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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1982
Page
3
Region 5 Human Rights Authority approved a formal inquiry into alleged rights violations at a sheltered care workshop. Four former employees accuse management of abuse, poor pay, and poor ventilation. Identity of the workshop was withheld pending substantiation.
Three Christopher aldermen resigned committee chairmanships after a clash with Mayor John Regis over a motion to insert the word working in the city water superintendent title. Regis overruled. council later passed the ordinance amid splits among aldermen and borough officials.
Herrin Alderman Paul Francis resigns as head of the ambulance committee after an hour long executive session. Ambulance Director Jean Arp has resigned her volunteer post and declined a paid director role. Mayor Swinford says administrative difficulties and staff satisfaction prompted changes. A new ambulance director was recommended but no agreement reached. Arp’s resignation awaits council approval.
West Frankfort School Superintendent L Goebel Patton and his wife Pauline escaped a Farmington Maine blaze on Monday. Joan Colleen Hickey 45 and her daughter Amy 16 were killed when a table near a wood stove sparked the fire at about 4 30 am. Patton helped but flames prevented rescue. Hickey, a University of Maine Farmington music professor, had ties to West Frankfort and University of Illinois. Services set for Wednesday in Nordica Auditorium and Thursday in Lexington Massachusetts. burial in Tower Heights Cemetery, West Frankfort. Hickey is survived by two other children and her mother Ellen Lucas of Arizona.
Final design work for a 60 bed nursing care unit at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Marion will be undertaken by Hansen Lind Meyer Architects of Iowa City under a $306,205 contract announced by U.S. Rep. Paul Simon. Preliminary planning has run since 1980 with construction expected to start in 1983 and occupancy in 1984. The Marion center has two planned projects. the ambulatory care wing at $11.4 million was cut from the budget but may be revived later.
Pinckneyville moves to trim a 1983 budget deficit after overestimating current funds. Councilman Lewis Feltmeyer notes expected revenue drops and reports police and fire underspending, with capital outlay cuts reducing a $40,000 shortfall. Next meeting to finalize remaining cuts. The panel also approves an IDOT grant to fund child restraint education and renews liquor licenses while delaying one application.
Carbondale City Council voted to intervene with the Illinois Commerce Commission over Gulf Transport’s petition to discontinue the Carbondale to Evansville daily bus route. The city and Chamber of Commerce will be party of record, with April 29 ICC hearing set.
Panel discussion at Human Resources 82 linked voting, education, and volunteerism to counter Reagan era budget cuts. Speakers warned ignorance and laziness hurt progress, urged blacks to register and vote in November, and pressed for early attitude change, stronger leadership, and advocacy to protect social services.
SIU Carbondale experts on the Rural elderly discussed the impact of looming Reagan era budget cuts on funding. Patricia L. Gunter urged providers to push for reform of funding formulas while Anita Rosen highlighted rural elderly income, health, and transport gaps needing attention. Dave Horney urged innovation in fundraising and greater reliance on informal support networks to preserve access to transportation and information services.
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