Johnson County Denies Secession Bid For Pharoah's Gardens
Johnson County Board rejects a petition by about 75 residents of Pharoah's Gardens seeking to transfer the subdivision from Johnson to Williamson County. After legal opinions, officials say moving less than half a township requires a countywide vote in both counties, a step the board will not take. Residents argue Lake of Egypt area lacks services and isolation fuels the bid, while officials warn of precedent and tax/service implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Johnson County Board
Pharoah’s Gardens
Williamson County
Johnson County
J. Lewis Wingate
Randy Patchett
Williamson
Lake of Egypt
Max Ray
Ford
Ray
Emmet Cockrum
Pharoah’s Gardens Improvement Association
Cockrum
CETA funds train mine builders in West Frankfort
About 20 unemployed coal mine construction workers will finish a three month course in West Frankfort funded with about 40 000 from CETA. Instructors teach electrical and pipefitting skills seen as hard for mining firms to fill. The program, run with United Mine Workers Construction Union, aims to place graduates in mine construction or related industrial work, with some already finding roles or earning minimum wage while seeking work. Prospects exist near Carmi Springfield and Galatia with possible future offerings depending on regional need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
West Frankfort
Illinois Training Consultants of
Harrisburg
United Mine Workers Construction Union
IEPA narrows Johnson County landfill choices
Johnson County officials reviewed a map from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency showing about six potential landfill sites, all in bottomland along the Cache River. The list excludes the north Vienna site and the county plans to continue talks with IEPA to locate an acceptable site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Johnson County
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Union County
Tunnell Hill
IEPA
Vienna
Cletus Morris
Cache River
Johnson County Board
IBHE Criticized Over SIUC Pension Funding Level
SIU Carbondale faculty leaders fault IBHE for not recommending full or stronger funding for Illinois university pensions. The board again urged funding only at the gross benefits level despite calls for modest increases and a full funding approach. Faculty fear late pension checks and long term underfunding as aging professors near retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
State Board of Higher Education
Illinois University-Carbondale
Illinois’ University Pension System
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Pension Commission
Senate
Marvin Kleinan
Mainstreaming benefits Pete Ponder at Herrin High
Pete Ponder a 14 year old freshman at Herrin High School uses a wheelchair due to osteogenesis imperfecta. His mother says he is normal academically and socially. Dr Barbara Cordoni of SIUC argues mainstreaming helps both handicapped and non handicapped students by reducing fear and fostering understanding.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Pete Ponder
Herrin High School
Carolyn
Pete
Junor High School
Herrin
Ponder
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Barbara Cordoni
SIUC
Cordoni
Dr. Cordoni
Ballistic tests planned in Colp death probe
Williamson County authorities will send two handguns and a recovered slug to the FBI ballistics lab to determine the firing method in the weekend shooting death of 27 year old Larry G. Mueller of Colp. Mueller was found fatally shot in his trailer living room. autopsy cited a gunshot wound to the right eye. Funeral services are set for Wednesday in Marion with burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
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Williamson County
Larry G. Mueller
Colp
Mueller
A. S. Thompson
Herrin Hospital
Washington D. C
Mitchell-Hughes & Lemasters
Marion
Maplewood Cemetery
Leo and
Marietta Childers Mueller
Rend Lake mining course fires electrical instructor
Norman C. Miller was dismissed as an electrical instructor in Rend Lake College's mining program at a special Board of Trustees meeting on Monday. President Harry Braun notified Miller by letter on December 16. The board said no reason will be publicly disclosed and Miller did not request a hearing. Miller joined the staff after retiring from the Air Force in 1977. no replacement plans were announced.
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Norman C. Miller
Rend Lake College
Board of Trustees
Harry Braun
Miller
Braun
College
Air Force
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Jerry Lower
Roger Price
Paul Warren
Mike Standley
Sepser
Charles Perryman
Salem
Rick Owens
Waltonville
CETA
Illinois
Wayne Beasley
Perryman
Gallatin County
Ruth Ann Walsh
Zeigler
Illinois Farmers Union
Tively
Carmi
Springfield
Galatia
Ray Breeden
Tri-State Construction Company of
Benton
Little Saline
Jack Simmons
Ozark
Schwiegers Brothers Construction Company
E.T. Simonds Conruction Company of
Carbondale
Jo Ann Pitz
Illinois Department of Health
Illinois’ Pension Laws Commission
IBHE
Martha Ellert
American Association of University Professors
Kleinan
Herbert Donow
Carbondale Federation of University Teachers
Donow
Retir
Ees
Ballistics
Ron Lee
Lee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ballistics Laboratory
Rend Lake Mining Course
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