Birchler abandons plan to run for Illinois House seat
Former State Rep Vincent A Birchler says he will not seek a return to the Illinois General Assembly, citing Randolph County being split between two districts. Birchler, from Chester, would have been in the 116th District where Bruce Richmond aims for another term, while the 115th District also includes part of Randolph. The delimitation followed the 1980 Legislative Cutback Amendment and new census lines.
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Vincent A. Birchler
Illinois General Assembly
Birchler
Randolph
Chester
Demo
Dunn to seek re election in new 115th House District
State Rep Ralph Dunn, R Du Quoin, announces candidacy for reelection in the newly apportioned 115th House District. The district covers the northern half of the new 58th Senate District and includes Perry Monroe and Washington counties with Republican townships in Randolph and St. Clair counties.
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Evan M. Davis
Ralph Dunn
R-Du Quoin
Dunn
Senate
Bruce Richmond
Murphysboro
Wayne Alstat
Vergennes
Kenneth Buzbee
Carbondale
Perry
Monroe
Washington
Randolph
St. Clair
Randolph County
Coulterville
Percy
Red Bud
Sparta
Steeleville
Tilden
Marion hijack hero starts new life after trauma
Allen Barklage, once a Marion hijack hero, stands beside a helicopter in St Louis as Pog reports. On May 24, 1978, Barklage was wounded by Barbara Oswald during a failed inmate rescue at a federal penitentiary. Oswald was killed by gunfire. Barklage says the incident was worse than Vietnam, but he has remarried and built a new life.
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Allen Barklage
St. Louis
Pog
Barklage
Barbara Oswald
Federal Peniten
Sannee
Williamson OKs dog pound contract
Williamson County awards a 36394 construction contract to Don Jackson Builders of Marion for a new dog pound to enable an operating facility early next year. The project includes a 1700 square foot wood frame building to hold about 60 animals on a site near Peacock Coal and Olin Mathieson test range. Construction could finish before Christmas if weather cooperates.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Williamson County
Don Jackson
Marion
Williamson County Board
Jackson
Peacock Coal Company
Olin-Mathieson Corp
Leisure Accessibility Project aims to involve handicapped in recreation
SIU Carbondale Recreation Department and Carbondale Park District sponsor a $99,500 U.S. Department of Education grant to expand access for handicapped persons in existing park and recreation programs. The yearlong effort includes Leisure exploration, advocacy, and skills upgrading, with 15 social service agencies serving 557 Rehabilitation Services clients and potential to reach about 1,000 county residents.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisand
Carbondale Park District
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Recreation Department
U.S. Department of Education
Illinois Division of Rehabilitation Services
Park District
George Whitehead
Division of
Carbondale
Jackson County
Whitehead
John Allen
Owen Smith
Recreation Department
Beverly Brown
SIUC
Department of Guidance and Educational Psychology
Marion board hears $15000 request for senior center upgrades
At a Williamson County Board hearing, Center Director Elflora Aikman asked for $15,000 from federal revenue sharing funds to upgrade Marion Senior Citizens Center in the former Bracy Grocery building at 507 W Main St. Proposed work includes lowered ceilings to cut noise and energy use, new carpeting, rewired lighting for room control, and wains coating in the dining area. No decision was made, to be reviewed later. The county's current revenue sharing entitlement is $372,472 with last year near $320,000.
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Marion Senior Citizens Center
Williamson County Board
Elflora Aikman
City of
Marion
Main St
Williamson County
Handbook to Assist Guidance Counselors in Region 15
The Illinois State Board of Education releases a revised guidance handbook authored by Harry Daniels and Dick Boss of SIU Carbondale. Distributed via Belleville area workshops, the loose leaf volume aids high school counselors with PIE planning implementation and evolution, lists resource agencies, anti discrimination laws, affirmative action, and career day activities.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois State Board of Education
Belleville Area College
Harry Daniels
Dick Boss
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Belleville
Jackson
Randolph
SIUC
Lynne Troute
Troute
Daniels
Logan refuses to recognize teachers union again
Sunday the Local Community Unit 110 School Board rejected union recognition yet adopted an alternative policy set for teacher input on working conditions. About 40 residents voiced opinions on the proposal, with mixed views as the district seeks a $0.50 tax levy increase to $2.32 per $100 and a $7,000 boost for the education fund to cover a $10,000 deficit.
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Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinoisan
John Metzger
Illinois Federation of Teachers
Metzger
William Mosley
District 165 election centers on campus consolidation
Carbondale High School District 165 faces a campus consolidation plan as its main issue with four candidates vying for two board seats. Incumbents Cannon and Schwegman back consolidation to East Campus, while Sedlak opposes moving all operations there and favors maintaining Central Campus. Crowe offers no formal stance, citing insufficient information, and the race features discussions on curriculum, discipline, and future bond timing.
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Tony Stevens
Iindian
Carbondale
Richard Cannon
William Schwegman
Margaret Crowe
Robert Sedlak
District 165
Cannon
Central
Sedlak
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