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sThat’s one-way to do it Beginning March 1, Randle Street will have awest-to-east one-way designation betweenAlton and Monroe streets.Tackling tough questions So, why is this called The Yellow Box? Uh, be-cause it’s yellow. What goes in the yellow box? Stuff like this.

Lions draw blood The recent Lebanon Lions Club blood drivenetted 21 units besting its goal of 18. All donorsreceived a coupon for a free Dairy Queen icecream cone. The event was held at the St. PaulUnited Church of Christ. The next blood drive for the Lions is April 22.No trivial matter Lebanon Kids Inc. is hosting a trivia night at7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at St. Joseph’s Churchin Lebanon.Way to go, girls Congratulations to the junior high Lady Grey-hounds for their regional tournament win Jan.18. Flip the paper over for pictures.Please check your address With the changeover to an electronic format,all of the Advertiser’s mailing list was typed intoa computer this week. As one might imagine,mistakes are bound to happen with a project ofthis magnitude. If you’re a subscriber, pleasecheck to make sure your name and address arecorrect. If they’re not, please send an email withany corrections to publisher@lebanonadver-tiser.com or mail a note to P.O. Box 126 inLebanon. Paper price increases Beginning next week, the single-copy price ofthe Lebanon Advertiser will be going up to 75cents per issue. In-county subscription priceswill go to $35/year. However, for the next twoweeks, readers may subscribe or renew theirsubscriptions for one year at the old rate of $23in-county and $25 out-of-county. The new out-of-county rate will be $40. Subscriptions may be mailed to the LebanonAdvertiser, P.O. Box 126, Lebanon, IL 62254-4498. They also may be dropped off at the oldAdvertiser office at 309 W. St. Louis Street inLebanon. Publisher David Porter said, “Since the sale ofthe newspaper, many changes already have beenmade and some of these changes are costly.Hopefully, readers will see the value in thesechanges and will opt to subscribe. All previoussubscriptions will be honored.” The advertising display rate has not changed,but the paper is now a six-column format in-stead of the previous five columns, so the col-umn width is slightly smaller.

Making a 30-year-old tax grabs

PRESSMAN CHARLIE BALTIMORE (L) reviews the negative used in production of last week’s Advertiser with Harrisonand Harriet Church. It was the last edition for the Churches, whose family has owned the newspaper for three quartersof a century. Photo by David Porter.

Church family ownedAdvertiser for 75 years

Groupseekshelp The Lebanon Bicentennial Or-ganization is looking for volunteersto help plan a party that has been200 years in the making. The “City of the Cedars” knownas Lebanon was founded in 1814although it was not incorporateduntil 1857. Records show that propertynow part of Lebanon had beenclaimed as early as 1804, and thearea’s American Indian roots dateback hundreds more years. But1814 is recorded as the first in-stance of a house being built here.And that’s reason enough to cele-brate. The bicentennial event is sched-uled for Saturday, Aug. 30, down-town. Confirmed activities includeentertainment from the Scott AirForce Base Concert Band, a paradeand food vendors. A number ofsurprises are in the discussionphase. Miranda Wright-Kauffman,chairperson for the event, saidmore people are needed on thecommittee to ensure a successfulevent. The group meets at 7 p.m.on the third Tuesday of eachmonth in the basement of the Visi-tor’s Center.

Bicentennial —

Under New Ownership

By David PorterNo tears were shed as Harrison andHarriet Church dropped off their finaledition of the Lebanon Advertiser tothe printer in Centralia. To the con-trary, Harriet, famed locally for hercakes and pies, was all smiles as shepassed out cupcakes and other good-ies to the printing staff. “I’ve lived a wholly charmed life,”Harrison told a well-wisher last week.“It’s time [to retire].”While the pressmen went to work,

the Churches motored down the streetto a local café per their routine. Harri-son ordered the beef Manhattan asusual and followed it up with a slice ofCoca-Cola cake. Harriet’s penchant fortrying different entrées stood in con-trast to Harrison’s don’t-need-a-menustance.It was at lunch when the couple lettheir emotions show, but not overtheir decision to sell the newspaperand retire. What choked them up wasremembering some of the people

they’ve met through the newspaperand the times they shared with them –people like Cedric Dickens, the greatgrandson of Charles Dickens, andLynne Jackson, a descendant of DredScott.There are a great many memoriesas the Church family had owned thenewspaper for 75 years. Harriet wasassociated with the Advertiser for the25 years that the couple has been mar-ried. Harrison has owned the newspa-See CHURCH on page 6

By David PorterThe Lebanon Public Librarysays the city owes it some$27,000 — an amount that pre-sumably has been growing annu-ally for more than 30 years.That was the message Mondaynight from John Long, city attor-ney. He explained to the CityCouncil that the amount stemsfrom the library’s loss of per-sonal property taxes in the late1970s and the city’s failure toshare personal property replace-

ment taxes. He said he could notvouch for the amount or the 22percent of PPRT the library saysit should receive moving for-ward.The revenue claim by the li-brary is the latest in a growingriff between the two taxing bod-ies that came to a head in recentweeks when City Hall reportedlyrefused library patrons access toits restrooms. The Council discussed thesymbiotic relationship it has

with the library, which is housednext door in the same building.The city includes the library’slevy on its tax bill and has beenpaying for workers’ compensa-tion insurance for library em-ployees, for which the libraryreportedly reimburses the city.Alderwoman Cheri Wrightsaid the library hires and fires itsown employees and sets theirhours and fringe benefits with nooversight from the city. The li-brary will soon begin paying its

own workers’ compensation in-surance, she said.Long said there is a court casewhere a city was deemed to be aco-employer for purposes of col-lective bargaining. He said he’sconcerned whether a city couldbe determined to share liabilitywith the library.Kelly Wilhelm, library director,said last week in an email to theAdvertiser that the library “is acity library with the mayor andSee TAX GRAB on page 8

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Colin M. Lampkin, a member ofTroop 28, Lebanon, has recentlyachieved the Boy Scouts of Amer-ica’s rank of Eagle Scout. On Dec.29, 2013, Lampkin was honoredwith an Eagle Scout Court of Honorat St. Joseph’s Church in Lebanon.For his Eagle project, Lampkinwanted to do something for hischurch. So, he built a fire pit, path-way and three picnic tables for St.Joseph’s Catholic Church.Lampkin began his Scouting ca-reer in the first grade as a TigerCub with Pack 28 and earned hisArrow of Light. He was an activemember of Troop 28. He earned 29merit badges and served his troopin many leadership roles and is a member of the Order of the Arrow.Lampkin is the son of Michaeland Terri Lampkin. He is a seniorat Lebanon High School and plansto attend Southwestern Illinois Col-lege this fall.

McKendree University an-nounces the Dean's List for thefall 2013 semester. To be eligible,a student must earn a grade pointaverage of 3.60 or higher for theterm.Beverly Case, a first-year Psy-chology major from Lebanon.Mason Christ, a first-year SportManagement major fromLebanon.JoAnna Espique, a senior Psy-chology major from Lebanon.Melissa Miller, a first-year un-declared major from Lebanon.Mitchell Walker, a senior Com-puter Science major fromLebanon.Jenna Wood, a senior Psychol-ogy major from Lebanon.McKendree University is a Col-lege of Distinction, among "Amer-ica's 100 Best College Buys," andrecognized as a "Military Friendly

School" by Victory Media for2014. Founded in 1828, the his-toric Lebanon, Ill., campus is 25miles from downtown St. Louis.McKendree also has campuses inLouisville and Radcliff, Ky., and of-fers programs at Scott Air ForceBase and other sites throughoutIllinois and Kentucky. www.mck-endree.eduHelfrich earns awardand scholarshipRyan Helfrich, son of HeatherHelfrich of Lebanon and Eric Hel-frich of Smithton, has received theD.J. Angus Scientech EducationFoundation Award in recognitionof excellence in civil engineeringfrom his college, Rose-Hulman In-stitute of Technology.This award is given to the stu-dent who has shown the most im-provements in their grades fromtheir freshman to sophomoreyear in college. The award also has a scholar-ship included in it to help witheducational costs.

Services Feb. 1 forCarolyn PhillipsCarolyn Phillips, 63, of Floris-sant, Missouri, born June 11, 1950,in St. Louis, Missouri, passed away,Saturday, January 18, 2014.Ms. Phillips was a member ofthe DAR, Daughters of the Ameri-can Revolution. She was also ananimal lover, especially, dogs andcats. She will truly be missed by allwho knew her.She was preceded in death byher parents, Earl S. and Lynette,nee Tooley, Phillips.Surviving are her aunt, VirginiaBarthel; and many cousins, otherrelatives, and friends.Memorials are appreciated tothe Trinity U.C.C –Organ Fund,

Belleville, Illinois or the AmericanHeart Association. Condolencesmay also be expressed online atwww.lakeviewfuneralhm.com.Visitation: Friends may callfrom 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday,February 1, 2014, at Lake View Fu-neral Home, Fairview Heights, Illi-nois.Funeral: a memorial service willbe held at 1 p.m., Saturday, Febru-ary 1, 2014, at the funeral home.Interment will be held privately inCollege Hill Cemetery, Lebanon,Illinois.Merhlene Schmittdies in BellevilleMerhlene L. Schmitt (neeMyers), 81, died Wednesday, Janu-

ary 22, 2014, atSt. ElizabethH o s p i t a l ,Belleville, IL.M e r h l e n ewas bornMarch 5, 1932,to Eugene andKatherine (neeH a r p s t r i t e )Myers, in Lebanon, IL. On January7, 1953, she married Robert J.Schmitt at St. Joseph CatholicChurch, Lebanon, IL.She was a member of St. JosephCatholic Church and former mem-ber of the Ladies Sodality at thechurch. She was also a member ofthe Firemen’s Auxiliary and AARP.She worked at the Five & DimeBen Franklin in Lebanon, IL, andLangenberg Hat Factory, Lebanon,IL, when she was young.She is survived by her husband,Robert “Bob” Schmitt, Lebanon, IL;2 sons, Joseph “Joe” (Pepper)Schmitt, Lebanon, IL, and Robert E.(Cheri) Schmitt, Lebanon, IL; 1son-in-law, Keith Suydam,Lebanon, IL; 10 grandchildren,

Nathan, Tyson, Haley, Joe Jr, Taylor,Mallory, Amy, Brandi, Kyle, andRyan (Kelly); 2 sisters, Doris Haas,Trenton, IL, and Sharon Warnecke,Germantown, IL; many nieces andnephews.She was preceded in death byher parents, Eugene and KatherineMyers; 1 daughter, Lisa Suydam; 1grandchild, Jason Joseph Schmitt.Memorials may be made to theFamily.Visitation: Sunday, January 26,2014, from 4:00 to 8:00 pm, andMonday, January 27, 2014, from8:00 to 9:30 am, at Meyer FuneralHome, Lebanon, IL.Firemen and Ladies Auxiliarywalk-through will be at 6:30 pm.Mass of Christian Burial: Mon-day, January 27, 2014, at 10:00 am,at St. Joseph Catholic Church,Lebanon, IL.Clergy: Reverend Fr. Gene Neffand Reverend Dr. Don Wagner as-sisting.Interment: St. Joseph Cemetery,Lebanon, IL.Meyer Funeral Home, Lebanon,IL.

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Published each Wednesday at Lebanon, Illinois.P.O. Box 126, Lebanon, IL 62254-0126David Porter, Publisher & EditorHarrison Church, Editor Emeritus

LEBANON ADVERTISER (USPS 008000) is published weekly inLebanon, Ill. ©Copyright 2014. All rights reserved.Volume 103, number 29. Date of issue: January 29, 2014.POSTMASTER: Please send address change to LEBANON ADVERTISER, P. O. Box 126, Lebanon, IL 62254. Periodical postage paid at Lebanon, Illinois.

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Messiah Lutheran Church (LC-MS)801 N. Madison St., Lebanon

Pentacostal Power Church208 N. Madison St., Lebanon

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Auditions for the heartrending literary classic, “The Diary of Anne Frank,” willbe at the theater on Saturday, February 1, 2014. There are roles for 2 women (13-18),1 man (16-18), 4 men (35-60), 3 women (35-50) and several walkons.

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The LGP is proud to do the same this January with the opening of “Forbidden Broadway:Greatest Hits,” a compilation of their silliest and most beloved show tune parodies. Di-rected by Glenn Saltamachia, the show features Mike Russell, Dennis Molitor, Rob Lip-pert, Kenneth Howes, Rachelle Eckerman, Melanie Kozak, Kathleen Dwyer, DarleneCaviness, Brooke Schlatweiler, Liz Murphy, Emma Breckel, Anna Campbell, Mitch Ellis-Yapp, Jeffrey Yapp-Ellis, and Bre Ecker.

Liz Murphy serves as vocal director. Laura Mitchell is music director with choreographyby Jeffrey Yapp-Ellis and Bre Ecker as dance captain. Rob Lippert has designed the setand Donna Saltamachia supervises costumes. Production dates are: January 30,31, & February 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, & 9, 2014 . All shows are at 7:30 except our Sun-day matinees which are at 2:00. Reservations are encouraged and may be madethrough our new online ticketing service, although patrons without Internet access maystill place orders by telephone. Group sales and requests for ticket exchanges or special needs should be directed to our box office at537-4962.

There are discounts for students, senior citizens, and groups at selected performances. Please also remember that there will be no re-turn calls made for ticket sales made through our telephone lines, except for groups, season ticket exchanges or in the event that ashow is sold out. Sales made through our online ticketing service allow patrons to select their own seats on the evening that is best forthem. Internet patrons will also receive online confirmation of their seats. Please see our website for further details: www.lookingglass-playhouse.com.

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TrIsTAN MOrrIssEY (L) and robert Zimmerman blow through straws to advance their ships in the Cub scouts’ raingutter regatta heldlast week at the Methodist Church.

MIKE BENNETT, prEsIdENT of the Lebanon Lions Club, presents a check to Cub scout Troop 28.

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On last week’s Martin LutherKing, Jr. birthday holiday, LebanonKids, Inc. sponsored its annual“day of service” activity. It is partof a “National Day of Service” con-ducted by AmeriCorps. LebanonKids is an AmeriCorps Partner.The program emphasizes projectsthat serve the public good, and/orreach out to disadvantaged peo-ple. The value derived is mostlyfor those doing the project as theygive of their time and resources toserve and care for others. Theprojects are supposed to cele-brate Dr. King’s legacy – to repre-sent his mission and his message.The assumption seems to be thatDr. King was about doing nicethings for others, spreading loveand peace. That evening, a crowd gatheredat Greater Mount Olive MissionaryBaptist Church in Lebanon for aMartin Luther King memorial serv-ice. The service was sponsored bythe Lebanon Ministerial Coalition.About a third of those presentwere white. They clustered to-gether near the front and rear onthe left side of the sanctuary. Theyrepresented Lebanon’s white con-gregations. “What is this, the whitesection?” I asked. They looked un-comfortable. Margaret and I sat inthe center section. Tim Harrison, Chaplain at McK-endree University was thepreacher. He said Dr. King wasmore than a dreamer. He was awall breacher. He broke down thewalls that separate people – thewalls of segregation, of Jim Crow, ofhate, of the fear that creates “us”

and “them.” He called on us to dothe same – to carry on Dr. King’smission. Later in the week, McKendreeUniversity conducted its annualMartin Luther King HumanitarianService Awards ceremony. Threeawards were made, two to McK-endree students, the other to PattyTaylor for her work with LebanonKids and McKendree students ingardening. The preacher for the event wasBishop Keaton of the UnitedMethodist Church. He, like TimHarrison, said Dr. King was morethan a giver of fine speeches, morethan a dreamer, more than a greatcivil rights leader. He was also a fa-ther. The bishop told the congrega-tion about King’s relationship withhis four children, of his deep lovefor them, and his playful times withthem. He also delineated the effectof King’s fame and, in the eyes ofsome, his notoriety, on his children.Their lives were greatly compli-cated and in some respects trau-matized by their father’s fame, andof course by his assassination. Butall of them in adulthood becamepeace and justice advocates.Bishop Keaton wondered what ourlegacy will be.

As the week ended, I cameacross an essay on the Internet byHamden Rice Follow, an AfricanAmerican writer. His title is Most ofyou have no idea what MartinLuther King actually did. Followsays, “(Dr. King’s) main impact washis effect on the lives of AfricanAmericans, not on Americans ingeneral. His main impact was notto make white people nicer orfairer. Follow tells of an argumenthe had with his dad. He had justcome home from his first year atcollege, full of militant ideas. Hechided his dad with, “What did Dr.King do besides give prettyspeeches?” His dad got really angryand said, “Dr. King ended the terrorof living in the south.” As this sunk in, Follow saw thereality of the black experienceunder Jim Crow. Dr. King ended theterror of living as a black person,especially in the south. It was thisconstant low-level dread of sud-den, random violence that kept thesystem running. It is what keptblack people chained to humiliat-ing accommodations in order tokeep white people from goingberserk. It wasn’t about lunch countersor the back of the bus. It was about

no longer being cowed by beatings,lynchings, arson, trumped up ar-rests and imprisonments – any-thing the white terrorists couldthink of to do. It was, for youngpeople participating in theseprotests, about confronting theirfear, about defiance, about takingthe beatings and the hosings andthe jailings and surviving to tri-umph over their persecutors. Dr. King taught protesters this:“Whatever you are most afraid ofdoing vis-à-vis white people, go doit. If we all do it together, we’ll beokay.” He taught them how to takea beating, how to go to jail. Thewhite jailers knew they were de-feated when they had done theirworst to these young black peopleonly to hear them singing freedomsongs from their cells. Yes, Dr. King did have othergoals that transcended race, likeending poverty, reducing the war-like aspects of our foreign policy,promoting universal employment,and more. But, Follow asserts, “Hismain accomplishment was ending200 years of racial terrorism.” Oursociety has sanitized Martin LutherKing, Jr. We have made him the “Ihave a Dream speech man.” Wehave made him palatable so the ag-itation from African Americanleaders to immortalize him couldbe granted. Dr. King becomes whateach of us wants him to be. ButHamden Rice Follow has gotten tothe core of Dr. King’s impact onAmerica. He says, “Once the beat-ing was over, we were free.” That’sthe Dr. King all of us need to em-brace.

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McKendree University cele-brated the spirit and legacy of theRev. Dr. Martin Luther King andgave its annual HumanitarianAwards to two students and a localresident on Jan. 23 in BothwellChapel.The annual awards are given tomembers or friends of the univer-sity community who demonstrateincreased understanding and tol-erance for all people; embrace hu-manitarian principles and ideals;and lead or participate in pro-grams or service that reflect theseideals.This year the winners are ArielCollins, a senior sociology-socialwork major and speech communi-cation minor from East St. Louis;Jennifer Stroot, a senior elemen-tary education major from O’Fal-lon; and Patty Taylor, a Lebanonarea resident and volunteer.

Collins, who has been a residentassistant, homecoming court can-didate and chair for an honor soci-ety, was recognized for her workwith many behind the scenes. Onewho nominated her noted, “Her en-thusiasm and care for others hasmade a difference. When a studentis having a bad day, she knowswhat to say to encourage them. Shehas made it her mission to learnabout diversity and to treat others

fairly no matter what makes them‘different.’ She is always there tolend a hand and assist.”Stroot has been a CommunityService Scholar for the last threeyears. One professor noted that sheis “an excellent role model in termsof embracing differences and striv-ing to always put others first.” Shehas held numerous leadershiproles in the service community, in-cluding coordinator of the Bridgethe Divide and Hunger and Home-lessness programs. She has beenactive in the Girl Scouts, McK-endree Interfaith Club, SpanishClub and Students with DisabilitiesClub.Taylor gives much of her time,energy and expertise to improvethe Lebanon community and theuniversity. She works tirelessly onGarden Club projects, running sev-eral gardens, plant sales and gar-

den tours. Over the last four years,she has volunteered hundreds ofhours to support a “garden totable” program for Lebanon Kidsand for McKendree University. Shehelped to develop the university’sgardens, teaching students how totend them and how to harvest andcook the vegetables they grow. Shealso shares her enthusiasm for gar-dening and healthy eating withCedar Ridge Nursing Home. Shehas been active in the Lions Club,collecting eyeglasses and hearingaids, and getting medical assis-tance for those in need; andworked with the diabetes aware-ness program to offer free screen-ings for local residents.Keynote preacher for the MLKprogram was Bishop Jonathan D.Keaton, episcopal leader of the Illi-nois Area of the United MethodistChurch since 2012.

PATTy TAyLOR (with plaque) receives a Humanitarian Awardfrom McKendree University. She was nominated by Dr. Duane Olson(L) and Dr. Brenda Boudreau (third from left). Also pictured is BrentReeves, who served as emcee.

ARIEL COLLINS (center) was a student recipient of a Humanitar-ian Award from McKendree University. She was nominated by Jes-sica Bell (L). At right is emcee Brent Reeves.

LEBANON MAyOR Rich Wilken speaks during a Martin LutherKing Jr. event Jan. 20 at Greater Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church.A collection taken at the event provided more than $350 forLebanon’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

JENNIFER STROOT (center) receives a Humanitarian Award fromMcKendree University. She was nominated by Kelsey Rittenhouse(L). At right is Brent Reeves, emcee.

McKendree honors three during MLK event

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Rants &Raves

Your Lebanon Advertiser looks a little different today. I hope you likethe changes and more changes that undoubtedly will follow in the weeksto come. It is with humility that I take the reins of the newspaper that has beenheld by the Church family for three quarters of a century. I regard the com-munity newspaper as a public trust, as I know Mr. Harrison Church didas well. I appreciate the trust he has placed in me, and I hope to make himproud of his decision.Elsewhere in this edition, you’ll find another article with more infor-mation about me. I want to use this space to talk about, well, this spaceas well as this page.This is the space where you can expect to find a local editorial eachweek. It typically will be penned by me and contain comments on justabout anything happening in or around Lebanon. I don’t expect everyoneto always agree with my comments; I don’t reside in an ivory tower hand-ing down edicts. I don’t have that kind of authority.But, I do want to create dialogue. To that end, I welcome your commentsby way of letters to the editor and guest columns. If there are no local issues that I think need to be addressed, this spacemay be used to opine about state or federal issues. Like the rest of thenewspaper, it’s somewhat a work in progress.I write another column that will appear on this page called “Ramblin’Man.” It’s more personal in nature. I’ve written the column for about 20years now, and it appears in half a dozen or so newspapers around thebottom two thirds of the state. It’s sometimes silly, sometimes poignant;you just never know what will appear there.Other editorial columns that have appeared previously in the Advertiseralso will appear on this page. What else would you like to see here? We’restarting with a clean slate, so I want the newspaper to be something thatyou enjoy and feel like you can’t do without. You can reach me at pub-lisher@lebanonadvertiser.com or call me or text me at 618-713-4230. — David Porter

So, who is this guy who boughtthe Lebanon Advertiser? Where’she from? What kind of person ishe? It feels a little weird to write astory about myself. I’m accustomedto writing about other people. Butas I want to get to know the goodpeople of Lebanon, I think it’s onlyfair that readers know a little bitabout me. Well, I’m tall, very handsomeand quite handy with the ladies.And I’m a liar. That’s a joke. If you read thisspace each week, you’ll get to knowme better, but I do tend to embel-lish my personal life. If I get towrite my own history, why notwrite the history that I want? I sayI embellish only to warn you thatthis column, which frequently in-cludes personal vignettes from mylife, presents only a caricature ofwho I am. I’ve written this columnfor other newspapers for nearly 20years now, so I have to shine thingsup a bit; my life isn’t interestingenough to hold a reader’s attentionfor two decades. This space is something of anescape from the rest of the news-paper where truth and integrityare paramount. Journalists take iton the chin for not telling the

whole story all the time, but doesanybody ever know the wholestory? As facts emerge, the news-paper shares them along with com-ments from a variety of sources,information from source docu-ments and interpretations of ourown observations. So, I will bringyou the news to the best of my abil-ity; and I will, above all, strive to befair. Fairness, I realize, is subjective. Anyway, I digress. We were talk-ing about me, which happens to beone of my favorite topics. Youwanted to know more about me. Ifyou didn’t, I’d think you’d havemoved on to another headline bynow. So, what do you want to know?I’m not from Lebanon and, until afew months ago, I didn’t know any-one here. I hope you won’t holdthat against me. I will add, though,that I have been thinking aboutmoving here for several years. Iwould drive through this idyllictown on the way to my parents’home in Sparta, and I’ve alwaysthought that this seemed like apretty cool place to settle down. Ihope we get along, ’cause I ain’tleaving. I’m not from Sparta, either. Igrew up in Tuscola, about twohours northeast of here. My father

was a coal miner, which is how heended up in Sparta. I currently live in Springfield,but I intend to move to Lebanonsoon. I think if a guy is going to runa community newspaper, he needsto live in the community. I’m a newspaper guy although Iwasn’t born into it. By fourth grade,I pretty much knew that a writingcareer was in my future. My highschool didn’t have a journalismprogram, so a buddy and I startedone. I continued my training, for awhile, at Southern Illinois Univer-sity at Carbondale. At 19, I went to work for TheTuscola Review under the wing ofan old-school publisher who wasnot unlike Harrison Church, formerpublisher of the Lebanon Adver-tiser. At 25, I was recruited by theIllinois Press Association in Spring-field to edit trade publicationsthere. I returned to Tuscola to startup a regional newspaper for myprevious employer. Then I joinedmy dad in Sparta to convert aschool building into an antique andcraft mall and other businesses.From there, I joined the daily Mt.Vernon Sentinel as its managingeditor. In 2006, the Press Associa-tion brought me back to Spring-field as director of

communications and marketing. In the meantime, I married,adopted my bride’s son and fa-thered a daughter. Both of my chil-dren are now married and I’m not.So, with nothing holding me back,I decided it was time to follow mylong-time dream of publishing myown newspaper. I started eyeing Lebanon aboutthree years ago not knowingwhether the newspaper was evenfor sale. Over the years, the subjectcame up casually with some of myfriends in the industry, some ofwhom shared an interest in thenewspaper here. One of my pals

suggested that I should look into itfor myself. It was June of last year,and he made me promise that Iwould call Mr. Church. Well, apromise is a promise, so I did. Andhere I am. Back to a personal note, whileI’m not married, I’m not single, ei-ther. In August, I reconnected witha classmate at my 30-year highschool reunion and we’ve beendating since. Her name is JennieSullender, and she’s a kindergartenteacher in Tuscola. You’ll hearmore about her from time to timein this column, I’m sure. So, there you have a brief his-

tory. What else do you want toknow? I’m a finicky eater and myfavorite things include Lego build-ing blocks, Facebook and cigars. Ithink that should about do it fornow. Now it’s your turn to tell meabout you and about all the inter-esting people here in Lebanon. Iwant to tell your stories – the sto-ries that are important to you. Iwant to chronicle the lives of peo-ple in and around Lebanon, sodon’t hesitate to give me ideas forfuture editions. You’ll see mearound town taking pictures andnotes, so say “hello” and introduceyourself. I won’t remember every-body right away, so keep remind-ing me. You can reach me at pub-lisher@lebanonadvertiser.com oron my cell phone at 618-713-4230.Yes, I publish my cell phone num-ber. If I’m free, I’ll answer it. To me,the newspaper is a public trustand, therefore, I’m public property.It’s not the David Porter newspa-per; it’s the Lebanon newspaper. Itwas here long before me and it willbe here long after I’m gone if I don’tscrew it up too badly. I appreciate the support I’vebeen shown already and look for-ward to many more years here.

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August 28, 1963. I was not yet14 years old. I was just enteringhigh school. My parents had justmoved us back to Illinois from ayear in a small town in centralFlorida. A year earlier, my parentshad opened a small bake shopthere. Their dream of their ownbusiness ended in failure. We re-turned to Illinois and my dadwent to work in a factory. The Florida town we lived inthat year was a segregated town.African-American children werebussed 10 miles north. Their yel-low buses drove past as mybrother and I walked to the schoolfor white children. The gas station next door toour little bake shop had a ricketywater fountain outside. It had acrudely lettered cardboard signthat read “white only”. When mylittle brother asked my dad why itwas there he shook his head andsaid, “Son, some people are igno-rant.” Some of the shops in town did-n’t serve African-Americans, al-though my father’s did. Whensome white customers asked whyhe served African-Americans, hissimple response was, “Theirmoney is just as green as yours.”Maybe that was one reason the lit-tle bake shop failed. I don’t know.I was only 13. But I was glad tomove back to Illinois that summerof 1963. That summer of 1963 was ahundred years after the signing ofthe Emancipation Proclamation.That summer was 97 years afterthe ratification of the 14thAmendment promising equal pro-tection of the law to all. That sum-mer was 15 years after PresidentTruman ordered an end to racialsegregation in the military. Thatsummer was two years after thebirth of a young African-Americanboy named Barack Obama. Thatsummer was 17 days before fourlittle girls were murdered in a

Birmingham church bombing.That summer was one year beforeDr. Martin Luther King Jr. wasawarded the Nobel Peace Prize.That summer was two years be-fore enactment of the VotingRights Act. That summer was fiveyears before Dr. King was assassi-nated. That summer was 45 yearsbefore the inauguration of that 2-year-old African-American boywho became President of theUnited States of America. Thatsummer was 50 years ago. We have all heard and we allremember those famous words: I say to you today, my friends, soeven though we face the difficultiesof today and tomorrow, I still havea dream. It is a dream deeplyrooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day thisnation will rise up and live out thetrue meaning of its creed: 'We holdthese truths to be self-evident: thatall men are created equal.' I have a dream that one day onthe red hills of Georgia the sons offormer slaves and the sons of for-mer slave owners will be able to sitdown together at the table ofbrotherhood. I have a dream that one dayeven the state of Mississippi, a statesweltering with the heat of injus-tice, sweltering with the heat of op-pression, will be transformed intoan oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four lit-tle children will one day live in anation where they will not bejudged by the color of their skin butby the content of their character. I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day,down in Alabama, with its viciousracists, with its governor havinghis lips dripping with the words ofinterposition and nullification; oneday right there in Alabama, littleblack boys and black girls will beable to join hands with little whiteboys and white girls as sisters andbrothers.

I have a dream today. Fifty years ago, Dr. King hadthat dream. He told the worldabout that dream. He also said inthat speech: “Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a begin-ning.” As Winston Churchill said inthe depths of WW II as Britainwas beating back the Nazi Ger-many bombing raids. “We are notat the beginning of the end, butwe are at the end of the begin-ning.” That summer of 1963, 250,000people gathered to hear Dr. Kinggive that speech. That summer of1963, a young civil rights leadernamed John Lewis was there.Today, he is Congressman JohnLewis, one of the most senior andrespected members of Congress.One year ago, I stood with Con-gressman Lewis eight rows backfrom the President of the UnitedStates looking out at that sameNational Mall, now crowded witha million people watching ourfirst African-American Presidenttake his second inaugural oath. We have not fully reached thedream, that dream of equal op-portunity for all, of equal justicefor all, of equal access for all, butwe have marched a long andmighty way in 50 years. No longerdoes an 11-year-old boy ask hisdaddy why only white people candrink from a water fountain in abackwater Florida town. In remembering the dream letus remember that Dr. King livedand walked and spoke in the spiritof Isaiah 42 verses 1 through 4:Here is my servant, whom I up-hold, my chosen one in whom Idelight. I will put my Spirit on himand he will bring justice to the na-tions … In faithfulness he willbring forth justice; he will not fal-ter or be discouraged till he estab-lishes justice on earth.”Congressman William L. En-

yart, January 19, 2014.

Congressional Report

Rep. William L. Enyart12th District

Remembering King’s dream

Ramblin’Man

David Porterporter@ramblinman.us

Publisher shares personal side in long-running column

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per for 40 years, but his father,Leon Church, owned it for 35 yearsbefore that. Curiously, Harrison did not ac-quire the newspaper from his fa-ther. Leon had sold the newspaperwhile Harrison was teaching at auniversity in North Dakota. Thenew publisher was struggling withthe newspaper, so Harrison re-turned to Illinois and bought thepaper back. After graduating from LebanonHigh School in the late 1950s, Har-rison began a long journey in aca-demia, which he admits wasdesigned partly to fend off the draftboard. Eventually, he ended up inlaw school at the University of Illi-nois in Urbana.“I never planned to go throughlaw school,” he said. “I thought Iwould flunk out.” When he en-rolled, the school had alreadystarted, but despite coming in lateand not going through the properchannels, the school added a slotfor him. All the chairs in the classwere already occupied, he said, sothe professor told him he wouldhave to bring his own chair, whichhe did. Years later, when coveringcity council meetings in Lebanon,

Harrison again supplied his ownchair.He ended up faring much betterin law school than he had antici-pated, scoring in the top 12 per-cent. He said studied law becausehe wanted to know more abouthow government worked andthought it would give him a betterunderstanding than a political sci-ence class. He was teaching journalism atDickinson State Teachers College(now Dickinson State University)in North Dakota when his fathersold the newspaper to Paul Ping,who published The Troy Times.That was in January 1974. Harri-son bought the paper back in Au-gust of 1974, and his parentscontinued their involvement withthe newspaper.He recalled telling his fatheronce that he did not love the print-ing business. His father reportedlyreplied that he didn’t love it, either,

but it paid the bills. “As it turnedout, I did love printing,” Harrisonsaid.Leon Church worked at thenewspaper until his death in 1983.Harrison’s mother, Helen Church,remained working there until herdeath in 2001. One day in 1988, Harrison, aconfirmed bachelor in his late 40s,was listening to KMOX out of St.Louis. The late Jim White had a dat-ing program called “Dateline.”That’s where Harrison was intro-duced to his bride, Harriet Fedder-sen Church, who was a nursingsupervisor at Faith Hospital inCreve Coeur, Mo. Harriet said she had told afriend that she envisioned fallingfor an older academic with leatherpatches on his jacket elbows. WhenHarrison arrived for their firstdate, he was wearing the propheticoutfit. They met in March and mar-ried in October. Harriet gave up nursing to helpout at the newspaper. “I tried to gether to stay in nursing,” Harrisonsaid. But Harriet was determinedto join her groom’s business. Sheupdated the mailing list, helpedwith the ads and learned to use aCompuGraphic typesetting ma-chine. “She’s the managing editor,”Harrison said. “She managesme.”Outside of the newspaper, Har-riet became a staple at the LookingGlass Playhouse and honed herbaking skills. She said her donatedcakes have raised more than$10,000 over the years for the the-ater. She also baked desserts forthe former Uncle Huffy’s Barbecuein Lebanon.“I’m excited and nervous,” shesaid of retirement. “It’s a differentperiod in our lives. I’ll wake up

Tuesday with no reason to go any-where.”She said the newspaper has al-lowed her to meet people and ex-perience things she never wouldhave otherwise. “It’s the second biggest changein my life in the last 40 years,” Har-rison added. The couple plans to remain ac-tive in local theater and with theMermaid House where CharlesDickens once stayed. Harrison saidhe hopes they will be able to travel

some and that they have a lot of ge-nealogy work that they’d like to do.He will remain in the printing busi-ness under the name Prairie DogPress.The Churches continue to ownthe old Advertiser building at 309W. St. Louis Street, which is filledwith antique printing presses andrelated curiosities. While the news-paper is under new ownership, theold-time editor will continue toman his post albeit on a more re-laxed schedule.

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HArrISoN AND HArrIET CHUrCH pose after signing the contractfor the sale of the Lebanon Advertiser. Photo by David Porter.

LEoN CHUrCH AND HIS WIFE Helen pose for this undated photo.The Churches bought the Lebanon Advertiser in 1939. Photo cour-tesy of Harrison Church.

HArrISoN CHUrCH USES a “saddle stitcher” to put a staple in a program for the Looking Glass Playhouse. Church retired this month as publisher of the Lebanon Advertiser after 40 years of ownership. Hisfather, Leon Church, owned the newspaper for 35 years. In the background, one can see that Church’s work area is a virtual museum of printing equipment and other curiosities. The Advertiser is now ownedby David Porter, who previously was director of communications and marketing for the Illinois Press Association in Springfield. Photo by David Porter.

Harrison and Harriet met viaJim White’s “Dateline” programon KMOX radio.Harrison is licensed to oper-ate commercial television sta-tions and holds the highestgrade of amateur radio licenses.Harrison was the last journal-ist to interview the last survivingmember of the expedition toEgypt that discovered King Tut’stomb in 1922.Harrison once had a photopublished in Pravda in Russia.Harrison and Harriet at-tended a birthday party inPhiladelphia for Cedric Dickens,great-grandson of Charles Dick-ens. Among the guests were JohnAustin of The Addams Familytelevision show, another descen-dant of Dickens and a descen-dant of Edgar Allen Poe.Harrison proposed to Harrietat the kitchen sink of his homewhere they now live.Harriet worked as a nursewith Anwar Sadat’s niece.Harrison learned to fly air-

planes from a snow-packed run-way in North Dakota. He is li-censed to fly gliders andsingle-engine land aircraft.Harriet’s cousin, DannyWuerffel, won the Heisman Tro-phy in 1995.Harriet’s maternal grandpar-ents met at the 1904 St. LouisWorld’s Fair where her grandfa-ther was a policeman guardingPresident Theodore Roosevelt.Harriet and Harrison havedined with Percy Sledge and hisfamily on several occasions. Hecalled them for their anniversaryand sang “When a Man Loves aWoman” to them. Harriet onceroomed with the singer’s sister.Among Harriet’s probable an-cestors is Daniel Boone.Harriet and Harrison dinedwith actress Patty Duke at HelenKeller’s estate in Alabama. Dukehas portrayed both Helen Kellerand her teacher.Grammy winner and Lebanonresident Dr. Christine Brewersang at the Church’s wedding.

Little known facts about Harriet and Harrison Church

The Lebanon Advertiser officehas relocated to 218 W. St. LouisSt. in Lebanon. The office is shar-ing space with Design 5, llc., De-sign Studio and Home DécorStore.The Design 5 staff will provideservices for the Advertiser so peo-ple may drop off news items, sub-scriptions and advertising. Officehours will be the same as thestore’s operating hours.

“I’m thrilled to team up with theDesign 5 staff,” said David Porter,publisher of the Advertiser. “Thiswill allow the newspaper to main-tain regular office hours and news-paper customers undoubtedly willfind Design 5’s services to comple-ment their needs.”The new email address for theAdvertiser is publisher@lebanon-advertiser.com. The new phonenumber is 618-713-4230.

Advertiser moves officeinto Design 5 studio

THE FINAL ISSUE of the Lebanon Advertiser under Church family ownership whirrs through a web press in Centralia. It marked theend of a 75-year era for the family. It also marked the end of an outmoded “cut and paste” method of laying out the pages. The Advertiseris now paginated on a computer and sent to the printer electronically. Photo by David Porter.

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PUBLIC NOTICENotice is hereby given that a ten-tative Budget and AppropriationOrdinance for road purposes of theLebanon Township Road District,County of St. Clair, State of Illinois,for the fiscal year beginning March1, 2014, and ending February 28,2015, will be on file and conve-niently available for public inspec-tion at the Lebanon TownshipOffice after 9 a.m. Monday, Febru-ary 3, 2014.Notice is also hereby given thata public hearing on said Budgetand Appropriation Ordinance willbe held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 4,2014, at the Township Office in theLebanon Road District, and thatfinal action on the ordinance willbe taken at the regular meeting tobe held at the Township Office,10182 Summerfield South Road,Trenton, IL, at 7:30 p.m. March 4,2014.Anton (Tony) Fritz

Lebanon Township HighwayCommissioner

PUBLIC NOTICETownship Budget (Town Fund,General Assistance, Social Security,and General Insurance).Notice is hereby given that a ten-tative Budget and AppropriationOrdinance for Lebanon Township,in St. Clair County, State of Illinois,for the fiscal year beginning March1, 2014, and ending February 28,2015, will be on file and conve-niently available for public inspec-tion at the Lebanon TownshipOffice, 10182 Summerfield SouthRoad, Trenton, Illinois after 9:00a.m. Monday, February 3, 2014.Notice is also hereby given thata public hearing on said Budgetand Appropriation Ordinance willbe held after the Road Districthearing on Tuesday, March 4,2014, at the Lebanon Township Of-fice, and that final action on this or-dinance will be taken by the Boardof Township Trustees of LebanonTownship at the regular meetingon March 4, 2014.Kathleen ReimannLebanon Township

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PUBLIC NOTICEState of Illinois ) ) ss)County of St. ClairThis is to certify that the under-signed is transacting a printingbusiness in the said County andState under the name of PrairieDog Press at the following post of-fice address: 309 W. St. LouisStreet, Lebanon, Illinois 62254,and that the true and real name ofthe person owning, conducting, or

transacting such business, to-gether with his post office address,is as follows: H. L. Church, 309 W.St. Louis St., Lebanon, IL 62254.22-29-5MISCELLANEOUS

KING’S CLOSET METHODISTthrift store at 507 W. St. Louis St. inLebanon, open on the first Fridayof the month AFTER the third ofthe month, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Cash only; no checks, please.ROOMMATE WANTED. Looking toshare rent. 2-rooms available, ownbath & kitchen to be shared. Rightbehind McKendree College. Pleasecontact me, Mr. Smith, at (314)258-3261.FRIED FISH and chicken tendersevery Friday 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Sum-merfield Lions Club, serving thecommunity since 1966. For hallrental call Pam Watts at 334-3177.

HELP WANTEDHELP WANTED — The HornerPark Board of Commissioners isaccepting applications for the po-sition of part-time Secretary.Please send resume to Horner ParkBoard of commissioners, Box 58,Lebanon, Illinois 62254, to be re-ceived no later than February 3,2014. Please mark your envelope:SECRETARY. 22-29SERVICES

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The Shelf by Kelly Wilhelm,Lebanon LibraryThe city of Lebanon will beginconstruction of a new hallway forlibrary use to give the public accessonce again to a small restroom inthe library. February 15, the library willdelay opening until noon due toconstruction of the first of threedoorways. John Wright, who isheading up the project, tells us thatby noon the mess and noise of thefirst doorway will be done and the

library can easily open. The rest of the construction willbe completed behind this door, sothere may be some noise, but notenough to warrant closing the facil-ity for the day. According to city council personCheri Wright, the hallway will benot be finished [by the city]."Painting is not included in this

project," she stated in a recentcommunication. Therefore, we arelooking for some people to volun-teer a little time to help us putty,paint and spruce up the hall afterthe construction is complete. In a recent Facebook post,Wright posted that the job will re-quire 5-6 sheets of drywall andseveral 2x4's. If anyone has some

of these they would like to donate,please contact her or the city.Thanks to all who are helping tomake the hallway project possible!Due to the creation of the newhallway we will be losing shelfspace, so if you have the shelf thatyour favorite authors resided on,please look a little to the right orthe left to find them. We promise

they have not gone far. This onlyapplies to hardcover fiction.Finally, we have received a do-nation of shelving pieces and furni-ture from several entities. Ifanyone would be so kind as to helpus with loading or unloading theitems, we would be most grateful.Until next week, read anothergood book!

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peel. Place them back in the icewater to finish cooling. ☺Slow-Cooker Pork TenderloinThis was so simple that I will bemaking it a lot!! Pork really trans-forms into tender deliciousnesswhen slowly braised, or preparedin a slow-cooker, and tenderloin is,well, tender to begin with. Usewhatever vegetables you want inthis recipe, and enjoy!! ☺1 pork tenderloin1 lb. potatoes, peeled and quar-tered

½ lb. baby carrots1 medium onion, thinlyslicedAbout 2 cups waterSalt and pepperSeason the tenderloin with saltand pepper, and slice in half to fitcrockpot, if necessary. Add thewater and onion. Cook on low forabout 5 hours, and then add thecarrots and potatoes. Adjust heatto high and continue cooking untilthe vegetables are done. Serves 2-4.

council approving boardmembers.”Wright said the Councildoes not approve libraryboard members and she re-gards the library as a tenant. There have been discus-sions, at least casually, aboutthe possibility of moving thelibrary, possibly to the gradeschool after the new school isbuilt. There have been rum-blings within the community

that the library could ask vot-ers to support a library dis-trict to remove it from thecity’s umbrella.Incidentally, that alsowould likely end any futureclaims the library couldmake on future disburse-ments of personal propertyreplacement taxes. Any tax-ing body created after 1979cannot claim PPRT because itwould not have suffered aloss of tax revenue from therepeal of the personal prop-erty tax, according to an Illi-nois Department of Revenuewebsite.Illinois once had a per-sonal property tax, but it waseliminated with the 1979 Illi-nois Constitution. To ease theloss of tax revenue for gov-ernment bodies that reliedon it, the state began taxingcorporations, partnerships,trusts and public utilities thePPRT. Any taxing body thatreceived personal propertytaxes in 1977 (1976 for CookCounty) is entitled to receivePPRT, according to the IDR.Long said he believes thatthe library is correct in layingclaim to a portion of thePPRT, but he questioned howthey came up with the 22

percent figure and the backpayment of $27,000. He saidhe doesn’t know whether thecity ever paid a portion of thePPRT to the library and hequestioned whether the li-brary board effectivelywaived its rights by not ask-ing for the money for morethan 30 years.He noted that it would bedifficult for a person to col-lect on a debt that old butthat “the rules are differentwith government bodies.”Incidentally, the IDR web-site noted that governmentbodies can still collect per-sonal property taxes thathave been unpaid since the1970s.In other business, the CityCouncil approved the place-ment of a veter-a n smemorial and place ofrespite at College Hill Ceme-tery as long as the project isprivately funded. The Council also approvedeminent domain proceedingsfor a former gas stationdowntown owned by Bradand Deb Snyder and dis-cussed drainage issues andpotential traffic congestion inthe area around the newschool.

10 years agoJanuary 28, 2004The Chamber of Commerce con-ducted its ribbon-cutting cere-mony last week for the new FourSisters store uptown in Lebanon, inthe east side of the long-time Dau-mueller store, most recently the Il-lusions shop. On Thursday, January 29, at7:30 p.m., there will be a showingof Rotary Centennial Posters cre-

ated by local students. Lebanon second ward Alder-man S. Gene Rhoden has called foran “aggressive” approach to up-grading sidewalks in Lebanon. Hesays he is in his last term as alder-man, with three years yet to run. Sunday morning, the promisedfreezing rain began, soon turningwhite instead of the more familiar –and dangerous – clear ice. A prom-ised half to one-inch covering mate-rialized, as the precipitationcontinued through much of Sunday,diminishing as the day wore on.30 years agoFebruary 1, 1914McKendree College has securedMilton Berle to be the speaker forthe annual Founders’ Day dinner,April 26, in Belleville. Col. David M. Cornell of 123West Main, Lebanon, has been pro-moted to the rank of BrigadierGeneral at Scott Air Force Base,

where he has been deputy chief ofstaff for engineering and servicesfor the past three years. Althoughsuch promotions usually mean achange of assignment, the Cornellsplan to retain their home, whichthey have extensively renovated,and return to live in Lebanon.Chris Mamino won the recentCub Scout Pinewood Derby held inLebanon, with Corey Berkemannsecond and Barry Stephens third. Eighth grade honor roll recipi-ents were Christopher Atkins, KimBald, Laura Bohannon, Greg Funk,Rene Gilbert, Mikol Hatten, PamHubbard, Kim Johnson, BrendanRatliff, Shayla Rose, Deann Roth,Bart Tobalske, Sheri Volberg, MarkWilhelm, Tamara Wilken and KiaZuber.100 years agoJanuary 30, 1914The February Pupils Recital ofthe McKendree Conservatory will

take place at College Chapel onMonday evening, February 2. On thetwenty-five number program an-nounced, the younger students ofthe school will vie with time-triedstars for favor with the audience.The McKendree basketball teamdefeated the Southern Illinois Nor-mal team at Carbondale Saturdayby a score of 49-18. The Normal

team had little experience and wasno match for the local players. Thegame would have been even moreone-sided had not all of the regu-lars been taken out at the begin-ning of the second half andsubstitutes put in to finish thegame. The score at the end of thefirst half was 30-5 and in gatheringthis total McKendree showed the

best team work of the season. Theindividual star was Harmon whocounted 20 points.Sewell M. Johnson, editor andpublisher of the East St. Louis Sun,was indicted by the grand juryTuesday on a charge of criminallibel and his bail fixed at $1,500. The attendance at the M.E.church Sunday broke all records inthe school’s history. 222 pupilswere present.

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In the Garden by Helen SchaalThe Sky Pencil Holly that Iplanted in a container has lostits leaves. The stems are stillpliable. I wrapped the con-tainer in bubble wrap to keepit from freezing. What shouldI do to revive my holly?

You need to water pottedbroadleaf evergreens whenthe temperature is abovefreezing. In the wintermonths, try to keep them ina location where they havesome protection from thewinter sun and wind. If theholly is still alive it should

bud out in May. If it doesn’t,replace it and/or plant thenext one in a larger con-tainer to hold more mois-ture and give the holly’sroots better protectionfrom freezing in the winter.Until next time, Happy Gar-dening. Schaal

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IT wAS PAREnTS nIGHT last week for the lebanon Jr. High basketball players and cheerleaders. The varsity boys ended their regular season 11-10 and play tonight in the regional tournament at lebanon.The jv failed to win a game but showed good promise and determination. The varsity beat All Saints Academy 46-30 Thursday and bested St. Rose 28-24 on wednesday to end the season on a high note. Photoby David Porter.

lOGAn SCHIPPE SHOOTS for two last week against All SaintsAcademy. The varsity won the well-fought game 46-30. number 35is Kory Schneider, and 15 Parker Grob. Photo by David Porter.

lEBAnOn'S TAylOR SCHMITT scored a game high 19 points in a62-46 win over Bunker Hill. The Greyhounds are 4-10 for the sea-son. Photo by Jim Michalek.

lIz GIlMAn SlIPS by the defense on her way to scoring 7 pointsin a 72-102 loss to#18 ranked University of Indianapolis. The McKendree lady Bearcats are 7-9 overall.Photo by Jim Michalak.

MCK SEnIOR ClInTOn HAPPE is McKendree's top scorer. Here he adds 14 pointsto his total in a 91-99 thriller loss to #16 ranked University of Indianapolis. TheBearcats are now 8-8 overall. Photo by Jim Michalak.

DERRICK GUTHRIE TOOK a fast break toward the basket and 2points vs All Saints Academy, spinning around to drop the bucket inreverse. Photo by David Porter.

The McKendree University men’sbasketball team saw its two-gamewin streak come to an end Saturdaywith a 99-91 loss at home to the Uni-versity of Indianapolis.In a game where all five startersscored in double figures for bothteams the visiting Greyhounds,ranked No. 16 in NCAA Division II,shot 63.6 percent in the first half buthad to hold off a late charge by theBearcats in a Great Lakes Valley Con-ference contest. Both teams shot wellfrom the field as Indianapolis closedthe game shooting 57.7 percent (41-of-71), while McKendree made 54.8percent of its shots from the floor(34-of-62).McKendree moves to 8-8 overalland 2-6 in GLVC play. The Bearcatswill hit the road for their next twogames, beginning with a match-upon Thursday at No. 7-ranked Bel-larmine University. Tip-off is set for8 p.m. ET in Louisville, Ky.Senior forward Will Kirksey (St.Louis, Mo./Lafayette) led McKendreewith 20 points, hitting 8-of-11 shotsfrom the field. Junior guard Mike Di-Gregorio (Morton Grove, Ill./NilesNotre Dame) chipped in with 18points, including 11 in the secondhalf. Senior guard Clinton Happe(Evansville, Ind./F.J. Reitz) and juniorforward Matt Holmes (Houston,Texas/Marshall) each finished with14 points, while Holmes pulled downa team-leading nine rebounds. Juniorforward Logan Carson (DuQuoin,Ill./DuQuoin) also reached doublefigures in the scoring column for theBearcats with 12 points.Junior guard Mike Springs(Waukegan, Ill./Waukegan) came offthe bench to dish out a team-highfive assists. Springs has handed out24 assists in the Bearcats’ last threeoutings.

Bearcats fallto Indy’shome court

McKENDREE SPORTS

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GameOnWay to go,

Lady Greyhounds!

AT LEFT: The Junior Lady Greyhounds hoist the new hardware after the regional win. Next they play in the championship tourna-ment of the Southern Illinois Junior High School Athletic Association (SIJHSAA) held at Rend Lake College. Photo by Jim Michalak.Above, the team shows off its new hardware. (Submitted photo.)

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