Carbondale grapples with new underage drinking law
Carbondale moves to bar under 21s from taverns unless working as the Liquor Commission votes 3-1. A public hearing Monday at 7 p.m. precedes council action. The city considers legal challenges and a potential suit over the 21-year-old drinking age enacted last year, with local merchants pushing for access and sit-ins by underage patrons.
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Carbondale
Illinois
Carbondale Liquor Dealers Association
Carbondale Liquor Commission
James Thompson
Carbondale Police Department
Southern Illinois Avenue
Bob Feld
Booby’s Submarine Sandwiches and Association
Feld
Supreme Court
Champaign-Urbana
DeKalb
Macomb
State Supreme Court
Chicago
Morton Siegel
Hans Fischer
Liquor Commission
Fischer
Sue Mitchell
Charles Watkins
Helen Westberg
Archie Jones
Jones
Union County Shows Christmas Spirit Through Giving
Union County residents across civic groups churches and individuals donate time and money to aid the less fortunate. Gifts for 500 residents at Anna Mental Health and Development Center are being delivered via Christmas parties across units. Santa visits Dongola downtown at 9:30 a.m. Saturday and returns December 22 to Alto Pass at the Fire Department Teen Town.
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Union County
Anna Mental Health and Development Center
Santa
Dongola
Alto Pass
Woods
Eta Tau
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Pat Keil
Nancy Schmidt
Schmidt
Steve Harris
Tree of Lights boosts needy aid in Anna town
Anna Moose Club launches Tree of Lights at Main and Vienna to fund Christmas baskets for elderly and struggling families. Moose members, church partners, and local groups collect donations through light sales and town canvassing with help from public health staff and local officials.
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Main
Vienna
Mas
Moose Club
Illinois Department of Public Health
Union County
Marion Street
Terry Woods
Robert Longdon
First Christian Church
Anna Ministerial Association
Wooda
Anna
Chamber of Commerce
Table Six honors Bill Kelley at Carbondale bash
Ben Gelman reports on Table Six annual bash in Carbondale. Bill Kelley, Jackson County board chairman, wins Grand Mickey Mouse Award for contributing most to community ill health. Susan Mitchell gets Mickey Mouse II for objecting to T shirts. Bill Boyd earns Silver Spoon for a no speakable quote. Carroll Fry wins Defender of the Truth, Bill Stein gets Nice Guy, and Bill Whitson is named Ayatollah for future officer slate. Maintenance crew begins cleaning the Holiday Inn for next year's event.
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Ben Gelman
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Jackson County
William Kelley
Bill
Mickey Mouse II
Susan Mitchell
City Public Works
Bill Boyd
Beaver City
U.S.A
Boyd
Table Six
Carroll Fry
Bill Stein
Bill Whitson
Ayatollah
Carbondale Holiday Inn
Steeleville clerk retires after 22 years
Talitha Gremmels, Steeleville village clerk for 22 years, retires due to illness after a long service record. Darlene Walters to assume the post on Jan. 2. Gremmels, 63, has battled cancer with a history that includes a 1977 mastectomy and recent tumors in the right shoulder, left hip, and right pelvis. She reflected on her career, the town, and the changes in municipal duties and fees.
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Brad Betker
Southern Illinoisan
Village Hall
Talitha Gremmels
Darlene Walters
Gremmels
Steeleville
Joyce
Mrs. Gremmels
Classified ad and postmaster contact details
Office phone numbers are listed for Carbondale Murphysboro Herrin and Marion. Classified advertising numbers are provided. Postmaster address changes should be sent to the Southern Illinoisan Box 2108 Carbondale Illinois 62901.
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Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Murphysboro
Herrin
Marion
Ill
Percy bid to end free federal parking stalls in Senate panel
Sen Charles Percy seeks to end free parking for federal workers provoking heated debate. The Governmental Affairs panel will revisit the proposal Thursday as Mathias and Glenn oppose, arguing it shifts costs and may blunt transit use while Percy defends the plan as a sacrifice and a shift toward car pooling.
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Washington
Charles Percy
Dill
Senate
Senate Committee On Governmental Affairs
Percy
Congress
Charles Mathias
R-Md
John Glenn
D-Ohio
Rules Committee
Glenn
Mathias
Maryland
District of Columbia
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