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Nothing ruins a good fireman convention like a fire call.  The Bloomington Township Fire Department received a call which took them away from the display of trucks after the parade finished.  They had four of the approximately 30 vehicles on display.  No details on the fire, but we hope everything went well and no injuries or loss of property were experienced. Trucks from many McLean County and Central Illinois departments were represented.  Some I recall were Arrowsmith, Ellsworth, LeRoy, Gridley, Randolph Township, Bloomington, Bloomington Township, Towanda, and Peoria.  I'm sure there were others. Be sure to check the November issue of Best Look Magazine for a short story and some images.  There is also an image gallery at Alan Look Photography .

Like a sputtering car in need of repair, that's how it was for Alan Look Photography and the Illinois State Redbirds this weekend.  Circumstances beyond our control forced us to miss all the great Friday night high school football.  West was at Bloomington - Bloomington won, Ridgeview played LeRoy - LeRoy won, UHigh played and won, and Normal Community played MacArthur and won.  Those are just a few of the local games.  Any would have been great to see. The ISU Redbirds took on the Salukis of Southern Illinois for Homecoming.  It seemed like every time they got to moving forward the exhaust would backfire and the ball would move the other way.  They were ranked #9 and were undefeated with 5 wins, the best record since the 1960's.  Five and one is still an awesome record, but we will just have to wait and see what happens to the ranking (does it really matter?), SIU v ISU Photo Gallery I lost track of just what John Power was covering this weekend fo...