Streeter resigns after decade on Jackson County Board
Jackson County Board member Betsey Streeter of District 6 resigns after 10 years to focus on her role as director of Student Legal Assistance at SIU Carbondale. Donna McCann appointed to replace her. Streeter cites busier year ahead and time pressures.
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Murphysboro
Betsey Streeter
Streeter
Jackson County
Gary Hartlieb
Donna McCann
Bush, Cambria
Hurst and
Royalton
Patrick McCann
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
League of Women Voters
Ava
Mental Health Board
Farrell to lecture at SIU on death penalty opposition
Mike Farrell known as Captain Hunnicutt from M A S H will speak at 7:30 p.m. Sunday April 28 in Shryock Auditorium as part of the What I Have Learned series. The free event, sponsored by the SIU Public Policy Institute, will cover his stance against capital punishment and life experiences. Seating opens at 6:30 p.m., parking is free near the Student Center.
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Carbondale
Mike Farrell
Capt
B.J. Hunnicutt
Southern Illinois University
Shryock Auditorium
SIU Public Policy Institute
U.S
Paul Simon
Hardin County’s early economy and frontier dangers described
Ben Gelman recounts Hardin County history from flatboats to New Orleans potato trades to wheat and corn booms, dairy woes from milk sickness caused by white snakeroot, timber and fluorspar industries, and outlaw-roamed routes along Ford's Ferry. Pioneers are hailed as martyrs in the settlement era.
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Hall
New Orleans
Hardin County
Rosiclare Lead and
Fluorspar Company
Sam Mason
James Ford
Billy Potts
Ford’s Ferry
Ford’s Ferry Road
Potts Tavern
Cave-in- Rock
Wuat's Coming Spring Clean-up Day in Carbondale
Community event note details a 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. cleanup at Attucks Park with T shirts for the first 300 volunteers. Also includes a children's poetry reading at Bookworm by Joy King and Anne Marie Logan, author book sales, and a World Hunger sale at University Baptist Church with items for sale and door prizes.
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Attucks Park
Wall Street
Carbondale
University Baptist Church
S. Oakland St
Church Women United
Community Events Schedule Highlights Local Activities
Parents receive tips at Straight Talk With Your Teen 6 30 p.m. at Murphysboro High School. Sponsoring groups include District 186, Jackson County Health Department and SI Health Services. Mona Bradford listed. Free immunizations offered at Marion Facility 18 11 a.m. and 1 3 p.m. Call 993 8111 or 439 0951. Visiting Artist Series features Iain Baxter at SIU Carbondale Faner Hall 6 p.m. Free. Theater Burning Old Main at Kleinman Theater 8 p.m. SIU Carbondale tickets 5 3 5618. Diabetes diet talk by Martha Winter 1 p.m. Perry County Extension annex. College and career day Chester High 6 30 8 30 p.m. Free with door prize 100 savings bond. Call 243 9014. Birding event 7 p.m. First State Bank basement Red Bud led by Pat Ward. Call 684 4799 or 475 2790.
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Jackson County Health Department
Southern Illinois Regional Social Services
Mona Bradford
Marion
Franklin-Williamson
Si-County Health Department
Chester High School
Swanwick St
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