Williamson board backs Carterville park proposal
Williamson County Board endorsed Carterville plan for a 45 acre park with a swimming pool and softball diamonds. An intergovernmental review was approved to avoid service duplication. Carterville seeks a 50 percent match from the Illinois Department of Conservation with a $307,200 project cost split city and state. A property tax payment deadline resolution set Aug 10 for first installment and Sept 10 for final.
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Carterville
Williamson County
Illinois Department of Conservation
Land and Water Conservation Fund
Marion board approves aging grant and landfill action
County residents received their tax bills. The board endorsed a $1,196,483 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services for senior citizen services in Southern Illinois, with total nutrition funding of $3,242,042. It forwarded an intergovernmental review for a fixed-route bus system in Jackson County without comment. Chairman Curtis Palmer supported Marion's effort to obtain a landfill development permit for Spillertown. Marion has submitted its fifth permit application and faces potential state enforcement for operating without a permit for over a year and possible fines.
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Jackson County
Curtis Palmer
Marion
Spillertown
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
City Folk Learn About Farm Life Exchange Program
Eleven-year-old Scott Whittaker travels from Florissant Missouri to Ava with his family to learn farm life on Curtis and Mary Dean's dairy and grain farm. The Illinois Farm Bureau program pairs city and rural families for a weekend on a farm with city visits planned afterward.
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Scott Whittaker
Ava
Florissant
Bob
Carol Whittaker
Scott
Todd
Curtis and
Mary Dean
Route 1
Whittakers
Deans
Illinois Farm Bureau
Chicago
St. Louis
Whittaker
Farm Bureau
Murphysboro
The
Cuntry
Dean
SCAM Fights CIPS Move To Dismiss Complaint
SCAM Herrin based group dues in Illinois public action clash with utility industry over ICC petition to dismiss a 1977 complaint by IPAC alleging unethical lobbying and inaccurate reporting of lobbying expenses. The dispute centers Lifeline legislation for low rate residential service, seen as aid to the poor and fixed incomes.
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Illinois
Southern Illinois
Southern Counties Action Movement
SCAM
Illinois Commerce Commission
Illinois Public Action Council
IPAC
ICC
Perry County Fair attendance dips on new shows
Free gate drew crowds for the Perry County Fair yet two new grandstand acts on Tuesday and Friday failed to attract enough spectators. Fair Board President Don Braun noted strong turnout for traditional events but uncertain finances, with rides on certain days proving profitable and a possible third tractor night considered for next year. The fair will continue, Braun said, despite budgeting concerns.
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Brad Betker
Southern
Braun
Chester youth injured in fall at Giant City cliff
David Runge, 21, climbed a 40 to 50 foot cliff at Giant City State Park and fell while descending. He suffered cuts, abrasions, and back pains and was transported by ambulance to Memorial Hospital of Carbondale and then to Chester Memorial Hospital where he is listed as in satisfactory condition.
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Chester
Giant City State Park
Chester Memorial Hospital
David Runge
Jackson County Sheriff's Department
Runge
Memorial Hospital of
Carbondale
Ava Man Michael Throop Murdered, Autopsy Confirms
The death of 25 year old Michael Throop of Ava is ruled a murder. An autopsy found a skull fracture and multiple blows with a heavy object. Throop was found in his mobile home after being missing several days. his car was later found near Cobden. Investigators say there are decent leads and have not released further details.
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Michael Throop
Ava
Jackson County
Cerned
Throop
Ragsdale
Sheriff’s Department
Cobden
Don White
Ava Police
Illinois Division of Criminal Investigation
Farmers of 140 Acres Turn From Archaeology to Self Sustaining Life
In northwestern Jackson County, Annita and Enol Pulcher traded archaeology and music for farming on a 140 acre hill farm. They raise beef cattle and pigs, rely on old machinery, salvaged materials, and self produced food and heat. Their yields vary with weather but they embrace a frugal, self sufficient lifestyle.
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Ann Schottman Enol
Ron Pulcher
Anita Pulcher
Pulcher
Jackson County
Buffalo
N.Y
Pulchers
Frank
Billy Bates
Ruth
St. Louis
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Dave DeWitte
Joe Jines
Bob and
Todd Whittaker
Scott and
Bruce Dean
Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinoisan
Pinckneyville
Galesburg
McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft
Bruce
CIPS
Commission
Max Aud
Perry Fair
Ava Man
Ann Schottman Knol
Jackson Farm
Ron and
Anita Puicher
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