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Community develoPment TRAVELS THROUGH THE CORNFIELDS by Bob Bradney 3
Planning, Zoning, Code enforCement BEE AFRAID, BEE VERY AFRAID by Patrick Grace 4
SHIRTLESS WONDERS by Rick Wade 5
JAZZ by Ken Bradbury 6
YOUR GRANDCHILDREN’S FUTURE Submitted by Brent Bordenkircher 7
COMMUNITY CALENDAR 8
COMMUNITY NEWS & BULLETINS 8
BEWARE THE STREET WALKERS 10
JUST BEDS by Mindy Farmer 11
WHO DOES KEN BRADBURY THINK HE IS? by G.Q. Spaulding 12-13
FLORENCE’S PHILOSOPHIES: As One Door Closes, Another One Opens 15
MORGAN COUNTY NIGHTLIFE WITH CADENCE 16
ENTERTAINMENT: Movie Review by J. Sabetti & Theatre Listings 17
THE POWER OF A FATHER by Lisa Talton 19
HEALTH WITH DR. MACH 19
AGRICULTURE: Words from Jon Freeman and the Crop Report 20
COTTAGE DELIGHTS: Stories and Recipes from Georgia Stout 21
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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 sev-
eral 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
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
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
in the late 1700s, at first they stayed away
from the wetlands because they didn’t know
how to farm them. In addition, they associat-
ed 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 any-
place in the world. (Mussel shells were used
for pearl buttons for shirts and constituted
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 grow-
ing United States. While these dams made it
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 dis-
tricts 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 cat-
tle. 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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Bee Afraid, Bee Very Afraid by Patrick Grace
Challenges you to The inevitable march of the
seasons continues its route, marked by
recycle the earth! the daily changing palette of the trees.
City-dwellers take to the highways to
soak up some country before the
Clean Screened leaves start to fall. Country folk poke
Black Dirt
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through their garages in search of
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rakes, for once the shedding starts,
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rakes must be swift in hand lest the
leaves get the best of them. I know all
of this because I see it on the TV
news.
Though I would like to expe-
rience autumn in person, sadly I can-
not. I close my front door near the end
Fresh of July and do not leave the safety of
the house until sometime in October.
Compost $
20 per I do not shutter myself indoors by
OOP preference; rather, it is a practical mat-
BIG SC ter. Fall is wasp season, after all.
I was once free and ignorant
much like normal people, but fortu-
nately I came to my senses before the
evil yellow predators could finish me
off. Upon realizing that things like
church picnics, Labor Day, and mail-
Driveway Rock boxes were actually nothing more
$
20 per than wasp ruses conjured up to lure
people outdoors, I decided that fresh
OOP
BIG SC
air was really over-rated anyway.
Besides, what good was holding a job
if I was not alive to enjoy it? From
that moment on, I resolved to control
my own destiny and no longer fall vic-
tim to this vast four-wing conspiracy.
Before you call Social
Hardwood Services to come pick me up, please
Mulch
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my high school and college vacations,
I was stung so frequently that I devel-
oped an allergy. This diagnosis came
after I was stung for the umpteenth
time one particular summer, got dizzy,
and fell off a ladder. Fortunately for
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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 dubi-
ous 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 stick-
ing 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 epinephrine-
induced 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 dis-
appointment, as I had to carry on
without an EpiPen and contend with
the knowledge that my wife was clear-
ly 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 examina-
tion room, I distinctly heard buzzing,
which confirmed my suspicion that
the wasps held his children hostage
just outside the door. Under those cir-
cumstances, 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
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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 aggres-
sive 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 bor-
der, I will once again move further
north, as bees do not flourish in cold-
er 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 pro-
vided 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 listen to Brock play jazz, and tell him,
“Hey, I really like that.” I’m not exactly
And Much, Much More... 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 suf-
fered 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
17 September - 23 September 2009
other likes and dislikes in music had simi-
lar 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 intermis-
sion 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 psy-
choanalyzing 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 disre-
spect 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 corn-
balls. 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 musi-
cal 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 six-
ties. 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
20 Years of Service
November 1, 1989 - November 1, 2009
This time of year marks National Grandparent's Day. While not as e Clinic has provided continuous
well known as Mother’s Day or Father’s Day, Grandparent’s Day is, Service Since 1953
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 grandchil- “Our Family Cares
dren on their journey through life.
Of course, one of the most generous things you can do is to help your grand-
children pay for college. A person with a bachelor’s degree will earn, on average,
for Yours”
almost twice as much over a lifetime as workers with a high school diploma, accord-
ing 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 earn-
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ings and withdrawals are tax-free, as long as the money is used for qualified higher ...treatment modalities.
education expenses. Withdrawals for other types of expenses may be subject to feder-
al 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 Eurotech’s flexion adjusting table
designation to another grandchild. allows optimum correction of
While saving for college may be more of a near-term goal for your grandchil- spinal or disc problems. is
dren, they’ll also have other objectives, such as saving for retirement — and you can
fully biomechanical table allows
help them out in that area, too. For instance, you may want to help them fund a Roth
for all ranges of spinal correction;
IRA. Since your grandchildren are young, they have many decades ahead of them to
flexion, extension, and axial rota-
take advantage of this retirement vehicle, which offers tax-free earnings, provided
tion.
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 Traditional erapy
valuable financial resources that may help your grandchildren achieve other goals, Modalities such as heat, cold,
such as furthering their education or making a down payment on a home. ultrasound, and interferential
Specifically, you might want to pass on some of your assets to your grand- current can help strengthen,
children through a living trust, which can avoid probate and gives you great control relax, and heal muscles; decrease
over how — and when — you want your wealth distributed. And if you name your pain, increase circulation, and
grandchildren beneficiaries of a life insurance policy owned by a trust, the proceeds decrease inflammation.
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 Intersegmental Traction
Grandparent’s Day. But you’ll get even more satisfaction by helping them invest for Will greatly help re-establish the
their future goals. normal ranges of the body’s
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thu, 17 Sep
5:30pm - 10:00pm Chamber of Commerce
Steak Fry at J’ville Municipal Airport
FRi, 18 Sep
7:00pm Football JHS vs Lanphier
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Community Blood Center - Wellness
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call Mindy at 866-448-3253 ext. 38.
1.30 pm - 3:30pm Knowledge is Power
(KIP) - presentation on combating the
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A Knowledge Is Power (KIP) presentation on “Preparing to Combat the 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
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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 gen-
eration 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.
Judy Cisne: 243-3417 Beck Zito: 245-7862
Betty Lou Anderson: 245-9237
If you are unable to attend the October 11th date, we ask that you con-
tact us so we can have your contact information for future reunions.
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Emiquon (continued from pg. 3)
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In the 1970s, after extended negoti-
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Norris farm. After extended studies, the
Conservancy enrolled 6400 acres of the farm
in the federally subsidized Wetland Reserve
Program.
So far 300,000 wetland trees,
including black walnuts, swamp white oaks,
and pecans have been planted at that site,
together with 8,000 pounds of grassland seed.
You can see what is being done via the walk-
ways, just off to the east side of Route 78. In
addition, ongoing lectures and seminars are
open to the public on developments.
Now, this is only part of the story
and this brings us to The Merwin Preserve at
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Right now, you cannot go down to
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planted, and all sorts of seeds are in place.
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fowl migrated through, and this fall The
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fowl hunting on a limited basis in late
October, both at Spunky Bottoms and also at
the Emiquon Preserve.
Suffice it to say the results of these
restoration projects will have enormous con-
sequences. If they succeed in restoring the
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So, exciting things are here in the
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Pierson Beware the Street Walkers by Roger Deem
I am not typically a person who
stays with organizations for extended peri-
ods of time. Perhaps I simply have an atten-
tion span as long-lived as a snowflake in
the Sahara. Therefore, it says a great deal
for the Kiwanis Club of Jacksonville that
nearly a decade and a half have passed
since my induction, and my enthusiasm for
the club and its membership has the staying
power of an unemployed relative after the
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of volunteers dedicated to changing the
world one child and one community at a
time. That's the official line. The truth is,
Kiwanis is that and a whole lot more. Our
1002 West Walnut - Jacksonville
club contributes thousands of volunteer
had the opportunity to participate in its'
annual Peanut Day fundraiser. That occurs
on one of the first Autumn Saturdays when
Jacksonville's collective blood pressure
spikes a bit as people take up positions in
the streets asking for money to support
their favorite causes.
Of all the stations that Kiwanians
fill that day, my favorite has always been in
the middle of College Avenue in front of
the Public Library. My affection for this
assignment is generated in part by the fact
it is usually fairly busy and that there is that
ungraphable thrill that comes with the
knowledge that at any given point I may be
a stranger's next hood
ornament.
ahead and pretend to be totally oblivious to
the fact I am standing there in my bright
orange vest. Quite an accomplishment--I
am about as hard to miss as a buffalo in the
middle of Norma's North Star Cafe.
4. An approaching motorist spies the tell-
tale streetwear and executes the kind of 90-
degree turn that can generally only be
accomplished by transports that have
installed a lateral rocket thruster package. I
can vouch for the fact that West Street and
the parking lots belonging to the library and
the Jacksonville Theatre Guild see more
traffic on Peanut Day than Morton Avenue
on Cruise Nite.
5. With a sigh of resignation, a driver will
remove his or her vehicle's ashtray and
empty the contents into my jug. Sorting
through the goodies afterwards has always

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service hours and more than $30,000.00
every year back into Jacksonville, almost
exclusively to programs and agencies that
benefit our children.
We are so blessed to be support-
oFF
ed by the citizens of this region at our
major fundraisers. We stage Pancake &
Sausage Day in March--an event which,
Summer Silks during its most hectic hours, can remind
one of trying to get into the Titanic's last
217.245.6134 lifeboat. We stage a pair of TriviaMania
There are certain traditional
responses by the drivers who pass our way
which never fail to inspire chuckles. A few
of my favorites:
1. A motorist shuttling along towards a red
stoplight sees us in the road and slows to a
crawl while still two blocks away. Just as
he or she nears the intersection, the light
goes green and the car is shifted into light
speed and roars past us like a teenager
been one of my favorite activities. Standard
finds include paper clips, buttons, safety
pins, tokens for the vacuum at the old
Wareco car wash and for the video games at
Aladdin's Castle, gum wrappers, gum rem-
nants and, my personal all-time favorite: a
small packaged product that I won't name
but I will confess it saved me 75 cents dur-
ing my next trip to the rest room at Huck's.
I appreciate very much the folks

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answering the doorbell. who speak to me, even if it is to apologize
events to test the impressive intellectual

& mettle of its participants. And we conclude 2. Someone is heading down the street as that they don't have any small change. I
our administrative year by hitting the the light is green, sees us and puts the pedal envision a day down the road where we
Established in 1990 to the metal in an attempt to clear the inter- will be able to access the electronic debit
Bonded & Insured streets for the last of our annual fund
builders. section before the red light foils the escape. systems and folks can just swipe their cards
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For 13 of the 14 years I have 3. Someone who gets caught at the light
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Have you ever slept on an
uncomfortable mattress? If so, then
you know that the quality and comfort
level of a mattress greatly impacts the
quality of your sleep. Since humans
spend about 1/3 of their lives in bed,
selecting a mattress is an important
decision. Unfortunately, many of us
feel overwhelmed by the myriad of
choices available. This is where the
experts, or “yawn exterminators,” at
Just Beds come in.
During the mid ’90s, Steve
Stimac worked for a furniture retailer
and noticed that quite a few customers
came into the store looking to pur-
chase mattresses. Steve wondered if
he could offer a different shopping
experience with customer service rep-
resentatives as sleep experts. Steve
and his friend, Jerry Pagel, decided to
pursue this concept and open their
own “sleep shop.” They named their
store Just Beds and the Springfield, IL
location held its grand opening in the
spring of 1996.
Over time, Steve and Jerry
found themselves regularly delivering
to Jacksonville and surrounding coun-
ties. According to Steve, they “saw a
need” and opened a Just Beds store in
Jacksonville in 2000. This turned out
to be a wise decision, as business has
increased every year since then. Steve
says it’s been a pleasure serving the
Jacksonville community over the past
nine years. According to Jacksonville
Just Beds store manager, Don Stimac,
just Beds remains one of the only
shops of its kind in Central Illinois.
A “sleep shop” shopping
experience differs from a visit to a
general furniture store. Employees at
a sleep shop focus only on sleep-relat-
ed products, whereas a furniture sales-
man must focus on a broader range of
products. Don says customers can feel
the difference because “all we do is mat-
tresses.” This means that at Just Beds you
can depend on salesman to have an in-
depth knowledge about the products.
At the Jacksonville Just Beds,
employees are very knowledgeable about
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customers find the right comfort
level at the right price point. He is
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and can assist customers in navigat-
ing the variety of choices available.
Customers are welcome to lie down
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as Don says, “You test drove your
car, didn’t you?” Sometimes cus-
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The right mattress will be the one
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Just Beds is proud to offer the
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Springfield. Bemco patented the first
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recently celebrated its 50th
Anniversary in 1996. The company
has also seen more than 20 of its
mattresses earn the Good
Housekeeping Seal of Approval
since 1980. At Just Beds, the stores
feature the Bemco Posture
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Just Beds has Central Illinois’
largest selection of name brand bed-
ding and bedding related products.
At the Jacksonville location, you can
purchase headboards, footboards,
daybeds, futons, bunk beds, and
water bed accessories, in addition to
mattresses. When you purchase a
mattress from Just Beds, all prices
include delivery, set up, and haul
away of your old mattress at no extra
charge. They are committed to pro-
els are on or size mattress viding a quality product, with on-
display. you are seeking, time delivery and excellent service.
Queen mat- they can direct Steve explains that Just Beds
tresses start you to the best always provides an exceptional value on
at $269 and choices and help mattresses. In addition, they offer month-
end at you understand ly features and discounts. You can stop
$1299, with the differences. by the store for specials or visit
numerous Don Stimac www.justbedsinc.com to view a monthly
mattress explained that specials flyer. Just Beds is located at 940
options and selecting a mat- W Morton Ave. Store hours are Monday
price points tress at his store - Friday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m and Saturday 10
in between. is a low-pressure a.m. to 5 p.m.
No matter experience. His
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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 pret-
ty well. I was wondering if you could tell us a
little bit about him.”
“Herb, it’s the Jacksonville newspa-
per...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 back-
ground.
“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 rec-
ognize 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 per-
formed with the piano, organ, accordion, trum-
pet, banjo, and bagpipes (much to the disap-
pointment of his neighbors.) This short list is
by no means a complete list of his accomplish-
ments, 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 perform-
ances, 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
17 September - 23 September 2009
plays. Then he found out I knew a little about
electrical wiring, and that turned into set light-
ing; then he found out I knew a little bit about
building things and that turned into set con-
struction and it’s been going on ever since.
books and more than 100 plays and musicals. dom turns anybody down. And when he puts on “He’s great to perform with,” said
According to Dr. Crowe, “he is the foremost a show, he doesn’t do it for money, he does it for West, who’s shared many stages with Bradbury.
author of speech contest material in the United the enjoyment of others. People don’t realize “He works hard and he demands hard work in
States. His work is used by more students than just how much Ken Bradbury gives away every return, and if he’s not getting it, he’s not very
anyone else.” Crowe’s Consortium Publishing year. Not just in
Co. distributes Bradbury’s speech contest mate- donations to the
rial nationally and internationally, and currently causes he supports,
lists more than 200 contest pieces in its catalog. but in time.”
“If someone was looking for a challenge, try Crowe’s
compiling the complete works of Ken thoughts were
Bradbury; all the songs, all the skits, all the echoed by another
plays, the musicals, the books, and the articles. l o n g - t i m e
It would be an almost overwhelming task.” Bradbury friend
Bradbury not only writes original and colleague
material for speech competitions, he often Chuck West. “Ken
serves as a judge for them as well. Crowe is absolutely
recounted a story from one of Bradbury’s trips devoted to helping
to an area school where he was being featured people. He’s gen-
as a guest author. “Ken arrived at the school erous not just with
early and made his way into the building his money, but
through a back door. Inside, he found a couple with his time. He
of students practicing for their performance, gives a lot to local
and they were doing a piece Ken had written. charities and min-
After they had finished, Ken asked them ‘Do istries, but also
you know who Ken Bradbury is?’ ‘No,’ the stu- raises a lot of
dent answered. ‘But I think he’s dead.’ money for local
Over the course of a friendship that causes.”
has lasted more than 25 years, Crowe and West was a
Bradbury have collaborated on five plays writ- member of the
ing everything from the script to the songs and Christian band
lyrics. “I struggle sometimes to come up with Bradbury formed
ideas, but they seem to come so easily for him,” called “Shiloh.”
Crowe said. “He has a knack for character and “Whenever Ken’s sense of showmanship blossomed at an early age. Here he is pictured at age four, perform-
ing an Al Jolson bit for the PTA. Photos courtesy of the Bradbury family.
incident development.” While Bradbury’s out- we performed, we
put has been prolific, Crowe points out the took an offering,
entire process is far from easy. and all the money
“I’ve heard people say this 100 times, we raised went to
ok, so its more like 103…it’s easy for him the Green Pastures
(Bradbury) because he’s so talented. He’s campground.
extremely talented, there’s no question about There were times
that, but people just don’t realize how hard he though, when we
works to get things done. It’s not just his talent, thought the church
it’s his work ethic. Honestly, I don’t know or group we were
when, or if, he really sleeps, and if he does, it performing for
can’t be for very long. needed the money
“Ken has produced an overwhelming more, and we gave
body of work,” Crowe said, “and he spends it back to them, but
hundreds of hours to get it right. There’s a lot of it all went to a
work involved in writing a script, developing charity or min-
the characters and the plot, and then there’s the istry.”
third component, scoring the music for the West said he
orchestra. It’s one thing to write a song, or first became aware
write the lyrics for a song, but writing the score of who Ken
for the orchestra is a very time-consuming task. Bradbury was
Each part has to be written separately for each when Ken cap-
instrument. That’s a lot of work.” tained the debate
While Bradbury has already earned a team at their alma
nationwide reputation, Crowe believes had Ken mater, Illinois
decided otherwise, he could have commanded a College. “Ken was
much larger audience on a national stage. “I a couple of years
believe had he chosen to do so, he could have ahead of me in
Dressed in full Scottish garb, Ken makes no secret of his love for playing bagpipes.
filled many roles on a national scene, as a per- school, so I knew
former, a comedy writer, or as a composer.” who he was.” Later
Asked what he believes makes Ken the two would find themselves as faculty col- happy.” West says Bradbury’s not as much a
Bradbury tick, Crowe paused thoughtfully and leagues when West accepted a teaching position task-master as he is someone who knows how
said “Service to others. He has people come to at Triopia High School. to get the very best out of the people he works
him all the time asking him to speak, or put on “I started out working with Ken in 1977, with. “If you’re on stage with him and you blow
a skit, or write a skit for a fundraiser, and he sel- helping him work out special effects for his
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a line, he knows how to help you recover.”
West also believes one of Ken’s great-
est joys is working with young people. In addi-
tion 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
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
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
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 ex-
wife, 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 ques-
tion, 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 par-
ents’ 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 sens-
es 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 perform-
ing 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 perform-
ing 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 decid-
ed 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
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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 com-
petitions 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 hap-
pened, 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 out-
put. “He’s always writing something, and a lot
of things he writes come from things we expe-
rienced 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 actu-
ally 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 char-
acters 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 dimin-
ish 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 pro-
grams 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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Ken keep up with rapid-fire changes in direc-

(continued from pg. 13)
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 peo-
ple.
Hannah DeLoche has worked with
Bradbury since age nine, first as a PAC stu-
dent, 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 reac-
tions 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 know-
ing 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
tion. “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 meaning-
less 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 ever-
present encouragement for them to be the
best role models they can be for the
younger students.
As is the case with the older con-
tributors to this article, DeLoche too rec-
ognizes 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-
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Florence’s Philosophy: There is No Such Thing
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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 imper-
sonal purposeless determiner of unac-
countable 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 explana-
tion or of logical defense; something (as a
principle or law) that supports a conclu-
sion 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
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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
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outside my vehicle, is my bank debit card.
OMG….I immediately realized if I had
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that vary location at that very moment, to
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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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The little hairs rise up on the
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who has been blessed, yet attributes it to
this concept called “luck.” See, I have
heard a few things about luck. One thing
I have heard is that it “runs out.” Another
thing I have heard is that it sometimes
comes hard, and so, is known as “hard-
luck.”
Hence, with that said, I believe I
will acknowledge a resource, or “power”
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I can rest assured that which could be per-
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Iraqi Journalist Speaks on Constitution
A young Iraqi journalist will address issues of freedom in
this country and abroad when he gives Illinois College’s annual
Constitution Day Lecture Thursday, September 17, in Sibert
Theatre.
The 8 p.m. presentation by Haider Hamza is free and open
to the public, and will be presented under the auspices of the
Illinois College Convocation Series.
James Marshall, Assistant Vice President for Academic
Affairs, said the visiting speaker will compare and contrast certain
freedoms and protections in the U.S. with those he is familiar with
in Iraq and the Middle East.
The son of a diplomat, Hamza lived with his family in
Babylon, south of Baghdad, during the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.
After the end of major combat operations, he left his post with the
Iraqi Ministry of Information, joined the mainstream media and
started covering the war for broadcast outlets around the globe. At
19, he worked as a producer and photo editor for some of the
world’s largest news agencies, including Reuters and ABC News.
Hamza has been an eyewitness to many of the events that
have taken place in Iraq since the outbreak of hostilities. These
include all 40 trial sessions of former president Saddam Hussein,
the deaths of Saddam’s sons, the bombing of the holy shrines in
Samara, the elections and referendum, establishment of his coun-
try’s new governments and political cabinet, and the daily sectari-
an violence.
He came to the U.S. in 2006 after winning a Fulbright
Scholarship during his studies at Baghdad University. National
Public Radio and Showtime featured Hamza’s travels across the
U.S. in a program titled “This American Life.” The program
chronicled his efforts to meet people in different parts of the coun-
try and to share what he knew about the events taking place in his
homeland.
IC Golfer MWC Performer of Week Honors
Junior Juliann Papesch of
Lincoln has been named Midwest
Conference performer of the week in
women’s golf after setting the pace
for Illinois College in the Lady
Blues’ opening match of the 2009
season.
Papesch carded an 87,
September 5, at the Illinois College
Invitational and paced the Lady
Blues to 12th place. The Lincoln
High School graduate is the team’s
top returning letterwinner for 2009
and a two-time participant in the NCAA Division III women’s golf
473.7667 championship tournament.
243.0525 The IC women competed Friday (September 11) at the Knox
College Invitational in Galesburg and on Saturday (September 12)
at the Fighting Scots Invitational at Monmouth College.
Mens High School Golf
Quincy notre Dame 148 Jacksonville 153 Springfield Southeast 170
Quincy notre Dame's Andrew Boudreau was medalist with a two-under
Par 34 on the Par36 Links GC.
Crimsons individual scores as follows:
Grady Erickson 35 (1 under par)
Taylor Pettit 38
Taylor Kirchhofer 38
Jake Fairfield 48
Brandon Hannel 42
Brock Moore 44
17 September - 23 September 2009
The Computer Doctors
(Help for PC computers using Windows Operating Systems)
The Computer Doctors is a Jacksonville company specializing in
low-cost computer repair.
“My pictures have numbers and I can’t find what I want.
Any ideas?”
When you transfer pictures from a camera, they are
identified by number … since the camera doesn’t know the peo-
ple. Right click (right click) START and choose “Explore.” On
the left side in XP, click My Documents\My Pictures. In Vista,
click your name and click “Pictures.” On the right side, the list
of pictures will appear. If not already selected, click to the VIEW
menu at the top and choose “Thumbnails.” In Vista, click the
VIEW menu and choose “Medium Icons.” Point to a picture and
right click (right click.) Look down the menu and choose
“Rename.” Type in the new name and click in any open area on
the screen. The computer will list the pictures alpha-numerically
when you next open this folder.
Download\upload
The term “upload” refers to a process but it has nothing
to do with anything going “up.” Same with “Download.”
Nothing comes down from anywhere. The two terms refer to the
transfer of data. If you and I were doing the naming, we would
call it “send” and “receive.” When data are transferred by send-
ing, it is called “Uploading.” When data are transferred to us, it
is called “downloading.” For example, a software “download” is
simply the process of transferring software data from some other
computer to our computer. We “upload” a file by sending a copy
from our computer to another location.
“I recently was asked to provide the make and speed of my
CPU. How can I find information like that?”
At some time, you may need to provide information
about the computer components. Belarc Advisor is a dandy
resource … and it is free. This little program reads everything on
your machine and creates a report that can be printed, usually
about five pages. Go to http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html.
Download the software and click RUN. After the report is gen-
erated, print it and save it. Keep it with your computer disks. It
can be a great help.
“What’s a CPU and why does anyone need to know the
speed?”
The Central Processing Unit (CPU) is the core that exe-
cutes all the commands and performs the operations. Think of it
as the motor that runs the vehicle. The bigger the motor, the more
power that is available. The minimum processor speed to run
Windows XP is 300MHz. Any less than that and operational
problems will occur … if it works at all. Most new computers
have around 2.0 GHz.
“What is a GHz?”
As related to the Central Processing Unit a GHz is a
measurement of speed. It equals one billion cycles per second.
The CPU runs at mind-boggling speeds.
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The Power of A Father
A father’s
words spoken to his
children are very
powerful. His
encouraging words
can lift up our souls
Lisa Talton and make us feel
like we can accom-
plish anything. The compliments he gives can
build up our self esteem and make us feel like
we are worthy.
When a father tells his daughter,
"You are beautiful," it makes it easier for her
to love herself. When a father tells his son, "I
am proud of you," it makes it easier for him to
believe in himself.
But a father’s words can also be
damaging. His hurtful words can put tears in
our souls and make us feel like we are failures.
His negative words can cause us to believe we
will never be good enough. His words never
spoken can keep us guessing if we are loved or
not loved.
When a father never tells his daugh-
ter, "You are beautiful," she either believes she
is not or she goes out into the world trying to
find someone who will tell her she is. When a
father never tells his son, "I am proud of you,"
it can create a void that the son tries to fill with
the wrong things.
There is power in a father’s touch
given to his children. A warm embrace can
soothe our woes and make us feel protected.
A hand held or a kiss given can let us know we
are loved and everything is going to be okay
which is a feeling we can cherish forever.
There is beauty in a child crawling
up into his or her father’s lap and snuggling
beside him. There is joy felt when a father
gives his child a big hug or a high five to let
them know I’m here for you.
But there is also power in a father’s
touch not given to his children. When a father
never lovingly embraces his child, it can cre-
ate a feeling of loneliness and a feeling of
being loved from a distance. When a child
never feels the love of their father through a
physical touch like a hug or a hand held it can
Walkers
(continued from pg. 14)
(although I occasionally cop one of those
aforementioned extra gifts like the vacuum
tokens). We are out there doing our thing
because we passionately believe in Kiwanis
and it’s mission.
3. EVERY SINGLE CENT WE COLLECT
WILL GO BACK INTO THIS COMMUNITY
TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT BENEFIT
OUR CHILDREN! The motto for Kiwanis
International is "Serving the Children of the
World" and the Jacksonville club takes that
challenge very seriously! I gave a contribution
a few years back to an organization that ever
since that day has inundated my mailbox with
further fundraising appeals. They have spent
far more in postage and printing than they ever
received from me, and I am frankly less
inclined to support them again. One can shake
make it hard for them to show love to others.
There is power in a father’s pres-
ence among his children. His presence alone
can make us feel safe. Knowing he will never
leave us gives us a sense of security and takes
away our worry.
When a father makes time to spend
with his children, they can feel like they are
special and worthy of his time. When a father
is involved in his children’s lives they can live
a life of accountability and can carry a desire
to achieve great things.
But there is also power in the lack
of a father’s presence among his children. His
absence can make a child feel like they are not
good enough or that they are unlovable. It can
cause them to think it is their fault that their
father is not around. It can cause self hatred or
mistrust in others.
Some of us have been blessed with
wonderful relationships with our fathers, some
of us not so wonderful, and others no relation-
ship at all. But the good news is we all have
an opportunity to have an awesome relation-
ship with our heavenly father. We do not have
to earn His love or be worried He will leave
us. We can wake up every morning feeling
safe and secure because He is there. He will
never put us down or speak hurtful words to
us. He will guide us and direct us through
every area of our life. His presence and love
will be with us always because His word tells
us there is absolutely nothing that can separate
us from His love.
So if we have or have had bad rela-
tionships with our fathers, now might be a
good time for us to forgive so we can move on
with our lives and stop living out of the hurt.
Yes the hurt is real, but we have to believe we
can move past it with the help of God. We
need to realize there is no perfect earthly
father. All fathers are human which means
they are prone to make mistakes. But it can be
through the imperfections of our earthly
fathers that we can grow closer to our heaven-
ly Father. There is only one PERFECT father
- God - and He is longing to pour out His love
on His children.
my money tree only so vigorously before the
leaves are gone and the bark starts falling off.
Each citizen has not only the right but the
responsibility to decide what causes to support.
We simply cannot assist everyone who needs
help and to give a nickel to everyone is not
helping anybody. We are all fully aware that
Kiwanis is not at the top nor even cracking the
Hot 100 on everyone's list. From 8:00 to 9:00
a.m. on Saturday, September 19, I will once
again be the target du jour in front of the
library. Now that I have revealed several of the
traditional escape routes, I will be most inter-
ested in seeing what ingenious new methods of
peanut circumvention our intrepid city
motorists will dream up. If you see me while
you are out, smile and say hello. I will do the
same. And if you decide against donating to
our cause, that's cool. But at least toss me
another vacuum token.
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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
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best cure. Live Health. Avoid the problem in the first place. Acquisition of cancer is not our species’
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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
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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 aver-
aged 64 degrees, 7.3 degrees below average. Statewide precipitation averaged .61 inches, 0.01 inch below average.

From the Fields Crop Progress Percents August 2nd

Corn - Percent Dough - Illinois 9/6
Crop Type This Week 8/30 Last Week 5-Year Average 2008
No rain for the week. Temps have warmed up
which is starting to show. Some fields beginning Corn:
Dough 86 78 94 98
to mature. All corn fields are showing a great deal
Dent 44 26 58 84
of anthracnose which can accelerate the loss of
Mature 3 2 4 31
stalk quality. Had a report of some of the tornado Harvested 1/ 1/ 1/ 3
damaged corn trying to be harvested.
Soybeans:
Moisture was reported to be in the 38-40 range. To Setting Pods 98 91 99 100
the south of us there is some corn that is really dry- Turning Yellow 7 1 16 42
ing down. Harvest could start there before long. Shedding Leaves 1 1/ 2 15
Soybeans - Percent Setting Pods - Illinois 9/6

Sorghum:
Soybeans are starting to mature depending on
Headed 81 80 99 99
variety. Looking at some fields I am not seeing the
Coloring 49 23 39 77
pod set I would like. Also it appears that seed size Mature 7 3 1/ 35
could be small. I hope I am proven wrong.
Alfalfa:
With the recent drop in crop prices I hear more that 3rd Cutting 78 70 88 91

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 con-
cerned 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.
Till next week - Jon Freeman
1/ Less than 1 percent.
Corn - Percent Dented- Illinois
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Chocolate Dessert Pizza

Regrettably, the Little White
Cottage Catering Service will no longer be 1 roll chocolate chip cookie dough
providing food service to the Tattered Quilt 8 oz. softened cream cheese mixed with
tea room. I thoroughly enjoyed whatever
small part I played in the beginning of the tea
2/3 c. sugar
room. If you visited the establishment 1 small box instant chocolate pudding
because of the Cottage’s association, thank mixed with 1 ½ c. milk
you.
Troy, our youngest son, is 11 years 1 small cool whip
old and is in Mrs. Worrell’s 5th grade class at
Our Saviour grade school. This summer, to ¼ c. chocolate chips, optional
give him a little responsibility, we had him
come to work at the Cottage on Mondays, 1. Press dough onto a 15" round stone or
Wednesdays and Fridays for a couple of pizza pan leaving an edge of about 1 ¼
hours. For fun, he clocked in and out just like
inches.
a real employee and helped out with watering
flowers and other similar chores. One day 2. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 min-
Justin, his older brother, was putting away utes. Allow to cool.
food items in the storage room and asked Troy
to help him. Troy said (very seriously)" Well,
3. Spread cream cheese mixture on
I’d like to but I’ve already clocked out". cooled cookie.
This recipe comes to you this week 4. Spread pudding on next, followed
from a good friend of ours, Tammy. She gave with cool whip.
it to me years ago and it is a family favorite.
the traditional birthday cake. He calls it his 5. Sprinkle with chocolate chips.
Troy wants it for his birthday cake instead of
"birthday cookie."

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c/o Box 2A
The Source is currently taking applica- 205 E Morton Suite 6
Jacksonville, IL 62650
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2001 CHEVROLET
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$3,300 OBO. Call
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FOR SALE
QUIRO WALL UNITS,
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2:30 pm 1300 sq. foot, 3 217.245.2039
GRACE UNITED BDRM, 2 Full bath, dinning
METHODIST Church in room, living room, kitchen, full WANTED
Jacksonville, Illinois presently unfinished basement and 2 car
has opportunities for those
interested in music ministry.
garage. COLLECTOR
Positions are: Organist and
Director of Music in charge of
A TOUCH OF CREATION RENTALS PAYING CA$H
SALON is looking for 2 part-
chancel choir and/or praise
time hair stylists with some FOR RENT 1 BEDROOM For quality wrist watch-
band. Interested persons should
contact Richard Ommen,
clientele. Apply in person at Apartment. Please call es, pocket watches, gold
205 E Morton Ave #12 217.371.8275
217.245.5977; the church office
Jacksonville, IL 62650
& silver jewelry. Also look-
217.245.9521; or Pastor Mike
Fender at pastormike@jax-
BUSINESS OR Building for ing for old toys, military items
COMMISSION ONLY lease. 403 E Morton Rd. Call
grace.org
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own hours, lots of potential for or whole house full.
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rent! 880 sq ft, $585 per mo,
217.371.6232
care of:
368 sq ft $330 per mo, 840 sq
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MUSIC INSTRUMENTS
Dean Traditional Flattop
$250.00, Martin 0001XCE
$550.00 (with case), Conn
Tenor Sax $550.00, Washburn
Acoustic Electric Packs
$250.00, Pair of Congas with
stand $250.00, Squire Mini
Strat $75.00, Kramer Bass
$250.00, Hofner Mini Electric
$125.00, Martin Backpacker
$150.00.
Over 100 used flutes, clarinets,
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Friday 4-7pm, Saturday 8am-
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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.
or a regular
classified for just...
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Essay
(continued from pg. 17)
they can run 50 miles an hour for a long
time. They eat plants and leaves and live
lyptus leaves and that reduces the need for
a changing menu and recipes. It rests
in hot, wide-open spaces like Africa and
Asia. My favorite type is the Thompson’s
Gazelle because it is in the same family as
motionless 16 – 18 hours a day. I think the people who make Thompson’s Water
5
$1line
that’s what I’d like to do. The baby Sealer. Another favorite of mine is Grant’s
Koalas remain in the mother’s pouch for Gazelle because that answers the question
up to 15 s!
six months. Wait. I don’t think I want to
live in a leather basket for six months.
about who, or what, is buried in Grant’s
tomb. But come to think of it I don’t like
There must be a better way to grow up.” real hot places or tombs, so I don’t think I
So … I wadded the paper and want to…”
threw it away. As a wadded up the final piece of
I quickly wrote: Gazelle paper, the class was over and I felt sick as
“I want to be a gazelle because a dog.
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Your 15 Minutes Mindy Farmer Recognizes the Individuals that Make Our Community Wonderful.
When you walk past the ting the store together. This store prepara-
Jacksonville Walmart deli, Sue Ballinger’s tion gave Sue the opportunity to acquire
infectious grin is difficult to miss. As cus- new skills and she says that she “learned a
tomers come up to the counter to place an lot of things that I never dreamed that I
order, she greets them like old friends. It’s would ever have the knowledge to do.”
not uncommon to catch Sue asking how a Since the grand opening in March
sick spouse is feeling, sharing a chuckle of 2008, Sue has
with someone, or complimenting a baby on enjoyed the vari-
his sweet dimples. A twenty year veteran ety of working in
of food service, Sue has always enjoyed the deli, doing
interacting with customers and is a self- everything from
proclaimed “people person.” During the making sub sand-
twelve years she worked as a baker for wiches and sal-
Illinois College, “Baker Sue was the one to ads, stocking
go see” for delicious cookies and Rice meats and
Krispie treats. cheeses, to
While Sue is finding it easier to preparing fried
smile now, the last couple of years haven’t foods. She jok-
been the easiest. Following her separation ingly says her job
from her husband, Sue returned to in the deli is a bit like being a bartender
Murrayville after living in Jacksonville for because of the opportunity to interact with
twenty-five years. She needed to transition so many different people, something she
to full-time work and decided to apply at clearly takes pleasure in. Sue feels that
the new Walmart Supercenter. Initially, the Walmart “has been a good thing for me”
store was just concrete floors and bars with because of the relationships she’s built
no signs, lights, or shelves. Employees there. The comaraderie amongst employees
worked from January through March put- means a great deal to Sue, and she loves
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how fellow employees will seek her out to her immediate family. She says her mom is
say hello as she walks through the store. “a saint” and has been instrumental in help-
Sue shared how one day last win- ing her through challenging times. Sue also
ter a manager approached her and it was says her brother, Danny, “has her back.”
“like getting called into the principal’s After her initial move, Sue found herself on
office.” She felt nervous, but was pleasant- her own for the first time since the age of
ly surprised when twenty. She spent a great deal of time stay-
the manager told ing at home. Danny came over one day and
her she was doing told his sister, “You need to get out of the
a good job, but house.” Sue realized he was right and has
they’d noticed that appreciated his honesty and support.
she looked down While adjusting to such a huge
lately. They want- change at this point in her life is challeng-
ed to check in with ing, Sue has decided to not “dwell on what
her and see how I don’t have.” She’s found that “life goes
she was doing. on” and has discovered new personal
When she strengths, developed stronger bonds with
explained her situ- her family, and made new friendships
ation, manage- through this experience. Sue loves spend-
ment provided encouragement. They also ing time with her two children, Brittney
helped make her family’s Christmas special and Bryce, and their dog, Bowdog. She
by providing funds to shop for gifts. explains that she doesn’t focus on the past,
Experiences such as this are the reason Sue but is thankful for her two wonderful chil-
considers her fellow employees her dren and the good times she had over the
“extended family.” years. Sue says that, “everybody gets dealt
Returning to her hometown of bad hands, but I give it to the Lord. I live in
Murrayville has also brought Sue closer to the minute.”
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