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D4 Saturday, a ugu 6, 2016 ecatur Herald eview 1 BIRTHDAYS ANNIVERSARIES Bob Miller, 101 MONTICELLO Robert C. Miller will celebrate his 101st birthday with a family gathering and a card show er. Cards may be sent to 316 E. Lafayette Monticello, IL 61856. Mr.

Miller was born Aug. 11, 1915. He married Dorothy Holcomb. She is deceased. He is the retired owner of Country Charm Dairy.

He is the father of Dr. Tim (Karlene) Miller of Peoria; Tom (Linda) Miller and Tamara (Bill) Abbott, both of Monticello; and Trudi (Jeff) Miller of Tremont. Son, Terry, is deceased. Jack Powel, 80 DECATUR Jack Powel of Decatur will celebrate his 80th birthday with a family gathering and a card show er. Cards may be sent to 737 E.

Comet Decatur, IL 62526. Mr. Powel was born Aug. 11, 1936, in Fayette County. He married Anna Lowe on April 12, 1986, in Decatur.

He is an Air Force veteran and retired from Ford of Champaign. He is the father of Diana (Bill) Sheppard of White Heath; Gayle Fuiten of Springfield; and Connie Powel of Oakley. One son, Andrew E. Powel, is deceased. He has four grandchildren, one great-grandchild and three great-stepgrandchildren.

Gloria Williams, 80 MOUNT ZION Gloria A. Alumbaugh Williams of Mount Zion will celebrate her 80th birthday with a family gathering. Mrs. Williams was born Aug. 10, 1936, in Decatur.

She married Ivan Williams on May 5, 1957, in Decatur. She is the mother of Jeffery (Maureen) Williams and Penny Williams, both of Dec atur. She has two grandchildren. Louis Murphy, 80 SHELBYVILLE Louis Murphy of Shelbyville will celebrate his 80th birthday with an open rec ep tion from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug.

13, in Gathering Place, 215 E. Main Shelbyville. Mr. Murphy was born Aug. 10, 1936, in Shelbyville.

He married Carol Roley in April 1959. She is deceased. He married Doris Nichols in January 2011 in Findlay. He is an Army veteran and retired from He is the father of Kendra Ross and Kent (Christy) Murphy, both of Shelbyville. He is the stepfather of Jamie (Bruce) Nickell of Bondville; Chuck (Lynne) Farris of Belle, and Lori (Tim) Morse of Shelbyville.

He has four grandchildren, seven stepgrandchildren, two great-grandchildren and one great-stepgrandchild. Dorothy Ray, 97 DECATUR Dorothy H. Ray of Decatur will observe her 97th birthday. Cards may be sent to Eagle Ridge Assisted Living, 875 W. McKinley Decatur, IL 62526.

Mrs. Ray was born Aug. 6, 1919, in Yorkshire, England. She married Carl Ray. He is deceased.

She is retired from A.E. Staley Mfg. Co. Jack E. Sutherland, 75 DECATUR Jack E.

Sutherland of Decatur will celebrate his 75th birthday with a family gathering and a card shower. Cards may be sent to 875 W. McKinley Apt. 202, Decatur, 62526. Mr.

Sutherland was born July 31, 1941, in Decatur. He married Doris Eggimann Pence Aug. 10, 1979. He is an Air Force veteran and is a retired security officer. He is the father of Aimee Bradshaw, Melissa Deaton and Mark Sutherland.

He is the stepfather of Kelly Pence, Mike Pence and Sherrol Knotts. One son and one stepson are deceased. He has six grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, 10 step grandchildren and 10 great-step grandchildren. Bob Miller Louis Murphy Jack Powel Dorothy Ray Gloria Williams Jack Sutherland Shadwell DECATUR Mr. and Mrs.

Kenneth Dean Shadwell of Decatur will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a family gathering. Mr. Shadwell and Patricia Ann Braun were married Aug. 6, 1966, in Effingham. He is retired owner of Tool Shop Inc.

She is retired from Decatur Public Schools. They are the parents of Melissa (Brian) Koning of Lincoln; and Debor ah (Scott) Tague of Decatur. They have four grandchildren. Keppler MOUNT ZION Mr. and Mrs.

Tom Keppler of Mount Zion will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a gathering of family and friends. Mr. Keppler and Donna Wan baugh were married Aug. 6, 1966, in Ramsey. He is retired from In termet-Wagner.

She is retired. They are the parents of Tommy (Missy) Keppler of Argenta; and Greg Keppler of Forsyth. Leyden DECATUR Mr. and Mrs. Charles Leyden of Decatur will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with a family gathering.

Mr. Leyden married Joanne Mihatovic on Aug. 4, 1956, in Westmont. He is an Army veteran and retired from the Illinois Army National Guard. She is a homemaker.

They are the parents of Jeffrey (Jenny) Leyden, Julie Miller and Jennifer (William) Godfrey, all of Decatur; and John (Jennifer) Leyden of McFarland, Wis. They have nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Christensen FORSYTH Mr. and Mrs. Carl Loyde Christensen of Forsyth will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a fall trip.

Mr. Christensen and Linda Mae Kreeb were married Aug. 14, 1966, in Gilman. He is a retired teacher from Decatur Public Schools and is owner of Carl Christensen Construction. She was a beautician.

They are the parents of Carla (Jason) Stone of Dalton City; Dana (Janna) Christensen of Decatur; and Keith (Shawn) Christensen of Warrensburg. They have six grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Ken Shadwell Mr.

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ou may pick up your photo at the Herald vie one week after it has been published. Minton-Santella Molly Minton and Nick Santella, both of Glen Carbon, plan to be married Oct. 1. Pam and Rick Minton of Cerro Gordo are parents of the prospective bride. She is a registered nurse at Anderson Hospital, Maryville and DePaul Hospital, St.

Louis, Mo. Pam and Mike Santella of Chicago are parents of the prospective bridegroom. He sells advanced surgical devices for Smith and Nephew, St. Louis, Mo. Molly Minton and Nick Santella ENGAGEMENTS James Bradley Shuffit, Mount Zion; Paula Michelle Welker, Mount Zion Mark Allen Smalley, Mount Zion; Lori Renee Cowger, Mount Zion James Michael Heatherton, Decatur; Sarah Ann Kilton, Decatur MARRIAGES CELORON, N.Y.

(AP) What could be scarier than a statue of Lucille Ball that was so hated it was dubbed Being the sculptor hired to replace it. was completely said Carolyn Palmer, whose new Lucy is to be unveiled today in Lucille Ball Memorial Park in the western New York hometown of Celoron. please Palmer said by phone from her New Jersey studio, where she was putting the finishing touches on the bronze sculpture she began nine months ago. overall, I just really, really hope that I please the town of Celoron, please family and all her fans. Fingers hard to imagine she could do any worse than Dave Poulin, whose 2009 version was so thoroughly panned for looking absolutely nothing like the comic actress that fans launched a Facebook campaign last year with the name, Love Lucy! Get Rid of this Poulin said he ended up receiving hundreds of angry emails and ev en death threats for his donated piece, which depicted Ball from the famous Love episode in which she auditions for a health tonic ad.

Critics blasted its disturbingly wide- eyed and even zombie-like face. After offer to redo the statue for free was declined, a town selection committee looked at dozens of sculptors before going with Palmer, best known for her sculpture of Pope Francis, created for his visit last year to New York City. Private donors are covering the estimated $250,000 cost. To capture Ball, who died in 1989, Palmer enlisted three different models and studied photos, movies and, of course, all those TV shows from the 1950s. Palmer said she wanted to show her energy, glamour and confidence, evoking movement with her dress blowing in the wind.

Harder to capture, Palmer said, was penchant for wearing of painted-on which always translate in bronze. a stunning woman. I had to do a little bit of exaggerating in certain areas to bring that New statue to replace sculpture a SSO ciated re SS PHO OS a rtist arolyn Palmer prepares to apply a cold patina to her bronze statue of ucille Ball in Saddle iv er, N.J. he sculptor as chosen to create a replacement statue for one dubbed ucy in the late actress hometown. his bronze statue of ucille Ball un veiled in 2009 is so hated that it was dubbed ucy HIGHLAND PARK, Mich.

(AP) A 50-year-old woman is working to turn her blighted block in the Detroit enclave of Highland Park into a self-sustaining eco-village called Avalon Village. The Detroit News reported that Shamayim plan includes turning vacant lots into urban gardens, stores operating from shipping containers, and tennis and basketball courts. trying to do some good things in Highland said Harris, who has purchased 10 properties in the neighborhood and plans to acquire six more. Gerrajh Surles, the former Department of Public Works director and co-owner of Ako Building is hiring workers to restore abandoned houses into a place for holistic medicine, an after-school program and a home where those who will work in the village can live. He estimates the total cost of Avalon Village will be $3 million.

not a pipe Surles said. definitely Harris has raised more than $243,000 through an online fundraising campaign on the website Kickstarter. The lead singer of an indie-folk band, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, donated an additional $100,000. Harris decided to take action in 2007 after her 2-year-old son, Jakobi Ra, was killed by a hit-and- run driver a few blocks away from where she now lives. said, doing it.

just going to take a block and redo Harris said. Six months after Jakobi died, Harris bought her house for $3,000 with personal savings and financial help from a friend. Her home currently houses Moon Ministry, a religious nonprofit organization run by Harris that helps neighbors through community events. Harris continued to become involved in her community by becoming the first female chaplain of the Highland Park Police Department, a volunteer position she still holds. Harris ended her 17-year career as a registrar with a charter school in 2011 and began planning Avalon Village more seriously.

She said the city be counted on to rehabilitate the neighborhood, and she going to wait for developers to come to it. need to say, got to live like this and I live like she said. Journey to Avalon Woman works to restore blighted nei ghborhood a SSO ciated re SS PHO OS erk Beard and arl Scot lay bricks down for the porch of the Homework House, which will be in a valon illage. Project engineer errajh Surles stands in front of the porch being construc ted for the Jakobi a ark, in a valon illage, a sustainable eco-friendly community that Shamayim Harris is creating in Highland Park, Mich. plan includes turning vacant lots into urban gardens, stores operating from shipping containers, and tennis and basketball courts.

Shamayim Harris, also known as Mama Shu, sits on her porch on the corner of a valon illage. LIFE.