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D4 LIFE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2005 DECATUR, ILLINOIS www.herald-review.com OBITUARIES Baby TALK dinner to honor local residents Abell UISJl M-' Ul I.IW,WII. I I i i i -y) v'-" Howard Brown Helen Brown Decatur School District, the Macon-Piatt Regional Office of Education, Millikin University and Richland Com woman racks Associated Press Alison Krauss Union Station, pictured here at Marymoor Park in Redmond, received 14 nominations Tuesday for the 16th Annual International Bluegrass Music Awards, including entertainer of the year. The Oct. 27 awards show will be held at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. DECATUR Baby TALK will honor its 2005 Friend of the Family award winners including Howard and Helen Brown and Joe and Lillian Lewis at its endowment dinner Thursday, Sept.

15, in the Decatur Club. The Decatur couples will be recognized along with the agency's partners in the educational community, the Caterpillar Foundation, the Champaign Alison Krauss Union Station lead nominees By JOHN GER0ME Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Alison Krauss Union Station received 14 Blue-grass Music Awards nominations Tuesday, including entertainer of the year. Rhonda Vincent and her band The Rage garnered eight nominations, and Doyle Lawson and his group Quicksilver got seven. "After a long year of touring, it's a really nice reward for all the work we've done.

We really appreciate our peers recognizing us," said Vincent, who announced the nominations with Ricky Skaggs at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Besides entertainer of the year, the nominations for Krauss and her group, individually or collectively, included: album with "Lonely Runs Both Ways," instrumental group, vocal group, song of the year, gospel recorded performance, female vocalist for Krauss, male vocalist for Dan Tyminski and individual instrumental nominations for Jerry Douglas (dobro), Barry Bales (bass) and Ron Block (banjo). Krauss and Tyminski also are featured on the Larry Sparks album "40," which is nominated for album of the year and recorded event of the year. Krauss also received a nomination for being part of the recorded event nominated album "Moody Bluegrass." Krauss, who was not at Tuesday's announcement, will host the Oct. 27 awards show with Skaggs at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.

Lawson, who's been playing bluegrass for more than Continued from D3 CENTRAL ILLINOIS Conner EFFINGHAM Evelyn Eleanor Conner, 84, Effingham, homemaker, died Tuesday (Aug. 30, 2005). Services: 2 p.m. Thursday, Johnson Funeral Home, Effingham. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m.

Wednesday. Memorials: Alzheimer's Association of Greater Illinois, Bloomington. Elder PALESTINE Jack Lee Elder, 76, Palestine, Case Pottery production worker, died Monday (Aug. 29, 2005). Services: 10 a.m.

Thursday, Goodwine Funeral Home, Palestine. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Burial: Palestine Cemetery with military rites. Memorials: Lin-colnland Hospice.

Ennis CLINTON Joyce Ann Ennis, 56, Clinton, died Wednesday (Aug. 24, 2005). Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday, Open Hearts Foursquare Church, Monticello. Visitation was Tuesday.

Burial: Wood-lawn Cemetery, Clinton. Arrangements by: Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Homes, Decatur. Memorials: Open Hearts Foursquare Church. Weesner OLNEY Chris W. Weesner, 98, Olney, died Monday (Aug.

29, 2005). Service: 10 a.m. Friday, Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Olney. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday.

Burial: Haven Hill Cemetery, Olney. Memorials: Vitas Healthcare of Texas LP, 18333 Egret Bay Suite 550, Houston, TX 77058. Wendling ALTAMONT Wanda Jean Callahan Wendling, 75, of Altamont died peacefully 4:05 p.m. Sunday (Aug. 28, 2005) in Friendship Manor of St.

Elmo nursing home. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, Altamont, with the Rev. Mitchell E. Schuessler officiating.

Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in Kull Funeral Chapel, Altamont, and one hour before services in the church. Burial will be in Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery, Altamont. Memorials: Immanuel Lutheran Church Parish Hall Building Fund or donor's choice. Jean was born June 16, 1930, in Paris, the daughter of Clifford and Neoma Ault Callahan.

She was a member of Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church and was a former choir member of the church. She also held memberships in the Altamont Garden Club, Effingham County Home Extension and Wheelmen International Bicycle Club. She was a graduate of Eastern Illinois University, acquiring bachelor's degrees in home economics and elementary education. She was employed for the Altamont Community High School as a home economics teacher for a number of years and later did substitute teaching for numerous area schools. She married William Louis Wendling on June 8, 1958, in Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, Altamont.

Surviving are her husband; son, Daniel Wendling of Hyattsville, daughters, Ellen Walk and husband Alan of Altamont; Paula Drieci and husband Phil of Marshfield, grandsons, Alex and Devin Walk, both of Altamont; sister, Ellen Ruth Rowland and husband Paul of Westland, sister-in-law, Marilyn Callahan of Sun City West, several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and brother, Richard Dean Callahan. Online guest book at www. legacy, comherald-review LegacyHome.asp Woodruff HILLSBORO Catherine Conway Woodruff, 89, Stillwater, formerly of Hills-boro, retired Illinois State Senator William Morris' secretary, died Monday (Aug. 29, 2005).

Services: 2 p.m. Thursday, First Presbyterian Church, Hillsboro. Visitation: 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, Bass, Pat-ton, Dean Funeral Home, Hillsboro. Burial: Cress Hill Cemetery, Hillsboro.

photographs by Howard Buf-fett from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., with the dinner and awards ceremony from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Buffett's photographs will be on display at the Decatur Club starting Thursday, Sept. 1. Event sponsors are Tate Lyle, Archer Daniels Midland the Herald Review and Panera Bread. For bidding information or for more dinner information, call Betsy Osman, 475-2234.

nominations (7tnmTfriWTfP A partial fist of Bluegrass Music Awards nominations: Entertainer of the Year. Cherry-holmes, Alison Krauss Union Station, Doyle Lawson Quicksilver The Del McCoury Band, Rhonda Vincent The Rage. Instrumental Group of the Yea: Blue Highway, Alison Krauss Union Station, The Del McCoury Band, Mountain Heart, Ricky Skaggs Kentucky Thunder. Vocal Group of the Year. Blue Highway, Alison Krauss Union Station, Doyle Lawson Quicksilver, Mountain Heart, Rhonda Vincent The Rage.

Female Vocalist of the Yean Dale Ann Bradley, Cia Cherry-holmes, Sonya Isaacs, Alison Krauss, Rhonda Vincent Song of the Yean "Georgia Peaches," Larry Sparks with Andy Griggs (artists), Carl Jackson Alan Laney (writers); "Heartbreak Number Nine," Doyle Lawson Quicksilver (artists), Barry Scott Jamie Dai-ley (writers); "Me and John and Paul," The rascals (artists), Harley Allen (writer); "Rain Please Go Away," Alison Krauss Union Station (artists), Del McCoury (writer); "bu Gotta Dig A Little Deeper Doyte Lawson Quicksilver (artists), Carl H. Caldwell Barry Scott (writers). Album of the Yean "40," Larry Sparks (artist), Rebel, Don Rigs-by (producer); "The The Grascals (artists), Rounder, The Grascals (producers); "Lonely Runs Both Ways," Alison Krauss Union Station (artists), Rounder, Alison Krauss Union Station (producers); "Tribute to Jimmy Martin: The King of Bluegrass," featuring J.D. Crowe, Paul Williams, Audie Blaytock Kenny Ingram (artists), Koch, Ben Isaacs (producer); "You Gotta Dig A Little Deeper," Doyle Lawson Quicksilver (artists), Rounder, Doyle Lawson (producer). Emerging Artists of the Yean Audie Blaylock Redline, Cher-ry holmes, The Grascals, Atecia Nugent, Williams Clark Expedition.

CLUBS DECATUR Amacita ABWA Una Stucky was installed as 2005-06 president of the Amacita Chapter of American Business Women's Association. Other officers are Mary Jane Tangney, vice president; Grace Crisup and Mary Alice Price, secretaries; and Jolene Grigsby, treasurer. DECATUR Golden Kiwanis Golden Kiwanis of Decatur was recognized at the 88th district convention as a Kiwanis District Distinguished Club. Individual honors were given to Larry Bechtel, past president, Distinguished President Award, and Howard Lawrence, Distinguished Secretary Award. Rene Corcoran and Andy Young also were recognized for service in achieving the Distinguished Club Award.

Dick Lacy, retired manufacturer's representative with Folgers Coffee, was named July Kiwanian of the Month by the Golden Kiwanis for his volunteer efforts. Lacy volunteered at the YMCA, the Futures Golf Tournament, helped neighbors and participated in club fund raising activities. He helped start the Golden of Decatur Club 24 years ago. MOUNT PULASKI Scottish Rite Scottish Rite Masons Mike Hayes of Casey and Joseph W. Lucas of Mount Pulaski will be honored at a special ceremony in Grand Rapids, Iowa, for achieving the Thirty-Third Degree MATTOON Irma Ruth Abell, 96, Mattoon, died Monday (Aug.

29, 2005). No services. Private burial: at a later date, Zion Hill Cemetery, Mattoon. Arrangements by: Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home, Mattoon. Beccue MOUNT PULASKI Julia M.

Beccue, 93, Mount Pulaski, homemaker, died Monday (Aug. 29, 2005). Services: 10 a.m. Friday, Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Mount Pulaski. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m.

Thursday. Burial: Mount Pulaski Cemetery. Memorials: Mount Pulaski EMS; Von-derlieth Living Center; or Zion Lutheran Church, Mount Pulaski. Affiliated: Zion Lutheran Church. Survivors: sons, Ralph Beccue and Donnie Beccue, both of Mount Pulaski; Larry Beccue, Warrens-burg; daughter, Diana Campbell, Maroa; sister, Lillian Schroll, Springfield; three grandchildren; three greatgrandchildren.

Preceded by: parents; husband, Arnold and four brothers. Online guest book at www. legacy.comherald-review LegacyHome.asp Bunting OLNEY Glenn B. Bunting, 86, Olney, died Sunday (Aug. 28, 2005).

Services: 10 a.m. Thursday, Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Olney. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Burial: Ebenezer Cemetery, Olney, with military rites.

Kroenung TUSCOLA Francis H. Kroenung, 73, Tuscola, retired USI-Quantum Chemical Co. alcohol unit operator, died Sunday (Aug. 28, 2005). Services: 2 p.m.

Wednesday, Hilligoss-Shrader Funeral Home, Tuscola. Visitation: one hour before services. Burial: Tuscola Township Cemetery. Memorials: American Cancer Society or American Diabetes Association. Korean War Army veteran.

Survivors: wife, Beverly sons, Terry Kroenung, Love-land, Tracy Kroenung, Tuscola; daughter, Kelly Smith, Tuscola; sister, Shirley Jacobson, Spring Valley; four grandchildren. Preceded by: parents. Online guest book at www. legacy.comherald-review LegacyHome.asp jHj Medaris BEMENT Dean H. Medaris, 83, of Jacksonville, formerly of Bement, retired FAA supervisor, died Thursday (Aug.

25, 2005). Graveside services: 11 a.m. Friday, Bement Township Cemetery. No visitation. Arrangements by: Roux-Hinds Funeral Home, Bement.

Memorials: Community Hospice of Northeast Florida. World War II Marine Corps veteran. Survivors: sons, Terry Medaris, Orange Park, Richard Medaris, Jacksonville, brothers, Duane Medaris, Bement; Bob Medaris, El Cajon, Calif. Preceded by: parents, wife and three brothers. Online guest book at www.

legacy, comherald-review LegacyHome.asp yl Quast MATTOON Michelle Lynn Quast, 33, Mattoon, died Monday (Aug. 29, 2005). Service: 10 a.m. Friday, Immaculate Conception Church, Mattoon. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m.

Thursday, Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home, Mattoon, with 8 p.m. prayer service. Memorials: to the family. Rahn-Lopez TUSCOLA Homer C. Rahn-Lopez, 48, Dorchester, son-in-law of Norma Rahn of Tuscola, died Aug.

13, 2005. Memorial services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Tuscola, followed by luncheon in the church. Burial: Lewis Cemetery, Tuscola. Arrangements by: Floyd Williams Funeral Home, Dorchester, Mass.

Memorials: Children's Optimal Weight for Life Program, Children's Hospital Trust, 1 Autumn Box 731, Boston, MA 02215; or Benjamin Health Care Center Social Work Department, 120 Fisher Boston, MA 02120. Joe Lewis Lillian Lewis munity College. The evening will begin with cocktails and a silent auction featuring wildlife up bluegrass Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt, the Stanley Brothers, the Osborne Brothers, the Carter Family and Arthel "Doc" Watson. Martin of Sparta, performed with Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys and recorded with Roy Acuff Flatt Scruggs and Don Reno. He also was a solo artist and songwriter who penned "Ice Cold Love" and the autobiographical "Me and My Fiddle." But Martin, who died March 13, 2001, is best recognized for his fiddle playing.

"Everybody in those days wanted to play like Benny," said Grand Ole Opry announcer Eddie Stubbs. "He was certainly a hot player. Those recordings continue to influence players today." Allen of Hazard, sang and played guitar with the Osborne Brothers and helped pioneer the "high lead" vocal harmony format in the 1950s. Allen also had a solo career and performed with his sons, including Nashville songwriter Harley Allen. Allen's signature songs include "Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes" and "Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On." Allen died April 3, 1993.

necessary and taping it to the adjacent toes can lessen the bend. However, for most, the joint is rigidly bent, and the only correction that will help is surgical. People can always pad the upward-bent knuckle and the downward-bent toe tip, but they must have big-enough shoes to accommodate the padding. Fast action needed Dear Dc Donohue: Please explain what happens when a person puts a nitroglycerin tablet under the tongue. LD.

Nitroglycerin is a medicine for angina, the chest pain that comes on when the heart muscle isn't getting enough blood. Nitroglycerin dilates blood vessels. That helps the heart in two ways. By dilating veins, blood stays in them a bit longer, and slightly less gets back to the heart. The heart doesn't have to pump such a large volume of blood with each beat.

It gets a rest. Nitroglycerin also dilates heart arteries. More blood gets to the heart muscle. That eases angina pain. Putting nitroglycerin under the tongue makes for faster absorption.

The results from taking it this way are seen more quickly than they are from a swallowed tablet. Nitroglycerin also comes in a pump that sprays it onto or under the tongue another way for it to get into action fast. Dr. Paul Donohue writes for North America Syndicate. Send letters to Box 536475, Orlando, FL Heart surgery might be 40 years, said nominations are "a nod of approval, whether you win or not.

It makes you feel good and says that people are paying attention to what you're doing." This is the first year the show sponsored by the International Bluegrass Music Association will be in Nashville after several years in Louisville, and before that in Owensboro, Ky. David Crow, chairman president of the IBMA board of directors, said the World of Bluegrass W7eek, Oct. 24-30, had outgrown its digs in Louisville. "We couldn't accommodate any growth," Crow said. "We could have separated the different events.

But the board thought there was something magical about keeping them all together." The awards are voted on by the professional membership of the IBMA, the trade association for the blue-grass music industry. The IBMA also announced Tuesday that fiddle player Benny Martin and singer Red Allen will be inducted into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor. Previous hon-orees include Bill Monroe, PAUL DONE the atria. They serve as gates that block the propagation of the abnormal electrical impulses that are responsible for the chaotic heartbeats. Your acquaintance should talk with a cardiac electrophysiologist, a heart specialist who is an expert in regulating heartbeats.

The maze procedure is only one technique. There are others. If a regular heart rhythm is restored, the need for an anticoagulant goes away. Hammertoe options Dear Dc Donohue: I was interested in what you last wrote about hammertoe. I have one on each foot.

I was hoping to get some hints about dealing with them. I would appreciate any tips you can provide. M.L A hammertoe is one whose first joint (knuckle) is bent upward so the tip of the toe bends down. The toe looks like an upside-down V. The first knuckle rubs against the shoe, and a painful callus forms.

The same happens to the tip of the toe, which rubs against the shoe's sole. If the joint changes are not solidly fixed, stretching the joints can help realign them. Straightening the toe try Dear Dr. Donohue: What are people with atrial fibrillation to do when they can't take medicines and can't take anticoagulants because of a history of stomach bleeding? We fear a stroke if something isn't done for this person. Are other antiarrhythmics worth a try? Not all readers appreciate the dilemma this person faces.

With atrial fibrillation, one of the most common heartbeat abnormalities, the atria the upper heart chambers are not beating normally. They're squirming at a fast rate. That generates an erratic, fast heartbeat that decreases the heart's pumping efficiency. More dangerously, it fosters the development of clots in the atria. Pieces of those clots can travel in the circulation to the brain and obstruct a brain artery.

The result is a stroke. That's why people with atrial fibrillation are placed on anticoagulants blood thinners. There are 10 antifibrilla-tion drugs. How many has this person tried? That might be the answer to the problem. Has this person's doctor tried giving the heart an electric shock? It's true that long-standing atrial fibrillation doesn't respond to a shock as readily as new-onset fibrillation does, but if the doctor believes it's worth a try, it's another possible answer.

There are many surgical procedures that can convert atrial fibrillation into a normal heart rhythm. One is the maze procedure. Multiple tiny incisions are made in A.