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Routine mosquito testing found mosquitoes positive for the West Nile virus south of Carbondale in Jackson County but no human cases have been reported. The mosquitos were collected Friday. A dead crow found in the same area also tested positive for the virus earlier this month according to a press release from the Jackson County Health Department. Burt Hagston, environmental health director for Jackson County, said mosquitoes from the area are collected and tested weekly starting in April through October. “Typically we see our first batch of mosquitoes positive for the virus in Jackson County in mid to late June,” Hagston said. “We were a little behind the norm this year I think just because we’ve had a cooler summer.” Hagston said that mosquitoes start testing positive for the virus as the temperature rises. “The months of July, August and early September are when we typically see West Nile virus activity amplify in mosquito populations,” he said. “So this I think will be the first of many multiple mosquito batches that we get with West Nile virus in them” Douglas Fix, a microbiology professor, said Illinois had the highest number of cases of the virus in 2002, around 880. Since then, he said, the virus has been at lower levels and usually goes undetected. “There are obviously cases in which people die but the vast majority of people who are actually infected may never know it,” Fix said. In total, 18 Illinois counties have identified the virus in birds and mosquitoes. Last year, eleven deaths resulted from 117 cases in the state. Two cases were reported from Jackson County. The health department encourages individuals to reduce their risk by using the three “R’s”- reduce, repel, report. To reduce exposure, keep windows and doors closed and avoid being outdoors at dusk and dawn, when mosquitoes are most active. Eliminate sources of standing water and change birdbaths weekly. To repel mosquitoes, keep skin mostly covered with protective clothing and use repellants containing DEET, picaridin or IR3535 according to label instructions. To report, call the health department to report sick or dying crows, blue jays, robins or other perching birds. Also, report instances of stagnant water or similar locations that may produce mosquitos to the Carbondale Mosquito Abatement District. The abatement district is privately owned and operates through Carbondale Township. Symptoms of the virus are usually fever, nausea, headaches and body aches, and occur 3-14 days after being bitten. Other serious illnesses are possible, especially amongst people more than 50 years old. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, only one in five people infected will show symptoms and less than 1 percent of the infected develop serious illnesses. The abatement district can be reached at 618-549-2150. Marissa Novel can be reached at mnovel@dailyegyptian.com, on Twitter @MarissaNovelDE or at 536-3311 ext. 268.

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The Rose Hotel gazebo looks out onto the Ohio River, where Illinois and Kentucky meet. The structure was built in 1882 by the original architect James McFarlands son, James Junior after additionall renovations to the property were completed in the years prior. The gazebo is free for the public to visit and can also be rented to hold events, such as weddings.

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SIU McNair scholars dedicate their summer to research STOREY MAYER Daily Egyptian Most college students use their summer break to kick back and relax, but there are 14 students at SIU who have used their break quite differently. The students are a part of the McNair Scholars Program and have devoted nearly 320 hours of their summer to research. Karen Renzaglia, director of the McNair Scholars Program and a professor in plant biology, said the mission of the program is to give students the chance to explore research that normally would not have the opportunity. “The program targets underrepresented minorities in graduate school and low-income, first-generation students,” Renzaglia said. “It trains them to understand what it is like to get a more advanced degree.” To qualify to be a McNair scholar, a student has to be a junior or senior in college. As long as the student has earned at least 56 credit hours, there is no age restriction. A selection committee chooses the scholars based on their application, grade point average, educational goals and interview. Rhetta Seymour, associate director of SIU McNair Scholars Program, said the students begin the program by identifying a faculty member who is conducting research in an area the student finds interesting. “That faculty member will become their mentor and they will work

together to finalize a project that is doable,” Seymour said. “The mentor will supervise, suggest valuable reading and guide the student throughout the research process.” SIU became a part of the McNair program in 2003. The U.S. Department of Education funds the program at more than 150 institutions throughout the nation. The university recruits in fall and spring and is required to have 28 students in the program. “Every five years you have to apply again and they give you the money if they like what you have said and done,” Renzaglia said. “So we are well established in McNair.” Asia Lee, a senior studying marketing from Chicago, was encouraged to apply for the program by an alumni McNair scholar. She heeded the advice and is now a 2014 McNair scholar with a 3.74 grade point average. “He told me a lot about it and I took it from there,” Lee said. “The program is time-consuming, but has been extremely helpful and completely life-changing.” Lee focused her research on the ways gender identity influences the world of advertising. “I wanted to see how and why gender identity and biological sex effects our attitudes towards advertisements,” Lee said. “To discover in what ways we can break down some of the gender roles and stereotypes in marketing and advertising today.” Lee said her experience with McNair has placed her in a position where

she is above her classmates. She now takes her academic career seriously and has developed many beneficial characteristics. “It helped across the board,” Lee said. “I have built self-esteem, self-discipline, and communication skills that I didn’t have 8 weeks ago.” The program does not pay tuition costs, but does provide stipends and supply allowances during the research process. “They don’t particularly fund your academics,” Lee said. “But they implicitly help you get those resources to make you a prime candidate for scholarships.” The students’ research will be on display at the 11th annual McNair Summer Research Symposium. The symposium from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday, July 25 in Morris Library’s John C. Guyon Auditorium. The scholars will reflect over what they have learned through the 8 weeks and present their research. They will be available for questions pertaining to their research topic after the presentation. Five judges will evaluate each presentation. First through fourth place will win cash prizes. “It is an amazing program and I am just so proud of it,” Renzaglia said. “It is designed around what the scholars’ interests are and the research is all theirs — completely original.” Storey Mayer can be reached at smayer@dailyegyptian.com

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Congress goes to the dogs, pushing support for retired military K9s CHRIS ADAMS McClatchy Washington Bureau WA S H I N G TO N — You want to get something done in Congress, bring a dog. At least it couldn’t hurt. As she looked into a hearing room packed with reporters, supporters and four canines on Wednesday, Rep. Dina Titus was reminded of a similar lesson she learned in her statehouse days. (Basically, if you want to have your bill passed, just show up with a dog, the Nevada Democrat remembered.)

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., saw dog power in even more profound ways. “Dogs are magical creatures, because they can make a rusty, cranky old curmudgeon like Don Young seem almost lovable,” she said. “So, hats off to the dogs.” Young, the Alaska Republican who pointed out he was “the only dog musher in the whole Congress,” and others were on hand to help efforts by the American Humane Association to change rules under which military dogs move to civilian life. Robin Ganzert, president and chief

executive of the American Humane Association, said that former military dogs are not guaranteed to be retired in America and might not be reunited with their former handlers. Her group wants the Department of Defense to mandate that all military working dogs be retired on U.S. soil so that they are given military transport back from their war zones. And it wants to ensure that the dogs’ former handlers are provided first opportunity to adopt them. The group also wants dogs that are working for contractors to be given the same benefits as those that are

formally part of the military. Three former handlers of military dogs Ryky, Cila and Thor spoke in halting, emotional ways about the bonds they had with their animals — and how they jumped through major hoops to be reunited with them after their service ended. The dogs that took over a hearing room of the House Budget Committee had served in Iraq and Afghanistan, sniffing for explosives, helping rescue fallen soldiers, enduring multiple tours. They carry some of the same post-traumatic

issues as returning soldiers. “We had some challenging times in Iraq, but we both made it out safely,” Army veteran Jason Bos said of his companion, Cila, who served with him on nearly 100 missions. “Now Cila is a couch potato. She’s retired. She can eat what she wants. She can get fat ... just be like a regular retired person.” While the American Humane Association is rounding up support in Congress, Ganzert said the Department of Defense could handle the changes administratively, without the need for legislation.

DOT wants to eliminate older rail cars carrying crude oil CURTIS TATE McClatchy Washington Bureau WA S H I N G TO N — The U.S. Department of Transportation on Wednesday proposed a twoyear phaseout of older railroad tank cars used to transport crude oil, which have been involved in several serious derailments over the past year. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx outlined the long-anticipated proposals more than a year after a deadly derailment in Quebec focused government and public scrutiny on the rising volumes of crude oil shipped by train. The public has 60 days to comment on the proposed rules, and Foxx said the department wouldn’t grant an extension because of the urgency of the issue. The shortened time frame is likely to set off a flurry of efforts in Washington by oil producers, rail companies, refiners and tank car manufacturers, as well as

community and environmental groups. The department had sought input from these groups, which often had different priorities and couldn’t agree on the details. But Kevin Sheys, an attorney who advises rail transportation clients, said DOT took a balanced approach. “The crude needs to move, but we have to move it safely,” he said. “And the proposed rule seems to reflect the government’s effort to balance those goals.” The DOT will seek the phaseout or retrofit of older model DOT-111 tank cars from crude oil and ethanol service. They’ve long been known to be vulnerable to failure in derailments. “We are proposing to phase out the DOT-111 tank car in its current form,” Foxx said. The department offered various options for upgraded tank cars, including thicker steel shells, electronic braking and rollover protections. The proposal would require

retrofits within five years for newer tank cars built to an industry-adopted higher standard. The DOT proposed a maximum 40 mph speed in all areas for trains that are operating with older tank cars and for urban areas with more than 100,000 residents. Trains with tank cars that meet the new requirements would be permitted to travel at 50 mph outside urban areas. It also proposed codifying its May 7 emergency order requiring railroads to notify state and local emergency officials about shipments of 1 million gallons or more of Bakken crude oil, a lighter type from the northern Great Plains that’s been involved in recent derailments. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill who’ve been pushing the DOT and the Obama administration to move swiftly on the new rules responded favorably to Wednesday’s announcement. “We have seen the devastating impact on communities nationwide when our regulatory

regime lags behind rapid industry changes,” said Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat who chairs the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. In addition to the notice of newly proposed rules on tank cars, speeds, braking and crude oil testing, the DOT released an advanced notice of new regulations to govern the expansion of comprehensive oil-spill response plans for crude oil trains. Currently, railroads aren’t required to have such plans for crude oil trains, but derailments in Quebec, Alabama, North Dakota, Virginia and elsewhere since last year have revealed gaps in emergency response training, equipment and staff. “We are not necessarily done yet with all the ways we plan to address this issue,” said Cynthia Quarterman, the head of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration at the DOT.

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As airliner dead are honored, Germany chides Russia for inaction MATTHEW SCHOFIELD McClatchy Foreign Staff KIEV, Ukraine — As about 1,000 relatives of the dead from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 gathered Wednesday to meet the first bodies returned to the Netherlands, European anger at Russia’s involvement in the monthslong conflict in eastern Ukraine appeared to grow and the pro-Russian separatists in the region reportedly shot down two more military jets. The first 40 bodies, still unidentified, of the 298 dead from the MH17 were flown from Ukraine to Eindhoven, Netherlands. The ill-fated flight left from Amsterdam, and 193 of the dead were Dutch. The solemn crowd that gathered in Eindhoven included relatives of the dead as well as the Dutch king, queen and prime minister. As they were mourning, German officials indicated they’d run out of patience with the lack of progress by Russia in clearing the way for an investigation into the crash. The German Foreign Office issued a statement saying: “Now it’s enough.” And a spokesman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday that she is troubled by the lack of progress being made by Russia in the Ukrainian crisis. The spokesman, Georg Streiter, said Merkel now believes that tougher sanctions are required. Russia is not adequately

supporting the investigation of the crash, Streiter said. And Guenther Oettinger, the European Union energy commissioner and a career German politician, was quoted by European media criticizing Russian inactivity and saying that Europe should consider pulling its technical assistance to Russia in developing its Arctic oil and gas fields. “If they don’t try for peace in the east of Ukraine,” he told reporters, “if they don’t decisively try to do something to prevent escalation, then there is no reason for us to help promote the growth of their industry and develop new resources for gas and oil and therefore to put this equipment on the list of sanctions.” German pressure on Russia is seen as pivotal in the effort to force a Russian response, as Germany has been seen to be hesitant to date because of deep business ties with Russia. Just this weekend, in The Sunday Times of London, British Prime Minister David Cameron wrote an opinion piece that was seen as highly critical of Germany’s soft stance on Russia thus far in the Ukraine crisis. In a phrase that seemed to be aimed at Merkel’s government, Cameron noted there is “anger that some in the West, instead of finding the resolve to deal with this issue, have simply hoped it would go away.” He went on to write: “In Europe

we should not need to be reminded of the consequences of turning a blind eye when big countries bully smaller countries. . . . We should not need to be reminded of the lessons of European history.” In Ukraine on Wednesday, Russian separatist fighters said they had downed two more Ukrainian fighter jets. The jets, SU-25s, were shot down over a village about 16 miles from the crash site of MH17. The type of anti-aircraft weapon used to take them down was not immediately available, as officials described the weapons only as “missiles.” Ukrainian military spokesman Vladislav Seleznev said they were shot down by a “missile system” and that “the pilots took evasive action.” Before news of the jets broke, Col. Andriy Lysenko, spokesman for Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, told reporters in Kiev that “we know that they still possess anti-aircraft weapons.” A week ago, Ukrainian officials accused Russian fighter jets of downing yet another SU-25. According to the military web site GlobalFirepower, Ukraine is thought to have started this conflict with a total of 116 fighter jets. Russian separatists are known to have shot down at least one Ukrainian transport plane and to have hit and forced another to land.

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Thursday, July 24, 2014

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James McFarland’s headstone, located in the backyard of the Rose Hotel, sits alongside other graves of fo and guests, both marked and unmarked. The original wing of hotel was built by McFarland in 1812. The es earned its current name after a former employee of seven years, Sarah Rose Baker, purchased it in 1891. BRANDA MITCHELL Daily Egyptian In a quaint village along the Ohio River, the Rose Hotel does not stand out of the background, until the graves in the backyard come into view. Prior to being closed in 1967, the hotel had been the longest continually operating hotel in the state. Now owned by Sue Hemphill and daily operations run by assistant innkeeper Becky Cook, the hotel continues to attract visitors more than 200 years later. Although the hotel now has regular visitors, as apparent from the No Vacancy sign that hangs in front, it has not always had steady guests. After continually declining business, the hotel was purchased by the state in 1989. In 2003, it was renovated and reopened as a bed and breakfast. The hotel also faced hardships after the

Ohio River flood of 1937, where more one million people from Pittsburgh to Cairo were left homeless and more than 300 died. Old Shawneetown, located just up the river from Elizabethtown, had to be relocated to higher ground because of the damage. Renovations revealed there was more to the historic property than just the three graves in the backyard. Cook said during excavations, unmarked remains of what are believed to be former slaves and guests were found under the porch and in the side yard. “They left the bodies there where they found them,” Cook said. The questionable history of the Rose Hotel has made it the subject of many ghost stories. Bruce Cline, director of the Little Egypt Ghost Society based out of Carbondale, has explored the hotel on multiple occasions with his group. The first trip was to investigate. After getting interesting feedback, the second

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without leaving the hotel … Here are the graves of James and Elizabeth McFarland, some of their children and more than a few guests who had the misfortune to die on the premises.” Aside from a few bars that line the main road, the village of Elizabethtown appears mostly abandoned. The decaying infrastructure of the area emphasizes the ghostly mysteries that appear to haunt the town. The town is full of empty buildings, broken storefronts and firedamaged businesses. Streetlamps covered in cobwebs appear to not be regularly maintained. The old school building is boarded up, with plants overtaking what

used to be the main stairs. An old, faded sign for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, an organization whose mission is to promote personal and social change, can be seen hanging above a broken door on an abandoned building at the main intersection. The Rose Hotel has 6 available rooms to rent for various prices per night, all named after someone significant to the hotels history. To learn more about planning a trip to the hotel, their website can be visited at www. historicrosehotel.com. Branda Mitchell can be reached at bmitchell@dailyegyptian.com

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The Hardin County Courthouse in Elizabethtown sits at the top of a hill overlooking the village. The court house was involved in a fire on two occasions in 1884 and 1921, where information about the early history of Elizabethtown was lost.

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Strong goals for college football

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No Love lost for Mountain West looks to peacefully co-exist conference rivals with power conference JACK ROBINSON Daily Egyptian

BRENT BRIGGEMAN The Gazette L A S V E G A S — Mountain West commissioner Craig Thompson painted a picture of college football as mostly sunny, but with “storm clouds.” Most of those potential storms, for now at least, exist only in the abstract. Talk of the power five conferences — or “high-resource conferences,” as Thompson preferred to call them — dominated the commissioner’s annual speech Tuesday in Las Vegas. Thompson admitted that the Mountain West has no leverage in stopping those leagues from doing as they please, but doesn’t foresee any problems as long as any changes don’t include increasing scholarship limits, allowing penalty-free transfers or cutting off smaller conferences altogether from scheduling. Budget disparities have always existed and likely always will, Thompson said, so as long as the league doesn’t lose its chance for on-field competition with those five conferences or have its players poached by bigger schools then all can continue to coexist peacefully. As for the conference’s own issues, Thompson said schools have not formulated plans to fund more meals and snacks, nor would they currently

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udget disparities have always existed and likely always will, so as long as the league doesn’t lose its chance for on-field competition with those five conferences or have its players poached by bigger schools then all can continue to coexist peacefully. — Craig Thompson Mountain West comissioner

be able to meet increases in cost-ofattendance stipends that may soon accompany athletic scholarships. Money for extra food alone may cost the conference schools as much as $1 million, and that money has to come from somewhere. It can’t necessarily be tacked onto the student’s scholarship without leading to tax issues and inviting government intervention, which conferences would prefer to avoid. Many of those issues will likely be handled on a school-by-school basis, which could further increase the gap between the haves and have nots even within the MW. “We’re not at a tipping point, but we’re in a very precarious situation because of the unknown. . . . It’s a scary time because resources are

finite,” Thompson said. Still, the commissioner’s hourlong session wasn’t all doom and gloom. He likes the conference’s chances of putting a team in the conversation for the four-team College Football Playoff, or at least generally securing the guaranteed non-power five spot in a New Year’s Eve bowl. As for the new playoff format, Thompson believes it will expand beyond four teams before the end of its 12-year deal. Thompson likes the MWC’s 12team football setup and doesn’t feel a need to press for expansion. While he would be open to adding a “basketball-only” team, which would bring that number to an even 12, he would prefer to let the setup “marinate” and allow for rivalries and familiarity to take hold.

There have been many different speculations about what team will land NBA All-Star forward Kevin Love. The most recent trade proposal came from the Chicago Bulls, who have offered forwards Taj Gibson, Doug McDermott and Nikola Mirotic in exchange for Love. Even though the Bulls have the most recent offer, the more enticing offer was from the Cleveland Cavaliers, who continue to make headlines after they signed superstar forward Lebron James. The Cavaliers proposed a trade that included two Canadian No.1 overall draft picks in Anthony Bennett and Andrew Wiggins as well as a future first-round pick. This would give the Timberwolves a solid two guard in Wiggins who could pair well with the Timberwolves’ Spanish point guard Rick Rubio. Love has been at the top of the trade talks for the past two seasons and yet there has been no movement. Earlier this summer there were rumors out of northern California that the Golden State Warriors were offereing shooting guard Klay Thompson and forward David Lee for Love, but the Timberwolves did not pull the trigger on the trade. Although the Lakers have remained out of the conversation for Love, you cannot ever count out the purple and gold. Just two summers ago they swiped NBA All-Star center Dwight Howard away from the Orlando Magic in a four-team blockbuster trade. However the lake show was unable to keep Howard happy in tinsel town as he departed for the smaller market Houston Rockets. Some critics question whether Love is worth all of the commotion. Love in his six-year NBA career has failed to make the playoffs once, and has also been criticized about his selfish demeanor by his Minnesota teammates for wanting to leave the struggling franchise. If the Cavaliers acquire Love, they will no doubt have one of the strongest starting line-ups in the league with Love, James and NBA All-Star Game MVP point guard Kyrie Irving. What it appears we are seeing is a similar bidding war that is present in baseball with the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees. The inter-divisional rivals would not want to see Love on each other’s team, therefore are attempting to out-bid or out-propose one of each other. Regardless of where Kevin Love ends up playing next season, it is likely the NBA will love what it sees.