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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1982
Page
7
Springfield experts warn of bootlegged meat sold from hidden barns. Investigators led by Illinois Department of Agriculture inspect ramshackle sites, finding diseased and uninspected carcasses. Operations face fines, probation, and ongoing challenges from small, secretive operators.
Elkville Village Board grants Community Cablevision Inc of Mount Vernon a one year cable franchise with 12 channels for 7.90 dollars monthly plus HBO and two movie channels for 8.90 more. J and L Robinson Development and Construction Co of Carbondale wins the 718200 dollar sewage treatment plant contract, subject to EPA and FmHA review.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale launches a James Joyce centennial with Morris Library exhibit selections from Special Collections. English professor Richard F. Peterson speaks on Mockers and Celebrants Joyce at 100 at 8 p.m. in Morris Library Auditorium, tracing Joyce controversy and intentions.
Three state troopers in Southern Illinois District 13 based at Du Quoin have been promoted to corporal. Thomas A. Brooks Lesser Rich ard L. Junge and Jimmy R. Warder received the rank, with Brooks now a state police pilot serving the Southern Illinois area.
Cobden Unit School District 17 board edges toward joint bus purchases with five county districts to secure lower prices while possibly seeking separate bids for Cobden. The board also approved adding defense expense coverage to its liability policy at $175 for up to $25,000 in legal costs.
Tadeusz Walendowski, a native of Poland, will present two lectures on the Polish opposition movement at John A. Logan College on Wednesday February 3. The first at 10 a.m. in the college gymnasium and the second at 7 p.m. in the Batteau Room. Both talks are free and open to the public.
Botany students Mark Muhlenbrock Eric Ulaszek and Margaret Demus from SIUC worked with nursery worker Eugene Gillooly to complete a miniature bridge in the Japanese garden as part of the university's outdoor botanical gardens in Carbondale and Murphysboro and Harvard connections.
SIUC botany professor Robert Muhlenbrock and three students transformed a neglected vacant lot behind the botany greenhouse into a 19 plot garden. The project aims to serve as a living botanical reference for exotic and regionally suitable plants, with tours and an open house planned for spring.
Marion approves temporary traffic change as the Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad seeks to block part of Granite Street at its Marion spur to help move coal from AMAX mines to the Missouri Pacific line. City officials await final decision on closing Granite Street for possible coal loading site east of P&S Grain.
Union County Housing Authority residents have written over 1000 letters objecting to proposed federal changes. The campaign, presented at the monthly board meeting by Executive Director Vicki Chamness, targets higher rents and fewer deductions, moving rent to 30 percent of gross income over three years and cutting deductions.
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