Sparta adopts noise ordinance amid council debate
Sparta passes a new noise pollution ordinance by 3 to 2 vote to limit loud music before 730 am and after 6 pm and restrict certain machinery and car horns. Mayor James Mathis defends the measure while residents question its impact on personal rights.
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Tony Stevens
Sparta
James Mathis
Charles Hayek
N. St. Louis St
Illinois
Mathis
Bill Finley
Lloyd Apel
Nina Green
Lyle Hill
Court Allows Borgsmiller to Take Grandpa John Inventory
The former owner Frederick J. Borgsmiller began collecting inventory Monday under a court order after posting a $2 million bond. He sues Grandpa John's Inc. alleging default on a $1.6 million promissory note, seeking proceeds from inventory sales to cover the debt.
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Borgsmiller
John
Frederick J. Borgsmiller
Walter Luebbert
Jefferson City
Edward Heller
Jackson County
Luebbert’s Corporation
Grandpa John’s Inc
Bill Green
Luebbert
Cobden seeks federal aid for reading and math classes
The Cobden Unit School District 17 board approved filing a federal funds request totaling about $56,000 for special reading and mathematics classes under Chapter I. The plan includes summer sessions. The board reappointed G Wallace Rich as district treasurer for two years with existing bond. Graduation for the 1982 class is at 8 p.m. Friday in the high school gym. 42 pupils are expected. The board also approved replacing the wooden backstop on the high school baseball field with steel posts and chain link fence, materials costing $2,500 to be donated.
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Board of Cobden Unit School District 17
D. L. Garner
G. Wallace Rich
Garner
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