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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 2002
Page
1
The best day of Chris Witty's Olympic career ended with a gold medal as the Nordic combined team, facing 78 years without a medal, and American bobsledders including Garrett Hines, finished fourth missing bronze. Teammate Jennifer Rodriguez took bronze.
In Park City Utah the United States men take on Belarus at noon as NBC lists Olympic hockey games. Also at Salt Lake Center the ice dancing medals are decided with freestyles and other events shown on NBC CNBC and NBC from noon to 11 pm. Weather calls for mostly clear tonight with lows 26 to 31 and a high near 55 with a cloudy breezy Tuesday.
Dozens of decomposing corpses were being removed from storage behind Tri-State Crematory near Noble. Authorities recovered 97 bodies incl an infant with the final toll expected above 200. Governor Barnes declared a state of emergency as families seek identification and federal help is sought.
Canadian skaters Jamie Sale and David Pelletier are awarded gold medals after a controversial judging outcome in the pairs event. Ward Burton wins the Daytona 500 after Sterling Marlin's rules violation halts the race, sharing victory lane with his wife and son.
Former Shawnee Correctional Center warden William Barham faces a pension decision as Illinois state retirement officials seek an AG opinion on his eligibility after a November conviction for reckless homicide and aggravated DUI. An appellate ruling keeps him jailed during appeal while a board may suspend the pension pending AG guidance.
A five count suit filed Feb. 6 in St. Clair County Circuit Court accuses Saline County attorney and businessman Douglas E. Hines of fraudulently taking real estate and mineral rights valued over 7 million dollars from 86 year old Dean A. Schneidewind. Hines operates in Harrisburg and owns Southern Illinois Land Title Corp. as co defendants. The suit says Schneidewind, who has Bell's Palsy and poor eyesight, has struggled to handle his affairs for a decade. The case is represented by James Van Winkle for Hines with denials from Van Winkle that Schneidewind cannot manage his business. The law firm Flamm & Teibloom and Joni Beth SEE LAWSUIT / PAGE 2A.
Family practice physician Dr. Ana Migone sponsors medical students at the Carbondale Clinic to provide hands on patient care during rotations. Third year student Sheetal Patel, a 1995 Du Quoin High School graduate, plans rotations in psychiatry obstetrics gynecology and pediatrics in Springfield and says she will choose a specialty after completing all rotations amid the evolving clinical environment.
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