Carbondale Library renewal bids debate city CIP funding
Carbondale council debated restoring a new library to the 1980 84 Capital Improvements Program. Betty Mitchell and library board pressed for funding while City Manager Carroll Fry warned a bond issue would be needed. Council members weighed separate library and city hall options, with a possible bond referendum on the table.
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Betty Mitchell
Carbondale Public Library Board
Carbondale
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Mitchell
Illinois
Carroll Fry
Library Board
Fry
Helen Westberg
Sue Mitchell
Charles Watkins
CIP
Watkins
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Hester State Street
East College Street
City Hall Complex
Lewis Lane
City Hall
Franklin delays action on new courthouse site
Franklin County board adjourns on a four acre land offer near Benton Airport, delaying action until Sept. 11. West City West Inc offers free land if construction starts within three years, else $30,000 option. a separate $30,000 four year plan with 10 percent interest was also in play, while other proposals were pending.
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Cathy Saxenmeyer
Southern Illinois
Franklin County
West City West Inc
Benton Municipal Airport
West City West
J. Lloyd Tomer
West City
New
Tomer
Benton
Circle Drive
John McAfoos
McAfoos
Doane
Bob Hiller
Omas Harper
James Wise
Eldorado Kitchen Band tops Du Quoin Fair contests
Eldorado Kitchen Band won first place in the senior citizen day kitchen band contest at the Du Quoin Fair beating five entrants. Jolly Time Kitchen Band of Allin took second and Ava Kinkaiders finished third. Pie eating honors went to regional teens Jane Rottschalk Du Quoin Debbie Hemme De Soto Mo Tracy Kittel Ballwin Mo. Adult pie eating went to Mitchell Conn Cincinnati first with McLain East St Louis second and John Dahlhaus Collinsville third. Robert Robbins Lesser won two tractor pull classes homebuilt and homebuilt factory. J D Shurtz Waltonville won 7-9 and Bill Conner Whittington 10-14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldorado Kitchen
Eldorado Band
Jolly Time Kitchen Band
Allin
Ava Kinkaiders
Jane Rottschalk
du Quoin
Debbie Hemme
de Soto, Mo
Tracy Kittel
Ballwin
Mitchell Conn
Cincinnati
Ohio
McLain
East St. Louis
John Dahlhaus
Collinsville
Robert Robbins
Lesser
Marion Council weighs garbage dump fee hike plan
Marion City Council members scheduled a meeting with local garbage firms to discuss a proposed across the board rise in landfill dumping fees. Mayor Robert Butler says landfill costs reach $100 000 annually while city revenue from the dump is under $10 000 a year amid unpaid fees and lax enforcement.
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Marion
Robert Butler
Butler
Illinois public TV funds boost for SIU and others
Illinois public television stations receive a $1 million boost with SIU stations to collect $187,500. House leader Rep. Madigan said the grants aid local programming. funds are allocated partly as flat grants and partly by budget size. WSIU TV $145,800. WUSI TV $41,700. WTTW TV $541,500. WILL TV $137,000. WTVP TV $134,000.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Southern Illinois University
Michael J. Madigan
Chicago
House
James R. Thompson
Madigan
Thompson
Wsiu-Tv
Carbondale
Wusi-Tv
Olney
Southeastern Illinois
Wsiu TV
Wttw-Tv
Will-Tv
Champaign Urbana
University of Illinois
Wtvp-Tv
Peoria
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Carbondale Library
Tom Woolf
Joan Oliver
Cleveland
FBI
Johnnie L. Oliver
Randall
Washington
Oliver
Metropolis, Ill
Franklin
Eldorado
Llarion Council
SIU
Togetherness League
Y.E.A
Rt. 13
Carterville
Lois
E. T. Simonds Construction Company
Main Street
West Oak St
Seg
Huffman Funeral Home
Paes
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