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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 2004
Page
4
The Southern Illinoisan discusses how voices from readers are handled, including submission rules, word limits, and contact information. It outlines editorial contacts, submission methods, and a mail and phone directory for news tips and classifieds.
Field funding would be an economic home run for Williamson County as investors back a plan to bring a Class A minor league baseball team and construct a new ballpark. The Southern Illinois Baseball Group envisions fast tracking the project with an opening day hoped for in April 2006, but a key component remains missing.
The Southern Illinois Baseball Group lobbies for 7.5 million in state support to build a city owned Marion ballpark. Despite past funding for the World Shooting Complex in Sparta and other projects, the budget omits ballpark money for fall veto session. Local investors stand ready to back a team, hoping legislators approve.
A reader challenges Larry O Neill’s July letter about a living wage. They question proposed hikes from 5.15 to 10, 15 dollars, and mock guarantees of cars, vacations, and homes. The writer warns of unsustainable costs and erosion of value.
The writer endorses the Knights of Columbus pushing the Federal Marriage Amendment and cites Vatican and Catholic sources on marriage and homosexuality. The piece defends scriptural views while praising Jim Muir's column on a young man's death by suicide, urging compassion and faith in God's grace for those affected.
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