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Giving immortality to their littleness
Ford’s term in Springfield, from 1842 to 1848, was his first and only popularly elective office. He came into office faced with two armed insurrections — in western Illinois, where Mormons and locals were at each other’s throats like Sunni and Shia in Iraq, and in southern Illinois, which was plagued by posses of banditti.

Reaching the summit on health reform
President Obama recently convened lawmakers from both parties at the White House for a summit on health reform. Although the attendees failed to strike a grand compromise, Democratic congressional leaders still have time to incorporate some Republican ideas in order to produce a final bill that’s genuinely bipartisan.

Fighting subversion of people’s sovereignty
Never mind that inanimate corporate constructs have no tongue, brain, heart or soul — the five judicial fabricators breathed unprecedented legal life into corporations, decreeing that the vast wealth held in their corporate treasuries is their voice.

LETTERS
Hynes failed to use the whole list of real mistakes Quinn made in his short term as governor. Strike two against Hynes if he can’t see the obvious weakness of Quinn — how he failed to identify the problems of the State of Illinois.

aroundthecosmos poem #6
infinity means that you give up even though you know there’s more.

When a candidate for governor tries to help out a puppy gas chamber
Sen. Brady’s bill would undo a compromise worked out over two years to stop the practice of mass euthanasia of dogs and cats. The animals were often put into auto exhaust gas chambers and killed en masse, sometimes allegedly by so-called “puppy mills” when the animals weren’t sold.

WOMEN’S RIGHTS WATCH
Woineshet fought back against her rapist, becoming an inspiration to women in Ethiopia and the world. She tells her story in Woineshet, a new film co-directed by Academy Award winner Marisa Tomei and Lisa Leone that debuts at Springfield’s ShowPlace West 12 on March 4 in honor of International Women’s Day.

THERE SHE IS, MRS. SPRINGFIELD!
If your marital status (or numerous incriminating photos) prevents you from competing in the Miss America pageant, but you’ve yet to reproduce a bighaired, doe-eyed child suitable for “Toddlers and Tiaras,” then the Mrs. Springfield pageant may be for you.

Grow Your Own Teachers faces drought
She got pregnant right after she graduated from Southeast High School, and for the next three years worked several office jobs to support her daughter. In October 2005, she was hired as a special education attendant at Grant Middle School. That’s when everything changed.

NCAA basketball comes to Springfield
Springfield native Naumovich is the commissioner of the GLVC, one of the country’s largest National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II conferences with 16 members in five Midwest states.

A sticky situation
A new bill would ensure that small honey producers are able to sell their products at farmers markets, fairs or roadside stands without government regulation. The measure, supporters say, would allow beekeepers to build local networks with consumers, and help grow and maintain the state’s honeybee population.

Popular farm chemical goes on trial in Springfield
Corzine relies on atrazine, a weed-killer used by Illinois farmers for 50 years. When atrazine is applied after this year’s harvest, he won’t have to till the ground until planting season next year, reducing erosion and conserving soil and water, he says.

ILLINOIS PRISONS Standing room only
They were imprisoned for prostitution, robbery and drug trafficking. They were dog fighters, arsonists, sex offenders and repeat drunk drivers. Almost 2,000 criminals of nearly every stripe short of homicide were released early from Illinois prisons between September and December 2009.

Abolition, the spark that ignited a revolution
In Illinois, Lincoln’s allegedly “free” state, black laws discouraged African-Americans from entering and especially staying. A black person could be jailed and fined if he or she came to Illinois for longer than 10 days.

Hungry for Haitian
“The squalor in (Haiti’s capital) Port au Prince was overwhelming,” says Vicki Compton, director of Springfield Catholic Diocese’s Office for the Missions. Compton lived in the Haitian coastal town of Jérémie from 2001–2003, working for a non-governmental agency, Aid to Artisans.

RealCuisine Recipe
This classic Haitian condiment can be found on every table, sometimes even when there isn’t a table. The liquid is used as a hot sauce; in other dishes the thinly sliced vegetables are a sort of slaw/pickle condiment for meat or vegetable preparations.

Snipes on the comeback trail with Brooklyn’s Finest
From looking at actor Wesley Snipes, you’d never be able to tell he was on the last leg of a cross-country trip that took him to one major city a day over a week’s time. After hitting Washington, D.C., Atlanta and other cities you’d think he’d be ready to pack it in when he visited Chicago recently on the last stop of the tour.

Movie times
PLEASE NOTE: Kerasotes listings are for Friday, Mar. 5 through Thursday, Mar. 11. Bracketed show times are Sat-Sun only matinees or Fri-Sat only late shows. All times are subject to change. For updates on Kerasotes films, call 1-800-FANDANGO. For reviews of other films, visit www.

Fuqua’s Brooklyn finest film of the new year
Director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) and first-time screenwriter Michael C. Martin pull off an interesting feat with their gripping film Brooklyn’s Finest. They take tired cop film conventions and make them all seem fresh once more by injecting them with a sense of grit and realism that immediately sets this movie apart from others in the genre.

BAND SPOTLIGHT
Known as one of Springfield’s finest presenters of modern radio rock, Broken Stone covers a range of groups, including contemporary bands like Breaking Benjamin, Velvet Revolver and Seether, along with classics from Dio and Mississippi Queen.

PUB CRAWL
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Guitar town news and blues
Just when you thought it was safe to stay at home, look at the long list of hopped-up happenings this week. Then next weekend everyone goes green for the St. Patrick’s Day festivities and the celebration of all things Celtic. It seems the wicked are not the only ones getting no rest.

THEATER
Award-winning Guthrie Theater and The Acting Company join together for a national tour with a co-production of Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy of innocent young lovers who fall victim to family hatred and a cruel destiny. Swords clash, everlasting love is promised and a treacherous sleeping potion is swallowed in the greatest love story of all time.

THE CALENDAR
Big Al’s Comedy Open Mic Night Hosted By Alan Perry.

SCIENCE
Dr. Eric Grimm, Illinois State Museum botany chair, presents a free lecture, “Global Warming: Past, Present, and Future -- Why Florida Should Care about Greenland.

BOOKS
Best-selling author Seth Grahame-Smith appears at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum Union Theater as one of the first stops on the release tour for his new book, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter..

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 4th day of February, 2010 a Certificate of Ownership of business was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Sangamon County, stating that ERIC M.

WORKSHOPS CLASSES & FUNDRAISERS
Promote your class, workshop or fundraiser here. Up to 30 words $10 per week; additional words .35 per word, per week. Contact your display ad rep OR email your ad (and contact info) to cenlow@illinoistimes.com.

FIND LOCAL BIZ
Support your local mystery bookstore! Don’t let the name fool you; Sly Fox Bookstore owner George Rishel has been making an honest living sharing his love of books since 1998.

THE ADVICE GODDESS
My wife has gone baby crazy. She’s demanding I get her pregnant — between screaming “You’re a horrible person,” “I know why your ex cheated on you,” and “You’re a cold and heartless machine.” We’re both 42, and have been married for eight months. Last year, she had a miscarriage.

NEW SQUIRKS
A man robbing his elderly victim in San Diego took exception when a bystander interrupted the crime and punched the robber in the face. The robber responded by calling the police to report the assault. When officers showed up, they arrested the 43-year-old caller.