Second chance program in Williamson County struggles to survive
Three Williamson County school districts have withdrawn from the Alternative Education Program offered via John A Logan College. Associate director Johan Obis says the program may survive with drastic downsizing and shifting to other districts while still aiming to serve students who do not fit traditional schools.
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Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinoisan
Williamson County
Johan Obis
John A. Logan College
Johnston City Unit
Crab Orchard
Johnston City
al Oxford
Herrin Unit 4
Marion Unit 2
Carterville Unit 5
Turning Point for Teens in Alternative Education Program
At 17 Scott Kinley left school and took a furniture job until enrolling in the Alternative Education Program through John A. Logan College. Now 20, he nears a law enforcement diploma and Dean’s List honors. Ray Robinson, 18, also a former dropout, prepares to apprentice as an electrician in Houston after earning his degree. Both credit the program for flexible self paced learning and renewed goals, though about 20 percent quit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinoisan
Scott Kinley
Herrin
Kinley
John A. Logan College
John A. Logan
Ray Robinson
Houston
Texas
Robinson
Area entry wins state pageant in Peoria
Jane Beth Borgsmiller of Murphysboro is named Miss Illinois United Teenager after the three day state finals in Peoria. She won the essay and Citizenship awards and will compete in Hollywood Hawaii and Washington DC for national judging. Barbara Key and April Burns named first runner up and Miss Congeniality respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Stevens
Jane Beth Borgsmiller
Frederick Borgsmiller
Murphysboro
Illinois
Hollywood
Hawaii
Washington, D.C
Bergsmiller
Peoria
Barbara Faye Key
Lake of the Hills
April Burns
Rockford
Miss Borgsmiller
University of Colorado In
Boulder
Malathion widely used in Illinois for pests and lice
In Illinois malathion is widely used on crops and animals for insects from aphids to lice. University of Illinois expert Steve Moore says it is very safe when used as directed, biodegradable, and not a carcinogen, though concerns linger in California over fruit fly suppression efforts.
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Bonnie Marx
California
Illinois
Steve Moore
University of Illinois
Moore
Mike Plummer
Williamson County Extension
Plummer
Boy protests traffic, seeks stoplights at Murphysboro intersection
Ron Yeaman 17 of Murphysboro campaigns through petitions and discussions with city and state officials to fix a dangerous Ill. 13 149 junction at Jackson Square Shopping Center. He cites crashes since Dec 1980 and says bureaucratic delays stall solutions.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Ron Yeaman
Yeaman
Murphysboro
Jackson Square
Ill
Yearian
Council
Michael Bowers
Alstat
IDOT
Ron (Yeaman
Sydney Appleton
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Illinois Law Enforcement Commission
Southern Illinois University
Sinois Commission On
Zeigler-Royalton
Miss
Kroger
Huffman Appliance
Baril
Auto Service
Karin Wacaser
Springfield
Joe Jines
Illinois 13
Bowers
Yearing
Alex Zedialis
Illinois Department of Transportation
Carbondale
Zedialis
Wayne Alstatt
R-Vergennes
Zedhalis
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