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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 2002
Page
9
On December 17, 2001 Aden K. Hargett’s tractor trailer plunged from a bridge into a rain swollen creek on I-57 near Marion. State Trooper Jay Wittenborn and firefighter Joe Owens climbed the bank and pulled Hargett from the frigid water as the current roared by.
The first new hospital in Southern Illinois in 40 years will begin accepting patients on December 12 at Heartland Regional Medical Center on Illinois 13 in Marion. Marion Memorial Hospital moves from Main Street as Community Health Systems fulfills its plan to provide modern tertiary care. Occupancy is expected in early November, enabling moving of equipment and staff to the new site.
Veterans employment workshop at Shawnee Community College runs 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with counseling 9 to 12:30. A Mr Jack Daniel's Original Silver Cornet Band concert at Shryock Auditorium Carbondale at 7:30 p.m. with adult 18 and child 12 rates. Native American rites talk led by Quentin Young at Student Center Ballroom D. Spooktacular pool party 1 to 3:30 p.m. at LIFE Community Center with buy one get one free entry. Pioneer Day at Creal Springs school from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Driving reviews at Marion and Du Quoin senior centers. Chemistry seminar at SIU Carbondale 4 p.m. by Bill Brittain with reception 3:30 p.m. Book in Every Home library drive at Morris Library 10:30 a.m. Opening. Winter hours listed for Fort de Chartres Fort Kaskaskia Pierre Menard sites. Blood drive noon to 4 p.m. Lindegren Hall.
After six months of talks the Benton City Council approved a three year contract with police and dispatchers retroactive to May 1. The pact gives police a 55 cent raise and dispatchers 45 cents with second and third year wages open for negotiation. Nine officers and five dispatchers are covered by Local 529. City officials called the agreement fair and within budget while preserving raises for long and newer employees. John Taylor of Local 529 will present the deal to members and seek ratification.
A 4 p.m. reception at the University Museum in Faner Hall unveils eight restored WPA era dioramas of Southern Illinois pioneer life. Carbondale hobbyist Paul H. McRoy will discuss his work while new interpretive text and period tools enhance the Southern Illinois Gallery on a redesigned 40-foot wall.
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