TODAY UIS STUDENTS HOLD DANCE MARATHON ROCKETS PLAY FOR STATE TITLE TODAY CITY & STATE PAGE 27 SPORTS, PAGE 27 NATION/WORLD Our 184th year, No. 118 LOCAL Unions ask judge to dismiss lawsuit CHICAGO — Illinois labor unions are trying to keep Gov. Bruce Rauner’s lawsuit over nonmember dues from potentially curbing union power nationwide. P11 Three on leave from Staunton schools By Maggie Menderski Staff Writer which includes Sangamon County and six surrounding counties. The other license is still under review. Dineff is an investor in marijuana in other states, including Washington and Colorado. Medical marijuana ﬁrst piqued her interest after one of her S TAU N T O N — Tw o administrators and a teacher have been placed on administrative leave as the Staunton School District completes an investigation. Details of the investigation weren’t released in a brief statement to the media. The school board voted Feb. 27 to put ﬁrst-year School Superintendent Rich Stempinski, elementary school principal Brooke Wiemers and an unnamed teacher on leave. Leslie Gusewelle, a bookkeeper and ﬁnancial coordinator for the district office, said the district has brought former School S u p e r i n t e n d e n t Ky l e Hlafka out of retirement to serve in the interim. District assistant principals have taken over for Wiemers at the elementary school, Gusewelle said. “Our district is in good hands as far as that’s concerned,” she said. Stempinski, the former director of business for the Forest Ridge School District, was hired in March 2014. The district directed questions regarding the investigation to its legal counsel, Robbins Schwartz Nicholas Lifton and Taylor Ltd. of Collinsville. Attorneys with the ﬁrm did not return calls from The State Journal-Register. Staunton Police Chief Jeff Doerr said his department is not involved with the investigation. He also said police hadn’t received any phone calls from the public regarding the issue. “We have nothing to do with it, and we don’t know anything about it,” Doerr said. Macoupin County assistant state’s attorney Jordan Garrison said the investigation has not been referred to prosecutors. SEE MARIJUANA, P5 SEE STAUNTON, P5 Archie Ford and Cathy Delong fill boxes Friday in preparation for The Salvation Army’s temporary move from its North Sixth Street administration offices to its adult rehabilitation center complex. PHOTOS BY DAVID SPENCER/THE STATE JOURNAL REGISTER Temporary move set during work on expanded facility St. John’s Hospital purchases Sixth Street building By Tim Landis Business Editor commanding officer Maj. Steve Woodard said the charitable organization plans to relocate by the end of April to space at The Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center, 221 S. 11th St., after HSHS St. John’s Hospital purchased the existing facilities at 530 N. Sixth St. The Salvation Army has been at Sixth and Carpenter streets since 1959. Woodard said the organization also expects to solicit bids in the next few weeks for the ﬁrst phase of renovation at 100 N. Ninth St. The Salvation Army The Salvation Army’s facilities at 530 N. Sixth St. have been sold to St. John’s Hospital. purchased the former state for an expanded commuoffice building, immedi- nity center and homeless ately east of Horace Mann shelter. Educators Corp., for $3.4 million in 2009 with plans SEE SALVATION ARMY, P5 MEDICAL MARIJUANA City business begins plans for dispensary By Seth A. Richardson State Capitol Bureau Obituaries .. 14-15 Opinion ............ 8 Police beat ...... 12 Puzzles........... 45 Sports ............ 27 TV listings ...... 22 Weather ......... 32 Higher wages coming soon MACOUPIN COUNTY THE SALVATION ARMY The long-anticipated move by The Salvation Army of Springfield to expanded space in a former state office building should be completed in the summer of 2016, with a temporary stop in between. Fo r n o w, l o c a l Advice ............ 22 Beliefs ............. 19 Business ........ 24 City & State .... 11 Classiﬁed ....... 33 Comics ........... 23 Home .............. 17 Complete forecast, P32 News 24/7 at www.sj-r.com $1 ST. LOUIS — Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson was still on the job Friday, two days after a government report blasted his beleaguered department for years of racial proﬁling, and the mayor refused to speculate about the chief’s future, saying his role was not to “just chop heads.” P3 Daylight saving time arrives at 2 a.m. Sunday. Remember to set clocks ahead one hour tonight. 46°/25° 48°/30° 50°/34° Springﬁeld, Illinois Ferguson police chief stays on job after report Set clocks ahead one hour tonight MON BUSINESS, PAGE 24 The oldest newspaper in Illinois Saturday, March 7, 2015 SUN Springﬁeld’s ﬁrst medical marijuana dispensary owner is happy to have the long-delayed process ﬁnally moving. Laurel Dineff, the owner of Maribis of Springﬁeld, said she should have access to her building at 322 E. Adams St. within the next 30 days, but the process of opening it will take some time after that. “I got off the ground a little Dineff later than I anticipated initially,” she said. Gov. Bruce Rauner ﬁnalized the recommendations for most medical marijuana facilities in early February after former Gov. Pat Quinn balked at issuing licenses before leaving office. Maribis was recommended for one of the two dispensary licenses in Illinois State Police District 9,