Williamson County borrows 250000 for rural road projects
Williamson County Board of Commissioners approved a 250000 surplus appropriation to repair winter storm damage wash dust issues and fund drainage ditch improvements. The meeting also highlighted efforts with Urban Counties Council and 20 counties to pursue a fairer property tax system, noting budget growth from 1.5 million in 1979 to 2.2 million in 1981 and a general fund surplus. Sheriff Kobler praised fiscal flexibility while nine bids for a 14 foot backhoe and four for an animal control pickup were opened with decisions pending March 15. The dog pound is 90 percent complete and set to open soon.
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O.R. Walley
Southern Illinois
Williamson County Board of Commissioners
John Hamilton
Hamilton
William Mattingly
Urban Counties Council
Curtis Palmer
Palmer
Jerald Kobler
Kobler
Highway Department
Kankakee
Effingham
Evansville
Ind
Cape Girardeau
Paducah
Duane Wittenborn
Ellis named Murphysboro park director
Keith L. Ellis of Carbondale becomes Murphysboro Park Districts first full time recreation director since 1975. The 26 year old aide to the Tri County Special Education Cooperative also coaches freshman basketball and girls track at Murphysboro High School. Ellis accepted the post after a Sunday park board vote from a field of 40 applicants.
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H. B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro Park District
Keith L. Ellis
Carbondale
Ellis
Tri- County Special Education Cooperative
Murphysboro High School
Park Board
Don Brewer
Brewer
Pittsburg Board Tightens Water Meter Policy
Pittsburg Village Board approved a drive to enforce one meter per customer, warning trailers sharing lines will be cut to single hookups. The panel also recalled contractor Rick Warren to repaint peeling water tower, approved gravel for temporary streets, and authorized a 1975 police car purchase for 1600 dollars from Claunch Motors.
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Pittsburg
Rick Warren
Vienna
Claunch Motors
Herrin
Marion Chamber Supplies Speakers for Junior High
The Greater Marion Area Chamber of Commerce Educational Committee will provide 20 speakers for Career Week at Marion Junior High School this week. The committee, headed by Dr. Jack Hill of John A. Logan College, says the effort supports ongoing community projects.
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Greater Marion Area
Disability rulings raise desperation in Illinois families
Rural Illinois residents face loss of Social Security disability checks after the SSA purge targeting ineligible recipients. Davis and Loman describe mounting debt and the risk of losing homes as 4,500 Illinois residents are affected this year. The program cites integrity and required revaluations every three years, while affected claimants seek fair review and compassionate handling amid lengthy, sometimes unsatisfactory medical evaluations.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Tom Davis
Social Security Administration
Marion
Davis
Cyril Loman
Murphysboro
Loman
Illinois
SSA
Congress
General Accounting Office
State Department of Rehabilitation Services
DORS
Baltimore
Gloria Panama-Williams
Chicago
Karen Brack
Springfield
Benjamin
Southern Illinois
Mount Vernon
Cynthia
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
U.S
Paul Simon
D-Makanda
Gene Johns
D-Marion
Simon
Norval Hickman
Dors’ Bureau of Disability Adjudication Services
Hickman
Veteran’s Administration
Davis and
Secretaries seek decertification vote at SIU Carbondale
Secretarial workers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale seek a decertification election to drop the Civil Service Bargaining Organization. Joann Marks and another secretary gathered signatures. the Illinois Labor Board previously rejected a similar petition. A pre election conference will vet signature validity before an election is scheduled, possibly before month end.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Illinois Labor Board
Dwayne Linton
Department of Labor
Marion
Tion
Civil Service
CSBO
Joann Marks
Linton
Miss Murray State University pageant semifinalist Jill Biggs
Jill Biggs of Murphysboro is one of 15 semifinalists at Murray State University in the 12th annual Miss Murray State University Scholarship Pageant set for March 27. A 1979 Murphysboro High School graduate, she is active in sororities and honors societies and has won multiple campus honors. The winner advances to Miss Kentucky in Louisville, then Miss America in Atlantic City.
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Jill Biggs
Murphysboro
Murray State University
Murray
Murphysboro High School
Gene Biggs
Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Lambda Delta
Sphinx Club
Sigma Alpha Iota
Louisville
Atlantic City
N.J
Benton City Council Loses Third Finance Commissioner
Charles Webster resigns as Benton finance commissioner saying city finances are improved but time constraints and his new wholesale florist business demand priority. Mayor Leland Brown considers two candidates with strong finance backgrounds. new commissioner to be named at tonight’s meeting.
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Benton City Council
Jean Ann Bailey
Southern Illinoisan
Benton
Charles Webster
Webster
N. Main St
Dave
David L. Webster
Leland L. Brown
Charles
Brown
Doyle Goffiner
David Howard
Howard
Seminary
Public Health and Safety
John J. Seymour
Walter Anderson
Kenneth Percy
Earwin I. Simpson
Tedrow
Westity
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Williamson County
Murphysboro Park
Marion Chamber
Apple Festival
Cambria
Robert Gustafson
Jerry Lover
Ms. Marks
Murray State
Biggs
Theta Xi
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