Teen Meet Leif Garrett Headlines Du Quoin Fair Night
At the Du Quoin State Fair 16-year-old Melissa Morris of Eldorado met Leif Garrett after writing 8,000 letters. Norb Bartosik arranged the backstage meeting and second-row tickets as the crowd surged with teen fans. Garrett performed Surfin U S A and California Girls, drawing a loud response though grandstand seating was below capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathy Saxenmeyer
Southern Illinoisan
Melissa Morris
Eldorado
du Quoin
Tiger Beat Magazine
Melissa
Leif Garrett
Shaun Cassidy
Leif
Lafe
U.S
Norb Bartosik
Fairgrounds
George
Doris Morris
Donna Lauderdale
U.S.A
California
du Quoin Fair
Teachers return to classrooms after strikes in Illinois
Sparta and De Soto teachers end strikes or return to work after agreement talks. Sparta Com munity School District 140 ratified a contract, boosting starting salaries and top scale pay for teachers. De Soto teachers end picket lines as negotiations continue, with district officials deferring details to legal counsel. Murphysboro Unit District 186 approved raises for faculty, raising base pay to 10 834 and top steps to 19 502 with added retirement and insurance. Anna-Jonesboro teachers remain without a contract amid rejected offers and mediation discussions.
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de Soto
Sparta
Board of Education
Murphysboro
Anna-Jonesboro
Loren Eddleman
Eddleman
Gene Broombaugh
James Sanders
Marion
Broombaugh
Sanders
Illinois Education Association
Anna Jonesboro
Anna-Jonesboro Community High School
Mary Wingate
The
Teach
Cedar Lake beach project awaits federal permit mixup
The Cedar Lake beach near Carbondale is near opening in May but a bureaucratic mixup leaves the city with no definite permit for work already done. The $85,000 Poplar Camp site beach faces Corps review after a two year misunderstanding, with public comment and 15 day notices required. If approved, opening hinges on weather and water levels. Community group Friends of Cedar Lake seeks a hearing to air concerns.
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Tom Woolf
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Cedar Lake
Carbondale
Poplar Camp
Ratter
St. Louis Corps
Saddle Dam
Murphysboro
St. Louis
Ron Messerli
Corps
Messerli
Jan Fryman
Friends of
Fryman
Carbondale traffic rerouted for Illinois Avenue repaving
Illinois Department of Transportation will repave Illinois Avenue from Elm to Hickory streets in Carbondale. Work starts at 7 a.m. and lasts most of the day Thursday and Friday. Eastbound Walnut Street traffic will divert to Oak and Jackson, with Friday’s work closing the Walnut Illinois Avenue intersection and routing traffic via University Avenue College Street Washington Street and Walnut Street. Police urge motorists to seek alternate downtown routes.
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Carbondale
Illinois Avenue
Illinois Department of Transportation
Elm
Hickory Streets
IDOT
Elm Street
Walnut Street
Oak
Jackson Streets
University Avenue
College Street
Washington Street
Carbondale Police Department
MT Industries West Frankfort Strikers to Vote on Contract
About 75 Teamsters at MT Industries in West Frankfort will vote at 2 p.m. Thursday on a negotiated contract after a six week strike that began July 19 when their pact expired. Production continued only with supervisory staff, and talks led by Ray Hall of FMCS produced a tentative deal Melvin says has a fair chance of passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teamsters Local
M.A.T. Industries Inc
West Frankfort
Ray Hall
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Melvin
Peabody to lay off 66 miners at Baldwin mine
Peabody Coal Co will lay off 66 more Baldwin underground miners next month due to a coal sales slump. Spokesman Don Simpson said losses may be permanent as production drops from 1.8 million to 1.2 million tons annually. The Baldwin mine is in Randolph County, Illinois.
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Peabody
Baldwin
Baldwin (Ap) Peabody Coal Co
Don Simpson
Simpson
Prisoner Garza trial moved to Williamson County
Circuit Court Judge Richard Richman granted a change of venue for Albert Garza 38 from Johnson to Williamson County. The trial is set for Oct. 15 at Williamson County Courthouse with an Oct. 4 motions date. Garza may represent himself. public defender remains as assist. The case stems from an Feb. 14 escape from Marion federal prison and related armed violence, aggravated battery and attempted murder charges.
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Joanne Wood
Southern Illinoisan
Richard Richman
Johnson County
Albert Garza
Marion
Garza
Williamson County
Richman
Vienna
Elly Faulkner
Faulkner
Cypress
Collina
Joe Collina
Benton
Mary Jane Webb
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Teen
Mick Jagger
Rolling Stones
Jagger
Joe Jines
Murphysboro Board
Ers
Anna Jonesboro Associaton
IFA
Bill Jackson
Anna- Jonesboro High School Board
Jackson
Butch Nevious
Jason McKee
de Soto School
Ma.t. Industries
Richard Melvin
Illinois Coal Association
Baldwin Is
Randolph County
Johnson
State
Thomas Crooks
Faith Fairburg
Illinois Attorney General
Springfield
Ben Gelman
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