Residents form foundation for Marion center
About 70 area residents formed the Marion Cultural and Civic Center Foundation to support the eight year old civic center. Olie Musgrave was elected chairman of a 27 member board at a Marion Holiday Inn meeting. The group aims to receive and distribute contributions for upgrades and programs at the center, which serves about 100000 residents annually.
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Dave DeWitte
The
Southern Illinoisan
Marion Cultural and Civic Center Foundation
Olie Musgrave
Marion
Marion Holiday Inn
Musgrave
Southern Illinois
Civic Center
Patron
Young People’s Art Series
Paradise Alley Theatre Players
Volunteers For the Arts
Southern Illinois Youth Orchestra
Ray Reynolds
Reynolds
John Brester
Carl Goodwin
Mark Fisher
Mary Grant
L. E. Keller
Richard Morgan
Jane Bales
Albert W. Bleyer
Robert Bradley
James Byassee
Don Fisher
Fred Stotlar
Dale Gray
Roger Hendricks
Keith Irwin
William Lazzares
Raymond Allen
Richard Fox
John A. Gordon
Edna S. Travis
Priscilla Winkler
H.T. Merrell
Richard Burson
L. C. Cavaness
Harry L. Crisp II
Venegoni
Orwin Stotlar
Evelyn Patterson
Wayland Sims
Chester anglers rescued from Rend Lake incident on floodlit day
Two Chester fishermen Wilbert F. Lindwedel 65 and Curtis E. Cowan 32 were rescued after their fiberglass boat swamped on Rend Lake. Both men faced long exposure with Cowan swimming toward land and Lindwedel clinging to the bow as 4 to 5 foot waves and 10 to 15 mph winds battered the lake while responders from Wayne Fitzgerrell State Park the U S Army Corps of Engineers and Randolph County Bass Club aided.
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O.R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
Chester
Rend Lake
Wilbert F. Lindwedel
Franklin Hospital
Benton
Curtis E. Cowan
Illinois 183
Franklin County
Charles Mandrell
Lesser
Lake
Illinois
Mandrell
Jerry Kawinski
Ralph Hamilton
Wayne Fitzgerrell State Park
Gene Morgan
Leon Jordan
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Cowan
Lindwedel
Corps
Crash cuts power and water in Cambria
A pickup crashed into a hydrant and utility pole on Illinois 149 near Cambria park, cutting power and water to the town for about 30 minutes. George Morgan, 24, of Herrin, was driving. a passenger was treated for injuries while a house fire from the wreck caused interior damage. Water was restored before 10 am with a boil order in effect.
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O.R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan Electricity and Water Service
Cambria
Illinois 149
Beth Reinhardt
George Morgan
Herrin
Carbondale mulls Halloween containment plan
Carbondale officials will consider an ordinance to curb Halloween activities on South Illinois Avenue. The measure bans glass bottles and certain wines, restricts liquor in glass containers after Oct 26, and prohibits parking on the street from Oct 30 to Nov 2 to keep emergency routes clear.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Illnois Avenue
Illinois Avenue
Grand Avenue
Walnut Street
South Illinois Avenue
Ilinois Avenue
New Owners Take Control of WTAO Radio Station
Community Broadcasting Inc of Mount Vernon will assume control of WTAO after FCC approval for a $700,000 sale. Bill Glassman says programming and staff will remain largely unchanged, with Karen Lupke promoted to station manager and new audio equipment installed to boost sound quality. The previous owners, Bill and Debbie Varecha, shift focus to a Mount Vernon TV station project.
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WTAO
Federal Communications Commission
Community Boadcasting Inc
Mount Vernon
FCC
Bill Glassman
Community Broadcasting
Glassman
Karen Lupke
Bill
Debbie Varecha
Food stamp rules may cut off 700 recipients in area
Theresa Churchill reports that as many as 700 food stamp recipients in Southern Illinois could lose benefits under new federal rules effective Thursday. About 16,800 in Jackson to Randolph counties may be affected, with the elderly and disabled exempt while strikers and boarders lose eligibility.
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Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
Jackson
Williamson
Franklin
Perry
Union
Johnson
Randolph Counties
Victor Omelczenko
U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service
State Department of Public Aids
Illinois
Chicago
Dan Pittman
Eriksen asks sheriff for no raise budget in Jackson County
Jackson County Finance Chairman Douglas Eriksen seeks separate action on personnel Budgets asking Sheriff Don White to remove raises and new positions from his budget while board reviews overall budget. He cautions on potential cuts and notes rising taxes already burden residents as Reagan era funding shifts loom. The board will see budget recommendations by October 14 with personnel decisions following.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinoisan
Jackson County Board
Jackson County Board Finance Committee
Douglas Eriksen
Don White
White
Eriksen
County General Fund
Erikson
Jackson County
Reagan
Koehn seeks Jackson County Board seat in District 2 race
Jackson County agriculture teacher Robert Koehn 30 announced his bid for the Democratic nomination to join the Jackson County Board in District 2. He faces current reps Larry Sipe and William Shufflebarger and cites district dissatisfaction amid district reorganization that puts all 14 seats up in 1982. Koehn holds a Southern Illinois University Carbondale degree and has managed businesses and held an insurance real estate license.
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Robert Koehn
Mississippi Valley Unit 166
Gorham
Jackson County
Shirley Booker
Koehn
Makanda
Murphysboro
Pomona
Grand Tower
Sand Ridge
Fountain Bluff
Kinkaid
Degognia
Larry Sipe
William Shufflebarger
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
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Barbara Earls
Joe Jines
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Hamilton
Morgan
Jordan
Randolph
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