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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 2001
Page
3
Kati Rooney, 39, received a 10.8 million verdict from a Cook County jury after being struck by Seadog tour boat propeller near Oak Street Beach in October 1997. Her right foot was severed and her leg was amputated above the ankle to fit a prosthesis.
Illinois fire officials ruled an accidental flash fire at Genoa Kingston High School on October 1 during a chemistry experiment. Methyl alcohol vapors met a flame causing a fireball that burned seven students, all of whom have returned to school after treatment. The experiment used methyl alcohol with several chlorides to produce colored flames.
The Illinois State Historical Library has secured the earliest privately produced Springfield map, dating possibly to 1825, printed on linen the size of a newspaper page and depicting the town square near the state Capitol later renamed Old State Capitol. A carnival worker known as Tattoo Joe, 30, pleaded guilty to aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a 15 year old at the Illinois State Fair, facing three to seven years in prison.
United Mine Workers members approved a five year deal with the Bituminous Coal Operators Association covering about 100,000 miners and retirees. The agreement raises pensions, improves retiree health care, and adds a $600 July 2002 bonus plus $1.50 per hour in raises through 2006. Peabody CONSOL and Arch Coal miners voted Friday. officials say company approval is largely procedural.
Cypress Volunteer Fire Department gained a major boost as Hillside Spring Grove and Romeoville fire crews from Wisconsin border to Chicago suburbs donated two pumper trucks a tanker hoses nozzles and equipment. Chief Glynn Nichols said the gear transformed the squad from underfunded to functional.
In Cypress Illinois a volunteer fire group of 17, including a prison guard and a Wal Mart manager, serves 250 residents with a 1,000 gallon tanker from a 1969 American LaFrance. They faced water limits until Hillside Fire Chief Mike Kuryla arranged a sale of the old unit to Cypress for 1 and a $250,000 state grant funded a new pumper. Spring Grove and Romeoville offered similar trades, enabling a 1,500 gallon portable tank for hydrantless areas.
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