New Baptist leader Keucher eyes unity and ethics
The Rev. William Keucher, senior minister of Covenant Baptist Church in West Bloomfield Michigan, will be confirmed president of the American Baptist Churches at Carbondale. He plans to focus on relationships and stronger ties with other groups while addressing religious liberty, energy ethics, and the churchs role in public life.
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Bonnie Gamble
Southern Illinoisan
American Baptist Churches
William Keucher
Keucher
Covenant Baptist Church
West Bloomfield
Mich
Amerian Baptists
Carbondale
General Board
Reucher
Baptist minister bikes 250 miles to convention
Rev. William Salsbery rode a bicycle from Carbondale to Canton for the American Baptist convention, two days logging the 250 mile trip. First Baptist Church of Canton pledged funds per mile, totaling $1,200 to aid a Great Rivers Region project for El Salvador land purchases and food support.
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American Baptist Arches Convention
William Salsbery
Canon
Salsbery
Carbondale
First Baptist Church of
Canton
Salsberg
Great Rivers Region
The
American Baptist Churches
el Salvador
Lesser sewer bill fight rages as attorney quits
Sesser residents angrily pressed ongoing sewer bill dispute during a resumed council meeting. City Attorney Ken Giacone resigned citing council refusal to heed his advice, and Gary Szczepkowski was appointed. An effort to fire engineering firm Givenrod Lipe and Jacob Inc. failed after the mayor veto, while residents planned a public meeting and debated payment of higher sewer charges and water bills.
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Cathy Saxenmeyer
Ken Giacone
Benton
Giacone
William Schettler
Gary Szczeblewski
John Feira
Schettler
Givenrod-Lipe and Jacob Inc
Ned Mitchell
Glifford Roberts
Martha Evancik
Josephine Gibbons
Lawrence Winemiller
Evancik
Gibbons
David Cox
Wayne Samuels
Kinsman’s attorney challenges official misconduct statute
The defense plans to argue the statute is vague and indefinite in a bid to drop charges against former West Frankfort Police Chief James Kinsman. A hearing before Circuit Judge Albert McAllister addressed motions to dismiss theft and official misconduct counts linked to gasoline purchases for the city and family car.
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West Frankfort
James Kinsman
Kinsman
Albert McAllister
Carmi
Bernard Melvin
Leo Desmond
Benton
Desmond
Interstate Shell
Melvin
Carbondale grade teachers sign pact in quick settlement
In Carbondale Elementary School District 95 a new two year contract was signed after about a month of talks. teachers will get a base raise of 100 the first year and 150 the second, raising the base to 8750 then 8850 with 4 percent retirement contributions rising to 8 percent. About 70 percent of teachers move two steps on the salary scale, yielding around a 9 to 10 percent first year increase and 7 percent second year.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinois
Michael Altekruse
Carbondale
Barrow
Altekruse
Edwards
Board of Education
CEA
Auction set for two SIU dorms in Carbondale
Two privately owned dormitories Saluki Arms at 306 W. Mill St and Saluki Hall at 716 S. University Ave near the SIU Carbondale campus will be sold at public auction on June 23 as part of the liquidation of American Commercial Investment Corp. ACIC dissolved recently after owning the 53-room Saluki Arms and 48-room Saluki Hall since the early 1960s. The trustee is First Bank and Trust Co. of Mount Vernon.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Saluki Arms
W. Mill St
Saluki Hall
S. University Ave
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
SIUC
American Commercial Investment Corp
ACIC
Lyman Garrison
Lincoln
American Beauty
West Frankfort
J. Cecil Sullivan
Harrisburg
Sullivan
First Bank and Trust Co
Mount Vernon
Holidays
Kentucky Dam
Salem
Fire mars CCHS board meeting as smoke report delays agenda
Carbondale High School Superintendent Reid Martin told the District 165 board that Central High School was nearly set ablaze minutes before the meeting when a cart hit a lighted bulb in a closet near the principal’s office. Principal Dale Smith used a hand extinguisher to control the fire until firefighters arrived. The incident prompted discussion on NHS selections and district staffing changes, including athletic director duties and a posting for an assistant coach. A feasibility study on a unit district with Carbondale Grade School District 95 was also raised.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Reid Martin
Central High School
Martin
Dale Smith
Carol McDermott
Carbondale Hires Phillippe as Principal at Lincoln Junior High
Carbondale Elementary School District 95 named Phillippe 32 principal of Lincoln Junior High Thursday after a 314 hour executive session. He has nine years at the school and seven years teaching industrial arts. His 102 month contract begins in fall. salary to be set this summer. He replaces Larry Jacober who resigns effective June 30 for personal and health reasons. Phillippe is a Makanda resident, married with one daughter, native of Champaign Urbana, in Southern Illinois 14 years.
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John Paul II
Poland
Reucher
George Mendenall
Carbondale Education Association
Bob Barrow
CEA
Altekruse
George Edwards
Mendenall
Barrow
Lincoln School
John Phillippe
Carbondale
Lincoln Junior High
Phillippe
Makanda
Champaign-Urbana
Illinois
Larry Jacober
Jacober
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