Wildlife leads in Crab Orchard deer liver study seeks grant
A $90,000 grant request to the U S Fish and Wildlife Service aims to fund a three year study on why lead concentrations are higher in Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge deer livers. Local researchers suspect the issue lies in the food chain within the refuge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinois
Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Illinois Department of Conservation
Alan Woolf
Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Woolf
Crab Orchard
Wayne
Adams
Boa constrictor on loose in Benton prompts warning
A six foot boa constrictor named Junior escaped from Barbara McCowen’s home at 1106 Lickliter in Benton Thursday night. Police say the snake, described as light tan with dark brown spots, may be hungry and seeking small animals or birds. Contact Benton police at 435-8131 if seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton
Junior
Barbara McCowen
Lickliter
Ms. McCowen
Woodruff Sues Airport and SIU for 8 Million Damages
Philip Woodruff of Woodruff Aviation Co files an eight million dollar federal suit alleging monopoly interference discrimination and conspiracy by the Carbondale Murphysboro airport authority and the Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees. The nine count action claims Woodruff lost business and funding opportunities from April 1979 to December 1980 while SIU air services gained preferred space and fuel pricing. The suit seeks 5.5 million from the airport authority and board, 1.5 million from SIU C, and 1 million from the authority, plus an end to the university fixed base operation. A jury trial is requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Ann Bailey
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois Airport
Airport Authority
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Philip Woodruff
Woodruff Aviation Co
U.S. District Court
Benton
Board of Trustees
Carbondale-Murphysboro
Carbondale
Woodruff
U.S
Airport Authority and
Siu-C
Richard Higgerson
SIU Board of Trustees
Jess Novick
Gene Seibert
Pape to head Williamson Fair association
Walter Pape of Marion was elected president of the Williamson County Agricultural Fair Association for 1982. Other officers include Daryl Krumrey vice president and Jack Barra treasurer, both of Marion, with Gerald Wollard of Thompsonville as secretary. Retiring president Sam Jones remains on the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Pape
Marion
Williamson County Agricultural Fair Association
Daryl Krumrey
Jack Barra
Gerald Wollard
Thompsonville
Sam Jones
Pape
Earl Krumrey
Williamson County
Terry Bailey
Barra
Curt Davis
Dow Harper
Andy Harpstrite
Don Halbin
Assert Dale Lovelace
Larry Rix
Bill Reel
Wollard
Computers boggle CCHS board
Carbondale Community High School District 165 weighs an IBM System 34 with Avatar software at 39 807 yearly for five years. The board seeks proposals and questions a February decision while debating computer literacy policy and staffing implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Woolf
Southern Illinois
Carbondale Community High
Avatar Systems of
Elgin
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Robert Brewer
IBM
Avatar
Bill Schwegman
Don Yost
SIU C law school gains AALS recognition
The Hiram Lesar School of Law at Southern Illinois University Carbondale joined the Association of American Law Schools after a campus inspection. AALS notes SIUC law school meets high academic standards with strong leadership and a vigorous faculty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Ness
Southern Iinoisan
Hiram Lesar
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Association of American Law Schools
AALS
School of Law
Dan Hopson
American Bar Association
Donald Garner
ABA
Citizens committee to communicate facts on campus consolidation
The Carbondale Community High School District 165 board forms a citizens committee to communicate facts about an $8 million campus consolidation referendum set for March 16. Co chairs John Cherry and John Gilbert aim to answer questions on costs, timetables, and options if the measure fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Woolf
Carbondale Community High School
Board of Education
Robert Brewer
CCHS
John Cherry
John Gilbert
Cherry
Gilbert
Brewer
Bondale
Marion Guard pilot defends Thunderbirds mission after deaths
Marion Illinois Air National Guard pilot Captain Randy Patchett urged continuing the Thunderbirds aerial display mission despite Monday’s fatal training crash that claimed four members. He said military aviation carries inherent risks yet remains a proud, proven force and stressed passenger judgment about flying conditions.
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Dave DeWitte
U.S. Air Force
Thunderbirds
Randy Patchett
Marion
Patchett
Illinois Air National Guard
Williamson County
Ala
Willie Mays
Ripley, Tenn
Peterson
Mays
Pete
Auburn University
Air Florida
National Airport
Washington D.C
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University
Air Institute
Williamson Fair Association
Southern Illinoisan
John McCutchen
Arthur Black
Reid Martin
Black
Robert English
English and Associates Inc
Yost
Schwegman
SIU C Law School
Law Firm
Chapman and Cutler
The
Illinois School Consulting Service
Marion National Guard
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