Demolition Boss Razmus Keeps Millennium Wrecking Busy
Joe Razmus of Millennium Wrecking tears down the Montgomery Ward building at University Mall and Herrin high school. He runs a million-dollar business with his wife Theresa, works daily from sunup to sundown, and emphasizes recycling and careful material tracking as crews chase an August deadline.
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Carbondale
Joe Razmus
Razmus
Bunker Hill
Danville
Illinois
St. Louis
East Coast
Out West
Demolition Inc
Loizeaux
Discovery Channel
Montgomery Ward
Herrin High School
Millennium Wrecking
University Mall
Pinckneyville Hires New Hospital Chief Executive Officer
Pinckneyville Community Hospital named Tom Hudgins as administrator and CEO in a unanimous board vote. Hudgins, from Sullivan Indiana, brings urban rural and university health care leadership with degrees from Marian College and Indiana University and is an ACHE fellow. He begins July 15 replacing former administrator Jerry Bounds.
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Pinckneyville
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Tom Hudgins
Hudgins
Sullivan
Ind
PCH
Marian College
Indianapolis
Indiana University School of Medicine
American College of Healthcare Executives
C.W. “Bill” Roe
Jerry Bounds
Family farm market blends antiques with fresh produce in Illinois
The Sirles run a 129 year wholesale produce business that expanded from a one room unloading station to a farm market filled with antiques. Items include a Hoosier cabinet, vintage photos, jugs, baskets, jars, quilts, license plates, and a copper weather vane. The market evolved to attract buyers seeking atmosphere and novelty.
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Sirles
Illinois
Farm Market Debuts Seasonal Items and Red Barn Theme
Sirles outlines a farm market lineup including berries melons apples peaches corn tomatoes and gourds with jams and jellies and baked goods. Designers initially planned green and blue but chose a traditional red and white barn look to attract visitors and boost Union County tourism alongside Alto Vineyard. Open July to mid December to capitalize on harvest season.
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Apple
Sirles
Alto Pass
Union County
Call for South Illinois state grows in rural anger
Emerson, founder of The Observer and proponent of a secessionist state named South Illinois, argues the northern boundary should run east to west below Kankakee and that Springfield should remain the capital. He cites rural resentment toward Springfield and Chicago as fueling support. moving from Martinsville to Champaign, he aims to rally southern counties.
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Emerson
Kankakee
George Ryan
Mount Vernon
Carbondale
Springfield
Champaign
Martinsville
Southern Illinois
The
Gazette
Observer
South Illinois
Chicago
Emerson campaign appeal and mobilization note
A snippet notes a call to support Emerson with a Martinsville Illinois mailing address and a P.O. Box for petitions. It mentions a campaign site at a Tripod URL and a lighthearted personal pledge to join once a lost musket is located. The tone suggests activist involvement and fundraising or outreach efforts.
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Emerson
P.O. Box
Martinsville
Ill
Mobserver
Tripod
Simputer Faces Slow Start in India Tech Push
The Simputer a cheap handheld computer created by Indian scientists aimed at aiding the Third World. Despite an April 2001 launch and promises of sales by November, investor and customer commitments to scale production are weak and a charity funded rollout is delayed.
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Bangalore
India
Maytag plant adds jobs as new line opens in Newton
Maytag expands at its Newton Iowa plant with a new line, saying future appliance models will drive growth while noting 600 jobs created in five years. The facility, operating since 1946, originated as Norge, later owned by Fedders, then Magic Chef before Maytag took over in 1986, and it recently opened a Reynosa Mexico subassembly plant.
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Parke
Norge
Fedders
Magic Chef
Maytag
Newton
Iowa
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