By Scott Richardson;srichardson@pantagraph.com The Nature Conservancy has transferred the 720-acre Chinquapin Bluffs Natural Area in Woodford County and the 60-acre Henline Creek Natural Area in northern McLean County to the ParkLands Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and restoring natural areas based in Mclean County.

By The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill. Jul.

By M.K. Guetersloh, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill. Apr. 16--BLOOMINGTON -- Cost overruns on collecting public comments on a proposed new highway east of Bloomington-Normal will be paid for with federal money coming to McLean County.

THEATER One-woman show BLOOMINGTON - Award-winning Iraqi-American playwright Heather Raffo will present a performance-lecture of her acclaimed one-woman play, "9 Parts of Desire," at 5 p.m. Sunday in Beckman Auditorium of Illinois Wesleyan University's Ames Library. Admission is free.

By Scott Richardson, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill. Jul. 23--FUNKS GROVE -- A vacant lot down the street from the house where Angela Smith grew up in the south suburbs of Chicago was one of her few links to nature.