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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 25, 2003
Page
1
A page 14A court report previews marriages and divorces in Johnson Perry and Williamson counties while a broader Southern Illinois schedule notes Memorial Day observances. Also listed are weather outlooks for TODAY and MONDAY with showers possible.
Wichita State pitching shut down Southern Illinois University as the Shockers swept the Salukis 2-1 and 3-0 to win the Missouri Valley Conference tournament title and earn a bid to the NCAA Tournament. SIU entered with 30-24 record and needed one win to clinch.
Water figures prominently in the Easter rites at Immaculate Conception Church in Kaskaskia as Bishop Wilton Gregory blesses renovations marking 300 years of church service. The piece traces Kaskaskia’s river trade, floods, island formation, and moves of town and church sites along the Mississippi.
SIU moves toward a restructured board under Senate Bill 74, requiring six governor appointees to be alumni or locals from either SIUC or SIUE, three from each campus, with one statewide member. Two student trustees would have voting rights, rotating annually, while the proposal faces opposition as bad legislation. Harris Rowe recalls prior boards shielded by regional ties and questions statewide representation.
Final installment in a debt series shows Carbondale with total outstanding obligations of 21.7 million dollars as of April 30. The town owes 6.02 million on a 1995 civic center city hall bond with a 2021 maturity, plus small amounts like 2,823 dollars on a 1993 A&P loan. Former Mayor Neil Dillard defends past borrowing as sound practice.
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