SIU C to train Nepal teachers via radio program
SIU C in Carbondale wins a four year AID funded project to train 2,500 Nepalese primary teachers annually through radio. The plan uses 2,750 radios and two hours daily air time on Radio Nepal, with phased rollout beginning with 100 to 150 teachers and expanding to about 1,000 in later stages.
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AID
Siu-C
Nepal
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Charles Klasek
International Education
Klasek
India
China
SIUC
Radio Nepal
Rural fire protection study finds districts as answer
Rural residents feel fire protection is inadequate given taxes. Officials say state counties and cities cannot or will not fully cover rural areas. The 1975 effort to mandate rural protection faced city opposition, leaving locals to rely on themselves and possible new taxes.
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Jeff Siegel
The
Southern Illinoisan
Harold Koenig
Murphysboro
Matthew Lavery
Carbondale
Steele
Bill Kelley
Jackson County
Curtis Palmer
Williamson County Board
Charlie McCaughan
Rural fire protection expands in Southern Illinois towns
In Sesser and surrounding areas rural residents since 1971 have been served by the Sesser Fire Protection District, created after a voter referendum. The district operates with 21 volunteers and five pieces of equipment, including pumpers and a tanker, plus a card system and aerial maps to locate homes. Residents pay about $26 yearly, with insurance savings around 20 percent. Elsewhere townships like Carbondale and Makanda manage their own protection, while new districts form in Lesser, Tamaroa, Pinckneyville, Coulterville and Grand Tower Township. Grand Tower seeks a district to raise 15 to 25 thousand dollars annually, improve coverage, training and school programs, and potentially lower fire insurance rates. Opposition exists from those wary of tax increases.
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Mitchell
Jeff Siegel
McCaughan
Carbondale
Makanda
Robert Kelley
Kelley
Lesser
Tamaroa
Pinckneyville
Coulterville
Murphysboro
Grand Tow
Er Township
Grand Tower
Bill Marks
Marks
Grand Tower Township
Insurance Service Office of
Illinois
Carbondale Teen Drowns After Car Plunges Into Cedar Lake
An 18 year old Carbondale man Owen Ivy drowned when a car driven by Sherman Allen slid down a hill and into Cedar Lake. Three other occupants escaped. Robert Runion, 19, was injured and taken to Memorial Hospital with possible fractures. Police continued the investigation with no tickets issued.
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Carbondale
Cedar Lake
Owen Ivy
E. Green St
Civil Defense
Ivy
Sherman Allen
Washington St
Allen
Cedar Creek Road
Robert Runion
Route 3
Runion
Memorial Hospital
Hearing on Marion EPA lab closure set for Wednesday
A public hearing to decide the fate of the Marion Environmental Protection Agency laboratory will be held at 9 30 a m at the state office building in Marion. George A Williams of Marion leads the hearing and is the Republican candidate for state senator from the 59th District.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Marion
State
George A. Williams
Governor’s Advisory Council For Economic Development
Ilinois
Cairo
James R. Thompson
EPA
Grand Tower Park May See Tugboat Purchase and Upgrades
Grand Tower City Park plans major summer improvements after a $23,000 Illinois Department of Conservation grant to install four shelters and expanded utilities. Mayor Tom Hale also targets Devil's Backbone redevelopment and seeks a Mississippi River tugboat from a Memphis salvage firm for land museum use in the park.
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Grand Tower
Jackson County
Tom Hale
Illinois Department of Conservation
Hale
Devil’s Backbone
City and Park District
Grand Tower Park
Memphis
Deputies Track Down Stray Cattle Near Ava Illinois
Two Jackson County deputies used horses and ropes to corral about 35 stray cows that wandered onto the Ava blacktop two miles south of Ava. A southbound motorist reported the fence breaches at about 6 a.m. Deputies Maggio and Moses called for extra help from nearby farmers and had livestock secured by 6:30 a.m. The cattle owner’s name was not yet known.
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Jackson County
Ava Blacktop
Murphysboro
Ava
Sheriff’s Office
Mike Maggio
Brent Moses
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Henry de Fiebre
U.S. Agency For International Development (Aid
Kingdom
Kalsek
Florida State University
Florida State
Donald D. Paige
Lesser Fire Protection District
Sesser
Dents
Ned Mitchell
City of Sesser
Gers
Mr. Ivy
Champaign
Williams
Thompson
Michael Mauzy
Mauzy
Marion Laboratory
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