Shawnee Forest Plan Nears Completion Amid Mixed Reactions
The U S Forest Service nears finalizing a 50 year Shawnee National Forest management plan covering 263000 acres. Draft due by midsummer with final expected May 1986, balancing wildlife timber recreation and mineral interests. Public comment will follow draft release with wide range of issues to address.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
U.S. Forest Service
Shawnee National Forest
Lowell Patterson
Patterson
Ex-employees plan to reopen troubled store
West Frankfort's Excel Food Store will reopen Wednesday under new ownership after co-manager Paul Dial and head meatcutter Jim Emery purchased it from Martin and Bayley of Carmi. About 50 employees will be recalled as Dial intends to honor the union contract, with minimal changes to name, prices, hours, and merchandise.
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Kay Herstedt
Southern Illinoisan
West Frankfort
Excel Food
Paul Dial
Jim Emery
Martin and Bayley
Carmi
Dial
Excel
Big John’s
Warehouse Foods
Marion
Centralia
Huck’s
Shawnee forest plan favors eight options for timber and recreation
The plan's preferred alternative calls for increased timber cutting from 25 to over 40 million board feet per year and more planting to bolster a growing timber industry. It recognizes four wilderness areas Panther's Den Clear Spring Bald Knob Garden of the Gods and proposes a Wild and Scenic Rivers designation for Lusk Creek Canyon with segregated motorized recreation in designated areas and many research natural areas. Wildlife management and low development recreation receive high priority while developed recreation remains low priority.
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Patterson
US S. Treasury
Southern Illinois
Garden of the Gods
Clear Spring
Bald Knob
Lusk Creek
Panther’s den
Green Card helps patient get care but can’t cover all costs
Mrs. Maze relied on a green card to survive a serious infection and a hip surgery, but it fails to pay for arthritis and diabetes treatment or painkillers. Medicare covers portions, yet she must pay the rest, arranging installments. Dentists and doctors hesitate to accept public aid, prompting cost shifting to other patients at Memorial Hospital.
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Medicare
Pittman
Memorial Hospital of
Carbondale
George Maroney
Maroney
West
Carterville junk auction boosts fund for new fire station
Carterville volunteer firefighters raised about 20,000 toward a 50,000 goal at a Saturday auction of donated items including lawn mowers bicycles and a 1981 Dodge Diplomat. The city council will match donations up to 60,000, and organizers say they are ahead of schedule.
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Tim Landis
Southern Illinoisan
Carterville
Larry Addison
Addison
Sparta High Wins Fourth Straight State Math Title
Sparta High School claimed its fourth consecutive state math championship at Illinois State University Normal with 832 points to 676 for second place Oblong in Division I. Eighteen schools competed in events across college algebra geometry trigonometry precalculus and mathematical analysis. The winning team will return to Sparta today with a police escort and a 4:30 p.m. reception in the high school cafeteria.
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Sparta High School
Illinois State University At
Normal
Sparta
The
Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathmatics
CNA Insurance Co
SIU poet Jones blends truth and art in acclaimed collection
Rodney Jones, Southern Illinois University Carbondale lecturer, has won Guggenheim and NEA support for The Unborn. Critics praise his lyric range and vivid scenes from everyday life, including industrial accidents and personal histories, as he plans a third book. He writes slowly with frequent revisions, drawing on experience and imagination.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinoisan
Guggenheim
Rodney Jones
Jones
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Atlantic Monthly Press
Daily News
Bruce Springsteen
Volvo
Gloria
el Salvador
Alexis
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Dennison Hollow
Kaskaskia Experimental Forest
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Whoopie Cat Mountain
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LaRue Pine Hills
Otter Pond
Stoneface
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John McCutchen
Irene Black
Siu
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Him
Dave Smith
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Atlantic Monthly
Alabama
Falkville
George Wallace
South
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Virginia Interment College
Bristol
University of Alabama Press
National Endowment For the Arts
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