Benton County and nearby towns meet with numerous public sessions
A consolidated schedule lists city councils, boards, and committees across Benton Carbondale Carrier Mills Stonefort Dowell Evansville Grand Tower Herrin Hurst Jackson Jefferson Johnson Johnston Marion and Makanda. Meetings cover city councils park boards libraries housing authorities and school boards with times from 4 p.m. to 9 a.m. and locations at city halls civic centers and public facilities.
New law limits hospital patient information release
A new law takes effect restricting hospital disclosure of patient data without consent under HIPAA. Hospitals must obtain patient approval before sharing information, placing responsibility on the patient for who receives records. The act, finalized mainly in 2000, aims to improve health system efficiency and protect electronic health data.
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Bruce Harsy
HIPAA
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du Quoin
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Novel Gatherings Food and drink fuel modern book clubs
Southern Illinois book clubs blend meals with literature filling dinners and breakfasts. Lawyers and spouses discuss This Side of Paradise and The Awakening over Cajun hurricanes and quiche as conversations drift from novels to life, routines, and family.
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Southern Illinois
New York Times
America
Mothers and Daughters
Dickens
Melville
Jackson County Public Defender’s Office
Jackson County State’s Attorney’s Office
Mark Costa
Costa
Kathleen
Kate Chopin
New Orleans
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Bronx
Waldorf-Astoria
Stephanie Wood
Andrea Rendleman
Carbondale
Rendleman
Wood
Randolph Perry boards elect officers in Perry Randolph counties
Perry and Randolph county school boards held special meetings to seat new members and elect officers. Chester district faces two vacancies after only one candidate filed for 2003. Shane Rock won a seat with 792 votes and will join two new appointees at a Tuesday meeting to fill the remaining vacancies. New officers were chosen for Chester, Pinckneyville, and other local boards, with reelected or newly seated members and officers named.
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Perry
Randolph
Chester
Lindell Croft
Lawrence
Shane” Rock
Chester Board
Chester School Board
Swanwick St
Jeff Warhausen
Troy Clendenin
Vicky Beers
Pinckneyville High School
Tim Mathis
Nathan Kellerman
Don Craig
Mathis
Debbie Plumlee
Craig Williams
Pinckneyville
Larry Pfau
Debbie Ramsey
Brian Kellerman
Greg Bigham
Marilyn Millikin
Robert G. Templeton
Ryan Swan
Halleck Reese
Pinckneyville Community Consolidated School District
Byford Reidelberger
Collin Hirsch
Stephen Cannedy
Steve Sims
Marion Keith
Roy Plumlee
Sims
Kim Kellerman
Joan Smith
Trico
Karaoke contest broadens HerrinFesta Italiana acts
HerrinFesta adds Bull Pen Lounge karaoke with five bars participating. Two finalists from each bar advance to May 24 finals on the Piazza Stage for prizes of 200, 100, and 50 dollars. Also debuting The X Homegrown Show brings local bands to HerrinFesta Sundays from 11 p.m. to midnight.
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Vickie King
T Street
Christopher
du Quoin
Marion
Boswell
Anna
Piazza
King
Southern Illinois
HerrinFesta
Zimmer Radio Group
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Limegrover
Starting Left
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Randolph, Perry
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Brittany
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