Council endorses revised municipal solar utility plan
Carbondale city council backs a scaled down solar utility plan with energy education energy audits for homes a loan and grant fund for low income families and local energy systems development. The plan funds come largely from CDBG housing rehab dollars and targets May 1 1982 for first energy auditors with a resident audit fee of 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Woolf
Southern Illinois.n
Carbondale
Shawnee Solar Project
Shawnee Solar Msa
Michael Besal
Chris Robertson
Carroll Fry
Illinois Energy Audit Association
Central Illinois Public Service Co
CIPS
Fry
City mulls MSU energy audits with targeted funds plan
The administration outlines a plan to use MSU energy audits to help homeowners and renters, focusing on single family residences and low income groups. Low interest loans and grants would be available via the Loan and Grant Review Board, with audits conducted by a cadre of trained inspectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fry
CIPS
Bank of Savings and Loan
Hans Fischer
Department of Housing and Urban Development
MSU
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Carbondale
Nancy Kete
Shawnee Solar
Fischer
Marion delays hiring police dispatcher over salary dispute
Marion council postponed hiring a radio dispatcher after Mayor Butler questioned the 14040 annual pay for a 40 hour week post and asked for further study. Sam Smith, from the wastewater plant, lacks on the job dispatcher experience but the figure aligns with the city master contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinois
Marion
Robert Butler
Public Safety
George A. Williams
Police and Fire Merit Board
Sam Smith
Steve Cannon
Butler
Smith
Williams
Ron Joyner
Carbondale Bans Bikes on City Sidewalks
Carbondale City Council voted to ban bicycle riding on sidewalks following public hearings on revising the bikeway plan. Residents and cycling club members urged enforcement and a full sidewalk ban, citing safety and a new state law allowing sidewalk riding unless restricted. The only sidewalks designated will run along East Grand Avenue and a Pleasant Hill Road stretch. impacts of IDOT decisions on map changes remain to be resolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Kevin Budd
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Cycling Club
Budd
Siui Cycling Club
Lynn Irons
Pleasant Hill Road
Illinois Department of Transportation
Mark Vaughn
Pribble
Steve Trip
Jeff Ferguson
Jim Starnes
Holiday Closures Mark Veterans Day Across Public Sector
Most public schools and county and city offices will close Wednesday for Veterans Day. State offices and many banks will also close while private businesses vary. Rend Lake and Shawnee colleges close. Southern Illinois University Carbondale and Logan College stay open. Post offices run on holiday schedule with no regular mail. Special Delivery, Express Mail, and locked box service available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rend Lake
Shawnee
Southern I
University-Carbondale
Logan College
SIU buys press freedom collection
Final arrangements are completed for the 100000 dollar collection on freedom of the press. The Morris Library will catalog and make it public after a 10 year payment plan funded by the library endowment. A display from the collection is loaned to the Chicago Public Library through December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Library
Morris Library
Kenneth Peterson
Ralph E. McCoy
University
McCoy
Morris Library Development Endowment Fund
David Kock
Canvass confirms 21 Franklin votes kept Herrin board seats
Herrin Unit 4 canvass shows unofficial counts were incomplete due to missing Franklin County votes. Final totals list Dr. Robert Kane, Grover Barron Ill, Carol Muller, Adrian Chamness, Gary Masetto, Judith Ellet, and Lowell Hall with Kane and Hall seated. Dayton Franklin named president, Fred Colombo secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinois
Herrin Unit 4
Williamson County
Franklin County
Jackson
Franklin Counties
Jackson County
Robert “Dan’’ Kane
Grover C. Barron Ill
Carol L. Muller
Adrian Chamness
Gary L. Masetto
Judith Ellet
Lowell D. Hall
Kane
Hall
Dayton Franklin
Fred Colombo
Colombo
Bill Romeo
Murphy
Dan
Jack Murphy
Charges May Be Filed In Shooting Death Case
Formal charges were expected today against Sherry A. Garrett in the shooting death of Helen Pugh of Carbondale. Police delayed while locating a witness who was eventually found Monday night. Pugh, 38, was shot four times with a small caliber revolver in Garretts trailer. Funeral arrangements are pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Sherry A. Garrett
Helen Pugh
Carbondale
Terry Murphy
Ms. Garrett
N. Marion St
Ms. Pugh
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Don Ragsdale
Murphy
Marion St
Jackson Funeral Home
Also Mentioned on This Page
Unity Point
Evergreen Terrace
Southern
Illinois
Amos Covington
Greg Dredidon
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
Jill Blus
CETA
Cannon
Ron Swafford
Howard Joyner
Illinois Police
John A. Logan College
Henry Burress
Marion Municipal
Burress
Robert
Dog
Connell
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Crab Orchard Lake
Council
Marion Industrial Park
Wye
Bill Mitchum
West Main Street
Dennis
Doelitzsch
Wddd-Tv
Marion Cablevision
Joe
Jeff Castellano
Kent 2Nd Addition
Marion Planning Commission
Irons
Helen Westberg
Siu
Herrin
Jack Murray
Tiger Booster Club
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!