Post-9/11 security upgrades at Rend Lake Conservancy District
Rend Lake Conservancy District General Manager Keith Thomason notes heightened security after the 9/11 attacks, with fencing intercom access and boat restrictions at facilities serving about 175,000 customers across 60 Southern Illinois communities. He cites evolving risks such as increased automation and the need to protect water systems from unauthorized access.
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Rend Lake Conservancy District
Keith Thomason
Conservancy District
Illinois
Thomason
Old King Coal crowned in West Frankfort ceremony
Harrison "Harry" Sileven, 88, was crowned the 2012 Old King Coal at Paschedag Auditorium in West Frankfort. A U S Navy veteran and WWII veteran, Sileven survived a kamikaze hit on the USS Macomb near Okinawa after serving as a horizontal gunner and later returned to service until 1946.
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Sileven
Paschedag Auditorium
West Frankfort
Macomb
Okinawa
Harrison
Harry” Sileven
Joel Hawksley
Harry Sileven
Old King Coal
Frankfort Community High School
Tom Jordan
Jenna Harner
Dongola woman crowned 2012 Princess Flame in West Frankfort
Jenna Elizabeth Harner, 22, of Dongola, was named 2012 Princess Flame and will reign over the Old King Coal Festival starting in downtown West Frankfort. First runner-up Jenna Doerr, 18, of Du Quoin, won Miss Congeniality. Other pageant winners include Jeanie Harmon, 15, Miss Teen Princess Flame. Macy Shelton, 10, Miss Pre-Teen Princess Flame. and Callie Wildermuth, 7, Junior Princess Flame Miss.
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Jenna Elizabeth Harner
Dongola
Flame
West Frankfort
Jenna Doerr
du Quoin
Emily Kate Travis
Belknap
Jeanie Harmon
Herrin
Macy Shelton
Thompsonville
Callie Wildermuth
Pinckneyville
SIU Board to vote on budget and salary plan in Edwardsville
The SIU Board of Trustees will meet in Edwardsville at 10 a.m. to approve the fiscal year 2013 budget for the Student Services Building and the salary increase plan. The plan proposes a 2.5 percent pool for Edwardsville and up to 1 percent for Carbondale, with no individual salary figures. If approved, increases take effect July 1. The board will also vote on a Carbondale campus plumbing contract increase due to unforeseen conditions in the water mains.
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SIU Board of Trustees
Edwardsville
Delyte Morris University Center
SIU
Carbondale
Ground broken for 1.8 million child development center
Ground was broken on a 10,000 square foot Good Samaritan Child Development Center at the Mount Vernon campus south of the new hospital near Veterans Memorial Drive off I 57. The eight classroom facility includes a gym, playground and a tornado resistant safe room with reinforced walls. Construction should finish by Jan 20, the hospital moves day.
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Good Samaritan Regional Health Center
Shores Builders
BSA Life Structures
City of Mount Vernon
Jefferson County Development Corp
Good Samaritan Child Development Center
Mount Vernon
Veterans Memorial Drive
GSRHC
Mike Warren
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SIU Board
HE Southern
Dylan Roberts
Eldorado Eagles
Enanee
Weennen
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