Carbondale City Lab Tests Water Quality
Carbondale’s central laboratory, funded at over $50,000 with savings of more than $419.00, analyzes drinking water for Carbondale and neighboring towns plus the U.S. Forest Service. Led by chief chemist Colleen Ozment with technicians Gordon Davis and Jack Leslie, the lab operates atop the water treatment plant, testing for chemical and bacteriological quality and evaluating plant efficiency.
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Carbondale
Marion
Chester
Salem
Sparta
Carrier Mills
U.S. Forest Service
Colleen Ozment
Gordon Davis
Jack Leslie
Central Laboratory
Tresb
Ued Wall Street
Westewater
Ozment
Jim Mayhugh
Orchard Lake
Cedar Reservoir
Rend Lake
Franklin County
Illinois
Federal
Illinois Environmental Protection Agencies
Amtrak
Ozmert
Hubert
R.A. Nack Associates of
Makanda
Southern Illinois
Chicago
Eastern Illinois University
Southern Illinois University
CCHS to sell bonds for working cash fund
Carbondale Community High School District 165 plans to issue 500 099 dollars in working cash bonds to cover day to day bills during delays in tax payments or state aid. The move seeks to avoid tapping the education fund and would not raise taxes.
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CCHS
Carbondale Community High Schoo
Board of Education
Reid Martin
Martin
Monroe Deming
Deming
Edward Sasse
Martin proposes tax levy hike for Carbondale district
Reid Martin said he will propose a higher tax levy for the CCHS building fund at the January board meeting. The current levy is 25 cents per $100, with a possible increase toward 55 cents, to fund maintenance, repairs, and future needs across the three campuses.
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Karen Rothe
Southern Illinoisan
Carbordale
Reid Martin
CCHS
Board of Education
Martin
Three youths questioned in Brush Elementary arson case
Carbondale police question three juveniles suspected in an arson that damaged Brush Elementary School last Sunday with losses exceeding $10000. The two 12 year olds and a 17 year old have not been named while investigators confirm ongoing inquiries.
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Carbondale
Brush
William Burkema
Vienna warden defends deer hunt on prison land
Vienna Correctional Center warden Vernon Housewright says he did nothing wrong in allowing Chicago legislator Rep. Thaddeus Lechowicz to hunt on prison grounds last Friday. He notes access has long been allowed for years with limited permits and proposes a formal permit system to restrict access in the future.
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Merrill Perlman
Southern Illinois
Vienna Correctional Center
Chicago
Vernon Housewright
Thaddeus Lechowicz
Lechowicz
Houswright
Clyde Choate
Ilinois
Housewright
Choate
Johnson County
Eric Faulkner
Department of Conservation
Jackson County forms panel to probe late tax bills
The Jackson County Board creates the Computer and Tax Review Committee to identify causes of late tax bills. Chair Benjamin Dunn says the group will study procedures from township assessments to bill collection and examine errors on current bills amid a 60 percent error rate in 1,000 Board of Review complaints.
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Jackson County
Jackson County Board
Benjamin Dunn
New Computer and
Mittee
Susan Casey
Gary Hartlieb
Dunn
Jackson County Board of Review
Allen Industries to add jobs as contracts shift to Herrin plant
The Detroit based Allen Industries plans to move contracts to its Herrin facility in Williamson County boosting local payroll to about 680 by early 1977 and adding 75 more employees by February as auto industry revives. The firm, a Dayco subsidiary, has expanded after switching work from Detroit to Virginia and diversifying from auto trim to cotton insulation for cars.
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Barbara Schechter
Detroit
Herrin
Allen Industries Inc
Williamson County
Automotive Products Company
Allen Industries
Bob Kemp
Kemp
Allen
Virginia
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Inc
Ford
Dayco Corp
Dayton
Ohio
Brush School fire prompts board to keep classes together rest of year
Carbondale Elementary District 95 votes to keep the displaced fourth to sixth grades from Brush Elementary in temporary classrooms at the First Christian Church through the school year. The fire caused by arson damaged Brush, 268 students, while replacement cost estimates and insurance appraisals are sought.
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Ing
Brush
First Christian Church
S. University Ave
Carbondale
Orly
Edwards
Twomey and Hines of
Brush School
Dale Smith
Carl Jones
Jones
District 95
Smith
E.edwards
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Carbondale City Lab
By Karen Rothe
Margaret Stauber
Education Cooperative Board
Charles Hindersman
William Corney
Mary Walker
Carol McDermott
McDermott
Robert Brewer
Roy Weshinskey
Lawrence Dietz
Education
First National Bank and Trust of
State Fire Marhines Office
Vienna
Ers
House Appropriations Committee
Wright
The
Com
Carbondale Grade School Board
Joseph Arimond
Supt
George
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