Journal Gazette from Mattoon, Illinois • Page 10

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LOCAL DATA EXTENDED FORECAST Mattoon Hiet 48 31 41 Precipitation recorded In FRIDAY WIs Mattoon between 5 pi. Monday and Cloudy. Tuesday High: 40s Low: 30s Charleston High 48 ..30 41 Precipitation 1 111 inch of precipitation was SATURDAY 1e :1 in Charleston between 7:15 Chance of rain. a and 7:30 Tuesday. High: 40s Low: 30s SKIES 7:09 a.m.

31 p.m. RECORDS SUNDAY 1918 Chance of snow. 1985) High: 30s Low: 20s NATIONAL OUTLOOK National weather Weather tor noon. Wednesday. Dec.

19. 10s 706 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 10. 110s zones for the day 20s REGIONAL OUTLOOK WIS MICH IOWA Rockford 33 Chicago 38 Moline 38 Co Champaign 33 Springfield 40 IND St. Louis 44 MO KY do Cairo 43 02001 AccuWeather. Inc TENN de loudly Showers I storms Rain Flumes Show Ice LOCAL OUTLOOK TODAY: Blustery with a 30 percent chance of light rain and snow in the morning, then partly sunny in the afternoon.

Colder with highs 35 to 40. TONIGHT: Clear and colder. Lows around 20. THURSDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.

THURSDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear. Lows around 25. FRIDAY: FRONTS: AccuWeather Inc MARM STATIONARY HIE Showers Rain -storms Flurries Snow ice Sunny Pt Cloudy Cloudy NATIONAL TEMPERATURES City High Low Pre. Otik. City High Low Pre.

Otik. Atlanta cd. Memphis 40 cdy Atlantic Miami Beach 84 67 cdy Austin Milwaukee 29 cdy New Orleans 62 49 cdy New York City 48 48 64 cdy Oklahoma City 66 33 cir Cincinnati cd. Omaha 45 27 cir Cleveland 73 Orlando 64 cdy Denver Philadelphia 53 49 20 cdy Des Moines 28 Phoenix 65 41 cir Detroit 45 Pittsburgh 42 42 32 cdy Great Falls 36 Rapid City 35 33 cdy Honolulu 81 74 dv Sacramento 54 47 rn Houston 66 cir St 58 31 cdy Indianapolis 46 34 Salt Lake City 11 11 cdy City Kansas Francisco 56 43 cdy Seattle 45 35 09 rn 61 Little Rock 65 36 coy Angeles 68 44 Washington.D 52 11 cir ILLINOIS TEMPERATURES City High Low Pre. City High how Pre.

Chgo.OHr 48 29 Peoria 49 28 0.00 Chgo.dtn 34 Rockford 48 26 0.00 Moline 50 25 Sprngfid 50 28 TUESDAY'S NATIONAL HIGH LOW: HIGH 84 Miami, Ra. LOW -10 Start Idaho WORLD TEMPERATURES Amsterdam cdy Mexico City 45 cdy Singapore 90 75 Hong Kong Paris Taipei Cairo 988399 895888 cir New Delhi 3 Sydney 79 Beijing Montreal Madrid Zurich 31 14 London 3 RET Tokyo 52 1 -ILLINOIS NEWSPAPERS Senate kills COP farm bill, backed by Bush administration WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate Tuesday night rejected a Republican farm bill backed by the Bush administration that would have created new subsidized savings accounts to help farmers cope with drops i in income. Republicans have kept a Democratic bill bottled by refusing to allow a limit on debate. But the 55-40 defeat of the Republican alternative "sends a pretty clear signal of where the votes are" and provides momentum to the Democratic legislation, said Sen. Kent Conrad, Both bills would increase spending on farm programs by nearly 80 percent over the next SIREN REPORT Mattoon police A pickup truck driven by Richard L.

Watkins of 402 N. 20th St. struck the rear of a car driven by Sean D. Lang of 413 N. 34th St.

at 4:12 p.m. Monday on Charleston Avenue at South Ninth Street. Watkins, 51, was ticketed for driving while intoxicated and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. A car driven by Thomas D. Seldomridge of 905 Oklahoma Ave.

struck pedestrian Keely D. Poltrock of 1604 Marion Ave. at noon Sunday in the 700 block of Charleston LOTTERY SPRINGFIELD (AP) Here are the winning numbers selected Tuesday in the Illinois State Lottery: Pick Three-Midday 8-6-4. Pick Three-Evening 2-5-5. Pick Four-Midday 3-5-6-1.

Pick Four -Evening 8-2-1-3. Little Lotto 04-09-26-27-29. ESTIMATED LOTTO JACKPOT $8 million. ESTIMATED BIG GAME JACKPOT $32 million. Big Game winning numbers ATLANTA (AP) Here are the winning numbers selected Tuesday in The Big Game: 3-12-29-37-47.

Big Money Ball: 16. ESTIMATED BIG GAME JACKPOT $32 million. AREA DEATHS Stephany Green SULLIVAN Stephany Allana Kayann Green, infant, died at 7:06 a.m. Sunday (Dec. 16.

2001) at St. Mary's Hospital. A graveside service will be 11 a.m. Friday at French Cemetery. Allenville.

There will be no visitation. McMullin- Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. She was born Dec. 16, 2001, the daughter of Steven Allen and Patricia Ann Woods Green. Survivors include her parents of Windsor; one brother, Korbin Green of Windsor; grandparents, Tracy and Cheryl Green, both of Sullivan, and Tonya and Karl Bart of Perry, great- Lucille Conlin ARCOLA, ILLINOIS Lucille M.

Conlin, 83, of Arcola, died at 7:03 AM Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2001 at her daughter's residence in Arcola. A Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted at 10:00 AM Thursday, Dec. 20, 2001, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Arcola with Rev.

Joseph Allen as the officiant. Burial will be in the Arcola Cemetery. Visitation will be PM with rosary at 5:00 PM at Shrader Funeral Home, 204 N. Locust Street. Arcola.

Mrs. Conlin was born July 3, 1918 in Hume, a daughter of William and Cecilia Waller NAUM MARGULIS Naum A. Margulis, age 86. of Charleston, passed away at 8:15 p.m. on Monday, December 17, 2001, at the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center.

Funeral services celebrating his life will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Friday at the Schilling Funeral Home with the Reverend Harold Humbert officiating. Burial will be at a later date. Visitation will be held from a.m. Friday morning at the funeral home.

10 years and reauthorize farm and nutrition programs through 2006. The Democratic bill, however, would raise crop subsidies and create a new payment program tied to changes in commodity prices. The GOP bill didn't increase subsidy rates but instead offered farmers more money in fixed annual payments to go with matching deposits for IRA-style savings accounts. Democrats, who control the Senate, said the GOP measure didn't provide an adequate safety net for producers or enough money for conservation programs. GOP Sens.

Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, Susan Collins Avenue. A car driven by Mary A. White of 3205 Richmond Ave. struck a pole in the lot at 700 Broadway Ave. East at 2:40 p.m.

Monday. Vehicles driven by Donald R. Snider of 700 Prairie Ave. and Ronnie L. Kemper of 913 N.

14th St. collided at 2:11 p.m. Monday on North 10th Street at Richmond Avenue. A vehicle driven by James M. Pendergast Jr.

of 3208 Prairie Ave. struck the rear of a vehicle driven by William Jones Jr. of 821 Prairie Ave. at MARRIAGE LICENSES Heath Alan Baumann and Erica Lynne Booth, both of Lerna Shawn Todd Watkins and Amanda Jean Taylor, both of Mattoon Tony Turner and Maika Nicole McGee, both of Charleston Bradley Slaten Joseph Marceaux and Amy Danyil Barthelemy, both of Mattoon Paul Burgess and Lyhaya Michelle Ritter, both of Mattoon Jason Douglas Taylor and Alisa Mariz Cavazos, both of Mattoon Charles Tyson Ueleke and Jamie Rebecca Gowin, both of Mattoon Joseph Wayne Lockhart and Michelle Lynn Nihiser, both of Ashmore grandparents, Betty Tilford and Imogene Lockhart, both of Sullivan, and Joe Kellow of Perry, and great grandmother, Ella Varvil of Sullivan. Memorials may be made to the family.

Helen Harrington BOURBONNAIS Helen Alice Harrington, 91, of Bourbonnais, formerly of Arcola, died at 1:35 p.m. Tuesday (Dec. 18, 2001) at Provena Our Lady of Victory Nursing Home, Bourbonnais. Arrangements are incomplete at the Shrader Funeral Home. Arcola.

Martha Hayden GREENUP Martha Meehan. She married Laurence G. Conlin, Sr. on Aug. 3, 1946 in Mattoon.

He survives. Besides her husband, Laurence, she is survived by two sons, Laurence "L.G." G. Conlin, Jr. of Neoga, Michael Conlin and his wife Shawn of Blue Mound: three daughters, Karen Faler, Janet Lathrop and her husband Scott, Dianne Murphy and her husband Bill, all of Arcola; two sisters. Loretta Tucker of Mattoon, Bernadine Davis of Arcola; 12 grandchildren, Amiee Truex, Luci Faler, Casey.

Kristen, and Chase Conlin, Alan, Matt, and Emily Lathrop, Trent, Tyler, and Kathleen Conlin, and Lauren Naum was born March 22, 1915, in the Ukraine, a son of Abraham Margulis and Nadya (Vogman) Margulis. He married Dora in 1946. She passed away in 1957. He was also preceded in death by one sister. Survivors include one daughter, Marta Margulis and husband Gregory Galperin of Charleston; one son, Vladislav Zverev of Moscow, Russia: and one grandson, Andrew Galperin of Charleston.

Mr. Margulis formerly worked in the Ukraine as a Civil Service Economist. He of Maine, Gordon Smith of Oregon, Olympia Snowe and Arlen Specter of Maine Pennsylvania voted with Democrats to defeat the Republican bill. Republicans say the Democratic bill would stimulate excess production and hold down commodity prices. leaders "don't Republican want a bad bill rammed down their throat," said Sen.

Pat Roberts, R-Kansas. A move by Democrats earlier Tuesday to cut off debate on their bill fell six votes short of getting the necessary 60. The vote was 54-43. Democratic leaders pushed their legislation through the 2:49 p.m. Monday on South 21st Street at Charleston Avenue.

Pendergast, 33, was ticketed for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. Gregory S. Smith of 316 Crestview reported another vehicle struck his car and left the scene sometime before 5:49 p.m. Monday at 504 S. 29th St.

Charleston police Kari L. Reynolds, 1817 S. Ninth St. Apt. D11, of Mattoon reported that at 3:45 p.m.

Friday an unknown driver in a red truck hit the driver side I DIVORCES Gregory Scott Clark and Lisa Ann Clark HOSPITAL NOTES Admitted Monday Lowell Cooper, Mattoon Walter Edwards Mattoon Norman Ellers, Charleston Tracy Haddock, Windsor James Houk, Oakland Maxine Lovell, Tuscola Betsy Lusk and infant son, Urbana Wanda Rankin, Mattoon Stacy Smith and infant daughter, Humboldt of Released Monday Allen Croy, Camargo Hayden, 96, of Greenup, died at 9:33 a.m. Tuesday (Dec. 18, and 2001) at the Cumberland Nursing Center, Greenup. Arrangements are incom- at plete at the Bishop Funeral Home, Greenup. Elder service CHARLESTON The funeral for Juanita Jean Elder was Tuesday at the Schilling Funeral home with the Rev.

Robert Clark officiating. Burial was in Dodge Grove Cemetery. Musical selections included recordings of the Best of Glenn Miller Orchestra and Duke Ellington. The pallbearers were Larry Davidson, Mike Morrison, David Goodin; Bud Raboin, Murphy. She was preceded in death by one brother and one sister and -inlaw, Mark Faler.

Mr Conlin was a homemaker Conlin and worked as a bookkeeper for Arcola Coal Oil from 1970-1990. She was a member of the St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in' Arcola and the Altar and Rosary Society. She was also a member of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary. Memorials are suggested to the Arcola Foundation.

to America in 1992-to live with 'his daughter's family and became an American citizen. He was a member of the All-American Association of Invalids and Veterans of World War II who emigrated to the United States from U.S.S.R. and East European Countries. He enjoyed reading books and writing poetry. Naum loved life, sharing his humor and being creative.

All people loved him and his family felt his love as he was a very caring father and Senate Agriculture Committee on a near party-line vote last month and have since made a number of changes in the bill to attract votes from senators from the Northeast and West. Democrats said they would keep trying to get approval for the bill before lawmakers head home for the year. "I don't know how they'll explain this back home, especially in farm country," said Sen. Byron Dorgan, Even if the Senate were to approve a farm bill this week, there's no time for the House and Senate to negotiate a final version of the legislation before Christmas, said Sen. Charles Grassley, R-lowa.

front corner of her vehicle while it was in a parking lot along the 700 block of Jackson Avenue. John S. Adkins, 1070 Osage Road, reported that at 8 a.m. Friday an unknown driver struck the driver side front corner of his vehicle while it was parked at 1615 Lincoln Ave. Lindsay N.

Dunigan of Arcola reported that at 1:15 a.m. Dec. 7 an unknown driver struck the passenger side tail light of his vehicle while it was parked at 1415 Fourth St. Lesley R. Burkett of Albion reported that at 9:24 a.m.

Friday she was involved in a collision with an unknown driver at Lincoln Avenue and University Drive. Lula Eggers, Mattoon Francis Fulton, Greenup Elizabeth Goodwin, Casey Sara Goodwin, Casey Tracy Haddock, Windsor Mary Herring, Neoga Cheryl Miller, Mattoon Michelle Sibenaller, Charleston Eleanora Sloan, Mattoon Births Monday To Shanian and Betsy Lusk Urbana, a son To Jon and Stacy Smith of Humboldt, a daughter Don Davidson, Bob Hardin Tate Elder. Mrs. Elder, 77, of Charleston, died Dec. 15, 2001, Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center.

Thomas service MATTOON The funeral for Virginia Maxine Thomas was Tuesday at the Schilling Funeral Home with the Rev. Ernest Jones officiating. Burial was in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens. The organist, Valerie Gibson, played "In the Garden," "Amazing Grace," "Precious Memories" and "Peace In the Valley." The pallbearers were Albert Thomas Larry Ebeling; Jeffrey, Terry and Helen, Thomas; and Alberta Brandenburg. Mrs.

Thomas, 65, Deltona, formerly of Mattoon, died Dec. 13, 2001, at the Florida Hospital Fish Memorial, Orange City, Fla. Obituary Policy The Times-Courier and Journal Gazette print two kinds of obituaries basic and custom. The newspapers have a standard format for basic obituary information that is printed free of charge. For those families who wish' to' include additional information or "customize" an obituary, a fee will be charged.

Call 235-5656 or 345- 7025, extension 259, for information. PERSONALS MEMORIAMS IN LOVING MEMORY of Lorene Croy With our Lord you have been one year, but each day in our hearts the memory of your smile and touch have been near. Roger, Ron, Debbie; Dorothy Families..