Juno Explorer Launches On Five Year Jupiter Mission
NASA's Juno spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral aboard an Atlas V for a five year 1.7 billion mile voyage to Jupiter. The probe will perform 34 polar elliptic orbits to map gravity and magnetism and search for a possible solid core while measuring water and oxygen in the gas giant.
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NASA
Juno Explorer
Jupiter
Los Angeles
Juno
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Canaveral
Florida
Scott Bolton
Space Science
San Antonio
Southwest Research Institute
Bolton
Solar System
Earth
Tickets Sales Boom Online and By Phone at SIU Event Services
SIU Event Services director Bryan Rives reports strong demand for tickets with online seating maps and exact seat selection. Online or phone purchases carry about a 1.50 service charge, while no service fees exist at the general store. Rives notes customer feedback pushed shift to online sales and regional ticket management. Contact 618-453-6000 or www southern ticketsonline com for details.
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Bryan Rives
SIU Event Services
Cus
Tomer
Ticketmaster
Rives
Southernticketsonline.com
Logan's Homecoming Plan Spurs Illinois Regiment Duty
Aug 6 1861 White travels from Marion to mobilize Logan for a homecoming and regiment formation. Lincoln names Logan to command a new Illinois infantry unit, with Gov. Yates offering Logan the colonelcy on Aug 11. White reports Logan’s absence and pressures for a speech on Aug 12, urging a feasible excuse for delay.
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White
Marion
Logan
Benton
Vienna
Elizabethtown
1St
Illinois Infantry
Abraham Lincoln
John ‘A. McClernand
Egypt
Illinois
Richard Yates
Camp Butler
Yates
Washington
Du Quoin Water Works issues Roosevelt boil order
The city waterworks superintendent Jeff Whitley has issued a boil order for Roosevelt from Grafway to Pope Street while repair work is underway on the lines in these areas.
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City of
du Quoin
Wyat's ComING Benefit and Luncheon Notice
Wyat's Coming Benefit from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Carterville Community Center supports The Women's Center with music raffles and more. Adults $25 and girls under 12 $20. Contact 618 549 4807. Luncheon meeting of National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association Greater Egypt Chapter at 11 30 a.m. Tuesday Aug 9 Golden Corral Carbondale with viewing of 90th anniversary documentary. Contact 618 684 8916.
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Carterville Community Center
N. Greenbriar
Women's Center
National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association
Greater Egypt
Golden Corral
Carbondale
Obituary for West Frankfort Minister Deon Walker 70
Lonnie Deon Red Walker 70 of West Frankfort died August 4 2011 at home surrounded by family He was a Free Will Baptist minister and coal miner born August 19 1940 in West Frankfort He married Geneva Smith January 27 1962 He preached at multiple area churches and fostered many children He is survived by Geneva six daughters seven sons twenty six grandchildren and many relatives Memorial services were held August 8 at Harmony Freewill Baptist Church in West Frankfort Interment No. 8 Cemetery Corinth Memorials may go to Ezra Christian School or Hospice of Southern Illinois.
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West Frankfort
Lonnie Deon
Red” Walker
This Earth
Heaven
Cecil
Lois (Roberson) Walker
Deon
Geneva Smith
Johnston City
Dean
Webbs Prairie
Mount Olive
Harmony-West City
Union
New Hope
Independent Baptist
Lone Oak
Harmony Freewill Baptist Church
UMWA
Freeman 6
Waltonville
Geneva
Joyce Treat
Bill
Creal Springs
Sue Meadows
Charlie
Ron Walker
Jewell Smith
Jewell Brookhouse
Charles
Janice Parks
William
Gloria Tanner
Dwight
Marion
Bonnie Smith
Conway
Ark
Dick Smith
Janet
Mike Smith
Joyce
Corinth
Darrell Smith
Dena
Harrisburg
Cameron Walker
Jerry Jones
Warner Smith
Roscoe Jones
Jerrell
Joel Smith
Randy Jones
Eron
Dennis Smith
Dean Walker
Pylefuneralhome. Com
Colorado
U.S. Army
Herrin
Maytag
Wanda (Sims) Kerley
Terre Haute
Ind
Derrin Eldridge
Carbondale
Marion James Kerley
Dena McCormick
Marion J. Kerley
Anthony Wayne Kerley
Maplewood
Ivan Ryan
VFW
American Legion
National Guard
Mitchell-Hughes Funeral Home
Hughesfuneralhomes.com
Gretchen
Colonial
First Baptist Church
Unity
St. Louis Cardinals
Leigh Gusta
Jeff
Michael Bedokis
Amanda
Christopher Bedokis
Julie
Cordova
Tenn
Alice Bedokis
Emma Bedokis
Lauren Bedokis
Aidan Gusta
Holly Peterson
Iowa
Eric Nantz
Colorado Springs
Colo
Fred
Frederick
Rick) Bedokis
Rosalie Rotramel
Varis Stone Funeral Home
Mike Cash
Pinckneyville
Carl James Dane
Carl
Pekin
Carl Norman Dane
Michelle Lynn Martin
Michelle Martin
Rocky Clapton
Carl Dane
Debra Rene Martin
Andy Dane
Pyattfuneralhome.com
Michael Lee Dragovich
Joe
Mary
Mekota) Dragovich
Mr. Dragovich
Susan Gass
Old Ben
St. John’s Catholic Church
Knights of Columbus
Cuartas
Barbara
Bobbi Jo
Ginger
Kim
Leslie
Donna
Georgia Toler
Susan Dragovich
Michelle
Bill) Harvey
Natalie Dragovich
Mikey Turner
Mason
Blaise Harvey
Union Funeral Home
Trevor Murry
Denning
Orient Road
Union Fh.com
Murphysboro
Robert
Bob” O. Reeder
Pettett Funeral Home
Charles Allen
Goodbread
Gorham
American Lung Cancer Society
Hospice of Southern Illinois Inc
Obituary notices from Southern Illinois towns July-August 2011
Obituaries and memorial notices for Shanika Brown-Carter, Robert Kerley, Gretchen Bedokis, Hazel Gilpin, James Modglin, Millie Hawthorne, Carl Dane, Michael Dragovich, Beulah Dorris, Robert Reeder, Phyllis Karch, and Pearl Ruebke across Carbondale Marion Cairo Anna Mount Vernon Pinckneyville Murphysboro and Steeleville. Notable details include service dates venues and survivors. many entries list churches cemeteries funeral homes and memorial options.
Local Community Events Schedule for Evansville and Nearby Areas
A day of community activities includes breakfast at KC Hall Evansville, church and yard sales for renovation funds, a Pulaski County Development Association dinner and golf event, an AKC dog show in Marion, SIU Carbondale summer commencement, a Fort de Chartres heirloom produce event, Cache River wetlands biodiversity program, a fossil program at Giant City, Shawnee Community College spring 2011 commencement rescheduled due to flooding, St Anthony Parish dinner and bingo, and Cobden Peach Festival with 5K run parade and evening activities.
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KC Hall
Evansville
Community of Faith Church
Meadowland Parkway
Marion
Children’s Ministry
Egyptian Country Club
Mounds
Pulaski County Development Association
Williamson County Pavilion
Sioux Drive
Fort de Chartres
Prairie du Rocher
Kitchen Garden
A.m
Cache River Wetlands Center
Illinois
South
Cypress
Cache River
Giant City State Park
Giant City Road
Makanda
George Stone
Shawnee Community College
Allin
Shawneecc.edu
St. Anthony
Lively Grove
Cobden
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Thesouthern.com
Shanika Brown-Carter
This Life
Atlanta
New Zion Missionary Baptist Church
Darryl K. Cox
Oakland Cemetery
Jackson Funeral Home of
Robert Kerley
Robert Allen Kerley
Veteran's Hospital
Danville
Marion J
Steamboat Springs
Gretchen Bedokis
Herrin Hospital
Jess
Afton
Fleming) Freeman
Fred) Bedakis
Tower Heights Cemetery
Hazel Gilpin
Cairo
Hazel C. Gilpin
Daystar
Barkett Funeral Home of
Larry L. Potts
Camp Butler National Cemetery
Springfield
James Modglin
Anna
James L. Modglin
St. Sophia Health and Rehab Center
Florissant, Mo
Rendleman and Hileman Funeral Home
Millie Hawthorne
Mount
Michael Dragovich
Beulah Dorris
Beulah M. Dorris
Frankfort
Robert Reeder
Phyllis Karch
Dix
Phyllis L. Karch
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Mount Vernon
John Iffert
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Hughey
St. Mary’s School
Pearl Ruebke
Steeleville
Chester
Wilson Funeral Home
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