Herrin Sunnyside mine targeted for reclamation
The Illinois Abandoned Mined Lands Reclamation Council will reclaim the Sunnyside Mine southwest of Herrin this summer. Phase one will remove debris and excavate 145000 cubic yards of refuse at a cost over 350000 dollars, done by Charles May Excavating. Surface land grading and seeding will follow this fall with phase two not yet bid. The gob pile and 12 acres of acidic land have harmed soil and water around Hurricane Creek. removal aims to stop further ecological damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Renshaw
Southern Illinoisan
Herrin
Illinois
Charles May
Carterville
Sunnyside
Kim Shamhart
Legal aid bill for farmers heads to governor
Legislation to provide legal aid for farmers was sent to the governor after House approval in a divided vote. The plan could add up to nine lawyers to state legal aid offices, costing about 436000 dollars annually, overseen by a panel of the attorney general, state treasurer, and agriculture department director. Proponents include Rep. Bruce Richmond and Rep. David Phelps, while opponents led by Rep. Sam Vinson and Rep. Charles Goforth criticized the measure as welfare for farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Ludwick
Springfield
Bruce Richmond
D-Murphysboro
House
State Department of Agriculture
Richmond
Neil Hartigan
University of Illinois
Hartigan
Sam Vinson
Clinton
David Phelps
D-Eldorado
James Rea
D-Christopher
Charles Goforth
R-Tamaroa
SIU-C coal research fund clears first hurdle
Rep Kenneth Gray announces that a 500000 federal research fund for the Southern Illinois University Carbondale Coal Extraction and Utilization Center passed the House Subcommittee on the Interior and moves to the full House Appropriations Committee after July 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Kenneth Gray
West Frankfort
House
Subcommittee On the Interior
House Committee On Appropriations
Crop duster faces license risk after drift incident
Orlando Ham, hired to spray paraquat on a Mulkeytown field, may lose his Illinois crop dusting license after winds carried the mist onto adjacent private property. Losses exceed $60,000 for two homeowners, with samples pending analysis and a possible public hearing pending disciplinary action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Renshaw
Southern
Orlando Ham
Southern Illinoisan
Anderson
Ham
Michel Grain and Fertilizer Co
Mulkeytown
George Eovaldi
Donald Uhls
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Herrin Sunnyside
Shamhart
Shambart
Sunnyside Coal Co
T.G. Warden Co
Thompson
Siu-C
Nation
Mono
Illinois Avenue
Carbondale, IL
Bill Anderson
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Eovaldi
Uhls
Eovaldi and Uhls
Department of Agriculture
Uhl
Ford O
Rte
Carbondale
U.S
Ken Gray
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
P.I. Bowling &Recreation Center
New Rt. 13
Carbondale Dog Owners
Marion
S.s9th
Mt. Vernon
S. Court
Pyar
Papa’s
Myers Rum
W. College
GMC
HIGH
Zless
Mayer Brothers Motor Sales, Inc
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