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J. J. Seniors and pets can make i i i rl Dempster leads Cubs over Dodgers 3-1 Sports a winning comDinarioniiie ft i i i i i CI www.pantagraph.com rr iM vnrTrvxX I COLii 1 5 MEMORIAL DAY 2008 TUESDAY MAY 27, 2008 Inside Honoring the fallen On to state The Tri-Valley softball, Olympia baseball and Normal West girls soccer teams each earn a berth in their respective state tournaments. Sports, B1 Award-winning director dies Director Sydney Pollack, a Hollywood mainstay who achieved success and critical acclaim with the gender-bending "1. comedy "Tootsie" and the period drama "Out of Africa," has died.

Obituaries, A7 t''' Pacemakers for the brain might fight depression By Lauran Neergaard ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON, D.C. It's a new frontier for psychiatric illness: Brain pacemakers that promise to act as antidepressants by changing how patients' nerve circuitry fires. Scientists already know the power of these devices to block the tremors of Parkinson's disease and related illness-. es; more than 40,000 such patients worldwide have the implants. I But psychiatric illnesses are much more complex and the new experiments with so-called deep brain stimulation, or DBS, are in their infancy.

Only a few dozen patients with severe depression or obsessive-compulsive disorder so far have been treated in closely monitored studies. Still, the early results are promising. Dramatic video shows one patient visibly brightening as doctors turn on her brain pacemaker and she says in surprise: "I'm starting to smile." And new 'reports this month show that some worst-case patients whose depression wasn't relieved by medication, psychotherapy, even controversial shock treatment are finding lasting relief. Six of 17 severely depressed patients were in remission a year after undergoing DBS and four more markedly improved. More than half of 26 obsessive-compulsive patients showed substantial improvement over three years, say studies from a team at the Cleveland Clinic Brown University, and Belgium's University of Leuven.

"Not all patients get better, but when patients respond, it's significant," says Dr. Helen Mayberg of Emory University, who has implanted about 50 depression patients. Her first remains in remission after five years; she estimates that four of every six show enough improvement to be classified "responders." "We're rewiring the brain in many ways," says Dr. Ali Rezai, chief of the Cleveland Clinic's Center for Neurologic Restoration. There's a need for innovative therapies.

Up to 20 percent of depression patients and 10 percent of those with obsessive-compulsive disorder are treatment-resistent several million people in the U.S. alone. The rationale behind DBS is credible, says Dr. Wayne Goodman of the National Institute for Mental Health: Surgery SEE BRAIN BACK PAGE Wired for therapy Implanted devices that promise to combat depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder, work by sending an electrical pulse to the regions of the brain involved in mood and anxiety. The PantagraphCARLOST.

MIRANDA Arlene Brown, a former National Guard member, her son Kyler, 2, center, and her nephew, Jacob Collins, 12, look at the Korean War Memorial on Monday at Miller Park in Bloomington. Measuring the loss Communities in Iowa and Minnesota on Monday were assessing the damage in the aftermath of violent weather that struck Sunday and killed seven. Nation, A9 Background billionaire Think Berkshire Hathaway, and the first name that comes to mind is Warren Buffett. But another man who has opted out of the limelight is also responsible for much of the company's success. Money, C1 Parade, visits mmWl to memorials offer tribute U.S.

Army veteran Melvin "Pete" Long, 99, who was part of a U.S. Army tank division at the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, participates in the Memorial Day parade in Bloomington. By Bob Holllday Weather bhollidaypantagraph.com BLOOMINGTON U.S. Army veteran Melvin "Pete" Long, 99, waved two tiny American flags as he reflected on the meaning of Memorial Day. Long said while family get-togethers and travel are fine over the long holiday weekend, "People need to think about the freedoms they have." The Normal resident, who figured to be the oldest participant in New monument recognizes vets of Logan County Monday's Memorial Day parade in Bloomington, said he'd also think about sol READ MORE I Bush pays tribute to troops Page A8 Today's weather symbol was drawn by Logan Arbuckle, Prairieland Elementary School, Normal.

High: 62 1 Low: 47 Complete weather: Back page 24-7 updates: Pantagraph.com On the Web See more A diers who didn't make it home. Long, who will be 100 on Aug. 12, was part of an U.S. Army tank division that fought in the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. "A lot of my friends died," Long said.

"They aren't easy to forget." Long rode in a car with auto photo gallery of Memorial Day events can be viewed at: www. pantagraph By Kevin Barlow kbarlowi5pantagraph.com LINCOLN In between raindrops on a soggy Memorial Day, a monument to honor Logan County veterans was officially dedicated at the Logan County Courthouse Monday morning. The $2,450 cost to build the memorial was raised through the efforts of Main Street Lincoln volunteers. "So many people have worked very, very hard so that we could get a monument to honor all veterans," said Wanda Lee Rohlfs, executive director of Main Street Lincoln. "We appreciate the efforts of our volunteers and sponsors who made this possible." Roger Matson, vice president of the Main Street Lincoln board, helped organize the fundraising effort for the monument.

"We're very proud of it and glad that we could have it here for Memorial Day to officially dedicate it," Matson said. "A lot of people worked on this and deserve the credit." The memorial stands just SEE MONUMENT BACK PAGE Electrodes PAIITAGaAPILCOM Looking for a time-waster or a puzzling challenge? With a wide variety of play styles and skill levels, www.pantagraph.comgames gives you the option to pick whatever suits your mood of the moment, whether it's a crossword, Sudoku or something less brainy. Vietnam War veteran Bill Yarger and his wife, Nancy, of Bloomington read the names of soldiers at the Korean-Vietnam Memorial at Miller Park. outings on Memorial Day are fine as long as people also reflect on the true meaning of the day. Military service runs in the Hafner family.

His father fought in Korea, and his son has been to Iraq and will go to Afghanistan next month. The purpose of Memorial Day also was on the mind of Jean Ham-mitt of Normal. She sat at the curb on Front SEE HONORING BACK PAGE Find workers, at the invitation of Steve Pople, chairman of the veterans' committee of Mitsubishi Motors North America auto workers. Fellow veteran Ron Hafner was impressed that Long would participate in a parade at his age and said he agreed with Long that Memorial Day is a "time to reflect on the sacrifices that others have given." Hafner, a Carlock resident who served in the Marines, said family Implanted 1 Abby D2 Movies D4 Classified C5 Obituaries A7 Comics B5 Opinion A6 Crossword C6 Scoreboard B4 Horoscope D4 Sudoku C6 Dulse generators AP SOURCES: Cleveland Clinic Lander checks instruments, gears up to dig into Martian surface Wednesday Saying cheese Ever-demanding Americans no longer have to look to Europe for artisanal cheeses. In Life.

LEB ENTERPRISES 1 Phoenix takes the first scoop of soil. After the initial taste test, the lander will spend the rest of the mission clawing through layers of soil to reach ice that is believed to be buried inches to a foot below the surface. "We've only looked at one tiny little slit" of the landing site, said principal investigator Peter Smith of the University of Arizona, Tucson. While Phoenix continued to dazzle scientists with scenes from the Martian high northern latitudes, one image that it returned of the sun came out bleeded. Instead of a point in the sky, the sun appeared like a light saber sword.

SEE LANDER BACK PAGE Phoenix's trench-digging robotic arm still partly covered by a protective sheath. The sheath was supposed to fully unwrap after landing. Mission scientists downplayed the problem, saying they could still wiggle out the arm for digging. "This is a minor inconvenience," said Deborah Bass, deputy project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laborato--ry in Pasadena. "We're going to have to do a little bit of disentangling." Bass said the process of moving the 8-foot-long arm was still scheduled for today.

It'll be another week before By Alicia Chang ASSOCIATED PRESS PASADENA, Calif. NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander spent its first full day in the Martian arctic plains checking its instruments in preparation for an ambitious digging mission to study whether the site could have once been habitable. The three-legged lander set down Sunday in relatively flat terrain covered by fissures outlining polygon shapes. The geometric cracks are likely caused by the repeated freezing and thawing of buried ice. Images beamed back late Monday showed the elbow joint of 75 Cents 6 5 Copyright 2008 The Pantagraph Bloomington, III.

4 sections, 30 pages APNASAPL.UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA This image from the Phoenix Mars Lander shows a polygonal pattern in the ground near the NASA spacecraft's landing site on the Martian surface..