Letters policy We welcome letters, but please include your full name, address and a daytime telephone number. We edit all letters for libel, length and clarity. Send letters to: Letters, Illinois Times. P.O. Box 5256. Springfield, Illinois 62705. Fax: (217) 753-3958. E-mail: editor@illinoistimes.com BENEATH HIS DIGNITY While your article on Robert Pulliam was interesting, I […]
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quick takes 7-8-04
SOUR CLOUT In a close race, Central City Neighborhood Association last week changed its name to something with more flavor — Vinegar Hill Neighborhood Association. As one of the most vocal and active such groups in Springfield, it only makes sense that they would chuck the blandly alliterative appellation for a more titillating title. Still, […]
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quick takes 7-1-04
CONVICTION OVERTURNED Students in the Downstate Illinois Innocence Project at University of Illinois at Springfield celebrated a victory last week when the Fifth District Appellate Court set aside the murder conviction of Julie Rea-Harper. She is serving a 65-year prison sentence for the stabbing death of her 10-year-old son, Joel Kirkpatrick. Tommy Lynn Sells, a […]
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letters 7-1-04
Letters policy We welcome letters, but please include your full name, address and a daytime telephone number. We edit all letters for libel, length and clarity. Send letters to: Letters, Illinois Times. P.O. Box 5256. Springfield, Illinois 62705. Fax: (217) 753-3958. E-mail: editor@illinoistimes.com A DREAM COME TRUE What was just an idea months ago became […]
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letters 6-24-04
Letters policy We welcome letters, but please include your full name, address and a daytime telephone number. We edit all letters for libel, length and clarity. Send letters to: Letters, Illinois Times. P.O. Box 5256. Springfield, Illinois 62705. Fax: (217) 753-3958. E-mail: editor@illinoistimes.com PROUD TO HAVE HER As a frequent reader of Illinois Times, I […]
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Earth Talk 6-24-04
Dear Earth Talk: How can I reduce the number and amount of toxins my new baby is exposed to? — Beth Stevenson, Leesburg, Va. Because babies are so much smaller and their metabolisms so much faster than those of adults, proportionally they are exposed to higher doses of toxins from everyday foods and consumer products. […]
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quick takes 6-24-04
NEW HISTORIC AREA On Tuesday, new Springfield historical markers began appearing west of the Capitol, designating the new Pasfield House Historic Area. The Pasfield House, part of a 40-acre estate that once was the city’s largest, served as the residence for three generations of George Pasfields after its purchase in 1841. The new designation encompasses […]
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People’s poetry 6-24-04
Old Elms A few old elms may here and there be seen Even today. Their long legato limbs Lift up and offer summer gifts of green. In fall, soft gold. In winter sometimes hymns When winds through branches’ filigrees might sing. A freezing mist may cast crazed crystal chimes. Should a chartreuse haze appear aloft,it’s […]
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Movies Review
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story Running time 1:30 Rated PG-13 Grade B Parkway Pointe, ShowPlace East Dodgeball, the favorite sport of unprepared physical education teachers everywhere, has made something of a comeback with adults. Writer/director Rawson Marshall Thurber mines that newfound interest in his debut feature, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, a mostly hit-and-miss comedy […]
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letters 6-17-04
We welcome letters, but please include your full name, address, and a daytime telephone number. We edit all letters for libel, length, and clarity. Send letters to: Letters, Illinois Times, P.O. Box 5256, Springfield, IL 62705 Fax: (217) 753-3958 E-mail: editor@illinoistimes.com IN DEFENSE OF HONOR It’s Thursday, I made my usual trip to the office […]
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Quicktakes 6-17-04
TRIBUTES AND TRIBULATIONS Visitors to the Capitol last week had the opportunity to sign a commemorative book for Ronald Reagan. Rick Garcia, political director of Equality Illinois, was among those who signed. Here’s what Garcia wrote: “Thousands of American men, women, and children were dying from HIV and AIDS during his administration. He said nothing. […]
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Earth Talk
Dear Earth Talk: So many juices are labeled Ònatural.Ó Which ones are most healthful? Ñ Zenas Lu, Boston, Mass. The most healthful juice you can drink is one thatÕs made fresh, right before you drink it, preferably from organic fruits or vegetables with nothing added. The beneficial enzymes, vitamins, and minerals are at their peaks, […]
