Jump to full article: Decatur (IL) Herald & Review, 2008-04-04
Author: MIKE FRAZIER - H&R Staff Writer
Intro: Wachtel is organizing a smoking ban protest parade at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Wachtel invites smoking advocates to join the parade route, which will run from the 600 block of East Main Street west to the Richland County Courthouse.
Parade advocates hope to encourage state lawmakers to repeal Illinois' three-month-old smoking ban. . . .
"We will be smoking during the parade," Wachtel said.
To be legal, a smoker is forced to walk in the street on Main Street, Wachtel said.
"You can't be on the sidewalk because you're within 15 feet of the business's doors," Wachtel said.
Wachtel said he has received "pretty good support" from residents of Southern Illinois. . . .
Wachtel does not pastor a church, but he serves as chaplain for the local American Legion.
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