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Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, February 13,2008

From esvb.org, he helps those who help others

Don’t call him “webmaster.” “Webservant” fits better.

By Fletcher Farrar
Untitled Document Eric Scott Volkel-Barno is a person who likes to help people. He especially likes to help people who are helping other people. A quiet person who tries to live
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Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, January 30,2008

Tearing down walls to build Springfield

Minority participation in Q5 is making a believer out of me

By Fletcher Farrar
Untitled Document At a breakfast meeting with about 100 business leaders at the University of Illinois at Springfield last week the Springfield Chamber of Commerce gave its inaug
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Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, January 2,2008

Garden lessons for the new year

It’s time to make plans

By Fletcher Farrar
Untitled Document An experienced plantsman once told me the best time to prune: “Whenever the shears are sharp.” My approach to gardening has followed a similar bent.
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, December 19,2007

A father’s plea to stop veterans’ suicides

The VA should help soldiers know they need help

By Fletcher Farrar
Untitled Document It was a nice surprise to see Mike Bowman and his wife, Kim, last week on the NBC network news, testifying before the House Committee on Veterans Affairs. They
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, December 5,2007

A boomer for Obama

The case for shedding baggage

By Fletcher Farrar
Untitled Document When Hillary Clinton scolded Barack Obama the other day in Iowa, talking about his inexperience and listing his mistakes, I saw a picture of a mother lecturing
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Tuesday, November 20,2007

Gov. Henry Horner, martyr to good government

“In the realm of politics, there have been too few like him.”

By Fletcher Farrar
Untitled Document In 1961, after a long day of working on a promotional film at New Salem, 83-year-old Carl Sandburg granted Tom Littlewood an interview about Sandburg’s ol
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, November 7,2007

Illinois politics: What’s deeply wrong?

Pols forget people, and parties don’t stand for much

By Fletcher Farrar
Untitled Document Dan Hynes, the state comptroller, had it right when he said recently, “There is a growing sentiment out there among everyday people who normally don’
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, October 17,2007

The chainsaw resurrection

How Friends of the Sangamon Valley bring forests back to life

By Fletcher Farrar
Untitled Document The great 19th-century naturalist John Muir was onstage at New Salem State Park last Sunday, in the person of the actor John Wallace. “The forests of Amer
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, October 3,2007

New patriots and the old politics of Ron Paul

Anti-war conservatives organize for liberty

By Fletcher Farrar
Untitled Document “The founding fathers warned you!” proclaims the 16-by-8-foot sign that Garret Jordan has erected in his yard on Sixth Street, just south of Springf
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, September 5,2007

Looking for lessons in a drought

Southern Illinois has been so dry, it makes you think

By Fletcher Farrar
Untitled Document It was already dry in southern Illinois early this summer when I went down for my class reunion. As a group of us from the Mount Vernon Township High School cla