Pinckneyville School Board to Hold Special Meeting
Pinckneyville Community High School will host a 7 p.m. special meeting to finalize staffing for the new school year. The board will hire a replacement part-time art teacher Jennifer Kennedy, fill a full-time art position, and appoint head and assistant baseball coaches as well as a head wrestling coach. An architect update on improvements, district audit discussion, and a date for a public hearing on the new budget are on the agenda.
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Pinckneyville
Pinckneyville Community High School
Jennifer Kennedy
Paul Lunsford
Century Registration Dates Set for ULLIN District
Registration for Century ULLIN unit district 100 for the 2001 02 year schedules class signups by grade levels with specific dates Aug 14 15 16 20 21 for seniors juniors sophomores freshmen 8th and 7th. New elementary students register Aug 16 17 with residency proofs immunizations and birth certificates required. First day Aug 24 buses run 8 am arrival 8 30 am 9 30 am return. full day and meals start Aug 27. Contact Century Elementary 618 634 2520 or Century Middle High 618 845 3518.
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ULLIN
Century Unit
Century
Junkerman
Century Elementary
Century Elementary School
Golconda Shrimp Festival Adds Second Cook-Off Contest
The Golconda Shrimp Festival announces a second cook-off for non professional cooks with details available by calling 618-683-4389 or 618-683-MAIN. The festival is scheduled for September 15.
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Golconda
Dream comes true as Royalton library opens today
Retired educator Patricia Horn leads the Royalton Public Library grand opening after two decades of effort. The first reading center began in 1981 in a Royalton School classroom with donated books and volunteer librarians and later evolved into a formal library district with paid staff.
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Royalton Public
Royalton
Patricia Horn
Horn
Royalton School
Shawnee Library System
Village of
Debbie Buckingham
Buckingham
Herrin Plans Thanksgiving Dinner Revival by Volunteers
A Herrin civic group led by Bart Mann aims to revive the traditional Thanksgiving Day meal for Herrin Unit 4 residents including Herrin, Hurst, Colp and Energy. The committee seeks about 100 volunteers and will meet September 13 at city hall to assign duties. meals will be free and home delivery offered to shut-ins. Mayor Vic Ritter pledged support as donors and volunteers rally to fund and staff the event.
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Herrin
Bart Mann
Mann
City Hall
Vic Ritter
Sheila Dillman
Herrin High School progress reaches halfway mark
Herrin’s new high school is about 50 percent complete says Superintendent Mark Collins. Most steel work is done, walls rise, and the second floor is poured. The focus now is two new gyms with plans to roof by October and move in by August next year. Vents added at Herrin Middle School for a new air conditioning system.
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Herrin
Mark Collins
Collins
Hunger problems across Southern Illinois focus areas
Deacon Mike Dougherty of the Southern Illinois Food Bank notes varying needs across counties. The Illinois Hunger Coalition plans meetings August 22 to 24 to address issues from migrant-worker pantry gaps in Cobden to distribution sites in Pope and Hardin counties.
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Southern Illinois
Illinois
Cobden
Mike Dougherty
Southern Illinois Food Bank
Murphysboro
Cairo
Pope
Hardin
Illinois Hunger Coalition
Feeding the hungry meetings set Aug dates in southern Illinois
Six public meetings to discuss feeding the hungry will run August 22 to 24 across southern Illinois. Sessions occur 10 a.m. on August 22 at Day Star Community Center Cairo and Christ Mission Marion 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. August 22 Golconda Golden Circle Senior Center and Harrisburg Anna Bixby Center 2 p.m. August 23 Marion 10 a.m. and Carbondale Newman Center 10 a.m. August 24 and Anna 2 p.m. at the Illinois Department of Human Services office.
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Illinois
Day Star
Cairo
Golden Circle Senior Center
Golconda
Christ Mission
Marion
Anna Bixby
Harrisburg
Newman Center
Carbondale
Illinois Department of Human Services
Anna
Cindy Humphreys
Rend Lake outdoor treasures attract visitors in Southern Illinois
Linda A. Krutsinger highlights Rend Lake in Franklin and Jefferson counties with 19 000 acres of lake and 21 000 acres of surrounding public land. Wayne Fitzgerrell State Park offers camping boating and fishing while Bend Lake Resort provides luxury marina and conference space. Attractions include Rend Lake Shooting Complex Rend Lake Golf Course Southern Illinois Arts and Crafts Marketplace Pheasant Hollow Winery and nearby food and lodging options with exits 71 through 77 from I 57 and tourism bureaus for more information.
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Rend Lake
Franklin
Jefferson Counties
Wayne _Fitzgerrell State Park
Southern Illinois Arts & Crafts Marketplace
Southern Illinois
Illinois 154
Illinois 37
Franklin County Tourism Bureau
Southern Illinois Tourism Development Office
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