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114 CEIJTnlL ILLII10IS Decatur, Illinois Monday, October 1 5, 1990 COUNTRY: Show brings fans, performers together ii' Firestone widow dies at 93 top honor -Li: Continued from A1 sold publicity photos copies of his first cassette tape "Every Now and Then" ($5) and the 45 rpm release of the title song Released nationally just two weeks ago, the single checked in at No. 16 among the 20 fastest climbing new releases on the Cashbox charts. "I'm trying to put Decatur on the map," said Detty, who worked as general manager of Vision Chevrolet in Hammond. "I never imagined in my wildest dreams this would happen." Detty broke in too late this year to receive any ICMA awards nominations. He hopes to see his name on the ballot next year.

As for the convention, he said, "I think it's a good idea and about time. It's a good chance to show Central Illinois the talent it has." Meanwhile, the artists also had the chance to check out some services. Linda's Music Center from Decatur and Dave's Music of Jacksonville both displayed rows of guitars. Corley's Western Wear of Decatur featured cowboy boots and other clothing preferred as stage dress by many of the musicians. Moonshadow Video Productions of Decatur let them know how to get the act on tape.

Joseph Kozma Jr. of Jacksonville even brought along his lights and camera equipment and set up a miniature studio to take publicity photos. "A lot of these people work part-time and can't all get together to go to the studio," Kozma said. "So we brought the studio to them. After they finish their show (the groups took turns performing on the continuous music stages throughout the day), while they're still in costume, they can come over here and we'll take their picture and give them an 8-by-10 they can copy for publicity photos." Decatur was selected as the site for the first ICMA awards convention because of its central location, facilities and cost, said Dennis Farmer, association president and an organizer of the show.

man wins LEWIS: Illinois' top country music entertainer. it was her story she used to tell," he said. Also among top winners were Mark Barrow of Mason City, Male Vocalist of the "Year, and Cindy Suttles Moore of Springfield, Female Vocalist of the Year. "My wife told me to get a speech ready and I laughed at her," Barrow said, accepting his trophy. "So I don't have one." Other awards were: Vocal Duo of the Year: Todd Juanita Raymond, Decatur.

Comedian of the Year: Otis Henry, Plymouth. Most Promising Male Vocalist: Ron Devore, Lincoln. Most Promising Female Vocalist: Carrie Fenton, Litchfield. Gospel Group of the Year: Bobby Singers, Jacksonville. Dance Band of the Year: mmvvinwmhWJi vvrntrnm-m i 1-31-1 Ex-Clinton By BURTON COLE Staff Writer The 51-year-old grandfather from Clinton fairly trotted through the applause to accept his trophy as the Illinois Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year.

Hardly able to speak at first, singer and songwriter Jack Lewis breathlessly ran through a list of thank yous then drew laughter by adding, "And I want to thank me!" "Ah, you've got to be crazy to be in this business," Lewis said. It was his second award of the evening, held Sunday at the Decatur Holiday Inn Conference Resort Center. He tied with Warrens burg resident Diana Shubert for Songwriter of the Year. "I'm so excited," he said. "Maybe tomorrow I'll wake up!" A native of Morehead, Lewis lived in Clinton for 22 years, holding a "regular" job during the day and singing at night.

"I guess I've sung in every bar in Decatur," he said. "I still do." Two years ago, he quit his job as a welding inspector at the Clinton Nuclear Power Plant, headed back to the farm in Kentucky to help his ailing mother and settled into full-time performing. He returns to the homes of either of his two daughters in Clinton every weekend to keep up a schedule of performing all over the state. "These are the greatest people in the world right here in Illinois," he said. "They never forget you." He intends to pursue both his singing and songwriting careers and hopes the awards Sunday help lead to a national audience.

"I love to write songs," Lewis said. "I write songs all the time." He penned his award-winning song "Farewell Summer" by recalling the late-blooming flowers his mother hated to see, September flowers she dubbed "Farewell Summers." "If only Mom was alive today Wildwood, Bloomington. Stage-Opry Band of the Year: North Country (Illinois Country Jamboree). Instrumentalist of the Year: Terry Fuhrmann, Springfield, and Mike Spaeth, Lincoln (tie). Radio Station of the Year: WTMB, Springfield.

Disc Jockey of the Year: T.J. Hart, Springfield. Musician of the Year: Polly Farmer, Jacksonville. Bluegrass Group of the Year: McGee Creek Connection, West Central Illinois. Recording of the Year: "Memory Makin'," Polly Farmer, Jacksonville.

Country Music Event of the Year: ICMA Concert April 1989, Taylorville. Also, five artists were inducted into the Illinois Country Music Hall of Fame. They were Patsy Montana and Lulu Belle Scotty, all from the WLS Barn Dance show that competed with and sometimes beat the Grand Ole Opry Show; Tex Williams, who was born in Ramsey, performed many years with Spade Cooley and recorded the million-seller "Smoke Smoke Smoke That and Billy Grammer, who grew up in Sesser in Southern Illinois, is the only Illinois native to be a regular cast member of the Grand Ole Opry and recorded hits such as "Gotta Travel On" and "Bonaparte's Retreat." The ceremony was hosted by country music celebrities Barbara Fairchild and Johnny Russell. Nominees were selected by the nearly 4,000 members of the ICMA and the winners chosen by membership and trade association voting held recently. Call 464-2206 StMary's Hospital Decatur.

Illinois of Hospital Sisters Health System The Decatur native's husband became the chief officer of the tire firm. Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 93, a Decatur native and widow of industrialist Harvey S. Firestone died Saturday at Newport Hospital in Newport, R.I. Firestone was the daughter of the late Guy James Parke and the late Gertrude Chambers Parke of Decatur. She was the sister of the late William Chambers Parke and of the late Gertrude Parke Cruikshank.

She is survived by two daughters, Anne Ball and Martha Ford, who is married to William Clay Ford of the Ford Motor Co. Fords. A son, Harvey S. Firestone III, died in 1960 and a daughter, Elizabeth Firestone Willis, died in 1989. Elizabeth Firestone attended Leed's School in England and Rosemary Hall, Greenwich, and graduated from Miss Wheeler's School in Providence, R.I.

Her husband died in 1973. He served as director, as chairman of the board and as chief executive officer of the Firestone Tire Rubber Co. Firestone met her husband at a party in Washington, D.C. and married him in what was called "the most brilliant and most beautiful wedding ever held in Decatur" in June 1921 at St. John's Episcopal Church.

For their wedding trip, the couple went to Banff, Alberta, Canada, and Lake Louise. Following the trip, they camped tirttfb By tKa newt staff Office items taken Office equipment valued at more than $5,000 was reported stolen Sunday from a north Decatur business that had been closed for months. A computer, a printer, a copying machine, a welder, other tools and telephones were taken from Carriers at 3555 N. Green-switch Road, according to a police report. The theft is believed to have occurred between Oct.

and Oct. 12. Turnip greens offered Turnip greens from the Community Garden in Niantic will go to local senior citizens. On Monday volunteers in the Green Thumb program will harvest the greens and prepare them for distribution Tuesday. Distribution will be held from 9 to 1 1 a.m.

on Tuesday at the Green Thumb Center at 1100 N. Calhoun St. in Decatur. Bowlers score $2,400 for cystic fibrosis research Decatur bowlers racked up about $2,400 in pledges on Sunday, surpassing the goal for the annual Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Bowl USA fund-raiser. "Last year we collected about $1,800 with no more than 10 bowlers," said Nancy Michael, secretary for the Illinois Society of Respiratory Care, local co-sponsor.

"(Sunday) we had 18 bowlers and next Sunday, the MacArthur High School Honor Society will be bowling to add more. We have more than $2,400 in pledges so far. "The goal the national foundation set for Decatur was $2,200, so we're doing great," Michael said. "I'd like to see us get $3,000 and I think we can." Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder that affects many of the body's systems, including the respiratory system, making it difficult to breathe. Advancing technology has stretched the expected lifespan of cystic fibrosis patients from under 15 years to past 20.

"Proceeds from the bowl go to research," Michael said. "Just last year, researchers found the gene it occurs in. Now they're trying to pinpoint the particular chromosome." N. Here's the help File photo FIRESTONE: 1948 photo with President and Mrs. Warren G.

Harding, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Edison, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford and Bishop and Mrs.

Anderson of Cincinnati. In the mid-1920s, Firestone accompanied her husband on a tour of the Philippine Islands, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Sarawak, Ceylon and Liberia to study the growing of rubber and determine the most suitable region for its production. As a result of his investigations, Liberia was selected as the country in which an American rubber plantation could be be established. To commemorate their 40th wedding anniversary, the Fire-stones gave a 135-car parking lot to St. John's.

The lot was on the site of the old Parke warehouse. Firestone was a patron and honorary trustee of the Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts. She was a connoisseur of art with a special interest in 18th-century French art. In 1932 her portrait was one of many in an exhibit by artist Philip A. de Laszlo to open in Knoedler Galleries, N.Y.

Proceeds from the showing of the portraits were for New York's unemployment fund. Obituary, A9 Library meeting set URBANA University of Illinois professor David F. Linowes will be the keynote speaker at the regional White House Conference on Libraries and Information Services on Oct. 27 at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Preregistration is required.

The $15 fee covers luncheon and materials. For more information call Sandra Norlin, 356-4754. Halloween event slated CLINTON The Vespasian Warner Public Library in Clinton will offer Halloween programs for children. Pupils in third through fifth grade are invited to attend "Spooky Stories" on Thursday, Oct. 25.

Children in kindergarten, first and second grade may attend the Halloween Party on Tuesday, Oct. 30. Both 45-minute programs will begin at 3:45 p.m. Registration for both programs will begin Thursday. Children are asked not to wear costumes to the programs.

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