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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 2003
Page
13
Topay presents guest speaker Justice Thomas Kilbride with the talk Justice: A View from the Storefront Law Office to the Illinois Supreme Court at 5 p.m. in the SIU School of Law Auditorium Carbondale. Call (618) 453 8736 for details.
Weekend events list shows a design lecture at Dunn Richmond Center 150 E Pleasant Hill Carbondale 10 am to 2 pm with a 6 dollar fee and a phone contact. Also World Hunger Sale at University Baptist Church 7oo S Oakland Carbondale 8 am to 2 pm with auction and a phone contact. Public meetings include Benton Fireman Pension Board 8:30 am at fire department Carbondale Library Personnel 4:30 pm, Planning Commission 7 pm City Hall and numerous county and city government meetings across Carrier Mills Jackson County Jefferson County Johnston City Jonesboro Union County Vienna with times and venues listed. Website www thesouthern com.
Cathy Bobenko, sister of John D. Sharp, recalls the 1978 Carbondale death and her efforts to see William Anthony Sisk stand trial. Sisk, arrested in Kentucky and extradited to Illinois, faced a delayed preliminary hearing over a requested psychological evaluation. Bobenko, then a single mother from Nortonville, has provided ongoing details to police, underscoring persistence in pursuing accountability.
CARBONDALE Ed Asner spoke at Southern Illinois University Carbondale delivering a free lecture and narrating a musical finale with the Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra. He credited finding a cause for his activism and recalled being blacklisted for his political stance. Former Sen. Paul Simon praised their long association with Public Policy Institute sponsorship noted.
Former State Superintendent Bob Leininger, now EFAB chair, urged area educators to pressure legislators for higher taxes to boost school funding. He warned that reliance on real estate taxes creates statewide inequities, with poorer districts growing poorer while richer ones get richer, calling for systemic reform and a shift toward income-based funding.
Illinois reports five suspected SARS cases with four in metropolitan Chicago and one an 82-year-old downstate man. Jackson County Health Department has issued alerts to local clinics while stressing no known local cases. Officials describe case criteria from the CDC and emphasize ongoing monitoring and reporting.
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