Ombudsmen police nursing homes offer visits to cheer patients
Southern Illinois volunteers operate the Nursing Home Ombudsman Program to visit 62 nursing homes across 13 counties. Patsy Jensen notes only two major violations since Oct. 1, both quickly remedied after state health investigations. Volunteers like Eileen Troutt stress regular visits, advocacy, and simple actions that make residents feel valued and connected. For info on volunteering, call 987 2319 or 1 800 642 7773.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinoisan
Nursing Home Ombudsman
Southern Illinois
Patsy Jensen
The
Shawnee Alliance
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Ombudsman
Carbondale appoints Doherty as new personnel officer
Jeff Doherty, 32, veteran of Carbondale’s railroad relocation unit, is named to the new $32,700-a-year post in the fiscal year 1986 budget effective May 1, 1985. He will report to City Manager Bill Dixon and review the city’s personnel system while serving as labor negotiator.
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Carbondale
Jeff Doherty
Doherty
Bill Dixon
Dixon
Scott Ratter
Ratter
Iter
Nicholas Paisley Earns Second in HerrinFest Baby Show
Eight months and younger boys division at the second annual baby show sponsored by the Herrin Junior Women's Club sees Nicholas Paisley take second place while his mother Stepha nie Paisley beams at Marion home. Judge Sharon Strothmann of Carterville appears in the photo.
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Nicholas Paisley
HerrinFest
Stephanie Paisley
Marion
Nicholas
Herrin Junior Women’s Club
Sharon Strothmann
Carterville
Bereaved parents form ILAC support group in Southern Illinois
Malinda Sawyer of Marion describes the loneliness after losing a baby and credits the ILAC group in Carbondale with helping bereaved parents face their grief. The group meets 10 a.m. on the first Wednesday monthly at the Family Practice Center in Carbondale with consultants from SIU Carbondale Counseling Service and Catholic Social Services. For information call Jane Hamlin at Memorial Hospital Nursery or Rose Crosby.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinoisan
Malinda Sawyer
Marion
Sawyer
ILAC
Carbondale
Jane Hamlin
Memorial Hospital
Rose Crosby
Grief and Healing after Stillbirth in ILAC Group
Three months after a woman's loss, she found purpose caring for others in Memorial Hospital since pregnancy and work in obstetrics helped her grieve. She joined ILAC, a support group for grieving parents, and learned it is OK to feel real grief.
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ILAC
River lock and dam replacement eyed for Ohio near Brookport
The U S Army Corps of Engineers plans a 550 million dollar project to replace Ohio River locks 52 and 53 near Brookport, creating up to 3000 jobs. Sites in Illinois and Kentucky spark political maneuvering over location and benefits while a final review and congressional approval loom.
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Tim Landis
Southern Illinoisan
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Ohio River
Brookport
Illinois
Kentucky
Corps
Chuck Schumann
Corps of Engineers
Louisville
Olmsted
Pulaski County
Schumann
Mound City
Fred Winkler
Winkler
Cairo
Paducah
David Phelps
D-Eldorado
Glenn Poshard
Carterville
Illinois Department of Transportation
Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
Phelps
Indiana
Markland
Departments of Transportation
National Coal Association
Joe Lema
NCA
Lema
Congress
Grants keep SIU coal research fires burning
SIU Carbondale receives a $625000 grant for nine coal cleaning projects under a $2.2 million state and DOE funding package. Director James Swisher says momentum is crucial as precombustion cleaning aims to remove sulfur and impurities before combustion. Other major contributors include Argonne National Laboratory Northwestern University and the Illinois Geological Survey.
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SIU
Nancy Weil
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
James Swisher
SIUC
Swisher
Department of Energy and Natural Resources
Illinois Coal Research Board
U.S. Department of Energy
Qwisher
U.S
Canada
Coal Research Center
Argonne National Laboratory
Northwestern University
University of Illinois
Illinois Geological Survey
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