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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 2003
Page
4
The Southern Illinoisan invites readers to submit letters under 250 words via mail or email. Letters must be signed with a hometown and telephone number for verification. The policy forbids poetry, mass submissions, and libelous or personal attacks.
The Southern Illinois Community Foundation SICF earned a 530000 grant from the Grand Victorian Foundation to fund regional community betterment projects. Chartered in 2000 as a non-profit, SICF channels contributions from individuals families and businesses into initiatives across Southern Illinois from south of I-64 to the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
The Southern Illinois Community Foundation aims to attract tax exempt gifts to build an endowment with earnings supporting local projects. President Maggie Flanagan coordinates a $530,000 five year grant focusing on education economic development and environment with emphasis on child care workforce development and land use.
A reader commends Perry County Housing Authority executive director Guy Alongi for offering a cash reward to tipsters in drug activity cases on authority property. The letter urges more communities to fund rewards to curb dealers, reduce youth drug use, and support law enforcement.
Reader Richard Gillespie of Anna urges restoring The Vent as a public service for anonymous local opinion. A separate letter proposes a free roadside courtesy: drivers emit two miles of cautious flashing lights when deer traffic is seen to warn others and reduce crashes and deaths.
A critique argues the Iraq war centered on money rather than weapons or democracy. It contends the dollar subsidy, euro threat, and PNAC influence shaped invasion, with France and Germany opposing due to euro gains. The writer accuses policymakers of masking economic self interest as motive.
James J. Kilpatrick critiques the June 23 Supreme Court ruling upholding mandatory filters for libraries receiving federal aid. The piece argues the decision lets Congress control library access via the Children’s Internet Protection Act, noting the tension between free information and censorship, and predicting ongoing debates as patrons seek unblocked material.
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