Daily headlines

September 2004

Thursday, Sept. 30:

• Downtown parking issues rise again and again

• ISU to host presentation on supplement use
     Riggins speaking to student-athletes

• AARP joins effort for prescription drug importation

• 2005 Farm Progress Show moves to semi-permanent location near Decatur

• Invention Mysteries: What do these inventors have in common?

• 1830s surveying crew at Lincoln's New Salem this weekend

• A rose is a rose, but what about an orchid?
     Orchid specialists tell all

• Dealing with browning evergreens

• Angel volleyball vs. Knox College

Wednesday, Sept. 29:

• County entertains balloon thoughts, approves compliance with standardized disaster plan and offers harvest vehicle permits

• Homeland Security assists emergency responders with new National Incident Management System

• HUD reverses plan to reduce 'Fair Market Rents' subsidies
  Low-income seniors and families spared moves

• O'Neill announces candidacy for mayor

• Wal-Mart and the Illinois Breast & Cervical Cancer Program pair up for a special enrollment session

• 2005 Farm Progress Show location

• Book Look:

• 'The Care and Display of the American Flag'

• 'The Everything Groom Book'

• 'The Worried Child'

• 'What's Right With Islam'

• Oasis update

• So far, soooo good!
  Lady Railers improve to 18-1. Crucial matches ahead.
  By Rick Hobler

• LCHS vs. Chatham Glenwood volleyball stats

• Illinois State at Indiana State game notes

Tuesday, Sept. 28:

• City finances improving
  Street improvements not far down the road

• Poshard announces Health Facilities Board meetings

• Blagojevich gives go-ahead to expand Supportive Living Facility Program
  --Action paves way for construction of 3,000 new units
  --Supportive living facilities give seniors, disabled more freedom and offer
  less-costly option to nursing homes

• 'Estrogens and Human Health' symposium

• Weekly outlook
  Low grain prices and hogs

• Writing club meets Oct. 5

• Lynx run in Augustana meet

• LC women's weekend soccer

• First baseball hitting clinic quickly approaching

Monday, Sept. 27:

• September city briefs

• Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board to resume activities with new appointments

• Mothers of fallen soldiers honored

• Engineering geologists gather to share engineering and environmental remediation technologies

• IDNR hosts 'Duck School'

• Mutterings: Illini, Railers come up short
  By Jeff Mayfield

• Railers lose to Sacred Heart-Griffin: pictures from game

• Angel volleyball in Pennsylvania

• Lincoln College weekend volleyball

• This week in Redbird football

Saturday, Sept. 25:

• American Cab Company offering 'Service for You'

• State sets public hearings on application to HUD for $70 million in annual funds

• Letter from Gov. Blagojevich to U.S. Dept. of Education Secretary Rod Paige

• Marriages

• Court news

• District 44 'Week in Review'

• Blessing of the pets

• Prairieland Christian Church prepares for Dominican trip

• Natural resources news bits

• Angel volleyball in Pennsylvania

• LC volleyball: Lynx lose to Parkland & Lake Rend

Friday, Sept. 24:

• MII fire contained

• Illinois' outstanding older workers honored

• Chamber breakfast addresses keys to big success in small towns

• Illinois beef production costs and returns

• District 44 'Week in Review':
     Illinois schools and medical malpractice

• Lady AMVETS busy
     Six-month report includes memorial brick sales still going on

• Creepy crawlies in your house

• Illinois State-Florida Atlantic football game postponed

Thursday, Sept. 23:

• Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn to visit Lincoln for christening re-enactment

• Fairchild aircraft reunion comes to Lincoln this weekend

• Joe Haning appointed as new fire and police commissioner

• State Capitol guard laid to rest

• Invention Mysteries: You might be an inventor if...

• Book Look: 'Something to Tell the Grandcows'

• LC downs Danville in men's soccer

• LC women's soccer vs. Parkland

Wednesday, Sept. 22:

• Lincoln-Logan Enterprise Zone extension helps Sangamon County
  New information system approved

• Second worker, 27 total killed in highway construction crashes

• Illinois puts bite in highway construction zone awareness: 'Hit a worker, $10,000 fine, 14 years in jail'

• ALMH offers free community education on Women's Health & Fitness Day

• Oasis update

• Angel volleyball vs. Monmouth College

  • Angel volleyball pictures

• LC volleyball picks up win before weekend tourney

• Pettineo honored

Tuesday, Sept. 21:

• Enterprise zone extension plan wins city favor
  Adds Sangamon County and Elkhart to Lincoln-Logan County intergovernmental agreement

• New cab service seeks license to serve Lincoln

• Jewel-Osco assists Illinois parents and children in need of health care coverage
  Illinois tax booklet to help families determine eligibility

• Artifacts to be sealed in Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library safe viewed

• Terrorism risk remains guarded in East

• Illinois State Board of Education appoints interim superintendent

• Alan Keyes to speak in Lincoln

• Railsplitter: An old-fashioned barn-raising in pictures

• More pictures from Railsplitter

• Weekly outlook
  Pricing decisions

• LC volleyball vs. Lewis & Clark

• Illinois State at Florida Atlantic game notes

Monday, Sept. 20:

• Storm death toll over 40
  Southern recovery and relief efforts begin as floods threaten states as far north as Minnesota

• Shelters aid storm victims in six states

• California shaking

• Carbondale federal building renamed for Sen. Paul Simon

• 40% drop in holiday traffic deaths
  Safest Labor Day in over 20 years

• Logan County Commercial Corn Plot results
  From John Fulton

• Good Shepherd Lutheran Church news

• Mutterings: What, me worry?
  By Jeff Mayfield

• Lady Railers win round robin at East Peoria

• Lincoln College volleyball vs. Black Hawk East

• Lynx defeat Valparaiso in third straight shutout

• Redbirds' fourth-quarter comeback sinks Panthers

Saturday, Sept. 18:

• Fantastic temperatures for frolicking at fall festivals

• Railsplitter

• Atlanta

• Gov. Blagojevich revives medical malpractice reform negotiations
  Appoints respected mediator and former Chief Judge Donald O'Connell of the Cook County Circuit Court to restart discussions

• Foundation awards more than $45,000 to environmental projects and programs

• Illinois Insurance Hotline intended to aid confused consumers

• State surplus auction may hold desired treasures

• Marriages and dissolutions

• Researchers develop improved test for soybean sudden death syndrome

• Good Shepherd Lutheran Church news

Friday, Sept. 17:

• It's bigger and better than ever with handicapped accessibility emphasized
    Railsplitter opens Saturday

• County hears recommendations on technology upgrades and enterprise zone expansion proposal

• Illinoisans honored for assisting people with disabilities

• Illinois outdoor air quality progress continues

• Outdoor weekend fun starts at the Lincoln Depot at 4:45 p.m. Friday

• Environment and Nature Training Institute for Conservation Education workshops

• LCHS vs. Urbana volleyball stats

• Angel volleyball vs. Eureka

Thursday, Sept. 16:

• Local mutual aid to go to hurricane-struck South
  Devastating hurricanes thwart Southern recovery efforts

• Annual Lincoln re-christening scheduled for Friday
  Abraham Lincoln joined by special guest Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn

• Illinois honors America's POWs, MIAs

• Illinoisans aiding hurricane victims

• Invention Mysteries: More wartime inventions that benefit mankind

• Family concert

• Lincoln College volleyball vs. Parkland

• LC men's soccer vs. Lewis & Clark

• Jans joins Redbird basketball staff

Wednesday, Sept. 15:

• Council hears enterprise zone request and is challenged on business practices

• New leadership and reform raises board of education accountability

• Letter: Mount Pulaski 'no loitering' ordinance to be enforced with discretion

• Book Look: '100 Best Books for Children'

• Oasis update

• Creature unleashed at White Oaks Mall

• College volleyball: LC vs. Lincoln Christian JV

• LC women's soccer vs. Lewis & Clark

Tuesday, Sept. 14:

• New product aids war on drugs

• Gov. Blagojevich calls for voluntary shutdowns of hospital incinerators

• What is methamphetamine?

• What are the medical complications of methamphetamine abuse?

• Illinois joins nation in alcohol and drug treatment focus during Recovery Month

• Weekly outlook
  Corn and soybean prices

• Mutterings: Endless summer in Illinois and beyond
  By Jeff Mayfield

• Lynx run in Peoria

• Lincoln College weekend golf

• Lincoln College soccer vs. Kennedy King

• Illinois State vs. Eastern Illinois game notes

Monday, Sept. 13:

• City briefs
• 60,000 state employees in final phase of ethics training
• Illinois, New Hampshire and Wisconsin governors push for drug importation vote

• And now for your pest of the week
  By John Fulton

• Add interest to your container gardens this fall

• Where in Logan County is this?
• Letter: Thanks to Lincoln Junior Woman's Club and CVS Pharmacy

• LCHS wins volleyball tournament in Missouri

• Football pictures: Railers vs. Jacksonville

• Lincoln College women's soccer at Valparaiso

• Redbirds hang tough in loss to Minnesota

• This week in Redbird football

Saturday, Sept. 11:

• Rolling tribute

• Pictures

• Gov. Blagojevich issues proclamation designating September 11 as Patriot Day in Illinois

• Gov. Blagojevich proclaims 'Homeland Security Begins at Home Month'

• Illinois one of five finalists for national homeland security award
  Comprehensive plan includes three Weapons of Mass Destruction Teams

• 11 Days of Global Unity, Sept. 11-21

• It's not too late...

• 44th District update

• Marriages and dissolutions

• Court news

• 2005 ESPN Bracket Buster Saturday news, team capsules and fact sheet

Friday, Sept. 10:

• Lincoln College Museum observes 9/11 anniversary
• Hurricane relief efforts spearheaded locally
    Red Cross and Union Planters Bank partner in raising funds
• Retire tired tires on tire collection day

• Sept. 11 prayer breakfast

• Family Safety Day and blood drive Saturday

• Cowboy extraordinaire

• Havana Oktoberfest: Riverfront music, food, fun

• 'One' is the loneliest number
    By Rick Hobler

• Lincoln College volleyball at Galesburg

• Illinois No. 5 in Slam magazine NCAA preview

Thursday, Sept. 9:

• Course prepares police trainees to combat work-life stress
• Illinois offering seniors more options to live in their communities
• Railer spirit stays downtown
  (Posted late Wednesday)
• Logan County September filled with fall festivals
    LDC history and 'Where is this?' contests
• Apple-picking season arrives
• Osteoporosis screening offered
• Invention Mysteries: Is war the stepmother of invention?

• College volleyball:

• Lincoln Christian vs. Blackburn

• Lincoln College vs. Springfield College

Wednesday, Sept. 8:

• Commercial subdivision wins final approval from city
  Car dealership ready to build
• Railer spirit stays downtown
• Weekly outlook
  U.S. soybean crop
• What apples should you buy? Looking for a fresh pumpkin recipe? Get a jump on fall
• Weekend photography workshop set in historic Pike County
• Atlanta town meeting with Rep. Mitchell on Thursday
• Oasis update
• Book Look: 'The People of Sparks'
• Railer ladies return the favor
  LCHS wins first of this week's two major challenges
  By Rick Hobler

Tuesday, Sept. 7:

• Commercial trucking fees drop 40% in 2005 and 60% by 2006
  $10.6M Zeller price tag approved on sale to Illinois Central College
• $30 million Opportunity Returns-funded expansion breaks ground at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
• Harvest workers urged caution to yield fewer electrical accidents
• Letter: Celebrating Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month

• Mount Pulaski to discuss loitering issue

• Pie in the face raises school funds

• Lincoln College scholarship news

• Irving awarded JM Abbott & Associates Scholarship

• Montgomery awarded Beltchenko Dance Scholarship

• Schneider awarded Kiwanis Scholarship

• Conrady awarded Logan County Farm Bureau Scholarship

• Mayfield's Mutterings:
  Railers, Cards, Illini, Redbirds and the Rail cap a LABORious weekend
  By Jeff Mayfield

• Illinois State vs. Minnesota game notes

• Saturday sports reports from Lincoln College
  Lynx win cross country meet, defeat Millikin JV in volleyball, drop women's soccer game

• Angels in Aspen tourney in Alaska

Friday, Sept. 3:

• Not your typical long, hot summer

• State health care coverage expanded

• Marriages and dissolutions

• Court news

• Letters:

• Greetings from afar
    Local resident writes from Afghanistan

• City stipulations for Art of Wine tent

• Kids back to school in style, thanks to backpack project

• Church-state topic of three guest lectures at LCCS

• Long-term care seminars offered locally via TeleNet

• Weapons of mass destruction
    Lady Railers improve to 2-0, face serious challenge next
      By Rick L. Hobler

• Lincoln vs. Morton volleyball stats

• LC golfers at Port Byron invitational

• LC women's soccer vs. Springfield College

• LC volleyball vs. Illinois Valley

Thursday, Sept. 2:

• Plan that helps Formosa plant rebuild may also bring energy plant

• State offers early applications for winter energy assistance

• Republican National Convention, Day 3

• Invention Mysteries: Without Jerry's invention, movies just wouldn't be the same

• MADD chapter meeting

• 'Hometown Housecall' series begins on WSEC-TV Springfield

• Parents offered advanced savings plans during College Savings Month

Wednesday, Sept. 1:

• If it's not all it's cracked up to be, it won't get fixed this year

• Southwest region receives half-million-dollar economic boost from state

• Highway construction suspended for holiday weekend

• Republican National Convention, Day 2

• Lincoln College scholarship awards announced

• Tungate awarded Xamis Ford-Lincoln-Mercury Scholarship

• Davis awarded Gallagher Memorial Scholarship

• Hartem graduates awarded Behrends Scholarship

• Book Look: 'Occasions,' '7 Tools to Beat Addiction,' 'Career Comeback,' 'Shadow Divers'

• Oasis update

• Lady Railers volleyball team survives first-night jitters
  By Rick L. Hobler

• Lincoln College volleyball vs. Lincoln Land

Tuesday, Aug. 31:

• Illinois participates in aggressive national effort to reduce drinking and driving
    IDOT and law enforcement teaming up on "You Drink & Drive. You Lose."

• Introduction to Republican National Convention

• Republican National Convention, Day 1

• Republican National Convention agenda

• Weekly outlook
    Hog expansion
• Zion Lutheran School Fun Fest set for Saturday
• Free prostate screening
• Law protects consumers from gift certificate fraud
    Gift certificates must clearly indicate any expiration dates or fees

• LC women's soccer vs. ICC

• LC golfers open season at Rend Lake tourney

• Lincoln Christian College volleyball preview

• Illinois State vs. Saint Xavier game notes

Monday, Aug. 30:

• Residents advised to practice practical protection against mosquitoes

• Rain fails to wash fun out of art and balloon fest weekend

• Lincoln city treasurer's annual report

• Law ensures communities offer sufficient amount of affordable housing
  Forty-nine communities found not meeting set standards

• Mayfield's Mutterings: St. Louis road warriors continue march

• LC men's soccer team wins opener

• LC brings home two volleyball wins

• Lincoln College women's golf preview

Saturday, Aug. 28:
(Yes, it's Saturday's posting)

• Rain or shine, art and balloon fest under way

• Participation in drug programs reduces drug-related crime recidivism

• New Illinois law aims to reduce mercury releases to the environment
  Prohibits schools from purchasing mercury-containing products, bans sales of mercury switches and relays

• Common sources and symptoms of mercury exposure
• Letter: Kids get first flights at Logan County Airport

• Marriages and dissolutions

• Court news

• Men's basketball supports charity event

Friday, Aug. 27:

• City briefs: Roads, roads, traffic signals & signs

• Military members who own businesses now protected from unemployment insurance rate hikes if called up

• Flood watch in effect

• Weekend may be damp, but art and balloon fest still offers lots of activities
• New Illinois law guards consumers from deceptive credit counseling

• Illinois takes initiative on women's health issue
  Cervical cancer task force education and early detection will save lives

• Illinois seniors urged to reapply for drug coverage

• Lincoln College men's golf preview

• Lincoln College women's soccer preview

Thursday, Aug. 26:

• Railers tie first game in city council chambers
• Restraining orders' language clearer and more effective
  Language of domestic violence protection orders must now mention their nationwide applicability and possibility of federal charges
• Farmland values up
• Invention Mysteries: Who were Fahrenheit, Celsius, Doppler and Richter?
• Sept. 7 meeting notice: Lincoln Writers Club
• Research sheds new light on Pierre Menard

• Lincoln College baseball signs Williams from LCHS

• Illinois State-Indiana State gridiron start changed

Wednesday, Aug. 25:

• Second Art of Wine set for Lincoln Art and Balloon Fest

• State reacts to 674 percent seized methamphetamine increase
  Common cold medications and other ingredients go under restriction

• Gov. Blagojevich uses amendatory veto power to clear path for more federal Medicaid dollars

• Illinois history conference on for Oct. 28-29

• Garden color without flowers

• Hunting and trapping help control wildlife

• Book Look: 'Mayfly'

• Oasis update

• Lincoln College men's soccer preview

Tuesday, Aug. 24:

• Two tours of historic homes and buildings set for this weekend

• Illinois Symphony to perform in Lincoln

• Smile, you could be on camera
    State takes new measures to increase safety in highway construction zones

• Weekly outlook
    Crop size

• Mobile health unit provides school physicals

• Natural resources news bits

• Lincoln College volleyball preview

Monday, Aug. 23:

• County expanding horizons with new county coordinator position
• State improves disaster response with additional government workers
• Awards for outstanding wildlife landowners and tree farmers presented at state fair

• Local youth attend FFA Leadership Camp

• New slow moving vehicle emblems required
  From John Fulton

• Lemonade sweetened by charity

• DNR offers abundance of nature teaching tools
• West Lincoln-Broadwell menu
• Mayfield's Mutterings: Cook expects playing time to increase