Guitar ensemble concert at SIUC auditorium
A guitar ensemble concert led by professor Joseph Breznikar airs at 7 30 p m in the Old Baptist Foundation auditorium just north of Faner Hall SIUC with music by 1 and classical guitarists priced 3 2 for students. ParkWatch volunteers meet at Keyes City Park 6 30 p m at Du Quoin City Hall to curb vandalism and litter. Traveling office hours with Senator Peter Fitzgerald run 9 10 a m Herrin City Hall 10 30 11 30 a m Carbondale Civic Center 12 30 1 30 p m Pinckneyville City Hall 2 30 3 30 p m Sparta City Hall.
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Old Baptist Foundation
Faner Hall
SIUC
Joseph Breznikar
ParkWatch
Keyes City Park
du Quoin City Hall
U.S
Peter Fitzgerald
Herrin City Hall
Carbondale Civic Center
Pinckneyville City Hall
Sparta City Hall
Local groups set meetings across district and towns
Carterville School District No 5 and related boards schedule mornings and evenings at area venues including First United Methodist Church Carterville and Carbondale district offices. Readers urged to submit Mother’s Day stories for prizes by May 1 to The Southern with contact details provided.
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Carterville
First United Methodist Church
N. Pine St
Chanda Nordmeyer
Illinois Ave
Carbondale
News
Thesouthern
Center keeps Alice Wright Center open for now
A tense Carbondale Park District meeting left the fate of the Alice Wright Early Childhood Center undecided after back to back ties. The motion to close failed, as did the plan to fund continuance, leaving the center in limbo for another year amid debate over using recreation funds for child care.
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Carbondale
Carbondale Park District
Alice Wright
Bruce Wallace
Eden Thorne
Carl Flowers
Navreet Kang
Flowers
Kang
Wallace and Thorne
Harvey Welch
Park District
Richard Grant
Grant
Alice Wright Center
Peacekeeping Vet from West Frankfort Reflects on Bosnia Mission
Mickey Birchfield, a longtime West Frankfort police officer, returned home after six months in a multinational peacekeeping force in Bosnia. He led a 34-person Psychological Operations Detachment guiding ceasefire messaging, tolerance among ethnic groups, and disarming weapons while emphasizing early-age education to curb hatred. The mission, ongoing since 1995, included US Russian joint efforts in schools to improve relations between nations.
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Mickey Birchfield
West Frankfort
Bosnia
Birchfield
Franklin County
Army
United States
Russia
Canada
Great Britain
Turkey
Poland
U.S
Marion residents clash with proposed animal control ordinance
Marion residents voiced anger at a City Council meeting over provisions in a draft animal control ordinance. The plan limits households to three dogs and three cats, or a combined total, sparking debate about those with larger pets while the council delays action on a comprehensive update following a neighbor's dog attack on April 14. Local officials emphasized they will not rush the measure as they study a broader ordinance.
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Marion
Jena Weiss
Bob Butler
Edna Fredman
Fredman
Schullian
Slain Carbondale officer to be honored in Springfield
Lenard Alonzo Sizemore a 10 year Carbondale Police veteran was shot Aug 20 1933 while investigating a noise complaint. He will be honored at the Illinois Police Officer Memorial during the state police day of remembrance with a service at West Side Christian Church and a 11 a.m. procession to the Capitol. If weather requires the ceremony moves to the state armory.
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Springfield
Lenard
Alonzo Sizemore
Carbondale
East Oak Street
Sizemore
Illinois Police
Illinois State Police
West Side Christian Church
Cider Mill Lane
Veteran’s Parkway
Paul Echols
Capitol
Illinois Police Officer Memorial
Capitol Grounds
State Armory
Monroe Street
The
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