Published in the Interest of the Staunton Community for Over 143 Years
Published in the Interest of the Staunton Community for Over 143 Years
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Thursday, January 11, 1990 -- Architectural firm selected for Building Projects At School -- The Staunton Board of Education, in regular session Monday evening, January 8, voted to hire the architectural firm of FGM of Belleville to oversee two projects at the school. The two projects, asbestos abatement and building addition were handled individually. The asbestos abatement project is the third and final step (except for final inspection) to be accomplished in the Staunton Schools asbestos management plan as previously, filed with the state....
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Thursday, January 4, 1990 -- COLD PRODUCES RECORD PEAK DEMAND AT IP -- Illinois Power customers used electricity at unprecedented winter levels during December, breaking the previous winter peak demands record five times in an eight-day period. Sub-zero temperatures also drove up customer demand for natural gas to heat homes and power industry. Gas usage for December rose sharply compared to the same period in 1988, including the third highest daily usage figure ever recorded by Illinois Power customers - 799 million cubic feet on December 21....
Issue of March 20, 1997 Eileen Marie Hall (73) of Staunton died March 10 at St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield. Eleanor R. Best (84) of Edwardsville, formerly of Alhambra, died March 11 at Rosewood Care Center in Alton. Ruth Bird (90) of Staunton died March 12 at Hitz Memorial Home in Alhambra. Lawrence F. “Babe” Mansholt (87) of Hookdale died March 14 at Utlaut Memorial Hospital. Lena P. Reimers (93) of Leasburg, Mo., formerly of Mt. Olive, died March 14. Josephine “Josie” Reichel (84) of East Alton, formerly of Mt. Olive, died March 12 at Woo...
The 7th grade girls at South Public School in 1937 are identfied as: Back row (L to R) Hazel Rummer, Lucille Vetchorek, Dorothy Predgen, Audrey Compton, Pearl Roehl, Christine Agoras, Rosalinda Karch, Josephine Martinovich; Middle row: Violet Berg, Maxine Nail, Betty Lee Pitzel, Olga Pernichele, Angelina Grola, Imogene Pollard, Helen Struebig; Front row: Joy Pellman (seated left) Margaret Luker, Amelia Pralec, Mary Jeane Wall, Clara D. Tomasi, Eileen Legath, Regina Blaskovich, Emily Jean Hardy...
By: Jill Pertler The doorbell rang unexpectedly tonight. I wasn’t anticipating anyone. I went to answer it and got quite a wonderful gift. Outside my front door stood a lovely, petite woman with bright blue eyes. She wore designer glasses, hoop earrings and turquoise Nikes. Her hair was a medium blond with just hints of gray here and there. She was a stranger; but not for long. Within moments, she’d introduced herself as Alice, the friend I’ve corresponded with via mail sent the old-fashioned way. Alice reads my column in a newspaper in Ohio...
Appreciates kindness Letter to the Editor: The Wednesday afternoon Ladies would like to thank Ralphael and the waiters at El Indio Mexican Restaurant in Staunton for being so good to us for our luncheon on the third Wednesday of the month. We have been meeting 15-plus years and decided to go from evening to afternoon. We really appreciate their kindness and understanding to us senior citizens, elderly and/or "older" ladies. Wednesday Afternoon Ladies...
This week's Looking Back photo is the property of Ed Hainaut of New Douglas and shows the graduating class of Livingston High School in 1972. (Top row) Cheryl Eickmeyer, Joyce Libra, sponsor Terry Krause, Superintendent Marion Verton, sponsor Ray West, Mary Repovsch, Dorothy Genczo; (Row 2) Diane Whitley, Mary Beth Homeier, Kathy Lesicko, Shirley Lesicko; (Row 3) Bob Martintoni, Mary Ann Rami, Anita Geninatti, Joy Schuette; (Row 4) Dan Wall, Lynne Best, John Urban, Connie Stearns, Sharon Urban,...
By: Jill Pertler There’s a new game sweeping the Internet. It’s called Wordle and the premise is pretty simple. You get six chances to correctly guess, ascertain and or sleuth out a random, five-letter word. With each guess you are told which letters are in the word, which are not and which are in the right space within the word. If you correctly guess the word in four guesses or less you earn bragging rights on various social media platforms. Any game that sets up bragging rights on social media is destined for stardom. In that regard, Wor...
18 baseball team members identified A special Thank You goes to Larry Ziegler who came in and identified all the members of the 1971 Livingston Little League team featured in the Looking Back photo in the Star-Times March 9 issue. Back Row: Tony Bagaglio, Brian Hallings, Terrahn Kieffer, Mike Best (coach), Mike Odorizzi, Randy Snyder, LeRoy Ziegler (manager), Billy Augustine and Tom Best; Front Row: Darin Hasil, Gary Crally, Larry Lotter, Jim Trettenero, Ray Bob Robertson and Larry Ziegler....
Issue of March 13, 1997 It was announced that Heartland Tea Room located on South Edwardsville Street will convert to a Chinese restaurant run by Curtis and Shiao Griffith of Lebanon. A daughter was born to Terry and Cindi Keeton on Feb. 24 at Christian Hospital Northwest in St. Louis. Dennison Norman “Denny” Brown (56) of Mt. Olive died March 8 at St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield. Ernesta “Netta” Goldasich (73) of Wilsonville died March 7 at Community Memorial Hospital in Staunton. Minnie B. Melm (84) of Sorento died March 7 at St. Francis...
Thursday, January 4, 1990 -- PLANS PROGRESSING FOR NEW AMBULANCE HOME -- The building committee of Staunton Area Ambulance Service is working on plans for a proposed building while the city attorney is doing paperwork on the proposed site. Members of the building committee are Paul Poehling, Rollie Lorenz, Todd Traylor, Cheryl Horner, Rob Pollett, and Joe Schelling. The Staunton City Council has agreed to lease a parcel of city land on Ash Street between Pennsylvania and Olive streets to the Service. Todd Traylor, Director of the Ambulance...
One size fits all doesn't work Letter to the editor: I look forward to the weekly Star-Times when I get it once a week, two per every other week, etc. based upon the postal service’s delivery issues. These comments are related to the February 23, 2022, issue and the article by Mr. Stafford of the Vienna High School. Mr. Stafford is 100% correct! Every point he discusses is absolutely accurate and I was impressed of his example of One Size Fits All (OSFA). The continual attempts of big government attempting to override local control is a n...
March 17 - High School/Junior High Parent-Teacher Conf. 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. April 6 - School Improvement Day (12:30 p.m. Dismissal) April 11 - 15 - Spring Break (Classes resume April 18) Track & Field March 22 - Boys & Girls at Roxana (Vandalia & Hillsboro), 4:30 p.m. Girls Soccer March 21 - home vs Breese Central, 5 p.m. March 22 - at Gillespie, 4:30 p.m. March 24 & 25 - Varsity Girls at Spring Cup - Blackburn College, 12 noon Girls Softball March 18 - at Edwardsville Metro East Lutheran, 4:30 p.m. March 19 - at Greenville, 11 a.m. March 23 -...
February is gone and, like this team, everyone is looking forward to baseball season. Unfortunately, we have no identification of team members or even the year they were preparing for. This feature is a lot more fun when you recognize the people in them or at least the occasion. Please check back, look through your old photos of friends and events and share them with our readers. Photos do not have to be 50 years old to be interesting. Just looking back 5 - 10 - 20 years, the fashions and...
By: Jill Pertler I’ve spent all of my life in the north, where winter is winter and snow is snow. The snow falls down from the sky. If you want to get to work in the morning you often have to rid your driveway of it. Out of necessity, most of us have snow blowers, or shovels on a lesser day. Blowing the driveway (and sidewalks and walkways) typically, happens more than a few times each winter, which, by the way, often lasts for at least six months. Blowing the snow is something northerners do, because they have to. Those of us living in the t...
Issue of March 6, 1997 Tricia Goebel and Timothy Young were married Dec. 6, 1996, in Prairietown. Angela Bertolino and Mark Rantanen were married July 6, 1996, in Bethalto. Amelia Manea (83) of Staunton died March 1 at her daughter’s home in Pleasant Plains. Nellie Marie Farris (87) of Staunton died March 2 at Heritage Manor of Staunton. Esther Amanda Vernetti (84) of Mt. Olive died March 1 in Mt. Olive. Ralph Bremblet Shirley Sr. (88) of Sorento died March 3 at St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield. Issue of March 7, 2007 The annual report of t...
Thursday, December 22, 1966 -- SCHOOL BOARDS SPEAK OUT CONCERNING PROPOSED NEW DISTRICT IN MADISON COUNTY -- The following statement was given to the Star-Times by the Boards of Education of Worden and Livingston School Districts. The joint Boards of Education of Livingston-Worden are curious as to why neighboring school districts have distorted the facts surrounding the SIU feasibility study regarding a proposed school district in the Northeastern part of Madison County consisting of Alhambra,, Hamel, New Douglas, Livingston, Worden and...
Every spring, fire safety experts along with the nonprofit Illinois Fire Safety Alliance (IFSA) reminds residents about the life-saving habit of checking their smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms when setting their clocks forward for daylight saving time. The National Fire Protection Association reports that 81 percent of battery-operated smoke alarms which failed to operate in home fires had missing, disconnected, or dead batteries. To combat these alarming statistics, the IFSA worked with the Illinois General Assembly to update a law to...
Boys pictured at Zion Lutheran School are: (Back row, L to R) Henry Vezzoli, Bill Rhodes, George Robertson, Elmer Frioli, Robert Cisler; (front) Harold Ruyle, Jackie Shaw, Hal O'Neal, and Raymond Drevenak....
Issue of Feb. 27, 1997 The Staunton School Board will seek bids on a lift to be installed at the high school to make the building handicapped accessible. A restroom on each floor will also have to be changed with the work being done during the summer. Mark and Lori Grandone took over ownership of Video Express on East Main Street from Cathy and Danny Matson. Otto and Virginia (Philippe) Schuette celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Feb. 16. Dean and Ruth (Weber) Oettel will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on March 1. James...
Thursday, December 15, 1966 -- VANDALS HIT LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL EARLY MONDAY -- Several vandals broke into the high school early Monday morning. They gained entrance by breaking the windows in the rear doors of the school. The Star-Times did not arrive at the school until 7:30 a.m. and by that time the custodial staff had cleaned up much of the mess, having started before 6:00. It was evident, though, what greeted the staff when they arrived that morning. Eggs were still being scrubbed off the walls and floors, broken light fixtures were hanging...