Jobless in Southern Illinois Affects Sumner and Area Employers
Lloyd Sumner, 25, Carbondale, has exhausted temporary work and faces a tight family budget as he searches for skilled jobs after a July layoff from SIU Carbondale. He scored 100 on a civil service exam but veterans points dropped him, while area employers report scarce turnover and high applicant volumes for limited openings.
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Tom Woolf
Southern
Carbondale
Sumner
Southern Illinois
Spartan Printing Co
Sparta
Marty Patton
Bunny Bread
Anna
James Dalbey
Dalbey
Sears
University Mall
Gary Keithley
Keithley
Meis
Eugene Jones
Carbondale’s Memorial Hospital
Jones
Lloyd Sumner
John A. Logan College
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Chew elected as Jackson County board chair in 8 6 vote
Mary Nell Chew, 42, was chosen Monday as Jackson County Board chairman in an 8-6 vote reflecting a Republican Democrat split. She warned of a huge job and numerous problems, urging more communication, space planning for jail and courts, and long range policy updates as the board begins its two year term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Schottman Knol
Mrs. Chew
Eugene Chambers
Larry Lipe
Sharon Kowalzik
Urban Counties Council
Cambria seeks public input on railroad crossing plan
Cambria council invites comments on a plan to close Lincoln Street crossing to fund 90 percent of new signals at Maple Street and near Cambria Elementary School with 10 percent from ICC. The board seeks public reaction to closing the Lincoln crossing due to narrowness and steep grade while maintaining two active crossings.
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Cambria Council
Theresa Churchill
Cambria
Roy Adams
Maple Street
Adams
Illinois Commerce Commission
Ted
Cambria Elementary
Lincoln Street
Carroll Modglin
Du Quoin grant could reopen packing plant and rehire 130
The Du Quoin Packing Co plans to rehire about 130 workers if a $750,000 HUD CDBG grant is approved to reopen and refinance the plant. City officials say the loan would be 5 percent interest for 10 years, with private financing and cash contributing the rest. The grant would fund new energy efficient equipment and upgrading facilities to cut costs, including a boiler that could reduce gas costs by about $70,000 yearly. The city council has filed a pre-application and expects HUD decision by January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brad Berker
Blue Bell
Armstrong
J. B. Naumer
HUD
Cutler residents rally over proposed road closure by coal firm
Cutler residents appeared before the Perry County Board to protest a planned closure of a township road north from Denmark to Conant. They say the action, part of an agreement with Southwestern Coal Co., could sever Cutler from the gasification plant site and Du Quoin, hindering growth. The board agreed to draft a letter supporting residents and press for road replacement with penalties if needed. Also, Republican Eugene Rodely, 57, was seated on the Perry County Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brad Betker
Southern Illinoisan
Cutler
Perry County Board
Denmark
Conant
Edwin Schrader
Southwestern Coal Co
Denmark Road
Southwestern
Pyatt Blacktop
du Quoin
Victor Provart
Cutler Group
Schrader
James Richmond
Legree Finch
Eugene Rodely
Perry County
Parents protest teacher purchases of school supplies
Carbondale Winkler School parents pressed Superintendent George Edwards at a Monday meeting over teachers spending their own money on supplies, with reports from Corey Bryant and others showing personal expenditures nearing or exceeding 100 dollars. Edwards defended district funding and ordered a supply inventory while promising two more playground supervisors.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Winkler
Carbondale
Delores Smith
George Edwards
Edwards
Larry Drake
Corey Bryant
Bryant
Lakeland
Brush
Drake
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Olds Inc
Regrar
Mith & JP
Redata Corporation
Chew
Jackson Board
Mary Nell Chew
Larry Harp
Ernest Newton
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
du Quoin Grant
R. Paul Hibbs
Fire and Police Merit Board
Hibbs
Freddie Banks
Coal Company
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