Silver lining as Parra sets 5000m world record at Salt Lake
U S Olympic team opens with two silver medals. Derek Parra writes a world record in the 5000m speed skating before Jochem Uytdehaage tops him by about 38 seconds. Shannon Bahrke earns the first American medal with silver in freestyle moguls as Daron Rahlves leads the downhill group. The day includes ski jumping, halfpipe action, luge and Nordic combined with NBC and CNBC coverage and regional sports at Drake with a Dawgs win. Weather: chance of rain, high mid 40s, tonight mostly clear, lows near 20s.
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Salt Lake City
U.S
Derek Parra
Netherlands
Jochem Uytdehaage
Shannon Bahrke
Daron Rahlves
Alan Alborn
Shannon Dunn
Football co op plan divides community in Lesser Walier district
The Lesser Walier Unit School District board weighs a football co op with Woodlawn High School as enrollment declines raise fears of insufficient players. Support comes from athletic director Ross Babington and coach John Shadowens. a large opposition petition exists among local parents.
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Lesser-Walier Unit School District
S-V
Woodlawn High School
Lesser-Walier
Woodlawn
Jefferson County
Lesser-Valier High School
Lesser
Valier
Jay Kelly
Kelly
Ross Babington
John Shadowens
Leading the Way by Linda Rush in Southern Illinois
Alvin Roberts, blind, moves through downtown Carbondale with a white cane and hat. A regular at Mary Lou's Grill, he teaches others to cope with blindness, demonstrating safe coffee pouring and clever uses for a Braille stylus.
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Carbondale
Alvin Roberts
Main
Marion Streets
Mary Lou’s
Robert
Marilyn Martin
Marilyn
Alvin
Debbie Inchcliff
Roberts
Proposal would ease Medicaid burden
Carbondale Memorial Hospital administrator George Maroney warns that Gov. George Ryan's Medicaid cuts threaten the region's economy and hospitals. He suggests a cigarette tax as a way to shield the program while noting the potential loss of about 4 million in Medicaid reimbursements for Carbondale if the edict remains.
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Carbondale Memorial Hospital of
Carbondale
George Maroney
George Ryan
Ryan
Maroney
Memorial Hospital of
Old National official to ring NYSE bell
Gloria Mager an assistant vice president at the Carbondale branch of Old National Bancorp is invited to help open the New York Stock Exchange on February 15 the first day Br shares will trade on the board Bank president Joe Kesler calls her a representative of the bank's ideals and says she embodies what Old National stands for.
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Carbondale
Gloria Mager
Old National Bancorp
New York Stock Exchange
Gloria
Old National
Joe Kesler
Sheriffs coworkers fundraise for hospitalized Clark
Perry County sheriff’s staff donate four weeks of sick time to a coworker Doug Clark 32 who had his ulcerated colon removed at a St Louis hospital. A Feb 23 spaghetti dinner fundraiser at Du Quoin VFW aims to ease mounting medical bills as Clark faces possible future surgeries and extended time off work. The family of five with three young children awaits updates as insurance covers only part of costs.
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Perry County
Clark
Sheriff's Department
Doug Clark
du Quoin Vfw
Nick Dolce
Sheriff's Office
Keith Kellerman
Kellerman
St. Louis
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