Murphysboro PACE program ends amid funding squeeze
The Murphysboro High School Positive Action for Continuing Education program known as a school within a school helped potential dropouts with peer monitoring crisis intervention community service and internships. Seventy-five students participated over three years with 15 this semester at a cost of 240000, about 3200 per student above state funding. With no grant money left the school board approved staff readjustments to continue a similar effort at no extra cost.
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Contact details for The Southern Illinoisan staff and letters policy
The note lists Publisher Linda Ritchie Lindus, Managing Editor Gerald Garcia, Opinion Editor Mark Duran Samuels, and Dennis DeRossett with contact emails and phone numbers for submitting tips, letters, and ads. It includes subscription pricing, paper delivery, replacement copies, classified and display ad contacts, and a policy overview for letters and The Vent feature. It also notes The Southern Illinoisan is owned by Lee Enterprises and provides postal addresses and office hours.
Liberty Theater Reborn Hope for Murphysboro Main Street
The Liberty Theater in Murphysboro, saved by Main Street, hosted a May 18 benefit performance of Hollerin' Down the Holler to raise restoration funds and awareness. The 150 attendees and wide media exposure boost efforts to reopen as a performing arts venue, with ongoing needs for support.
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Presidential coloring book quip prompts rebuttal
A reader defends President Bush as well read, disputing a recent letter that called him dumb. The correspondent, citing an anonymous White House contact, claims the president is bookish and has finished coloring one of his three books.
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Church abuse cases in Baltimore prompt calls for accountability
In a letter to the editor a Baltimore reader denounces church officials for shielding accused molesters and compares the conduct to a cover up seen in public schools. The writer urges higher scrutiny of the Catholic Church and questions funding for settlements versus Vatican wealth.
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Bushs inaction on global warming sparks outrage and debate
The piece criticizes the Bush administration for acknowledging human driven climate change yet proposing no corrective action. It cites Green peace campaigns and ExxonMobil links, urges rapid policy shifts toward rail, hybrids, efficiency, and renewables, and warns of decades of damage unless action is taken.
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