Findley fan Dear Editor, Thanks for the feature on former Congressman Paul Findley [“Our Darkest Time,” July 31]. Paul is a largely untapped treasure of Central Illinois. Oh, that his foreign-policy wisdom would be called upon by today’s decision-makers. I grew up in an avidly Democratic household, and I can remember my father telling me […]
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State Fair Stories & Traditions
Does the Illinois State Fair hold some special meaning for you? Is it the place you lost your first tooth, met your true love, or discovered your peculiar fetish for tractors? Does your family have a tradition of seeing certain shows, riding certain rides, eating certain treats? Whether you’ve been to the state fair every […]
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Bards of the Sangamo 7-31-03
TRINITY ‘Neath faille skirt of zealous genuflect, gold stare by pious eye, valley city sweat goth despair that cloudless cursed July. ‘Round coo-still Capitol dome pigeon bird shallow panted. While from burb to bowery home, fan whirred–summer recanted with each ragweed sneeze each rale each weeze on fallow grist. Stampeding stale through settler’s swath, wild […]
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Your Turn . . . 7-31-03
No Tom Tomorrow! Dear Sir or Madam, I grow increasingly tired of the liberal fire-fueling cartoons and articles in your paper. I pick up your paper every week in order to get Springfield information and ideas for my upcoming weekend. However, I am appalled at your partisan beliefs. Yes, you have freedom of the press. […]
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Bards of the Sangamo 7-17-03
By Lee Gurga Stephen Glosecki, an associate professor of English at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, will present “Over the Hills and Home”–a program of writings about Springfield and family–at 3 p.m. on Friday, July 18, at the Vachel Lindsay Home, 603 S. Fifth in Springfield. An award-winning poet, Glosecki, will read selections from […]
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King of the herbs
One of the highlights of July is garden-fresh tomatoes with olive oil and fresh basil. Basil is one of the easiest herbs to grow. The International Herb Association has declared it the herb of the year for 2003. Most basils that you use for cooking are cultivars of the species Ocimum basilicum, or sweet basil. […]
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Your Turn … 7-24-03
Proud to be a local artist To the editor: Your recent story by staff writer Pete Sherman on our movie-in-production, “It Came From the Slurry Pond” [“Hollywood or Bust,” July 17], was outstanding. Yet I wanted to point out a flaw in the characterization of my own life as a local artist, movie producer, and […]
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Your Turn … 7-10-03
“An opportunity for real change” Dear Editor: I was disappointed by the angle chosen in the article “PR to the rescue: District 186’s plan to rebuild credibility” [June 26]. Headlines such as “District 186 reaches out to community” or “Public engagement: A new start for school district 186” would have better described the intent behind […]
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Bards of the Sangamo 7-10-03
FIREFLIES I don’t mean to bevulgar now, but when you narrowed your still thighs, it was like a firefly lighting the night just over the hill, with its lantern along- side a bush, and I came chasing, daunting your wings with the warm cup of hands that were clapping gingerly. –David Radavich Local poets were […]
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Bards of the Sangamo 7-3-03
A War Bulletin. The ruins–I walk around them 100 years before. Civilization’s tall buildings–crumbling ruins yet to rise. Vachel calls to me, “Don’t give up on my Golden City. The Golden City will rise from the ashes. It is you who holds the flame to Paradise.” I stagger around the city in the magic duskdawn […]
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Your Turn . . . 7-3-03
Acting locally To the editor: Peter Sherman’s recent article [“PR to the rescue,” June 26] revealed several reasons why District 186 has credibility issues beyond selling referendums to its constituents. First, the district hired an out-of-market PR firm without sending out a Request for Proposals to local PR companies with employees that pay taxes to […]
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Your Turn. . . 1-09-03
Stomp a Success Dear Illinois Times and Dusty Rhodes: Thank you for initially bringing the Duke Tumatoe story to light and for your continued interest in the events surrounding that story. Your coverage of my fund-raiser was the deciding factor in the success of this project. During the course of the evening my belief was […]
