Union pressure may force Kroger National concessions
Kroger and National threaten to close stores in Carbondale and Murphysboro while union workers weigh concessions after a rejected contract. Local 219 officials say a closing date remains unofficial, with talks to renegotiate planned for next week as prices drop and competition intensifies.
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Kroger
Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
National
Carbondale
Murphysboro
St. Louis
Marvin Russow
Collinsville
Russow
National Workers
Mike Batson
West Side
Car
Jackson County faces township consolidations under new law
Jackson County may redrawn and consolidate 12 townships under a state Senate amendment to House Bill 2810 set to take effect in 1986. Only Carbondale Murphysboro Somerset and Makanda exceed the $10 million equalized valuation in 1982, prompting protests and repeal efforts by county officials and state lawmakers.
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Tony Stevens
Jackson County
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Somerset
Makanda
Dunn
Ralph Dunn
R-Du Quoin
Richmond
Bruce Richmond
Chambers
Illinois Association of County Officials
de Soto
Degognia
Bradley
Elk
Grand Tower
Vergennes
Fountain Bluff
Sand Ridge
Ora
Levan
Kinkaid
Pomona
Kinkaid area land users to get government boost
Jackson County land users in the Kinkaid Lake watershed could obtain up to 840000 dollars in federal cost sharing for conservation measures to protect the lake. The 65 percent federal share covers grass waterways terraces grade stabilization and conservation tillage. The program aims to protect farmland and reduce erosion in the Kinkaid Lake watershed.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Jackson County
Kinkaid Lake
Gary Jennings
Jackson County Soil and Water Conservation Service
Kinkaid
St. Clair
McDonough
Jennings
Environmental Protection Agency
Jenning
County Soil and Water District
Robert Saupe
Benton attorney named to Rend Lake Conservancy District board
Carroll Owens of Benton has been named to the RLCD board of trustees to replace retiring president Charles Toler as Benton Mayor Gene Hill announced. The seven member board is appointed by mayors and county boards within the district. Rep. Jim Rea plans to reintroduce legislation for trustee elections in the coming session. A Sesser man, 36, is in serious condition after an apparent suicide attempt and charged with murder in his wife Judy Gulley's death. He was being questioned by Franklin County deputies when he grabbed a hunting knife, slashed his wrists and stabbed himself in the chest in a Lesser City Hall restroom during the encounter.
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Carroll Owens
Benton
Rend Lake Conservancy District Board of Trustees
Charles Toler
Gene Hill
RLCD
Jim Rea
Dchristopher
Sesser
Belleville
Garry Gulley
Franklin County Sheriff’s
Judy
Herrin and Marion Clash Over Airport Annexation
Marion Mayor Robert Butler warns minimal annexation of Williamson County Airport property while Herrin Mayor Edward Quaglia urges not tying sewer service expansion to annexation. Quaglia says publicly owned property should not be used to benefit a municipio.
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Herrin
Marion
Robert Butler
Williamson County
Edward Quaglia
Quaglia
Illinois panel backs nearly 226 million in school reforms for 1986
The Illinois Commission on the Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Education proposes about 225.6 million dollars in changes to instructional services personnel and administration for fiscal year 1986. Headed by Sen. Arthur Berman and Rep. Richard Mulcahey, the panel calls for an annual board report, a three year reassessment, and highlights wide district size disparities and the need to raise teacher salaries and training to retain top educators.
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Illinois Commission On the
Arthur Berman
Chicago
Richard Mulcahey
Durand
State Board of Education
Education panel report outlines $225.6 million changes
The commission listened to public testimony from Oct 1983 to Oct 1984 and urged reform of public schools with funding plans. It notes widespread concern over mandates that are ordered yet unfunded and recommends reviewing funding methods. The report supports considering a state income tax increase to cover reform costs, while not naming a specific rise. It projects $1.3 billion over three years for FY87 and FY88.
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Berman
Mulcahey
Proposals for Educational Reform and Teacher Qualifications
The plan outlines school assessment and outcomes objectives, third to 10th grade proficiency testing in reading mathematics and language arts, full day kindergarten, principal as instructional leader, required leadership skills training, five year admin recertification with teacher salary increases, intensive preservice math science reading and language arts for elementary teachers, first time certification exam, a three person teacher dismissal hearing board, state criteria and focal plans for evaluating personnel.
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Bondale
Batson
Jackson Townships
Illinois
John McCutchen
Jo Rubba
Siu-C
Amber Miles
Celeste Bullar
George
Spring Miles
Sheriffs’ Association
Illinois Sheriff's Association
William J. Kilquist
SIUC
Seymour Bryson
College of Human Resources
Kilquist
Rend Lake
Lesserman
Kaskaskia
Commission
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