Re: [CPEO-IRF] Chanute AFB (IL) closure and Rantoul's population

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Sorry. The correct URL for this article is
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2007/03/11/rantouls_population_has_continued_to_decline

Lenny

lsiegel@cpeo.org wrote:
> Rantoul's population has continued to decline
>
> By Tim Mitchell
> Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette (IL)
> March 11, 2007
>
> Mark Hanson curates the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, which draws 16,000
> to 17,000 visitors a year.
>
> Jerry Zachary remembers being in awe of the huge crowds that filled the
> Rantoul Township High School gym when he played for the Eagles in the 1950s.
>
> "We packed the gym for every game," remembers Zachary, who's now
> superintendent of Ludlow grade school. "It was a great feeling playing
> before 1,600 people.
>
> "The most popular tickets were up in the balcony, and families bought the
> same tickets year afer year. In those days, a relative had to die before
> you could inherit a ticket."
>
> Zachary served as superintendent at Rantoul High from 1994 to 2005. He saw
> the attendance drop significantly after Chanute Air Force Base closed.
>
> ...


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