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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1981
Page
5
Johnston City Lake Restoration Committee members clear trees and stumps from the damaged dam while consulting city officials on bidding for spillway repairs. Volunteers are aided by Illinois Farmers Union workers. Donations total 555 dollars with July 4 barbecue and Frontier Days September 23 to 25 planned to boost funds.
The village lacks maintenance workers this week as Edie George and Harold George take approved vacations. Mayor Grott says vacations were approved individually by most trustees, not at a board meeting. 24 hour call duties remain, with emergencies covered. Notices will be sent to about 50 residents with delinquent water and sewer bills. nonpayment could lead to attorney action.
The Consolidated 204 school east of Pinckneyville keeps the special education classroom by securing a reclassification of gym capacity. State Board architect shifts from 750 to two primary exits suffice for a 600 capacity gym, avoiding a third exit corridor. Life safety work planned this summer to meet state standards.
The Du Quoin school board debates extending morning band practice from 8:00 to 9:25 a.m. to avoid mixing seventh and eighth graders in daily classes. Scheduling would bar eighth graders from algebra, and keep band students together all day, prompting the delay to a special meeting next Thursday. The board also accepted fourth grade teacher John Hawkins’s resignation as he takes an assistant superintendent post with the Jackson Perry County Educational Service Region.
Thompsonville Grade School Board of Education authorizes transferring bookkeeping from a Harrisburg firm to the superintendent's office with Loretta Brown handling duties and a $100 monthly salary increase. The board also changes check signing policy to require president and treasurer signatures. The high school board may hire a nurse and adopts an admissions policy requiring physicals and immunizations by Aug. 20.
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