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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 2002
Page
13
The Southern Herrin school board voted to shorten the year by about two weeks from June 3 to May 17 to vacate the old high school by May 10 for Fager-McGee Construction. Graduation for high school seniors remains May 9, with final exams the week of May 13 and a promotion for eighth graders later.
The board accepted a $271,700 bid from Fager-McGee Commercial Construction Inc of Murphysboro to renovate the old Lincoln grade school for a new unit office. It also approved $465,027 in bids from Galloway Construction Co, Mike’s Heating and Air, Purcell Electric and Tyner Plumbing to build four new special education classrooms at the middle school. The alternate bid for the seventh grade wing renovation was tabled.
Derrick R. Lewis, 21, of Carbondale, received seven years in federal prison for two counts of crack cocaine distribution plus three years supervised release and a $300 fine. David A. Johnson, 33, also from Carbondale, drew a 35 year term with five years supervised release and a $700 fine for leading a large crack cocaine operation. a high speed chase and firearm use intensified his sentence. Co-defendant Terrance Black already received over 15 years.
John Hines of Murphysboro applies final touches to an artificial white pine branch at Brees Studio. The studio creates dioramas for customers nationwide and this tree will be shipped to a customer in Wisconsin.
Marion school board voted 5-2 Tuesday against contributing 18,875 for improvements to Ray Fosse Park baseball field. The park board had requested the district cover part of 45,000 total for dugouts, concession stands, fencing, a scoreboard and storage.
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