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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 2007

Page

4

Letters policy page outlines submission rules

The notice lists guidelines for Letters to the Voice of the Reader including word limit of 250, typewritten or email submission, signing with hometown, contact telephone for verification, and editorial rights. It also provides contact details for submissions and reporting news as well as listing elected officials and their contact information.

Truce with deer prompts odd backyard defense schemes

Local editor Gary Metro recounts clashes with deer over bird feeding in his yard. Readers suggest solutions from humane sprays to inventive deterrents. A reader reports a Georgia fatal deer attack and the piece ends with advice to adjust bird feed to deter deer, or listen to his wife.

Wiens Metro Teven WSBTV Georgia Debbie

No helmet mandatory coverage column to editors

A reader commends a newspaper cover on motorbike safety and urges stronger helmet laws. The letter proposes ABATE lobby alignment across states and links insurance claim denial to lack of safety gear, including seat belts, arguing premiums fund irresponsible riders.

Salute to the Marion V A Hospital staff in Carbondale

Thomas Hippensteen Sr. greets the Marion V A Hospital team in Carbondale for their competent friendly care since March 2004. He notes transfers from Long Beach, Dr Patel and staff in Rose Clinic, and praise for admissions, pharmacy, labs, and cafeteria amid upcoming inspector general and ORM report disclosures.

Inspector General ORM Marion V.A. Hospital Long Beach Calif Rose Clinic R. Patel R.N. Trish Amdenstock LPN Sue Thompson Thomas Hippensteen Sr USMCR Carbondale

Taxpayers Fight Governor Over Health Care Enrollment

Richard Caro leads taxpayers in a lawsuit challenging the governor's unilateral enrollment of ineligible individuals in a health care program. The Taxpayers Federation cautions that unchecked action threatens separation of powers and constitutional governance, urging judicial review to protect tax dollars and legislative authority.

Taxpayers’ Federation of Illinois General Assembly Richard Caro J. Thomas Johnson

Call them what they really are Mercenaries in the American war machine

The author demands dropping euphemisms and labels mercenaries as what they are, arguing the globe trotting private army profits from conflict, fears weapon sales, calls for ending involvement in a war built on lies, budget excess, and pushes for impeachment and accountability.

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