PHOTOS: Outlook 2016
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Never Forgotten Thymes proprietor Terry Yantis welcomes visitors to the shop. They also offer live music on the fourth Saturday and a flea market the first and third Saturdays.
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The Wabash Depot has two floors filled with antiques and collectables joining several other antique shops on Cerro Gordo Street.
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Reminents of the old depot are scattered throughout the antique store which is one of several on Cerro Gordo Street.
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A wooden cigar store Indian is among the items for sale at the Wabash Depot.
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Diane Hedden of Firehouse Flea Market has a wide range of products for sale including a number of vintage kitchen items.
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You never know what you might locate when you enter one of the antique shops on Cerro Gordo Street Like Never Forgotten Thymes.
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Aric Lee looks over the agenda for the Decatur Celebration meeting where he is on the board.
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During a Decatur Celebration board meeting Aric Lee looks over the agenda.
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Aric Lee serves a number of different functions in his job on and off the air.
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Aric Lee takes pictures during the boys St. Teresa vs Argenta-Oreana basketball game.
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Aric Lee checks in at ISU's Redbird Arena for IHSA state girls basketball. He is videotaping the Central A&M game.
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Brittanie Nicole Brooks is Miss Black Illinois 2016.
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Miss Black Illinois 2016 Brittanie Nicole Brooks is a graduate of Eastern Illinois University with a Master’s Degree in Public Affairs.
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Miss Black Illinois 2016 Brittanie Nicole Brooks earned her master’s degree at the age of 23.
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Miss Black Illinois 2016 Brittanie Nicole Brooks will compete for Miss Black USA in Washington DC.
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Principal Ann Mathieson moderates discussion with Dabria Brown, far left, Jatrevius Jarrett, middle left, Delasha Jackson, middle right, Desmoria Harris and other sixth graders during a community circle at Enterprise School.
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Frances Godfrey uses a tube of toothpaste to illustrate a point while speaking to community circles at Enterprise School.
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Social worker Frances Godfrey listens to Kesshawn Washington while sixth graders participate in community circles at Enterprise School.
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Culinary arts students Hannah Cunningham, left, and Ember Workman prepare a lunch in the Bistro Five Thirty Seven kitchen at Richland Community College.
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From left, Hannah Cunningham and Ember Workman take a lunch order from fellow culinary arts student Cesiley Martinez in the Bistro Five Thirty Seven at Richland Community College.
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Richland Community College’s Culinary Arts Institute director Brian Tucker is working on fundraisers to allow Richland Culinary Arts students to travel to Italy.
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Culinary arts student Jenny Porter serves customers in the Bistro Five Thirty Seven at Richland Community College.
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Mary Edwards, manager of the ROSIE online ordering service, scans a box of donuts at the County Market in Mattoon. The grocery chain has begun to test the idea of allowing customers to order items online for later day pickup.
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Edwards loads groceries into Mike Hickman's vehicle at the County Market in Mattoon
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Bobby Harrison, of Decatur, tees off on the hole No. 2 at the disc golf course at Nelson Park.
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Brandon Zerfowski lines up hs putt at the disc golf course at Nelson Park.
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With the addition of a course at Forsyth Park to the one at Nelson Park, above, there are two options for a growing sport in the Decatur area.
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Dominators track club coach Bobby Jelks has converted his basement into a workout room for his team to use when other facilities are not available.
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Dominators track club coach Bobby Jelks works to make the most of the room in his basement workout room which includes having team members practice their starts off the blocks.
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Chloe Jones feeds Kendrick Ford while watching her son, Myles Tyus, in the infant room of the Foundations program at Central Christian Church.
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Child educator Susan Woods plays dress up with Aria Mallernee in the toddler room of the Foundations program at Central Christian Church.
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Instructor Carolyn Jameson assists Shyloh Shartzer next to Senebrea Campbell during a Foundations program consumer education class at Central Christian Church.
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Program manager Regina Abraham tries to get Mii’Lyric Murphy to take a nap by rubbing her stomach in the infant room of the Foundations program at Central Christian Church.
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Chloe Jones rocks her son Myles Tyus to sleep while she volunteers in the Foundations program at Central Christian Church.
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Instructor Carolyn Jameson answers a student’s question while teaching a consumer education class in the Foundations program at Central Christian Church.
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Nurse Lizabeth Hernandez teaches a clinical class at St. Mary’s Hospital. She was recently honored as one of the 40 under 40 emerging nurse leaders in Illinois.
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Instructor Lizabeth Hernandez comments on a video while showing it to students in her Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing class at Richland Community College.
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Nurse Lizabeth Hernandez teaches a portion of her clinical class in the behavioral health unit at St. Mary’s Hospital.
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Instructor Lizabeth Hernandez addresses her Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing class at Richland Community College.
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The girls of the Decatur Youth Hockey Association now have their own team with about a dozen players.
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Members of the Girls House team go through their drills at the beginning of practice. This is the first year for an all girls team.
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Coach watches as Abigail Davis and Ciera Bliesner work with the hockey puck.
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Abigail Davis is one of the girls on the new Girls House Team of the Decatur Youth Hockey Association.
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Jalyn Gulyash and Brynnlee Jones fight for possession while goalie Alison Matuszewski looks on.
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Alison Matuszewski is the goal tender for this practice session of the Decatur Youth Hockey Association Girls House team. It is new this year and includes about a dozen grade school girls.
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Desiree Eskridge observes as Alex Hobbs rehearses on the tuba during band class at Stephen Decatur Middle School.
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Kegan Mahon practices with fellow band classmates at Stephon Decatur Middle School.
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Ashleigh Palmer enjoys a light moment during band class at Stephen Decatur Middle School.
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Band director Robert Lark leads class at Stephen Decatur Middle School as they prepare for upcoming performances.
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Shelbyville student Bryden Lyon uses the Freelap system to measure his time off the blocks as track season begins. The system uses a start button, a timing belt and a sensor to give instant and trackable results to athletes and coaches.
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The Freelap system gives instant information to Shelbyville middle school track coach Chris Mosley as Kentrell Beck gives him the numbers from the timing device on a belt. The system is being used in several area high schools as a training and tracking device.
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The timing of the Freelap system is set off by first pressing and then releasing a button which starts the timer.
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Shelbyville coach Chris Mosley resets the timer on one of the Freelap belts during middle school track practice. Mosley is using the portable system to track progress on drills like time off the blocks.
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Jeff Ludwick is the logistics director for Decatur Celebration.
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Decatur Celebration logistics director Jeff Ludwick is also a financial representative for Country Insurance and Financial Services.
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Decatur’s Zach Senger won a contest that will send him on a dream golf trip to Ireland.
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Software Solutions Integrated President Pam Rincker inspects her company's new expansion with Shelbyville Mayor Jeff Johnson. Rincker says the expansion will add new technology field jobs at SSI.
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Several of the older members take a break during the Sullivan Blue Dolphins swim club. The club recently marked its 50 year anniversary.
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The Sullivan Civic Center pool is the home of the Blue Dolphin swim club. The club meets year round and has about 60-65 members. They recently marked their 50 year anniversary.
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Polish exchange student Wiktor Poznachowski practices as a member of the Sullivan Blue Dolphins swim club. The club swims year round at the Sullivan Civic Center.
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Sullivan Blue Dolphin member Devon Richardson drinks water during a break in practice.
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Sullivan Blue Dolphin coach Jason Drury hands out a swimming tool to eager athletes during practice.
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Assistant coach Annie Smith leads swimmers through a drill during Blue Dophin practice.
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Wiktor Poznachowski is an exchange student from Shelbyville and Poland who has joined the Sullivan Blue Dolphins swim club while he is in the states.
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Kerrigan Thoms takes notes in a theater appreciation class at Richland Community College as part of her Transfer Academy work through Cerro Gordo High School.
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Kerrigan Thoms participates in a discussion during a theater appreciation class at Richland Community College as part of her Transfer Academy work through Cerro Gordo High School.
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After learning that Floyd Zerfowski never received a retirement badge, Decatur Police Deputy Chief Cody L. Moore presents him one during a monthly retired police luncheon. Zerfowski retired over 40 years ago.
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Floyd Zerfowski is still very active at age 96. He is the oldest member of the police retirees group that meets regularly.
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Floyd Zerfowski sits down with fellow police retirees during a monthly luncheon. At 96, he is the oldest Decatur poice retiree.
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Deputy Chief Cody L. Moore greets Floyd Zerfowski during the retired policeman's gathering and surprises him with a retirement badge.
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Zerfowski Circa 1949
CERRO GORDO – Sometimes, parents can spot a good thing quicker than their children.
DECATUR – Bobby Jelks remembers the early days, doing odd jobs to try to cobble money together for a trip to Seattle.
SHELBYVILLE – For Jeff Johnson, stretching boundaries is both a metaphorical and literal ambition.
DECATUR — Nate Brohard is among the Richland Community College Culinary Arts Institute students looking forward to eating and seeing how authe…
DECATUR – Aric Lee tries to approach his life keeping one simple thing in mind.
SULLIVAN – Wiktor Poznachowski wanted to make the most out of spending the school year visiting the United States.
DECATUR – Brittanie Nicole Brooks, a recent transplant to Decatur, is Miss Black Illinois 2016.
DECATUR – An old saying goes that there are four things you can't get back: The stone after it's thrown, the time after it's passed, the actio…
MATTOON -- Mary Edwards has earned herself a new nickname among her co-workers: the official online shopper.
DECATUR – In the game of golf, there’s always been a bit of debate when it comes to a hole-in-one.
DECATUR – At first glance, it could have been any classroom of students discussing Truman Capote's “In Cold Blood,” under the guidance of thei…
DECATUR – Tim Cripe has coached baseball, but he wasn't exactly qualified to coach hockey.
DECATUR – Floyd Zerfowski was a young patrol officer, just a few months on the beat, when he fired his revolver for the first and last time wh…
SHELBYVILLE – Shelbyville High School Athletic Director Tony Pullen remembers a fall Saturday morning ritual in the pre-technology sports era.
DECATUR – In the middle of Decatur lies a short road, just a few blocks long. Many drivers use Cerro Gordo Street only to bypass a train.
DECATUR – The new generation of volunteers for Decatur Celebration is not defined strictly by age.
DECATUR – Girls who play drums are in astonishingly short supply.
DECATUR – After seeing a friend post on Facebook how much he enjoyed playing disc golf, Chris Wentworth decided to give it a try.
MAROA – Give them your broken, your rusted, your faded clunkers yearning to drive free.
