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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 2002
Page
1
SIU Arena drew 5 525 as Southern Illinois improved to 20 4 overall and 10 2 in the Missouri Valley Conference by crushing Wichita State. Guard Marcus Belcher said they carried a bad taste from last month’s loss and wanted revenge.
Illinois prison workers from across the state protested privatization plans at the Capitol, arguing food and commissary service privatization risks safety and jobs. Guards like Paul Graves warned it could lead to more injuries and loss of control, with about 1,000 demonstrators observed.
CIA chief George Tenet said al-Qaida remains a serious threat and may target high-profile sites including the Olympics opening in Salt Lake City. He warned that attackers will seek to strike major government or private facilities, landmarks, airports and events, and that thwarting every attack is impossible.
Kathy Leadabrand describes a decades long chase as another woman, Lisa Williams Ebner Reichert Shelton, used her name. Williams, with a long arrest record, has posed as Leadabrand, leading to hit and run incidents, a probation violation, and a newborn abandonment case.
SIU President James E. Walker proposes raises for nine staff in his office ranging 2.5 to 15.5 percent, costing $33,714 through June 30. He notes retirements and unfilled posts save about $252,573, with 55.5 positions in the office budget totaling about $2.2 million.
SIU swim team members visited Parrish School in Carbondale along with several Saluki women athletes from various sports on Wednesday. The visit aimed to inspire students like 6-year-old Alex Kartje to dream big and pursue excellence, with a broader story about the program inside.
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