Benton board seeks injunction to halt teacher strike
The Benton Community Consolidated School District 47 board plans to seek a temporary restraining order to stop the strike initiated by its teachers just days before school. Both Benton and Elverado districts cite money as the main issue, with Benton teachers asking a base pay rise from 10,500 to 11,000.
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DeMaris Berry
Southern Illinoisan
Benton Community Consolidated School District 47
Board of Education
Elverado Unit
Sherri Johnston
Benton Teachers Local
Christopher
Lesser
American Federation of Teachers
Jeff Troutt
Benton
Johnston
Elverado
William Valerius
Stu Davis
Elverado Education Association
Illinois Education Association
Food store expansion plan rejected in Carbondale
National Super Market at 915 W. Main St. Carbondale faced a 5 to 3 vote by the city planning commission to deny its zoning change request. The plan would add 93 new parking spaces east of the store and 30 west, and expand the shopping area eastward onto residential land amid opposition from area residents who presented a 30-signature petition. The ruling goes to the City Council for consideration.
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National
Main St
Carbondale
Planning Commission
Commission
Strike prevention talk for SII meeting at Anna
Southern Illinois Incorporated members will learn strike action and stoppage prevention at a 6 30 p m membership meeting at Kentucky Fried Chicken in Anna. SII serves 26 southern Illinois counties and backs Council on Industrial Relations work to secure settlements. John McCarty notes the council has a track record of resolving potential disputes. Attendees should call SII for dinner reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois Incorporated
SII
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Anna
Southern Illinois
Council On Industrial Relations
John McCarty
Du Quoin State Fair Concessions and Rides Ready
Concessions exhibits all set up at the Du Quoin State Fair with fudge stands food toys and race horses awaiting crowds. As many as 20 000 visitors expected for opening day with Friday Night Fever carnival ride promotion signaling strong turnout.
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du Quoin
Norh Bartosik
Bartoski
Carnival worker dies at Du Quoin fair opening
A 31 year old Sarasota Florida carnival worker Oliver Stanley Metcalf was electrocuted Thursday while preparing rides for the Du Quoin State Fair opening. He died at 12 40 p m. Metcalf was married to Cheryl Sigman and survived by his wife two daughters and relatives. The fair opened amid ongoing investigation into the death as concession stands readied for crowds with warnings of heat and long hours.
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Sarasota
Fla
Oliver Stanley Metcalf
Metcalf
Keeling
du Quoin
Wilson Funeral Home
Kentucky
William Metcalf
Cheryl Sigman
Methodist Church
Barbara Sue
Melissa Lynn
Maryland
Du Quoin voters face Saturday school bond referendum
Du Quoin Community Unit School District 300 asks voters to approve a $1.15 million bond for a new middle school on a 10 acre site west of town, pairing with a $1.38 million Illinois Capital Development Board grant. If failed, grant extension ends Sept 6. tax impact 29 cents per $100. polls 8 am to 7 pm at Sunfield Church and Du Quoin High School.
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Jean Ness
du Quoin
Illinois 152
Illinois Capital Development Board
CDB
Sunfield Methodist Church
Sunfield
E. South St
Jacob Whitecotton
Whitecotton
McKinley
Lincoln
Paradise Prairie
West Side
Illinois Consulting Service
Campaign statements reflect routine races in Marion
Campaign disclosure filings in Springfield show 58th District candidates undertook a routine year for receipts and expenditures ending June 30. 58th District totals include $42,000 in receipts and about $27,000 in outlays, with lighter primary spending. 59th District activity ran higher, with $62,000 spent overall.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Marion
Springfield
Ken Buzbee
Bruce Richmond
Vincent Birchler
Senate
Buzbee
Illinois Political Action Committee
UAW Illinois Political Action
Richmond
UAW
Illinois Public Action Committee On Education
Illinois Medical Political Action Committee
Realtors Public Action Committee
Egyptian Plumbers and Contractors Public Action Committee
Laborers
Ralph Dunn
du Quoin
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Valerius
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Candy
Tampa
Sam Clark
the Candy Man
Butch Nevious
The
du Quoin State Fair
Clark
Dennis Motter
Ashland
Ohio
Motter
Dunn
Gerald
Illinois New Car and Truck Dealers Association
Cips Employees
R. S. Robb
Swanwick
Harry Schupbach
Percy
Genevieve Eaton
Elkville
Realtors Political Action Committee
Republican Central Committees
Randolph
Williamson
Washington
Monroe
St. Clair
Jackson
Sharp
Glass
George A. Williams
Skelton
Jim Thompson
Wayne Alstat
Vergennes
Illinois
Michael Bakalis
James Thompson
Paul L
Virginia Holt
Bakalis
Charles M. Smith
Perry County Democratic Organization
Russell T. Dawe
Valier
Clarence Stocks
Johnston City
Randolph County Democratic Organization
Union County Democratic Organization
Williamson County Democratic Organization of Energy
Tony Castellano
Wayman
Tressie Presley
Jackson County Democratic Organization
Democratic Women of
Union County
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Perry
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