Miners' baseball boost lifts Marion businesses this summer
The Southern Illinois Miners lead Frontier League attendance at about 5000 per game, driving more customers to nearby eateries and retailers. Brent Marrs of 17th Street Bar and Grill reports growing postgame crowds, while Wal-Mart’s co-manager Jamey Fowlkes notes increased late-shift traffic and additional cashiers after Miners games.
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Southern Illinois Miners
Miners
Frontier League
Brent Marrs
17Th Street
Marrs
Jamey Fowlkes
Wal-Mart Supercenter
Fowlkes
Amela Kay Schmalenberger
Meghan Fourez
Bearden
Johnston City
West Frankfort Woman Wears Gold Star Pin for Loss
West Frankfort resident Becky Malkovich details how a Gold Star lapel button marks a family’s grief for Sgt. Matthew Vosbein of the 101st Airborne who died in Iraq in 2006. The widow recalls nightly dreams of her son returning home and the enduring ache of his absence.
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Steve Jahnke
Anna Williams
West Frankfort
Matthew Vosbein
Vosbein
Striker Force Company
Nna Williams
Williams
Sgt
101St Airborne Division
502Nd Infantry
Iraq
Details Set Gold Star Page 4A honors fallen service members
Detail page from the Department of Defense presents widows, parents and next of kin of Armed Forces members who died in combat. The Gold Star flag uses a laurel border and a purple field behind the star to symbolize valor mourning and remembrance.
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Department of Defense
Milk price rise strains Pinckneyville school meals
Pinckneyville School District 50 faces a 3 to 3.5 cent per half-pint milk hike, boosting this year’s milk cost by about 2700 dollars across nearly 90 000 meals. Superintendent Tim O Leary notes the higher prices squeeze nutrition funding and hint at possible future lunch-price adjustments. Regional districts report similar milk price pressures, with Murphysboro CUSD 186 seeing carton costs jump from 13.47 to 22.5 cents this year.
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Pinckneyville School District
Tim O’leary
O'Leary
O’leary
Southern Illinois
Murphysboro
Murphyboro
Chris Grode
Lesser-Valier Unit
McNair Scholar Pursues Genotype Links To Mood Study
Vanessa A. Enriquez, SIU Carbondale senior, leads a DNA study linking genotypes to low mood symptoms using cheek swabs from about 50 participants. She mentors with Jodi Huggenvik and Rheeda Walker and will present in Kansas City and Austin this fall.
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McNair
Carbondale
Vanessa A. Enriquez
Ronald E. McNair
Southern Illinois University
Enriquez
Kansas City
Austin
Texas
SIUC
Jodi Huggenvik
SIU School of Medicine
Rheeda Walker
Julia Spears
Vanessa
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