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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 2003
Page
1
Column highlights include teachers such as Robert Patrick guiding Winkler School students in Carbondale. Weather forecast notes cloudy start, then partly cloudy with highs in the low 40s and Friday near 60s. A brief mention covers state and national items and a note about The Southern Illinoisan’s accolades.
Kentucky authorities arrested William Anthony Sisk 46 of Nortonville Ky for the 1978 murder of John Sharp in Carbondale. Sharp, 25, vanished in September 1978 and was found in a soybean field north of the current Best Buy. Identification came in March 1979 from clothing.
Ted and Deidra Collins recount a 1990 Easter prank that set off a viral journey to Hollywood and a payday, culminating in an appearance on America's Funniest Home Videos. A hidden camera captured reactions to a taped plastic carpet spike prank, leading to laughs and money.
Ted and Deidra Collins of Mulkeytown visit Hollywood in mid-February for a segment titled Sock Shock set to air at 7 p.m. Friday on WSIL TV 3. The couple describe the stunt and the planning involved in the prank as others were timed in the same predicament. See Shock on page 2A.
Marion chief Anthony Renella and Herrin chief Mike Steh defend a contract with Xintel Corp. that lets the telemarketing firm raise funds using SIPFA's name. Xintel retains 80 percent of donations with 20 percent shared by local firefighter unions. Critics say callers imply they are firefighters. Renella says the public benefits from the money raised and any misrepresentation issues should be addressed.
Pope County residents were urged by the sheriff to watch for an escaped semi-domesticated brown bear that fled from its owner along River Road, three miles north of Golconda. Sheriff A J Sparks noted the owner holds a permit and the bear stands about seven feet tall on its hind legs.
In West Bloomfield Township Michigan Desmon Venn now 26 faces involuntary manslaughter charges after the victim Zuhair Pattah died nine years after a punch during a 1994 melee at West Bloomfield High. Pattah was 16 when injured and died at 16. The case hinges on double jeopardy and statute of limitations arguments as prosecutors pursue a new crime arising from Pattah death.
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