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CITY BEAT: SOME THIS AND THAT FROM HERE AND THERE

           • IT’S hard to believe that we are nearing the middle of July already!!! We’ve already passed the half-way mark for 2023 at the end of June. The old saying is that “time flies when you’re having fun”. I guess I’m having fun because this year is passing like a rocket!      •…

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CITY BEAT: CELEBRATE! LAKE DECATUR IS 100 YEARS OLD THIS WEEK!

       Now that Independence Day has come and gone the focus of many in the community this week is on the 100th anniversary of Lake Decatur. The Centennial Lake Fest & Grand Opening of the “Staley Basin” will be held July 8 and 9. This event will feature lots of activities in the Marina and…

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CITY BEAT: REP. SUE SCHERER’S RESOLUTION IS REMINDER OF EARLIER TRIBUNE ‘SCRAPBOOK’ ARTICLE

     Rep. Sue Scherer, D-Decatur, recently offered a resolution on the Trail of Death to her colleagues in the House to remember the lives lost during the brutal forced march of Potawatomi Native Americans from present-day Indiana to the western United States.      “Our nation’s history is filled with such horrific episodes of violence and injustice that…

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FLAG DAY OBSERVANCE, PEOPLE, PLACES AND POLITICAL RACES

     It seems we have a lot of special days, weeks and holidays and, sometimes, it is difficult to keep all of them in the proper observation.      Today, Wednesday, June 14th, is “Flag Day”, also called National Flag Day, in the United States, a day for honoring our national flag. The holiday commemorates the date in…

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CITY BEAT: ALWAYS REMEMBER THE SACRIFICES, IMPORTANCE OF D-DAY TO FREEDOM

       Each year, on or near the anniversary of D-Day, when allied forces began landing on the northern coast of France, I publish a Scrapbook article (pages 4, 5 in this week’s Tribune) about that event that had such far-reaching implications connected to it.      As I wrote in the article, some argue that it was…

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CITY BEAT: INTERSECTION OF WATER AND WOOD STREETS HOLDS SAD REMINDER

       Mark W. Sorensen, who is the Official Macon County Historian, has an article in our Scrapbook feature (pages 4 and 5 of this week’s print and online editions) about Decatur’s Darkest Day: The 1893 Lynching of Samuel J. Bush. The details of the article are shocking to read but in order to improve as…

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CITY BEAT: SHOW RESPECT FOR WHAT MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE IS ABOUT

       MONDAY is Memorial Day. As indicated in this week’s “Scrapbook” about the history of Memorial Day (see pages 4 and 5 of print and online editions), back in 1968 Congress passed the Uniform Holidays Bill, which moved three holidays from their traditional dates to a specified Monday in order to create the convenient three-day…

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CITY BEAT: THE FOUNTAIN, PAYING GOODNESS FORWARD AND OTHER ITEMS

         It’s so nice to walk through Central Park on my way to the downtown post office each day and enjoy the Central Park fountain that is now fully activated for the season and looking beautiful!      Believe it or not, it has been 21 years since the “new” fountain was built and dedicated! It…

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