Vocational Center to be phased out in Carbondale plan
Carbondale District 165 will phase out the Vocational Center on East Main Street during the 1983 84 school year and move operations to Central Campus if a 1983 bond effort fails. The board approved study and consolidation plans while also reviewing suspension policy and cafeteria service changes and approved low bids for paper and bakery supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
East Main Street
Carbondale
District 165
Robert Brewer
Brewer
Mitchell
Reid Martin
Central
East
Arthur Black
Bible Literature Club
Dale Smith
Martin
Bill Jack
Herrin High School
Nationwide Paper Co
St. Louis
Barbara Bennett
Prairie Farms Inc
Bunny Bread Co
Doctor's Doctor Leo J Brown Honored for Southern Illinois Medical Work
Radiologist Leo J Brown, a pioneer in Southern Illinois radiology and cofounder of Southern Illinois Hospital Services, is feted by the hospital board at a 2 to 4 p.m. reception in Herrin. A longtime administrator and educator, Brown helped found Carbondale Clinic, directed the first free diagnostic cancer clinic near Herrin, and rode circuit to 12 hospitals while pioneering radiology in 20 southern Illinois counties. He and his wife Mary Barrow Brown have funded X ray equipment and a church pipe organ, and he remains active after 44 years in medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois Hospital Services Board of Trustees
Brown
Herrin Hospital
Southern Illinois Hospital Services
Herrin
Carbondale Hospitals
Carbondale Hospital
Carbondale Clinic
Cairo
Fairfield
Illinois
Trator
W. O. Brown
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Carbondale Free Press
Campbell Hill
Mary Barrow
J.W. Barrow
Carbondale
Barrow
Corporation
SIU Independent Board of Trustees
Delyte Morris
University
Vocational-Technical Institute
First Baptist Church of
Washington
Carbondale board redraws boundaries amid bus protest
Carbondale Elementary School Board votes to close Springmore School next year and reassign boundary lines to spread students across district schools. A 40 minute bus limit is set after parents complained rides stretch to 50 minutes. West side families challenge the plan, while the board vows to recheck routes after school starts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale Elementary School Board of Education
Springmore
Carbondale
Wood Road
Lewis
Winkler
Transportation Committee
West Side
George Edwards
Louise Selkowe
Mona Hammel
Jackson Health Board's Building Plans Lose Clear Path
The Jackson County Health Board seeks a $300000 land purchase and building project to consolidate two county offices in a central site between Carbondale and Murphysboro. County board members urge budget amendments and broader input, fearing lack of consultation and alignment with a master plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Jackson County Board of Health
Health Department
County Board
Murphysboro
Health Board
Siegfried Wolff
Carbondale
Wolff
Robert Crim
Crim
Doug Eriksen
Sydney Appleton
Appleton
Jackson County
John Clemons
Clemons
Bowen backers seek court aid to keep Harrisburg center open
A class action suit on behalf of residents and employees of the A L Bowen Developmental Center in Harrisburg is expected in Cook County court. Plaintiffs seek an injunction to keep the Bowen center operating beyond the June end of the fiscal year as Gov. Thompson faced withstood closure plans. A Bowen employee cites Bowen’s high operation points and notes 114 versus 70 for Anna Mental Health Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
A. L. Bowen
Harrisburg
Cook County
James Thompson
Dixon Developmental
Bowen
Anna Mental Health Center
Marian Staniec
Dixon
Dix
Adlai) Stevenson
Gene Johns
D-Marion
Senate
Johns
Medicare processor adds 15 jobs at Marion center
EDS Federal Corporation will add 15 positions to its Marion Medicare claims processing center on June 1, boosting total staff to 247. Branch Manager Rick Honeycutt said hiring began last Thursday from over 200 applicants due to a projected 10 to 11 percent rise in Part B Medicare claims next year, with new posts for medical claims examiners and a month of training starting in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EDS Federal Corporation
Marion
Medicare Claims Processing Center
Rick Honeycutt
Honeycutt
EDS Federal
Illinois
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Harvey Welch Jr
Ber
Welch
Mary Silas Mitchell
Mrs. Mitchell
Carbondale Education Association
Leo Brown
Southern Mindisan
Joe Jines
Leo J. Brown
Southern
Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinois
School of Technical Careers
Lewis School
Westside
Karl Bartelsmeyer
Gary Highland
Carbondale Library Board
Ruth Ann Higgerson
Anna Rausch
Lincoln Junior High School
Jackson Health Board
Dixon Center
Bradley
James Rea
D-Christopher
Medicare
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