Girl Scouts offer fall bus trips to Hannibal and UI game
Mary Thomas Layton reports Girl Scouts of Shagbark Council invite local girls from fourth to 12th grade to two bus trips this fall. One trip to Hannibal includes Mark Twain sites, art fair, swimming, cave, lunch, tickets. Sept 11 football game next. Signups due Monday. costs range 20 to 40 dollars plus meals and transport. pickup in multiple towns. contact (618) 942-3164 or 888-817-6353 for details.
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Southern Illinois
Hannibal
University of Illinois
Herrin
Mount Vernon
Salem
Effingham
Shagbark Council
Inspiring Women Award Nomination Details at SIU Carbondale
Nominations for the Inspiring Women awards are due by Aug 15. Contact Terri Harist or Mona Glenn for forms and information. submit nominees with resumes and letters of recommendation if desired. Mailing destinations include SIU Carbondale offices and the Office of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management.
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Terri Harist
Financial Aid Office
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Sinc.edu
Inspiringwomen
SIAC
Jean Paratore
Corn Fest Opens Saturday at Charter Oak Schoolhouse
The 48th Randolph County Historical Society Corn Fest at the eight sided Charter Oak Schoolhouse near Sparta starts Saturday. Dinner includes corn and fried chicken with sides, $7 for adults $3 for children. Proceeds support maintenance of the historic site.
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Sparta
Randolph County Historical Society
Charter Oak
Schulmne Road
United States
Frances Hawkins
The
Historical Society
Oak
Perry County Wins $75,348 Homeland Security Grant
Perry County received a 75348.22 Homeland Security grant to buy chemical and geological PPE detection monitors search and rescue gear and specialized comms for terrorist or disaster response. Region 19 includes Perry and 11 counties under Illinois Terrorism Task Force funding.
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Perry County
Homeland Security
du Quoin Emergency Services
Chuck Genesio
United States Department of Homeland Security
Pinckneyville seeks to add 12 300 square feet school wing
Pinckneyville district advances a 1.5 million addition to the grade school with Kellerman Brothers Construction as contractor. The plan adds eight classrooms a computer lab two restrooms two conference rooms a maintenance area and a walk in cooler and storage space. State funding covers 75 percent with local funds contributing the rest. The project aims to be completed by next summer and office relocations are planned. Board sets monthly 7 pm meetings third Thursday in district office.
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Tim O’leary
Kellerman Brothers Construction
Marion car shows draw crews and cruisers across modes
Memories drive Marion events as car shows and cruises welcome trucks and motorcycles. Poker runs connect downtown businesses and enthusiasts, despite overlaps with Kentucky and Cave-In-Rock motorcycle events. Attendees praise the convenient location and community impact with personal stories from Harry Oxford, John Sherrard, and Tom Tessone featuring a signed 1969 police cruiser restoration and tributes to American heroes.
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Miller
Little Sturgis
Kentucky
Hog Rock
Cave-In-Rock
Marion
Harry Oxford
Tanner
John Sherrard
Bowling Green
Tom Tessone
Johnston City
George Lindsey
Mayberry Rfd
Man dies in homemade bucket lift accident in Pomona
George A. Reeves 50 died when a self improvised hydraulic lift trapped him between the bucket and roof rafters inside a building on Hickory Ridge Road. Deputies say he raised the bucket with hydraulics and could not lower it. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Pomona
George A. Reeves
Jackson County Sheriff's Department
Hickory Ridge Road
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