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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 2007
Page
4
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The Southern Illinois Miners closed the regular season with a Frontier League attendance record surpassing 250,000 at Rent One Park in Marion. The club erased a slow start, surged to a season high winning streak, and boosted regional baseball buzz and local economy as fans traveled from nearby areas.
John Homan reports on how Miners games spurred increased traffic and bookings at Brent Marrs's 17th Street Bar and Grill Burgers & Cream and Fairfield Inn and Suites, with Walmart noting stronger game night traffic. After a season of growth the team and community look back with gratitude and optimism for next year.
Readers can vote online at www thesouthern com goldenpen for the August Golden Pen Award. Three letters were nominated by The Southern Illinoisan editorial board and will be judged, with the winner announced in a mid September newspaper story and awarded an engraved gold colored pen.
North American leaders announce a joint plan to detect control and slow a bird flu or human influenza pandemic across the United States Canada and Mexico. The document outlines coordinated border health measures shared screening and collaborative action to protect health and economies. Paula J Dobriansky notes the plan as a key diplomatic effort within broader international cooperation.
The piece links Katrina to broader U S troubles from health care to education to crime. It cites a 47 percent rise in New Orleans deaths, hospital losses, mass displacement, rising uninsured rates, and collapsing public trust. It argues the disaster exposed governance failures and widening social rot nationwide.
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