Port district rapid growth praised at annual banquet
Ann Schottman Knol reports Jackson Union Port District, operating since 1976, has grown faster than peers, according to Norman Wolf of IDOT. Funding cuts affect operations but district eyes future coal and grain terminals, land options along the Mississippi, and continued development with strong board participation. Also noted: youth baseball Pee Wees from De Soto in homecoming parade wrap up events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinoisan
Jackson-Union
Norman Wolf
Illinois Department of Transportation
Jackson Union
Wolf
Anna Senior Citizen’s Center
Joliet
Mississippi River
Jackson-Union Board
Bill Kel
Ley
Kelley
De Soto Hires Harold Klingenberg as Superintendent
Harold Klingenberg, 52, of Franklin Indiana, was chosen by the De Soto Consolidated Elementary Schools board as the new superintendent. He will start July 1 with a first week off for moving, earning $25,000 annually, succeeding Gene Broombaugh who leaves June 30 for Pinckneyville Consolidated District 204.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Soto Consolidated
Harold Klingenberg
Franklin
Klingenberg
Gene Broombaugh
Broombaugh
Pinckneyville Consolidated District 204
Brooks interview series on WSIU FMs Morning Edition
Comedian writer director Mel Brooks appears in a five part interview on The Morning Edition on WSIU FM 92 beginning Monday. Each day covers a topic from his new film History of the World Part One to Your Show of Shows writing and Sid Caesar, Fellini and Woody Allen, a Zero Mostel tribute, and art taste. Jim D Anna conducted the New York interview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mel Brooks
Wsiu-Fm
Public Radio
Brooks
Sid Ceasar
Federico Fellini
Woody Allen
Zero Mostel
Jim D’anna
New York
West side water lines urged for Carbondale
City Manager Carroll Fry pushes a two phase plan to build a separate water system on Carbondale west of Little Crab Orchard Creek to improve fire protection and serve 450 to 500 residents. Council to review plans and fund with revenue bonds up to 500000. Negotiations with Mardale Water District remain stalled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Carroll Fry
Mardale Water District
Murdale
Fry
Little Crab Orchard Creek
Parrish Acres
YMCA
Illinois 13
Streigel Road
Mardale
Mardale Board of Trustees
Murphysboro
Country Club Road
Mardale Board
Water District
West Side
Charles McCaughan
Insurance Service Office
McCaughan
Ugly Tie Contest Tops in Carbondale Mall Display
Michael Comeric of Carbondale won first in the Father’s Day Ugly Tie Contest at University Mall for the worst tie and widest tie category, earning 30 dollars. The event drew many entries mainly from families, with prizes of 15 dollars for each top placing and ribbons for the top three in each category.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Woolf
Michael Comeric
Carbondale
University Mail
University Mall Merchants Association
Comerio
Lou Grant
Edward Asner
Comeric
St. Louis
Merchant's Association Promotion Committee
Linda Keith Bird
Herrin
Roscoe Robinson
Les Holcomb
Tim Holcomb
Martin Anderson
Amir Wahaib
Charles Farcum
Marion
Victor Levi
Tom Zeinz
Elmer G. King
Valerie Levi
Walt Kruski
Clarence Witthoft
Birth to 3 helps 27 counties in Region 5
Eight multi county agencies in Region 5 provide center and home based Birth to 3 training for developmentally delayed or disabled children from birth to 3 years old. Services focus on motor development and family interaction with goals of maximum growth. Funding comes from Illinois agencies, grants, county boards and donations. Archway Inc Carbondale Early On Herrin Coleman Tri County Services Shawneetown Tot's Territory Vienna Pulaski Alexander Mental Health Cairo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Region 5
Rushing
Illinois Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Southern Illinois
Archway Inc
Services For Children
Carbondale
Herrin
Coleman Tri-County Services
Shawneetown
Tot’s
Vienna
Pulaski-Alexander Mental Health Association
Cairo
Ozark speech and the charm of Southern Illinois dialects
Ben Gelman reports on John B. Bremner of Kansas teaching copy editing in Carbondale and shares a lively tour of Ozark speech. The piece highlights Strine, regional terms like toad strangler and goose browner, and references Mary Tracy Earle and Vance Randolphs study of local talk. The essay traces Ozark speech from North Carolina to Texas and notes Bunton and Satchells linguistic quirks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Gelman
John B. Bremner
University of Kansas
Carbondale
United States
Bremner
Strine
Australia
North Carolina
Kentucky
Tennessee
Southern
Linois
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Mary Tracy Earle
Trovillion Press
Herrin
Southern Illinois
Illinois
Nawth Ca’liny
Hyar
Ca’linies
Tennessy
Old Kentucky
Hunter Boys
Shawnee Regional
Ozark
Ozark Mountain
Vance Randolph
Also Mentioned on This Page
Idot
Houston
Cora
Jackson County
de Soto
Pee Wees
de Soto Community Park
Pee Wees On Parade
Joe Jines
West Side Water Lines
Kristi Bengon
Phil Rushing
C.L. Satchell
George Barnard Shaw
Henry Higgins
Southern Illinois Ozark
Pete Brown
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale News Service
Southern Editorial Association
Jim Benton
Benton F Evening News
Choisser
Springfield
Dale
Arkansaw
Randolph
Byline
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