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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 2012
Page
7
A symposium in Carbondale gathers energy experts from industry and academia to discuss the future of energy, fossil fuels, and sustainable transition. The free event, 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Town Square Pavilion, is sponsored by SIU Coal Extraction and Utilization Research Center and Dennis Pinigis.
SIU technology transfer specialist Amy McMorrow Hunter accessible for information at 618 453 4556. Updates also via SIU Research on Twitter siucresearch and Facebook. More on the upcoming debate and panel members at www thesouthern com.
Two prominent political scientists Browder and Stanberry will discuss race and the 2012 elections at 7 p.m. Thursday in SIU Carbondale's Student Center Ballroom D. The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute sponsors the event, free to the public, with copies of their 2010 book available for purchase.
The region saw 3.5 inches of rain over the weekend causing flash flooding and soggy yards. Meteorologist Jayson Wilson of the National Weather Service in Paducah says the storm should clear today with a 20 to 30 percent rain chance, and midweek highs may reach 85 to 90 as events at the Du Quoin State Fair were canceled on Family Day.
Chester City Council paused nine months into tax increment financing talks for a Microtel hotel project tied to a $6.5 million plan. Partners James Best Chester John Bergfeld Sparta and John Pawlaski Godfrey seek a 60 to 85 room hotel on the former Hi-3 motel site closed about two decades. SEE CHESTER / PAGE 2B.
City officials advance a tax increment financing district to spur development at the I-57 Herrin Road interchange on property from the Rolling Meadows golf course annexation. The city council approved establishing the district as part of the project.
Herrin City Library reports continued growth in title loans and user visits aided by electronic readers and home Internet access. A 3 to 5 percent rise in users and borrowers from May 2011 to April 2012 accompanies a 6.9 percent increase in total circulation to 71,072 items, with overflow crowds noted for special programs in the Tony Galines Memorial Meeting Room.
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