Elverado school board weighs staffing and schedule changes
Elverado school board addressed staffing issues as the current year ends. Four football coaching candidates were interviewed in closed session with no hires. A half-time junior high English position is reinstated. vacancies remain for a half-time social studies and a full-time science teacher. A special meeting April 29 aims to fill posts. David Smith resigns as junior high softball coach. Jimmy Harris hired. Graduation credit requirements drop to 25 for class of 2003 with seven daily periods. Calendar revisions updated. tentative 2002-2003 calendar shows classes Aug 19 to May 30, 2003.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkville
Elverado
Jim Piper
David Smith
Jimmy Harris
Perry County teens pick four workshops at future path event
About 200 eighth graders from Perry County schools attended a conference at First Baptist Church Pinckneyville featuring ten workshops aimed at teen futures. A standout, the Dogs Drug Raid workshop with Officer John Griffin and his German Shepherd Jeck ended with a staged drug bag search. The scene led to laughs and a cautionary message about drug awareness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinckneyville
Perry County
First Baptist Church of
John Griffin
Griffin
Jeck
Jamie Benbrook
Jack
Marion
Starla Howard
Dwayne Smith
Beth Cassity
Vickie Morrow
Simulated dates teach teens about sexually transmitted diseases
Julie Crawford of Pinckneyville and Josh Provart of Tamaroa joined teens at a Shawnee Unit University of Illinois Community Worker event. Jeana Raper staged a water exchange skit to illustrate how bodily fluids spread infections like gonorrhea herpes and AIDS. Crawford felt the demonstration left a lasting impression about personal safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinckneyville
Julie Crawford
Josh Provart
Tamaroa
Shawnee Unit
University of Illinois
Jeana Raper
Raper
Julie
Josh
Crawford
Tamaroa Grade School reshuffles staff and calendar
Tamaroa Grade School board rehired several staff including non tenured Amanda Dearman and tenured Deana Kelly who both resigned to teach in Du Quoin District. New and shifted assignments include Deana Kelly, Peter Omiotek, Linda Murphy, Lee Woodcock, Julia Witges, Jennifer Harsy, Cathy Youngman, and others. The calendar was revised with last day May 20, institute May 21, grade cards May 22, and the 2002 2003 calendar approved with Aug 19 start and June 3 2008 end. eighth grade graduation set for May 20 and next meeting moved to May 21. summer meetings 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamaroa
Amanda Dearman
Deana Kelly
Peter Omiotek
Linda Murphy
Kim Tecklenburg
Lee Woodcock
Julia Witges
Jennifer Harsy
Cathy Youngman
Jack
Kiselewski
Cindy Opp
Marjorie Pedtke
Kelly
Dearman
du Quoin
Harry
Board E
Herrin Pantry elects officers for 2002 03 slate
Herrin Community Pantry announced its 2002 2003 slate at the annual meeting. Dorothea Crespi was elected president, Carol Aronson vice president, Sheila Marlow secretary, and Kathy Smith treasurer. Volunteers received a plaque as thanks for past year support from FEMA United Way Boy Scouts and the Herrin Post Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Pantry
Federal Emergency Managing Agency
United Way
Boy Scouts
Herrin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elverado School
Christi Mathis
Benbrook
Howard
Karen Brown
Community Worker
Youth and Family
Michael Cole
Bonnie Martin
Southern Illinois Rehabilitation
Tamaroa Grade School
Stati
Nelson Gauto
Herrin Pantry
John D. Homan
Joseph K. Davidson, M.D
Cbotox
FDA
Joseph K. Davidson
L.L.C
Cedar Court
Carbondale, IL
Southern Illinois
Pie Gass
Wei
Broyhill
Sealy, Stears & Foster
Simmons Mattresses
Samuel Lawrance
Vaughan Bassett
Woodmare
Brad
Carbondale
Bradthefurnitureking
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!