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	<description>A Decatur, Illinois Blog With a Really Stale Slogan!</description>
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		<title>My Favorite Apps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(A screenshot of my iPad.) &#160; Apps for our smart phones and tablets have become such a big part of our lives these days. &#160;I remember when I first got my iPod Touch and feeling overwhelmed by all the choices, many free, that I could download. Since then I got an iPad, the first generation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://decaturnavigator.com/2012/02/my-favorite-apps/</link>
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		<title>More About Site Changes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, about them changes.  I thought I&#8217;d take a little time and tell you what changes I&#8217;m making to this site.  None of the changes are drastic but they will enable me to have a more flexible site to build on now and in the future, so in other words, a lot of backend stuff [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://decaturnavigator.com/2012/01/more-about-site-changes/</link>
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		<title>Decatur Park District Master Plan Studies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Decatur Park District is seeking community input for developing their master plan for the next decade. &#160;This covers all park district services and properties, so it&#8217;s a great time to provide some input regarding your neighborhood park, recreational needs, the lakefront plan, golf course facility suggestions, Scovill Zoo and more. &#160;The following meetings are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://decaturnavigator.com/2012/01/decatur-park-district-master-plan-studies/</link>
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		<title>Mound Road Low-Income Senior Housing Project Brings Up Social Issues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I hadn&#8217;t been too educated on the details of the Mound Road annexation controversy, so I decided to attend the packed meeting last night, which had been moved to the Decatur Civic Center auditorium to accommodate a large crowd. An $11 million dollar low-income senior housing project is proposed for a parcel of land already [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://decaturnavigator.com/2011/11/mound-road-low-income-senior-housing-project-brings-up-social-issues/</link>
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		<title>What Lies Beneath:  Fracking and Carbon Storage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Probably a year ago, if not longer, I and a few others addressed our concerns over the carbon sequestration project taking place on Decatur’s east side near ADM and Richland Community College.  ADM received a nearly $100 million dollar federal grant from the energy department to experiment storing large amounts of liquefied carbon dioxide deep [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://decaturnavigator.com/2011/11/what-lies-beneath-fracking-and-carbon-storage/</link>
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		<title>Happy Halloween!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I still remember the uneasy, almost sinister feeling I sensed, when moving into my house 16 years ago this month, on Halloween weekend. I sensed it as soon as I was in the driveway and really felt it when on the front porch. I could smell the fear, but I have to admit, most of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://decaturnavigator.com/2011/11/happy-halloween/</link>
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		<title>Fall Activities In Central Illinois</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s getting the time again &#8211; Halloween! This is my favorite time of the year. There&#8217;s activities galore to choose from all over Central Illinois. If you love a good scare, there&#8217;s plenty of haunted houses, ghost tours and even a ghost train to enjoy. Boo At The Zoo is great for younger kids. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://decaturnavigator.com/2011/10/fall-activities-in-central-illinois/</link>
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		<title>City Happenings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A decision by the Decatur Park Board may permanently close a portion of Lake Shore Drive in Nelson Park very soon. This is part of the overall vision for the park, however it&#8217;s not a decision without detractors. The reason given for closing the road is to make a safer environment for pedestrians. Wooden posts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://decaturnavigator.com/2011/07/city-happenings/</link>
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		<title>Checking In While I Can</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s been a busy summer at my house this year.  The house is in the midst of a major home construction project and with frazzled nerves I’m muddling through.  Normally, I would love to write more often but between working and this home project, every time I have a little spare time, it quickly turns [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://decaturnavigator.com/2011/07/checking-in-while-i-can/</link>
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		<title>Lightning Strikes Doing A Number On Lincoln Square Theatre</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Debbie Ford, the executive director of Decatur&#8217;s nearly century old historic Lincoln Square Theatre posted a plea to the public on the theatre&#8217;s Facebook page, to help save the structure. Many much needed repairs have been completed in recent years but there&#8217;s still much work to do, especially when Mother Nature seems to have it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://decaturnavigator.com/2011/07/lightning-strikes-doing-a-number-on-lincoln-square-theatre/</link>
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