Beautify Southern Illinois volunteer drive urged ahead of graduation
Community editorial calls for volunteer litter cleanups and environmental projects across Southern Illinois. It highlights groups like Keep Carbondale Beautiful and the Adopt-A-Highway programs, lists upcoming events in Carbondale Murphysboro and Shawnee National Forest, and invites public involvement via beautifysouthernillinois.org with dates, contacts, and activity details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Illinois Ozarks
Shawnee National Forest
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Ohio
Mississippi
SIU Carbondale
Garden of the Gods
Beautifysouthernillinois.org
Beautify
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Turley Park
Gmail
Murphysboro
Longfellow Park
M.J. Smerken
Green Earth Inc
Green Earth Property
Stephanie Eichholz
Greenearthinc.org
Panther den
Yahoo.com
Town Square
Meghan Cole
Siuc Campus
Beautifysouthernillinois
Romney Should Refuse Ledbetter Law Support
MONA CHAREN argues The New York Times and feminist activists push the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act as a milestone, but she says the law harms women by inviting litigation and masking underlying market factors. She asserts pay gaps vanish when controlling for hours and family duties and urges Romney to reject backing Ledbetter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omney
U Pay Equity
New York Times
Caucus
Romney
Lilly Ledbetter Fair
Times
Obama
Congress
Lilly Ledbetter
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Supreme Court
Ledbetter
Stuart Taylor
National Journal
Democratic Party
Feds
Congressional Budget Office
June O’neill
Slate Magazine
Pew
Voice of the Reader Calls USPS to Improve Service
A reader with postal experience urges the USPS to streamline operations and close small offices. He advocates a central Southern Illinois sorting facility and criticizes national moves as reducing service while benefiting competitors. He offers to discuss ideas, claiming to be inexpensive and reasonably smart.
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Postal Service
USPS
Benton
Evansville
Nashville
Chester
du Quoin
Illinois
Centralia
Carbondale
Letters to the Editor Policy and Contact Details
The policy outlines 250 word letters ped or emailed for current issues, signed with a verifiable phone number. Publication hides numbers but shows author name and hometown. Editing rights reserved. libelous or personal attacks not published. Editor contacts include Gary Metro and Mark Fitton with emails and phone extensions.
Officials contact lines include Kirk Shimkus Costello
U S Senator Mark Kirk and U S Representative John Shimkus along with State Representative Jerry Costello publish multiple phone numbers and emails for constituent inquiries including district and Washington contacts and a state mailing option.
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Paul Restivo
SIU
Carbondale Beautify
Southern Illinois Student Alliance
Cehs
Edu
Thesouthern
Gary
Metro
Thesouthern.com
Secret Service
Charen’s
Mona Charen
Monacharen
Creators Syndicate
de Soto
Williamson County
Voice of the
Southern Illinoisan PO
Gary Metro
U.S
Mark Kirk
Kirk
Senate
Dick Durbin
Durbin
John Shimkus
House.gov
Shimkus
Jerry Costello
Costello
House
Gary Forby
David Luechtefeld
Midwest
Brandon Phelps
Mike Bost
Mike
Bost
Hotmail
John Bradley
Jerry F. Costello
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