Herrin considers new fire engine after delayed bids
Herrin's fire department may get a new ladder truck after eight months of council delay. Bids opened May 28 showed FMC Fire Apparatus at 84,971, Towers at 85,727, and McBride Mack at 2,678. The council weighs service history with Towers against lower FMC pricing and plans further checks of Southern Illinois departments with Towers equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O.R. Walley
Herrin
FMC Fire Apparatus Corp
Tipton
Ind
Towers Fire Apparatus Co. Inc
Freeburg
McBride Mack Truck
Carbondale
Laverne Kerley
Ilinois
Towers
Kerley
Towers Company
Mario Ottolini
FMC
Ottolini
Cecil Isaacs
John B. McVey
McVey
Carbondale Fire Department
LaFrance
Marion
Woman sues Christopher school board over age bias
Gloria Kay Pasko files a federal lawsuit claiming age discrimination after being rejected for a social studies teaching post at Christopher Elementary. The suit, filed May 16, seeks damages of 17,650 salary plus fringe benefits and punitive awards, with a pre trial conference set for September 27 in Benton Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathy Saxenmeyer
Southern Illinoisan
Christopher
Gloria Kay Pasko
U. S
Kenneth J. Meyers
Southern District of Illinois
Benton
Pasko
U. S. Department of Labor
Steve Pasko
Thomas Borgia
Linda Steinmetz
Benny Scroggins
B. D. Kirk
Vicki Perry
Charles Leek
Jim Jenkins
Jenkins
Paul Gamber
Employment Standards Administration Office
Springfield
Labor Department
Tests at landfill reveal chemicals not metals near De Soto
Jackson County landfill seepage near De Soto shows phenols in private test water from Beaucoup Creek in April. Neighbor Robert Berner doubts lab results due to missing preservatives but says two lakes on his property are not seriously contaminated. He links phenols to 1978 Dongola derailment soil. plans resampling after busy season with proper preservatives.
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Jean Ness
Jackson County
de Soto
Robert Berner
Berner
Lincoln
Neb
Beaucoup Creek
Dongola
Royalton Ag Service
Bush
SIU police set pistol contest at Carbondale
Southern Illinois University Carbondale police staff will host their fifth annual police combat pistol match on June 16 in Carbondale. Officers from Kentucky Missouri and Illinois are expected to compete along with gun club members and Illinois Police Association members. Last year four man Cape Girardeau Missouri team won and SIUC officer Jack Fleming had the top individual score.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Kentucky
Missouri
Southern Illinois
SIUC
Mike Norrington
Illinois Police Association
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Jack Fleming
Illinois hosts Fourth Annual State Racking Horse Championship
The racking horse event drew about 150 horses from nine states to Williamson County Fairground in Illinois. Southern states led entries with winners including Buster Wright Lesser Vincent Construction Co Anna Eddie and Linda Allen Belle Rive Davis Stables Marion Tassia Reed Homer Schuetz Vincent Construction Co Joe Dan Carter Joan Lawrence Terry Allen and The Great Gatsby owned by Buck Island Stables Guntersville Alabama.
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Illinois
Alabama
Arkansas
Mississippi
South Carolina
Williamson County Fairground
Kentucky
Tennessee
Missouri
Michigan
Florida
Terry Allen
West Frankfort
Great Gatsby
Buck Island Stables
Guntersville
Ala
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McBride
Butch Nevious
Mike Warren
Christopher Grade School Board
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
SIU
N. Illinois
Ill
N. 16Th
S. 12Th
Murphysboro
Southern Illinoisan Inc
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Incres
Cooper’ S
Case
Federal
Carterville, Ill
DE Loyde Litton
Cadillac
Gene Crawshaw
Jim Hartmann
DeLoyde Litton
Jim Pearl, Inc
Lennox
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Edwardsville
Frank Suhadolnik
Tom Woolf
Ruby Lingle
Union County
Southern
N. Ilinois
E. Union
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