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The Pantagraph Tuesday, January 25, 2000 a blunt instrument. Templeton said the murder weapon has not been recovered. Four days after Bee was missing, sledders saw a hand sticking out of the ice near where the backwater reaches Allen Park. JS. iiiiMi Mm guage arts curriculum last year and selected new textbooks for grades 6-12.

The science curriculum will be studied, revised and new textbooks selected after the work on mathematics is done. The board adjourned to executive session to discuss salary schedules and prepare for teacher contract negotiations. Alice Johns Pantagraph correspondent 7' Sale Farm Instance Companies V.v, Wc. owwov M- XL LINCOLN Bereavement group will meet Thursday Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital and Hospice Care of Illinois has established "Always in Our Hearts," an adult bereavement support group to help individuals cope with the loss of a loved one. The support group will meet from 1 to 3 p.m.

Thursday at the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln and will continue to meet the fourth Thursday of each month. A bereavement counselor is open to any Central Illinois resident. Meetings provide an opportunity for individuals to discuss their feelings and the changes the loss has brought to their lives. No reservations are necessary; there are no dues or fees. For information, call Cynthia Kelley at (217) 732-2161, extension 405, or Hospice Care of Illinois at (800) 342-4862.

GIBSON CITY Asbestos removal OK'd for City Hall The Gibson City City Council on Monday hired Sentry of Gibson City, at a cost of $8,600, to remove asbestos from the basement of City Hall. In other action, it was reported that Houston Heating of Gibson City is making repairs on the furnace boiler at the youth cabin. The furnace is expected to be ready for use at the end of the week. There will be a closed session of the personnel committee to interview three candidates for the position of city superintendent at 7 p.m. Feb.

9 at City Hall. Kay Bell Pantagraph correspondent --iiillWMWi''W" The PantagrapWLORI ANN COOK Ed Rust chairman and chief operating officer of State Farm Insurance presented a $1 million check Monday to Dr. Bernadine Healy, president and CEO of American Red Cross, at State Farm headquarters in Bloomington. Million-dollar donation rings a bell EUREKA Convocation slated for Eureka College Eureka College will observe the 145th anniversary of its founding with a formal convocation at 3:30 p.m. Feb.

6 in Becker Auditorium of the Donald B. Cerf College Center, Eureka. The featured speaker will be James Despain, vice president of the Track-Type Tractors Division of Caterpillar Inc. His topic will be "The Vital Link Between Values-Centered Education and Values-Based Leadership." The convocation is free and open to the public. For information, contact Lynn Beer, director of college relations, at (309) 467-6315.

MINONK Midyear update: Budget on target Fieldcrest school Superintendent John Capasso recently told the school board finances are where he expected them to be. Figures through the end of December show the district has spent 51 percent of its projected budget. "We are pretty much on target there," Capasso told the board at a recent meeting. Some expenses had ballooned, he said, because program enhancements and additions were necessary. The total estimated revenue for the present fiscal year has also risen, but not as much as the expenditures.

In the end, Capasso expects the fund balance for this fiscal year to end at approximately $530,000, about $60,000 less than originally anticipated. In a second money matter, the board learned that at least 16 contractors had expressed interest in bidding on the elementary wing to be added to Middle West. Those bids will be opened at 2 p.m. Feb. 10 in the unit office.

The board expects to award the bid at the Feb. 17 meeting. By SHARON FOSS and JAMIE NELSON Pantagraph staff A bell rang out Monday at State Farm Insurance Cos. headquarters to highlight the donation of $1 million to the American Red Cross. The bell, salvaged from a Bloomington rail yard in the 1930s, is used by State Farm to mark special milestones.

The donation was significant because of the relationship developed between State Farm and the Red Cross over the years. Ed Rust State Farm chairman and chief operating officer, said the two organizations have formed a meaningful with tragedy, deal with loss and provide shelter, she said, adding, both are there when needed. Healy, a cardiologist, ended her speech by saying, "Thanks from all four chambers of my heart. Last year alone, Rust said, em-" ployees at State Farm donated 2,081 pints of blood to the Red Cross, showing how the company helps the nation's largest supplier of plasma, tissue products and blood. The donation marked State Farm reaching its goal of 1 million applicants for new life insurance policies in 1999.

The insurance company also donated $100,000 to the Canadian Red Cross. partnership. "We not only respect the work of the Red Cross, but we so often find ourselves working side by side," he said. State Farm employees from across the nation watched Rust hand the check to Red Cross president Dr. Bernadine Healy, as he joked, "I must admit, I feel somewhat like Regis Philbin." That prompted a standing ovation with light bulbs flashing as Rust and Healy held an oversized check.

Healy accepted the check and spoke about the trust between State Farm and Red Cross. Both organizations teach people how to cope OTTAWA 2 charged Monday in teenager's death Two people have been charged with concealing the murder of an 18-year-old Sheridan man whose body had to be chipped out of the ice of a backwater of the Illinois River here last week. LaSalle County State's Attorney Mike James said Monday the two are the "prime" suspects in the bludgeoning death ofDustinBee. Charged with concealment were Jeremy Judd, 24, of Sheridan and a 15-year-old Sandwich girl being charged as a juvenile. Judd was in jail Monday in lieu of $10,000 cash bond.

A bond hearing for the girl will be held this morning. Sheriff Tom Templeton said five people were at a gathering in a mobile home in Sheridan near the state prison on Jan. 14 when Bee was killed. Coroner Jody Bernard said Monday that Bee was killed by at least two blows to the head by DELAVAN District hires aide for growing classes The Delavan Board of Education hired Tracie McConnell on Monday to be a program aide for the kindergarten and early childhood classes. There is an increased number of students in these classes this semester.

McConnell will work five hours a day for 94 days. She will be paid $7.50 per hour. In other action, the board approved an agreement with Brent Heinold of Heinold, Eureka, to do the district's annual audit for the year 2000. The audit will cost $3,500, up $100 from last year. The board heard that the mathematics curriculum for all grade levels is being studied and revised.

New textbooks will be selected for next year when the work is completed. The district revised the lan Man accused of striking trooper with car approached four men in the vehicle. He was standing beside the car talking to the driver when the driver pulled away. The trooper was struck in the arm and leg but did not require medical treatment. The car sped away and Conner called for assistance on the radio.

State and area police put together a manhunt, and the car was found abandoned in a ditch in Morton. By Pantagraph staff State Trooper Mike Conner narrowly escaped serious injury Sunday after stopping a car on Interstate 74, and a Bloomington man is in custody in connection with the incident. State police reports said Conner pulled over a westbound car on the highway near Morton at 3:24 p.m. Conner parked his patrol car and The four suspects were apprehended in the same area, but three were later released. The car's driver, Paul J.

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