Rend Lake College trustees face finance and enrollment tests
Four candidates seek three Rend Lake College Board seats focusing on tight financial management, potential revenue sources, and enrollment growth. Incumbents Rich Herrin Joseph McClure and Joseph Scrivner emphasize prudent spending, program expansion, and recruitment while challenger Charles Given proposes vigilance over funds amid enrollment declines. Each candidate backs possible campus expansion and stronger outreach to sustain the college’s future.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Rend Lake College Board of Trustees
Rend Lake College
Charles Given
Mount Vernon
Given
Second Judicial Circuit
Rich Herrin
Benton
Joseph McClure
Joseph Scrivner
Herrin
Scrivner
McClure
Rend
Bend Lake College
Rend Lake
Rend Lake College Enrollment and Credits Rise on 10th Day
Rend Lake College trustees report a 12 percent rise in enrollment and a 7 percent gain in credits from a year earlier based on 10th day figures. President Harry Braun notes 23,921 credits vs 22,337 last year and enrollment at 3,510, aided by unemployment and new afternoon classes.
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Rend Lake College
Harry Braun
Bob Kelley
Apple Computer Inc
Benton
Carron
Cmac Apple
Mount Vernon
Gary Wade
Donald L. Lynch
Gene Mitchell
Richard Heaton
Kirk Champion
Granite City
Bill Patrick
Thomas School to Celebrate 200th Yorktown Anniversary Monday
In Carbondale fifth graders at Thomas School plan a national birthday party Monday to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Yorktown. Mayor Hans Fischer and State Sen. Kenneth Buzbee will attend as students reenact 18th century life and recount the war’s end at Chesapeake Bay.
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Jean Ness
Thomas School
Carbondale
America
Yorktown
Dorothy Baker
Hans Fischer
Terrence Lyles
Terrence
Carmen Calafetti
Erica Gann
Charles Cornwallis
George Washington
Chesapeake Bay
Erica
Pinckneyville High canvass set for Nov 9
Pinckneyville High School District 101 Board of Education set November 9 to canvass the vote and seat new school board members elected November 3. Incumbents Stewart Wright and Charles Thomas Jr. and newcomer James Bauersachs vie for two seats. A group of 19 educators from mainland China toured the Mining Occupations-Land Reclamation program as guests of Consolidated Coal Co.
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Brad Betker
Southern Illinoisan
Pinckneyville High School District 101 Board of Education
Stewart Wright
Charles Thomas Jr
James Bauersachs
China
Consolidated Coal Co
Dog Pound
Pinckneyville
Prineas calls for Southern Illinois coal mine ownership
Republican Peter Prineas of Carbondale urges Southern Illinois residents to form a locally owned coal company to keep wealth from mining in the region. He notes no major home owned mine exists and suggests local ownership, a sales approach, and cooperation with local firms rather than outsiders.
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Evan M. Davis
Peter Prineas
Carbondale
Illinois
Prineas
Congress
Southern Illinois
Simon urges expanding health care in U S
U S Rep. Paul Simon told health professionals at SIU Carbondale that America must do more to aid the poor with preventive care and medical financial help. He cited NHSC, Rural Health Initiatives, WIC, and CHAP as surviving programs needing expansion.
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Linda Hildebrand
Southern Illinoisan
United States
U.S
Paul Simon
Dcarbondale
Simon
Illinois Association of Allied Health Professionals
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
America
Illinois
National Health Service Corps
RHI
Christopher
Tamms
NHSC
Mayo Clinic
Siu-C College of Human Resources
Siu-C Division of Continuing Education
Logan College lobby filled with student art displays
Logan College students, led by Bruce Fell, have created large scale artworks hung in the main lobby for year long exhibits. The current display features works by Marion and Carbondale artists with a prior donation to the college art collection. An additional cafeteria piece and more student drawings remain on display in the learning resources center for a few weeks.
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Ben Gelman
Southern Ilinoisan
John A. Logan College
Logan
Bruce Fell
Carterville
Robert Tarvin
Fell
Illinois
Carbondale
Philip Dees
Kevin Matthews
Logan Lobby
Alphonse Allgaier
Mary Lintzenich
Penelope Miller
Marion
Nancy Cunningham
Murphysboro
Stan Robbins
Teresa Wiggins
Lillie Wece
Thompsonville
Logan Fine Art
Herrin
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