Boil order drags on in De Soto and Elkville
De Soto and Elkville endure a sixth day under a boil-water order as officials investigate causes of dangerously low pressure. District Director Robert Chapman is unavailable, and officials note the long-standing narrow 6 inch to 4 inch lines contribute to bottlenecks. Local pump improvements in 1980 helped dry seasons but are not linked to current issues. Boiling water eliminates potential contamination while chlorine remains present. Citizens are advised to avoid brushing teeth or making ice, but washing dishes and showers are permitted with dry handling.
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Kinkaid-Reed’s Creek
de Soto
Elkville
Kinkaid
Jim Swayze
Carbondale
EPA
Swayze
Elkville hikes out of town fire call rate to 250
Elkville shifts its out-of-town fire call rate from 200 to 250 dollars to cover rising service costs. The board approved the increase at Monday night’s meeting with immediate effect. The new charge is 250 dollars for the first two hours and 25 dollars per hour thereafter, billed in half hour minimums. Fire officials note rates remain cheaper than neighboring villages.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Elkville
Fire Department
Foster
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
IEPA
Edna Davidson
Benton seeks $413000 grant to upgrade aging homes
Rose Savko recalls a once proud Benton neighborhood now largely rental driven. The city seeks a $413,000 federal grant to help property and landowners finance repairs to meet a minimum living standard, aiming to revive the area.
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Grant
Old Benton
City of
Benton
Benton approves 180-foot microwave relay tower
The Benton City Council on Monday night granted a variance to permit a General Telephone microwave relay tower to be built at the north edge of Benton on the old fair grounds property. The 180-foot tower would serve area customers of GTE.
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General Telephone
Benton
Benton City Council
Benton street workers seek reinstatement at city jobs
Two Benton street department workers laid off last August aim to return to work soon. John Ryan of Local 533 says a gentlemen's agreement with the city plans Tim Lamply for a vacant meterman post and Dennis Pedigo to be returned to the street department.
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Benton Street
John Ryan
The
Union of Operating Engineers
Tim Lampley
Dennis Pedigo
Perry County weighs safe bridge repairs and road realignment
Perry County Board weighs rebuilding two bridges on Union School Road over Pipestone and Brushy Fork creeks at an estimated 200000 cost with 80 percent federal funding. Right-of-way 12 feet would be required to straighten the road amid local objections and a prior IDOC denial of rechanneling. The 12-year old Brushy Fork bridge may need repairs if not rebuilt this summer.
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Union School Road
Pipestone
Brushy Fork Creeks
Glenn Bauersachs
John Svanda
Roy Smith
Illinois Department of Conservation
Svanda
Smith
Brushy Fork
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Rose Savko
Perry County
Perry
Abe LY
the Bulletin Board
Southern Illinoisan Classified Bulletin Board
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Herrin
TAPAS
Astana
Ethan Allen
Southern
Illinois
Tandy Corporation
Radds
Radio Shack
Tandy
Esther Williams
Coleco ‘Muskin
HTH
Guardex
E. Main
Holiday Inn
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