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The City of Jacksonville Property Maintenance Department presents 857 S. Clay, owned by Harry DeGroot, as our “most improved property” for the month of September. Improvements include siding, roofing, gutters, and windows.

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Crime Stoppers of Morgan and Scott Counties is seeking information to assist the Jacksonville Police Department with their investigation into two recent burglaries. The owner of a residence in the 200 block of Sandusky reported a residential burglary that occurred on Saturday, August 29, 2009. The property owner reported that he left the residence at 3:00PM and left the back door unlocked. When he returned at approximately 11:45PM, he discovered numerous items missing, including a Playstation 3 video game console with one remote and four games, a Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 magnum hand gun, a .380 caliber handgun, unknown make or model, a bottle containing 38 hydrocodone pills, and a case containing numerous DVDs and CDs. A resident of the 500 block of S. East reported a residential burglary on Wednesday, September 9, 2009. The burglary is believed to have occurred between 6:00PM and 8:00PM on that date. It is believed that entry was gained by prying open the back door to the residence. Items taken include an XBOX 360 with three wireless controllers, and a silver Ipod Nano. The police are asking that anyone who has information concerning these crimes, or any other crimes within the two county area, submit a tip online by going to www.tipsubmit.com or calling Crime Stoppers at 243-7300. A cash reward of up to $1000 will be paid for information leading to an arrest.

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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. 17 September - 23 September 2009 If I have heard it said once, I have heard it said one hundred times that nothing significant ever happens around here. Oh, maybe there are some improvements in seed corn and in seed beans, but how exciting is that? I may surprise you by telling you that an incredibly important research project is taking place nearby, a portion of which is less than 30 miles away, and the rest within an easy hour’s drive. The results of this project are being watched by scientists throughout the world. To give you some idea of the magnitude, the biggest water reclamation project ever undertaken in the United States is the restoration of the Everglades. The second greatest reclamation project ever undertaken is right here! I am talking about Emiquon, a pretty dramatic concept involving The Nature Conservancy, the Emiquon Scientific Science Advisory Council - a group of more than 40 scientists of regional and national acclaim, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, The United States Department of Agriculture, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, U.S. Corps of Engineers, the Illinois Natural History Survey, the University of Illinois, and several other universities. And, my guess is I have omitted others. This is a BIG research project, the largest ever undertaken on a river in the United States. To describe what is happening only a few miles from Jacksonville it is necessary to go back an estimated 12,000 years ago, when the last glaciers melted and that torrent of water crashed through what is today

www.myjacksonvillesource.com Morgan County and western Brown County creating the ten mile wide Illinois River Valley. When the waters finally receded, left in its wake were thousands of lakes, ponds, swamps, and other areas now described as wetlands. Ecologically, these wetlands were extremely important to the environment because in the annual spring floods, flood waters covered them and sediment filtered

in the late 1700s, at first they stayed away from the wetlands because they didn’t know how to farm them. In addition, they associated the area with such diseases as malaria. But they did harvest the riches of the river. The commercial fishing was very good and the area produced more mussel shells than anyplace in the world. (Mussel shells were used for pearl buttons for shirts and constituted

out, improving the quality of the water. Man came shortly thereafter, living successfully in this country for 500 generations. The area now called Emiquon supported not only man for all of these generations, but supported an incredibly diverse number of plants, fish, and animals. When white men settled in the area

major industries in such places as Bath, Meredosia, and, their namesake, Pearl.) The River stayed healthy until the early part of the 20th century. The first thing affecting the health of the ecosystem was the building of dams, locks, and levees on the river to accommodate the needs of the growing United States. While these dams made it

PAGE 3 possible for barges to connect the City of Chicago to the gulf of Mexico (and this is still true today), they kept the wetlands from being flooded. The second thing occurring about the same time was the need for more farm land as the country’s population increased. Levees were constructed and drainage districts pumped water back into the river so that the former wetlands could be farmed. While these developments were necessary for the country, they pretty much destroyed the habitat. The river lost its health. The mussel industry came to an end. Commercial fishing was badly damaged. Sewage dumped from cities upstream didn’t help. Quite frankly, the formerly pristine river stank. When it was discovered that the wetlands could be drained and farmed, one of the biggest developments was just across the river from Havana. On the east side of Route 78 from 1919 on was the biggest farm in the State of Illinois, the Norris Farm. Not only did it raise countless acres of corn and beans, but it produced large numbers of cattle. The Norris Farm was so big that when it changed farm managers back in the 50s, or thereabouts, the change made headlines in the business section of the Chicago Tribune. The Norris farm became viable because the owner had a levee built around it and drainage ditches dug. This wasn’t the only levee on the river, and not the only place where water was pumped back in, but as a large farm adjacent to the river, it certainly was a contributing factor to the demise of the (continued on pg. 9, see Emiquon)

Directions: To get to Emiquon, take Route 78 to Havana; cross the Illinois River and continue on Route 78. Shortly after it turns north, you will see the parking area for Emiquon. To get to Spunky Bottoms, take Route 67 west until it junctions with Route 104. Go through Meredosia and after crossing the river, take Route 99 to Versailles. Turn right and follow the signs to LaGrange Locks. The Spunky Bottoms overlook is on your right on the way to the Locks.)

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me (or perhaps unfortunately for you), it was only a stepladder. Half an hour later I was covered in hives, so my supervisor sent me off to the doctor, where I was granted the Holy Grail of allergy sufferers, otherwise known as the EpiPen. An EpiPen grants you a dubious sense of security; you hope you will never need it, of course, while your so-called “friends” are hoping for the opportunity to plunge it into your thigh. The EpiPen also serves as a talisman for the wasps. Once one of them spies the telltale gray cap sticking out of your pocket, a message is relayed to headquarters and soon the other squadrons know that you are off the approved target list (albeit only temporarily). Wasps only have so much venom to expend per mission, and they maintain strict ordinance control. Alas, my epinephrineinduced life of freedom ended several years ago when, at my wife’s urging, I was retested and declared free of my bee allergy. This was a shattering disappointment, as I had to carry on without an EpiPen and contend with the knowledge that my wife was clearly now in cahoots with the wasps (after so many years, I thought I knew her). The whole process was suspect; when the doctor entered the examination room, I distinctly heard buzzing, which confirmed my suspicion that the wasps held his children hostage just outside the door. Under those circumstances, even I might have caved in to their demands and falsified the test results. That tragic appointment marked the start of my annual autumn hermitage. But as there is often a

divine purpose behind suffering, my seclusion is not in vain, for I survived long enough to sound the alarm of an even greater stinging threat on the horizon: the horrible Asian Hornet. Larger, deadlier, and far more aggressive than North American wasps, the Asian Hornet is currently colonizing France, which will undoubtedly become the staging area for further westward conquests. Though the wasp-controlled “Mainstream Media” is burying the story, the Asian Hornet adopted a 9/11 terrorist tactic and used our modern transportation against us, stowing away on a shipment of Chinese ceramic goods to France. From there, it is only a matter of time before they discover the American fondness for French wine, and thus the means to infiltrate every U.S. town. My Asian Hornet survival plan is ready to implement. Following the strategy I developed years ago, when the Africanized Killer Bees swarmed over our southern border, I will once again move further north, as bees do not flourish in colder climates. This time I have my eye on a quaint little lodge in Saskatchewan. It may be hard to afford (holding a job for no more than nine months at a time has negatively impacted my savings), but I keep hearing that life’s necessities are provided by the government in Canada anyway, so not to worry. I just heard a knock on the door. Sorry, but I must go; the wasps have Social Services here again.

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I have a friend named Brock…a tall, slender sophomore at Routt Catholic, who is probably as close to a prodigy as anyone I’ve ever met. The victim of only a few years’ piano lessons, his greatest talent is innate more than learned. He conquers a Scott Joplin piece then turns it on its head. He’ll master a bit of Mozart then flip it inside out, making it his own. Brock doesn’t play the piano, he gets inside it, he makes it dance. Firemen tell tales of house fires in which the piano keyboard was left intact. This is a lie. I’ve seen ivory smoke under Brock’s pyrotechnic fingers. Which made me wonder why I don’t much care for jazz. Brock likes jazz. I listen to Brock play jazz, and tell him, “Hey, I really like that.” I’m not exactly lying. I mean, I don’t dislike it…it’s just …well…like celery. I don’t get it. I keep inwardly shouting “Who stole the melody?” This is not a condemnation of jazz. Heck, it’s the only truly American form of music, really intelligent people love it, and it takes a skill of both music and improvisation that few musicians ever manage to put together in one talented package. But it’s always left me cold and I’ve wondered why. Until I got on the elevator in Peoria. I had been hired by the Kiwanis to play for their state convention. Two days of honky-tonking for various banquets and programs. I’d do a gig in the banquet room, hang around Peoria for a few hours, then show up for their dinner meeting. A nice gig aside from the fact that I was stuck in downtown Peoria for long periods of time. On the second evening of the convention I climbed aboard the elevator en route to the awards’ banquet and it all became clear. The elevator was filled with the sound of jazz music piped in from somewhere and suddenly my teeth started to ache. The dentist. Ever since I was old enough to grow my own teeth, my parents took me to a Jacksonville dentist who had jazz playing in the background all during those dreaded minutes in the waiting room, all the time I nervously clutched the arms of Dr. Herr’s chairs awaiting his arrival, and then jazz accompanied every x-ray, drilling, filling, and extraction I ever suffered in that seat of horror. That was it. Somewhere between the third and fourth floor of the Pere Marquette Hotel of Peoria I discovered the “root” cause of my dislike for jazz. It had been the background music for the most dreaded moments of my young life. Which made me wonder if my

other likes and dislikes in music had similar origins. Rock music bores me a bit. I played in a rock n’ roll band through the 60s and 70s, and after the initial thrill was gone, our main concern about a gig was “How far do we have to drive to get there?” and “Is it another third floor dance without an elevator and tons of equipment?” I think that’s it. Rock and roll wore me out. I love Wagner and Tchaikovsky, but can become bored by the time intermission rolls around in a Mozart concert. That makes no sense. Any musicologist will rate Mozart at the top of any musical heap, but he has the same effect on me as Nyquil, the cold medicine. Now that I’ve started psychoanalyzing my musical tastes I think this slight perversion can be traced back to the Bugs Bunny cartoons that featured the biggest and brassiest Wagnerian music. Sorry Amadeus, blame it on Elmer Fudd. Gospel music? Love it. Four-part harmony. Simple, three-chord stuff and I can’t get enough of it. There’s nothing complicated about gospel music, nothing especially intricate. Not to show any disrespect to those who sing it extremely well, but practically anyone can sing it. So how come my enjoyment whenever four men kick into “I’ll Fly Away”? I think it goes back to Fishhook, Illinois, and the annual Sunday School convention where gospel singing was mixed in with a little preaching and a whole lot of fried chicken and cornballs. That was the only place I could get my grandma’s fried cornballs. Somehow The Blackwood Quartet and the Singing Lester Family got all mixed up with crispy, lard-fried breading in my adolescent musical mind. Folk music? One of my favorite genres. When I grow up I still want to be Pete Seeger. Why? Again, I guess I’ll blame my growing up as a child of the sixties. The whole world was protesting one thing or another, but at Illinois College we skipped the peace marches and draft card burning and went to the really important national issues: compulsory attendance at the college’s chapel services, and being forced to wear a tie to eat on Wednesday nights. Our student body president spent a week underneath his desk in Crampton Hall and wouldn’t come out. I guess we showed them. That was pretty much the extent of our radicalism, but we always thought it’d be cool to go to Woodstock or march to Selma, or …well…something, dog-gone it. I like folk music. And it was Pete Seeger who said, “There’s no such thing as bad music. The very term is an oxymoron.” I guess he’s right. And I’m glad Brock’s dentist didn’t fill his waiting room with jazz.

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Invest in Your Grandchildren’s Future Submitted by Brent Bordentkircher This time of year marks National Grandparent's Day. While not as well known as Mother’s Day or Father’s Day, Grandparent’s Day is, nonetheless, a reminder to us of the importance of grandparents in the lives of their grandchildren. If you’re a grandparent yourself, you might want to use this day as a starting point to consider how you can best help your own grandchildren on their journey through life. Of course, one of the most generous things you can do is to help your grandchildren pay for college. A person with a bachelor’s degree will earn, on average, almost twice as much over a lifetime as workers with a high school diploma, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. And over the past several years, college costs have risen significantly. To help meet these costs, you might want to consider opening a Section 529 savings plan. Your contributions may be deductible on your state taxes, and all earnings and withdrawals are tax-free, as long as the money is used for qualified higher education expenses. Withdrawals for other types of expenses may be subject to federal and state taxes plus a ten percent penalty. And since you can open a Section 529 plan in your name, you’ll maintain control over the funds, so if the grandchild who is the plan’s beneficiary decides against going to college, you can switch the beneficiary designation to another grandchild. While saving for college may be more of a near-term goal for your grandchildren, they’ll also have other objectives, such as saving for retirement — and you can help them out in that area, too. For instance, you may want to help them fund a Roth IRA. Since your grandchildren are young, they have many decades ahead of them to take advantage of this retirement vehicle, which offers tax-free earnings, provided your grandchildren don’t make withdrawals until they’re 59-1/2. To qualify for a Roth IRA, your grandchildren just need to be old enough to earn some money. They would have to establish the Roth IRA in their names, but you could contribute to it. The contribution limit is the lesser of $5,000 per year or the amount of annual earned income. Helping your grandchildren pay for college or save for retirement will bring you great satisfaction during your lifetime. But once you’re gone, you can still provide valuable financial resources that may help your grandchildren achieve other goals, such as furthering their education or making a down payment on a home. Specifically, you might want to pass on some of your assets to your grandchildren through a living trust, which can avoid probate and gives you great control over how — and when — you want your wealth distributed. And if you name your grandchildren beneficiaries of a life insurance policy owned by a trust, the proceeds will not typically be subject to estate or income taxes. (Keep in mind, though, that you will need to consult with a qualified legal advisor before establishing a living trust, which can be a complex arrangement. Edward Jones does not provide tax or legal advice.) You may have received a card or a gift from your grandchildren on Grandparent’s Day. But you’ll get even more satisfaction by helping them invest for their future goals. This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

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Fighting the Flu A Knowledge Is Power (KIP) presentation on “Preparing to Combat the H1N1 “Swine” Flu” will take place on Tuesday, September 22, at the Jacksonville Area Center for Independent Living. The event runs from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. and is open to the public with no charge for admission. The presenter will be Jackie Barringer, R.N., with the Morgan County Public Health Department. Topics will include: H1N1 Flu, seasonal flu, symptoms of H1N1 flu, getting a flu shot, preparing for a pandemic, and populations these two different flus will target. Please call Larry Whewell with questions at (217) 245-8371 (voice/tty). A sign languange interpreter will be present. The KIP presentation will be held at the JACIL office located at 15 Permac Road. Refreshments will be served.

DECKER REUNION We are planning to restart what was once known as the "Decker Reunion." We want to get members of our families together again - as we had done so back in the 1960s, annually for a get together/reunion. This would be for the families and /or descendents of the Decker's generation of Charles, Alvin, Lyman, and Albert Decker - as well as Doll Collins and Mabel Hayes. Our plans are to have a reunion this year, Sunday, October 11, 2009. Of any family members of any of those noted above, please contact the following so we can secure your names/addresses/and for additional information and details about the reunion.

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Who Does Ken Bradbury Think He Is? A light-hearted look at our own “KB”by G.Q. Spaulding Somewhere, in the tiny rural town of Coonridge, a phone rings. “Crump residence, this is Freida Marie speaking…” “Mrs. Crump, my name is G.Q. Spaulding, and I write for the Jacksonville Source. We’re going to do a story on Ken Bradbury, and I understand you know him pretty well. I was wondering if you could tell us a little bit about him.” “Herb, it’s the Jacksonville newspaper...you know the free one. They want to talk to me about Ken Bradbury.” “Bradbury, that bum, he still owes me money,” said Herb mumbling in the background. “Sorry you had to hear that,” Freida Marie said. “Herb is still sore over a bet he made with Ken during the annual January molasses race festival. Herb won and Ken asked if he could pay him off in chips. Naturally, Herb thought he either meant poker chips or potato chips. Either way he thought they were worth somethin’ and he agreed. So Ken paid him off...with cow chips. That Ken, he’s such a scamp you know, but he’s always been that way...why I’ve known him since he was a kid...and I knew his mom too. Ken and I talk all the time, and share lots of ideas. But before we start, I’m gonna tell you that I’m darned tired of Ken Bradbury takin’ the credit for all my best ideas. So now, what would you like to know?” Anyone who has ever read the locally syndicated column Coonridge Digest will recognize Freida Marie Crump and her husband Herb. Freida Marie and Herb are true-to-life characters projected from the brilliant and busy mind of Ken Bradbury. Bradbury is a man of many talents, and many hats. (Trust me, I’ve seen lots of his hats and some of them should never see the light of day.) He’s been a teacher, author, playwright, musician, songwriter, lyricist, actor, director, entertainer, keynote speaker, and mentor to name a few. As a musician, Bradbury has performed with the piano, organ, accordion, trumpet, banjo, and bagpipes (much to the disappointment of his neighbors.) This short list is by no means a complete list of his accomplishments, but it does beg the question “Just who is Ken Bradbury anyway?” The son of Elmer and Freida Bradbury, Ken grew up in Perry, a tiny town in northeastern Pike County. He graduated from Perry High School and Illinois College, and through his writing, his music and his performances, he’s gained a reputation that’s made his a household name from Arenzville to as far away as Chapin. Truthfully, Bradbury’s reputation is widespread, and his work is known nationally and in some cases internationally. Just how much he’s written, no one (not even Ken) actually knows said long-time friend and collaborator Dr. Robert Crowe. A partial listing on the inside cover of his 2007 book Soup Town credits him with six published

books and more than 100 plays and musicals. According to Dr. Crowe, “he is the foremost author of speech contest material in the United States. His work is used by more students than anyone else.” Crowe’s Consortium Publishing Co. distributes Bradbury’s speech contest material nationally and internationally, and currently lists more than 200 contest pieces in its catalog. “If someone was looking for a challenge, try compiling the complete works of Ken Bradbury; all the songs, all the skits, all the plays, the musicals, the books, and the articles. It would be an almost overwhelming task.” Bradbury not only writes original material for speech competitions, he often serves as a judge for them as well. Crowe recounted a story from one of Bradbury’s trips to an area school where he was being featured as a guest author. “Ken arrived at the school early and made his way into the building through a back door. Inside, he found a couple of students practicing for their performance, and they were doing a piece Ken had written. After they had finished, Ken asked them ‘Do you know who Ken Bradbury is?’ ‘No,’ the student answered. ‘But I think he’s dead.’ Over the course of a friendship that has lasted more than 25 years, Crowe and Bradbury have collaborated on five plays writing everything from the script to the songs and lyrics. “I struggle sometimes to come up with ideas, but they seem to come so easily for him,” Crowe said. “He has a knack for character and incident development.” While Bradbury’s output has been prolific, Crowe points out the entire process is far from easy. “I’ve heard people say this 100 times, ok, so its more like 103…it’s easy for him (Bradbury) because he’s so talented. He’s extremely talented, there’s no question about that, but people just don’t realize how hard he works to get things done. It’s not just his talent, it’s his work ethic. Honestly, I don’t know when, or if, he really sleeps, and if he does, it can’t be for very long. “Ken has produced an overwhelming body of work,” Crowe said, “and he spends hundreds of hours to get it right. There’s a lot of work involved in writing a script, developing the characters and the plot, and then there’s the third component, scoring the music for the orchestra. It’s one thing to write a song, or write the lyrics for a song, but writing the score for the orchestra is a very time-consuming task. Each part has to be written separately for each instrument. That’s a lot of work.” While Bradbury has already earned a nationwide reputation, Crowe believes had Ken decided otherwise, he could have commanded a much larger audience on a national stage. “I believe had he chosen to do so, he could have filled many roles on a national scene, as a performer, a comedy writer, or as a composer.” Asked what he believes makes Ken Bradbury tick, Crowe paused thoughtfully and said “Service to others. He has people come to him all the time asking him to speak, or put on a skit, or write a skit for a fundraiser, and he sel-

plays. Then he found out I knew a little about electrical wiring, and that turned into set lighting; then he found out I knew a little bit about building things and that turned into set construction and it’s been going on ever since. “He’s great to perform with,” said West, who’s shared many stages with Bradbury. “He works hard and he demands hard work in return, and if he’s not getting it, he’s not very

dom turns anybody down. And when he puts on a show, he doesn’t do it for money, he does it for the enjoyment of others. People don’t realize just how much Ken Bradbury gives away every year. Not just in donations to the causes he supports, but in time.” Crowe’s thoughts were echoed by another l o n g - t i m e Bradbury friend and colleague Chuck West. “Ken is absolutely devoted to helping people. He’s generous not just with his money, but with his time. He gives a lot to local charities and ministries, but also raises a lot of money for local causes.” West was a member of the Christian band Bradbury formed called “Shiloh.” “Whenever Ken’s sense of showmanship blossomed at an early age. Here he is pictured at age four, performing an Al Jolson bit for the PTA. Photos courtesy of the Bradbury family. we performed, we took an offering, and all the money we raised went to the Green Pastures campground. There were times though, when we thought the church or group we were performing for needed the money more, and we gave it back to them, but it all went to a charity or ministry.” West said he first became aware of who Ken Bradbury was when Ken captained the debate team at their alma mater, Illinois College. “Ken was a couple of years ahead of me in Dressed in full Scottish garb, Ken makes no secret of his love for playing bagpipes. school, so I knew who he was.” Later the two would find themselves as faculty col- happy.” West says Bradbury’s not as much a leagues when West accepted a teaching position task-master as he is someone who knows how at Triopia High School. to get the very best out of the people he works “I started out working with Ken in 1977, with. “If you’re on stage with him and you blow helping him work out special effects for his

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17 September - 23 September 2009 a line, he knows how to help you recover.” West also believes one of Ken’s greatest joys is working with young people. In addition to a teaching career of more than 34 years at Triopia, Bradbury has spent the last 26 years as the driving force behind the Performing Arts Camp at Green Pastures. “He’s really good at helping young people find their faith, or strengthen their faith through the performing

done and get it done on time.” The Ex-wives Club Janet Long has known Ken and designed costumes for his productions for more than 20 years. By the time the two met, Bradbury had already established himself as one who put on quality productions and demanded that same quality from the people he worked with. “To tell you the truth, I was scared to

Knollwood Retirement Village received a star performance of Ken’s piano stylings, as he worked the keys for a resident’s birthday celebration.

Ken Bradbury, has been photographed all over the world. Here he is pictured in London.

arts. He describes his long-time friend as “one who will tell you the truth without bending the corners; and as one who is responsible. If he tells you he’ll get something done, he’ll get it

Ken visits Florida as often as he can to spend time with his nephew David.

death of him when we first started working together,” she said “I knew everything he’d done had been so good I was afraid I couldn’t live up to his expectations. The truth is, he’s

really great to work with. When things don’t go exactly like they’re supposed to, they always seem to work out when Ken’s involved. “What makes it so easy for me to work with him is that he tells you what he wants, then let’s you go do it. More importantly he listens, too. He lets you tell him what you want or what you need too.” Their theater relationship has turned into a great friendship that has seen the two attend functions and travel together. “We’ve gone places where people knew Ken, but not me, and more than once he’s introduced me as his exwife, but anyone who knows him, knows he’s never been married.” Long said with a chuckle, “And I know I’m not the only woman he’s ever said that about. With Ken, you never know what he’s going to say next.” Brotherly love It’s long been said if one wants to find out what someone is like, ask his friends, and if you want to know what he’s really like, ask his family. For Keith Bradbury, he’s grown more than accustomed to answering the question ‘Is Ken Bradbury your brother?’ His response not only answers the question, but drive’s the point home. “Yes, he’s my brother, but that’s not my fault. You have to blame that on poor family planning on my parents’ part.” It doesn’t take long to figure out that the Bradburian sense of humor is a family trait. “Ken and I were fortunate enough to grow up with parents who both had great senses of humor.” Keith who is a couple years junior to Ken said their up-bringing wasn’t one involving sibling rivalries. “I’d have to say we got along pretty well. Sure we had our disagreements and still do, but as far as those brotherly spats you hear about in a lot of families, there weren’t any.” For the two of them, music and performing have been a big part of their lives. “We started piano lessons on the exact same day,” Keith said. “I quit because I wanted to play Little League and he kept on going. And now I guess we see how that turned out,” he added with a laugh. “Ken’s still playing the piano, and I’m too old to play ball anymore.” Finished a distant third The two have been involved in performing arts since they were young. “I remember they were holding local auditions for the Ted Mack Amateur Hour (For those of you not old enough to remember it was the original “America’s Got Talent” minus the hype, bad fashion and bad hair. Ted Mack was the host and Geritol was the sponsor.) Ken and I decided to try out. I sang and Ken played the piano. More than 200 acts auditioned, and only 20 made it. We were in the 20, but we eventually lost out to a girl named Helen Cornelius and a baton twirler. We just prefer to say we came in a distant third to Helen Cornelius.” (Helen Cornelius, a native of Hannibal, Mo., went on to become a Nashville recording star.) Ken, says his brother, has always been a performer. Once upon a time, Ken was part of a rock ‘n roll band called “The Maddics.” “They played pretty much the same songs as every other band around back then, but while

everyone else was wearing jeans and t-shirts, Ken’s band showed up wearing shirts, ties and jackets. They also added a keyboard, trumpet, and a saxophone to the normal lead guitar, bass guitar, and drummer set up most bands had. They used to go to the battle of the bands competitions and won about every one they were in.” Making the “cast” Ken’s performances have not always been limited to the stage. Keith recalled a time in high school when Ken found himself drawing the wrath of one of the school’s coaches. “With this particular coach, if you got in trouble with him, the punishment was always the same...lots of laps around the gym,” Keith said. “Ken knew he was going to have to run laps the next day in school, so he had a local doctor put his leg in a cast. He showed up the next day with the cast on his leg and, when the coach asked what happened, he told him he’d broken his leg the night before. That only worked for a little while, maybe a day, but the coach eventually found out.” The Author’s source Keith, like everyone else who knows his brother, is aware of Ken’s prolific writing output. “He’s always writing something, and a lot of things he writes come from things we experienced growing up in Perry. As an example, Keith cites Ken’s Coonridge Digest. Freida Marie gets her first name from our mother, and a lot of the characters in Ken’s stories are actually a combination of traits from people we knew growing up. “After Mom died in 1998, Ken told me he didn’t realize how much he was actually writing for her when he put those columns together. Mom loved it, she knew all those folks and got all the inside jokes.” What Keith finds remarkable, however, is the number of people he meets who are convinced a piece was written about someone in their community. “It doesn’t matter if you’re from Arenzville, Murrayville, or Franklin; it seems everyone knows someone who is just like one of the characters in Ken’s columns.” The secret is out Given the number of irons Ken has in the fire at any one time, folks tend to wonder how he gets everything done. It is, after all, hard to juggle cats without getting scratched in the process. “Lots of people say they don’t know how Ken is able to do so much,” Keith said. “But the answer is simple. Ken does lots of things for other people and in return, when he needs some help, lots of people do things for Ken.” But knowing the secret does not diminish his brother’s appreciation for what Ken can get done. “I’m amazed by what he can bring out in other people,” Keith said. “He knows how to find it and bring it out of them, especially in young people.” “Take the Performing Arts Camps for example,” Keith said, “when you think about how many kids have gone through those programs and have gone from sitting in the back row to standing and performing on stage…to be able to showcase yourself, that’s one thing, but to bring it out in other people, especially young (continued on pg. 14, see Ken)

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keep up with rapid-fire changes in direction. “In the space of a minute, he can go from poking good-natured fun at a kid from Pike County, to sharing an insight into who kids are and what they’re going through, that you almost get whiplash from the sudden gear change. “Having cultivated a relationship with him of my own, I can tell you that he has given me more self-confidence, but that growth in confidence hasn’t been for free. Rather than give out meaningless compliments to kids at random, he waits until he sees something in them that deserves a compliment. He also goes into every meeting with a new student knowing that there is something worthy in them,” DeLoche said. And where the older, more established PAC students and counselors are concerned, there is everpresent encouragement for them to be the best role models they can be for the younger students. As is the case with the older contributors to this article, DeLoche too recognizes Bradbury’s expectations of excellence. “You may not be the lead In 2007, Ken took a leisurely horseback ride with his family. His brother reports, “The family tries to mark each Thanksgiving actor on the stage, but if you’re there, he with a different activity, in order to preserve the memory.” expects you to be the best supporting actor you can be while you’re out there. intended to help improve the student’s per- ple. Ken Bradbury really is a teacher, author, You may not be the best dancer, but he still formance. He’s keenly aware of your faults playwright, musician, songwriter, lyricist, expects you to be the best dancer you can be and limitations, but he makes it no secret actor, director, entertainer, keynote speaker, at that moment.” he’s also keenly aware of his own.” and mentor who really does (with little or no “He can be critical,” DeLoche said. As for the question “Just who is sleep) work tirelessly for the benefit, enter“But is not mean-spirited criticism. It’s Ken Bradbury anyway?” the answer is sim- tainment and benefit of others.

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people…that’s something quite different.” A young person’s perspective Ken Bradbury impacts the lives of people with whom he interacts, young or old. But given the tenure of his teaching career and the length of his service to his Performing Arts Camps, it’s safe to say his biggest impacts have been with young people. Hannah DeLoche has worked with Bradbury since age nine, first as a PAC student, and now a college senior, she serves as a camp counselor. “Hanging out with KB is kind of like hanging out with the emcee of an awards show. There are times when you feel like some things are a little bit scripted, but at the same time you never know what he’s going to say, or what’s going to happen next. “And it’s always great to see the reactions when new kids come to camp and meet Ken for the first time. Their reactions to him are always the same, and always different at the same time. When you’re a kid and you meet him for the first time at a performing arts camp, it’s kind of intimidating at first, because he’s so talented and so sarcastically funny. But every kid leaves the camp knowing that they’ve been cared for and that they’re individually known to him.” DeLoche said campers and counselors alike have to stay on their toes in order to

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Webster’s defines the following: Luck: 1: a force that brings good fortune or adversity b: the events or circumstances that operate for or against an individual 2: favoring chance Hard Luck: 1: marked by, relating to, or experiencing bad luck or difficulty Chance: 1: something that happens unpredictably without discernible human intention or observable cause b: the assumed impersonal purposeless determiner of unaccountable happenings c: the fortuitous or incalculable element in existence 2: a situation favoring some purpose 4: the possibility of a particular outcome in an uncertain situation; the degree of likelihood of such an outcome Reason: 1: a statement offered in explanation or justification b: a rational ground or motive c: a sufficient ground of explanation or of logical defense; something (as a principle or law) that supports a conclusion or explains a fact d: the thing that makes some fact intelligible 2: the power of comprehending, inferring, or thinking especially in orderly rational ways Okay. So I’m on my way back to the office after returning from home on my lunch break. I get inside the building and I realize I have left my office keys in the cup holder in my truck, again. I sigh and roll my eyes upward into my head. Now normally I would just say “to heck with it,” forgo returning to my truck, and have one of my co-workers let me in the door. But on this particular day, I thought differently. I take a deep breath, turn around, and retrace my path back through the parking lot to retrieve those pesky keys. As I round the side of my vehicle, I look down and there, lying on the ground outside my vehicle, is my bank debit card. OMG….I immediately realized if I had not followed that “little voice” that was within me, I would not have returned to that vary location at that very moment, to reclaim that “valuable” thing that belonged to me. You know, I could have just been pure lazy and went on into the office instead of taking the extra time and those few extra steps that revealed there was something, in that moment, that was actually more important than those keys having been left behind. Once I picked my card up, I rolled my eyes upward again. But, this time it was not done out of frustration, rather it was done out of

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Your biochemical and physiological makeup, along with many types of stress placed upon the body, play an important role of disease development. The #1 thing is an accumulative effect of the many carcinogens and immune suppressing actions that we expose ourselves to and create every day. When all of these factors accumulate and interact together, it sets up the environment for disease to occur and cancer cells to proliferate. Your million dollar list of what causes cancer: 1. Poor diet: processed nutrient deplete foods, additives and chemicals, a diet lacking in 7-10 servings of vegetables/fruits per day (preferably raw and organic), consumption of high allergen foods such as dairy or wheat, sugar, soda, hydrogenated oils, junk and fast foods. 2. Poor bodily toxic waste removal: constipation, inadequate water intake, sluggish liver, kidneys or bowel. 3. Sedentary lifestyle: lack of exercise. 4. Carcinogen exposure: firsthand or second hand smoke, lawn or household chemicals and residues, bug poisons, air pollution, junk food, vaccines, irradiated foods, chlorine & fluoride, radiation, tobacco, dental amalgams and factors 5. Poor absorption & breakdown of food: leaky gut, digestive impairment (i.e. stomach, liver, gall bladder conditions) 6. Emotions: guilt, fear, remorse, anger, boredom, loneliness, negative attitude. 7. Stress: whether real, imagined, or self imposed. 8. Chi or energy blockage: inactivity, structural damage, or spinal nerve impingement. 9. Genetic predisposition: hereditary weaknesses are a concern not a verdict. 10. Viruses, parasites, candida: These life forms if allowed to propagate are destructive to the body.

Take a look at the list, it really makes sense. If you remove stubbornness, conditioning, and unreasonable false attachments, and truly look objectively you can’t help but realize that these aren’t things you want as part of your daily life. Be proactive. Don’t just “walk” for a cure. Prevention is the best cure. Live Health. Avoid the problem in the first place. Acquisition of cancer is not our species’ destiny if we treat our species the way our species should be treated. We have health problems we continue to ignore and either figure it will A) go away or B) we cover it up with pills, potions and medications. These problems need to be addressed. If you do not address these issues they are guaranteed to manifest themselves in your life somehow. Crisis is not the optimum time to implement change. Address stress before it knocks you out. Confront your issues. Be at peace with your soul. Be informed. Be strong. Make wise educated choices. Be powerful.

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AGRICULTURAL SUMMARY - Ongoing cooler temperatures have continued to slow the crop maturity. Many reports of soybean aphids have also been received statewide. There was a welcome break in rainfall statewide, with precipitation returning to normal levels after weeks of above average rainfall. Many farmers were able to take a well deserved break with a trip to the Farm Progress Show as well. There were 5.9 days suitable for fieldwork reported. Topsoil moisture was rated 1 percent very short, 10 percent short, 82 percent adequate, and 7 percent surplus. Corn dented was at 44 percent, well behind the five-year average of 84 percent. Corn was rated at 64 percent good to excellent and 27 percent fair, with 9 percent rated as poor or very poor. Soybeans were 7 percent turning yellow, also far behind the five-year average of 42 percent. Soybeans were rated at 60 percent good to excellent; 31 percent rated as fair and 9 percent rated as poor or very poor. Temperatures statewide averaged 64 degrees, 7.3 degrees below average. Statewide precipitation averaged .61 inches, 0.01 inch below average.

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Crop Progress Percents August 2nd

No rain for the week. Temps have warmed up which is starting to show. Some fields beginning to mature. All corn fields are showing a great deal of anthracnose which can accelerate the loss of stalk quality. Had a report of some of the tornado damaged corn trying to be harvested. Moisture was reported to be in the 38-40 range. To the south of us there is some corn that is really drying down. Harvest could start there before long. Soybeans are starting to mature depending on variety. Looking at some fields I am not seeing the pod set I would like. Also it appears that seed size could be small. I hope I am proven wrong. With the recent drop in crop prices I hear more that haven't priced crop as those that have. These prices make ACRE look good. Many who have been in the office are concerned over what input costs will be for the coming year. Many are concerned over seed prices and what alternatives will be. We'll know that here shortly I'm sure. Some wheat has been moving, but not as much as the past. If you are planting wheat be sure you order it as most will not be in an overstock position.

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Regrettably, the Little White Cottage Catering Service will no longer be providing food service to the Tattered Quilt tea room. I thoroughly enjoyed whatever small part I played in the beginning of the tea room. If you visited the establishment because of the Cottage’s association, thank you. Troy, our youngest son, is 11 years old and is in Mrs. Worrell’s 5th grade class at Our Saviour grade school. This summer, to give him a little responsibility, we had him come to work at the Cottage on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for a couple of hours. For fun, he clocked in and out just like a real employee and helped out with watering flowers and other similar chores. One day Justin, his older brother, was putting away food items in the storage room and asked Troy to help him. Troy said (very seriously)" Well, I’d like to but I’ve already clocked out". This recipe comes to you this week from a good friend of ours, Tammy. She gave it to me years ago and it is a family favorite. Troy wants it for his birthday cake instead of

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GARAGE/YARD SALES Sept. 18 & Sept. 19 Valevue Acres neighborhood garage sale. Three miles north of Jacksonville on Hwy 78. Many sales,many,many items! Friday 4-7pm, Saturday 8am12pm 1582 PORTUGESE HILL RD. (turn on oak go past Roland’s Trucking 1st house on right) September 21st -26th. As things go new things will be added. Lots of kids clothes, baby, and up. Also lots of odds and ends.

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Your 15 Minutes Mindy Farmer Recognizes the Individuals that Make Our Community Wonderful. When you walk past the Jacksonville Walmart deli, Sue Ballinger’s infectious grin is difficult to miss. As customers come up to the counter to place an order, she greets them like old friends. It’s not uncommon to catch Sue asking how a sick spouse is feeling, sharing a chuckle with someone, or complimenting a baby on his sweet dimples. A twenty year veteran of food service, Sue has always enjoyed interacting with customers and is a selfproclaimed “people person.” During the twelve years she worked as a baker for Illinois College, “Baker Sue was the one to go see” for delicious cookies and Rice Krispie treats. While Sue is finding it easier to smile now, the last couple of years haven’t been the easiest. Following her separation from her husband, Sue returned to Murrayville after living in Jacksonville for twenty-five years. She needed to transition to full-time work and decided to apply at the new Walmart Supercenter. Initially, the store was just concrete floors and bars with no signs, lights, or shelves. Employees worked from January through March put-

ting the store together. This store preparation gave Sue the opportunity to acquire new skills and she says that she “learned a lot of things that I never dreamed that I would ever have the knowledge to do.” Since the grand opening in March of 2008, Sue has enjoyed the variety of working in the deli, doing everything from making sub sandwiches and salads, stocking meats and cheeses, to preparing fried foods. She jokingly says her job in the deli is a bit like being a bartender because of the opportunity to interact with so many different people, something she clearly takes pleasure in. Sue feels that Walmart “has been a good thing for me” because of the relationships she’s built there. The comaraderie amongst employees means a great deal to Sue, and she loves

how fellow employees will seek her out to say hello as she walks through the store. Sue shared how one day last winter a manager approached her and it was “like getting called into the principal’s office.” She felt nervous, but was pleasantly surprised when the manager told her she was doing a good job, but they’d noticed that she looked down lately. They wanted to check in with her and see how she was doing. When she explained her situation, management provided encouragement. They also helped make her family’s Christmas special by providing funds to shop for gifts. Experiences such as this are the reason Sue considers her fellow employees her “extended family.” Returning to her hometown of Murrayville has also brought Sue closer to

her immediate family. She says her mom is “a saint” and has been instrumental in helping her through challenging times. Sue also says her brother, Danny, “has her back.” After her initial move, Sue found herself on her own for the first time since the age of twenty. She spent a great deal of time staying at home. Danny came over one day and told his sister, “You need to get out of the house.” Sue realized he was right and has appreciated his honesty and support. While adjusting to such a huge change at this point in her life is challenging, Sue has decided to not “dwell on what I don’t have.” She’s found that “life goes on” and has discovered new personal strengths, developed stronger bonds with her family, and made new friendships through this experience. Sue loves spending time with her two children, Brittney and Bryce, and their dog, Bowdog. She explains that she doesn’t focus on the past, but is thankful for her two wonderful children and the good times she had over the years. Sue says that, “everybody gets dealt bad hands, but I give it to the Lord. I live in the minute.”

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