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PAGE 2 Reese Family Chiropractic, Doctor Doug and Dee Dee Reese, recently presented the Jerica L. Klocke Educational Scholarship to their after school worker Courtney Daniels. Jerica Klocke, a member of the Reese Family Chiropractic Team during the Circle: Jerica L. Klocke. From L - R: Michele Daniels, Courtney Daniels, Jack Daniels, Lacey Summer of 2007 and Jones, Kristen Lane, Rhodora Pursely. Bottom Front: Dee Dee Reese and Dr. Reese. a student at SIU Edwardsville, died in a motorcycle accident in the fall of 2007. The Reese family, to assist in honoring Jerica, her family, and her service to their family, established the scholarship in 2008. The 2009 recipient, Courtney Daniels has been a member of the Reese Team for the past year as their after school worker. Courtney, the daughter of Michele and Jack Daniels, has an extensive history with Reese. She regularly attended appointments that her Mother Michele had with Doctor Reese. When they had an after school opening, there was no question in Doug Reese’s mind. “I wanted Courtney in my office. She had spent an extensive amount of time here, and we had watched her grow up.” Courtney, who was presented the scholarship last week in a small ceremony said, “I was shocked that I was given this. When I walked in and saw my parents there, I knew something was going on. I am very excited because this will pay for my books.” Daniels, a Lincoln Land Community College Student studying occupational therapy, explained she loved working at RFC. “The atmosphere here is wonderful. I enjoy helping patients and know how much Doctor Reese has helped my Mom.”

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PR AIRIE L AND SHOW MARKS REMARK ABLE 40 YEARS

24 September - 30 September 2009 By most standards, the Prairie Land Steam Show and Fall Festival Days have come a remarkably long way in its relatively short history to where it is now one of the most popular and well attended annual events in a big part of the state. The Prairie Land show and festival will attract well over 10,000 visitors, barring inclement weather, this coming weekend as organizers mark 40 years in the business of keeping old-fashioned farming and machinery methods alive for generation after generation. Patty Anderson heads up the Jacksonville Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, which helps promote such events. She puts it simply, “This event is the biggest in Jacksonville on an annual basis. It fills the hotels and restaurants every year. Between this and the Car Cruise (which is sometimes held on the same weekend), close to 20,000 people will be visiting Jacksonville.” That figure virtually doubles the permanent population of the city. This year’s event will be Friday through Sunday, September 25-27, and the schedule is packed as usual, with a full range of demonstrations and exhibitions, most of which have to do with farming as accomplished almost a century ago. The story of how Prairie Land came to be is one of dedication and perseverance from a small group of people who were determined to make sure future generations did not forget how farming was done well before their time. Linda Berry and other Prairie Land historians have put together a timeline that shows how the event started with a somewhat meager beginning in 1969 and has not stopped growing on an annual basis. A group of people interested in preserving antique farm machinery and steam engines met to talk about saving such venues in an annual public presentation. The group established a farm machinery museum at the Morgan County Fairgrounds, with most of the equipment put on display owned by Pat Kenny and Milford Rees. The shows were held at the fairground from 1969 through 1974, when it became apparent to organizers that a bigger, more suitable area would be needed for growth. The Prairie Land Heritage Museum Institute was chartered by the state in 1973, with Kenny the first President and William Rees the first Vice President. The then 96 members quickly set about meeting with state officials to obtain state property for use as expansion. With Kenny and others beating the bushes for state approval, the museum in 1975 got a lease on 180 acres of land from the

www.myjacksonvillesource.com State Department of Mental Health for areas no longer needed for use by what was then the Jacksonville State Hospital. Seventeen acres at the corner of Lincoln Avenue and W. Michigan Ave., in South Jacksonville, were soon turned into what are now the Prairie Land grounds that include what seems like almost yearly additions to the buildings and grounds. The move from the fairgrounds and the former Lewis Elevator site in Jacksonville quickly began and in 1975, a real steam locomotive driven train was purchased from New Salem State Park. That train and approximately one mile of track remains one of the

round with memorabilia from the era featured. Another large barn was donated by Kerry Freesen and moved to the Prairie Land grounds in 1991. The list of additions to the grounds in recent years remains long. The original Liberty Methodist Church located west of Jacksonville was in disrepair and ready for demolition before Prairie Land, in 1994, moved it six miles cross country to the grounds. It was refurbished and is used for church services and other activities today. A period general store and a farm

The Prairie Land Steam Show and Fall Festival will be held for the 40th time this coming weekend, Sept. 25-27, on the spacious grounds at the corner of Lincoln Avenue and W. Michigan Avenue in South Jacksonville. A variety of demonstrations and exhibitions are on the schedule. Shown are several of the barns, museums and a period church and school, as well as a steam train. (Photos courtesy of Abby Walker)

favorite attractions to this day. A number of major projects were completed in the next two years, including three buildings totaling over 13,000 square feet and new water lines. By 1984, the first “Gas Up Engine Show” that invites owners of gas engines of any type was held. A huge barn on the grounds, previously used to house dairy cows when the State Hospital was almost self-sustaining and much larger, was cleaned and remodeled. Another building was built to house the stationary engines and in 1989 all wooden buildings on the grounds were stripped, repaired and repainted. Electricity was installed to accommodate a quickly expanding flea market. Plans soon began for the construction of permanent museums that are packed year-

and home museum are also now permanent grounds attractions. A long-ago one-room school house is now a popular attraction. A spacious meeting room and office building, which has recently had a rest room added, came in the 1990s and serves as the headquarters. Anyone keeping score can quickly see that the approximate 17 acres greeting organizers has grown from a mostly vacant, unused agricultural area that has been put to good use. Much of the donated land is now rented out as farm land. While word of the Prairie Land success story has grown considerably as shown by attendance figures, at least two of the current movers and shakers are somewhat surprised that more people don’t know about and

PAGE 3 take advantage of the annual proceedings. Hank Pool is the current show chairman. He describes his duties as “putting things together and get everyone pulling together.” Retired after working for 45 years at Mobil Chemical and Pactiv, Pool lives across the street from the grounds. “I just like messing around with this old stuff,” he said recently. “I want to see it progress and not go downhill. I was raised on a farm near Meredosia and we used horses to farm at the time.” Archie Brockhouse, also retired after a long career at National Starch in Meredosia, has been with the group for about 35 years and he remembers the progression of the show. “We had our first show at the fairgrounds and it was too crowded to display everything we had,” he said. “We started with maybe 40 people volunteering. Now, we have a membership of about 300 families. We are not-for-profit and dues are only $10 a year per family. “We believe that no matter how young or how old, you can always learn. We keep adding stuff, both programs and buildings. That means more work, but everyone is always willing. We probably have 1,500 people here on Friday, which is for school kids from surrounding areas. We have a field full of buses, with the kids mostly elementary age. Some of the teachers give out assignments for the kids to research and give reports on things from the festival.” A five-acre corn maze is among new attractions this year. Everyone involved with Prairie Land points to Pat Kenny as the original dreamer for such an endeavor. “Pat had the original dream,” said Brockhouse of Kenny, who passed away several years ago. “Bill Rees was also involved from the beginning.” Kenny Winter is one of only a handful or less of the charter members who got the ball rolling 40 years ago and are still involved. “I don’t know for sure how many there were who were charter members, but I can only think of about three more who are still around,” he said. “Pat Kenny doesn’t get recognized enough. He was the one who got everything going. He put a lot of money into this. He wanted to see this museum, and he and four others put $10,000 in at the beginning, and there were some others who put in money at the start.” Winter is still involved but not as much as he was a few years ago when he got out of the antique tractor business. “I have (continued on pg. 4, see Prairie Land)

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cooked the beans for too many years, so I will be there,” he said. “Pat instigated this whole thing, and he spent days in Springfield going from office to office to get this land. I think he would be really pleased at how it has grown. Pat was also definitely against the alcohol (on the grounds) and he was very much for having Friday as kids day, at no cost.” Linda and Al Berry have handled the large flea market on the west end of the grounds for several years and the festival is a favorite of those who are on a flea market circuit. “We have about 200 vendors for the flea market, and the craft barn has 22 or so,” she said. “It The George Waters Memorial Railroad, also known as the Prairie Land Express, runs on a track is one of the biggest around. There is a regular cirapproximately one mile long on the grounds. The real steam engine and passenger cars, as well cuit, and we have a lot of repeats. They want their as a depot and water tower, were moved to Prairie Land from New Salem in 1975. Also in the phoown spots back most of the time. I am amazed at tograph are a period school and church on the grounds in South Jacksonville, as well as a variety how many turn out each year, and we have calls of antique farm machinery. right up to the last minute.” Pool and Brockhouse agreed that, on a good weather weekend, the festival will attract between 12,000 and 15,000, including Friday’s kids events. “Our event is one of the biggest, if not the biggest, and we get a lot of comments from around the state,” said Brockhouse. “A lot of good people are involved in this and they do a lot of work but we have a lot of fun times, and it is a good family activity. If this (Prairie Land) didn’t exist, there would be a lot of houses right here and a lot of the machinery would be in the scrap yard. We hear from people that we are keeping old farming alive.” Pool, in days and weeks leading up to the event, makes a number of stops promoting Prairie Land, and said he is sometimes surprised at the reception he receives. “We do some advertising in trying to get The steam engine-driven train and passenger cars are among the popular attractions at the 40th out to more people, and you would be surprised that annual Prairie Land Steam Show and Fall Festival Days scheduled for Sept. 25-27. some people from not too far away don’t know we exist,” he said. “I have always said this is the biggest thing out- the Car Cruise being held on the same weekend some years, but side the state fair west of Springfield. It gets bigger and bigger the city could bring in more money if they were held on separate every year. We have made the grounds 200 feet bigger by moving weekends. I don’t think it hurts us.” From that humble beginning, Prairie Land has accumua fence out further in the alfalfa field. “The grounds are used for a lot of other events, includ- lated quite an operation that even Pool and Brockhouse can’t put ing Halloween, Easter egg hunt, a very big consignment sale and a number on. “We did an inventory a few years ago,” said a circus. It has had remarkable growth in 40 years, and the cost is still very reasonable, at $5 for all three days and children under Brockhouse. “I can’t tell you what we came up with (in terms of monetary worth), but if I knew, it would be impressive. That old 12 admitted free. “It is both surprising and disappointing that some peo- cow barn was once appraised at over $1 million, and we have ple don’t know about us. I personally don’t have anything against probably the best restrooms around.”

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Standing Tall at a Short Game Just east of the intersection of Webster and Walnut there used to be a sprawling green field polka-dotted with circles of white like a snowfall designed by an obsessive compulsive dart tosser. The difference is that the round objects which littered the landscape were each adorned with a red stripe around its circumference - a telltale sign of a cheapo driving range golf ball. The range and adjacent miniature golf course were frequent and regular stops on my weekly agenda thirty five years ago. Sadly, nothing remains of either facility except memories. We used to describe it as being located across from The Bowling Center, but that’s no longer there either. Then and now, I love miniature golf. It was on those battered and pitted green carpets that I first learned what it means to lose one’s patience with an inanimate object. Each hole presented a different challenge which provided me thousands of opportunities to humiliate myself. The repeated flares of temper I exhibited were unfortunately augmented all too often by eruptions rivaling that which flattened Pompeii. The extremely infrequent holesin-one I would card almost - almost - made up for the dozens of strokes I took every blasted time I tried to get the ball into the cup perched on top of a foot-high concrete volcano. I went back and forth over that mound so many times I may have inspired some ingenious onlooker to invent the video game Pong. Then there was the green with the swinging log guarding the hole. On one of its vicious passings, the log usually knocked my mis-timed putt into a water hazard about three holes over. Occasionally I would experience a hot streak, dropping several decent putts in a row. Then, just as I started envisioning Jack Nicklaus asking for my autograph, I would inaugurate a series of pathetic attempts. In a game where consistency was king, my lack of it generally caused me to resemble the colonial ne’erdo-well always found locked up in the stockade on the public square. In the 1970s the Bergschneider family opened up the laundromat across from where AC Humko used to be. To my delight, the Bergschneiders installed a mini-golf course in the basement. Of course, I did our laundry at that location for years. And during that period I started to develop some skill at it. The golf, not the laundry. I still wash whites and red knits together in boiling water. Last I knew I held the scoring record of 23 under par for the 18 basement

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holes. This included eight holes-in-one out of the first nine. I have never before, or since, been so in tune with a putter, man as one with his instrument of destruction. I was so pumped I played another round immediately after and promptly shot something like a 37. To draw a comparison for all our non-golfers that’s like trading in a 2010 Cadillac for a 1978 Honda Accord. My scores started to decline as the years passed - not from any deterioration of my skills, but because the laundry owner’s cat discovered there was an Adventureland in its own cellar complete with 18 separate feline playgrounds. Its favorite seemed to be the fourth hole which boasted a narrow tunnel through a replicate of the Washington Monument. A precisely struck shot would just miss the inside right wall of the tunnel, scoot through the obstacle, and clank into the cup for an ace. Very little was more depressing to me than hitting that perfect shot only to be greeted by the less than victorious cries of a befuddled kitty. When I moved to Champaign in 1985, I was overjoyed to find an honest-togoodness PuttPutt establishment. I became a regular there and even won a few of the weekly tournaments. But I lost interest as time passed. The unique character of the two courses in Jacksonville spoiled me for anything else. I defy anyone to tell the difference between a PuttPutt in Springfield, Illinois, and one in Pocatello, Idaho. It’s like waking up in a Holiday Inn. One has to look out the window to see what city one is in because the rooms are all exactly the same, right down to the impenetrable plastic wrapper surrounding the drinking glasses. These days I never get the chance to play miniature golf anymore. I am aware I could always go to Springfield and let the course at Knights Action Park beat the daylights out of me, but my heart belongs to the old courses which used to grace our town. So many other facilities feature impressive architecture, but the structures usually either add nothing to the difficulty of the shot or they generally render the hole unplayable for all except the most blindly fortunate. When one has to rely on random chance to succeed, the game goes from being a test of skill to a survival of the least cursed. I hope someday Jacksonville gets another miniature golf course. In this day and age when technology is dividing us into the “Young & Savvy” versus the “Old and Clueless,” it’s nice to have a place where the entire family can go and really stink at something together.

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peace of Christ.” Of course, few folks actually do this, but it’s a good icebreaker. No, no, I’m not against this recent addition to the traditional liturgy, especially considering the fact that it’s the only change most liturgies have had since the Reformation, but I must admit that it seems a bit redundant. Jeannette and Don sat behind me in church and I chatted with them when they came in. After we sat down we spent another five minutes shooting the breeze before the prelude began. I saw them up town, and last night we talked. I emailed Jeannette this week. And now we’re asked to stand, act as if we’ve never met and greet each other again. Again, I’m not complaining…but didn’t we just do this? It’s a small church and I could say the same for most folks seated there on Sunday morning. Some congregants cover over the immediate territory…say, a couple of pews. But some churches have adopted the “total rove” method reminiscent of the opening of the Louisiana Purchase. This all-encompassing meet & greet takes more time as it becomes an ecumenical free-for-all and sometimes requires four or five polite requests by the pastor to please be seated so we can get out of here in time to beat the Presbyterians to the restaurant after church. “We will now receive our tithes and offerings.” In the first place, we’re giving at this point and not receiving, and what exactly is the difference between a tithe and an offering? Yes, I know that tithes denote some sort of regular, preordained donation, but aren’t all tithes offerings? Maybe just a short glossary inside the front cover of the bulletin would be a help to first-timers. “Join us for fellowship after the service.” …The donuts are good. “Development committee.” …Man, we’re broke. “contemporary Service.” …We bought a drum set. “traditional Service” …Some of us don’t like drums. “Please leave your offering in the plate by the door.” …We’re trusting you on this one. “responsive reading.” …Well, sort of. (continued on pg. 9, see Church)

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Do You Have Enough Insurance and the Right Type? Submitted by Brent Bordentkircher September has been designated as Life Insurance Awareness Month — so you may want to take this opportunity to learn more about your life insurance needs and determine if you’re adequately covered. In fact, helping people understand the necessity of being properly insured and the need to seek professional advice regarding those needs is the ultimate goal of Life Insurance Awareness Month, which is coordinated by the nonprofit Life and Health Foundation for Education (LIFE). Some 68 million adult Americans have no life insurance at all, according to LIMRA International, a worldwide association of insurance and financial services companies. And many people with insurance have far less coverage than they need. If you have loved ones depending on your income, it's important to discuss how life insurance may protect them. But choosing the right amount of coverage, and the right type, is not quite that simple. So let’s take a look at two key questions you need to ask: How much insurance do I need? And what type of insurance is right for me? There are many factors to consider when determining how much insurance you need. That’s why you’ll need to look at some key variables in your life, such as: How many children do you have? Do you plan for them all to go to college? Do any of them have special needs? How many years left on your mortgage? What other debts do you have? An experienced financial professional will be able to use the answers to these questions and others to help determine how much life insurance you need. Your next step is to decide which type of coverage best fits your needs. Essentially, your choice is between term insurance, which offers a death benefit for a specific period of time, and permanent insurance, which can provide lifetime protection plus the potential to build cash value tax-deferred. Keep in mind that all guarantees are based on the claims-paying ability of the issuing insurance company and that certain features come at additional costs. There’s no hard-and-fast rule as to which type of coverage to choose. However, when you’re starting out in your career, and your children are young, you might find that term insurance could be a cost effective way for covering a short-term need (generally 20 years or less). On the other hand, if you choose a permanent insurance policy, such as whole life or universal life, you can potentially build cash value that you can access during your life on a tax-advantaged basis. Since permanent insurance has a cash value component, the premiums may initially be more costly than those for term insurance. Which choice — term or permanent — is right for you? It depends on a variety of factors, including your cash flow, your investment portfolio and how many years you plan on keeping your coverage. Also, you’ll need to review your insurance coverage regularly to make sure it still meets your needs and addresses any changes in your situation. A financial advisor can help you make the right selections. Taking steps today allows you to celebrate Life Insurance Awareness Month secure in the knowledge that you’ve taken the right steps to help protect your family.

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C O M M U n I T Y C A L E n DA R ON GOING EVENTS:

Jacksonville Area Senior Center Schedule - Community Park Open Tue - Thu 9:00 am - 4:00 pm handicapped accessible. Jacksonville Fire Department Raffle tickets for a pink fire hat with proceeds to benefit the Mia Ware Foundation. For more info, please call 245-2174. Red Cross Training for September 2009 CPR and First Aid Training in September. Pre-registration and payment is required prior to the training date. For more info, please call 2436641. David Strawn Art Gallery - Sept. 5-27 at 331 W. College Ave. For more info, please call 243-9390. THU, 24 SEP

6:30pm Beginner 7:30 Regular County Line Dance Class JHS. FRI, 25 SEP

7:00pm Alcoholism/Suicide Awareness Speaker at Eclectic Art Gallery, 68 E. Central Park Plaza, the presentation is free and open to the public. SAT, 26 SEP

10:00am Family Day Concert at Illinois College’s Rammelkamp Chapel. 10:00am - 2:00pm Ladies Day - sponsored by Simply Unique Styles at 205 E. Morton Ave. #9. Bring 2 box/canned food items for the food drive and receive 20% off your clothing total. For more info, please call 371-7660. 7:30pm "Soaring Sounds" at Illinois College’s Rammelkamp Chapel. SUN, 27 SEP

2:00pm Golf ball drop at Jacksonville Community Park. TUE, 29 SEP

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Sunday, 1 October 6:30pm Beginner 7:30 Regular County Line Dance Class JHS.

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Community News & Bulletins... This Year’s Braille Car Rally by Mindy Farmer On October 3rd, the Illinois School for the Visually Impaired will continue a tradition dating back the early 1960s. The Braille Car Rally will pair local business owners, as well as ISVI staff, with visually impaired students to complete a challenging 40 mile course. Visually impaired navigators will receive directions for the course in Braille and act as navigators to sighted drivers. The sighted drivers will not be able to view the map and are entirely dependent on their partners for directions. Cars will leave at staggered times and are only “racing” the clock. The first team to arrive at their destination closest to the pace car’s time wins and receives a trophy. Dan Thompson, an educator at ISVI, fondly remembers attending the Braille Car Rally as a small child. He loved going out to the school parking lot to explore the exciting, new cars brought by local car clubs. The event began in the early 1960s and continued until the late 1970s. Thompson revived the event in 2000 and hopes to see it become an enduring community event. He believes the Rally provides an excellent opportunity to build positive connections between students and community members. Drivers will meet up at 11:30 am to enjoy a sack lunch with their high school-aged navigators and to create a plan of action. The race will begin at ISVI at 1:00 pm and a picnic for participants will follow at Nichols Park. Community members are invited to support the event by bringing classic or new cars to the ISDV parking lot for participants to explore before the race. Anyone who would like to join a team as a driver is also welcome. Participant gas for the event will be reimbursed and a standard background check is required. Contact Dan Thompson at 217.343.4434 or Marsha Scoth at 217.479.4404 to participate.

Above: Last years participants line up in preparation for the race. Below: An ISVI student reads directions to his driver in last year’s event. Photos courtesy of Marsha Schoth.

Awareness Speaker at Eclectic Nationally-acclaimed inspirational speaker, Shawn Karsten, will share the riveting story of his journey “From Pain to Purpose” at Eclectic Art Gallery, 68 E. Central Park Plaza, at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25. The presentation is free and open to the public. As a child, Shawn Karsten proudly watched his Emmy award-winning dad on ESPN every weekend and spent school vacations hanging out with his sports heroes. But that boyhood fantasy life collapsed during Shawn’s high school years when he realized his dad was an alcoholic and that his alcoholism was spiraling out of control. Local gossips and national media swarmed as Shawn’s dad lost his job, his reputation, and, ultimately, took his own life. Shawn’s life derailed in the years following his father’s suicide. Paralyzed by grief and guilt, Shawn’s college career skidded to a halt; the promising student and varsity basketball player began abusing both alcohol and drugs. But no drug was strong enough to block Shawn’s pain. Two years after he buried his father, Shawn made a decision that would change his life and help countless other people: he decided to tell his story. “Shawn compels every member of the audience to realize that their life, their ability, and their voice can make a difference in the world,” says a teacher who heard Shawn speak at North Chicago Community High School. His recent audiences include the America’s Promise Alliance and the National Association of Students Against Violence Everywhere. An audience member from the Huntington’s Disease Society of America notes, “Shawn’s engaging, conversational style makes each audience member feel as if he’s speaking only to them. When he opens the door on his memories, he touches every heart in the room.” To learn more about Shawn Karsten, visit www.shawnkarsten.com. Direct questions about his Sept. 25 appearance at Eclectic Art Gallery to 217-883-3511.

Twyford BBQ Wins Grand Champion at Quincy, IL “Smoke on the River” Quincy, IL September 12, 2009: Randy & Marla Twyford of Twyford BBQ & Catering of Jacksonville, IL took away Grand Champion honors at the 2009 Quincy Exchange Club, “Smoke on the River” BBQ contest. Twyford’s beat out 39 other teams at this Kansas City Barbecue Society sanctioned contest. This is the second consecutive year Twyford has taken home the Grand Champion trophy from this contest. Along with the Grand Championship, they won 1st place in the chicken and pork categories. The contest was held September 12, 2009 on the riverfront in Quincy, IL. The couple will be competing next month in the invitational and open contests at the American Royal in Kansas City, MO.

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Lost in Translation:

Camber Carpenter Shares Her Experiences Living Abroad

by Camber Carpenter With the possible exceptions of ing a few comedies and tragedies in an a severed chicken head on the dinner easily understood and musical manner. table and a recent monkey attack, noth- For example, Macbeth is a rock star who ing in China has scared me. kills his enemies with an inflatable elecI moved to Hong Kong last year tric guitar. We stay as true to the Bard’s in an attempt to make meaning of my original script as possible. The Hong life, which at the time consisted of acting Kong government commissioned us to as a butler for my sister and brother-in- write and perform a show about Internet law in South Bend, Indiana. While it may piracy and how no one should ever do it. seem impossible to move up from such a I wanted us to dress as pirates, but apparsituation, the admittedly rash decision to ently that would be lost in translation. resettle in a foreign country has proved to I’ve lost much and offended many in be a step up in nearly every aspect of life. translation, but I will get to that later. Nothing ever groomed me to Last year, the TIE team performed at live in Asia. I spent my first 18 years in about 90 different schools, about 1000 Jacksonville. Like everyone, I always students per show. With those kinds of enjoyed a nutritious meal at Best Buffet. figures, I should not have been surprised However, the sugared donuts there were when late one night two teenage girls about as far into Chinese culture as I ever delved. Learning that no one in China actually eats those things may have been the biggest disappointment of the move. But I digress. After graduating from JHS in 2003, I continued not being Asian by attending South Dakota State University. Even during a year-long "study abroad" in New York City, I rarely ventured into Chinatown, due to an irrational fear of Chinese New Year, with a Lion dancer. the Chinese mafia. After graduating from college armed stopped me in the middle of a busy street, with two seemingly useless degrees in shouting, "Penguin! You’re the penguin!" English and French, I pretended to move over and over. Indeed, I am the Penguin. to Chicago to find a job in theatre. Three The Antarctic character has made it into weeks and several failed auditions later, a the new school year, reincarnated with a company in Hong Kong called and better suit, a message about endangered offered me a job as a Theatre in species, and tap shoes. The new season Education performer. Two weeks and also includes the ambitious show ‘100 much convincing of the parental units as Movies in 1 Hour,’ the title explains it all. to the validity of the job later, I moved. I write the shows and collaborate on writMany invasive people ask me ing and recording the music for them. what I’m actually doing in Hong Kong. Writing and performing the The answer is multifarious. The main shows is the main event, but I also have component of the job is to perform orig- the opportunity to assist direct youth perinal English language musicals at schools formances. Students aged 5 to 18 are all around the city. One show, cleverly selected and placed in various performcalled "Oops, I Killed A Penguin," deals ance groups. I choreograph dances, help with environmental issues. Another is with vocal solos, explain new vocabuakin to a Shakespeare Abridged, cover- lary, or physically restrain the "energetic"

students from causing bodily harm to themselves or others. I love it. I know I’m fortunate to be employed at all; much less doing something I’m passionate about. The job is great, but simply living here trumps all and has been a better education than I ever could have paid for. On my first day, I ate chicken feet and ox stomach. Later on, I tried cow lung, which is definitely as disgusting as it sounds. But by far the best is my attempt at learning the language: Cantonese. Cantonese is one of about seventeen Chinese languages. Mandarin is the one the government wants everyone to use, but Hong Kongers don’t seem to care and stick with Cantonese, which is much

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older and more difficult for English speakers to learn. It is a tonal language, meaning that one word can have up to nine different meanings depending on which tone (high, high rising, high falling, mid, low, low rising, low falling, and apparently two more that I don’t know and definitely can’t differentiate). For instance, tong can mean soup, pain, trash can, or sugar, depending on the tone. I view my earnest attempt to learn Cantonese as my contribution to mend the often strained US-China relations. So far, it’s working, but with a few glitches. I first mastered numerals. In my elation, I went to McDonalds, where I knew I could order by number. I went with a #4, but apparently I used the

wrong tone and instead of ordering a number four, I ordered Death. Fortunately, they did not give me death. At least not in the short-term. My local friends are the best teachers. They like to teach me foul language. When I try it out, they recoil and say, "The Penguin shouldn’t say that!" Learning the language is most useful in not getting ripped off by merchants. I take my laundry out. At the beginning, when all I could do was grunt, point, and smile, they seemed to charge me about $9US. Now that I have the basics of Cantonese down and can say flattering things to the laundromat employees, the average cost is around $4US. But of course, the best thing about being able to speak Cantonese is the increased ability to communicate on a deeper level with locals, especially with the handsome men. I have one friend who looks just like Elvis, only Chinese. He’s also a magician and speaks French. Obviously, a catch on all counts. Unfortunately, Elvis doesn’t quite grasp the concept of sarcasm, which makes communication quite difficult, as that is my most fluent language. I found a number of friends at Juggling Club, where I have the rare distinction of holding the most stable and normal job out of the crew. At church, I befriended the organist and now I sing with him and his band at a wine bar, often in Cantonese. The audience reaction is always overwhelming. They cheer when I start singing and erupt several times during any given song. Connecting all this back to Jacksonville is easier than it may seem. My interest in foreign language and culture began at JHS with Mrs. Suzanne Verticchio, the venerable French teacher. French has little, or rather no resemblance to Cantonese, except that the French phrase "comment allez-vous?" (continued on pg. 11, see Camber)

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Camber (continued from pg. 10) (how are you doing?) sounds exactly like Cantonese for ‘I’m going to beat up a tiger.’ It’s actually just an interesting linguistic coincidence, but my Cantonese friends like to pretend to speak French with it. Again, I digress. Learning French under the masterful tutelage of Madame Verticchio widened my world view and made learning other languages much easier than it is for monolingual people. Another major component of my job here is musical - from writing the music for the shows, to recording it and performing it. For several songs, I play the trumpet; a skill wholly developed in Jacksonville with the able guidance of John Hume, Steve Jones, and Chuck Groce. These men, all fine musicians, pushed me on the musical path. John used to force me to sing during my trumpet lessons. I hated that - now I get paid for it. My interest in theatre, the key element of my current job, began in Jacksonville. Ken Bradbury started it when I was very young; Richard McCoy nurtured and encouraged it later at JHS. Without these two, I may have pursued my original childhood dream of

PAGE 11 being a lawyer. I can’t imagine how miserable I’d be. Of course I would be remiss not to mention my parental units. Eddie and Sandra Carpenter, though initially concerned about my impulsive decision to move to Hong Kong, have been the most supportive of parents. They visited me in July, braving the 16 hour flight and excruciatingly hot temperatures. They even managed to use chopsticks without dropping squid on themselves too many times. I was proud. They’re also the most avid readers of my web blog, which I will now shamelessly plug: www.hongkongcamber.blogspot.com. There, you can be dazzled by many more pictures and read more in-depth observations about cultural differences such as drinking aloe juice and the masculinity of Hello, Kitty. I never would have admitted it at the time, but I was lucky to grow up in Jacksonville - a town ripe with talented, intelligent, and quietly inspiring people. I can’t pinpoint one particular person or experience that fully ignited my nomadic spirit, but it definitely happened in Jacksonville; a fortunate combination of parents, teachers, directors, and Best Buffet donuts.

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Jan Terry: Putting the Community Back in College Jan Terry, Lincoln Land Community College’s Executive Director for the Beardstown and Jacksonville locations, took the long way to arrive at her current position. Through working at various jobs both at the college and elsewhere, she realized what a gem LLCC was and continues to strive to make it even better. Terry graduated from Springfield High School and earned her Bachelor’s degree from Illinois State University, where she soon after was employed as a teacher. She then moved to Alton and taught at a public school through the day, and Lewis and Clark Community College in the evenings. Later in her career she began working at Webster University as their Financial Aid Director. There, she was able to start working on her Master’s degree while continuing her work. Terry has always enjoyed teaching and working with youngsters, and she especially likes having the summers off to try new things. The summer after she gained her degree from Webster in 1978, Terry was looking through the want ads and saw an ad that said if you are “intelligent and articulate” you could make $50,000 next year. Realizing that this more than tripled her salary at the school, she decided to see what this job was all about. She went to an interview with the company and told them her previous occupations all had to do with teaching and being around students. Before even knowing what the job was, she assured the company that, “whatever it is, I can do it.” The interviewer told her how different sales was from what she was currently doing and told her that she would not be a good fit for their vacancy. After hearing this, Terry assured him that if she could keep a classroom full of 7th graders in line, she could definitely do this job. She was hired on the spot. Come to find out, the job involved corporate executive searches as a headhunter. When a company needs to fill a critical position of a top-level executive, they call a search firm and lay out what they are looking for, such as background, record, skills, and personality. Then the headhunter searches for this type of person in any way possible, no matter if they are working somewhere else or not. “I headhunted for 16 years and had a ball,” Terry said. “It was similar to teaching, but with adults. I was teaching the companies how to hire, and the applicants how to interview and present themselves to find a new career. I was

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time and/or had families, it was not a typical college. The students did, however, live, work, and stay in the community, so the school had community ties, it just wasn’t regarded as such. Because of Terry’s strong-willed, goal oriented view on life, she made a mission to change the view in the commercial. “I decided that if there was nothing else I could do while I was here, I would show that Lincoln Land required students to work just as hard, and that the courses were just as vigorous as the other schools.” She began probing the community, listening to local residents’ in order to uncover reasons that LLCC was not regarded as a college in Jacksonville. She came up with two reasons: 1. The other two colleges were much older and had a longer presence in the community, 2. LLCC was falling short because it was not living up to the ‘community’ part of it’s title. After realizing these reasons for LLCC’s lack of connection to Jacksonville, Terry began to think on The Jacksonville office of Lincoln Land Community College is located on Jacksonville’s Downtown Square at 32 North Central Park Plaza. Photo by Amy Wilson. how the college could become more engaged, and better serve the community as a whole. She found new, innovative ways to be included in the community and the school was changed forever. After over 400 employees were laid off from a local factory, Terry nurtured a partnership with their neighbors, The Farmers State Bank and Trust Company and Jacksonville Main Street. The bank provided the college with a repossessed house on the corner of Douglas and Church Streets so that the men who were laid off could begin to go to school, learning construction firsthand at a jobsite. The house needed an immense amount of work, so locals with experience in Asbestos removal to masonry came in to teach the adult students how to historically preserve this house. Thanks to Jacksonville Main Street, the house was restored to it’s glory. The community loved the idea and supported the college and students from start to finish. This was Peggy Wisdom gives instruction to her nursing students on proper procedure for changing hospital bed linens. Photo by Amy Wilson. only the colleges first step towards ago, Terry was asked to take over his job, so she This commercial struck a nerve, upset- more involvement. began working full time at the Jacksonville facil- ting her greatly. Since most of the students at Soon after that, LLCC teamed up with ity. LLCC were people who were employed full- Triopia High School and theatre director Ken

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JHS 50th Reunion The recognition of the most successful football period in Jacksonville High School history will be among the highlights of the school's 50th class reunion Sat, Oct. 3. The JHS seniors in the fall of 1959 marked the end of an outstanding three-year run during which the Crimsons went 9-0, 9-0 and 8-0-1, with only a tie with Jerseyville in 1959 stopping three straight perfect seasons. According to class member Dick Cody, that '59 team has 26 surviving members and at least 13 members are scheduled to be back for the event, which will include their appearance in the homecoming parade and activities before and at halftime of the game. Merritt Norvell Jr., one of the team captains and the quarterback, who went on to play at the University of Wisconsin and was athletic director at Michigan State University, is slated to be among the returnees. Fellow co-captain John Sutphen, retired as an executive of American Express, may also return with Norvell. That group of seniors lost just twice during Routt Homecoming their four-year prep careers, with those two losses coming in their freshman season. For more information about the reunion, contact Donna Cody or Amy Osburn, cochairman of the event.

Based on the results from the opening three tournaments of the young 2009 season, the Illinois College Lady Blues expect to once again challenge for top honors among the Midwest Conference women’s golf teams. Following a fourth-place finish September 11 at the Knox College Invitational in Galesburg, the IC women moved a short distance east along US Route 34 and finished in a tie for fifth place Saturday, September 12, at the Fighting Scots Invitational hosted by Monmouth College. That event drew 14

teams, including fellow MWC challengers Grinnell, Monmouth and Knox. Juliann Papesch (Lincoln) again put up IC’s best numbers and finished the day with a round of 81. Her score was good enough to earn the junior a tie for third place in the individual standings. As a team, the Lady Blues posted a 374 score, tying Mount Mercy and Robert Morris, but trailing champion Maryville (320), Millikin (344), Elmhurst (351) and Grinnell (360). The Lady Blues’ Holly Ziegler (Teutopolis) finished in a tie for 14th

place with a round of 88 while teammate Emma Moore (Alton) carded a 90 and was close behind in a tie for 21st. Whitney Hagy (Vandalia) added a 115 for IC while Allison Whalen (Waverly) had a 116 and Meagan Wright (Vandalia) a 121. The IC women return to the Links Golf Course in Jacksonville where they will host the Illinois College Women’s Golf Tournament Tuesday, September 15.

Illinois College Rallies Past Knox, 42-24 Quarterback Mitch Niekamp capped five consecutive second-half drives with touchdown passes Saturday (September 12) and rallied Illinois College past Knox College 42-24 in the Midwest Conference opener for both schools. The Blueboys (1-1, 1-0 MWC) trailed 17-7 at the break before regrouping behind Niekamp’s passing. His touchdown passes of 10 yards to Bret Eschman and 28 yards to Michael Jennings on Illinois College’s opening drives of the second half put the visitors in front 21-17. But the Prairie Fire, which ran effectively all afternoon, quickly regained the lead at 24-21 when Dan Kizior scampered 80 yards on a kick-off return. The Illinois College offense found its rhythm and rode Niekamp’s arm back into the lead at the 4:05 mark of the third quarter when the junior linked up once again with Jennings on a scoring pass that covered 10 yards. The Blueboys’ quarterback continued to find success through the air, complet-

ing fourth-quarter touchdown passes of 13 yards to Colin Duling and 14 yards to Kevin Wallace. Niekamp, who tied his own single-game school-record with six touchdown passes, completed 18-of30 for 231 yards and one interception. Jennings set the pace for the IC receivers with six catches for 88 yards (and three touchdowns) while Eschman had four receptions for 55 yards and Brett Doehring had four grabs for 45 yards. Jonas Mack led a potent Knox ground attack with 104 yards on nine carries while teammate Derek Mortensen rushed for 92 yards and a pair of touchdowns on 13 carries. Prairie Fire quarterback Bill Meyer completed five of 10 pass attempts for 42 yards and had one pass picked off. The hosts (0-2, 0-1 MWC) drove 62 yards on 12 plays during the game’s opening drive and scored first when Mortensen raced in from three yards out. Knox extended its lead to 100 on the first play of the second quarter

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when Ryan Stefanczyk kicked a 21-yard field goal. Illinois College’s first touchdown came at the end of a 19-play, 65yard drive that took more than 10 minutes off the clock. Jennings hauled in a Niekamp pass for the final five yards that cut the Knox lead to 10-7. The Prairie Fire, however, responded with a long drive of its own, and covered 65 yards on 14 plays before reaching the end zone on Mortensen’s two-yard run with just 14 seconds left on the first-half clock. The Blueboys passed for 231 yards and rushed for 118 while Knox totaled 334 yards, including 292 on the ground. Demetrious Baylis led Illinois College with 64 yards on 16 carries while teammate Matt Williamson rushed 14 times for 54 yards. Knox travels to Ripon next Saturday (September 19) while Illinois College hosts Lake Forest in its 2009 home opener.

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Florence’s Philosophy: Only the Strong… by Trev Florence

Webster’s defines the following: Only: 1: unquestionably the best 2: alone in a class or category Strong: 1: having or marked by great physical power 2: having moral or intellectual power 3: having great resources 4: of a specified number 5: a. striking or superior of its kind b. effective or efficient especially in a specified direction titan: 2: one that is gigantic in size or power; one that stands out for greatness of achievement Survive: 1: to remain alive or in existence; live on 2: to continue to function or prosper Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale. Breathe in. Breathe out. In……out. As each day passes, I find myself utilizing more and more this technique called “deep breathing.” My day might start off great. I’m being productive, focused on the task at hand…then SMACK! Wouldn’t you know it, here comes that ole’ monkey wrench; its plan is to distract me and its main objective is to try and throw my day off course. Oh boy….it gets pretty intense. It used to be a person could determine how his or her day would go, based upon how his or her day started off. Situations such as this are like a type of foreshadowing, giving you a hint or glimpse into what the day might bring. Maybe you just got dressed and you’re on your wait out the door, only to realize there’s a foot long “run” in your stocking. Or later that afternoon, you’re in your car on your way to a meeting and as you take that last sip of coffee before exiting the vehicle….SPLASH….EEEK…one wrong move and your lap ends up in a steaming puddle of gourmet blend. How do you keep moving forward with the tasks at hand when so many obstacles stand in your path? It’s reminiscent of a game of football…not just any game…but a playoff game. I’m not ashamed to admit I am a Tennessee Titans fan. I mean, hey, I lived in Nashville for close to ten years. I was there for the Music City Miracle and I’ve been a die hard fan, since that time. I’ve been to a game or two and had the opportunity to watch Steve “Air” McNair

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Liberal arts education, expensive sports complex, new athletic field, diverse students, highly educated professors and doctors, and a scenic campus; these are just some of the things that might come to mind when you think of Illinois College. When I think of Illinois College, however, I think of Sigma Phi Epsilon (my literary society), late nights in the library, coffee shop smoothies, and great times with even better friends. Is this really my last year on the hilltop? It’s hard to believe that I have spent three years here and I’m already well into the third week of my last year as a college student! In order to graduate at IC, you not only need to fill the academic requirements, but you also have to attend 30 convocations. Oops! Time seemed to have crept up on me with this requirement and now I am forced to go to nearly every convo this year! The first two were average, just about what I expected to see at a convo that I was obligated to go to. So, when I was walking into my third one last week, I was expecting the same. I even brought my Rhetorical Tradition book to help pass the time! I opened the first page and began reading just as the convo was about to start, but I was soon interrupted by the sound of wheels rolling on the stage. I looked up and saw a man with no legs in a wheelchair smiling back at us. At first you could cut the tension with a knife, but that tension was relieved when he spoke his opening words, "Yes, I have no legs." The entire audience burst out laughing, and I was so relieved to see that he had such a good sense of humor. His name is Matt Glowacki and

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macmurray College the Start of Something Mac-nificicent! Freshmen, transfers, and upperclassmen all moving-in, buying books, starting classes, avoiding homework, playing games, practicing for upcoming football, soccer, and volleyball games, making new friends, and catching up with old ones. That sums up the first few weeks of my junior year here at MacMurray. Now, I am busy with classes in my two majors of business administration and interpreting for the deaf and hard of hearing. Last week was highlighted by MacMurray’s annual Speaker Series which began on Thursday night by Dr. Robert Seufert’s presentation of "How Shakespeare Wrote Hamlet." His speech gave interesting insights into the play as well Shakespeare’s writing. Attentive students, faculty, staff, and community members listened intently as Dr. Seufert explained Shakespeare’s writing. On a different note, last weekend a variety of activities were available here at Mac. Why, you wonder? Last weekend was family weekend when all parents, siblings, and other family members of current students are invited to see the campus, enjoy sporting events, and be entertained as a family. Friday night was a free roller skating party at the Eight Wheeler Roller Rink. A football game against Haskell University from Lawrence, Kansas, filled Saturday afternoon with excitement and anticipation. Interpreting the national anthem before the game was a group of about ten MacMurray students including myself, as the president of the Interpreters and Deaf Educators Association (IDEA).

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Saturday night comedian Michael Palascak (Pal-a-sack) caused the entire family to roll on the floor laughing. Thanks to the Campus Activities Board (CAB) MacMurray heard from the funny and talented Palascak. He was named Campus Activities Magazine Best Comedian RunnerUp along with much other recognition. Michael shared hilarious stories about still living at home with his parents that both students and parents could relate to. Holy Fools, a student clown ministry group, lit up Annie Merner Chapel on Sunday morning with our service entitled "Why Me?" Posie, Buttons, Skittles, Fuzzy Wuzzy, Dimples, Teddy, and Tickles (who happens to be me when I am in clown makeup) had children of all ages smiling, laughing, and learning about God. We had been practicing for the past week and pulled off a wonderful service. I’ll look for all of you at our next service Homecoming weekend! And with that another successful Family Weekend ended here at MacMurray. Since we have no classes on Mondays, students were invited to play in an Ultimate Frisbee game on Rutledge Lawn. What could be better than avoiding homework by playing Frisbee? Not much. Well, when it’s written out, it looks like this past week has been a busy one. So, I look forward to telling you more about me, my friends, and what happens behind the scenes at MacMurray. Writing this article is exciting for me, telling not only my but also MacMurray’s story. I hope you all enjoy it too!

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How to backup files & folders. Here’s the test: If your computer crashes and you lose everything on the hard disk…is there anything you will miss? If so, that is what should be backed-up. There are many ways to backup your information, for example: Save As, Drag and Drop, Copy and Paste and Send To. This article will look at a few options. For this example, we will use the USB removable flash drive as the backup device. 1. Purchase a 2 MB or 4 MB USB removable flash drive, sometimes called a stick memory. Insert the flash drive into one of the computer rectangular USB ports. The computer will identify the hardware. For example, it will say Removable Disk F. (The computer assigns the next available letter when new hardware is inserted.) Close this notification window. 2. Right click (right click) the START button and choose EXPLORE. 3. At the bottom left, look for the Drive F listing to be sure it is there. 4. Use the vertical scroll bar to move to the top of the listing and look for MY DOCUMENTS (Documents in Vista.) Double click MY DOCUMENTS to expand the folder. On the right side, look for the folder you want to copy. We will use the example MY PICTURES. Right click (right click) MY PICTURES and choose “Send To.” The

Select Drive F. That’s it. Click on Drive F to insure that a copy has been made. Why are other methods used? Here are two examples: a. After you have copied the PICTURES folder to Drive F, you find another picture you want to backup. If you use the “Send To” method, the picture will be placed on Drive F but it will not be put in the MY PICTURES folder. Here’s how: Right click (right click) the picture you want to backup and choose “Copy.” Point the mouse to the My PICTURES folder on Drive F, right click (right click) and choose “Paste.” Click Drive F to be sure it is there. b. You are using a program such as Quicken to keep track of some finances and want to backup the data to a location off the computer. If you don’t know how to create a new storage folder from within Quicken or any other program, you can do so prior to saving the file. Right click (right click) the START button and choose EXPLORE. Look for Drive F and click to highlight. In the upper left corner, click FILE\NEW\FOLDER and name it “Quicken” (as example.) Click in any open space on the screen to let the computer know that you are done typing. Look at Drive F to see the new Folder. Open Quicken. Click FILE\BACKUP and navigate to Drive F\Quicken. Save a copy there.

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jointly. Together they are starting and advocating a three year Bachelor’s degree program where sophomores in high school begin taking dual credit classes so that they can end up earning credits that are the equivalent of a freshman year of college while still in high school. Then, they are encouraged to spend their first year of college at LLCC while following up the next two years at MacMurray College. The transitions would be seamless and this partnership program is one of only two in the entire state. High-tech programs are used in Math and Reading at the LLCC that are very helpful. The Math program resembles a video game, so it keeps students intrigued, while the Reading program is able to read anything on a computer page aloud with a variety of speeds and voices. LLCC’s newest location in Beardstown is very unique, according to Terry, because of the diverse population there. At this location, there are large Spanish, English, and French-speaking students, along with students from as far away as Togo, West Africa. This international aspect of the college is just one more way that LLCC has blossomed in the last four years. Another interesting facet of LLCC is their large 4500 square mile service area. It is the largest area in the state for a communi-

ty college to cover, and the school does it with only 12 full and part-time employees. Each employee is specialized in a variety of areas, so they are able to answer a variety of questions from students, which makes the college experience much more personal. “I have taught at all types of schools: public, private, university, community college, and I believe the community college is the best invention in America for providing education. These colleges can provide for all,” Terry stated. The college’s youngest student was in the theatre class at only seven years old, while their oldest students are in their 70s. Terry feels that the class sizes and the mission of the college are a great package for traditional and nontraditional students alike. The school even offers free G.E.D., adult learning, résumé building, and English as a Second Language courses for those who need them. “We want to make sure that everyone has the opportunity to get back into education. If you have an education, it levels the playing field. We want students to have a lot of keys on their key ring so that they can get into lots of places,” Terry stated. As Terry continues to strive to make Lincoln Land Community College a wonderful place to attend college, the school has already gained a lot of positive recognition. Her hard work and dedication in being sure that the college lives up to its ‘community’ centered name have certainly paid off. Terry feels that Jacksonville no longer views itself as a two college town.

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AGRICULTURAL SUMMARY - After weeks of cooler temperatures, a week of dry, warmer weather has promoted the maturing of corn and soybeans. Development in corn was aided by the low rainfall amounts, and soybean fields have started to shed leaves. Producers were busy with spraying, mowing, cutting hay, and preparing equipment for harvest. There were 6.5 days suitable for fieldwork reported. Topsoil moisture was rated 2 percent very short, 19 percent short, 76 percent adequate, and 3 percent surplus. Corn in the dough stage is at 91 percent while dented is at 56 percent. Corn was rated at 64 percent good to excellent, 27 percent fair, with 9 percent rated as poor or very poor. Soybeans are 21 percent turning yellow, compared to a five-year average of 65 percent. Soybeans were rated at 61 percent good to excellent, 31 percent fair and 8 percent poor or very poor. Temperatures statewide averaged 69.1 degrees, 0.4 degree below ainch, 0.69 inch below average.

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Crop Progress Percents August 2nd

This week saw some scattered corn harvest activity in the area. Reports all seem the same that yields are good where they are good but the wet areas are disappointing which comes out as an average crop. Corn planted on May 2nd is in the lower 20s. The holes are in the low 30s. No soybeans are near ready yet.

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Must be close to harvest, as Sunday we received 6" of rain in about 4 hours. There was water everywhere with a lot of areas flooded that had never been flooded before. Can't wait to see how many dry dams are washed out and all the ditches left.

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On a sad note we lost a fellow local young farmer suddenly this weekend. He was a great father, farmer, and community leader who will be sadly missed by all. In times such as this it always makes you appreciative of the communities you live in. I know all of area will be there to support the family in this harvest season and times to come.

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Every business should have a “Becky” working there. Becky has been at the Cottage almost since the beginning. When the business opened on August 1, 2007, Sue and I were immediately overwhelmed with business. We were happy about being busy, but knew I had to hire another person to help us. I knew Becky from being in the same class in high school and saw her at her job where I often went. She had said to me, “If you ever need any help, let me know.” When I asked her if she could help us, she wanted to know when she would start. I said, “NOW! TONIGHT!” and that’s exactly what she did. She is dependable, prompt, hard-working, and efficient. If we are looking for something, we usually ask Becky where the item is first before we start searching all over for it.

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She has a knack of knowing where things are and how much of it is left. She makes my work load a lot lighter. Although we have an employee/boss relationship, we are also friends. Becky brought this recipe of her mother’s to the Cottage, and I really like it. The smell of the ingredients like cinnamon and cloves fill the room and remind me of the Christmas season. She told me that when she and her siblings would get home from school and entered the house they knew right away that their mother had made them Grapevine cookies. The name of the recipe is a little misleading because instead of it being round like a cookie, it is solid and cut into a cookie bar shape. Whatever shape it is, it is delicious!

Grapevine cookie icing ½ c. brown sugar 1 “lump” butter 1 c. powdered sugar 3 tablesp. hot milk 1 teasp. vanilla Grapevine cookies 2 c. raisins mixed with 2c. water (simmer and save liquid-cool) Cream together: ¾ c. brown sugar ¾ c. sugar ¾ c. butter or margarine ½ teasp. baking powder ½ teasp. cloves ½ teasp. baking soda

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Your 15 Minutes Mindy Farmer Recognizes the Individuals that Make Our Community Wonderful. For Christine Lemke, the library is more than a place to check out books. The library acts as a community gathering place; welcoming in kids looking for a place to finish homework after school, encouraging little ones to get their hands messy during creative toddler time, and inviting teens to enjoy game nights. In her experience as the Jacksonville Public Library Children’s Librarian, many children have come in to pass the time, begin reading more popular novels, and then discover the myriad of books available. In her experience, “once [kids] get into the library, they will read.” You wouldn’t suspect it now when you hear Christine Lemke enthusiastically discuss children’s literature, but she could easily be called the “accidental librarian.” She has always had a passion for art and received an Art History degree from Northwestern University, then later earned an associates degree in graphic arts. She applied her education to work in various phases of the printing industry and especially enjoyed the challenging and fun creative process of drafting.

Christine had her first opportunity to engage children in art when she joined the local Elmhurst PTA and volunteered to be a classroom “picture parent” and help teach art units. One of her favorite moments came while teaching about the Lascaux cave paintings. Christine wanted to create a memorable experience for the children that would help them connect with the art. She turned out the lights, used a projector, and turned a flash light on and off, as if the children were truly in a cave. Through this experience, she found that she truly enjoyed the challenge of making art accessible at the primary level. Her interest in working with children also grew as she volunteered with her daughter’s Girl Scout troop and associated with families as a volunteer in the Le Leche League.

While raising her five children, Christine held a variety of part-time jobs, the last in the technical services department of the Elm Hurst Public Library. She wanted to work in the children’s department, but a position wasn’t available. Her co-workers would tease that she was “working her way down” because the children’s section resided on the bottom floor. Christine’s experiences working in the library system inspired her to seek a Masters of Library and Information Science from Dominican University. She decided to pursue becoming a children’s librarian after an experience at the Schaumburg Township District Library. A young couple wheeled their baby through in a stroller and Christine thought, “They’re actually getting books for a baby. How wonderful. I want to be a part of that.”

Christine’s position also allows her to read a variety of books, as well as attend conferences and meet various authors. The opportunity to meet these authors and hear their stories can provide insights for Christine to share with parents and young readers. During one conference, she heard author William Kotzwinkle discuss how he wrote his “Walter the Farting Dog” books to engage reluctant readers and involve boys in reading. She’d dismissed these books in the past and this experience caused her to look at these, as well as other books, in a new light. Working at the library also enables Christine to combine her love of art and books in planning for the Library’s annual Summer Reading Program. This year’s “Read on The Wild Side” invited children of all ages to participate with brightly colored animals and posters. When children came to watch movies, see a puppet show, or craft project, Miss Christine greeted them with a bright smile. She is already enthusiastically planning for next year’s program, which includes workshops, entertainment, and reading incentives.

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