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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 2002
Page
2
Eligibility letters will be mailed July 15 to about 21 000 state employees eligible for early retirement incentives. Preview shows a hypothetical retiree earning 70400 with 22 years service retiring Jan 1 2003 Final average compensation 5584.61. It lists pension estimates 2067.96 without and 2537.19 with the incentive and member contribution 12986.26.
The Illinois retirement systems plan offers early retirement incentives from August 1 to December 31 with possible extensions to April 30 by mutual agency agreement. Michael Mary says about 7,500 of 22,000 eligible may retire, saving the state $64.5 million in year one but costing $543 million long term. Scheff notes more workers may be drawn by enhanced benefits, with changes permitting deductions of extra time costs from pensions and the option to quit without retiring.
Readers report errors across multiple pages including a misstated federal lawsuit dismissal involving Jo Ann Argersinger, a misrepresented stance by Du Quoin commissioner Jim Justice on a Perry County Counseling Center project, an incorrect correction withheld about a museum, and a wrong school graduation claim for Matt Smith.
Local veterinary expert notes increasing Lyme cases as mild winter boosts tick survival. CDC data since 1982 shows Lyme common nationwide with about 160000 human cases. dogs benefit from vaccines and preventive collars. Experts urge precautions in tall grass and wooded areas and emphasize early tick removal to reduce transmission. Amy Burch contributed.
Ulrich describes a fatal Cytauxzoon felis infection in a domestic cat near Carbondale. Diagnosis via autopsy and blood tests confirmed by Kentucky lab. Officials note no prior Illinois cases and fear potential spread with mild winter and early summer. Emphasis on tick control as protection due to no known cure.
The UCSF AIDS study notes infections rise among young African women as many adolescent girls trade sex for basics like clothes and school fees with older men. Nancy Padian of UCSF calls for economic self sufficiency programs as essential to reversing HIV spread in Zimbabwe and region-wide.
Miller faces three counts of first degree murder linked to the Jett case. Authorities say Miller and Jett were acquaintances with no evidence tying Jett’s role as assistant state’s attorney to the crime. Miller, arrested hours after the murder, had theft charges later dropped and remains jailed on federal drug charges. Arraignment set for August 5 at 10:30 a.m. in Williamson County Circuit Court.
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