Great Cardboard Boat Regatta returns for 40th year at SIU Carbondale
The annual event marks its 40th anniversary drawing many participants and spectators while showcasing local ingenuity. Also notes efforts to arrest bomb threat callers to schools amid safety concerns, updates on Southern Illinois Miners baseball and STAR Bond debates, and a $70,000 grant from the Poshard Foundation for Abused Children to 28 agencies. Bicyclist fatalities in Saline County and Smithton prompt renewed driver awareness in warming weather.
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Reader urges SIU Carbondale trustees change and stronger leadership
A reader with SIU ties criticizes current management, cites student losses and foreign graduate instructors, links trustees' appointments to political contributors, and calls for new moral, professional leadership under Governor Quinn. The letter adds a pension crisis note and urges accountability.
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Progressive government idea calls to cut legislature instead of lieutenant governor
A letter to the editor argues Illinois should shrink the General Assembly rather than abolish the lieutenant governor position. The writer suggests eliminating the House, keeping only the Senate, to save hundreds of millions and reassign Capitol space for agencies or a mall. Dennis T. Johnson autppy
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Letters Policy and Contact Information for The Southern Illinoisan
The Southern Illinoisan outlines letters of up to 250 words addressed to current issues, must be signed with a verifiable phone number, and may be edited or rejected for libel or attacks on individuals. News submissions use local contact numbers. letters should be sent to PO Box 2108, Carbondale IL, or via email to letters thesouthern.com with editors Gary Metro and Mark Fitton listed along with direct phone lines.
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Officials Contact Details for Illinois Government Office Rows
Gov Pat Quinn Springfield Office contact at 207 State House Springfield IL 62706 217 782 0244 TY 888 261 3336 Chicago James R Thompson Center 100 W Randolph 16 100 Chicago IL 60601 312 814 2121 U S Sen Dick Durbin 618 351 1122 202 224 2152 http durbin senate gov U S Rep William Enyart 202 225 5661 http enyart house gov
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Open Letter to Illinois State Politicians Voices Trust and Vote
An aging state employee recalls thirty plus years serving Illinois as a drafted service member teacher career counselor fundraiser and retiree. They remind officials of the trust given and urge lawmakers to uphold retirement deals while noting the power of large voter turnout. The letter ends with a call to vote in numbers.
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Golden Pen finalists named for April at SIU leadership themes
The Southern Illinoisan outlines the April Golden Pen competition with finalists Jim Ritcheson, Loren E Klaus, and George J Kuhn. Votes are accepted online at thesouthern com and by mail until 9 am May 10, awarding an inscribed pen and editor column recognition to the winner.
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