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COURT REPORT Felony charges listed by county 6A Mi LJ 1 The Southern Illinoisan Monday, April 1 7, 2006 Contact Us: ralph.loosthesouthern.com 5A Dted odd CGaM Loft Moid eoiiiinioj to BY JASON LEE THE SOUTHERN CARBONDALE Two major players in the passage of the federal No Child Left Behind Act will debate whether the controversial legislation is making the grade Tuesday night at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Former U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle, D-South Dakota, and former U.S. Secretary of Education Rodney Paige will delve into Illinois," Lawrence said.

"This is one of the most important measures passed during the Bush administration and there are strong views on both sides of the issue." Daschle served 11 years in the Senate before being defeated by Republican John Thorne in November 2004. He currently serves as a visiting professor at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute at Georgetown University. Daschle was one of 87 U.S. Senators to support the law, but since has criticized the measure because he thinks it has failed to meet its goals. Paige, a former dean of the College of Education at Texas Southern University, served as U.S.

secretary for education during President Bush's first term. He was the first African American to hold the post before resigning in November 2004. He has been an outspoken and controversial advocate of No Child Left Behind. In February 2004, Paige publicly referred to the National Education Association (NEA) the nation's largest teachers union as a "terrorist organization" in its fight to weaken the law's provisions. He later apologized for the statement, but maintained the NEA was using "obstructionist scare tactics" in opposing the law.

The union called for his resignation. Lawrence said the debate would focus on whether the legislation is meeting its goals and whether schools have improved. Daschle and Paige will also field questions from the audience, Lawrence said. "It's very important that this legislation be debated throughout the country," he said. jason.leethesouthern.com (618) 529-5454 ext.

5138 designed to increase accountability for states, school districts and schools to improve student achievement while providing parents more flexibility in choosing what school their children will attend. Bush garnered rare bipartisan support to get the measure passed as part of his first-term agenda. But since then, the law has become a subject of heated dispute, earning both praise and criticism from lawmakers and the educational community. Institute Director Mike Lawrence said Daschle and Paige were instrumental in advancing the legislation and Tuesday's debate would be "very enlightening to learn about their different views" on its effectiveness. "This will be their first public debate anywhere on this issue, and we're very pleased that this initial debate is coming to Southern Daschle both sides of the issue at 7 p.m.

at Shryock Auditorium. The university's Paul Simon Public Policy Institute is hosting the free event. Signed by President Bush in January 2002, No Child Left Behind is Easter tradition Gospel group to play quartet concert BY LAURA WASSWARFEL FOR THE SOUTHERN 7 v.1 'V The Calvarymen will take the stage at the Marion Civic-Center Friday night to proclaim the gospel message 1 in song once again. They are the featured i group for the Illinois State 1 Quartet Convention, which runs Friday through Sunday. With a surprise reunion at 1 the 2002 Convention, Pete Avripas, Kressie McNew, David Hock and Darrell Johnson renewed the harmonies that began in 1970.

1 Today their popular brand of live gospel music also .1 features musicians Amy 1 Hock Chaney on Jerry Nicks on bass guitar, .0 The Region JACKSON COUNTY Deputies investigating 'suspicious' death Jackson County Sheriff's Deputies are investigating what caused the death of a 34-year-old rural Jackson County man. Deputies and the Jackson County Coroner's office were called to a residence on Dutch Ridge Road in rural Jackson County at 8:46 a.m. Sunday morning on a report of a "suspicious" death. The body of Darrell Wilmouth was found in his home. The investigation was continuing Sunday and an autopsy was scheduled for today, the Sheriffs Department said Sunday night.

Kristen Cates FRANKLIN COUNTY One-vehicle wreck kills man FRANKLIN COUNTY One man is dead and two children were flown to a St. Louis hospital following a one-vehicle wreck on 1-57 Saturday morning. According to reports from the Illinois State Police, 29-year-old Sherri Wright of Memphis, was driving south on 1-57 just past mile marker 64 when she became fatigued and started to drive off the left side of the roadway in her Chrysler van. Her front-seat passenger and 49-year-old uncle Rickey Wright grabbed the steering wheel and the van 6vercorrected, ran off the roadway and overturned, ejecting Rickey, who was not wearing a seatbelt. Rickey was pronounced dead at Heartland Regional Medical Center.

Sherri, who was wearing a seatbelt, suffered minor injuries. Sherri Wright's three children, 6-year-old Lazarus, 9-year-old Dunte and 8-year-old Lorenzo, were all wearing their seatbelts, but suffered major injuries. Lazarus and Dunte were flown to Cardinal Glennon Hospital in St. Louis and Lorenzo was treated for major injuries at Heartland Regional Medical Center. Kristen Cates ILLINOIS Various historic sites changing schedules Several historic sites in Illinois, including Fort de Chartres in Prairie du Rocher and Fort Kaskaskia in Ellis Grove, will return to a seven-day-a-week schedule after years of reduced hours forced by budget constraints, state officials announced Sunday.

Along with the sites named above, the Pierre Menard Home in Ellis Grove will have seven-day-a-week schedules beginning May 29 and running through Sept. 4. Dustin Frankie on lead guitar and Gary Frankie on drums. "Only a snare drum was allowed when we performed at The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville in 1973," said STEVE JAHNKE THE SOUTHERN Members of the Bicanin and Falcone families (front), both of West Frankfort, spend their Easter Sunday together dining at the annual Easter Buffet inside the Student Center Ballrooms. The Bicanin's, who are originally from the former Yugoslavia, met the Falcone family when living in Chicago, but they all moved down to Southern Illinois when Ana Bicanin began attending SIU.

Families enjoy annual holiday brunch in Carbondale lead singer Pete Avripas of West Frankfort. "And I remember the stage manager saying to us, 'Now remember, boys, no preachin', just singin'. "The show was broadcast on AM radio that night, and our music reached places 3 we'd never been." The Calverymen have played in many different venues and have been garnered all sorts of exposure during their tenure as performers. From their beginning in Marion to their lOth-place i J. 1 5.

1 yx "determined" to make her trip despite having torn the cartilage in her knee on Friday and now sporting a crutch. Madonna said they won't be doing any hiking in Giant City Park, but will still try to drive around and take pictures. "He'll just have to drive up close to things and I'll swing my butt out," she said, mocking her situation. While paper is the appropriate gift for a first wedding anniversary, Harre said she was quickly finding out that an Easter buffet is the appropriate ninth anniversary present. "I would have thought it was stainless steel or aluminum," Harre said.

"But it's the Easter buffet." It was just after noon Easter Sunday and already Jackson Cutrell had several items checked off his list from spending time at his Grandma Karen Cutrell's house. Church? Check. Chocolate? Check. Easter basket? Check. Playtime? Check.

Jackson, 3, and his 7-year-old sister Tiernan Cutrell sat down to eat at the Student Center at a joint gathering of many families. BY KRISTEN CATES THE SOUTHERN CARBONDALE For the past three years, Audrey Quarles has taken comfort in the fact there has been an Easter meal waiting for her when she finished church. A native of Atlanta, and an SIUC grad student, Quarles said back home her family would cook barbecue on Easter Sunday. "They can have the family atmosphere," Quarles said Sunday at the annual Easter Brunch in the SIUC Student Center. "This kind of adds to it.

They get to go out and eat." For Madonna Wilkins, the meal of ham, turkey, rabbit-shaped rolls and more was a nice break from the norm and a way to keep off of her newly-injured knee. She and her husband Ed, both SIUC alumni, live in Bloomington, but each year take a trip for their wedding anniversary. This being their ninth anniversary, they decided to head south to Carbondale and met up with Madonna's college friend Chris Harre. Ed said Madonna was ranking in a national gospel music contest held in Springfield, to the stage of The Ryman, The Calvarymen met and exceeded their goals as a gospel music group. After seven years including five albums, two singles, radio airplay, their own radio program on WDDD, hundreds of concerts, and thousands of miles in their bus the 1 group disbanded in 1977.

1 Although they kept in 1 touch, they didn't sing I together for 25 years. Then, in 2002 at the Illinois: State Quartet Convention, WGGH radio personality Jimmy Dean arranged a surprise reunion on stage. That led to a reunion concert in July 2003. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m.

on Sunday. Tickets are $10 for one night or $15 for both nights. Admission for Sunday's show will be free of charge. STEE JAHNKE THE SOUTHERN Arnold Taylor, of Carbondale, passes by a vase full of tulips as he scans the dessert table to decide which treat to eat Sunday at the Easter Brunch in the SIUC Student Center. He and his sister live in Evansville, his other grandmother Linda Odle said, and spent Sunday morning in Cobden with the Cutrell family.

The rest of the day was spent with her in Carbondale. Odle said the family makes the buffet in Carbondale a regular Easter event. It is an effective way, she said, to join the two families together for one brief moment. "Nobody has to cook," she said. kristen.catesthesouthem.com (618) 529-5454 ext.5804 www.thesouthern.com.