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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 2011
Page
1
Carbondale Elementary School District 95 faces potential loss of its Summer Reading and Math Academy after the first session cost 150000 funded by the city under an intergovernmental agreement. City council likely to vote against re funding, though Mayor Joel Fritzler says he supports the program in principle.
In Franklin County Circuit Court on Monday Shannon Wilfong and her mother Diane Dobbs accepted joint plea agreements, ending a high profile child abduction case that drew national attention after Wilfong's son was found in a crawlspace at Dobbs' home.
Melissa McCarthy with strong Southern Illinois ties won Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy for Mike and Molly. The Carbondale area links include her SIU semester, marriage to Ben Falcone, and Groundlings background. Her Emmy came with a tiara and roses, marking a memorable broadcast moment.
About 2 000 people attend a free U S Navy Country Current concert at Rent One Park co sponsored by Southern Illinois Miners and The Southern Illinoisan Navy veterans Teddi Collins and Jim Boatwright attended with family members. Collins recalled serving on USS Peleliu 2000 03 and playing alto sax in the ship s band. The event featured a seven member acoustic bluegrass band and a Navy recruitment table offering water bottles stress balls and coffee cups with naval insignia. Page 3A.
SIU alumnus John Andrews, director of counterintelligence for the Department of Homeland Security, spoke at a Pizza and Politics lunch at the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute in Carbondale. He addressed students at Carbondale High and SIU classes, stressing protection of sensitive information after the Wikileaks document release.
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