SI Airport board grants delay in payments to new operator
West-Hale Aviation wins a 60 day rent deferment and a one month rent abatement as the Southern Illinois Airport board approves the lease for the new fixed base operator. The vote followed discussions of prior concessions given to Woodruff Aviation amid ongoing tensions with the airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Santori
Southern
West Hale
Jim West
West
Woodruff Aviation
Don Brewer
Floyd Hart
George Karnes
Federal Aviation Administration
Blairsville tavern hearing draws crowd ruling awaited
A Williamson County hearing on Jimmie's Place in Blairsville drew about 30 witnesses as opponents urged closure. The bar was shut by the sheriff pending findings on loudness underage drinking and fights. Liquor Commissioner Paler must decide within five days.
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Jimmie
Williamson County Sheriff’s Department
Charles Denham
Jimmie S. Loyd
Denham
Curtis Paler
Marion pupils show above average test scores
Marion district reports third, sixth, and eight graders scoring well above national norms on Iowa Tests of Basic Skills and COGAT assessments. Superintendent Robert Campbell credits community quality and teaching, notes high school results are hazy without high school tests, and calls for improved science curriculum next year.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinoisan
Marion
Robert Campbell
Iowa
COGAT
Campbell
Public Health Focus Shifts To Prevention At HR ’81
William Kempiners of the Illinois Department of Public Health urged a preventive approach at the Human Resources ’81 Conference at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He warned prevention has lagged and emphasized personal habits, diet, limiting alcohol, smoking abstinence, and stress management as keys to cost containment and better health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce J. Simmons
The
Southern Illinoisan
William Kempiners
Illinois Department of Public Health
Kempiners
Human Resources
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
SIUC volunteers aid needy Illinois towns and groups
SIUC faculty and students extend free labor through University Year for Action at the Human Resources '81 conference. UVA coordinators Ray Lenzi and John Guyon describe projects aiding Herrin, Colp, Carbonale, Sparta, New Burnside, and New Simpson with solar heating units, food cooperatives, elderly care, crisis centers, and city energy work. University research ties to regional needs include health occupations exposure, crop productivity studies, elder legal services, and teaching methods research. Albert Einstein quote defended research relevance to real problems.
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Jean Ness
Herrin
UVA
Colp Nutrition Center
Carbondale
Sparta
New Burnside
New Simpson
Lenzi
UYA
SIU
Guyon
Southern Illinois
Law School
Robert Dreher
Diane Deford
Albert Einstein
Panel Finds Welfare Clients Do Work In CETA Program
Doyle Hedger reports an Illinois study showing welfare clients stay on the job longer than general workers when referred to the federal CETA jobs program. The five county pilot, part of the Human Resources 81 conference, aims to correct misperceptions about public aid and work readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathy A. Monroe
The
Southern Illinoisan
Southern
Illinois
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Doyle Hedger
Hedger
Human Resources
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
CETA
Jackson
William
Franklin
Marion
Jefferson
Reagan
William Levy
Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
Levy
Maurice McCann
Jackson County
Eugene D. Jones III
Memorial Hospital of
Carbondale
Dittmer Wins Lesser Recount In Ward 2 Race
Sam Dittmer was confirmed as Ward 2 alderman after a recount showing 237 to 233 votes over Wayman Norris. Norris, a sales rep for an Evansville sporting goods firm, had challenged the April 7 result under Illinois law. The canvassing board included County Clerk Robert Hiller and other local officials. Norris will confer with his attorney before deciding on a possible contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seibert
Jess Novick
Karnes
Hart and Brewer
J.T. Blankenship
Carbondale
Maurice Webb
de Oto
Horner & Shifrin
St. Louis
Novick
Hart
Evelynn Attig
Blankenship of
O.R. Walley
Southern Illinois
Sam Dittmer
Dittmer
Wayman Norris
Norris
Evansville
Ind
Benton
Robert Hiller
Ned Mitchell
William Stacey
Gary Szczeblewski
Gambling machines seized at two Moose Lodges in Jackson Co
Illinois Department of Law Enforcement raids on March 27 seized two gambling machines at the Murphysboro Moose Lodge and three machines at the Carbondale Moose Lodge along with pull-tab sheets, cards, dice, bingo cards and cash. The case was turned over to Jackson County State's Attorney John Clemons who declined to comment.
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Murphysboro
Carbondale
Jackson County
Illinois Department of Law Enforcment
Illinois 13
Law Enforcement Department
Illinois Ave
Department of Law Enforcement
John Clemons
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SI Airport Board
John Feirich
Air Illinois
Blairsville
Theresa Churchill
Gary Burroughs
Williamson County
Jerry Lower
Right of Top Photo
Tommy Loyd
Jay Bryant
SIUC
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