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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 24, 2003
Page
4
Publisher Dennis DeRossett and Editor Meta Minton invite reader letters to Voice of the Reader under 250 words. Letters must be signed with name and hometown, include a verifiable phone number, and may be edited. No poetry or mass submissions. libelous or personal attacks are not published.
Editor Meta Minton reflects on the May 17 death of 8 year old Kendra Swan in Perryville Missouri. Her father Jamie Swan is believed to have strangled her and killed himself after fleeing the scene. A follow up autopsy noted sexual assault. Donations to aid burial may be sent to First Bank Chester Illinois.
Mona Charen argues the COPS program created by Bill Clinton funded 100000 new police, costing more than 10 billion dollars, but crime declines began before the act. Evaluations vary, with Heritage Foundation and OMB doubts about true street presence and effectiveness. Kerry later pushes 50 billion for homeland defense, raising questions about results.
Jim Davidson, a motivational speaker and syndicated columnist, shares business wisdom about the customer as king. He emphasizes handling complaints well to retain clients and illustrates with anecdotes about rude customers and the value of repeat business.
Readers across Southern Illinois weigh in on student drug testing with opinions from Harrisburg EvaNsville and Carbondale. The online poll shows about 60 percent in favor of random drug tests in high schools.
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