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Today's News - April 2, 2008
Prescription Drugs Stolen:
Break-in At Ron’s Pharmacy Columbia Police Officer Josh Bayer, left, discusses a break-in yesterday at Ron’s Pharmacy with Paul Khoury, owner of the business located on Main Street in downtown Columbia. The incident occurred sometime overnight between March 31 and April 1. Entry was gained through a back door that connects the pharmacy to an adjoining doctor’s office, and in the 911 call, Khoury stated several thousand dollars worth of drugs were stolen. The Columbia Police Department and Illinois State Police crime scene investigators are working on the case. They ask anyone who witnessed any suspicious activity that night to contact the CPD at 281-5151. The pharmacy was closed for a couple hours yesterday morning while police conducted the investigation. “We are open everything is back to normal,” Khoury said.
Former VFW
Commander Laid To Rest Former Waterloo VFW Post 6504 Commander Rich Meier was laid to rest March 29 at Immaculate Conception Church Cemetery in Madonnaville. While serving in the Vietnam War, Meier and the 101st Airborne Division participated in Operation Ripcord from March 12 to July 23, 1970. It was the last major confrontation between United States ground forces and North Vietnamese Army. Several members of the FSB Operation Ripcord Association were in attendance. (Additional information about Meier’s participation in the Vietnam War will appear in the April 18 edition of The Independent.)
Storm Damages Harrisonville Barns A spring thunderstorm that blew through Monroe County on Monday afternoon leveled two barns around downtown Harrisonville. “We believe straight-line winds might have caused this damage,” said Gene Henckler, director of the local office of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. At the peak of the storm, the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning after radar indicated a possible tornado three miles southeast of Waterloo. But there were no reported tornado sightings or damage that would indicate it was caused by a tornado, said Henckler. In addition to the wind gusts, more than one inch of rain fell Monday evening. “Our rain gauge showed 1.1 inches that day,” said Sue Kunkel of the Monroe County Farm Bureau office in Waterloo.
The man stabbed last Thursday night behind the Capitol Theatre in Waterloo has not yet pressed charges and has provided no additional information about the incident to the Waterloo Police Department, said a WPD representative. The initial report from the Waterloo Police Department was that prior to the stabbing the three individuals may have been in an argument at a bar in Waterloo. Help Gibault Get Into Guinness Book of World Records: The Gibault Catholic High School Marketing II class will try on Saturday, April 5, to set a record eligible for the Guinness Book of World Records. The students will attempt to connect 4,000 glow sticks from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. In addition to striving for the record, the students will raise money for the American Cancer Society. For every dollar given to the students, the donor will receive a glow stick. For more information, call the school at 939-3883.
Tap Dancers Entertain At Oak Hill
Recent
Obituaries
Jacqueline C. Jozayt nee Eckert, 73, of Cahokia, formerly of Swansea, born April 27, 1934, in Columbia, died on Thursday, March 27, 2008, at Memorial Hospital, Belleville, Ill. Jacqueline retired as a dining room hostess from Fairmont Race Track. She was a member of the Ladies of the Moose Chapter 53 of Swansea, Ill. She was preceded in death by her husband, Stanley Jozayt; her father, Elmer J. Eckert; a brother, Walter C. Eckert; and a sister, Geraldine K. Marinko. She is survived by her daughter, Paula Marie (James) Maloney of Cahokia, Ill.; her mother, Sally, nee Jung, Eckert of Four Fountains Nursing Home, Belleville, Ill.; two stepchildren, Donald R. (Susan) Jozayt and Pat A. Jozayt (friend, Linda), all of Florida; two step-grandchildren, Debra A. and Daniel W. Jozayt, both of Florida; two brothers, Kenneth E. (Peggy) Eckert of Seattle, Wash., and Joyce G. (Shirley) Eckert of Columbia, Ill.; three nephews, Steve (Leslie) Eckert, Michael Eckert and Robert Eckert; surviving great-nieces and nephews; very good buddy, Sheri Ohlendorf of Belleville, Ill. Memorials may be made to Belleville Area Humane Society. Condolences may be expressed to the family online at www.kasslyfuneral.com. Funeral services were at Kassly Mortuary Chapel in Fairview Heights. She was buried at Mount Carmel Cemetery, Belleville, Ill. |
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