Shapiro Chosen Ninth Tie Breaker For Illinois Remap
Former Illinois Governor Samuel H. Shapiro was picked as the ninth and tie breaking member of the redistricting commission. The selection, made in a Lincoln hat ceremony, could tilt political power for a decade as the nine member body plans a remap by October.
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Springfield
Illinois
Samuel H. Shapiro
Legislative Commission
Abraham Lincoln
Shapiro
Richard B. Ogilvie
State Supreme Court
Representa
Supreme Court
Ogilvie and Shapiro
Donnewald
Carbondale weighs amusement tax to fund garage
Carbondale officials discussed a proposed hotel restaurant amusement tax to back a $3.7 million downtown parking garage on University to Elm streets. The plan mirrors Peoria's 3 percent hotel tax and 2 percent restaurant tax, aimed at consumers, with revenue to the city monthly. Mayor Hans Fischer noted feasibility but urged budgeting caution. design documents for the 146000 square foot garage were informally approved while land and financing details loom. The project, part of a larger hotel convention center plan, awaits HUD review and a year-plus timeline for land acquisition. At the county fair, Ern est Palmer feeds Ayrshire cattle as the event runs through Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Woolf
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
University and Illinois Avenues
Walnut and
Elm Streets
Carroll Fry
Fry
Helen Westberg
Peoria
Brian Nemenoff
Nemenoff
Hans Fischer
Fischer
Stan Hoye and Associates
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Pony on Illinois 13 Delays Traffic as Troopers Chase It
A riderless white pony roams Illinois 13 between Carbondale and Murphysboro, prompting a multi-agency chase. Troopers, Carbondale police, and drivers pursue the pony along medians and shoulders before it is corralled at an IDOT garage. Owner identified as Murphysboro officer Donald Castlebery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.B. Koplowitz
Illinois 13
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Illinois
Cpl
David Mileur
New Thompson Lake
Carbondale Clinic
Mileur
Illinois Department of Transportation
Donald Castlebery
Castlebery
Weather Outlook Forecast Parts of Sky and Heat
The National Weather Service calls for Partly cloudy and warm tonight with a chance of evening thunderstorm and a low in the low 70s. Wednesday will be hot and humid with a 40 percent chance of rain and highs near 90. Showers possible Thursday, then partly cloudy Friday and Saturday with highs in the 80s and overnight lows around 60s.
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National Weather Service
Carbondale approves 38 cent tax levy increase
Carbondale city council approves a 1.1 million 1981 levy to be paid in 1982, boosting the municipal tax rate from 76 to 114 cents per 100 of assessed value and increasing a $50,000 home’s taxes from $127.68 to $189.77. The library bond issue accounts for most of the rise, with a 25.6 cent library bond tax and 23.5 cent operating fund tax, while city government purposes rise 7 cents. Net levy rise is 7.3 percent. voters supported the library bonds in February.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Cabondale
Paul Sorgen
Sorgen
Opeating
Carbondale
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
Police Pension Fund
Firmen
Carroll Fry
Rend Lake resort project moves closer to reality
Rend Lake Conservancy District gains new latitude after Gov. Thompson signed a bill allowing property mortgage or income use for loans. The board discussed expediting construction of a sewage treatment plant near Ewing to unlock Gun Creek development including a convention center hotel cottages marina and boat launching. IEPA permit decision due soon, plant cost about 1.6 million with a 400 thousand loan sought. district plans leasing land for recreation and motel development, and a 1982 PGA event is slated at the golf course with prizes donated for trap field events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
Gun Creek
Rend Lake Conservancy District Board
Springfield
James Thompson
Larry Foster
Ewing
Lawrence Lipe
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
IEPA
Lipe
Federal Farmers Home Administration
C.J. Covington
Foster
Robert Y
St. Louis
House
Ways and Means
Rend Lake
Young
Rend Lake District
Professional Golfers Association
Covington
Crowd harasses applicants at mine near Galatia
A crowd estimated at 100 harangued non-union job applicants at Kerr McGee coal mine site near Galatia. Police arrived, no fights or arrests. work resumed. Valley Improvement Co's Leroy Freesen said hiring by his firm occurred, but details unclear. mob attack in August destroyed an office and vehicles at the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Galatia
Kerr-McGee Coal
Bend Ne
Kerr-McGee
Mine Contactors Inc
Oklahoma City
Valley Improvement Co
Bluffs, Ill
Valley Improvement
Leroy Freesen
Saline County
Ed Miller
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James Edgar
Senate
Illinois House
James Donnewald
D-Breese
Commission
Ninth Commission
101St
Mon County Fair
Ernest Palmer
Pulaski
Ayrshire
Lacey
Waltonville
Joe Jines
Ann Landers
Revine
Sinions
Rend Lake Resort
Terry Black
Fmha
Washington, D.C
Paul Simon
D-Carbondale
FIHA
Martin
Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
ATF
Nolan
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