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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 2004
Page
1
A state university system reports a stabilized funding outlook after three years of targeted budget reductions. Administrators say the level budget supports core programs, faculty, and student services amid tighter statewide appropriations.
SIU was voted the preseason top team in the Gateway Conference with 25 of 32 first place votes at media day. Northern Iowa followed with six first place nods as coaches, media and sports information directors assessed the league. Salukis quarterback Joel Sambursky and coach Jerry Kill noted polls won’t affect the season opener on Sept. 2.
Barack Obama, son of a Kansas mother and Kenyan father, framed his rise as an example of American opportunity. He urged unity beyond liberal and conservative sides, energizing a Boston convention audience with signs and cheers as he campaigned for the Illinois Senate seat.
In Carbondale Sheila Simon hosts a family gathering to watch Barack Obama endorse John Kerry. Durbin lauds the late Sen Paul Simon as a photo of Simon’s father appears, while Sheila Simon presses Obama’s Illinois bid in a six way Democratic primary.
Dozens of CN tracks roll past the I 57 overpass linking Benton and West City as residents recall a July 9 derailment. A Union Pacific eastbound freight derailed sending seven cars and coal onto I 57, blocking lanes for hours with no serious injuries reported.
Marion county deputy George Reed recalls his 22 year partner Dane Johns who was killed by an accidental shotgun discharge while removing a weapon from a squad car at the end of a shift. Reed calls Johns a careful, top notch man and notes colleagues mourn the loss.
Thomas McKinnis 53, longtime McLeansboro high school librarian, and his wife Cynthia Merritt 48 died in a single engine Piper Arrow crash near West Whiteland Township Chester County Pennsylvania, about 25 miles west of Philadelphia. The couple, owners of the plane, were on a business trip when the accident occurred around 9 30 a m Tuesday. No ground injuries were reported.
Senator Roskam seeks expanded state police background checks at gun shows with a 24 hour data erase if a purchaser clears. He says the move aims to set the table for the next session, with SB 3389 likely to be discussed in spring. See guns on page 3A.
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