Community events and fundraisers fill Carbondale area weekend
A round of local happenings including a book sale at Carbondale Public Library from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. today and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday proceeds benefit library programs. Hoops for Hope fundraiser at John A. Logan College gym in Carterville runs 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with other events: barbecue at Praise Central Church, carnival at SIUC Sam Rinella Fields, trivia night at Sparta Senior Center, wildflower walks near Devil’s Kitchen Lake, and a 35th Illinois State Quarter convention at All Nations Church of God in Marion. Additional activities include a carwash in Carbondale, Relay for Life fundraiser by United Methodist youth, a Robin Hood stage play in Red Bud, Environmental Awareness Day events in Shawnee, and SIUC bodybuilding at Shryock Auditorium. Contact numbers are listed for several events.
Meeting on guardianship rights at Shawnee Community College
The Egyptian Regional Human Rights Authority of Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission invites public reporting of potential rights violations affecting people with disabilities in mental health and developmental disability facilities. Centralized intake: 866 274 8023. Report at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Shawnee Community College Board Room Ullin. More details on page 4B at thesouthern.com.
Organ donors mean life in Carbondale
Gwendolyn Walker wife of SIU President James Walker has lived seven years with another’s lung after an April 1997 transplant at Vanderbilt Hospital in Tennessee. She recovered fully and credits the donor, learning the donor’s family information after two years.
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Charity Hoops Benefit Draws Rams to Pinckneyville
St Louis Rams players visited Thomas Gymnasium for a charity basketball game benefiting United Cerebral Palsy of Southern Illinois. Local families and youngsters packed the bleachers as six Rams joined autographs and halftime photos, while fans hoped Kurt Warner would attend.
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Jeremy Loyd
Justin Smith
Scott Tercero
Michael Coleman
Joaquin Clement
Pathologist to determine cause of death in woods find
Hardin County sheriff and coroner expect the remains found last Saturday in a steep wooded area near Camp Cadiz to be David M. Springfield, a 55 year old Indianapolis man missing since July. An autopsy by Dr John A Heidingsfelder will decide if death was self-inflicted and confirm identity using dental records and DNA.
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Springfield
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Cleanup underway at West Frankfort Heights fire site
Cleanup has begun at the Frankfort Heights block destroyed by February fire. Dixie Simmons, owner, says debris is being cleared by McVicker Excavating of Herrin but she does not plan to rebuild. The fate of the Heights Post Office remains undecided amid ADA renovation plans for the West Frankfort facility. The Heights Post Office served about 150 customers.
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