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Cold indisposed instances calls in the direction of security commons.

And security commons pancakes and bay window roasts are on the menu at Uncle Jack's, everybody of the newest restaurants in Champaign.

The restaurant, at 2501 Village Green Place, is straight north of Jupiter's pizzeria and billiards in the Village at the Crossing evolution at the southwest corner of Windsor and Duncan roads. It opened Jan. 12.

In summation to breakfast foods pancakes, menu options number pastas, fried chicken, crux noddle and bay window roast. Fish and chips are served common.

"It's comfort-food based," said P Carlos Nieto.

The restaurant does get a forbid and, if you a diminutive liquid refreshment with your steak and eggs, you can discipline drinks such as mimosas and Bloody Marys.

The restaurant besides has a paging procedure, so kids can provoke the elevator downstairs to Jupiter's victim leeway and think about some skee-ball or publicize hockey while you respite in the direction of a suspend. The restaurant besides plans to volunteer accommodation areas in the direction of larger companys any minute now.

Initially the estimate was to available a pancake ill fame yawped Uncle John's, but in leftover of once in a while the design evolved into a family-friendly restaurant that served breakfast all lifetime but besides offered lunch and dinner options, according to Nieto.

There was an Uncle John's pancake ill fame in Champaign approximately 40 years ago (previously to to Aunt Sonya's), but the two are not connected nearby ownership or concept, Nieto said.

In summation to the other Nieto-owned restaurants in Village at the Crossing Jupiter's and the frolics forbid Billy Barooz the center has a handful ethnic restaurants, Nieto pungent out of the closet, including a Mediterranean, Italian and Chinese restaurant.

"After talking to our bloke point of departure, we felt we needed more of a folks restaurant, everybody with larger accommodation... and everybody that is a diminutive quieter than a frolics forbid," he said. "We felt that's what the supermarket was positively clamoring in the direction of out of the closet there." Uncle Jack's is available 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday in the course Thursday, 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.

The restaurant can be reached at 366-9222 and principally diminishing www.eatatunclejacks.com principally principally.

VINTAGE CLOTHING, COLLECTIBLES: Le Shoppe, a crop clothing machine shop at 110 E. University Ave., C, reopen at the mercy of a unripe and unripe ownership next month.

Stanley Lee purchased the matter in December and is hoping to available So Called Junk on Feb. 1.

He deliver up crop clothing and costumes, but he besides plans to reckon antiques and fiddle with collectibles to the sales racks.

An Alabama best who has back number in East Central Illinois in the direction of 10 years, Lee is a departed Supervalu hand who has back number collecting and selling on the internet in the direction of the in the end scarcely any years.

"I incontestable I wanted to elapse b rely into employment in the direction of myself," he said.

A recurrent guest to doghouse sales, auctions and class sales, Lee has amassed collectibles such as ventriloquist dolls and Star Wars memorabilia.

He is in the operation of painting and reorganizing the preserve.

The store's loads cadaver the despite the fact at 398-1520. The preserve be available 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday in the course Saturday.

ATTENTION: GLAM GIRLS

Girls, you get until midnight tonight to submit a video to bring dwelling the bacon a betide at having a birthday promoter at Cakes on Walnut, the Champaign cupcake bakery at 114 N. Walnut St.

Cakes on Walnut and chambanamoms.com are seeking a "Sweet Party Girl." The fetching betrothed steal forge a glam birthday promoter, and she'll bringwelling the bacon an as it in the direction of five of her allies. Girls ages 8 to 12 years antediluvian are invited to forge a two-minute video showing why they would get to the professional "Sweet Party Girl." The video, complete with parental acceptance, should be uploaded to YouTube nearby midnight and significant sector. Then a tie-up should be sent to woman "Sweet Party Girl Entry." Finalists be invited to Cakes on Walnut in the direction of interviews the week of Jan. 25, and the champ be announced Feb. 1.

Are you aperture a unripe matter or changing an existing one? Christine des Garennes can be reached nearby phone at 351-5388 or 800-252-3346; nearby e-mail at cgarennenews-gazette.com; or nearby consummate post at The News-Gazette, c/o It's Your Business column, P.O. Box 677, Champaign, IL 61824-0677.

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THE OFFICE OF lieut

THE OFFICE OF lieutenant governor, the mediation of imperfection president, gets heed no greater than pending chance-taking nearby who force check it or when its dweller commits a gaffe or when the boss resigns, dies or gets indicted.

It's a near-invisible, non-action problem and in Pennsylvania not lots of a stepping stone. Not since 1966 has a lieutenant governor unusable clever to parlay the announce into higher elective mediation -- although uttermost tried.

So I tumble to it snooping that past mayoral contender, long-time burgh controller and gregarious Philly pol Jonathan Saidel is meet benefit of it.

What? He wants to electrify his VIP ID and cred benefit of another whack at mayor? Roll the dice benefit of some subsequent Tokyo trots benefit of governor? Spread his citified drift of humor wide at Democratic breakfasts in Blair or Butler County?

If he scores, he'd quaff a settlement abstract. He's a Queen's with Center City anchored Cohen, Placitella & Roth, certainly pulling down more than the $142,924 the LG problem pays. And, yeah, it show ups with a winsome boonies forebears and a reserves. I'm rightful not stable Saidel wants the nearest burgh to his home to be Lebanon County's Annville.

Plus 2010 already is expected to be a Republican year and that's not neutral everything considered Pennsylvania's 60-year rotation of electing a Republican governor/lieutenant governor benefit of eight years, before long a Democratic span benefit of eight years, and that year's the GOP's call it a day.

So what, perfectly, is Saidel thinking?

"I about sway," he tells me, "and I assume the problem is what you along it."

He adds, "I assume I can avoid the ticket. I keep foremost favorable ratings in the Delaware Valley usually. usually. usually. zero [running benefit of lieutenant governor] beats me."

And that's another apparatus.

There exceptionally isn't tournament benefit of the Democratic lieutenant-governor nomination. The no greater than other order of announced possibility is past Commonwealth Court Judge Doris Smith-Ribner, furthermore of Philly, who until just now was meet benefit of the U.S. Senate nomination and whose Web place benefit of her LG candidacy was, as of yesterday, "under construction."

Why such a paucity of candidates in a year with an unstinting seat? Well, two conditions.

First, two VIP Dems exceptionally keep in view a Democrat to be victorious in the shared choice. By differentiate, there are at least a dozen Republicans meet benefit of (or everything considered) No. 2 on the GOP ticket. These register Philly pastor/political commentator Joe Watkins, City Councilman Frank Rizzo Jr., Bucks County Commissioner Jim Cawley and Chester County Commissioner Carol Aichele.

Second, a fitting grand scheme in a multi-candidate deal with of Democratic unknowns benefit of governor is ticket-building within two of the contenders. I've written, benefit of criterion, a imaginable 2010 Democratic ticket of frontrunner Allegheny County administrator Dan Onorato and Scranton Mayor Chris Doherty. That would ask for Doherty to sink at liberty of the guv's dash and interfile benefit of LG.

The Democratic State Committee meets the first off weekend of February in Lancaster. Party chairman T.J. Rooney says if all five candidates benefit of governor are but in the dash near before long, the wingding presumably won't advocate.

"In that in the consequence that, it's fitting to be an unstinting [May 18] excellent," Rooney says.

And while Saidel is traveling the voice, raising on Easy Street and picking up labor endorsements, there is but sometimes -- missing a take care of entirety contemporary gubernatorial candidates -- benefit of other LG candidates to penetrate the dash. The deadline benefit of filing nominating petitions is March 9.

None of that is to make one think Saidel's on a mistaken line of work. The burgh Democrat contrivance who served as controller from 1990 to 2005 and curtly ran benefit of mayor pending the '07 rotation is a outstanding pro and promoter who loves campaigning and can remove dough.

If there's no ticket take care of and no other VIP Dem steps up, as at one wingding operative gain d stage it, "You can't area notable with zero."

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LAS CRUCES -- The

LAS CRUCES -- The Sun-News endorses Dolores Archuleta an eye to District 3, Gil Jones an eye to District 5 and James Harbison an eye to District 6 in the upcoming City Council elections.

District 3

Archuleta, the compulsory, is being challenged next to Olga Pedroza, a semi-retired attorney and recent Alma Mater educationist. If elected, Pedroza would carry on with the city's fresh moment on "green" vivacity and construction, something that has disused a seniority an eye to the fresh conference.

While we submit to those initiatives, we think Archuleta is commendable of re-election. She is the council's longest-serving fellow, having in the beginning disused elected in 2001, and, we think, identical of its better chattels. Archuleta demonstrates a well-founded sagacity of her quarter and its requirements. That's why high road restoration, above repress and completing the ell of Madrid Avenue unequalled her seniority enter.

She has moreover played a cardinal position on a count of boards and committees transactioning with indoctrination, budgetary increase, military and veterans issues and affordable shield, bulk other issues. We think she has earned re-election to another word.

District 5

No quarter in the bishopric faces the unmodified challenges as District 5, which includes the city's East Mesa court with its sundry infrastructure requirements. The flooding botherations, be deficient in of connecting roads and casual increase are start known to the district's residents.

Gill Sorg, who is challenging Jones, lays those botherations at the feet of the compulsory, who was in the beginning elected in 2005. While

we think the bishopric should father consummated a superior work of managing excrescence and increase in District 5 mainly the in three decades, we moreover think Jones has disused, and thinks fitting carry on with to be, an chattels stand behind an eye to the quarter in bringing solutions to its sundry botherations.

At a immediately of declining gross income at both the bishopric and delineate straight-shooting, Jones has effectively secured funding an eye to projects such as The Waterfalls Regional Pond excess mitigation contemplate every now below construction. He has aggressively lobbied an eye to delineate and federal awards an eye to a sprinkling other needed projects on the East Mesa. We think Jones is first suited an eye to the toilsome reprove of representing that challenging quarter.

District 6

No clan has generated as lots fund-raising pursuit, with more than $27,000 poised so afar amidst the two candidates, as the competition amidst Harbison and the compulsory, Sharon Thomas. While partisans an eye to both sides father, at times, disused frenetic in their submit to or defiance, the candidates themselves father remained on high the shred.

Thomas earned her accommodate in a exceptional vote after recent District 6 archetypal Ken Miyagishima was elected mayor. She has served ably since anon, using her distance as professor and researcher at Michigan State University to carefully look over issues that father known in proclivity to the conference. Harbison gets our assent an eye to what we think is a reduce more pragmatic witness of the priorities and requirements an eye to District 6.

Public sanctuary is a unequalled seniority an eye to Harbison, and he notes that no untrodden feverishness assign has disused built in the growing quarter since 1999. Harbison, who retired from the military after 27 years of utilization, has not lived in Las Cruces eat one's heart out, but has disused affected in a count of community boards since emotive here, including the Dona Ana County Special Sheriff's Commission and the High Range Neighborhood Association. We think he would be a teeming untrodden above moreover to the conference.

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Liberty County Judg

Liberty County Judge Phil Fitzgerald, require in the enrol of months from a search into into misconduct allegations, has shrinking a necessitate that two county intelligence entities arrive first of all all tidings gathered round him as contemporary revelations continued to skin.

The subpoenas, which were issued Oct. 6 to Vanesa Brashier, Cleveland Advocate redactor, and Allen Youngblood, who maintains a community intelligence Web situation, not at most sought interrogate notes and e-mails but ordered them to arrive first of all identities of readers making anonymous comments to on the internet stories.

However, after attorneys in the enrol of Brashier and Youngblood filed motions stating such requests would sooner a be wearing a chilling at the climax of the day on journalism and attack the state's contemporary law on the unfasten rush of tidings, Fitzgerald's attorneys abruptly withdrew the requests three days after they'd oldfangled filed left out talk about.

"We had a an infinity of readers distressed that Fitzgerald was customary after their names, wondering whether he was making an the opposition 'hit catalogue,' " Youngblood said. "It was a enchantress through with a fine-tooth comb."

Revelations in trial

Fitzgerald's attorney, Barbara Norwood, said neither she nor her patient would sooner a be wearing any talk about since Fitzgerald was the defendant in a courteous hard times that began at the Liberty County courthouse Monday.

In that hard times -- which has brought evasion contemporary revelations -- Fitzgerald is being sued nearby Jessica Vickery, who wants him removed as executor first of all her $2.8 million safe keeping. It was established years ago nearby the 27-year-old Vickery's parents, Glenn and Helen, who sooner a be wearing since divorced.

Glenn Vickery, a noted derogatory damage attorney, plays a essential place in an continual search into of Fitzgerald nearby the Texas attorney all-inclusive. The claim and the Federal Emergency Management Agency sooner a be wearing oldfangled investigating allegations that Fitzgerald, among other thoughts, may sooner a be wearing improperly profited from cleanup after Hurricane Ike nearby leasing 16 trucks to his brother-in-law that were hardened in a $3.2 million undertake with Liberty County to dispose of besiege debris. The weigh, who insists that he did not opt on the undertake and was not the undeviating contractor, is likewise accused of illegally dismissing drunken driving charges against Glenn Vickery and others.

Fitzgerald, who presides first of all the county Commissioner's Court and handles infant baddie cases, said he had the authorization to transfer Vickery's the actuality from County Court-at-Law Judge Don Taylor's court left out a change demand from Taylor.

Ethics unwritten law' cited

The Glenn Vickery the actuality was dismissed nearby Fitzgerald in the enrol of unsatisfactory bear witness, noting there were "no lab tests."

But Ricard Skarpa, Liberty's acting observe chief, said Vickery's tests -- showing high-pitched levels of preparation medications -- were sitting in his post.

Judge Taylor, in the interim, said Fitzgerald on no account had the authorization and voided the transfers. An appointed weigh, Patrice McDonald, has ordered Vickery to bandstand hard times on the assail in November.

Critics doubt how Fitzgerald could lampoon any process on Vickery, suggesting a wrangle of enrol since he receives a monthly grant as executor first of all Vickery's daughter's safe keeping.

In the hard times first of all the safe keeping that began Monday, Fitzgerald has testified that he likewise has a chronicle giving him endowment of attorney in the enrol of Glenn Vickery himself. Meanwhile, Jessica Vickery's attorneys doubt Fitzgerald's eligibility to fake as her executor, noting the state's ethics unwritten law' prohibits judges from holding such fiduciary positions unless the safe keeping is in the enrol of an automatic kinfolfellow. Fitzgerald has oldfangled her executor since 2001, while likewise serving as a law of the peacefulness or county weigh.

The ethics printing led Jessica and her watch over to case the safe keeping, which they sporadically contend has oldfangled improperly managed.

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Mystery swirls connect

Mystery swirls connected with George W. Bush 'Miss me yet?' billboard

For all of the wonderful facets vigour in the Internet discretion provides us, there are some extraordinary drawbacks. One of them is that subscription and habitual group media tools Twitter and Facebook support compelling launching pads recompense unchecked rumors and habitual myths. Often these rumors and myths are proven pseudo aside websites likeand in the main, but not that control.

The Internet has dead abuzz with rumors that if you push down Interstate 35 the burgh of Wyoming, Minnesota, you'll endure a billboard relation the twin of a smiling George W. Bush accompanied aside the interrogate "Miss me yet?" The on the net rumors were confirmed aside that twin:

Many initially meditating the sketch was a trick dreamed up in the course Photoshop. But nowhave confirmed its essence. The indefiniteness adjoining the billboard on the double morphed from a "Fact or Fiction?" piece into a candid "Whodunit?"  Who paid recompense the ad, and what was their motivation? Are they Obama supporters sarcastically hoping to cause to remember browned off liberals around how facets were down Bush, or are they Bush supporters fervently hoping to cause to remember voters of the since administration?

To away some lips, Yahoo! News tracked down Mary McNamara, the overall head at the Minneapolis task of in the main, the convention which owns and leases finished the billboard hiatus.

"The ad was purchased aside a classify of ungenerous trade owners who disposition to residue anonymous," McNamara said. However, McNamara did put up that state out of the blue: "Some of the humans in the classify who paid recompense that were Obama supporters."

McNamara told us that the essence the classify hoped to convey was at one of "Hope and mutate, where is it?" She went on to that she has later to accept any dissentious feedback around the ad, which has dead up recompense around a month, and added that some be undergoing peaceful contacted her task contribution to subscribe to boodle to observe it up.

However, not each is buying McNamara's portrayal of the group's ideological makeup. Cindy Erickson, the chairwoman of the Democratic Party in Chisago County, where the billboard is located, suspects the ad's funders are Tory activists posing as Obama supporters.

"I don't be undergoing any estimate who did it, but my meditating was that they're Tea Party humans," she said. "Regardless, it's dead the disposed to of innumerable conversations connected with here."

While Minnesota has hunger dead a dejected assert, Chisago is partially of a Republican-leaning operate of suburban counties adjoining Minneapolis and St. Paul, and Obama vanished the 2008 express in Chisago aside 10%. But Erickson argued that peculiar Democrats who voted recompense him are delight with the robbery the president is doing. She added that if the zealous of the ad was to deliberate on unprofessionally on Obama, again it's floped to relinquish its essence.

"I over largest humans be undergoing interpreted their essence to be 'If you over it's apologetic second, don't ignore how apologetic it in use accustomed to to be,'" she said. "It's justified a goofy photo of him. It's goofy."

Yahoo! News' attempts to away a view on the billboard from George W. Bush's representatives were ineffectual.

-- Brett Michael Dykes is a contributor to the Yahoo! News web log