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A6 Tuesday, February 19, 2019 Decatur HeralD review 1 LYNN ELBER Associated Press CULVER CITY, Calif. Glance around the set during rehearsals for its first- ever team championship and easy to be intimidated by the as- sembled brain power. Brad Rutter, whose overall haul, $4.3 million, is the most won on any game show. And Ken Jennings, a 74-game winner and top moneymaker, with $2.5 million, in non-tour- nament compe- tition. And Buzzy Cohen, the reigning Tournament of Cham- pions winner.

among the six cap- tains who will join their teams in competing for a top $1 million prize in a series of 10 episodes that begin airing Wednesday and conclude March 5. The other three captains: Julia Collins, No. 2 in overall winnings on the show; Colby Burnett, a Teachers Tournament and Tournament of Champions victor, and Aus- tin Rogers, No. 5 in games and money won. like the Mount Rushmore of observed Jimmy McGuire, part of the traveling that poses video answers from distant spots.

The 18 contestants were cho- sen primarily on the basis of their previous success, with an edge going to fan favorites as determined by social me- dia, said Harry Friedman, exec- utive producer of the syndicated show hosted by Alex Trebek and featuring announcer Johnny Gilbert. Can soloists work together? going to find Trebek said. The captains, who will also play, built their three-person teams from among the remain- ing 12 contestants. The full teams play directly against each other, with one person from each team designated to compete in a first round, another to play double and the third to play the final round. The winning teammates will get equal shares of the top prize, about $330,000 each, said Friedman.

The second- and third-place prizes to be split are $300,000 and $100,000. Players are working hard for the money, in the strategy ses- sions held at the beginning of each game and, more impor- tantly, in the cramming that Friedman metaphorically termed prep on Exhibit A as in type A is Cohen, who created mental and physical training drills to prepare for his previous ap- pearances and resumed them for the tour- nament with teammates Alex Jacob and Jenni- fer Giles. would go the gym, hang from a bar and have my trainer quiz me to try to recreate the of being in the thick of the game, Cohen said. This time around, he added NFL re- action-time drills to sharpen his skills with the buzzer that gives players a chance to score along with he gleaned from Jacob. Rogers, whose team includes Roger Craig and Leonard Cooper drafted Rogers said of his picks, both educated and work- ing in the sciences) said so comfortable on the set that it feels like home.

But he admits to some anxiety. do not care if I fail. But if I fail other people on something that I should know, that I should have memorized like a world capital or an Oscar year, and letting someone else down, not he said. Collins said she enjoyed tak- ing a cooperative approach to a game typically an individ- ual experience, beyond splitting the workload. is very solitary to be on the show in the normal format and compete alone, which is what expect.

But you go through the whole experience of the show by yourself, so nice to have your teammates who are sharing that experience with she said. Burnett, who picked Pam Mueller and Alan Lin for his team, was eager to compete but said his work as a college coun- selor came first. if I were to win the grand prize, not as if I would or could retire. But putting my best foot he said. The other matchups are Jen- nings with Matt Jackson and Monica Thieu; Collins with In- gram and Wilson; Rutter with Larissa Kelly and David Madden.

something else un- precedented besides the team format, producer Friedman said. do a nice little opening interview piece at the beginning of the first episode with the six captains, and see some fun, good-natured trash Friedman said. But Rogers, pointing to the other contestants on the set, said restraint was in order. at he said play- fully. not fair to beat up on McClung DECATUR Sheila A.

McClung, age 64, of Decatur, Illinois formerly of Peoria, passed away on Thursday, February 14th, 2019 at her home. Sheila was born August 2nd, 1955 in Peoria, IL to James E. McClung and Carma (Mahana) McClung. She is survived by her brother James R. McClung, niece Morgan (McClung) Benton (Husband Drew Benton), and niece Katy Karnes.

Sheila is preceded in death by her parents: James Mc- Clung and Carma (Mahana) McClung, sister Michelle Karnes and nephew James C. Earl McClung. Sheila graduated from Academy of Our Lady Spalding Institute, and went on to graduate with her Nursing Degree from Decatur School of Nursing. In 1976, Sheila began her career with Lincoln Manor where she gave her heart helping families and their loved ones. A Memorial Mass will be held on Thursday Feb.

21st, 2019 at 11 a.m. at St. Marks Catholic Church in Peoria. A visitation will be held an hour prior to mass. Cremation Rites have been accorded and burial of ashes will be at St.

Joseph Cemetery in West Peoria at a later date. The family wishes to extend a thank you to Ruth, Sam, and Kevin for helping care for Sheila and the family through this dif- ficult time. In lieu of flowers memorials in memory can be made to Illinois Cancer Care Foundation. Friends and family may sign the online guestbook or send pri- vate condolences by logging onto www.wrightandsalmon.com. Custom obituaries, which are printed exactly as submitted with no editing, must be emailed to or submitted at www.herald-review.com/Tribute.

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Call (217) 421-7969 or 1-800-453-3639 or fax to (217) 421-7965. In addition to print and online, obituaries also are listed on the Herald Facebook page. OBITUARIES DEATHS LISTED ARMSTRONG, Thomas Decatur HARRIS, Evelyn Mount Zion McCLUNG, Sheila De- catur MOSSER, Harley W. Decatur NEIHART, Richard, Deca- tur RYAN, Marianne Augusta, Decatur SMITH, Richard Cecil, De- catur Harris MOUNT ZION Evelyn J. Harris, 80, of Mt.

Zion, passed away Sunday, February 17, 2019 in Decatur Memo- rial Hospital. Evelyn was born November 9, 1938 in Pana, Illinois, the daughter of Al- bert and Helen (Stivers) Stout. She was retired from Heritage Manor with over twenty-five years of service. Ev- elyn enjoyed vacationing in Las Vegas with her husband. She married Bobby Harris on November 8, 1958.

He pre- ceded her in death on March 13, 2012. Evelyn is survived by her daughters Debra (Jeff) Byers of Mt. Zion and Di- ane (Brad) Childress of Manito, sister Donna Groves of Decatur, grandchildren Rachel (Kevin) Butcher, Cassidy (Jake) Jury, Clint Childress, Josh (Stacy) Byers, Rachel Byers, Abby Byers, and great-grandchildren Adrianna Butcher, Lincoln Byers, Mady Butcher, Kevin Butcher Jordyn Butcher, Journey Butcher, and Jason Jury. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, brother Albert Stout, and sister Ruth Gentry. Graveside services to celebrate life will be 11:30 AM Thursday, February 21, 2019 in the Mt.

Zion Township Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10-11 AM Thursday, February 21, 2019 at the Dawson Wikoff Funeral Home in Mt. Zion. Memorials are suggested to the Foundation. Arrangements by Dawson Wikoff Funeral Home, 105 W.

Main St. Mt. Zion, view the online obituary, send condolences, and share memories at www.dawson-wikoff.com. Mosser DECATUR W. Mosser, 87, of Decatur, IL passed away on Saturday, Feb.

16, 2019 at Fair Havens Christian Village in Decatur. Graveside services will be held on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019 at at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, IL. Military rites will be provided by the Macon County Honor Guard. Harley was born on October 4, 1931 in Long Creek, IL the son of Elmer Gorden and Anna Bell (Day) Mosser.

He married Donna Jean Smith on Oct. 15, 1975 in Decatur, IL and she preceded him in death on Dec. 11, 2017. Harley worked for and retired from Mc- Farland Mental Health Center. Harley was a veteran of the U.S.

Army serving in Korea. Harley is survived by 2 step-sons; Lester R. (Dana) Korthals of Deltona, FL and Larry L. (Sheryl) Korthals of Decatur, IL; and one sister, Mary Dodson of Wheaton, IL. He is also survived by 5 step-grandchildren and 11 step-great-grandchildren.

Harley was preceded in death by his parents, wife Donna, three brothers, and one sister. Condolences and memories may be shared with the family in care of Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Homes at www.brintlingeran- dearl.com. Smith DECATUR Richard Cecil Smith, 66, of Decatur, passed away Friday, February 15, 2019, at Decatur Memo- rial Hospital. Richard was born August 21, 1952 in Decatur, IL to Cecil Benton and Nel- lie Pauline (Horn) Smith. He proudly served 21 years in the Army National Guard.

He married Marilyn Nene on December 1, 2009, in the Philippines. Richard was a member of APA Pool League. He loved shooting pool and fire arms. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn; his son, Marcus Smith of Decatur and his sister, Debbie Napier of Decatur. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister Charletta White.

Funeral services to celebrate the life of Richard Smith will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb- ruary 21, 2019, at Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Thursday before the service at the funeral home.

The family of Richard Smith is being served by lawn Funeral Home, 2091 N. Oakland Avenue, Decatur, IL. View the on line obituary and send condolences to the family at www. gracelandfairlawn.com. FUNERALS TODAY ARMSTRONG, Thomas 78, Decatur, 11 a.m.

in St. Lutheran Church. RYAN, Marianne Augusta, 82, Woodland, formerly of Decatur, Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Woodland, Calif. FUNERALS PENDING NEIHART, Richard, 76, Decatur, died Sunday (Feb. 17, 2019).

Moran Goebel Funeral Home. FRANK LOVECE Newsday The producers of the Acad- emy Awards are conceding that despite hopes otherwise, this telecast will run more than three hours. Meanwhile, the Motion Picture Academy separately announced that Bette Midler and Queen will perform and recent Grammy winner Kacey Musgraves will present at the ceremony. were hired to deliver a shortened said co-pro- ducer Donna Gigliotti in a New York Times story published Sunday. do we do that so not seeing award, award, commercial, award, commer- cial, award? So Yet after the Academy re- versed course on Friday and said four categories consigned to commercial breaks would re- turn to the live show, the orga- nization asked her if the telecast could still be contained with three hours.

answer was Gigliotti said. Producer: Oscars will surpass three hours champs back for team contest Jennings Rutter ASSOCIATED PRESS PROVIDENCE, R.I. The ecstatic sailor shown kissing a woman in Times Square cele- brating the end of World War II died Sunday. George Mendonsa was 95. Mendonsa fell and had a sei- zure at the assisted living facil- ity in Middletown, Rhode Island, where he lived with his wife of 70 years, his daughter, Sharon Molleur, told The Providence Journal.

Mendonsa was shown kissing Greta Zimmer Friedman, a den- tal assistant in a uniform, on Aug. 14, 1945. Known as V-J Day, it was the day Japan sur- rendered to the United States. People spilled into the New York City streets to celebrate the news. Mendonsa planted a kiss on Friedman, whom he had never met.

The photo by Alfred Eisens- taedt was first published in Life magazine and is called Day in Times but is known to most as It became one of the most famous photo- graphs of the 20th century, and is a popular image used on post- ers. Several people later claimed to be the kissing couple. It was years before Mendonsa and Friedman were confirmed to be the couple. Mendonsa served on a de- stroyer during the war and was on leave when the end of the war was announced. When he was honored at the Rhode Island State House in 2015, Mendonsa spoke about the kiss.

He said Friedman reminded him of nurses on a hospital ship that he saw care for wounded sailors. saw what those nurses did that day and now back in Times Square the war ends, a few drinks, so I grabbed the Mendonsa said, WPRI-TV re- ported. Friedman said in a 2005 inter- view with the Veterans History Project that it her choice to be kissed. guy just came over and kissed or she told the Library of Congress. She added, was just some- body really celebrating.

But it a romantic Mendonsa died two days be- fore his 96th birthday. The fam- ily has not yet made funeral ar- rangements. Friedman fled Austria during the war as a 15-year-old girl. She died in 2016 at the age of 92 at a hospital in Richmond, Virginia, from complications of old age. Sailor in iconic V-J Day photo dies at age 95 U.S.

NAVY, ASSOCIATED PRESS a sailor and a woman kiss aug. 14, 1945, in New Times square as people celebrate the end of World War II. The sailor in the photo, George Mendonsa, died sunday. He was 95. CONNIE GROSCH, ASSOCIATED PRESS George Mendonsa poses for a photo on July 2, 2009, in Middletown, r.I., holding a copy of the famous alfred eisenstadt photo of Mendonsa kissing a woman in a uniform on aug.

14, 1945, in New Times square while celebrating the end of World War II. JOSH ROTTENBERG Tribune News Service LOS ANGELES At its annual awards show one of the final bellwethers of what has been an unusually unpredictable awards season the Writers Guild of America threw a couple of final curve balls, honoring a pair of indies that have generally got- ten less attention in the Oscar horse race than their bigger, flashier competitors: the com- ing-of-age film and the dramedy You Ever Forgive which was entirely overlooked by academy voters but is up for four prizes at the upcoming Spirit Awards, in- cluding best feature picked up the award for original screen- play, beating out best picture Oscar nominees and as well as the horror hit Quiet The last film to win the prize for original screenplay without being up for the Oscar was Michael 2002 doc- umentary for Colum- Taking the stage at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday night to accept the award, writer-director Bo Burnham who picked up the prize for best first-time feature film director at the Directors Guild Awards earlier this month seemed genuinely stunned that his small-scale debut fea- ture had emerged victorious over such a strong field, saying he prepared a speech. the other nominees in the category have fun at the Oscars, Burnham riffed. and are all up for this original screenplay Oscar, along with and In the adapted screenplay cat- egory, You Ever For- give the story of literary forger Lee Israel won out over Beale Street Could and Star Is Nicole Holofcener and Jeff script for You Ever Forgive has also been nominated for an adapted screenplay Oscar, one of three nominations for the film, along with nods for its stars, Me- lissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant.

The other films in Oscar con- tention for adapted screenplay are Ballad of Buster Beale Street Could and Star Is With the Academy Awards less than a week away, Oscar prognosticators are looking for any signs of how voters may be leaning in a year that has had no clear, sustained frontrunner. But the Writers Guild Awards are generally an unreliable pre- dictor of future Oscar wins, in part because guild rules render some potential contenders inel- igible if the writer a WGA member or the production is not a signatory with the guild. This year, was not included on the WGA Awards ballots. On the television side, Am- azon Prime Mar- velous Mrs. continued its streak of awards wins, pick- ing up the prize for comedy series over and Good takes top honors from Writers Guild Burnham.