Outreach program at SIU aids Southern Illinois veterans
New Veterans Outreach at Southern Illinois University helps veterans pursue education and job placement across Southern Illinois. Led by Jack O'Dell, the program offers tutoring subsidies, tuition and fee benefits, and connects veterans to part time work while assisting families and campuses with adjustment.
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Dave Butler
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University
SIU
S. Washington
Jack O’dell
O’dell
STU
Governor’s Office of Human Resources
Springfield
Edwardsville
Bradley University
Peoria
Congress
STUC
Human Resources Office
Illinois
Strip mine legislation welcomed by coal group
Washington The nation’s first surface mining bill advances toward completion with support from the National Coal Association while critics fear weaker laws than in Pennsylvania and Ohio. A final House markup is set for Wednesday as a potential mountain-area strip mining limit amendment is discussed.
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Washington
William Hynan
National Coal Association
Louise Dunlap
Environmental Policy Center
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Ken Hechler
D-W. Va
Interior Department
House Committee On Interior and Insular Affairs
Senate Interior Committee
Ogilvie appoints panel to study Madison County split bill
Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie named a citizen committee to evaluate an Illinois General Assembly measure separating Madison County from the East Side Levee and Sanitary District. John Gillon, the chief waterway engineer, will chair the panel as the governor criticizes district inactivity.
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Granite City
Richard B. Ogilvie
Citizens’ Committee
Illinois General Assembly
Madison County
East Side Levee & Sanitary District
John Gillon
Ogilvie
Madison
St. Clair
Correctional center district seeks superintendent in Illinois
The Illinois Department of Corrections forms a new school district at Vienna Correctional Center to oversee educational and vocational programs for about 7,000 inmates. The board, appointed by Peter Bensinger and Michael Bakalis, discusses redesigning education to raise literacy and job skills. A $166,778 grant from the Illinois Law Enforcement Commission funds a learning lab at Stateville, Menard, Pontiac, the State Reformatory for Women, and the Menard Psychiatric Division for functionally illiterate inmates.
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Illinois of Corrections
Vienna
Peter B. Bensinger
Michael J. Bakalis
General Assembly
Bensinger
Illinois
Besinger
Sinois Law Enforcement Commission
Stateville
Menard
Pontiac Penitentiaries
State Reformatory For Women
Surprise party honors Clyde Choate in Anna home
Illinois House Democrat leader Clyde Choate received a surprise welcome home party in Anna last Sunday after vacationing in Texas in a newly purchased motor home. Attendees included Rep Gale Williams and SIU leaders John Rendleman and David ee, with mention of absence by Kenneth Burbee.
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Ben Gelman
Clyde Choate
Anna
Choate
Texas
Illinois
Miami Beach
Springfield
Biyder Schultz
Gale Williams
Murphysboro
John Gilbert
Byline Sty President Eyes Antarctic Trip and Local Meeting
The article mentions a Southern edition photo of a Byline Sty president with milk, notes on a recent Antarctic trip penguin photos, and an August county medical society meeting to view them. It also references sunset on Rt 51 Makanda to Anna and a misspelled opponent name in a Williams race, plus a SIU official involved in reviews.
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Sty
Leo
Jackson County
County Medical Society
Nan
Cord Finch
Makanda
Anna
Seminar on drug abuse for community leaders at Shawnee College
Parents teachers and students consider drugs on minds today. A community leadership seminar at Shawnee College Tuesday and Wednesday highlights legal drugs like caffeine and nicotine with rest break labels.
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Shawnee College
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