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Correction There were several errors in the recent SOURCE article “Jan Terry: Putting the Community Back in College.” The late Tom Smith was hired by LLCC in 1999 as executive director of the Western Region Education Center (WREC). He did not serve as director of institutional research. Jan Terry held that position prior to succeeding Mr. Smith as executive director of WREC in 2004. LLCC has a service area of 4,115 square miles in all or parts of 15 counties, the largest Illinois community college district in area. The 12 full and part-time employees mentioned in the article work at LLCC in Jacksonville and Beardstown. The Source regrets this error and, in the future, will strive to ensure the accuracy of our information. Our apologies to our friends at Lincoln Land Community College and Mr. Smith’s family.

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Travels through the Cornfields Bob Bradney is a lifelong resident of Jacksonville and spends a great deal of time exploring the countryside. This column will appear monthly, suggesting the best places to go for short and inexpensive trips, revealing what there is to see and do in the prairies. 15 October - 21 October 2009 One of the fun things I like to do is to take the back roads to get to where I am going. I am not talking about paved roads, I am talking about the gravel roads that intersect with the state highways. While a rational person might consider this just plain dumb, in truth and in fact it is pretty hard to get too lost in the Midwest. I know there are people who can get lost traveling from here to the Public Square, but for the great majority of people, back roads ultimately get you where you want to go. Without getting too technical, we can thank the Continental Congress and, specifically, Thomas Jefferson for this, because in 1787, the Congress adopted the Northwest Ordinance, allowing for the creation of five states. Ultimately, the territory was organized into the present states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. More to the point, the ordinance created not only the borders of these states to be, but provided for north, south, east and west grids. When the land was ultimately surveyed, roads followed the section lines and created a wonderful sight to be seen centuries later when we entered the age of flight. So, with the simplest understanding of geometry, taking a back road is not all that risky, and some of them lead to some pretty interesting places. Avenue 390 is a wonderful place to enjoy the scenery of Brown County, even if you don’t go on to Siloam. The road follows a deep ravine with quite heavy wooded hills on each side. It’s wild country, it really is. Ten or fifteen years ago, a herd of lucky cattle numbering about 100 head escaped through a fence and disappeared

www.myjacksonvillesource.com in the woods. The farmers succeeded in rounding up 90 of them without too much trouble, but another 10 or 15 decided these woods, with the adjacent beans and cornfields, were a great place to spend the summer. Farmers mounted horses, but the animals stayed out of sight. They even sent a helicopter overhead, but to no avail. The woods were so thick and the terrain so rough that it was not until fall and the leaves came

drunkenness and drug addition. By 1884 the owner had erected two spring houses; a bathing house and the Siloam Forest Home Hotel. The area became a popular and fashionable resort. Spring water was bottled and distributed as far west as Kansas City. This went on into the early 20th Century, with excursions coming by train from as far away as Chicago. Well, nothing lasts forever, and by

off the trees that the remaining ten were recovered. It is reported that all ten had grins on their faces. Siloam Springs is now a State Park, but around 1882 the territory was purchased by a Quincy businessman. He bought it because the springs were reported to have great curative powers and these were indeed promoted. It was reported that the water had the ability to cure almost all ailments, even

the 1930s, the resort days were nearly over. The trains had stopped and there was nothing but the ruins of the earlier buildings. (Some of those can be seen today.) What was left was an incredibly beautiful piece of land; deep ravines; spectacular forests; a pretty much unexpected gem in the middle of cornfields. A recreation group of Brown and Adams Counties men purchased the site, and

PAGE 3 in 1940 the State of Illinois took it over and made it into a State Park. And, it is a beauty. While there is no lodge there, there are two excellent campgrounds, one containing 98 class A sites and the other 84 Class B. Showers are located in each. There are some camping cabins in the A campground. The A campground is in a pine forest, and overlooks a lake. There are some primitive and backpacking campsites if you want to rough it. Fishing is excellent. The lake is stocked with largemouth bass, bluegill, redear and green sunfish, carp, crappie, channel catfish and rainbow trout. There are a number of fishing piers for those without boats. The park is also noted for its wildflower displays, and they are something to behold. You’ll see wild roses, black-eyed Susans, white false indigo, and snapdragons. You’ll find 12 miles of excellent hiking trails. One of these is a six mile backpacking trail. One of the real treats of the park are the picnic areas. Actually, for a very nice outing, forget the backroad and take Route 104 directly to the turnoff to the park. It’s about 50 minutes from Jacksonville. You can have a great picnic, and be home in plenty of time for the afternoon football game. I should also add that for the kids, not only are the trails fun, but the playground equipment is first class. Of course, not all backroads end up in places like this, but this destination is one I predict you’ll put on your repeat list. The Park is open 12 months a year. Bob Bradney is available at [email protected]

Take the back road to Siloam Springs. You can do this several ways, but for today we’ll take Route 104 west to the junction of Route 107. Turn north and take Ave. 390 west. Keep heading west, although at times you’ll have to go north or south, but continue west until you come into the back entrance of Siloam Springs. Follow the signs to Wildwood Campground. The back entrance to Siloam is on County Road 2753 west.

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There were a number of regulars in his crew but the main characters were “Ikky” Mudd, the chief mechanic, and Joyce Ryan, a forerunner of women’s rights, who had an equally important role in crime fighting. There were various bad guys although the nemesis that remained during the entire run of the program was the evil Ivan Shark and his equally evil daughter, Fury Shark. The Secret Squadron fought espionage in foreign countries, rooted out spies during the war and chased criminals of all kinds anywhere in the world where the Squadron was needed. There were millions of listeners, about half of them adults. Here’s the hook: I tore off the label of the Ovaltine jar even before it was empty and I sent off for my secret Captain Midnight decoder, called the “Code-O-Graph.” It was a hand-held device with a winged clock (not real) with hands pointed to midnight. The radio program came on once a week and at the end of the show a secret code would be announced that gave a clue to the next episode. It was a top secret code that could not be cracked by anyone who did not have a decoder. The number one was an “a.” Number two was a “b.” etc. So a code 23-5-23-9-14 would be decoded as “We Win.” There is no way to describe the euphoria of decoding the message and having secret information to carry me through the week. I left the house and wondered about old Mrs. Gamage next door who had no decoder and no clue what was going to happen. Poor thing. Captain Midnight had a brief fling with comic books, a comic strip, film, and TV. There were good attempts but none matched the drama and imagination of the radio serial. The broadcast ended in 1949. 18-5-13-5-13-2-5-18?

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I’m really not old enough to tell this story. John K. Thompson’s grocery store somehow crept into the 1960s and 70s, long after the rest of his ilk had long passed to that great supermarket in the sky. John K’s store was located at the very center of the bustling heart of Perry, Illinois. Okay, the town had lost its bustle long before my birth, but his one-room grocery was a fixture. (His only competition was the Read brothers across the street. They were a mega-mart…they had three rooms.) John K. Thompson had one employee: John K. Thompson. One man, one store in one room…just like his father before him. I appreciate friendly service from a retail clerk, but it’s nostalgically pleasant now to remember how John K. was not friendly at all if 1) you were a Democrat, or 2) you were a Cardinal fan. John K. was the most Republican Cub fan I’ve ever met. He believed that the two most evil men to walk the earth were Franklin D. Roosevelt and Augie Busch. John K. was a human adding machine. Oh, he had a real one there on the counter, but unless you asked him to actually poke in the numbers, he’d simply glance at the price of each item and keep a running total in his head. I defy any checkout clerk alive today to come up with the total on a group of items as quickly as John K. And he was never wrong. He would absolutely zip the items into your paper bag faster than your eye could follow. For a lark some folks would ask him to re-add everything using the machine. John was never off a cent. He kept coins in a big old brass and steel cash register, but the really large amounts of cash were kept in a worn leather pouch inside his shirt. I have seen fellows walk in and cash a hog check for two thousand dollars and John would have the money beneath his shirt. I once asked him if he was afraid of being robbed. He said, "Hell, by the time they got the money I’d be dead anyway and what good would the money do me then?" Every day at 10 a.m. he’d run out of the store…and I mean run…to the post office a block away to get his Wall Street journal. The store would be left unlocked and if you tried to rob it while he was gone, well…he’d kill you. In Pike County that’s called deterrence.

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who consider themselves connoisseurs of yard sales. I mean…certain streets would be lined with vehicles and people running to get 1st dibs on items they had read about in the classified section, earlier that week. As I transitioned from location to location with my mother and youngest brother, Jatre, we would see most of the same faces we had seen at previous locations. Everyone was out and about, looking for a “good deal.” And, I must say, there are few other places where I have spent my money and walked away feeling like I came out “on top” or financially ahead. I bought a zip-up, hooded Gap sweater for $2 from a yard sale that summer and I still wear it. I absolutely love that sweater. Well, as I ponder the conclusion of this philosophy, I think, “does this only apply to items or can this also be considered in terms of people?” There are people in this world, in this town, who probably feel like they have been thrown away. They feel hurt and rejected because someone once found them to have value. But then, for some reason or another, that same someone decided they were not valuable anymore, and so, walked away from them and left them alone. As hopeless as this may at first appear, I believe the same philosophy can apply to both items and people. Just like Fred Sanford had an eye for quality items that had been discarded by others, there are individuals who have an eye for quality people who have been discarded by others. Whereas one circumstance may render a person an outcast another circumstance may render that person a prodigal son or daughter, returned home. Likewise, where one relationship may end due to incompatibility, another relationship may have an opportunity to begin and prosper. Hence, the beauty of the circumstance is held in the eye of the beholder. Ladies and gentlemen, this is one of my philosophies. I invite you to have your own. Peace and Blessings,

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Quality has been the foremost priority at Jacksonville Monument Company for almost 100 years. Although many technologies, processes, and owners have changed there over time, their commitment to a great product has always been steady. In 1911, the business was begun in Jacksonville by a person by the last name of Rowe and was called Rowe Granite Company. The business moved to its current location on East State Street in 1919 and went through other owners before being purchased by the Mahaney family in 1972. Current owner Andy Bruington began working at the Monument Company straight out of high school at only 17 years old. He dated one of John Mahaney’s daughters, Adriane, who is now his wife. John taught Andy the monument making business hands on. After the Mahaneys were at the point of retiring, Andy fulfilled his goal of owning his own business and purchased Jacksonville Monument Company from his inlaws in 1998. The business has been continuously run since its beginnings in the early 1900s, being one of the oldest monument companies in the state. Interestingly, all original sales contracts from long ago are still held at the business. Jacksonville Monument Company specializes in creating monuments and markers, mostly for cemeteries, but also does other stone work such as landscape boulders and benches. All monument stones are made of granite, but a vast array of choices are at hand. Jacksonville Monument has a huge selection of stones in-house, but stones of all sizes, shapes, and colors can be purchased from all over the United States and imported from all over the world. Up until the 1920s, stones were sent to monument companies as one large stone that had to be sawed and cut down to size and shape, which created lots of waste and an extra freight expense. Now, the stones are cut at quarries and sent to Jacksonville Monument Company for lettering and art, which is done onsite. Andy focuses his time on sales, computer design layouts, and foundation work. After the computer part is done, an artist places the design on the stone, which can be very tedious work. Andy and Adriane’s son, Adam, who is now employed at the business, aids his father in the foundation work at the cemeteries and specializes in sandblasting. Harriett Werries is the busines’s secretary and also does sales. Individuals and families are able to choose all aspects of a stone from color to size

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At some point in our lives, we realize we are not invincible. After meeting several incredible women who are breast cancer survivors, I came to the realization that I’m only here for a sh make a difference. My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in May of 2000; she was fortunate to have been diagnosed early. She had a biopsy, radiation treatments, and various through this difficult time in her life, seemingly, with ease to those who love her most. Her strength, positive attitude, and beauty within have always been inspiring to me. Unbeknownst ence with a breast cancer survivor was while photographing a lovely woman in her 70s named Ida. She had asked me during the session if she was lopsided and proceeded to tell me to action. I believe God made all of us strong and beautiful. However, when you hear from a doctor that you have breast cancer – I’m almost certain that none feel strong or beautiful. community. The Mia Ware Foundation is a local organization with a strictly volunteer board. All funds go to local women for mammograms and to education, health awareness and me breast cancer survivors at our October Gallery Hop each year. I wanted to show their inner beauty and strength to others and most importantly, to themselves. In addition, I wanted the the event, I invited survivors to come to the studio to be photographed and to provide me with their stories. In turn, I provided them with a print of the final display. I was thrilled to have as community members of all ages and walks of life spent the evening meeting survivors, reading the stories, and enjoying their photographs which were featured in 16x20 frames thro vivors for the Gallery Hop and for the entire month. My hope is to create a book of their collective stories and photographs. Through the strength and beauty of each survivor, I hope to vivors to share of themselves, and without the inspiration of my mother and all of the survivors. I also hope that through the telling of their stories and through the photographs I’ve take Thank you so much for the opportunity to share my passion with you! Cheryl Kelly

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hort amount of time and that I do have the power within me and the God-given talents to make a difference in the lives of others…even if it’s in a small way, I can and I will try my best to s medications, but didn’t have to go through chemotherapy. I can only imagine the flood of emotions she felt when she heard the words, “you have breast cancer”. My mother went t to her, she influences my daily decisions as a wife, mother of three small children, business owner, photographer, woman, and as a fellow human being in this world. My second experie her story of breast cancer, her treatments, her mastectomy and how it affected her, her feelings, and her life and outlook as a survivor. At that moment, it occurred to me that I had a call For the past four years, I’ve been involved with a local organization called the Mia Ware Foundation, which began five years ago, after the death of a wonderful woman and mother in our edical advancements in the field of breast cancer detection, In August of 2008, I decided that my past involvement with the Mia Ware Foundation was not enough. I decided to feature eir individual and unique stories to be heard and for their voices to inspire, educate, and hopefully influence others to get mammograms and to be proactive in monthly self-exams. Prior to e 23 survivors photographed, 22 female survivors and one male. On the night of the Gallery Hop in 2008, we had an exceptional turn out. There was a calm, peaceful feeling in the studio oughout the studio. In addition to raising awareness about breast cancer, we asked the public to make donations to the Mia Ware Foundation. Each year in October, we will feature suro raise funds for the Mia Ware Foundation and to educate and to raise awareness for all. The event would not be possible without my team at the studio, without the willingness of the suren of them, that each survivor realizes the personal strength and beauty within.

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Local School District Preschool Receives Distinguished NAEYC Accreditation by Mindy Farmer The Walnut Court Early Years Preschool Program has served students and families within the Jacksonville School District 117 since 1985. This past June, the program achieved accreditation by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the nation’s largest organization of early childhood educators. Consideration for this accreditation is voluntary and requires programs to have “undergone a comprehensive process of internal self-study and improvement.” The Early Years program is one of the first in the nation to earn this mark of quality and is the only school within a 50-mile radius to claim accreditation. NAEYC accreditation is awarded to programs that “provide a safe and nurturing environment while promoting the development of young children.” Programs demonstrate their quality by meeting the ten NAEYC Early Childhood Program Standards. They undergo a rigorous evaluation process by the NAEYC to achieve accreditation and The Early Years is proud to have earned a 100% score on seven of these 10 standards. The NAEYC accreditation is valid for five years, but requires schools to make annual reports and commit to continually working to maintain the highest standards. Association with the NAEYC denotes a high quality program and accreditation holds recipients accountable for regularly evaluating their program, identifying successes, and recognizing areas for improvement. The Early Years Program is part of the Illinois “Preschool for All Children.” The preschool is funded through The Illinois Early Childhood Block Grant, which was established in 1997 to support families in preparing their young children under five for later school success. The grant initially funded the state PreKindergarten At-Risk Program. In 2006, the Illinois PreKindergarten At-Risk program statute was amended and Illinois established “Preschool for All Children” as the goal of the state prekindergarten program. Preschool for All is committed to serving Illinois’ at-risk families first, with a larger goal of serving all three-to-five year-olds whose families choose to participate. This program makes Illinois the first state in the nation with the ambitious goal to make high-quality preschool available to all three- and four-yearolds. Families throughout the community participate in the Early Years preschool program, with campuses at Walnut Court, Vas Housing, and the United Methodist Church Community Building in Murrayville. It’s important to note that, while the goal of “Preschool for All” is to serve everyone, grant funds are intended to serve at-risk families first. While qualifications for at-risk do include income levels, there are many instances that might occur in

a child’s background environment or history that would qualify them for priority in this program. These include things such as hearing loss, language delays, social or cognitive delays; long-term separation from a parent due to divorce, separation, military, or incarceration; living with a single parent; or living with a chronic disease, such as asthma or cancer. The Early Years program actively works to reach these underserved populations first, then opens enrollment to the larger community. Many of the ten NAEYC standards involve building positive relationships by fostering child development, supporting staff, and building collaborative relationships with families. The Early Year’s commitment to these standards is clear when visiting the classrooms, watching teachers interact with children, and speaking with the school staff. Every spacious classroom provides a warm, inviting space to engage children in discov-

each classroom has up to twenty students. The Early Years offers six full-time preschool classes, usually for four and five year-olds, that run from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm. Full-day classes provide breakfast, lunch, a snack, and a nap for students. Four half-time

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Court, football, alumni, powder puff, the dance, and tug of war; that ís right, its homecoming week! Homecoming is, by far, my favorite time of year for many reasons, but the best part is the excitement stirring in the air. Alumni return and everyone on campus seems to participate in at least some of the homecoming activities, which really brings us together as a community. The week will kick off on Monday, October 12th with the Homecoming Pep Rally. At the pep rally, all of the sports teams will be introduced and most will have coaches, captains or seniors tell us about their season and their expectations of the team. This is a great way for the teams to be recognized and for the rest of us to get excited about their sport. Also at the pep rally, this year ís homecoming court will be announced, but the voting won ít take place until Wednesday and Thursday and the crowning will take place on Friday after the follies. President of the college, Axel Steuer, will address the pep rally crowd, getting us pumped up for the volleyball, soccer, and the football games that will take place this week. The cheerleaders and dance team will also give an exciting performance that they have been working hard on and, lastly, there will be a class game. The game will be tug of war and the class who wins gets points towards winning $400 at the end of the week! Some other things that take place during the week include powder puff games, a 61 Syx Teknique performance, a dance off, and a volleyball game against Maryville on Tuesday, more powder puff and a male cheerleading competition on Wednesday, and the announcement of homecoming king and queen and follies on Friday. Saturday, however, is the most action-filled day of the week! The day will start off with the 5k run/ 4k walk and next will be the homecoming parade. There is a cross-country invitational at Nichols Park Golf Course in South Jacksonville at 10am. Then, there will be a women ís soccer game at 11, volleyball at 1 and football at 1 and men ís soccer at 1:30. All of this leads up to the big formal dance at 9pm at Hamilton ís, which I am particularly excited for because I get to wear my ostrich feather dress! Hopefully, I will see some of you around this week to share in the excitement!

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Leaves changing colors, rainy days, and cool breezes…fall is here! The trees are starting to change, and I love the variety of colors that pop up around campus. Whether you are walking to class, sitting in a classroom, or lounging in your room, you are bound to see at least one beautiful orange, red, or yellow tree. My week on campus has been a hectic one. Midterms are here (along with autumn), and I can feel the stress creeping up. Between tests, papers, and projects, I have barely had a minute to breathe. And when I do find a spare second, I usually have a group meeting. Whew! So, since I have not had a minute to spare, my room is suffering from a severe need to be cleaned. Hopefully I will have a minute, or an hour, in the next week to vacuum and go through the mounds of papers and clothes that are “systematically” placed throughout my room. My roommate will probably appreciate me cleaning up too! When we did have a little bit of free time, we had the opportunity to better understand the pros and cons of sharing information about ourselves on Facebook through two this week. Monday the Programs office of Student Affairs hosted a presentation entitled “Facebook and You” in the McClelland Dining Hall. Then on Tuesday night the MacMurray College Speaker Series continued with C. L. Lindsay presenting “Trouble Online: Campus Computing and the Law.” They both covered topics that really relate to us as college students, like how to manage your Facebook and MySpace pages and make them “employer friendly.” We all know there are some pictures we should not post, and some comments we should not say, but both events gave us not only examples of what can be detrimental on our pages but also what can help our reputation and be a positive addition to our profiles. So, another week gone, and we are already half way through October and the semester. Looking ahead at the next half of the semester, there is Fall Break coming up starting on the 16th, our Homecoming the next weekend, my birthday, and then our production of Arsenic and Old Lace. And that is only what’s happening in the next month! So, I am sure that there will be much more for me to tell you about in the coming weeks.

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AGrICuLTurAL SummArY - Many producers were able to start a limited harvest this past week. Early planted soybeans are ready for harvest and some corn as well. However, cool temperatures throughout the week and rainfall near the end of the week stopped that activity. Many farmers are waiting for corn moisture levels to drop before the harvest can continue in earnest. There were 3.9 days suitable for fieldwork reported. Topsoil moisture was rated 1 percent very short, 6 percent short, 80 percent adequate, and 13 percent surplus. Corn in the dent stage is at 89 percent, with 41 percent mature, and 5 percent harvested. Corn was rated at 65 percent good to excellent, 26 percent fair, and 9 percent poor or very poor. Soybeans are 86 percent turning yellow with 62 percent shedding leaves and 6 percent harvested. Soybeans were rated at 59 percent good to excellent, 31 percent fair and 10 percent poor or very poor. Temperatures statewide averaged 54 degrees, 6.8 degrees below normal. Statewide precipitation averaged 0.72 inch, 0.03 inch below normal.

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Your 15 Minutes Mindy Farmer Recognizes the Individuals that Make Our Community Wonderful. Growing up in a small, hill town in the state of Assam, India, Nayan Saikia dreamt of becoming an astrophysicist. He attended a Catholic missionary school and, though he spoke Assamese at home, he learned to write and read English first. As an adult, Nayan is proficient in three languages; Assamese, English, and Hindi, the national language of India. When Nayan graduated from high school, he still had dreams of studying physics, but electronics engineering was also gaining popularity at the time. He initially pursued physics, but ultimately decided to attend the Regional Engineering College in Gujrat and study electronics engineering. Many companies actively recruited employees from the college and PMSC, now Computer Science Corporation (CSC), hired Nayan. A multi-national company, CSC employs about 92,000 individuals worldwide. Nayan worked in CSC’s Indore office in India, which primarily provided technical support for the CSC Jacksonville business office. Nayan made his first visit to Jacksonville in June of 2001 to familiarize himself with the workings of the business office. He stayed for three months, then returned to India. Six months later, the company again sent Nayan to Jacksonville, this time as a liaison to support communication between

the Indore and Jacksonville offices. Nayan became friends with fellow employee, Marsha, and they enjoyed working out together, going on bicycle rides, and spending time with mutual friends. Toward the end of Nayan’s stay as the Indore Liaison, he decided to invite Marsha and her daughter, Taylor,

to celebrate Taylor’s birthday at Six Flags. Marsha recalls this day as one of her favorite stories. While Taylor and her friend enjoyed some rides, Nayan and Marsha talked on the gazebo steps. He turned to her at one point and said, “I don’t have much experience with the ladies, but I’d like to give you a kiss.” She agreed and that was the start of their romance. They dated for about a month before Nayan once again returned to India. Marsha and Nayan stayed connected during their six-month separation by talk-

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