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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2005
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Vol. 153, No. 314
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS TENNIS
Men’s coach heading Down Under
Tiley leaving to
take position with
Tennis Australia
By JIM ROSSOW
[email protected]
Ripe for
the picking
Area growers say
locally grown fruit is
riper and sweeter.
C-1
‘Annie’ sequel
Cissna Park’s Country
Theatre Workshop
to present ‘Annie
Warbucks.’
C-1
Craig Tiley called friend and
former assistant coach Bruce
Berque on Tuesday night and
told him he was leaving the University of Illinois for a job with
Tennis Australia.
Berque didn’t drop the phone.
“I knew it was coming at some
point,” said Berque, head men’s
tennis coach at Michigan. “Craig
is so motivated that he’s always
looking for a new angle. He
always wants to reach greater
heights and, at some point,
there’s a limit for what you can
do in college tennis. He’s done
everything he could do.”
Tiley, who turned Illinois into
an NCAA power, today was
named director of player development for Tennis Australia.
The 43-year-old native of South
Africa leaves after 12 seasons,
the program’s first NCAA team
championship and a nationalrecord 64-match winning streak.
Tiley, who is out of the country, was unavailable for comment today. In a statement
released by the university, Tiley
said: “I am looking forward to
taking on a significant leadership role in international tennis.
I am confident the Illinois tennis
program will not miss a beat,
and I will do everything in my
power to make sure it continues
to be the leading model for success in collegiate tennis.”
Supporters of Illinois tennis
were disappointed to hear of
Tiley leaving.
“Honestly, it’s a sad day for
Illinois tennis
and a tremendous loss,” said
David Mills,
president of
Busey Bank
and a UI athletic department
donor. “I’m sad
to see him go,
TILEY
but happy for
the position he has.”
Mills said Tiley’s departure
may have an immediate impact
on the team.
“I think it’s more than likely
we may lose a couple current
Power restored
players, particularly the more
talented ones,” he said. “But if
we’re able to bring in a top-tier
coach, the program may stay
intact.”
Illinois will begin a national
search for Tiley’s successor
immediately, sports information
director Kent Brown said today.
A replacement is expected in
four weeks.
“This is a program that will
continue to compete among the
nation’s elite,” UI Athletic
Director Ron Guenther said in a
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CHILD DEATH
Champaign
teen charged
with murder
SPORTS
Inquest showed boy died
from blunt force trauma
By STEVE BAUER
[email protected]
because he had accepted a job with a
law firm that does business with the
city.
By law, the council has 60 days from
the date of the resignation, or until
June 22, to fill the council vacancy. The
appointment will be for a two-year
term.
Feinen, 38, is a Champaign attorney
and resident who has served as a
Republican member of the Champaign
County Board for the past 13 years. She
ran for state representative in the
103rd District last year and lost by a
CHAMPAIGN — Nearly a year after the
death of 3-year-old Al’Travius Bolden, a
17-year-old from Champaign has been
charged with his murder.
Al’Travius died on June 26, 2004, at Carle Foundation Hospital. At a Champaign
County coroner’s inquest
in November 2004, Coroner Duane Northrup, then
a deputy coroner, said the
young boy died from
abdominal bleeding as a
result of blunt force trauma from an assault.
Dwayne T. Croom was
arrested Tuesday and is
due to be arraigned today
CROOM
on a charge of firstdegree murder. The charge alleges that
Croom inflicted blunt force trauma by
striking the boy in the abdomen, knowing
that it would cause great bodily harm,
thereby causing the death.
Champaign police Detective Bob Rea
testified at the inquest that investigators
ruled out any self-inflicted or accidental
causes for the fatal injury.
Croom, whose last known address is the
800 block of West Church Street, C, was 16
years old at the time of the boy’s death, but
Croom was charged as an adult. Croom
was arrested on a warrant. Bond on that
warrant was set at $500,000.
In November 2004, Champaign County
Judge Holly Clemons ruled in a separate
case that the boy’s mother, Rochelle Bolden, 22 at the time, was unfit and ordered
that a then-2-year-old daughter be placed
in protective custody.
Evidence at that hearing showed that the
girl had injuries in 14 places from her face
to her ankles, including marks likely to
have come from being hit with a belt and
lesions suggestive of cigarette burns.
Rea testified in that hearing that Bolden
gave three different versions about what
happened to her son.
First, the night of the boy’s death, she
said that her boyfriend, Croom, had hit her
son with a belt because he urinated on himself, according to Rea. Bolden denied hitting either of her children, but said Croom,
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Please see DEATH, A-7
He’s smiling
on the outside
But Dee Brown is a
bit disappointed he’s
not getting as much
support as he’d like
from Illinois coaches
as he works out this
week for NBA teams.
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Two power poles were broken and two others were pulled down near the intersection of Daniel and Fifth streets
in Champaign when a truck snagged a cable television line about 3:05 p.m. Tuesday. Traffic was blocked in the
600 and 700 blocks of Fifth Street and the 400 block of East John Street while electric lines were still live, police
said. Power was initially interrupted for about 740 customers in the campus area, according to Ameren IP spokeswoman Shirley Swarthout. All but 150 had power restored by 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. The rest were restored when
repairs were completed about 1:20 a.m. today, she said. Above, debris is left over this morning from the accident
and repairs.
CHAMPAIGN CITY COUNCIL
NEWS
Opportunity
takes a holiday
Tom Kacich looks at
the regrets and
missed opportunities
from vote on state’s
‘pension holiday.’
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District 4 vacancy not resolved
Members to try again
at special meeting
set for Tuesday
By MIKE MONSON
[email protected]
CHAMPAIGN — A deeply divided
Champaign City Council could not
come to a decision Tuesday night about
whether to appoint Deborah Frank
Feinen or Marci Dodds to fill the District 4 vacancy on the council.
Neither Dodds nor Feinen could
muster the five votes needed for
appointment under council rules —
despite 14 separate votes Tuesday.
Council members finally gave up and
scheduled a special meeting for next
Tuesday to try again.
“I would like to have settled it
tonight,” said Champaign Mayor Jerry
Schweighart, a strong Feinen backer.
“I didn’t want to see it postponed
because now you’re going to get into
the heavy political lobbying.”
The political stalemate has been
building for weeks, after former District 4 council member Jim Green,
newly re-elected, announced that he
was resigning effective April 23
UNITED WAY OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY
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$1 million to area groups
Helping ‘working
poor’ focus of
program grants
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AP
Anne Bancroft dead at 73
The actress who appeared with Dustin Hoffman in ‘The Graduate’ (above) and won an Academy Award for ‘The Miracle Worker’
died Monday of uterine cancer. Page A-4.
Man allowed to cross border
after several weapons confiscated
A 22-year-old Canadian man, who is now a suspect in the
deaths of his neighbors, was allowed entry into the U.S. in April.
Page A-6.
CHAMPAIGN — In Champaign County, a family of four
with two working adults must
earn $39,779 a year to afford
life’s basic necessities — food,
housing, transportation, child
care and health care.
With the county’s median
income at about $37,780, onethird to one-half of working families don’t earn enough to be
self-sufficient under the state’s
“Self-Sufficiency Standard,”
according to United Way officials.
The United Way of Cham-
group of “working poor” in its
program grants for each of the
next two years.
The agency today announced
$1 million in grants to 50 local
nonprofit programs, with 73 percent of the money targeted to
“core services” that help families become self-sufficient.
“We know that people need
more than food to live,” said
executive director Tammy
Lemke. “If you don’t have
enough transportation to get to
work, or proper child care, you
can’t be self-sufficient.”
Many families aren’t eligible
for food stamps or other services because they earn substantially more than the federal
poverty level of $18,400, “but
they can’t pay for their basic
needs,” she said. They have to
choose between decent housing
go without health care, she said
The $1 million allocated is just
over half of the $1.92 million
requested by 62 programs.
It’s also 7 percent less than the
amount given out two years ago,
the start of the last funding
cycle. While giving rose 3.25
percent in the United Way’s
most recent campaign, to $2.82
million, donors focused more
money on designated contributions to specific agencies.
The amount donated to the
United Way’s Community
FIRST Fund, which United Way
volunteers decide how to spend,
dropped by about 7 percent
Designated donations rose by a
corresponding 7 percent, to
about $950,000, Lemke said.
The program grants are divided into four areas: $400,400 for
NATION / WORLD
COUNCIL
IRAQ
Sunnis criticize
leader’s remarks
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) —
Iraq’s president openly praised
Shiite and Kurdish militias
today in a statement that could
further antagonize Sunni Arabs
at a time when there are growing fears of sectarian strife.
Attacks killed at least nine
Iraqis as the Sunni-dominated
insurgency pressed on with its
campaign against the Shiite-led
government. The bodies of six
others also were found.
Four U.S. soldiers were killed
in three separate attacks north
of Baghdad, the military said
today. One was killed in a roadside bombing today near Adwar,
10 miles south of Tikrit.
Two more died in an indirect
fire attack on their base in
Tikrit, 80 miles north of Baghdad, late Tuesday, while a fourth
was fatally wounded in another
bomb attack north of the capital.
At least 1,680 U.S. military
members have died since the
war began in 2003, according to
an Associated Press count.
The wave of violence that
broke out after the April 28
announcement of Iraq’s new Shiite and Kurdish dominated government has killed 889 people.
During the spree, more than 10
Sunni and Shiite clerics have
been killed in apparent retaliatory slayings that raised fears
the country was on the verge of
civil war.
President Jalal Talabani’s
backing of the Shiite Badr
Brigade militia came despite
accusations by Sunni leaders
that the militia has killed members of the minority. The Sunni
leaders have demanded that it
be disarmed and complained
that it provides intelligence and
support for some Shiite-dominated special security units.
The Badr Brigade was the military wing of the country’s
largest Shiite political party, the
Supreme Council of the Islamic
Republic in Iraq — or SCIRI.
The party claims the Badr
Brigade is no longer a militia but
performs social and political
functions.
“Badr is a patriotic group that
works for Iraq’s interest and it
will not be dragged into sectarian or any other kind of conflict,”
said Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim,
SCIRI’s leader and the former
commander of the Badr
Brigade. “Badr is for all Iraqis,”
he added.
Talabani, himself a Sunni
Kurd, spoke at a conference
marking the second anniversary
DEATH
tive testified. Two days after
the boy died, Bolden came
back to the police station and
said Croom had beaten the children and also had beaten her,
Rea said.
Champaign County State’s
Attorney Julia Rietz said the
charges indicate prosecutors
believe the evidence will show
Continued from A-1
not the father of either child,
hit them both, he said.
The next day, Bolden called
Rea and said it was she who hit
the boy with a belt, the detec-
Continued from A-1
Mohammed Adnan/AP
U.S. troops examine the site after a car bomb exploded today
near a gas station in Baqouba, Iraq. The blast blew up other
cars and killed customers waiting to buy fuel.
of the Badr Brigade’s transformation from a solely military
body to a political one.
“May those who describe the
heroes of Badr and their Kurdish brothers as militia be
doomed to failure,” Talabani
said.
“You and your (Kurdish)
brothers are the heroes of liberating Iraq,” he added. “You, my
brothers, march on without paying attention to the enemies’
claims because you and the
(Kurdish militia) are faithful
sons of this country.”
There are no accurate figures
on the size of the brigade, but it
is thought to be smaller than the
Kurdish Peshmerga militia, estimated at 100,000. The Peshmer-
ga has been largely exempted
from efforts to disband militias
because of its close ties to the
United States and its supporting
role during the war.
Sunni criticism of Talabani’s
remarks was swift, with AbdulSalam al-Qubeisi, spokesman of
the influential Association of
Muslim Scholars, saying the
president was acting in line with
“U.S. policies to prolong the
struggle in Iraq and turn it into
an Iraq-Iraq conflict.”
Al-Qubeisi accused the Badr
Brigade of providing intelligence to units such as the feared
Wolf Brigade, an elite commando unit from the Interior Ministry that is headed by a top
SCIRI member.
Al’Travius died as a result of
being struck with a fist or
kicked in the stomach, in addition to having been beaten
repeatedly with a belt or similar object.
The girl was removed from
the mother’s custody under the
previous state’s attorney, John
Piland, because she was unable
to assure the safety of the
daughter, Rietz said.
“They had proceed with a
termination of the mother’s
parental rights due to her failure to protect this child and his
younger sister from abuse,”
Rietz said.
There was no new evidence,
according to Rietz.
“The previous administration had not made a decision
one way or another as to
whether to charge the case
criminally, or not,” Rietz said.
“Given that no decision had
been made on criminal
charges, after reviewing the
case personally, I decided it
was appropriate to charge
Croom with first-degree murder.”
“This was a tragedy and it is
a tragedy where we need to
find justice,” Rietz said.
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—
The
Champaign City Council gave
its final approval Tuesday
night to an $85 million budget.
The spending plan projects
$79.3 million in income and
$85.2 million in spending.
Spending on capital projects
is the cause for the deficit,
which will be covered
through bonded debt and city
reserves.
The plan adds 17 full-time
employees, increasing the
number of full-time equivalent city employees to 490.
The budget includes money
for 12 new firefighters to
staff Fire Station No. 6 when
it opens next year, two additional police officers, an
assistant to the city manager
for economic development, a
plan reviewer in the building
safety division and other clerical help.
Capital spending in the
budget includes $2.1 million
for Fire Station No. 6 construction; $6.4 million for the
new $29 million Champaign
Public Library; and $2.9 million for the Curtis Road interchange,
extension
and
improvement project.
— MIKE MONSON
“When an elected official commits to the community, that
elected official should serve the
full term,” he said.
Both Feinen and Dodds said
they intend to continue seeking
the appointment.
Dodds said she has checked
with her attorney and believes
she does not have a legal conflict
of interest that would prevent
her from serving on the city
council. She said that if a development proposal came before
the city council that involved her
husband, she would abstain from
voting.
Her husband, Sokolski, codeveloped the One Main project
in downtown Champaign and coowns Boltini Lounge, 211 N. Neil
St., C. He is planning another
major downtown building project.
District 4 includes a large section of central Champaign, generally between Mattis Avenue
and Neil Street, from Windsor
Road north to Washington
Street.
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wide margin to incumbent State
Rep. Naomi Jakobsson, DUrbana.
Dodds, 45, is a nine-year member of the Champaign Public
Library Foundation board and a
past president of the board. She
has been active in efforts to
raise $3 million for the library
construction project. A freelance journalist, she identifies
herself as a Democrat.
Champaign City Council members are elected on a nonpartisan basis, though the political
affiliation of council members is
seldom a secret.
During the initial voting,
Schweighart and council members Tom Bruno, Kathy Ennen
and Vic McIntosh all supported
Feinen, while Dodds was backed
by council members Giraldo
Rosales, Michael La Due and
Gina Jackson.
Bruno was the most flexible
council member, eventually voting for both Feinen, whom he initially supported, then Dodds and
eventually Greg Stock, a 35year-old high school social studies teacher, as they were
nominated and voted upon separately.
“I think good government
requires compromise,” Bruno
said after the meeting. “I have
my favorites, but they are all
good candidates.”
Six candidates were applicants for the vacancy, also
including Pattsi Petrie, Ken
Urban and Martin Johnson. All
but Johnson were nominated and
voted upon at some point.
Council member Ken Pirok
did not attend the meeting and
has said he doesn’t want to vote
on naming a replacement
because he has a business relationship with Dodds’ husband,
Champaign developer Jon
“Cody” Sokolski.
That means only seven council members were voting Tuesday, making it even harder to
come up with five votes for a
candidate.
Schweighart expressed his
concern that Dodds, if she were
appointed, and Pirok might both
have to abstain on council issues
involving the downtown tax
increment financing district.
In turn, Rosales said he was
concerned that Feinen still has
more than a year left on her
term on the county board.
Budget receives
final approval
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Tuesday, June 7, 2005
High: 95 (3:33 p.m.);
Low: 64 (4:43 a.m.)
Mean: 80 (10 above average)
Cooling degree-days: 117; 2004: 166; average: 112
Temperatures for 24
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Low: 65 (4:53 a.m.)
24-hour precipitation to 7 a.m.: none
Total precipitation for month: 0.07 inch
7 a.m. temperature: 78
7 a.m. dew point: 67
7 a.m. humidity: 70 percent
7 a.m. barometer: 29.86
4-inch soil temperature: 73
8-inch soil temperature: 75
Year ago high: 91; low: 70
Records: 95 (1958, 1963); 41 (1912)
Sunset: 8:21 p.m.; sunrise Thurs.: 5:24 a.m.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbia,S.C.
Columbus,Ohio
Concord,N.H.
Dallas-Ft Worth
Dayton
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Duluth
El Paso
Evansville
Fairbanks
Fargo
Flagstaff
Grand Rapids
Great Falls
Greensboro,N.C.
Hartford Spgfld
Helena
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Jackson,Miss.
Jacksonville
Juneau
Kansas City
86
89
90
61
84
87
88
94
88
64
85
78
63
88
95
80
86
74
88
86
89
71
92
90
91
88
90
88
93
89
80
88
92
59
94
89
73
76
70
88
63
89
89
63
89
92
90
90
89
71
89
Today
Hi Lo
Tomorrow
Hi Lo Otlk
64
83 58 83 66 cdy
58
88 59 87 59 cdy
62 .03 91 62 92 61 clr
53
62 47 63 47 cdy
61 .02 79 63 78 64 rn
63
83 68 83 69 rn
66 .52 84 64 84 66 cdy
73
96 75 94 74 cdy
64 1.20 89 68 85 68 cdy
42 .16 62 46 64 48 cdy
68 .12 86 69 85 69 rn
58 .29 71 52 73 52 cdy
42
61 45 72 46 cdy
57 .02 82 66 74 61 cdy
81
94 80 94 79 cdy
62
81 65 83 65 cdy
65
72 58 79 55 cdy
39
65 37 67 38 cdy
72
86 71 86 72 rn
68
87 65 87 67 cdy
64 .60 84 68 82 66 cdy
45
69 41 64 44 cdy
61 .02 92 70 85 69 cdy
64
87 68 87 68 cdy
67
87 67 87 70 cdy
73 1.06 87 71 87 71 rn
63
88 68 88 70 cdy
56
79 54 77 60 rn
76
93 73 92 74 cdy
66
87 68 87 69 cdy
48
76 48 70 49 cdy
68
85 72 81 68 rn
65
88 68 86 67 cdy
53
53 49 74 48 cdy
76
95 68 96 67 clr
64
89 69 87 67 cdy
46
75 49 76 47 cdy
58 .19 73 59 74 53 cdy
45
70 35 70 37 cdy
61
89 67 87 66 cdy
44
62 43 64 42 cdy
68 .07 86 69 83 68 cdy
65
89 62 83 64 rn
38 .25 62 43 65 44 rn
78
88 76 88 75 clr
77
92 76 92 76 cdy
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87 68 86 68 cdy
67
88 70 88 71 rn
69
88 71 86 72 rn
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66 47 60 51 cdy
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90 72 86 69 cdy
Yesterday
Hi Lo Prc
Today
Hi Lo
Key West
88 80
89
Las Vegas
87 63
88
Little Rock
89 66 2.00 90
Los Angeles
75 57
75
Louisville
87 69
88
Lubbock
91 65
94
Memphis
92 71 .01 90
Miami Beach
88 77
87
Midland-Odessa 92 71
96
Milwaukee
86 71 .93 88
Mpls-St Paul
91 69 .03 86
Nashville
87 64
88
New Orleans
90 71 .17 89
New York City
90 66 .24 88
Norfolk,Va.
88 69
85
North Platte
87 60
82
Oklahoma City 91 70
93
Omaha
91 72
90
Orlando
90 74 .01 91
Pendleton
69 45
71
Philadelphia
89 68 .87 90
Phoenix
95 74
99
Pittsburgh
88 60
85
Portland,Maine 87 51 .07 71
Portland,Ore.
62 49 .15 70
Providence
86 61
83
Raleigh-Durham 93 71 .33 88
Rapid City
73 55 .01 74
Reno
66 37
69
Richmond
89 70
90
Sacramento
75 48
71
St Louis
93 71
93
Salt Lake City
58 46 .34 67
San Antonio
91 75
94
San Diego
71 61
71
San Francisco
65 51
65
San Juan,P.R.
85 76 .08 86
Santa Fe
84 42
84
St Ste Marie
67 48
65
Seattle
60 51
62
Shreveport
91 69
91
Sioux Falls
85 64
83
Spokane
60 45 .03 62
Syracuse
86 68
59
Tampa-St Ptrsbg 89 73
90
Topeka
89 73
92
Tucson
94 67
96
Tulsa
92 72
94
Washington,D.C. 88 67 1.01 89
Wichita
93 72
93
Wilkes-Barre
88 62
62
Wilmington,Del. 86 64 .45 87
National temperature extremes for
High — 104 at Laredo, Texas
Low — 25 at Chemult, Ore.
Tomorrow
Hi Lo Otlk
80 88
62 87
70 90
59 74
68 86
68 92
74 89
75 84
72 96
66 84
67 82
71 88
74 89
71 82
70 81
56 79
72 93
72 83
73 88
44 71
69 86
71 97
64 84
56 66
50 70
62 76
70 84
54 67
40 73
69 86
52 76
72 89
43 69
76 95
59 67
52 67
78 87
46 83
51 75
49 68
72 92
61 80
43 67
86 63
73 90
73 87
65 96
75 89
68 87
71 89
90 67
66 85
Tuesday
80
68
70
60
70
66
74
76
72
66
61
71
74
67
70
54
71
68
74
46
69
73
66
55
50
63
68
50
44
68
53
74
46
77
59
54
77
48
54
50
73
56
46
84
73
68
65
75
69
70
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Sources: Associated Press, Illinois State Water Survey
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Top 10 recipients of United Way program grants:
Urban League:$150,500
Freedom School: $60,000
Community Day Care: $55,000
Community Advocacy Initiative:
$45,500
Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club:
$100,000 (Park Street)
Family Service of Champaign
County: $94,800
First Call for Help: $14,500
RSVP: $8,500
Self-Help Center: $2,500
HomeCare Services: $40,000
Meals on Wheels: $6,000
Senior Counseling and Advocacy:
$15,800
Senior Transportation: $7,500
Mental Health Center: $59,800
Homeless Youth — Motivated Moms:
$17,300
Roundhouse: $27,500
TIMES Center Case Management:
$15,000
Community Services Center of
Northern Champaign County:
$56,000
First Call for Help: $40,000
Rantoul Area Project: $16,000
Frances Nelson Health Center:
$42,500
Medical services for low-income children: $30,000
Medical services for underinsured
adults: $12,500
Champaign County YMCA: $40,100
Fun Pass: $12,600
Summer Day Camp: $20,000
Youth Sports: $7,500
Boy Scouts Prairielands Council:
ScoutReach: $39,500
Center for Women in Transition:
$39,000
Client advocacy: $27,000
Aftercare: $12,000
American Red Cross: $32,000
For a full list of program grants,
check the United Way’s Web site at
www.uwayhelps.org.
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youth programs; $294,800 for
basic needs like food, shelter
and
crisis
management;
$198,800 for children birth to
age 6; and $111,00 for programs
to “strengthen the human care
network,” such as First Call for
Help. Lemke said youth programs tend to get less government funding than other areas,
so they need more support from
the community.
Two years ago, funding for
Meals on Wheels and other popular senior programs was cut,
prompting an outcry from agencies that serve senior citizens.
Most of that money was later
restored.
Sheryl Bautch, director of
Family Service of Champaign
County, said she’s pleased with
this year’s allocation, even
though it meant a 2.1 percent
drop in funding overall. Seven
Family Service programs were
funded, three at the same level,
two higher and two lower, she
said.
“Obviously, we understand
when there’s less money to go
around,” Bautch said.
Before this round of grants,
the United Way conducted a second “community needs assessment” to determine its funding
priorities, working with the
Community Foundation, Champaign County Mental Health
Board, the cities of Urbana and
Champaign and Champaign
County Regional Planning Commission.
Lemke said the list of priorities hasn’t changed drastically
since the first needs assessment
in 2000.
Polls, focus groups and interviews with community leaders
all pointed to education and
health care as two of the most
important issues facing the community, she said.
Lemke said the findings guide
all of the United Way’s activities, not just program grants. Its
Success By 6 effort, for
instance, supports programs
that prepare young children for
Underinsured adults,
homeless moms to get help
TILEY
By JULIE WURTH
statement.
The Illini played in their 10th straight NCAA tourney in
May, reaching the Sweet 16 for the fourth straight year
They won their eighth consecutive Big Ten regular season
title and the league’s conference tournament for the eighth
time in nine years.
Tiley’s national championship team in 2003 went 32-0. It
capped a remarkable turnaround for a program that won
four matches in 1993.
“It was unprecedented,” said Berque, an assistant at
Illinois from 1999 to ’04. “What was worth noting was how
we did it: with American players, without taking shortcuts, focusing on development and hard work. It gives
other Midwest programs hope while raising the bar at the
same time.”
Illinois, which loses only one regular off last season’s 254 team, is expected to be ranked in the top five when the
2005-06 season kicks off.
“He set a tremendous foundation,” Berque said. “I know
it’s important for him to leave the program in great shape,
to leave a legacy.”
Under Tiley, Illinois also produced two NCAA doubles
champions and one NCAA individual champion.
Former UI tennis player Todd Black, now a Champaign
attorney, learned of Tiley’s departure this morning.
“I guess I was surprised at least initially, and then
somewhat disappointed, not in Craig, but in the fact that
we’re losing what’s regarded as probably the best coach
in college tennis — someone who was extraordinary for
the program and the university,” Black said. “I would
think the initial reaction is going to be like when the Illinois basketball team lost Bill Self. You have the huge
range of emotions that occur when your leader is leaving.”
John Wagner, president of the Advantage Illinois booster
club the past three seasons, said he hadn’t thought anything
would come of Tiley’s latest job offer.
“Obviously, it’s very unfortunate for us,” he said. “He
turned Illinois into one of the premier tennis programs and
helped elevate all Illinois athletic programs to a higher level. Knowing how disappointed the guys were with their
upset loss to Florida State, they may come back motivated
to win a national championship. They might be more fired
up to do it on their own.”
Tiley leaves as Illinois prepares to expand Atkins Tennis
Center after years of discussion. During May’s Big Ten
tournament, Tiley said the long-awaited expansion was a
priority.
“It’s going to happen,” he said. “But I keep saying that, and
I haven’t seen a shovel out here yet.”
Tiley’s disappointment over the pace of expansion was
evident to Mills.
“I think that was definitely something that did frustrate
him ... tennis and basketball need top-notch facilities, and we
were shy of that,” Mills said.
Guenther said “we have committed financially to the
infrastructure of the program and are prepared to break
ground on a new outdoor facility in the near future.”
Programs to help homeless
teen moms and children of
migrant workers are among
several initiatives receiving
United Way funding for the
first time this year.
The Mental Health Center
received $17,300 for its Homeless Youth — Motivated Moms
program for pregnant and parenting teens ages 13 to 21. The
idea is to help them find jobs
and housing and become good
parents, preventing child
abuse and neglect, said Tammy Lemke, executive director
of the United Way of Champaign County. The program is
serving 37 clients a year and
has 17 pregnant teens on the
waiting list, she said.
The Ludlow Migrant AfterHours Child Care program
received $10,000 to provide
care from 3 to 6 p.m. for children from newborn to age 6.
Lemke said about 500 people
travel from Texas to Champaign County each summer to
work in farm fields. They typically work until about 6 p.m.,
but subsidized child care programs like Migrant Head Start
are only funded until 3 p.m.
Some parents have had to
leave their children in cars
while they finish their work,
she said.
Other new grants included:
— $12,500 to Frances Nelson
Health Center, to provide medical care for underinsured
adults.
— $6,000 to the Bradley
Street Day Care center, to
improve quality and accommodate the growing number of
children using the center, particularly those who qualify for
state-subsidized child care.
The reorganization of the
Illini Prairie Red Cross, now
part of the Central Illinois
Chapter of the American Red
Cross, prompted the United
Way to restore some funding
cut two years ago. The agency
received $32,000 for disaster
relief, up from $10,000 in 2004.
Lemke said there’d been concerns that the money wasn’t
being used for its intended
purpose, but the reorganization of the office restored the
United Way’s confidence.
“We’re tickled to death,”
said John Dickey, new manager of the Illini Prairie office in
Champaign.
Also receiving increases:
the Champaign County CourtAppointed Special Advocates,
up $5,000 to $25,000; Gay Community AIDS Project food
pantry, up $3,000 to $5,000; and
Mahomet Area Youth Club, up
$1,000 to $15,000.
Several agencies saw their
funding drop. Planned Parenthood lost a $10,000 grant for its
women’s health program,
though it maintained $8,000
for community prenatal care.
The Salvation Army, which
saw a substantial funding
increase two years ago, was
awarded $20,000 for emergency social services, down
$10,000; and $3,000 for its Stepping Stone Shelter, a $2,000
success in school.
The Healthy Communities initiative supports access to health
care, particularly for the uninsured or underinsured, and is
raising money to expand
Frances Nelson Health Care
Center.
The United Way has created
a 4 percent reserve fund of
about $75,000 to help it respond
to unexpected needs, such as
the homeless shelters that
recently lost part of their federal housing grants. It would
also provide a cushion in case
contributions fall off next
year, she said.
The United Way already has
grants for one-time emergency
needs, but donations to that fund
dropped to about $50,000 this
year, from $100,000 a few years
ago, Lemke said.
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