The Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois • Page 2

Mm Thursday, September 3, 1998 The Pantagraph Labor Day parade steps off with food drive til i-ivXwt a.o if jprzSr. it Pamagrapn nie pnoio Thousands of people lined the route for last year's Labor Day parade through Bloomington. The annual parade from downtown to Miller Park will step off at 10 a.m. Monday. By Pantagraph staff In addition to the usual activities celebrating the contributions of Central Illinois workers, this year's Labor Day parade in Bloom-ington will offer parade-goers a chance to do something for the needy.

The 22nd annual parade steps off at 10 a.m. Monday in downtown Bloomington and will end at Miller Park on the city's west side. Local fraternal organizations, including the American Legion, Elks, Eagles, Knights of Columbus and Veterans of Foreign Wars, will lead the parade with a truck and trailer to collect canned goods and other nonperishable food items. The food collected will benefit local food pantries. The theme of the parade this year is "One Voice, One Vote." Marching units from local unions, community groups, elected officials and high school boards will be featured, along with antique cars and construction equipment.

The route is the same as in past years. The parade will line up at Front and Center streets, proceed west to Lee Street, head south on Lee to Wood Street and then travel west on Wood to the park. The parade is sponsored by the Bloomington Normal Trades Labor Assembly (AFL-CIO), the umbrella organization for 32 local labor unions. Besides the Twin Cities, several other area communities will be honoring workers this weekend. Ellsworth Ellsworth will get an early start observing the Labor Day holiday with events beginning Saturday.

Church food stands will open at 10 a.m., with food including homemade pies and cakes. The 19th annual parade will begin at 4 p.m. and children wanting to decorate their bikes should meet at the park pavilion. Materials will be provided by the Labor Day committee. At 5 p.m., a "Rules of the Road" bicycle safety workshop will be sponsored by the police department.

There also will be a free bookwalk that is similar to a cake-walk but with books being the prizes. More than 100 books have been donated by the Friends of the Bloomington Public Library. PC B-N banks Closed B-N savings and loans Closed College Hills Mall Open noon to 5 p.m. Eastland Mall Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

B-N Factory Stores Open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Bloomington City Hall Closed Bloomington Public Library Closed, also closed Sunday Bloomington garbage collection Monday routes picked up Tuesday Normal City Hall Closed Normal Public Library Closed, also closed Sunday Normal garbage collection Monday routes picked up Tuesday McLean County offices Closed State offices Closed, driver's license facility in Bloomington also closed Saturday Amtrak Regular schedule Bloomington-Normal transit system No bus service Mail delivery No residential or business delivery District 87 schools Closed Unit 5 schools Closed Olympia schools Closed Illinois State University offices Closed Illinois Wesleyan University offices Closed Heartland Community College offices Closed Mennonite College offices Closed Lincoln College offices Closed The Paragraph's business and advertising offices will be closed. Cus tomer service will be open from 5 to 10 a.m. to serve readers needing assistance.

The newsroom will maintain regular hours. Washington St. Front St. X7 II to Wood St. Miller Park Cloggers at 2 p.m.

and Nightwings at 4 and 8 p.m. Events are sponsored by the De-Witt Fair Association. Toluca The community kicks off its annual four-day Labor Day celebration Friday evening with entertainment by The Lamplighters starting at 6:30 p.m. downtown: A street dance will run from 7 p.m. to midnight and the food tent will be open from 5:30 to 10 p.m.

Carnival rides will be operating all four days with $1 advance ride tickets available at the Supreme House of Cheese, the Toluca IGA, the Sweet Shop in Wenona and at Alpha Community Bank in Mi-nonk. Saturday's activities begin with a softball tourney at 8 a.m. The kiddie tractor pull is from 9 a.m. to noon and a petting zoo is open from 1 to 9 p.m. Youth contests start at 2:30 p.m.

and Jim Gill will present a concert from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Linda's Dance Factory will host tumbling and dance routines at 6 p.m. with bingo also starting at that time and A street dance with music by Cactus Creek will follow from 7 to 11 p.m. on Main Street with a flashlight limbo part of the festivities. The food stand will be open during the dance.

There will be a community worship service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the Ellsworth United Methodist Church and the American Legion will host its annual Fish and Chicken Fry Monday, beginning at 5 p.m. Numerous garage sales and specialty vendors will have items for sale throughout the weekend, with sales beginning at 8 a.m. Food will also be available. DeWitt Labor Day festivities in DeWitt will begin with a parade at 10 a.m.

Monday followed by numerous activities, including games and musical entertainment. Following the parade, children's games will be held in the street in front of the main stage at 11 a.m. Musical entertainment will begin at 1 p.m. with Christie Buchan-non, followed by the Tri-County Pantagraph map Dashed line shows the route of the annual Labor Day parade that begins at Front and Center streets in Bloomington and ends at Miller Park. continuing until 9 p.m.

The Del Rays will perform from 8 p.m. to midnight. A pancake and sausage breakfast get things off to an early start Sunday with serving from 7 a.m. to noon. The annual bocci ball tournament, the largest in the state, be- gins at 9 a.m., and the craft show opens at noon.

Various entertainment will go on all afternoon, followed by Modern Cowboyz performing from 6 to 8 p.m. and Rock of Ages from 8 p.m. to midnight. On Labor Day, the craft show and food tent both open at 11 a.ifi. with the parade kicking off at: 2 p.m.

The theme this year is "$0 Years." The Jessie White Tumblers will perform after the parade, which also is when bingo starts in the Legion hall. Shotgun Charlie performs from 4 to 8 p.m. Board amends budget; Piper City still seeking new chief of police Chenoa boy thrown from pickup truck The new clinic facility is part pf an overall $5.5 million expansionpf the hospital. The next phase will include a new physical therapy building and remodeling of existing departments. The board held a closed session to discuss acquisition of real estate before recessing its meeting until next Wednesday.

By EDITH BRADY-LUNNY Pantagraph correspondent CLINTON Officials of the Dr. John Warner Hospital in Clinton Wednesday continued their push to begin construction soon on a new medical office building. Meeting in a reconvened session, the hospital's board of directors approved a request for a $2.5 million amendment to the budget for the city -owned hospital. Hospital administrator Hervey Davis explained that "we have a schedule to keep with old man winter." Davis hopes to begin construction in September on the new building, which will house the Rural Health Center and outpatient clinic. If approved by the City Council, the amendment will allow funds to be set aside for the project, Davis said.

He emphasized that although English Brothers of Champaign will oversee the project, bids will be sought for all phases of the Village Board president serving as interim chief By LARRY KNILANDS Pantagraph correspondent PIPER CITY Advertisements have not yet produced any leads for a new police chief in Piper City. The board accepted the resignation of Carlton Edwards as chief of police, effective Aug. 18. The board's law enforcement committee immediately began discussions about a replacement. Village Board president Marcus Clark told the board Wednesday night that he is acting chief of police so that required paperwork can be filed.

In a related matter, the board approved a contract with the Ford County sheriff's department for assistance with law enforcement inside the village. Protection will cost $6,000 annually, the same as last year. In other business The board: Approved raising the board president's salary to $5,000 per year, the village clerk's to $4,000 per year and the pay for attending committee meetings to $25 per session. The raises go into effect after the next election. Adopted a flood plain ordinance that will allow the village to apply for disaster relief from FEMA in case of flooding.

Learned that discussion about having a medical clinic in conjunction with the Gibson Community Hospital is continuing. By Pantagraph staff GRIDLEY A 14-year-old Chenoa youth was seriously injured in a collision between a car and a pickup truck Tuesday. Chad Green, who had been riding in the truck bed, was in serious condition Wednesday night at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington, a nursing supervisor said. The crash at 5:40 p.m.

Tuesday was in Gridley Township at the intersection of county roads 2180 East and 3200 North, McLean County sheriffs police said. Four other people sustained minor injuries. The driver of the truck, Kevin Bobbitt, 19, and another passenger, Brian Cranmore, 18, both of Chenoa, and the driver of the car, Jackie Matherly, 34, rural Flanagan, and a passenger, Bailey Matherly, who will be 2 years old in November, were all treated at BroMenn Regional Medical Center and released, a nursing supervisor said. Bobbitt was southbound on County Road 2180 East and entered the intersection where Matherly was eastbound on 3200 North. The collision caused the truck to overturn, throwing Green out of the truck bed.

He landed on the edge of a cornfield. Green was apparently the only passenger in the truck bed. The truck also broke off a stop sign post. Bobbitt was charged with failure to yield at a stop or yield intersection and not wearing a seat belt, a police report said. The Pantagraph Published daily and Sunday by The Chronicle Publishing Company.

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