Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

L-R Peggie Malloy,Champaign, Anjela Barkstall, Champaign, and Pam Borowski, Champaign, painting a bedroom. Champaign County Association of Realtors do interior painting, yard cleanup and porch work at the Habitat for Humanity House at 1204 W. Beech in Urbana, Ill on Friday, September 14, 2012.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Vicki Cook, left Mahomet, and Dianne Hays, Champaign paint parts for a porch railing. Champaign County Association of Realtors do interior painting, yard cleanup and porch work at the Habitat for Humanity House at 1204 W. Beech in Urbana, Ill on Friday, September 14, 2012.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

America Nelson, Urbana, paints in a closet. Champaign County Association of Realtors do interior painting, yard cleanup and porch work at the Habitat for Humanity House at 1204 W. Beech in Urbana, Ill on Friday, September 14, 2012.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Painters fill the hallway. Champaign County Association of Realtors do interior painting, yard cleanup and porch work at the Habitat for Humanity House at 1204 W. Beech in Urbana, Ill on Friday, September 14, 2012.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Steve Hamburg in the food pantry of the Salvation Army on north Market in Champaign, Ill on Friday, September 14, 2012. The Eastern Illinois Foodbank wiil host a symposium on childhood hunger on Tuesday.

Photographer: Rick Danzl

Vermilion County Sheriffs Department investigators near the scene of a shooting on E. 13th Street in Danville Wednesday November 14, 2012.

Photographer: Rick Danzl

Vermilion County Sheriffs Department investigators near the scene of a shooting on E. 13th Street in Danville Wednesday November 14, 2012.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Kevin Grab, UI Grad student, and Julia Celentano, UI junior, put together a Zebra at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Urbana, Ill on Friday, September 14, 2012. Krannert Center for the Performing Arts is holding its biennial Costume and Prop Sale starting at 9:00am Saturday.

Photographer: Heather Coit

Donning sunglasses, members of the 1867 Society, from left, Roy Arpan, a UI senior, Katie Chan, a junior, and Clare Curtin, a sophomore, dress as the Alma Mater while the actual statue is getting a makeover. The students took the proper stance on the well-known statue's base near the University of Illinois Quad in Urbana on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. Krannert Center for the Performing Arts's costume director, Anne de Velder, made three different sizes of each costume while properties director, Adriane Binky Donley, made the prop from foam board. Robin Kaler, associate chancellor for Public Affairs at Illinois said the the goal is to have people dress as the Alma Mater for special events throughout the school year, including the upcoming UI Homecoming parade.

Photographer: Heather Coit

Donning sunglasses, members of the 1867 Society, from left, Roy Arpan, a UI senior, Katie Chan, a junior, and Clare Curtin, a sophomore, dress as the Alma Mater while the actual statue is getting a makeover. The students took the proper stance on the well-known statue's base near the University of Illinois Quad in Urbana on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. Krannert Center for the Performing Arts's costume director, Anne de Velder, made three different sizes of each costume while properties director, Adriane Binky Donley, made the prop from foam board. Robin Kaler, associate chancellor for Public Affairs at Illinois said the the goal is to have people dress as the Alma Mater for special events throughout the school year, including the upcoming UI Homecoming parade.

Photographer: Heather Coit

Clare Curtin, a UI sophomore and member of the 1867 Society, gets some help jumping from the Alma Mater base from Daryl Quitalig, a Public Affairs office photography intern, as Roy Arpan moves the prop bench for the Alma Mater. The students took the proper stance on the well-known statue's base near the University of Illinois Quad in Urbana on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. Krannert Center for the Performing Arts's costume director, Anne de Velder, made three different sizes of each costume while properties director, Adriane Binky Donley, made the prop from foam board. Robin Kaler, associate chancellor for Public Affairs at Illinois said the the goal is to have people dress as the Alma Mater for special events throughout the school year, including the upcoming UI Homecoming parade.

Photographer: Heather Coit

University of Illinois sophomore, Zhongtian Zhang, far left, snaps photos of, from left, Roy Arpan, a UI senior, Katie Chan, a junior, and Clare Curtin, a sophomore, as the 1867 Society members dress as the Alma Mater while the actual statue is getting a makeover. The students took the proper stance on the well-known statue's base near the University of Illinois Quad in Urbana on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. Krannert Center for the Performing Arts's costume director, Anne de Velder, made three different sizes of each costume while properties director, Adriane Binky Donley, made the prop from foam board. Robin Kaler, associate chancellor for Public Affairs at Illinois said the the goal is to have people dress as the Alma Mater for special events throughout the school year, including the upcoming UI Homecoming parade.

Photographer: Heather Coit

Pamela Strobel address fellow members of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees in a meeting in the Pine Lounge of the Illini Union in Urbana on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012.

Photographer: Heather Coit

Christopher Kennedy, left, president of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees, joins UI president, Robert Easter, right, and fellow members of the board during a meeting in the Pine Lounge of the Illini Union in Urbana on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012.

Photographer: Heather Coit

James Montgomery, member of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees, listens during a meeting in the Pine Lounge of the Illini Union in Urbana on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012.

Photographer: Heather Coit

Karen Hasara addresses fellow members of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees in a meeting in the Pine Lounge of the Illini Union in Urbana on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012.

Photographer: Heather Coit

Timothy Koritz, left, member of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees, takes his turn speaking as fellow member, Patricia Brown Holmes, looks on during a meeting in the Pine Lounge of the Illini Union in Urbana on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012.

Photographer: Heather Coit

University of Illinois chancellor, Phyllis Wise, smiles during a UI Board of Trustees meeting in the Pine Lounge of the Illini Union in Urbana on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012.

Photographer: Heather Coit

University of Illinois chancellor, Phyllis Wise, listens during a UI Board of Trustees meeting in the Pine Lounge of the Illini Union in Urbana on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012.

Photographer: Heather Coit

University of Illinois president Robert Easter joins members of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees during a meeting in the Pine Lounge of the Illini Union in Urbana on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012.

Photographer: Heather Coit

University of Illinois students enjoy snapping photos of three members of the 1867 Society dressed as the Alma Mater while the actual statue is getting a makeover. The students took the proper stance on the well-known statue's base near the University of Illinois Quad in Urbana on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. Krannert Center for the Performing Arts's costume director, Anne de Velder, made three different sizes of each costume while properties director, Adriane Binky Donley, made the prop from foam board. Robin Kaler, associate chancellor for Public Affairs at Illinois said the the goal is to have people dress as the Alma Mater for special events throughout the school year, including the upcoming UI Homecoming parade.

Photographer: Heather Coit

Protest signs wait for members of the Graduate Employees' Organization (GEO) to pick up for a rally outside the Illini Union while a UI Board of Trustees meeting takes place inside in Urbana on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012.

Photographer: Heather Coit

Members of the Graduate Employees' Organization (GEO) hold a rally outside the Illini Union while a UI Board of Trustees meeting takes place inside in Urbana on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Brad Albert, LeRoy, finishes the concrete around a catch basin. A large paving machine forms a large section of roadway including a curb between St Mary's Road and Windsor Road for the Fourth Street extension in Champaign, ILL on Thursday, September 13, 2012.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Brandon Hallowell, left Ogden, and Ryan Mumm, Sidney, move a catch basin part into place. A large paving machine forms a large section of roadway including a curb between St Mary's Road and Windsor Road for the Fourth Street extension in Champaign, ILL on Thursday, September 13, 2012.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Workers are busy with finishing the surface and installing storm sewer catch basins. A large paving machine forms a large section of roadway including a curb between St Mary's Road and Windsor Road for the Fourth Street extension in Champaign, ILL on Thursday, September 13, 2012.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

A large paving machine forms a large section of roadway including a curb between St Mary's Road and Windsor Road for the Fourth Street extension in Champaign, ILL on Thursday, September 13, 2012.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Brandon Hallowell, Ogden, removes a cover that kept the concrete out of the catch basin as the machine paved over it. A large paving machine forms a large section of roadway including a curb between St Mary's Road and Windsor Road for the Fourth Street extension in Champaign, ILL on Thursday, September 13, 2012.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Workers check the height of the concrete. A large paving machine forms a large section of roadway including a curb between St Mary's Road and Windsor Road for the Fourth Street extension in Champaign, ILL on Thursday, September 13, 2012.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Workers check a section of concrete and a row of concrete trucks are visible farther up as the pour continues. A large paving machine forms a large section of roadway including a curb between St Mary's Road and Windsor Road for the Fourth Street extension in Champaign, ILL on Thursday, September 13, 2012.

Photographer: Heather Coit

Cherie and Dave, both clowns with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, entertain children and their siblings with their antics as volunteer, Anna Dencker, bottom center, 5, of Urbana, gets in on the act while in pediatrics at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. The clown duo were also promoting the circus's upcoming show this October 19 at the Assembly Hall in Champaign.

Photographer: Heather Coit

Sisters Janelle Mambo, 7, center, and Delilah Mambo, 4, of Champaign, are wowed by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus clown, Dave, and his ability to balance a chair on his chin as Sammy Rhoads, far left, 3, of Rantoul, looks on in pediatrics at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. Clown couple, Cherie and Dave, entertained young patients and their siblings with their antics while promoting the circus's upcoming show this October 19 at the Assembly Hall in Champaign.

Photographer: Heather Coit

Cherie and Dave, both clowns with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, entertain children and their siblings with their antics in pediatrics at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. The duo were also promoting the circus's upcoming show this October 19 at the Assembly Hall in Champaign.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Kevin Ricksy, A&R Services, removes part of a brick sidewalk near the Champaign City Building in Champaign, ILL on Thursday, September 13, 2012. Its part of the brick Surface Rehabilitation Project. The sidewalk on the north side of the city building is being redone and will include new planter boxes and a sculpture pad. Other areas of downtown where the brick pavers have settled and heaved will be repaired.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Professor Mattias Grosse-Perdekamp talks about demonstrations of sub-atomic particle detection at Loomis Lab on the UI campus in Urbana, Ill. on Monday, August 27, 2012. Perdekamp with a cloud chamber.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Professor Mattias Grosse-Perdekamp talks about demonstrations of sub-atomic particle detection at Loomis Lab on the UI campus in Urbana, Ill. on Monday, August 27, 2012. After a magnetic field is applied a beam of electrons goes in a circle in an E/M tube. Besides the cool looking demo the tube can be used to determine the charge to mass ratio of a particle.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Professor Mattias Grosse-Perdekamp talks about demonstrations of sub-atomic particle detection at Loomis Lab on the UI campus in Urbana, Ill. on Monday, August 27, 2012. A beam of electrons goes straight in an E/M tube. Besides the cool looking demo the tube can be used to determine the charge to mass ratio of a particle.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Professor Mattias Grosse-Perdekamp talks about demonstrations of sub-atomic particle detection at Loomis Lab on the UI campus in Urbana, Ill. on Monday, August 27, 2012. Particles make tracks in a cloud chamber.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Professor Mattias Grosse-Perdekamp talks about demonstrations of sub-atomic particle detection at Loomis Lab on the UI campus in Urbana, Ill. on Monday, August 27, 2012. Perdekamp with a cloud chamber.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Professor Mattias Grosse-Perdekamp talks about demonstrations of sub-atomic particle detection at Loomis Lab on the UI campus in Urbana, Ill. on Monday, August 27, 2012. Perdekamp talks about the E/M tube.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Mike Brown, CEO of Rovena Covenant and Provena United Samaritans, reveals the new Name and Logo at the facility in Urbana, Ill. on Wednesday, September 12, 2012. They are changing to Presence Covenant and Presence United Samaritans.

Photographer: John Dixon

Photographer: John Dixon

Stand Alone - Melander Holding's employees Mark Kolb, left, and Leonel Nieto(cq) push a scaffold in front of Carmon's after removing the neon letters on the front of the building leaving only a shadow of the past. The longtime diner's sign, later reincarnated into several restaurants, stood for decades in dwontown Champaign.

Photographer: Robin Scholz

Sam Birdsley, 8, Urbana, gets a lesson on the Cello from Sam Araya during the old fashioned outdoor street fest on Race Street in Urbana on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. The fest was in celebration of the ribbon cutting for the Community Center for the Arts in downtown Urbana.

Photographer: Robin Scholz

Keely Kostell,7, Urbana, show off her hula hooping skills during the old fashioned outdoor street fest on Race Street in Urbana on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. The fest was in celebration of the ribbon cutting for the Community Center for the Arts in downtown Urbana.

Photographer: Robin Scholz

Members of the Bow-dacious String Band play during the old fashioned outdoor street fest on Race Street in Urbana on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. The fest was in celebration of the ribbon cutting for the Community Center for the Arts in downtown Urbana.

Photographer: Robin Scholz

Kathy Wentz, Champaign, looks at photos in a display by the Piatt County Camera Club during the Monticello Celebration on the square in Monticello on Saturday, September 15, 2012.

Photographer: Robin Scholz

Abby Meeks,6, Monticello, cheers on her stuffed pig during the pig race game at the Monticello Celebration on the square in Monticello on Saturday, September 15, 2012.

Photographer: Robin Scholz

Claire Keating, 9, Monticello, peeks out at the crowd during a performance of "The Dragon's Trick" by the MTA Children's Theatre during the Monticello Celebration on the square in Monticello on Saturday, September 15, 2012. Keating was the dragon, and was "off-stage" at the time.

Photographer: Robin Scholz

Shiann Manint, 12, Monticello, gets her hair styled by Kim Davis of Mansfield during the Monticello Celebration on the square in Monticello on Saturday, September 15, 2012.

Photographer: Robin Scholz

Matt Carlton, left, and his daughters Callie, 5, left, and Lilly, 2, right, paint a square on the street with Laura Schulze during the Monticello Celebration on the Square in Monticello on Saturday, September 15, 2012.

Photographer: Robin Scholz

The Monticello Celebration on the square in Monticello on Saturday, September 15, 2012.

Photographer: Robin Scholz

Maddie Evangelisti, 12, Savoy, reacts to getting spun on the mechanical bull during Savoy Orchard Days at Colbert Park in Savoy on Saturday, September 15, 2012.

Photographer: Robin Scholz

Jake Mercer, 4, Champaign, comes down the quick way on the inflatable climbing wall during Savoy orchard Days at Colbert Park in Savoy on Saturday, September 15, 2012.