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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 2007
Page
1
The Carbondale church hosts its annual Meaning of the Season Nativity display this weekend. Faith and values coverage notes the event as a community tradition highlighting the nativity scene, with details on hours and location available in Page 6B.
Larry Choate will retire as Shawnee Community College president in December after two decades in the role. He cites groundwork for two new buildings, the Medical Arts and Sciences Building and Career Technology Center, and stronger ties with the board and Foundation as key achievements.
Illinois towns Tuscola and Mattoon vie to host the FutureGen plant with Texas finalists. The project would cost about 1.8 billion dollars, funded by tax dollars and energy companies, using coal to generate electricity while sequestering pollutants underground. Senator Dick Durbin says cost oversight will be crucial as decisions loom.
Carbondale’s PK’s bar owner Gwen Hunt recalls a 1983 Salukis title season when fans tore down goalposts three times. A section from Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s stadium sits near the ceiling, tied to the team’s Division I-AA crown. SIUC police once confiscated sections as fans celebrated.
Officials say the Carbondale armory will be built on a 15 acre parcel at Southern Illinois Airport with preliminary plans for two buildings totaling about 52,000 square feet in the larger unit. The project is budgeted at 11.8 million dollars and targets a early 2009 ground breaking, with completion taking about a year. The complex will host two Army Illinois National Guard units and one Army Reserve unit and will include offices, a gym, kitchens, a ready area, maintenance and cold storage for military vehicles.
The NRF warns of higher theft and fraud during the holiday shopping season. NRF Vice President Joe LaRocca cites $10.8 billion in returns fraud, including wardrobing and returns with stolen tender. Carbondale chamber leader Meredith Rhoads notes most shoppers are honest, while grinch behaviors exist.
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