Apple Festival Parade Wins Praise For Weather Safe Show
Tony Stevens reports Murphysboro Apple Festival parade runs two hours with no rain after a morning shower. Despite wet forecast, 142 units competed as Jackson County Home float “Children at Heart” won three top prizes, and St Luke’s La Church of Camp and Jackson County Farm Bureau earned major awards. Winners include floats by Immanuel Lutheran School and Murphysboro Chatterbox 4-H Club with diverse entries across bicycles pets comics and TV characters.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinois
Murphysboro
Marion Nash
St. Louis
Jackson County
Children At Heart
Retail Interest Committee
St. Luke’s la Church of Camp
St. Luke’s
Jackson Couty Farm Bureau
Bicycles
Kim
Samuel Staffey
Brian
Dale Tripp
Gary Pinkerton
Scott
Mike Porter
Scott Wehmeyer
Amy Russell
Eddie Clayton
Peggy Penrod
Lisa Spiller
Laura Jones
Monique Kilby
Brad Hill
Cartoon Carnival
Donald Duck
Jimmy Strothmann
Daisy Duck
Pam Voss
Dana Voss
Nate Webber
Heidi Webber
Stephanie Webber
Doug Troue
Amy Troue
Bugs Bunny
Grant Guthmann
Ryan Guthmann
Jeremy Meisinger
Pluto
Andy Wendling
Mickey Mouse
Julie Voss
Minnie Mouse
Elizabeth Wendling
Dumbo
Neil Voss
Jenifer
Joanne Tweedy
Batman
Bryan Moeglin
Jack and
Jill
David Callais
Kelly Charness
Randy
Robin Blake
Jason Held
Monica Murdock
Katie Bitner
Karen Kempfer
Daniel
Ben Binning
Chris
Clay Cochran
Danny
S L Sanitation in Crisis Amid Debt and Decline
Co owners claim inflation and flat hauling rates left S L Sanitation facing heavy debt after failing to pay a subcontractor and losing a Chester contract. Murphysboro route sold to Raymond Graff and W E Bryant. John Henderson says bankruptcy possible. Roger Rinne largely unreachable. Company expanded rapidly, injuries blamed on management, weather and rising costs. shrinkage and distant contact fuel uncertainty about future operations.
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Southern Illinoisan
S & L Sanitation Co
Chester
Perry County
Murphysboro
Raymond Graff
W. Earl Bryant
John Henderson
Sparta
Roger Rinne
Henderson
Rinne
Chester City
Ing S & L
Centralia
Rinne, Henderson
M Henderson
Larry
Larry Henderson
Randolph
Jackson
Perry
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
2 Currents
Alonzo Crim Honored Across Churches And City
The Lutheran magazine profiles Alonzo A. Crim the first black Atlanta school superintendent since 1973 He roots his secular ministry in education and leads a 124 million 1979 budget with a largely black student body Crim cites building hope and helping students realize their power highlighting a new reading program showing early gains He has relatives across Carbondale and Chicago and recently joined an educational mission to China
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Ben Gelman
Southern Illinois
Lutheran
Lutheran Church In America
Alonzo A. Crim
Atlanta
Alonzo Crim
Olivet Baptist Church
Carbondale
Alonzo V. Crim
Jackson County
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Alonzo C. Crim
du Quoin
Chicago
Georgia
George
Hazel Crim
George Crim
Ter
Georgia Crim
Chicago Post Office
Crim
America
Robert E. Lee
Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
Gwen
Tim
Susan
Sharon
Lon
China
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Florence Crim) Robinson
Alonzo
Final review meeting on Crab Orchard Refuge plans
Byline B.G. V. Crim, former University High School teacher, now Clark College chair, notes final review session on master plan for Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge. The 7:30 p.m. meeting at the Marion Holiday Inn marks the third in a series on environmental and economic impacts. Some areas permit tree and fishing while others are closed to protect wildlife, with comments due by mail to Crab Orchard Refuge.
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Southern Illinois
Crab Orchard National Ildlife Refuge
Marion Holiday Inn
Interstate 57
Illinois 13
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
P.O. Box
J. Carterville, Ill
Misconduct and theft charges for ex West Frankfort police chief
Former West Frankfort Police Chief Jim Kinsman, 36, was arrested by Franklin County deputies on three counts of official misconduct and four counts of theft for illegal gasoline purchases using city funds. Indicted June 16 with West Frankfort Police and Fire Commissioner Bernard Melvin, they previously faced similar charges. Kinsman posted a $3,500 bond, awaiting arraignment within eight to 10 days on the new charges while continuing to face earlier counts.
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Franklin County
West Frankfort
Jim Kinsman
Terrence Hopkins
Hopkins
Kinsman
Bernard Melvin
Franklin County Grand Jury
R &S Marathon
Melvin
Bob
Interstate Shell
Colorado
Metropolis hospital seeks hearing on $1 million project
Massac Memorial Hospital in Metropolis proposes a $1 156 768 renovation to modernize its building adding four ICU beds and reducing medical surgical and obstetric beds by 12 six. A CHPSI public hearing is set for 7 to 9 p.m. Oct. 12 at the Massac County Courthouse with bonds financing the project. Also reviewed are Operation Independence by Hill House Board Carbondale and a statewide genetic screening program by the Illinois Department of Public Health. Reactions from the public are invited.
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Massac Memorial Hospital
Metropolis
Comprehensive Health Planning In Southern Illinois, Inc
CHPSI
Massac County
Massac
Southern Illinois
Hill House Board, Inc
Carbondale
Illinois Department of Public Health
Rend Lake College
Ina
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