Cairo National Guard unit prepares for overseas deployment
James Castelli leads the 1844th National Guard detachment from Cairo as they head to ongoing operations in the Middle East. The community shows support with yellow ribbons and flags along Washington Avenue, while churches purchase phone cards to keep soldiers in touch with families.
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James Castelli
Murphysboro
National Guard
Cairo
Castelli
Fort McCoy
Middle East
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2649
Washington Avenue
DeeDee Pettit
VFW Ladies Auxiliary
Pettit
Larry Potts
Cairo Baptist Church
Potts
Tigert Memorial United Methodist Church
Shirley Diggs
Methodist Church
Steve Jahnke
Wis
Iraq
Dem Democrat helps Reagan recreate boyhood home in Dixon
IllIopolis precinct committeeman Jesse Rogers aided the project to furnish Reagan's boyhood home at 816 S. Hennepin St. Dixon as it was from 1920 to 1923. The effort cost 2375 dollars, with Rogers supplying antiques from Rogers Antiques. Reagan and his White House chef visited in 1984, noting the house looked like his memories.
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Jesse Rogers
Illiopolis
Reagan
Dixon
S. Hennepin St
Jesse L. Rogers
Sharon
Dad
White House
Rogers
Marla Tremble
Ronald Reagan
Venice High Students to Start Later After Closure
Venice High School will reopen after Labor Day as officials decide where about 50 students will attend. Madison County official Cullen Cullen says eight districts were asked to enroll them. six declined due to space. Options include East St. Louis, Brooklyn districts or a charter school, with charter prep expected to take about a year.
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Venice
Venice High School
Cullen Cullen
Madison County
East St. Louis
Cullen
Brooklyn
State Board of Education
Karen Craven
Michigan lawmaker Ed Sullivan Jr pleads guilty to DUI
State Rep. Ed Sullivan Jr of Mundelein pleaded guilty to impaired driving in Michigan after a June 7 arrest in Bridgeman. He was ordered to pay a fine and court costs at a Friday sentencing hearing, amid a plea deal that reduced the initial operating while intoxicated charge. Sullivan, 35, is a Republican elected to the General Assembly in 2002.
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Mundelein
Ed Sullivan Jr
Michigan
Sullivan
Bridgeman
Illinois
Berrien County
Mike Sepic
General Assembly
Illinois To Update Slow Vehicle Warning Signs On Roads
Illinois updates its slow moving vehicle emblem to brighter, highway visible prisms. The law requires the new reflective sign on farm and construction equipment and animal drawn vehicles, improving night visibility from about 400 to 1000 feet.
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Champaign
Illinois
Dave Patton
Illinois Farm Bureau
Kevin Rund
Farm Bureau
Rand
Bob Aherin
Illinois pharmacist heads to Athens for Olympic doping tests
Belvidere pharmacist James Pohlman will join a 30 person team in Athens to conduct drug testing and provide technical support for anti doping in the 2004 Olympic Games. A board certified pharmacotherapist and St Louis University graduate, he expects to work near swimming and diving while missing his 25th wedding anniversary.
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Belvidere
James Pohlman
Athens
Greece
Belvidere Pharmacist
Pohlman
Jerseyville
St. Louis University
University of Illinois
U.S. Olympic Committee
U.S
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Thesouthert
Rogers Antiques
Lee
James Thompson
Singer
The
Jeff Haas
Joliet
Haas
Aherin
State Transportation Department
Will County
Sydney
Salt Lake City
Holly
Robert
Eas Wormak
Coa, Bee
Aren UL
South Setmore Drive
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