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Voices, page 6: Gus Bode says dawg-gone-it WEDNESDAY Daily Egyptianwww.siude.com VOL. 92, NO. 72, 20 PAGES S OUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY DECEMBER 6, 2006 Local bar appeals fines and scores deal Council requests more recommendations for Halloween Alicia Wade DAILY EGYPTIAN A bar owner fighting the pun- ishments stemming from liquor law violations earlier in the year won a compromise Tuesday night after her appeal to the city’s liquor control commission. On Aug. 26, Nights Over Egypt, 218 N. Illinois Ave., had its liquor license suspended via a hand-delivered letter by police and accompanied by Mayor Brad Cole. In September, Undergraduate DUVALE RILEY ~ DAILY EGYPTIAN Student Government passed a res- The engine of a Toyota Camry Hybrid gives a maximum of 650 volts. First responders attended a safety training session to ensure their olution that refuted Cole’s actions. safety when rescuing drivers and passengers involved in accidents with hybrid cars Tuesday morning at the Marion Toyota dealership. Owner and liquor licensee Kathy Pierce’s appeal contested a $400 fine for four violations of liquor laws, four letters of rep- rimand for the violations and a First responders back in class seven-day suspension of a liquor license, which her representation Alicia Wade which participants were taught called the harshest punishment. DAILY EGYPTIAN how to recognize hybrid vehicles Her lawyer also said they were and immobilize them safely. The given no hearing regarding the Anyone driving past the second portion was hands-on, in suspension, which was unjust. Marion Toyota dealership Tuesday which the hybrids were opened At the end of the meeting, probably thought an emergency of up, and emergency responders the council voted, because of the epic proportions occurred inside. could see where batteries and seven-day suspension, to give Two fire engines, three ambu- cables were located. Pierce four letters of reprimand lances, two police cars and one air Barbara Gramlich, business and to make her responsible for evacuation helicopter converged development manager for Marion appeal costs. on the lot, located in Marion, at Toyota, said the seminars are need- At the appeal, which consisted 9 a.m. However, the emergency ed to teach emergency responders of City Council members and responders weren’t there to save how to extricate someone from a Cole as the local liquor control anyone. They were the first ses- vehicle with high voltage batter- commission, Sheila Simon raised sion in a group of more than 130 ies, such as the hybrids. a concern of Cole’s conflict of people to participate in a safety “The first responders are afraid interest as both the hearing officer seminar, which taught them how to get within vehicles because they of earlier hearings dealing with the to rescue victims in hybrid vehicle don’t want to get fried,” Gramlich DUVALE RILEY ~ DAILY EGYPTIAN suspension of Nights Over Egypt’s accidents while keeping them- said. “If the responders are afraid, Jackson County paramedic Ken Sutton, left, peeks into a Camry liquor license and chairman of the selves safe. let’s show them how.” Hybrid as Connie Falkenburry sits in the passenger seat to figure out liquor commission. The seminar consisted of a how the car starts during a first responder safety training session for Cole would later abstain from one-hour classroom session in See SEMINAR, Page 13 hybrid cars Tuesday morning at the Marion Toyota dealership. votes concerning the appeal, except for the first vote used to confirm the facts found in earlier Union proposes two dates to resume contract talks hearings. Among the four charg- es against Pierce, one stated that Brandon Weisenberger Langsdorf, who is also the union’s vice have agreed to operate under the old with the team’s salary offers, claiming Nights Over Egypt had given free DAILY EGYPTIAN president and a professor of speech contract until a new agreement is university leaders aren’t doing enough alcohol to an undercover police communication. reached. to make SIUC’s faculty pay compa- officer after the officer paid $10 for SIUC’s Faculty Association Kolb said he responded to Faculty The sides have met two impasses rable to peer universities. a ticket to obtain the drink. on Tuesday proposed two dates to Association negotiator Morteza this semester, and the BOT made Kolb has said the BOT team has “A free beverage for $10?” resume contract talks with the Board Daneshdoost, a professor of electrical what Kolb called its ‘best and last’ not received an official response from Simon said. “I suppose that’s my of Trustees bargaining team, aim- and computer engineering, between offer Oct. 18. Kolb has said the offer the Faculty Association in regard to question.” ing to end more than a month-long the proposed dates of Nov. 27 and also marked what the BOT team the Oct. 18 best and last offer, only During the first vote, Cole standstill in negotiations. Monday, asking for additional meet- considered the end of interest-based learning of the union’s stance through slipped and said yes to the motion Union spokeswoman Lenore ing times. bargaining, a peaceful negotiations media reports. that the findings of the hearing Langsdorf said the Faculty Association He said scheduling conflicts have tactic the two sides have engaged in Langsdorf would not talk spe- officer were true before correcting has suggested reconvening with the prevented the BOT team from get- since their first meeting. cifically about what the union has himself and abstaining from all BOT bargainers Monday or Dec. 18. ting together as a whole again. The Faculty Association’s discussed during the latest impasse further votes. The next meeting will be the first “It’s all been logistical,” said Kolb, Departmental Representative Council and what negotiators have in store Later, Councilman Chris time representatives for the two sides associate dean of the College of Mass unanimously rejected the offer Nov. for the next meeting but said she Wissmann mentioned other estab- have sat face to face at the table since Communication and Media Arts. 2. hopes talks with BOT representatives lishments found to be in violation the BOT team made its “best and He said he was unsure if Monday’s Union leaders have called for more resume before Christmas break. of liquor laws were given letters of last” offer Oct. 18. proposed meeting date would work faculty power in the appeals process “We are waiting for them to get warning that Nights Over Egypt Langsdorf said the union issued because it was the beginning of finals when professors are denied tenure or back to us and set up a time to get was not given. two proposals to resume talks within week. Kolb said he would soon con- promotion and have also requested a back together at the table to toss these “We may end up facing dis- the past two weeks but received no tact BOT team members to set up vote to determine if all teachers pay new ideas around,” she said. crimination charges because of response from the other side. a date. a Faculty Association service charge educating some and not others,” “In both cases, Gary Kolb — as Negotiations got under way in the regardless of membership. Brandon Weisenberger can be reached at Wissmann said. their spokesperson — said he’d get summer just weeks before the latest The BOT has turned down both 536-3311 ext. 254 or back to us, but he never did,” said contract expired June 30. Both sides requests while the union has disagreed [email protected]. See NIGHTS, Page 13 2 Wednesday, December 6, 2006 DAILY EGYPTIAN News CALENDAR NEWS BRIEFS Huge holiday sale More than 100,000 still with no power in Illinois • 10 to 4 p.m. today through Sunday DECATUR (AP) — More than 100,000 Ameren Corp. customers in Illinois were without at the University Museum Store power Tuesday, and the company warned that some might have to wait up to three more • 40% off all merchandise days for service. Most of the outages were in the Decatur and the Metro East areas, Ameren spokesman Leigh Morris said. IBM Mainframe tour Crews will restore power to most customers by Wednesday night, but some homes in the • 3 to 4:30 p.m. today at Wham IT hardest-hit or rural areas won’t get service until Friday, Morris said. • Tour of IBM’s Mainframe here at SIU “You can’t imagine how bad the debris is in some areas,” Morris said. “You can’t get to a • Please RSVP to [email protected] downed line if you can’t get down the roadway.” Commonwealth Edison sent 50 volunteers to Hillsboro, about 65 miles northeast of St. Louis, after Ameren requested help, spokesman Jeff Burdick said. “The Innocent Conditions were good for pole and wire repairs, with temperatures in the 30s and 40s, Unwanted” – Working ComEd team leader Gene Leavitt said Tuesday. “They had ice . some trees it looks like they had more than an inch of ice,” Leavitt said. with HIV positive More than 250 National Guard troops were in Decatur and Macon County checking on residents who’ve been without electricity since the snow and ice storm passed through the babies in Kenya state last week.