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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 2007
Page
9
Ramona Thomas 34 was sentenced to six years in prison and fined 5000 in Franklin County Circuit Court after pleading to possession of methamphetamine. Charges of meth manufacturing and child endangerment were dropped. her husband Carl Thomas 34 remains at large with a warrant outstanding.
Carbondale Community High School Class of 1972 hosts a two day reunion Friday August 31 and Saturday September 1. Activities include a 7 30 p m gathering at Pinch Penny Pub a 8 30 a m golf outing at Hickory Ridge Golf Center a 3 30 to 4 30 p m tour of the new high school and a 7 p m casual reunion with hors d oeuvres. Contact Jon Landt or David Coracy for details.
Interim provost Don Rice announced SIU Carbondale has made a formal offer to Victoria Valle for assistant vice chancellor for enrollment management with a $125,000 annual salary. Valle visited for a second time and is awaiting chancellor approval and her expected Sept. start.
Thousands attended the Charlie Daniels Band concert at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex in Sparta after a Du Quoin Fair run. Fans ranging from long-time followers to younger listeners enjoyed hits while The Gordons opened. Keyboardist Digregorio noted the event targets gun owners and praised American freedoms.
Marion city council unanimously extended the enterprise zone term for ten years, pushing the expiration from 2011 to 2021 if participating cities approve. Mayor Robert Butler noted the benefit includes full tax abatement for five years and half real estate tax for the next five, urging earlier projects to gain the full decade. Those with projects must act before the zone ends.
Landowner Egon Kamarasy proposes Bittersweet II adding 12 acres and six lots on Starvation Acres Road off Union Hill Road south of Carbondale. The plan, awaiting city council approval, envisions each lot about 2.5 acres around Bittersweet Lake with Kamarasy planning a Japanese garden and fountain.
Longtime Irish studies scholar Charles Fanning ends his 14 year tenure at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The 64 year old founder of the Irish and Irish Immigration Studies program shifts gears rather than retires, continuing to read and write. His work includes a doctoral dissertation on Mr Dooley which won the Frederick Jackson Turner Award in 1979 and books such as The Exiles of Erin and The Irish Voice in America.
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