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Temporary closingThe Lebanon First UMC building will beclosed this week, April 1-4, for asbestos re-moval. This is the first step in the constructionfor the new elevator and handicapped rest-rooms.Plan prayer breakfastThe first Lebanon Mayor's Prayer Breakfastis being planned for Tuesday, May 13, at MountOlive Missionary Baptist Church. The LebanonChamber of Commerce is the first sponsor.Other organizations and individuals are invitedto become sponsors. Contact Conrad Steinhoffat 799-8957 or [email protected] trivial matterThe Bennett/Yearian Families are hosting atrivia night April 5 at St. Joseph’s FellowshipHall in Lebanon to support the Lebanon TeamLAB Rats Walk MS 2014. Doors open at 6:30p.m. and game begins at 7p.m. There will beprizes and raffles.Food for thoughtfulnessFrom 3 to 5 p.m., April 13, McKendree Uni-versity students will go door-to-door inLebanon to collect non-perishable items tobenefit the Lebanon Food Pantry. Residentswho will not be at home during this time mayleave their donation in a bag outside their frontdoor for pick up.These colors do runMcKendree University is hosting a 5k funrun/walk throughout the campus April 26.There will be color stations where coloredcornstarch (100 percent safe and biodegrad-able) will be thrown onto runners. Runners areencouraged to leave their cell phones in theircars or to make sure they are covered. Racebriefing is at 8 a.m. and the run starts at 8:45a.m. The annual McKendree Spring Fling fol-lows.Cooking for polioThe Lebanon Rotary Club is selling cook-books with 400 recipes from 100 countries tohelp eradicte polio. To get yours, stop byWhimsey Gifts and talk to Margaret Pearson orcall Casey Andrew at 537-6608 or Mary AliceKoriath at 808-0300.The funding efforts are working, folks. Itwas announced late last month that polio hasbeen eliminated in India. Only Nigeria,Afghanistan and Pakistan remain on the list ofcountries with polio. In the 1980s, about350,000 cases of the disease were reported an-nually. In 2013, there were 400. Experts say ifit’s not stopped completely, it could re-emergewith a vengeance.

Library and city workto mend relationship

Walt’s Memory Lane

By David PorterLibrary officials and Alderwoman CheriWright say they’re ready to end themonths-long feud between the city and thelibrary.The tiff unfolded late last year when thecity closed a restroom that library patronshad been using. According to Wright, at arecent Lebanon City Council meeting, therestroom had been off limits for some timebut, at some point, signs prohibiting accesswere removed and patrons began using therestroom.In doing so, patrons had access to a darkand narrow hallway that doubled as stor-

age space and allowed access to the ambu-lance bay. Food and money from a drinkfun reportedly went missing. Then, papertowels were stuffed into the toilet causingit to stop up.The city closed the restroom and beganlooking at how the library impacts thecity’s budget. While the library is not astand-alone taxing district, it has its ownlevy through the city.Kelly Wilhelm, library director, said Fri-day, “By state law, we’re part of the city. Weare city employees.”The City Council, however, does not con-

WALT LANE STANDS at the Korean War Memorial in Washington D.C. while on an “Honor Flight” tothe nation’s capital. He found this memorial to be the most emotional part of the trip. Photo by JoeDiliberto. At left, Lane as a U.S. Navy Aviation Machinist Mate 1st Class about 70 years ago. Photo cour-tesy of Walt Lane.

SMOKE ROLLED ALONG McAllister Street Monday morning. Aworkshop owned by Wendell Johnson reportedly was destroyed andanother heavily damaged. No injuries were reported. Numerousarea fire departments responded to help the Lebanon EmeraldMound department. Photo courtesy of David Prokopf.

By Susan J. MeisterWalt Lane has been busy lately.In 11 days from Thursday, March20, to Sunday, March 30, he cele-brated his 91st birthday, traveledto Washington D.C. on the GreaterSt. Louis Honor Flight, and at-

tended a first birthday party forgreat-grandson Weston Diliberto.Through this busy schedule andunexpected attention, he hasgreeted everyone with his typicalgrace and humility.Last week, Walt was enjoying

some of the many letters he re-ceived on his trip to D.C. He enthu-siastically related to his goodfriend, Mike Bosick, that he had 68cards from Lebanon students fromgrades K-5, and 11 more fromSee WALT LANE on page 4

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St. Joseph’s in Breese will offerhealth screenings at four locationsthis April and blood work only at thehospital HealthPlex May 2.Screenings will be available from6 to 10 a.m. Thursday, April 3, at theBreese Knights of Columbus, Thurs-day, April 10, at Germantown Amer-ican Legion, Tuesday, April 15, at theCarlyle Knights of Columbus, Thurs-

day, April 24, at Trenton’s 1st United

Methodist Church (Old US 50 East)and blood work only on Friday, May2, at the hospital HealthPlex.Highlighting each will be a com-prehensive blood screening (10-hour fast) and a men’s prostatespecific antigen or PSA screening.The CBS, which screens for anemia,infection and diabetes, checks cho-lesterol levels, thyroid, liver and kid-ney function.Also offered will be a hemoglobinA1C and a vitamin D check. The A1Cis for those with or at-risk for dia-betes; the Vitamin D test checks forimmune function, cancer preventionand osteoporosis treatment.At-home colorectal screening kitsin packets of three (while supplieslast), free blood pressure checks andfree diabetes finger sticks will alsobe offered at all five events.Heel bone density to identify os-teoporosis risks per screening, freepulmonary function to measure lungcapacity and blood oxygen levelsand free body composition to calcu-late the percentage of body fat willbe available at the four communityevents in April but not at the Health-Plex in May.Attendants may drop off eye-glasses and hearing aids for theLions and wigs, hats and scarves forthe hospital’s Cancer Care Closet. Refreshments will be available atall locations and the Auxiliary will

have quilt raffle tickets at the fourcommunity locations but not at theHealthPlex.Pre-registration forms are avail-able from the hospital and Health-Plex, Priority Care in Carlyle,physician offices, community loca-

tions and www.stjoebreese.com.Registration on-site will also beavailable.Several of the tests require anominal fee. For more information,contact 526-5698 or [email protected] Maxson, a Junior fromLebanon, will be participating inBlackburn College's Spring MusicalI Love You, You're Perfect, NowChange. The show will be directed by Dr.Kate Roark, professor of theatre atthe College. The show is a collec-tion of vignettes that explore thehumorous side of relationships,dating, and marriage. Maxson plays

the roles of Bob #2, Man, Brad,Fred and Mark. He is also the assis-tant technical director.I Love You, You're Perfect, NowChange will be held at 7:30 p.m.April 10-12 and 2 p.m. April 13 inBothwell Auditorium on the Black-burn College campus in Carlinville.The show has mature content notsuitable for all ages. Parental dis-cretion is advised.

Grade schoolApril 2 — Breakfast: Donuts orCereal, Toast, Mandarin Oranges,Juice & MilkLunch: Turkey Medallions,Mashed Potatoes w/Gravy, GreenBeans, Pineapple, MilkApril 3 — Breakfast: Breakfast

Pizza or Cereal, Toast, Pineapple,Juice & MilkLunch: Roast Beef Sandwich orBreaded Pork Sandwich, GardenSalad, Peaches, MilkApril 4 — Breakfast: Waffles orCereal, Toast, Peaches, Juice &MilkLunch: Catfish or Chicken Pattie,Chips, Applesauce, MilkApril 7 — Breakfast: Sausage Bis-cuit or Cereal, Toast, Applesauce,Juice & MilkLunch: Sloppy Joe or Hot Dog,Broccoli & Cheese, Pears, MilkApril 8 — Breakfast: Funnel Cakeor Cereal, Toast, Pears, Juice &MilkLunch: Nacho Deluxe, BakedBeans, Mixed Fruit, Milk

April 9 — Breakfast: Pancake ona Stick or Cereal, Toast, MixedFruit, Juice & MilkLunch: Popcorn Chicken, Mac &Cheese, Carrot Sticks, Peaches,MilkHigh school

April 2 — Cheese HamburgerBake or Super Subs, Glazed Car-rots, Peach CupsApril 3 — Chicken Patties orHamburgers, French Fries, PearsApril 4 — Catfish or BreadedPork Pattie, Slaw, Mixed FruitApril 7 — Tuna Noodle Casseroleor BBQ Chicken, Corn, PineappleApril 8 — Egg Rolls & Rice orBeef & Noodles, Pears, MandarinOrangesApril 9 — Meatball Sub or CornDogs, Green Beans, Apricot Crisp

The Rev. (Mrs.) Willie B. Stevenspassed away on Tuesday, March 11,2014, in St Louis, Missouri. TheRev. Stevens was the senior pastorof Cherry Street CommunityChurch of God (1976-1995) serv-ing almost 20 years. She was in-strumental in the erection of a newchurch building. She was a very active minister inthe community and was wellknown for providing and cookingThanksgiving dinners for the eld-erly and many needed people inthe community by delivering acomplete dinner to them. Many re-

member her as serving the besttasty BBQ in town, which everyoneenjoyed very much. Services were held at KinlochChurch of God, St. Louis, on Satur-day, March 14, 2014. She leaves tocherish her memory, seven chil-dren, 10 grandchildren, three greatgrandchildren and a host of rela-tives and friends. She shall bemissed by the community ofLebanon.Condolences may be made toCherry Street Community Churchof God, 826 South Cherry Street,Lebanon, IL 62254.

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A national study focusing onworkplace diversity, staffing andwork environment named McK-endree University among the “31Most Promising Places to Work inStudent Affairs.” The magazine Di-verse: Issues in Higher Educationteamed with the American CollegePersonnel Association and OhioState University to conduct thestudy. A web-based survey examinedcategories such as family friendli-ness, salary and benefits, and profes-sional development opportunities.

“McKendree provides many re-sources to help students develop anappreciation and understanding ofhuman diversity,” said Dr. Joni Bast-ian, vice president of student affairsat McKendree. “We support profes-sional development for staff so theymay facilitate deeper conversationsabout diversity with our students.”

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Maize (KS) High School. Heproudly shared several souvenirsand photos from the trip, includingthe itinerary for the day, a silk rosepinned to his lapel on his depar-ture, and a star from a retired USflag. Sharing the HonorFlight experienceBosick was instrumental in en-couraging Walt to participate in anHonor Flight. Mike, a Vietnam vet-eran, has participated in a similarflight from Oshkosh, WI in 2012,the 40th anniversary of the end ofthe Vietnam War. “Walt and I have a lot in com-mon,” Mike said. “I was a machinistmate in the U.S. Army and we’reboth members of the ExperimentalAircraft Association. I was somoved by my own trip to Washing-ton, D.C. that I wanted Walt to havethe same experience.”Mike is now a volunteer withthe Greater St. Louis Honor Flightand has high praise for the work ofthe wholly volunteer group. Theirmission is to safely transport vet-erans to see the World War II Me-morial and other sites inWashington, D.C. Twelve WorldWar II and Korean veterans andtheir guardians were on the March25 flight and tour.A cold, snowy day in D.C.Walt and guardian (and son-in-law) Joe Diliberto had an incrediblyfull day, beginning at Lambert at 4am. They flew into Baltimore-Wash-ington International, where theywere met by a “great group” of uni-formed military personnel. The firstbus stop on a cold and snowy daywas the World War II Memorial.“All the veterans had time towalk around and take in the amaz-ing memorial that honors all thatserved,” Joe said. “Symbolic starshonor those who lost their lives inthat war.” From the WWII Memorial, thegroup traveled to Arlington Na-tional Cemetery, where theyviewed the Changing of the Guardat the Tomb of the Unknown Sol-dier. The bus then toured the Cap-ital city en-route to the Korean WarVeterans and Lincoln Memorials.“The Korean Memorial was themost emotional for me,” Walt said.“Maybe it was because of theweather that day (snow and cold).We were looking at the full-sizestatues of soldiers not dressed forthe snow or cold on patrol.”The group returned to ReaganNational Airport to return to St.Louis. While waiting for the flight,

the veterans received all the letterswritten by friends, relatives, stu-dents and strangers thanking themfor their service.“Walt received about 300 let-ters,” Joe exclaimed. “The HonorFlight team said that they hadnever before seen this many lettersgiven to one veteran. Thanks to allwho passed to word about gettingthese gracious letters to Walt.”An enthusiastic“welcome home!”But the day wasn’t complete.After a flight delay due to weather,the group landed in St. Louis about9 pm. Joe went on, “Upon arrival atLambert, we were met by an amaz-ing show of uniformed militarypersonnel as we departed theplane. That surprised Walt as hegrinned (from) ear to ear, shakinghand of the many bystanderscheering and welcoming the re-turning veterans.“But this paled in comparison towhat we experienced when we leftthe boarding area and came to theterminal entrance,” he continued.“There were over 300 people clap-ping, cheering, yelling, and wavingbanners. It was an emotional timefor us all.”Walt was greeted by ten friendsfrom Lebanon First UMC, whocheered as he received a certificatefor his service, and joined in theprayer for the returning veteransand those who did not return.Reminiscing…While reviewing the letters hereceived, Walt pulled out one of hisphoto albums with pictures fromhis service in World War II. Hebegan to reminisce about his en-listment and early experiences inthe US Navy.Walt did not complete highschool and worked a variety of jobsin Southern California. He had aninterest in flying, and $3 of one ofhis job’s $15/week salary paid for15 minutes of flying time. Aftersome time, he decided he wouldenlist in the service to get an edu-cation, and he joined the US Navy

in October 1941. Walt was an Avi-ation Machinist Mate 1st Class andserved in the Pacific Theatre inWorld War II on board the USSMaryland. During the South Pacific cam-paign to capture the Gilbert andMarshall Islands in late 1943 andearly 1944, the ship used her six-teen-inch guns in the pre-invasionbombardments of Tarawa and Kwa-jalein. Walt was a crew member ona Sikorsky O2U (Kingfisher) cata-pult-launched floatplane, whichsupported shore bombardments.When the monoplane returned tothe ship, it was his responsibility toclimb out and attach a winch fromthe ship to the plane to bring it backon board the Maryland.Being a good influenceWalt said he felt self-consciousabout all the attention he had re-ceived as part of the Greater St. LouisHonor Flight. “I was just a smallspoke in a big wheel,” he smiled.“I remember my mother’s ad-vice: no matter what you do orwhere you go, you’ll find peoplewho are good influences and badinfluences. It’s up to you to makeup your mind which way to go.”Those who know Walt wouldagree that he is and has been a“good influence,” and are thrilledthat he had this wonderfully emo-tional experience.

For more photos and a shortvideo of Walt’s return, go to theLebanon First UMC Facebook page,www.facebook.com/LebanonFirs-tUMC. Joe kindly sent photos of thetrip to the church throughout thetrip so that our friends could fol-low Walt’s trip.For more information about theGreater St. Louis Honor Flight, visitthe website www.gslhonorflight.org. The website has contact infor-mation for applications to partici-pate in an Honor Flight. Contact St.Louis Honor Flight, Inc., 36 FourSeasons, Box 272, Chesterfield, MO63017; 636-230-2466; [email protected] The website alsohas a provision for making a dona-tion to the mission.


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GOOD FRIEND MIKE BOSICK (left) joins Lane and guardian (and son-in-law) Joe Diliberto at theirearly morning departure at Lambert Airport. Photo courtesy Joe Diliberto.

U.S. ARMY RANGER veteran Jack Rogers (right) was one of Lane’sfriends from Lebanon First United Methodist Church who traveledto Lambert to welcome him home. Photo by Bob Homan.

sider library staff to be city employ-ees and has began separating ac-counting responsibilities. It was theconsensus of the Council that the li-brary should handle its own payrolland other bookkeeping duties.Meanwhile, the library con-sulted with Peoria attorney PhilLenzini, who represents more than150 libraries. He reportedly foundthat the library was entitled to aportion of the city’s Personal Prop-erty Replacement Tax. While thetax, which comes through statefunding, is a small amount, it hasreportedly added up to about$22,000 over the years whenrecords are available.The library issues, for the mostpart, fell into Wright’s lap since she’sthe chairwoman of the public prop-erty department. In a message sentto the Advertiser last week, Wrightsaid the restroom had been an issuebefore she was elected to the CityCouncil. “I got it fixed but not beforea lot of bad press in the paper and[Facebook] was put out there.”Wright worked with the libraryon a volunteer effort to create ashort hallway that cuts through theold hallway so patrons may accessthe restroom without having ac-

cess to other parts of the building.When a person is unemployedand looking for a job, he may spendseveral hours at a time at the li-brary taking online tests and fillingout applications, Wilhelm ex-plained. That makes a restroomnecessary, she indicated.Meister added that there werepeople who would not bring theirsmall children to the library whenno restroom was available. Wright, who works with com-mercial leasing, also sought to for-malize the library’s rentagreement. She and AlderwomanMary Alice Koriath advocated rais-ing the library’s rent from $250 permonth to $400, but the rest of theCouncil did not concur.It was noted at a recent Councilmeeting that the city also providesspace for the Lebanon EmeraldMound Fire Department and a pri-vate ambulance service. The firedepartment lease is outdated andcalls for a $1 annual payment. Thecity pays the ambulance servicesome $70,000 annually to keep anambulance here, and that cost maybe going up.Susan Meister, president of thelibrary board, is hopeful that the li-brary can relocate soon becausemore space is needed. The boardhas looked at several properties in

town and wants to move into partof the current grade school after anew school is built. It may becheaper for the school district,however, to raze the school ratherthan try to salvage part of it.Both Meister and Wright saidthe lease agreement is nearingcompletion. “I have no issues withthe library and am ready to moveon,” Wright said.Meister said it’s been “a bumpyroad” and “frustrating” but thatshe’s optimistic about the future ofthe library. “I want the library to bethe best it can be,” she said.Wilhelm echoed the need formore space. “It’s a library in a sar-dine can,” she said. The library has had to borrowspace from the First UnitedMethodist Church for a children’sprogram and has made space forcomputers that patrons can use.Wilhelm said the library would liketo add an afterschool program butdoesn’t have the space.There has been discussion inthe community about forming aseparate library district. Meistersaid the library board has decidedto address the need for additionalspace first and may consider tryingto establish a library district later.Such a district would require avoter referendum.

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LANE RECEIVED ALMOST 300cards and letters thanking himfor his service. Photo by JoeDiliberto.



Rants &Raves

I’m looking for a conservative voice or two to join the Advertiser’s ed-itorial advisory board. We’ve had quite a bit of interest in the board, butmany of those who have applied identify themselves as politically inde-pendent or liberal. That strikes me as interesting because Lebanon is a fairly conserva-tive community. If you look at how Lebanon generally votes, one wouldexpect more conservatives than liberals to seek a spot on the advisoryboard.In the big picture, a person’s politics really doesn’t matter to me increating the board. I just think there should be a diversity of opinions.I hope that people will find the news pages to be politically neutral.When covering the City Council, School Board or deciding what pic-tures to use, political parties have nothing to do with it. For the mostpart, I wouldn’t know what party people belong to. When it comes tonews from elected officials or about them, I look at the news value ofthe information, not what party to which they belong. The editorial page is a little different matter. That’s where politicaldebate belongs. But we can’t call it debate if it does not include a vari-ety of viewpoints.A century ago and beyond, when many newspapers were gettingtheir start, many of them were political instruments. That’s why wehave newspaper names today like the News-Democrat, Herald-Whigand Bureau County Republican. According to a 1930 directory of theIllinois Press Association, the Advertiser was politically independent.My goal is that the newspaper be regarded as diverse, fair and rea-sonable and for the political discussion to be contained to a sectionwith proper headers. Sometimes, the editorial page might not haveroom for a letter to the editor or a political column, but in those cases,the items will be placed closed to the editorial page (usually acrossfrom it) and properly labeled. Since the Advertiser staff consists of one person, it’s important toseek opinions from others in the community. They should not all belike-minded people. I’d also like to see a young person on the advisory board. So, if you’rein high school or even junior high, and you’d like to help shape the di-rection of the newspaper, let us know.Those wishing to join the advisory board may email [email protected]. Include your name, phone number, age, list ofcommunity organizations you help with (if any) and a paragraph aboutwhy you’d like to be considered.We have a really good group of interested people who have applied.We’re just waiting for you to complete the list. — David PorterI talked to my friend and mentorMike Carroll the other day. Mike’s arecently retired judge in my home-town, so I called him to see if hewould marry Jennie and me thissummer. That’s a subtle way to an-nounce our engagement, isn’t it?Anyway, he said he would. Thenwe got to talking about his retire-ment and the writing life. Prior tobecoming a judge, Mike wouldsometimes write guest columns forthe newspaper. He’s eloquent,funny and intelligent – you know, allthe things I’m not.He wrote a humorous pieceabout how you think you’re going tohave all kinds of time when you re-tire but you end up feeling like youdon’t have enough time. And howgolf is more fun when you’re sneak-ing away from work for it.I don’t play golf and I can neverretire, so the whole column wassort of lost on me. But it got me tothinking about my own time man-agement, which really is malfea-sance of the highest order.I don’t really manage time; itmanages me. If the printer didn’thave a schedule, the newspaperwould never get done. I need thedeadline pressure to motivate my-self. I can go all week wonderingwhat I’m going to write about, but Idon’t have a clue till I sit down in thechair with 20 minutes left to do it in. I usually end up doing the bulk ofmy work late at night, which I liketo say is by design, but it’s really bydefault. I tend to put off a lot of

things until I have to do them. WhenI say I’ll do it today, it’s technicallytomorrow. I haven’t slept on a Mon-day night in the nine weeks since Ibought the newspaper.While my system, if you can callit that, is not perfect and not foreverybody, it works for me. Mymornings are spent in slumberwhile my messages pile up. That al-lows me to deal with messages as agroup rather than one at a time asthey come in. Afternoons are spentgathering materials such as adver-tising and news stories. Eveningsoften are spent attending eventsand meetings. Late evenings arespent organizing information andtaking a little “me time.” With theInternet, I can catch up on TVshows and the news on my time. I put in a full day, and usuallymore than a full day, but it’s carvedup into segments. A lot of emailsand phone calls are taken care offrom the comfort of a cigar shop, soit doesn’t really feel like work. Lay-out, though, requires long blocks ofuninterrupted time, so that’s usuallydone in the wee hours of the night.

Could I do everything in a stan-dard 8-hour workday? Yes. But thatwould resemble work. It would re-quire discipline and conformity,two things I loathe. So, this dis-jointed time allocation would be aperfect job for me if I were to call ita job. The newspaper isn’t a job,though. It’s a lifestyle. I can’t imagine ever retiring.What would I do then? The last ed-itor, Harrison, was 72 when he hungup the title, but everyday, you cango by the old newspaper office andyou’ll find him there working onsomething. That’s where I’ll be 20some years from now. I’m really the luckiest guy Iknow. The newspaper is my retire-ment plan. And in June, I’ll be evenluckier because I will marry mybest friend if she doesn’t change hermind between now and then. © Copyright 2014 by David

Porter who can be reached [email protected]. Allrights reserved. The only down-side to self-employment is that myboss is a bit of a jerk. But, he lets

me smoke cigars while puttingthe paper together. I couldn’t dothat at my old job. Here’s Mike’scolumn, used with permission:

I Was Just Thinking… about my first few months ofretirement. It confirms my long-held belief that we can really onlyknows things when we experiencethem and not when someone sim-ply tells us about them. For exam-ple, you can tell an infant not totouch the red-hot burner on a stove.You can go so far as to describe inexcruciating detail the incrediblepain involved, touch the hot stoveyourself, then jump up and down,screaming at the top of your lungslike a banshee, with a death grip onyour throbbing finger, hoping babygets the idea that it’s a really, really,really bad idea to touch the red-hotburner on a stove.But you’d be wasting perfectlygood fingertip skin. Baby doesn’tget it. The young infant has got toclamber over to the side of thestove, reach up and touch theburner. Immediately after which itstarts jumping all over the place,screaming at the top of its lungs likea banshee.I mention this observation be-cause well-meaning retired folkstold me what to expect if, in fact, Iretired. They might as well havebeen talking to a baby about touch-ing a hot stove. For example, thefirst thing they tried to explain wasthat in retirement, freed from daily

drudgery, I would think I had allthe time in the world. But Iwouldn’t. On the contrary, I’d dis-cover there wasn’t enough time inthe day to do all the things Iwanted to do. I would be busierthan ever.What? This seemed nonsensical.So, naturally, I touched the hot stoveof time slipping away, screamed likea banshee, and ran home, late, apol-ogizing profusely to my wife for (a)failing to pick up the cleaning as Ihad promised (it was closed by thetime I got there), and (b) forgettingto pick up her eyedrops from thepharmacy (hey, I was racing to thecleaners for the clothes) and (c)bringing home the wrong kind ofmeat for the roast she was going tocook for supper (do you have anyidea how many cuts of meat thereare? And why isn’t flank steak anexcellent choice?).Closely related to this prophecywas the counter-intuitive observa-tion that time goes by faster andfaster as you get older, especiallywhen you’re retired and have all thetime in the world. Now they had tobe wrong on this one; in fact, one ofthe reasons I retired was to slowdown time. I thought I’d wake upwhen I felt like it, languidly makingmy way out to the screened-inporch where I’d smell the roses,perhaps look up at the cloudsrolling by, and experience the sub-lime pleasure of time standing still.But then, suddenly and alarmingly,I was shocked to my senses when I

realized the post office closed in fiveminutes.Whoosh, the day’s gone. Quickerthan when I worked full time. Time,evidently, had not stood still; in fact,it had sped up. Einstein was wrong:the speed of light isn’t constant; itdoubles after retirement.But the one thing they werewrong about is the one thing Ithought they were right on: golf.They guessed that I’d love having allthe time in the world to play golf–”every day if you want.” Alas, Ishould have remembered the expe-rience of the late comedian GeorgeBurns who, at age 80, went back towork. When asked “Why?” hereplied that golf wasn’t any fun inretirement. “It’s only fun skippingout of work.”He’s right. I haven’t touched aclub since retiring. I thought Iwould have. So I might return towork some day — not for the joy ofwork, but for the joy of not workingwhen I should be working.Clearly, the knowledge gainedfrom personal experience trumpsthe knowledge gained from reason-ing, trumps the knowledge gainedfrom the direct instruction of an-other, even trumps the knowledgegained from Facebook surfing(though this comes close).There are profound implications,if true, from this theory. But I don’thave the time to go into them now.I’m late for a doctor’s appointment— not sure where, with whom orwhy? — mike carroll

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Looking for balanceon advisory boardMy daughter-in-law Audreycame through Lebanon on a re-cent evening on her way fromMadison, Wis., to St. Louis, whereshe was to attend an educationconference. Audrey works for theWisconsin Department of Educa-tion. That makes her a bureau-crat, I guess. But it’s hard topicture her that way. She’s imagi-native, innovative, independent-minded, and more than a bitrebellious. I suspect she makesthings interesting around her of-fice. Margaret and I walked withher to Mama Gusto’s to get somedinner while we visited. As is usu-ally the case, our conversationturned to matters educational. Iasked her if she reads Yes! Maga-zine. She does,and yes, she sawthe current issuedevoted to trendsand develop-ments in publiceducation. I re-called the articleabout the rebel-lion against stan-dardized teststhat is spreadingacross the coun-try. Audrey didn’tthink that wassuch a good idea. She said that re-sults in their schools being pun-ished for non-compliance, whichis not helpful. She was more con-cerned about the amount of test-ing and the punitive use oftesting. Tests, used properly, canbe important tools in assessingstudent needs and shaping cur-riculum accordingly. But her biggest concern abouttesting is the number of testsbeing administered, and theamount of time being devoted totesting. She started to rattle off alist of tests typically used in mostschools. I said I didn’t think allthose were being given in ourschool. She was skeptical. “If yourschool isn’t doing these tests,your school is exceptional,” shesaid. She wrote the names of abunch of tests on the back of anapkin ring. “Ask about these,”she said. A couple of days later, I didthat. I caught Patrick Keeney, thesuperintendent, just as he wasleaving to head down to Belleville

to file a report. But in his typicalmanner, he invited me in to spenda few minutes answering myquestions. He looked at the nap-kin ring list. “Aimsweb, yes.NWEA Web, no. ACT – plan, yes,ACT Explore, yes. ACT Aspire, no.Read 180, yes.” Two others hedidn’t recognize. “Why do you doall these?” I asked. “Aimswebhelps us get a look at where eachstudent is, their weak areas, theirstrengths. Thishelps us in plan-ning for that stu-dent. The samewith Reading 180.These are diag-nostic tools thathelp us design thebest educationalplan for each stu-dent.” The ACT isfor high schoolstudents to qual-ify for college. The biggie, ofcourse, is the Illinois StudentAchievement Test (ISAT). That’sthe one that determines our fate.“My big frustration with that oneis the way the scoring keepschanging. The goal post moves.”For example, between 2012-13and 2013-14, the score requiredfor a student to qualify as “meetsand exceeds” the state standard,jumped 20 points. So a parentlooks at their student whosescore was 89, well above the 70required to “meet and exceed” thestandard. The student gets thesame score this year, but now heis failing – by one point. Patrick recommended I look atthe Illinois State Board of Educa-tion (ISBE) website and check outwhat is happening to the ISATwhich is about to morph intoPARCC (Partnership for Readi-ness for College and Careers).Don’t you just love those names?That’s what bureaucrats do, Iguess. Think up names for tests. Anyway, I went right home andlooked it up. It’s all about the

Common Core. That’s the new na-tional elementary and secondarycurriculum guidelines designedto position America’s kids to becompetitive in a global economy! The PARCC is “more rigorous”and is designed to measureachievement with Common Core.Common Core is voluntary andthe curriculum to meet its goals isup to the local school. Our schoolis on board. You still with me? That’s good because there’smore. There are Interim PARCCsand Summative PARCCs. You cangive I-PARCCs during the schoolyear to fine tune the instructionalprogram as you go. The S-PARCCsare for year’s end “to tell youwhat the students know.” That’s aquote off the website. Don’t go away. There’s stillmore. There are the 5Essentials,and the 5Essential Surveys, onefor students, one for teachers andone for parents to fill out. They’reactually quite interesting. But notnow. Enough is enough. Maybewe can come back to the 5Es an-other time. You can check themout for yourself at www.ISBE.net. Let Me ClarifyTwo weeks ago I wrote aboutthe gay marriage controversy. I ref-erenced the United MethodistChurch, taking the denominationto task for its exclusion of homo-sexuals from service in its clergy. Iended by giving, I fear, the impres-sion that the only reason I stay inthe UMC is to be a “burr undertheir saddle” on this issue. That’sunfortunate. There is much I loveabout the UMC, and especially mylocal congregation. I look forwardto Sunday, when I can worshipwith my Christian friends. The fel-lowship there is very special. Weare a warm and welcoming placefor everybody, no litmus test. Itreasure the mission outreach, lo-cally and worldwide. I also appre-ciate the big tent that is the UMC.They put up with me, after all. Thetent just needs to get bigger yet.

Testing ... testing ...testing ... AAAHHH!

Ramblin’ ManDavid [email protected]

If running a newspaper is working, I never want to retire

ViewpointConrad Steinhoff

Keeney: ‘My bigfrustration with

[ISAT testing] is theway the scoringkeeps changing.The goal post

moves.’


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Notice is hereby given of thedeath of Hisaye McDill, of O’Fallon,St. Clair County, Illinois. Letters ofOffice were issued on February 25,2014, to Kenneth L. McDill, 112Homestead Street, O’Fallon, IL62269, as Independent Executor.Claims against the estate may befiled in the office of the Clerk of thisCourt at St. Clair County Building,10 Public Square, Belleville, Illi-nois, 62220. Claims must be filedwith the representative or theCourt or both. Within 10 days aftera claimant files his claim with theCourt the claimant (1) shall causea copy of the claim to be mailed ordelivered to the representative andto his attorney of record, and (2)shall file with the Court proof ofany required mailing or delivery ofcopies. (Chap. 755 ILCS 5/18-1)Claims against this estate mustbe filed on or before 6 monthsfrom the date of the first publica-tion, which was on March 12, 2014,or 3 months from the date of mail-ing or delivery of this notice,whichever is later, and any claimnot filed on or before that period isbarred.This notice is published in com-pliance with the provisions ofChap. 755 ILCS 5/18-3.TIMOTHY P. FLEMING

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A crowd gAthered for theMarch 20 grand opening of McK-endree University’s new SportsPerformance and wrestling cen-ters at 109 Perryman St. inLebanon commons. guests en-joyed healthy snacks andgatorade as they toured the7,500 square foot facility whereBearcat athletes train for com-petition. the Sports Perform-ance center has over 19,000pounds of free weights, 2,400square feet of artificial turf, anda cushioned floor made of recy-cled Nikes. McKendree’s nation-ally ranked men’s and women’steams hold their practices andworkouts in the adjacentwrestling center.

Participating in the ribboncutting from left were dr. Jamesdennis, McKendree Universitypresident; dean and Amandaoelze, developers of Lebanoncommons; chuck Brueggemann,director of athletics; JordanFark, strength and conditioningcoach; caty Ponce, Student Ath-letic Advisory committee presi-dent; Sam Schmitz, Bearcatshead women’s wrestling coach;and Mary Alice Koriath, Lebanonalderman. Submitted photos.

It's Time to Move on, Folks.Most of our elected council mem-bers realize they have more impor-tant things to take care of in thecity than continually debating theirlibrary. The restroom is open andthe board will review the leasewhen it arrives. Life needs to go on.We at the library have more impor-tant things to do than to soothe ir-ritated library patrons who can'tunderstand why on earth theirhumble library is "under attack." toborrow a phrase. Patrons' feelingsseem to range from finding it hu-morous to those who are highly an-noyed and are considering runningfor office. As a parting thought before put-ting this topic to bed, we havesome very dedicated aldermenwho have a lot to accomplish ateach meeting. We wish them andthe mayor the best as they dealwith the daily needs of a growingcity and with all the good ideasthey are working on to makeLebanon a great place to live and

work. We look forward to beingpart of the many positive thingshappening in our community. Welove Lebanon!In other news . . . April showers bring May flow-ers, or in our case, it brings somepretty cool programs! TheLebanon Seed Library is now openfor donations and checkouts. Eachpatron with a library card will belimited to two free packets foradults and one for children the firstyear. By next year we should beable to give away many more. If weget more seed donations we willalso offer seeds to other area peo-ple. We will have note cards in spe-cially marked drawers to show you

how to label seed donations if youmake your own packets to donate.Seeds are also welcomed by the jar,envelope or plastic bag if well la-beled for our volunteers to divideup. We welcome volunteers, too.Just select the variety of seedsyou would like, bring them to thecirculation desk; we will record theseed types for our records, andthen they are yours. If everyonewould put their first name on oneof our paper "seeds," we will tapethese in the window to show thecommunity the number of peopleparticipating in the Lebanon SeedLibrary. When you visit our seed libraryyou can put your name in the jar towin a set of gardening tools. Thedrawing is May 1. One entry perperson.We also encourage people to at-tend garden club classes and othergardening events in the area."1000 Books Before Kinder-garten" program sheets are avail-able! Fliers and reading logs are

located in the back next to the newhallway door. Enrollment cards canbe filled out and dropped off at thecirculation desk. Our goal is to en-roll 30 kids this spring. Won't youjoin us in raising a generation ofgreat readers?"Dig into Reading" is our sum-

mer reading program and is opento all ages. Details will be releasedin May.If you want to read a great arti-cle, use your favorite search engineto find, "23 reasons why your li-brary is the most important placein town." There are many positive

points in this article that sound likeLebanon. We seek to provide greatservice, great programs and greatresources no matter what sizebuilding we are in. Until next week, read anothergood book and check out our newand improved website. Off theShelfKelly

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Seed packets now available at Lebanon Public Library

We are always searching forlow fat alternatives to comfortfood. This recipe was adaptedfrom the Woman’s Day Kitchen.We love meatloaf; the really fat-tening kind, with beef and pork,but this turkey meatloaf was sogood and savory that it made usforget about the usual fare. Itserves 6, with 258 calories. Weserved it with a lentil/toastedwalnut and vegetables side dish,which perfectly complementedthe meatloaf. Enjoy!! :)Ingredients:2 large eggs

2 T Dijon mustard1 T fresh thyme, (or 1 t dry)Kosher salt and black pepper2 slices whole-wheat bread,torn into small pieces 8 oz. mushrooms, thinly sliced4 scallions, thinly sliced1 medium carrot, grated1 ½ lb. ground turkey Preheat oven to 375 degrees.Line a rimmed baking sheet withfoil. In a large bowl, whisk to-gether the eggs, mustard, thyme,¾ teaspoon salt and ½ teaspoonpepper; stir in the bread. Add themushrooms, scallions and carrot,

then mix to combine. (Some of themushrooms will break; no biggie.)Add the turkey and mix just untilincorporated. Transfer the mix-ture to the prepared baking sheetand shape into a 9 x 3 ½ inch loaf.Bake until the internal tempera-ture registers 160 degrees, 40-45minutes.

Turkey, carrot and mushroom meatloafMarie’sKitchen

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RambleintoSpring

THey RUn downlebanon's earlymorning bricks inMckendree's Ram-ble Into Spring. nowwith over 600 en-tries it is one of thelargest runs in theMetro east. every-one starts at thesame time but theevent is really threeraces in one - 5k,10k, and 10 miles.Photo by Jim Micha-lak.

FASTeR, MoM, FASTeR! Amanda Holt has just pushed her race crewup the hill by St. Joseph's with the 5k finish line dead ahead. The entryis split surprisingly even among the three runs, 222 5k finishers, 14310k finishers, and 181 10 mile finishers. Runners and walkers of allabilities are there. Photo by Jim Michalak.

IT lookS lIke a dance but it is fast pitch. o'Fallon grad TaylorBarnouski was a winning pitcher as Mckendree swept a doubleheader against U of I Springfield. The lady Bearcats were 10-13following these games. Photo by Jim Michalak.

In a photo taken seconds after his fin-ish, Jonathon Roberts looks unfazed bycracking off the 10 miler win in just 57minutes. The first 4 miles pushed into astiff cold wind and that was followed by6 miles of hills on the country roadsnorth of town. Roberts is a recent Illi-nois State U. grad prepping for a springmarathon. Photo by Jim Michalak.

GameOn

The McKendree University soft-ball team earned its second confer-ence doubleheader sweep of theseason late last month over Univer-sity of Illinois Springfield, 11-10and 5-1.The Bearcats improved to 10-13overall and 5-7 in the Great LakesValley Conference.McKendree jumped out to anearly lead, and had to withstand alate rally by the Prairie Stars toearn the 11-10 win in game one.The Bearcats scored six runs in thesecond inning spurred by a grandslam by junior centerfielder EricaJohnson (New Baden). McKendreeadded two runs each in the thirdand fourth innings to take a 10-3lead, but Illinois Springfield scored

seven runs over the next few in-nings to tie the game 10-10 head-ing into the bottom of the seventh.Junior pinch hitter delivered thegame-winning hit in the bottom ofthe seventh with a flyout to centerfield that scored freshman secondbaseman Jamie Doggendorf(Dittmer, Mo.) from third to win thegame.Junior pitcher Kelsie Stoszkus(O'Fallon) improved to 5-4 overallwith the win and had three strike-outs in 5.2 innings pitched. John-son, junior first baseman KatieNauman (Amboy,), and sophomoreKaiti Bowen (Elliott) each had twohits to lead McKendree offensively,with Johnson picking up four RBIand a run scored.

McKendree softball sweepsconference in Springfield


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