Editorial contact and letters policy for The Southern Illinoisan
The Southern Illinoisan outlines contact details for publisher Dennis DeRossett managing editor Gerald Garcia and opinion editor Jeff Smyth. It sets readers tips numbers for news tips classifieds ads circulation, and phone and email guidelines for submitting Letters to Voice of the Reader The Vent and other notices with word limits and editorial standards.
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Christmas Spirit Through a Nursing Home Window
Duane J Faulkenberry recounts a Christmas visit to a Granite City nursing home where a moment with a nearly blind resident named William reveals faith and hope. He reflects on life, aging, and the meaning of Christmas as God bending low to share human suffering and offer salvation.
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Yes Virginia There Is a Santa Claus Story
This 1897 New York Sun editorial reply to Virginia O’Hanlon affirms Santa Claus’s existence. The piece, authored by Francis Pharcellus Church, defends faith over doubt, invoking love and imagination and concluding Santa lives forever in the hearts of children.
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Santa Letter From a JIM MUIR Reader Reignites Nostalgia
Jim Muir, a Southern Illinoisan reporter now 49, writes Santa to renew a childhood friendship from 1960s Kansas era. He recalls a Schwinn Stingray gift, compares newsroom deadlines with Santa’s gift orders, and praises Santa’s impact on the powerless, seeking spirit and connection in a modern tech era.
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