Carbondale council hears plan to end sewage plant restriction
Carbondale leaders heard a study by E M Webb and Associates and CH2M Hill on upgrading the Southeast Wastewater Treatment Plant to end its EPA restricted status. A proposed $129000 package covers new equipment and engineering work including sludge disposal, with a 59000 sludge vehicle suggested, possibly leased to cut costs. The plan is to increase liquid treatment capacity by eliminating secondary effluent recirculation and to fund long-range improvements later.
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Carbondale Council
Public Works
Bill Boyd
E. M. Webb
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
School of Technical Careers
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
IEPA
Boyd
Fry
Webb and Associates
Armen Asaturians
Hans Fischer
Asaturians
Carbondale trades shade for better streets
Carbondale’s 1.6 million Northwest side street reconstruction will improve paving but has resulted in the loss of 95 trees on Bridge and Rigdon streets. Most were maples. sewer work damaged roots. Of 62 trees on Rigdon, 25 are oaks. on Bridge, eight of 33 are oaks. Ages range 20 to 50 years, with two oaks possibly 100 years old. Forester Greg Kline notes about 20 trees on each street remain healthy.
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Carbondale
Bridge
Rigdon Streets
Rigdon Street
Bridge Street
Greg Kline
Kline
House approves 2.9 million for Davies Gym remodel at SIUC
The Illinois House passed a 2.9 million dollar appropriation to renovate Davies Gymnasium at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Sponsor Rep. Bruce Richmond said broad House support boosts its Senate prospects, though Governor Thompson’s stance remains uncertain. The 50 year old building lacks air conditioning and needs plumbing wiring and interior remodeling. Acting Chancellor James Brown endorsed the project as needed to preserve the historic facility.
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Frank Suhadolnik
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois House
Senate
Davies
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Bruce Richmond
Murphysboro
House
Richmond
George Ryan
James Thompson
SIUC
Siu-C
Davies Gymnasium
Southern Illinois University
James Brown
Prison officials name 5 suspects in stabbing
FBI agents probe Marion Federal Prison stabbing as five control unit inmates are named as possible suspects. Inmate Clayton Fountain, 23, was stabbed in the throat at 7 30 pm during exercise in the unit’s restricted area and treated at Marion Memorial Hospital before returning to the prison. Fountain, serving a life term for murder with multiple prior felonies, was in the highly controlled H unit during the incident.
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Shirley E. Johnson
Southern Illinoisan
FBI
Marion Federal Penitentiary
Control Unit
J.J. Clark
Clayton Fountain
Clark
Fountain
Marion Memorial Hospital
Fort Wentworthy
H-unit
Apple Festival Moves to New Location in Murphysboro
Murphysboro Apple Festival shifts from the courthouse square to a site near 13th and Chestnut streets for this year only. The plan, approved by 7 to 3 vote after a special council session, uses three parking lots and portions of two streets including 13th Street and Chestnut. City officials, festival committees, and local business leaders cited crowd access and carnival rides as the main concerns with the old site.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro
Courthouse Square
13Th
Chestnut Streets
Bowers
Ward 1
Harry Browdy
Bill Daum
Nash
George L. Porter
Hufanagel’s Cleaners
Sydney Appleton
Joe Bastien
Leonard Pullis
John Wright
Jim Scuras
David McDowell
Harry Brawdy
Mark Kennedy
Ron Williams
Pinckneyville appoints new fire chief and assistant
Pinckneyville promotes Assistant Fire Chief Jerry Smith to fire chief on council action. Volunteer Jack McCrary named assistant chief. Smith replaces Harlan Yeager after recommendation by Health and Safety Commissioner Lewis Feltmeyer. Police patrolman William H. Smith named sergeant with raise. Council greens light engineering services contract and land purchase near city lake.
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Pinckneyville
Jerry Smith
Dorothy Samuel
Fire Department
Jack McCrary
Smith
Harlan Yeager
Health and Safety
Lewis Feltmeyer
Yeager
McCrary
Feltmeyer
William H. Smith
John Boyd
Pinckneyville-Du Quoin
Officials investigate fatal boating accident at Crab Orchard
Law enforcement investigates a crash at Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge where a 38 year old Richard Hewlett’s 16 foot bass boat struck a smaller stationary vessel carrying Paul and Isabell Wiggs. Wiggs died at Memorial Hospital Carbondale. Deputies report 8 14 am timing and no injuries to Hewlett.
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Shirley E. Johnson
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Williamson County
Cy Henshaw
Richard Hewlett
West St
Hurst
Robert Howerton
Hewlett
Paul J
Isabell Wiggs
Florissant
Wiggs
Central Illinois
Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
Gateway Marina
New Illinois 13
David Lilly
Fairmont City
Lenox Fenton
Collinsville
Lilly
Fenton
Refuge
Carbondale Hospital
Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge
Lonnie Priest
Priest
Audit ordered on Illinois grain elevator licensing rules
The Legislative Audit Commission ordered a program audit of the Illinois Agriculture Department to review grain elevator licensing and regulation. State Rep. Cal Skinner notes the probe aims to protect farmers from bankruptcies by examining compliance with stricter licensing and whether the department applied the new rules consistently, referencing late 1970s elevator failures in Saline and Jackson counties.
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Illinois Agriculture Department
Legislative Audit Commission
Cal Skinner
Crystal Lake
Ag Department
Tor
Skinner
Du Quoin Sets Pool Fees and Schedule
Du Quoin Park Board set user rates for the new city pool. Board chairman Jerome Alongi announced fees of 1 for children 1.50 for adults and 50 for season tickets, with season tickets at 25 due to July opening. No hours yet but the pool will operate seven days a week in two four hour blocks.
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du Quoin Park
Jerome Alongi
Alongi
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Pearson
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St. Louis
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