Southern Illinoisan Letters Policy and Contact Details
The Southern Illinoisan outlines letters to Voice of the Reader and The Vent including word limit, signing, and verifiability. It lists submission options by mail email and phone, plus hours for news tips, subscriber services, and display or classified ads.
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Union County Hopes for Professional Manager in Primary
The Southern outlines five candidates for Union County commissioner in the March 19 primary. Four focus on the pocketbook as a top issue. The piece praises hiring accountant Paul Schmidt to bring budgeting discipline, notes a $7.92 million budget and $66,271 deficit, and calls for a full-time professional county manager to stabilize finances.
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Union County
Paul Schmidt
Schmidt
Board of Commissioners
Letter to Editor Rails Against Pottery Book Burnings and Road Rage Praise
A reader defends Ann Coulter and criticizes church actions while urging biblical precedents on moral fights. The writer lauds road rage coverage and commends The Southern’s reporters for professional, unbiased reporting in Illinois.
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Illinois
Potter book burning controversy in Alamogordo church
A New Mexico pastor plans a holy bonfire to burn Harry Potter books citing scriptural admonitions. The writer notes church and school reactions, praising restraint and urging parents to warn children about witchcraft in popular novels.
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Alamogordo
New Mexico
Reuters
Jack Brock
Christ Community Church
Proud father defends four child family in public
A 26 year old father of four, including four month old twins, vents at being judged for having many kids and parenting solo with two strollers. He stresses equal partnership with his wife, prioritizes family over school, and urges agencies to talk to both parents about children.
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SIUC
Silk purse from a son's ear proves makeover magic
In a column about The Southern newspaper redesign and a playful photo shoot, Jim Muir quips that the old saying you cant make a silk purse from a sons ear was proven wrong. Makeup artists Justin Robey Mandy Minick and photographer Spider Man Dann transform the subject in a 15 20 minute session.
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Amanda Bradham
The
Southern
Carbondale
Justin Robey
Mandy Minick
Hair Brains
Robey
Minick
Michael
Spider Man” Dann
Dann
Robey, Minick
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