9-2-2008

BOND MADISON WATER COMPANY FUNDING

 

 

Bond Madison Water Company has received funding through the 2008 Farm Bill for more than 1 million dollars to help fulfill the requests for rural water development. Bond Madison Water Manager Sandy Kuhn, told us they will be adding more than 150 customers with the 32-mile pipeline that will be added to their main waterline. About 45 of those customers will be in Bond County with the rest added in Madison County. The pipeline addition should get underway in late fall.

 

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VANDALIA MAN SENTENCED FOR ROLE IN METHAMPHETAMINE CONSPIRACY

 

 

Following a guilty plea on April 10^th, 2008, Brenton D. Bliss, age 38, of rural Vandalia, was sentenced August 22^nd to 151 months imprisonment and 8 years supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine.  He was also sentenced, in a second count, to 151 months imprisonment and 6 years supervised release for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.  The two sentences are to run concurrently.  Bliss was also ordered to pay a $750.00 fine and a $200.00 special assessment. 

 

According to court documents, the conspiracy to distribute operated in Fayette County from October 2006 through July 4, 2007.

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KASKASKIA COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING

 

 

At the last Kaskaskia College Board of Trustees meeting, the board received a report of the Faculty and Staff Development Workshop.  Keynote speaker Dr. Ed Gordon stressed the importance of educational, governmental, and economic organizations working together to enhance employment opportunities. 

 

GIS mapping classes will be presented at the KC Crisp Technology Center, September 4^th and October 2^nd. 

 

The board decided to proceed with the bidding process for restroom renovations, approved the contractor for a new soccer field, and approved the architect for construction of six new tennis courts.  In other actions, the board awarded the bid for the purchase of gymnasium lockers and approved the 2008-2009 student activity fee budget.

 

Jane Herrmann, of Belleville, was hired as the new Director of the Physical Therapy Assistant Program and the retirement of Ed Hawkins, Building and Grounds Technician was accepted.

 

 

 

HOSPITALIST PROGRAM ENHANCES PATIENT CARE AT GREENVILLE REGIONAL HOSPITAL

 

Since May, a hospitalist has been on duty at Greenville Regional Hospital.  A hospitalist is a physician whose primary professional focus is the medical care of hospitalized patients.  His activities include patient care, teaching, research, and leadership related to hospital care.  Patients and families appreciate having a hospital physician available to them throughout the day and Greenville physicians have more time to devote to their office practices.  Continuity of care is ensured, as the hospitalist is involved in the entire hospitalization experience.  Studies show that hospitalists can reduce lengths of stay in hospitals by 30 percent and costs by up to 20 percent, while increasing quality of care and patient satisfaction.

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POLICE REPORT FOR LABOR DAY

Greenville police are investigating the theft of 2000 dollars worth of electronic equipment, games and movies from an unlocked apartment at 1525 Crown Road, in the Kingsbury Apartments. Sunday at 3:25 pm, Dustin Burtz, of Greenville, reported the items were taken from that apartment.

 

Police responded to a non-injury accident on I-70 near Mulberry Grove. That accident investigation was turned over to State police.

 

Early Sunday morning, the Highland-Pierron Fire department extinguished a shed fire on Drake School Avenue. The shed and its contents were a total loss. Surrounding buildings were undamaged.