Pantries Struggle as Donations Drop Across Illinois
In Carbondale and across Illinois pantries report thinner shelves and fewer nutritious items as USDA food donations fall. Officials say a 27 percent decrease in Illinois from 2001 to 2002 strains supplies for 24,000 monthly recipients, with private gifts trying to bridge the gap.
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Carbondale
Margie Parker
Illinois
Parker
University Baptist Church
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Tom Green
Illinois Department of Human Services
Green
USDA
Eastern Illinois Food Bank
Urbana
Linda Wulf
Ethel Colson
Makanda
Carbondale Pantry
St. Louis
Kellogg Inc
Tim Knowlton
Battle Creek
Guardsmen and reservists mobilized in Illinois for Operation Enduring Freedom
In Peoria families bid farewell as about 830 Illinois National Guard and Reserve soldiers join the war effort. Marines from Champaign prepare for a year or more away, while units statewide deploy for roles from combat engineering to pamphlet drops, with many serving individually rather than as full units.
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Peoria
Alicia Farug
Marine Reserve
Meric
Adam
Farugs
Champaign
Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center
6Th Engineering Support Battalion
Illinois
U.S
Afghanistan
Iraq
Steve Stromwall
Army Reserve
Washington
Bill Geddes
Great Lakes
Geddes
822Nd Military Police Company
Arlington Heights
416Th Engineer Command
Argonne
Air National Guard
183Rd
Springfield
Air Guard
182Nd
Illinois Guard
Army National Guard
35Th Infantry Division
Decatur
1151St Transportation Company
Granite City
Shelbyville
Naval Reserve Force
Glenview
Stromwall
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Michael Smith
Macomb
Smith
Rhett Phillips
Illinois State University
Blagojevich speaks at church about balancing budget
Governor Rod Blagojevich, in a Sunday address at Salem Baptist Church, says he must fill a nearly five billion dollar budget gap but offers no specifics. He reiterates priorities like jobs, education, and health care and asks for faith in solutions.
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Chicago
Rod Blagojevich
South Side
Blagojevich
Salem Baptist Church
Former tollway chief denied pardon by Ryan
SPRINGFIELD AP Gov George Ryan did not grant a pardon before leaving office to Robert Hickman former executive director of the Illinois Toll Highway Authority convicted in a land scheme. Hickman says he never committed a crime and can reapply in 12 months. Kotlarz earned 190000 as part of a 4.04 million sale.
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Springfield
George Ryan
Ilinois
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Pageantinfo.com
PeeWee
St. Miss
Marine
Robert Swisher
Larissa
Alicia Farag
Naval and
Marine Corps Reserve Center
Church
James Meeks
Congress
Cheryle Jackson
Tollway
Ryan
Hickman
Joseph Kotlarz
Kotlarz
Kotarz
Jim Edgar
Pam LC
Sammie
Purcell’s
Phor
DeSoto
Elkville
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