Southern Illinois yields vary as late frost and floods bite
Crop reporters note northern Illinois nears record harvests while Southern Illinois yields run average to slightly above average due to ponded fields. Some areas report 80 to 140 bushels per acre for corn and 25 to 52 bushels for beans as frost and flooding shape results across counties like Jackson, Ava, Randolph, Sparta, Perry, Franklin, Williamson, and more.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Illinois
Jackson County
Robert Frank
Frank
Illinois Crop Reporting Service
Ava
Glen Garver
Charles Willman
Randolph County
Willman
Sparta
Wendell Bicket
Perry County
Charles Howell
Franklin County Extension
Richard Swope
Williamson County Extension
Viser
Michael Plumer
Hearing set Friday on Marion housing plan
Marion residents may speak Friday at a nine-site Marion Housing Authority hearing on a plan for 49 low income family units. HUD approved up to 288 631 annual financing with an 11.5 million 40 year budget. The day long session at Knights of Columbus Hall includes site by site time slots and remarks by board members and project consultants. There are ten locations and times listed for the hearings.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Marion
Marion Housing Authority
Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Housing Authority Board
John T. Anderson and
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Carter St
N. Washington St
Randolph County designates October as Industry Retention Month
Randolph County Board designated October as Industry Retention Month to promote jobs in the area. Chairman Leonard Ernsting announced appointments to county commissions, naming Donald Deppe to Eden Water District, Wallace Droste to Prairie du Rocher Levee and Drainage District, and T. J. Moll to Edgar Levee and Drainage District. Discussion of the liquor control ordinance was deferred for external ordinance reviews.
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Randolph Board
Illinois
Randolph County Board
Charles Bernasek
Leonard Ernsting
Donald Deppe
Eden
Wallace Droste
Prairie du Rocher
T.J. Moll
Edgar Levee
Exercise still best care for stress, experts say
A stress management seminar at Southern Illinois University Carbondale promotes a protection plan for the body through nutrition, exercise, relaxation and fulfillment. It notes many health risks linked to stress and urges regular activity, breathing, stretching and brief daily relaxation to lower tension.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
David Elam
Byron York Named Jackson County Probation Chief
Byron York a eight year veteran of the Jackson County probation department is the new chief probation officer following the Friday death of former Chief Charles Brantley Circuit Judge Richard E Richman said he and the other two circuit judges made the appointment Tuesday as required by law York 49 formerly a United Presbyterian minister and Lawrenceville church pastor said he will maintain Brantley programs and make no major changes York graduated from Eastern Illinois University and helped form a volunteer program to aid the department
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Byron York
Jackson County Probation Department
Charles Brantley
Richard E. Richman
York
Brantley
Jackson County
United Presbyterian
Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church
Lawrence County
Eastern Illinois University
Anna City approves first condominium on Industrial Drive
Anna City Council approved a building permit for the city's first condominium to rise on Industrial Drive. Transcraft Corp. will execute the project in three phases beginning in about three months, with five one-bedroom units in phase one, followed by four units in phase two and three in phase three. All units aim for sale within two years. The council also honored International Shoe Co. and Florsheim Shoe Co. as long-time industrial concerns.
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Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinoisan
Anna
Transcraft Corp
Cunningham Enterprises Corp
Cunningham Enterprises
Pat Cunningham
International Shoe Co
Florsheim Shoe Co
Cit
New books revive Birger saga from Southern Illinois
Ben Gelman reports on renewed interest in Charlie Birger and the Shelton gang era. Gary DeNeal’s forthcoming book and the Williamson County Historical Society plan presale sales at 12.95 hardcover and 8.95 paperback with orders to Marion ZIP 62959. Also notes Carrbondale performers K K Mallams and Anne Westfall Cochran landing roles in national theatre and film projects.
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Ben Gelman
Southern Illinoisan
Charlie Birger
Benton
West City
Joe Adams
Southern Illinois Gang
Law
Shelton Gang
Paul Angle
Birger
Marion
Harrisburg
Donald Bain
Charlie
Shelton Boys
Gunsel S. Glenn Young
Illinois
Pearl Roberts
Williamson County Historical Society
Gary DeNeal
S. van Buren St
Owl Spends Time Near Water Tower in Crab Orchard Refuge
Byline B G reports an owl perched on a water tower beside railroad tracks at the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge. Arva notes the area's wild food supply including quail and fox squirrels, and extols Southern Illinois wildlife such as white tailed deer red foxes and wintering Canada geese. Don agrees, expressing fondness for the region.
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Illinois
Illinois 13
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Arva
Don
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