If you drove through downtown Carbondale this past weekend, you should have noticed the flags lining Illinois and Main Street, courtesy of the Lions Club. Someone, or someones, vandalized 5 of the flags on North Illinois, near the intersection of Illinois and Washington. 5 of the flags were cut from their staffs and stolen.
The Lions Club is offereng a reward for information leading to the recovery of the flags and/or arrest of the vandals. Contact the Carbondale Police Department at 618-457-3200 if you have any information.
Next time someone asks why Carbondale has trouble attracting large business with well paying jobs and SIU has trouble attracting students.....remind them of this.
ReplyDeleteCarterville and Marion both put out large flag displays and, according to what I have heard, have no problem with vandalism. the Chamber of Commerce puts out Saluki Flags and the one night they tried leaving them up overnight, one was vandalized. Since then, the flags come down every evening.
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