e-news for Jan. 30, 2008
SIUC to lead 17-county disaster readiness effort
Cooks donate $1 million toward Saluki Way
Spring semester enrollment shows increase
Student volunteers make a difference in region
Speaker series offers variety of economic topics
MVC Tournament ticket deadline Monday
Carter, Sanders win professional scholarships
Pulliam Scholarship applications are available
Pulitzer drama to benefit Cancer Institute
Flags lowered to honor war casualty
Coming eventsFlags lowered to honor war casualty
The United States flag and the Illinois flag will be at half-staff at all State of Illinois facilities beginning Thursday, Jan. 31, in honor of an Illinois man killed while serving in the military in the war in Iraq, under a proclamation signed by Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich.
The flags will be at half-staff from sunrise Thursday to sunset Saturday, Feb. 2, in honor of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller. Reports indicate that Miller, 24, of Wheaton, died Jan. 25, during a battle in Barikowt, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) in Ft. Bragg, N.C., and joined the Army in 2003.
At the recommendation of a suburban Barrington man, Blagojevich in December 2004 issued a proclamation also directing all State of Illinois facilities to lower their flags to half-staff on the day of a funeral for any Illinois National Guardsman killed in combat. The flags are then raised again to full-staff the following day.
In September, Blagojevich signed legislation requiring all state agencies to fly the U.S. flag, the Illinois flag, and appropriate military flags at half-staff for the death of an Illinois resident killed by hostile fire while a member of the U.S. Armed Forces, or for a law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty.