Sparta board to hear teachers grievance over film
Sparta Community Unit School District 140 schedules a 7 p.m. hearing on a grievance filed by the Sparta Education Association alleging the board violated the contract by requiring previews of teaching materials. The case centers on a sex education film shown April 28 and seeks a written apology and policy changes. No charges filed as police report lacks sufficient evidence.
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Sparta Board
Tony Stevens
Southern Illinois
Sparta Community Unit
Loren Eddleman
Lincoln
Sparta Education Association
SEA
Albert Hapke
Hapke
Jerome Prest
Don Outten
Larry Leek
Runaway car disturbs a peaceful morning in Carbondale
Carbondale resident Phil Gibson beverages coffee on his front steps when a driverless Oldsmobile 98 careens from 404 W Willow St, shatters a mailbox, strikes a parked car, hits a tree, crosses Michaels Street, and ends in Lumber City parking lot after a witness halts it. No injuries reported. Martha Naas, parked five blocks away, believed the car stolen since keys were left in it. Police and bystanders described the park setting and the unexpected auto jaunt ending quietly.
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Tom Woolf
Phil Gibson
W. Willow St
Gibson
Michaels Street
Lumber City
Martha Naas
Willow St
Makanda Board Sets Rules At Organizational Meeting
Makanda village leaders, at a four hour organizational session, enacted Procedure Ordinance 1981 1 establishing meeting conduct and penalties for disturbances and board member behavior. A second ordinance set village hall use policies with required liability insurance and fees. The board also dissolved 22 committees citing inactivity and Open Meetings Act concerns.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinois
Makanda
Bill Wheatley
Wheatley
Gary Dillinger
Murphysboro Mayor denies gag order on department heads
Mayor Sydney Appleton says no gag order exists and wants coordination within city government. He clarified that department heads simply should check with him before speaking to the press to ensure accurate information, amid concerns over housing site funding and statements reaching the media. He maintains the city is cooperating with the Jackson County Housing Authority and has discussed the matter with CDBG Director Susan Stover, who says she was not prohibited from talking to reporters.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro
Sydney Appleton
Appleton
Jackson County Housing Authority
Nature preserve unit clears Kristoff in some charges
A four month inquiry into accusations against Giant City State Park Superintendent Robert Kristoff found no evidence of wrongdoing in timber removal from Fern Rocks Nature Preserve while a separate review found no misdeeds in another area. The final report will be released within a week to state officials and the Jackson County State's Attorney.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Giant City State Park
Robert Kristoff
Department of
Illinois Nature Preserves Commission
Kristoff
Killala
Park Nature
Tim Merriman
Fern Rocks
Department of Conservation
David Kenney
Nature Preserves Commission
George B. Fell
Commission
Merriman
William R. Barrett
Barrett
Jackson County
John Clemons
Norge says contract offer is all company can give
A union vote on the contract for 1,050 striking Herrin Norge plant workers is set for Saturday at Herrin High School. Company negotiator Jon Nicholas said the offer is “all the company can give” with gains including higher wages and benefits, incentive pay guarantees, and changes to overtime and pension provisions. The strike began April 9 and IAMAW Local 554 representatives were not available for comment.
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Norge
Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinois
Herrin Norge
Jon Nicholas
Nicholas
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 554
Herrin High School
Marion firefighter suspended over burglary charge filed
Marion firefighter John Patrick Smothers, honored as Marion’s volunteer of the year in 1973, is suspended by Public Safety Commissioner George Williams after a burglary arrest. He is accused of entering Marion Pizza Inn on Brown Street and stealing a woman's purse.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illino
Marion
Public Safety
George Williams
Marion Pizza Inn
John Patrick Smothers
Smothers
Brown Street
Williamson County
Marion Police and Fire Merit Board
Val Jean Thomas
Williams
Police and Fire Merit Board
Vienna Correction Center
Carbondale district approves new math curriculum plan
Carbondale grade district approves an $18 446 math curriculum with potential calculators and a computer to be used next fall while delaying a computer and calculator proposal until the May 21 meeting. The core program aims at leveled materials and skill grouping to match district expectations and promote computer literacy for junior high students.
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Carbondale
Jean Ness
District Board of Education
George Edwards
Larry Jacober
University of Illinois
Plato
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Linda Brandon
Springmore
Lewis, Thomas and Parrish
Parrish
Cindy Jo Young
Lewis School
Kathleen Hood
Gary Highland
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Randolph County
William A. Schuwerk Jr
Sparta
Outten
Jerry Lower
Naas
Dillinger
The
Nature Preserves
Fell
Kenney
Lewis
Gaylin Fliger
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