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KEYNOTES: Rotarians adapt to online setting Rosemary Rimkus The confines of COVID-19 have forced the Hudson Rotary Club to adapt its meetings and its aims. Organized in 1923, almost one hundred years later the Hudson service organization has swapped its weekly meetings at the Hudson Portuguese Club for bi-weekly “Zoom” meetings, and in recent years dropped its mandatory weekly attendance rules. Hudson Town Moderator Richard Harrity, current club president, said when Covid restrictions were announced in March 2020, the club attempted outdoor meetings for a few months, “but in the Fall th...

Published April 12. 2021 12:01AM  Rep. Holly Cheeseman “Amateurs talk strategy, professionals talk logistics.” So would opine my late husband Ian, former Royal Marine. Simply put, having a brilliant plan is not enough. One must lay out the steps needed to implement it successfully. No tank attack can be effective without factoring in, not only the requisite number of troops and tanks, but also the vast convoy of trucks carrying the tons of ammunition, food, and fuel needed to sustain them. Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine rollout does not work without the design and production of the super-cold c...

4 days ago in Local Photo: Saga Communications SPRINGFIELD – Through Illinois’ capital plan, nearly $122 million was appropriated to for renovation of the State Armory Building. The administration has released $12.2 million to begin the design and stabilization of the building. The project will be phased with securing and stabilizing the Armory Building as a precursor to follow-on phases of work, which will focus on adaptive re-use of the facility. The initial phase of work provides for inspecting and assessing existing conditions, making recommendations f...

The Illinois State Armory played host to Martin Luther King, Jr. at the height of the civil rights movement in 1965, John F. Kennedy during his bid for the White House, and Van Halen at the top of the music world. For the last decade, it has sat empty but is now moving toward a second life.  On Wednesday, the Illinois Capital Development Board announced Tilton, Kelly + Bell, a Chicago firm, will be in charge of designing the renovation.  The 2019 capital plan allocated $122 million for restoring the building. Tilton, Kelly + Bell will use $12.2 million to begin designing and stabilizing ...