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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 2001
Page
9
Former Herrin mayor Ed Quaglia remains in a coma at Herrin Hospital after a stroke on Tuesday. The 60 year old, who served as mayor for 15 years, was listed in critical condition Saturday night. He resigned in June 1999 due to health problems from a 1997 stroke.
The University of Illinois Williamson County Extension Unit hosts a 1:30 p.m. seminar in Marion at 1306 N Atchison Ave Suite A. Consumer Economist Charlotte Crawford outlines a three step plan for simplifying items and property, selling or donating inherited goods, choosing appraisers and auctioneers, and deductions for donated items. Registration is free. call 993 3304 by Aug 28.
PAWS Inc. announces the grand opening of Paws Place at 139 E. Vienna St Anna with a 10 a.m. Ribbon Cutting and open house until 7 p.m. The non profit adoption center relies on private donations and aggressive spay neuter efforts to reduce unwanted animals. For adoption volunteering or contributions call 833-3647.
The Division of Continuing Education at Carbondale SIUC will host a new course titled Learn to Speak English from Thursday through December 7. Classes run Monday through Friday 1 to 1 50 p.m. in Faner Hall Room 3412. Registration is open at any time by calling 536 7751 or visiting www.dce.siu.edu.
Carbondale Presbyterian Preschool holds an open house Friday from 9 to 11 30 a m in its first floor preschool. Enrolled students and parents meet teachers tour classrooms and pay fees. Public invited to tour and apply for three and four year old classes with new registrations accepted. Call Ann Dillard at 529 1264 weekdays 8 30 to 12 30.
Time is running to adopt a rubber duck for the Little Egypt Duck Race a fundraiser for the Women's Center at 3 p m Aug 31 at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds Ducks are adopted for the day with a 5 donation Adoption papers are available throughout Southern Illinois at locations including Southern Illinois Health Care and Zimmer Radio Group For more information call 549 4807 Ext 250 or 228.
Illinois Department of Professional Regulation refused to renew the license of Richard Karl O'Hair of Herrin for delinquent child support after he failed to respond to a 1999 notice. The order also placed other area professionals in non renewal statuses for student loan defaults and related violations.
Paul Houghton, a Marion coaching icon at 100, recalls dream inspired plays that shaped his sports career. He devised a fronting zone defense in basketball and the Sweet 16 forward hook pass for football, leading Marion teams to multiple championships and a remarkable 454 to 38 outscoring edge in the 1930s.
A Shawnee RC&D led tour for legislative liaisons showcased wetland restoration in the Cache River watershed. U.S. Rep. Jerry Costello aide Mike Campbell and Sen. Peter Fitzgerald aide Christine Sullivan joined the delegation as they visited privately owned sites converted from marginal floodprone farmland through USDA Wetlands Reserve Program and related initiatives.
Superintendent Lindell Croft reviews options for a new district office on the old laundry site across from the high school. Plans include shell construction by local contractors and student involvement, prompted by smoke concerns and a growing elementary class that will relocate. The building’s hollow clay blocks complicate seismic compliance.
Croft states the clay block design would not meet state seismic standards. The comment appears in a broader discussion on building safety, with reference to the state’s current seismic guidelines.
At the Illinois State Fair in Springfield SIU Carbondale unveiled a colorful life size Tut mascot fan. Ellen Warren and Terry Armour praised the giveaway noting its wide appeal to attendees and its contrast with typical fair fare. Tut, a 10 year old Chester dog, is SIU’s athletic mascot and appears on the fan. Thousands were handed out at the SIU tent through Labor Day.
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