QND Baseball/Glenwwod
Quincy Notre Dame HIgh School’s pitcher Brandon Ley watches from the pitcher’s mound, as Glenwood’s Ben Parks rounds third base after hitting a three-run homer during Saturday’s Class 3A QND Regional baseball action at QND. H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt
Memorial Day Veterans
Members of Chapter 26 of the Korean War Veterans Association, guests, friends and family, attend a Memorial Day program held Saturday, May 30, 2009 at the Illinois Veterans Home. Twenty-two armed forces members from Adams County died in the Korean War. H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt
QHS Graduation
Led by choir director Paul Shelor, members of the Quincy High School Concert Choir practice singing the National Anthem, while waiting for the start of the Quincy High School graduation commencement to begin at Flinn Stadium Friday evening, May 29, 2009. H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt
QND Graduation
Quincy Notre Dame graduates Martia Terstegge, left, and Lexi Riney pose for pictures after their commencement ceremony Sunday afternoon at QND. H-W Photo/Philip Carlson
Skating State Street
Forrest Hawk, of Quincy, makes his way across the intersection of Sate and 12th Street, while skateboarding Wednesday, May 27, 2009. H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt
Paloma Memorial
Veterans with families stop by the Veterans Memorial in Paloma after a Memorial Day service at the Paloma Community Building Monday, to see the 40 new stones honoring veterans from the area. The standing room only crowd watched as the names of the veterans were read and wreaths were placed in honor of the service branches. H-W Photo/Michael Kipley
JiffiStop Fire
Quincy firefighters look for hot spots after putting out a canopy fire at the JiffiStop gas station located at 27th Street and Broadway in Quincy Wednesday morning, May 20, 2009. H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt
JiffiStop Fire
Pictures of the JiffiStop fire on Broadway in Quincy Wednesday morning taken and submitted by Justin Meats.
Car Fire
Quincy Firefighters extinguish a fully engulfed car parked behind Brinkoetter Monument Co. early Monday morning that damaged a nearby fence and the Brinkoetter building. H-W Photo/Michael Kipley
Chipped Paint
Mark Gedstad, owner of Gedstad Remodeling and Home Maintenance, scrapes old paint from porch woodwork at a home on South 12th Street Monday, May 18, 2009.
H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt
House Fire
Fire fighters from Quincy Fire Department battle a blaze that destroyed a home at 4301 King st. in the Cheshire hills subdivision Sunday afternoon. H-W Photo/Michael Kipley
Drug Court
Adams County Drug Court graduate Deanna Spiers talks about her addiction and recovery process after receiving her diploma during a ceremony Friday afternoon in the Adams County Courthouse. Spiers and two other graduates of the intense treatment program were awarded their diplomas during the event. H-W Photo/Philip Carlson
Mean Street Kitten Rescue
By DAVID ADAM
Herald-Whig Staff Writer
Firefighters are accustomed to receiving the occasional call to help someone
get their cat out of a tree, but the crew at Tri-Township Fire Department
received a call last Sunday to get a cat out of a much more challenging
predicament.
Three firefighters spent between 30 minutes and an hour dislodging a kitten
from some type of motor assembly. The kitten was discovered near Mean Street
Customs on Gardner Expressway.
“I just don’t know how that cat got his head stuck in there,” said
Firefighter David Douglas, who along with Firefighter Casey Otten and
Assistant Chief Darren Smith helped rescue the cat from its metal prison.
Barbara Beers and Mary Thomas of Quincy were near their nephew’s business
when they said they heard a kitten squealing. The trapped cat wasn’t alone,
for its mother was there by its side.
The two women unsuccessfully tried to dislodge it for about 45 minutes.
“We worked and worked and worked, and he just wouldn’t budge,” said Beers.
“I actually called Blessing Hospital, and they told me we needed to call the
animal warden. But since it was a Sunday, we couldn’t reach the animal
warden.
“I remembered how the Tri-Township firefighters helped my mother one time
when she had fallen, so I called them and asked if they could help.”
The two women loaded the 150-pound cast iron object in their vehicle and
drove it to Tri-Township’s facility on North 54th Street. Otten and Douglas
placed the object on the tailgate in the back of a truck and went back to
work on rescuing the cat, with Smith joining them after about 15 minutes.
“We were trying to be gentle, but boy, was he in there tight,” Douglas said.
Eventually, the firefighters decided to cover the cat’s eyes and then doused
it with liquid dishwashing soap. After a few more tugs and pulls, the cat
popped out and was relatively unharmed.
“We had to take pictures of it, because we didn’t think anyone was going to
believe us,” Douglas said.
A friend of Thomas’ eventually took the cat.
“That momma cat will never know what happened, but he ended up getting a
good home,” said Beers.
Special Olympic Painting
Jennifer Nolin Winkler sits in the classroom at Hobby Lobby and works with pastels for the upcoming Special Olympics Calendar and Christmas card. This is the second year she has had her paintings used for the calendar and greeting card.
H-W Photo/Michael Kipley
Relay For Life Car
Sandy Burgess, a student at John Wood Community College, takes a swing at an old car Tuesday, as a way to relieve stress, and “it felt pretty good,” she said. JWCC nursing students wanted a unique way to raise money for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life of Adams County, and came up with the idea, “Smash for Cash”. Participants paid $1 to take a swing at and old junk car.
H-W Photo/Michael Kipley
Pet Show and Tell
Second-grader Grace Hilbing holds her Toy Poodle, Maggie, while listening to others in Molly Stroots class from Madison School speak about their pets during Pet Show and Tell At Madison Park Tuesday afternoon. H-W Photo/Michael Kipley
QHS_QND Girl’s Soccer
Quincy Notre Dame High School’s Kayla Struck and Quincy High School’s Elizabeth Sprinkle battle for the ball during Tuesday’s high school girl’s soccer action at Flinn Stadium. H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt
Quincy High School’s Abbie Foster uses head’s the ball in the right direction during Tuesday’s soccer action against Quincy Notre Dame High School at Flinn Stadium.
H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt
Bridge the Gap 2009
Runners and walkers surge forward as the annual Bridge the Gap to Health Run/Walk begins at Clat Adams Park Saturday, May 9, 2009. Nearly 2,000 participants turned out for last year’s race. Money raised goes to the MedAssist prescription assistance program of Quincy Catholic Charities.
H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt
One for the Road:
Dogwood Ride
Three-year-olds Camren Cook, left, and Niya Logan, both of Quincy, console one another by holding hands as they waited to disembark from the “Little Wheel” ferris wheel Saturday at Washington Park. According to their parents, the two didn’t know each other before the ride, but didn’t take long to become friends once they were airborn. HW-Photo by Phil Carlson
Teen Reach Art
Tanow Wigfall enjoys getting his hand wrapped with plaster cloth strips during a Teen Reach visit to Coe Conover’s studio in the Quincy Park District building at 13th and Washington recently. This is the second season that Conover has hosted the teen reach program to give them a little more exposure to all kinds of art the they might not otherwise get. H-W Photo/Michael Kipley
Reading Day
Elizabeth Reed, a kindergarten student at St. Mary’s School in Mount Sterling, surveys her tablemates while she and other kindergartners from Quincy and Mount Sterling Catholic Schools took part in the Kindergarten Read Day Wednesday at the former St. Anthony School in Quincy. The annual event is designed to get children excited about reading, and this year’s theme was “Catch the Reading Bug.” Instructors planned a variety of fun activities for the children that coincided with the theme of various books. H-W Photo/Philip Carlson
Truck Rally
Ryan McKinny stands in the rim of a of a 75 inch tire on a John Deere Special Scraper owned by Heimer Construction Co. Ryan, his older brother, Rager, and sister, Rylie, are among those who visited the Truck Rally and Safety Fair at Palmyra High School Tuesday night. The event was hosted by Palmyra R-1 Parents as Teachers Program.
H-W Photo/Michael Kipley
QND_QHS Softball Action
QHS third baseman Erin Sieck, catches a foul pop off of Amanda Darnell in QND’s 2 to 1 win at the BackYard at QND H-WPhoto/Michael Kipley
Arbor Day Celebration
The 24th Annual Arbor Day Celebration was held on Friday the 24th of April
at Monroe School. Principal Stratman, Ms. Taylor and her 2nd grade class celebrated by singing a rap song to commemorate the day along with Mayor Springs reading of the Proclamation making the last Friday in April Arbor Day. Others in attendance were, Kenny Cantrell, Dir. of Admin. for City, Mike Goehl City Forester and many parents of the children. Photo and caption submitted by Jane Smith
