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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 2002
Page
10
Board members plan to seek additional partners before approving nearly 500000 for GIS project completion. Carbondale is the sole co financer on the county aerial photo, marking Stage One of a three stage county GIS rollout.
U.S. District Judges J. Phil Gilbert and James L. Foreman led new citizens in the Pledge of Allegiance. Dozens of arrivals from South Korea, Philippines, Ecuador, Vietnam, Romania, Nigeria, India, Syria, Mexico, Turkey, South Africa and Taiwan introduced themselves as they pledged to uphold the Constitution. Participants included a physician, a manicurist, an accountant, students and housewives, each seizing a dream fulfilled with American flags from the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Federal judges J Phil Gilbert and James L Foreman presided as twenty five newcomers from South Korea the Philippines Ecuador Vietnam Romania Nigeria India Syria Mexico Turkey South Africa and Taiwan took the oath. The group includes a physician manicurist accountant students and housewives with personal notes of joy and long waits for citizenship.
Du Quoin officials told the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency why local plant discharges fail state standards. IEPA spared fines as plans for a new wastewater treatment plant proceed, while all restaurants must install grease traps within 90 days or face fines. A high ammonium nitrate level triggered potential legal action. construction of a new plant is set to start in fall 2003.
Du Quoin received StormReady status from the National Weather Service in a ceremony with Mayor John Rednour and ESDA Coordinator Chuck Genesio. The designation signals robust weather operations, 24 hour warning capabilities, and public readiness efforts, with benefits including potential lower insurance rates and enhanced emergency response. The town also unveiled four new automated external defibrillators funded by grant and local funds for police, ESDA, and fire department use.
A Benton woman, Miki Jo Lampley, 28, released on a $5000 unsecured bond with a court order to enter a drug rehabilitation facility or halfway house. She cannot travel outside the Southern District or contact potential witnesses as she faces federal charges with co defendant Blake Sullivan in a large meth manufacture case.
Franklin County pursues reopening its hospital as an emergency room and critical access facility. Officials praise progress toward a state license after a long effort, while noting no Illinois hospital has regained a closed license. Optimism remains for a fall reopening despite regulatory hurdles.
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