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Journal Gazette from Mattoon, Illinois • A1

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www.jg-tc.com JG-TC THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2015 A1 SPORTS EASTERN VOLLEYBALL SQUAD FACES SIU EDWARDSVILLE, A8 THURSDAY SERVING CHARLESTON, MATTOON SURROUNDING AREAS WWW.JG-TC.COM $1.50 WEATHER STATE Impasse leaves homeowners in limbo More than 100 Illinois families agreed to sell their homes and move to higher ground after the Mississippi River flooded four years ago, but the current state budget situation has those transactions stalled, too. A3 Lawmakers vote to reopen museum Gov. Bruce Rauner now has a measure before him that would reopen the closed Illinois State Museum and its satellite facilities. A3 OPINION Is Christmas PC or anti-PC? Political correctness is a double-edged sword, Editor Penny Weaver says in her weekly column. A5 Windy.

West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph. See page A4 for the four-day outlook. Waterpark owner chained to tower to stop auction CANDIA, N.H. (AP) The owner of a New Hampshire waterpark facing foreclosure chained himself to the top of a slide tower and is hoping for a financial miracle. In postings on his Facebook page, Kevin Dumont said not looking for a handout, just a person or group of people to work with him to help prevent a Dec.

2 auction of Liquid Planet in Candia. plan to stay up here until the bitter he said Tuesday. Dumont climbed to top of the tower on Monday afternoon and promises to stay there to save the small business he created. He is hoping someone who is interesting in investing in part ownership will come forward. He also set up a GoFundMe page.

Two 40-foot slides at the park were shuttered in August when regulators found high levels of bacteria and said Dumont opened the attractions without a required review. In a selfie posted on Face- book, the goateed Dumont wears a watch-cap emblazoned with Behind him is the corner of a tent and a table laden with pantry stocks and a microwave oven. Not pictured: the portable toilet he is using, like campers do. TOP THIS! COME BACK TOMORROW Keep up with local and area merchants via the weekly JG-TC Business page INSIDE TODAY Advice B3 Classifieds B7-8 Comics B9 Horoscopes A4 Local A3 Lottery A4 Markets A4 Obituaries B10 Opinions A5 138th Year, Number 248 BREAKING NEWS, COMMENTARY, MULTIMEDIA AND MORE: WWW. 217-235-5656 ROB STROUD JG-TC Staff Writer MATTOON The annual Veterans Day ceremony Wednesday at Peterson Park honored those who have served and it highlighted updates to the Vietnam monuments there.

After the annual Veterans Day Parade, veterans and their supporters filled the southwest corner of the park for the Mattoon traditional ceremony in front of the Coles County Vietnam monument. Then, they walked to the nearby Cpl. Nelson Earl Van memorial for a flag raising ceremony at the new flagpole there. Van Gundy, of Mattoon, was killed in action in June 1965, becoming Coles first fatality in Vietnam. The memorial to him and others who lost their lives in this war was dedicated on Veterans Day 1965.

The pulley system on the 50-year-old flag pole had become inoperable in recent years. His brother, Harold Van Gundy, thanked all of the donors in their family and in the community who helped make the recent installation of the new flagpole possible. He and his sister, Millie Van Gundy Walke, raised a U.S. flag and a Marine Corps flag over the memorial during the ceremony Wednesday. think they have did a great job.

They have really outdone Walke said as she looked up at the flags. Last summer, Van family placed an etched portrait of him on the stone memorial at the base of the flagpole. During the Veterans Day ceremony, Harold Van Gundy said they are now trying to gather photos of the 17 fallen service members whose names are listed on the Coles County Vietnam monument. Ceremony salutes veterans, highlights monument updates Kevin Kilhoffer, Journal Children wave during the Veterans Day Parade along Broadway Avenue in Mattoon on Wednesday. Kevin Kilhoffer, Journal Flags are raised at the Cpl.

Nelson Earl Van memorial at Peterson Park in Mattoon on Wednesday. ONLINE See more photos from both Mattoon and observances of Veterans Day. www.jg-tc.com DAVE FOPAY JG-TC Staff Writer CHARLESTON A soaring eagle is a symbol of freedom but, also symbolically, it has to defend itself when threatened. So, when the threatened, some have to stand up and fight for freedom if it means giving their Charleston Middle School student Anna Sipes said Wednesday. thoughts on Freedom Means to ended up as the winning essay in a VFW-sponsored contest a feature of the CMS annual Veterans Day assembly.

fact that somebody willingly signs up to be in the armed forces to protect their country and the beliefs that that country is built on and stands for shows just how and important and dear a freedom is to Anna wrote. Other students who read their essays to the audience during assembly were Taylor Fleming, who earned second place, and Nic Steidl, the third- place winner. CMS honors veterans at annual assembly Kevin Kilhoffer, Journal Veterans are recognized for their service during the Veterans Day program at Charleston Middle School in Charleston Wednesday. JARAD JARMON JG-TC Staff Writer CHARLESTON Results of a referendum vote facilitated by the Eastern Illinois University Faculty Senate found that 67.6 percent of the 349 members who voted do not feel confident in Blair performance as provost and vice president for academic affairs. There were 57 percent of eligible voters who participated in the referendum vote, meaning only 39 percent of those eligible voted and 18.5 percent of the those eligible voted Jeffery Stowell, Faculty Senate vice-chair, said because 261 of those eligible did not vote, the results can be spun in different ways, but the overall direction of the vote is clear.

Faculty vote in performance Lord RELATED STORY The EIU Board of Trustees is set to meet at 1 p.m. Friday in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union at Eastern. Page A3 DAVE FOPAY JG-TC Staff Writer CHARLESTON A conduct during a standoff with police in Charleston last spring led to the decision to allow her plead guilty to a reduced charge, according to her prosecutor. Jessica A.

Burgess only delayed police from locating the man who lived at the Pierce Avenue residence where the six- hour standoff took place when she said she know who was inside, Coles County Attorney Brian Bower said. Burgess, 23, for whom court records list a rural Toledo address, was first charged with obstructing justice, a felony offense, in connection with the April 21 standoff. She was one of the people at the residence and was accused of lying to police about who was inside after she exited. With the agreement reached in her case, Burgess pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of attempted obstructing justice. Bower said he believed that better reflected actions, as she give police false information about the whereabouts.

Woman pleads guilty related to standoff.

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