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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 2004
Page
4
The Southern Illinoisan outlines editorial staff contacts including Publisher Dennis DeRossett Editor Meta Minton and Opinion Editor Jeff Smyth Voice of the Reader. It provides newsroom hours and phone numbers for tips classifieds and ads, plus the Letters Policy detailing word limit signing and verification requirements and restrictions on publishing poetry mass mail letters or libelous content.
Mayor Bob Ellis seeks healing in Franklin County by opposing partisan politics at city hall and pausing plans to raze the old city hall for a parking lot. City council members and citizens seek a right course as the Civic Center Authority had opposed the demolition.
Dramatic city leadership shift follows the April 1 resignations of Mayor Jack Woolard and economic development director G. David Green. Ellis named mayor pro tem and soon to become acting mayor, with an election planned for 2005 to complete the term. Community tensions ease as Ellis pledges unity and a calm agenda to heal divisions over the old city hall decision.
A letter from SIUC athletic staff thanks fans for support of a blue collar team that earned a 15th national ranking, 17 straight MVC wins, a third MVC title and an NCAA bid, noting three consecutive sell-outs and eagerness for next season.
JEFF SMYTH, opinion editor of The Southern Illinoisan, laments daylight saving time and advocates breaking from DST in Southern Illinois. He recalls Indiana, Arizona, and Hawaii nonconformity, traces US time standardization, and critiques DST’s energy, safety, and crime claims while noting farmers’ view and personal disruption.
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