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For more information, please contact [email protected]. “TELL THE TRUTH AND DON’T BE AFRAID” WWW.DENNEWS.COM The DAILY EASTERN NEWS EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, CHARLESTON WEDNesDAY | 8.27.08 VOL. 97 | ISSUE 3 KeVin DUCKworth I 1964-2008 CitY I CONstructioN Repairs Former Panther dies almost Ex-NBA standout led Eastern to NCAA complete Tournament in 1985; Fourth Street mends earned league honors expected to be done at end of November By SCott RICheY Sports Editor By MATT HOPF Associate News Editor Former Eastern and Portland Trail Blazer center Kevin Duckworth Construction on Fourth Street died Monday evening in Gleneden from Polk to Harrison avenues is Beach, Ore., at the age of 44. 60 percent complete and should Duckworth was in Gleneden be substantially complete by the Beach to host a free basketball clinic end of November. sponsored by the Trail Blazers when Curt Buescher, Charleston he died in the small, coastal town on public works director, said there the Pacific. would still be some minor work According to a report provided by that would have to be completed the Lincoln County sheriff’s office, in the spring. medical personnel responded to the “Everything has been going Salishan Lodge in Gleneden Beach pretty smooth,” he said. “I’ve got at 9:53 p.m. Monday to a report of people working on the job who a 44-year-old male not breathing. are taking care of all the issues The Lincoln County sheriff’s depart- that come up.” ment identified the male as Duck- Buescher said as with a typi- worth and pronounced him dead at cal urban section, there are a lot the scene. of underground utilities the crew A preliminary investigation by have worked around. the sheriff’s department found no “They’re doing a lot of building signs of foul play, but the investiga- around it, designing around it, tion is being continued by the medi- holding up this pipe and sliding cal examiner’s office. this one underneath it,” he said. Don Kojich, who was the acting “That’s pretty typical for some of sports information director at East- those jobs.” ern during Duckworth’s senior sea- Crews began construction of son, said Duckworth was not just a the project in April. The road is talented basketball player and Mid- being widened from about 23 feet Continent Conference star. to 26 feet, along with sidewalk “Being a 7-footer wandering replacement, and water and sew- around Charleston, he was very rec- er work. ognizable,” Kojich said. “He was Buescher said with new side- extremely down to earth and hum- walks, the city is installing a ble. Very laid back. Very apprecia- retaining wall on the west side of tive.” the street eliminating the steep Dave Kidwell, Eastern assistant slope residents used to have to athletic director for special projects, mow with their weed whackers. said Duckworth was popular on SUBMITTED BY EASTERN SPORTS INFORMATION The retaining wall would look campus. Former Eastern and Portland Trail Blazer center Kevin Duckworth died Monday evening in Gleneden Beach, similar to retaining walls located Ore., at the age of 44. Duckworth played for the Panthers from 1983-86 and led the the Panthers to the 1984- on Division Street. » SEE DUCKworth, PAge 2 85 Mid-Continent Conference Tournament Championship. The $1.45 million bid for the project was awarded to Feutz CAMPUS I FAcilities Construction of Paris at the March 18 Charleston City Coun- cil meeting. About 80 percent of Doudna creates new challenges for BSWs the funding came from the Feder- al Highway Administration after Eastern remains maintaining the campus; howev- the city partnered with the Illinois understaffed er, Eastern has added an addition- Department of Transportation in al 180,000 square feet to its campus a Local Agency Agreement Feder- across university with the opening of Doudna. al Partnership. John Sigler, associate director Another project completed By STEPHEN DI BENEDETTO of support services, said the issue this summer, was the replacement News Editor with Doudna and maintaining the of the Jackson Avenue Bridge at campus with added square feet has Division Street and Jackson Ave- While the opening of the Doud- resolved itself better than he origi- nue. na Fine Arts Center may please most nally anticipated. Construction of the bridge was on campus, it poses a challenge for He said hiring the four new completed on June 30, Buescher Eastern’s building service workers. BSWs was almost an imperative said. Eastern hired four new BSWs move to make because when Doud- He said there probably would this year to help maintain the cam- na was being designed, it was rec- not be any major construction pus with the addition of Doudna, ommended that 10 or 12 people projects that require contractors but the overall total still does not were needed to clean it. in the city until at least 2010. equal the amount of BSWs Eastern Eight BSWs will actually clean In the spring, city street had before Gov. Rod Blagojevich Doudna. crews will widen out Polk Ave- cut the university’s state appropria- The hiring of the BSWs came nue between Sixth and Seventh tions for fiscal year 2003. after facilities planning and man- streets. “The increase we had serves a agement’s operating budget was Buescher said it is the type of purpose in Doudna, but we are still increased. project like Fourth Street, with understaffed from the level we were Cooley said the university recog- repaving and widening the road, prior to the budget cuts,” said Jeff nized the need for more BSWs and new sidewalks, new curb and gut- Cooley, vice president for business made it one of Eastern’s funding pri- ter, and the installation of some affairs. orities for fiscal year 2009. ERIN MATHENY | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS retaining walls. Tom Goddard, a starter building service worker, breaks down a box while With four new BSWs hired, East- cleaning classrooms in the Doudna Fine Arts Center on Tuesday night. ern has a total of 52 full-time BSWs » SEE ChALLenGes, PAge 5 » SEE REPAirs, PAge 5 NEWS WWW.OENNEWS .COM I THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS[ WEDNESDAY 8.27.08 EIU WEATHER DEN STAFF PRODUCTION STAH ABOUTTHE DAilY EASlliiN NEWS WEDNESDAY WEATHER BRIEF Nightmef------Kristina Peun The Daily EMtem News is p!'odu<ed by the stu­ lead designer ~n Murphy dents of Eastern llinois U~rsity. k is published Beautiful skies continue today with mostly Copy editors/designen Dylan Pole daily Monday through Friday, in Charleston, Ill, 83°162° sunny skies. Temperature warm slightly into the ----------I~~eb during lal and springsemeste<Sandtwiceweeldy mid 80s by Friday. Expect a very slight chance of --------Barbara Harrington during the,..,... term except during .miversity Mostly Online productio•"------Kyle Pruden vacations or examinations. 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