Union drive grows at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital Murphysboro
Workers at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital hold underground meetings to discuss forming a union, possibly Local 50 of the Service Employees Union. Administrators respect employees rights. views differ about impact on care and staffing.
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H. B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
Owisiedle
Wanda Bierbaum
St. Joseph
Service Employees Union
St. Louis
Cunegunda Mueller
Surprise dinner honors trauma nurse Goodman for years of service
Joy Goodman, trauma nurse coordinator for 27 counties, is leaving due to state funding cuts. A four nurse party at Memorial Hospital Carbondale honored her years of service with an etched tribute of the trauma helicopter. Organizers Sandy Dodd Rosemary Frisco Ann Browning and Cathy Odum praised her impact on emergency medicine and training. About 40 people attended. Goodman plans a summer break with prior commitments. She organized a transportation system for injured patients and trained many ER staff.
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Bonnie Marx
Southern
R.N
L.P.N
Sandy Dodd
Rosemary Frisco
Ann Browning
Cathy Odum
Dodd
Goodman
Southern Illinois
Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
al Satterfield
Robert Motti
Marion
Guatemala City
Peace Corps
Old Chester courthouse to the museum
The 118 year old Chester courthouse will become a museum opening in about a month. Copies of original manuscripts translated from French to English dating 200 to 300 years will be on display. Randolph County Clerk Charles Bernasek notes no opening date or admission charges yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Subhadra Belbase
Southern Illinoisan
Chester
Randolph County
Charles Bernasek
Kilometers for Christ fundraiser draws riders and volunteers
Wheelin for Christ participants rode a 12 mile course Saturday to raise funds for missions. John Pendall of Bush and Dave Stacey led teams along the Colp Herrin blacktop toward Herrin City Park where the ride began at 8 a.m. Pendall, 20, had been paralyzed earlier in life.
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John Pendall
Bush
First Pentecostal Church
Herrin
Pendall
Dave Stacey
Colp-Herrin Blacktop
Herrin City Park
Royalton Crossroads
Miller named permanent dean of School of Technical Careers
Harry G. Miller, acting dean since September 1981, will lead the SIUC School of Technical Careers permanently starting June 1. The 41-year-old has been associate dean since 1980 and has held multiple SIUC roles, with a background in education and international education work.
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Miller
School of Technical Careers
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
STC
Harry G. Miller
Arden Pratt
Washington, D.C
SIUC
College of Education
Studies In
Southern Illinois Adult Education Service Center
Williamson board approves $559,641 in street materials contracts
Williamson County Board of Commissioners approved highway maintenance contracts totaling 559641.56 with Willis Trucking for 17 040 tons of surfacing material Buncombe based Southern Illinois Stone for 148 tons of patching Illini Asphalt of Benton for 295 800 gallons of oil and 11 832 tons of rock W W Sales Edwardsville for 950 tons of calcium chloride and rock Costs funded by motor fuel taxes to serve unit and county systems Dust abatement calcium chloride noted Audit reports show funds in excellent condition with a more than $3.5 million general fund reserve and no debt The board saved taxpayers about 200000 by using a replacement tax for the Illirexis Municipal Retirement Fund A county medical health insurance program was approved with Golden Rule Company and starts June 1 It also opposed a Burlington Northern Railroad request to close a road near Chittyville School and approved 23100 federal and 5800 state funds for Herrin Senior Citizens Inc to replace a bus for elderly and handicapped transport.
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O. R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Duane Wittenborn
Willis Trucking Company
Jonesboro
Southern Illinois Stone Company
Buncombe
Illini Asphalt Company
Benton
W. W. Sales Company
Edwardsville
Wittenborn
Hamilton
Golden Rule Company
Curtis Palmer
ICC
Williamson County
Springfield
Herrin Senior Citizens Inc
Water shortages close Elkville and De Soto schools and towns
Water pressure failures from Kinkaid Reed Creek Conservancy District trigger boil orders in Elkville and De Soto. De Soto schools dismissed for toilets. Elkville schools receive hauled water and boiling in cafeteria. Officials cite high consumption and possible power outage affecting pumps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinkaid-Reed’s Creek Conservancy District
Elkville
de Soto
Elvorado
William Valerius
Vergennes
Kinkaid Water District
Buzbee pushes compromise on U of I coal scrubber plan
State Senator Kenneth Buzbee proposes a split funding compromise for a coal smoke scrubber at the University of Illinois Urbana despite blocking a 15 million dollar allocation from the coal and energy bond fund. He favors 10 million from capital development funds and 5 million from the coal fund.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Kenneth Buzbee
D-Carbondale
University of Illinois- Urbana
Buzbee
Senate
Stanley Weaver
R-Urbana
Weaver
Abbott
Bruce Hannan
U of I
Champaign-Urbana
Hannon
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Janet Tan
Norbyah
Naemmah
Rich Saal
Evergreen Terrace
Old Chester Courthouse
Bernasek
Kaskaskia
Mississippi Ey
Mississippi
Irvin Perthman
John McCutchen
Wheelin
Christ
Thailand
Ministry of Education
East Malaysia
Department of Education
Waukesha, Wis
Carroll College
Waukesha
University of Nebraska
His Wife
Mary
Williamson Board
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