Du Quoin raises lake lease costs to fund roads
Du Quoin city council voted to raise leases on city lake cottages from 40 to 60 dollars per year and step up to 90 over five years to boost funds for lake road maintenance. The panel also dropped annual parking permits, paused tickets for eight weeks with merchants, and weighs two hour street parking limits and a school proximity loitering ban. Parade permits were issued for Sacred Heart Elementary and the Shriners events.
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du Quoin
City Lake
du Quoin Lake
Robert Armstrong
Armstrong
Sacred Heart
Shriners
Johnston City principals to aid contract talks and assignments
Johnston City Unit One Board of Education will use principals as information sources in teacher contract negotiations, with principals not as voting participants. They will review 1982-83 teacher assignments, set a special meeting next week, and renew contracts with Beck Bus Transportation. The district approved maintenance, summer band classes, and several school-improvement contracts. A 1982-83 calendar sets Aug 25 start and June 1 end, and summer meetings move to the administration office for air conditioning.
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By _O. R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
Johnston City
Board of Education
Beck Bus Transportation
Illinois High School Association
Illinois Association of School Boards
Don Kragness
SAGF
Jefferson
Lincoln
Eddie Cobb
Jack Cobb
Bill Dungey
Washington School
E. Broadway Ave
Pinckneyville council delays filling mayoral vacancy
Pinckneyville did not appoint a successor to deceased Mayor John C. Boyd after a 30 minute executive session. The council postponed a decision to the June 2 meeting, allowing 30 days from Boyd's death on May 9 to act. The body also awarded bids for road work and discussed a parking ban exemption for church services near the VFW building. Ninth months?
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Pinckneyville
John C. Boyd
Boyd
Anna Quarry
Beelman Truck Co
St. Libory
Council
Jim Rule
Trinity Faith Assembly of God Church
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Elverado Board Approves 3000 Equipment Replacement
Elverado Community Unit District 196 will spend 3000 to replace worn business machines in Ray Shannon's classroom. The board also rehired about 40 non certified employees. The next school year starts August 1 and ends June 1. Mira Zweiban resigned and Earl Sills retired after 20 years with the district.
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Elverado Community Unit District
Ray Shannon
William Valerius
Mira Zweiban
Earl Sills
Rea Named to Task Force on Block Grants
Illinois House Democratic Leader Michael J. Madigan announced Rep. Jim Rea D Christopher to the House Democratic Task Force on Block Grants. The panel will review procedures governing the block grant process under President Reagan's program, with funds from entitlement programs shifted to discretionary state use.
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Illinois
House
Michael J. Madigan
Jim Rea
Hose Democratic
Reagan
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