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The University of Illinois Springfield will honor Mark and Julie Staley


The Zoom webinar will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday although advanced registration is required.
The Staleys have called Springfield home for nearly two decades.
Julie Staley is president of the Staley Museum in Decatur, as well as CEO and owner of Spencer Films and president at Spencer Theatre Company.
Staley is a reporter/producer/host for In Focus, which airs on WSEC-TV and WSIU-TV.
She is also a former news anchor.
Staley is the daughter of Bob Heil, owner of Heil Sound, who pioneered sound systems for rock concerts, working with The Grateful Dead and The Who, among others. ....

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Parsons School name supporters happy the name remains the same


DECATUR — The announcement that Parsons School will keep its name was welcome news to Jeanelle Norman and other community members wanting to preserve the namesake s legacy.
“I m elated that they made the right decision,” said Norman, president of the Decatur Branch of the NAACP, referring to Tuesday s vote by the Decatur school board. “It s the only school in the whole district named after an African-American, and African-Americans should be recognized as significantly as all others.”
The board voted Tuesday to accept the recommendations to keep the names of Johns Hill and Parsons, and to alter Franklin s name to Franklin Grove. ....

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