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Decatur, Illinois, Wednesday, March 2, 1988 Central Illinois Lewis case at a glance jury in 1979 inaccurately was told that Lewis had two felony convictions in New York. They have said they believe they violated no rules of ethics and can justify their action, but have said little else. Lewis was accompanied by four Illinois prison guards Tuesday. He remains on death row in Menard Correctional Center. Beckett asked that the sentencing not be held in Macon County because of intense publicity since the December 1978 shooting.

Current suggested the resentencing be in Peoria County where, like Macon County, there is not a major state university. He also noted the percentage of blue-collar workers and minority citizens is similar in Peoria and Macon counties. However, the judge ordered the sentencing be in Urbana in the Champaign County Circuit By JUDY TATHAM Herald Review Staff Writer URBANA Cornelius Lewis claims he should not again face the death penalty because two prosecutors withheld correct information about his felony record. But Judge Harold Jensen rejected that view Tuesday. He set May 9 as the date for Champaign jurors to begin a process that could last as long as three weeks when the 44-year-old Lewis, formerly of Decatur, is resentenced.

The Macon County State's Attorney's Office confirmed Tuesday it will again seek Lewis' execution for the murder of a Decatur bank guard more than eight years ago. A federal appeals court ordered a new sentencing hearing in November, but upheld his murder conviction. Lewis' attorney for his appeal, J. Steven Beckett of Champaign, tried to convince Jensen that Lewis has been unfairly penalized by "those prosecutors who think Attorney Richard Current argued that the appeals court overturned the death sentence because Lewis did not get an effective defense from his attorney, Kenneth Kins-er, at his 1979 trial in Champaign. The issue involving Justice and Goodfriend was not a factor, and if Jensen were to block the death sentence "that would be a troubling and extreme sanction," Current said.

Jensen said such a sanction would unduly penalize the state and go beyond judicial discretion. He hinted, however, that Goodfriend and Justice possibly will be sanctioned as individuals at some point The federal appeals court sent word of its dim view of the two attorneys' actions to the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, which can investigate complaints of improprieties by attorneys. Both men learned during a 1983 post-conviction hearing that the Democrat candidates to appear at supper The Macon County Demo crats Farm and Labor Coalition will have a supper and meet-the-candidates night Thursday. Spaghetti, bread and salad -will be served from 5:30 to 7 at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers HaU, 3390 N. Wood-, ford St Cost is $3 for adults, $1.50 for children 12 and under or $25 for a group of 10.

Tickets are available at the door. 7 Pin-. Democratic candidates for various offices will speak, including 18th and 20th Congressional District delegate candidates for presiden-' tial candidates. Most county races are uncontested, but there are three Democratic candidates seeking the party's nomination for resident judge. Also, congressional candidate G.

Douglas Stephens is expected to attend. He is seeking the nominatipn for the 18th District seat currently held by U.S. Rep. Robert Michel, R-Peoria. The Illinois primary election is March 15.

Champ credits lucky pink outfit Soviets have no rooms-tour canceled Murder facts: Cornelius Lewis was found guilty of the slaying of bank guard Donald Bivens who was shot in the throat on the morning of Dec. 14, 1978, when he was about to accompany Citizens National Bank of Decatur tellers to a driveup bank. Others involved: Lewis' sister, Bernice, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the murder and armed robbery that netted $62,000. this process is a game." He was referring to Jeff Justice, a former assistant Macon County state's attorney, and Neal Goodfriend, a former assistant Illinois attorney general. The two men were sharply chastised by the 7th Circuit U.S.

Court of Appeals for withholding information from Beckett and Jen Brian Edwards Jay Barr Helen Edwards of Decatur, misspelled "opulent," "nebulous" and "armaments." Then Kari Ann corrected Brian's misspelling of "preposterous," and clinched the victory by spelling "studious" correctly. Placing third was Jay Barr, a South Shores School fourth-grader. Jay, the 10-year-old son of John and Patty Barr of Decatur, misspelled "synopsis." Kari Ann, Brian and Jay each received $10 and a certificate Tuesday. The remaining 38 con; testants received $3 each and a certificate. The district's top three spellers will compete in the Macon County Spelling Bee on March 16.

The top five in Macon County will advance to the Herald Review 11-county regional competition April 9. The winner of that contest will compete in the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. All Tuesday's participants are from Decatur. They were: Adams School: Fifth-grader Eric Goodey and sixth-grader Jennifer Goo-dey. Baum School: Fifth graders Shawn Douglass and Richard Williams.

Brush College School: Fifth-grader Jeremy Bowling and sixth-grader Kristy Burcham. Coppenbarger School: Sixth-grader Zack Palmer and fourth-grader Tracey Young. church's founding. "The groups last to be invited probably were the first ones out," said. Members of Millikin's choir, chorus and women's choir formed the touring troupe.

They've been practicing twice a week. They planned to perform spirituals, folk music and selections by Russian composers. "Of course we're disappointed. We have everything except the permit to go," Hoffland said. "There's been a lot of interest and curiosity to see what's behind the so-called Iron Curtain.

We've heard of places like Red Square but to be there and experience it so many of us hoped to have an opportunity to have dialogue with the people, too." Hoffland said Encore International of Salt Lake City, Utah, the company that arranged the trip, will refund the $100-per-person down payments. The fee per person was $1,500 for students and $1,795 for non-students. Hoffland took Millikin choral groups to Mexico in 1986 and 1980 and Scandinavia in 1985 and 1974. He's considering a tour of Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union next year. The man described as the mastermind of the robbery, Willie T.

Sangster of Decatur, was sentenced to 85 years. Because the jury was convinced Lewis was the trigger man, he was eligible for the death penalty. Another man, Maurice Farris, drove the getaway car and was given immunity from prosecution in exchange for his testimony against the others. He could be produced as a witness again at Lewis' resentencing. sen at a 1983 appeal hearing about Lewis' true felony conviction record.

Beckett said other attorneys need to be deterred from similar action, and Jensen should sanction the state's attorney by barring present prosecutors from again seeking the death penalty. Macon County Assistant State's Dennis School: Fourth-grader Erin Jo Jacoby and sixth-grader Leigh Pyle. Durfee School: Sixth-graders Damon Collins and Brian Thomas. Enterprise School: Sixth-grader Tim Roach. Franklin School: Sixth-grader Brian Taylor and fourth-grader James Wimmer.

French School: Sixth-grader Bradley OeCicco and fifth-grader Steven Wood. Garfield School: Sixth-graders Kelly Kater and Shannon Ramsey. Harris School: Sixth-graders Angela Bennett and Michelle Hayes. Johns Hill: Fifth-grader Tiffany Hill and sixth-grader Nora Murphy. Muffley School: Sixth-grader Jeremy Chervinkoand fourth-grader Kristoffer Leftwich.

Oak Grove School: Sixth-grader Deborah Anderson and fifth-grader Amy Danko. Parsons School: Fourth-grader Gina Rooney and sixth-grader Michael Tomllnson. Pershing School: Fifth-grader Kevin Harding and sixth-grader Amanda Ridlen. Southeast School: Fifth-grader Jennifer Banks and sixth-grader Matthew Greene. South Shores School: Fifth-grader Mary Matusiak.

Spencer School: Fifth-grader William Ma I one. Stevenson School: Sixth-grader Jodi Leming; fifth-grader Katherine Mulvany. Washington School: Fifth-graders Jennifer Kapper and Miranda Waddeli. fifth grade Matt Kraft, eighth grade Amber Angel, seventh grade Tim Mead, fourth grade Kerry Munyon, eighth grade Susan Lutz, sixth grade Amanda Kerschner, sixth grade Andrew Cundall, sixth grade Aaron Nichols, fifth grade Trad Spencer, fifth grade Jamie Garner, fourth grade Melissa Clem, seventh grade Nicole Zinn, eighth grade Tim Chamberlain, fifth grade Sarah Mason, fourth grade Brandon Bohm, fourth grade Cora Hughes, eighth grade LiiHiiiiiiiy) By STEVE METSCH Herald Review Lifestyle Writer Richard Hoffland hoped to visit Moscow's Red Square this spring. He'll settle for Decatur.

Hoffland, professor of music and director of choral activities at Millikin University, planned to lead 95 people to the Soviet Union from March 25 to April 4. Sixty-four students were" included. They formed a choir that would have performed at churches and monasteries in the Soviet cities of Tallinn, Leningrad, Zagorsk and Moscow. They also planned to perform in Helsinki, Finland. But the plans have been dashed.

Hoffland has been informed there's not enough hotel space available in Russia for Mil-likin's group. "We were told by Intourist, the travel agency of the Russian government, that they just simply had to put a limit on the number of groups coming to the USSR. It's sort of like being overbooked on a flight. They couldn't handle so many people," Hoffland said. Millikin was invited last August by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.

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18. The outfit worked again Tuesday, -when Kari Ann nabbed first in the Deca tur School Kan Ann Sprague District's elementary grades' spell-off. The competition was at South Shores School, 2500 S. Franklin St. The 11-year-old fifth-grader plans to wear her pink outfit again at 9 a.m.

Thursday at the Keil Administration Building, 101 W. Cerro Gordo St. That's when she competes in the dis-trictwide match of the top three elementary and top three middle school spellers. The middle school winners will emerge at today's contest at 1 p.m. at the Keil Building.

Kari Ann, daughter of Steven and Victoria Sprague of Decatur, thinks the outfit put her on top. "I didn't think I'd ever make it this far," she said. "Last year (at the elementary school's match) I went out on the first word." She dueled with Spencer School sixth-grader Brian Edwards to win Tuesday's contest. Both Kari Ann and Brian, the 11-year-old son of James and It pays to By AMY RAGSDALE Herald Review Staff Writer WARRENSBURG "I'm going to miss my first word on purpose," Rasheeda Buckner told a fellow contestant before the Warrensburg-Latham spelling bee began. But she didn't.

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"My mom helped me study," said Natalie, a 12-year-old seventh-grader who is the daughter of Dennis and Linda Zinn of Decatur. "But I didn't know the word 'autistic' so I just guessed." Natalie, a basketball player whose favorite subject is English, competed in the Macon County bee in 1986 and placed 10th. be 'conscientious' $1550 per person double occupancy CCATIIDCQ. Top Value Hotels Full Irish breakfast daily throughout 5 Dinners included Round-trip air with transfers luxury, private motorcoach bag Discount coupons when group includes 15 people Ujp 1 (mm I Dianna Wood Rasheeda Buckner VK JSr $100 per person when pd. by March 31, 1988 Vdlaqe InxxM BrettwofSd Village 8-6; Sat.

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A cheerleader and gymnast, Rasheeda said she's performed in front of people before, but that didn't keep her from being nervous in her first year in the Warrensburg-Latham bee finals. She said she'll turn to her mother and sister, who helped her prepare for Tuesday's bee, for crash-course studying before the Macon County bee. In the order they finished, from fourth to 20th, the other contestants in Tuesday's bee were: Dustin Hammerschmidt, Headaches Neck Pain Shoulder Pain Arm Pain Muscle Spasms Slipped Disc Bursitis Hip Pain Dr. Mario Fucinari Chiropractor Palmer Graduate FIND OUT NOW whether careful, professional cniropracuc care can relieve your aunos emu This examination normally costs $30.00 or more. It will include an orthopedic test, a neurological test, a blood pressure test, a spinal alignment check, an examination for restricted or excess motion in the spine, a muscle strengthness test, and a private consultation with the doctor to discuss the results AT NO CHARGE.

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