Trump Draws Big Crowd for Bost at Southern Illinois Airport It’S Unusual for a Sitting Crowd-Overflow Area Out- Ing of Granite City Steel, U.S
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Volume 39 Number 44 Thursday, November 1, 2018 36 Pages | 75¢ It’s election time Voters in Randolph, Per- tive, congressman, state ry, Jackson and St. Clair treasurer, comptroller counties will have their and judge of the Fifth hands full November 6. Judicial District appel- Randolph and Perry late court. counties have several St. Clair, Perry and tight races. Randolph county voters Randolph County has will vote for two circuit races for county clerk, judges in the 20th Ju- treasurer, commissioner dicial Circuit. Jackson and sheriff. County voters will have In Perry County, voters their choice of judge for will decide on officials the First Judicial Cir- for sheriff, treasurer and cuit. county commissioner. In an effort to decrease Jackson County voters the number of polling in District One will choose places, some have been a county commissioner, combined. In Steeleville as well as treasurer and for the first time, all county clerk. three precincts will vote Voters in St. Clair will at the fire station. select a county commis- For voter convenience, sioner for District Seven, sample ballots have been sheriff, treasurer, clerk placed in this week’s and a member of the paper to review before board of review. heading to the polls. Every county will vote Look for results to in races for governor, at- these elections in the No- torney general, secretary vember 8 edition of the of state, state representa- County Journal. President Donald Trump with Representative Mike Bost at the airport Saturday. Trump draws big crowd for Bost At Southern Illinois Airport It’s unusual for a sitting crowd-overflow area out- ing of Granite City Steel, U.S. president to pay a visit side. which is in Bost’s district. to southern Illinois, even Trump first spoke to those Steve Carter, president of more so when it’s a visit in the overflow area, then Knight Hawk Coal, one of to campaign for an incum- he made his way to the po- this area’s major employ- bent member of Congress. dium inside the hangar to ers and headquartered in But that’s what President thunderous cheering. Perry County, was at the Donald Trump did Satur- About halfway through event and said he appreci- day, October 27 when he the president’s speech, he ates Trump’s support of Emily Lyons, Rosette Clay, Chester Wingerter and came to Southern Illinois was joined on stage by Bost, the coal industry. Senator Paul Schimpf hold the ribbon for Governor Airport near Murphys- who is in a close race with “More than any other pol- Bruce Rauner. boro for a “Promises Made, Democrat Brendan Kelly, itician I’ve seen, (Trump) Promises Kept” rally for the current St. Clair County does what he says he’s go- Congressman Mike Bost state’s attorney. ing to do and has enough and himself. “I’ll tell you what,” the gumption to stand up for Shelter house open Air Force 1—not the Boe- president said. “With this people,” Carter said. “I’ve ing 747, but a smaller crowd, Mike Bost is going been excited about his Governor attends ceremony plane—touched down at to win big.” perspective on coal from 4:44 p.m. to the delight of The crowd also erupted the beginning. Coal is im- Want to have a picnic or bers to support the roof. an estimated 10,000 people when Trump touted the re- portant to us. It is 9 to 10 event at Fort Kaskaskia? The new shelter is made packed inside an airport surgence of the coal mining The new shelter house at of smaller pine, which hangar and standing in a industry and the reopen- Continued on Page 5______ the park is now open and will be stained later. ready for use. Speakers, besides the The new structure was governor, were Coun- officially opened at a cer- ty Commissioner Marc Bowling alley hearing is set emony held October 24, Kiehna, museum curator complete with attendance Emily Lyons and Ran- In the last 10 months, not license for both bars and by Governor Bruce Rauner. dolph County economic much has been said about Estimate of how wanted it to stay that way. Rauner, his wife and their director Chris Martin. the dispute between the Some members believed foundation donated $50,000 The architect on the pro- village of Steeleville and much money has the two licenses would to the project. ject was Quadrant Design. the American Legion post cause tax, inventory and “This is one of the most Kiehna estimated that over a liquor license for the been spent on bookkeeping problems. beautiful spots in Illinois,” the final cost of the shel- bowling alley. The Legion said it oper- said the governor. “It’s one ter was $101,000. Of that, Now, a date has been set this issue ates the bowling alley, the of the most beautiful spots the Community Founda- for a hearing before the hall and club room in one in the United States of tion raised $70,000, which Illinois Liquor Control Com- building, so the post should America.” includes the Rauners’ mission. It will be held Mon- The whole issue began in need one license only. The Rauner said he has been at donation. The Historical day, December 3 at 11 a.m. in 2015, when a Legion mem- post, however, paid for two the park before. Society raised the remain- Springfield. ber asked the town board licenses to avoid facing a “I sometimes get teary- ing $31,000. The matter became more for a separate license for revocation of its club room eyed when I stand here and A search for the original of an issue in the summer the bowling alley, so the post license. look at that beautiful view,” plans was in the Illinois of 2017, when Mayor Bob could install gambling ma- Legion members started he said. Archives in Springfield. Sutton, who is also the chines in the bowling alley. attending the town board Construction on the new “We found the plans and liquor commissioner, told That idea was later aban- meetings to let their feel- shelter house began in the asked if the architects the Legion that they must doned, and the Legion did ings be known. summer and incorporated could mirror them,” said have two liquor licenses— not want the extra license. All of that stopped in Jan- the still-standing stone cor- Kiehna. one for the club room and But that request opened uary, when the Legion’s ners, which were tuckpoint- The 16-inch timbers were another for the bowling up the whole matter of liq- attorneys, Campanella and ed and cleaned. no longer available. alley—because they were uor licenses for the Legion, Campanella of Du Quoin, The new structure is not FS was the contractor on in separate buildings. The and the city looked into the told them to back off. exactly like the one that the project. Legion contends that the en- ordinance. The Legion appealed the burned October 31, 2012. tire complex is one building For years, the Legion had That one had 16-inch tim- Continued on Page 5____ and needs only one license. been operating with one Continued on Page 5______ VOTE NOVEMBER 6 ENDORSED BY: Kevin Stine, Tom Ganz, and Gary Unverfehrt Willis Publishing Inc. © Copyright 2018 MONEY $AVING COUPONS INSIDE! PAGE 2 COUNTY JOURNAL | NOVEMBER 1, 2018 police Cutler Trailer Fire The Cutler Fire De- partment, assisted by Willisville, was called to a trailer fire on Ram Road on the west edge of town October 25 at about 8 p.m. Cutler Fire Chief Dave McDonald said no one was living in the trailer, and it had no Above are the remains of the trailer on Ram Road in Cutler. electricity hooked to it. 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