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Golden Reunion updateThe 24th Annual Golden Reunion ofLebanon Community High School alumni willbe held on Thursday, July 10, at BellecourtManor in Belleville, Illinois. Registration beginsat 10:30 AM.The Class of '63 is hard at work and antici-pates a great turn out of former "Greyhounds."For more information or to volunteer yourservices, call Ted Mauck (618) 934-7231 orBrian Poole (501) 834-1131.A place for your junkThe next large-item pick up date is May 19in Lebanon. In the meantime, if you’re lookingto get rid of something that still has some lifeto it, the Lebanon Rotary is looking for itemsfor its annual community yard sale.Host families neededSpeaking of Rotary, the local club is lookingfor help housing children from Belize who arewaiting for treatment at Shriner’s Hospital inSt. Louis. Hosts provide a valuable servicehelping these children through their surgeriesso they can return to their families healthy andhappy. If you’d like to help, call Rether Johnson at537-4967 or Nick Miller at 531-3251.And more hosts neededMarie Fero says she’s looking for families tohost foreign exchange students through thenon-profit high school exchange organizationCIEE. You can call 830-3781 or [email protected]. Learn more atwww.ciee.org/highschool/host.Elvis is in the JailhouseThe Lebanon Lions Club is holding an Elvistribute fundraiser for Camp Lions 8 p.m. Satur-day at Jailhouse Rock in Trenton. Bring yourown snacks, but you can buy drinks there. Call537-3146 or any Lions member for info.County Board chairmanissues burning banBurning has been banned in St. Clair Countythrough April 1 due to a rash of brush fires.Recreational fire pits and outdoor grills are OK,but no leaf or brush burning. Happily, cigarsare still acceptable outdoors; just put ‘em outproperly.Who wrote that?The byline was inadvertently left off of theHett Center’s Film Art Series last week. The re-view was written by Lindsay Hansard, a McK-endree University literature and philosophymajor from Belleville.

Mayor, Wright square off

Lebanon voters soundly defeated the Good Energyproposal for the supply of electricity. The proposition fell243-162 in a low turn-out primary election March 18.That doesn’t preclude Lebanon residents from shop-ping around for their electricity provider; it means res-idents would need to opt into a program rather than optout of the Good Energy plan, according to CouncilwomanMary Alice Koriath. In the gubernatorial race, Republican Bruce Rauneredged out Kirk Dillard 4,690 to 4,040 county wide.Lebanon similarly supported Rauner. He picked up 99votes to Dillard’s 82. Lebanon 1 voters picked Dillard byfour votes. On the Democrat side, Lebanon voters pickedincumbent Pat Quinn with 74 votes to Tio Hardiman’s44.The race to watch may be the 12th Congressional Dis-trict where incumbent Bill Enyart gathered 8,815 votescounty wide and Republican challenger Mike Bostpicked up 9,078. Neither candidate faced competitionwithin their parties.In the U.S. Senate race, Jim Oberweis picked up 70percent of the county vote while Douglas Lee Truaxscored 30 percent. Longtime incumbent Dick Durbinwas unopposed in the primary. Lebanon voters also pre-ferred Oberweis.In the Republican race for state treasurer, Lebanonand St. Clair County supported Bob Grogan over TomCross. Democrat Michael Frerichs was unchallenged.In the 108th Representative District, incumbent Re-publican Charlie Meier was unopposed by either partyand received 1,228 votes. In the 54th Legislative Districtfor state senator, Republican Kyle McCarter was unop-posed by either party and received 1,276 votes. Democ-rat James Clayborne, Jr., was unopposed in the 57thDistrict and picked up 6,450 votes.The county turned down a public safety occupationtax with 7,281 yes votes and 16,156 no votes. Lebanonvoters turned down that proposal by large margins.In the St. Clair County sheriff ’s race, Rick Watson de-feated challenger Roy Mickens 3 to 1. Lebanon voters se-lected Watson by large numbers as well. There was noRepublican candidate. Voter turnout was low across the state. Only 18 per-cent of Lebanon voters took ballots. About 16 percent ofvoters in St. Clair County voted. All primary election results are unofficial until theyare certified next month.

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YOUNG AUTHORS AT Lebanon Grade School wait in line for their turn at the podium. Fromleft are Lincoln Hamm, Noah Baer, Zachary Wilson, Braden Phillips (partially hidden), GraceWare and Blake Hurley. Photo by David Porter.

PERUSING BOOKS written by Lebanon stu-dents are from left: Erin San Pedro, TabithaBauer, Ross Bauer, Jayden Allen and Blake Hur-ley. Photo by David Porter.

THREE YOUNG AUTHORS whose books werejudged best will move into county competition.From left: Paisley Gabel, Kevin Fertig and Alli-son Corbitt. Photo by David Porter.

Young authors have the ‘write’ stuff ‘No’ and ‘low’dominate county election

By David PorterHostility dominated an otherwise boil-erplate City Council meeting Mondaynight as Mayor Rich Wilken and Alder-woman Cheri Wright sparred over libraryrent and policy issues.Wright brought the rent issue to thetable and said the committee could notagree on what to charge the library, whichshares space at City Hall. She said shewanted the council as a whole to weigh inand vote. The library reportedly pays $250 permonth rent for their space, and that

amount apparently has not changed formany years. Wright suggested taking theamount to $400 per month and Alder-woman Mary Alice Koriath agreed. Theother committee members, Jack Wise andLandall Mack wanted to leave the rent at$250.The city also has been performingbookkeeping services for the library andWright said all the committee membersagreed that the library should take overthose tasks. Only the rent amount was atissue, she said.Wilken chastised her for bringing an

issue to the full council that had not re-sulted in consensus in committee.The committee couldn’t agree, Wrightsaid. When other aldermen began to com-ment, Wilken shut them down. “I’m talk-ing to Miss Wright, please,” he snapped.Alderman and former mayor Frank Al-meter asked why the library had becomesuch a contentious subject. “For 50 yearsnow, the city has been getting along withthe library. ... What has happened?” Hesuggested that the flap began over a“plugged toilet” and now the relationship

between the library and the city govern-ment has unraveled. Wright said that toilet repairs had costthe city $500. She said the library did nothave access to a restroom until Kelly Wil-helm became librarian. “It’s costing thecity a lot of money,” she said. She addedthat space allocation in the building alsohad become an issue. Without blamingWilhelm directly, she noted that the “newlibrarian” was “changing things.”After further discussion, Wilken ques-See CITY COUNCIL on page 4

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Get rid of old or unwanted elec-tronics and appliances in an eco-friendly way at McKendreeUniversity on Friday, April 25.The non-profit Web Innova-tions and Technology Services(WITS) will accept items between9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Look for the trac-tor-trailer in the parking lot next tothe Hettenhausen Center for theArts on Alton Street in Lebanon.Among the many items WITSaccepts are electronics, computerhardware and accessories; phones,clocks and office equipment; CDsand VHS tapes; large and smallhome appliances; lawn mowers,tools and motors; car and house-hold batteries, and lead items. Inaddition, WITS now accepts usableclothes, shoes, toys, baby items,dishes and silverware. For a com-plete list of recyclables, go onlineto witsinc.org and click on “Recy-cling.” Paint and empty paint cans,tires, chemicals and household fur-niture will not be accepted. Donations are tax-deductible.Most items will be taken free ofcharge but donations are appreci-ated to help defray costs. WITS re-quests a donation of $5 for anyitem larger than a microwave.WITS refurbishes old comput-ers and other electronics by fixingor replacing what may be broken.It also provides free computersand training to St. Louis area veter-ans, low-income students and oth-ers in need to help them further

their educational and career goals.Anything beyond repair is recycledand nothing is sent to the landfillor shipped overseas.For more information, call theWITS St. Louis office at 314-382-1650 or visit www.witsinc.org.The annual recycling event ispart of Earth Week on campus,which will include “Earthfest” ac-tivities and a concert on April 22,Sigma Zeta’s annual plant sale, treeplanting, and a dodge ball tourna-ment.

Hailey Bodiford, a senior fromLebanon, was inducted into theAlpha Chi Honor Society chapter atBlackburn College. Candidates are elected by theBlackburn faculty on the basis ofthe students' academic achieve-ment and character, demonstratedthroughout their years at Black-burn. Alpha Chi members are in

the top ten percent of academicperformance in their class.Founded in 1837, BlackburnCollege is a four-year, Presbyte-rian-related, co-educational liberalarts college located in Carlinville.One of the seven work colleges inthe U.S., Blackburn is the only onewith a student-managed work pro-gram. Tweet this: McKendree Univer-sity’s social media received thegold award in the country’s largesteducation advertising competition.The 29th Educational Advertis-ing Awards were sponsored by theHigher Education Marketing Re-port. Over 2,000 entries were sub-mitted from more than 1,000schools. “It’s a fascinating time forsocial media from an organiza-tional perspective because it’s sopowerful, fluid and engaging,” saidMichael Embrich, director of webcommunications and digital assetsat McKendree. “There is abundant

marketing value in our institution’sdigital assets. It’s wonderful to benationally recognized for the con-tinuous dedication of our socialmedia administrators.”McKendree’s network encom-passes some 150 accounts utilizingover 10 platforms including Face-book, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube,LinkedIn, and study abroad blogs.In addition, numerous special in-terest groups use social media toconnect with current and prospec-tive students, alumni, parents andsupporters. Learn more atwww.mckendree.edu/socialmedia.

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decorations be removedCollege Hill Cemetery requests that families removeall decorations from the gravesites by March 31,2014. There is no provision for salvage of floral piecesand decorations.Easter decorations will be allowed during the monthof April 2014. May 1st only one bouquet per grave inan approved vase is allowed. No person shall use aglass jar, tin can, box, basket or bucket as a bouquetholder on any grave. No Styrofoam wreaths, spraysor plastic single stem flowers permitted from May 1stto November 1st. Thank you for your cooperation. If there are any ques-tions, please call City Hall at 537-4976 or 537-4926.Jody McNeeseCemetery Sexton

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DANIEL ZEEB (R) gets a close-up look at where Alan Walkiewicz’s tooth had been Friday before theScouts went inside the First United Methodist Church for their Space Derby. Photo by David Porter.

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tioned how the city could make a de-cision on the rent when the libraryhad not agreed to an increase. Wright said the library had beenstalling on signing a lease.The city also shares space withthe fire department, which, like thelibrary, has its own levy, and a pri-vate ambulance service. Neither theambulance service nor the fire de-partment pay rent for their spaces.When other Council members askedabout that comparison, Wright triedto steer the conversation back to thelibrary indicating that she did notthink a comparison was relevant. After Alderman Stephen Haganasked twice about the fire depart-ment lease, he told Wright, “It’s pub-lic information. I could go look it upmyself. You don’t have to not answermy question.”It was noted that the fire depart-ment tends to take care of its own re-

pairs while the city typically takescare of library repairs. There was nosuggestion that the fire departmentor ambulance service should payrent.Hagan indicated that he thought itwas fair for the library to expect re-pair work from the city because theypay rent. He added that didn’t thinkit was a bad thing that the city subsi-dizes a library.Hagan said he thought the rentshould stay at $250 but the libraryshould take over its own payrollduties. The council members con-curred that a final agreement be-tween the city and the librarywould have to come back to theCouncil for a vote. Monday’s votewas to authorize Wright to con-tinue negotiations with the library

with rent remaining at $250.Almeter voted against the plan.Mack abstained since he arrived atthe meeting late and had not heardthe whole discussion. Jack Wise wasabsent. All others voted for the mo-tion regarding rent and negotiation.Wright then went into a discus-sion about repairs at the police de-partment and then circled back toCouncil policy limiting the mayor’sspending and decision authority.Wilken asked what her pointwas and why she had put the dis-cussion on the agenda under publicbuildings. “Are we doing a lecturehere? What is the purpose of thisdiscussion?” he asked. He added, “Ithink we’ve gone through this al-ready.” He said it was a “meaning-less discussion” and questioned

why Wright keeps bringing it up.Previously, the mayor had beenscolded by the council for spendingmore than $5,000 on emergency re-pairs at the police department with-out contacting the committee chair,which is Wright. Wright said the re-pairs could have been done over aperiod of a couple of months insteadof a couple of days.Wilken also has been called outfor bringing an ordinance to changethe city’s personnel manual to theCouncil meeting without sending itthrough the committee.Wright said she wanted to makesure everyone understands theCouncil’s policy. “Do we under-stand?” she asked pointedly.“Yes,” Wilken said, ending the dis-cussion. Dear Editor:Today I witnessed an eventstaged by the International Broth-erhood of Electric Workers Local309 for which they should beashamed.The local staged a “sit in”demonstration at the HuddleHouse, 9810 Perrin Road, Mas-coutah, IL 62258 because the own-ers didn’t use IBEW works forconstruction. The IBEW members just occu-pied the chairs preventing the em-

ployees serving genuine cus-tomers.The owner of the Huddle Housewas gracious in allowing thedemonstration. He addressed thegroup giving an eloquent explana-tion of why he didn’t use IBEW309. He first explained that it is afamily business. His entire family,children and all, mortgaged every-thing they had to put together themoney to build the facility. He usedunion workers in every aspect ofconstruction EXCEPT electrical be-

cause electrical is his father andbrother’s family business.The owner asked the IBEW as“brothers” to understand the im-portance of family, and why he did-n’t use the IBEW choosing familyinstead. After his address, hewished the IBEW members well,and hoped they would return soon.He didn’t even ask them to leave.After hearing this explanation,the IBEW should have vacated thechairs and gone home. They hadmade a point – he didn’t hire theIBEW. But what objective did theymeet? The facility is complete. Theowner can’t hire them to do worknow, so their only intent is to finan-cially penalize the business afterconstruction is over. This isn’t thespirit and intent for which theunions should be standing:To promote reasonable methods

of work; To cultivate feelings offriendship among those of our in-dustry; To settle all disputes be-tween employers and employees byarbitration (if possible); To assisteach other in sickness or distress; Tosecure employment; To reduce thehours of daily labor; To secure ade-quate pay for our work; To seek ahigher and higher standard of liv-ing; To seek security for the individ-ual; And, by legal and proper means,to elevate the moral, intellectual,and social conditions of our mem-bers, their families, and dependents,in the interest of a higher standardof citizenship. – extract from IBEWwebpageI am disappointed in the IBEW’sbullying tactics. In our world todaywe have enough bullying we don’tneed to see it by an alleged profes-sional organization because theirworkers weren’t hired instead of aperson’s family members. I know Iwon’t seek out an IBEW for mynext project.

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It may be too early to predict the state’s gubernatorial election, but Ithink Pat Quinn has the edge. That’s not an endorsement.I’ve heard it said that a Republican can’t get elected governor in thisstate, but that simply isn’t true. But first, the Republicans need to selectan electable candidate. That means fielding a candidate who is middle-of-the-road enough to swing moderate Democrat votes.Looking at the primary results is a bit dangerous because there wereso few of them. The GOP could look at the numbers and point out thatBruce Rauner, their pick for the governor’s race, received more votes(327,000) than the Democrat incumbent Pat Quinn (317,000). Thatmeans nothing in the general election.For starters, Democrats mostly sat out during the primary. Thereweren’t enough issues on the slate to interest them. I suspect a fairnumber of them pulled Republican ballots just because there was morethere to consider.Secondly, Kirk Dillard pulled down 304,000 votes in the primary.Where are those votes going to go in November? Just because theywere cast in the Republican primary, I wouldn’t count on them stayingthere.If you look at the downstate votes, you can see a trend. In many ofthose counties, Tio Hardiman did well, even beating Quinn by somesubstantial margins. In Marion County, Hardiman won 72 percent ofthe Democrat vote. I would guess that many of the voters knew very lit-tle about Hardiman; some probably had never heard of him before.Their votes were anti-Quinn votes. In many of those counties, Dillard was the clear favorite. Dillardwould have had an easier time pulling Hardiman votes in the generalelection than Rauner will have pulling Dillard votes.Why? Because Rauner is too far right and too wealthy for a lot of BlueDog voters. Even if they don’t like Quinn and would have voted for Dil-lard, they’ll pick Quinn over Rauner. However, there will be two factors in the general election that shouldnot be underestimated. 1) Rauner’s money and 2) general dislike ofQuinn after nearly a decade. But it’s a numbers game. If you look atCook County — the county that will matter most in the general election— Quinn counted more votes than Rauner, Dillard and Hardiman com-bined. The Chicago machine keeps on chugging. Again, not an endorsement.— David PorterI don’t want this to soundthreatening, but you might wantto think about what you say to mebecause someday I’m gonna writea book and you’re all gonna be init. Well, probably not everybody.OK, hardly any of you. Maybe afew. Aw, who am I kidding? I’mnever going to write a book. Sometimes, I feel like my wholelife is an animated novel playingout in real time. That’s not a badthing. It keeps me turning thepage each day. The life of a newspaper guy canbe, let’s use the word “interesting.”Every crackpot and conspiracytheorist that walks into a townends up at the newspaper office.I’m not talking about you, ofcourse. You’re fine. But the news-paper is a magnet for anyone whohas a story to tell.Over the years, I’ve had somedoozies. I won’t say that “I’veheard it all” because I’m con-stantly amazed by the stories Ihear. I’ve had a couple of dooms-dayers wanting to show me proofthat the world is about to end. Oneguy brought in reams of researchon contrails with a theory abouthow the government is intention-ally poisoning us. One guy told methat he had definitive proof thatObama is the anti-Christ. Then there was the business-man who literally cried in my of-fice because the city wouldn’t lethim build a strip club there. I criedwith him. There was the convicted mur-

derer who didn’t like my newscoverage of his recent arrest fordrug possession. That was uncom-fortable.It’s not fair to lump them allunder the heading of crackpot.Many of them had legitimate in-formation with no legitimate wayto disseminate it. Like the lawyerwho would drive me around in hiscar while I perused the confiden-tial files that were laid out on theseat. Apparently, he believed thepretense would keep him frombeing disbarred. Some were just trying to behelpful. Like the ambulance driverwho smuggled me past a policebarricade so I could get a photo Ineeded. It’s not lost on me that peoplerely on the newspaper to tell thestories that they can’t tell them-selves. Some of those stories needtelling and some don’t. That leadsto a necessary skepticism. Thetrust they place in the newspaperis second to the trust the readershave that the newspaper will con-sider the motivations behind theinformation to deliver news that isrelevant, fair and accurate. I take

the responsibility seriously, but Itry to have fun along the way. There are times when I knowmy sources consider me to be apawn for their own agendas, andthose are often the best sources.It’s easy for a reporter to spot ma-nipulation because it’s every-where every day. It’s easy to become jaded,though, when you realize thateveryone has an agenda. It be-comes difficult, perhaps even dan-gerous, to form meaningfulfriendships within one’s circle ofnews coverage. It’s an interesting life, though.Each day is a new page with theanticipation of another colorfulcharacter crossing the threshold.When it stops being interesting,that will be the time to quit. Last week was national Sun-shine Week – a week when thepress reflects on transparency is-sues such as the Freedom of Infor-mation Act, Open Meetings Actand investigative reporting. I wastoo busy putting out a newspaperto think too much about it, so I’mcelebrating this week. There’s nocake and there aren’t any balloons.

It’s not really a party. Just a time tothink about the watchdog role themedia plays in our body politic. I can’t say we’re a perfect lotspreading harmony and happi-ness across the land. But I thinkwe do some good. That’s the goal. We take it on the chin some be-cause we didn’t do this or that orbecause we got something wrongalong the way. Despite our ampleegos, we’re not some all-knowing,infallible deity who uncovers thetruth by simply walking into aroom. We rely on the collectivedata of agenda-driven people aswell as our own instincts and in-genuity. It’s not perfect, but itbeats the heck out of government-controlled messaging. Unfortunately, a lot of newscoverage these days is agenda-dri-ven, too. That’s why it’s vitally im-portant that people have theability to weigh information inde-pendently and that starts withtreating yourself to a variety ofnews sources.My agenda is to wake up to-morrow feeling good after a guilt-free slumber, make enough moneyto pay my bills and try to make theworld around me a better place.When I get to the end of the bookmy life is writing, I want each pageto be worth reading. © Copyright 2014 by David

Porter who can be reached [email protected]. Allrights reserved. After this pastwinter, we could all use a littlesunshine, couldn’t we?

Our Opinion

GOP’s vote meansQuinn could win

A growing rift is developing inour Lebanon City Government. Itis between the mayor and the CityCouncil, or perhaps more accu-rately, between the mayor and afaction within the City Council. Much of it has to do with sepa-ration of powers. What decisionsdoes the mayor make, and whatdecisions are reserved to the CityCouncil? There have been a cou-ple of instances within the lastcouple of months in which MayorRich Wilken has committed cityfunds to make urgent repairs tocity facilities. In a move to rein inthe mayor’s spending, the Councilplaced a $5,000 limit on theamount the mayor could spend. If a repair or other action re-quiring expenditure of fundswould exceed the $5,000 limit,the mayor is re-quired to seek theconcurrence ofthe alderman whoheads the councilcommittee underwhose jurisdic-tion the situationfalls.A state inspec-tion of the policestation resulted ina rather ominouslist of seriouselectrical andother code violations requiringimmediate correction. The mayorsought a bid from a local firm. Itcame in at $8,500. Mayor Wilkentold them to go ahead. This led to a confrontation inthe next meeting of the Council.Mayor Wilken defended his ac-tion, saying the situation was direand it seemed obvious the workcould not be purchased withinthe $5,000 limit. He did acknowl-edge, however, he had not abidedby the Council’s policy. He waschastised. This is not to take sides in thisor other conflicts within theCouncil chamber, but to spotlightthe tension over decision-makingauthority within the city govern-ment. A council point of view was putstarkly by Alderman Cheri Wrightat the “First Monday” set of com-mittees meeting on March 17. Iquote from the news story in theLebanon Advertiser: “The mayordoesn’t really make decisions orspend money. Aldermen do that.We need to make sure we’re onthat track.” It couldn’t be anyclearer than that. Clearly misin-formed, that is. If Alderman Wright is correct,that the mayor doesn’t “make de-cisions” or “spend money” andthat these powers rest solelywith the Council, our city is inreal trouble. Such a state of af-fairs ensures that our town willremain in a state of near paralysis(as it has been over the past sev-eral years) as the Council wran-gles over each individualspending or other administrative

decision. It also goes a long waytoward explaining the length ofCouncil meetings. At least some members of theCouncil don’t seem to understandthe difference between policy andadministration. In a properly runorganization, the board of direc-tors (or, in the case of a munici-pality, the City Council) hasresponsibility for making policy,including fiduciary matters. Theadministration of those policiesand finances isthe responsibilityof the chief execu-tive officer (CEO).In our form of citygovernment, theMayor is the CEO.If we had a citymanager form ofgovernment, thecity managerwould be the CEO.In that case, Al-derman Wright’sstatement wouldbe half correct. The mayor doesn’t make deci-sions or spend money. But nei-ther do the Aldermen. The citymanager does. So how would this play out inthe case of the decision to orderthe work to correct the code vio-lations in the police station? TheCity Council, in consultation withthe mayor and city attorney, for-mulates and adopts an annualbudget for the city’s operation. Inthat budget is a line item labeled“Facilities and Equipment Main-tenance.” (If there isn’t, the cityhas done a poor job of budgetmaking.) This is the pot of moneyavailable to the mayor to see thatneeded repairs and improve-ments to city property are made. If it becomes apparent, due toemerging needs, that the budgetallocation will fall short for theyear, it is the mayor’s responsibil-ity to get back to the council andengage the members in workingout a solution to the problem. Inthis model, although the Councildoesn’t make administrative deci-sions, it does have, as part of its fi-duciary function, a responsibilityto raise questions of the mayor ifany members have concernsabout spending decisions. It is themayor’s responsibility to provideanswers. In our form of city govern-ment, all department heads andoffice staff (with the exception ofthe city clerk, who is an electedofficial) are accountable to themayor, and the mayor to thecouncil, in the ongoing operationof the city’s business. In like man-

ner, department heads and officestaff are answerable to the mayor,but not to the council.Last October, I became the CEOof Beacon Ministries in Belleville.That agency is in its 18th year, buthas never had an executive officer.I have a two-year contract. The board of directors chargedme with guiding the agency toreadiness organizationally andfiscally to hire a permanent CEO.I told them that this processwould require changes on theirpart, since they had been han-dling the agency administrationfor a long time. They understood.We have butted heads a fewtimes, but we are both clear thatthe board makes policy and over-sees finances, while the CEO ad-ministers. We are making goodprogress. Lebanon’s city govern-ment has work to do.*Picayune: Paltry, Petty, Small-

Minded. (Webster’s dictionary)

Council preoccupiedwith the picayune*

Ramblin’ ManDavid [email protected]

Life’s book should be worth reading

ViewpointConrad Steinhoff

At least somemembers of the

Council don’t seemto understand thedifference between

policy and administration.


PUBLIC NOTICEANNUAL TOWNSHIP MEETINGNotice is hereby given to thelegal voters, residents of the Townof Lebanon, in the County of St.Clair and State of Illinois, that theAnnual Town Meeting of said Townwill take place on Tuesday, April 8,2014, (being the second Tuesdayof the month) at the hour of 7:30p.m. at the Township Office, 10182Summerfield South Road, Trenton,Illinois, 62293, for the transactionof the miscellaneous business ofthe said Town; and after a Moder-ator having been elected, will pro-ceed to hear and consider reportsof officers, and decide on suchmeasures as may, in pursuance oflaw, come before the meeting.

Dated: March 21, 2014Marsha Shirley

Lebanon Township Clerk

PUBLIC NOTICESTATE OF ILLINOISIN THE CIRCUIT COURT20TH JUDICIAL CIRCUITST. CLAIR COUNTYNO. 14-P-151IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATEOFHISAYE McDILL, DECEASED

CLAIM NOTICENotice 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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(618) 632-3625PUBLIC NOTICENotice is hereby given that theCity of Lebanon’s proposed budgetfor the fiscal year May 1, 2014

through April 30, 2015 will beavailable for public viewing begin-ning April 1, 2014 through April14, 2014 at Lebanon City Hall. Thepublic hearing for the proposedbudget will be held before the reg-ular City Council meeting on April14, 2014 at 6:45 p.m.MISCELLANEOUSFRIED FISH and chicken tendersevery Friday 5:30 to 8 p.m. atSummerfield Lions Club, servingthe community since 1966. Forhall rental call Pam Watts at 334-3177.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.

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POLICE OFFICERThe Lebanon Illinois Police De-

partment is creating a police offi-cer eligibility list. Applicants mustbe a minimum of 21 years of age,United States citizen, posses avalid driver’s license and submita copy of their social securitycard. Preferences given to quali-fied prior military service mem-bers and current police officerswith 2 years experience. Applica-tions can be obtained at theLebanon Police Department, 403W. St. Louis Street, Lebanon Illi-nois 62254, beginning March 17,2014. Returned applications willbe accepted until 5:00 p.m. April4, 2014.



PUBLIC NOTICEAnnual publication of Zoning Map for the City of Lebanon pursuant to 65 ILCS 5/11-13-19 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-13-19)



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The Lebanon Advertiser is a community newspaper. As such, we’re inviting members of the community to jointhe newspaper’s editorial advisory board. The editorial advisory board is a non-paid, 1-year appointment to make recommendations to the newspaper inareas such as news, sports, society news, editorials, layout, etc. Meetings will be held monthly or as needed. Many people in the community contribute toward the success of the newspaper. We want to take that communityspirit a step further by seeking direct input into newspaper decisions. Because we want a diverse range of views,we want to know a little more about you so we do not duplicate the interests of everyone on the advisory board.If you’d like to be considered for the advisory board, please fill out the information below and mail it to: LebanonAdvertiser, P.O. Box 126, Lebanon, IL 62254, or email your responses to [email protected], ordrop off the form at our office in the Design 5 Studio at 217 W. St. Louis St. in Lebanon.Name: Age:Email addressPhone NumberPlease answer the following questions as best you can:How long have you lived in Lebanon?What organizations/clubs do you belong to?

Politically, do you consider yourself to be_____ Conservative _____ Liberal _____ Independent _____ Other _____ I’d rather not sayI am most interested in the following areas (Check all that apply)_____ News _____ Advertising _____ Editorials _____ Society news/lifestyles _____ Sports_____ Feature stories _____ Design/layout _____ Other My favorite column/feature in the newspaper isMy favorite section of the newspaper isPlease tell us briefly why you would like to be on the editorial advisory board. (Attach a separate sheet ofpaper.)

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LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL inducted seven students last week into the National Honor Society. Inductees are, from left: J.C. Villmer, VictoriaSymonds, Evan Morris, Emily McMullen, Courtney Koenig, Jessica Jennings and Brianna Harter. Photo by Susan Meister.

Classical music celebrating cir-cus animals, clowns and bands isthe theme of a recital by McK-endree University music facultymember Dr. Joseph Welch on Fri-day, April 4. It will begin at 7:30p.m. at the Hettenhausen Centerfor the Arts on the Lebanon cam-pus.Welch, who is an instructor ofpiano, vocal coach and accompa-nist at McKendree, has a planned afamily-friendly recital full ofhumor, fun and entertainment forall ages. Saint-Saëns’ “Carnival ofthe Animals” for chamber ensem-ble opens the evening, accompa-nied by the poetry of Ogden Nashand artwork by students from localschools. It is followed by Milhaud's“Scaramouche” for two pianos,with a guest juggler, acrobat anddancers. The next piece, Lavignac's“Galop-Marche,” is played by fourpianists — at one piano. Theevening ends with songs byCharles Ives, sung by sopranoEmily Ottwein and featuring addi-tional special guests.Admission is free but donationswill be accepted to benefit St. LouisChildren’s Hospital’s Family Care

Fund. Donations to the fund helpfamilies that qualify with some ofthe financial aspects of having achild in the hospital. The assistancecan be used to cover insurance co-pays, deductibles, and out-of-pocket expenses or to assist withthe cost of prescription drugs. Thefund also provides gas cards toallow parents to travel to and fromthe hospital or money for mealswhile staying at the hospital.Welch is an in-demand collabo-rator who serves as coach, accom-panist and music director forvarious opera programs includingSIUE's Opera-tion Outreach, ISU’sMidwest Institute of Opera, andMarble City Opera in Knoxville,Tenn. A versatile performer, he is athome in song recital, chambermusic and concerto performances,such as his recent appearance withHeartland Symphony Orchestra inBrainerd, Minn., for Gershwin’s“Rhapsody in Blue.”As a follow-up event to therecital, Welch will give a pianomaster class for advanced pianistsat 6 p.m., Tuesday, April 8. For in-formation or to register, contact [email protected].

A musical circus comesto life at the Hett April 4



nick hohrein releases a pair of rubber band-powered rockets during the cub scouts’ space Derby Friday. hohrein built the con-traption that the hand-made rockets glide on. From left are ayden wright, Blake hurley, hohrein, lenny walkiewicz, chevy kirkwood androb hurley. Photo by David Porter.

winners oF the sPace DerBY after a double elimination tournament are, from left, tyler hohrein,third place, Blake hurley, first place and sebastian Fergus, second place. Photo by David Porter.

cranking the ProPellersevenly is a three-person opera-tion. Photo by David Porter.

watching their rockets fly are sebastian Fergus (l) androbert Zimmerman (r) while nick hohrein releases the rockets,which become a blur as they race along a fishing line. Photo by DavidPorter.

SpaceDerby



GameOnSPORTS BRIEFS

Soccer camp The Lebanon High School soc-cer team will be hosting its firstsoccer camp May 3. The camp isopen to boys and girls in Kinder-garten through 8th grade.Campers will learn the basicfundamentals of soccer includingpassing, dribbling, shooting andother skills. Campers also will havean opportunity to compete andwin prizes.For more information, call thehigh school office at 537-4423.Ball player wantedThe Tomahawks Softball 18Uteam in O'Fallon has openings for apitcher and position player. Theteam will play in a summer leagueand attend college exposure tour-naments. 16U players will be con-sidered. Contact Ashley Woodromeat 618-315-7550 or Wayne Bendallat 618-407-5061. Charity golfChristian HomeCare Services,Inc., hosts its 9th Annual Golf Tour-nament and Dinner Saturday, April26, at The Hills Golf Club inLebanon. Donations raised fromthe tournament have helped manyolder adults throughout the St.Louis Metro East. They are seeking sponsors andadditional donations for prizesthat will be awarded during thedinner that follows the tourna-ment. Equipment, towels, tees, golfballs or gift certificates would beused for awards given to the partic-ipants. To become a sponsor, donate anitem or register to golf visithttp://www.chcsinc.org/christian-homecare/events.jsp or call 618-537-9590.

Triad grad and sUBMarine thrower a.J. Wise pitches reliefas McK finally opened its home season with two double headersagainst rockhurst (Kansas city). rockhurst won three of the fourgames and McK is 5-5 for the early season. Photo by Jim Micha-lak.

leBanon grad Mason christ pitched a relief inning forthe McKendree JV against lincoln college in the JV seaonopener. lincoln won this one. Photo by Jim Michalak.

McKendree's dUsTin BorensTeinspikes against King University (Bristol,Tenn.) in McKendree's crossover Tour-nament. McK's all freshman first-yearteam is 8-19 overall. Photo by JimMichalak.

Wesclin graderica Johnson slideshome safe againstUMsl. McKendreedropped both gamesof this double header.The second game wasplayed under the newlights.The ladyBearcats are now 7-10for the season.

McKendreeSpring sportsin full swing


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