Nursing home chiefs press legislators over regional pay gaps
Jackson County Nursing Home administrators, led by Richard Ligon, told lawmakers that Illinois regionalizes Medicaid reimbursements into 11 zones, giving Region 5 the lowest rate despite similar care. They decry a new twice yearly point system with expanded categories increasing paperwork and reducing patient care time. Public hearings revealed concerns about inequities and pending changes starting January 1982. Figures from Shawnee Christian Nursing Center in Herrin echoed that the reform worsens charting and care time. Legislators urged a lobbying push to base rates on statewide cost of living and to dissolve regional disparities if supported by the Public Aid Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Jackson County
Richard Ligon
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Jackson
Illinois
Ligon
Shawnee Christian Nursing Center
Herrin
Eileen Burberry
Public Aid Department
Gene Johns
D-Marion
Johns
Bruce Richmond
D-Murphysboro
James Rea
D-Christopher
Wayne Alstat
R-Vergennes
Clyde Robbins
R-Fairfield
Ralph Dunn
R-Du Quoin
Inland coal dock at Cora opens amid stormy unveiling
Inland America's largest inland coal transfer terminal at Cora along the Mississippi River, owned by a division of Houston Natural Gas, showcases a 5,400 ton per hour capacity with 17 workers controlling plant operations. The $25 million complex aims to move Zeigler coal to barges for St Louis, expanding output to 15 million tons annually and seeking new customers beyond Zeigler, Old Ben, and Freeman United.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
America
Mississippi River
Cora
St. Louis
Corn
Houston Natural Gas
United States
HNG
Zeigler
Southern Illinois
Old Ben Coal Co
Freeman United Coal Co
New Orleans
Michael Reilly
Illitis
Illinois
David Keith
Williamson housing board may raise rents and tighten rules
Williamson County Housing Authority plans to shift unit allocations by income, lowering allocations to the lowest bracket while raising rents as costs rise. The policy targets 210 units for families under 4200 annually, 245 for 4200 to 7000, 245 for above 7000, down from current 322, 203, and 171 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson Housing Board
Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinoisan
Williamson County
Williamson County Housing Authority
U.S. Department of Ousing and Urban Development
Johnston City Man Seeks GOP Sheriff Nomination
Vernorm Lowe of Johnston City declares candidacy for the Republican nomination for Williamson County sheriff. Lowe, a 15 year law enforcer and former Williamson County deputy sheriff under Harold Farner, has spent 11 years in the investigation division of the Secretary of State office. Sheriff Jerald Kobler’s term ends, with Harry Spiller of Marion entering the Democratic primary race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston City Man
GOP
Vernorm Lowe
Johnston City
Williamson County
Lowe
Marion
Harold Farner
Secretary of State Office
Jerald Kobler
Harry Spiller
Environmentalists target non existent SIU C coal plan
The Illinois Environmental Council presses for scrubbers as 16 coal conversion projects are studied including a misattributed SIU C site. Debate centers on sulfur removal, costs, and legal limits while the state argues a scrubber is not required by law and cost savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinois
Illinois Environmental Council
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
State of Illinois
U of I
Abbott
Illinois
Siu-C
Jack Paxton
Environmental Council
Paxton
SIUC
Capital Development Board
Don Terry
32 vote at Benton Arbitrators uphold firing
An arbitration board vote of 3 to 2 upheld the firing of Lela Hartman a Benton police department radio dispatcher for refusing a superior officer order. The hearing ran from 7 30 p m Thursday to 2 30 a m today with Mayor Leland Brown and Commissioner Walter Anderson joined by Lavern Aaron independent member in support. Union reps Bradley Skelcher and Edward Smith dissented. Hartman had been discharged last spring by Public Safety Commissioner John Seymour for refusing a duty while claiming illness. Drake denied illness was noted at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lela Hartman
Benton
Bradley Skelcher
Edward Smith
International Laborers Union
Hartman
Public Safety
John Seymour
Mark Drake
Drake
Area marine improvements funded by DOC in Southern Illinois
Grants totaling 214000 from the Department of Conservation fund three Southern Illinois marine recreation projects. Kinkaid Reed’s Creek Conservancy District gets 125000 to upgrade launching ramps parking and boat docks at Kinkaid Lake. Chester receives 65000 to improve its boat ramp and maneuvering area on the Mississippi River. Grand Tower Park District gets 4000 for a downstream project. A grant for Murphysboro Park Board to blast shoals on the Big Muddy near Riverview Park and improve the ramp is anticipated. Funds come from the Marine Motor Fuel Tax, not general revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Conservation
Southern Illinois Marine
Bruce Richmond
Murphysboro
Kinkaid-Reed’s Creek Conservancy District
Kinkaid Lake
Chester
Mississippi River
Grand Tower Park District
Richmond
Murphysboro Park Board
Big Muddy River
Riverview Park
Funding for SIU C interns in doubt amid federal cut
Southern Illinois University Carbondale faces possible loss of University Year for Action interns as a proposed fifth year funding cut by federal ACTION disrupts a program already placing about 20 agencies with student workers in senior centers crisis and poverty services. University officials seek written notice and may appeal while continuing current operations with existing funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Ness
Southern
Siu-C
College of Human Resources
Samuel Goldman
UVA
Goldman
Nity
UYA
James Burnley
Burnley
Washington
Illinois
Ray Lenzi
Carbondale
Shawnee
Franklin-Williamson County
Marion
Benton
Anna
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Nursing Home
Richard Rogers
Inland Waterways Division
Port Industries
Authority
Jacob Rendleman
Rendleman
19Th
Stotlar Streets
North 13Th Street
North 16Th and 17Th Streets
The
Housing Authority
Energy
Crainville
Cambria
Hurst
Carterville
Vernon Lowe
Robert Murphy
Terry
Clarence Dougherty
Western Illinois University
Estern Illinois University
Bruce Hannon
Environmental Council Board
Chapaign- Urbana
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