Carbondale library awards largest bid for building
The Carbondale Public Library board awarded F. E. Holmes Construction of Marion the $1.361 million construction contract for the new $1.418 million library on West Main Street. Furnishings bids caused delay while a legal opinion was sought. landscaping bid from Paul's Nursery of Murphysboro for $15,748 faced questions, with Evergreen Landscape Care's $15,748 bid in contention before final approval of Paul's Nursery.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale Public Library Board
Brush School
West Main Street
F. E. Holmes
Marion
Don Prosser
John Gilbert
Desks, Inc. of
Chicago
Library Bureau, Inc
Peterson Business Systems
Fenton
Library Bureau
Meilahn Manufacturing
Meilahn
David Munson
Harry Weese and Associates
Prosser
Munson
Paul’s Nursery of
Murphysboro
Evergreen Landscape Care of
Evergreen
Joe Karr
Paul
Mike di
Balloon Traced From Missouri School Lands Near Carterville
A balloon launched from a Rob ertsville Missouri school drifted about 115 miles to Carterville Illinois. Mary Izett found it Sunday in a north Carterville area and brought the card to her fourth grade class before returning it to the Missouri school.
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Southern Illinois
Mary Izett
Carterville
Robertsville
St. Louis
Mary
Bryant and James Streets
Sue
High-technology births lose spiritual touch says midwife
Tennessee midwife Ina May Gaskin argues modern high tech birth invasions strip childbirth of its unseen spiritual force. Speaking at Illinois Southern Illinois University Carbondale she recalled a neighbor’s cows sensing a birth and urged gentler, relaxed care. She noted budget cuts hurt prenatal care and lauded hospitals adopting quieter rooms, skin-to-skin bonding, and breastfeeding, while stressing trust in the birthing process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Tennessee
Ina May Gaskin
Ms. Gaskin
Illinois Association For Maternal and Child Health
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
South Bronx
New York City
Multiple county chairmen elected in Southern Illinois caucuses
In Southern Illinois, party caucuses chose three new Republican and three new Democratic county chairmen. Franklin County ousted Republican Doug Karnes and elected Ron Summers. Ben Cherry retained the Democratic chair. Williamson, Union, Jackson, Perry, Randolph, Johnson counties also elected new or reappointed leaders, with several incumbents and officers named across the GOP and Democratic parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Illinois
Doug Karnes
West Frankfort
Ben Cherry
Zeigler
Karnes
Ron Summers
Route 3
Thompsonville
Benton
Carson Hoover
Jim Kerley
Bob Blaylock
Lesser
Ron Giacone
Dennis Mitchell
Gordon Wayman
Treas
Askew
Marion
Williamson County
Edwards
Crab
Republican Party
Wayne Parr
Dongola
Don Carter
Jonesboro
Ray Chancey
Murphysboro
George Maskin
Dowell
John Jackson
Carbondale
Jane Harris
Ray Doerr
Vergennes
Beverly Holmes
Marvin Wright
Perry Coun Coe Cane St
Bernard Schubert
Cheryl Schneider
Pinckneyville
Randolph County
Randolph Poh
Chester
Stanley Maciejski
Richard Dethrow
Enos Hawkins
Route 1
Sparta
Ed Fisher
Richard Everding
Red Bud
R. W
Butch
Witbart
Steeleville
Bonnie Casten
Hugo Bierman
Richard
Johnson County
C. L. McCormick
Vienna
Republican
Ralph Huckleberry
Belknap
James Merchant
Merchant
Buncombe
Central Committee
Larry Miles
Elvira Township
Huckleberry
Miles
McCormick
Gene Johns
Carol Kerley
Simpson
Matthew Gage
Clean air costs shown in SIPC power plant bill
Egyptian Electric Cooperative customers in Steeleville Eldorado and Dongola face monthly bills of 13 to 15 dollars tied to environmental controls at SIPC Unit No 4. The 80 million plant, online since 1978, dedicates over 25 million to scrubber systems. Co op president Lentz notes 17 percent of annual power expense goes to environmental costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois Power Cooperative
Lake of Egypt
Co-Op
Egyptian Electric Cooperative Association
Steeleville
Southeastern Illinois Electric Cooperative
Eldorado
Southern Illinois Electric Cooperative
Dongola
Roger C. Lentz
SIPC
Illinois
James Maloney
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Lentz
Maloney
Chicago
Peoria
East St. Louis
Washington D.C
Lower photos share top prize with national photographer
Southern Illinoisan photographer Jerry Lower is named co winner of the first prize for outstanding coverage of national disadvantaged issues for 1981. He shares the $1,000 Robert F. Kennedy Foundation award with Jay Mather of the Louisville Courier. Lower’s entry features a photo essay on the Handicapped Camp at Southern Illinois University Carbondale Touch of Nature, run in June. He will attend the Washington ceremony May 20 and has recent honors from the NPPA and IPPA.
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Southern
Washington, D.C
Lower
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
National Press Photographers Association
Illinois Press Photographers Association
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Carbondale Library
Amond
Earth
John McCutchen
Robert ‘‘Dog
Connell
Ovie Edwards
Democratic Central Committee
East Marion
West Marion
George F. Williams
Scott Allen
Williams
James Woolsey
du Quoin
William Stanhouse Jr
Roger Knapp
Robert Brewner
Pam Gross
John Hammack
Robert Phipps
Donna Kuhnert
Swanwick
Kathy West
Democratic Party
Egyptian Electric
Jerry Lower
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