SIU considers board approval for new top jobs
Southern Illinois University executives may need SIU Board of Trustees approval before creating high level positions. A draft plan would require board sign off for new jobs reporting to presidents or vice presidents, with job descriptions qualifications and salary ranges provided. The measure aims to preserve board authority over personnel decisions with large policy impact.
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Henry de Fiebre
Southern
Thomas C. Britton
Siu-Carbondale
Criti
Light turnout expected in Southern Illinois primary
Voters face 6 am to 6 pm polls with officials in four counties predicting low participation. Absentee voting is light and spring break reduces Jackson County turnout. Union County debuts computer card voting while Williamson and others use paper ballots. Write-in rules vary by method and office.
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Russ Mitchell
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
U.S. Congress
Bob Harrell
Jackson
Harrell
Jackson County
Southern Illinois University
Williamson
Randolph
Perry
Union
Union County
Williamson County
Franklin
Wolf Lake principal released from school post
Harold Woods the principal of Wolf Lake Elementary School in Shawnee Community Unit 84 will not be rehired for the coming year. The 60 year old was hired in September at a salary of 13855. The board offered no reason beyond lack of tenure and employee has been with the district under a year. Superintendent Donald Taylor said some board members may hire high school math teacher Robert Davie as Woods's replacement after supervisory training is completed.
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Wolf Lake
Harold Woods
Shawnee Community Unit 84 Board of Education
Woods
Donald Taylor
Robert Davie
Davie
Taylor
Dongola unit forms citizen advisory panel on bond
Dongola Unit 66 school board will form a citizen advisory committee of about 12 to 15 to study a proposed building bond. The panel will advise on needed additions and public support for spending, as the district weighs a bond of 250000 or up to 350000 for classrooms music space. A public hearing suggested voters favor a smaller bond.
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Dongola Unit 66
Gene Mason
Mason
Citizens Advisory Committee
Hartline withdraws candidacy for Union County post
Charles Hartline thirty nine? 29 of Jonesboro withdraws as Democratic candidate for Union County commissioner citing personal reasons. He backs incumbents Carl Boyd and Bud Rendleman, fellow Democrats. Two seats open. Lonnie Harvel seeks the nomination on the Democratic ticket while James W. Barnhart leads the Republican side. Lowell D. Wilson has withdrawn from active campaigning though his name remains on the ballot.
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Charles Hartline
Jonesboro
Union County
Hartline
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Carl Boyd
W. P. ‘Bud’ Rendleman
Lonnie Harvel
James W. Barnhart
Cobden
Republican County Board
Lowell D. Wilson
Lecocq to remain at DeSoto lab despite Joliet transfer
Daniel Lecocq of Murphysboro will stay at the DeSoto forensic lab in Southern Illinois under a civil service settlement. He will be classified as a forensic scientist II with a pay cut and lose supervisory duties, after a January move to Joliet had prompted a review.
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Lecocq
DeSoto Lab
DeSoto
Joliet
Illinois
Daniel Lecocq
Route 5
Murphysboro
Ment
Civil Service Commission
Springfield
Robert Gonsowski
The
Lab
Carbondale Land Preservation Faces Greed Obstacle
Carbondale residents and leaders at the Carbondale Foundation for a Better Environment meeting criticized landowners for price hikes hindering preservation efforts. Urban planners and Green Earth Inc. described market-driven obstacles, while the group eyed saving the 1903 railroad depot at Main and Illinois. A gravel parking lot for six vehicles was announced for East Park Street property.
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Russ Mitchell
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Carbondale Foundation
Park
Lawrence Bruno
Florida
George Karnes
Green Earth, Inc
Karnes
Carbondale Park
George Whitehead
Green Earth
Foundation
Main and
Illinois
Illinois Avenue
Agnes L. Wright
East Park Street
Ray Kirby Energy greeter helps neighbors after retirement
Ray Kirby, 72, a longtime Energy resident born near Goreville in 1905, greets newcomers, assists neighbors with tasks, and volunteers at his church. He never hunted or fished, prefers fixing things, and has spent life helping others, from mower repairs to security work after leaving a powder mill job.
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Merrill Perlman
Southern Illinoisan
Ray Kirby
Kirby
Tamms
Edwardsville
Maude Watson
Energy
Ray
Southern Illinois school board contests add several candidates
Three area districts report new candidates after the filing period closed. In West Frankfort District 168 incumbents Jack Wall and Bob Croslin plus Bob Colyer Judy Steinmetz and Hiram Hughes seek two and three year terms. In Carterville District 5 Russ Hancock and John Geiselman incumbents join William Edwards Daniel Tennyson and Harry Simpson seeking two three-year terms. Gorham Mississippi Valley District 186 lists S Guetersloh Jacob Homer Bunselmeyer Rockwood Alvin Stone Gorham and Gary Korando Jacob as candidates for two three-year terms. Incumbents Archie Hamilton Ava and Randall Heins Rockwood did not file.
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Southern Illinois
West Frankfort Community Unit
Jack Wall
Bob Croslin
John Robert
Bob” Colyer
Judy Stein
Carterville Community Unit
Russell Hancock
John W. Geiselman
William E. Edwards
Daniel R. Tennyson
Harry A. Simpson
Archie Hamilton
Ava
Randall Heins
Rockwood
Marion man appointed to lead Southern Illinois economic council
George A Williams of Marion, 35, a welding engineer and Republican candidate for state senator in the 59th District, was named by Gov James R Thompson as chairman of the Governor's Advisory Council for Economic Development in Southern Illinois. The non salaried post is effective immediately and Williams will convene the group soon. The 26 member council spans two counties and covers industrial, agricultural, mining, financial, tourism and other sectors with ex officio leaders from key state departments.
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James R. Thompson
George A. Williams
Marion
Advisory Council For Economic Development
Illinois
Williams
Daniel Walker
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