By David A. Kelm Perhaps it is part of our collective consciousness even for those of us not fortunate to take the Great Family Road Trip as a kid. Regardless, there is an image in our mind’s eye – a truly American image of Mom, Dad, kids, dog, luggage and a cooler of sandwiches and […]
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Medical cannabis comes to Springfield
By David A. Kelm Let’s get this out of the way: medical cannabis is not the joint you found in your older brother’s car and smoked behind the garage with your buddy Tim. It’s not the real “after prom” party. It’s not your “youthful indiscretion” in Panama City during senior year spring break. It’s neither […]
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Illini basketball and Illini dollars come to the capital city
By David A. Kelm At the end of October 2014, the Prairie Capital Convention Center and the University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics announced that the Fighting Illini men’s basketball team would play five games at the Convention Center in November 2015. This announcement heralded perhaps the second most important event in the city’s […]
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Monster harvest comes to Sangamon County
By David A. Kelm Every year, about this time, it does not matter if you are running late for work, your son’s ballet recital, your daughter’s wrestling match or just to grab poster board, glue, markers and glitter at half-past midnight for a “science project you just remembered,” you are likely to run into traffic […]
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Small-scale solar: 4.5 billion years in the making
By David A. Kelm Solar energy has long been relegated to the hippies living in the geodesic home out in the woods or the weird “off the grid” guy at the end of the block whose 1988 pickup truck smells like a Chinese restaurant because it has been converted to run on used restaurant oil. […]
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Traditional versus LED: Christmas lighting smackdown
By David A. Kelm Christmas decorations are going up in neighborhoods and at area businesses as nearly everyone is getting ready for shoppers, family and festivities. From simple white twinkly lit wreaths to massive computer-aided, musically-timed, “Christmas Vacation” light shows, traditional holiday lighting is getting phased out and replaced by energy efficient LED (light-emitting diode) […]