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Lincoln's lost speech coninieinoratcd with tours, visit from Abe ID raphe TUESDAY MAY 30, 2006 aiiva www.pantagraph.com Copyright 2006 Pantagraph Rir and paws take.center stage in Pet Idol Special section nside MEMORIAL DAY Pumped up Some call il the Korean conflict, or a police action or the Forgotten War. Wlial learned there is that ice are all brothers in combat, and all bleed the same color. Elmer Gray, a Normal resident and veteran who served in Korea Biomass for fuel could become Illinois' newest cash crop. Local, A4 Afghan rioting A U.S. military convoy plows into a line of traffic in Kabul sparking rioting that's left eight dead, and at least 107 injured.

NationWorld, A7 1 if- Iff I Via i iif A '0 It SSi'i mJ sirr) State berths on the line Some area high school teams spent their holiday playing for a spot in this weekend's state tournaments: Olympia took on Monticello in Class A Softball; Clinton faced Danville Schlarman in Class A baseball; and Normal West matched up with Peoria Notre Dame in Class AA girls soccer. Sports, B1 Cost of cooling to climb It already costs more to fill up the gas tank. Now, Americans can expect to pay more to use fans and air conditioning this summer. Money, C1 This and that It's time for more random thoughts from Flick and some flak from the flock. Life, D1 Weather if TV, 2 from CBS die in Iraq By Krlsta Larson ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK Cameraman Paul Douglas had spent more than a decade covering the world's hot spots for CBS News.

Freelance soundman James Brolan was part of a CBS team honored for its dispatches on the earthquake in Pakistan. Correspondent Kim-berly Dozier had reported on the deteriorating situation in Iraq for nearly three years. The two British men were killed Monday in Baghdad when a car bomb exploded as they were working on a story about American troops in Iraq on Memorial Day. Douglas, 48, and Brolan, 42, died at the scene, the network said. The U.S.

military said an American soldier and an Iraqi interpreter were also killed in the same blast and six American soldiers were injured. Dozier, a 39-year-old American, was in critical condition at a U.S. military hospital in Baghdad and underwent two surgeries for injuries from the bombing, said Kelli Edwards, a CBS News spokeswoman. By early this morning, doctors had removed shrapnel from Dozier's head but said she had more serious injuries to her lower body, CBS News reported on its Web site. "Kimberly, Paul and James' were veterans of war coverage who proved their bravery and dedication every single day," CBS News President Sean Mc-Manus said in a statement.

"They always volunteered for dangerous assignments and were invaluable in our attempt to report the news to the American public. "Our deepest sympathy goes out to the families of Paul and James, and we are hoping and praying for a complete recovery by Kimberly," Mc-Manus added. Dozier's relatives were planning to head to Germany, a man who answered the phone at her mother's home in Maryland said Monday night. The Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in southern Germany is the U.S. military's largest overseas hospital.

CBS News reported on its Web site that the three journalists were embedded with the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division when a near-by car packed with explosives detonated, the network said. All three journalists were believed to have been wearing protective gear at the time, CBS said. A series of blasts killed at least 40 people Monday in Iraq and wounded dozens in the worst wave of violence to hit Baghdad in days. "These brave journalists risked their lives to tell the world the story of a courageous people and a proud nation," he said. "The terrorists who committed this evil crime have shown themselves for who they are.

They do not want the world to see the truth of what is happening in Iraq, where a determined people are fighting for freedom and liberty That story must and will be told," said Zalmay Khalizad, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq. SEE IRAQ BACK PAGE PantagraphC ARLOS T. MIRANDA Dakota Garland, 4, right, Lydia Bane, 5, center, and her sister Cora Bane, 3, all of Bloomington, wave American flags as Boy Scouts from the area march in the annual Memorial Day parade on Wood Street Monday morning. Scout leaders worked until 10 p.m.

Sunday night to ensure they had at least 50 Scouts from various troops for the 50 American Flags Living Memorial. People gather for hot Memorial Day By Phyllis Coulter pcoulterpantagraph.com BLOOMINGTON Memorial Day Monday's hot, sunny weather was a change for some people accustomed to cool, rainy holiday weekends. Some of the biggest groups waving American I Memorial Day in Clinton Back page i I- if VFW Post 635 of Normal members wave to parade spectators during the annual Memorial Day parade on Wood Street in Bloomington on Monday morning. flags along the Memorial Day parade route from downtown Bloomington to Miller Park were in the shade. Lois Ford, a great-great-grandmother, watched the parade from her front veranda on Lee Street as she has done for 60 years.

The 92-year-old was joined by about 30 members of her family from the Twin City area, Wisconsin and Ohio. "It (a family gathering) happens every Memorial Day and Labor day," said her granddaughter, Becky Bair of Hudson. Among those viewing the parade with her was Ryan Engle, who is serving in the Air Force stationed in Dayton, Ohio, and Senja and Nick Bair, who are missionaries working on a naval base in Wisconsin. SEE REMEMBERING BACK PAGE Left: Robert and Morsie Williams of Bloomington lis ten to Judge Ron Dozier traditional i i 41 'J? iTrrV speak during the Today's weather symbol was drawn byJacob Schultz of Heyworth Elementary School. HILOW 8667 For complete weather Information, see Today's Weather on the back page; and for continuous updates, see pantagraph.com Online Get your community event out to people fast through our online community calendar at www.pantagraph.comcalendar.

It's easy, but if you need help, go to www.pantagraph.comcalendarhelp Find Abby D2 Classified C4 Comics D6 Crossword C5 Horoscope D3 Movies Obituaries D4 Opinion A6 Scoreboard B5 Sudoku C4 Wednesday W-i-n-n-e-r? Bloomington's own Max Nelson is among the top international spellers hoping to advance to primetime, live television coverage of the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee. In Local. InsaillBrV VlUV Memorial Day address at i 111 I A 7 I Miller Park bandstand. The 1 Williamses' sons, Andrae, 23, and Cedric, 22, recently returned from Iraq. OUR HISTORY Film crew putting Logan Co.

on the small screen 1. 9 iter's LH CNTIRPRISIB This 1957 Corvette will appear in a documentary that will air in the United Kingdom in con-juction with the upcoming Pixar film: "Cars: The Movie." The documentary features Route 66 with stops in Elkhart, Lincoln, Springfield and Atlanta. stars and does these road tours," said Patty Ambrose, executive director of the Route 66 Heritage Project. She rode with the crew for the entire visit. "It wasn't your traditional documentary; it was a lot of fun, geared to young people." A crew drove from Joliet to Springfield to get the "feeling on an open road." As they drove, they stopped at various attractions in search of shooting locations.

Later, they returned with the show's host to shoot in Springfield, Elkhart, Lincoln and Atlanta. According to Ambrose, the hourlong segment will premiere in the U.K. on July 29, and will be aired twice. SEE LOGAN BACK PAGE By Connie Seastedt seastedtfamilyyahoo.com LINCOLN Logan County attractions soon will hit the small screen in a big way as part of a special segment for a United Kingdom television show to celebrate the premiere of the Pixar feature film "Cars: The Movie." A crew from At It Productions an independent film company, drove from Chicago to Springfield to film "T4: On the Road with which will premiere on U.K. channel T4.

The "Cars" movie opens in July "This is a very mainstream station in the U.K. who target the hip, young crowd of 13 to 34. Every weekend the host, Steve Jones, interviews movie 50 Cents 6 5 4 sections, 32 pages For the PantagraphCONNIE SEASTEDT.