this week our local newspaper did a couple articles on our trip to southern louisiana to help with convoy of hope.
mattoon church group spends week distributing basic necessities in la. journal gazette
gustav relief team uses the web and cell phones to share experience in real time journal gazette
with hurricane ike hitting texas convoy of hope is heading back out on the road to help with disas... [Show More]
wikipedia in the news Post Source: ericjennings.wordpress.com Posted: Sep 05 2008 14:05:15
ive been sitting on a few stories about wikipedia and just havent had the opportunity to say much about them.
first is this story from a newspaper in charleston illinois.a it basically says that some people are actually using wikipedia as a teaching instrument.a oh my gosha how horriblea oh wait thats sarcasm.a yes of course people should be using it as a teaching tool and springboard to further r... [Show More]
five guys from our church pulled out of mattoon 9pm monday headed to louisiana.
we drove thru a ton of rain and wind as we made the 12 trip to southern louisiana. due to flooding we location of where we were going to setup our site changed multiple times. baton rogue lafayette homua new iberia.
when we arrived at our site today we only had about 90 minutes to do a little bit of setup because of ... [Show More]
stewardson man arrested 23 pit bulls recovered
by nathaniel west staff writer
nwestjgtc. com
stewardson scars crisscross the pit bulls face like stitches on a baseball. a fresh wound presumably from a recent battle still seeps near the joint of his left front leg.
his breed has a reputation for ferocity. put him in an arena with another dog he becomes a killer.
but when shelby county animal... [Show More]
by david scott
boston sports media watch
as if to show just how serious they are about being an internet player weei.com today 81808 announces the addition of deadspin founder will leitch to its rapidly expanding lineup of writers. leitch tabbed as the outsider will write twicemonthly every other wednesday for the site and offers up a hello boston piece today. in short leitch told scotts shots ... [Show More]
im not the only one to have noticed the cultlike worship that the chosen one has but its getting creepier and creepier. case in pointin a may 31st oped piece in the charleston il jgtc online writer steve davis takes a dive off the deep end into lake idolatry
im taking a special look at barack obama because hes a lot closer to a jesustype than the other candidates by quite a bit. what if god decid... [Show More]
i always enjoy getting emails especially when they come from former illini players. shawn roof updated me on his latest since he got promoted to the tigers aa squad the erie seawolves.
roof is enjoying the slightly cooler weather in erie pa compared to singlea weather in florida at least. however the biggest change is everyone is that much better at the higher level. the defenses are unbelievable ... [Show More]
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mattoons kyle hudson is looking to be back playing baseball in six weeks after suffering a broken hand 11 games into his professional career.
hudson broke his right hand sliding into second base his fourth stolen base of the year with the baltimore orioles class a aberdeen ironbirds.
i had a broken left hand in my junior year of high school in football and ... [Show More]
farc is pretty much farked according to the globe and mail. good. a swiss radio station however says the american and colombian governments paid farc to release ingrid betancourt and her fellow hostages
the bloodless and apparently brilliant operation to free 15 hostages from the colombian jungle today became mired in confusion with some reports even claiming that the entire episode was nothing... [Show More]
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wow after a two week break its good to be back. there is so much to cover on the show today that ill do my best to stay on track. im not sure what happened in the last three weeks but there are a record number of elevator related accidents and deaths worldwide on this weeksshow. ive never seen so many and i never want to see this many again. on a lighter n... [Show More]
three illini signed Post Source: www.thebaseballzealot.com Posted: Jun 12 2008 23:27:22
some news regarding illini draftees
it came out today that illinois cf kyle hudson who went early the fourth round has reached a contract agreement with the baltimore orioles. he plans to play for their class a team in aberdeen md by next week.
illini hurler scott shaw drafted by the new york mets in the 13th round has signed a contract with them complete with a 30000 signing bonus.
tanner roar... [Show More]
friday may 16 2008 854 pm cdtihsa girls state track meet class aa full resultsclass aa long jump prelims flight no. 1 1 alex harden fr springfield southeast 192 14. 2 diane lindsey sr harvey thornton 188 12. 3 imari mason sr chicago kenwood 1711. 4 ashley stacey so harvey thornton 1710. 5 kelsey ontko sr lisle benet academy 179 34. 6 kaniece pitts jr oak parkriver forest 179 14. 7 skye morrison s... [Show More]
these news items have been stacking up. here are the postedknown comic page changes for the last two weeks.
the yankton press dakotan went looking to replace two strips and decided to pick up four instead. new strips include baby blues mother goose and grimm dick tracy and bizarro. leaving the paper due to high negatives in a recent poll include dilbert and rubes.
tundra and mycage are now in the... [Show More]
wrote an interesting post today onheres a quick excerptspring gardening and landscaping season is in full swing in central illinois. if you enjoy watching birds and other wildlife species you may want to enhance your landscape with plants that are beneficial to wildlife.
read the rest of this great post here...... [Show More]
yesterday obama ate breakfast at the glider diner in scranton pa. the lanky obama couldnt finish the meal leaving behind half a sausage and a little less than half a waffle. so why is this news because an enterprising employee or customer snagged the plate and put it up for auction on ebay. note the ebay link is now invalid and the item has been removed. however bidding was as high as 76 by 12 p... [Show More]
we miss isiah already.
no more primates at the washington post.
good night lima.
nfl schedule is out.
the end of harold reynolds lawsuit against espn.
carmelo is very sorry.
lots of discussions on bill simmons. but no barack obama for him.
will clark charming.
one nutty buddy.
tiger woods did not win the masters.
ok your weekend editor is matt sussman everyone. were gonna enjoy some sunsh... [Show More]
rezkos out but on a short leashjournal gazette and timescourieril 5 minuteshe also is charged with scheming to pressure kickbacks out of money management firms wanting to invest the assets of the 40 billion fund that pays the
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dvd review aliens vs. predator requiemjournal gazette and timescourieril 57 minutes agoby nathaniel west staff writer plot players a spacecraft with a cargo of captive face sucker aliens and a predatoralien hybrid crashes near the small coming to dvd alien vs. predator 2 requiem hollywood newsavp r dvd review ugodvd review aliens vs. predator requiem unrated edition ... [Show More]
mattoon teens charged after creating fake myspace page for teacher
three teens from mattoon high school in illinois have been given disorderly conduct citations for making a fake derogatory myspace about one of their teachers. before everyone starts the weeping and gnashing of teeth that means they were given a ticket.
anyway local police found the three teens using low tech methods
police tracked... [Show More]
friday march 28 2008 110 pm pdtyour keyword news alert for diabetesmatched the following storieshealthday via yahoo news fri 28 mar 2008 103 pm pdtlung capacity declines faster with diabetes httpnews.y ahoo.comsh sn20080328 hl hsnlungcap acitydecli nesfasterw ithdiabete sfriday march 28 healthday news diabetes the leading cause of heart disease stroke blindness kidney failure and nontraumatic ... [Show More]
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