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JULY 17, 2013
Vol. 5 No. 46
AFter 39 sUMMers ...
BILLIE’S BABY IS STILL GOING STRONG
Limacher’s living memorial to the early days of Joliet has stood the test of time By Stewart Warren For the Bugle
PHOTOS BY STEWART WARREN/FOR THE BUGLE
Billie Limacher prepares for a Concert on the Hill on June 27. The annual summer concert series is in its 39th year.
Billie Limacher was worried. She stood outside the band shell at Bicentennial Park on the last Thursday in June and looked at the crowd on the lawn. More than 100 people – including tiny children and two large groups of senior citizens, many of them using canes or walkers – were relaxing on folding chairs and blankets, waiting for the Concert on the Hill to begin, the fourth of the musical evenings in the summer series of 2013.
It had been a hot, wet week, and the air was thick and sultry. On Monday, thunderstorms had downed trees and power lines. Some people had been without electricity for several days, and there was more bad weather in the forecast.The special weather radio in her office had already issued a warning. Limacher wondered if the show really should go on.There could be another terrible storm. Who could blame her for worrying? Limacher started the See BILLIE, page 3