Carbondale Weekend Events Offer Theatre, Walks, and Music
A busy schedule across Carbondale and surrounding areas features Wildflower walks at Green Earth and Giant City Park, two theater shows Our Town and Lend Me A Tenor with matinee pricing, a Classical Music Month at University Mall, a metapsychic symposium in Paducah, a pancake breakfast for OLMC youth, Cedarhurst Spring Madrigalia at Mitchell Museum, a birding trip at Pomona Natural Bridge, and Kelly Miller Bros Circus performances with tour options and a depot tour in Carbondale. The listings include contact numbers and venue details for planning.
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel
W. Monroe St
Herrin
OLMC
Cedarhurst Chorus
Mitchell Museum
Cedarhurst
Mount Vernon
Fish kill at Crab Orchard Lake blamed on natural factors
Thousands of yellow bass died at Crab Orchard Lake causing a strong odor. Fisheries biologist Chris Bickers of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources says the event is a natural correction to a high bass population, caused by a parasite and stress from spawning. IDNR monitors Little Grassy and Devil's Kitchen lakes and will test for contaminants as needed. Conditions expected to normalize soon.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Southern Illinois Recreation
Chris Bickers
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
IDNR
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Bickers
Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge
Crab Orchard
Little Grassy
Devil’s Kitchen Lakes
IDNA
Children learn about the environment in Marion
About 30 to 40 Marion fifth graders watched Bev Shofstall display a red tailed hawk during AmeriCorps Environmental Awareness Day at the Unit 2 Outdoor Learning Laboratory. Roughly 300 fifth graders attended the day long event organized by AmeriCorps members Valerie Herren Jennifer Tate and Lindsay Marshall at Washington School.
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Weven
AmeriCorps
Marion
Bev Shofstall
Carterville
Shofstall
Unit 2
Valerie Herren
Jennifer Tate
Lindsay Marshall
Washington School
Cen Rravana
Nathan Dorris
Noah Saffeider
Rick Elder
Lincoln School
Fluorspar Miners Memorial Sought at Rosiclare Museum
The American Fluorite Museum in Rosiclare seeks names and stories of fluorspar miners who died on the job. Contact Eric Livingston at 285-3513 or 285-6232. The site at Rosiclare Lead and Fluorspar Mining Co. opens Thursday through Sunday with March to December hours and by appointment. Admission is 3 dollars for adults, 1 dollar for ages 6 to 12, free under 6.
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American Fluorite Museum
Eric Livingston
Rosiclare Lead and Fluorspar Mining Co
Tllinois
Main Street
Rosiclare
Livingston
Wells Fargo
Fluorspar
Crab Orchard & Egyptian Railroad
Pinckneyville School Board approves playground equipment
Pinckneyville Grade School will buy new playground gear from Hutchinson and Associates for 45 556 dollars. The school board voted this week to approve the purchase, adding popular new equipment to the facility. See Pinckneyville page 14A.
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Hutchinson and Associates
Pinckneyville
Tuskegee Airmen recount racial barriers in service
Omar Baig speaks at SIUC while William Thompson recalls his boyhood dream of flight. Thompson, 86, a Tuskegee Airman and retired Lt. Col., notes Army denial in 1940 and says by 1941 only Nazis opposed black pilots. He and Lt. Robert Martin spoke at the SIAC Minority Aviation Council luncheon honoring the Airmen.
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William Thompson
Pittsburgh
Fla
Thompson
Charles Lindbergh
St. Louis
Lindbergh
Atlantic
United States
Europe
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Tuskeegee
U.S. Air Force
SIAC
Minority Aviation Council
Robert Martin
U.S. Army Aviation
Tuskeegee Institute
U.S
Franklin D
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Green Earth
Freeman St
Carbondale
Sarah Baer
Giant City State Park
Makanda
Our Town
Thornton Wilder
the Stage Co
N. Washington St
Capitol Theater
S. Main St
Waterloo
Monroe Actors Stage Co
University Mall
St. Bruno
Eric Bandera
Kevin Lucas
Jr’s
Executive Inn
Paducah
Southern Illinois
Salt
Peter Cave
Illinois
Murphysboro
Yahoo.com
Wyat
Pomona Natural Bridge
Kelly Miller Bros. Circus
Percy City Park
Roxanne Conley
Les Winkelep
Les Winkeler
Pinckneyille
Christi Mathis
Omar Baig
Siuc
Claire O’brien
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