![]() – Please join me in welcoming two new members to the PSG Club Radio Family! Samantha Betty (KC3FIP) and her husband Brandon (N3LG). Presenting Butlers Wine Festival, Christmas Parade, Pet Expo. – Did you notice a new “Call” on the Butler County Net lately? N3DRM now belongs to Mike Mullas, formally KC3PSN, coming to us out of the ever historic Saxonburg! Home of radio stations WISR, WBUT, WLER and online news source. – Did you notice yet another new “Call” on the air lately? This one is different, WX3KSP now belongs to PSG member Bradley Berry, formally known as KC3CKY. However, please join me in congratulating Michael Giobbi for passing his Technician Class license exam at our Field Day VE-Testing Session! His “Call” is KC3UMS and has also accepted an honorary membership in our club. – Weather was great for Field Day, bands, not so much. As TXG so aptly put it, “You’ve come to the right place.” Congratulations and welcome to the PSG! We’ll look forward to hearing you on the air KC3UOL!!! – Jacqueline Yockey passed her Technician Class license exam this evening, after the PSG meeting this evening. ![]() We look forward to seeing your General Class Call and of course, hearing you on the air!!!! There’s an opportunity for us to reimagine it to be so much more.– KC3TYY / Dave McLaughlin is a very proud man this evening! His XYL, Mary, decided to join him in this fabulous hobby and has passed both the Technician and General Class Examinations this evening with flying colors!! Congratulations and welcome to the PSG Mary!!! Dave certainly was beaming (no pun) this evening. “I’ve made the suggestion we put something at the corner of Second and Monroe where he gave an important speech,” Butler said, referring to King’s 1965 appearance at the state Armory building when he spoke to an AFL-CIO convention when he scolded the labor movement for not fully embracing civil rights goals. ![]() But he pointed out the task force doesn’t include any members of the Senate, and shouldn’t make any recommendations without input from the other chamber, and further wouldn’t endorse any decisions made by lawmakers anyway, instead supporting a the creation of a non-political process to make any final determinations on changing monuments in and around the statehouse.īutler is, however, in favor of a new - or at least much-improved - King statue in a more prominent and meaningful location. “The lack of respect for public institutions right now is astounding.”īutler said it’s disappointing the King statue had not been better taken care of despite the task force having sat for a lengthy discussion on its weathered state and its placement relative to to the Capitol. Douglas,” Butler said, referring to the removal of the statue of President Abraham Lincoln’s political rival on Capitol grounds in the summer of 2020. “I don’t care if it’s Martin Luther King or Stephen A. To listen using other methods such as Windows Media Player, iTunes, or Winamp, choose your player selection and click the play icon to start listening. But he said he’d wait for the legal process to play out before committing to a definitive narrative. To listen to a feed using the online player, choose 'Web Player' as the player selection and click the play icon for the appropriate feed. Tim Butler (R-Springfield) said Monday that the tense undercurrent of social upheaval in the last two years gave him reason to worry about a possible motive for the statue’s toppling rising from vandalism to hate crime. Since last year, members of the Illinois House have met several times as the Statue and Monument Review Task Force, but the body has not met in months. White has pledged to contribute the first $5,000 to a new statue, but efforts have stalled. While at Alabama State University, White got involved locally with the Montgomery Bus Boycott, spearheaded by King. ![]() White met King while he was a college student engaged in the Civil Rights movement. which is weirdly diminutive and extremely weathered. Secretary of State Jesse White has previously called for a new statue to replace the current one. Druker said the Secretary of State’s Physical Services division took the statue to a state warehouse to assess the damage, and would likely need to call in experts for evaluation. for nearly 30 years, but has not been well-maintained and has suffered previous acts of vandalism. The statue has stood across the street from the Capitol Building at the northeast corner of Second St. Read more: Obama Statue Floated To Replace Monuments To Controversial Illinois Figures At State Capitol The 300-pound bronze MLK statue has been the subject of debate in the last couple of years as a legislative panel examines the dozens of monuments and art in the Capitol and on statehouse grounds. statue across the street from the Capitol grounds stands empty on Monday after being toppled Sunday night. The pedestal for the Martin Luther King Jr.
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