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RECORDS Tuesday, January 17, 2006 B5 AREA DEATHS Freda Ellen Gard CASEY Freda Ellen Gard, 96, passed away on Friday, January 13, 2006, at Heartland Manor Nursing Center, Casey, Illinois. Freda was born on December 9, 1909, in Casey, Illinois, to Wilkin Grant Gard and Huldah Shore Gard. She is survived by a niece, Jane Dunn and husband Richard of Glen Ellyn, IL; nephew, Richard Karl Gard and wife Aimee of San Jose, CA; James Gard and wife Karen of Baton Rouge, LA; several great nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, brother, Mary M. Gochanour MESA, AZ Mary Margaret Gochanour, 85, of Mesa, AZ, formerly of Decatur, IL, died Saturday, Jan.

7, 2006, in Mesa, AZ. She was born on May 28, 1920, in Boonville, IN, the daughter of William B. and Della M. Richardson. She married Charles E.

Gochanour on April 7, 1939. Mary was preceded in death by Charles, their daughter Dian Gouveia, and her brother William S. Richardson. Mary retired from the State ROY R. KNEISLER CHARLESTON, IL Roy R.

Kneisler, age 81 of Charleston and formerly of Goshen, Indiana, passed away on Sunday, January 15 (2006) at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. The Funeral Mass celebrating his life will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday (January 18) at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Tenth and Jefferson Streets in Charleston. Father Joseph Ring will preside.

Visitation will be for one hour prior to the Funeral Mass at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church. Interment with Military Rites conducted by the Honor Guard of the Kankakee American Legion Post 85 will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery in Manteno, Illinois at noon on Thursday (January 19). Roy was born December 16, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois the son of George and Mabel (Schwass) Kneisler.

He was united in marriage to Catherine Becker on May 29, 1948 in San Pierre, Indiana. He is survived by Catherine, his loving wife of fifty- Richard Southworth KANSAS, IL Richard Southworth, 43, of Kansas, died at 8:23 p.m. Friday (Jan. 13, 2006) at his residence. The funeral will be conducted at 10 a.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 18, at the Sutton Son Funeral Home, in Kansas, with the Rev. John Wondergem officiating. A reception will follow the service at the home of Mary Gienko. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery.

Visitation will be 5- 8 p.m. today, Jan. 17, at the Farris service MATTOON The funeral for Flo Ellen Farris was Monday at the Mitchel Funeral Home with the Rev. Lou Butler officiating. Burial was in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Cooks Mills.

The organist, Nancy Schilling, played "The Old Rugged Cross," "Amazing Richard L. Gard; sisters, Estella Agnes Gard and Susan Florillo Gard; sister-inlaw, Blenna Ruth Curry Gard Spurlock Gard and niece, Sue Ellen Gard DeVillier. Freda was a member of the Casey United Methodist Church, where she also worked with the children's programs. She was a member of the Casey United Methodist Women; Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority; Casey BPW, and Retired Teachers Association. of Illinois Dept.

of Labor in 1985 after 28 years of service. She was a member of Grace Community Church of Tempe, AZ. Surviving are four sons, Robert D. (wife Virginia) of Charleston, IL; Randall L. of Menard, IL; Richard (wife Pamela) of Mesa, AZ; Kevin F.

(wife Wendy) of Tucson, AZ; ten grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two brothers, Clarence Richardson of Normal, IL, Robert Richardson of Springfield, IL; seven years; three children, Carol Keller of Manteno, James Kneisler and his wife Sharon of Tuscola, Illinois, Linda Spangler of Charleston and her Dave Allen of Champaign, Illinois; four grandchildren, Christina Robinson and her husband Adam of Bourbonnais, Illinois, Jenna Keller of Champaign, and Alison Spangler and Kevin Spangler, both of Charleston; two great grandchildren, Derek Robinson and Connor Robinson, both of Bourbonnais; and a sister, Ruth Pankiw of Charleston. Roy was preceded by his parents. Roy was a member of St. Church Charles in Borromeo Charleston. Catholic, held membership with the Knights of Columbus in Goshen, Moose Lodge in Mattoon and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Paul McVey Post 1592 of Charleston.

Roy served with the United States Navy during World War II aboard the USS Benham which sur- funeral home. He was born Jan. 8, 1963 in Big Springs, TX, a son of William Southworth and Karen Youngquist. Southworth Survivors include his mothPer, Karen Watson of Kansas, IL; two brothers, Robert (Kim) Southworth of Oakland, IL, and James (Julie) Southworth of Charleston, IL; and one sister, Grace" and "What A Friend We Have in The pallbearers were Larry Cougill, Larry Joe Cougill, Wayne O'Dell, and Robert, Mike and Ryan Elder. Mrs.

Farris, 77 of Mattoon, formerly of Cooks Mills, died Jan. 12, 2006, at Douglas Rehabilitation and Care Center. Seattle's rainy streak intensifies runoff pollution SEATTLE (AP) So it's been raining for weeks. Where does all that water go? The rain falls on fields, golf courses and lawns, on forests and industrial sites. It mixes with oil, pesticides and other nasty substances before finding its way into area lakes and streams many of them salmon-bearing and eventually into Puget Sound.

"Storm water is a source of pollution, because there are pollutants in our environment that the storm water picks up," state Ecology Department spokesman Larry Altose said. And there's plenty of storm water it rained for 27 days straight, just shy of the 33-day record, before clearing up Sunday. Industry, septic tanks and manure-rich dairies are not She was a member and held many positions in the Order of the Easter Star and Rebekah Lodge-Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem. Funeral services will be Wednesday, January 18, 2006 at 2 p.m. at the Markwell Funeral Home, in Casey, Illinois, with the Rev.

Penelope Barber officiating. Visitation will be 12 Noon until service time. Burial will be in the Mount Cemetery, south of Casey, Illinois. Memorials may be made to the Casey United Methodist Church. To sign the online guestbook, go to www.jg-tc.com and click on obituaries.

Associated Press Laura English Robinson, foreground, leads in singing 'We Shall Overcome' during the 38th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Service at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on Monday. From left are Dexter Scott King, son of Martin Luther King Rev. Floyd H. Flake, pastor, Greater Allen Cahtedral of New York; Isaac Newton Farris, president and CEO, The King Center; Christine King Farris; and Sen.

Johnny Isakson, R-Ga. Preachers, politicians urge Americans to continue pursuit of King's dream ATLANTA (AP) With the widow of Martin Luther King Jr. absent for the first time in nearly four decades, preachers and politicians urged people Monday to continue the slain leader's lifelong pursuit of civil rights and nonviolence. On the holiday marking King's birth, some speakers used the pulpit of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church to criticize the Iraq war, saying money being used by the military overseas could be better spent domestically on projects such as education, especially for blacks. Coretta Scott King, recovering from a stroke and heart attack that partially paralyzed her, stayed home and watched the ceremonies on television.

It was the first time in 38 years she has missed the service at the church where King preached from 1960 until his death in 1968. She received a standing ovation Saturday night when she appeared on stage with her children at an awards dinner, her first public appearance since last year's King holiday. Elsewhere around the nation, President Bush took in a rare public showing of the original Emancipation Proclamation; hundreds of people marched in New Orleans, Little Rock, and Columbia, S.C., and volunteers worked on projects in Philadelphia. King was "a brother, a friend, a colleague, a prophet, my hero, and just a simple human being filled with love, peace and compassion for all humankind," Rep. John Lewis said at a holiday breakfast in Minneapolis.

This year is the 20th anniversary of the federal holiday, first held on Jan. 20, 1986. Sunday would have been the assassinated civil leader's 77th birthday. Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin said the city has a particular obligation to preserve King's "legacy of fighting for social and economic justice, a legacy of marching with the poor and the neglected, a legacy of demanding peace against senseless war." In Washington, the president went to see Abraham's Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, which is on display for just four days at the National Archives. The aging document is brought out only occasionally because it is Chile's president-elect as symbol of SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) a fortune in the President -elect Michelle business.

Bachelet, a socialist who was As a 22-year-old jailed and tortured by Chile's student when military junta, began putting socialist President together her administration Allende in 1973, Monday while promising to arrested along give all Chileans a voice er and forced and a better deal. of exile. Her "Because I was the victim force officer, of hatred, I have dedicated coup and died my life to reverse that hatred Cardinal and turn it into understand- Errazuriz was ing, tolerance and why not cal delegation say it into love," she said day with Bachelet, after her victory in Sunday's described agnostic, runoff election against a con- praised her for servative businessman. hatred." Bachelet, the first woman "The success president in this socially con- Bachelet would servative Roman Catholic of the entire country, promised "a new Bachelet, 54, Chile that we will all build," third woman vowing a government that president of a will listen to a broader range country and the of voices and include a lot without rising more women. because of a She has come to symbolize She said she Chile's reconciliation after bring radical the brutal divisions spawned country of 16 by a bloody 1973 military coup pledging to "walk and 17 years of dictatorship, road" as the under Gen.

Augusto Pinochet left administration, But she insisted Monday free-market that she is tough enough to turn Chile's deal with hard charging male of the region's colleagues, rejecting sugges- The Bush tions that coalition party sent its leaders would largely name "We have an her Cabinet. long-standing "I will make the decisions. I with Chile and was the one who was elect- to working with ed," she said. ident and her Bachelet won 53 percent of House spokeswoman the vote Sunday, against 46 Parell said. percent for right-leaning Bachelet will Sebastian Pinera, who made stronger hand two sisters, Nora Enlow of Springfield, IL, Emma Beams of Decatur, IL; and several nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be on January 18, Wednesday, from 3-8 p.m. at Bisch Funeral Home West in Springfield, IL, with services on January 19, Thursday at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Camp Butler National Cemetery, Riverton, AL. To sign the online guestbook, go to www.jg-tc.com and click on obituaries. sensitive to light.

"It seems fitting on 1 Martin Luther King Day that I come and look at the Emancipation Proclamation in its original form," Bush said. "Abraham Lincoln recognized that all men are created equal. Martin Luther King lived on that admonition to call our country to a higher calling, and today we celebrate the life of an American who called Americans to account when we didn't live up to our ideals." Hurricane Katrina debris along New Orleans' Martin Luther King Boulevard had been cleaned up in advance of a holiday parade Monday, but many nearby buildings remained abandoned and in ruins. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin called on black people to rebuild the city, which was more than 60 percent black before Katrina displaced about three-quarters of its population. "This city will be a majority African American city," Nagin told a crowd at City Hall.

"It's the way God wants it to be. You can't have New Orleans no other way. It wouldn't be New Orleans." In other states: Several thousand people attended a rally at Columbia, S.C. Improved funding for schools and removing the Confederate flag from Statehouse grounds dominated the speeches. "We're not going to rest until that rag comes down," said the Rev.

Nelson Rivers III, chief operating officer of the NAACP in Baltimore. Thousands of volunteers commemorated Martin Luther King Day across Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware by taking part in an array of service projects. In San Antonio, Air Force jets flew over the city's Martin Luther King Day celebration, sparking a protest by Iraq war opponents who said the military presence conflicted with King's teachings. About two dozen protesters chanted "shame" while two Air Force training jets flew overhead. Members of the group, who were mostly white, also sang protest songs that drowned out speeches from the podium lauding King and his legacy.

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excellent, relationship look forward the new presteam," White Christie have a than her prede- vived the Battle Group Halsey Typhoon. Roy was a Dairy Farm Inspec-. tor and retired in 1985 as a Supervisor for Kneisler Associated Milk Producer's Incorporated. He enjoyed riding motorcycles, especially with his son James, and was a licensed watch and clock repairman. Roy was a proud father, grandfather and great grandfather and even though he was a quiet man, the love shown to his family spoke volumes.

Roy's family requests that Memorials in his honor be made to the St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church. Gifts may be left on the Memorial Table at the Visitation or Funeral Mass or mailed to Adams Funeral Chapel, 2330 Shawnee Drive, Charleston, IL 61920. To sign the online guestbook, go to www.jg-tc.com and click on obituaries. Mary Gienko of Charleston, IL.

He was preceded in death by his father. Mr. Southworth was an office manager for M.G. G. Human Services in Charleston, IL.

Richard had a joy for children, he also worked for Charleston Teen Reach. Memorials may be made to Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Systems Cancer Center. To sign the online guestbook, go to www.jg-tc.com and click on obituaries. SIREN REPORT Mattoon police Vehicles driven by Leroy J. Hawkins, 3213 Oak Dwight E.

Higgs of Jewett and John M. Williamson, 309 Linden Lane, collided in a chain-reaction accident at 3:36 p.m. Dec. 30 at Charleston Avenue and Ninth Street. Hawkins, 82, was ticketed for driving too fast for conditions.

Matthew Zach Gurchiek, 25, of Fishers, was ticketed for not reporting an accident after his car hit a dirt pile related to construction at 12:15 p.m. Dec. 30 after he drove past a construction site sign on North Sixth Street south of County Road 1100N. Mattoon fire Firefighters responded to a false alarm at 4:45 p.m. Sunday at Lytle Park.

Associated Press President-elect Michelle Bachelet speaks during a news conference at a hotel in Santiago, Chile, Monday. Bachelet, the first woman to be elected president in Chile, won 53 percent of the vote in Sunday's runoff. cessor because Dec. 11 legislative elections gave her center-left coalition control of a majority in both houses of Congress for the first time since it took power in 1990. During the campaign, she promised to reform labor laws, improve public education, bolster health services and raise pensions.

She also said that half of her Cabinet will consist of women. Bachelet still will face challenges as a female leader, said Patricio Navia, a political scientist at the Universidad Diego Portales. the only polluters putting salmon runs and killer whales at risk. Cars leak fluids and spew brake-shoe and tire residue onto the street. Homeowners use pesticides to ensure velvety lawns.

Pet owners neglect to clean up after their dogs. "It's everybody's turn," said Fred Felleman of Ocean Advocates. "It's about caring for your car so it doesn't leak oil, using organic alternatives in the garden." Runoff used to be a concern primarily for lakes and smaller bodies of water. Now larger bodies are at risk as the population booms. "We each, in our very small ways multiplied by the millions of us are contributing to the overall pollution of our waters," Altose said.

CORRECTION Mattoon Public Library was open on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. An article published Saturday incorrectly stated the library was closed on Monday. Visit the online guestbook www.jg-tc.com.