Five run for Carterville school board with differing improvements
Five candidates for two Carterville Unit District 5 seats outline varied paths for school facilities. Incumbents Geiselman and Hancock push for progress via bonds and new campuses, while Simpson advocates taxpayer choice between remodeling and new builds. Newcomers Tennyson and Edwards favor targeted upgrades over sweeping construction.
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Carterville School Board
Carterville
Board of Education
John Geiselman
Russell Hancock
Harry A. Simpson
Daniel Tennyson
William E
Edward Seed Foe
le Od
Geiselman and
Russell
Illinois Capital Development Board
CDB
Geiselman
Cedar Lake youth work education project launched
Cedar Lake near Carbondale hosts a new Work Education Project for Youth directed by Frank Adams. Eleven of about 25 unemployed youths aged 16 to 21 work summers on erosion control fire trails and seed areas around the 1,750 acre lake while attending a classroom portion on dependability cooperation and first aid. Funding comes from CETA and the Carbondale city government. Adams aims to develop a training manual and long term recreation planning.
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Tennyson
Cambria
Southern Illinois University
Diane
Edwards
Board of Education
Adams
Cedar Lake
Carbondale
Ed Reeder
Saddle Dam
Illinois Department of Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
Andrew Lee
Car
Adams’ Foundation
American Work-Education Foundation
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
John King
Roland Keene
Siuc
City Hall
E. College St
Ambiguity in News Good or Bad
A columnist ponders how news can be good or bad depending on who benefits. The coal strike settlement, a bus driver saving lives, recall campaigns, deer die offs, Gale Sayers career moves, and the Oakland A’s sale all illustrate how one story can be judged differently by different audiences.
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Ben Gelman
The
Southern Illinois
U.S
Gale Sayers
Missouri
Oakland A’s
Denver
Plain English in government docs and Nixon memoirs sale
Friday back page notes President Carter ordering jargon replaced with plain English, aiding citizen understanding but troubling officials who must decode it. It also reports Nixon’s memoirs push with autographed and deluxe copies priced up to 250 dollars. Easter weather mix brings snow or rain, lifting grass growth but increasing mowing woes.
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Carter
Nixon
Retiring Judge Clayton reflects on 29 years on bench
Marion judge John H. Clayton says the Illinois unified court system brought vast changes since 1949. He recalls fewer courts and more courts in one building, notes stronger law enforcement and rehab focus, and predicts centralized courthouses, shared prosecutors, and ongoing ethics reforms as the system evolves. He plans to join a law firm focusing on real estate planning after retirement.
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O. R. Walley
Southern Illinois
John H. Clayton
Marion
Johnston City
Clayton
Williamson County
Illinois
Unified
James Thompson
Walter E. Clayton
Dave
Leonard Clayton
Johnston
Chicago
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Southern Illinoisan
Sarah
Hancock
Harrisburg High School
Jane
Simpson
Michele
Robert Grupp
Frank Adams
Bondale
Lee
Bill Branson
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