B J Thomas Sings Christian Messages In His Own Way
B J Thomas told a Du Quoin gospel night crowd he is an entertainer who is also a Christian not a strict gospel singer. He mixes secular and Christian tunes while describing his faith and past drug addiction, therapy, and ongoing efforts to stay true to his calling and the Lord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.J. Thomas
Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
du Quoin
B. J. Thomas
Thomas
God
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Grand Old Opry
Nashville
Tenn
Public housing aid granted after child falls through trailer floor
In Jackson County Illinois a family at New Era Trailer Park east of Murphysboro received prioritized access to public housing after a 4 year old fell through a bathroom floor and a 4 month old fell ill from sewage exposure. Health officials found structural hazards including rotting floors leaks and a leaky sewer and noted the county lacks zoning to condemn unsafe housing. The Ricketts will move into a housing unit in Murphysboro while the trailer owner repairs remaining issues and the Housing Authority moves the family up the waiting list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.b.koplowitz
Southern Illinois
Jackson County Health Department
New Era
Murphysboro
Norma
James Ricketts
James
Ricketts
Health Department
James Bloom
Jackson County
Bloom
Jackson County Housing Authority
Housing Authority
Quentin Parrish
Parrish
Illinois Department of Public Health
Anderson to head FEMA regional office in Chicago
John T. Anderson, Marion Republican and two time congressional candidate, was named regional director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Chicago. He will lead a 70 to 80 person staff coordinating disaster relief for Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Indiana with a salary of 50112 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan M. Davis
John T. Anderson
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Marion Republican
James Holton
FEMA
Washington
Louis Giuffrida
Anderson
Chicago
Illinois
Michigan
Ohio
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Indiana
Holten
Giuffrida
Agency
Washingto
Paul Simon
D-Carbondale
Simon
Murdale district plans suit over Carbondale water dispute
Murdale district trustees vote to sue the City of Carbondale over water service after Styrest Nursing Home’s switch to city lines removes a major customer. A court injunction is sought to halt further connections while Kinkaid-Reed's Creek Conservancy District weighs joining. The dispute centers on who supplies water versus sewer to about 515 west side residents and the impact on district revenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Woolf
Ann Schottman
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale Water Lines
Styrest
Murdale Water District
Richard Crowell
Murdale Board of Trustees
Murdale
City of
Carbondale
William Ridgeway
Ridgeway
Herbert McMeen
Mardale
Kinkaid-Reed’s Creek Conservancy District Board
Murdale Board
Kinkaid Board
Lester
Doc
Allen
Shelby Slusher
Mardale Board
J and L Robinson Development and Construction Co
Leo Robinson
City Water
Tower Road
Crowell
Crowe
Northwest
New Era Road
Herrin to hold hearing on 40 cent tax hike proposal
A public hearing is set for 6 p.m. Thursday in Herrin City Hall on a proposed 40 cent municipal tax levy increase that would raise the rate from 1.20 to 1.60 per 100 assessed valuation. If approved, a $25 000 home would pay about 133 more dollars this year, with further council action possible by December 1 to curb the rise by abating the levy for city hall bonds. The measure could lift the city levy from roughly 448 000 to near 600 000, affecting the general fund library and insurance costs, and a final vote is planned for Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theresa Churchill
Southern
Donald Swinford
Ex SIU Professor Gorelik Honored in Theater Awards
Ex SIU professor Mordecai Gorelik, a Brecht scholar and longtime stage designer, receives the 1980 International Institute of Theater theater technology and scene design award. The Kennedy Center festival creates a Mordecai Gorelik Theater Design Award for college designers. Gorelik’s Rainbow Terrace will be shown at the American Theatre Association convention in New York next August. Gorelik, 82, divides time between California and New York and is writing a new play and his autobiography. Laurie Metcalf, Carbondale native, earns praise in Chicago theater, with reviews of Balm in Gilead and other noted credits. Randy Taylor, Carbondale alumnus, stars in The Rainmaker in Atlanta, as his family attends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mordecai Gorelik
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Marie J. Kilker
SIUC
International Institute of Theater
American College Theater Festival
Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
Gorelik
Rainbow Terrace
American Theatre Association
New York
Bertold Brecht
America
Brecht
Huntington Beach
Calif
Fire Island
N.Y
Laurie Metcalf
Carbondale
Chicago
Darlene
Steppenwolf Theater Company
Lanford Wilson
Gilead
Apollo Theater
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Tribune
the Sun-Times
Glenna Syse
Steppenwolf
Tribune Arts and Books
Red Hot
Joseph Jefferson
Joyce
Jeff Perry
Wmaq-Tv
Channel 5
The
Sun-Times
Laurie
Jeff
John Malkovich
Randy Taylor
CCHS
WCIL
Starbuck
Mid-Town Playhouse
Peachtree Street
Atlanta
Randy
John C. Taylor
John S. Taylor
Oakland
Taylor
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Jerry Lover
B.J. Jinomas
du Quoin State Fair
Greg Dreidzon
Emergency Management Agency
Herrin
SIU
Ben Gelman
Libby Metcalf
Siu-Edwardsville
John Thieron Mars
Carbondale National Bank
Belle Air Bluffs
Fla
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B.G
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