United Presbyterian Sues Anna Church Over Property
The United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America filed suit in Union County circuit court to claim land and church property from the First Presbyterian Church of Anna after the Anna congregation withdrew in October over doctrine. Rev. Clair Albright says the split was driven by UPCUSA’s liberal stance on homosexuality and ordination of nondivine belief ministers, and that the withdrawal aimed to safeguard property. The suit seeks a ruling that the withdrawal is null and ownership rests with UPCUSA, while Albright calls it an implied trust not approved by the general assembly. he cites a 1979 Supreme Court ruling overturning the implied trust argument.
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H.B. Koplowitz
United Presbyterian Church
United States of America
Union County
First Presbyterian Church of
Anna
Upcusa
Clair Albright
Nna
United Presbyterian
Albright
General Assembly of
Anna Church
United
General Assembly
U.S. Supreme Court
Cost, rebids delay warning sirens for Carbondale
A plan for a new three siren warning system in Carbondale may be rebid after two firms bid above the $47 750 budget and one failed bid specs. The council postponed award, aiming for April 6, with installation by mid June. The project adds sirens at YMCA Carbondale Community High School East and Triangle property along with five existing SIU sirens.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
William Moss
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
YMCA
Carbondale Community High School
East
Triangle
West Willow Street
System B & D Electric
Eldorado
Balise Inc
Federal Signal Corp
Blaise
Achie
Goreville boards hire Webb as athletic director
Goreville Grade and High School boards combine to appoint Bob Webb, a current board member and elementary teacher, as athletic director. Webb resigns from the board amid a move to state certification as a vocational instructor and possible shift to high school duties. The district plans a building trades program and a joint role may occur. The board also fills Webb’s vacant high school seat with Mike Phillips and approves the 1981-82 calendar, staff rehiring, a band graduation credit, and a Karnak special education summer school policy.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Goreville
Goreville High School
Bob Webb
Webb
Illinois State Board of Education
Gary Vaughn
Vaughn
Mike Phillips
Board
Karnak
Johnson-Alexander-Massac-Pulaski Special Education Cooperative
Tamaroa school chief resigns for health and pressure
Ta maro a Grade School superintendent Norman Reames 61 resigns effective year end citing health reasons after a heart attack last summer and pressure from parents and some board members over disciplinary handling. He leans toward retirement while doctors say he is not in danger if he continues working. The board will seek a replacement with help from regional officials.
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Bred Betker
Tamaroa
Norman Reames
Reames
Arthur Whittington
Donald D. Stricklin
Pinckneyville to escalate case over lost $414000 grant
Pinckneyville City Council ordered a Washington trip to seek answers on the $414,000 federal grant for a waterworks project that never arrived. Mayor John Boyd or a designee will press lawmakers after a February EDA denial cited Reagan budget cuts. The city spent about $42,000 on study and land costs for a new pumping station.
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Brad Bettker
Southern Illinoisan
Pinckneyville
John Boyd
Washington
Boyd
Alan Dixon
Charles Percy
U.S
Paul Simon
Economic Development Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce
EDA
Mother seeks dogs killed after child bitten in Royalton
Mrs. Gary Imhoff protested to the Royalton Village Board to destroy two dogs after her 6 year old daughter Amy was bitten in February. Board said no legal action can force destruction. The meeting also covered an informational flyer on water company purchase, a refer endum set for April 7, a $297000 revenue bond plan, a Farmers Home Administration loan, and a $1000 grant for a park fence plus print preparations for a local history by Susan Anton and Glenn Sneed.
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Washington
Reagan
Farmer’s Home Administration
Boyd
Fmha
Perry County Fair Board
Don
Gary Imhoff
Amy
Royalton Village
Imhoff
Lawrence Lipe
Cities Water Co
Farmers Home Administration
Royalton
Bush
Hurst
Curtis Field
Susan Anton
Glenn Sneed
Franklin board weighs animal control plan tonight
Franklin County Board of Environmental and Rabies Committee chair John Tedeschi says a multi week in progress animal control ordinance will be presented at 7 p.m. at the county courthouse in Benton. If approved the plan calls for three county officers, a pound at Benton, quarantines for rabies outbreaks, and penalties up to 500 dollars for dumping animals and 200 dollars for pet confinement violations.
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John Tedeschi
Franklin County Board
Benton
Tedeschi
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Freeman Street
Poplar
Thompson
Springer and
High Streets
Carbondale Community High School-Central
Farmer’s Market of Carbondale
Grand Avenue
U.S. 51
Jackson Community Workshop
University City Complex
Stanley Dean
Planning Commission
ED Greer
Tamaroa Community High School
Chicago
Fairgrounds
Keene Roadbuilders Inc. of
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Steeleville
Dorothy Samuel
Tom Shafer
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