Community events and gatherings listed for local area
A compilation of today and upcoming events across Southern Illinois. Benefits for senior citizens, open house for Grace Christian School, flea market at Du Quoin fairgrounds, water safety demonstrations at Carlyle Lake, retiree club and riding group meetings, choir camp at SIU Carbondale, garden seed saving program in Vienna, National Night Out in Carbondale, and a Southern Illinois Reading Council conference with focus on student writing and agricultural education. Includes contact numbers and locations.
Ray Hancock to lead Illinois Community College System Foundation
Ray Hancock former president emeritus of John A Logan College is named president of the Illinois Community College System Foundation. The group aims to fund scholarships enhance instructional technology broaden professional development and raise the foundation's assets and visibility. Hancock notes community colleges are crucial for workforce training and lifelong learning, and the foundation seeks corporate support to expand its programs statewide.
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Marion
John A. Logan College
Ray Hancock
Illinois Community College Board
Illinois Community College System Foundation
Hancock
John A. Logan
Call Hancock
Marion Main Street Cruise Nights showcase downtown Marion
Andrea Marie Kampworth reports on the Marion Main Street Cruise Nights. The third of four cruises, aided by the Williamson County Fair Board, teases the fair while highlighting new facilities at the fairgrounds and promoting Marion's downtown district. Scarlett Miller serves on both groups and notes summer events compete for attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Marion Main Street
Williamson County Fair Board
Scarlett Miller
Main Street Committee
Fair Board
Miller
Inspiring Women awards seek nominees and scholarship applicants
Deadline nears for nominations for the Inspiring Women awards in Southern Illinois. Nominations and a $2,000 scholarship application are due by Aug. 15, with the first winners announced Sept. 15 and honored at the Oct. 9 gala. Doris Rottschalk urges area residents to nominate deserving women and transfer students needing aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
Doris Rottschalk
du Quoin
Inspiring Women Board of Directors
Rottschalk
Margaret H. Steele
Sinc.edu
Inspiringwomen
Forest Service weighs buying low value farmland in Union County
The U S Forest Service eyes transforming flood prone, low value farmland along the Mississippi in Union County into marshland to extend Shawnee National Forest. Officials say the aim is public wildlife habitat, not large private purchases, with annual 3,000 acre limit existing and tax implications noted. Local officials caution about federal acreage ownership and county assessments, while calling this land ideal for conversion to wetlands.
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Union County
U.S. Forest Service
Mississippi River
Forest Service
Shawnee National Forest
la Rue Pine Hills
Illinois
Dan Lentz
Jonesboro
Murphysboro
Lentz
John Taylor
Harrisburg
Taylor
Pera
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Perry
Union
The
Southern Illinoisan
Last Call
Grace Christian School
Johnston City
du Quoin State Fairground
Dam West
McNair
Coles Creek
Keyesport
Carlyle Lake
Wyat
Herrin Hospital
Southern Grill
Gold Wing Road
Riders Assoc
Mississippi Flyway
Mardale Plaza
Carbondale
Southern Illinois Children’s Choir
SIU
Amanda Groves
Johnson County Extension Office
E. Main
Vienna
Turley Park
Southern Illinois Reading Council
Carbondale Civic Center
S. Illinois Ave
Baileys
Ajinternet
Www
Thesouthern.com
College Foundation
Becky Malkovich
Becky.malkovich
Thesouthern
Jamela Kay Schmalenberger
Tanner Oxford
Harry Oxford
Andrea Marie Kampworth
Pamela Kay Schmalenberger
John Sherrard
Deadline Nears For Inspiring Women Awards
Caleb Hale
Caleb.hale
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