Carbondale and area events highlighted for the day
A roundup of community happenings includes Forget-me-not benefit at Carbondale Civic Center with dinner and silent auction to aid Alzheimer’s Association, a forum on Hispanic and Latino issues at John A. Logan College, SIU Press Book Sale, a preschool registration at Sacred Heart School, and a poetry reading by Susan Aizenberg at SIUC. Also listed are a free film at SIUC, a theater show at Carterville High School, health screenings at Kroger East, a women self defense class at SIUC, and museum and government meetings in Marion and Benton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale Civic Center
17Th Street Bar and Grill
Alzheimer’s Association
Greater Illinois
Carbondale
John A. Logan College
Carterville
TVA to Auction 1.1 Billion Tons of Coal in Southern Illinois
The Tennessee Valley Authority announced a public auction of two coal leases totaling over 1.1 billion tons on 65,000 acres across Franklin Jefferson and Hamilton counties. The first 100 million ton tranche on about 6,450 acres in Franklin County will be auctioned May 9, with officials optimistic the move could spark a regional coal market rebound.
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Southern
Illinois
Tennessee Valley Authority
Franklin
Jefferson
Hamilton
Franklin County
Southern Illinois
TVA
Ewing
Best Buy opens new Carbondale store for region
Best Buy opens its 35th Illinois store and 60th nationwide in 2002 at 1270 E Main St Carbondale next to Kmart. The 30,000 square foot shop aims to lead on price with more than 20,000 products across electronics and home entertainment drawing customers from Nashville Paducah and Cape Girardeau. Local shoppers praise the arrival and expect competition with Wal Mart.
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Carbondale
Best Buy
Illinois
Main St
Kmart
Doug Benjerman
Benjerman
Nashville
Paducah
Cape Girardeau
Jerry Schwarz
Pinckneyville
Pied-billed grebes seen in unusual United States lake sighting
A birding excursion near Mermet Lake south of Vienna recorded 43 pied-billed grebes, far more than typical counts, alongside hundreds of coots. The piece notes grebe biology, naming it dabchick, hell diver, and water witch while detailing their rump-footed adaptation for swimming and diving.
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Mermet Lake
North America
Search continues for missing Benton woman Cassandra Blair
A scaled back search for 35 year old Cassandra Blair of West City continued Wednesday more than two weeks after she was last seen leaving a Benton bar. Franklin County Sheriff Bill Wilson said divers and boats are not being used and only visual checks are being made at Lake Moses. He remains hopeful the body may surface in coming days. Blair was last seen March 16 with suspect John Delbert Smith, whose burned pickup is key evidence. Smith has not been charged in Blair's disappearance. A preliminary hearing was set for April 17. he is jailed on a 300000 dollar bond.
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Cassandra Blair
West City
Benton
Franklin County
Bill Wilson
Lake Moses
Wilson
Blair
John Delbert Smith
Smith
Sam Pyle
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SIU Press
University Press
Buiding
McLafferty Rd
Sacred Heart School
du Quoin
Susan Aizenberg
The
Nebraska Review
Siuc Press
Lawson Hall
SIUC
Harry Potter
Student Center Auditorium
Robert Redford
Brad Pitt
Catherine McCormick
Stephen Dillane
J.D
Man Charlie Brown
Carterville High School
Kroger East
Giant City Road
Williamson County Historical Society Museum
S. van Buren St
Marion
Benton Municipal
Benton Zoning Board of Appeals
Municipal Building
W. Main
Judy Elb
Chattanooga
Tenn
Elle
Michael Dann
the Souther
Dave Gilchrist
Carolyn Campbell
Jessie Hodge
Doug Benjamin
Cliff Phillips
Jamie Melcher
Bob Stead
Rich Stanfill
Jason Walbeck
Joe Matthews
Carisa Anderson
Jeff Smyth
Vienna
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