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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 2001
Page
3
In Illinois thousands rush to complete the GED before a new, more difficult exam debuts Jan 1. Many seek to finish partial scores, with Chicago adding testing sites. Officials note higher August GED volumes in Cook County and describe the revamped test linking to graph interpretation and broader skills.
Belleville unveiled St. Ellen Park on the ruins of a coal mine this Saturday. The 81 acre site includes a lake, walking path, picnic tables, a pavilion and restrooms with a wooden lookout over a grass covered coal refuse mound. State Rep. Jay Hoffman recalled dust blanketing homes during mine neglect. Illinois DNR provided a $20,000 trees grant through St. Clair County.
The American Academy of Pediatrics warns that acetaminophen sold as Tylenol can cause liver damage and even death in overdoses. It urges written dosing instructions at every well visit due to multiple OTC products containing the drug and risks from improper dosing. The guideline notes accidental and deliberate overdoses, including three under age 16 in 1997, among over 10,000 overdoses that year.
CHICAGO AP reports photographer Henry Peter Bosse, unknown for decades, captured the Upper Mississippi from 1883 to 1893. A coffee-table book Views on the Mississippi highlights his cyanotype river images and an exhibit at the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis from Oct 6 to Jan 20, showcasing Bosse as a pioneer of industrial age photography.
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