Budget cuts threaten SIUC prison education programs
Inmate education at Vienna Centralia Hillsboro Graham Cen tralia Menard and other centers faces cuts as state budget gaps hit SIUC offerings. Vienna already lowered courses though lack of interest and shortened stays hinder completion. Menard's program remains strongest with high aid coverage. others rely on funding and timely financial aid applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Vienna
Graham
Centralia
Menard Correctional Centers
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Vienna Correctional Center
SIUC
George Stickel
College of Continuing Education
Stickel
Vienna Center
Hillsboro
Menard Center
Chester
Menard
SIU C
Department of Corrections
Correction Department
Menard Correctional Center
Harry Jackson
Wellativity Workshop promotes fitness beyond weight loss
Southern Illinois University Carbondale students and faculty joined the Wellativity Workshop to learn that exercise, stress techniques, and diet together shape health. The four steps included a Harvard stress test, nutrition mini course, fat and blood pressure measurements, and a lifestyle questionnaire highlighting risks from smoking, salt, fats, and refined carbohydrates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Applegate
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Wellness Center
Dave Elam
SIUC
Elam
Harvard
Murphysboro cleanup targets junked cars and trash
Murphysboro mayor announces the annual spring city cleanup from April 10 to May 8 with a 30 day window and a city wide drive to remove junked cars boats and debris. The effort names Alderman Bill Daum as head and sets collection points while warning fines for noncompliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro
Dodge City
Sydney Appleton
Matt Dillon
Appleton
Bill Daum
Leonard Williams
Jim Shields
Charles Vallo
Daniel Benz
Community Development
Sil board adds Pfeiffer and Felts to nine 45members
W C Pfeiffer of Du Quoin and Melvin Felts of Marion were named to the Southern Illinois Inc Board of Directors to fill vacancies on the 45 member board. Pfeiffer is vice president of Du Quoin State Bank and Felts manages Fabick Machinery in Marion. The board also heard Paul H Morrill, project coordinator for a proposed National Coal Museum site near West Frankfort, noting 11 million people live within a 250 mile radius. The group set plans for the annual SII dinner at 6:30 p.m. April 26 at Southern Illinois University Carbondale with Moral Majority leader Jerry Falwell to speak and present awards including the Goffrey Hughes Citizen of the Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C. Pfeiffer
du Quoin
Melvin Felts
Marion
Southern Illinois Inc
Pfeiffer
du Quoin State Bank
Felts
Fabick Machinery Co
Paul H. Morrill
National Coal Museum
West Frankfort
SII
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Jerry Falwell
Moral Majority Inc
America
Goffrey Hughes
Murphysboro reaffirms plan to cut tenured teacher positions
Murphysboro Unit School District 186 board stood by earlier actions to dismiss 12 full-time staff and four part-time workers for 1982 83, with one full-time post restored for Leroy Lindquist and Molly McDaniel added to honorably dismissed list. The vote followed a reevaluation of seniority and funding amid enrollment declines and expected budget shortfalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Board of Education
Murphysboro
Leroy Lindquist
Molly McDaniel
Lindquist
Ms. McDaniel
Sue Murdoch
Verelle Leaton
Crey McCormack
Donna Pugh
Janice Pulcher
Jim Berezow
Lee Ann Schulze
Debra Jaros
Jane Westermeier
Lyn Cox
Brenda Jones
Pugh
Schulze
Seanna Schnautz
Jane Ann Wright
Marcian Weber
Thelma Pierson
Ernie Bozarth
Bozarth
Transportation Fund
Education Fund
Murphysboro Education Association
Educational Ee
MEA
Logan College sells bonds to finance Carterville campus expansion
The John A Logan College Board approved a $5.4 million bond sale at 10.5 percent to Stern Brothers and Co. of Kansas City for three years to fund classroom construction and retirement of outstanding bonds. The plan includes refinancing later when rates improve, with bids from Davi Bosworth Inc and Steven Griffin Kubic Thompson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O.R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
John A. Logan College Board of Trustees
Carterville
Stern Brothers and Co
Kansas City
Harold O'Neil
Stern Brothers
Robert E. Tarvin
Davi Bosworth Inc
Davenport
Iowa
Steven, Griffin, Kubic and Thompson
Chicago
Clayton Brown and Associates
Don Nolen
Community Bank of West
Touch me exhibits spark learning in Illinois museum
A Place For Discovery opens at the Illinois State Museum in Springfield with a touch me gallery and active drawers showing minerals fossils insects and prehistoric tools Visitors can dig for fossils examine a flea under a microscope and test their knowledge with brain stampers The exhibit also includes live specimens a boa constrictor tarantula millipede and a hiss designed to captivate young minds A timely job hunting guide Help for Job Hunters by four SIU and area authors offers a step by step plan for finding and securing work The Otherwise Room poetry anthology from The Poetry Factory Carbondale is also released with copies at SIUC Morris Library and Carbondale Public Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Gelman
Southern Illinoisan
American Museum of Natural History
New York City
Illinois State Museum
Spring and
Edwards Streets
Springfield
New
New Springfield
New York
Joe and
Ann Karmos
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Emily Stafford
Jackson County Mental Health Center
Michael Altekruse
Golconda Job Corps
Altekruse
SIUC
University Press of America Inc
P.O. Box
Washington, D.C
The
Poetry Factory
Carbondale
Joyce Jones
Otherwise Room
Benjamin Henry Matchett Foundation of
Chicago
Carbondale, Ill
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SIU
John McCutchen
Mary Shen
Student Wellness Center
Michele McDonald
Robert Fenwick
Jackson County Housing Authority
Housing Authority
11Th and Mulberry
Fenwick
David McDowell
Arizona
Guice Strong
Mark Kennedy
Ward
Strong
Jackson County
Jackson Square Shopping Center
Ace Excavating
Maple Street
Sil
Morrill
Logan
Steven
Griffin
Kubic
Thompson
Gerald W. Kintzle
Southern Illinois
Jean A. Webb
Press
B.go
James Atwood
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