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| Have a Hoopla of a good time and eat some chili, too |  | | Members of the Shriners put on a show on Main Street during the 2009 Hoopla Parade in Urbana. Hoopla is this weekend in Urbana. SEE STORY BELOW. (Citizen file photo) |
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Have a Hoopla of a good time and eat some chili, too
| Shriners in all manner of parade garb, chili of various sorts, hot-pepper eaters and a beer garden will be among the highlights when organizers of the Hoopla Parade and the Simon Kenton Chili Cookoff stage their annual show in downtown Urbana on Saturday, Sept. 11.
Monument Square District Inc. is hosting both the parade and the cook-off activities.
Stragglers who haven't registered to be in the parade have until noon Friday, Sept. 10, to enter. This can be done online at www.monumentsquaredistrict.org. Also, entry forms can be obtained by visiting urbanahooplaparade@gmail.com, calling 652-4305 and dropping by Guild Galleries Interiors and Gifts, 118 N. Main St., and Willman Furniture, 215 N. Main St. There is no fee. Bands, floats, vehicles, etc. are invited.
Wednesday, September 08, 2010 |
| News
| | Bridge replacements and repairs underway for county engineer's office | The County Engineer's Department has finished the resurfacing of county and township roads, and it has completed its 2010 pavement crack-sealing program as well as its replacement of the Cow Path Road bridge - marking the beginning of the end of its summer workload.
But the summer is not quite over, as at least six major projects lie ahead.
When they are finally accomplished, County Engineer Fereidoun Shokouhi said his staff will, as always, change with the season.
"There's always work for us to do," he said, adding that the department will stay busy with mowing and various maintenance tasks.
Wednesday, September 08, 2010 |  | | Trip planned to Underground Railroad Freedom Center | Urbana University, as part of its Underground Railroad in Champaign County grant, will host a bus trip to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, in Cincinnati, and the John Rankin House, in Ripley. The bus will leave the campus at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 25, and return at approximately 8 p.m. Reservations are required by Friday, Sept. 10.
The Choose to Read Ohio grant will pay for the bus and two museum admissions for the first 55 people who register and pay a lunch fee. A box lunch will be provided.
Participants will be on their own for dinner after the Rankin House tour. Children from 10 to 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Stop by the Urbana University Library, 579 College Way, to pay the fee.
Wednesday, September 08, 2010 | | | Tribe: Buckeye Wind farm no threat to Piqua Shawnee burial mound | CINCINNATI (AP) - An American Indian tribe now believes construction of a commercial wind farm in western Ohio will not threaten an ancient burial mound, a tribe elder said Tuesday.
The Alabama-based Piqua Shawnee tribe said last year that it feared construction of the Buckeye Wind Farm near Urbana would destroy the tree-covered mound. While there is no marker designating the mound as an Indian burial site, the tribe has said it is convinced the mound was built by ancestors of the Shawnee and used for burial.
Wednesday, September 08, 2010 | |
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| | Report: Reggie Bush to be stripped of Heisman | NEW YORK (AP) -- Yahoo! Sports reported Tuesday that 2005 Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush is expected to be stripped of the award by the end of the month.
The former Southern Cal running back would become the first player in the 75-year history of the award to have the Heisman Trophy taken away. The report also said the award would be left vacant for '05.
The NCAA found major violations in USC's football program and levied serious sanctions against the school in June.
Wednesday, September 08, 2010 | | | US Ryder Cup picks: Woods, Johnson, Cink, Fowler | NEW YORK (AP) -- Tiger Woods was a no-brainer as a captain's pick for the Ryder Cup.
Rickie Fowler?
That required a little more than deep thought.
"It just came down to feelings," captain Corey Pavin said. "I had a gut feeling about Rickie."
Fowler, the 21-year-old mop top who only turned pro 11 months ago, made history Tuesday as the first PGA Tour rookie on the American team and the first captain's pick to have never won on tour.
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