Non referendum jail and courthouse financing urged
Jackson County board's judicial and law enforcement committee urged using a public building commission to issue non referndum bonds for a new jail and office space. The plan transfers financing and rent to the county until bond repayment, avoiding voter approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Schottman Knol
Iindsan
Jackson County Board
Judicial and Law Enforcement
Public Building Commission
Robert Crim
Public Commission
Commission
Crim
Building Commission
Benton workers prefer layoffs over pay cuts
Benton city employees told officials they would accept layoffs rather than wage reductions to address worsening finances. Union reps for street and water staff and for police and fire fighters declined to approve rescinding 10 percent raises, urging layoffs within two months to avoid a deeper financial crisis. Average salaries cited: water and street about 14 500, police and firefighters 16 000, dispatchers 12 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinoisan
Benton City
Denzyle McClintock
Operating Engineers Union
Kenneth Lampley
International Laborers Union
Charles Webster
Webster
Carbondale Educator Named Carterville Superintendent
Robert Mees a 35 year old Carbondale educator will head Carterville Unity Schools replacing Gerald Cuendet who left for Mill Valley California The Unit 5 school board selected Mees from 45 applicants He holds degrees from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and has served as math teacher principal and Title IVc program director He and his wife Karla plus their son plan to move to Carterville soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theresa Churchill
Southern
Lincoln Junior
Carbondale
Lakeland
Illinois
Phi Delta Kappa
Southern Illinois School Masters
American Association of
Carbondale Jaycees
Mees
Karla
Robert Scott
Carterville
Carbondale Memorial seeks certificate of need for expansion
Carbondale Memorial Hospital advances phase two of its 8.5 million expansion with a late August goal to file a certificate of need to Comprehensive Health Planning in Southern Illinois Inc. Bed capacity would rise from 137 to 170 after phase two, with modernization of floors and new amenities planned as part of the six to eight month second phase funding from operating surplus and loans amid regional bed surplus concerns and boundary disputes involving Randolph County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale’s Memorial Hospital
George Maroney
Comprehensive Health Planning In Southern Illinois Inc
CHPSI
State Health Facilities Planning Board
Jackson Street
Main Street
Murphey
Memorial Hospital
Jackson
Perry
Randolph County
Sparta
Chester
Red Bud
Illinois Department of Public Health
Memorial
Maroney
Department of Public Health
Randolph
Health Facilities Planning Board
Southern Illinois folk sayin g language prompts notes
Ben Gelman notes reader letters on regional speech from Southern Illinois and abroad. Mildred B Midjaas of Carbondale recalls phrases like addlepated twitter-witted passel of kids gummed up traipsin neck of the woods skil let and Kentucky twang. A column also discusses language use by scholars in Australia and the U S and muses on plurals data spectra kibbutzim Bedouin and common errors in learned writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Gelman
Southern
University of Kansas
Australia
Russell B. Trimble
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
U.S
Chemtech
Robert Schoenfeld
Australian Journal of Chemistry
Schoenfeld
Marion budget highlights 1981 82 library funding dispute
Marion City Council proposed a 15 million appropriation including 9.25 million for Marion Memorial Hospital and three new police officers. The largest debate centered a 56 percent library funding request from 81,895 to 132,000 yearly, with a 10 percent overall city increase planned and discussions on maintenance needs such as a seepage well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Marion Library
Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
Robert Butler
Butler
Council
Ronald Reed
Reed
Harold Conway
East Main
South Askew Streets
Amtrak Derailment Delays 200 at Anna
About 200 Amtrak passengers faced delays Tuesday night after four coaches of the City of New Orleans derailed in downtown Anna at 10 49 p m on a switch between Main Street and Market Street. No injuries were reported and the train resumed travel by 1 30 a m. Officials cited possible vandalism to the switch as a preliminary cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amtrak
City of New Orleans
Anna
Illinois Central Gulf
Renie Einbinder
Chicago
Ms. Einbinder
Main Street
Market Street
New Orleans
Carbondale
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Southern Illinois
ED Greer
Harry Threlkeld
Oakland Street
Glen Wright
Public Safety
John Seymour
McClintock
Robert Mees
Carbondale Memorial
Byline
B.G
Sinai Desert
Tizio
First National Bank
John B. Bremner
S. Carbon St
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