So Cal House energizes energy saving at forum
Architect Wayne Schick urges homeowners to insulate invest in superinsulation as a path to lower costs. He cites the Phelps home as an example with high ceilings and triple glazed windows, noting local codes fall short of optimal R values and that individual action is essential to reduce power use and avoid new power plants.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Wayne Schick
Shick
Carbondale
First Baptist Church
International Solar Energy Society
Central Illinois
Rick
Betty Phelps
Phelps
Gas price plunge draws crowds at Herrin Clark station
Clark Super Service in Herrin drew long lines as regular gas fell to $1.19.8 and unleaded to $1.24.8. Manager Rick Henderson said business doubled with pumps running nonstop after noon Wednesday. Prices later rose to $1.23.8 and $1.28.8, though other Clark stations remained higher.
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Theresa Churchill
The
Southern Illinoisan
Clark Super Service
Herrin
Rick Henderson
Herrin Clark
Clark
Makanda probes dual service of three officials
Makanda Village Board faced a memorandum questioning dual service of Walter Brieschke Harvey Hartline and Joann Sampson on the planning and zoning commission. Notices, filed by Carbondale attorney Robert Walter for the Makanda Community Development Council, claim violations of the Corrupt Practices Act. The three remain in both roles until guidance from village legal counsel. A public hearing on the comprehensive plan is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the village hall, while the board advances an ordinance to regulate public use of the hall and its application process.
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Hans Fischer
Shick
Small Homes Council of
The
University of Illinois
Schick
Makanda
Village Planning and Zoning Commission
Carbondale
Robert Walter
Joann Sampson
Brieschke
Planning and Zoning Commission
the Planning and Zoning Commission
Phelps Dodge talks set as strike stalemate drags on
Negotiating committees from Phelps Dodge Cable and Wire Co of Du Quoin and Local 347 Teamsters will meet Tuesday in a bargaining session. About 180 workers have been on strike since August 7 after rejecting a contract offer. Company letters address questions raised since President Schell’s January 28 statement proposing a six on two off continuous schedule affecting about 60 workers, a key sticking point. Both sides limit media comments under a news blackout agreement.
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Brad Berker
Southern Illinoisan
Phelps Dodge Cable and Wire Co
du Quoin
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Richard Trokey
Trokey
H. C. Schell
Sheriff Hires Brother as Part Time Jail Worker Amid Theft Case
Jackson County Sheriff Don White employs his brother Carl White, indicted on theft charges, as a part time jailer to ease staffing shortages. Carl White, 40, of Makanda, is accused of falsifying railroad overtime records while Sheriff White faced prior indictments later acquitted.
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Ann Schottman Enoi
Jackson County
Don White
White
Sheriff's Department
John Clemons
Clemons
Carl White
Makanda
Sheriff White
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Menard
Salem County
Representation of all people issue in Ward 7 race
In Murphysboro, Ward 1 alderman candidate Harry Brawdy faces Leonard Williams and John Harris. Williams, 44, lives in Mount Carbon with his family and works as a forestry technician. Harris, 30, a Bridgewood tenant council founder and part-time deejay, seeks youth advisory boards and stronger city programs. Both challengers target housing and jobs, with Brawdy pledging as a maverick on bonds and tax exemptions and Williams advocating inclusive housing and local improvements.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro
Harry Brawdy
Leonard Williams
Mount Carbon
John Harris
Bridgewood
Brawdy
all-Democrat
Browdy
Williams
Jackson County Housing Authority
Illinois Department of Conservation
Ward 1
Harris
School of Technical Careers
Big Lou’s
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Northwest
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Joe Jines
Herrin Clark Station
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Gary Dillinger
Village Board
Committee On Ordinances
Perry County
Gerald Sims Jr
Sims
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