Marion missionaries return from Zimbabwe trip with faith lift
Eleven Marion missionaries from Third Baptist Church spoke to their congregation about the Zimbabwe journey and a tense Heathrow stopover tied to a failed bombing plot. They described long waits, renewed security checks, and humor sustaining them as authorities detained dozens in the suspect case.
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Marion
Zimbabwe
Third Baptist Church
Heathrow Airport
England
United States
Williamson County
Steve Mitchell
Steve Plumer
Janeen
Grand American media event and trapshooting magazine
Sparta editor-in-chief Terry Heeg describes the Grand American as a 10 day period covering Thanksgiving to New Year and notes long workdays with little time off. Trap and Field, dating from 1890, now focuses exclusively on trapshooting and serves as the ATA liaison.
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Sparta
Terry Heeg
Heeg
Trap and Field
The
Amateur Trapshooting Association
Hope
ATA
Sportsmen’s Review
Steve Jahnke
Trap and Field Magazine
Skip Klinger
Palmyra
EE Media
World Shooting and Recreational
Former professor profiles as SIU trustee on campus
Samuel Goldman, a retired Carbondale campus professor and university trustee, calls Southern Illinois University an ordinarily complex institution as he discusses SIU’s mission built on providing high quality education. This profile is the first in a series focusing on educators, students, and the campus forces, appearing the second Monday of each month in The Southern.
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Carbondale
Samuel Goldman
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Goldman on education and the changing role of college
Goldman argues higher education is shifting from mind development to credentialing. He recalls a New Yorker cartoon about knowing why, not just how, and says students increasingly pursue degrees for salary gains rather than deep thinking. He cites Chicago as valuing core learning over advancement and notes a gap widening among universities.
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The
New Yorker
Goldman
University of Chicago
Chicago
Israel SienS Deal Finalizes Cease Fire Accord
Israel's Cabinet joined the U N cease-fire deal as Israeli planes hit Beirut and ground troops battled Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. The fighting paused once the UN set a silent period, though Lebanon postponed a key cabinet meeting on deploying 15,000 troops to police Hezbollah strongholds.
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Jerusalem
Israel
U.N
Beirut
Hezbollah
Lebanon
United Nations
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