Notice of Forgiven Counterfeiter at Herrin Store
An anonymous person who passed counterfeit money at Sohn's Store in Herrin is forgiven and wished a merry Christmas by store officials. Ted Pavloff said the store received $20 in cash with apologies and a second note requesting public acknowledgment. the store bought ads to send warm wishes. The money caused no loss and reimbursement was placed in the employee fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sohn
Herrin
Ted Pavloff
Painoff
Carbondale seeks state help for class size study
Carbondale Elementary School District dissolved its nine member class size study committee after one month and will hire outside consultants from the State Board of Education to analyze class sizes socio economic diversity and instruction time for K through third grade. Parents supported outsourcing and two new playground supervisors were hired while an extra teacher aide is planned for Betsy Fohr's first grade class. The board also approved a $339000 federal grant for next year's talented education and remedial reading program and discussed fencing playgrounds for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
State Board of Education
Delores Smith
Kathleen Hood
Winkler
Larry Drake
Drake
Bet
Ty Fohr
Fohr
Illnois Capital Development Board
James Thompson
East Campus
Don Monty
University Mall
Monty
Reid Martin
Carbondale 165 set February special session on consolidation
Carbondale High School District 165 board approved a February special session to review recommendations on consolidating campus sites. The district currently operates on three sites and weighs shifting to one campus to cut costs. A prior $5 to $7 million East Campus plan and a vetoed $3.7 million state grant influenced the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale High
Board of Education
Springer Street
Illinois 13
East Main Street
Supt
Reid Martin
Super water systems reshape regional supply
Cathy A. Monroe reports the rise of large scale water systems in the region, replacing many town plants as costs rise. Rend Lake's intercity system supplies 250000 customers, while smaller districts like Kinkaid, Cedar Lake and Lake of Egypt feed tens of thousands more, with towns weighing independence against bulk sourcing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinoisan
Jackson
Williamson
Franklin
Perry
Johnson
Randolph
Union
Carbondale
Marion
Pinckneyville
Cedar Lake
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Giant City State Park
Rend Lake
Barker
Keyser
Kinkaid
Lake of Egypt
Leyser
John Boyd
Bend Lake
Robert Butler
Butler
Morever
Rend
Cedar
Slow pace marks region’s man-made lakes saga
The region pursued several lakes from the 1920s onward, notably Crab Orchard and Kinkaid, but funding and planning moved slowly. Kent Keller secured $3 million in the 1930s, yet Crab Orchard never became a major water retailer. Rend and Kinkaid lake efforts resurfaced in the 1950s and 1960s, Cedar Lake finished 1974, and no new lakes are planned soon though the Lake of Egypt district contemplates a second lake within a decade.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Northern
Illinois
Kinkaids
Crab Orchard
Kent E. Keller
Ava
Keller
Carbondale
Marion
Herrin
Carterville
Morever
Kinkaid
Rend
First River Conservancy District
Jackson County
Kinkaid Lake-Reeds Creek
Conservancy
Cedar Lake
Makanda
Wayman Presley
Frank Stamberg
Bruce Barker
Illinois Department of Transportation Bureau
Lake of Egypt
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Pavloff
ED Greer
Frances Fox
SI Bowl
du Boi
Radom
Crab Orchard Lake
Illinois Department of Transportation Bureau of Program Development
Farmers Home Administration
Nashville
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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