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Champaign's Celebration Nears Close with Mural, Time Capsule, Photo | News-Gazette.Com Champaign's celebration nears close with mural, time capsule, photo | News-Gazette.com LOGIN Create new account Search: Our Login problems? Sites News Sports Entertainment Multimedia Community Opinions Classified Shop Subscribe Help Home Search News Stories Champaign's celebration nears close with mural, time capsule, photo Thu, 06/16/2011 - 10:00am | Patrick Wade Like 3 CHAMPAIGN — The city's sesquicentennial celebration is drawing to a close, but maybe when the bicentennial rolls around, residents 50 years from now will have something to look back on. That is what city officials are hoping a mural, a time capsule and a "community snapshot" will accomplish when they are dedicated at the last "Champaign 150" event next week. Muralist Glen C. Davies was working toward finishing the mural on Wednesday in the Champaign City Building. He has been painting for a little more than a week now. His incomplete mural — so far — includes what he says are representations of where the city came from and where it could be going. Notable landmarks like the Assembly Hall and the City Building — where the city has come from — are More Like This prominent. More recent developments like One Main and M2 — where the city could be going — are 'Out-of-the blue' photo recalls also represented. Ogden man's time with JFK Champaign's new budget proposal "I was asked to create a mural that kind of told the story of the history of Champaign," Davies said. repeats past theme of big cuts Champaign's financial forecast He has been working off old photos of trolley cars and railroads and part of his mural is a sepia-toned looks ominous record of historic buildings. Officials to revise Champaign's strategic plan In representing people, he said he wanted to focus on the diversity of the community. Champaign's furlough demands spur AFSCME complaint After it is dedicated on Thursday's closeout event, the mural will have a permanent home in the atrium Champaign's Rev. Barnes attends of the City Building where it was created. signing of financial reform legislation "I hope it sends the message of change in the past to the present," Davies said. Champaign's newest fire truck to be in use later this month Thursday's event is the last in more than a year's worth of activities that officials have been using to News by Date commemorate the 150th anniversary of the city's creation. It started in March 2010 with a historical exhibit, which celebrated the past, and later a summer 2010 music festival, which celebrated the « June 2011 » present. Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Next week's closing ceremony will look toward the future. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Our whole concept (with the mural) was to be able to represent some kind of lasting impression," said LaEisha Meaderds, the project manager for the sesquicentennial celebration. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 It is meant to be somewhat of a snapshot of the city. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 "We hope for it to be a representation of our community and what it stands for," Meaderds said. 26 27 28 29 30 In addition to entertainment, games, music and food, next week's closeout event will include the burying of a time capsule, to be opened during the city's bicentennial celebration. file:///E|/New-to-eblackcu/champaigns-celebration-nears-close-mural-time-capsule-photo.html[6/24/2011 5:00:53 PM] Champaign's celebration nears close with mural, time capsule, photo | News-Gazette.com The event will also include a "community photo that we'll take, which we are really excited about because we don't have anything of that sort," Meaderds said. She is hoping a good number of Railside Golf Club residents will be willing to show up for the photo. Buy a $46.00 certificate for only $23.00 Only 8 certificates left! One of the original plans for the sesquicentennial celebration — the construction of a fountain in One Main plaza — has been put on hold. City officials decided the timing was not right as the budget grew tight, but Meaderds said the plan could come back in the future. "There was a set of funds that were reserved for the fountain specifically, and those are being held for future development," Meaderds said. If you go... Today's other deal: TGI Friday's - Sold out! What: Champaign sesquicentennial Unity Celebration Quantities are limited, so act fast! Where: Boneyard Creek basin, near Second Street and Springfield Avenue Buy certificates Sign up for Deal of the Day email When: June 23, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. alerts (Randomly updated every 5 minutes) Login or register to post comments Categories (3): News, People, Politics and Government Location (3): Champaign County, Champaign, Local Tags (6): Champaign sesquicentennial, Patrick Wade, mural, time capsule, 150 years More Comments News-Gazette.com embraces discussion of both community and world issues. We welcome you to contribute your ideas, opinions and comments, but we ask that you avoid personal attacks, vulgarity and hate speech. News-Gazette.com reserves the right to remove any comment at its discretion, and we will block repeat offenders' accounts. To post comments, you must first be a registered user, and your username will appear with any comment you post. Happy posting. 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Sites News Sports Entertainment Multimedia Community Opinions Classified Shop Subscribe Help Home Search News Stories It's Your Business: Blues BBQ reopening Sun, 06/19/2011 - 11:00am | Christine Des Garennes Like 6 After facing several challenges following its relocation to Champaign, the restaurant Blues BBQ reopens for lunch on Monday. Blues BBQ, 1410 N. Prospect Ave., had been closed temporarily for dine-in, but remained open for catering. The restaurant moved to North Prospect Avenue, formerly home to Prospect BBQ & Sweets and prior to that a Chinese restaurant, last fall. It originally opened at 701 S. Gregory Ave., U, in 2005, but closed in December 2009, planning to move across town. The restaurant will be open for lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekdays. Management expects to be open for dinner as well as weekends in about a month, said Rebecca Shuford, vice president of operations. They're also serving up food at the Taste of Champaign this weekend and at the city of More Like This Champaign's sesquicentennial Unity Celebration at the Boneyard Creek basin on June 23. It's Your Business: Blues BBQ Due to the delay in opening the dining room last fall, and some building issues that arose, such as a reopening on North Prospect malfunctioning heating and air conditioning system and the need to overhaul the fire suppression It's Your Business: Istanbul closing; system and address parking space issues, "we lost some momentum," said owner Darryl Cheeks. Blues BBQ fully open It's Your Business: Asian restaurant The restaurant closed temporarily to deal with those issues. reopens in Savoy It's Your Business: Mexican "We wanted to make sure when we open up again we won't have these issues. ... We are now ready to restaurant reopening as Cocina Real rock and roll," Cheeks said. It's Your Business: Family Video to reopen its Lincoln Avenue store Catering also is available. The restaurant can be reached at 352-9007 and It's Your Business: Leasing at Blue http://www.eatbluesbbq.com. Line Station to start in August It's Your Business: Popcorn shop to open in west Champaign Clothing store coming News by Date National urban clothing chain Citi Trends plans to open a store in Champaign this fall. « June 2011 » Citi Trends sells brands like Rocawear, Apple Bottoms, Akademiks, Baby Phat and more. The Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Savannah, Ga.-based company has about 482 stores in 27 states, including several in Illinois cities such as Decatur, Springfield, Peoria and some Chicago suburbs, according to Susan Weiner, vice 1 2 3 4 president of marketing. Citi Trends is opening about 70 new stores this year. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 The opening for the at 2013 N. Prospect Ave., in Baytowne Square, is anticipated for the beginning of 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 October, Weiner said. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Ready for your closeup? 26 27 28 29 30 Photographer Lou Taylor plans to launch her own photography business in Champaign on July 1. The Lou Taylor Photography studio will be located above the pet store Sailfin, 720 S. Neil S. Taylor, a former manager of the Olan Mills studio in Meijer, offers portrait, wedding, children and pet file:///E|/New-to-eblackcu/its-your-business-blues-bbq-reopening.html[6/24/2011 5:02:23 PM] It's Your Business: Blues BBQ reopening | News-Gazette.com photography as well as photos of homes and products for people selling items online. She also does photo restoration.
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