Yardside Christmas Cartoon Display Draws Crowd in Carol Kay Acres
Theresa Churchill profiles Su sette and Richard Alexander whose yard between Energy and Carterville features a decade of homemade cartoon characters from Sesame Street and Peanuts and Disney. Big Bird, Grover, Charlie Brown, Snoopy and Mickey Mouse populate the display with paper snowflakes and spotlights. The family plans more characters, possibly a gingerbread house, each year to share Christmas cheer with local visitors.
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Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinois
Mickey Mouse
Charlie Brown
Big Bird
Susette
Richard Alexander
Energy
Carterville
Carol Kay Acres
Mrs. Alexander
Mrrs
Alexander
Cookie Mogster
Grover
Der
Sesame Street
Oscar the Grouch
Ernie
Bert
Lucy
Snoopy
Woodstock
Minnie Mouse
Donald Duck
Goofy
Pluto
Pink Panther
Scooby Doo
Perry County Fair to Offer Free Admission Marking 125th Year
Perry County officials approve 5000 to cover gate receipts for the 125th Perry County Fair in Pinckneyville with no admission charge this summer. Parking will cost about 1, and the fair runs July 5 to 11 with events including a Western Horse Show a beauty contest Illinois bred horse racing a demolition derby tractor pulls and 4 H Club day. Braun plans special activities to celebrate the milestone while emphasizing agriculture as the county's leading industry. The annual fairs convention is January 17-19 in Springfield.
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Perry County
Pinckneyville
Don Braun
Tueday
Braun
Springfield
Winchester Patronage in Illinois Legislature Examined
H B Koplowitz reports Rep Robert Winchester claims 236 lawmakers influence jobs for constituents. Since 1974 Winchester estimates involvement in about 650 patronage referrals, highlighting districts in the 59th and allies like Powell Choate and McCormick. He cites cabinet appointments and regional posts shaped by Downstate influence and political partnership with Gov Thompson.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Robert Winchester
Winchester
Illinois General Assembly
59Th
Williamson
Union
Paul Powell
Clyde Choate
C.L. McCormick
McCormick
James Thompson
Thompson
Anna Mental Health Center
A.L. Bowen Developmental Center
Vienna Correctional Center
Dale Milligan
Wayne
Margaret Kottemeyer
Robert
Mildred Pate
Kottemeyer
Bowen Center
Rep. McCormick
Meningitis victim goes home for Christmas
A 20 month old boy recovering from meningitis left Memorial Hospital in Carbondale to go home for Christmas. Officials did not reveal the child’s name. The Em ma C Hayes Center in Carbondale had closed earlier after health inspections found 30 to 40 violations.
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Emma C. Hayes
Carbondale
Memorial Hospital
Carroll Fry
Jackson County Health Department
Winchester patronage claim linked to search committee role
The Southern Illinois newspaper note misidentified Guy Penzaglia who served as chair of the Region 5 mental health administrator search. Penzaglia was not on the Harrisburg A L Bowen Developmental Center director search committee.
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Mental Health Department
Winchester
Thompson
Department of Conservation
David Kenney
Department of Mines and Minerals
Brad Evilsizer
Gov. Thompson
DeVito
Hannan
Bittle
Kenneth Buzbee
D-Carbondale
Kottemeyer
Bowen Center
Harrisburg
deVico
Phil Rushing
Rushing
Governor’s Office
Tal Health Department
Bernardi
Milligan
J.R. Small
Small
Harrisburg Daily Register
Robert Winchester
Kenney
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
Guy Penzaglia
A.L. Bowen Developmental Center
Renzaglia
Frankfort May Be Broke If Spending Isn’t Cut
West Frankfort city faces potential bankruptcy by July unless spending is cut 10 to 15 percent. Finance Commissioner John Simmons presented guidelines and urged a priority meeting with Mayor McClatchey, council, superintendents, chiefs, and the treasurer. The council set a January 13 public session and January 14 open meeting to discuss the budget, while noting a $18,905 general fund balance and a $125,000 inflow from Franklin County. A separate item discussed unused electric motors and parking-lot purchases from local landowners Treece and Goss. The panel also tabled a water-rate contract with the West Frankfort Park District and approved a street-light installation funded by residents.
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West Frankfort
John Simmons
Franklin County
Simmons
Mike McClatchey
McClatchey
Don Lucas
Bob Treece
John Goss
West Main Street
Treece
Goss
Lucas
West Frankfort Park District
Harkins
Bend Lake
Percy man held after pursuit ends in damaged Carbondale cruiser
Danny R. Ashby, 21, of Percy, was jailed in Jackson County after a police chase from Murphysboro to Carbondale. Officers say he sped at Walnut and 8th streets, then tried to evade a roadblock on West Main Street, striking a Carbondale police car and damaging a Fender. He faces DWI, speeding, and fleeing charges and awaits bond in Murphysboro.
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Percy
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Lawrence Tincher
Danny R. Ashby
Tincher
Ashby
Walnut
8Th Streets
Ron Manwaring
Walnut Street
Illinois 13
West Main Street
Dan Stearns
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Herrin
ED Greer
Illinois
Evilsizer
Ron Bittle
Rep. C.L. McCormick
Vienna
Delmer Mitchell
Region 5
Robert deVito
Jordan Edelman
Roger Hannan
Pulaski-Alexander
Cairo
Sil
Ginter
Mizell
Frankfort
O.R. Walley
Emery Lamb
Central Illinois Public Service Co
CIPS
Fred Markins
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