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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 2006
Page
4
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An 86 year old widow recounts visiting Kim Stubblefield, a cancer patient with no income, and questions state $1 million in support for a Marion minor league ballfield. She urges funding for local living needs like food and medical debt payment, arguing charities begin at home and debts to doctors must be paid.
Washington Post columnist David Broder notes GOP nerves nationwide as Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell trails Rep. Ted Strickland by about 20 points in a Columbus Dispatch poll. He cites economic woes, Iraq and Lebanon war coverage, and a discredited Republican Congress as factors. GOP officials warn of a 1982 or 1974 style shift across multiple states.
A roundup highlighting community efforts and honors across Williamson County and southern Illinois. Includes praise for K9 Deputy Chuck Broy and Quatro in a major meth seizure near Marion. youth programs in Cairo and Carbondale. preservation work by SIUC professor Robert Swenson. Sen John Jones pushing for prison understaffing study release. St. Louis Cardinals Redbird Rookie program impacts. Cypress Elementary School reopening after tornado. overtime at Choate Center. funding and contracts with law enforcement groups. safe return of Marion missionaries. Herrin trash service debate. summer drowning incident at Kinkaid Lake. and cleaner roadways efforts by Southern Illinoisans.
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