Williamson hires first full time dogcatcher
Williamson County boards announces the hiring of its first full time animal control officer Lloyd Reese, formerly a circuit court bailiff, to work with an additional shelter employee and under a new labor agreement with the International Association of Operating Engineers. The board seeks a hearing on the Chittyville School Road closure and outlines road dust control progress, oil and chip resurfacing contracts with E T Simonds Construction for five Williamson County unit roads, and a civil defense fund replenishment plan after May tornado expenses.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Williamson County
Williamson County Board
Lloyd Reese
St. Clair ‘County
Curtis Palmer
Reese
Animal Shelter
International Association of Operating Engineers
Chittyville School
Springfield
John Hamilton
Illinois Department of Transportation
Chittyville
E.T. Simonds Construction Company
Carbondale
Simonds
DLM Contracting Co
Marion
Fort de Chartres Rendezvous Recalls 18th Century Life
Black powder smoke marked the 13th Fort de Chartres Rendezvous as shooters volleyed to split a board. Hundreds of participants and thousands of spectators enjoyed period crafts, fife and drum performances, 18th century fashion shows, and military drills showing French, British, and frontier life along the Mississippi.
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Larry House
Fort de Chartres
Prairie du Rocher
Mississippi
Louis XIV
France
Pere Marquette
Louis Jolliet
Bluffs
Paris
England
New Orleans
Mississippi River almost laps Chester festival as water stays back
The Mississippi River neared Water Street in Chester during the Elks River Festival weekend but stayed just below 35 feet, allowing a smooth event with no incidents. Elissa Shaffer was crowned Miss River Festival 1982, sponsored by Link's New Moon, and will compete in August in the Miss Southern Illinois pageant. Runners up were Sherri Rockwell Beth Rhone Joan Pautler and Cheryl Bohnert.
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Chester
Elissa Shaffer
Galatia mine riot police win state awards for valor
Illinois State Police Officers from the Galatia Mine Riot Response Group received a Governor's Award for Valor for aiding in repelling about 2,000 rioters at a non union Kerr McGee mine site last summer. Major Albert Bertagnoli and Captain Larry Garbo accepted the honor for troopers from Districts 12 13 and 19.
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Illinois
Galatia
Department of Law Enforcement
Albert Bertagnoli
Larry Garbo
Andy Muzzarelli
Mount Vernon
Donald Mays
Ernest Collins
Jerry
O'Boyle urges more volunteers to run social programs
Terry O'Boyle of Murphysboro leads a Southern Illinois push to rely less on federal funds and mobilize volunteers through the Illinois Office of Voluntary Citizen Participation. He argues programs succeed via community effort, not money, and cites SIU Carbondale as a regional leader. The advisory council meets June 16 in Chicago after the June 14 15 workshop.
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Subhadra Belbase
Southern Illinoisan
Terry O’boyle
Illinois Office of Voluntary Citizen Participation
IOVCP
Reagan
O’boyle
Murphysboro
Southern Illinois
Uncle Sam
Chicago
Two Conant storm victims remain in hospital
Three of the five tornado victims from the May 29 Conant storm have been released. Ruth Huffstutler left Pinckneyville Community Hospital on May 30, Harold Jones and Tony Karabec went home June 1. Donald Moore, 19, of Pinckneyville, stays in stable condition at Scott Air Force Base hospital undergoing physical therapy. Steve Campbell, 18, of Belleville, remains in stable condition after leg surgery at Firmin Desloge Hospital in St Louis. Relief drives continue with a helping hand fund at Percy school gym.
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H. B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Conant
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Ruth Huffstuttler
Harold Jones
Tony Karabec
Donald Moore
Pinckneyville
Scott Air Force Base
Belleville
Steve Campbell
Firmin Desloge
St. Louis
Percy School
WHCO
Sparta
Randolph County Man Held in Abduction Case
Wallie Dean Williams 35, formerly of Percy and now in Houston, is jailed in Chester on two counts of child abduction for allegedly taking his adopted five year old son Christopher Allen Williams from a Red Bud area school on May 25. The child remains missing, custody having been granted to Williams' ex wife. Authorities say the case is abduction not kidnapping and do not believe the child is harmed at this time.
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Randolph County
Houston
Texas
Chester
Wallie Dean Williams
Williams
Percy Area
Christopher Allen
Liams
William Schuwerk Jr
Red Bud
Schuwerk
Lenzburg miner joins Church's UMW slate for auditor
Randy Phelps of Lenzburg announced his candidacy for international auditor of the United Mine Workers District 12 Illinois on the Church slate led by incumbent Sam Church Jr. Phelps, president of Local 1148 at Peabody Riverking Mine Freeburg, is a third generation coal miner with prior union roles and supports Church’s push for strong leadership. A rally and fish fry will be held at Marissa city park starting at 1 p.m. Sunday.
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Randy Phelps
Lenzburg
International Auditor
The
United Mine Workers
District 12
Illinois
UMW
Sam Church Jr
Phelps
Peabody
Riverking
Freeburg
Compac Committee
Church
Sam Church
John L. Lewis
Marissa
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Duane Wittenborn
Highway Department
Colonial Drum and Fife Corps
Alton
Randolph County Historical Society
Fife and Drum Corps
Tippicance
Fife & Drum Corps
Beth Rhone
Joan Pautler
Cheryl Bohnert
Kenneth Buzbee
Sharon Swindemann
Missouri
Sharron Feaman
Ellis Grove
Gerald Speith
Trico High School
Beverly Holst
Bev’s A of Dance
Ste. Genevieve
Rossen
Anna
Charles Pritchard
Benton
Jim Stevens
Boles
Kenneth Jones
West Frankfort
Arnold Morse
Stonefort
Paul Clark
Herrin
Clarence Ward
Energy
Claude Wright
Billy Absher
Harlin Barnett
Ray Lichliter
Vergennes
al Crim
Elkville
Charles W. Goforth
Walter Beltz
Tamaroa
Carl Meeks
Robert Absher
Logan
Forrest Johnson
Zeigler
Ben Higgerson
Charles Wallace
Norman Hinkle
Buncombe
Joe Jenkins
Goreville
Glendal Rockwell
Vienna
Richard Rose
Cobden
Jack Willis
Kerr-McGee
University
SIUC
MOVE
Rich Saal
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