Budget cuts may end SIUC veterans office
Congress proposed budget cuts threaten SIU Carbondale Office of Veterans Affairs with possible closure on July 1. Coordinator Morgan Ruph notes the office serves about 1,200 on campus and 1,600 statewide veterans and dependents, providing referral, education help, and updates on legislation affecting benefits.
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Siuc Veterans Office
Congress
Reagan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Office of Veterans’ Affairs
Morgan Ruph
OVA
Raph
Siuc Office of Veterans’ Affairs
Siu-C
Illinois
Ruph
U of I Chief Accountant Joins SIU Carbondale
Rita C. Peters, chief accountant at the University of Illinois and assistant treasurer of the University of Illinois Foundation, will become SIU Carbondale's director of general accounting on May 1. She replaces Earl Milton, who left last fall for California State University Long Beach. Peters is a 1960 U Illinois graduate from New Berlin.
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University of Illinois
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Rita C. Peters
U of I
University of Illinois Foundation
SIUC
Earl Milton
California State University
Long Beach
Ms. Peters
SIU C Staff to Present at Black Affairs Conference
Two SIU-C staff members Fred Hamilton director of Special Supportive Services and Atlas Laster coordinator of Peer Counseling will present in Cincinnati at the Council on Black American Affairs conference. Their talk titled The Peer Counselor An Alternative Labor Force explains SIU C use of student peer counselors as paraprofessional counselors for peers.
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Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Council On Black American Affairs
Cincinnati
Fred Hamilton
Siu-C
Atlas Laster
Crab Orchard bridge project explained in Carbondale
The Illinois Department of Transportation seeks comments on reconstructing the Old Illinois 13 bridge over Crab Orchard Creek in Carbondale. The plan widens the roadway by 11 feet and improves approaches, with Old Illinois 13 closed in the work zone and detours via Crab Orchard Lake Road to New Illinois 13 for about a year. Interested parties may request a public hearing or a site meeting. requests must be written by April 21 to the District Engineer at Carbondale.
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Illinois Department of Transportation
Crab Orchard Creek
Carbondale
Crab Orchard Lake Road
Illinois 13
J.F. Newton
Old Illinois 13 West
Energy aid rules raised for single households in IL
The Low Income Energy Assistance Program income limit for a single-person household rises from 4738 to 5386 effective today. Previous denials should reapply if income now fits the new maximum. One time grants range 60 to 430 statewide with local variations by location income and heating fuel. Homeowners and renters may apply. Toll free number 800 252 8643 for information.
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Wayne Curtis
Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
Flood control hearing set for Degognia districts
A public meeting on interior flood control within the Degognia Fountain Bluff and Grand Tower Drainage and Levee Districts is scheduled for Monday at the Community Hall in Jacob. The St Louis District Corps of Engineers will conduct the session starting at 1 30 p m.
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Degognia-Fountain Bluff
Grand Tower
Jacob
St. Louis
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