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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 04, 2004
Page
9
A Marion event titled Teacher Appreciation Day runs from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge visitor center. For details call 618 998 5932.
Listings include a development screening for ages birth to five at Ewing Northern Elementary School gym 8 30 a m to noon Friday contact 618 629 2181. Musical The Music Man at Historic Lesser Opera House 7 30 p m Friday and Saturday admission 5 contact 618 625 5105. Cleanup by Elkville regular curbside pickup Friday east side of U S 51. Vickie Bush 618 568 1881 Anna City Council 7 p m city hall 123 W Davie St. Carbondale City Council 7 p m city hall. Carbondale Partnership for Disability Issues Committee 1 30 p m civic center. Carterville School Board 5 30 p m unit office Dongola Village Board 8 p m village Ewing Village Board 7 p m village hall. Grand Tower Township Senior Citizens Committee 2 p m Grand Tower Harrisburg School Board 6 p m middle school. Jackson County Legislative Committee 5 p m board office courthouse Murphysboro. Rehab and Care Committee 4 p m Murphysboro Jefferson County Highway Committee 7 p m highway department 750 Old Fairfield Road Mount Vernon. Kinkaid Reed s Creek Conservancy District 4 p m district office Marion Park Board 7 p m Boy Scout Cabin Ashley Park 529 Parish Ave Marion. Perry County Board 9 a m government building Pinckneyville. More on page 2B www thesouthern com
MPP Management Group expands its zinc finishing plant in Du Quoin with a third production line, creating 30 new jobs by summer. Gov Blagojevich announced a 412 thousand dollar CDAP grant to the city to loan to MPP as the company invests 300 thousand in equipment and secures a 500 thousand bank loan. MPP now employs 32 in a 40,000 square foot facility opened in 2000 and will move a Kansas City line to Perry County.
Nine students from Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri learned china painting from Charlene Whitler of Eldorado at the Southern Illinois Artisans Shop. Whitler, a noted teacher who studied in Europe and taught at Lindenwood College, sells work from her studio and at events.
Jackson County residents should receive property tax bills in August pending no schedule changes. Maureen Berkowitz says a 1.0 multiplier keeps assessments steady. Tax bills hinge on appeals and state hearings before final multipliers and rates. Booker notes first installment due 30 days after mailing, second due 30 days after. 2004 quadrennial reassessment slowed the process.
Wendell G. Spann, 47, of Sesser, received an 18 year prison term after a negotiated guilty plea to unlawful possession of methamphetamine manufacturing chemicals in Franklin County Court. The case stems from a Dec 23 2003 arrest that yielded 2500 to 3000 grams of meth and precursors.
Murphysboro prepares to start contract negotiations with three unions representing city employees. The city council approved a tight budget that leaves little room for wage increases after the Murphysboro Fire Department contract expired April 30, with police and public works also in talks.
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