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Obituaries: Myer

Posted on January 20, 2016

Winifred “Winnie” L. Myer, 92 of Normal, Illinois, passed away on Tuesday (January 19, 2016) at 10:03am at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center, Normal. Winnie’s service will be held on Saturday (January 23, 2016) at 10am at Calvary Baptist Church, Normal, Illinois with Pastor Josh Wredberg officiating. Following services burial will take place in East Lawn…… MORE

Andy and Don: friendship and rivalry on the small screen

Andy and Don: friendship and rivalry on the small screen

Posted on January 10, 2016

Few television shows have the lasting power of “The Andy Griffith Show.” The fictional population of Mayberry, NC have been immortalized in reruns far beyond  the show’s 8-year run in the 60s. Author Daniel de Visé says that the tv classic resonated by depicting a place where viewers with they could live. “No other show…… MORE

Blogs

Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all

By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year.  It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …

Is federal mobilization the answer?

By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city.   Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…

In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans

By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…

Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life

Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University.   We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk.  Going to work every day for some people means…