25 Years Ago This Week

Democrat Glenn Poshard of Carterville who is running for Congress in the 19th Congressional District visited civics and history students of Jud Cameron and Matt Kracht at Sullivan High School. Poshard, an incumbent whose district was restructured to include central Illinois, spoke about a typical day in Congress and fielded questions from students about health care, the deficit, the recession, the rising cost of college education and term limits.

In a mock presidential election Bill Clinton was first, Ross Perot was second and incumbent president George Bush finished third at SHS.

Ed Jennings, owner of Jibby’s restaurant, is general chairman of a fund drive to raise $300,000 for improvements to the Little Theatre on the Square.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.