Trustees plan public hearings on SIU governance
The SIU Board of Trustees will hold public hearings at SIU Carbondale and Edwardsville to discuss governance of the two campus system. The move, proposed by trustee Carol Kimmel, aims to open debate on options from unified leadership to separate boards, with current leaders noting satisfaction with the status quo.
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Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinois
Springfield
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
SIU
Siu-Carbondale
Siu-Edwardsville
Carol Kimmel
Rock Island
Kimmel
Siu-C
Siu-E
Warren W. Brandt
Kenneth A. Shaw
James M. Brown
Brandt and
Shaw
Brown
Brandt
Governance ruling tightens student fee change process
Harris Rowe of Jacksonville chairs governance with two trustee appointees to be named. The board adopted a policy requiring any student fee or charge change to be heard at two meetings before approval to give trustees time for review. Brandt opposed, saying the change adds unnecessary direct communication from non administrators and leaves presidents little time to respond. Brandt offered no comment. The board also approved a salary plan from Brandt raising many SIU C employees by 50 per month, averaging 2.6 percent across the board and 5.4 percent for merit, excluding those under collective bargaining agreements. Raises for bargaining-unit staff to be negotiated with Civil Service Bargaining Organization represented by the Illinois Education Association, covering about 750 employees.
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Harris Rowe
Jacksonville
Rowe
Brandt
Board of Trustees
Siu-C
Subpoenas Hit West Frankfort City Officials in Grand Jury
West Frankfort Mayor Jack Woolard, two city commissioners and Police Chief Jim Kinsman are among those subpoenaed to testify June 16 before a Franklin County Grand Jury probing city government. Others called include Deputy Clerk Francine Terry and City Treasurer Barbara Graves, with several subpoenas issued and FBI agents involved.
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West Frankfort
Jack Woolard
Franklin County
Jim Kinsman
Francine Terry
Barbara Graves
John Graskewicz
W.L. Stanley
Bob Merlano
Bob
Interstate Shell Station
Merlano
Rence Hopkins
Hopkins
FBI
Burl T
Andy’’ May
Tom Griffin
East St. Louis
Nei
Alto Pass mayor resigns after one year in office
Alto Pass Mayor James Sweitzer has stepped down to focus on his new construction business. He says his resignation is not tied to a lawsuit by former candidate Phyllis Kerby over a runoff election. The village may appoint an acting mayor until a special election is set.
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Ann Schottman
Southern Illinoisan
Alto Pass
James Sweitzer
Sweitzer
Phyllis Kerby
Union County Circuit Court
U.S
Du Quoin district seeks grant extension for new middle school
Du Quoin Unit School District 300 applied for a 90 day extension on a 1.38 million state grant to build a new middle school while planning a local bond referendum. The district considers two near city boundary sites and aims to settle one by the June 15 board meeting.
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du Quoin Unit
du Quoin High School
SIU plans coal studies doctorate and aging centers
Southern Illinois University Carbondale seeks a PhD in coal geology and a Center for the Study of Aging, plus six new undergrad programs and a black American music center. SIU trustees sent the package to the Illinois Board of Higher Education for approval, with budget requests totaling about 487,225 for new undergraduate and center projects.
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
SIUC
Illinois Board of Higher Education
SIU
IBHE
School of Medicine
Springfield
Center For the Study of
Center
Board of Higher Education
National Endowment of the Humanities
Illinois
Missouri
Samuel A. Floyd, Jr
SIU+C
Siu-C
Student Center fee approved despite center completion
Dale students have paid a long running recreation center fee for 13 years, and the university board voted to earmark $10 of the $11.75 annual charge to operate the center while the rest funds repairs and modernization. Vice President Bruce Swinburne warned the $10 may still fall short of yearly operating costs and warned a future increase is almost assured.
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Bruce R. Swinburne
Stdent Affairs
Randolph nursing home workers approve two year contract
Randolph County Nursing Home workers, part of Local 2402 AFSCME, voted to accept a two year contract after mediators helped end a pay standoff. The agreement includes raises of 40 cents now, 20 cents in December, and 10 cents plus a cost of living raise in June 1979, with a three week vacation after four years and an additional holiday. The deal omits medical insurance and raises resident subsidies and rates may rise. The union and county board negotiated amid earlier stalled talks and a potential midnight strike.
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Russ Mitchell
Southern Illinoisan
Randolph County Nursing Home
American Federation of State
Randolph County
George Reynolds
Ruth Gil
Behnan
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Ivan A. Elliott Jr
Carmi
Civil Service Bargaining Organization
The
Illinois Education Association
University
Ernie Branson
Marion High School
Betsy Amoroso
Marion Junior High School
Butch Nevious
Ceive
Kathi Kibler
Marvin Stapleton
Trena Johnson
Murphysboro
Frankfort
DeMaris Berry
Benton
Bernard Melvin
Don Sigler
Val Stanley
Orville Nolen
Gale Stanley
Robert Johnson
Illinois Public Aid Office
Kinsman
Ter
Griffin
May
Williamson County
Southern Illinois Cable TV Co
Southern Ilinois Cable TV Co
Daniels and Associates
Denver
du Quoin
By Karen Rothe
Jacob Whitecotton
Whitecotton
Wheatley
Lincoln
McKinley
Randolph Nursing Home
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