Carbondale planning board backs shopping center
Carbondale Planning Commission unanimously approves rezoning 33.78 acres east of Main Street for a Wal-Mart and Hardee's plus additional shops. The project, owned by Jacob and Gladys Rendleman, would convert a soybean field to planned business with an 80,000 square foot Wal-Mart and a Hardee's restaurant, opening likely next spring or summer. Local officials note road access, cost, and annexation remain hurdles while business leaders cite regional growth and employment.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale Planning Commission
Wal-Mart
Hardee’s
Southern Illinois University-Carrondale
Mark Buchanan
Jacob and
Gladys Rendleman
Immedia
Ately
Vic Koenig
Havens
Planning Commission
David Christensen
Carbondale
Wal- Mart
Kay Vanderver
Bentonville, Ark
West Side
Kroger
Murdale Water District
Ms. Vanderver
Buchanan
Marion may make yard sale annual event
The Greater Marion Area Chamber of Commerce hosted its first yard sale and auction at Marion High School drawing about 2,500 attendees. Proceeds from the day exceed $2,000 for future promotions, with 57 booths rented and all donated auction items sold. Plans target the same date next year at a larger venue such as Williamson on Fairgrounds or Ray Fosse Park.
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Greater Marion Area
Chamber
Marion
Carbondale design awards honor community contributors
The Carbondale Planning Commission presented its 1981 design awards to local groups and individuals for community impact. Honorees include Lenus Turley Park for a unifying gathering place, E. T. Simonds and family for a new Oak land office shop, Mamie and Henry Thornton for a standout flower garden, and Rolf Schilling for The Wash House laundromat meeting a local need.
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Carbondale
Agnes Wright
Carbondale Foundation For
Carbondale Park District Board of Commissioners
Lenus Turley Park
E. T. Simonds
Oakland Ave
Mamie Thornton
Henry
N. Connor St
Rolf Schilling
E. Park St
Herrin group eyes Iowa City ideas for downtown plan
Herrin Revitalization Committee heard a Sept 29 report on a trip to Iowa City to study downtown development. The group praised blending old buildings with a new mall and noted modular structures used during construction. Herrin eyes ideas for a future commercial project and may study development options.
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Herrin
Iowa City
Iowa
Devel
Bill Barras
Barras
Sixteen plead not guilty in Galatia mine incident
Sixteen men in Harrisburg circuit court pleaded not guilty to charges from the Aug. 18 mob attack on Kerr-McGee Coal Corp. mine near Galatia. Twenty defendants have now waived, with jury trials likely early next year. Most are Saline County residents facing mostly misdemeanor counts such as disorderly conduct. The mob damaged property protesting non-union contractors. FBI continues to probe possible Hobbs Act violations. no indictments yet. Civil hearings Oct 15 involve Kerr-McGee and the United Mine Workers in related suits.
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Harrisburg
Kerr- McGee Coal Corp
Galatia
Ledford
Saline County
FBI
Vio
Fice
East St. Louis
Kerr-McGee
UMW
SIU C professor studies underground housing potential
SIU C Carbondale interior design professor Denny Hays launched a nine month project funded by five thousand dollars to develop guidelines for earth sheltered homes in Southern Illinois. He surveys about a dozen existing underground dwellings to identify region specific issues and provide recommendations for future owners.
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SIU
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Denny Hays
SIUC
Hays
Illinois
Patricia Baker
U.S
Perry County residents protest farmland tax multiplier
Seventy two Perry County residents have paid $80 273.99 in taxes under protest over a 1.06787 multiplier the county board imposed on farmland after the Illinois Department of Revenue ordered reconvening to raise farmland assessments. The funds are in escrow at Murphy Wall State Bank. final payments are due October 23.
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Brad Berker
Southern Illinoisan
Perry County
Frank Mangin
County Board of Review
Illinois Department of Revenue
Mangin
Charles Stegmeyer
Belleville
St. Clair County
Francis Maxwell
Washington County
Stegmeyer
Murphy-Wall State Bank
Nursing homes wary of new reimbursement system changes
About 50 nursing home administrators met in Carbondale with state legislators and officials to air complaints about a new public aid reimbursement system that replaces the old point-count method. Critics say the formula is complex and may not deliver more money, with lawmakers signaling possible hearings and potential overrides of a veto on a related bill.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan Nursing Home
Carbondale
Illinois Department of Public Aid, Public Health and Health Finance
Joint
Legislative Commission On
Jackson County Nursing Home
Richard Ligon
James Rea
D-Christopher
Joint Commission
Rea
James Thompson
Senate
House
Thompson
Public Aid and
Public Health
Logan contributors honored at annual foundation meeting
Ten major patrons of the John A. Logan College Foundation were honored at the recent annual meeting. Representing Campbell Hill through West Frankfort, eight of the ten were present to receive plaques for $1,000 or more in cash gifts, including the Julia Harrison Bruce Foundation, Bank of West Frankfort, Donn Carsrud, John Crawford, First National Bank and Trust Co. Carbondale, First State Bank of Campbell Hill, John A. Logan College Student Senate, Stan Hoye of Carbondale, Marchildon Rice and Heat of West Frankfort, and Southeastern Illinois Electric Cooperative of Eldorado.
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John A. Logan College Fondation
Campbell Hill
Carbondale
Carterville
Eldorado
Herrin
West Frankfort
Julia
Sloping land may force Randolph farmers to change
Randolph County farmers with land exceeding a 15 percent slope will need to abandon cash grain crops like corn and soybeans and grow forage crops instead to control erosion. Gayle Whittenberg of the soil and water conservation districts outlined at three Randolph hearings that steep land must stay under permanent vegetation to reach the target soil balance, with seminars planned on forage production and hay marketing.
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Randolph
Oe County
Soil Conservation District
Randolph Counties
Randolph County
Whittenberg
County Extension Service
Division of Natural Resources
Chester
Red Bud
Randolph County District Board of Directors
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Carbondale Planning Board
Tom Redmond
Christensen
Dave DeWitte
Andrea Turner
E.T. Simonds
Oakland
Helen Westberg
George Criminger
Jan Verduin
Gayle Klam
Archie Jones
City Council
Jan Baker
Theresa Churchill
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Ronald Ledford
James Tygett
Benton
Max Louderman
Springfield
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Logan
Ann Schottman
Enol
Gayle Whittenberg
Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Jackson
Perry
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