Celebrating freedom play by Donna Sue Bozarth in Benton fundraiser
Column ONE highlights Donna Sue Bozarth portraying Rosie the Riveter in the Celebration of Freedom fundraiser in Benton. Inside coverage notes unrelated items on pages 1B and 2A discuss tax bills, anti smoking campaign, Amtrak plan, nuclear waste, and international talks. Weather forecast for today through Wednesday shows warm, partly cloudy to stormy conditions with varying rain chances.
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Donna Sue Bozarth
Rosie the Riveter
Benton
Former Marion man sees unprecedented wildfire near home
Allan Green, a former Marion resident and retired U.S. Forest Service employee now living in Bayfield near Durango, reports the Missionary Ridge fire four miles from his home. He notes the blaze is unlike anything he has seen, though evacuation is not yet ordered for the couple.
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Marion
U.S. Forest Service
Colorado
Missionary Ridge
Durango
Allan Green
Green
The
Forest Service
Shawnee National Forest
Elizabeth
Bayfield
Bush consoles evacuees amid vast Arizona wildfire
President Bush visited Seeley Flat school turned mass shelter in Show Low Arizona as one of the West's worst wildfires raged. He declared the area a disaster, offered aid, and praised evacuees while surveying devastated mountain communities. The blaze destroyed at least 390 homes and dozens of businesses, with about 30,000 people displaced. SEE BUSH / PAGE 7A
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Ariz
Bush
Gov Ryan praises our hometowns at ceremony
Springfield Governor’s Home Town Awards honored Southern Illinois projects for volunteer work. Carbondale's Main Street Pig Out and Royalton’s new public library were among winners in eight population-based categories. Champaign County's Crisis Nursery won the Governor’s Cup as overall best project.
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Springfield
Carbondale
Royalton
Southern Illinois
Main Street
Jill Bratland
Champaign County
Governor signs early retirement law for state workers
Gov George Ryan signed an early retirement incentive into law, aiming to balance the 2003 budget. The State Employees Retirement System says over 20,000 workers are eligible, with about 7,000 likely to retire and roughly half of their positions left unfilled as part of budget cuts.
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State
Springfield
George Ryan
Ryan
Marion attorney helps secure $76 million settlement
A Missouri based insurer agreed to pay 76 million to the government in a fraud case. Marion attorney Ronald E Osman & Associates represented Harry and Nancy Riggs who helped expose the scheme involving General American Life Insurance Company.
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Marion
Ronald E. Osman & Associates
General American Life Insurance Company
Harry
Nancy Riggs
Osman
Riggies
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Evelyn Knoob
Herrin
Riggses
St. Louis
Harry Riggs
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Amtrak
Senate
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the Southern Illinoisan
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Dave la Tour
Northwest Fire and Rescue
Timberland Acres
Linden
President Bush
Springville
Colo
Arizona
Gov. Ryan
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Bratland
Prairie Capital Convention Center
Tim Petrowich
General American
Missouri
Ron Osman
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