Go Illini - Roger Ebert Traditional Cache
illinitrekker: Should not be hard to find. Last searcher could not. Must be missing. I cannot maintain and my local friend cannot either. Time to put this one to rest.
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This is meant to be an easy hide. You are looking for a magnetic film cannister at the end of a guard rail. Bring a writing instrument. I selected a location that provides plenty of room to pull safely off the road. US-79 is technically a north-south highway. This cache is on the northbound side.
Consider this a payback for a couple of area cachers that helped me quite a bit. Each cache in the series will highlight a famous University of Illinois alum.
Although I usually hate them, brief logs are okay. However, if you find several in the series, I would appreciate one longer log that describes your experience.
Roger Ebert was born in Urbana, Illinois. As a high school student, he developed an interest in journalism and began reporting on sports in the local newspaper. He also enrolled at the University of Illinois as an early entrance student. Upon graduation, he enrolled full time at Illinois and started writing for the campus newspaper. He began his professional career in 1967 writing for a major newspaper in Chicago. However, it was his criticism of film that gained him notoriety and eventually led to a partnership with Gene Siskel (who worked for a rival Chicago newspaper) hosting a weekly film review television show. In 1975, Ebert won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. Following numerous complications related to thyroid cancer, Ebert ended his association with his television show in 2008.
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