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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 2002
Page
1
The IRS plans a special random review of roughly 50 000 Form 1040 returns to improve targeting while reducing the proportion facing intense face to face questioning amid past criticism. The program focuses on individual tax audits and involves a broad random selection.
A federal suit filed in 1998 over a state job decision at Clyde L Choate Center in Anna ends with a settlement expected soon. Plaintiff Kevin Thornburg, a Pomona veteran with a criminal justice degree and Jackson County background, claimed merit-based open hiring was bypassed in favor of politics. The state hired Richard Tweedy over Thornburg after a 1997 internal security investigator posting.
Carbondale resale shops offer the ultimate recycling experience with regulars bringing donated items and shopping for books shoes toys computers and stereo equipment. Money spent supports community worthy causes. A quick tour of each shop is on Page 2A.
The Carbondale thrift shop display highlights Bruno Magic shoes next to women's pumps and a University of Cincinnati gymnastics blazer. Thrift items range from 25 cent paperbacks to a $1.99 Dixie City Jam hardcover and a $1.99 yellow toy truck, with needlepoint and exercise gear also present. Linda Rush reports on thrift store finds and thrift culture.
Three Illinois sheriffs from Jackson, Franklin and Williamson counties warn residents about a telemarketing group falsely claiming to be tied to the Illinois Sheriffs Association. The trio urge caution, noting the group does not represent any sheriff or the association and plan to pursue a cease and desist with the Attorney General.
Harold Kniffen of Ewing, aged 70, says a Chicago Department of Revenue notice claiming illegally parked trucks at 2819 Drake St was a scam. After media attention and contact from Congressman David Phelps aide Jim Kirkpatrick, the case is expected to be dismissed and residents urged not to ignore similar notices.
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