Veterans on Parade to honor Gold Star Mothers
Posted by admin / Under Marion Merrell Dow
Marion, Ill. — Southern Illinois American Gold Star Mothers will be honored once again as the Grand Marshals of this year’s Veterans on Parade. “As long as we have this parade, the Gold Star Mothers will always be honored as our Grand Marshals,” said parade chairman Ed Davis. “How else can we honor these American women and their families, when their sons have paid the ultimate price, by laying down their life in the service of their country.” Davis stated that “many people, not just in Southern Illinois but across this country, still don’t know who the American Gold Star...
Published on Monday 21st of May 2012 01:42:09 AM
Al-Qaeda 'sleeper agent' in Marion federal prison
Posted by admin / Under Marion Merrell Dow
Posted: Nov 13, 2009 3:14 PM Updated: Nov 13, 2009 3:15 PM MARION, IL (KFVS) - SNIPPET: "Ali Al-Marri, 43, is serving an eight year sentence for being a so called "sleeper agent." He has admitted to training in Al-Qaeda camps and having contact with the alleged planner of the September 11th attacks."
Published on Monday 21st of May 2012 01:42:09 AM
Marion Barry Gets Probation for Tax Dodge
Posted by admin / Under Marion Merrell Dow
Former District of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry was sentenced to three years probation Thursday in connection with charges that he failed to file federal or local tax returns for 2000. Barry pleaded guilty last October under an agreement reached with federal prosecutors which required him to acknowledge his failure to file returns for the years 1999 through 2004. Barry, 70, completed his fourth term as mayor in early 1999. While Barry has said he's unsure how much money he earned during the time period in question, he did not challenge claims by federal prosecutors that his income topped $534,000 during...
Published on Monday 21st of May 2012 01:42:09 AM
Washington monument for a "damned old fox"
Posted by admin / Under Marion Merrell Dow
According to an email received by McCabe from the office of U.S. Congressman Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), the Marion monument project has already received the blessings of U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R–S.C.) and Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), as well as Congressmen Henry Brown (R–S.C.), Gresham Barrett (R–S.C.), Bob Inglis (R–S.C.), John Spratt (D–S.C.), James Clyburn (D–S.C.), and Wilson. The next step is the actual bill, which McCabe believes, will be introduced in Congress over the coming weeks.
Published on Monday 21st of May 2012 01:42:09 AM
BORN TO BE A SOLDIER: Reflecting on the impact of Southern military culture
Posted by admin / Under Marion Merrell Dow
I was born to be a soldier. Not that I was particularly brave or even destined for a distinguished military career, but I think there is something inherent in most Southern boys that predisposes them to the profession of arms. I simply got a bigger dose of it than most.
Published on Monday 21st of May 2012 01:42:09 AM
In the Eye of the Storm: Riding it Out with Dan Rather
Posted by admin / Under Marion Merrell Dow
In the Eye of the Storm: Riding it Out with Dan Rather by Karen Pittman 17 September 2004 No matter what those celluloid talking heads say, I rather doubt Dan Rather and CBS got “snookered,” as Bill O'Reilly, the biggest blubbering head of all, bloviatingly opined. I rather doubt they got “had,” as those babbling TV brains like to claim. Rather, I am persuaded they were at least in some measure in on the whole wretched hoax. I say it’s rather more likely than not that Dan Rather and CBS were complicit in airing those forged documents whose sole purpose...
Published on Monday 21st of May 2012 01:42:09 AM
Mayor: Biblical verse will stay on Marion fire truck[does not mention God]
Posted by admin / Under Marion Merrell Dow
May 15, 2004 Marion (AP) - A biblical verse painted on Marion's new fire truck will remain there despite concerns that it promotes religion on a taxpayer-funded vehicle, the city's mayor says. Mayor Wayne Seybold said he chose to allow the verse to remain because the inscription does not say it comes from the Bible and makes no reference to God. The fire truck's side contains part of the 23rd Psalm: "Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil." Seybold said he received numerous calls, e-mails and letters from people who...
Published on Monday 21st of May 2012 01:42:09 AM
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