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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 2002
Page
9
A compact note lists Perry and Williamson counties along with Franklin Jackson Perry Union, indicating regional references or coverage across multiple counties in the area. The item reads like a locator or index of counties connected to the subject.
National low mood screening runs 2 6 p m at Kroger East Carbondale. Walk the Blues Away starts 11 a m at Town Square Pavilion with a Mill Street route. SIARS offers mood info. Sierra Club program 7 30 p m at Unitarian Church on John Muir legacy. Blood drive noon 6 p m at Anna First Baptist Church. Various local meetings listed with times and locations.
Dennis W. Hanson of Herrin and Loran W. Robison of Marion were sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to aggravated battery for a June road rage attack on two Carterville teens. Robison gets five years, Hanson three, following a high speed pursuit that ended with the truck being run off the road and passengers beaten.
Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan told students to share her story and others to stop repetition of atrocity. She described surviving Bergen-Belsen and Dutch camps, losing her father to typhus, and starving childhood memories. She urged vigilance against prejudice and blind leadership. See HoLocaust / Page 4B.
Every Tuesday April through October at Sesser City Park locals set up at the unofficial flea market known as the sale barn or The Lesser Mall. About 30 to 40 vendors offer items from power tools to jelly and fish gear with a $2 setup fee benefiting the city. Local vendor Elmer Williams and Tony Garner recall the long-running sale’s history at Shelton’s site and the enduring Tuesday gathering.
Franklin County Sheriff Bill Wilson says 5 to 10 pounds of marijuana were taken from the jail storage facility after a COMIT Drug Task Force raid. State Police expect an arrest soon as investigators continue interviews and review leads involving 13 access holders from multiple agencies.
Illinois history frames Daniel Pope Cook as a pivotal figure in statehood efforts. Born 1794 in Kentucky, he built a law practice, edited the Illinois Herald and Illinois Intelligencer, and promoted statehood while advancing public service. His legacy includes Cook County named for him in 1831 and a career spanning judiciary and diplomacy related to Congress and Monroe era events.
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