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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 2011
Page
5
Deputies in McCracken County Kentucky responded to a mobile home park for a power outage and suspected activity. A large tree collapsed through the trailer, trapping owner Michael Borger, 47, who escaped with his two dogs after cutting at a screen door with a knife. Borger reported the tree fell while he slept.
Carbondale police responded to a burglary at a business on East Main Street between 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and 5:30 a.m. Wednesday and to a motor vehicle burglary on East Searing Street between 7 p.m. Friday and 5 p.m. Sunday. Investigations continue and tips are encouraged via 618-457-3200 or CrimeStoppers at 618-549-2677. Main Street seeks public input on Friday Night Fair with a 10 question survey at survey monkey.
The seventh annual Southern Illinois Alternative Gift Fair runs 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Carbondale Unitarian Fellowship on 105 N. Parrish Lane. It offers live music, children’s activities, and a range of gifts from crafts to fair trade items, with donations supporting local and international charities in recipients’ honors. A nonperishable food item is requested for admission to aid local food programs.
SIU Carbondale student Lucy Perez, a United States born Mexican American, arrived eight years ago from Loyola Chicago to pursue a triple major in music psychology and Spanish. She found community at St Francis Xavier Catholic Church with Father Federico Higuera, head of Hispanic Ministry, and recalls a small, singing crowd of about 40 locals.
White's office provides driver license and state ID renewals, license plate sticker renewals, organ donor registration, and other transactions Tuesday at the SIU Student Center lower level from 9 30 a m to 3 p m. Staff renew licenses, replace IDs, and offer parking placards. Acceptable IDs and payments listed include checks cash and major cards.
The Shoeman Water Projects will collect used shoes starting at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Student Center. Donors drop off old footwear to be sold to retailers in developing countries, with proceeds funding items like well drilling rigs for impoverished areas in Africa.
The organization based in Fenton Missouri founded by George Hutchings aims to bring clean water to Kenya. Vic Hamer of Sparta coordinates a drive at SIU Carbondale after visiting Kenya and witnessing the dire need for water in impoverished areas.
1974 SIU graduate Hamer says water access is a basic need and with student volunteers they will collect shoes from the Student Center and residence halls to keep them out of landfills. The drive may last two weeks and includes monetary donations.
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