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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 2004
Page
9
Southern Illinois Children’s Choir hosts an eight hour per day camp from 8:30 a.m. to noon through Friday at SIU Carbondale. Contact Amanda Groves at 618 559 2541 for details and enrollment.
A list of events and meetings across Johnson County and surrounding areas includes the Wuat's Coming Program on seeds at 7 p.m. Thursday at Johnson County Extension Office in Vienna, plus multiple city and village council, board, and committee meetings with varied times and locations such as Benton, Chester, Cobden, and Mount Vernon. The page invites readers to continue on page 3B for more schedules.
A local group aiming to bring a Class A minor league team to Southern Illinois faces a funding delay as the state budget allocates no money for the project. The decision is on hold until the fall veto session, despite local pledges of several million dollars and a goal to have a team ready by April 2006.
Nicole Sack reports on the Du Quoin State Fairground flea market where hundreds of tables inside the exhibition center host a mix of antiques collectibles and oddities. Organizer John Crouch started the event 18 years ago to provide venues for dealers and now sellers come from across Southern Illinois with negotiable prices for items from coins to Nixon pins and Cabbage Patch Kids. Prospective sellers can rent an 8 foot table for 13 dollars from 8 30 a m to 4 30 p m.
Grace Christian School in Johnson City began new student registration offering a waived $100 processing fee and a chance to win a year of textbooks. Parents praise smaller class sizes and values of a Christian curriculum as they consider enrollment for their children. Principal Don Cannon notes last year’s enrollment of 95 across K to 12 with students from many area communities.
Consolidated School District 204 near Pinckneyville faces higher costs as wetlands soil requires replacing 440 cubic yards of earth in the 14,080 square foot addition. Engineering tests found insufficient bearing capacity and the district may incur more expense if additional bad soil is found. The project budget rises toward 1.6 million with a state grant covering about 1.1 million.
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