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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 2007
Page
1
Local brief highlights upcoming Halloween festivities in Southern Illinois featuring community parades, family activities, haunted attractions, and safety tips. Organizers include city parks departments and regional chambers with event dates scattered across October.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale's Forestry Department wins a $575,000 USDA grant to fund research on watershed water supply and quality across rural, agricultural, and urbanizing areas. Project led by Mae Davenport with Jean Mangan and Erin Seekamp supports graduate training and social dimensions of resource use.
Illinois wine industry faces up to a 30 percent drop in statewide production after an April frost and summer rains. State ecologist Brad Beam and IGGVA head Bill McCartney say yields are down from last year, with about 70 percent crop retention overall though some winemakers may use out-of-state grapes.
Seymour Bryson of SIUC steps down as chairman of the Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois program after three years. He will remain associate chancellor for diversity and director of the Center for Academic Success at SIUC, and will continue statewide work to place minority students in curriculums for success.
Marion VA Medical Center banned complex surgeries on Aug 31 prompting 45 patients from Marion to be referred to regional VA hospitals or community facilities. Carbondale resident Patrick Harris, 63, recounts three ER visits last summer that left him worse off, fueling his drive to seek change.
At a Murphysboro town hall, speakers grilled the Gandalf Group plan for a mid‑level housing development on Watson Road near the Big Muddy Assisted Living Center and Gen. John A. Logan Attendance Center. Citizens and officials raised concerns about location and resident profiles. Virginia Maecker cited her 92‑year‑old mother at the assisted living center as a nearby health reference.
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