Snakes are not as dangerous as you fear says outdoor writer
Southern Illinois outdoors writer Art Reid explains most snakes in the region are harmless water snakes and nonvenomous copperheads and rattlesnakes pose real danger only if provoked. He recalls a Lake Mermet incident with a water moccasin and notes bites are rare. avoid disturbing snake habitats and stay alert near rocky outcrops swamps and timbered lowlands as spring returns.
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Art Reid
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Lake
Mermet
Illinois Department of Conservation
DOC
Boonies
Woods and Henley Earn Region IV All State Honors
Carmen Woods of John A. Logan Community College was named a first team All State pick, with Ginger Henley named to the second team. Woods averaged 18.2 points and 10.5 rebounds per game for the season while Henley, a Goreville freshman, scored 15.1 points per game. The Volunteers finished 26-4, placing third in state, and claimed the SICC championship and the Turkey Day Tournament title.
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John A. Logan Community College
Carmen Woods
Ginger Henley
Woods
du Quoin
Henley
Goreville
Volunteers
Baptist group sponsors Illinois softball tournament
The Christian Brothers, a Baptist men’s group from Southern Illinois, will sponsor a slow pitch softball tournament April 25 26 to raise funds for Baptist Student Unions across the state. All sister churches invited. Call George Keith or Paul Buff for details. Double elimination, 9 am5 pm April 25 and 1 4 pm April 26. Entry fee 50 dollars, all proceeds to the Baptist Student Union in Carbondale.
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The
Christian Brothers
Illinois
Baptist
George Keith
Paul Buff
Baptist Student Union
Carbondale
Herrin to hold first road run during Herrinfest
Herrin hosts a Memorial Day road events on May 25 with a 10 000 meter race at 9 a.m. and a 1 mile run at 10 30 a.m. Race Director Art Reveal and co director Bruce Gordon oversee 18 divisions including a heavy weight class over 200 pounds. Entry fees are 4 in advance or 5 after May 18 for the 10 000 meter and 1 for the mile with participant ribbons for finishers.
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Herrin
Art Reveal
Bruce Gordon
YMCA
P.O. Box
Group to meet on youth sports in Carbondale
A 3 p.m. Monday meeting at the Ramada Inn restaurant will discuss a coordinated Carbondale youth sports program. The February planning group included the Chamber of Commerce YMCA Carbondale Junior Sports and the Carbondale Park District.
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Ramada Inn
Carbondale
Chamber of Commerce
YMCA
Carbondale Junior Sports
Carbondale Park District
Three Area Players Set for Illinois Shrine High School Game
Ken Jaggerst will assist as an assistant coach in the seventh annual Illinois Coaches Association Shrine High School All-Star Football Game on August 1 at Illinois State University. East team senior players Joe Gholson Harrisburg Joe Bader West Frankfort and Larry Roberts Anna-Jonesboro join as participants. Jaggerst resigns as Harrisburg head coach after a runner-up finish in Class 3A and will be one of five assistants under head Coach Glenn Schott of Belleville Althoff.
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Ken Jaggerst
Illinois State University
Joe Gholson
Harrisburg
Joe Bader
West Frankfort
Larry Roberts
Anna-Jonesboro
Jaggerst
Glenn Schott
Belleville
Althoff
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