TOOL TIME
Parishioners of Little Flower Parish in Springfield
presented the Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach with more than 1,000 pounds
of tools destined for a Haitian trade school. The parish-wide campaign was
prompted by an appeal by Brother René Mailloux, a Marist Brother who
teaches students at College Alexandre-Dumas in Jérémie,
Haiti. Mailloux organized a trade school for graduates of the college,
offering three years of instruction in masonry, carpentry, plumbing,
electricity, and welding. Mission Outreach is a ministry of the Hospital
Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis; its American Province is based
in Springfield.
MAN IN THE MIDDLE
David Taylor has been named interim director of
Sangamon Auditorium at the University of Illinois at Springfield. Taylor
previously served as the facility’s associate director. The
appointment was announced this week by Harry Berman, UIS interim provost.
Taylor replaces Susan Linn, who is joining the staff of Moraine Valley
Community College, near Chicago.
ABE’S NEW HOMEBOY
Jim Sanders was named the superintendent of the
Lincoln Home National Historic Site, succeeding Dick Lusardi, who retired
earlier this month. Sanders, currently the superintendent at the Harry S
Truman National Historic Site in Independence, Mo., is a veteran National
Park Service employee. His career began in 1968 at South Dakota’s
Badlands National Park, where he worked as a seasonal park ranger. He takes
over in Springfield on Aug. 21.
BOOKSTORE TO REMAIN OPEN
Rick D. Bridges left this world last month, but
Sundance Metaphysical Bookstore, the independent New Age shop he opened in
1989, is sticking around. Sundance (1428 E. Sangamon Ave.; 217-788-5243)
sells books, magazines, crystals, candles, and other merchandise. Bridges,
53, died May 16.
CALLING ALL PATRIOTS
Pencil in this date: Wednesday, July 13. That’s
when Colleen Connell, executive director of the ACLU of Illinois, puts the
U.S.A. Patriot Act under a magnifying glass. ACLU wants the federal law
fixed. Connell speaks at noon at the Hoogland Center for the Arts, 420 S.
Sixth St.
This article appears in Jun 30 – Jul 6, 2005.
