Local Events Roundup Carbondale Area
A compact list of community happenings includes The Just So Stories stage play at The Stage Company in Carbondale at 2 p.m. along with water safety programs at Dam West, McNair, Coles Creek, and Keyesport Beaches. Also noted are a Dietz Mueller family reunion, Wyat's Domine art classes, multiple blood drives, a dental hygiene workshop, and local meetings and classes with contact numbers.
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Dam West
McNair
Coles Creek
Keyesport
Carlyle Lake
State union vote looms on possible strike in Illinois
Springfield Illinois SEIU Local 73 represents 2400 workers under Jesse White. They plan a four day work stoppage at 138 facilities across the state after White offered an 8 percent raise over four years. Union says pension contributions cut real pay to about 4 percent, average wage around 27000 dollars. AFSCME pact with Blagojevich cited as contrast in a related note.
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Springfield
Illinois
Jesse White
Christine Boardman
Service Employees International Union Local 73
SEIU
White
Boardman
Senior services face deeper cuts in state budget gap
The Southern Herrin reports dire forecasts for home-delivered meals, homemaker aid, adult day services, nursing home care and elder abuse programs as AARP warns directors to brace for further state funding reductions. Projected losses include 9,021 adult day service days, 1,500 homemaker enrollees cut, 250k 280k fewer meals, and 2,500 fewer CNAs statewide. Local officials urge protection for frail seniors amid budget pressures.
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Herrin
American Association of Retired Persons
Williamson County
Bob Childers
Childers
Harrison-Bruce Foundation
Sue Bohenstengel
Illinois Association of Community Care
River Forest
Trico school board seeks tax hike via November referendum
Voters in Campbell Hill's Trico district will decide in November whether to raise taxes to avert further cuts. The plan increases the education levy from 1.84 to 2.44 per 100 of assessed value, the building fund from .375 to .575, and the transportation fund from .20 to .35. If approved, a 100000 home would pay about 316 more annually. The board unanimously placed the measure on the ballot, with Hammel and Barone absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell Hill
Trico
Education Fund
Transportation
Doug Hammel
Mike Barone
Dennis Smith
Smith
Union supporters rally ahead of Mount Vernon vote at plant
In Mount Vernon a pro union rally at Continental General Tire gathers about 2 000 workers to back joining United Steel Workers. Supporters cite safety and long hours as drivers and allege management uses scare tactics to deter unionization ahead of next week’s employee vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Continental General Tire
Lynn Howerton
Continental General
Continental Tire North America
United Steel Workers Union
Illinois
Howerton
Dave Ayat
Andrea Kampwerth
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Perry
Union
Rudyard Kipling
the Stage Company
N. Washington
Carbondale
Dietz- Mueller
de Soto
Wyat
Covenant Christian School
W. Freeman St
Janet Tonie
Fellowship Baptist Church
Vienna
SIU Recreation Center
E. Grand Ave
Herrin Civic Center
S. 16Th St
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
S. Marshall
McLeansboro
Shawnee
Lick Creek Road
Anna
Carbondale Senior Center
N. Springer St
Enterprise Way
Marion
Www
Thesouthern.com
Captain Soularcat
Turley Park
Southern Rock
The
Southern Illinoisan
Mark Samuels
Matt Adrian
Rod Blagojevich
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council
Afscme
Blagojevich
Henry Bayer
Bayer
Thelma Brasel
Cambria
Herrin Senior Citizens Center
John D. Homan
Bodenstengel
WCPA
John.homan
Thesouthern
An Nuvaka
Jim Noble
Andrea Marie Kampworth
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