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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 2002
Page
9
Herrin Tigers organize a community service event to assist the less fortunate, coordinating with local volunteers and supporters to provide meals, clothing, and aid. The effort highlights student leadership and engagement with the town.
A busy slate in Carbondale includes a 3 p.m. author celebration at the Public Library featuring Daniel Harmon Brush IV and John Y. Simon, book sales and signings, and refreshments. Also at 3:30 p.m. St. Andrew's Church hosts St. Andrew's Trio with Mellado siblings and Kent Werner. Theater offers King Lear at 2 p.m. SIUC hosts piano recitals, a benefit reading by Barney Bush supports land purchase in Hardin County, and a Johnson County Civil War program is planned. Public meetings, Native American Heritage Month programs, and family reading night follow in Carbondale and nearby towns.
Jackson County Bar Association gave $5,000 to the Campaign for Equal Justice to support Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation services for low income residents in 13 Southern Illinois counties. The fund seeks $50,000 to preserve staff and services amid federal budget cuts and population shifts.
Community members enroll in SIU Carbondale Craft Shop non credit silversmithing. Instructors cover annealing fluxing and pickling as students handle propane torches copper and silver pieces. A supply list includes solder sandpaper saw blades and tweezers with safety cautions about acids and clothing.
The Illinois Department of Public Health fined Colonial Manor Zeigler 20000 dollars for failing to remove an alleged abuser after four residents were harmed and Brooke Hill Eldorado 10000 dollars for 21 medication errors affecting 10 of 16 residents over 11 months. Colonial Manor faces a hearing.
Marion officials welcomed heavy weekend rains that lifted the lake level from 4.92 to 4.51 feet below the spillway, reducing concern over mandatory water restrictions. The city treats about 2.3 million gallons daily while seeking to avoid curbs by buying finished water from Herrin as demand and drought stress persist.
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