Area peach harvest under way in Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois peaches are ripening with a crop 20 million pounds expected, above the 11-year average but below potential. Cool springs delayed ripening, a harsh winter damaged crops, and growers note weather, labor costs, and inflation limit profits. Most peaches go to wholesalers out of state, keeping area prices high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brad Betker
Vernon Eckert
Carbondale
Eckert
Belleville
Southern
Illinois
Craig Hayes
Illinois Crop Reporting Service
Southern Illinois
Clyde Arnold
Arnold
Hayes
Cobden
Bill Flamm
Joe Sawicki
Ben Hartline
Anna
Hart
Carbondale district unveils budget trims and grants
Carbondale Community High School District 165 officials presented a new fiscal year budget showing expenditures of 3.7 million and a projected carryover of about 163 thousand. The plan includes tax levy reductions for transportation and the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund to ease a prior financial bind while promising a public hearing in September and an Aug 3 meeting for further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale Community
Reid Martin
Martin
Educational
Illinois
John Baker
Roy Weshinskey
Weshinskey
Sue Howell
Carbondale Community High School Education Association
West Frankfort officials plead innocent in theft and misconduct case
West Frankfort Police Chief Jim Kinsman and Police and Fire Commissioner Bernard Melvin pleaded innocent at a Franklin County Circuit Court arraignment in Benton on four counts of official misconduct and two counts of theft each. They allegedly charged personal gasoline purchases to the city between July and November last year. The pair were indicted on June 16 and asked for jury trials. no date set, with a possible September or October trial. Kinsman sought a waiver of extradition after a Colorado job offer and will seek new counsel. Melvin, stripped of duties, entered a not guilty plea and left, promising to remain on the council. Convictions could yield prison terms up to 10 years per misconduct count and up to three for earlier counts. theft charges are misdemeanor unless over $150.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Suhadolnik
Southern Illinoisan
West Frankfort
Jim Kinsman
Bernard Melvin
Franklin County
Benton
Terrence Hopkins
Ant
Robert S. Hill
Kinsman
Mitchell
Hill
Colorado
Illinois
Hopkins
Melvin
West
Area orchards face cold snaps with limited protection
Craig Hayes notes Oregon peach growers use water to insulate trees during frost, but Southern Illinois growers like Eckert's Orchards face high sprinkler costs and uneven winters. Howard Powell warns sprinkling fails in prolonged extreme cold, leaving orchards at mercy of weather. Sawicki quips they must rely on prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig Hayes
Illinois Crop Reporting Service
Oregon
Illinois
Joe Sawicki
Eckert
Carbondale
Howard Powell
Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange
Sawicki
Grant aids CCHS district with special needs program
Carbondale Elementary School District 95 will use a $213,496 federal HEW grant to fund seven full time teachers and seven aides for a program aiding underachieving and gifted students. Each school will host a resource center for individual instruction to raise classroom skills and interest in learning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Ness
Carbondale
Board of Education
George Edwards
Edwards
Mari
Lyn Hughes
Janet Lawrence
Donna Manering
Anita Simpson
Virginia Troutman
Ralph Litherland
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
District 95
James O’donnell
Mary Lou Hawse
O’donnell
Mrs. Hawse
O'Neal backs tax cuts in campaign stop in Marion
Lt. Gov. Dave O'Neal urged tax relief during a Marion stop with seniors, backing Gov. Thompson's nonbinding referendum on tax limits. He criticized rebates plans as flim flam, urged spending cuts via a sunset law, and opposed extending ERA passage deadlines while noting team dynamics with Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry de Fiebre
Dave O’neal
Marion
O’neal
James Thompson
California
Thompson
Michael Bakalis
Ompson
Bu O’neal
Herrin considers private bus contract to cut local costs
Herrin Unit School District 4 weighs scrapping its 12 owned buses for a private contract after bid from R. W. Harmon and Sons Beck Bus Hayden Bus Service and West Bus Service. State aid rules could raise reimbursements though local dollars may drop. meeting extended after two and a half hours in closed session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Rothe
Southern
Lee Roy Brandon
William Clarida
Brandon
R. W. Harmon and Sons
Kansas City, Mo
Beck Bus Transportation
Mt. Vernon
Hayden Bus Service
Chesterfield, Mo
West Bus Service
Carbondale
Clarida
Laborers International Local 372
Carl Moore
Moore
Louis Ottolini
Herrin
Ottolini
Mike Absher
Harmon and
Beck
Harmon
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District 165
J.C. Mitchell
Larry Flamm
Flamm Orchards
CCHS
John Barbie
Barbre
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