Great Cardboard Boat Regatta at SIUC Campus Lake
Today's events include the 29th annual cardboard boat regatta noon at Campus Lake SIUC with signups by 11 a.m. for the instant boat category. Also Makanda Fire Dept 25th anniversary open house 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Fire Station 2 Giant City Road Makanda. CPR class 1–5 p.m. and a Safety Smoke House with Sparky the Fire Dog.
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Campus Lake
Siuc
Gebr.com
Makanda Township
Giant City Road
Giant City
Makanda
Sparky
Fate of state copters uncertain in Illinois budget
Illinois Transportation Secretary Kirk Brown warned funding may not cover continuing state helicopter operations for medical and police missions in the new fiscal year. He rejected bills to bill hospitals for flights, noting a $4.5 million budget request could keep the service if lawmakers approve, but a contract for three new helicopters won’t be signed amid cuts and a budget crisis.
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Springfield
Kirk Brown
Illinois Department of Transportation
Brown
Carbondale
Champaign
Peoria
George H. Ryan
Senate Appropriations Committee
Illinois
Memorial Hospital of
Billie Paige
Carle Foundation Hospital
Urbana
Department of Transportation
Paige
Leap in Lizards: Students and Seniors Learn Together
Jefferson Elementary School fifth graders in Marion conduct a hands on lesson at the Marion Senior Citizens Center titled Learning by Leaps and Lizards. The program, supported by a grant, expands across the school with at least one animal in every class. Students learn responsibility in care and presentation skills while sharing knowledge with seniors who praised the effort.
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Marion
Jefferson Elementary School
Marion Senior Citizens Center
Ashton Plumer
Kay Ferris
Wendy Goodman
Ferris
Erma Boester
Lorrie Groth
Herrin
Hall earns chamber's top honor in Murphysboro
Longtime Key Club sponsor Bob Hall was named Murphysboro Citizen of the Year at a chamber dinner. Hall chaired Kiwanis and Key Club activities, earning top district and international honors. Lois Murphy received the Minerva Award and Penn Aluminum won the Community Service Award for local business leadership.
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Murphysboro
Bob Hall
Hall
II District
Kiwanis
Murphysboro Key Club
Key Club International
Key of Honor
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Heart Fund
United Way
Lois Murphy
Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce
Dunking the chief of police for abused children fundraiser
Carbondale police chief R T Finney was dunked repeatedly at a Poshard Foundation fundraiser held in the Mardale Shopping Center lot. The event, connected to True Value’s Main Event, raised money for abused children as families enjoyed inflatables, games, and food while officers supervised the toss and dunk.
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Carbondale
R.T. Finney
Finney
Poshard Foundation For
Mardale
Audrey Graves
Foundation
Illinois
Graves
Mardale True Value Hardware
True Value
George
Jim Scheffer
Scheffer
Courtney
Poshard Foundation
Chief Finney
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Perry
Union
Williamson Counties
Southern Illinois
Carbondale Town Square
West Frankfort Community Park
East
Cleveland Street
Turley Park
Vic Turner
Carterville Lions Club
Illinois St
Herrin Community Pantry
N. 17Th St
West Monroe Street Apostolic Church
Rend Lake College
Inn
Dawn Gibson
RLC
Gibson
Lusk Creek
Eddyville Shawnee Mart
Ed Sterchi
John O'Dell
BY Richard Goldstein
Springfield Bureau
Tim Petrowich
Mary King
Ralph Spears
Marion Senior Citizen's Center
Mable Grisley
Senior Citizen's Center
Chamber
Claire O’brien
Courtney Phillips
The
Carbondale New
Poshard
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