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These students made themselves part of a clock on the floor when grades K-2 had a lesson on telling time at the afterschool Crazy 8s Math Club at Lincoln School. The Club, which also has a section for grades 3-5, is so popular, there is a waiting of list of students who wish to participate.
Electric cooperative to Illinois: Pay up or lights out By Mark Fitton Illinois News Network
SPRINGFIELD — Another vendor says it may have to cut off service to the state of Illinois because the state’s inability to pay its bills is threatening the vendor’s ability to continue doing business.
In a disconnection-warning letter dated Oct. 29, Southwestern Electric Cooperative Inc. told the state it is behind on its accounts. “As a not-for-profit utility, Southwestern … relies on its members to pay their bill so we, in turn, can pay our bills
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and provide power to 22,000 homes, hospitals, schools, businesses and industries throughout the state of Illinois,” cooperative CEO Kerry Sloan wrote in the letter, a copy of which was posted Thursday on the Capitol Fax blog site. “Your violation of our service agree-
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ment compromises our ability to provide that service and jeopardized the welfare of our membership and the general public.” The letter says Southwestern has already exceeded its policies for disconnection for lack of payment and will begin
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