Marion complex plans include private golf club village
Developer Richard Heath announces a $30 million private recreational country club community planned for Marion on 243 acres between Illinois 13 and Old Illinois 13 near the Industrial Park. The project features an 18 hole championship golf course, a lodge, club facilities, 186 house lots, 104 condo units, 120 lodge rooms, a pool, tennis courts, and guest privileges. Prices target a 900 member cap with memberships from 5000 dollars. Greens fees are nine dollars weekdays and twelve dollars weekends.
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Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinoisan
Marion
Richard J. Heath
Health
Illinois 13
Inter- State
Heath
Albert Brooking
Raymond Brooking
L. J. Wohlwend
Illinois
Saluki National golf course to benefit SIU despite off campus plan
Richard J. Heath plans to name the course Saluki National and extend SIU benefits after off campus relocation. SIU students faculty and staff would get 20 percent greens fee discounts and the university team could use the course free. Heath will donate 25 percent of greens fees to the SIU Foundation as an unrestricted gift aiming for $30,000 to $35,000 in year one.
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Heath
Southern Illinois
Marion
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Richard J. Heath
SIU
SIUC
SIU Foundation
Rend Lake College names six presidential finalists
Six finalists for Rend Lake College presidency were named by the college board, including three from Illinois. Interviews run on six dates from Monday to June 21 at the Inn campus. The board aims to choose a new president by July 1 to replace W. Travis Martin Jr. with no extra biographical details released.
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Rend
Illinois
Rend Lake College
Inn
Norman Kent Myers
Pratt
Kan
Pratt Community College
W. Travis Martin Jr
Logan College Faces Tuition Hike and Roof Delay
John A. Logan College plans a fall tuition increase as revenues rise 1.3 percent while expenses climb 6 percent or more. A long awaited roof replacement is delayed, with bankruptcy and bond issues threatening progress. New athletic director Bob Brown to be paid $18,000.
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Merrill Perlman
Southern Illinoisan
John A. Logan College
Robert Tarvin
Tarvin
Logan
Vavroch Roofing
Belleville
Bates
Bob Brown
West Frankfort
Brown
Eldorado
Nesting flickers and birdwatching notes from Southern Illinois
Ben Gelman reports on a backyard flicker nesting in a hollow log, discusses two brood questions, and cites sources from the Illinois Natural History Survey and Cruickshank’s bird book. He highlights lead shot replacement with steel, spring birdwatching peaks, and the Southern Illinois Bird Observatory’s upcoming one day summer count across Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri.
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Ben Gelman
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois Bird Observatory
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Williamson County
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Marion, Illinois
Paul Richard Heath
Wood Community College
Quincy
Walter L. Bishop
DeKalb
Harry J. Braun
Casa Grande
Ariz
Edward Ray Searby
Freeport
James L. Becker
Muscatine
Iowa
Logan College
New Academic
Phil Des Jardins
Herrin High School
Ating
Beth Clanahan
James Clanahan
E. Ash Street
Herrin
Jim Bales
Vavroch
Bales
Ernie Branson
Byline
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Helen Cruickshank
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N.Y
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