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On July 16, 2010 Mayor Lawrence Besmer of Woodson Terrace, Missouri dedicated the new William K. Ratchford Government Center. A ribbon cutting ceremony opened the doors for veiwing of the new facilities and sculptor Julie Sesti's life-size bronze portrait head of previous Mayor William K. Ratchford.

   Enlightenment in Bronze: New 'Inspiration' Statue on Campus.
     6/12/2009
     Lebanon, Ill. McKendree University has a new big man on campus.

     The Inspiration, a classic bronze male statue by St. Louis sculptor, Julianne Meder Sesti, expresses a moment of sudden enlightenment. It was installed on June 12 atop a plinth in front of the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts, on Alton Street in Lebanon.

"The Inspiration depicts a timeless classic (figure), who upon the foundation of other great thinkers and teachers, has arrived at that moment when the solution is clear and the future is at hand."