1 $1.50 Volume 139, Issue 16 A Lee Enterprises Newspaper Copyright 2016 Follow us online: facebook.com/MattoonJGTC twitter.com/jgtcOnline ADVICE A6 CLASSIFIEDS B6-7 COMICS B5 HOROSCOPES A4 LOTTERY A4 OBITUARIES B8 Keep up with local news, community items and sports action Read what others say and make your own comments online AT WWW.JG-TC.COM DISCOVER DIGITAL PARTLY SUNNY 17 7 FORECAST, A4 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2016 www.jg-tc.com HOME COURT ADVANTAGE Eastern Illinois men gear up to face Austin Peay SPORTS, PAGE B1 MONEY COMING THROUGH Coles County will get some delayed funds for salaries from the state LOCAL, PAGE A3 JARAD JARMON jarad.jarmon@lee.net CHARLESTON As of Tuesday, applications from prospective students to attend Eastern Illinois University in the fall are slightly down from last year but still remain strong in comparison to previous two years. While projections are being tabulated to get an estimate as to whom will actually enroll, Kara Hadley-Shakya, interim director of admissions, said it is too early to tell overall what the fall semester will look like. institution has projections, but it is too soon in the enrollment Hadley-Shakya said. strong and our goal is to increase our yield in our applicant or admit population. constantly working that The university is assessing several areas to get an idea for the future with enrollment including Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) submissions, orientation sign ups, housing and dining completions.
Hadley-Shakya said admissions and several other departments are working together to do targeted mailings and outreach to prospective students and their parents to remind them of steps that need to be taken when coming to Eastern. now, our biggest challenge is, I think, the budget and not getting our state appropriations. That has nitely, had an Hadley-Shakya said. are going to still continuously call and do what we been getting calls and parents inquiring about the state of the institution and really the state of Illinois as a She said she is optimistic with a strong foundation and constant communication with prospective students, the message will come across to those students that Eastern will be open and is a viable option. Peer universities in Illinois are feeling similar stings as a result of the state budget crisis.
Hadley-Shakya said freshmen and transfers are down at local peer institutions as well. Freshman enrollment had increased by 2 percent in the fall 2015 from the previous year, but Eastern, overall, saw a decrease from the previous year, largely because of bigger graduating classes that created a larger hole to ll, cials said. Layo notices to 198 civil service Eastern employees will given out Wednesday or Thursday, as result of the current state budget divide. In addition, all administrative and professional employees will be required starting on March 1 to take the equivalent of one day of furlough time per week every month until further notice or until June 30. This does not include the 67 employees laid in August as a result of the EIU fall applications dip slightly, still strong ROB STROUD rob.stroud@lee.net MATTOON The Lake Land College Board of Trustees voted Monday evening to cut four sta members as the college continues to deal with a funding shortfall caused by the budget impasse.
The college will permanently eliminate a special projects technician position and a Web learning specialist position in the Center for Technology and Professional Development, and lay an assistant director of physical plant operations and a custodian. All four of these personnel cuts will be ective Feb. 26. Board Chairman Gary Cadwell said Tuesday afternoon that Lake Land has an excellent workforce, but the state has placed public colleges and universities in a situation where they are having to balance their budgets by cutting sta members. He said Lake Land has not received any of its annual state funding since July 1.
have a crisis where we expected to get approximately $11 million and we have gotten nothing, plus the state is not funding the MAP grants for Cadwell said. He added that Lake Land has been covering the tuition cost for MAP grant recipients, a cost that totals more than $300,000. Cadwell said Lake Land may need to make additional personnel cuts if the state does not approve a budget and allocate funding for higher education. He said Lake Land is trying to avoid cutting faculty so that it can minimize the impact on classrooms, but every cut has an a ect on the services that the college provides. is really hard to provide the services that we need to for students in 4 sta cut from Lake Land College THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Democratic presidential candidate Sen.
Bernie Sanders, speaks during a campaign stop at Great Bay Community College on Sunday in Portsmouth, N.H. Trump, Sanders win in NH MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders swept to victory in New Hampshire primaries, adding crucial credibility to their upstart candidacies and underscoring the insistence of voters in both parties on shaking up American politics. While New Hampshire is known for its political surprises, Trump and Sanders led in the state for months. Still, both needed to deliver on expectations after second-place nishes in last leado Iowa caucuses, where Ted Cruz topped the Republican eld and Hillary Clinton narrowly edged Sanders in the Democratic race.
For some Republican leaders, and back-to-back victories add urgency to the need to coalesce around a more mainstream candidate to challenge those two through the primaries. However, it was unclear whether New contest would clarify that slice of the eld, with Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush all locked in a tight race, along with Cruz.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who has staked his candidacy on New Hampshire, lagged behind the pack in early vote counts. Sanders pulled from a broad coalition of New Hampshire voters, gathering a majority of votes from men, independents and voters under 45, as well as a slim majority of women. Clinton won the majority of those over 65 and those with incomes over $200,000 a year, according to early exit polls conducted by Edison Research for The Associated Press and the television networks campaign argues she will perform better as the race heads to more racially diverse states, including Nevada and South Carolina. Both New Hampshire and Iowa are overwhelm- ingly white states that are far less diverse than the nation as a whole.
Democrat who is unable to inspire strong levels of support in minority communities will have no credible path to winning the presidency in the general Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook said in a memo released as the polls closed. Both Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, and Trump, a real estate mogul who has never held political ce, have tapped into the frustration with the current political DAVE FOPAY dave.fopay@lee.net CHARLESTON A man who was accused of trying to break into a Mattoon business by rappelling down the side of the building pleaded guilty to a reduced charge and was ordered to pay for the damages he caused. The injuries the suspect, Maverick C. Bowman, received after he fell during the attempt and his lack of criminal activity since the incident were reasons the prosecutor cited for agreeing to the outcome. Bowman, 25, for whom court records list an address of 1108 Richmond Mattoon, was arrested after he fell while rappelling on the building that houses the Little Mexico restaurant on Sept.
19, 2013. He was apparently trying to break into the building at 1810 Charleston Ave. for reasons connected with a dispute with the owner of the restaurant, where he was employed. According to police accounts, Bow- man was able get onto the roof of the building and secure a rope but lost his grip while rappelling down the side, causing him to fall and injure himself. Bowman was rst charged with possession of burglary tools, a felony ense that accused him of having a crowbar and other items in his backpack, intending to use them to break into the building.
With the agreement reached in his case, Bowman pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor attempted theft charge alleg- ing he took a toward the burglary by acquiring the tools. His sentence was two years of probation with terms including payment of just more than $400 for damages. The felony charge was dismissed but could have resulted in a prison sentence of one to three years. Assistant Attorney Rob Scales, who prosecuted the case, noted the extent of injuries and said it appeared his been no indication of any crim- inal activity on part since the incident, Scales said. Evidence in the case indicated that Bowman was upset with the owner because of a pay dispute and his plan was to steal money had he been able to enter the building, Scales also said.
Coles County Circuit Judge Teresa Righter sentenced Bowman by accepting the terms of the plea agreement that Scales and defense attorney Todd Reardon recommended. Rappelling burglary suspect pleads guilty to break in DAVE FOPAY dave.fopay@lee.net ROB STROUD rob.stroud@lee.net CHARLESTON Layo at Eastern Illinois University that are expected to be announced later this week will have a wide impact, but the overall a ect be permanent. the view from local business and economic development cials, who also said important to keep up the pressure toward a resolution to the budget stando With the seven-month impasse in the budget situation continuing, EIU President David Glassman said 198 university employees will be ed of layo on Wednesday or Thursday. necessary right Charleston Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Cindy White said of the reason for the sta reductions. advice concerning the lay- was two-fold, starting with urging community members to do their and contact state cials with calls to resolve the budget situation.
She also said concerned that sta reduction news She Wider impact of EIU layo on economy not permanent Please see EIU, Page A2 Please see Economy, Page A2 Please see Sta, Page A2 Please see NH, Page A2.
