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Editor - Tom Williams, Sr.
27 August 2018 National Best Club Bulletin Awards
Champaign Exchanger 1980-81, 1981-82, 1986-87
Volume 93, No. 9 1987-88, 1998-99, 2012-13, 2016-17
3 September 2018 - Happy Labor Day
Date & Time: 3 September, 2018 at 9:20 AM
Location: 500 South Broadway Avenue
1/2 Block South of Lincoln Square
Co-Chairs: John Hummel & Tom Williams
Parade Starting Time: 10:00 AM
Sept. 2009 - First Labor Day Parade - Front row L to R: Brandon Bowersox, Van Bowersox (Urbana),
Co-Chair John Hummel (Urbana),and Nancy Williams (Champaign). Back row L to R: Beth Chato
(Urbana), the Holhubners, grandson, granddaughter & Fred (Urbana) Cheryl Stewart (Champaign),
Co-Chair Frank Scantlebury (Champaign), Judy Hummel (Urbana), Roscoe Randall and Phil Hoggatt
of Urbana. Not in the photo is photographer Tom Williams, Sr.
When we complete the 2018 Labor Day Parade we will have handed out approximately 183,000 American
Flags to the Kids at 9 Labor Day Parades and 33 Fourth of July Parades. We've had one of each rained
out too. Our first Labor Day Parade was in 2009 and our first Fourth of July Parade in 1985.
10 September 2018
Coming Events Stephanie Record, Executive Director
Crisis Nursery of Champaign County
Board Meeting to Follow Luncheon
I’m pleased to report that Stephanie Record will be with us after a
26-month hiatus to update us on what’s happened at the Crisis
Nursery since her last visit. The Nursery doubled allowing them
to accommodate more children in need each day. Nancy
volunteers every Friday morning and loves the place and the kids.
I also plan on presenting Stephanie with our usual carload of supplies.
17 September 2018
Exchange Club Picnic
Hosts Dottie & Walt Mikucki
The date has been set and we will be having our picnic this
week in September at Dottie & Walt Mikucki's home
in the Maynard Lake Subdivision. This is always one of
the the fun events of the year so you don't want to miss
out on the great food and fellowship. It is never too early
to start planning which of your favorite covered dishes
you might bring. I estimate the cost to be about $7.00 / person to cover
the rotisserie chicken, etc. Not too bad huh? We now have confirmation Walt
that Jan Bahr &Ernie Hoffman, John and JoAnn Smith, John & Judy
Hummel will all be attending. I am really looking forward to the good food (JoAnn’s
deviled eggs), as well as the all the fun and fellowship we have at Walt & Dottie’s.
24 September 2018
Earthquakes & Mine Subsidence in Illinois
Robert Bauer, Illinois State Geological Survey
Mr. Bauer is the Principal State Engineering Geologist
Quaternary (don’t ask me what a Quaternary is) with the
ISGS located in on West Peabody Drive on the U of I
Campus. His major responsibilities include Coal Mine
Subsidence, earthquake emergency response, induced
seismicity, geomechanics & CO2 sequestration, soil & rock
properties & foundations and excavation. We had an associate
of Mr. Bauer, Sallie Greenberg, speak to us last March on
the Decatur Basin C02 Sequestration Project which was a
very interesting and educational program. It will be a great
program for guests and potential new members. (This is also an alert for Walt Mikucki.)
1 & 15 October 2018
Programs to be Determined
If we don’t take a club tour one of these weeks we’ll have a speaker. Let me
know next Monday if you have a good idea for a tour. I aim to please.
8 October 2018 (Monday)
Coming Events Columbus Day – No Meeting Today
In keeping with established tradition we will not have a meeting this
week due to Columbus Day. Enjoy the time with your family and
friends and return on the 15th raring to go. Now that I think about
it I will bet old Chris Columbus would say you should go ahead
and take the day off. Take a hike through McCormick's Creek,
the Shades State Park, Starved Rock, Turkey Run, Starved
Rock or take a boat ride somewhere. Most of all get out of the house and enjoy the
changing fall colors with family and friends while the colors last. And if you’re really
brave, take Nancy and me with you on your trip.
20 October 2018 (Saturday)
National Day of Service at Scott Park
Although this is a tentative date and subject to
change it’s about 90% certain. Like the past several
years we'll clean up Scott Park for our National
Day of Service project. Nancy Williams is the
committee chair and she will ask members to sign
up to help at the October 1st & 15th meetings.
For several years we cleaned up Johnston Park in
the Western part of Champaign named after our
own Champaign Club’s Charter Secretary Seely
Johnston. A few years ago we decided to change
and clean up Scott Park on the edge of the
Former Committee Chair
University of Illinois campus because it was in
Frank Scantlebury need of a good cleaning more than Johnston Park.
3 November 2018
Lincolnland District Fall Educational Conference
All right, all right, that’s not the hotel we’ll be at but it will be
fun anyway. The Fall Educational Conference will be held at
The Chateau Hotel & Conf. Center. I know it seems like a
long time off but you need to mark the date on your calendar
now. Registration is 8:30-9:00 AM followed by the Confer-
ence until 4:00 PM. The Conference is free & includes lunch.
4 November 2018 – Daylight Savings Time
Daylight Saving Time, which your editor loves, gives us the opportunity to enjoy sunny
summer evenings by moving our clocks an hour forward each spring. Ben Franklin
conceived the idea. (If you ask me, we should
remain on Daylight Saving Time year around.)
Most of the United States begins Daylight Saving
Time at 2:00 AM on the 2nd Sunday in March
and reverts back to Standard Time on the first
Sunday in November (Boo). In the United States
each time zone switches simultaneously. There is
one other solution but it’s not a good one. You
could move 35 miles east across the Indiana State Line and you’d gain about 55 minutes
of daylight on a Winters evening so you don’t have to return home after work in the dark.
For Campus Florist Owner,
The Bloom is Finally off The Rose
Thursday, August 23, 2018 – Ben Zigerman
When I home late last Thursday afternoon from a visit to the Route 66 Museum and the Livingston County War
Museum in Pontiac, IL, I picked up The News-Gazette only to find Anne Johnston on the front page of the newspaper. I
was shocked to read she was retiring after 77 years in the florist business and closing down Campus Florist in October,
the shop she started with her mother when Anne was a freshman at the University of Illinois. After reading the
following article I understood why she was closing down the shop but I’m still sorry to see it happen. It’s such a big part
of who Anne is and I have no idea where to order flowers for Nancy in the future.
Photo by: Robin Scholz/The News-Gazette
Anne P. Johnston talks about her 77-year run as owner of Campus Florist on Wednesday, August 22, 2018, at the
business at 609 East Green Street, Champaign. She plans to close by the end of October.
CHAMPAIGN — In the years since it opened, Campus Florist started on South Wright Street, but
Campus Florist survived 2 fires, student protesters moved to its Green Street location a few months later
smashing its windows and a burglary in 1997 that left that year for more visibility and a larger shop.
owner Anne P. Johnston in a coma for a week.
While the business has had its ups and downs,
A mainstay at 609 East Green Street, Champaign it Johnston said, she's the longest-running sole business
has outlasted countless Campustown stores that have owner in town. And she's never considered leaving.
either moved or closed.
"No way," she said. "I was in a sorority, and I had a
But after 77 years, Johnston said, "I think it's time." store, and I live here, so there was no sense in going
back to that place."
She's planning to close the shop at the end of October.
The key to her success: "People like us," she said.
"You don't have friends if you didn't do something
right."
Those friends have been calling since signs were put
up Tuesday announcing Campus Florist is closing
soon.
"The sign went up, and the phone keeps ringing,"
she said.
Johnston said she has friends all over the world that
attended the UI.
"In fact, just 2 weeks ago, I had a friend from Thai-
land here who came up for my birthday," she said.
Johnston said the store will have closing sales, and
"I always told them I wasn't going to retire, and I had vases are already on sale.
no intentions of retiring until this mess came up about She also owns the building, but said she doesn't
the high-rise, and it just seemed the time to call it know what will replace Campus Florist.
quits," she said. "I wanted to make it to the 80th
birthday (of the store), but that wasn't the case." Until it closes, Johnston will continue to work every
day the store is open.
A 17-story high-rise is slated to be built on the
southeast corner of Sixth and Green streets. While it "I come down every day. I can't work the way I
won't directly impact her building, Johnston said she used to, but I'm here," she said. Soon, "there won't
didn't want to deal with the construction. be any place to go, but I'll find a place."
"It's going to be bad for anyone out here while they
are tearing it down," she said. "Because when they
tear it down, they're going to go through the alleyway,
& we'll have no place to park. ... I'm too old for that."
The high-rise is also leading to the closing next month
of Campustown bars Firehaus & The Clybourne, and
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship's The Loft above
HomeTown Pantry already moved across the street.
Tom Harrington Jr., director of acquisitions for
CORE, the high-rise's developer, declined comment.
Johnston, who jokes that she's 125 years old when
asked, opened the business in 1941 after she moved
from Chicago to Champaign to study floriculture at
the University of Illinois.
American Military Hero & United States
Senator John Sidney McCain III Dies
29 August 1936 – 25 August 2018
Editor’s Note – Very few people during my lifetime have I
respected more than John McCain. I didn’t always agree
with some of his voting decisions but nothing could
diminish my admiration for his service to our country in
the Navy during the Vietnam War and later as a United
States Senator. R.I.P. Captain McCain, you’ve earned it.
Family Announcement – “Senator John Sidney McCain
III died at 4:28 PM on August 25, 2018," a statement
from McCain's office said. "With the Senator when he
passed were his wife Cindy and their family. At his
death, he had served the United States of America
faithfully for 60 years."
McCain was diagnosed with brain cancer early in his sixth
term as senator. The type of brain tumor with which he
was afflicted, glioblastoma, is particularly aggressive and
difficult to treat. He had been receiving chemotherapy, but
his family announced in August that he would no longer
seek medical treatment. McCain is survived by his 7
children and his second wife, Cindy, whom he married in
1980 following a 15-year marriage to Carol Shepp.
Daughter Meghan McCain – “My father, United States
Senator John Sidney McCain III, departed this life today.
I was with my father at his end, as he was with me at my beginning,” she wrote. “In the 33 years we shared
together, he raised me, taught me, corrected me, comforted me, encouraged me & supported me in all things.
He loved me, and I loved him. His love and his care, ever present, always unfailing, took me from a girl to a
woman – and he showed me what it is to be a man.
All that I am is thanks to him. Now that he is gone, the task of my lifetime is to live up to his example, his
expectations, and his love.
My father’s passing comes with sorrow and grief for me, for my mother, for my brothers, and for my sisters.
He was a great fire who burned bright, and we lived in his light and warmth for so very long. We know that
his flame lives on, in each of us. The days and years to come will not be the same without my dad – but they
will be good days, filled with life and love, because of the example he lived for us.
Your prayers, for his soul and for our family, are sincerely appreciated.
My father is gone, and I miss him as only as an adoring daughter can. But in this loss and in this sorry, I take
comfort in this: John McCain, hero of the republic and to his little girl, wakes today to something more
glorious than anything on earth. Today the warrior enters his true and eternal life, greeted by those who
have gone before him, rising to meet the Author of All Things: ‘Their dream is ended: this is the morning’.”
John Sidney McCain III
1936 – 2018
Senator John McCain’s remarkable record of leadership embodies his unwaver-
ing lifetime commitment to service. The son and grandson of distinguished Navy
Admirals, Senator McCain graduated from the United States Naval Academy in
1958, and served as a Naval Aviator for 22 years, including in North Vietnam
during the Vietnam War.
On October 26, 1967, during Senator McCain’s
23rd bombing mission over North Vietnam, a
missile struck his plane and forced him to eject,
knocking him unconscious and breaking both
his arms and his leg.
Senator McCain was taken as a prisoner of war
into the now-infamous “Hanoi Hilton,” where
he was denied needed medical treatment and
subjected to years of torture by the North
Vietnamese. He spent much of his time as a
prisoner of war in solitary confinement, aided
by his faith and the friendships of his fellow
POWs.
When he was finally released and able to return
home years later, Senator McCain continued
his service by regaining his naval flight status.
His last Navy duty assignment was to serve as the Naval Liaison to the United
States Senate. He retired from the Navy in 1981. His naval honors include the
Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Purple Heart, and the Distinguished
Flying Cross.
Senator McCain was elected to the United States House of Representatives from
Arizona in 1982 and elected to the United States Senate in 1986. He was the
unsuccessful Republican Party’s nominee for President in the 2008 election.
Over the course of his political career, Senator McCain served as Chairman of the
Senate Committees on Indian Affairs, Commerce, Science and Transportation,
and most recently, Armed Services.
Senator McCain is survived by his wife, Cindy, 7 children and 5 grandchildren.
He will be laid to rest at the United States Naval Academy Cemetery in
Annapolis, Maryland.
Statement from John McCain’s website – www.johnmccain.com
27 August 2018 Meeting
Invocation - Richard Adkins
Pledge of Allegiance - Nancy Williams
. Attendance - 7 Exchangites & 1 Guest
Attendance Drawing - $5.00 Marie Scantlebury–Fuller
(Absent)
Today's Meeting let’s pray it doesn’t rain and then it doesn’t
reach 90 degrees outside. The good news is
I hope you all enjoyed the week off as much as I it’s usually not as hot as it is on the 4th of
did. Nancy, Mike & I had a nice visit to Ohio July. All your instructions are on Page 2 but
to see our son Scott and his boys. In addition to I’ll repeat them again for you.
seeing them we managed to visit the Cincinnati
Zoo & the Newport, KY Aquarium. Both are Date & Time: 3 Sept. at 9:20 AM
great and I would recommend them to you if Location: 500 South Broadway Ave.
you are ever in the area. The Zoo is fantastic 1/2 Block South of Lincoln Square
(that’s my new best friend on the left). Scott Co-Chairs: John Hummel & T. Williams
now lives half way between Cincinnati and Parade Starting Time: 10:00 AM
Dayton which is very handy.
Our guest today was Erica Baum from the
Today's Program
Vineyard Church in Urbana. It was a beauty- In light of our inability to get a speaker for
ful day today with the sun shining brightly and today’s meeting and I only had two days to
the temperature reaching 93 degrees. I can’t prepare I chose a program that I could
believe August is already over. hurriedly put together and would be light-
Richard announced that Laurie Baum won the hearted and leave us time to discuss next
drawing for a lamp at our clubs “Let There Be Monday’s GiveAKidAFlagToWave pro-
Light” Fundraiser at the Blues Festival at the gram without limiting a guest speaker.
Champaign Co. Fair Grounds. Barrington Today’s program was about strange/funny
Coleman won the drawing for a Vera Bradley billboards & signs which I titled “144 Funny
Purse but was unable to attend today’s Signs & Billboards”. We’ve all spotted
luncheon (Richard will deliver). Several of us crazy signs/billboards when driving around
know Barrington and I hope he’s able to attend town and on vacation. Not only are many of
a meeting in the near future. the signs funny, others are amazing they even
Well, obviously the unknown speaker that I exist and they left you wondering what were
promised you would be here today didn’t show they thinking when they created them.
up as hoped. The 3 prospects didn’t return our
calls but we still hope to get them to speak at a
future date. Oh, the finger print on the front page
of the last Exchanger
turned out to belong to
Jimmy Hoffa. The good
news is I have a very
solid lead on the where-
abouts of Hoffa. Do not
be surprised if Jimmy
shows up at one of our
future club luncheons. I’m sure I would do better than the author of
the above sign. Now I’ll have to admit that
my English writing skills and talking skills
leave a lot to be desired as you no from read-
ing my Champaign Exchangers. My excuse
is I know what I mean and sometimes my PC
mispelles my words. I thunk I’ve spelled it
Today we discussed next week’s GiveAKidA- wright because I know what I am tring too
FlagToWave Program in Urbana. First of all, say, you no what I mean?
Donations $$$ Green Box News $$$
$10.00 Richard Adkins – $1.00 my I.O.U. from our last meeting and $9.00
for the Champaign Exchanger.
$1.00 Norma Dieker – Because hopefully the Illinois Football Team will
have a good season.
$4.00 Wally Lehman – $3.00 for Exchanger expenses and $1.00 for a successful
trip to Memphis, Tennessee and Springfield & Branson, Missouri.
$1.00 Dottie Mikucki – Because the Carmel, Indiana Band is going full force.
(Editor’s Note – Dottie, I think your grandson’s high school band has become
so dominant they are going to have to start spotting the competition points.)
$2.00 Nancy Williams – For the good weather while Mike was here these last two
weeks and in honor of Richard’s guest Erica.
$3.00 Tom Williams – For failing to get a speaker for today, for a wonderful two
weeks with our son Mike, for a good visit with our son Scott in Ohio and the
fun we had at the Zoo & Aquarium, and for the St. Louis Cardinals playing
the best this month they’ve played in 3-4 years. GO CARDS!
$1.00 Thomas Williams – Go Cardinals!! (Editor’s Note – I guess the Cards are
doing so well my son is at a loss for words.)
Funny Signs & BillboardsI've heard of raining cats & Huh? I know that it rains cats and dogs dogs but this is ridiculous. but Men?
Last week when Mike was home
from Phoenix we went to Ohio to
visit Scott and family and we
spent a day at the Cincinnati Zoo
and the Newport, KY Aquarium.
I’ve wanted to visit the
Cincinnati Zoo for many years
and finally got there. Nancy & I
visited the Aquarium a couple
years ago but we still enjoyed
going again.
Watching a Cheetah spring 200
yards around a field at nearly 60
miles an hour is amazing.
Seeing a 400-500 lbs. Gorilla in person was amazing. I
knew they were big but Mshindi overwhelmed me. I
never dreamed they were so large and funny. Mshindi is
now 18 years old and has many good years ahead of him.This Red River Hog is about the cutest animal in the zoo.
September 2018 Holidays & Special Days
The month of September has several month-long observances. Here are the main
ones: National Classical Music Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, Fall Hat Month,
International Square Dancing Month, National Blueberry Popsicle Month, National
Courtesy Month, National Piano Month, Chicken Month, Baby Safety Month, Little
League Month, Honey Month, Self Improvement Month, and Better Breakfast Month.
1 - Emma M. Nutt Day
National Cherry Popover Day
Daily Observances 19 - Butterscotch Pudding Day
Talk Like A Pirate Day
2 - World War II V-J Day 13 - Friday the 13th 20 - National Punch Day
International Bacon Day Uncle Sam Day Pepperoni Pizza Day
3 - Skyscraper Day Fortune Cookie Day 21 - International Peace Day
Labor Day Holiday National Peanut Day Miniature Golf Day
4 - Newspaper Carrier Day Defy Superstition Day World Gratitude Day
5 - Be Late For Something Day Blame Someone Else Day POW / MIA Recognition Day
Cheese Pizza Day Positive Thinking Day 22 - Business Women's Day
6 - Fight Procrastination Day 14 - Cream-Filled Donut Day Elephant Appreciation Day
Read a Book Day 15 - Relaxation Day Native American Day
7 - Neither Rain Nor Snow Day Felt Hat Day Hobbit Day
National Salami Day Make a Hat Day Oktoberfest In Germany
8 - International Literacy Day 16 - Mayflower Day 23 - Checkers Day
National Date Nut Bread Day National Play Doh Day Autumn Equinox
Pardon Day Mexican Independence Day Dog In Politics Day
9 - Teddy Bear Day Women's Friendship Day International Rabbit Day
Grandparent’s Day Wife Appreciation Day National Hunting & Fishing Day
Rosh Hashanah American Legion Day 24 - National Cherries Jubilee Day
National Pet Memorial Day Working Parents Day 25 - National Comic Book Day
10 - Sewing Machine Day Collect Rocks Day 26 - Johnny Appleseed Day
Swap Ideas Day Step Family Day 27 - Crush a Can Day
11 - 911 Remembrance Day 17 - Citizenship Day 28 - Ask a Stupid Question Day
Make Your Bed Day Constitution Day National Good Neighbor Day
No News Is Good News Day National Apple Dumpling Day Native American Day
12 - Chocolate Milk Shake Day 18 - National Cheeseburger Day 29 - Confucius Day
National Video Games Day Yom Kippur Day 30 - National Mud Pack DayExchange, America's Premier Service Club, working to make our communities better places to live.
Exchange,
Chartered 27 JulyAmerica's
1926 Firefighter
Premier Service Club, working to make our communities better places toof the Year
live.
Champaign Exchange Club Police Officer of the Year
1812 Coventry Drive Nursing Scholarships
Champaign, IL 61822 A.C.E. Award
Phone: (217) 356-1057 Prevention of Child Abuse
Meeting Every Monday at Time Out Teddy
12:00 Noon Except Holidays Crisis Nursery
O’Charley’s Restaurant Eastern Illinois Food Bank
730 W. Town Center Blvd.
Seniors Vial of Life
President:
National Day of Service
Richard Adkins
Believe in the Blue
President-Elect:
Open Campaign For Kids
Immediate Past President GiveAKidAFlagToWave
Thomas Williams, Jr. One Nation Under God
Secretary/Treasurer: Freedom Shrines
Nancy Williams Proudly We Hail Awards
Directors: Book of Golden Deeds
Norma Dieker
Wally Lehman Student of the Month/Year
Dottie Mikucki Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club
Tom Williams, Sr. Snacks For Kids
E-Mail: tw1812@aol.com Salvation Army Bell Ringing
Website: www.champaignexchangeclub.com
Champaign Exchange Club
1812 Coventry Drive
Champaign, IL 61822
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