SIU Press book sale and music event schedule
Today's events include an SIU Press book sale from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1915 University Press Dr with a reception for ENCO president at To Perfection Restaurant in Du Quoin, a Music from China program at 7:30 p.m. in Shryock Auditorium, admission $6.50, $3 students, plus drive time review at West Frankfort Senior Citizens Center 9 to 11 a.m. and an organizational meeting of the Southern Illinois Coal Belt Champion Community at Six Mile Township Building Zeigler. Contacts 453-2787 438-2899 435-8234 542-3841.
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Southern Illinois
Six Mile Township
Zeigler
Local government meeting schedule compilation
Benton Fireman Pension Board meets at 8 30 a m at city hall 500 W Main St Carbondale Planning Commission convenes at 7 p m at 200 S Illinois Ave Jackson County Building Grounds Committee 5 p m at county board office Murphysboro Pollution Control Facility Committee 5 p m at health department Jackson Perry County Regional Office of Education Advisory Board TBA at Regional Office of Education Annex Jefferson County Fiscal Committee 6 p m at courthouse Mt Vernon Land Tax and Appointments Committee 6 p m at courthouse Mount Vernon Perry County Public Building Pinckneyville Community Hospital Board 7 p m at hospital Southern Illinois Coal Belt Champion Community Committee 7 30 p m at Six Mile Township Building Zeigler Union County 911 board 6 30 p m at Corn Center Jonesboro Union County Board 4 p m at courthouse Jonesboro Vienna City Council 6 30 p m at city hall 205 N 4th St Williamson County Housing Authority 6 30 p m at office 300 Hickory St Carterville
Franklin County Republicans pick new slate of leaders
Franklin County Republicans voted to oust the old slate and elect a new leadership team headed by Marion Presley and Carl Edwards with a 1,425 to 850 majority. Presley hinted at a full slate on the ballot, while Democrats kept the existing officers with James Eaton as chairman and Edith Greenwood as first vice chair.
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Franklin County
Benton
New County
Marion Presley
Carl Edwards
Presley
Bill Wilson
Dave Cobill
Juva Wynn
Franklin Williamson
Barry Kohl
Jim Kerley
Kent Earnheart
Mark Rea
Norman “Doc” Melvin
Jim Walton
Sam Pollack
James Eaton
Edith Greenwood
Mary Ann Adams
Mike Reed
Learning Art Sparks Joy Across Ages at Herrin Program
Carmen Clark teaches art after school and at the Williamson County Programs on Aging, guiding students from ages 6 to 86 through drawing and painting with no tracing. She emphasizes imagination, trial and error, and pastel work, noting students finish projects with pride. Aurum Stearns, 11, from Herrin, works on a chalk planet drawing and praises pastel work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKeinzie
Carmen Clark
Brandon Newman
de Soto
Clark
Herrin
Aurum Stearns
Energy
Stearns
Community advocates mark Child Abuse Prevention Month
Kathy Schimpf the Williamson County Child Advocacy Center in Herrin urged awareness as April begins Child Abuse Prevention Month. She noted the center has aided over 1,000 abused children and nearly 900 siblings in ten years, expanding from a two-person staff and $65 000 budget in 1992 to 11 staff and a 500 000 budget today.
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Herrin
Kathy Schimpf
Schimpf
Williamson County
Illinois Centre Mall
Murphysboro Board Cuts 10 Teaching Positions Not Rehired
The Murphysboro Unit 186 board issued notices of non-reemployment to two full-time teachers and eight part-time staff. The two full-time, first year non-tenured teachers had replaced leavees. both are returning, so no net loss. The eight part-time employees face possible rehiring if funding allows, with names along the high school and local elementary centers.
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Murphysboro
Board of Education
Janice Gaubatz
Mary Bess Williams
Eric Kirkpatrick
Kim Cook
James Gill
John Spiller
William Boudet
Michael Mahoney
Alexander Balogh
Jan York
Jane Mansfield
McElwain School
Staci Hickam
Gen. John A. Logan
Student wins 15-minute Authors on Call with Kathryn Lasky
Scholastic's Authors on Call winners Stacy Payne and Winkler School students spoke with Newbery Honor author Kathryn Lasky from New York. They discussed writing, reader reactions, witchcraft trials, and the value of reading across genres.
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Carbondale
Linda North
Stacy Payne
Winkler
Scholastic Publishing
Kathryn Lasky
New York
Lasky
Stacy
Scholastic
Pat Elsaid
America
Augustus Pelletier
Massachusetts
Grant O’dell
North
Also Mentioned on This Page
SIU
University Press
ENCO
du Quoin Chamber
To Perfection
China
Shryock
SIUC
Senior Citizens Center
E. Poplar St
West Frankfort
Benton Fireman Pension Board
City Hall
W. Main St
Carbondale Planning Commission
S. Illinois Ave
Jackson County Building & Grounds Committee
County Board Office
Jackson County Pollution Control Facility Committee
Health Department
Jackson-Perry County
Office of Education Advisory Board
P.m
Office of Education Annex
Jefferson County
Mt Vernon
Jefferson County Land, Tax & Appointments Committee
Mount Vernon
Perry County Public Building Commission
Pinckneyville
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Southern Illinois Coal Belt Champion
Union County 911 Board
Corn Center
Jonesboro
Union County Board
Vienna
4Th St
Williamson County Housing Authority
Hickory St
Carterville
Jim Muir
John D. Homan
Murphysboro Board
Ucom
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