Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC September 1989 Daily Egyptian 1989 9-29-1989 The aiD ly Egyptian, September 29, 1989 Daily Egyptian Staff Follow this and additional works at: http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/de_September1989 Volume 75, Issue 213 Recommended Citation , . "The aiD ly Egyptian, September 29, 1989." (Sep 1989). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Daily Egyptian 1989 at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in September 1989 by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Daily Egyptian Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Friday, September 29, 1989, Vol. 75, No. 213, 28 Pages Protesting Earth First members jailed By Phil Pearson Staff Writer Group: Protecting wilderness Three environmentalists from I I Eanh Fi1~t were arrested Thursday morning b} the Union County begins with educating people Sheriff's Depanment in the Trail of Tears State Forest after refusing 10 By Phil Pearson ing wilderness from tropical end a sit-down proIeSt againsllog­ S1affWriter rain forests 10 Alaska. ging operations in the forest "There's two kinds of guiding Educating people on the need credos basically in the move­ A group of 18 Earth F;tsters 10 protect our wilderness areas wearing red ribbons, symbu,;c of ment," Featherstone said. "One is a primary goal of Earth First, is the motto 'no compromise die area in which the harvesting is Roger Featherstone, an Earth taking place, and calling them­ with mother earth' and the other First organizer, told a crowd is 'undying, passiooate love for selves the Red Kibbon Defense attending the "Road Show" Team took up POSitiOtlS at two mother earth'." Thursday night Featherstorte said Earth FJI'St ' entrances 10 the Red Ribbon Trail "Education is the name of the area of the forest between 5 and 7 was willing 10 resort 10 drastic game." FeatherslDne IDld about measures to make its point, but a.m. &0 pcople attending the music Most of the protesters sat in the denied Earth FJI'St has ever tried and shoo show at the Unitarian to burt anyone. However, road wbile one protestel, who iden­ Fellowship, 301 W. Elm SL tified himself as Steven M Taylor, Feathelstone said, Earth Firsters Featherstone and folk singer areo'tafraid 10 break the law for locked a U-shaped bicycle lock Dakota Sid Clifford have betn around his neck and the gate. the salce of a moral issue. lOuring the country spreading things Taylor voluntarily removed the "We base on _. that by Earth FU'Sl's message of preser­ breaking a particular la~ we're lock after two police officers said vation through a mediwn com­ they would remove the lock. linioo hining music and slides pictur- See ROAD, Page 5 COWlty Sheriff Robin Dillon and Master SgL Jim Warder, of District 13 State Police, told Taylor Liley said. state police, Union County would cut the lock off wid: a UX'Ch, Wilkins sa!d Union County Sberiff's office and the Illinois if necessary. Circuit Judge D.o. Bigler set bood Depar1ment of Conservation were "We effectively stopped logging at $100 for eacb person and they on the scene. for a while. If rd let !hem cut the were still in custody Thursday Dillon gave p!'OleSteI'S at the fll'St lock off my neck, it might bave afternoon. gate the choice of leaving, turning been another C;)UPle of minutes," The three have requested 10 be over their driver's licenses and foI­ Taylor said, adding that be felt releaseJ on tbeir own recog- lowing the police to the court Earth First bad made its point nizaDce, aa:ording 10 Willcins, but house, ~ bPill8 ~ on the spell C. ;my Lumber Company is -IJO acOoo can be taken W1tiJ a for-· aud haVIDg die vdIicJes towed. planning to start selectively bar­ mal, writtrarequesti&madebythe ..". -Aftu.,.l»:protes1er& a·onc; ~ trees from lbearea. three. ,.' ,'.enttan<:e agreed to leave., the police Wilkins . d the three if Ii d moved to the next gate, where, : Debra Ann Frdgala, 21, of High • S8l '.o\Dl amorg singing and chanting Ridge, Mo., Sherry Hilsher, 28, of guilty. ~ spend 364 days m the protesters, the three were al1ested Herrin; and Ramin Karipour, 26, of county Jail and be fined. up ~ after sbaking tbeir heads "no" Staff Pbclolo tlv.llim Edwardsville; were arrested and $1,000. he SlUd thiS when Dillon asked them if they Ho~ever, A man who gave his name as Steven Taylor, center, a charged with criminal ttespaSSing ~Iy ~on t be the~. were going 10 leave. 10 state-supported property, a class In my Judgment, they re look- Deborah Bouton one of the demonstrator for Earth FIrst, Is ordered by Union County· A misdemeanor, Wes Wilkins, ing at a fine only," Wilkins said. • SherIff Robin Dillon, left, and Master Sgt. Jim Warden to Union County state's attorney, About a dozen officas from the See AcnON, Page 6 remove the bike lock around his neck.' . - Illinois Bell slates Chicago suburbs City yet to deCide for installation of new 708 area code to drop l1F Jawsuit By Douglas Powell James E. Eibel, Dlinois Ben's would eIiminide die mall S1affWriter vice president of operations, Officials studying - :r:!relaIeci development J5- . said, ""'''e're making the change . jeers "from the chilling effect of Chicago suburbs will have a becqse we're running out of Marion's changes the liligatioo... new area code in November in seven-digit local telepbone Usa MOler However, City Manager Steve order to satisfy the growing numbers available for cus­ Hoffner said Carbondale's attor- demand for additiooal teIepbone tomers. The increased demand StaflWriler. neyswould go over Marion's nwnbers. for service is caused by the ec0- The Carbondale City Council action 10 determine whether or not On Nov. 11 area code 708 nomic vitality and growth of the has DOl decided wbetber or DOl to the litigatioo would be dropped. will serve the suburbs now metropOlitan area. " drop its lawsuit against Marion, '1t's just too early 10 tell whether served by the 312 area code. Gloria Pope, Media Relations despite the Marion City Council's or DOt this suit will be dropped," The city of Chicago will keep spokesman, said the introduc- decision to remove the Illinois Hoffner said. "We should have a the 312 area code, according 10 Center mall's property from its tax decision sometime next week." an illinois Bell spokesman. See CODE. Page 6 increment financing program, the CaIbondale Mayor Neil Dillard city manager said. said the city decicOed to sue because Carbondale officials claimed the city of Marion and its develop­ Marioo was using the TIP program er partners will "apparently gop III Beethoven Society: Events to lure businesses, such as the nothing to lure businesses away Sears departtnent sue. away from from other cmununities by offer­ Carbondale and decided to start. ing incentives and assurances that will be accessible to disabled file a lawsuit against Marion. are not only outrageously costly, By Douglas Powell ely are unaccessi~ 10 people with Marion's council decidea but also a gross interference in the Staff Writer disabilities. Wednesday to remove the ~ free markd and competitive pro­ "I'm very appreciative to the versial TIP program and rep!ace it cess." The Beethoven Society for f.eelings of Mrs. Drazen and I've with a new TIF program that will Hoffner said the Marion council Pianists is responsive 10 the needs decided that all receptions in the include only the land on which the was misusing the TIP pr.>gi8lO 10 of disabled people and any further future wiil be made accessible to mall and other related projects are steal Sears away from the events connected with the society disabled people," Beattie said. 10 be built, a report by the Marion University Mall in Carbondale and will be accessible 10 disabled pe0- Last Tuesday the society sched­ council said. be hoped the lawsuit would show ple, Donald P. Beattie, director of uled a reception for Argentine ~­ In designated TIP areas, the the Sears official Calbondale was the society said. cert pianist Ana Maria Trenchi d: amount of real estate taxes aeated Serious about keeping thI.. depart­ Beanie was responding 10 com­ Bottazzi on the second floor of by the property is frozen. Tax ment store. plaints from Carlos ClarlI.e Drazen, Shyrock Auditorium, whi~ is not increases created by improvement Despite the lawsuit, the Sears graduate stlldent in speech commu­ accessible to wh:elchall' users. 10 ~ property is transferral into a m.anagelS decided 10 go ahead and nication, who is in a wheelchair. However, the ~ was moved special fund 10 pay back redevel- sign the final papers, making their Clarke Dmzen alleged that coocert opment-related e~pel!ses. receptionssponsoroo by the ~.<:i~ See SOCIETY, Page 6 .• ~ The report also said the new TIP' , See LAWStI1; Page '1 ' . r----THEBTG~~BErrEiDrAu----l PROMOTE S.I.U I:~BO."'i~~~ ,. p.cwcwo :I Join The world/nation ; . ® fREE PIZZA : Student Alumni [ FREE. 12" CiEES! PIZZA W/ORDER II Marcos dies at 72 in Hawaii; I "The Bast Around" OF ANY 16· PIZZA Council : LIMIT 1 PER ORDER. I NEW MEMBER NIGHT cardiac arrest cited as cause IFREE DELIVERY 549·7811 FREE DELIVERyl Mon. Oct. 2, 7plft . 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