Kunce named to appellate court
Circuit Judge Peyton Kunce of Murphysboro has been appointed to the 5th District Appellate Court in Mt. Vernon effective Sept. 1. The move, announced by Roy Gulley, fills the Carter vacancy and keeps Kunce in the public eye as a first from the First Judicial District to reach a full appellate post.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Peyton Kunce
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Mt. Vernon
Roy O. Gulley
Illinois Courts
Kunce
Richard Carter
Belleville
Illinois Supreme Court
Clarence Wright
Carbondale
Kance
Springfield
Gulley
First Judicial Circuit
Grand Tower
University of Illinois
Federal Bureau of Investigation
First Judicial District of
Illinois
Illinois Judges Association
National College of the State Judiciary
International Academy of Trial Judges
Illinois State Bar Association
Poplar Camp site chosen for Cedar Lake beach
Carbondale City Council selected the Poplar Camp site for a permanent Cedar Lake swimming area. Construction could start next spring on an $84,000 project funded by a state grant covering half the cost, with a bath house and parking lot included. The council discarded Saddle Dam and the temporary boat ramp site due to distance, congestion, safety, and pollution concerns.
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Russ Mitchell
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Cedar Lake
Scott Ratter
Ratter
Saddle Dam
Cedar Creek Road
Union Hills
Poplar Camp
Carroll Fry
Eldon Ray
Poplar
Randolph County fires tax assessor over dispute
The Randolph County Board terminated county assessor Everett Bollman after his current term expires in December. The board, including Ernsting Gilster and Stellhorn, cited concerns over arbitrary property assessments and health limitations, while Bollman claimed political motives. He noted staffing shortages and said some assessments were uneven but necessary due to workload.
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Russ Mitchell
Southern Illinoisan
Randolph County Board
Everett Bollman
Bollman
Leonard Ernsting
Ruth Gilster
Kenneth Stellhorn
Randolph County
County Board
Herrin District to add math teachers with Title I funds
Herrin Community Unit School District 4 will add two full time math teachers and two aides to remedial programs funded by Title I after a long battle over census data and federal poverty figures. About 400 students at Chittyville Energy Hurst Bush Lincoln North Westside and three junior high schools will qualify.
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Karen Rothe
The
Southern Illinoisan
Johnny
Herrin Community Unit
Herrin
Harry Revelle
Revelle
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Eastern Illinois University
Illinois
Linda Columbo
Andrew Fleming
Herrin Southside
Energy
Hurst Bush
Chittyville
Lincoln
North
Westside
Unit 4
Southside Junior High
St. Mary’s
Southside Elementary
Mental Health Board to buy Smoler Building in West Frankfort
The Mental Health Services of Franklin and Williamson Counties plan to approve an offer next Monday to purchase the 32,000 square foot Smoler Building and three acres on West Main Street for use as a handicapped workshop and activity center replacing the Orcill area center destroyed by fire last March. The price is listed at 500000, with engineering data reviewed and an independent appraisal due Thursday. The move would expand space for about 90 workers and 180 participants, after fire layoffs reduced staff from 140 to current levels.
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Fry
Country Club Road
Carbondale
Illinois 13
Murphysboro
Frank Suhadolnik
Southern Illinoisan
Mental Health Services of
Franklin and Williamson Counties
West Frankfort
Floyd Cunningham
Mental Health Agency
Cunningham
West Main Street
Smoler
Orcill Area
Smoler Brothers Herrin Apparel Co
Civil Service Workers Vote At SIU Carbondale
Civil service workers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale who unionized last winter will vote on their first contract proposal Wednesday. About 700 eligible voters will decide the contract, which includes overtime pay and shift differentials. If approved, salary schedules become public information. voting runs 5 to 7 pm in Ballroom C of the Student Center.
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DeMaris Berry
Southern Illinoisan Civil Service
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
H. Lee Hester
Civil Service Bargaining Organization
SIUC
Hester
Civil Service
Illinois Education Assocition
Marquard
Carbondale
City
Delays Threaten Carbondale Low Income Housing Project
Carbondale faces a potential halt to an $8 million 231 unit housing project for low income elderly and disabled if HUD rent subsidy approval slips past Aug 30. City Attorney says reapplication could stall the plan, while HUD official cites a Sept 30 final deadline for subsidy approval amid ongoing litigation over land sale rules and home rule ordinance.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Womick
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Carbondale Area
Kenneth Marquard
Carbondale
Umic Securities Inc
Memphis, Tenn
Charles Goss
Gail Beesen
HUD
John C. Feirich
Thomas Haney
Marion
Marquard
William Broom III
Haney
Broom
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Unit Mae and Engineering of
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Hurst
Creal Springs
Bob Chamberlin
Bill Stiff
Norris Reed
Johnston City
ED Greer
Sue Hardwig
Makanda
Lisa Glode
East Cape Girardeau
Union County
Anna
Lisa Douglas
Lorraine Griffith
Buncombe
Vicki Hoffner
Dongola
Lisa Glodo
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