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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 2003
Page
1
Nation reports say school officials did not warn of food contamination. Local coverage notes Best's bid to block SIU split and Ken Gray’s relocated museum. Court reports list marriages and divorces in multiple counties. Sports note covers NFL teams stocking defense at the draft. Business items include Huck's Now offering high speed Internet with gas and snacks. Outside features forecast sunny with warm weekend.
Changing times but consistent purpose marks Rend Lake Conservancy District in Southern Illinois. From 1955 start to 1971 fill and 13 communities served, RLCD transformed regional water supply and recreation. The district drew from the Big Muddy River Casey Fork Creek and Gun Creek to deliver reliable water amid prior shortages.
A recent public audit criticizes Rend Lake Conservancy District General Manager Kevin Davis for suspected misuses of district funds. The RLCD board will meet Monday at 8:30 a.m. at the district main office on Marcum Branch Road to discuss the audit findings. Rend Lake supplies water to 60 cities villages and districts across seven counties in Southern Illinois.
The RLCD is governed by seven directors representing Franklin and Jefferson counties plus three mayors. Current board members include Gilbert Coleman, Michael Davidson, Bob Steffey of Mount Vernon, Curtis Cockrum of Benton, Keith Ward of Lesser, Pete Micheletto of Christopher, and Kenneth Gray of West Frankfort. Coleman presides, appointed in 1999 with a term to January 2004. Davidson was appointed last year.
Reports say Dana Altman Creighton coach is the focus to replace Bill Self at Illinois. Guenther left town and was away all day Friday amid a tense search. Bruce Weber reportedly out, with SIU unavailable for comment while Weber recruits in Houston.
Brandon Briggs, 17, of Carbondale and his boat The Rebel dominated the canoe and kayak division at SIU Carbondale’s 30th Great Cardboard Boat Regatta on the campus lake. The junior at Carbondale High School, who first stunned crowds at age seven, says he plans to keep competing for life. Briggs previously helped pioneer a kayak style boat in 1993.
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