Ms. 95 senate plate

To Ms. 95 senate plate, I saw you this am, leaving Springfield on I-72. Swerving all over both lanes, driving down the middle of the road, not signaling lane changes, and then speeding away. Later, beyond Decatur I saw you again, speeding by with your phone glued to your ear. How is it that you can drive that way, recklessly, while passing laws that us commoners have to follow? I have no idea who you are and do not give a damn, but I do know you are a living, breathing, driving, hypocrite.

It is snowing, lets go in the ditch or flip over!

Just drove from Champaign to Springfield. I made it, many did not. Interestingly, 2 dozen pickup trucks, 1 dozen suvs, 3 vans, 2 small sedans, and 1 jack knifed semi truck were all in the ditch. Also, 2 cars rammed into one another and another van flipped over. Useless damage and possible injuries. Most drivers were using common sense and driving carefully. We made it home with our bodies and vehicles intact. I will never understand why people are willing to wreck their rides and possibley injure themselves or others just so they can drive fast and recklessly through the white and slippery snow.

Retiree Rant

I have not been able to figure this one out. Our neighborhood is populated with retirees. Some do volunteer type work and what not during the week. However, I assume they have more time in general than this hard working couple. On weekends, these retirees get to it with their leaf blowers, lawn mowers, and other very loud lawn equipment. This sunday morning, 9 am, someone was out with their lawnmower. Lordy- cannot we enjoy some peace on our weekends! What is wrong with a rake?

Murderous Springfield

I have always been bothered by the number of murders in this town. I did some calculations and found that the murder rate for Springfield of late is 8.585/100,000. In line with Belarus.

Cock Fighting in Springfield

Last Saturday, Nov 14 the Boy Scouts of Troop 3 were raking leaves at their host church, Douglas Ave Methodist. A red rooster showed up walking across the parking lot. It was clucking. This poor bird was a wreck, bloody defeathered back, one toe broken and flopping. We called Animal Control and they came and took the sad victim away. We had already figured out what happened to the rooster and the Animal Control person confirmed it- the rooster had been used in an illegal cock fight and lost apparently. Somehow it escaped or was dropped off, and must of heard all the raking noises and found the boy scouts and help. He had a little cracker meal before being picked up by the Animal Control.

Deer running west downtown

We were at Cafe Brio at Monroe and 6th street, at 6:20pm a large deer was going west at full speed down the sidewalk on the north side of the street. Do not know where it went after that. Darla

Lucky or unlucky, Air Force One, In and Out

Coming into town this evening, just before going downhill into Springfield on I-72, I just glimpsed Air Force One landing. After the Presidents speech, I sat out on our deck, getting colder and colder, then saw Air Force One take off, circle over our neighborhood, and head out east. I could see the tail lit up and a flag symbol. When President Clinton came to Champaign, I went to see him and Mr. Gore speak at the Assembly Hall. I saw President Clinton's Jet come in to Champaign, his badass motorcade, and then went south of town east of the airport to watch him leave. Some other people were out there and one had a police radio. We heard the Jet roaring after it slipped off the runway, trying to dislodge from the mud. We heard over the radio they were bringing in a second Jet, watched it come in, and then take off with the President. I am not one lucky enough to go to any Lincoln celebrations today, but I enjoyed seeing the big Air Force One coming and going. Darla