Hi Sue, This is the first message I read after sending a note to you - ironic. Macoupin is the County where Benjamin had quite a bit of land, and where his wife, your g-g-g-grandmother is probably buried. On Apr 2, 2009, at 8:47 AM, W Hinton wrote: > For those who live away from the vicinity > of Macoupin County. It is all over the news > in this area that mine subsidence ruined > the Benld Elementary School over this > past weekend. This is / was quite a building, > only seven years old and is totalty unusable. > Over 700 students are affected. > > Classes have been canceled for the entire > school district until today. The High School > and Middle School buildings in Gillespie > are being utilized on a split schedule. > High and Middle school classes are form > early morning until noon and then the > elementary classes use these buildings > until 5:15 pm. > > A google search will bring up a lot of > news media hits for the coverage about > this "disaster". > > All of Macoupin County has a rich history > around coal mines and this sad event > sure adds to the history of mining. > > I have bit of the mine history for the > Gillespie and Benld vicinity at : > http://gillespieil.com/gillespie/mining.html > > We should all be very thankful that this > occured when no one was in the building, > so there was not any human injuries. > > Wayne > http://gillespieil.com/gillespie/ > > Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at http:// > www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILMACOUP- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message Carl Stedman carl492@charter.net

My sincere apology - this was not meant for the website. On Apr 2, 2009, at 11:20 AM, Carl Stedman wrote: > Hi Sue, > > This is the first message I read after sending a note to you - ironic. > Macoupin is the County where Benjamin had quite a bit of land, and > where his wife, your g-g-g-grandmother is probably buried. > > On Apr 2, 2009, at 8:47 AM, W Hinton wrote: > >> For those who live away from the vicinity >> of Macoupin County. It is all over the news >> in this area that mine subsidence ruined >> the Benld Elementary School over this >> past weekend. This is / was quite a building, >> only seven years old and is totalty unusable. >> Over 700 students are affected. >> >> Classes have been canceled for the entire >> school district until today. The High School >> and Middle School buildings in Gillespie >> are being utilized on a split schedule. >> High and Middle school classes are form >> early morning until noon and then the >> elementary classes use these buildings >> until 5:15 pm. >> >> A google search will bring up a lot of >> news media hits for the coverage about >> this "disaster". >> >> All of Macoupin County has a rich history >> around coal mines and this sad event >> sure adds to the history of mining. >> >> I have bit of the mine history for the >> Gillespie and Benld vicinity at : >> http://gillespieil.com/gillespie/mining.html >> >> We should all be very thankful that this >> occured when no one was in the building, >> so there was not any human injuries. >> >> Wayne >> http://gillespieil.com/gillespie/ >> >> Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at http:// >> www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILMACOUP- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > Carl Stedman > carl492@charter.net > > > Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at http:// > www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILMACOUP- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message