Carbondale grade faculty cut to slim district budget
Carbondale Elementary District Board of Education laid off four full time and five part time non tenured teachers while rehiring all tenured staff. Two elementary positions and half positions in remedial reading and gifted programs were cut as enrollment and program changes drive savings.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale Elementary District Board of Education
George Edwards
Springmore School
Springmore
Springmore Parent Teacher Association
Mona Hammel
Edwards
Betty Portz
Donald Garner
Hugh McDowell
Kathy Streitz
Winkler
Michael Clough
Parrish
Helen Miceli
George Wayne
Deborah Gurley
Laura Broadland
Rosalina Nagle
Barbara Klamp
Kersti Cox
John Barbie
Ralph Litherland
Linda Meredith
Anna Reusch
Walker urges tighter state funeral home inspections in Illinois
Carbondale funeral home owner James W. Walker testified in Springfield that many mortuaries would fail health standards without proper inspection. He urged stricter regulation, better inspector training, and itemized funeral charges, noting current inspections waste taxpayer money and that some operators mislead families with inflated vault prices.
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Mike Lawrence
Springfield
Carbondale
James W. Walker
Southern Illinois Funeral Homes
Walker
Select
Joint Committee On Regulatory Agency Reform
Department of Registration and Education
Illinois Funeral Directors Association
Williamson airport chairman urges Simon to back Britt
Williamson County Airport Authority chair Rob ert Duncan asks U S Rep Paul Simon to end support for Air Illinois and back Britt Airways as the preferred replacement for Ozark Air Lines. Duncan notes the board’s Feb 19 choice and cites Britt’s extra flights and lower St Louis base fare.
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Jim Santori
Southern Illinoisan
Williamson County
Federal Aviation Administration
Civil Aeronautics Board
Simon
Britt
Air Illinois
Southern Illinois
Robert Duncan
Duncan
Evansville
Ind
St. Louis
al Tingley
CAB
FAA
Ozark
Carterville Merchants Association
Herrin Chamber of Commerce
Johnston City schools chief seeks closed hearing on dismissal
Johnston City Unit 1 School Superintendent Elsworth Hartzell asked the board for a closed hearing on his dismissal. His lawyer William Armstrong said questions were referred to the board and attorney James Sanders. The board voted 7-0 to discharge Hartzell on March 9, listing 14 reasons including failure to accept responsibility and to engage with curriculum and staff, while Hartzell contests the action under a multi year contract.
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Johnston City Unit 1
Elsworth Hartzell
Board of Education
Hartzell
William Armstrong
Marion
Armstrong
James Anderson
James W. Sanders
Expert: Most of us need less food more exercise
Nutrition and fitness expert Sarah Short urged a Southern Illinois University audience to eat a variety of foods from all groups, watch serving sizes, and pair proper nutrition with regular exercise to prevent degenerative diseases. She highlighted iron and calcium gaps, warned against fad diets, and stressed early education and counseling for lasting habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ginny Lee
Southern Illinois
Sarah Short
Syracuse University
New York
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Ms. Short
Short
United States
Thompsonville High students walkout over suspension clash
Twenty eight Thompsonville High School students walked out Wednesday amid confusion over a senior’s 10 day suspension. Principal Steve Karraker says he can only suspend, the board holds expulsion power, and a rumor of expulsion sparked the protest before students returned to class.
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Thompsonville High School
Steve Karraker
Gymnast Returns as Pediatrician to Franklin County
Former SIUC gymnast Dr. Jack Laurie, a 1975 graduate, will move to Benton with his wife Siobhan to practice pediatrics, becoming the county's sole pediatric specialist. He completes residency at Kaiser Los Angeles after USC medical school. was NCAA rings and parallel bars standout in 1972 1975.
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Southern Illinois
Franklin County
Jack Laurie
SIUC
Siobhan
Benton
Kaiser
Secrecy Preserved In Court Club Purchase Study
Carbondale Park District delays releasing results of an engineering study on the defunct Court Club behind University Mall. District officials may hold the report for negotiations with owners, while CRG pursues public financial projections and a possible referendum.
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Carbondale Park District
Court Club
Ken Salas
Larry and
Ann Brown
Champaign
E.M. Webb and
George Whitehead
University Mall
Illinois 13
CRC
Whitehead
Max
CRG
Mark Kloever
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Springmore Pta
John Badman
Howard Powers
Wallif Avenue
Hursts
Johnston City Schools
O.R. Walley
Sanders
Jerry Lover
Thompsonville
Karraker
Tom Woolf
The
Citizens For Responsible Growth
Alice Mitchell
Salus
Kloever
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