SIU Arena dome viewed as snow safe by architects
SIU Carbondale arena dome with 300 foot diameter held 72 feet high and 10 000 seat capacity is engineered for tension compression with ribs and rings. Retired architect Hart says heavy snow under 11% pounds per square foot is not a risk but wind and ice pose greater danger.
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Joe Garner
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Willard Hart
Hart
C. W. Post
SIUC
Saluki
Trico declines to renew Miller as superintendent
Trico Unit 176 will not re hire Miller when his contract ends in June. The school board voted unanimously after a closed session and offered no public reasons. Miller, hired in 1974, says the decision came as a surprise and plans to seek another school administrator post. James Richmond notes public reasons may be provided later if needed and cites financial pressures driving a shift toward a stronger financial manager.
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Southern Illinoisan
Trico Unit
Charles Miller
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Richmond
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Northwestern Unit
Palmyra
Westlin Unit
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Union vote planned for 700 SIU Carbondale workers
Nearly 700 civil service employees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will vote February 2 on whether to be represented by the Civil Service Bargaining Organization, an SIUC affiliate of the Illinois Education Association. The election, conducted by the Illinois Department of Labor, will use 55 separate ballots across 88 classifications.
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Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinoisan
Civil Service
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Illinois Department of Labor
Siu-C
Labor Department
Civil Service Bargaining Organization
SIUC
Illinois Education Association
John McDermott
Heidenreich joins Rend Lake Conservancy District Board
George Heidenreich of Mt. Vernon becomes a Rend Lake Conservancy District board member with a term length to be decided by drawing lots. The lot options are one two four and five years, with a three year term eliminated due to earlier expirations. Other original appointees drew lots 22 years ago for their first terms.
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George Heidenreich
Mt. Vernon
Rend Lake Conservancy District Board
Heidenreich
Howard Campbell
Campbell
Murphysboro approves 220000 street work on North 19th
The Murphysboro City Council approved a 220000 street improvement in the North 19th Street business area. The plan includes widening and resurfacing 18th Street from Pine to Logan and 19th Street from Walnut to Gartside, aiding access to the Las tour Corp. plant and three other locations funded by motor fuel funds.
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Murphysboro
19Th Street
Public Improvement Committee
18Th Street
Pine
Logan Streets
19Th
Walnut
Gartside Street
Lastour Corp
Michael Bowers
Liquor license denied for Ernie Fliger’s Southern Barbeque
The Carbondale Liquor Control Commission voted 3 2 to deny Ernie Fliger a Class B liquor license for beer and wine at Southern Barbeque, 220 S Illinois Ave. The vote reflected concerns about South Illinois Avenue licenses amid redevelopment plans and ongoing code-violation worries among downtown bars.
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Robert Grupp
Southern Illinois
Carbondale Liquor Control Commission
South Illinois Avenue
Ernie Fliger
Fliger
S. Illinois Ave
Neal Eckert
Joe Dakin
Helen Westberg
Archie Jones
Hans Fischer
Dennis Immen
South Illinois
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Carbondale
Elm
Monroe Streets
ADAC
S. Ilinois
Carbondale adopts cash bond for towed cars and snow route plan
Carbondale changes its towing ordinance requiring car owners to pay a city cash bond of 50 to 250 dollars before return of a towed vehicle. The council also considers snow emergency routes and penalties, with police able to tow parked cars on snow routes during severe winter weather. A new snow emergency ordinance may be adopted at the Feb 6 meeting.
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Robert Grupp
Carbondale
Karsten Towing
New Era
Karsten
Close Encounters film review from a sci fi enthusiast
A Southern Illinois columnist critiques the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, praising visuals and concept while criticizing rough editing and unclear explanations. He questions why third contact is undefined, the use of music for communication, and the fate of the chosen humans as the ships land.
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der Stories
U.S
Devil’s Table
Wyom
Questioning ni as lead scientist and film sci fi decline
The reader laments ni leading American scientists and questions whether global audiences were informed. They note a mass India meeting where music emerged and critique films for dumbing down science fiction. A hopeful real space ship arrival is imagined, warning against mediocrity of movie makers.
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