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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 2003
Page
9
A compiled notice lists government and education meetings across multiple towns. Anna City Council and school board sessions start at 7 p.m. various sites. Benton Franklin County Enterprise Zone Organization at 6 p.m.. other councils and boards meet at 7 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. with locations including city halls courthouses and schools.
Forty five residents and college students from Carbondale joined a 30 000 strong march in Washington D C to protest war rhetoric. Heather Howley a 28 year old SIU Carbondale graduate student called the event inspiring noting a stronger resolve for peace since last April and describing marching as a long sea of people.
About 75 students from seven Southern Illinois high schools joined Marion high school for the LEDSC Sleep-Out a second year event. They slept in cardboard boxes in 28 degree conditions to raise funds and awareness for homelessness, noting the contrast with real hardship homeless people face.
The Little Egypt District of Student Councils held its second Sleep-Out at Marion High School to spotlight homelessness. More than 100 students from eight schools participated, about 75 slept outside in boxes, and $1500 was raised for Habitat for Humanity.
Marion City Council authorized Terry's Sporting Goods to join the Main Street loan program to subsidize 2 percent of interest on a bank loan. Owner Terry Walsh plans to expand the store into an indoor baseball and softball training facility, serving about 120 weekly youth players. The program supports merchants in the Marion Main Street district with loans up to 100000, with the city covering interest totaling about 5057 over five years.
After a Jan 9 return to the table and a long bargaining period, SIUC faculty and administration report positive shifts in negotiations on contract line items. Talks, focused on workload salaries benefits and program changes, will meet every weekday until tentative deals are reached. No session Monday due to Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
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