IBHE weighs 1983 budget cuts for higher ed
Illinois Board of Higher Education plans to trim requests for fiscal 1983 across all areas. The ISSC scholarship program may shift more costs to students and parents, while faculty, library, and program needs face potential reductions. The outlook favors reallocations toward engineering and health programs, with retirements driving higher future costs.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinois
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Illinois State Scholarship Commission
IBHE
Bloomington
ISSC
Wal-Mart Planed for Carbondale Development
A 33.7 acre commercial project centered on a Wal-Mart and an also planned Hardee's restaurant to the east of Vic Koenig Chevrolet on East Main Street. The existing Wal-Mart on West Main remains open as the new 80,000 square foot facility is built. The Rendleman land faces rezoning from agriculture to planned business with a public hearing. Negotiations include a two acre Hardee's tract and a 1.5 acre site for a small business. The project will introduce an access road extending Lewis Lane, dividing the property into four front and four rear parcels, with water and sewer upgrades estimated around 500000 dollars. The company expects to close the Wal-Mart deal by year’s start and begin road work in spring, with possible city assistance and a sales tax style payback for the access road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Woolf
Southern Illinois
Wal-Mart
Hardee’s
Carbondale
West Main Street
Vic Koenig
Boyd
Main Street
K-Mart Plaza
Wal- Mart
K-Mart
J. C. Penney’s
David Hocker and Associates
University Mall
Bentonville, Ark
Indal Aluminum workers approve three year pact in Murphysboro
Indal Aluminum employees in Murphysboro, numbering 103, approve a three year contract by a 7 to 2 margin. The pact provides a 60 cent per hour annual raise, plus improved pension and medical coverage, an extra holiday, better vacation benefits, and a higher shift differential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indal Aluminum
Murphysboro
Indal
John Hogan
Elkins inspires students with treats and surprises at SIUC
Donald Elkins of SIUC’s Plant and Soil Science 200 class uses music, intermissions, demonstrations, and personal data cards to show care for students. He has created a self-instruction center and a large crops garden and aims to break classroom barriers. Elkins says students matter most and plans to continue teaching with passion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S/IU
Elkins
Vicki Woodard
Southern Illinoisan
Crystal Gayle
Donald Elkins
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale School of Agriculture
American Society of Agronomy
Donald Stucky
SIUC
Stucky
Group home opens in Du Quoin
A group home for developmentally disabled adults is now open in Du Quoin. Two clients of Five Star Industries moved into 229 E Perry St Sunday. The agency purchased the house in August and has been remodeling it. Director Tom Hamlin hopes to have six residents by October, with a capacity of 12 but likely fewer than 10. Residents live with a supervisor, work, and cover rent utilities and food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brad Betker
Southern Iindsan
du Quoin
Five Star Industries, Inc
Perry County
E. Perry St
Five Star Industries
Five Star
Tom Hamlin
Hamlin
Sheriff stands firm on budget with no raises
Jackson County Sheriff Don White refused a finance committee request to resubmit the department budget without personnel cost increases. Deputy association head David Youngberg backed White, citing manpower shortages and aging equipment. The group highlighted a 1:2,000 deputy population in rural areas, urging five more deputies and a 10 percent merit pay raise, plus fleet upgrades and a take-home squad car program to ease wear on vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Schottman Knol
Jackson County
Don White
Deputies’ Association
White
Finance Committee
Douglas Eriksen
Eriksen
David Youngberg
Southern Illinois Enforcement Group
Drug Enforcement Operation
Cook County
Youngberg
Sherif Sheriff's Department
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Sheriff's Department
Oungberg
Williamson County reimburses Marion for sales tax error
Williamson County will pay Marion 2000 each month for a year to cover 24380 in sales tax overpayments mistakenly allocated to the county by the Illinois Department of Revenue. The error occurred when a Marion business reported county as the local sales tax beneficiary, discovered in a routine audit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave DeWitte
Williamson County
Marion
Illinois Department of Revenue
Revenue Department
Williamson County Board
Thomas R. McGee
Curtis Palmer
McGee
Tim Tribble
Thompsonville
Corinth Water District Board
City of
Herrin
Clark Trail
Park Avenue
Park Lane
Greater Egypt
Duane Leeds
Johnston City
Prosperity
Duane Wittenborn
Wittenborn
Repairs to cut power in Herrin on Tuesday
Central Illinois Public Service officials say power will be out in northwest Herrin from 9 30 a m to 10 30 a m Tuesday. Crews work to repair storm damage in an area bounded by the Missouri Pacific Railroad tracks North Park Avenue West Herrin Street and 23rd Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Central Illinois Public Service
Missouri Pacific Railroad
North Park Avenue
West Herrin Street
23Rd Street
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Vic Koenig Chevrolet
Planning Commission
Rendlemans
Bill Boyd
Rendleman
West Side
Greg Dreidzon
Siu-C
Williamson
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