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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 2008
Page
4
The Sun lists guidelines for Letters to the Voice of the Reader including word limits, signing, and verification. It also publishes contact details for editors and multiple elected officials with phone and web links. The notice specifies submission methods and legal editorial rights.
President-elect Lincoln leaves Springfield on the Great Western Railroad bound for Coles County to see his stepmother Sarah Bush Lincoln near Charleston. That night he stays with Illinois State Senator Thomas A. Marshall in Charleston. A newspaper notes he plans to return to Springfield on February 1.
SIUC reports on 10th day spring enrollment with 19,789 total students, up 134 from 2007. On campus 17,459 students, up 174. off campus 2,330, down 40. First time students rise to 514, transfers up 81, undergrad up 70 and grad up 64. Chancellor Trevino calls the results a positive sign and says momentum must be built on steady enrollment focus.
A letter urges Williamson County voters to approve a 1 percent sales tax on February 5 to fund school facilities in Marion Crab Orchard Herrin Johnston City and Carterville. The writer argues state leaders from Chicago block Southern Illinois funding and claims the tax will provide space and updated facilities for students and teachers.
The February 5 vote asks Williamson County Illinois voters to approve a 1 percent retailers and service occupation tax to fund school facilities. Unified school boards in five districts supported placing the measure on the ballot, promising at least 100 million dollars in construction, lower real estate taxes, and faster school construction across the county.
Michelle Quertermous, president of the Creal Springs School PTO, urges Williamson County voters to support the Feb. 5 School Facility Occupation Tax Referendum. She cites needs for Creal Springs, Marion High, Carterville High, and Johnston City classrooms, warning existing conditions harm students and calling on area PTOs to unite and vote yes.
Kathleen Parker urges realism over legacies as Kennedy Reagan myths frame the presidential race. She notes Obama gains Kennedy endorsement signals while RFK kin back Hillary, arguing the Camelot ideal misleads and distracts from future policy.
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