SIU funds not ready as new fiscal year starts
SIU’s 1979 fiscal year began with no approved state funds. SIU-C will receive 85.2 million of the 127.8 million appropriation if Gov. Thompson signs as expected. The university faces typical June expenditure authorizations while awaiting budget finalization. Three Makanda residents were injured in a Sunday crash on U.S. 51 near Carbondale involving a car and two motorcycles.
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Henry de Fiebre
Southern Ilinoisan
Southern Illinois University
SIU
James M. Brown
Secre
Tary
Board of Trustees
General Assembly
James Thompson
Thompson
Brown
Siu-C
Makanda
U.S. 51
Carbondale
Edward Beard
New area food co op hopes to grow
Shawnee Food Net a non profit opens a Carbondale food cooperative offering meats dry goods and produce up to 30 percent below retail Prices are kept low by avoiding middlemen and using volunteer managers who receive 5 percent commission on club orders Buying groups form in neighborhoods with orders and payments collected in advance Inventory will grow from markup funds and some items may be temporarily higher or lower Prices for staples include Colby cheese 1.30 per pound eggs 66 cents a dozen and flour 14 cents a pound The cooperative cannot yet accept food stamps but is pursuing authorization and will expand with more distributors and buying clubs by Sept 30 1985 The Shawnee Food Net operates as a warehouse rather than a retail outlet and relies on CETA funds Illinois Farmers Union and University Year for Action program for initial support Contact 457-8172 to join or organize a club
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Jean Ness
Carbondale
Southern Illinois
Shawnee Food Net
Andy Smith
Smith
Illinois
Food Cooperative
Henry Carter
E. Oak St
Carter
Health Department
Illinois Farmers Union
University Year For Action
Shawnee Food Network
Ical
Southern Illinois University
Hill House
Paul Reitmann
Reitmann
Jackson County
Champaign
Murphysboro man wins best cow chip chucker title
Mark King of Route 2 Murphysboro claimed first prize at the Du Quoin State Fair Farm and Folk Festival for the best cow chip chuck. He tossed 155 feet to take the top honors and an all expenses paid trip to Montana for the International Cow Chip Chucking Contest on August 4. Mike Hertz of Carbondale placed second at 137 feet nine inches.
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Mark King
Route
Murphysboro
Illinois
Great Falls
Montana
King
du Quoin State Fair
Mike Hertz
Carbondale
Hertz
Franklin residents shocked by tax hike
Franklin County residents confront steep tax increases after assessments rise to meet state guidelines. Kenneth Loeb, disabled and barely scraping by on 13,800, cannot cover 735 in annual taxes, despite buying a 17,500 home last year. Tax increases vary by township with complaints around 200 filings. the board of review meets through Sept 12 to hear appeals.
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DeMaris Berry
Kenneth Loeb
Royalton
Loeb
Franklin County
Danny Jones
Illinois Department of Local Government Affairs
Benton Township
Frankfort
Denning
West Frankfort
Tyrone Township
Christopher
Six-Mile
Zeigler
Goode Township
Williams
Board of Review
Motorcyclist found dead beside Illinois highway
The badly decomposed body of Raymond Land 33 of West Frankfort was found by a hitchhiker Sunday in brush near Illinois 148 two miles north of Herrin. Coroner James Wilson said death likely from a broken neck and internal injuries. Land last seen June 23 by his wife and reported seen in West Frankfort June 24. An inquest planned with funeral arrangements set for Johnson's Funeral Home Herrin burial at Herrin City Cemetery. He was born August 15 1944 in Hammond Indiana married Jo Ellen Comiskey Wilcox in West Frankfort March 18 1978 employed as a press operator at Norge Co Herrin Vietnam veteran IAM Local 554 member. Survivors include wife mother and father two daughters a son a stepdaughter and a sister.
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West Frankfort
Illinois
Herrin
Williamson County
James Wilson
Raymond Land
Fourth St
Robert Skelton
Royalton
Johnson
Herrin City
Hammond
Ind
William and
Margaret Reames Land
Jo Ellen Comiskey Wilcox
The
Norge Co
Vietnam
International Association of Machinists
Griffith, Ind
Margie
Becky Land
Mt. Vernon
Tommy
Mt.Vernon
Barbara Jo Wilcox
Judy Ann Allsopp
Villa Grove
Hill House helps youths beat addiction and rebuild lives
Suzanne Reilly credits Hill House in Carbondale with freeing her from drugs and turning her into a counselor for Rural Creative Outreach. The program uses private counseling, group sessions, and structured living to foster responsibility, with residents staying six months to a year and outcomes showing mixed long term results across former residents.
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Phil Bloomer
Southern Illinois
Suzanne Reilly
Hill House
Carbondale
Suzanne
Ava
Tom
Hinton
Hill “House
S. Beveridge St
W. Cherry St
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