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THE DECATUR DAILY REVIEW PAGE NINETEEN Requests top $2,2 million Vacancy to be studied Funding requests for 1978-79 totaling more than $2.2 million have been received by the Macon County Board Budget and Finance Committee during its hearings preceding preparation of the county's next budget. Last week.in the final week of hearings, requests totaling nearly $800,000 were received. The funds being sought through grants and tax levies would be for departments within, and agencies outside, the county government. The requests are for the fiscal year beginning Sept. 1.

The County Board will debate the budget Sept. 13. By agency, the requests received last The County Board is expected to consider an appointment to the Macon County Conservation District board of trustees when it meets at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. The term of Conservation District trustee Dr.

Paul H. DeBruine expired June 30. He is continuing to serve on the board pending appointment of a successor. The County Board also will receive the recommendation of its Health and Welfare Committee to move the Animal Control Office from the Health Department, 1085 S. Main to the Decatur Township Animal Shelter, 2400 N.

Woodford St. The move would be expected to aid collection of city and county dog license fees which could be paid to county personnel when a dog is claimed or adopted at the shelter. The township has offered the county free office space through March 15, the end of the township's fiscal year. Decatur, Illinois, Monday, August 7, 1978 i week (current-year funding in parentheses) were: Intergovernmental Cooperation Commission, $8,000 to $10,000 ($9,500) to hire an executive director under the federally funded Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. Central Illinois Regional Commission for Law Enforcement, $800 County Board Land Use Committee, $500 Emergency Services and Disaster Agency, $48,642 Macon County Community Mental Health Board, $604,631 The board has its own tax levy, which must be approved by the County Board.

County Tuberculosis Chest Clinic, $127,800 The clinic will operate on, funds raised from its 1977 tax levy, collected this year. No request for a 1978 levy was made. MACHINE SHOP FOR AUTOMOTIVE, FARM, INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT ENGINES SANSAMO AUTO SUPPLY Cai Bank Americard 225 N. Hilton Master Charge "NOW" Is Best i fc.w L- SECURITY SAVINGS Macon rebidding portion of sewage project The Macon Sanitary District is re-bidding a portion of the sewerage improvement project on which bids were rejected in June because district trustees thought they were too high. Bids on rehabilitation of existing sewer lines will be opened at 7 p.m.

Aug. 28 in the Macon City Hall. Work will include disconnecting field tiles and repairing and sealing leaky joints. The project will reduce flooding problems within the district, said C. Douglas Robinson, an engineer with Warren Van Praag Inc.

of Decatur. Robinson said the remainder of the proposed improvements will be rebid later this fall. Included would be replacement of the sewage tratment plant with a three-cell aerated lagoon and renovation of the lift station. The project was estimated to cost about $568,700, but the lowest bid received in June for both portions of the work totaled more than $1 million. Man sustains cuts in fight with brother A Decatur man received 186 stitches Sunday at Decatur Memorial Hospital for cuts on his hands and face.

Decatur police reported the 24-year-old man was injured by his 27-year-old brother after the two argued during a dance at the United Rubber Workers hall, 2226 E. Logan about 12:30 a.m. Sunday. Police said it is believed the assailant used a straight razor. He was arrested in connection with aggravated battery and unlawful use of a weapon.

Staff photo by Herb Slodounik Bishop Joseph A. McNicholas, left, officiates at St. Mary's. St. Mary's celebrates 100 years in Decatur STORM WINDOWS and GUTTERING Ph.

429-7286 CALL ANYTIME FREE AUSTIN CO. ESTIMATES TERMS "not with words, not with lips, but in deeds." He said the two were helping people "to live. Helping people to get better. Helping people to die. That's what it means to be a people person.

That's what it means to be a people institution." A rededication service followed, in which St. Mary's Administrator Sister Ann Pitsenberger presented a centennial plaque to Decatur Mayor Elmer Walton "to honor those who made the first 100 years possible." "We hope to provide even more," she said. Walton presented Sister Ann a Stephen Decatur medal, thanking the hospital sisters who have the "same devotion, dedication and courage" as Stephen Decatur. Later, two former St. Mary's administrators said they were both excited about the special ceremony.

"It was way beyond my expectations," said Sister Ann Bailey, who was administrator in November 1977 when the hospital announced its theme for the centennial year. "It was lovely," said Sister Jane Like, hospital administrator from 1954 to 1963. It was during her years of leadership that St. Mary's located at its present site at 1800 E. Lake Shore Drive.

The hospital will add to its present site now that its Centennial Fund program has reached its $2 million goal. Gifts and pledges total more than $2,175,000. The fund drive is over, said Sister Ann Pitsenberger, "but it will continue on a modified basis" because donations are still being received. The total $11.6 million project is to include completion of floors five through seven of the hospital's north wing and additions to floors one through four of the wing. The Decatur City Council is scheduled tonight in a study session to discuss a request from the hospital for the issuance of $8.08 million in hospital facility revenue bonds.

Construction is scheduled to begin Aug. 14. We Try Harder Tn We like pleasing people like you. That's why we take extra care in keeping your wardrobe looking like new. We clean, finish and press garments perfectly.

You'll never find a pants crease out of place when we press it. Bring us your summer things for crisping up soon PICK-UP AND DELIVERY C0 jnu 1 C) 666 W.Eldorado Phone 429-4418 Jack A. Talcott Halden Schinzler United Way chairmen told Jack A. Talcott, plant engineer at Caterpillar Tractor has been named chairman of the construction industry division for this fall's United Way campaign. Named by general campaign chairman John D.

Strong to be associate chairman of that division is Halden Schinzler vice president of Christy-Foltz Inc. Talcott, a Shelbyville native, received his bachelor of science degree in engineering from Purdue University. He joined Caterpillar in 1953 as a staff engineer and was appointed to his present position in 1973. Schinzler began with the Christy-Foltz construction firm in 1963 and was appointed vice president in 1976. Named to assist in the construction industry division were-, Kenn Hurt, Jasper Hullinger, David J.

Rathje, Dean Durnil, James Peters, Dennis Noonan, Eric Devore, William Royer, Bob K. Nichols, Vince Cowser, Ray Robinson, Stanley R. Spencer, Bernard Naber, Paul Corrington and C.E. Poland. The construction industry division raised $27,100 last year for the United Way of Decatur and Macon County.

Randolph cites jazz roots' in Decatur By Cheryl Krell Boots Randolph, who has played the saxophone for over 25 years, is keeping up with the times. In Decatur for two performances Sunday at the Holiday Inn of Decatur, Randolph said, "Decatur is like a semi-hometown to me." Randolph played in Decatur in the 1940s and 1950s at the Cocktail Lounge and the Winery as a member of the Kopy Kats and then Jesse Snoke's Dixielanders. "The roots of anything and everybody are very important," Randolph said, adding that his roots were in jazz in Decatur. "I've changed slightly matured with age," Randolph said. "I've quit playing so many bad notes." Randolph is presently owner-manager of a nightclub in Nashville, Tenn.

"Boots Randolph's" opened in June 1977. "It's been challenging to learn from the backside of a bar," Randolph said. "It's an entertainment place, although we serve food." He said he rarely leaves the nightclub to tour. When he does, it's usually during January and February, he added. He left Nashville to do the two shows in Decatur and will return today to the club.

Randolph's jazz-country-pop style can be heard on his biggest albums, "Yak-ety Sax" and "Boots With Strings." The Randolph performances were a fundraiser for the Dave Phillips for sheriff campaign, and proceeds will be used by the Republican candidate in his contest with incumbent Democratic Sheriff Stephen D. Fisher. By Carolyn Gause About 400 persons gathered on the lawn of St. Mary's Hospital Sunday to celebrate and commemorate the hospital's 100 years of service in Decatur. Some patients watched the program on closed-circuit television, others from the windows in their rooms.

The program began with a processional that included the Decatur Assembly of the Knights of Columbus and with a choral performance by the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis from Springfield. The Most Rev. Joseph A. McNicholas, Bishop of the Springfield Diocese, officiated during a special Mass.

"We're here to commemorate 100 years of this magnificent, physical institution next to us," McNicholas said about the hospital. He said a "profound" thank you should be given to the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis who came from Germany in 1875 "and began their ministry of healing." In 1878 the sisters rented a small house on Wood and Webster streets. There they located St. Mary's, which then had a capacity of six patients.

McNicholas said he is constantly amused by those who would believe the Catholic Church "could approach its record of service without its women." While he thanked the Hospital Sisters, the bishop said he as spokesman for the sisters must also give an "equally profound thank you to the community of Decatur." The hospital has received "hospitality, kindness, generosity, service, love and affection" from Decatur, McNicholas said. He likened the relationship between St. Mary's and Decatur to a partnership. Sunday's celebration was "an anniversary of a partnership that has grown, prospered and flourished over 100 years," McNicholas noted. "It is our prayer and hope that this partnership will continue in the future," he added.

McNicholas said the St. Mary's-Deca-tur partnership has provided service Mount Zion School Board meets today The Mount Zion Board of Education will meet at 5:30 p.m. today for a tour of recently improved Mount Zion schools is slated today by the Mount Zion Board of Education beginning at 5:30 p.m. Members will leave the board offices at 6 p.m. by school bus to tour Dalton City Primary, Salem Primary, Mount Zion Primary and Mount Zion Intermediate schools.

Improvements include painting and new aluminum windows. The board is slated to meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday to review the 1978-79 budget and to discuss progress on teacher contract negotiations. Another negotiating session with teachers is set Aug. 14.

Play Day parade winners listed The Macon Play Day parade was the "biggest and nicest parade we've had," according to Nina Miller, Chamber of Commerce president. Winners in the parade were: Business Division, first, Macon Elevator; second, Warnick Feed Store; third, keh-tucky Lithograph. Church Division, first, Elwin United Methodist Church; second, Macon United Methodist Church; third, Macon Baptist Church. Organization Division, first, Macon Booster Club; second, Macon Girl Scouts Troop 88; third. Evening Women's Club.

Children's Vehicle Division, first, Tice Sharp; second, Jeff Tomlinson; third. Dale Miller. Children's Walking Division, first, Eval-ine second, Tonya and Jason Gal I ion; third, Lisa Gregory. Horse Drawn Vehicle Division, Arthur Cheese Co. Water main work is resulting in the closing of 19th Street south of Cantrell Street between 8 a.m.

and 5 p.m. today through Wednesday. Also, from 8 a.m. to noon Tuesday, water will be cut off in the Valley View addition because of water main work. After noon, these residents should boil their water until notification by the Water Department.

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