By Susan J. MeisterNext Tuesday, March 25, localLebanon resident and World War II vet-eran Walt Lane will join with 20 otherveterans and their guardians on aGreater St. Louis Honor Flight. Lane willbe accompanied by his son-in-law JoeDiliberto.The mission of the Greater St. LouisHonor Flight is to safely transportWorld War II veterans to see their Na-tional World War II Memorial in Wash-ington, D.C. The March 25 group will

leave Lambert Field early in the morn-ing, flying to the D.C. area and go to theWorld War II Memorial. Once there, vet-erans and their chaperone have time tovisit the memorial, surrounded by themajestic Capitol Mall. The group willalso visit the Korean War Veterans Me-morial and the Vietnam Veterans Me-morials. The day concludes with aviewing of “The Changing of the Guard”at Arlington National Cemetery. Thegroup returns to Terminal 2 at Lamberton Tuesday evening.

Walt Lane was enlisted in the UnitedStates Navy from October 1941 to Octo-ber 1944. He was an Aviation MachinistMate 1st Class and served in the PacificTheater in World War II, participatingin the Tarawa Island and Kwajalen Is-land campaigns. Diliberto found outmore about the about Honor Flightfrom a Scottish Rite friend who put himin touch with the organization to sub-mit an application.Lane participates in the life of

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Graduation dates setThe Lebanon High School graduation hasbeen set for 2 p.m. Saturday, May 24 at the highschool. The jr. high graduation will be at 7:30p.m. May 29.Hope for March 5 edition Did you receive your March 5 copy of theLebanon Advertiser? As of Saturday, a lot ofpeople were reporting that they had gottentheir March 12 edition but were still waitingon the March 5 paper. Some reported receivingthe March 5 paper the day after they receivedthe March 12 edition. I’m not sure how thathappens; after 15 phone calls to mostly unan-swered lines at the U.S. Postal Service in St.Louis, I’m no closer to understanding. How-ever, it does appear that the March 5 edition isslowly making its way through the mails.In the meantime, you may view the newspa-per online with this link: http://issuu.com/davidporter7/docs/march_5_lebanon_advertiser. If that link doesn’t work, go onlineto www.issuu.com and search for “LebanonAdvertiser.” Note the spelling of “issuu.”Free cancer screening Memorial Hospital in Belleville is offeringfree skin cancer screenings from 9 a.m. till 12noon April 16. Screenings are conducted byplastic surgeons and dermatologists who aremembers of Memorial’s staff and volunteertheir services. Appointments are required andthere may be brief waiting periods. To sched-ule an appointment, call 618-257-5649. Spotsare limited.Voter fraud hotline St. Clair County has a new voter violationhotline. If you suspect voter fraud, you may callthe hotline at 618-825-2366. You may alsoemail complaints to VoterIntegrity@co.st-clair.il.us. Dennis named to Memorial-East board Dr. James Dennis, president of McKendreeUniversity, has been named to the board of di-rectors for Memorial Hospital–East. The hospi-tal, expected to open in April 2016, is a 94-bed,all-private, full-service hospital in Shiloh. It willfeature a family care birthing center, emer-gency department, intensive care unit, surgicalsuites and a variety of diagnostic services.The season for scammers Spring tends to bring out the scams. Bewary of people wanting cash up front forhandyman services; ask them for references aswell as proper licenses and insurance. Paythem when the work is done. If someone calls asking for credit card infor-mation, bank numbers, your Social Securitynumber, etc., don’t give it to them. Ask them tomail you their proposal so you’ll have theirbusiness information that you can check out. A couple of recent scams that reached mewere an offer to research my public records ata cost of several hundred dollars (which I cando myself for free) and someone calling sayingthere was a warrant for my arrest due to a fail-ure to appear in court, which they could cleanup for me for a fee. If you suspect a scam is unfolding locally ortargeting you, take it to the local police. ChiefAbbott says he’ll be happy to check it out.

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Tempers flare at City Hall

By David PorterWhether one sees Lebanon schools’ glass as half fullor half empty, Superintendent Patrick Keeney indicatedthat the outlook is rising despite the state’s siphoning offunds.The school’s bond credit score is not great but has im-proved, Keeney said last week during the regularLebanon School Board meeting. The district has movedfrom the state’s “watch” list to the “early warning” list.That apparently was enough to generate interest in thebonds sold for the new grade school. Keeney said thebonds were oversold, which reduced the interest rate onthem.Just a single percentage point “makes a big differ-ence” on $7.5 million in bonds, Keeney said. He esti-mated that the district will save $625,000 over the20-year life of the bonds.That doesn’t offset the $100,000 a year the state hasbeen shortchanging the school, he said. Various fundshave been prorated, reducing the state’s payments. Ac-cording to the school’s report card, Lebanon schools relyon state and federal funds for about 35 percent of theirbudget. Funding is down $180,000 from three years ago,Keeney said. “We’re doing more with less. … It’s frustrat-ing on our part,” he said.He urged residents to contact their legislators aboutthe reduced revenue. “They’re taking your tax dollarsand not giving it back to our kids,” he said. “It’s not fair.”On a brighter note, the school received a new bus thatit had been waiting for. Keeney said the company sellingthe bus upgraded the school to a 2014 model and threwin a free camera system. It also has provided a loanerbus. In other business, counselor Jeannette Schorfheideupdated the School Board about the Operation SafeDriver program recently completed. Students watched ademonstration of an emergency extraction from a vehi-cle, conducted seatbelt safety checks and heard personalstories from a convicted drunk driver and a drunk driv-ing victim. The students produced a power point presentationas part of a competition for Operation Safe Driver. Firstplace would give the school $2,000 for a post-promparty.

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JASON SPENGLER (in truck) presents a $5,000 check to Chief Matt Berberich of the LebanonEmerald Mound Fire Department. The department garnered the most votes in a recent onlinecompetition among 80 area departments. Photo by Matthew Kauffmann.

Check out the fire truck Improved credit to save school district $625,000

Lane to join ‘Honor Flight’ to D.C. March 25

Spengler Plumbing, Heating &Cooling in O’Fallon, awarded a$5,000 check to the LebanonEmerald Mound Fire Departmentlast week following an onlinecontest among 80 area depart-ments. The contest generatedmore than 328,000 votes with

Lebanon Emerald Mound comingout on top.“We are very excited to recog-nize the men and women of over80 local fire departments whorisk their lives to keep our com-munities safe,” said Jason Spen-gler, president of the 43-year-old

plumbing heating and coolingcompany.Lebanon edged out Troy forfirst place. The Troy departmentreceived $2,000. Third place and$1,000 went to Marine while

Spengler delivers $5k prize to local fire department

See SPENGLER on page 4

See HONOR FLIGHT on page 2

By David PorterMonday’s City Council committeemeeting was contentious on severalfronts including discussion regardingpart of Randall Street being made oneway, library relations and the mayor’salleged end-runs around the Council.But the most heated discussion relatedto the pending adoption of a new build-ing maintenance code for the city.There are a variety of internationalcodebooks from different years thatcities can adopt; they are not required

to adopt the most recent codes. If a citycouncil deems a code to be too strict forits community, it can adopt an oldercode. For instance, one building code-book requires sprinkler systems in allnew residential buildings. An oldercodebook does not require that.The building maintenance codebookcovers rules regarding existing build-ings. Alderwoman Mary Alice Koriathsaid she had read through the 2006book only to learn from Don Burgett,building and zoning code officer, that he

was pushing for the 2009 edition. Koriath said she had talked to an of-ficial in Edwardsville about their codessince they, like Lebanon, have a univer-sity. She said she did not want to disad-vantage McKendree University with thecodebook. She also compared Colum-bia, Mo., since it has several colleges in-cluding a private school. She noted thatEdwardsville excluded electrical andplumbing provisions when adopting itscode.She said the city did not have a board

of appeals as required and defined bythe codebook.Burgett said the Zoning Board of Ap-peals fit that requirement.Koriath suggested that the ZoningBoard was not qualified under the defi-nition within the codebook. Speaking toBurgett and Terry Weil, who does inde-pendent inspections for the city, she said,“Neither of you can say the Zoning Boardis qualified to make those decisions.”See TEMPERS FLARE on page 4

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The Hett’s “Vengeance is Mine...”series would not be complete with-out the addition of Julie Taymore’sTitus (1999). This adaptation ofShakespeare’s tragedy Titus An-dronicus is bloody, passionate, andheartbreaking. Taymore interpretsthis masterpiece in an artistic andinnovative way, but manages tokeep the essence of the originalShakespearian piece. With morehateful, gory, and cleverly thoughtout revenge than viewers couldotherwise encounter, missing outon Titus would mean missing outon one of the most important re-venge tragedies ever made. This film picks up at the returnof Roman war hero (Anthony Hop-kins) Titus Andronicus. AlthoughTitus is loved and respected by theRoman people, so much so that heis elected to be their emperor, hesoon loses that affection when herefuses the throne and supportsSaturninus (Alan Cumming) to in-stead become the Roman emperor.After Titus sacrifices the eldest sonof Tamora (Jessica Lange), theQueen of the Goths, Tamora swearsto avenge his death. Marrying Sat-urninus is the first step in her plot,and with her newfound power she

is able to frame Titus’s sons for ahorrendous crime. Perhaps mosthorribly, she supports her sons’ vi-olent rape and mutilation ofLavinia (Laura Fraser), Titus’sdaughter. While this film detailsthe vengefulness of Tamora, view-ers also get to see how this tragedyaffects Titus and urges him to-wards his own retaliation.Throughout the movie, it is unclearwhether Tamora or Titus will endup victorious, or if either of themwill gain any semblance of victoryafter all they endure all the vio-lence unleashed upon one another. This film is valuable not only be-cause it is action-packed and enter-taining, but also because it isliterary and historical. After watch-

ing this movie, viewers havegained a grasp on what Shake-spearean language would havesounded like in a performance. Ad-ditionally, we are able to learn a bitabout Roman history (even thoughit is the viewer’s job to determinewhich parts are realistic and whichparts have been added for dra-matic effect). Taymore does an ad-mirable job of making herinterpretation relevant to modernaudiences while staying true to thespirit of Shakespeare. The most enjoyable part of thisfilm, however, could be consid-ered the performances of An-thony Hopkins and Jessica Lange.The two are dynamic together,and truly able to convince viewersof their vengeful feud. Hopkins

makes us feel sympathy for Titusdespite his shortcomings as acharacter, while Lange inspires areal hatred for the coldheartedand villanous Tamora. Also not tobe overlooked are the perform-ances of Angus Macfadyen as Lu-cius, Titus’s loyal son, and HarryLenix as Aaron, Tamora’s despica-ble lover. These performers, alongwith the writing of Shakespeare,force viewers to consider con-cepts as diverse as revenge, mad-ness, race, and loyalty.In short, whether you are inter-ested in drama, action, history, orliterature, this film is for you! Comeout to the Hett on March 20th,watch the film for free, and makesure to stay for the post-film dis-cussion with Dr. Nichole DeWall.

Lebanon First United MethodistChurch, and the church Facebookpage will feature photos of his ex-perience throughout the day onMarch 25, as Diliberto sends pho-tos during their trip to D.C., visitsto the Memorials, and return.“Like” the Lebanon First UMC Face-book page to follow Lane’s trip.(www.facebook.com/LebanonFirs-tUMC)Greater St. Louis Honor Flightboard member Ruth Anne Carl saidthat the March 25 flight is one of 10scheduled in 2014. “We took 250veterans on their ‘trip of a lifetime’to Washington, D.C., in 2013,” shesaid. Carl explained that the focus ofthe Honor Flights is on World WarII veterans. “Our oldest was 101,”she smiled. The organization is

seeing increased interest from Ko-rean War veterans and had a 100percent Korean Honor Flight at theend of 2013.“The mission is urgent,” shecontinued. “Our veterans areeld-erly and becoming more frail.” Carlexplained that the flights have re-duced the number of veterans perflight from 25 to 22 in order to ac-commodate those with more chal-lenging mobility issues.For more information about theGreater St. Louis Honor Flight, visitthe website www.gslhonorflight.org. The Greater St. Louis HonorFlight is a partner in the nation-wide Honor Flight Network, whichhas transported more than 81,000veterans to see the World War IImemorial – at no cost to the veter-ans. According the GSLHF web site,all expenses for the trip are cov-ered for the veteran. Flights arefunded by donations from individ-uals, corporations, foundations,and other groupsThe website has contact infor-mation for applications to partici-pate in an Honor Flight. Carl urgedrelatives and friends to make appli-cation on behalf of veterans. Con-tact St. Louis Honor Flight, Inc., 36Four Seasons, Box 272, Chester-field, MO 63017; 636-230-2466;info@gslhonorflight.org The web-site also has a provision for makinga donation to the mission.

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ADVERTISER PUBLISHER David Porter was surprised Fridayevening while attending a performance of You’re a Good Man, Char-lie Brown, at his alma mater, Tuscola High School. During a scenewhere characters read and discuss newspapers, cast members heldup copies of the Lebanon Advertiser. That same evening, Porter be-came engaged to his former Tuscola classmate, Jennie Sullender,who teaches kindergarten in Tuscola. Her son, Andrew, portrayedSnoopy in the play. Pictured are Philip Spillman playing CharlieBrown and Taylor Mattingly as Peppermint Patty.

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AT A SURPRISE 91st birthday celebration on March 16, Walt Lane(right) posed with his son-in-law (and guardian for the DC trip) JoeDiliberto, grandson Adam and great-grandson Winston. Photo (andfront page photo) by Susan Meister.

LINDA TRAME, LEBANON Grade School nurse, Kyle Kinsall andPatti Davis attended the Marfan’s Gala at the St Louis Four Seasons— Lumiere Place March 1 to honor the St. Louis medical communityand their contribution to aid patients with Marfan’s Syndrome andlike disorders. Part of the National Marfan’s initiative is to raiseawareness of Marfans and its challenges in the school nurse com-munity. Kyle Kinsall, son of Lebanon teacher Patti Davis, was diag-nosed at age 5 with Marfan’s Syndrome and has undergone manysurgeries as well as three open heart surgeries to address his manymedical issues. March is national Marfan’s Awareness month. Photoby Donna Wood.

Taymore’s Titus action packed and entertaining

Honor FlightFrom page 1

Film Art Series 7 p.m., March 20Free and open to the publicThe Hett Center for the ArtsMcKendree University

Titus(1999,)Directed by Julie Taymore

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Review by Harrison ChurchEditor EmeritusLooking Glass Players are inhalftime intermission right nowbetween their two weekends ofproduction of "The Diary of AnneFrank," the classic story of ayoung Jewish girl (and her family)who almost survived the devasta-tion of the Second World War,only to be found out and capturedby the Nazis seemingly momentsbefore liberation and a happierending.The cast is sprinkled with gen-uine LGP old-timers, such as JayFrey and Bruce Vick, relative new-comers like the father-daughterteam of lead role players, Georgeand Diana Risse, and such as Victo-ria Symonds representing the mid-

dle ground of players with as longa record at LGP as their relativelyyoung age allows. All do fine jobs inthis show, which resumes its runtomorrow, Thursday, March 20, putthis year as spring equinox.Without claiming old age for her,Dr. Becky Hartfield is one of thelong-timers at LGP, and this timeshe has traded her many leadingroles for an advisory one in whichshe has trained the show's on-stage dentist in her own personalprofession of dentistry--and al-lowed use of some of her own toolsof dentistry onstage.The husband-wife team of Kath-leen Dwyer and Rob Lippert, as di-rectors, have brought off thiscurrent smash hit in the longstand-ing tradition of LGP hits. Others in

the production staff also have longrecords both onstage and behindthe scenes, including Mike Russell,Karen Lee Maloney, Anne Ecker,Cathy Symonds, Darlene Caviness,Matthew Crawford, and AndreaWiesner, with an even longer list-ing of those involved in set con-struction.The show is a heart stopper,eventually a heartbreaker, as "TheDiary of a Young Girl" comes aliveonstage as narrative linking thepersonal performances of the ac-tors. Both narrative and lines de-velop the story of a young girl whocomes of age and to maturity dur-ing the horrors of World War II,with her own personal physicalgrowth and maturity spelled out toleave no mistake of the various

pains of her having been robbed ofthe normal advancing womanhoodof girls that age.By show's end, the tearjerker hastaken its toll, as during our regularfirst Saturday performance when ayouthful girl in the audience wasreduced to sobbing during and

after the standing ovation. Theonly flaw I could see was that thecast missed the standing ovation asthe lights dimmed and they left thestage ... well, the text projected onthe stage and its actors provedhard to read from most angles. Butby that time, the job of the show

has been completed, to nobody'sdisappointment.The show picks up again Thurs-day at 7:30 through Saturday, thenon Sunday starting at 2. Not thatany other of LGP shows are to bemissed either, but don't miss thisone, for sure. It's A-One!

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Dianna riSSe, portraying anne frank, ponders her next entry in her diary. the Diary of anne frankis a powerful story about the struggles of a family hiding from nazis during World War ii. the play con-tinues this week at the looking Glass Playhouse. Photo by Gigi Dowling Urban.

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the frank family surveys their attic hiding place for the first time in the Diary of anne frank at the looking Glass Playhouse. fromleft are George risse, Dianna risse, Gabi Greenberg maul and Victoria Symonds. the next showing of the play is march 20 and it runsthrough march 23. Photo by Gigi Dowling Urban.

Jay frey, left, and George risse, hold a serious conversation incharacter during the Diary of anne frank at the looking Glass Play-house. Photo by Gigi Dowling Urban.

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Your Library is Growing!Literally, we are growing, but ina different way than you might an-ticipate. The Lebanon Public Li-brary is becoming one of the firstin our area to host a Seed Librarythough the practice has beenaround for a while in big cities. What exactly is a seed library,you ask? A seed library operatesjust like your local library, but in-stead of stocking books it carries avariety of vegetable, annual andperennial seeds. The idea behind aseed library is to encourage seedsaving, the exchange of seed his-tory, nurture new gardeners, ex-

change gardening information andbuild communities through gar-dening. They also promote the growingof heirloom varieties, which growwell in our area. Seed libraries arealso great ways to acquire heir-loom and open-pollinated seeds.The biggest benefit though of a

seed library, in some people’s opin-ions, is how "it can help foster afeeling of community among peo-ple who may have little else incommon." (mrbrownthumb.blogspot.com) The Lebanon Public Library ispartnering with individuals fromMcKendree University, theLebanon Garden Club and area gar-deners to bring you this valuableservice. Other groups have ex-pressed interest in helping withthis wonderful endeavor and willbe announced once they officiallydecide to join. We are excited aboutthis outreach project and hope thatLebanon benefits from this pro-gram immensely. There are many seeds that areinexpensive and easy to start orsave, which include: cleome, beans, basil, marigolds, tomatoes, purple

cone flowers, cucumbers, water-melons, radishes, hyacinth beanvines, columbines, cosmos, lettuce,sunflowers and zinnia.We hope to have fliers, guide-lines and seed packets ready to goby April 1. Anyone wanting to con-tribute seeds or help with this proj-ect may contact the library or

email the director atlpldirector@gmail.com.In other news: 1000 Books Be-fore Kindergarten sign up willbegin May 1; the summer readingprogram theme will be announcedin late April, and we have manynew books on the new shelves. Note to families: If you have

fines over $3 on one of your cards,this blocks other members of yourfamily from using their cards. Thiswill prevent one person from rack-ing up huge unpaid fines and unre-turned items and then usinganother member's card to avoidpayment.

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During the conversation, bothmen raised their voices, and Bur-gett accused Koriath of misquotingWeil in the newspaper. She admon-ished them to stop shouting at her.The committee membersagreed to table the issue and Ko-riath said she would obtain a copyof the 2009 codebook.Earlier in the evening, MayorRich Wilken, who did not attendthe meeting, came under fire fromalderwoman Cheri Wright. Wilkenpreviously was chastised for au-thorizing emergency spending atthe police department when thestate’s Department of Labor inves-tigated and found several electricalproblems and other hazards.Under council rules, the depart-ment head is supposed to be con-sulted about matters like that.“The mayor doesn’t really makedecisions or spend money,” Wrightsaid. “Aldermen do that. We needto make sure we’re on that track.”She indicated that she believes theproblem to be systemic. She saidthere have been “a few pretty bla-tant things, not just the police de-partment.”Koriath noted that a recent or-dinance to change the city’s per-sonnel manual came to the CityCouncil without first going throughthe ordinance committee. Alderman Landall Mack said heblamed the problem on the mayor“being new and not knowing,” but

alderman Stephen Hagan, who wasnot at Monday’s meeting, previ-ously had said that Wilken hadbeen involved with the discussionregarding the council’s role in mak-ing decisions.Regarding the library, whichshares space at City Hall, Wrightsaid she wants to see the rent in-creased from $250 per month to$400 beginning May 1. She said thelibrary had signed an agreementregarding upkeep up a restroom atCity Hall for use by library patrons.She recounted services pro-vided by the city to the library andhow some of those are being trans-ferred over to the library board.That includes payroll duties andtracking vacation time.Alderman Jack Wise said heagreed with everything being doneexcept for the increase in rent. “Itshould stay where it is,” he said.“We’re here to serve the people. Idon’t see why we should take fromthem. … We haven’t died from it.”Mack said he though Wise madea good point. He said “the money isnot that important.”Koriath said the library hadagreed “years ago” to an increase inrent but the rent had not been in-creased. She said she had “no prob-lem with the rent increase”because the city bears the costs ofa lot of repairs for the facility.Wright said the library could bemoving in December as there hasbeen discussion regarding the useof the current grade school for li-brary space after a new school is

built this summer and fall.Koriath said she had doubts thatthe library would move. She saidshe thought the school would haveto seek bids for the grade school.She added that the proximity of thespace to the local schools could beproblematic because pedophilescannot be denied access to a li-brary yet cannot spend time near aschool.Wright said the city “definitelyneed[s] to serve the public” butthat the rent for the library had notbeen increased “since ’90 or some-thing like that.”In regard to Randall Street, thecommittees heard from a disgrun-tled couple who live in the neigh-borhood that is now one-way. Theysaid the signs were insufficient andthat they had not been petitionedfor the change.The issue came before the CityCouncil apparently becausegarbage trucks were destroyingthe road and had trouble navigat-ing its curves. Improved signagewas discussed.In other business, the commit-tees agreed to recommend to thefull council that streets near McK-endree University’s new monu-ment be closed part of the dayApril 26 for a dedication ceremony.They also agreed to recommendclosing streets for a variety of an-nual Chamber of Commerce eventsand the bicentennial celebration inAugust. Added to the recommen-dation was the Rotary’s citywideyard sale at the square on June 7.

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fourth through seventh place and$500 each went to New Douglas,Camp Jackson, St. Jacob and Mas-coutah.In addition to the cash prizes,Spengler will be providing gift cer-tificates to all 80 fire departments.Communities that received 15,000votes or more will receive a $1,000Spengler Services Gift Certificate.Departments garnering between7,500 and 14,999 votes will receivea $500 certificate while all other de-partments receiving at least onevote will receive a $100 gift certifi-cate for Spengler services.

The Everyday Heroes Fund thatprovided the prizes was made pos-sible due to the success of the 2013Men of Spengler calendar which fea-tured men of Spengler and providedhomeowners the opportunity totrigger a $5 donation to a local firedepartment by using one of theSpengler coupons included in thecalendar.Each time a coupon is used,Spengler donates $5 to the EverydayHero Fund, which then providesgrants to local fire departments.The 2014 calendar continues thefund with a commitment of at least$10,000 regardless of whether thecoupons are redeemed.“For over 40 years, Spengler’s

service men have often been called‘heroes’ for coming to the rescue byrepairing water leaks or restoringheat/air conditioning during ex-treme weather conditions,” Spen-gler said in a press release. “Weknow, however, that we’re just doingour job to get things back to normalwhen unexpected problems happen— the real ‘heroes’ are the dedi-cated individuals at local fire de-partments who help safeguard ourcommunities.”The Men of Spengler calendar isdistributed free throughout theMetroEast. To request one, call 618-537-5266 or visit online atwww.facebook.com/The-Spenglere-Company.

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Rants &Raves

On page 7 is an application for a new Editorial Advisory Board for theLebanon Advertiser. We’re hoping to name five to seven people to theboard to advise the publisher in all aspects of the newspaper. This isn’t a tough job that requires lots of time. We’ll try to meetmonthly and communicate by email and phone other times. The newspaper already relies on the generous contributions of timeand talent from people within the community. Over the past twomonths, if we’ve learned anything it’s that Lebanon residents are pas-sionate about their newspaper, and many of them have used their tal-ents to make it better. As an advisory board member, you can lend your thoughts aboutwhat features should go into the newspaper, what should come out andwhat topics should be addressed editorially. You may even wish to con-tribute a guest commentary or other editorial content.Does that mean the publisher is handing over the reins to the advi-sory board? No. It means the publisher believes the newspaper will bebetter if it hears diverse views about the content and includes a widerrange of viewpoints. Final decisions will still rest with the publisher.After all, he’s the one who has to pay the printing bill.A good newspaper, though, must offer a variety of content and a vari-ety of opinions. It is our hope that an advisory board will lead to a morerobust discussion and assessment of local issues as well as fresh ideasfor news content. Further, we hope the advisory board will extend thenewspaper’s networking reach so voices in the community that havenever been heard will be shared with readers. It is hoped that many agegroups, community groups, political interests, etc. will be representedon the board. By the way, there is no minimum or maximum age limit;we’d like to have at least one school-age person on the board.After a year, board members may reapply for consideration and newmembers may be added. Monthly meetings should last about an hour and include dinner atthe Advertiser’s expense. Members also will be listed in the newspaper.While there will be opportunities for board members to contributecontent, there is no obligation for a board member beyond lendingopinions at the monthly meetings. If this sounds like something you’d be interested in, check out the ap-plication on page 7. We look forward to hearing from you. — David PorterThe waitress told me to sitwherever I wanted, so I found a lit-tle table hidden behind a postaway from everyone else. It's notthat I cared so much about myown privacy; I just wasn't in themood to be around people. It's allpart of my old-man/curmudgeontraining.There was a flaw in my plan,however. When you choose to sitamong the empty tables, you'retrading the problem you know forthe problem you don't know. Icould have sat next to the home-less-looking guy with food in hisbeard who kept talking to himself.Or I could have sat behind the fatman in a suit who was talkingloudly on his cell phone. Or I couldhave taken the table near the twowomen, probably on their lunchbreak, who looked like they wereangry at the world and getting an-grier. So it really wasn't a difficultchoice to hide over in the cornerby myself.But just as my meal arrived,the wait staff starting pushing ta-bles together next door to me.Soon, a mother walked in withthree children. She was followedby another mother with two chil-dren. Then another with two chil-dren. And a fourth with only one.Eight kids, all under the age of 5including two infants. Suddenly, Iwas having lunch in a daycare cen-ter. The toddlers were grouped at

their own table. One girl tookcharge and determined the seat-ing chart, based mostly on whoshe wanted to sit by. There wasonly one boy in the group, and hedutifully sat where he was told to,which was right next to the mini-mom giving the orders.The tot in charge then discov-ered that there was ketchup onthe table. Or perhaps it was cat-sup. She combined the words asshe announced, "I like KETCH-sup," as if it was a huge revelationwith a big emphasis on the sylla-ble"ketch" and treating "sup" likeit was a separate word. She tuggedon one of the women's sleeves andannounced, "We have KETCH-sup!"She then turned to anothergirl: "Do YOU like KETCH-sup? Ilike KETCH-sup!" She went toevery person at both tables andmade the announcement. Shewanted no chance that any one ofthem might not realize that therewas ketchup on the table. I under-stand it completely. When you re-

ally, really like something, youwant to share that joy with others.The mothers did their best toignore the kid table as they en-gaged in what might have been theonly adult conversation they'd hadin several months. It was soon ob-vious that they were part of somesort of support group for youngmothers and had not met previ-ously. They went around the tableand introduced themselves andtold each other what part of thecity they lived in.Yes, I was eavesdropping,mostly because I wanted to knowmore about this invention calledketch-sup and partly because Iwas bored.But that's what I do. I observepeople and listen to their stories.If they had wanted to have a pri-vate conversation, perhaps thelocal greasy spoon is not the ap-propriate venue. Besides, I hadbeen in that section first and al-ready claimed dibs on all the sur-rounding air space.I'm a polite eavesdropper,

though. If the conversation soundsprivate, I tend to tune it out. I re-ally don't want to know intimatedetails about some stranger's lat-est surgery. Or how much moneyshe's going to get when her auntchecks out. I don't eavesdrop tothe point that it feels voyeuristic. Idon't press my ear up againstdoors or peek through binoculars.Well, not since the restrainingorder, anyway.The mothers were all young,early 20s. One spoke with a heavyforeign accent. I imagined thattheir jobs or their spouses' jobshad taken them away from family,so they didn't have the supportsystem that mothers, sisters andlong-time friends provide. Evenwith just one or two kids, youneed that support. When your kidprojects vomit 20 feet across theroom, you need to know thatyou're not raising Cujo in humanform. When you've not had kidsbefore, something as small as asplinter can freak you out.Kids this little are great fun,but I can't imagine being stuckalone in a house with one all dayevery day. That's why I'm happy tobe in the grandpa stage. Whenthey stop being fun, you just handthem back to their parents.© Copyright 2014 by David

Porter who can be reached atporter@ramblinman.us. Allrights reserved and smotheredin ketch-sup.

Our Opinion

Advertiser seeksadvisory members

The Arizona Legislatureopened a large can of wormswhen it passed SB 1062, “Relatingto the Free Exercise of Religion.”The bill defines “Exercise of reli-gion” as “the practice or obser-vance of religion, including theability to act or refusal to act in amanner substantially motivatedby a religious belief.” It goes on todeclare “State action shall notsubstantially burden a person’sexercise of religion even if theburden results from a rule of gen-eral applicability,” i.e. a state orfederal law. Although homosexuals are notmentioned in the legislation, theintent of SB 1062 was no secret.It was to protect business peoplewho refuse service to gay and les-bian people based on moral or re-ligious grounds. As we know,(how could we not, unless wehave been in acoma for the pastmonth), Arizonagovernor JanBrewer vetoedthe bill. Her vetoremoves the op-portunity for thepremise behindthe law to betested in thecourts. Does “Free ex-pression of reli-gion,” asguaranteed by Ar-ticle One of the U.S. Constitution,include the right to discriminateagainst individuals or groupswhose behavior offends or vio-lates one’s religious beliefs?Should religious conviction be al-lowed to trump a generally appli-cable law? Here in Illinois, following en-actment of Civil Union legislation,the State Department of Childrenand Family Services notified all itsfoster and institutional care con-tractors that they would be re-quired to license gay and lesbianapplicants for foster care or adop-tion, if they otherwise met licens-ing requirements. Failure tocomply would lead to revocationof contracts. Catholic Charities re-fused to comply, on the samegrounds the Arizona law at-tempted to legalize. Since most oftheir income derived from thosecontracts, they were forced to ei-ther comply, or go out of business,or cut their ties with the CatholicChurch. Several Catholic agencies inthe northern part of the stateclosed, leaving hundreds of chil-dren without care. Here in our re-gion, Catholic Social Servicessevered its ties with the CatholicChurch and went independent. Itsname is now Caritas, which isLatin for Love. The agency’s di-rector, himself a Catholic, says thecare of their more than 300 fosterchildren trumped the religious

issue. So far, he says, no gay or les-bian individual or couple has ap-plied for licensing. When suchoccurs, presumably, the applicantwill be processed like any other. The Civil Rights movement ofthe 1960s is often invoked inthese discussions. There are par-allels but also clear differences.Gays and Lesbians taking actionsto challenge discriminationagainst them through demonstra-tions and legal action, is a strongparallel. In the 1960s, however,the challenge was to Jim Crowlaws in southernstates that madediscrimination(segregation) thelaw throughoutthe South. JimCrow was bla-tantly unjust. Inour time, discrim-ination is solidlyillegal by federallaw and the lawsof most states. InNew Mexico, forinstance, rightnext door to Ari-zona, state law requires busi-nesses serving the public at largeto provide these services “with-out regard to race, sex, sexual ori-entation or other protectedclassifications.” But the question remains:Does state or federal law overridethe Constitutional guarantee ofthe “free exercise of religion”when the individual finds his orher religious convictions compro-mised by complying with thatlaw? Evangelical Christians sayyes. They point to numerous in-stances in the Bible where indi-viduals defied laws in the name ofGod. During the Civil Rightsmovement of the 1960s, the clearanswer was no. But in that case,the law itself was unjust. Thesame is true of cited cases in theBiblical record. In our time, thelaw is clearly intended to insurejustice for citizens and to prohibitdiscrimination based on race, sex,sexual orientation or other pro-tected classifications. The First Amendment of theU.S. Constitution says, “Congressshall make no law respecting anestablishment of religion, or pro-hibiting the free exercise thereof.”The intent of the framers wasclearly to establish a clear separa-tion between church and state. Byno stretch can it be construed touphold the right of an individualto invoke religious belief in justi-fication of acts of discrimination.

The 14th Amendment, in fact,prohibits such behavior, by guar-anteeing every citizen “equal pro-tection of the law.” While the First Amendmentdoes not condone individual actsof discrimination, it does, unfor-tunately, by guaranteeing organ-ized religion freedom fromgovernment interference, permitreligious groups to practice dis-crimination. I have long been atodds with the United MethodistChurch, of which I am a clergymember, for its denial of ordina-tion or marriage to gays and les-bians. The UMC declares its mottoto be “Open Hearts, Open Minds,Open Doors.” The hypocrisy isbreathtaking. I much prefer theUnited Church of Christ motto:“God is Still Speaking.” Somemight ask, “So why don’t you justgo there?” You’ve heard of “a burrunder their saddle?” I’m stayingright where I am.

Protecting freedom to discriminate

Ramblin’ ManDavid Porterporter@ramblinman.us

Lunchtime with kids and ketch-sup

ViewpointConrad Steinhoff

The UnitedMethodist Churchdeclares its motto

to be ‘Open Hearts,Open Minds, Open

Doors.’ Thehypocrisy is breathtaking.

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PUBLIC NOTICESTATE OF ILLINOISIN THE CIRCUIT COURT20TH JUDICIAL CIRCUITST. CLAIR COUNTYNO. 14-P-151IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATEOFHISAYE McDILL, DECEASED

CLAIM NOTICENotice is hereby given of thedeath of Hisaye McDill, of O’Fallon,St. Clair County, Illinois. Letters ofOffice were issued on February 25,2014, to Kenneth L. McDill, 112Homestead Street, O’Fallon, IL62269, as Independent Executor.Claims against the estate may befiled in the office of the Clerk of thisCourt at St. Clair County Building,10 Public Square, Belleville, Illi-nois, 62220. Claims must be filedwith the representative or theCourt or both. Within 10 days aftera claimant files his claim with theCourt the claimant (1) shall causea copy of the claim to be mailed ordelivered to the representative andto his attorney of record, and (2)shall file with the Court proof ofany required mailing or delivery ofcopies. (Chap. 755 ILCS 5/18-1)

Claims against this estate mustbe filed on or before 6 monthsfrom the date of the first publica-tion, which was on March 12, 2014,or 3 months from the date of mail-ing or delivery of this notice,whichever is later, and any claimnot filed on or before that period isbarred.This notice is published in com-pliance with the provisions ofChap. 755 ILCS 5/18-3.TIMOTHY P. FLEMING

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POLICE OFFICERThe Lebanon Illinois Police De-

partment is creating a police offi-cer eligibility list. Applicants mustbe a minimum of 21 years of age,United States citizen, posses avalid driver’s license and submita copy of their social securitycard. Preferences given to quali-fied prior military service mem-bers and current police officerswith 2 years experience. Applica-tions can be obtained at theLebanon Police Department, 403W. St. Louis Street, Lebanon Illi-nois 62254, beginning March 17,2014. Returned applications willbe accepted until 5:00 p.m. April4, 2014.

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I love to roast meals on a coldwinters’ eve, but I REALLY love tosauté. Yes, you need to stand at thestove to do this, but the results arewell worth it! This submission wasadapted from Bon Appetit, and fur-ther tweaked by George and me. Chicken can be amazingly trans-formed by adding dried fruits andolives because let’s face it, chickenis a little boring and bland. Try anydried fruit, such as mango, pineap-ple, prunes, apricots, passion fruit,etc. Green olives work well, but byall means experiment with anytype olives. This recipe is quick toput together, and delicious! Serves2, but can be enlarged.Ingredients:2 boneless skinless chickenbreasts1 tsp. ground cumin2 T olive oil2-4 cloves garlic, minced¾ c mixed dried fruits, (about 3oz.) large pieces halved½ c dry white wine

½ c chicken broth8 or more green (or other)olivesSprinkle chicken with cumin onall sides, then salt and pepper. Heatoil in a large skillet over mediumheat. Add chicken and sauté untilbrown, about 2 minutes per side.Transfer to a dish. Add garlic toskillet and stir for 30 seconds. Adddried fruits, wine, broth and olivesand bring to a boil. Return chickento skillet and simmer uncovereduntil just cooked through, turningoccasionally, about 10 minutes.Transfer chicken to a platter. In-crease heat in skillet and boil thefruit and olive mixture until sauceis slightly thickened, about 4 min-utes. Spoon the sauce over chickenand serve. Enjoy!!

It is easy to get started feedingbirds, but there are some simplemistakes that can keep birds fromenjoying the feeders. While somemistakes only make feeders unat-tractive, others can endanger thebirds. Feeding the birds requiresmore than just putting out bird-seed, and avoiding these top 10bird feeding mistakes can ensure ahealthy, nutritious backyard buffetfor a wide range of bird species.1. Using Only One Kind of Bird

Feeder. Birds have different feed-ing preferences, and differentspecies prefer different feederstyles. Open feeders with trays orperches will attract a decent vari-ety of birds, but to maximize back-yard bird feeding itis essential to usedifferent feeders.Consider adding amesh sock forgoldfinches, nectarfeeders for hum-mingbirds, suetfeeders for wood-peckers and jellyfeeders for orioles.My favorite feeder has a spring onthe perch bar that will close thefeeder if someone too heavy (like asquirrel) gets on it.2. Letting Feeders Get Empty.Birds can be forgiving if a feeder isempty for a few days, but a feederthat is consistently empty won't at-tract many birds. While wild birdswon't starve if feeders are empty,they do grow to depend on feedersas a food source. Refilling feederspromptly will attract a wider vari-ety of birds and will help keep thefeeder clean and in good repair. Ifour birdfeeder is not refilled in atimely manner, we have a femalecardinal that comes to the windowand stares at us until I get out thereand fill it.3. Using Bargain Basement

Birdseed. The cheapest birdseedblends are often mostly fillers suchas cracked corn, milo or wheat.These seeds and grains appeal tovery few bird species, and other

birds will toss the seed to theground instead of eating it. You cansave money on birdseed by choos-ing the types of seeds the birdsprefer. If you only buy one kind ofbirdseed, black oil sunflower seedpacks the most nutrition for thecost and it is very popular withmany types of birds.4. Feeding Birds Bread. Breadmay be made from grains, butheavily processedbread products(crackers, cookies,donuts, cereals,etc.) are junk foodfor wild birds anddo not provide ad-equate nutritioneither for maturebirds or growinghatchlings. Whilebread and other kitchen scraps canbe a very rare treat for backyardbirds, it should never be fed tothem exclusively.5. Making Bad Hummingbird

Nectar. Feeding hummingbirds isone of the most popular ways toenjoy backyard birds, but using anysweetener other than plain whitesugar to make nectar can be dan-gerous. Choices such as honey,brown sugar and artificial sweet-eners do not provide the propersugar concentration for humming-bird food, and they can producemold that is deadly to the birds.6. Ignoring Natural Bird Food

Sources. Feeding the birds doesnot have to mean putting out birdfeeders and buying seed. If youavoid natural food sources such asfruit trees or nectar-producingflowers, or kill insects that birdscan feed on, you are deprivingbirds of the most nutritious andmost economical food sources

available for wild birds. Fruitingtrees and shrubs will also provideshelter for your birds.7. Not Feeding Winter Birds.Don’t assume it isn't necessary tofeed birds in winter because thereare no birds around. There aredozens of winter backyard birds,many of which aren't around in thesummer that will happily visit birdfeeders. In the winter I use mypatio table for an additional plat-form feeder. This brings all kindsof different birds up close to thewindow.8. Not Protecting Bird Feed-

ers. There are many other forms ofwildlife that will raid feeders be-fore birds can even get a chance tohave a meal. Raccoons, deer, squir-rels, and rats will snack at birdfeeders, often depleting the seedsupply without letting any birdsget a bite. At the same time, unpro-tected feeders also expose birds topredators when their senses aredulled by feeding. . My father-in-law gave me some good advice onprotecting the birdfeeders. Use therule of 5-7-9. If you mount thefeeder at least five feet above theeground and seven feet from thenearest structure, nine feet below

any overhanging branches, mostsquirrels will not be able to jumpto the feeder. Mount your feeder ona slippery, six inch diameter PVCpipe and /or add a circular baffleunder the feeder and you shouldbe fairly “squirrel proof”. I recom-mend a six inch diameter pipe be-cause they can’t their little armsaround it to shimmy up the pole ifthey can overcome the slipperypart.9. Not Cleaning Feeders. It is amistake to assume wild birdsaren’t picky about clean feeders. Adirty feeder can become cloggedand wet or spoiled seed can trans-mit diseases to backyard birdswhich can be spread to the entireneighborhood flock.10. Storing Seed Carelessly.Birdseed does have a long shelf lifewhen stored properly. Seed thatisn’t stored well can spoil or becontaminated by rodents or moths.As seed gets old and dries out it isless nutritious and will not attractas may birds.Melissa Mayntz from About.comBirding/Wild Birds provided someof this information on commonbird feeding problems. Until nexttime, Happy Gardening

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GameOn

PLaY baLL - at LaSt! Freshman Holly Magre springs forward toa 9-1 win over Quincy University in the first ballgame played inLebanon this year. McKendree swept this double header. after start-ing the season with a 7-game losing streak, the Lady bearcats fol-lowed with six straight wins. Photo by Jim Michalak.

MiKe JUenGeR SeLDoM smiles like this. the scoreboard tells the tale as the SWicbench players storm the court. Juenger has coached at SWic since 1992. He playedbasketball there and then baseball at McKendree. Photo by Jim Michalak.

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Lebanon JUnioR HiGH'S Reinneck twins, emilyon the left and abigail playing the ball, battleagainst carlyle. carlyle won this one in two closesets. Photo by Jim Michalak.

beLLeviLLe WeSt GRaD erika Mccaster scored agame high 19 points (including 5 three pointers)in the 55-53 thriller upset of Wabash valley, thusSWic won the nJcaa Region 24 championship. inthe regular season Wabash valley gave SWic twoof its five losses, including a 68-48 whipping a fewweeks earlier. Photo by Jim Michalak.

tiMe to ceLebRate! on this SWic team are Lebanon grads Paige and clairebuechele. next stop for the gang is the nJcaa national championships at Salina,Kansas. Photo by Jim Michalak.

in tHe bottoM of the 9th of McKendree mens' home openerGrant anderson singles in Jake Kline who scores to give McKendreea 5-4 win over Maryville. Photo by Jim Michalak.

Recent MateR Dei grad Mitchell Langenhorst pitched a 14-0win over Harris Stowe University with chill temperatures 40 de-grees cooler than the Maryville game played the previous day. McK-endree baseball is off to a 3-2 start. Photo by Jim Michalak.

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