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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 2002
Page
9
A Tuesday p.m. training at the Mount Vernon Holiday Inn will teach librarians and law enforcement officials to guide crime victims to shelters services and victim compensation. Secretary of State Jesse White will give opening remarks. Sponsored by Shawnee Library System MORE / PAGE 2B.
Government and school boards from Buckner to Williamson County announce evening and daytime meetings. Anna, Carbondale, Carrier Mills, Ewing, Harrisburg, Jackson County, Jefferson County, Herrin, Marion, Murphysboro, Mount Vernon, Thompsonville, and more list times, venues such as city halls, district offices, and courthouses, plus boards like golf advisory, park districts, and highway committees.
Carbondale city leaders move to refinance about 4.2 million in bonds tied to an 8.5 million issue for a wastewater plant. SIU Salukis Sweet 16 run boosts bond demand and could push rates from about 5.5 percent toward 3.75 percent, saving roughly 100000 in interest through May 2005. Jeff Schuppel of Mesirow Financial notes high bond rating and market buzz as catalysts.
Canine teams from McCracken County K-9 Search and Rescue spent over eight hours at Lake Moses near Benton on the hunt for Cassandra Blair, missing since March 16. Meanwhile, Franklin County authorities filed two counts of obstruction of justice against John D. Smith Jr., 30, a person Blair was last seen with.
Carbondale's proposed 36.5 million spending plan prioritizes infrastructure including 11 new police cars and a 411000 software upgrade. Non union worker base salaries rise 3 percent with up to 2 percent merit possible. City projects a 2.6 million increase over this year and a 7.13 million end fund balance with a public hearing set at 7 p.m. at City Hall.
Four winners split the Rickert-Ziebold Trust prize among SIU Carbondale School of Art and Design seniors Jeremie Draper Leslie McGuire Momoko Okada and Brian Smith. Draper from Pekin crafted glass garments McGuire Mount Vernon made metal sculptures Okada from Hokkaido Japan created metal life forms and Smith from Springfield painted self portraits and other works. The winners were announced by Ed Shay and the exhibit runs at University Museum Gallery April 5 to 28 with an awards ceremony on April 19.
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