Untitled Document Lindsay Record, local-food coordinator at the Illinois Stewardship Alliance, started working with Springfield area farmers nearly a year ago. She wanted fresh ideas on how to introduce more local foods into the community, and after some discussions, they came up with a new plan. They’re calling it Local Flavors: a dinner series that […]
Amanda Robert
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Hard times
Untitled Document Linda Freer first noticed a slowdown in donations at St. John’s Breadline when general staples such as tea bags, pasta, and frozen turkeys stopped showing up. Freer, an assistant supervisor who’s worked with the nonprofit organization since October 2004, also says that other supplies “haven’t been up like in the past when I […]
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Behind closed doors
Untitled Document The Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce will host a closed-door meeting Friday in the hope that city officials and community leaders will find common ground over an ordinance requiring new guidelines for local building projects involving at least $500,000 in city, state, or federal funds. Ward 2 Ald. Gail Simpson, on behalf of […]
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Defying the odds
Untitled Document The people who know Katie Jasmon say that she lives every hour of her life to accomplish something. As a student at Sacred Heart-Griffin High School, she was a four-time state qualifier in swimming, a two-time state qualifier in track, and a state-qualifier in cross-country. In 2006 Jasmon received a scholarship to Division […]
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Overseers
Untitled Document Springfield’s affordable housing crew — Pastor Jerry Doss of Abundant Faith Christian Center, Mike Pittman of Pittman Enterprises, the Rev. Silas Johnson of the Nehemiah Expansion, and Ron Fafoglia of TSP-Hope Inc. — all showed up at last week’s City Council meeting to protest an ordinance requiring new guidelines for city building projects. […]
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Time to regroup
Untitled Document It looks as if the State Journal-Register and Friend-in-Deed will continue to work hand in hand after all. On May 22, the holiday charity organization’s board of directors announced that the newspaper would continue its support despite an earlier announcement that Friend-in-Deed would function as its own separate entity [see R.L. Nave, “Friend-in-Deed in […]
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The winding wine road
Untitled Document You’ve just packed up the kids, their favorite stuffed animals, and their Game Boys and shipped them off to Grandma’s house. You’re stoked about staking out the couch, bag of pretzels in one hand and a glass of Chianti in the other. But as you start to settle in, it hits you: You’re […]
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Test your limits
Untitled Document If anyone marks the end of winter’s chill and spring’s fickleness with glee, it’s the capital city’s walkers and runners. They stream out of the woodwork, infiltrating Washington and Lincoln parks, bopping to the beat of their iPods and shaking off the indoor-exercise blues. Many are daytime desk jockeys who crave fresh air […]
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Fee fie, ho-hum
Untitled Document Ward 6 Ald. Mark Mahoney was just like every other Lake Area Disposal customer when, on April 30, he opened a letter saying that he would be slapped with a $20 fee if he left yard-waste bags out without stickers. “The council’s not too happy and the mayor’s office knew nothing about it,” […]
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Tip of the iceberg?
Untitled Document Less than a year ago, Lisa Steelman — the mother of a skater and a lobbyist for Novartis Pharmaceuticals — worked her magic and, despite drastic state budget cuts, scored a $40,000 government grant for the Springfield Figure Skating Club. But in a recent letter sent to the SFSC board of directors, obtained […]
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Killing time?
Two Kentucky death-row inmates — one convicted of killing a sheriff and a deputy sheriff, the other convicted of killing a couple and wounding their 2-year-old son — waited as nine United States Supreme Court justices filed into the room and delivered their verdict. After nearly three months of deliberation, the high court ruled 7-2 […]
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Murderers’ Row
Untitled Document Rodney Adkins Adkins, 44, was sentenced by a Cook County judge in August 2007 for the 2003 killing of an Oak Park woman during a burglary. Teodoro Baez Baez, 31, was sentenced by a Cook County judge in March 2004 for murdering and partially dismembering two people in a drug dispute. Dion Banks […]
