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SUMMARY:JMH Annual Meeting Featuring Author\, Dr. Robert Sampson
DESCRIPTION:You are all invited to our annual meeting to usher in a new year at the Homestead and hear from our featured guest\, Dr. Robert Sampson! Be here by 6:00 pm so that you don’t miss anything! Here is more information regarding Dr. Sampson:\n\nBob Sampson is a former newspaper reporter who lived in Decatur for 50 years. He earned his Ph.D. in history at the University of Illinois and taught at Millikin University for 20 years. His first book\, John L. O’Sullivan and His Times\, was published in 2003 and his latest book earlier this year. Sampson served as a member and for two years as chair of the Macon County Board.\n\nSampson has published several articles in academic journals touching on 19th century events and persons in Decatur. The first addressed the 1894 Pullman Strike and Decatur’s role in it\, including a brief appearance by James Millikin. Civil War era politics in Decatur and Macon County were addressed in an article tracing the political transformation of the area\, including the mobbing of an editor at the intersection of Main and Water streets\, the struggles of the city’s only Democratic-leaning paper\, and the rough\, no-holds-barred practices of the era’s journalism. Decatur played a role in the rise of base ball (as then spelled) in Illinois beginning in 1865 and a tournament in 1867 in what is now Fairview Park revealed serious fault lines in the game’s image. His remarks will draw upon all this research and new efforts on James B. Shoaff\, a colorful editor who once served as Decatur’s mayor.\n\nA first-ever history of early baseball in Illinois\, Ballists\, Dead Beats\, and Muffins adds the Prairie State game’s unique shadings and colorful stories to the history of the national pastime.\n\nBaseball’s spread across Illinois paralleled the sport’s explosive growth in other parts of the country. Robert D. Sampson taps a wealth of archival research to transport readers to an era when an epidemic of “baseball on the brain” raged from Alton to Yorkville. Focusing on the years 1865 to 1869\, Sampson offers a vivid portrait of a game where local teams and civic ambition went hand in hand and teams of paid professionals displaced gentlemen’s clubs devoted to sporting fair play. This preoccupation with competition sparked rules disputes and controversies over imported players while the game itself mirrored society by excluding Black Americans and women. The new era nonetheless brought out paying crowds to watch the Rock Island Lively Turtles\, Fairfield Snails\, and other teams take the field up and down the state.
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LOCATION:James Millikin Homestead\, 125 N Pine st\, Decatur\, IL\, 62522\, United States
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SUMMARY:Fine Arts at the Homestead - Event 4 of 4
DESCRIPTION:This is our 4th and final part of this series! We will feature local educator and poet\, Ron Lybarger\, and local musician\, Colleen Hillyer! Admission is $10 per person. There will be a short intermission in between segments as well as light refreshments. After the event there will be a free open house for anyone who attended the event!\n\n\n\nRon Lybarger has been a Decatur Public School Language Arts teacher for 20 years. He has sponsored and facilitated the Veritas Creative Writing Club at Eisenhower High School for the past 16 years as well as coached Poetry Out Loud contestants for the past 13 years. He enjoys writing poetry and cultivating growth in his students.\n\nPoetry is the language of souls and that “soulspeak” creates a wonderful communion of minds and hearts.\n\nNature and Relationships are my often muses. Exemplifying the Love of God is my passion and speaking Life and Truth into situations and trauma is my mission.\n\nColleen Hillyer\, a Decatur native\, earned her Bachelor of Music from Millikin University\, a Master of Music from West Virginia University\, and did postgraduate coursework at Shenandoah University\, all with a concentration in flute performance. She has had the privilege to study with renowned flutists\, including Mr. Jonathan Snowden (Royal Philharmonic)\, Dr. John McMurtery (NYC Opera)\, Dr. Francesca Arnone\, Mr. Bernard Goldberg (Pittsburgh Symphony)\, Dr. Francis Lapp Averitt (Maryland Symphony) and Dr. Laurie Glencross. Colleen is working on a master’s in education from the University of Mary.\n\nColleen teaches instrumental music at St. Teresa High School and has served on faculty at Lincoln Land Community College\, Our Lady of Lourdes and Holy Family Catholic Schools. She is a freelance musician in Central Illinois and often performs with the Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra. When not performing\, Colleen maintains an active flute studio\, promotes educational opportunities for kids\, serves on the Board of Directors of the Decatur Choral Society\, is an advisor for the Millikin University and University of Illinois Chapters of Alpha Chi Omega. She is married to her husband\, Ed\, and they enjoy hanging with their dogs Avery\, Buoy and Splash.
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