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My fond farewell to this year’s farmers’ market
This past August, I came to Springfield, beginning my life as a college student at UIS. One of the first things my English class did was take a field trip to the Old Capitol Farmers’ Market. I was instantly enthralled by the abundance of fruits and vegetables and the sweet aromas of pastries and kettle corn.

Underground movements
Watching TV around Halloween — when so many rotting corpses rise from the grave to threaten the unwary that it is easy to think that it is an election year — reminded me that dead people are a waste disposal problem. Call them corruptible or call them putrescible, they rot.

Who deserves Wall Street bonuses?
You’d think these whizzes of speculative finance would be ecstatically happy and filled with gratitude, not anger.

LETTERS
The root of the issue lies in how history is taught in school. In my case, it was an exercise of learning names and dates of Western Europeans and their conquests of new territories occupied by hostile savages.

farmer poem # 7
cows they’re big when you lean against one she’s liable to lean toward you too try to get her to move over get her off your foot or something and she’ll lean against you even more but on a cold day you can insert your hand alongside her nice warm udder that makes up for a lot.

Republicans catch ‘tea party fever’
Establishment Republican politicians all over the country are becoming more freaked out by the angry, anti-tax, anti-illegal immigration, anti-Obama, anti-whatever tea party protestors and are mimicking their rhetoric.

Attorney general files complaint to stop proposed central Illinois strip mine
Last month Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a complaint in Fulton County, asking that the circuit court require the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to rescind the permit for strip mining a 430.6-acre tract near Banner, a village located 85 miles northwest of Springfield.

BUSH BEGONE
Redd’s passion on the topic is readily apparent, but Blood on Their Hands can read like a rant at times. If you’re interested in a book that, according to Redd, combines politics with spirituality, cosmology and quantum physics, this will be right up your alley.

USER FRIENDLY
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan plans to give you the skinny through a series of free seminars held around the state beginning this week. Her office will explain the Freedom of Information Act and the Open Meetings Act and their recent changes, which go into effect on Jan.

High school students begin pre-pre-med at SIU
Two dozen young students filed forward to receive their white coats at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine on Nov. 9. Not yet medical residents or even first-year medical students, this class is special — they’re all local high school freshmen chosen for a new initiative that will prepare them for careers in medicine.

Departing chief’s old job overlaps with new post
Caldwell, a 29-year veteran with the police department, has been chief since 2007 and director of the city’s office of homeland security since 2004. He announced Oct. 21 that he would accept the new position with METCAD, an agency that provides 911 emergency dispatching for police, fire and medical services to most of Champaign County.

Hoogland Center’s second act
Nestled in the basement between thick square support pillars, the young musicians eagerly consume sheet after sheet of music, building a crescendo with violins, timpani and horns. Three floors up, a group of usually-playful thespians reenact a somber scene of social injustice that weighs heavily on the hearts of both performer and observer.

HOLIDAY ’09
Most importantly, we’re putting the spotlight on local nonprofits. Every week, we’ll feature the wish lists of nonprofit organizations, so that our readers might remember them as they begin their holiday shopping.

Holiday Calendar
Nov 14, 10:30am-12:30pm, From casting to coloring, glitter to garland, you’ll leave with plenty of tree-mendous trimmings. $15, $10 SAA members. Deadline to register Nov. 7. To register or for more info visit springfieldart.org or call 523-2631. Springfield Art Association, 700 N.

Community Wish List
Started in 1989 with a mission to prevent child abuse and neglect, the Mini O’Beirne Crisis Nursery provides free emergency, temporary care, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for children from birth through age 6, who may be at risk of abuse or neglect or whose parents are experiencing some type of crisis.

Take 8: Top Music Reissues
3 . Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace

Big Fun for Less Dough
While in recent years, holiday entertaining often has put the emphasis on pizzazz, this might be a good year to return to the basics.

Springfield’s own Rosie the Riveter
During World War II, Anna (“Ann”) Hayden, who’s now 92 and lives in Springfield, became one of 6 million American women who got a job outside of the home for the first time. She was a “Rosie the Riveter,” a woman who worked in war-related manufacturing jobs.

RealCuisine Recipe
Read through these instructions at least a couple of times before beginning, to get an understanding of how everything comes together. For additional help, I’ll be demonstrating how to cut up a chicken at the Nov. 21 Holiday Farmer’s Market, much of which is applicable to this preparation.

Roasting a better bird
“I swear, I’m done with turkey! It’s always overcooked and dry, or undercooked and rubbery. Next Christmas we’ll have beef roast or chicken – anything but turkey!” Those words were astonishing coming from my New Zealand friend, Bill Boeyen.

Sly cast saves Goats
Yep, this is your tax dollars at work. The movie opens with the disarming disclaimer that “more of this is true than you would believe.” Knowing how the government works, it’s believable that funds would be approved for such a crackpot idea and that such a small operation could easily be lost in the vast military system.

Movie times
PLEASE NOTE: Kerasotes listings are for Friday, Nov. 13 through Thursday, Nov. 19. Bracketed show times are Saturday and Sunday only matinees or Friday and Saturday only late shows. All times are subject to change. For updates on Kerasotes films, call 1-800-FANDANGO.

The value of open mics
When you think about it, hosting an open mic is a quite frugal method of booking live music. Bar owners pay only the host act, but produce a full night of live entertainment.

BAND SPOTLIGHT
2001 marked the first sights and sounds of BigFur, Springfield’s original, alternative rock band created to define a new musical experience on the Midwest scene.

PUB CRAWL
8:30pm-12:30am. BigFur CD Release Party with GO! Tsunami and The Green View.

THE CALENDAR
Submit calendar listings at www.illinoistimes.com.

CULTURE
Finally, a reason to break out your saris and kurtas – for a good cause, no less. The Asian Indian Women’s Organization of Springfield is hosting its seventh biennial India Night. AIWO is a local nonprofit group that works to improve the community, and they’re eager to share their culture with Springfield.

THEATER
The UIS theater program begins its 2009-2010 season with a production of Neil LaBute’s drama about four characters who struggle in the matters of love and art, examining how far people will go for the love of love. Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson directs. Not suitable for children.

BOOKS
must pre-register from 4:30-5 p.m. in the gym. Sponsored by the Volunteer

PUBLIC NOTICES
NOTICE UNDER ASSUMED BUSINESS NAME ACT STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF SANGAMON TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Notice is hereby given that on 20th day of October, 2009 a Certificate of Ownership of business was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Sangamon County, stating that ANGIE S.

NEWS QUIRKS
An armed robber entered a Pizza Hut restaurant in Statesville, N.C., and ordered worker Therman Martin to empty the safe. Martin told WSOC-TV that when he explained he couldn’t open the safe because “I’m just the oven man,” the robber forced him into the bathroom and tried to shoot him, but the gun misfired.

THE ADVICE GODDESS
I’m 39 and married four years to a woman I dated for two. She’s the mother of my two stepchildren, 13 and 16. The problem is I may be in love with a girl from high school, the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. I’ve always felt she was the one I was meant to be with.

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