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A2 THE PANTAGRAPH, Monday, May 8, 1989 ff III Summit i Lincoln Mnrmnl I I Bone Student Center In ISU. c5f StartFinish Is I Division mm mm Seminary 3 5 tmfon Forest 17 Bloomington ivy Grove J1 Oakland JJ 8VJJJ Fremont 3 01 1989 Walk offers more of variety Walkers without the time or energy to spend an entire Saturday hiking around a 30-kilometer course still can participate in the 17th annual McLean County Walk for Mankind, along with those who require a faster pace for their exercise. The 1,600 expected participants in this year's charity walk will have a wider variety of options when they hit the streets May 20. In an effort to accommodate everyone, McLean County Project Concern, sponsors of the walk-a-thon, will give strollers, runners and the long walkers a chance to earn money to provide health care for the needy worldwide. McLean County has hosted the walk for 17 years to raise money for Project Concern, an international organization that provides primary health care services to the needy throughout the world.

Jan Pritts, Midwest regional director for the walk, said a four-kilometer family route is just one option for this year's walk, and will allow younger walkers to participate safely while completing the course with a parent. She said the shorter course will allow children who can't finish the regular 30-kilometers (18.6 miles) to join in the fun, while saving parents from a long day on their feet. She also said the shorter route would be good for senior citizens who do not want to spend the whole day walking. Those who choose the short route are asked to get sponsors to donate a flat rate rather than walking for pledges per kilometer. People who need more from their day than just an 18-mile walk can run for mankind.

For the second year, a 60 lap (15 mile) run around the Illinois State University track, located behind Horton Field House, will be added to the day's festivities. Runners will get pledges by the lap and can complete up to 60 laps. Both walks will begin at ISU's Bowling and Billiards Center and will include 11 checkpoints where water, snacks and restrooms will be provided. The routes will be well supervised with police and crossing guards at all major intersections. Registration will be from 7:15 to 8:30 a.m.

the day of the walk with advance registration from 3:30 to The PantagraphSTEVE SMEDLEY Johnnie Walters held a sponsor sheet for Saturday's Walk for Mankind. The 32-year-old dishwasher at Champion Federal Savings and Loan's cafeteria in Bloomington has been a walker in the charity event for the past four years. Walkers take steps forward with charity on their minds A 7. BJHS 8. BHS 9.

Constitution Trail 10. Babyfold 11. Calvary Acres 12. ISU Union pledges. Schools, churches and other nonprofit groups are invited to use the walk to benefit their own groups.

Group sign ups are available and any participating organization will receive 20 percent of the proceeds they bring in. 1989 Walk for Mankind route Checkpoints: 1. Maxwell Park 2. Grace Baptist Church 3. O'Nell Park 4.

Miller Park 5. Emerson Park 6. Oakland School "We're lucky to live in the United States, and not in a country that can't feed its people and whose children are starving," he said. And while Project Concern, sponsor of the walk-a-thon, does not provide food for the hungry, they do teach the people of underdeveloped countries to feed themselves. Money from this walk, and similar walks all over the country, go to places like Bolivia to teach gardening techniques.

And it goes to countries like Indonesia to train By JAKE DRAKE Pantagraph staff With exercise and health on the minds of many people, and the parks increasingly filled with joggers and walkers, it's not surprising that a Saturday walk for charity would be a big draw. But for those people who participate in Walk for Mankind every year, and who put forth the effort to gather as many pledges as possible, a 30 kilometer walk is more than just exercise. "This is an opportunity for people to really feel good about helping somebody else," said Jan Pritts, Midwest regional director of the walk. "It's a chance for people of all ages to touch the lives of people who are less fortunate. We teach people to take care of themselves." For Linda Brennan and Johnnie Walters, big prizes don't attract them, because there aren't any.

And they do it for more than any 7:30 p.m. May 18 at Eastland Mall. Sponsor sheets are available at McLean County schools, churches, service organizations and businesses, with special sponsor sheets for the short walk and the run. Sponsors will receive pledge reminders in the mail, so walkers don't have to collect their own ACTIVITIES Gold Star tea MINIER Gold Star mothers and sisters will be honored at a tea sponsored by Harry Riddle American Legion Auxiliary. The tea will be at 7:30 p.m.

May 9 at the Minier Fire Station. Hostesses will be Jean Nixon, Josephine Eisenberger and Gloria Haning. Wife implicated in daughters' deaths Meet the members of the BroMennTeam ii exercise it might provide. Just last year, they canvassed the Twin Cities for more than $3,200 in pledges. Walters has been a walker in McLean County for the past four years, placing fourth in total money pledged last year.

But that was not enough. Last fall, he placed first in the Morton walk, gathering $1,388 in pledges altogether. "When we were kids, my dad worked hard to put a roof over our heads, but we didn't have much food on the table," the 32-year-old dishwasher at Champion Federal Savings and Loan's cafeteria said. "But my granddad always told me, if you help somebody else, you always get something in return. We can help ourselves, but there are people all over the world who can't." What Walters gets in return is pride, knowing that he can make a difference in someone's life.

after a steady flow of cars over the weekend sometimes developed into minor traffic jams, neighbors said. McCain said Sims, 37, told him the night of April 29, when Mrs. Sims reported Heather had been abducted, that Sims was "somewhat suspicious" of her story but that both deaths were accidental. In the latest case, Mrs. Sims, 30, told police that a masked gunman knocked her unconscious April 29, and that she believed he took Heather.

She said her husband was at work. A fisherman found Heather's body in a trash can Wednesday across the Mississippi River in Missouri. The child's body had been refrigerated since her death about the time Mrs. Sims reported her abducted, McCain said earlier. Mrs.

Sims' account was nearly identical to one the couple gave authorities in Lo-ralei's case. The remains of a child believed to be Loralei's were found about a week after her disappearance near the couple's home in nearby Brighton, where the couple then lived. McCain said that Sims on Thursday night said "he was unsure of his wife's masked gunman story and that his wife might be involved in the deaths of both his daughters." The Simses' attorney, Donald Groshong, was not at home yesterday and could not be reached for comment. Groshong, however, has said his clients are innocent. The Simses' 15-month-old son, Randy, was taken into state custody Friday after Sims told police the boy might be in danger, McCain said.

Yocom said yesterday that after Loralei's birth, Mrs. Sims asked her roommate at the hospital what sex child she had had. When the roommate said she had a boy, the sheriff said, Mrs. Sims said, "I wish we would have had a boy." people to assist in childbirth, and help lower an alarmingly high child mortality rate, Mrs. Pritts said.

Ms. Brennan said she enjoys getting in some exercise while helping others. Starting on her fifth consecutive walk, the born-again Christian signed up more than $1,800 in pledges in 1988, more than any of the other 1,600 walkers. 'Beer party' bust results in 7 arrests HUDSON A beer party attended by six underage drinkers at a Hudson man's residence early yesterday morning has yielded seven alcohol-related arrests. McLean County sheriff's police said they received a telephone call around midnight concerning an alcohol party being attended by minors in Hudson.

When police arrived at the residence shortly after midnight they found a 31-year-old Hudson man furnishing alcohol to the youths. In addition, one of the girls at the party had brought an 8-year-old girl she was baby-sitting at the time, police said. Bryan A. Foland was arrested on a charge of furnishing alcohol to minors. He posted $100 and will appear in court June 7.

Charged with illegal consumption of alcohol were Shannon R. Graham, 19, of 211 W. Seminary Bloomington; Joseph M. Kletz, 17, of 1314 Ewing Bloomington; and Eric W. Penn, 19, of 1609 N.

Roosevelt Bloomington. They posted $50 and will appear in court June 7. Also charged with illegal consumption of alcohol were Leslea D. Gillium, 20, Hudson; and Eric T. Gillium, 18, Hudson.

They posted $50 and will appear in court May 24. David E. Williams, 19, Hudson, posted $50 and will appear in court May 31 also on a charge of illegal consumption of alcohol. The Pantagraph Published dally and Sunday by Evergreen Communications 301 W. Washington Bloomington, IL 61701.

Second-class postage paid at Bloomington, IL (USPS) 144760) TELEPHONE (309) 129-9411 Home delivery Classified ads ALTON (AP) A man implicated his wife in the deaths of an infant daughter last month and that of another nearly three years ago, but said he thought the strangely similar fatalities were accidents, authorities said yesterday. Officials also said that before both deaths, the woman had been upset she had not given birth to boys. Police Sgt. Rick McCain told a news conference that investigators may have enough evidence to file charges against parents Robert and Paula Sims, but added, "I want to make sure we have all our ducks in a row." McCain has said the Simses are the prime suspects in the April 29 suffocation death of their 6-week-old daughter, Heather Lee, but officials were awaiting the results of FBI tests on evidence before making arrests. The Simses also are suspects in the 1986 death of their 13-day-old daughter, Loralei, according to Jersey County Sheriff Frank Yocom.

The case remains unsolved, but Yocom said he thought evidence in Heather's death would enable him to solve it. Police also said they were urging the couple to tell all they know about the deaths. "I think it'd be helpful to all of us," said McCain. The couple, who have been staying with Mrs. Sims' parents in nearby Cottage Hills, have refused to comment.

A person who answered the phone at the home yesterday hung up when a reporter identified himself. A light could be seen in the house through drawn curtains as some 50 people curiosity-seekers and journalists with floodlights trained on the house gathered across the street yesterday. One woman held a sign that read "Paula and Bob Sims, I love my five girls, all of them." Police blocked off the street to all but local traffic ji Health Care Professionals Our health care professionals provide skilled clinical and support services. Every employee at BroMenn Healthcare is a health care professional. As the pace of this community and of health care changes, each employee has shown heroic efforts to meet these changing needs.

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