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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1981
Page
3
After an eight hour committee session Jackson County advances two tentative county board plan options to equalize populations across seven districts. Discrepancies range from 5 to 12 thousand across districts with a goal of 11 percent variation and a July 1 filing deadline.
Laura McCluskey and her cat Scampy dominated the sixth annual All-American Alley Cat Show at Murphysboro Senior Citizens Center. Scampy won Best of Show and multiple ribbons while lauded for health and grooming as Laura described nervous pride and the pleasant joy of finally winning.
Laura McCluskey parades her cat Scampy as a pint-size winner while Peppermint Patty, a stray now aristo cat, also takes prizes at the Humane Society event in Murphysboro. With 14 entries and 10 prize categories, many owners celebrate their shelter cats and the show’s aim to promote mixed breed pets.
A Friday afternoon blackout left Murphysboro's business district without power for about two hours from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The outage reached the 800 block and stretched along streets near 4th to 11th. A tree fell on a line at Fourth and Murphy, sparking a transformer fire. Traffic lights were out at 12th and Walnut and 11th and Walnut, with police directing traffic until four way stops could be set up. Mayor Sydney Appleton helped direct traffic during the outage.
Southern Illinois residents swept seven of twenty firsts at the Illinois Racking Horse Championship in Marion. The sixth annual event drew record advance entries. top horses included Sue's Big Shot owned by Joan Lawrence and ridden by Joe Don Carter, Sheena, Cloud Nine, Raisin Kane, Shadow's Bay Lady, Pride's Cold Threat, and other winners across age, style, and open classes.
SIU Wildlife Society and Illinois Natural Heritage Program plan nest boxes in barns silos and unused buildings to aid Tyto alba in Southern Illinois. They seek sightings or potential nesting sites call Alan Woolf at Carbondale Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory 536-7766. Crab grass invades lawns after heavy rains and heat spreading across Illinois. it flowers June to October and can crowd bluegrass and fescue lawns.
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