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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 2003
Page
1
Column highlights four SIUC art students winning the Rickert Ziebold awards on page 1B. Other items note Dongola superintendent Reavis, Herrin school budget cuts, Du Quoin city clerk Blaine Bastien, and weather together with regional briefs.
Polls open 6 am to 7 pm as county clerks in Southern Illinois anticipate solid voter turnout in Jackson Williamson and surrounding counties. Sunny weather and mild temperatures may boost participation while clerks prepare polling places in schools churches and public buildings across the region.
Carbondale voters can receive a free bagel worth 1.50 by presenting their polling receipt. Winston Mezo, known as the Bagel Man on the Carbondale Strip, promotes the offer in a Nightlife ad with a see Winston page reference. The deal expires Sunday.
Steven A Reach, 31, of Carbondale, hanged himself after apparently killing his roommate Paul J Hurley, 71, a retired SIU Carbondale English professor. Hurley was struck and stabbed, police said. Police reported Reach planned death by own action near a bridge on Chautauqua Road.
General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems in Marion received a $23.9 million Army contract to produce more than 2 million 25mm target practice munitions for Bradley Fighting Vehicles. The deal, part of a multi-year plan, follows a $9.3 million award for 30 mm cartridges to support A-10 target practice.
Anna-Jonesboro high school teacher Rick Bittle filed a temporary restraining order and seeks injunctive relief against Superintendent William Schildknecht after being barred from all athletic and extracurricular events for a year. The petition claims lack of hearing or written notice prior to the ban, tied to a March 5 sectional game incident involving Bittle and coach Jim Drew.
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