SIUC student leaders defend tuition cuts and criticise layoffs
SIUC Undergraduate Student Government leaders President Michael Jarrad Vice President Neal Young and Chief of Staff Joel Landry remain at work in the SIU Student Center planning activities for the next year They press to keep tuition down and access high and to tighten spending While criticizing layoffs in the Buildings and Maintenance Department they defend administrative salaries as below peer institutions Young travels to Springfield to lobby state officials for lower costs and greater access to higher education.
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Caribbean steel drum gospel concert at Third Baptist Church
About 200 attendees at Third Baptist Church in Marion enjoyed a Caribbean steelband gospel program by Asaphonica Steelband from Trinidad and Tobago. Group leader Neville Joseph explained the drums came from discarded 55 gallon Navy vessels repurposed into music to raise funds for missionaries.
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Water line extension to REDCO completed
HERRIN The Aisin car parts plant at REDCO Industrial Park near Williamson County Airport now has a 12 inch water line to Rend Lake. A& L Construction Co. built the Benton route under a city contract. Herrin aldermen approved an 80137.56 temporary loan from The Bank of Herrin to pay the contractor. The United States Economic Development.
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Du Quoin seeks candidate for vacant school board seat
Du Quoin officials report strong interest in the vacant school board seat left by Barry Hirsch amid planning for a major high school project funded by state aid. Eleven letters of interest were received from Jim Booker Barb Brock Dennis Cole David Davis Galen Davis Joe Day Greg Heck Herb Smith Dale Spencer John Tilley and Ed Watson. The appointee must live in township 6-1 and will serve until the April 2003 election after the June 20 board vote. Davis and Spencer previously served on the city council.
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Rain Crow or Crow Myth: Folklore in Bird Lore
A Carbondale reader asks about a rain crow and why field guides list only crow species. The piece surveys folklore on birds from Halcyon days to goatsuckers and nightjars, noting myths about goat milking and misconceptions about migration, with reflections on luck and bird behavior.
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