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www.herald-review.com MONDAY, OCTOBER 31 2005 DECATUR, ILLINOIS LOCAL D3 OBITUARIES Rockers head to Camp Jam Fish iV MACON COUNTY Brown DECATUR Beverly Brown, 45, Decatur, Mel's Beer Shed bartender, died Thursday (Oct. 27, 2005). Services: 1 p.m. Monday, Heartland Community Church. Visitation: was Sunday in the church.

Burial: Harristown Cemetery. Arrangements by: Moran Goebel Funeral Home. Memorials: Heartland Community Church. Clark DECATUR Eloise B. Clark, 89, Decatur, Millikin University Dean of Administration secretary, died Saturday (Oct.

29, 2005). Services: 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Mackey-Wright Funeral Home, Monticello. Visitation: 10 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Burial: Bement Township Cemetery. Memorials: Salvation Army or Central Christian Church of Decatur. Member: Central Christian Church of Decatur. Survivors: daughters, Diane C. Bartoloma and Paula Clark, both of Chicago; sister, Arleen Wise, Champaign.

Preceded by: parents; husband, Kent and one sister. Online guest book at www. legacy.comherald-review LegacyHome.asp Duncan DECATUR Wanita Duncan, 85, Decatur, died Saturday (Oct. 29, 2005). Arrangements incomplete: Dawson Wikoff West Wood Street Funeral Home.

Potter NEWMAN Beulah Margaret Potter. 81, of Newman, formerly of Metcalf IL, died at Sunday, October 30, 2005 at Paris Community Hospital in Paris, IL. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, November 1, 2005 at 11am at the Fairfield Church in Newman. Pastor Ryan Fehrman will officiate Burial will be in the Fairfield Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10-11 am on Tuesday at the Fairfield Church.

Mrs. Potter was born on December 17, 1923 in Broad-lands, IL, a daughter of Clarence L. Wienke and Bertha Rahn Wienke. She married Ernest Potter on January 16, 1949 in Broad-lands, IL. He preceded her in death on September 12, 1997.

Also preceding her in death were two brothers, John Wienke and Wayne Wienke and a sister, Alice Mohr. Surviving are 2 children -One son, Monte Potter of Chrisman, IL; One daughter, Valerie Potter of Chrisman, IL and a granddaughter, Joy Potter of Chrisman, IL. Also surviving are four sisters, Loretta Schultz of Homer, IL; Helen Luth of Newman; Doris Freeman of St. Joseph; and Deanna Dohme of Naples, FL. Mrs.

Potter was a devoted housewife, mom and grandmother. She loved her family and living on the family farm, where she delivered meals to workers in the field for many years. Joines Appleby Funeral Home in Newman is in charge of arrangements. Obituary written by family members. Online guest book at www.legacy.comherald-review LegacyHome.asp fJJ BIRTHS Decatur Memorial BECK, Jeremy Lee and Kellie Murray, ToweHill, boy, Oct.

28. FULLENWiDER, Imari, Decatur, boy, Oct. 28. SLOAN, Darren Shad and Shannon (Kistner), Decatur, girl Oct. 28.

ATLANTA (AP) For one moment, plucking out a bluesy version of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Whiskey Rock A Roller" beside the man who wrote the song, Kelly Thomas felt like a rock star. The 43-year-old office manager chose a bass guitar over a car as her high school graduation gift. Now she's one of several dozen graduates of Camp Jam a three-day chance to meet, party and play music with professional rockers. "It was just magic," gushed Thomas. Several rock "fantasy camps" have popped up in the past few years, as baby boomers who traded their electric guitars for golf clubs years ago look to rekindle their rock 'n' roll dreams.

"A lot of them are the people who went down the other road," said Liberty Devitto, Billy Joel's drummer and a staff member at Camp Jam. "They were afraid to take that 'dark road' and now they're coming face to face with the people who did and getting to see for a couple of days what it might have been like." Jeff Carlisi, former guitarist with .38 Special and co-founder of the camp, said he came up with the idea in 2003. Last summer, he hosted a camp for teens in Atlanta. This year he'll host weeklong teen camps in Atlanta, Dallas and Houston, as well the adult camp dubbed Camp Jam EXP and Camp Jam Kids for younger children. At the first adult camp in February, the youngest participant was 29; the oldest was 63.

Among them were lawyers, CEOs and other executives. Carlisi said he originally included sessions on recording techniques and other music industry tips, but soon realized his campers "couldn't have cared less. They wanted to crank it up and play." At the October session in Atlanta, campers from Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, New Jersey and Connecticut were handed laminated "it's just fascinating to me. There's still a lot of mystery about the culture." "I'm hoping by focusing on this civilization we can analyze ourselves," he said, adding that the movie "is kind of an anthropological journey." The film's title, "Apocalypto," a Greek word for an unveiling or new beginning, "just expresses so well that I want to convey," Gibson said. "I think it's just a universal word.

In order for something to begin, something has to end. All of those elements are involved. But it's not a big doomsday picture or anything like that." Flournoy DECATUR David A. Flournoy, 62, Decatur, died Sunday (Oct. 30, 2005).

Arrangements incomplete: Walker Funeral Service and Chapel. Lamb DEATHS LISTED Decatur, Macon County BROWN, Beverly, Decatur CLARK, Eloise Decatur DUNCAN, Wanita, Decatur FLOURNOY, David Decatur LAMB, William Decatur MURRAY, Vincent Michael Decatur PICKRELL, Franklin Kenney, Decatur WOODROME, Sarah Decatur Centra! Illinois AKIHS, Mary Elizabeth, Noble DOTY, Jean Charleston FISH, Mildred Monticello FUQUA, Cheryl Charleston McCORO, Edythe Marian, Robinson POTTER, Beutah Margaret, Newman P1RTLE, Roy Eugene, Cisco SCHRQECER, Thomas Nokomis WENTE, Harriett Teutopolis The Herald Review publishes free death notices including date of death and service arrangements. Basic obituaries are published for a flat fee of S25. There are limits on the amount of information included in basic obituaries. Expanded obituaries, which include additional information desired by the family of the deceased, are published for $9 per column inch plus a flat fee of $10.

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Those copies can be picked up at the Herald Review office, 601 E. William Decatur, Individuals who have served in the U.S. armed forces. Obituary includes online guest book at www.legacy.com yl herald-reviewLegacy- Home.asp Murray DECATUR Vincent Michael Murray, infant son of Vincent Michael Murray, Sr. and Tara McClellan passed away Friday, October 28, 2005 in Decatur Memorial Hospital.

Graveside services will be 10:00 A.M., Monday, October 31, 2005 in Mt. Gilead Cemetery, Decatur, IL. Vincent is survived by his parents, maternal grandparents, Eathel McClellan of Decatur, IL and George McClellan of Bon Ham, TX, paternal grandparents, Charles Murray of Decatur, IL and Carolyn Peckman of Decatur, IL. Obituary written by family members. Online guest book at www.legacy.comherald-reviewLegacyHome.

asp! Pickrell DECATUR Franklin Kenney Pickrell, 62, Decatur, formerly of Buffalo, clothier, died Friday (Oct. 28, 2005). Services were Sunday. Burial: Pickrell Cemetery, Mechanicsburg. Arrangements by: Fullenwider-Park Funeral Home, Mechanicsburg.

Memorials: American Heart Association or American Cancer Society. Member: Buffalo United Methodist Church and Millikin Madrigal Choir. Survivors: stepmother, Mary R. Pickrell, Illiopolis; brothers, Dr. John A.

Pickrell, Manhattan, Joseph S. Pickrell, Buffalo; Dr. David Pickrell, Birmingham, sisters, Carolyn P. Sundberg, Macomb; Elizabeth P. Rud-die, Stevensville, Md.

Preceded by: parents. Online guest book at www. legacy, comherald-review LegacyHome.asp gjJl CENTRAL ILLINOIS Akins NOBLE Mary Elizabeth Akins, 91, Noble, died Saturday (Oct. 29, 2005). Services: 1 p.m.

Monday, Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Noble. Visitation: one hour before services. Burial: North Freedom Cemetery, Noble. Doty CHARLESTON Jean L. Doty, 83, Charleston, died Sunday (Oct.

30, 2005). Arrangements incomplete: Caudill-King Funeral Home, Charleston. giSchroeder NOKOMIS Thomas W. Schroede- 67, Nokomis, died Thursday (Oct. 27, 2005).

No services. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Stiehl-Daw-son Funeral Home, Nokomis. MONTICELLO Mildred L. (Farthing) (Fisher).

Fish, 90 was born October 9, 1915 in Mansfield, Illinois to W.E. (Billy) and Mae Bateman Farthing. She grew up on a farm south of Mansfield attending rural schools and graduated from Mansfield High School in 1934. While in high school she received many local, regional, and state awards for her oratorical skills. She especially enjoyed presenting Humorous readings.

Mildred continued her education and graduated from Macon County School of Nursing in 1937. She began her nursing career at A.E. Staley Manufacturing in Decatur. Mildred was married in 1939 to Willard Fisher but moved back to Mansfield in 1946 where she raised her three children. She returned to her nursing career and began working at Kirby Hospital in Monticello where she remained as a much-respected nurse and superintendent of nursing for the next 30 years.

Mildred remarried in 1965 to Allen Fish of Monticello. She retired from the hospital and became a school nurse in Bement for the next ten years. Mildred enjoyed traveling with Allen around the U.S., taking Farm Bureau trips to Europe and Hawaii, visiting children and grandchildren, reading, collecting antiques, playing scrabble, and reading poetry. She is survived by her two sons, David (Mary) Fisher of Ranchester, Wyoming, Scott (Helen) Fisher of Onekama, Michigan, a stepson, Tom (Marilyn) Fish of Branson, Missouri, and a sister Betty Erickson of Coop-ersville, Michigan. She is also survived by 13 grandchildren, many great grandchildren, great great grandchildren, and nieces and nephews.

Mildred was preceded in death by a daughter (Beth Fisher Pitchford), her husband Allen Fish, a granddaughter, her parents, two brothers (Harold Farthing and Bill Farthing), and a sister (Helen Gilbert). A memorial celebration of Mildred's life will take place at the Mansfield United Methodist Church on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 at 10:30 A.M. with Pastor Sharon Monroe officiating. In lieu of flowers a memorial can be made to Kirby Hospital or Piatt County Nursing Home Monticello. Calvert-Belangee-Bruce Funeral Home Mansfield in charge of arrangements.

Obituary written by family members. Online guest book at www.legacy.comherald-review LegacyHome.asp ffi Fuqua CHARLESTON Cheryl L. Fuqua, 53, Charleston, died Saturday (Oct. 29, 2005). Memorial services: 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, Adams Funeral Chapel, Charleston. No visitation. Private family burial: Roselawn Cemetery, Charleston. Memorials: Carnegie Public Library. McCord ROBINSON Edythe Marian McCord, 88, Robinson, Bertram Pharmacy sales clerk, died Saturday (Oct.

29, 2005). Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday, Goodwine Funeral Home, Robinson. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and until services Wednesday.

Burial: Oblong Cemetery. Memorials: Otterbein United Methodist Church, Clothing Center Workshop or American Cancer Society. Pirtle CISCO Roy Eugene Pirtle, 66, Rantoul, formerly of Cisco, mechanical engineer, died Oct. 19, 2005. Graveside services: 11 a.m.

Wednesday, Croninger Cemetery, Cisco. Arrangements by: GracelandFair-lawn Funeral Home. Memorials: Provena Covenant Hospice Care Program, Urbana, IL or donor's choice. Wente TEUTOPOLIS Harriett R. Wente, 94, Teutopolis, homemaker, died Saturday (Oct.

29, 2005). Funeral Mass: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, St. Francis of Assisi Church, Teutopolis. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m.

Tuesday, Bauer Funeral Home, Teutopolis, with 5 p.m. CCW and CD. of A. rosary and 7 p.m. parish wake service.

Burial: St. Francis Cemetery, Teutopolis. Memorials: donor's choice. Next Mel Gibson film a mythical adventure' Associated Press Donna Renae of Atlantic City, N.J., left, practices along with Glenn Zimmerman, right, of Atlanta and Kelly Thomas, of Roswell, before performing during a concert on the last day of Camp Jam, an adult rock 'n' roll fantasy camp, in Atlanta. badges with the word "artist" printed under their names.

About five minutes after Thomas got hers on the first day, she was in one of the studio's soundproofed practice spaces, banging out Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing" with three other people. Campers spent most of the second day the same way, jamming with fellow participants and rockers such as Carlisi, Devitto, Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King and Mark Rivera, who has played saxophone with Foreigner, Billy Joel, Peter Gabriel, and Hall and Oates. "You're playing with genius," said Glenn Zimmerman, a 52-year-old Atlanta salesman and bass player attending the camp for the second time "It's a rare treat." The weekend camp costs $1,195 per person. At Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp, with sessions in Los Angeles and New York City, participants pay $6,000 to $8,500 to spend a week playing with and learning from the likes of Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead and Roger Daltrey of The Who. "I'm still buzzing; I'm still smiling," Thomas said days after her experience ended.

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Lamb, 73, of Decatur, IL, died at 6:10 A.M., Sunday, October 30, 2005 in his home surrounded by his family. Funeral service will be 11:00 A.M., Wednesday, November 2, 2005 at East Park Baptist Church. Visitation will be 5 to 8 P.M., Tuesday, November 1, 2005 at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home. Burial will be in Macon County Memorial Park, Harristown, IL with military rites conducted by the Macon County Honor Guard. Memorials may be made to DMH Hospice or East Park Baptist Church.

William was born April 29, 1932 in Moberly, MO the son of Follis Ray and Love-na V. (Vineyard) Lamb. He married Laveeta B. Brewer on January 19, 1954 in Del Rio, TX. She preceded him in death on January 17, 2005.

William was a member of East Park Baptist Church. He was a U.S. Air Force Korean War veteran. William was a machine repairman at Caterpillar Tractor Co. for 32 years, until his retirement on October 1, 1987.

Surviving are his children, Stanley R. Lamb of Assaria, KS, Linda Walton of Harned, KY, Howard K. Lamb of West Palm Beach, FL, Melissa L. Fitzsimmons of Newburgh, IN, Rhonda K. Bales of Farmington, MO, Thomas W.

Lamb of Irvine, CA, 3 granddaughters, 5 grandsons, 1 step-grandson, 2 step-granddaughters, 9 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and wife. Obituary written by family members. Online guest book at www.legacy.comherald-reviewLegacyHome.asp ffjj Woodrome DECATUR Sarah A. Woodrome, 67, Decatur, died Friday (Oct.

28, 2005). Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Homes, Decatur. Visitation: one hour before services. Graveside services: 1:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Fraley Cemetery, Taylorville. VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) Mel Gibson says a fascination with ancient cultures and great civilizations is what led him to make his upcoming movie "Apocalyp-to," starring unknown Mexican actors speaking in an ancient tongue. "What I'm doing is making an action-adventure film of mythic proportions," Gibson, sporting a plaid flannel shirt, jeans and a long salt-and pepper beard, told a news conference Friday. The movie is scheduled to begin production Nov. 14 and will be shot almost entirely in the jungle of Mexico's Veracruz state.

The film's stars will be unrecognizable to most moviegoers, and they will speak in the Mayan tongue of Yucateco, Gibson said. It will be light on dialogue and heavy on images and action. It's set 600 years ago, prior to the 16th-century Spanish conquest of Mexico and Central America. The most anyone will see of the 49-year-old movie star "is my fingernail," Gibson said. "If I was in it, it would wreck everything." In his first public explanation of the movie, both written and directed by Gibson, he said he decided to hold a news conference "to satisfy people's curiosity a little bit" and knock down inaccurate speculation.

The movie is "a story about a man and his woman, his child and his father, his community," adding that the man "is put in an incredibly heightened, stressful situation has to overcome tremendous obstacles. So it's a universal story in that respect." Like his last film, the stunningly successful "The Passion of Christ," Gibson will bankroll "Apocalypto" himself. Disney has signed on to release it in the United States. Gibson said that although he researched the writings of a Spanish missionary and the Mayan bible, the "Popol Vuh," and visited Mayan sites in Guatemala and Mexico, the Mayan setting is merely the backdrop of the movie. He chose it because 1 The time is NOW REDUCE HEATING COST GAS 48 to 70 HIGHER THIS YEAR INSULATE NOW LOW LOW PRICES You must have 9 to 10" of insulation in your attic to be properly insulated to R-36 FREE INSPECTION 422-8650 RAY SOBOTTKA SON INC.

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