Vice presidencies now in Somit's hands
SIU Carbondale may appoint two new vice presidents by Friday after President Albert Somit reviews finalist lists for finance and academic affairs and research. He will seek campus input before deciding, with names possibly announced by week’s end.
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Somit
Jean Ness
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Albert Somit
Samit
Frank Horton
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Robert Gentry
John Guyon
Lawson Crowe
University of Colorado
Institute For Behavioral Genetics
Paul M. Chung
College of Engineering
University of Illinois’ Chicago
Albert Yates
University of Cincinnati
Week of the Young Child Celebrations At Westown Center
Five year old Rachel Leu of Carbondale joins peers at the Week of the Young Child events in Westown Shopping Center. The Sunday fair and parade showcased new playground equipment alongside traditional jungle gyms and monkey bars amid the festivities.
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Rachel Leu
Rachel
Meir
Lenore Leu
Carbondale
Westown
Herrin city workers near deal as negotiators meet
Negotiators for Herrin city and its 20 union workers convene Wednesday night to work on a proposed one year contract after a one day strike. Dispute centers on cost of living raises with the city offering four quarterly increases while the union demands all four. The current offer includes 4 percent across the board. The union represents Street Water Sewer Cemetery Landfill and Garbage workers Local 372.
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Herrin
Theresa Churchill
Herrin City
Theodore Bollmann
Bollmann
Paul Francis
Edward Quaglia
Monty Cooper
Laborers International Union Local 372
Murphysboro board schedules hearing on reassigned principal
Murphysboro Unit School District 186 invites a special 6:30 p.m. meeting at the unit office to set details for a public hearing on the reassignment of former Junior High Principal Hal Killebrew. The session is closed and labeled personnel, with a public hearing to follow a prior closed review.
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Board of Education
Murphysboro Unit
Hal Killebrew
Ernest Bozarth
Walnut and
3Th Streets
Killebrew
Bozarth
Unit 186
SIU C journalism scholarships awarded to 13 students
Thirteen Southern Illinois University Carbondale journalism students were honored at the 1981 journalism banquet for academic achievement. Winners include Laurie Landgraf, Debra J. Phillips, Michelle VanOrt, Kristi Bengon, Rick Seymour, Denise Cariello, Leah Ann Miller, Melody R. Cook, Karen E. Gullo, Michelle Schwent, William M. Turley, Elizabeth Griffin, and Michael E. Afton, with multiple scholarships from the Southern Illinois Editorial Association, Hearst Newspapers, and other sponsors.
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Siu-C
Southern Illinois Editorial Association
Laurie Landgraf
Columbia
Debra J. Phillips
Godfrey
Paisley Family
Michelle VanOrt
la Grange
Kristi L. Bengon
Metropolis
William Lyons
Rick Seymour
Lansing
Leah Ann Miller
Emerita
Hearst
Michelle Schwent
St. Louis
William M. Turley
Kankakee
Melody R. Cook
Brimfield
Karen E. Gullo
River Forest
Polly Robinson
Elizabeth Griffin
Michael E. Afton
Berwyn
Carterville leader pursues California school post
Gerald Cuendet, superintendent of Carterville Unit 5 Schools for eight years, is the front runner for the Mill Valley School District job in Marin County California. He will announce plans to the Carterville board at the 7:30 p.m. May 14 meeting. Cuendet, 45, says finances are sound and the curriculum reviewed, but he looks forward to the new challenge.
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Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinoisan
Carterville
Mill Valley
Calif
Gerald Cuendet
Marin County
San Francisco
Cuendet
St. Louis
Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
Elmhurst
Girard and
Unity Point
Preservation Week Exhibit Opens at University Mall Carbondale
A Preservation Week display opens in Carbondale at University Mall beginning Wednesday. The exhibit covers architectural archeological and specialized preservation and runs through May 12.
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Carbondale
University Mall
Carbondale Teacher elected to DTRS board
Carbondale social studies teacher Robert L. Barrow was elected a trustee of the Downstate Teachers Retirement System board. He unseated incumbent Joseph Pasteris as part of a contested ballot that also saw Judith Fitch re-elected. Barrow will serve four years and also represents Illinois on the NEA Board of Directors.
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Carbondale
DTRS
Robert L. Barrow
Lincoln
Barrow
Illinois Education Association
IEA
Downstate Teachers Retirement System Board
Joseph Pasteris
DeKalb
Judith Fitch
Peoria
Illinois
National Education Association
NEA
State Association
Pooper Scooper Project In Advertising Class
About 200 students in Jack Haberstroh’s Principles of Advertising class demonstrated and built an electric pooper scooper. The device freezes dung with liquid nitrogen, then clears it with a motorized scoop in a classroom project promoting a mock product called Tidy Tabby Timothy.
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Brad Betker
The
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Jack Haberstroh
Jim Mallon
Haberstroh
Mallon
Ellen Buechner
Ms. Buechner
Timothy
House panel adds Bowen funds in Illinois budget
Rep. Robert Winchester wins round for Bowen Developmental Center funding in Harrisburg as Illinois House subcommittee adds 364000 to the 1981 82 budget to restore salaries for 26 of 32 positions. Budget cuts proposed by the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities threaten programs and certification. The measure must clear multiple panels and chambers before final approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.B. Koplowitz
Robert C. Winchester
A.L. Bowen Developmental Center
Harrisburg
Winchester
Illinois House Human Services Subcommittee
Bowen Center
Illinois Department of Mental Health and Development Disabilities
Wayne Kottmeyer
Kottmeyer
Blairsville tavern reopens after state appeal
Blairsville tavern, closed by Williamson County liquor commissioner for selling to minors, loud noise, and traffic, has reopened after appealing to the Illinois Liquor Control Commission. Owner Jimmie Loyd appeals suspension upheld at an April 22 hearing. A June 3 hearing before the commission is scheduled in Springfield.
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Blairsville
Williamson County Liquor Commissioner
Illinois Liquor Control Commission
Jimmie Loyd
Curtis Palmer
Liquor Control Commission
Springfield
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N.J
Warren E. Buffum
Harold G. Richard
Donald E. Vaughn
College of Business and Administration
Bart Bass
SIUC
Jerry Lower
Donald Swinford
Swinford
Illmoky Advertising Club
Denise Cariello
Burbank
Preservation Week
Fitch
Pasteris
John M. Wilson
Bolingbrook
Carter
Department of Education
Girard and du Quoin
Bowen
Full Human Services Committee
House
Senate
Blairsville Tavern
State Board
Palmer
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