding 

time with their nephew and 

niece, whom they rarely see? — MARI- 

LYN IN SAN FRANCISCO 

DEAR MARILYN: Enlist Ray’s help 

with this and start talking with your children 

now about the special relationships 

you had with your parents and your siblings 

while growing up. Share funny stories, 

which will make them more “real” 

to the kids. Talk about the qualities that 

make each of your family members special, 

and be sure to mention how much 

your parents and all your siblings care 

about them. Then arrange in advance one 

or more activities they can enjoy together 

that do not include Ray. That would be 

some steps in the right direction. 

DEAR ABBY: What would you say is 

the difference between a friendship and 

an emotional affair? — UNHAPPY WIFE 

IN PENNSYLVANIA 

DEAR UNHAPPY WIFE: A friendship 

is a relationship in which the spouse feels 

included. An emotional affair is one during 

which the spouse writes to Dear Abby 

and signs her question “Unhappy.” 

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, 

also known as Jeanne Phillips, and 

was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. 

Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby. 

com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 

90069. 

Netfl ix is reviving axed ‘Arrested Development’ 

NEW YORK (AP) — “Arrested Development” 

is coming back to life on the Netflix 

video streaming service. 

The quirky TV comedy series is resuming 

production and will be available 

for instant viewing by Netflix subscribers 

in 2013, the company announced late 

Friday. “Arrested Development” aired on 

Fox for three seasons from 2003 to 2006. 

The Emmy-winning show focused on 

the formerly wealthy Bluth family and featured 

JASON BATEMAN, WILL ARNETT, 

PORTIA DE ROSSI, MICHAEL CERA 

and JEFFREY TAMBOR in its cast. Netflix 

didn’t specify which original cast members 

might be returning or say how many 

new episodes were planned. 

Twentieth Century Fox Television and 

N A M E D R O P P I N G 

Imagine Television will produce these 

new episodes for the online subscription 

service, reviving the series five years after 

the Fox broadcast network pulled the 

plug. 

Imagine Entertainment co-founders 

RON HOWARD and BRIAN GRAZER 

noted that bringing a series back from 

cancellation almost never happens. 

“But then, ‘Arrested’ always was about 

as unconventional as they get, so it seems 

totally appropriate that this show that 

broke the mold is smashing it to pieces 

once again,” they said. 

Earlier this year, Netflix announced 

that “House of Cards,” a new political drama 

starring KEVIN SPACEY, will be produced 

for viewing on the service in 2012.

Seif al-Islam Gadhafi faces 

international charges after 

capture in southern Libya 

ZINTAN, Libya (AP) — Moammar Gadhafi’s 

former heir apparent Seif al-Islam was 

captured by revolutionary fighters in the 

southern desert Saturday just over a month 

after his father was killed, setting off joyous 

celebrations across Libya and closing the 

door on the possibility that the fugitive son 

could stoke further insurrection. 

Seif al-Islam — who has undergone a 

transformation from a voice of reform in an 

eccentric and reviled regime to one of Interpol’s 

most-wanted — now faces the prospect 

of trial before an international or Libyan 

court to answer for the alleged crimes of his 

late father’s four-decade rule over the oilrich 

North African nation. 

Thunderous celebratory gunfire shook 

the Libyan capital of Tripoli and other cities 

after Libyan officials said Seif al-Islam, 

who has been charged by the International 

Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, 

had been detained wearing traditional 

Tuareg clothing about 30 miles west of the 

town of Obari in an area that borders Niger, 

Mali and Algeria. 

A photograph was widely circulated 

showing the 39-year-old son, who had been 

the last wanted Gadhafi family member to 

remain at large, in custody, sitting by a bed 

and holding up three bandaged fingers as 

a guard looks on. Osama Juwaid, a spokesman 

for the fighters from Zintan who made 

the arrest, said it was an old injury caused 

by a NATO airstrike and the detainee was 

otherwise in good health. 

“I am hopeful that the capture of Gadhafi’s 

son is the beginning of a chapter of 

transparency and democracy and freedom,” 

Libya’s interim Prime Minister Abdurrahim 

el-Keib at a news conference in the western 

mountain town of Zintan, where Seif al-Islam 

was taken after his capture. 

Moammar Gadhafi ’s 

captured son Seif al-Islam 

was Libyan leader’s 

former heir apparent 

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Seif al-Islam 

Gadhafi, considered Moammar Gadhafi’s 

heir apparent, long drew Western favor by 

touting himself as a liberalizing reformer 

but then staunchly backed his father in his 

brutal crackdown on rebels in the regime’s 

final days. 

Moammar Gadhafi’s second son, 39, 

went underground as Tripoli fell to revolutionary 

forces in late August and his 

whereabouts remained unknown even after 

Gadhafi was captured and killed by revolutionary 

forces on Oct. 20. 

But on Saturday, the National Transitional 

Council’s justice minister, Mohammed 

al-Alagi, told The Associated Press that Seif 

al-Islam had been captured deep in Libya’s 

desert Friday night by revolutionary forces 

from the western mountain town of Zintan 

who had been tracking him for days. 

The International Criminal Court has 

charged Seif al-Islam and former intelligence 

chief Abdullah al-Senoussi with 

crimes against humanity for the brutal 

crackdown on dissent as the uprising 

against the regime began in mid-February 

and escalated into a civil war. Gadhafi also 

had been charged. 

Seif al-Islam always stood apart from his 

siblings, who were better known for their 

antics and eccentricities than their achievements. 

Egyptian riot police clash 

with protesters returning 

in the thousands to 

Cairo’s Tahrir Square 

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian riot police firing 

tear gas and rubber bullets stormed into 

Cairo’s Tahrir Square Saturday to dismantle 

a protest tent camp, setting off clashes that 

killed one protester, injured hundreds and 

raised tensions days before the first elections 

since Hosni Mubarak’s ouster. 

The scenes of protesters fighting with 

black-clad police forces were reminiscent 

of the 18-day uprising that forced an end to 

Mubarak’s rule in February. Hundreds of 

protesters fought back, hurling stones and 

setting an armored police vehicle ablaze. 

The violence raised fears of new unrest 

surrounding the parliamentary 

elections that are 

due to begin on Nov. 28. 

Public anger has risen over 

the slow pace of reforms 

and apparent attempts by 

Egypt’s ruling generals to 

retain power over a future 

civilian government. 

Witnesses said the 

clashes began when riot 

police dismantled a small 

tent camp set up to commemorate 

the hundreds of 

protesters killed in the uprising 

and attacked around 

200 peaceful demonstrators 

who had camped in the 

square overnight in an attempt 

to restart a long-term 

sit-in there. 

“Violence breeds vio- 

lence,” said Sahar Abdel- 

Mohsen, an engineer who 

joined in the protest after 


WORLD&NATION 

AP/JEFF MOREHEAD 

Ric Edwards, director of Indiana Department of Natural Resources Safety 

and ADA Compliance (right), maneuvers his way out of a deer blind as 

guide Steve Nevius helps Edwards pack up after taking part in a deer hunt 

for disabled veterans Saturday in the Kil-So-Quah State Recreational Area 

on Roush Lake near Huntington, Ind. 

a call went out on Twitter urging people to 

come to Tahrir to defend against the police 

attacks. “We are tired of this and we are not 

leaving the square.” 

Defi cit deal failure would 

pose crummy choice on 

lawmakers: Play Scrooge 

or swell debt more 

WASHINGTON (AP) — If the deficitcutting 

supercommittee fails, Congress will 

face a crummy choice. Lawmakers can allow 

payroll tax cuts and jobless aid for millions 

to expire or they extend them and increase 

the nation’s $15 trillion debt by at least $160 

billion. 

President Barack Obama and Democrats 

on the deficit panel want to use the committee’s 

product to carry their jobs agenda. 

That includes cutting in half the 6.2 percent 

Social Security payroll tax and extending 

jobless benefits for people who have been 

unemployed for more than six months. 

Also caught up in what promises to be 

a chaotic legislative dash for the exits next 

month is the need to pass legislation to prevent 

an almost 30 percent cut in Medicare 

payments to doctors. Several popular business 

tax breaks and relief from the alternative 

minimum tax also expire at year’s end. 

A debt plan from the supercommittee, it 

was hoped, would have served as a sturdy, 

filibuster-proof vehicle to tow all of these expiring 

provisions into law. But after months 

of negotiations, Republicans and Democrats 

were far apart on any possible compromise, 

and there was no indication of progress Saturday. 

Failure by the committee would leave 

lawmakers little time to pick up the pieces. 

And there’s no guarantee it all can get done, 

especially given the impact of those measures 

on the spiraling debt. 

Post 9/11, some say 

security-civil liberties 

balance is skewed; 

Muslims feel targeted 

NEW YORK (AP) — In the early months 

after the 9/11 terror attacks, America’s visceral 

reaction was to gird for a relentless, 

whatever-it-takes quest to punish those responsible 

and prevent any recurrences. 

To a striking extent, those goals have 

been achieved. Yet over the years, Americans 

have also learned about trade-offs, 

about decisions and practices that placed 

national security on a higher plane than civil 

liberties and, in the view of some, above the 

rule of law. 

It’s by no means the first time in U.S. history 

that security concerns spawned tactics 

that, when brought to light, troubled Americans. 

But the past decade has been notable, 

even in historical context, for the scope and 

durability of boundary-pushing practices. 

Abroad, there were secret prisons and 

renditions of terror suspects, the use of 

waterboarding and other interrogation techniques 

that critics denounced as torture, 

and the egregious abuse of detainees by 

U.S. military personnel at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib 

prison and elsewhere. 

At home, there has been widespread 

warrantless wiretapping authorized by the 

National Security Agency and the issuance 

of more than 200,000 national security letters 

ordering an array of Americans — including 

business owners and librarians — to 

turn over confidential records. 

Analysis: Obama’s 

Asia-Pacifi c trip was 

largely on his terms, but 

short on big diplomacy 

BALI, Indonesia (AP) — An assertive 

President Barack Obama got much of what 

he wanted during his Asia-Pacific trip because 

the results didn’t depend on negotiating 

with the world. 

He mostly just announced them. 

Obama expanded the U.S. military presence 

in southeast Asia, sent tough signals to 

China in its backyard, ordered his top diplomat 

on a breakthrough mission to Myanmar 

and presided over the jobs-creating sale of 

Boeing planes to an Indonesian airline company. 

It was a trip on his terms, unlike the dynamic 

he has with the U.S. Congress. 

Obama might as well have borrowed his 

mantra of “We Can’t Wait” — a slogan from 

his re-election campaign — and applied it to 

his foreign agenda. 

USDA upgrades tech 

to crack down on food 

stamp traffi cking 

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A criminal 

swindle of the nation’s $64.7 billion food 

stamp program is playing out at small neighborhood 

stores around the country, where 

thousands of retailers are suspected of trading 

deals with customers, exchanging lesser 

amounts of cash for their stamps. 

Authorities say the stamps are then redeemed 

as usual by the unscrupulous merchants 

at face value, netting them huge profits 

and diverting as much as $330 million 

in taxpayer funds annually a year. But the 

transactions are electronically recorded and 

federal investigators, wise to the practice, 

are closely monitoring thousands of convenience 

stories and mom-and-pop groceries 

in a push to halt the fraud. 

Known as food stamp trafficking, the 

illegal buying or selling of food stamps is 

a federal offense that has resulted in 597 

convictions nationwide and $197.4 million in 

fines, restitution and forfeiture orders, over 

the past three years, according to the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture’s Office of the 

Inspector General. The USDA last month 

awarded a 10-year contract worth up to $25 

million to Fairfax, Va.-based SRA International, 

Inc., to step up the technology used 

to combat fraud. 

“It’s misuse of the program. It’s a misuse 

of taxpayer dollars at a tough time. Not only 

the people who need the program are having 

a tough time, but the people who are 

paying for the program are having a tough 

time, too,” said Kevin Concannon, USDA 

Undersecretary for Food, Nutrition and 

Consumer Services. 

The fraud is almost always found among 

the 199,000 smaller stores that process 

15 percent of the nation’s total food stamp 

transactions, Concannon said. 

UC Davis launches 

investigation after 

pepper spray video 

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The chancellor 

of the University of California, Davis said 

Saturday that the school was launching an 

investigation after “chilling” video images 

surfaced online showing an officer using 

pepper spray on several protesters as they 

sit passively with their arms interlocked. 

“The use of the pepper spray as shown 

on the video is chilling to us all and raises 

many questions about how best to handle 

situations like this,” Chancellor Linda Katehi 

said in a message posted on the school’s 

web site. 

Katehi said she is forming a task force 

comprised of faculty, students and staff to 

review the events surrounding the Friday 

protest and the police response. 

“While the university is trying to ensure 

the safety and health of all members of our 

community, we must ensure our strategies 

to gain compliance are fair and reasonable 

and do not lead to mistreatment,” her message 

went on to say. 

In the video, posted on YouTube and 

widely circulated online, the officer displays 

a bottle before spraying its contents on the 

seated protesters in a sweeping motion 

while walking back and forth. Most of the 

protesters have their heads down, but at 

least one is hit in the face. 

Attorney says evangelist 

Tony Alamo, convicted on 

child sex charges in 

Arkansas, hospitalized 

TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) — The attorney 

for Tony Alamo says the convicted evangelist 

has had a heart attack and been hospitalized. 

The Texarkana Gazette reports that John 

Wesley Hall said during a court hearing in 

Arkansas that Alamo also has double pneumonia 

and a liver ailment. 

The 77-year-old Alamo is serving a 175year-prison 

sentence in Indiana after being 

convicted of taking young girls across state 

lines for sex. 

Hall did not immediately return a message 

left Saturday by The Associated Press, 

and a phone call to the prison rang unanswered. 

The hearing was related to a civil lawsuit 

by six women who say Alamo took them as 

child “brides” and a seventh woman who 

says she was being groomed as his bride before 

she escaped his ministry in Fouke. 

Offi cials say 32 homes 

destroyed in Reno fi re 

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Austin and Sarah 

Hardage were getting their first look at the 

charred rubble that used to be their home 

Saturday afternoon when a U.S. Postal Service 

truck pulled up. 

“At least we still have a mailbox,” Austin 

Hardage, 23, joked as he ran down the driveway 

to grab the mail. 

He then explained how they awoke to a 

smoky, orange glow through the windows 

about 2 a.m. Friday before joining nearly 

10,000 other southwest Reno residents in an 

evacuation. 

Their home is among the 32 that were 

destroyed by the unusual, out-of-season 

blaze that spread by gale force winds and 

ripped through the Sierra foothills. 

Gov. Brian Sandoval was among a number 

of leaders who opined on Saturday that 

it was a miracle that scores more homes 

weren’t lost. 

“This was not only a wild land, urbaninterface 

type fire, it was also a metro fire 

where we had homes that were actively 

burning in densely populated areas,” Reno 

Fire Chief Mike Hernandez said. 

Many families “had to leave in the middle 

of the night with very, very limited possessions 

and they are coming back to devastation, 

to nothing,” he said. “So our hearts and 

prayers go out to those families.” 

With flames speeding down the hillside 

behind the Hardages’ house, they decided 

to grab some clothes and the pets and flee at 

about 2 a.m. 

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The new policy treats Internet service 

providers, such as Comcast, 

AT&T, Verizon and Time Warner Cable, 

more favorably than in previous 

proposed regulation. They now may 

pass their broadband costs on to their 

customers. 

By being permitted to “manage 

their networks,” they also may charge 

companies to deliver their content faster. 

In 2005, the FCC had established 

four principles for the operation of the 

Internet: It encourages broadband deployment 

and promotes the open and 

interconnected structure of the Internet; 

it entitles consumers to use the 

services of their choice, subject to the 

needs of law enforcement; it entitles 

consumers to connect their choice of 

legal devices, as long as they did not do 

harm to the network; it enables competition 

among the providers of network 

service and content. 

Last April, however, the U.S. Court 

of Appeals ruled that the FCC does not 

have the authority to require Comcast, 

a major Internet provider, to treat all Internet 

traffi c and access the same on 

its network. The decision was to allow 

Internet service companies to block 

or slow specifi c sites and charge video 

sites for the delivery of their content. 

The opponents of the FCC’s promotion 

of Internet neutrality and openness 

believe that it curtails markets. While 

the FCC considers net neutrality a 

Double standard seen 

in Cain’s treatment 

To the editor: 

This is an open letter to Herman 

Cain. 

To stop the constant harassment by 

reporters, etc., you need to have two 

things, a well-known last name and an 

endless supply of money. To see how 

true this is, you would also benefi t 

from reading the book, “A Question 

of Character,” by Thomas C. Reeves, 

published by The Free Press, 1991. 

There are several powerful and 

wealthy political families in the United 

States, as almost everyone knows; 

and your verbal indiscretions are as 

destructive as uttering crude profani- 

In Washington, it’s being 

called the “secret farm 

bill,” but to lobbyists, 

agribiz, nutrition advocates 

and the many critics who think 

the farm bill is a giant waste of 

money, it’s as secret as a brass 

band marching down Main 

Street during the annual sugar-beet 

festival. 

The farm bill comes up for renewal 

every fi ve years, and each 

time it’s a noisy, acrimonious pro- 

COMMENTARY 

Last December, the Federal Communications Commission voted to approve the 

fi rst broad regulation of the Internet “to achieve more transparency, more 

disclosure, and less discrimination against legal Internet traffi c.” 

right, its critics portray it as “a government 

takeover of the Internet.” They 

argue that private service providers 

charging for the amount of data consumed 

is a fair way to distribute Internet 

access and usage. 

Leading the Congressional opposition 

to the FCC’s Internet regulation, 

Sen. Kay Hutchison, R-Texas, pushed 

for a vote on a “resolution of disapproval” 

that would void the FCC’s open Internet 

order and strip the agency of any 

authority to stop corporations from taking 

control of the Internet from its users. 

In the House, Marsha Blackburn, 

R-Tenn., even compared America’s 

open Internet to “an Internet Iron Curtain 

that will restrict more of our freedom.” 

Neither she nor Hutchison seems 

to understand that the Internet needs 

rules, such as net neutrality, to assure 

all users of equal access to online content. 

The Internet always operated under 

a minimum of regulation, beginning 

with the openness standards codifi 

ed in the Telecommunications Act of 

1996 and updated by the Federal Communications 

Commission. Net neutrality 

protections give all participants their 

Internet freedom. 

For some time, the phone and cable 

companies have tried to diminish 

the FCC’s rulemaking authority so that 

they could make sites and services pay 

a premium to reach their users and 

make them pay extra to experience the 

FROM OUR READERS 

ties in a Sunday morning worship service. 

One well-known male political 

fi gure was deriving home late at night 

from a party with a female companion, 

not his wife, when he made a wrong 

turn and drove his car into the nearby 

stream He saved himself by swimming 

to shore but left his companion to die 

by drowning in the car. The accident 

was never brought to trial. 

Another wealthy, married male politician 

was well known in inner Washington, 

D.C., as extremely sexually 

promiscuous and had no trouble winning 

a national election, two times in 

a row. 

And the sexual peccadilloes of a recent 

president didn’t prevent his going 

on a nationwide lecture circuit with his 

wife following his retirement. 

cess, as always happens when real 

money is at stake. Four years ago, it 

took months of committee hearings, 

a presidential veto and a GOP fi libuster 

before the $307 billion bill was 

enacted, eight months late. 

This time around, the Democratic 

and Republican leaders of the 

House and Senate agriculture committees 

— farm-staters all — have 

come up with an ingenious way of 

avoiding all that messy politicking 

and getting the new bill enacted as 

early as this month, even though the 

old bill doesn’t expire until next September. 

They are writing the bill in private 

as a proposal to the supercom- 

Keeping Internet access 

free and equal 

entire Internet. Since most Americans 

have two or fewer options for broadband 

in their markets, there is not suffi 

cient competition to keep the corporate 

service providers from taking advantage 

of the public that depends on 

them. 

Sen. Hutchison, one of the phone 

and cable companies’ foremost supporters, 

was ready and willing to help 

them prioritize their favored online and 

mobile traffi c while downgrading the 

sites, applications, and services that 

most people want and need. Ironically, 

Hutchison sought to end the FCC’s 

role as the Internet’s gatekeeper by allowing 

the corporate servers to block 

Internet traffi c as they please. 

Internet companies already have 

limited access to websites. In 2007, for 

example, Comcast was caught blocking 

people from using the popular Bit- 

Torrent platform. Today, mobile carrier 

MetroPCS is seeking to ban all other 

video services on mobile devices in favor 

of YouTube. 

Fortunately, the Senate served the 

American people well by not allowing a 

few wealthy corporations get away with 

hijacking the American people’s online 

rights. 

Wolf D. Fuhrig, a professor emeritus 

of political science and criminal justice, 

has been a columnist since 1983. This 

and other articles by him can be found 

online at www.independentcritic.com. 

They each accrued millions of dollars 

in fees from an adoring public. 

Of course, only one man who ever 

lived on this earth, Jesus Christ, 

was totally sinless. The rest of us are 

sinners, including reporters and various 

scandal mongers, also. The unending 

sexual exploits, as opposed to 

your past never-to-be-repeated unwise 

choices, of political celebrities have 

not caused them to be rejected by 

their constituents. 

I believe you [Herman Cain] have 

many solid character traits which 

would make you eligible to be an outstanding 

contender for the offi ce of 

the president of the United States. 

Mary Franz 

Jacksonville 

mittee on defi cit reduction to cut 

farm spending $23 billion over the 

next 10 years. That’s not going to 

get the panel all that close to its goal 

of $1.3 trillion in spending cuts over 

the decade, but agribiz and the farmers 

are a powerful and resourceful 

lobby. 

Details are scarce, but the bill 

would include the traditional subsidized 

crop insurance and loans, and, 

according the The Hill newspaper, 

“a new type of revenue-based insurance 

for some crops as well as a bolstered 

price-triggered payment for 

other crops.” Several accounts say 

the old system of direct payments 

may be cut or eliminated, stoked by 

Please pass 

the gratitude 

JILL PERTLER 

we are thankful for. 

We may even go around the table and name them. Then, 

after stuffi ng ourselves with a second slice of pumpkin pie 

(extra whipped cream, please) we settle on the couch to let 

the tryptophan do its work — and we call it a holiday. 

Some things, like cranberry souffl e and Aunt Elsa’s 

homemade pecan pie, are best left to special meals. Other 

dishes should be at the center of our table 365 days a year. 

Gratitude is one of them. 

(Excuse me here, while I take a moment to hop on my 

soapbox.) 

Sometimes I fear we live in a society where gratitude is 

saved for the fi ne china; and the attitude we dish out every 

day is more likely to contain a hefty portion of entitlement. 

It happens to the best of us. I see it at my house. 

They mow the grass and believe they should be paid. 

They take $20 to go on the class fi eld trip and forget to 

bring back the change. They know when the family cell 

phone contract is due and believe they should get a new 

phone — just because they can. When they leave their bike 

behind the minivan and it gets run over, they naturally assume 

we’ll buy a new one. 

Our culture has become more attuned to instant gratifi - 

cation than long-lasting gratitude. As a parent, I’d be remiss 

if I didn’t admit it’s partially my fault. Maybe it’s all my fault. 

Either way, I feel a responsibility to remedy the situation. 

Earlier this year, my family started a gratitude list. It’s 

comprised of a bunch of pieces of paper taped to the wall in 

the kitchen (very fancy). When we encounter something 

that invokes gratitude, we write it on the papers provided. 

We’ve got a variety of listings. 

Some are plainly obvious: 

we are thankful for 

pens, gratitude lists and 

paper. Others are of the 

expected sort: school, 

friends, family, God and 

sunshine. Finally, there’s 

the more unexpected: 

bleach (my entry after a 

day spent cleaning), air 

“condishinging,” (misspelled 

by my 9-year-old 

on a hot summer day), 

yard work — when it’s 

Gratitude. We all acknowledge 

the inherent 

value of being 

grateful – at least we do on the 

fourth Thursday in November. 

We fi ll our mouths and our 

stomachs with too much good 

food and spend a moment or a 

mealtime pondering the things 

Our culture has become 

more attuned to instant 

gratifi cation than longlasting 

gratitude. 

done (my husband’s contribution) and driving (courtesy of 

one of the teenagers). 

Some days we don’t write anything down. That’s okay. 

The exercise is meant to get us thinking about our attitudes. 

Cheesy, I know, but there are substantive and scientifi 

c reasons to practice gratitude. 

Psychologists and other brain experts say gratitude increases 

our happiness and general satisfaction with life. 

Compound that with the fact that happy people tend to be 

healthier. In addition, expressions of gratitude motivate others 

to express their own thankfulness — sort of like a payit-forward 

gratitude grapevine. 

Gratitude grows and brings positive outcomes when it 

does. In a society where people are often focused on their 

individual satisfaction and happiness, it seems like gratitude 

works to provide us with exactly that, and more. Best of all, 

we can try gratitude for ourselves anytime, anywhere, with 

no strings attached – because it’s free. 

So, whether you’re having turkey dinner on a Thursday 

in November, or spaghetti and meatballs on a Monday 

in February, you might want to take a moment to pass gratitude 

around the table. It compliments a variety of meals, 

and in addition to its other benefi ts, gratitude has no calories. 

(Thank goodness for that.) 

Kent A. Kilpatrick 

Publisher 

the bad publicity over payments going 

to farmers who no longer farm. 

The goal is getting the package 

into the supercommittee’s fi nal deficit-reduction 

bill -- assuming the 

panel can agree on one, which is no 

sure thing -- by the Nov. 23 deadline. 

Under the rules adopted for that bill, 

it can’t be fi libustered and needs only 

a simple majority to pass in the 

Senate. 

Even if this ploy doesn’t work — 

and you have to admit it’s really clever 

— the two agriculture committees 

at least have a head start on next 

year’s bill. 

Of course, so do the many 

groups opposing it. 

Jacksonville 


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country since April 24, 1830 

David C.L. Bauer 

Editor 

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The holiday season, from 

around Halloween to New 

Year’s, is always the most hectic 

time for a daily newspaper. Christmas 

selling season kicks into high 

gear and this usually means a great 

deal more printing and packaging 

happens around the Journal-Courier. 

This year, so far, is no different. As 

a matter of fact, it has been one of the 

most hectic seasons I’ve seen around the 

newspaper in my almost 25 years in the 

business and it isn’t even Thanksgiving 

yet. Unfortunately for the revenue line, it 

hasn’t been because of a dramatic increase 

in advertising. 

On the morning of Monday, Nov. 7, 

our sister paper in Alton, The Telegraph, 

had an explosion in their high voltage 

lines that serve their building. The 5 a.m. 

blast eliminated all the power needed to 

run their press as well as pre-press equipment 

and inserting machine. I received a 

call from The Telegraph’s publisher, Jim 

Shrader, about 8:30 that morning asking 

if we could print and package their product 

Monday night. Of course my answer 

was yes, certainly we could. What we 

thought might only be a one or two night 

adventure turned into a seven night od- 

PETERBOROUGH, N.H. (AP) — Republican 

presidential contender Mitt Romney 

is set to win the endorsement of New 

Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte on Sunday. 

Ayotte will make her 

endorsement official in a 

campaign stop with Romney 

in Nashua, according 

to a message sent to 

supporters late Saturday 

night. 

“I will be working as 

hard as I can to help him 

secure the Republican 

nomination and, most 

importantly, ensure that 

Barack Obama is a oneterm 

president,” Ayotte 

wrote in a message distributed 

after news of the endorsement 

became public. 

The endorsement represents 

a major pickup for 

Romney, who’s already 

leading polls in the early 

primary state. 

The 43-year-old Ayotte 

will become the first member 

of the New Hampshire 

congressional delegation 

to endorse a presidential 

contender. 

yssey. Come to find out, The 

Telegraph’s three phase high 

voltage lines were damaged 

beyond repair and would have 

to be completely rebuilt. One 

of the main parts was installed 

in 1947 and replacement parts 

have not been manufactured 

since the early 1980s. Needless 

to say, it was obvious by Tuesday 

there wasn’t going to be a 

quick fix. 

We continued to print The 

Telegraph each night for the 

next week. This meant all of our press and 

packaging department associates worked 

many, many extra hours to make sure all 

the work was completed. I came down 

every night to help out where I could and 

give as much moral support as possible. 

We brought in pizza and cheeseburgers so 

these folks could eat during what seemed 

to be endless nights and a sea of paper. 

Alton was finally able to install a temporary 

generator to power their equipment 

this past Monday. We all breathed a 

collective sigh of relief when the call came 

in that we didn’t have to print The Telegraph 

any longer. We thought the worst 

was over. Little did we know more fun and 

games were in store for us. 

While performing preventative maintenance 

on our inserting equipment on 

Wednesday, we discovered that the main 

“This is Gov. Romney’s biggest endorsement 

in New Hampshire,” said Steve 

Duprey, a New Hampshire member of the 

Republican National Committee. 

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Sometimes ‘thank you’ simply isn’t enough 

KENT KILPATRICK 

gear box that drives our machine 

wasn’t spinning in a 

perfect circle. It was more of 

an oval shape. For anyone with 

knowledge of how gears operate, 

this is not a good thing. 

Fortunately, we were able to 

schedule the repair technician 

to come in on Thursday. Crisis 

averted, or so we thought. 

The call came to my house 

at 11 Wednesday night. The 

inserting equipment was down. 

The gear box we feared was going 

to fail, did fail. We had just started processing 

the Jerseyville Journal, which had 

four inserts for the publication and we still 

had not printed and packaged the Thursday 

edition of the Journal-Courier. So 

again, it was all hands on deck to get the 

products out the door. We called in whoever 

we could roust out of bed. We had 

department heads and circulation district 

managers, along with almost our entire 

packaging department team on hand, all 

hand inserting as fast as we possibly could 

to meet the deadlines. 

I’m very proud to say we completed our 

commercial customers’ product on time 

to meet their post office delivery deadline 

and we were only about 45 minutes late in 

delivery of the Journal-Courier to our carriers 

and haulers. Again, an outstanding 

job by all and I could not have been more 

But New Hampshire Republicans say 

the backing of Ayotte, who won a landslide 

election just a year ago, gives Romney 

tremendous advantages. 

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proud of their efforts. 

I have often said and believed that no 

department is more or less important 

than another in the newspaper business. It 

takes every department, and person in it, 

to create the daily miracle called the Journal-Courier. 

The folks in our printing and 

packaging departments often go unsung 

and unnoticed. But if it was not for their efforts, 

the newspaper would not get to subscribers 

365 days a year and those of the 

number of other publications we produce. 

I want to take this opportunity to thank 

each of them by name. These folks rarely 

get the recognition they deserve, let alone 

in print. So thank you very much for your 

hard work and dedication to the following 

press and packaging associates of the 

Journal-Courier: 

Judy Baker, Nathan “Nate” Bryant, 

Kenny Davis, Randy “Dag” Dawson, 

Charles “Hoot” DeGroot, William “Bill” 

Flatt, Stuart Knoth, Jeff Lonergan, Nancy 

Massey, Lois McCarthy, Dennis “Tiger” 

Morris, Richard “Dickie” Morris, Terry 

Morris, Eric Mumford, Steve Pahlmann, 

Frank Ray, Andrew “Andy” Scheerer, 

Mark Shingleton, Kevin Stephenson, Steven 

“Jimmy” VanHyning, Stephen “Steve” 

Westrick and Bruce Williams. 

We couldn’t do it without you! 

Kent Kilpatrick is the publisher of the 

Journal-Courier. 

RETIRING: Longtime fixture of Lincoln Courtroom and Museum retiring 

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Museum commission. “She always had an 

answer and was a valuable contributor.” 

Bley has acted not only as a commissioner 

but as a docent and historian for at least 

50 years, McClure said. 

At the age of 93 — 94 on Dec. 30 — it was 

time to retire. 

“She’s talked about getting this weight off 

of her shoulders, but it’s still going to be on 

her shoulders because we’re all standing on 

them,” said Paula Woods, vice chairman of 

the commission. “She’ll no longer be active, 

but I’m sure she’s going to be our resource 

person.” 

The only other commissioner honored 

with this title was Susan Parish when she retired 

in 2008, Woods said. 

It was Bley’s love of history and genealogy 

that made the courtroom and museum a 

good fi t, but it was also a love for Beardstown 

— the place she’s lived since preschool. 

Woods has know Bley about 65 years. 

“I remember her as very pretty and very 

active,” said Woods, noting that her passion 

started at a young age. 

Bley joined the commission when the city 

council appointed it in 2005, but she’s been 

active in the museum much longer, taking 

children on tours and giving them roles — 

defendant, lawyer, judge — to have them act 

out, McClure said. 

Bley loved giving tours to children because 

“they had so many fun things to say,” 

she said. 

When one group visited on a school fi eld 

trip, Bley showed them an exhibit with huge 

saws and ice tongs to cut the ice in the bay 

and pull out blocks to store in sawdust-lined 

warehouses for use in summer. The children 

had to write notes about what they learned 

and one child mentioned the “giant tweezers” 

used to pick up the ice. 

“I am very pleased and very honored but 

I was just doing what I really enjoyed doing,” 

Bley said. 

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Fire hits building 

at Mass. living 

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PLYMOUTH, Mass. 

(AP) — A straw roof that 

caught on fire during a 

cooking demonstration 

at the Plimoth Plantation 

living history museum 

in Massachusetts has destroyed 

a building named 

for a Pilgrim. 

No one was hurt during 

the Saturday morning 

blaze at the Cooke House, 

a Colonial-style building in 

Plymouth. 

The Plimoth Plantation 

portrays what 17th-century 

life was like for America’s 

early European settlers, 

the Pilgrims, and the 

native population. 

Executive Director Ellie 

Donovan says the plantation 

will raise money to 

rebuild the Cooke House. 

It was named for Francis 

Cooke, who arrived 

in America in 1620 on the 

Mayflower. 

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closed for about an hour after 

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Truck driver indicted in July death of Amish girl 

HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A truck driver has been 

indicted on a reduced charge in a crash that killed a 3year-old 

Amish girl who was riding in a buggy. 

The grand jury in Christian County indicted 53-yearold 

Mark Bohms on Friday on a charge of reckless ho- 


“Right now, with coach [Garrett] Campbell, it is on its 

way up, and I hope to continue to see it on its way up. It is 

kind of fun to come out here and watch them with how they 

are playing.” 

A fan bus brought dozens of people, including cheerleaders 

and football players who were not dressing for the 

game, from Illinois College to Indiana for the game. Those 

who didn’t take the bus and elected to drive had the opportunity 

to partake in pregame tailgating. 

Fans could be seen tailgating hours before the stadium 

opened. The parking lots were full of fans wearing red, but 

several in blue were noticeable outside Hollett Little Giant 

Stadium. 

“We live with the one and only Brock Thompson,” Jason 

Rohrer said. “He is our roommate and we came out to support 

him. It was a kind of boring drive. We had to get up really 

early. But it was all worth it in the end.” 

Rohrer and friends, as well as Brock’s parents, Steve and 

Amy Thompson, arrived at Hollett Little Giant Stadium at 

9:20 a.m. Saturday. They set up their parking lot barbeque 

and tailgate party right next to some Wabash College fans. 

“We have been out here a while,” Rohrer said. “We have 

been talking to some Wabash fans. They are nice people 

and welcoming, but we are here to root the Blueboys on.” 


to Grace Mellenthin, Jersey Community School District Superintendent 

Ed Settles and School Board President Ed 

Test. 

“We advise the board to amend its policy to make clear 

that the board president may restrict the right to record 

open meetings only when objectively necessary to prevent 

disruption, preserve decorum or to avoid safety hazards,” 

Kaplan wrote in the letter. 

Mellenthin, the daughter of School Board member Don 

Mellenthin, fi led a request for review of the board’s policy 

of restricting the movement of people who record meetings, 

alleging a violation of the Open Meetings Act on June 

16. 

Test had required Grace Mellenthin to sit in a particular 

location to record the meeting that only allowed her to record 

the backs of board members. Mellenthin specifi cally 

complained that “Test’s face was hidden from view.” 

Mellenthin argued that her position had not disrupted 

meetings, expressing a preference to record from the same 

location as the board’s own camera, which is placed at the 

back of the room. 

“Mr. Test’s refusal to comply with the law, protecting the 


advocates accuse the board of dragging its feet. In the meantime, 

state offi cials can’t tell places like Bennett’s VFW post 

in Herrin when they might be able to get betting terminals 

and have them up and running. 

“I really don’t know,” said board chairman Aaron Jaffe. 

Bennett has resigned himself to the waiting game. 

“They’ve passed an idea that they can’t follow through on,” 

he said. 

Video gambling got the OK from lawmakers and Quinn 

in 2009 as a way to help the state pay for its fi rst construction 

spending program in over a decade. The program was to lay 

out $31 billion to fi x crumbling infrastructure from roads and 

bridges to schools and other transportation projects. 

Jaffe said there were legitimate reasons for the delay, not 

micide, according to the Kentucky New Era. Originally 

police had charged him with murder and driving under 

the influence. The latter charge was dismissed. 

His attorney, Rick Boling, said he client did not commit 

any crime and the indictment surprised him. 

BLUEBOYS: IC fans go to Indiana to support football team in first NCAA playoff game 

It wasn’t just current students and their families attending 

the game, though. There were also alumni who made 

the trip. Among those alumni were Joanna Ramsey, Kim 

Nehrt and Erika Carlove. 

“It’s pretty exciting that football made the playoffs,” 

Ramsey said. “We were talking on the way here that some 

of the old alumni are fi red up on it on Facebook.” 

Ramsey played volleyball at IC. 

“The drive wasn’t bad,” Ramsey said. “It was entertaining 

– and windy. We are alumni and I was part of the volleyball 

team that went to the national tournament for the fi rst 

time. So we know what it is like, and we wanted to support 

and cheer them on.” 

During the game, the 1,500-capacity visitors’ bleachers 

were at least half full. Illinois College banners and signs 

could be seen hanging to show support, while other fans — 

like those in Jason Rohrer’s group — brought their own. 

While the outcome wasn’t what the Blueboys’ faithful 

were hoping for, Illinois College did make a comeback 

attempt in the fi nal quarter to get the fi nal score a little 

closer. 

“It was exciting,” Molly Siebert said. “Very exciting. 

This is my fi rst year at IC. My boyfriend (Dylan DeFauw) 

and his brother (Jake DeFauw) play for IC, so it was exciting 

… cold, but exciting.” 

RECORDING MEETING: Board advised to amend policy on recording open meetings 

citizen’s right to record, has brought thousands of dollars 

of unnecessary legal fees to the district,” she said. “I asked 

Mr. Test nicely to allow me to record, yet he demanded that 

I sit in the corner and ‘go to the attorney general.’ 

“I took his recommendation, fi led my complaint, and 

the attorney general has agreed with me,” Mellenthin said. 

“This decision makes me feel vindicated, knowing that my 

request to record quietly was both lawful and reasonable.” 

District officials indicated that Mellenthin had been 

asked to sit in the same location as the media, a request 

they felt to be consistent with their policy. 

“We follow board policy, but the policy it seems was outdated,” 

Settles said. “Ironically, we are in the middle of updating 

these policies, but we haven’t caught up with the 

newest legal revisions.” 

Settles said the letter constitutes a suggestion, not a 

mandate, to provide a better place for individuals to fi lm 

meetings. 

As of the last few months, the district has decided to fi lm 

meetings in their entirety, which they post online, play on a 

local cable channel and offer for purchase on DVD to interested 

community members. 

“We’re very accommodating,” Settles said. “We’ve taken 

GAMBLING: New plan getting pushed, though last one has yet to be implemented 

least of which was a legal challenge fi led just before the law 

took effect in September 2009. Chicago Blackhawks owner 

Rocky Wirtz, who is also a liquor distributor, sued the state 

over higher taxes in the legislation to pay for the statewide 

capital construction program. That lawsuit, Jaffe said, threw 

the legality of video gambling into question until the Illinois 

Supreme Court ruled that the law was not unconstitutional. 

“How do you go ahead to start giving out licenses and 

doing that when tomorrow you might have to vacate the license?” 

Jaffe asked. 

Though it may have survived a legal challenge, the law 

has taken a beating in public opinion. Gambling critics decried 

the legalization of video gambling and about 80 communities 

and counties took steps to ban it. Chicago already 

had a ban on video gambling, which would have to be re- 

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Bohms was driving a tractor-trailer on July 8 when 

he came up on the buggy as he crested a hill in 

Hopkinsville. He says he attempted to change lanes, but 

couldn’t avoid the crash that killed 3-year-old Barbara 

Smoker. 

“I thought it would be a back-and-forth game,” Terry 

Siebert said. “They both scored a lot of points. But that Wabash 

defense was so good. I learned that real quick. I was 

impressed with their defense and once they got ahead, 

they ran the ball.” 

The Sieberts come from a small town without football, 

so when their daughter, Molly, enrolled at Illinois College, 

they began going to all the games – away and at home. 

“We didn’t tailgate here,” Terry Siebert said. “We always 

do wherever we go, but not today. Some of those Wisconsin 

trips are a little long. We started coming when Molly 

started going with Dylan, and have had fun doing it.” 

When the game ended, the two teams exchanged handshakes. 

The Blueboys and their supporters met for hugs afterwards. 

“It is kind of neat,” Nate Graham said. “There is a lot of 

history with the program. And it has come a long way to 

get where it is at right now. And for them to get a chance to 

be out here and play, it is just a neat experience to be here 

and say Illinois College is in the playoffs and to have a family 

member on the team, it is kind of neat to look back on. I 

know it wasn’t the best outcome for IC, but overall it is still 

a great thing.” 

“Hopefully we are back here next year to play Wabash,” 

Terry Siebert said. 

head-on steps to communicate the full, unedited version to 

the community.” 

A source close to the situation said this approach was 

adopted in response to edited versions of the meetings 

being posted on YouTube, which appeared to skew statements 

made by board members. 

The letter also addressed another complaint fi led by 

Mellenthin that alleges the board prevented Gary Goode 

from speaking at a hearing on June 2, fi nding that he was 

not unreasonably restricted from doing so. 

The Public Access Bureau, however, directed the School 

Board to allow public comment at every meeting on “public 

issues that will be considered or acted upon by the board 

during the same meeting at which the action will be taken.” 

The board’s policy had denied a person an opportunity 

to speak if that person had commented on the same topic 

within the last two months. 

“We hope to be caught up with updating our policies in 

January or February,” Settles said. “In any marriage, if you 

are going to care enough to work together, the cost goes 

down; in other words, good working relationships are a lot 

more effi cient and enjoyable.” 

pealed to allow it. 

The state has projected that video gambling would account 

for up to a quarter of the revenue needed for the 

statewide capital construction program; so far there has 

been no impact on projects even though video gambling 

isn’t up and running, said Kelly Kraft, a spokeswoman in 

Quinn’s budget offi ce. Money from other sources makes 

up the majority of the revenue already spent and the state 

took into consideration that some communities in Illinois 

might disapprove of video gambling, she said. 

The delay in implementing video gambling irritates 

one of the General Assembly’s biggest proponents of gambling, 

Democratic Rep. Lou Lang of Skokie, who said the 

board has “dragged its heels.” 

“We have something called the constitution, and the 

constitution says that when we pass legislation it ought to 

be implemented and not slowed down by some bureaucrats,” 

Lang said. 

Lang said there was nothing to stop the gaming board 

from working to put in place the infrastructure to implement 

video gambling while the lawsuit was going through 

the courts. 

Quinn has no complaints about the pace at which video 

gambling is moving. “I have full confi dence in the gaming 

board and its staff,” he said. 

Jaffe said the Legislature loves to accuse the gaming 

board of dragging its feet. 

“They don’t even know what they passed,” said Jaffe, a 

frequent critic of lawmakers who was recently reappointed 

by Quinn but still needs to be reconfi rmed by the Illinois 

Senate. He has been critical of the more-recent casino 

expansion push, saying lawmakers were undermining 

proper regulation and “should be ashamed of themselves.” 

To pull off video gaming, Jaffe said the board will have 

to hire many more investigators to handle licensing for all 

the people involved, from machine manufacturers and distributors 

to the establishments where the terminals would 

be located to repair people. 

The rest of the rules to regulate video gambling also 

have yet to be written, and the gaming board must put in 

place a central computer system that will keep track of 

money going in and out of the machines and alert regulators 

to any tampering. 

The state is rebidding the contract for a computer vendor 

to make sure it’s done right after a previous bid process 

was canceled late last year, said Matt Brown, the 

state’s chief procurement offi cer. 

Brown said vendors are being solicited to see what 

kind of computer system they can build and how it would 

work for the state. After a vendor is chosen and a system 

is built and put into place, video gambling could be rolled 

out about six months later, said Gene O’Shea, the gaming 

board spokesman. 

But when? 

“That’s the big question,” O’Shea said.

YOUR LIFE 

FRIENDS 

& FAMILY 

WEDNESDAYS 

FOOD & NUTRITION 

In Good Taste FRIENDS 

IN THIS SECTION 

BUSINESS BRIEFS 

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ALAINA MANN 

Time away 

puts sheen 

on comforts 

of home 

It’s a well-known and 

documented fact: College 

life is a whole different 

world than living at home. 

While there are countless benefi 

ts to college life, there are also 

some pretty signifi cant challenges. 

College freshmen are required 

to adapt to innumerable new and 

different circumstances. So far, 

I’d have to say the most diffi cult 

adjustment for me involves eating. 

Living in a tiny room with the 

world’s tiniest refrigerator sometimes 

puts a damper on my spirits. 

When I crave a snack, my fridge 

pathetically displays all it can hold: 

Three bottles of water and a quart 

of juice. Yes, my dining center has 

tons of options, but when you eat at 

the same place three times a day, 

seven days a week, you start to get 

a bit tired of the selections. 

I’m sure you can predict where 

I’m going with this: My excitement 

for Thanksgiving. It’s been 

the Holy Grail I’ve been looking to 

for the past month. And oodles of 

warm, homemade food for days on 

end isn’t even the half of it. Once 

you hit college, holidays take on a 

whole new meaning. 

Since my school doesn’t have a 

fall break, my Thanksgiving break 

is 10 days long. Since I moved 

away from home, I haven’t slept 

in my own bed for more than one 

night consecutively. Now I get 10. 

Ten days and 10 nights spent in 

my house with my queen size bed 

and full size appliances. Whatever 

will I do?! 

Well I’m going to eat, and eat a 

lot. I’m going to take advantage of 

a real oven, and a microwave that 

doesn’t char every food item ever 

placed in it. 

I’m going to sleep in a bed that 

isn’t fi ve inches from the ceiling, 

meaning that I won’t wake up every 

morning and immediately hit 

my head on the ceiling. I’m going 

to sleep comfortably in an unlumpy 

bed that 30 other college 

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SOCIAL NEWS 

Weddings, engagements, anniversaries, 

birthdays, club news and more. 

See Pages 10-12 

BIRTHDAY PARADE 

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JOURNAL-COURIER/NICK TURNER 

Don Eldred is pictured in the library of his Jacksonville home. Eldred recently returned from England and Wales where he was 

the only American to take part in a ceremony marking the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible. 

GOOD FAITH EFFORT 

Jacksonville man part of special celebration of King James Bible in England 

Then I heard the voice of the 

Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? 

And who will go for us?” And I 

said, “Here am I. Send me!” 

— Book of Isaiah, 6:8 

BY STEVE COPPER 


The longer you stick 

around in this world, 

you notice that while 

time is surely straight-ahead 

and inexorable, life itself 

often seems to unspool in 

fi ts and starts. 

There’s the occasional smooth 

stretch of road here, interrupted 

by the dangerous intersection 

there, the surprise(!) dead end or 

the queasy detour down a dark 

and ragged, unmarked route … 

and then perhaps the serendipitous 

arrival at someplace unexpected 

on your journey. 

Faith can be a useful compass 

Sandy Morgan, 57, works out in a gym in Midlothian, Va. 

Most people don’t want to think about death, much less 

plan for it, especially when they feel healthy and young in 

their middle-age years. 

AP 

The interior of Christ Church Cathedral in Chester, England. 

along the way. 

As it has been for Don Eldred, 

a longtime Jacksonville resident 

who recently returned from Great 

Britain where he had the honor 

and good fortune to be the lone 

American participant in a special 

event marking the 400th anniver- 

BY JENNIFER C. KERR 


Many baby boomers don’t have 

end-of-life legal documents such as 

a living will — and some say it’s because 

they feel healthy and young 

in their middle-age years and don’t 

need to dwell on death. 

An Associated Press-LifeGoesStrong.com 

poll found that 64 percent 

of boomers — those born between 

1946 and 1964 — say they 

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sary of the publication of the King 

James Bible. 

Eldred has been an active 

member of the Episcopal Church 

in Jacksonville for many years. 

He has also, for the last half century, 

been associated with Illinois 

College where he served as both 

don’t have a health care proxy or 

living will. Those documents would 

guide medical decisions should a 

patient be unable to communicate 

with doctors. 

“I’m very healthy for my age,” 

said Mary McGee, 53, of Archbald, 

Pa. “So, death and dying isn’t on 

my mind a lot.” 

McGee, a computer programmer, 

exercises fi ve to seven days 

a week, everything from aerobics 

ELDRED TO SPEAK AT IC CHAPEL 

uSERVICE. DETAILS ON PAGE 14. 

a dean and professor of English/ 

communications and infl uenced 

many lives among several generations 

of students. 

Last month Eldred, a confi 

rmed Anglophile, was on one of 

his semi-regular retreats to Gladstone’s 

Library in Hawarden, 

North Wales, an international haven 

for study, writing and refl ection 

where he has relished recharging 

his batteries over the last 

decade or so. 

Across the river from Gladstone’s 

Library is Chester, England, 

and the Christ Church Cathedral 

where a literary festival 

sponsored by the church was under 

way. The festival’s focus was to 

celebrate the publication in 1611 of 

the King James Bible. During the 

event the Bible was read aloud in 

its entirety to a changing audience 

over a period of weeks. 

GOOD FAITH, see Page 14 

Many boomers, with illusions of 

eternal youth, avoid living wills 

to kickboxing, and her parents are 

alive and healthy. 

The same goes for 57-year-old 

Sandy Morgan in Richmond, Va., 

a retired teacher who is working 

part time for an executive search 

fi rm. 

“I don’t think of myself in terms 

of my age group,” said Morgan, 

who runs three miles twice a week, 

AGING, see Page 14


Williams-Bruns 

Jennifer Jo Bruns and 

Nathan Spencer Williams, 

both of Jacksonville, were 

united in marriage Nov. 10 

at Montego Bay, Jamaica. 

Offi ciating was Desmond 

Brackett, marriage offi cer 

for the island of Jamaica. 

The bride is the daughter 

of Jay and Sandy Bruns 

of Jacksonville. She wore 

the same small gold locket 

that her mother wore on 

her wedding day. 

The groom is the son of 

Jim and Sheryl Williams 

of Athensville and the father 

of Evan Spencer Williams, 

4. 

A reception will be held 

Saturday, Nov. 26, at the 

Masonic Temple in Jacksonville. 

The bride graduated 

from Jacksonville High 

School in 1998 and from 

Southern Illinois University 

at Carbondale in 2002 with 

a bachelor’s degree in psychology. 

The groom graduated 

from Greenfi eld High 

School in 2005. They both 

are employed at Hertzberg 

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The couple had a weeklong 

honeymoon at the 

Sandals Montego Bay resort 

in Jamaica. They reside 

in Jacksonville. 

How They Met: “We 

met working at Hertzberg,” 

the bride writes. 

Anniversary 

Williams 30th 

Gary and Joy Williams 

will celebrate their 30th wedding 

anniversary Monday. 

They were married on 

Nov. 21, 1981, at the Brooklyn 

United Methodist 

Church in Jacksonville. 

They are the parents of 

two children, Brandi Howland 

(Jared) of Winchester 

and Corey Williams of Atlanta, 

Ga. 

Mrs. Williams works at 

Jacksonville Skilled Nursing and Rehab Center as a licensed 

practical nurse. Mr. Williams works as a handyman 

in the Jacksonville area. 

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Erin Peak and Jordan 

Dorsey, both of Carterville, 

were united in marriage 

Aug. 4. Paul Peak, father of 

the bride, offi ciated at the 

Barceo Resort in Riviera 

Maya, Mexico. 

The bride, formerly of 

New Berlin, is the daughter 

of Paul and Janette Peak 

and Cherie and Don Repp 

of Springfi eld. The groom, 

formerly of Winchester, is 

the son of Dan and Jamie 

Dorsey of Winchester. 

Holly Kotner of New 

Berlin was her sister’s matron 

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Rueter, Sarah Knepler, 

Kelsey Danenberger and 

Nicole Dorsey. 

Chris Dorsey of New 

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Bryan Hubbert, Dru Green 

and Brady Slagle. 

Ross Henry ushered 

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from Southern Illinois University 

at Edwardsville with 

a bachelor’s degree in elementary 

education. She 

teaches fourth grade at 

Tri-C Elementary School 

in Carterville and coaches 

cheerleading at Carterville 

High School. 

The groom holds a 

bachelor’s degree in economics. 

He is in his last 

year of law school at Southern 

Illinois University Carbondale. 

Kinser 

The descendants of Isaac Roscoe and Naomi Young 

Kinser held their 61st annual Kinser reunion with a potluck 

dinner on Sunday, Aug. 14, at St. Michael’s hall in 

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and Birthday Parade 

page is 5 p.m. Tuesday. 

Elliott-Bryant 

Amanda Bryant and 

Ryan Elliott, both of Franklin, 

were united in marriage 

Aug. 20. Father Tom Meyer 

offi ciated the 2 p.m. ceremony 

at the Church of Our 

Saviour in Jacksonville. 


of Gary and Sandy Bryant 

of Franklin. Her grandparents 

are Helen Alcorn 

and the late Jewell Alcorn 

of Murrayville and the late 

Howard and Maurine Bryant 

of Franklin. 

The groom is the son of 

Mike and Trish Elliott of 

Jacksonville. His grandparents 

are Ralph and Agnes 

Johnson and Sterling Elliott 

and the late Joyce Elliott, 

all of Jacksonville. 

Adrienne Fairless of 

Jacksonville was her sister’s 

matron of honor. Nicole 

Costello of Franklin 

was the bride’s maid of 

honor. The other bridal attendants 

were Alaina Elliott 

of Jacksonville, sister of the 

groom; Katie Armstrong of 

Jacksonville; Chancey 

White of Franklin; Karrie 

Mixer of Jacksonville; Ashley 

Doggett of Greenview; 

Courtney Bentley of Peoria; 

and Alyssa Long of 

Springfi eld. 

Evan Armstrong and 

Justin Johnson, both of 

Jacksonville, were the 

groom’s best men. The 

groomsmen were Aaron 

Bryant of Franklin, brother 

of the bride; Jake Mullens 

of Jacksonville; Marvin 

Mahan of Franklin; Luke 

Cantrell of Jacksonville; Tyler 

Long of Franklin; Billy 

Long of Jacksonville; and 

Joel Carroll of Franklin. 

The junior groomsman was 

Jared Johnson, son of the 

bride. 

The ushers were Scott 

Retherford of Jacksonville, 

Billy Austin of Franklin, Jason 

Scott of Jacksonville 

and Chad Johnson of Waverly. 

The fl ower girls were 

Emma Fairless, niece of the 

bride, and Kinley White. 

The ring bearers were 

Bryson Schnitker, son of 

the bride, and Jace Bryant, 

nephew of the bride. 

Erica Johnson and Ashley 

Johnson, cousins of the 

groom, handed out programs. 

Nicole Riva attended 

the guest book. 


from Franklin High School 

in 2004. She works at Passavant 

Area Hospital in 

the Central Supply Department. 


from Jacksonville High 

School in 2004. He works 

for Justin Johnson farms. 

They took a honeymoon 

to Punta Cana, Dominican 

Republic. They reside in 

Franklin. 

How They Met: The 

couple met at a 3-on-3 tournament 

during the Franklin 

Burgoo on the Fourth of July 

when they were very young. 

They stayed good friends 

all through high school and 

started dating in 2009. 

Senior Birthday 

Reveal 80th 

Rose Mary “Millie” Reveal will celebrate 

her 80th birthday Monday. 

She was born Nov. 21, 1931, the 

daughter of Agnes Blesse and “Pat” 

Milburn. She was married to “Buzz” 

Reveal for 41 years. Their daughters 

are Mary Votsmier (husband, John) 

and Janet Beard. There are fi ve grandsons, 

Andrew and Ryan Votsmier, 

Brady and Kasey Beard and Kyle Cummings.

Wear-Thieman 

Kathleen Therese Thieman 

and Adam Joseph 

Wear were united in marriage 

July 16 by Rev. David 

Hoefl er at Blessed Sacrament 

Catholic Church in 

Springfi eld. 


of Bob and Jenny Thieman 

of Springfi eld and is 

the granddaughter of Winnie 

Niehaus of Jacksonville 

and the late Carl Niehaus, 

Robert and Wanda Thieman. 

The groom is the son 

of Jim and Kathy Wear 

of Springfi eld. He is the 

grandson of Kay Wear, 

Frank and Anne Kabbes 

of Effi ngham and the late 

Viola Kabbes and Harold 

Wear. 

The bride wore an Allure 

Couture sleeveless Aline 

full-length gown created 

from lace appliqué on 

soft net. The sculpted neckline 

featured scalloped 

straps and a V-shaped back. 

The empire waist was accented 

with a Swarovski 

crystal brooch. She also 

wore a lace-trimmed fl oorlength 

veil. 

The bride carried a bouquet 

of medium pink garden 

roses with light pink 

mini gerbera daisies with 

touches of white kalanchoe 

blooms; tucked within 

it was a prayer book carried 

by six maternal generations 

of brides, wrapped 

in lace from the groom’s 

grandmother’s wedding 

dress. 

Elisabeth Thieman, sister 

of the bride, was maid 

of honor. Sarah Wear, sister 

of the groom, Nicole 

Venvertloh and Stephanie 

Krajcik were bridesmaids. 

Cecilia Fuente, cousin of 

the groom, was the fl ower 

girl. The bridesmaids wore 

knee-length halter dresses 

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bouquets of white hydrangea 

with medium pink 

gerbera daisies with dark 

eyes, and hot pink regular 

roses were wrapped 

with hot pink ribbon with a 

monogram rhinestone accent. 

The fl ower girl carried 

a smaller version of 

the bouquet. 

Jacob Wear, brother of 

the groom, and Kyle Coady 

were best men. Matthew 

Thieman, brother of the 

bride, and Chip Venvertloh 

were groomsmen. Christopher 

and Joseph Thieman, 

brothers of the bride, and 

Patrick Niehaus, cousin of 

the bride, were ushers. Joseph 

Thieman also served 

as vocalist at the ceremony. 

Chelsea Niehaus and 

Gwendolyn Hopkins, cousins 

of the bride, Kristene 

Mense, Becky Davis and 

Kendyl Lyons were greeters. 

Kathy Hopkins, godmother 

of the bride, Kim 

Calvo, godmother of the 

groom, and Thomas Nold, 

cousin of the bride, were 

readers during the service. 

Godfathers Tony Thieman 

and Bill Wear participated 

in the ceremony. 

The reception in the Hilton 

Ballroom consisted of 

a sit-down dinner, candy table, 

dancing and a photo 

booth for the guests. 

The bride and groom 

are both graduates of Sacred-Heart 

Griffi n High 

School and St. Louis University. 

She works as a 

physical therapist for Rehab 

Care in Plano, Texas. 

He works as a certifi ed 

public accountant for Judd, 

Thomas, and Smith of Dallas. 

After spending their 

honeymoon traveling in 

Switzerland, Austria and 

Germany, the couple resides 

in Plano, Texas. 

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Williams-Whitley 

Holly L. Whitley and 

Tyrone V. Williams, both 

of Jacksonville, were united 

in marriage Nov. 11. Retired 

Judge Roger Holmes 

offi ciated in the Governor 

Bond Room of the President 

Abraham Lincoln Hotel 

and Conference Center 

in Springfi eld. 


of Keith and Kimberly 

Tallman of Belleville. The 

groom’s parents are Rev. 

Clernest G. and Renee 

Moore of Cleveland, Miss. 

Kendra Tallman of Belleville 

was the maid of honor, 

and Grady Gilkey of 

Springfi eld was the best 

man. 

The reception will be 

Hoots 

The annual H.W. and Ella 

Hoots reunion was held 

on Sept. 18 at Memorial 

Park in Winchester. 


Joyce Six; Dorothy Scott; 

Bill Scott; Carly Eddy; Jim 

Rowe; Amy Rowe; Tim and 

Jayde Scoggins; Rod and 

Barb Nicholson; Isaac, Tyson 

and Drake Nicholson 

from Jacksonville; Evert 

Dean Hoots; Robert Gregory; 

Peggy and Gary Kline; 

Phyllis and Quinn Jefferson; 

Naomi Mumford; Roland, 

Lisa and Kaitland 

Gregory; Rosie B. Hoots; 

Carl and Cecil Hoots; Paul, 

Emily, Aaron, Presley and 

Chandler Swanson from 

Winchester; Gary and Marjorie 

McGlasson and Janie 

Hoots from Springfi eld; 

Fonda Watt from Murrayville; 

Carolyn Dawdy and 

Maurine Hoots from Roodhouse; 

Dean and Brenda 

Havens from Manchester; 

Jim and Nancy Unruh from 

Carthage; Jim and Brenda 

Mueller from Chapin; 

Norma Kattelman and Frieda 

Gregory from Pittsfi eld; 

Jerry Gregory from Mount 

held June 1, 2012, with the 

location to be determined 

later. 


from the Illinois School for 

the Deaf in 2000. She is employed 

as a residential care 

worker at ISD. 


from the Mississippi School 

for the Deaf in 1998 and attended 

Gallaudet University 

and Mississippi Delta 

Community College. He is 

employed as a one-on-one 

aide at ISD. 

The couple resides at 

827 Goltra Ave. 

How They Met: The 

bride and groom were introduced 

to each other by her 

cousin, Grady Gilkey. 

Sterling; Art and Linda 

Seth from Peoria; and Jimmy 

and Betty Hoots from 

White Hall. 

Two births, nine deaths 

and six marriages were reported 

for this year. 

The oldest present was 

Frieda Gregory, 101, and 

the youngest was Jayde 

Scoggins, 8 months. Coming 

the farthest were Art 

and Linda Seth from Peoria. 

Next year’s reunion will 

be on the third Sunday in 

September. 

Fuelling 

The annual reunion of 

the descendants of Fredrick 

and Caroline Fuelling 

was held Sunday, Oct. 

2, in the Salem Lutheran 

Church fellowship hall in 

Jacksonville with 29 family 

members attending and 

sharing a carry-in basket 

dinner. 

Fredrick Klemmer Fuelling 

and Caroline Therese 

Probst Fuelling who came 

from Bad Essen, Germany, 

and Leipzig, Germany, respectively, 

in 1885. 

A donation was taken 


VanHyning-Lowder 

Roxanna Lowder and 

David Wayne VanHyning, 

both of Jacksonville, were 

married Oct. 22 at the Island 

Grove Methodist 

Church near New Berlin. 

Ted Harvey offi ciated the 

ceremony. 

Kristen Lowder was 

the maid of honor. The 

bridesmaids were Melissa 

Reunions 

for Treasurer Janell Hammond 

to pay the rent for 

the fellowship hall. 


Janell Hammond, Susan 

Northrop, Toni Hammond, 

David Leinberger, Michael 

Northrop and Louella 

Crim of Jacksonville; Ellis 

and Rosalie Vanderpool 

of Arenzville; Bill Crim of 

Franklin; Jan and Kim Jud 

of Ft. Madison, Iowa; Dave 

and Ann Collier of Milan; 

Randy and Debbie Scott of 

Castalian Springs, Tenn.; 

Tina and Kaden Petroski 

of Springfi eld; Robert Lee 

Fuelling of Montgomery; 

John and Ann Fuelling of 

Moline; Byron and Shirley 

Fuelling of Beaverville; 

Donald Fuelling of Champaign; 

Penny and Samantha 

Sims and Jessica, Damien 

and Brett Prather of 

Versailles; and Harlan Fuelling 

of Meredosia. 

One death was reported: 

Will Gibson, husband 

of the former Polly Vanderpool, 

of Navarre, Fla., on 

Aug. 15. 

The next Fuelling reunion 

will be held Sunday, 

Oct. 7, 2012, in the Salem 

Lutheran Church fellowship 

hall in Jacksonville. 

Lowder, Grace VanHyning 

and Julie VanHyning. 

Frank Hamm was the 

best man. The groomsmen 

were Joshua, Stephen and 

Patrick Lowder. 

The couple honeymooned 

at Townsend, 

Tenn., in the Great Smoky 

Mountains. 

Florence- 

Jackson 

The family of Lester 

Owen Florence and Forrest 

Jackson met at Nichols 

Park for a reunion. 

Attending were Patsy 

Canavan; Charles and Michelle 

Rivera; Traci Ondrey; 

Alleane and Byron 

Buchanan; Kerry Florence; 

Deb Correl; Phyllis Mast; 

John Florence; Val and Jerry 

Kennedy; Claire Florence; 

Jean Castleberry; 

Vicky Castleberry, Cody 

and Heather; Doris Mooney; 

Ronald Trammel; Nancy 

Morris and family; Gerald 

and Monika Warcup; 

Karla and Joe Northrop; 

Vickie Edwards; Janice Allan; 

Ed Warcup; Teri Beth, 

Robert and Zach Clark; and 

Tim and Terry Garner. 

Early deadline for 

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5 p.m. Tuesday, 

Nov. 22 

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Engagements Clubs/Organizations 

Evans-Phillips 

The engagement of Nikki 

Phillips of Nortonville and 

Cody Evans of Murrayville is 

being announced. 

The future bride is the 

daughter of Terry and Dawn 

Phillips of Nortonville. She 

graduated from Franklin 

High School and will graduate 

from Southern Illinois 

University Carbondale in 

May 2012. 

The future groom is the 

son of Patrick and Susie Evans 

of Murrayville. He graduated from Routt Catholic 

High School and will graduate from Southern Illinois University 

Carbondale in May 2012. 

They are planning a June 2 wedding at Nortonville. 

Klendworth- 

Johnson 

The engagement of Erica 

Lynn Johnson and Daniel 

John Klendworth is being 

announced. 


daughter of Everett and 

LeAnn Johnson. She graduated 

from Franklin High 

School and MacMurray College. 

She is employed at the 

Illinois School for the Deaf. 

The future groom is the 

son of Scott and Karen Klendworth. He graduated from 

Fieldcrest High School and Illinois College. He is employed 

with the Jacksonville Fire Department. 

They are planning a Feb. 4, 2012, wedding at the 

Church of Our Saviour in Jacksonville. 

Tobin-Maxwell 

The engagement of 

Erica Maxwell and Adam 

Tobin, both of Jacksonville, 

is being announced. 


daughter of Sheila and 

Jim Pate of Jacksonville 

and Larry Maxwell of Florida. She graduated from Jacksonville 

High School in 2006 and is a senior at MacMurray 

College. 

The future groom is the son of Pam Tobin and Tom 

Tobin, both of Jacksonville. He graduated from Jacksonville 

High School in 2003 and Western Illinois University 

in 2007. He is employed by the Illinois Department of Corrections. 

They are planning a Sept. 15, 2012, wedding at the Lincoln 

Avenue Baptist Church. 

Can guest be uninvited? 

BY CARLEY RONEY 

SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE 

Q: My fi ance and I met through mutual friends who 

have been dating for two years. He is a groomsman, and 

we invited her as a guest. Ever since we got engaged, she 

has been so jealous. I can’t mention anything wedding-related 

without her degrading my plans or talking about her 

wedding. And they’re not even engaged! I’d like to uninvite 

her. Is that too mean? 

A: In a word, yes. The only answer here is to put on a 

happy face. Clearly, her male counterpart means a lot to 

your fi ance, or he wouldn’t be a groomsman. Not to mention, 

it’s pretty hard to argue any reason to totally uninvite 

someone, especially if the person is half of a long-term 

couple. Sorry. It’s too bad there’s some tension there, 

but don’t stress about it. Just avoid interacting with her 

throughout the day. You’ll be busy, anyway. 

Q: We’re paying for our rehearsal dinner ourselves and 

are having a tough time working on a budget. My fi ance’s 

parents can’t have it at their place, mine live out of town 

and our apartment is too small. Is it a bad idea to not have 

one at all? 

A: Don’t skip the event just because you’re strapped 

for cash. Rehearsal dinners should be fun, so take a step 

back. 

First, you don’t have to go all out with an extravagant 

sit-down dinner. You could do something as simple as taking 

everyone to your favorite pizza place and setting a prix 

fi xe menu, including no more than one drink. 

If you just can’t make anything work budgetwise, you 

don’t have to serve dinner. On the rehearsal invitations, 

write “Join us for dessert” and serve cupcakes and coffee. 

As long as people don’t expect dinner, they won’t care. 

Noon Rotary 

The Nov. 11 meeting of the Jacksonville 

Rotary Club was called to order 

at noon by President Lori Hartz. 

Diana Olinger and Ed Wainscott 

served as greeters. Allan Stare gave 

the invocation. Jean Hembrough 

was song leader. Anne Jackson took 

notes. 

President Hartz started the meeting 

with Rotary announcements. Collections 

in the Polio Plus jars are going 

nicely. She encouraged members 

to keep up the good work. President 

Hartz encouraged 100% participation 

with The Salvation Army bell ringing 

campaign. Ed Wainscott passed signup 

sheets. Noon Rotary will host the 

joint meeting on Nov. 22; attendance 

was encouraged. Members who 

helped with the Franklin Food and 

Fun night and the Veteran’s Day parade 

were thanked. 

New members Terry Selvage and 

Jim Hinchen were inducted into the 

club. Ron Tendick was in charge of 

recognitions. He was assisted by Steven 

Holt and Glen Olinger. Rotations 

were made by Craig Albers, Jean 

Hembrough, Tony Williams, Ernie 

Downey, Allan Stare, Melissa Pantier, 

Helen Kuhn, Jean Jumper, Lisa Speer, 

Kevin Heitz, Dave Fisher, Sam Stuart, 

Lori Hartz, Olinger, Celeste Hill, 

Gerry Raymond, Fred Osburn, Holt, 

John Power, Hinchen, Pamela Harrington 

and Tendick. 

President Hartz and committee 

chairman gave an update on club activities. 

Phyllis Lape drew unsuccessfully 

for the 50/50. The four-way test 

was recited and the meeting was adjourned 

at 1 p.m. 

Nortonville Ladies 

Club 

The Nortonville Ladies Club held 

its monthly meeting on Nov. 16 at the 

home of Shawn Crow. Others present 

were Cheri Spencer, Bonnie Orris, 

Betty Clayton, Brenda Chaudoin and 

Janet Hansen. 

Betty Clayton opened the meeting 

with a reading, “Best Joke of the 

Year.” 

Brenda Chaudoin led the Pledge 

of Allegiance. Janet Hansen held the 

fl ag. 

Betty Clayton led the Club Collect, 

which was recited in unison. 

Janet Hansen read the minutes of 

the last meeting, and Brenda Chaudoin 

gave the treasurer’s report. 

Thanksgiving poems were recited 

for roll call. 

Shawn Crow had the program topic, 

Indian legends and customs. She 

read a story entitled “A Crow Legend.” 

She also was in charge of the social 

hour, and everyone played a 

game called “Break the Ice.” 

Everyone dontated money for 

friendship and recited the club prayer 

together. 

The next meeting will be Dec. 

13 with a potluck starting at noon at 

the home of Brenda Chaudoin. Everyone 

is also requested to bring a 

can of food for the Murrayville Food 

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Arenzville UMW 

Night Circle 

The Arenzville UMW Night Circle 

met Nov. 9 at the home of Ellen 

Stocker. She shared Happy Autumn 

“The Seven Ups,” and Sue Farmer 

shared music, “Bigger Than Any 

Mountain” and “I’ve Never Loved 

Him Better Than Today” from the 

Gaithers’ Red Rocks Homecoming. 

President Esther Elliott asked 

Faye Kershaw to open the lesson 

time with prayer. Ellen Stocker was 

lesson leader for Psalm 3, “Praying 

Our Trouble,” and she read from 

the Upper Room for Nov. 9, “Faithful 

Prayer.” 

Six members were present. The 

minutes from the October meeting 

were read with one correction. The 

treasurer’s report was given with a fi - 

nal balance of $789.97. This included 

$213 taken in at the Night Circle 

table at the Nov. 5 luncheon and ad 

money from the birthday calendars. 

Sue Farmer said the circle needs to 

be thinking of someone else to do the 

calendar before next fall, as she and 

her family will not be doing it. 

A thank-you note was received 

from World Gospel Mission on behalf 

of missionary Fran Pearce, to whom 

the circle sent a $100 donation. A report 

was also given on missionary 

Margaret Farnsworth. 

The prayer list was updated, and 

the meeting closed with prayer. 

The Dec. 14 meeting will be at the 

home of Judy Rhoads, and everyone 

will bring something to share about 

Christmas. The study of Psalms will 

continue in January. 

Morgan County Fair 

Auxiliary 

The Morgan County Fair Auxiliary 

met Oct. 27 at the Extension Service 

building in Jacksonville at 4:30 

p.m. Martha Vache presided. Minutes 

were read and approved, and the treasurer’s 

report was given. 

Members reviewed a two-page 

evaluation of the 2011 fair’s events 

and activities regarding any needed 

improvement for next year. 

Ideas for 2012 special events were 

requested. 

Offi cers were elected. They are: 

president, Martha Vache; fi rst vice 

president, Jill Waggener; second vice 

president, Elizabeth Hardy; secretary, 

Rosemary Lonergan; treasurer, Nancy 

Long; kids day, Martha Vache; and 

work day, Aggie Johnson. 

Present were Joyce Ginder, Agnes 

Johnson, Vera Kinnett, Rosemary 

Lonergan, Martha Vache and Elizabeth 

Hardy. Rosemary Lonergan provided 

cookies. 

The next meeting will be at 7 p.m. 

Feb. 16 at the Extension offi ce. 

West Central Lady 

Landowners 

The West Central Lady Landowners 

met Oct. 27 at 1:30 p.m. at the 

Morgan County Extension Service 

building. Betty Reel called the meeting 

to order and led the pledge. Minutes 

were read and approved. The $3 

clean and in good order for 

the guests. 

Let’s explore some 

ideas on how to “spring 

clean” in the fall. 

When guests come for 

dinner, chances are they 

won’t be going through the 

closets doing an inspection 

of your neatness, so 

don’t worry about the closets 

-- at least for this season. 

If you have overnight 

guests, consider clearing 

and cleaning the closet in 

the bedroom they’ll be using, 

but only that closet. 

The spaces to concentrate 

on are all the visible 

areas. If you have time, 

you can vacuum under the 

furniture, but only if time 

permits. 

Shelves, on the other 

hand, will be visible to 

all, so it is time to take all 

things off the shelves and 

dust. When putting things 

back, consider eliminating 

extra, unnecessary things 

so the shelves don’t appear 

cluttered. 

Thoroughly clean the 

fl oors where the guests 

will travel. This is important. 

Have you ever gone 

to a restaurant where the 

carpet is dirty? Do you feel 

like the place isn’t all that 

sanitary? Not a very appetizing 

atmosphere, is it? 

Ah, the bathrooms. 

Here again, picture a restaurant. 

Fancy restaurant 

have fancy and clean bathrooms. 

Even not-too-fancy 

restaurants that have clean 

bathrooms 

make you feel 

a little more 

comfortable 

eating in that 

establishment. 

Be sure there 

is a fresh roll 

of toilet paper 

and an extra 

roll or two on 

hand as well. 

A fresh bar 

of soap or a 

full container 

of liquid soap 

lets guests know you want 

to make it all perfect for 

them. Clean, fresh hand 

towels are a must. Clean 

the grout in the shower. If 

the shower curtain needs 

to be replaced, do it. 

What about the kitchen? 

Try to keep everything 

wiped clean -- a challenge, 

of course, considering all 

the cooking that will be going 

on. Organize shelves. 

dues were collected for 2012. 

Mr. McElfresh gave a program 

on making baskets from scratch. His 

wife was also a guest. 

The president mentioned three 

programs for next year, that a new 

yearbook will be ready in March and 

that April will be a dinner meeting. 

Present were Marjorie Krone, Vera 

McLaughlin, Eda Johnson, Joan 

Comerford, Rita Kuhns, Gail Emerson, 

Helen Dowson, Vera Kinnett, 

Elizabeth Hardy, Phyllis Kilver, Marian 

Worrell, Betty Reel and Elizabeth 

Lacy. Dues were also paid for 

Rosie Cawthon, Bonnie Scranton and 

Evonne Dipesio. Mildred Witte is 

treasurer. 

Rev. James Caldwell 

NSDAR 

The Rev. James Caldwell NSDAR 

met at the Gov. Duncan Mansion at 1 

p.m. Nov. 10 with refreshments being 

served by Loretta Widdows and her 

hostess committee. 

Betty Ford, acting as regent, 

opened the meeting with the Pledge 

of Allegiance and the reading of the 

American Creed. 

Mrs. Ford welcomed the guests including 

students, their parents and 

school personnel present. 

The program, “Our Leaders of Tomorrow,” 

honored outstanding seniors 

from each of the area high 

schools. Mrs. Richard Cook and Mrs. 

Robert Colwell presented certifi cates 

and awards to Emily Ann Tabeek 

from Jacksonville High, Gilbert Zechariah 

Maruna from Routt Catholic 

High, Taylor Michael German from 

Waverly High, Carlie Jean Sides from 

Meredosia-Chambersburg High, Ashley 

Hutton from Westfair Christian 

Academy, Bria Franks from the Illinois 

School for the Visually Impaired, 

Caleb L. Gerdes from Franklin High, 

Meghan Carriger from Bluffs High, 

and two who were not in attendance, 

Wesley Cole Burton from Triopia 

High and Thane Wesley Fowler from 

Winchester High. 

National Defense Chairman Ruth 

Lepper gave a report about the number 

of uniformed women in the military. 

The minutes of the last meeting 

were distributed by Recording Secretary 

Barb Dahman. Treasurer’s reports 

were made available by Treasurer 

Karen Ladd. Registrar Evelyn 

Mason reported on prospective members. 

A motion was made by Becky 

Lakamp to elect member delegates 

to attend the DAR state conference 

on April 27-29, 2012. The motion was 

seconded and passed. 

An announcement was made of 

the Gov. Duncan Association’s Christmas 

gala to be held Nov. 29 at Hamilton’s. 

A silent auction of antique items 

will begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by a 

buffet dinner and a musical program 

by Jacksonville High students. The 

public is invited. Tickets are $30 per 

person. Reservations are due by Nov. 

23 by calling 245-5390. 

The next chapter meeting will be 

Dec. 8 in the lounge of the First Presbyterian 

Church at 12:30 p.m. for a catered 

luncheon. Reservations are due 

by Dec. 1 by calling Karen Ladd at 

243-4904. Rev. Nancy Wood will present 

the program, “Christmas Devotions 

and Holiday Music.” 

Last-minute cleaning for holidays 

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Have extra dishtowels 

out and available for 

anyone who might 

want to help with 

cleanup. 

Empty the garbage just 

before guests arrive. Spray 

the garbage container with 

odor remover to remove 

any garbage smell. Don’t 

use anything with too 

much scent -- the smell of 

the cooking food should be 

the allure. And be sure to 

have an emptydishwasher, 

because 

you’ll need 

all available 

space after 

the big dinner. 

Have extradishtowels 

out and 

available for 

anyone who 

might want 

to help with 

cleanup. 

If you run 

out of time and don’t get 

to all the bedrooms before 

the big day, simply close 

those bedroom doors. 

Done. Now enjoy your 

guests. 

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Mason Brian 

Marshall is celebrating 

his 5th birthday Nov. 20. 

He is the son of Jared 

and Kristen Marshall 

of Jacksonville. He has 

one sister, Mya, 3. His 

grandparents are Tom 

and Theresa Luber and 

David and Judy Marshall, 

all of Jacksonville. 

His great-grandparents 

are Frank and Charlene 

Kaufmann and Rose 

Luber, all of Jacksonville, 

and the late Jerry 

Luber, Don and Cynthia 

Waggener and Harold 

and Kay Marshall. 

Drea Anne 

Edwards will celebrate 

her 3rd birthday Nov. 

21. She is the daughter 

of Joseph and Kristi Edwards 

of Virginia. She 

has one brother, Sawyer. 

Her grandparents 

are Joseph and Sarah 

Edwards of Virginia and 

Steve and Darlene Little 

of rural Beardstown. 

Her great-grandparents 

are Jean Devlin, Audrey 

Little and Bernice 

Suhre, all of Virginia. 

Brielle Lorissa 

Harbert celebrated her 

1st birthday Nov. 4. She 

is the daughter of Steve 

and Brandi Harbert of 

Coffeen. Her grandparents 

are Tami Slocum of 

Woodson, Brad Slocum 

of Jacksonville and the 

late Loris and Mary 

Harbert. Her greatgrandmother 

is Shirley 

Slocum of Jacksonville. 

Her great-great-grandmother 

is Eileen Howard 

of Jacksonville. 

Jocelyn Elaine 

Law will celebrate her 

4th birthday Nov. 21. 

She is the daughter 

of Latrisha and Jamie 

Law of Auburn. She 

has one sister, Allie, 

7. Her grandparents 

are Gladys Miller of 

Virginia, Jim and Ann 

Law of Auburn and the 

late Jim Cook. 

Kendyn Wesley 

Ford-Shewmake celebrated 

his 2nd birthday 

Nov. 18. He is the son of 

Kirstie Ford of Roodhouse 

and Allen Shewmake 

Jr. of Winchester. 

His grandparents are 

Craig and Janie Manley 

of Roodhouse, Anna 

Shewmake of Bluffs and 

Allen Shewmake Sr. of 

White Hall. His greatgrandparents 

are Joyce 

Ford of Roodhouse, Bill 

and Brenda Buechel of 

Troy, Mo., Everett and 

Brenda Shewmake of 

Patterson, Zelma Holder 

of Jerseyville and the 

late Larry Ford. 

Jakob Brogdon 

will celebrate his 1st 

birthday Nov. 25. He 

is the son of Justin and 

Christy Brogdon of 

Jacksonville. His grandparents 

are Michael 

and Dorothy Brogdon 

of Chapin, John Buss 

of Meredosia and the 

late Colleen Buss. His 

great-grandparents 

are Mildred Brogdon 

of Jacksonville, Mary 

Waugh of Versailles and 

the late Loyd Brogdon. 

Carson Gaige celebrated 

his 4th birthday 

Nov. 6. He is the son 

of Carey and Jill Gaige 

of Murrayville. He 

has one sister, Caylee. 

His grandparents are 

Monte and Jane Slavens 

of Arenzville, Richard 

Gaige of New Berlin 

and Betty Gaige of 

Jacksonville. His greatgrandmother 

is Connie 

Wilson of Jacksonville. 

Evynn Abigail 

Gregory celebrated 

her 1st birthday Oct. 

25. She is the daughter 

of Yancey and Katie 

Gregory of Winchester. 

She has two siblings, 

Carson, 4, and Henry, 1 

month. Her grandparents 

are Paul and Terry 

Gregory and Susan 

Gregory, all of Winchester, 

John and Cindy 

Graner of East Alton, 

and the late Russell 

Gregory. Her greatgrandparents 

are Carl 

and Imogene Gregory 

of Winchester, Becky 

Whited of Carrollton 

and Martha Graner of 

Carrollton. 

Kristavia Johnson 

celebrated her 6th birthday 

Nov. 8. She is the 

daughter of Tasha Johnson 

and Adam Moore. 

She has two brothers, 

Izayia Rutherford and 

Xavier Moore. Her 

grandparents are Bruce 

and Cindy Genske of 

Jacksonville and the late 

Ocie Johnson. 

Natalie Wood detectives face confl icting accounts 

LOS ANGELES (AP) 

— Natalie Wood’s drowning 

death nearly 30 years ago 

came after a night of dinner, 

drinking and arguments but 

the question remains — was 

it anything more than a tragic 

accident? 

Confl icting versions of 

what happened on the yacht 

shared by Wood, her actorhusband 

Robert Wagner and 

their friend, actor Christopher 

Walken, have contributed 

to the mystery of how the 

actress died on Thanksgiving 

weekend in 1981. 

Two sheriff’s detectives 

are now diving into the mysterious 

events on the yacht 

Splendour, although whether they reach 

any different conclusions than their predecessors 

remains to be seen. They recently 

received new, seemingly credible information 

and heard from potential witnesses who 

weren’t included in the original investigation 

of Wood’s death, sheriff’s Lt. John Corina 

said Friday. 

But he said nothing has happened to 

change the offi cial view that Wood’s death 

was originally an accidental drowning. Wagner 

is not considered a suspect, he added. 

Corina released few details about who 

investigators have contacted or plan to 

re-interview, but the inquiry will certainly 

lead them to speak with the three survivors 

of the trip — Wagner, Walken and skipper 

Dennis Davern. 

Wood’s sister, Lana, was not on the boat, 

but told CNN’s Piers Morgan on Friday that 

she has spoken with Davern many times 

and believes her sister did not fall off the 

Robert Wagner and 

Natalie Wood in a 1972 

AP fi le photo. 

boat. 

“I don’t think she fell, I 

don’t know if she was pushed, 

I don’t know whether there 

was an altercation and it happened 

accidentally but she 

shouldn’t have died and that 

does stay with me and hurt,” 

Lana Wood said. 

“I would prefer to always 

believe that RJ (Wagner) 

would never do anything to 

hurt Natalie and that he loved 

her dearly, which he did, and 

I don’t believe that whatever 

went on was deliberate. I’ve 

always cared about him. I 

always will care about him,” 

she said. 

The captain said on NBC’s 

“Today” on Friday that Wagner is to blame 

for the Oscar-nominated actress’ death in 

the chilly waters of Southern California 

in November 1981, but didn’t offer many 

specifi cs. For years he has maintained that 

he heard the famous couple arguing on the 

boat before Wood went missing and Wagner 

refusing to immediately search the waters 

nearby for his wife. 

Davern’s account is dramatically different 

from what he told investigators after 

Wood’s body was found in 1981, when no 

mention of an argument between the couple 

was made. Wood was wearing a nightgown, 

wool socks and red down coat when she 

was found fl oating off Santa Catalina Island. 

The renewed investigation comes at a 

time when plenty of attention was sure to 

be focused on Wood. Her death stunned 

the world and CBS’ “48 Hours Mystery” 

has been looking into the case for a special 

airing on Saturday. 

BIRTHDAY PARADE 

Age limit is 12 

years. Only the child 

celebrating the birthday 

will be pictured. 

Birthday must 

occur within one 

month before or 

one month after 

the Sunday they 

are to appear in 

the paper. Photos 

will be returned if 

a self-addressed, 

stamped envelope 

is included; otherwise 

they may be 

picked up in the 

newsroom after they 

appear in the paper. 

Every effort will 

be made to get 

birthdays provided 

by noon 

Thursday into the 

Sunday paper. 

However, information 

must be verified 

with a parent 

and that can 

sometimes delay 

publication. 

Jacksonville Journal-Courier, Jacksonville, Ill., Sunday, November 20, 2011 13 

Grace Elizabeth and Lilly Ruth Geirnaeirt 

celebrated their 7th birthday Nov. 17. They are the 

twin daughters of Jenny and Terry Geirnaeirt of 

Jacksonville. They have one brother, Owen, 3. Their 

grandparents are Sandra Fisher of Jacksonville, 

Gary and Janice Geirnaeirt of Milledgeville and the 

late Bob Fisher. Their great-grandmother is Almeda 

Geirnaeirt of Kewanee. 

Alli Brianne Peterson celebrated her 6th 

birthday Oct. 28. Her sister, Maci Nicole, will 

celebrate her 2nd birthday Nov. 27. They are the 

daughters of Eric and Brittany Peterson of Winchester. 

Their grandparents are Craig and Lorri 

Glossop of Winchester and Tom and Julie Peterson 

of Manchester. Their great-grandparents are Barb 

Glossop of Winchester, Connie Walker of Jacksonville 

and Hazel Peterson, E.C. and Mary Lou Clark, 

all of Manchester. 

Lillian Autumn 

Hembrough will celebrate 

her 3rd birthday 

Nov. 24. She is the 

daughter of James and 

Kimberly Hembrough 

of Jacksonville. Her 

grandparents are Mike 

and Jeanne Bettis of 

Roodhouse, Karen Reed 

of Jacksonville and the 

late Paul Hembrough. 


are Ada Reed of 

Jacksonville, James and 

Phyliss Hembrough of 

Winchester and James 

and Virginia Bettis of 

Roodhouse. 

Dallas James 

Surratt celebrated his 

2nd birthday Nov. 16. He 

is the son of Tony and 

Stevi Surratt of Bluffs. 

He has one brother, 

Anthony “Jackson,” 

5. His grandparents 

are James and Gena 

Surratt of Meredosia, 

Kim and David Neff 

of Winchester and the 

late Steve Dawson. His 

great-grandparents are 

Betty Hart of Bluffs, Ray 

and Leona Swartz of 

Pittsfi eld, Dorothy Hoffman 

of Fort Scott, Kan., 

Merle Large of West 

Point and the late Russell 

and Violet Surratt. 

Owen Jackson 

Daniels celebrated his 

6th birthday Oct. 19. 

He is the son of Kris 

and Janet Daniels of 

Jacksonville. He has two 

siblings, Parker Oldenettel, 

15, and Nash Oldenettel, 

13. His grandparents 

are Don and 

Julie Storts of Springdale, 

Ark., and the late 

George and Patricia 

Mills O’Connell and 

Gary and Carol Daniels. 

His great-grandparents 

are Marcella Daniels 

of Jacksonville, Bill 

and Glenna Storts of 

Havana, Ark., and the 

late Jack Daniels. 

Gracelyn Rose 

Dame celebrated her 

2nd birthday Nov. 18. 

She is the daughter 

of Brad and Kosha 

Dame of Ashland. 

Her grandparents are 

Carlyle and Wanda 

Dame of Jacksonville 

and Wayne and Jeannie 

Roberts of Jacksonville. 


are Carlyle Dame Sr. 

of Jacksonville, Darrell 

and Betty Ring of 

Ashland, Lillian Burton 

of Springfi eld and Tom 

and Janet Roberts of 

Monroe City, Mo. 

Holiday deadline 

The deadlie for the Sunday, Nov. 27, 

social section and Birthday Parade is 

5 p.m. Tuesday.


Eldred to speak at IC chapel service 

Don Eldred will be the guest speaker at the Illinois 

College chapel service, 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, at 

the school’s Rammelkamp Chapel. 

Eldred will discuss his recent participation in a ceremony 

marking the 400th anniversary of the publication 

of the King James Bible at Christ Church Cathedral 

in Chester, England, and his experiences at Gladstone’s 

Library in Hawarden, North Wales. The public 

is welcome. 

Eldred will also be conducting the service at Passavant 

Hospital’s Bielschmidt Chapel at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, 

Nov. 27. 

GOOD FAITH: Former 

IC dean a contributor at 

King James Bible event 


On the recommendation of Peter Francis, director of 

Gladstone’s, Eldred was selected to be among the presenters, 

reading at some length from the Book of Isaiah with its 

abiding theme on the power and possibilities of salvation. 

Eldred was deeply moved by the chance to participate. 

“Spiritually, the event is something I will carry with me 

throughout my remaining life,” he says. 

Eldred tends to shy away from talking about the role of 

faith in his life for fear of sounding overly dramatic or heavyhanded, 

but it has clearly provided direction at key points. 

“I fell in with some rough associates in the middle-school 

years and became such a non-student that I just barely got 

out of junior high and into 

high school,” he recalls. 

“I got close to the bars 

Spiritually, the event is 

something I will carry with 

me throughout my 

remaining life.” 

at the local jail, but I never 

got behind them. I can’t 

even begin to list all the 

ways my ministers over 

a period of 10 years or so 

kicked me in the seat with 

genuine concern and affection 

during my lowest 

points.” 

He eventually found 

a better path and “met 

some really good people 

to hang out with,” which he says eventually had a transforming 

effect on his behavior and his scholarship. 

While attending the University of Dubuque, Eldred got a 

call from his hometown (Somonauk, Ill.) pastor asking him 

to fi ll in at a local church where the minister had become seriously 

ill. 

“I had only had a couple of semesters of Bible at college, 

but that experience over those weeks of conducting services 

and speaking to a congregation became life-shaping and has 

remained in my heart and mind throughout my career” in 

education, Eldred says. 

When he came to Illinois College in 1961, Eldred’s offi 

ce was next to that of Dr. Iver Yeager, academic dean and 

professor of religion at the school. Yeager soon asked him 

to help out at the Waverly Congregational Church, which 

he did, taking turns with Yeager in leading services at the 

church for at least a decade. 

When he retired from his long tenure at IC, Eldred was 

asked to help with pastoral work at Passavant Area Hospital 

where he now assists Chaplain Patsy Kelly whenever called 

upon to take the Sunday chapel service. 

Though church today competes with an avalanche of 

commercial entertainments and distractions, Eldred keeps 

faith in the power of faith to shape lives. 

“I believe today’s young people have a hunger for religious 

experiences and respond eagerly when we encourage 

them to minister in any number of ways,” he says. 

Eldred is proud of his 54 years of service in the classroom, 

including 45 at Illinois College. He has paid his dues, 

but continues to hear the call to contribute. 

“Anything I have done in my lay-ministry work has been 

icing on the cake.” 

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MANN: College is great, 

but home for the holiday 

sure sounds good 


students haven’t slept in before me. 

I’m giddy at the thought of showering without fl ip-fl ops 

on, and without dragging along a 35 pound plastic tote of 

shower supplies. I’ll be free to belt out songs if and when I 

choose to. 

I won’t have to worry 

about accidentally letting 

(Thanksgiving) has been the 

Holy Grail I’ve been looking 

to for the past month. And 

oodles of warm, homemade 

food for days on end isn’t 

even the half of it. Once you 

hit college, holidays take on 

a whole new meaning. 

my spring-loaded door 

slam shut at 11:01 p.m., 

because yes, the RA will 

still yell at you even if it’s 

barely past the start of quiet 

hours. 

As great as all of 

these things will be, there 

is absolutely nothing better 

than the time I will get 

to spend with my family. I 

can fi nally talk to my dad 

in person about sports, to 

my mom about her job, 

and my sister about her 

fi rst year of high school. 

I’m going to be able 

to bake cookies with my 

grandma and visit with my 

aunts and uncles. I’m fi nally 

going to get to see my 

two young nephews, who will keep me laughing for hours at 

their wise old ages of 5 and 3. 

Being home and spending time with my family is going to 

be the thing that motivates me to push through the last few 

weeks of this semester and fi nish strong on my fi nal exams. 

College is so many things. It is exciting, liberating, incredibly 

busy, demanding. 

While every day here brings with it exciting opportunities 

and new challenges, it will be a nice change to return home, 

slow down, and spend Thanksgiving with my family. 

Alaina Mann is a 2011 graduate of Jacksonville High 

School. 

BY STEVE KARNOWSKI, MARGERY 

BECK AND ANNE D’INNOCENZIO 


Count your blessings, then 

get to work. 

That may be Thanksgiving 

for more retail workers this year, 

as stores desperate to pull in buyers on 

the first weekend of the holiday shopping 

season push their openings earlier 

and earlier. Unhappy workers who say 

it ruins their Thanksgiving celebrations 

are trying to persuade companies to 

back off, but retailers say they’re stuck: 

It’s what customers want. 

Reporting to work at 11 p.m. on 

Thanksgiving Day ruins what is supposed 

to be a day spent with family, 

said Anthony Hardwick, who works 

part-time at a Target store in Omaha 

corralling carts. His online petition 

against Target Corp.’s plan to open at 

midnight on Black Friday had drawn 

more than 100,000 signatures from retail 

workers and the public by Wednesday, 

about two weeks after he launched 

it. 

“The folks that work at Target are 

going to be working all night overnight 

on one of the most hectic retail days 

of the holidays,” Hardwick said, “they 

need to be well-rested for that, so they 

have to miss out on Thanksgiving if 

they’re going to be working overnight.” 

Merchants are competing for shoppers 

on a weekend that can be critical 

for their annual sales and profits, and 

a growing number fear opening at 4 

a.m. or 5 a.m., as they have in recent 

years, may be too late in this challenging 

economy. More than a decade ago, 

major retailers used to open their doors 

around 6 a.m. on Black Friday, but over 

the past five years they started to move 

that up to as early as 3 a.m. 

A handful started limited testing of 

midnight openings several years ago. 

But midnight openings have proliferated 

this year, with Target Corp., Best 

Buy Co., Kohl’s Corp. and Bon-Ton 

Stores Inc. all announcing 12 a.m. 

openings for the first time. Macy’s, 

which opened eight stores at midnight 

last year, is opening all of its 800-plus 

Macy’s stores nationwide at that time 

this year. 

Retailers say they’re responding to 

consumer demand for an ever-earlier 

start to the holiday shopping season. A 

National Retail Federation survey last 

AGING: Many boomers banish thoughts of growing old 


practices yoga twice a week and takes 

part in a rigorous fi tness boot camp 

twice a week. Her parents, in their early 

80s, are healthy, too — so living wills 

aren’t on her radar. 

“I just feel like it’s something I’ll 

probably think about in my late 60s or 

70s,” she said. 

A living will spells out a patient’s 

wishes for medical care if he or she is 

unable to communicate with doctors. 

The health care proxy, also known 

as a health care power of attorney, allows 

an individual to select a person he 

or she trusts to make decisions about 

medical care should the patient become 

incapacitated. 

Kathy Brandt says living wills and 

health care proxies are a good idea for 

everyone whether they are healthy and 

young or older and not so healthy. 

Brandt, a senior vice president at 

the National Hospice and Palliative 

Care Organization, said the two documents 

can spare families a painful fi ght 

and ensure that patients receive — or 

C O U N T D O W N T O B L A C K F R I D A Y 

Anthony Hardwick, a part-time employee at a arget store, poses for a photo in front of his place of 

employment, in Omaha, Neb. Hardwick launched a petition asking Target department stores to drop 

plans to open at midnight on Thanksgiving Day when he learned of the chain’s plans to have employees 

report to work at 11 p.m. Thanksgiving Day to work 10-hour overnight shifts. 

Workers push back against 

earlier holiday openings 

year shows that the number of shoppers 

who flocked to stores opening at 

midnight following the Thanksgiving 

feast tripled in 2010 from 2009. 

“We have heard from our guests 

that they want to shop Target following 

their Thanksgiving celebrations rather 

than only having the option of getting 

up in the middle of the night,” said 

Molly Snyder, a spokeswoman for Minneapolis-based 

Target. 

Snyder disputed that Hardwick was 

scheduled to work on Black Friday; 

Hardwick insisted that he was. 

WAL-MART STORES INC., the 

world’s largest retailer, will be offering 

discounts on toys, home accessories 

and clothing starting at 10 p.m. 

on Thanksgiving. The Bentonville, 

Ark.-based discounter, whose supercenters 

already operate around the 

clock, opened most of its other stores 

by midnight on Thanksgiving evening 

last year. Duncan MacNaughton, chief 

merchandising officer at Wal-Mart’s 

U.S. division, said customers said they 

would rather stay up late to shop than 

get up early. 

Toys R Us, which opened on 

Thanksgiving Day for the first time last 

year, plans to open an hour earlier at 

9 p.m. Gap Inc. will open nearly 1,000 

stores across its Banana Republic, Old 

Navy and namesake stores on Thanksgiving 

in the U.S. That’s about 10 percent 

more than a year ago, according to 

Gap spokeswoman Louise Callagy. 

Bucking the trend, Sears Holding 

Corp., which opened its Sears stores 

on Thanksgiving for the first time last 

year, is going back to 4 a.m. Friday this 

year. Its Kmart stores, however, will 

be open on Thanksgiving Day as they 

have been since 1991, spokesman Tom 

Aiello said. J.C. Penney Co. is also another 

holdout, sticking with its regular 

4 a.m. opening on Black Friday. 

People in several fields — even retail 

— have traditionally had to work 

on Thanksgiving, said Ellen Davis, a 

spokeswoman for the National Retail 

Federation. She noted that many drugstores 

and food stores remain open 

on the holiday. But it seems to be the 

midnight openings that shifted sentiment 

toward keeping Thanksgiving 

Day itself out of the fray — aided by the 

rise of social media, which have helped 

spread the word. 

“I think a lot of people, with these 

movements like Occupy Wall Street, I 

don’t receive — the medical treatment 

they wish should they end up in a situation 

where they can’t speak for themselves. 

The living will is not “all or nothing,” 

said Brandt. A person could say he or 

she wants everything, something or 

nothing. For example, one person may 

want heroic measures taken to prolong 

life, while another may want to be resuscitated 

but decide against being dependent 

on breathing machines longterm. 

Brandt pointed to high-profi le cases 

such as the Florida family fi ght over 

Terri Schiavo as a smart reason to draft 

a living will and health care proxy. 

At 26, Schiavo collapsed at her St. 

Petersburg home in 1990 with no endof-life 

care instructions in writing. Her 

heart stopped and she suffered what 

doctors said was irreversible brain 

damage that left her in a permanent 

vegetative state. Her husband said his 

wife would not have wanted to live in 

a vegetative state; her parents wanted 

her kept alive. 

think a lot of people are getting tired of 

wealthier people taking advantage of 

the middle class and poorer people,” 

said John Stankus, a stocker at the Target 

store in Cypress, Calif. who signed 

Hardwick’s petition. 

“It’s their greed and their wanting to 

take advantage of us — because they’re 

not missing their Thanksgiving dinner.” 

Stankus, 22, said his extended 

family gets together only once a year, 

so he’ll miss the chance to see relatives 

who probably won’t arrive at his 

aunt’s home before he has to leave 

to get enough sleep before starting 

work around 11 p.m. on Thanksgiving 

night. 

“I’ll just get the crumbs and the leftovers 

they leave behind, but I won’t get 

any turkey at all and won’t get time to 

spend with my family,” he said. Stankus 

said he had considered not showing up 

and taking the consequences. 

Hardwick said that’s typical of the 

kind of support he’s heard from colleagues, 

including some who are afraid 

to sign because they fear losing their 

jobs. 

Other retail workers said they’re 

just glad to be employed. 

Mary Huskey, who has worked at 

a Wal-Mart in suburban St. Louis for 

21 years, said most retail employees 

know they’re going to have to work on 

holidays, especially Black Friday. She 

plans to have Thanksgiving dinner with 

her family early in the day, catch a little 

rest and then ring up sales from 9 p.m. 

to 6 a.m. 

“Retail is retail. People want to shop, 

and if they want to shop, we have to 

be there for them,” Huskey said. “It’s 

a living, and you know that when you 

go into it. I’m just thankful that I have a 

place to work, unlike other people that 

don’t have a job.” 

It’s not just big box merchandisers 

that will be open Thanksgiving. 

Anneliese Curtis Place said she’ll be 

selling cars at a Toyota dealer in Santa 

Barbara, Calif., until 3 p.m. on both 

Thanksgiving and Black Friday. The 

dealer opens every Thanksgiving, she 

said, partly because there are a lot of 

Jehovah’s Witnesses in the area who 

don’t celebrate the holidays, She anticipates 

they’ll sell “quite a few” cars next 

Thursday. 

“My family’s been really flexible 

about working around my schedule,” 

Place said. “I’m glad because a job is 

pretty important these days.” 

What ensued was a years-long legal 

battle that involved dozens of judges in 

numerous jurisdictions, including the 

U.S. Supreme Court, and Congress. 

Schiavo’s feeding tube was ordered removed 

in 2005. About two weeks later, 

she died. 

Each state has its own forms for 

proxies and living wills, said Brandt. 

And while it’s a legal document, she 

said, you don’t need an attorney to draft 

one. The forms need to be witnessed, 

but that’s it. She advises giving copies 

to plenty of people — family, friends, 

colleagues — so a person’s wishes are 

well-known. 

For baby boomer William Walsh in 

Petersburg, Va., drafting a living will 

hasn’t crossed his mind. 

“I just haven’t really thought about 

it to tell you the truth,” said Walsh, 61. 

“You always think something is going 

to happen to the other guy, not you.” 

Walsh said no one in his family has 

ever needed one, but also said he might 

give the idea more thought.

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RANDY AND KAREN ANDERSON 

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BLUFFS JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH 

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high honor roll for the 2011-2012 school 

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on Oct. 22. One of Randy Anderson’s photographs, 

titled “On the Rocks,” received 

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received a Kodak Gallery Award for excellence. 

They also attended the convention and 

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and demonstrations presenting new 

techniques and trends in today’s photography. 

AARON D. EVANS joined the law fi rm 

of Rammelkamp Bradney as an associate 

attorney. He will be working out of the 

Jacksonville offi ce. With the addition of 

Evans, the fi rm has 14 attorneys with offi 

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economics and fi nance from the University 

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Floyd has been 

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agent since 2006 working 

with clients in the 

sale or purchase of 

residential, commercial 

and farm and recreational 

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TONY L. MOORE 

joined the Jacksonville 

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Moore will work 

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MAKING GRADE 

THE 

NOTES ON EDUCATION 

Ally Bunfi ll, Emily Burns, Elly Crawford, 

Megan Evans, Joshua Fischer, Jayson 

Gomer, Levi Job, Kylie McGinnis, Mackenzie 

Musch, Austin Smith; freshmen — 

Collin Andrews, Matthew Burrus, Kendall 

Clayton, Stefan Cogswell, Owen Hart, 

Patrick McLain, Haley Milby, Paul Nienhiser, 

Matthew Talkemeyer, Elisabeth 

Werries; sophomores — Alana Bunfi ll, 

Dalton Davis, Katie Evans, Megan Lynn, 

Sydney Meyer, Cydney Musch, Kendi 

Sayre; juniors — Chase Halsne, Katie 

Heiderscheit; seniors — Jacob Burrus, 

Wesley Burton, Katie Clayton, Jansen Joehl, 

Bethany Keffenberger, Kaleb Miller, 

Carolina Miranda and Morgan Smith. 

VIRGINIA JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH 


high honor roll for the 2011-2012 

school year. Students achieving this honor 

are: Seventh grader — Jamie Jokisch; 

eighth graders — Kristan Shaffer, Courtney 

Beddingfi eld, Chasity Bright, Kasey 

Harris, Rebekah Helmich; freshmen 

— Amber Bencher, Josh Damotte; sophomores 

— Jessica Bencher, Rachel Helmich, 

Dani Shamhart, Gina Waid, Jacob 

Werner, Dirk Winkelman; juniors — 

Matthew Helmich, Nick Clement, Katie 

Noland, Hollyann Rogers, Jessie Sims, 

Strangers who helped each other reunite 

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — A motorist 

who had a heart attack but was kept alive by 

a stranger whom just minutes earlier he had 

stopped to help along a Wisconsin interstate 

has had a tearful reunion with that woman 

and the first responders who saved his life. 

Victor Giesbrecht, 61, expressed his gratitude 

Wednesday to Sara Berg, the Eau Claire 

woman who performed CPR on him just a 

few miles further along the Interstate 94 from 

where he had helped her to change a tire. 

“He said ‘thank you’ and we hugged, then 

we both started crying,” Berg told the Eau 

Claire Leader-Telegram. First responders also 

attended the reunion at Giesbrecht’s room 

at Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire. 

Giesbrecht, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and 

his wife, Ann, were driving to Indiana Nov. 

5 when they saw Berg, 40, and her cousin, 

Lisa Meier, stopped on the side of the interstate 

with a flat tire. Giesbrecht pulled over, 

retrieved a jack from his pickup and helped 

change the flat. 

Minutes after driving away, Giesbrecht 

suffered a heart attack and lost consciousness. 

His wife brought their pickup to a stop 

and called 911. Then along came the women 

whom Giesbrecht had just helped. When 

Berg, a certified nursing assistant, discovered 

that Giesbrecht wasn’t breathing, she started 

CPR. First responders arrived a short time 

later and used an automated external defibrillator 

to restore a normal heart rhythm. 

“If she wouldn’t have come along, I don’t 

think we’d be here right now,” Giesbrecht 

said. 

Nicklas Smith, Marcus Toquinto, Molly 

Travelstead, Rachel White, Josh Wilhite; 

seniors — Leo Herzberger and Kelly 

McMillan. 

JANELL NEVIUS from Waverly was 

awarded third place in a recent juried exhibit 

at John Wood Community College. 

She is a senior graphic design major at 

Culver-Stockton College. 

Illinois College associate professor of 

religion CARYN D. 

RISWOLD has been 

elected to a four-year 

term on the Lilly Fellows 

Program National 

Network Board. 

The Lilly Fellows 

Program is based at 

Riswold 

Valparaiso University 

in northwest Indiana. 

Their goal is to 

strengthen the quality and shape the character 

of church-related institutions of higher 

learning in the 21st century. 

IC has been a member since 2003, and 

Riswold has been the college’s faculty representative 

from the beginning. 

4-H 

The EASTSIDE JUNIORS 4-H CLUB 

met Nov. 7 at the Extension Offi ce. Kristie 

Maro, health educator from HMR 

at Passavant Hospital, discussed nutrition 

and healthy eating habits. Everyone 

brought items for the Thanksgiving food 

drive. 

Talks were given by Bridgette Lonergan, 

Jennifer Jackson and Collin Jones. 

Members made Christmas cards for the 

nursing homes. Achievement night is 

Dec. 7. The next meeting will be at the 

Christmas banquet on Dec. 4 at the Extension 

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FFA 

KATHRYN BRANNAN, a member of 

the Carrollton FFA chapter has earned the 

American FFA Degree. It was presented 

to her Oct. 22 at the National FFA Convention 

in Indianapolis. 

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Dec. 10 from Lincoln’s 

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JOSEPH ENGEBRECHT, the son of 

Bruce and Ruth Engebrecht 

of Jacksonville, 

was selected as the 

Kiwanis Club’s Outstanding 

Vocational 

Student of the Month 

for October. 

He has earned 13 

Engebrecht 

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area of industrial tech- 

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Lincoln College of Technology in Indianapolis, 

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A driver of a U-Haul truck 

carrying beer kegs through a tailgating area before the 

Yale-Harvard game Saturday suddenly accelerated, fatally 

striking a 30-year-old Massachusetts woman and injuring 

two other women, police said. 

It’s not clear why the driver sped up, New Haven Police 

spokesman David Hartman said. The truck then crashed 

into other U-Haul vans in the lot, an open playing field used 

for pre-game tailgating parties before Yale home games in 

New Haven. 

Tim Walker of Pawtucket, R.I., said he was grilling sirloin 

tips when he heard the crash behind him. He turned 

and saw two people lying on the ground. 

People huddled around them trying to help, according 

to a video that appears to have been recorded shortly after 

the accident and posted online. “We’re not getting a pulse,” 

said someone crouched near one victim, while the cameraman 

notes the ambulance hasn’t arrived. 

After emergency officials arrived, Walker said, he saw 

one victim being given CPR as she was taken away. 

“The driver looked shocked. Absolutely shocked,” Walker 

said. Police have not said whether alcohol was a factor. 

“He didn’t look intoxicated or anything like that,” Walker 

added. “He had a dazed look like he had just hit someone.” 

Hartman said the driver was in police custody. 

He said the woman who was killed was pronounced 

dead at about 10:15 a.m. at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Police 

did not immediately release her identity. 

A second woman, which Yale said was a student at its 

School of Management, was listed in critical but stable condition 

at the hospital. 

The third woman suffered minor injuries. 

At the annual Yale-Harvard game, tailgating is nearly as 

storied as the competition itself. Elaborate buffets dot the 

parking lots, and fans frequently fill such U-Haul trucks 

with kegs, grills and hard alcohol. 

Six years ago, Yale began shutting down all parties after 

halftime in an effort to curb binge drinking and keep 

students and alumni safe. Saturday, the university said it 

planned to review its policies and regulations on tailgating 

before games. 

“The Yale community is deeply saddened by the tragic 

vehicle accident that occurred at a Yale Bowl parking lot 

this morning,” the school said in statement. 

“Yale extends our sympathies and prayers to the family 

of the woman who was killed and hopes for the speedy recovery 

of the two women hurt,” the statement said. “Our 

thoughts are also with those who witnessed or were affected 

by this tragic accident.” 

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CINCINNATI (AP) — John G. Smale enjoyed his work 

at Procter & Gamble, throwing himself into it through late 

nights and weekends as he rose from the toilet goods division 

to the top of the consumer products giant. Decades 

later, the company is still reaping the benefits of those long 

hours and the ideas and plans they helped produce. 

The former CEO and chairman, also a former General 

Motors Co. chairman, died Saturday in Cincinnati, a P&G 

spokesman said. He was 84. The Cincinnati-based company 

didn’t immediately give details about how he died. 

“Life would be awful long if you were working at something 

you didn’t like to do,” Smale, a graduate of Miami 

University in Ohio, reflected in a 2009 interview with the 

university’s magazine. He said he spent years working until 

10 or 11 p.m., and on weekends, “totally immersed in 

what I was doing” and “having a really good time.” 

Smale led P&G from 1981 to 1990 and was the seventh 

chief executive of the 174-year-old company. He also was 

chairman of General Motors Co. from 1992 to 1995 and was 

a board member of the automaker for more than two decades, 

beginning in 1982. 

The Canadian with German ancestry graduated from 

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for what was then called the toilet goods division. He 

rose through the company, becoming president in charge 

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CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. — 

Illinois College’s high-flying offense 

ran into a rock-solid defense 

Saturday, and the Blueboys 

lost to Wabash College 38-20 in 

the fi rst round of the NCAA D-III 

playoffs. 

“It was good to be here,” Illinois 

College senior wide receiver 

Brock Thompson said. “Obviously 

we wanted it to go a little 

differently. We would have 

liked to have had a W, but that’s a 

good team. I credit Wabash. They 

played hard and executed a little 

better than we did throughout 

the game. They are a good team 

and that is what you are going to 

get in the playoffs.” 

“This has been one of the most 

enjoyable seasons I have ever 

had,” Illinois College head coach 

Garrett Campbell said. “Just from 

a standpoint of being surrounded 

by a group of young men who 

on a daily basis are not scared to 

work hard and not scared to put 

the effort in. They don’t always 

know what the results are going 

to be, but they are not afraid to 

work their tails off.” 

Wabash (11-0) built a 38-6 lead 

heading into the fourth quarter, 

but Illinois College managed to 

score twice to make the game appear 

closer than it actually was. 

“It was a great experience,” IC 

freshman quarterback Michael 

Bates said. “I came into this game 

thinking we had a chance, but we 

just couldn’t pull it out.” 

With the Wabash second team 

defense on the fi eld, Illinois College 

covered 60 yards in five 

plays to reach the end zone. Cecil 

Brimmage scored from three 

yards out to cut the Little Giants’ 

lead to 38-12. 

Illinois College (9-2) got the 

ball right back after recovering 

an onside kick, and needed just 

three plays and 41 seconds to fi nd 

the end zone again. Bates completed 

a 19-yard pass to Thompson 

for the score. 

“It was a two-minute offense, 

and Michael was calling the 

plays,” Thompson said. “Coach 

gives Michael four or fi ve plays 

and he gets to pick which ones 

he wants. He knew what he wanted 

to do and we kind of had an 

idea of what (Wabash was) going 

to do. So we came out throwing. 

Colin (Duling) had a nice catch 

up the sideline. We ran the same 

play two times in a row and the 

safety jumped Colin the second 

time, and that left me open down 

the seam and Michael just — like 

he always does — made a great 

read and I got it in the end zone 

fi nally.” 

“(Thompson) has been a leader 

of that receiving corps for four 

years,” Bates said. “It was fun that 

Brown County’s Austin Gooding is consoled by fellow senior 

Terry Scheer after a loss to Tuscola in the semifinals of the 

IHSA Class 1A playoffs in Mount Sterling Saturday. More 

photos online at myjournalcouriervarsity.com. 

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I was able to get a touchdown to 

him.” 

With the Blueboys trailing by 

20, they went for two and Bates 

hit Brock Doehring for the fi nal 

points of the game. 

The Little Giants scored fi rst 

Saturday afternoon, on their second 

drive of the game. Wabash 

took the ball from its own 14yard 

line and drove 86 yards in 14 

plays. Wabash led the rest of the 

way. 

Illinois College quickly countered 

with a 12-play, 83-yard drive 

of its own, when Adam Fricke 

made his only reception of the 

game, on a two-yard pass from 

Bates for a touchdown. It was 

Fricke’s first touchdown reception 

of the season. The Little Giants 

blocked the Blueboys’ PAT 

attempt and retained a 7-6 lead. 

“It was surreal,” Fricke said. 

“Two weeks ago we fi nished the 

season and didn’t know if we 

BY BRIAN WEBSTER 


MOUNT STERLING — Half 

of Saturday’s Class 1A semifinal 

showdown with visiting powerhouse 

Tuscola went Brown 

County’s way. The host Hornets 

had locked the Warriors into 

the kind of defensive stalemate 

they’d been winning lately, and 

they even held a one-point lead at 

intermission. 

But then Brown County found 

out, again, what sets Tuscola 

apart from other strong Class 1A 

programs. The Warriors changed 

their offense, shifted into a high- 

C 

K 

M 

Y 

er gear, and dominated the second 

half on their way to a 33-14 

victory and their third consecutive 

berth in the state championship 

game. 

“They’re a great program,” 

said Hornets senior quarterback 

Alex Sheppard of Tuscola. “You 

have to give them all the credit 

in the world. They came out here 

and put it on us like we knew they 

had the potential to do.” 

The Warriors (11-2) will take 

on Dakota (11-2) next Friday at 

10 a.m., at Champaign’s Memorial 

Stadium, for the Class 1A state 

title. Dakota came from behind to 

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Illinois falls to Wisconsin 

• PAGE 17 

IC stopped short 

Little Giants’ 

defense stifl es 

Blueboys 

• PLAYER OF THE DAY• 

Stacey Sinclair 

PORTA/A-C Central’s Stacey Sinclair is 

the J-C Player of the Day for Friday, as 

chosen by those who voted at myjournalcourier 

varsity.com. Sinclair had 16 points and 

four rebounds in a win over Lincoln. 

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“It was a great 

experience.” 

— Illinois College freshman 

quarterback Michael Bates 

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BLUEBOYS, see Page 19 ➤ 

ABOVE: Illinois 

College defenders 

take down Wabash 

College’s Vann 

Hunt Saturday in 

a playoff game 

in Crawfordsville, 

Ind. 

LEFT: IC’s Keith 

Hunter attempts 

to break up a 

pass to Wabash 

College’s James 

Kraus. More 

photos online at 

myjournalcouriervarsity.com. 

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N ICK TURNER 

Tuscola ends Hornets’ season 

Warriors rally in second half to beat Brown County in semifi nals 

defeat Freeport Aquin (11-2), 25- 

21. Tuscola head coach Rick Reinhart 

said that even though this 

is his team’s third straight trip to 

“the carpet,” he doesn’t take the 

success for granted. 

“It’s always amazing,” said 

Reinhart. “When I started my 

coaching career, those fi rst three 

years as an assistant, we won everything 

at Mascoutah. And then 

I went off on my own and I found 

out what coaching was all about. 

It took me 19 years to win a conference 

championship. It took me 

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HOCKEY 

NHL 

Saturday’s Games 

Minnesota 3, St. Louis 2, SO 

Winnipeg 6, Philadelphia 4 

Detroit 4, Los Angeles 1 

Phoenix 4, Buffalo 2 

Toronto 7, Washington 1 

Montreal 4, N.Y. Rangers 0 

Boston 6, N.Y. Islanders 0 

New Jersey 4, Tampa Bay 2 

Florida 3, Pittsburgh 2 

Columbus 4, Nashville 3, OT 

San Jose 4, Dallas 1 

Chicago at Edmonton (n) 

Sunday’s Games 

Toronto at Carolina, 4 p.m. 

San Jose at Colorado, 7 p.m. 

Detroit at Anaheim, 7 p.m. 

Ottawa at Vancouver, 8 p.m. 

FOOTBALL 

NFL 

Sunday’s Games 

Tampa Bay at Green Bay, noon 

Oakland at Minnesota, noon 

Carolina at Detroit, noon 

Dallas at Washington, noon 

Jacksonville at Cleveland, noon 

Cincinnati at Baltimore, noon 

Buffalo at Miami, noon 

Arizona at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m. 

Seattle at St. Louis, 3:05 p.m. 

San Diego at Chicago, 3:15 p.m. 

Tennessee at Atlanta, 3:15 p.m. 

Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 7:20 p.m. 

Open: Houston, Indianapolis, New 

Orleans, Pittsburgh 

Monday’s Game 

Kansas City at New England, 7:30 p.m. 

College 

WISCONSIN 28, ILLINOIS 17 

Wisconsin 0 7 14 7 — 28 

Illinois 0 17 0 0 — 17 

Second Quarter 

Ill—Young 12 run (Dimke kick), 13:14. 

Ill—Young 1 run (Dimke kick), 8:21. 

Wis—M.Ball 1 run (Welch kick), 2:55. 

Ill—FG Dimke 41, :02. 

Third Quarter 

Wis—M.Ball 5 pass from Wilson 

(Welch kick), 6:27. 

Wis—Wilson 1 run (Welch kick), :00. 

Fourth Quarter 

Wis—M.Ball 17 run (Welch kick), 

12:12. 

Wis Ill 

First downs 16 19 

Rushes-yards 45-195 34-149 

Passing 90 152 

Comp-Att-Int 10-13-0 22-31-3 

Return Yards 3 0 

Punts-Avg. 4-48.3 2-38.0 

Fumbles-Lost 3-1 5-1 

Penalties-Yards 6-52 6-63 

Time of Possession 33:24 26:36 

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS 

RUSHING—Wisconsin, M.Ball 38-224, 

White 1-(minus 1), Wilson 4-(minus 6), 

Team 2-(minus 22). Illinois, Young 8-43, 

Ford 8-39, Pollard 3-28, Scheelhaase 8- 

28, Jenkins 3-13, O’Toole 2-8, Lankford 

1-2, DuVernois 1-(minus 12). 

PASSING—Wisconsin, Wilson 10-13- 

0-90. Illinois, Scheelhaase 15-19-1-99, 

O’Toole 7-12-2-53. 

RECEIVING—Wisconsin, Toon 6-67, 

M.Ball 2-(minus 1), Abbrederis 1-15, 

Duckworth 1-9. Illinois, Davis 5-53, Jenkins 

4-33, Millines 4-27, Ford 3-7, Pollard 

2-11, E.Wilson 2-7, Harris 1-12, Sykes 1- 

2. 

WABASH COLLEGE 38, 

ILLINOIS COLLEGE 20 

Illinois College 6 0 0 14 — 20 

Wabash 7 21 10 0 — 38 

Scoring Summary 

First Quarter 

WAB — Tyler Holmes 4 run (Ian Mac- 

Dougall kick) 6:56 

IC — Adam Fricke 2 pass from Michael 

Bates (Matt Newman kick blocked) 2:02 


WAB — Chase Belton 3 run (MacDougall 

kick) 12:17 

WAB — Holmes 4 run (MacDougall 

kick (7:47) 

WAB — Jonathan Horn 14 pass from 

Belton (MacDougall kick) 0:35 

Third Quarter 

WAB — MacDougall 24 yard fi eld goal 

(10:39) 

WAB — Wes Chamblee 16 pass from 

Belton (MacDougall kick) 1:39 


IC — Cecil Brimmage 3 run (Bates 

pass fail) 5:32 

IC — Brock Thompson 19 pass from 

Bates (Brock Doehring pass from Bates) 

4:51 

TEAM STATISTICS 

WC IC 



Passing yards 182 193 

Total yards 448 222 

Comp-att-int 12-21-0 20-34-0 

Fumbles-lost 1-0 1-0 

Penalties-yards 5-55 2-15 


RUSHING: Illinois College — Cecil 

Brimmage 14-39, Michael Bates 5-(-10); 

Wabash College — Tyler Holmes 21-97, 

Vann Hunt 20-90, Trpy Meyers 7-46, 

Tyler Burke 6-20, Chase Belton 7-13, 

Derek Rowe 1-0 

PASSING: Illinois College — Bates 

20-34-0 193; Wabash College — Belton 

11-19-0 135, Burke 1-2 47 

RECEIVING: Illinois College — Brock 

Thompson 6-57, Brimmage 3-34, Colin 

Duling 2-39, Kevin Wallace 2-32, Brock 

Doehring 2-13, Kevin Fuller 2-12, Bran- 

den Downing 2-4, Adam Fricke 1-2; 

Wabash College —Wes Chamblee 5-95, 

Jonathan Hunt 3-38, James Kraus 1-25, 

John Holm 1-11, Brady Young 1-8, Vann 

Hunt 1-5 

Records: Illinois College 9-2, Wabash 

College 11-0 

Scores 

EAST 

Delaware 26, Villanova 16 

Harvard 45, Yale 7 

James Madison 34, UMass 17 

Louisville 34, UConn 20 

Rutgers 20, Cincinnati 3 

Temple 42, Army 14 

SOUTH 

Alabama 45, Georgia Southern 21 

Florida 54, Furman 32 

Georgia 19, Kentucky 10 

Georgia Tech 38, Duke 31 

LSU 52, Mississippi 3 

Miami 6, South Florida 3 

NC State 37, Clemson 13 

South Carolina 41, The Citadel 20 

Tennessee 27, Vanderbilt 21, OT 

Virginia 14, Florida St. 13 

Wake Forest 31, Maryland 10 

MIDWEST 

Iowa 31, Purdue 21 

Michigan 45, Nebraska 17 

Michigan St. 55, Indiana 3 

Missouri 31, Texas Tech 27 

N. Iowa 23, Illinois St. 20, 2OT 

Northwestern 28, Minnesota 13 

Notre Dame 16, Boston College 14 

Penn St. 20, Ohio St. 14 

Wisconsin 28, Illinois 17 

SOUTHWEST 

Arkansas 44, Mississippi St. 17 

Kansas St. 17, Texas 13 

TCU 34, Colorado St. 10 

Texas A&M 61, Kansas 7 

Tulsa 57, UTEP 28 

FAR WEST 

Air Force 45, UNLV 17 

Boise St. 52, San Diego St. 35 

Oregon St. 38, Washington 21 

San Jose St. 27, Navy 24 

Southern Cal 38, Oregon 35 

UCLA 45, Colorado 6 

Utah 30, Washington St. 27, OT 

High School 

CLASS 1A SEMIFINALS 

TUSCOLA 33, 

BROWN COUNTY 14 

Tuscola 6 0 14 13 — 33 

Brown County 0 7 0 7 — 14 

SCORING SUMMARY 

First Quarter 

T — Jordan Scribner 52 pass from 

Phillip Meyer (kick blocked) 0:46 


BC — Rick Logsdon 2 run (Alex Sheppard 

kick) 7:13 

Third Quarter 

T — Austin Sexson 7 run (Josh 

Brookins pass from Meyer) 9:13 

T — Meyer 19 run (kick blocked) 5:42 


T — Brookins 2 run (run failed) 9:57 

BC — Justin Volk 47 pass from Sheppard 

(Sheppard kick) 8:30 

T — Meyer 6 run (T.J. Onstott kick) 

2:11 

TEAM STATISTICS 

TUS BC 



Passing yards 72 145 

Comp-att-int 3-7-0 6-18-1 

Total plays-yards 67-403 49-256 

Fumbles-lost 1-0 2-2 

Penalties-yards 6-35 2-15 


RUSHING: Tuscola — Meyer 31-136, 

Brookins 15-95, Sexson 12-81, Knight 2- 

19; Brown County — Logsdon 12-46, 

Sheppard 11-49, Henricks 4-11, Phelps 

4-5 

PASSING: Tuscola — Meyer 3-7-0 72; 

Brown County — Sheppard 6-18-1 145 

RECEIVING: Tuscola — Scribner 2-67, 

Knight 1-5; Brown County — Volk 4-113, 

Logsdon 2-32 

Interceptions: Tuscola — Scribner 

Records: Tuscola 11-2; Brown County 

11-2 

IHSFCA All-State Team 

Local Class 1A honorees 

Austin Gooding (Brown County), Rick 

Logsdon (Brown County), Phillip Whited 

(Triopia-Meredosia) 

IHSA SEMIFINALS 

Class 1A 

Dakota 25, Aquin 21 

Tuscola 33, Brown County 14 

Class 2A 

Casey-Westfi eld 14, Maroa-Forsyth 7 

Morrison 28, Stark County 0 

Class 3A 

Aurora Christian 50, Tolono Unity 26 

Mt. Carmel 49, Greenville 19 

Class 4A 

Richmond-Burton 40, Stillman Valley 

28 

Rochester 41, Charleston 13 

Class 5A 

Joliet Catholic 49, Sacred Heart-Griffi n 

7 

Montini 35, Kaneland 31 

Class 6A 

Prairie Ridge 33, Batavia 22 

Richwoods 34, Lemont 31, 2OT 

Class 7A 

Rockford Boylan 16, Lake Zurich 10 

Wheaton Warrenville South 21, St. Rita 

14 

Class 8A 

Bolingbrook 22, Naperville Central 19 

Loyola 28, Glenbard North 13 

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SCOREBOARD 

ILLINOIS WESLEYAN 79, 

ILLINOIS COLLEGE 73 

Scoring: Wesleyan — Molinari 16, 

Davis 15, Koschnitzky 13, Zimmer 12, 

Gonzalez 6, Reed 6, Anderson 4, Rudnicki 

3, Ziemnik 2, Dortch 2, Totals 27 18-23 

79; Illinois College — Berry 25, Light 21, 

Campbell 11, Bals 8, Grapperhaus 2, 

Marrs 2, Totals 21 22-26 73 

Halftime score: Wesleyan 31, Illinois 

College 27 

Records: Illinois College 1-1, Wesleyan 

3-0 

Third-place 

MacMurray College 76, Manchester 

College 73 

Scores 

EAST 

American U. 66, Columbia 58 

Brown 59, Hartford 52 

Bucknell 73, St. Francis (Pa.) 42 

CCSU 67, Army 51 

Dartmouth 66, Bryant 62 

Hofstra 63, St. Francis (NY) 59 

Kentucky 85, Penn St. 47 

LIU 81, Radford 59 

La Salle 92, James Madison 83 

Northeastern 64, S. Illinois 57 

Old Dominion 68, South Florida 66, OT 

Penn 66, Robert Morris 60 

Princeton 61, Buffalo 53 

Providence 87, Florida A&M 65 

Quinnipiac 78, Navy 54 

Siena 65, Mount St. Mary’s 53 

Syracuse 92, Colgate 47 

Vermont 84, Marist 75 

Wagner 76, Lafayette 70 

SOUTH 

Alabama A&M 75, Oakwood 74 

Appalachian St. 68, Tennessee Tech 63 

Belmont 87, Towson 41 

Cal St.-Fullerton 69, Louisiana-Lafayette 

63 

Charleston Southern 89, Milligan 59 

Coll. of Charleston 72, Clemson 69 

E. Kentucky 63, William & Mary 44 

ETSU 81, Troy 71 

FAU 80, George Mason 75, OT 

Jacksonville St. 78, Alabama St. 65 

NC A&T 87, Chicago St. 70 

Nicholls St. 80, Houston Baptist 70 

Oakland 75, Grambling St. 45 

Richmond 83, Sacred Heart 58 

SC State 73, Gardner-Webb 68 

SE Louisiana 63, Louisiana-Monroe 60 

Stetson 74, St. Leo 69 

UT-Martin 76, Rochester (Mich.) 59 

VMI 84, UMBC 79 

MIDWEST 

Bradley 78, North Dakota 69 

Dayton 74, UNC Wilmington 49 

Duquesne 81, Akron 76 

Evansville 80, Oakland City 53 

Green Bay 52, Wyoming 44 

Illinois St. 78, Lipscomb 70 

Indiana 94, Savannah St. 65 

Louisville 69, Butler 53 

Missouri St. 71, Emporia St. 45 

Presbyterian 56, Cincinnati 54 

Quincy 65, Ill.-Chicago 61 

Valparaiso 79, Indiana-Kokomo 48 

Wisconsin 69, Wofford 33 

SOUTHWEST 

Lamar 72, Charlotte 54 

Oral Roberts 71, Austin Peay 59 

SMU 65, Florida Gulf Coast 64 

Texas-Arlington 68, Louisiana Tech 61 

Texas-Pan American 79, Texas St. 77 

Toledo 75, SC-Upstate 70 

FAR WEST 

Boise St. 103, CS Northridge 61 

Cal Poly 42, Southern Cal 36 

Gonzaga 73, Hawaii 54 

Montana St. 70, Utah 64 

New Mexico St. 89, UTEP 73 

San Diego St. 77, Long Beach St. 73, 

OT 

San Francisco 69, Seattle 63 

Southern Miss. 79, Colorado St. 58 

Weber St. 80, UC Irvine 72 

TOURNAMENT 

USVI Paradise Jam 

Championship 

Drake 66, Winthrop 62 

Virginia 49, Drexel 35 

Winona St. Tournament 

First Round 

Upper Iowa 78, Simpson (Iowa) 71 

Women 

CLAREMONT-MUDD 69, 

ILLINOIS COLLEGE 68 (OT) 

Scoring: Claremont — Hemmelgarn 

19, Scamman 15, Ringoen 8, Ronquillo 8, 

Barthold 6, Bergus 6, Barnes 5, Tullock 2, 

Totals 28 12-15 69; Illinois College — 

Brinker 20, Althoff 13, Wohltman 13, 

McGinnis 10, Gabriel 6, Cullison 5, Burgess 

1, Totals 22 14-18 68 

Halftime score: Illinois College 28, Claremont 

25 

Records: Illinois College 0-3, Claremont 

1-1 

Girls 

Taylorville Tournament 

AUBURN 60, 

JACKSONVILLE 46 

Jacksonville 10 8 18 10 — 46 

Auburn 9 17 16 18 — 60 

Scoring: Jacksonville — Jaelyn Keene 

10 3-6 23, Andriana McGee 2 4-6 8, 

Cydny Saxer 1 3-4 5, Jennie Stare 2 0-0 

4, Christin Sanders 2 0-3 4, Cary Smith 1 

0-0 2, Tara Sullivan 0 0-1 0, Totals 18 

10-20 46; Auburn — Annie Jessup 6 3-4 

18, Taylor Jenkins 7 2-3 17, Amanda 

Price 3 1-2 8, Shelby Mangold 3 0-0 6, 

Cassidy Hamilton 2 0-0 4, Emily Pacini 1 

1-2 3, Erica Kuenstler 1 0-0 2, Bianca 

Kuenstler 0 2-2 2, Totals 23 9-13 60 

3-pointers: Jacksonville 0, Auburn 5 

(Jessup 3, Jenkins, Price) 

Fouls: Jacksonville 15, Auburn 16 

Record: Jacksonville 1-2 

TAYLORVILLE 61, 

SPORTS 

PORTA/A-C CENTRAL 28 

Taylorville 17 13 19 12 — 61 

PORTA 8 9 6 5 — 28 

Scoring: Taylorville — Savannah 

Buckles 5 1-2 13, Sydney Bolinger 4 3-4 

11, Alex Norville 5 0-2 10, Lauren Dust 3 

0-0 7, Alice Moorehead 2 2-2 6, Jill 

Jachino 2 1-4 5, Claire Nolan 2 0-0 4, 

Macy Brown 1 0-0 2, Jenni Yucaneer 1 

0-0 2, Candace Smart 0 1-2 1, Totals 25 

8-19 61; PORTA — Stacey Sinclair 5 5-8 

15, Katie McCurdy 2 3-4 7, Rachael 

Simpson 1 2-5 4, Megan Simpson 0 2-2 

2, Totals 8 12-19 28 

3-pointers: Taylorville 3 (Buckles 2, 

Dust), PORTA 0 

Fouls: Taylorville 17, PORTA 18 (Sinclair) 

Record: PORTA 1-2 

Waverly Thanksgiving Tournament 

WFNB 63, KINCAID 40 

Kincaid 7 12 10 11 — 40 

WFNB 16 22 17 8 — 63 

Scoring: Kincaid — Carley Prince 3 3- 

5 10, Harley Samson 5 0-0 10, Lexiy 

Crowder 2 1-4 6, Katie Holliday 2 1-1 6, 

Carlie Davis 2 1-2 5, Kimmy Swinson 1 

0-0 2, Kara Brocamp 0 1-2 1, Totals 15 7- 

14 40; WFNB — Ali Loos 7 2-2 16, Ashlyn 

Fore 6 0-2 12, Sydney Timmons 5 0-0 10, 

Amber Kloppe 3 0-0 6, Lauren Turner 2 

0-0 5, Brette Simpson 2 0-0 4, Alisha 

Hamilton 1 2-2 4, Brittany Williams 1 0-0 

2, Josie Mutch 1 0-0 2, Courtney Miller 1 

0-0 2, Totals 29 4-6 63 

3-pointers: Kincaid 3 (Prince, Crowder, 

Holliday), WFNB 1 (Turner) 

Fouls: Kincaid 9, WFNB 15 

KINCAID 48, 

NORTH GREENE 44 

North Greene 12 15 7 10 — 44 

Kincaid 13 14 10 11 — 48 

Scoring: North Greene — Halie 

Kraushaar 3 4-6 10, Lauren Denny 2 4-4 

9, Emily Elliott 3 2-6 9, Kinsey McMillen 

1 4-6 6, Arika Hull 2 0-2 4, Maggie Mullink 

1 2-4 4, Brittaney Castleberry 1 0-0 2, 

Bailey Evans 0 0-2 0, Totals 13 16-28 44; 

Kincaid — Prince 6 4-9 17, Samson 3 7- 

10 14, Crowder 1 5-6 7, Holliday 2 2-2 6, 

Swinson 1 2-3 4, Davis 0 0-2 0, Totals 13 

21-32 48 

3-pointers — North Greene 2 (Denny, 

Elliott), Kincaid 1 (Prince) 

Fouls: North Greene 20 (Denny, Elliott, 

Mullink), Kincaid 20 (Crowder, Holliday) 

WFNB 59, TRI-CITY 31 

Tri-City 7 11 8 5 — 31 

WFNB 11 24 12 12 — 59 

Scoring: Tri-City — Katie Price 4 1-2 9, 

Kitty Justice 0 6-8 6, Katelyn Dietz 2 1-3 

5, MacKenzie Branson 2 0-0 4, Paxton 

Campbell 1 2-2 4, Kyla Haukap 1 0-0 2, 

Hailey Borowczyk 0 1-2 1, Beth Daniels 0 

0-1 0, Totals 10 11-18 31; WFNB — Loos 

6 5-9 17, Simpson 5 2-2 14, Fore 4 0-0 8, 

Timmons 3 1-1 7, Kloppe 2 1-2 5, Hamilton 

1 1-2 3, Turner 1 0-0 2, Maddie 

Logsdon 0 2-2 2, Miller 0 1-2 1, Totals 22 

13-20 59 

3-pointers: Tri-City 0, WFNB 2 (Simpson 

2) 

Fouls: Tri-City 18 (Branson), WFNB 19 

Other score: Lutheran 57, Tri-City 46 

Southwestern Tournament 

CALHOUN 47, 

SOUTHWESTERN 35 

Calhoun 6 10 9 22 — 47 

Southwestern 11 9 7 8 — 35 

Scoring: Southwestern — Ringhausen 

2, Snyder 6, Geisler 12, Hall 4, Wild 11; 

Calhoun — Shelby Hayn 1 0-0 2, Courtney 

Squier 4 0-0 8, Abby Klunk 1 0-0 2, 

Elani Godar 0 1-2 1, Maddie Baalman 3 

3-4 9, Jocie Klocke 7 4-7 19, Kailyn Baalman 

1 0-0 2, Morgan Stein 0 4-10 4, 

Totals 17 12-23 47 

3-pointers: Calhoun 1 (Klocke) 

Fouls: Southwestern 17, Calhoun 18 

Record: Calhoun 1-0 

Note: Some statistics for Southwestern 

were unavailable. 

Junior High 

BOYS 

7th Grade 

CARROLLTON 45, ST. JOHN’S 10 

Scoring: Carrollton — Arnett 15, J. 

Smith 6, Settles 6, Prough 3, A. Smith 15; 

St. John’s — A. Schnettgoecke 2, 

Stendeback 2, Lake 4, L. Schnettgoecke 

2 

Record: Carrollton 6-1 

8th Grade 

CARROLLTON 43, ST. JOHN’S 26 

Scoring: Carrollton — Ringhausen 1, 

Gillingham 30, Howard 8, Walker 2, Cox 

2; St. John’s — L. Schnettgoekce 4, 

Watson 1, Kaiser 5, Campbell 5, McAdams 

11 

Record: Carrollton 6-1 

7th Grade 

TRI-CITY 19, FRANKLIN 9 

Franklin scoring: Fairfi eld 6, Nichols 2, 

Morris 1 

Record: Franklin 1-5 

8th Grade 

FRANKLIN 26, TRI-CITY 20 

Franklin scoring: Wallbaum 10, 

Reznicek 9, Fromme 3, Gill 2, Reynolds 2 

Record: Franklin 5-2 

GIRLS 

7th Grade 

Our Saviour Regional 

SPRINGFIELD CHRISTIAN 33, 

VIRGINIA 7 

Virginia scoring: Woolridge 4, Coates 3 

SPRINGFIELD CHRISTIAN 30, ISD 14 

ISD scoring: Middlebrook 8, Tate 4, 

Tate 2 

CARROLLTON ST. JOHN’S 18, 

OUR SAVIOUR 13 

Scoring: St. John’s — Gilmore 7, Moss 

5, White 4, Lake 2; Our Saviour — Bickhaus 

3, A. Jackson 3, Worrell 3, Huey 3, 

S. Jackson 1 

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

WFNB wins 2 



WAVERLY — The Waverly-Franklin-New Berlin girls’ 

basketball team defeated Kincaid and Tri-City on the opening 

day of the Second Annual Waverly Thanksgiving Tournament 

Saturday. The Lady Scotties beat Kincaid 63-40 in 

the opening game and closed out the day’s round-robin 

games with a 59-31 victory over Tri-City. 

In the opener, three Lady Scotties fi nished in double 

fi gures, Ali Loos led WFNB with 16 points while Ashlyn 

Fore chipped in with 12 and Sydney Timmons fi nished 

with 10. In the nightcap, Loos led WFNB with 17 points. 

Brette Simpson scored 14. 

“The fi rst four minutes of the fi rst quarter we were a little 

fl at, a little sluggish and got off to a kind of slow start,” 

WNFB coach Scott Henricks said. “Then in the second 

quarter we really picked it up and seemed to get our legs 

back underneath us. Shots started to fall and from that 

point on — when our offense picks up, obviously our defense 

picks up to. So we played well from that point on.” 

North Greene’s girls played to a 27-27 first half tie 

against Kincaid, but the Lady Ponies outscored North 

Greene 10-7 in the third as the Lady Spartans fell 48-44. 

Halie Kraushaar led the Lady Spartans with 10 points. 

Lauren Denny and Emily Elliott each contributed nine 

points. 

WFNB and North Greene will play again Monday. The 

Lady Spartans will open the day’s games against Tri-City. 

The Lady Scotties play Springfi eld Lutheran. 

“We obviously want to take a little pride in our own tournament,” 

Henricks said. “We try to do the best we can, but 

we know Monday is going to be a diffi cult game. We just 

hope that we can prepare well and come out and play well 

again on Monday night.” 

JACKSONVILLE LOSES AT TAYLORVILLE TOURNEY 

The Auburn girls’ basketball team defeated Jacksonville 

60-46 Saturday at the Taylorville Tournament. 

Jacksonville led 10-9 after the fi rst quarter but Auburn 

stormed ahead by outscoring the Crimsons 17-8 in the second 

quarter. Auburn fi nished off JHS with an 18-10 fourth 

quarter. 

Jaelyn Keene led Jacksonville with 23 points and 10 rebounds. 

Andriana McGee added eight points and four rebounds. 

Cydny Saxer had fi ve points and seven rebounds. 

Jacksonville fell to 1-2. 

PORTA DEFEATED AT TAYLORVILLE TOURNEY 

PORTA/A-C Central was completely overmatched in a 

61-28 loss to Taylorville Saturday at the Taylorville Tournament. 

Taylorville jumped ahead 17-8 after the fi rst quarter 

and led 30-17 at halftime. PORTA’s Stacey Sinclair led 

all scorers with 15 points and added four rebounds. 

PORTA fell to 1-2 on the season. 

CALHOUN WINS AT SOUTHWESTERN TOURNEY 

The Warriors used a 22-8 fourth quarter to come from 

behind and beat Southwestern 47-35 at the Southwestern 

Tournament. Calhoun trailed 20-16 at the half and still 

trailed by two after three. But the big fourth quarter gave 

the Warriors the victory. 

Jocie Klocke led Calhoun with 19 points. Maddie Baalman 

was next for the Warriors with nine points. Courtney 

Squier chipped in with eight points. Calhoun is 1-0. 

GRIGGSVILLE LOSES IN PCC TOURNEY 

The Griggsville-Perry Lady Tornadoes lost to the Liberty-Payson 

Lady Eagles 44-39 Saturday in the Pike County 

Conference Tournament. Marlee Jo Bradshaw led Griggsville-Perry 

with 16 points. In the only other game from the 

PCC tournament, Brussels defeated Western 56-44. 

MEN’S BASKETBALL 

IC FALLS TO WESLEYAN, MAC TAKES THIRD 

Illinois College stayed within striking distance before Illinois 

Wesleyan University pulled away at the end in the 

championship game of the Bill Merris Tournament on Saturday. 

Illinois Wesleyan won 79-73. Brandon Berry scored 

a game-high 25 points for Illinois College. Zeke Light had 

21 points. Spencer Campbell chipped in 11. 

MacMurray College topped Manchester College in the 

third-place game, 76-73. 

Berry was named the tournament MVP. 

Illinois College fell to 1-1 with the loss. 

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 

IC LOSES BY ONE 

Four Illinois College players reached double fi gures 

in scoring, but the Lady Blues came up just short in a 69- 

68 overtime loss to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in the thirdplace 

game of the Lee Pfund Classic Saturday at Wheaton 

College. Morgan Brinker scored a game-high 20 points for 

IC. Holly Wohltman and Althoff had 13 points apiece. Mc- 

Ginnis added 10 off the bench. 

McGinnis pulled down a game-high 14 rebounds. 

Brittney Burgess blocked three shots.

Continued from Page 17 

were going to have a chance to 

play again. Coming in here and 

getting the opportunity to make 

the trip — making that touchdown 

was unlike anything I had 

ever experienced. It was pretty 

awesome.” 

Wabash scored on every possession 

of the fi rst half except for 

its opening drive, and led 28-6 at 

halftime. 

The Blueboys’ defense made 

some adjustments at halftime. 

They held on fourth down to take 

over on downs on one series, and 

forced Wabash to punt on two 

others. 

Wabash attempted two field 

goals but made only one as Illinois 

College held the Little Giants 

to 10 points in the second half. 

Thompson finished the day 

with six receptions and 57 yards. 

Bates was 20-for-34 for 193 yards 

and two TDs. Brimmage led the 

Blueboys’ ground game with 39 

yards on 14 carries. Brimmage 


No. 15 Wisconsin rallies to beat Illinois, 28-17 

BY DAVID MERCER 


CHAMPAIGN — Wisconsin’s 

offense was sputtering and pesky 

Illinois looked primed to end 

its losing streak when Badgers 

coach Bret Bielema made his 

team a bold locker room promise. 

“I told them at halftime, this 

is going to be one of the greatest 

memories you’ll ever have 

because you were in such an adverse 

situation, and then come up 

and be triumphant,” he said. 

That was enough to fire up 

No. 15 Wisconsin, which scored 

three unanswered touchdowns 

during the second half of a 28-17 

victory Saturday. Montee Ball led 

the charge, rushing for 164 yards 

and scoring two of his three 

touchdowns after the break. 

“We started off pretty slow,” 

said Ball, who fi nished with 224 

yards on 38 carries. “We did a 

great job of overcoming adversity, 

coming in and working our X’s 

and O’s at halftime and making 

sure we capitalize on their mis- 

Huskers 

routed 

Michigan knocks off 

No. 17 Nebraska 45-17 

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — 

Nebraska’s fi rst trip to Michigan 

Stadium since 1962 was simply 

miserable. 

Denard Robinson threw two 

touchdown passes and ran for 

two scores to help No. 20 Michigan 

rout the 17th-ranked Cornhuskers 

45-17 Saturday. 

Nebraska (8-3, 4-3 Big Ten) 

lost any hope of playing in the 

conference’s fi rst title game in its 

debut season in the league. 

“It was one of our dreams, but 

we can’t pout,” Cornhuskers receiver 

Tim Marlowe said. 

The Cornhuskers will close 

the regular season at home 

against Iowa in a matchup of 

third-place teams in the Big Ten’s 

Legends Division. 

The Spartans clinched the 

Legends’ spot in the Dec. 3 game 

in Indianapolis with a win over Indiana 

and the Wolverines’ victory 

against Nebraska. 

Michigan (9-2, 5-2) moved past 

Nebraska into second place in the 

division and kept its chances of 

playing in a BCS bowl for the fi rst 

time since the 2006 season. 

Robinson was 11 of 18 for 180 

yards with two TDs and an interception. 

He ran for 83 yards and 

two scores in three-plus quarters. 

“He’s a good player,” Cornhuskers 

coach Bo Pelini said. “He 

made us miss a few times, but we 

made him a better passer.” 

Michigan’s Fitzgerald Toussaint 

had 138 yards rushing and 

two scores, the second of which 

was the final score midway 

through the fourth quarter of a 

game that started off close. 

After the Wolverines went 

ahead 10-0, Nebraska tied it on 

Taylor Martinez’s 54-yard pass 

to Brandon Kinnie, who took advantage 

of three defensive backs 

falling on the play late in the fi rst 

quarter, and Brett Maher’s career-long 

51-yard fi eld goal early 

in the second quarter after Robinson 

threw his 14th interception of 

the season. 

Michigan responded by scoring 

21 straight points, but the 

Cornhuskers wouldn’t go away. 

They pulled within two TDs 

late in the third on a crafty play 

that started with a handoff to Rex 

Burkhead and finished with an 

option pitch to Ameer Abdullah 

for a 3-yard score, but couldn’t 

get closer. 

But just when it looked as if 

Nebraska might get some momentum, 

shutting down Michigan 

on consecutive drives, Wil 

Richards was called for roughing 

the kicker on a punt and the Wolverines 

went on to put the game 

out of reach. 

Penalties, three turnovers, 

getting fooled on a fake fi eld goal 

and the inability to run with Burkhead 

or Martinez all proved to 

be costly. Burkhead was held to 

a season-low 36 yards and didn’t 

score for the fi rst time this season. 

Martinez ran for 49 yards 

— 3.1 per carry — and was 9 of 

23 for 122 yards with a TD and 

a fumble, one of a season-high 

three for the Cornhuskers. 

3 

Wisconsin scored 3 

unanswered TDs in 

the second half to 

beat Illinois. 

takes.” 

Wisconsin (9-2, 5-2 Big Ten) 

forced four turnovers to remain 

in position to meet Michigan 

State in the fi rst Big Ten championship 

game. The Badgers host 

Penn State next weekend in their 

fi nal regular-season game. 

Donovonn Young rushed for 

two TDs for Illinois (6-5, 2-5), 

which has lost fi ve straight. Ron 

Zook’s job security has come into 

question during the slide, and 

Michael Buchanan exchanged 

words with one fan clamoring for 

the coach’s ouster as the defensive 

end left the fi eld. 

“As soon as we turned it over 

the fi rst time on offense, then it 

seems like they began to think 

and we went back into the old 

mood,” Zook said. 

SPORTS 

Illinois outgained Wisconsin 

301-285, but the turnovers — a 

fumble and three interceptions 

— combined with special teams 

mistakes doomed the Illini. 

The Badgers scored on drives 

of 44, 39, 30 and 2 yards. Their 

first 14 points were set up by 

an Illinois turnover and a badly 

botched punt. 

Wisconsin trailed 14-0 before 

Illinois punter Justin Duvernois 

dropped a snap at his own 2-yard 

line, setting up a 1-yard run by 

Ball with 2:55 left in the fi rst half. 

Derek Dimke kicked a 41yard 

fi eld goal to make it 17-7 at 

halftime, but it was all Wisconsin 

from there. 

Badgers linebacker Chris Borland 

hit receiver Darius Millines 

on the Illini’s fi rst possession of 

the third quarter, forcing a fumble. 

Wisconsin needed 7 minutes, 

11 seconds and 12 plays to go 30 

yards, but Ball fi nally capped the 

drive with a 5-yard TD reception. 

Illinois defensive end Whitney 

Mercilus said the short fi eld hurt 

but was no excuse for giving up 

the scores that let the Badgers 

back in the game. 

“It can wear on you a little bit,” 

said Mercilus, who now has 13 

1/2 sacks. “We can’t think internally 

about ourselves, though, 

and how tired we are. Adversity 

is going to happen.” 

The Badgers’ go-ahead touchdown 

came courtesy of an Illini 

mistake, too. 

Illinois’ Terry Hawthorne let 

a punt sail over his head and toward 

his end zone. The 74-yarder 

fi nally stopped at the 3. 

After a fast three-and-out, 

the Badgers took over at the Illini 

44. Four plays later, Wilson 

faked an inside handoff to Ball 

and trotted around the left side 

to make it 21-17 as the third 

quarter ended. 

Illinois opened the fi nal period 

with another costly turnover 

on freshman quarterback Reilly 

O’Toole’s interception. Ball 

capped the ensuing drive with a 

17-yard run for his 30th touchdown 

of the season, extending 

his conference record. 

Alternating quarterbacks, Illinois 

got off to a fast start and 

scored a pair of fi rst-half touchdowns, 

one with each quarterback. 

Nathan Scheelhaase was behind 

center for the first score, 

Young’s 12-yard run early in the 

second quarter. 

Defensive end Whitney Mercilus 

set up O’Toole later in the period. 

With the wind fi nally at their 

backs, the Badgers offense started 

to move. Wilson hit Nick Toon 

for two quick, deep passes and 

Wisconsin was suddenly at the Illini 

36. 

When Wilson dropped back 

again, Mercilus hit him hard, 

forcing the ball loose. Illinois linebacker 

Jonathan Brown grabbed 

it and returned it to the Wisconsin 

36. 

O’Toole and the Illini drove 

to the Badgers 1, where Young 

punched the ball in again. Young 

finished with 43 yards on eight 

carries before leaving in the 

fourth quarter with a sprained ankle. 

Illinois College’s Jacob Klingele runs the ball upfield Saturday during an NCAA playoff game in Crawfordsville, Ind. 

BLUEBOYS 

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — 

The last time Penn State won 

a game without Joe Paterno as 

coach was December 1965. 

That day, the Nittany Lions 

played tough defense to beat 

Maryland. 

On Saturday, No. 21 Penn 

State earned its first victory since 

Paterno was fired in much the 

same way. 

Stephfon Green ran for two 

touchdowns and the Nittany Lions 

held Ohio State scoreless in 

the second half of a 20-14 victory. 

“We talked about the last two 

teams to win here were ‘78 and 

‘08,” said interim coach Tom 

Bradley, who was promoted after 

Paterno was ousted 10 days ago, 

near the end of his 46th season. 

Illinois College’s Michael Bates looks to pass the ball to 

Kevin Fuller Saturday. 

“I said to them, ‘I want to know: 

How are you going to be remembered?”’ 

They’ll be remembered as at 

least co-champs of the Big Ten’s 

Leaders Division. 

By clinching a share of the division 

title, Penn State (9-2, 6-1) 

set up a showdown next week at 

Wisconsin, with the winner playing 

Michigan State in the conference’s 

first championship game 

on Dec. 3. 

The 84-year-old Paterno won’t 

be on the sidelines. He was ousted 

for failing to do more about a 

child sex abuse allegation against 

former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, 

and then on Friday, Paterno’s 

family announced he had a 

treatable form of lung cancer. 

After the win, however, Jay Paterno, 

the Nittany Lions’ offensive 

coordinator and the son of the deposed 

coach, was thinking mainly 

about the game ahead. 

“As I’ve been trained to do my 

whole life, immediately (I) began 

to think about next week,” he 

said, recounting what was going 

through his head as he walked 

off the field at Ohio Stadium. “Essentially, 

we’re in the Big Ten 

semifinal. I started to think about 

Wisconsin — and I’ll have some 

nightmares tonight.” 

Joe Paterno was a longtime 

assistant under Rip Engle before 

getting promoted in 1966. The 

last game Engle coached, Penn 

State beat Maryland 19-7 on Dec. 

4, 1965. The last time Penn State 

also made three catches for 34 

yards, for a team-high 73 all-purpose 

yards. 

Illinois College’s Robert Stallworth 

laid a hit on Wabash’s Tyler 

Holmes that caused a fumble, 

but the Little Giants recovered. 

There were no turnovers 

in the game. Michael Ray had the 

game’s only sack, on the second 

play of the game. 

What does Illinois College 

take away from the fi rst football 

playoff appearance in school history? 

“We learned what championship 

football is really like and how 

to play in the playoffs,” Campbell 

said. “The only people who have 

been in the playoffs are myself 

and two of my coaches. So I think 

we had to learn as an entire program 

how to play with the expectations 

that go along with the atmosphere 

and everything that 

goes along with it.” 

Penn State gets fi rst victory since JoePa fi red 

JOURNAL-COURIER PHOTOS/NICK TURNER 

won a game without Joe Paterno 

on staff was Nov. 12, 1949, a 28-7 

victory at Temple. 

The teams exchanged handshakes 

at midfield after the opening 

coin toss — although there 

was a smattering of boos from the 

Buckeyes faithful. 

It was a gesture of mutual respect 

and sportsmanship in the 

wake of the Sandusky scandal 

which has engulfed Penn State. In 

the days since Sandusky was arrested 

about two weeks ago for allegedly 

molesting eight boys over 

15 years, Paterno has been fired, 

the former university president 

and the athletic director have 

stepped aside and the NCAA has 

announced it is looking into the 

athletic program’s actions.


HORNETS 

Continued from Page 17 

32 years to win a state championship. 

So believe me, I’m enjoying 

the moment.” 

The Hornets held a 7-6 lead at 

halftime and had even outgained 

Tuscola, 103 to 88 in total yardage 

over the first two quarters. 

But the first three plays of the 

second half spelled trouble for 

Brown County. 

Big trouble. 

Play No. 1, Warriors running 

back Austin Sexson ripped off 

a 10-yard gain. Play No. 2, quarterback 

Phillip Meyer surged up 

the middle for nine more yards. 

And on play No. 3, senior fullback 

Josh Brookins tore forward 

for another 16 yards inside the 

Brown County 20. 

In those three plays, three 

Tuscola backs who had managed 

a combined 29 yards the entire 

fi rst half gained 35. Six plays 

later, Sexson capped the 53-yard 

drive with a seven-yard run, and 

Brookins caught a two-point conversion 

pass to give Tuscola a 14- 

7 lead. 

The Warriors stayed on the 

throttle the rest of the afternoon, 

banging out scoring drives of 

59, 96 and 57 yards while forcing 

and recovering two Brown 

County fumbles. By the end of 

the game, Tuscola had rolled up 

403 yards of offense, 331 of them 

on the ground. Meyer, the senior 

quarterback, led the way with 

31 carries for 136 yards, including 

touchdown runs of 19 and 6 

yards. 

“We’ve got a senior quarterback 

(Meyer) who has been there 

before,” said Tuscola head coach 

Rick Reinhart. “And I just can’t 

say enough about the decisions 

that he was able to make under 

fi re. He was the man today.” 

The Warriors started the game 

in their usual spread offense, 

but besides a 52-yard catch-andrun 

touchdown by Jordan Scribner 

late in the fi rst quarter, they 

struggled to move the ball consistently, 

especially on the ground, 

gaining just 31 yards on 15 fi rsthalf 

carries. 

Sheppard blocked the extrapoint 

kick after Scribner’s touchdown. 

Halfway through the second 

quarter, Tuscola had to punt and 

gave the Hornets the ball at the 

Warriors’ 21. Sheppard found receiver 

Justin Volk with a 16-yard 

pass on fourth-and-seven from 

the 18, setting up a 2-yard scoring 

run by Rick Logsdon. Sheppard’s 

PAT kick gave the Hornets a 7-6 

advantage that held up until halftime. 

“In the fi rst half, they were ripping 

us,” said Reinhart of Brown 

County’s defense. “So at halftime, 

we challenged our guys. We told 

them, ‘If you want to be there, 

then be the man.’ We were kinda 

getting into ‘they’re doing this 

and now they’re doing that.’ And 

I said, ‘Hey, let’s just go out there 

and hit people.’ Our offensive line 

did a tremendous job.” 

More specifi cally, it appeared 

that Reinhart told his team, 

“Hey, let’s switch to an option offense 

and run the ball down their 

throats,” because that’s what Tuscola 

did in the third and fourth 

quarters. Brown County had trouble 

adjusting to the new scheme, 

and the intensity that Tuscola executed 

it with. “They got the momentum 

and their quarterback 

did a great job of running the option,” 

said Brown County head 

coach Tom Little. “They were 

making big plays and 

we just had a hard 

time stopping them. 

They made some 

great adjustments 

there.” 

After Sexson’s 

touchdown run made 

it 14-7 for Tuscola, 

Brown County went 

three-and-out and had 

to punt it back to the 

visitors, who had the 

wind at their backs. 

On the first play after 

the punt, Brookins 

gained 15 yards off 

tackle, the fi rst of three 15-yard 

gains on the seven-play, 59-yard 

series that culminated in Meyer’s 

19-yard touchdown scamper. The 

Hornets’ Austin Gooding blocked 

T.J. Onstott’s PAT kick, leaving 

the score 20-7, with 5:42 to play in 

the third quarter. “They (Tuscola) 

played a lot better defense in 

the second half,” said Sheppard. 

“And we couldn’t stop them. They 

kept moving the ball.” 

Down two scores, the Hornets 

went to the air later in the quarter, 

with Sheppard finding Volk 

on a 32-yard bomb, and then for 

an 18-yard gain, on back-to-back 

plays. But on fi rst down from the 

Warriors’ 16, Logsdon gained 

about 10 yards off left tackle and 

then had the ball stripped from 

behind. Tuscola pounced on the 

fumble at its own 4. “I thought 

“They were making 

big plays and we just 

had a hard time stopping 

them. They made 

some gread adjustments 

there.” 

— Tom Little 

Brown County’s Alex Sheppard carries the ball Saturday in Mount Sterling. More photos 

from this game online now at myjournalcouriervarsity.com. 

that was the really big turning 

point of the game,” said Little. 

“Because we were starting to get 

some momentum then. It’s unfortunate 

that the ball popped out, 

and they recovered it.” 

The Hornets ran only seven 

plays in the third quarter, and two 

of them resulted in lost fumbles. 

The Brown County defense held 

after the fi rst one, but the Warriors 

took advantage of the second, 

going 96 yards in 12 plays, 

with Brookins powering over 

from the two with 9:57 to play to 

lift his team to a 26-7 advantage. 

The Hornets stopped the twopoint 

conversion run. 

Brown County cut 

the lead to 26-14 on 

its next possession 

when Sheppard completed 

a pass over the 

middle to Volk, who 

eluded a tackle and 

then broke away on 

a 47-yard touchdown 

play with 8:30 left in 

the game. 

But the Hornets 

simply couldn’t stop 

Meyer and the Tuscola 

attack, which 

put the contest out of 

reach with a 15-play, 

57-yard drive that consumed six 

minutes of game clock. Meyer 

carried for eight yards, then six, 

then six more for the touchdown 

on the final three snaps of the 

long drive, and Onstott booted 

the extra point to make it 33-14. 

It was the third straight time 

that Tuscola had ended Brown 

County’s season on its way to 

Champaign, the second time 

in a row in the semifi nals. “Our 

program just has that next step 

to make,” said Sheppard. “This 

is going to be another building 

block. We had a run of advancing 

a little bit further every year 

and it ended today. But the coaches 

do a great job and they’ll have 

us back to this position.” 

Sheppard finished with 145 

yards passing, completing 6 of 

his 18 passes. Brown County 

SPORTS 

rushed for just 111 total yards on 

31 attempts, with Sheppard and 

Logsdon accounting for most of 

it, with 49 and 46 yards, respectively. 

Little said that while it’s frustrating 

to keep getting so close 

without making it, the Brown 

County football program only 

needs to dig in and try harder. 

Brown County 

coach Tom Little 

hugs senior Austin 

Gooding (center) 

after the Hornets 

lost to Tuscola 

in the Class 1A 

state semifinals 

in Mount Sterling 

Saturday. 

J OURNAL-COURIER 

P HOTOS BY 

R OBERT LEISTRA 

Brown County’s Justin Volk catches a pass from Alex 

Sheppard Saturday in Mount Sterling. 

“We’ve just got to keep working,” 

said Little. “We’ve got to 

get back in the weight room, get 

stronger and get faster. We think 

we’ve got a lot of good kids coming 

back through the system, so 

things are looking bright for the 

future. But we just wish we could 

have gotten this community to 

Champaign.” 

In the 

front 

Edwards 

qualifi es 1st, 

Stewart 15th 

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — 

Tony Stewart has run his mouth 

for almost a month trying to rattle 

Carl Edwards in the race to 

NASCAR’s championship. 

Edwards has tuned it all out, 

and on Saturday he did his talking 

on the track. 

Edwards won the pole for Sunday’s 

season fi nale at Homestead- 

Miami Speedway, where the 

Sprint Cup Series championship 

will be decided. Edwards goes into 

the race with a three-point lead 

over Stewart, who qualifi ed 15th. 

One of the two will bring an offi - 

cial end to Jimmie Johnson’s record 

fi ve-year run, and the polewinning 

run seemed to indicate 

Edwards is on pace. 

Is it all lining up for Edwards 

to win his fi rst Cup title? 

“I don’t know that I believe in 

fate, but I do believe that things 

happen for a reason,” Edwards 

said. “I do believe that whatever 

you encounter you have to treat 

as if that’s just the way it’s supposed 

to be. But, yeah, this is going 

really well so far and, hopefully, 

this helps us all race. We didn’t 

need to qualify poorly, get a poor 

pit stall, have some little thorn 

in our side the whole race, so 

this will hopefully help us for the 

whole event.” 

But Stewart, a two-time champion, 

cautioned there’s still 400 

miles to be run. 

“Don’t start etching his name 

on the trophy yet,” said Stewart, 

who is bidding to become the 

fi rst owner/driver to win the title 

since Alan Kulwicki in 1992. “I’m 

excited about it. I’m not known to 

be much of a qualifier, so 15th, 

I’m pretty content.” 

Edwards turned a lap at 

175.467 mph in his Roush Fenway 

Racing Ford, besting Martin 

Truex Jr. and Kasey Kahne, winner 

last week at Phoenix. 

Kurt Busch qualified fourth 

and was followed by Penske Racing 

teammate Brad Keselowski, 

Edwards teammate Matt Kenseth 

and Jeff Gordon. Greg Biffl 

e, another Edwards teammate, 

qualified eighth while Johnson 

and Denny Hamlin rounded out 

the top 10. 

NASCAR 

Sprint Cup 

Ford 400 Lineup 

Associated Press 

After Saturday qualifying; race Sunday at 

Homestead-Miami Speedway; Homestead, Fla.; 

Lap length: 1.5 miles; (Car number in parentheses) 

1. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 175.467. 

2. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 174.808. 

3. (4) Kasey Kahne, Toyota, 174.582. 

4. (22) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 174.52. 

5. (2) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 174.492. 

6. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 174.475. 

7. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 174.436. 

8. (16) Greg Biffl e, Ford, 174.109. 

9. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 174.098. 

10. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 173.969. 

11. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 173.907. 

12. (43) A J Allmendinger, Ford, 173.734. 

13. (6) David Ragan, Ford, 173.678. 

14. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 173.371. 

15. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 173.332. 

16. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 173.321. 

17. (33) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 173.277. 

18. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 173.271. 

19. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 173.249. 

20. (21) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 173.16. 

21. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 173.155. 

22. (51) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 173.094. 

23. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 173.082. 

24. (83) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 172.966. 

25. (5) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 172.889. 

26. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 172.701. 

27. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 

172.656. 

28. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota, 172.425. 

29. (84) Cole Whitt, Toyota, 172.392. 

30. (55) J.J. Yeley, Ford, 171.991. 

31. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 171.821. 

32. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 171.685. 

33. (66) Michael McDowell, Toyota, 171.059. 

34. (35) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 171.027. 

35. (47) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 170.881. 

36. (30) David Stremme, Chevrolet, 170.881. 

37. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 170.578. 

38. (34) David Gilliland, Ford, 170.143. 

39. (13) Casey Mears, Toyota, 169.929. 

40. (38) Travis Kvapil, Ford, Owner Points. 

41. (32) T.J. Bell, Ford, Owner Points. 

42. (36) Geoffrey Bodine, Chevrolet, Owner 

Points. 

43. (71) Mike Bliss, Ford, 169.94. 

Failed to Qualify 

44. (46) Scott Speed, Ford, 169.529. 

45. (7) Reed Sorenson, Dodge, 169.359. 

46. (37) Mike Skinner, Ford, 168.587. 

47. (92) Scott Riggs, Chevrolet, 167.775. 

48. (93) Grant Enfi nger, Chevrolet, 165.807.

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10 CIH 335 (360hrs) 11 CIH 435 (361hrs) 

10 CIH 435Q (767hrs)PTO 09 CIH 535Q (883Hrs) 36”tracks 

10 CIH 535Q (433hrs) 88 Vers 276 II (5050hrs)Ldr 

06 NH TJ325 (1280hrs) 95 NH 9480 (3650hrs) 

94 NH 9480 (4900hrs) 00 NH 9684 (4427hrs) 

10 NH T9020 (27hrs)PS 10 CIH 535Q (473hrs) 

06 CIH STX280 (1250hrs)PTO 81 White 4-175 (4850hrs)3pt, PTO 

98 NH 9682 (3100hrs) CIH 9370 w 710’s 

Used MFD and 2 Wheel Drives 

93 HN 8830 (2500hrs) MFD PS 89 Ford 7710 (5868hrs) Cab 

08 NH T8010 (1025hrs) 08 CIH Puma 180 (927hrs) MFD 

89 CIH 7110 (4931hrs) 2wd 96 CIH 7240 (6796hrs) 

08 CIH Mag 335 (1100hrs) 94 NH 8670 (5152hrs) 

07 CIH Mag 245 (2537hrs) 10 CIH Mag 275 (552hrs) 

09 CIH Mag 305 (921hrs) 10 CIH 105U (681hrs) Ldr 

AC 170, gas, Ldr 10 CIH Mag 245 (217hrs) 

10 CIH Mag 245 (636hrs) 09 NH T8010 (1020hrs) 

94 JD 6400(5265)Ldr 11 CIH Mag 245 (290hrs) 

Compacts 

09 Kubota B3200 HSD (55hrs) 

04 CIH DX33 (440hrs) 

03 JD 2210 (516hrs) 

Specials of the Week 

Financing as low as 1.5% available 

08 NH BR7090 Baler.............................................$29,950.00 

Used Fall Tillage 

06 Great Plains 22’ Turbo Till..$35,950.00.....................Arenzville 

11 McFarlane 25’ Reel Till......$37,950.00.....................Arenzville 

11 JD 512.............................$41,950.00.....................Arenzville 

08 CIH 730C.........................$40,950.00.....................Arenzville 

DMI 530B..............................$18,950.00.......................Ashland 

08 CIH MRX690.....................$21,950.00.......................Ashland 

11 CIH MRX690.....................$31,950.00.......................Ashland 

Tillage Specials of the Week 

09 Landoll 2210-15 15 Shank $33,950 Ashland 

INCREDIBLE 0% for 12 Months!! 

on ALL Used Krause Dominators 

Year Model Size SN Price Location 

08 Krause 4850-18 18’ Dominator 1940 $41,950.00 Ashland 

Used Combines 

03 CIH 2388 (1735/1134hrs) 99 CIH 2388 (3453/2565hrs) 

91 CIH 1660 (3025hrs) 86 CIH 1680 (5110hrs) 

09 CIH 5088 (612/404hrs) 10 CIH 5088 (309/246hrs) 

10 CIH 6088 (450/333hrs) 09 CIH 6088 (496/350hrs) 

10 CIH 7088 (570/385hrs) 10 CIH 5088 (439/324hrs) 

01 Gleaner R62 (1527/1197hrs) 05 CIH 2388 (1485/1105hrs) 

09 CIH 6088 (1021/675hrs) 10 CIH 7120 (723/580hrs) 

04 CIH 2388 (1785/1313hrs) 03 CIH 2388 (2000/1500hrs) 

07 CIH 7010 (1032/693hrs) 08 CIH 8010 (1276/917hrs) 

Used Augers 

06 WF 10’’-71’..............................................$7,995.00 

06 WF 13’’-91’............................................$13,950.00 

WF 10’’-71’...................................................$5,995.00 

WF 13’’-71’...................................................$3,995.00 

WF 10’’-61’...................................................$3,995.00 

WF 13”-71’....................................................$3,995.00 

WF 10”-71’....................................................$5,995.00 

WF 8”-36’......................................................$1,295.00 

Grain Carts 

Call for Lease Specials! 

Get a 1050 on Tracks for as low as $10,500/Year 

06 J&M 1075.........................$28,950.00........Ashland 

03 Kinze 1050........................$49,950.00......Arenzville 

08 Kinze 1050........................$55,950.00......Arenzville 

09 Brent 1082........................$34,950.00........Ashland 

EZ Trail 510..............................$7,500.00............Barry 

09 Demco 950........................$26,950.00........Ashland 

10 Kinze 1050 w Tracks..........$76,950.00......Arenzville 

EZ-Trail 710............................$13,950.00......Arenzville 

BEARD IMPLEMENT 

www.beardimplement.com 

Ashland Arenzville 

217-476-3386 217-997-5514 

Pittsfield Barry 

217-285-6876 217-335-2346 

Call for machinery locations. 

Email: beardimp@casscomm.com 

Visit our Web Site at http://www.caseih.com 

Case IH & Case Credit are registered trademarks of Case Corporation. 

TO SELL ON PREMISES AT 396 LOWER - ALSEY RD. WINCHESTER, IL. 

3 MILES SOUTH OF WINCHESTER, OR 1 MILE NW. OF ALSEY, ON 

LOWER ALSEY ROAD. WATCH FOR AUCTION SIGN. 

Having 8.2 acres tillable according to the USDA aerial 

photo. Balance in woodland and home site, Improved with a 1997 

16’x80’ Patriot mobile home w/two bedrooms, Kitchen/Dining room, 

Living room, 2 full baths, & utility room, Gas F/A furnace, C/A, w/ 

newer roof & vinyl siding, 34’ x 23’ open three bay pole shed. 

4 to 5 PM Thursday, Nov. 17 & Tuesday, Nov. 22 or by 

appointment with auctioneer. 

legal descriptions and other 

information available at time of viewing or from auctioneer. Or see web 

site at auctioneer ID # 16215 

, 

305 W. State, Jacksonville, IL. 62650 

WORRELL-LEKA LAND SERVICES LLC BROKER 

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR 

Bigar’s Stars is based on the degree of 

your sun at birth. The sign name is simply a 

label astrologers put on a set of degrees for 

convenience. For best results, readers should 

refer to the dates following each sign. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for 

Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011: 

This year you note conflicting and 

sometimes confusing currents. This aura could 

make decision-making confusing, especially 

about home or domestic matters. Use time as 

an ally. The unexpected occurs frequently in 

your daily life. You are not a sign known to be 

flexible, but flexible you will need to be. If 

you are single, forming a relationship with so 

many factors in chaos could be interesting. If 

you are attached, you need to bond as a team 

in order to handle several different issues. 

likes peace. 

ARIES (March 21-April 19) You might have 

legitimate concerns when making plans. The 

unexpected punctuates even the best-laid 

plans. Don’t get frustrated. Rather, look at this 

situation as an adventure. Start enjoying the 

bumps. Tonight: Time for that special person. 

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Don’t try to 

suppress your childlike joy when facing 

certain situations. Some of your friends might 

not feel the same way. Relax and go with the 

moment, no longer fighting the inevitable. If 

someone is going to be a grump, this person 

alone can change his or her mood. Tonight: 

Think “tomorrow.” 

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You might be 

happiest close to home. Stay centered and get 

on top of a problem. Open up to new changes 

that could affect your daily life. A friend does 

the unexpected, and in some sense delights 

you to no end. Let your creativity flow. 

Tonight: The fun surrounds you. 

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Make calls early 

and touch base with others. A parent, older 

relative or friend could meet you at the last 

minute. Clearly, plans will need to be tossed. 

Your flexibility becomes one of your greatest 

strengths. Tonight: Make it early, if possible. 

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Sunday brings news 

that might cause you to stop and think. 

Confusion marks a key partnership. The 

unpredictable tosses plans in the air. If you let 

go of rigidity and fly with the moment, you’ll 

foster better communication and more trust. 

Tonight: At home. 

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Finances are a 

wild card. The cards can fall either way. A 

neighbor or relative has a lot to share, like it or 

not. With his or her body language and 

dominance, this person demands your 

attention. If you choose to pass, you better 

have a good excuse! Tonight: Don’t cook; go 

out. 

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Nap and relax. 

You do need extra time off from your daily 

routine. Whether watching movie upon movie, 

reading the Sunday paper or playing video 

games makes no difference. Do for you. You 

are seeing a great deal of instability around 

you. Tonight: Perking up. 

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Use the 

daylight hours to the max. You could be 

overly tired and drawn. Grasp what is 

happening with a friend and make that extra 

effort to help this person relax. Go off and 

enjoy a game or a gathering of friends. 

Tonight: Play it low-key. 

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Take a 

standifneedbe.Youareabletohandlealot, 

but you also want to relax. Clear out as much 

as you need to. Listen to your sixth sense 

when dealing with a friend. The unexpected 

occurs with a child or loved one. Tonight: 

Where the action is. 

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Make calls 

to loved ones at a distance. Your concern 

means a lot to another person. Make plans for 

a mini-escape or an outing to the movies. 

Invitearelativetojoinyou.Begregarious. 

Tonight: A force to be dealt with. 

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Someone 

seeks you out -- finally. Be receptive to this 

person. Please, no judgments. You need time 

to feel the situation out. Be careful handling 

funds, as they could slip right through your 

hands. Tonight: Hang out. 

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Others 

dominate. You can be sure there is no shortage 

of options. Follow through on what is 

happening. A new beginning becomes 

possible with more give-and-take. Postpone 

an intense discussion until later today. 

Tonight: How about an intimate chat now? 


GIANT FLEA Market, 

Sun., Nov. 20 Fairgrounds, 

Springfield, 

$1.25, 8:30-4:30. 

John Crouch, 

(217)529-6939. 

GUN SHOW 

New Berlin 

Fairgrounds. 

Sat., Nov. 19, 9-4 

Sun., Nov. 20, 9-3 

Read all 

about it! 

For home 

delivery call 

245-6121. 


PLEASE CHECK 

the accuracy of 

your ad on the first 

day it appears in 

the 

Classifieds. If there 

is an error, the 

Journal-Courier will 

not be responsible 

for more than one 

incorrect insertion. 

MONSTER AND THE JOURNAL-COURIER 

WORK TOGETHER. 

landofl incolnjobs.com/monster 

New Berlin, IL Sangamon Co. 

Fairgrounds Building 

Featuring the estates of the late 

Kelly Chestnut and the late Dr. 

Vance Nelson Robb. Authenticated 

and guaranteed ancient Indian 

relics, ancient original headpot, 

arrowheads, axes, bannerstones, 

frog pipe, old Navajo rugs, 

beadwork, large Apache basket, 

large meteorite, books, mammoth 

fossils, old engraved powderhorns, 

hummel figurine collection, Indian 

jewelry, much more. 

Rainbow Traders Auction Service 

Since 1974 • Celebrating 37 years of auction integrity. 

Color catalog available 

10% buyers premium 

618-372-0248 

rainbowtradersauction.com 

IL Auctioneers lic. 440000211 

Two tracts of rural land, available for 

row crop, truck farming, pasture, 

new home sites, recreational, and a 

host of other possibilities. 

The tracts could be irrigated. 

Tract One: 78.06± Acres, Tract Two: 

15.0± Acres 

Parcels are part of the Southwest 

Quarter, Section 30, Township 18N, 

Range 11W, Cass County, Illinois. 

Looking for land as investment, don t 

over look these! 

Terms, maps & more on line at 

www.raheauctions.com 

Attorney: Ramon Escapa 

Lucie, Scalf, & Escapa 

315 E. Jackson, Macomb, IL 

OWNERS: Michael & Ruth Anne Arnold 

217-248-9108 

RAHE APPRASIAL & AUCTIONEER 

Kenny Rahe 

Bluffs, IL 217-473-4095 

or 217-472-8911 

*Lost & Found 

LOST EAST of Jacksonville 

2 weeks 

ago: 2 male black 

labs and black and 

brown mixed female, 

running together. 

217-473-5461 

Auction Calendar 

NOV 21 - MONDAY 

5:30 P.M. AUCTION 

of residence to sell 

on premises at 406 

W. Greenwood, 

South Jacksonville, 

IL. John Bull & Larry 

Bull Co-Trustees of 

Lela V. Bull Trust. 

Middendorf Bros. 

Auctioneers. 

middendorfs.com 

NOV 22 - TUESDAY 

5:30 P.M. AUCTION 

of residence to sell 

on premises at 1809 

S. East, South Jacksonville, 

IL. Vera 

Robertine Erixon, 

owner. Middendorf 

Bros. Auctioneers. 


NOV. 22 - TUES. 11 

A.M. AUCTION of 2 

tracts of farmland located 

in Morgan and 

Macoupin Counties, 

IL. To be sold in 

Franklin IL at Lion's 

Den. Lela Bull 

Trust. Middendorf 



SATURDAY, DEC. 

10 - 10:30 A.M. 

AUCTION of farm 

machinery, equipment, 

pickup truck, 

trailers, and cattle 

equipment, at 1866 

Poor Farm Rd. Jacksonville. 

Owners, 

Roger and Karen 

Houston. Middendorf 



Miscellaneous 

BRAND NEW 

warehouse 

overstocks. 

30-60% off retail 

Living room, 

Bedroom, and 

Mattress sets. 

Limited Quantities, 

can deliver 

217-361-1357. 

CASH UP 

TO $400! 

for junk cars and 

trucks. Also buying 

other scrap metals. 

Pay cash and free 

pickup. 

217-491-2026. 

DO YOU need a 

hand with your next 

project. Small tree 

removal, trim 

bushes, mowing, 

hauling gravel and 

more. Firewood for 

sale! Call Joe 

217-320-2720. 

MIDDENDORF BROS. 

AUCTIONEERS & REAL ESTATE 

211 South West Street • Jacksonville, IL 62650-2431 

217-243-5486 www.middendorfs.com 

AUCTION 

RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE 

TUESDAY, NOV. 22, 2011 • 5:30 P.M. 

TO SELL ON PREMISES 

AT 1809 SOUTH EAST ST., SOUTH JACKSONVILLE 

Six room frame dwelling with 

3 bedrooms - full bath - 

dining room - living room - 

full basement - f/a furnace 

and central air - att. garage 

and carport - corner lot 

approximately 86’ x 152’. 

SELLER: LANCE ERIXON POA 

FOR VERA ROBERTINE ERIXON 

ATTORNEY: BRAD WILSON 

RAMMELKAMP BRADNEY PC 

232 W. STATE, JACKSONVILLE, IL 62650 




217-243-5486 www.middendorfs.com 

TRUSTEE’S AUCTION 

FARMLAND 

MORGAN & MACOUPIN COUNTIES IL 

TO SELL IN FRANKLIN, IL AT LION’S DEN 

TUESDAY, NOV. 22, 2011 • 11 A.M. 

Tracts located approximately: five and one-half miles southeast of 

Nortonville or two and one-half miles north of Scottville or twelve 

and one-half miles southwest of Waverly - on the east side of 

Scottville Rd. 

TRACT #1 - MORGAN COUNTY 80 ACRES, M/L): 

Unimproved, having 56.56 acres cropland, balance in timber. 

(Sections. 33 & 34 – T13N-R9W) 

TRACT #2 - MACOUPIN COUNTY 117.8 ACRES, M/L: 

Unimproved, having 72.5 acres cropland, balance in timber. 

Located approximately five and one-half miles southeast of 

Nortonville on the east side of Scottville Rd. (Sect. 4 – T12N-R9W) 

BROCHURE containing sale terms, legal descriptions, and other 

information available from auctioneers or view at 

middendorfs.com. INSPECTION at your convenience or by 

appointment with auctioneers. 

JOHN BULL & LARRY BULL CO-TRUSTEES 

OF LELA V. BULL TRUST 

ATTORNEY: THOMAS L. VEITH 

BELLATTI, FAY, BELLATTI & 

BEARD, LLP, JACKSONVILLE 




217-243-5486 www.middendorfs.com

Miscellaneous 

SQUARE BALES of 

clean dry wheat 

straw for sale. 

217-245-9912, leave 

message. 

TOP MONEY, all 

cars, trucks, farm 

machinery, grain 

bins, metal sheds. 

217-370-2927. 

USED COOK sheds. 

several choices 

available. 

(217)245-9313. 

Furniture 

OAK HARVEST table, 

5 legs, 42” 

square, 7 leaves totaling 

117”, $595. 

Wicker settee, 

rocker $65 for set. 

Mid 1800’s walnut 

settee, matching 

gentleman’s chair 

and ladies chair 

$550. 

217-491-1310. 

Pets 

APR CHIHUAHUA 

puppies, 2 male, 1 

female, 9 weeks, 

shots, wormed. 

(217)415-6868. 

CATS, KITTENS and 

free barn cats, fixed. 

(217)589-4269, 

(217)414-6112, 

(217) 491-0031. 

DACHSHUND PUPS, 

parents on site. 

$100. 

(217)473-5518. 

PAPILLON PUP- 

PIES, red and white, 

wonderful lap and 

family dogs. Shots, 

wormed, registered. 

$325. 

(217)248-3865. 

*Automotive 

Buick 

CUSTOM! 

2002 LESABRE, 

white, hand control 

for gas and brake 

pedal. Call (Dave) 

217-370-9457 for 

additional information 

and test drive. 

$4,200, negotiable. 

Sport Utility Vehicles 

Chevrolet 

REDUCED! 

2002 TAHOE 4 door, 

5.3, V8 engine, 

automatic, 4 wheel 

drive, cloth interior, 

power steering, 

brakes & windows, 

cruise control. Air 

conditioning. 

108,000 highway 

miles, well maintained. 

$8200 

(217)243-3894. 

*Trucks 

Chevrolet 

CHECK OUT! 

2005 2500 HD, 8.1 

with Allison transmission, 

65K, 4 door 

crew, short bed, 

$14,500. 

217-243-3374. 

Dodge 

WOW! 

2008 RAM 1500 

Quad cab, 4x4, V8, 

automatic, A/C, flexfuel. 

64k miles. 

$20,500. 

(217)883-2874. 

Ford 

1995 F150 XLT 

Very Nice. 96K, 

shell & tow pkg. 

$5500 Make Offer 

618-377-9489 or 

618-830-6615. 

*Vans 

Dodge 

CHECK IT OUT! 

2008 GRAND 

CARAVAN, 48xxx 

Stow’N Go, power 

doors, lift. $16,000 

or best offer with 

warranty to 75xxx. 

618-610-0150. 

Real Estate 

*PUBLISHER’S 

NOTICE* 

ALL REAL estate advertising 

in this 

newspaper is subject 

to the Fair 

Housing Act which 

makes it illegal to 

advertise “any preference, 

limitation or 

discrimination based 

on race, color, religion, 

sex, handicap, 

familial status or national 

origin, or an 

intention, to make 

any such preference, 

limitation or 

discrimination.” Familial 

status includes 

children under 18 

living with parents or 

legal custodians, 

pregnant women 

and people securing 

custody of children 

under 18. 

This newspaper will 

not knowingly accept 

any advertising 

for real estate which 

is in violation of the 

law. Our readers are 

hereby informed that 

all dwellings advertised 

in this newspaper 

are available on 

an equal opportunity 

basis. 

Real Estate 

15 IVYWOOD, Open 

House Sun. 2-4, 

tri-level, 4 bedroom, 

2 bath, new water 

heater and roof, 

water garden. 

(217)720-0815, 

(414)331-7862. 

1635 S. Clay, 2 bedroom, 

new bath, 

flooring, appliances, 

very efficient gas radiant 

heat with new 

boiler, new siding, 

roofs, gutter, large 

carport, 2 car garage 

with new door, 

large yard. 80’s, negotiable. 

217-491-2632 

CITY OF BLUFFS: 2 

bedroom, 1 bath, inside 

completely remodeled. 

$49,900. 

(217)473-3235. 

FOR RENT: Morgan 

County farm 

land. Send name, 

address and 

phone number to 

BOX 313, c/o 

Journal-Courier, 

P.O. Box 1048, 

Jacksonville, IL 

62651-1048. 

Mobile Homes 

DON’T RENT, BUY! 

Live at Prairie Knolls 

for $550/month with 

bank approved financing! 

SOUTHLAND 

MFG. HOMES INC. 

Dutch-28x48 

3 bedroom, 2 bath, patio door, island kitchen, 

appliance package, glamour bath, oak cabinets. 

Only $49,900 $ 47,900 * SALE PRICE 

Dutch-28x64 

3 bedroom, 2 bath, patio door, fireplace, 8’ side 

walls, 5/12 roof, appliances pkg., all finished 

drywall, snack bar kitchen, glamour bath. 

Only $71,900 $ 69,900 * SALE PRICE 

*SALE PRICE STOCK HOMES ONLY 

Mon.-Thurs. 9-5; Fri. 9-4, Sat. 9-3; 

Sun. by appointment. 

Rental/Duplex 

ONE BEDROOM, 

South Jacksonville, 

near park, newly remodeled, 

new appliances. 

$450/month. 

(217)473-4487. 

SPACIOUS 2 bedroom 

apartment, full 

basement, sun 

porch, garage, animals 

welcome. 

(217)320-8285 or 

217-245-4824. 

Rental 

Apartments 

**KING RENTALS** 

One and two bedroom, 

$365 & up. 

No pets. 

(217)416-9288. 

Dianne Steinberg 

473-2040 

Paula Fry 

473-1889 

Tina Moore 

370-3172 

Pamela Olson 

371-9748 

Shawn Doerr 

248-0457 

Steve Hills Realtors Gives Back! 

As the holidays approach we are reminded of how grateful we are of the 

Jacksonville community. As a small token of our appreciation we are 

offering a small gift in exchange for a nonperishable item to be donated 

to the Jacksonville Food Bank. Please bring your donation to any of our 

open houses or our office now through December 4th and help us 

OPEN SUNDAY 1:00-2:30 

South Jacksonville on a quiet winding 

street, sit this one level cottage with 

hardwood floors, updated bath, 2 

bedrooms, hugh screened-in porch, 

attached garage, vinyl siding AND all 

appliances stay. Reduced 

Join Shawn! 


Rental 

Apartments 

NEWLY REMOD- 

ELED 2 bedroom, 

stove, refrigerator included. 

Water, trash 

furnished. No pets. 

$425/month. Deposit 

required. 

(217)245-2187. 

NICE 2 bedroom, water 

and trash paid. 

$600 per month. No 

pets, no smoking. 

217-473-9358. 

ONE AND 2 bedroom 

units. $325 and up 

plus deposit. 

(217)248-8749. 

ONE BEDROOM, 

865 E. State St. Water 

and trash paid. 

$400/month. 

(217)370-8909. 

RETIREMENT APTS. 

1 bedroom, no 

smoking or pets. 

Most utilities paid. 

(217)245-5159 

(217)473-9587. 

TWO BEDROOM, 

1.5 bath, attached 

garage. No pets. 

$635. 

(217)243-6901. 

TWO BEDROOM, 

2nd floor, most utilities 

paid, deposit required. 

(217)245-8945. 

Rental/Houses 

525 S. East, 3 bedroom, 

3 bath, C/A. 

$750, deposit. 

(217)754-3929. 

VERY NICE 2 bedroom, 

1 car garage. 

$575/month, deposit. 

No pets. 

(217)370-9094. 

Owner wants an offer - 2 

houses for the price of one! Plus 2 car 

attached garage AND 2 car detached 

garage. Main house with over 1800 sq. 

ft, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 25x13 family 

room. It’s brick & vinyl - plus an extra 

cottage too! Winchester school. Join Tina 

The “holidays” in 

this traditional home will be special - 4 

bedrooms, great updated kitchen, 

natural woodwork, roof 2010 GFA 

furnace 2011 - all kinds of places to 

decorate including the old carriage 

house! Triopia schools! YES! 


Rental/Houses 

844 N. Prairie, nice 2 

bedroom, appliances 

included. 

$600/month. Deposit, 

references. 

(217)370-6184. 

TWO BEDROOM, no 

pets. Deposit & 

lease required. Call 

(217)320-5059. 

Rental/Commercial 

1500 & 2040 SQ. ft 

prime office/retail 

spaces. 1050 W. 

Morton. 

(217)243-8000. 

LARGE GARAGE located 

in large 

fenced lot, multi 

zoned use, located 

on busy intersection. 

(217)320-8285 or 

217-245-4824. 

Rental/Mobile 

HOMES AVAILABLE 

at Cedar Brook 

#10, 2 bedroom, 

$400. 


$350. 


$400. 

I ncludes water, 

sewer, trash. Deposit, 

references required. 

243-4449 

daily. 

Classifi eds 

217-245-6121 

Find it in the 

Journal-Courier 

Prairie Knolls at 

East Morton & Blacks Lane 

102 Woodfrield 

1263 sq ft w/ great 2 car garage, Bank Repo! 

$2250 down, 20 year mo payment $357.56, 

$205 lot rent 

308 Orchard Cove 

1352 sq feet w/storm shelter, Bank Repo! 

$2250 down, 20 year mo payment $357.56, 

$205 lot rent 

Brand New! 

3 bedroom, 2 bath! Pick your home, pick your 

lot at Prairie Knolls. $2660 down payment, 

$389 per month, $195 lot rent 

1034 East Morton Avenue 

Jacksonville, IL 62650-3302 

(217) 243-4449 

North Jacksonville School, space for 

everyone - this custom built one owner 

has quality throughout, 4 oversized 

bedrooms, 2 baths - eat-in kitchen, grand 

sized living room with fireplace, formal 

dining room - the basement has endless 

possibilities - the garage is oversized - 

updates include roof, furnace, central air 

- immediate possession. Join Paula! 

- Owner transferred, 

immediate possession. It’s re-done w/ all 

the bells & whistles. Beautiful bathrooms, 

“Becky - Homecky” kitchen, 4 bedrooms, 

new furnace, air, roof, w/ heater, carpet, 

sided. You can see Eisenhower School from 

this yard! Sweet! 

Multi-levels for 

privacy, great for family wanting 

space w/4 bedrooms, kitchen has 

SS appliances that stay, newer 

furnace & central air, gorgeous 

current decorating, new 2 car 

garage 2009, sided. 

OPEN 12:30 - 2:00 

NEW PRICE 

#28 APPLEBEE FARMS 

Attractive condo priced to sell! 

1723 sq. ft. on the main level. Open 

floor plan w/ a vaulted great room, 

corner masonry fireplace, cute 

kitchen w/ site lines to the great 

room & fireplace. The dining area 

steps to the fenced back yard that 

features 2 patios. 3 lg bedrooms, 2 

full baths, 2 car garage. A full 

basement that’s ready to go if you 

think you need more space, it’s 

plumbed for a bath. Landscaped, 

great neighborhood, great 

neighbors.. Good price at 

$189,900 Join Judy! 

All brick ranch! 3 bedrooms 2.5 

bath, full basement, great lot just 

off Country Club Road. 

Hosted BY CHARLES GROJEAN 

Great starter home or perfect if 

you’re down sizing. Quiet 

small town in Manchester, 

close to park, 3 BDRM, 1 BA 

ranch w/ many updates and 

huge lot. 

Hosted BY CAROLYN HYMES 

Investment 

opportunity! Great rental with 5 

BDRM or a fixer upper for a 

winter project. 

Charles 

Grojean 

Colleen 

Settles 

Kathy 

Maul 

Nice 4 plex 

with immediate income 3 of the 

4 units are currently under lease 

agreement. 

Nice 2 story 

on a large lot just 10 minutes 

from Jacksonville. 3 beds 2 

baths with hardwoods 

throughout the lower level. 

Dutch Colonial with 3 

bedrooms, dining room with 

fireplace, basement, 2 car 

detached gar. Priced right. 

Carolyn 

Hymes 

Amy 

Hageman 

217-245-4151 

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has all the major updates 

completed including roof, 

furnace, central air, plumbing 

and siding. 

Ready to 

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Waverly! Spacious and ready 

to move into. 3 BDRM, 2 full 

BA and main level laundry 

plus 2.5 car garage. 

Teri 

Ware 

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Judy Eoff • 370-7329 Kendra Swain•248-5665 Judy Eoff • 370-7329 Judy Eoff • 370-7329 

#3 CHAFE COURT, 

NEW BERLIN 

WOW! New kitchen w/ “slow 

close” cabinets, new 

garage, new ceramic tile 

and carpet, new bath vanity 

and ceramic tile. New light 

fixtures and more!! Updated 

roof, nice large cul-desac 

lot and fenced 

back yard. Call Mike. 

Mike Oldenettel • 248-9613 

OPEN 1:00 - 3:00 OPEN 2:15 - 3:15 

NEW PRICE 

1722 S. EAST 

Great first home ~ or perfect 

place to retire. Wonderful 

location!!! Furnace replaced in 

2008. South half of roof in 1998. 

Storage room is 8 x 12 kitchen 

pantry. Taxes reflect 

multiple exemptions. Join 

Kendra. 

51 DIEUDONNE 

Nice 3 bedroom, 2 bath 

ranch in New Berlin. A oneowner, 

well cared for home!! 

Great floor plan with new 

laminated floors. Master 

BR with bath and walk-in 

closet. Fenced yard 

and all kitchen 

appliances. Call Mike. 

Mike Oldenettel • 248-9613 

#29 ELIZABETH 

Custom built for the previous owner. 

It was so lightly lived in it presents 

itself as “Brand New”. The Donovan 

floor plan was stretched to 

accommodate the owners 

specifications. 2486 sq. ft. with a 

full partially finished lower level. 

Gorgeous finish work ~ hickory 

kitchen with center island and HW 

floors ~ screened porch is great ~ 3 

huge bedrooms, 3.5 baths, fully 

landscaped, 2.5 car garage. To build 

it would be considerably 

more. Stop by ~ It is a 

quality built attractive ranch 

in Applebee’s ~ Join Judy! 

NEW LISTING NEW LISTING NEW LISTING 


847 S. CLAY 

Great 4 bedroom family 

home! 3 full baths (2 

completely remodeled), a 

fully equipped, eat-in 

kitchen, gleaming hardwood 

floors and a deep lot with a 

basketball court and 

tiered deck. $89,000. 

Call Rob 473-1555. 

Rob Heitbrink•473-1555 

UNBELIEVABLE 

REDUCTION 

107 CUNNINGHAM, MURRAYVILLE 

This is so cute! This mini Victorian has it all. 

Curb appeal fantastic. Totally renovated inside 

and out. Open the doors to a warm and inviting 

home. HW floors in the living room. New white 

kitchen w/ stainless appliances is adorable. The 

dining area is open to the kitchen and steps to a 

side porch. 2 beds,. A exceptionally pretty bath 

~ Basement partially finished . The yard is huge, 

the garages are 2.5 plus second building . The 

vinyl siding, roof, windows, kitchen, 

bath, flooring ~ ALL NEW ~ All Great ~ 

Priced at $89,900. They are 

motivated to sell. Call Judy at 370- 

7329 to see this great home! 

2491 JD TURNER ROAD 

Snuggled in a small cul-desac 

of homes you’ll find a 

newer 1.5 story on .6 acre. 

Open floor plan invites easy 

living and enclosed family 

room offers views of 

neighboring pond and wildlife. 

2 bd, 2 ba, additional 200 

sq. Ft. could be 

finished. Only 15 yrs 

old. Take a look at this 

one!! Call Mary. 

Mary Gray•473-4098 

SUNDAYCROSSWORD 

Steve 

Floyd 

NEW LISTING 

329 S. DIAMOND 

Charming all brick bungalow. Home 

features a living room with wood 

burning fireplace, arch doorways, 

hardwood floors under carpet, and 

large dining room. Since their 

purchase, all new replacement 

windows and new high efficient 

furnace 2010. Updated A/C. The 

attic is 37x12 and used as 3rd 

bedroom. The basement is 

usable and has half bath. 

Fenced backyard and 

double deep garage. 

Scott Eoff • 473-8592 

721 SOUTH 

DIAMOND 

Cute 2 bedroom home with 

extra deep garage and 

carport. Newer furnace, 

replacement windows, 

partially floored 

attic! $65,900 

Casey Collins • 245-4985


Crafty kid 

BACK PAGE 

Layne Hunter, 4, concentrates as he colors his tepee during the Thanksgiving take-home craft activity 

Saturday at the Jacksonville Public Library. Hunter said the fi rst thing he was going to do with it 

when he got home was show his father. 

OPEN 

LINE 

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discussion, call the number 

above or submit a comment 

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TEACHING 

Responsible for career choice 

Hey, teachers, some of 

us parents do 12 hours of 

back-breaking work a day 

only to come home and 

teach our kids what they 

should already be learning 

at school. Stop whining. 

You chose your career. 

Poor attitude starts at home 

Every teacher I know 

thinks that, with rare exceptions, 

success in school is 

very heavily dependent on 

the attitudes of the parents. 

Positive attitudes and high, 

consistent expectations 

of behavior in school and 

at home are exceptionally 

important and go very far 

in overcoming poverty at 

home and other obstacles. 

Poor attitudes on the part 

of parents almost guarantee 

failure at school. Perhaps 

sad, but true. 

Must be time for contract talk 

It must be contract 

negotiation time with all 

the chirping about how 

teachers are underpaid. 

WELFARE 

All states need drug-test rule 

Here, let me tick some 

people off. Thank you, 

Florida, Kentucky and 

Missouri, which are the 

fi rst states that will require 

drug testing when applying 

for welfare. Some people 

are crying and calling this 

unconstitutional. How is 

this unconstitutional? It’s 

OK to drug test people who 

work for their money, but 

not for those who don’t? 

This should be done in all 

50 states. 

ANIMALS 

Abuse a sign of mental issues 

You are mentally sick if 

you want cats to be tortured 

and killed. You are mentally 

sick if you are mean to, 

torture or kill a defenseless 

animal that you are smarter 

and larger than, like the 

cats in Beardstown, and 

there are not even anywhere 

close to as many as 

you say running loose without 

good homes, and they 

are not nasty. You’re very 

mentally sick, seek help. 

BEING P.C. 

Small minds promoting efforts 

I’m sick and tired of 

political correctness and 

the small minds promoting 

it. Fight back by Googling 

The Fire and learn how 

individuals and organizations 

are fi ghting back. 

10 YEARS AGO 

BRANDON WITTE, 

a Triopia High School 

graduate and a junior tight 

end at Millikin University, 

was named to the Verizon 

Academic All-American 

District V football second 

team. 

20 YEARS AGO 

EVELYN “KATHY” 

TRENTER announced her 

candidacy for re-election as 

Cass County circuit clerk. 

LOOKING BACK 

MAKING HISTORY 

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT 

IN HISTORY: 

On Nov. 20, 1789, 

New Jersey became the 

fi rst state to ratify the Bill of 

Rights. 

On this date: 

In 1620, Peregrine 

White was born aboard 

the Mayfl ower in Massachusetts 

Bay; he was the 

fi rst child born of English 

parents in present-day New 

England. 

In 1910, the Mexican 

Revolution of 1910 had its 

beginnings under the Plan 

of San Luis Potosi issued by 

Francisco I. Madero. 

In 1911, “Das Lied von 

der Erde” (The Song of the 

Earth) by Gustav Mahler 

was fi rst performed in Munich, 

Germany, six months 

after the composer’s death. 

In 1929, the radio 

program “The Rise of the 

Goldbergs” debuted on the 

NBC Blue Network. 

In 1947, Britain’s future 

queen, Princess Elizabeth, 

married Philip Mountbatten, 

Duke of Edinburgh, at 

Westminster Abbey. 

In 1959, the United Nations 

issued its Declaration 

of the Rights of the Child. 

In 1967, the U.S. 

Census Bureau’s Population 

Clock at the Commerce 

Department ticked past 200 

million. 

In 1969, the Nixon 

50 YEARS AGO 

U.S. SEN. PAUL 

DOUGLAS spoke to a 

large audience in Jacksonville. 

75 YEARS AGO 

Two well-dressed bandits 

robbed the Armstrong 

drugstore at the southwest 

corner of the Jacksonville 

square. 

100 YEARS AGO 

administration announced 

a halt to residential use of 

the pesticide DDT as part 

of a total phaseout. A group 

of American Indian activists 

began a 19-month occupation 

of Alcatraz Island in 

San Francisco Bay. 

In 1975, after nearly 

four decades of absolute 

rule, Spain’s General 

Francisco Franco died, two 

weeks before his 83rd 

birthday. 

In 1985, the fi rst version 

of Microsoft’s Windows 

operating system, 

Windows 1.0, was offi cially 

released. 

Ten years ago: The alliance 

controlling Afghanistan’s 

capital and much of 

its countryside agreed to 

attend power-sharing talks 

in Germany the following 

week. A federal judge extended 

a court order blocking 

an attempt by Attorney 

General John Ashcroft 

to dismantle Oregon’s 

one-of-a-kind law allowing 

physician-assisted suicides. 

Federal health offi cials 

approved sale of the world’s 

fi rst contraceptive patch, 

Ortho Evra. The Justice 

Department’s headquarters 

was named after former 

Attorney General Robert 

F. Kennedy in a ceremony 

presided over by President 

George W. Bush (the event 

coincided with what would 

C 

K 

M 

Y 

Jacksonville druggists 

Coover & Shreve bought 

the Hatch drugstore on 

the west side of the Jacksonville 

square. 

150 YEARS AGO 

The trustees of the 

Methodist female college 

proposed to solicit outside 

aid to rebuild the portion 

of the building destroyed 

by fi re. 

— compiled by Greg Olson 

and Alisia McCowan 

have been Kennedy’s 76th 

birthday). 

Five years ago: Six 

imams were removed 

from a US Airways fl ight 

at Minneapolis-St. Paul 

International Airport after 

passengers reported they 

were acting suspiciously. 

(The imams, charging 

discrimination, later settled 

with the airline.) Ryan 

Howard of the Philadelphia 

Phillies was voted the National 

League’s MVP. Movie 

director Robert Altman died 

in Los Angeles at age 81. 

One year ago: In 

comments released by the 

Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI 

opened the door on the 

previously taboo subject of 

condoms as a way to fi ght 

HIV, saying male prostitutes 

who used condoms 

might be beginning to act 

responsibly. 

Today’s Birthdays: 

Nobel Prize-winning author 

Nadine Gordimer is 88. 

Actress Estelle Parsons is 

84. TV personality Richard 

Dawson is 79. Comedian 

Dick Smothers is 73. Vice 

President Joe Biden is 

69. Actress Ming-Na is 

48. Rapper Mike D (The 

Beastie Boys) is 46. Actress 

Sabrina Lloyd is 41. Actor 

Joel McHale is 40. Actor 

Dan Byrd is 26. Rock musician 

Jared Followill (Kings 

of Leon) is 25. 

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

“No man remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself.” 

For rent: Garage or workshop, 

24’x30’. 2 overhead doors, heat, 

electricity. Good small business 

location, 815 1/2 E. Morton. 

$200/month. 217-245-5822 

J’ville Lions Club Fruit Sale 

To order, call 243-3868 or 883-2168 

— Thomas Mann, German author (1875-1955). 

BACKPAGE READERS 

Reicherts • 243-2420 

Open 10-2: Brunch buffet including 

fried chicken! 

Taking reservations for Thanksgiving 

Twyford BBQ will be at 

Circle K, corner of Main & Vandalia 

Wed., Nov. 23, 11-5. Baby back ribs 

www.twyfordbbq.com 

The Blacksmith Shop 

Christmas Show, Rt. 104 Meredosia 

Fri., Sat. & Sun., Nov. 25-27 & 

Dec. 3 & 4, 12-5pm 

Triangle Bar & Grill •Woodson 

Today: Open at noon 

Race Party - Food and Fun 


WEATHER 

National forecast 

Forecast highs for Sunday, Nov. 20 

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: Mostly cloudy. Cooler. Highs in the upper 40s. North winds 

5 to 10 mph. 

TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers. 

Lows in the mid-40s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. 

TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s. Light southeast 

winds becoming west in the afternoon. 

TOMORROW NIGHT: Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of 

showers. Lows in the lower 40s. Light northeast winds. 

EXTENDED FORECAST: Tuesday: Showers likely. Highs in the 

upper 40s. Chance of precipitation 60 percent. 

Tuesday night: Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid-30s. 

Ellie (no last name submitted), South Elementary 

Mason Upchurch, North Elementary 

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TEMPERATURES 

High Saturday 64° at 1:35 p.m. 

Overnight low ......................17° 

Record high ........... 79° in 1942 

Record low .............. 9° in 1932 

Year ago high ......................45° 

Year ago low .......................25° 

PRECIPITATION 

To 4 p.m. Saturday .......... 0.00” 

So far this year ..............35.16” 

Last year by this date .....46.32” 

Normal year to date .......33.96” 

So far this month ..............2.19” 

Normal month to date ......1.80” 

Weather statistics provided by WLDS/WEAI 

IN THE SKIES 

Twilight begins .......... 6:22 a.m. 

Sunrise .................... 6:51 a.m. 

Sunset ..................... 4:42 p.m. 

Twilight ends ............ 5:11 p.m. 

Moonrise .................. 1:20 a.m. 

Moonset ................... 1:30 p.m. 

Mercury rises ........... 8:45 a.m. 

Mercury sets ............ 5:46 p.m. 

Venus rises .............. 8:56 a.m. 

Venus sets ............... 6:07 p.m. 

Mars rises .............. 11:49 p.m. 

Mars sets ................. 1:15 p.m. 

Jupiter rises .............. 3:25 p.m. 

Jupiter sets .............. 4:48 a.m. 

In the evening twilight Venus 

and Mercury are in the SW and 

Jupiter in the east. In tomorrow’s 

morning twilight Saturn is in the 

SE and Mars in the south. 

RIVER STAGES 

Peoria ...............12.0 .......+0.1 

Beardstown .........9.8 ........ -0.1 

Meredosia ...........4.2 ........ -0.8 

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

Hannibal................ M ........... M 

Louisiana .............. M ........... M 

M = Missing information 

New Moon 

Nov. 25 

MOON PHASES 

First Quarter 

Dec. 2 

Full Moon 

Dec. 10

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