Carterville couple donates 45 acres for city park
Carterville's new Cannon Memorial Park will rise on 45 acres donated by Mr. and Mrs. R. Gerald Choate. The land, annexed this week, sits west of the city bounded by Dent Street Golf Course Road and Greenbriar Road. Grading begins next spring and should take about a year. The park will include two former strip mine lakes, a fishing spot, a baseball diamond, trails, biking and jogging paths, picnic areas, and a forthcoming swimming pool if funds allow. The project depends on grants from LAWCON and Mines Abandoned Reclamation Act, plus local resources. The Choates seek to provide recreation for youth and keep youngsters out of trouble.
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Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinoisan
Carterville
Cannon Memorial Park
Dent Street
Golf Course
Samuel
Ball Diamond
Sam
Lawcon
Land and Water Conservation
Department of Conservation
Department of Mines and Minerals
Choates
Choate
Makanda mayor faces legality issue over school board post
Makanda village board weighs whether Mayor Bill Wheatley may serve both as village president and Unity Point School District 140 board member. Attorney general opinion says dual office holders risk invalidation of the later appointment. Wheatley will not sit on the District 140 board after Monday’s reorganization. he was appointed after his election as village president. The board also approved road repairs, a decorative fence, a village map, and funding for the Civil War reenactment.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinois
Board of
Bill Wheatley
Makanda
John Nannie
Wheeltey
Unity Point
Gregory Brown
Wheatley
Wheetley
Walt Brieschke
Buncombe
Brieschke
Touch of Nature
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
West Frankfort council to meet with ministers
West Frankfort Mayor Mike McClatchey called a special meeting of the City Council at 3 30 p m at city hall to discuss liquor control enforcement with Ministerial Alliance members. Rev George Miller invited the council to meet alliance members after a lengthy Oct 28 discussion on liquor licenses for Huck s Convenience Food Store and K Mart at West Frankfort Plaza.
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Mike McClatchey
West Frankfort
Ministerial Alliance
George Miller
Northern Baptist Church
Alliance
Miller
McClatchey
Huck
K-Mart
West Frankfort Plaza
Makanda Village Board Considers Engineering Study and Plat Review
Trustee Jim McEvers notes conflicting plats and a street through Trustee Modglin's property while Librarian Ethel Colson explains overdue fines are not charged. The board receives a recommendation for an engineering survey and a village plat layout to replace lost records.
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Makanda
Jim McEvers
Charles Modglin
Ethel Colson
UMW chief to speak at mine wives banquet in Harrisburg
United Mine Workers President Sam Church will address a banquet in Harrisburg on Wednesday, hosted by STUN, an organization of mine workers spouses formed after Kerr-McGee mine labor disputes. Steve Wodka of the A C WU also attends. a Silkwood film will be shown. tickets are $10. 6 p.m. at Westside School.
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United Mine Workers
Sam Church
Harrisburg
Support the Unions
STUN
Kerr-McGee Coal Corp
Galatia
Steve Wodka
Atomic and Chemical Workers Union
Dawn Dudley
Wodka
Karen Silkwood
Kerr-McGee Nuclear
Kerr-McGee
Ms. Silkwood
Union drive at Styrest Nursing Home stalls in Carbondale
UFCW efforts to organize Styrest Nursing Home workers hindered as Thursday ballots show 48 for union and 44 against service and maintenance staff. About 18 licensed practical nurses have ballots impounded pending NLRB appeal.
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Tom Woolf
Illinoia
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
Farbondale
Styrest Nursing Home
National Labor Relations Board
UFCW
Carbondale
Southern Manor Nursing Home
Ufcw International
Robert Walton
Styrest
CETA
Walton
LPN
Williamson County official fury as man drops child abduction charges
Cambria man withdraws charges against his former wife in the June abduction of their son. Williamson County officials estimate over $1,000 in extradition costs including air fare and lodging, with the sheriff seeking civil or criminal restitution. The father cited changing testimony, while officials vow to pursue repayment.
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Williamson County
Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinois and Cambria
Jerald Kobler
New Jersey
Toni Y. Drew
Ms. Drew
Cambria
Kobler
England seeks Salem hospital post after Marion tenure
Former Marion Memorial Hospital administrator Nolan England, 51, has applied for a similar role at Salem Township Hospital after resigning Sept 12 following 16 years in Marion. He toured Salem and met board members though no interview yet, as Salem faces staff firings and drama surrounding administrator Harvey Acton’s dismissal and past patient death investigations.
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Marion Memorial Hospital
Nolan England
Salem Township Hospital
England
Marion Post
Salem Times-Commoner Today
Salem
Salem Hospital
Harvey Acton
Acton
Marion
Kuba and Knight Named Benton Chamber Honors
Shirlene Kuba named Person of the Year and H V Knight named Citizen of the Year at the Benton Chamber of Commerce dinner. Knight, executive secretary, credited the secrecy of the ballot and described his long service to the community including ministry, zoning, and civic roles. Braun of Rend Lake College spoke on the college’s founding and future plans.
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O.R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
Shirlene Kuba
H.V. Knight
Benton Chamber of Commerce
Stephen F. Kuba Realty
Benton
Christopher
Knight
Benton Chamber
Benton Ministerial Alliance
Benton Rotary Club
Benton Civic and Industrial Association
Chaplains Association
Franklin Hospital
Harry Braun
Rend Lake College
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Pe Smith
Timmy McVey
Giant City School
Peggy
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Owen Smith
Timmy
Cary
Chris McVey
Joe Jines
Harvey Hartline
Hartline
John Lewis
Miami, Fla
Joanne Simpson
Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission
UMW
Jean Bishop
Westside School
NLRB
St. Louis
Washington, D.C
Betty Vick
Lpns
Drew
Patchett
Chamber
Milwaukee
Chicago
Union Elec
Tric Coal Co
Assembly of God
Herrin
H.V. Knight Citizen of the Year
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