Photographs by the Jacksonville Journal-Courier’s Steve Warmowski and Clayton Stalter and Guido Strotheide are among those to be shown at MacMurray College.

The three took part in the “America 24/7” book project along with more than 1,000 professional and tens of thousands of amateur photographers. Last year’s best seller is being followed this year by the publication of books for each of the 50 states. The show will feature the photographers’ favorite photos from the week.

Mr. Warmowski was the coordinator for the project in Illinois and has eight pictures in the book.

An opening reception is scheduled at 5-7 p.m. Saturday at MacMurray’s Putnam Center for the Arts. The gallery also will be open homecoming weekend from 6-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, as well as during the regular hours of 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursdays or by appointment.

Prints from the show will be sold, with proceeds going to Big Brothers/Big Sisters of West Central Illinois. The books will be available at the show as well.

'No court created by Act of Congress shall have any jurisdiction, and the Supreme Court shall have no appellate jurisdiction, to hear or decide any question pertaining to the interpretation of, or the validity under the Constitution of, the Pledge of Allegiance, as defined in section 4 of title 4, or its recitation.'. The limitation in this section shall not apply to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia or the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

The biggest rumor about the new "Star Wars" Trilogy DVD, arriving in stores Sept. 21, is true. Lucas has inserted an image of Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker into the finale of "Return of the Jedi." It replaces actor Sebastian Shaw's image from the original 1983 film in the scene where Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), following the defeat of the Empire, nods knowingly at a lineup of angelic Jedis, including Anakin, Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi.

In Episode IV: A New Hope, the controversial confrontation in the cantina in Mos Eisley has been changed yet again. The villainous Greedo now fires shots at Han Solo (Harrison Ford) at the same time Solo fires back. In the original film, Solo fired first; in 1997, Lucas changed the scene to have Greedo fire first.

Also in Episode IV, 1997's added computer-generated footage of Jabba the Hutt appears to have been improved, with more fluid motion.

In Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, the hologram image of the Emperor has been altered to feature Ian McDiarmid, the actor who played the Emperor in Return of the Jedi and appears in all three prequel films. The scene's dialogue has also changed to clarify the progression of Luke Skywalker’s training as a Jedi, as well as to acknowledge the relationship between Luke and Vader. In the original release of Empire, the Emperor's image was played by an unbilled old woman wearing prosthetic makeup, with chimpanzee eyes superimposed in post-production into darkened eye sockets, the official Star Wars Web site reported. The original voice was provided by Clive Revill.

In Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, Hayden Christensen's Anakin Skywalker is added as a ghostly image in the final scenes of the film, alongside Yoda and Alec Guinness' Obi-Wan Kenobi. But Sebastian Shaw remains as the face of Darth Vader/Anakin in the scene in which Luke removes Vader's helmet, and not Christensen, as had been rumored.

Episode IV: A New Hope

The 1997 animation added to the entrance to Mos Eisley is much smoother.

Jabba has been retexturized and looks considerably better. Han still walks on his tail, but it's much smoother.

The lettering on various Death Star panels are written in Aurebesh rather than English.

The matte-painted hall in Leia's detention block looks much more realistic.

Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Temuera Morrison does the voice of Boba Fett

Luke's inane scream when he jumps to escape Vader on Cloud City is gone. And there was much rejoicing.

Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

When Vader's helmet is removed, his eyebrows are gone and his eyes are recolored to match Hayden's.

Perhaps this was in the 1997 special editions, but in the various background shots of the new Death Star, its appearance changes and you can see progress as the station takes shape.

... a ray of light for all the collectors that were left in the dark when the much anticipated Fan Choice Ephant Mon figure slipped away unexpectedly from shelves ... it is now showing up in large quantities at KB Toy stores all over the U.S. with the ridiculously low price of $2.99 each.

Illinois College has announced the appointment of new faculty members for the 2004-05 academic year.

Joshua T. Cox, instructor in art, served as a sabbatical leave replacement at Illinois College during the 2004 spring semester. He earned a Bachelor of Science in art and art history from MacMurray College and a Master of Science in theory, criticism and history of art from Pratt Institute in New York.