LACEY PIONEER OF COMMUNITY HEALTH TRANSITIONS TO MALAWI SERVICE
After earning a 1972 master’s degree Lacey joined SIU School of Medicine as a field consultant reshaping community health in Southern Illinois. She helped acquire five ambulances, supported in home patient care programs, and later retired in 1994 before joining the Peace Corps in 1995 to serve as a child survival specialist in Malawi.
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Lacey’s lifelong volunteering defies retirement norms
Lacey trained trainers in polio campaigns with Peace Corps and STOP in Malawi, then Sierra Leone after a 2005 civil war report. She envisions global service with the United Nations or Water Crisis Corps, volunteering with Rotary and seeking new assignments rather than slowing down.
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Unions strong in area as organizing continues in Illinois
Ed Smith of LIUNA Midwest says unions keep workers voices at work and fight for safety, fair wages, benefits, and dignity. Laborers Local 773 serves 4500+ in southern Illinois and is growing while manufacturing layoffs challenge both union and nonunion plants. Paul Noble notes Illinois remains second only to California and New York in union membership amid economic pressures.
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Union Density Boosts Wages and Benefits Across Workers
A Labor Department study shows union workers earn a median 30 percent more weekly than nonunion peers. Union women earn 31 percent more, African American union workers 36 percent higher, and Latino union workers 46 percent higher. Nonunion workers are five times less likely to have health insurance. The presence of strong union density in an area lifts wages and conditions for nonunion workers.
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Lawmakers debate specialty license plates and costs
Illinois lawmakers weigh specialty plates with higher prices and fund allocations. About 60 designs exist, 800 requests needed to produce. proposal to raise to 1500. Sen Dan Rutherford favors a standard plate with a charitable sticker. NASCAR plate idea by Rep Bob Flider defeated, seeks revival.
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