Understanding Rain Odds in Weather Forecasts
Weather expert Dayne Horsley explains that an 80 percent chance of rain is not a guarantee and depends on many variables. Forecasts use grids and multiple measurements to calculate probabilities, with local forecasters adjusting based on region and conditions.
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Ann Schottman
Enol
The
Southern Illinoisan
Emma
Dayne Horsley
Jackson County
Horsley
National Weather Service
Washington, D.C
National Meteorological Center
Cape Girardeau
Channel 12
Don McNeely
Busch Stadium
Literacy volunteers aid Illinois adults seek reading help
The Literacy Connection in Southern Illinois, linked to John A. Logan College, mobilizes volunteers to teach reading to adults 16 and older. Coordinated by Hugh Muldoon and Betty Neely, the effort trains tutors to build confidence, set goals, and tailor methods to each learner using newspapers and magazines as tools.
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Nancy Weil
Southern Illinois
Cornelius Winchester
Literacy Connection
Winchester
John A. Logan
Literacy Council of
Hugh Muldoon
JALC
Betty Neely
Shawnee Library System
Morgia Halbert
Marion
Judith Cassady
Muldoon
Cassady
Southern Illinoisan
John McCutchen
SIU C puts vintage DC 3 up for sale at airport
SIU C in Carbondale plans to sell its 1943 DC 3 aircraft due to age, maintenance costs, and under utilization. Bids open Tuesday with a July 1 transfer expected. The plane, donated by General Motors in 1967, served WWII Army Air Corps as a C47 and will be replaced by Cessna 310s and 402s.
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Nancy Weil
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Siu-C
Ronald Kelly
SIUC
Air Institute and Service
Kelly
General Motors
Southern Illinois
Coal executive seeks suit over coal sale proceeds
Gray says the suit is small and not meant to hurt anyone, while Carl McClerran of the coal association declines to comment. Members holding coal rights earned about $650 per acre from the No 5 seam plus a $25 per acre lease option on No 6. P & M Coal Co. owns mineral rights, optioned in 1979 and finalized this spring.
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Gray
Carl McClerran
The
Coal Association
Major changes shaped the Southern Illinoisan since 1947
The Southern Illinoisan emerged in 1947 from the merger of the Carbondale Free Press Murphysboro Daily Independent and a third paper. Edward Lindsay spearheaded the three-town printing venture, with central printing in Carbondale by 1949 and full identically dated editions by 1950. The masthead shed town names in 1953, added a Sunday paper in 1953, endured two union strikes, and moved offices in 1967. A 1977 shift from hot metal to computer print-outs marked technological progression.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale Free Press
Murphysboro
Daily Independent
Asa
Tara
Edward Lindsay
Lindsay- Schaub Publications Group
Decatur
France
Lindsay-Schaub
Southern Illinois
Free Press
Robert Davis
Daily Independent and
Daily Journal
Stewart Riley
George Wise
Bloomington
Ind
Southern T Illinoisan Publications, Inc
Carbondale
West Main Street
Illinois Ave
Illinois Fruit Exchange
Allens retire after 33 years with Chester delivery service
Jim and Carrie Allen, longtime Chester newspaper distributors for the Southern Illinoisan, retire due to a morning delivery shift starting Monday. They oversaw 12 routes with about 500 daily and 600 Sunday papers, and witnessed a shift to larger capacity color printing and VT220 computer editing as the paper changed hands to Lee Enterprises.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Jim
Carrie Allen
Chester
St. Louis
Allen
Menard Correctional Center
Allens
Mrs. Allen
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Chester Distributors
Ers
Lee
Lindsay
H. C. Schaub
Decatur Review
Herald
Decatur Herald- Review
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