Homecoming focus turns to alumni - Jacksonville Journal Courier

16 Journal-Courier, Jacksonville, Ill., Saturday, September 17, 2011
Hat’s off!
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Jacksonville Marching Band Drum Major Evan Rumler rests his hat on his baton while warming up
band members in Duncan Park Friday afternoon before the start of the 2011 JHS Homecoming Parade
down West State Street in Jacksonville.
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PROMISES
Who’s going to pay for this?
Promise to pay for the
college tuition of every
District 117 graduate.
Close structurally good
schools and build a new
high school yet again.
Just who do they think is
going to pay for all this?
Jobs and people are fl ying
out of this town and if they
think they are going to
tax and raise my property
taxes even more to pay for
all this, guess what. My
home will be up for sale
and I will be out of this
town and state.
Try putting it in writing, please
Let me get this straight.
My daughter, who is in
kindergarten now, if she
remains in a District 117
school until she graduates
she gets a free ride to IC,
Mac or LLCC according to
our school board. I would
like to have that in writing
please.
PROHIBITION
Ease drug laws, help economy
Ending drug prohibition
would stimulate
the economy, much like
ending alcohol prohibition
did in 1933 by FDR.
Think of the money the
state and Morgan County
could save, not to mention
the return of personal
freedom.
CRIME
A mark for capital punishment
If ever there was a
good example of why we
should still have capital
punishment in this state it
would be Mark Pryer. He
kills two people, goes to
prison, then comes back
out and kills yet another
innocent person. You
intentionally kill someone
you automatically forfeit
your own life, simple
as that. We have idiots
running this state and evidently
our judicial system
as well.
Bahan’s Tavern • 214 N. East
Culvert Illusion 7:30
Barney’s Pub • 228 W. Morton
Serving 12 oz ribeyes 6-9
Hip Bone Sam
Be Aware Wellness Fair
Sat., Sept. 17, 10a-1p, Community
Park. Free food, free ferris wheel
rides & lots of prizes.
10 YEARS AGO
JENNY WELCH of Jacksonville
was a member of
the 2001 Lady Highlanders
golf team at MacMurray
College.
20 YEARS AGO
Jacksonville High
School’s WILL SWAIN was
the freshman winner in the
annual Franklin Freshman-
Sophomore Cross Country
Invitational.
LOOKING BACK
50 YEARS AGO
RON YATES and WES
COULTER led the Jacksonville
Crimsons to a
14-6 football victory over
Decatur Eisenhower.
75 YEARS AGO
BRUCE THOMSON of
Jacksonville received word
that he had passed the
Illinois State Bar examination.
C
K
M
Y
100 YEARS AGO
H.R. SARGENT,
proprietor of the Wabash
restaurant in Bluffs, visited
Jacksonville.
150 YEARS AGO
Mr. Woodman returned
from the East with a fi ne
assortment of fall and
winter goods.
MAKING HISTORY
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
IN HISTORY:
On Sept. 17, 1911,
Calbraith P. Rodgers set off
from Sheepshead Bay, N.Y.,
aboard a Wright biplane in
an attempt to become the
fi rst fl ier to travel the width
of the United States. (The
49-day journey required
69 stops before Rodgers
arrived in Pasadena, Calif.,
on Nov. 5.)
On this date:
In 1787, the Constitution
of the United States
was completed and signed
by a majority of delegates
attending the Constitutional
Convention in Philadelphia.
In 1862, Union forces
fought Confederate invaders
in the Civil War Battle
of Antietam in Maryland;
more than 3,600 men were
killed.
In 1908, Lt. Thomas E.
Selfridge of the U.S. Army
Signal Corps became the
fi rst person to die in the
crash of a powered aircraft,
the Wright Flyer, at Fort
Myer, Va., just outside
Washington, D.C.
In 1939, the Soviet
Union invaded Poland during
World War II, more
than two weeks after Nazi
Germany had launched its
assault.
In 1947, James V.
Forrestal was sworn in as
the fi rst U.S. Secretary of
Defense.
In 1961, Northwest
Orient Airlines Flight 706, a
Lockheed Electra, crashed
after takeoff from Chicago’s
O’Hare International
Airport, killing all 37 people
on board.
In 1971, citing health
reasons, Supreme Court
Justice Hugo Black, 85,
retired. (Black, who was
succeeded by Lewis F.
Powell Jr., died eight days
after making his announcement.)
In 1978, after meeting
at Camp David, Israeli
Prime Minister Menachem
Begin and Egyptian President
Anwar Sadat signed
a framework for a peace
treaty.
In 1986, the Senate
confi rmed the nomination
of William H. Rehnquist
to become the 16th chief
justice of the United States.
In 1991, the U.N.
General Assembly opened
its 46th session, welcoming
new members Estonia,
Latvia, Lithuania, North and
South Korea, the Marshall
Islands and Micronesia.
Ten years ago: Six
days after 9/11, stock prices
nosedived but stopped
short of collapse in an
emotional, fl ag-waving
reopening of Wall Street;
— compiled by Greg Olson
and Alisia McCowan
the Dow Jones industrial
average ended the day
down 684.81 at 8,920.70.
President George W.
Bush visited a mosque in
Washington as he appealed
to Americans to get back to
everyday business and not
turn against their Muslim
neighbors. “The Late Show
with David Letterman” on
CBS did its fi rst new show
since 9/11, with guests Dan
Rather and Regis Philbin.
Five years ago: Pope
Benedict XVI said he was
“deeply sorry” his recent
remarks on Islam and
violence had offended
Muslims, but the unusual
expression of papal regret
drew a mixed reaction
from Islamic leaders, some
of whom said it wasn’t
enough. Patricia Kennedy
Lawford, the sister of
President John F. Kennedy
and ex-wife of actor Peter
Lawford, died in New York
City at age 82.
Today’s Birthdays:
Actor David Huddleston is
81. Retired Supreme Court
Justice David H. Souter is
72. Basketball Hall of Fame
coach Phil Jackson is 66.
Singer Fee Waybill is 61.
Actress Cassandra Peterson
(“Elvira, Mistress of the
Dark”) is 60. Muppeteer
Kevin Clash is 51. Actor
Kyle Chandler is 46.
T H O U G H T F O R T O D A Y
“Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.”
— Cicero, Roman scholar (106-43 B.C.).
BACKPAGE READERS
BILL’S WEST STATE
Cookout 12-?. Free food!
Chicken, hamburgers, brats.
Don’s Place • 207 W. Morgan
Grilled sandwiches & Irish Stew 11-?
Stan, Jeff & Lynn
The Peddlers • 1847 S. Main
Fall Open House Fri. & Sat., 10-5
Norma’s North Star Cafe
New location, 211 E. Court
(across from Amvets), 245-6037
Sat. night: Prime rib
Sun: Turkey & dressing
OUR BAR • 216 E. STATE
Private party 5-9, invite only.
Public welcome after 9.
Reicherts • 243-2420
Open 4:30-9:30: Any 2 steaks $30.
NEW FALL MENU COMING 10/1/11
Willie’s BBQ will be at
1103 W Morton, Jeff Mossman
Insurance today 11-5.
Specials: pulled pork & chips, $4.
Turkey legs, $4, slab of ribs, $15.
JOURNAL-COURIER/NICK TURNER
WEATHER
National forecast
Forecast highs for Saturday, Sept. 17
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. Highs around 70. Southeast winds 5 to 10
mph.
TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers after midnight. Lows in
the mid-50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation
50 percent.
TOMORROW: Showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs
in the mid-70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation
60 percent.
TOMORROW NIGHT: Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
EXTENDED FORECAST: Monday: Partly sunny. Highs in the upper
70s. Monday night: Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid-50s.
Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Highs around 80. Tuesday night: Partly
cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of
precipitation 30 percent. Wednesday: Partly cloudy. Highs in the
upper 70s. Wednesday night: Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
Thursday: Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s.
Cole Fox, A-C Central Elementary
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TEMPERATURES
High Friday .......... 64° at 1:30 p.m.
Overnight low ......................51°
Record high .......97° in 1927, ’39
Record low ............. 34° in 2007
Year ago high ......................82°
Year ago low .......................59°
PRECIPITATION
To 4 p.m. Friday .................. trace
So far this year ..............31.70”
Last year by this date .....41.15”
Normal year to date .......27.57”
So far this month ..............1.24”
Normal month to date ......1.87”
Weather statistics provided by WLDS/WEAI
IN THE SKIES
Twilight begins .............6:17 a.m.
Sunrise .......................6:44 a.m.
Sunset ........................7:07 p.m.
Twilight ends ...............7:34 p.m.
Moonrise .....................9:37 p.m.
Moonset ...................11:45 a.m.
Mercury rises ..............5:53 a.m.
Mercury sets ...............6:52 p.m.
In the evening twilight Saturn is in
the west. In tomorrow’s morning
twilight Mars and Mercury are in
the east and Jupiter in the WSW.
RIVER STAGES
Peoria ..............12.2 ...... +0.1
Beardstown ........9.4 ........ 0.0
Meredosia ..........1.6 ........-0.2
Oakford ..............3.2 ........ 0.0
Hannibal ...........10.3 ........-0.2
Louisiana..........11.8 ...... +0.1
M = Missing information
MOON PHASES
Last Quarter
Sept. 20
New Moon
Sept. 27
CLOSE TO HOME
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Callendar
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Oct. 1