Peach Festival and Pulaski County Fair Weekend Events
Today highlights include a Peach Festival at Cobden Park with a 5 p.m. start and events from Fast Eddie's DJ Show to a Peach Queen swimsuit and evening gown competition. Blood drive at Herrin Hospital runs 1 to 5 p.m. An Armchair Jamaica tour starts 10 a.m. at Bend Lake College Foundation Institute. Pulaski County Fair features horse show, mud race, rides, games, and exhibits with various registration and contact details.
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Wuar's Coming Designation at Segar Park Chester
Illinois Lewis and Clark Trail marker to be revealed at Segar Memorial Park in Chester at 6 p.m. Monday. Includes contact details and related community events such as road rules review, blood drives, a career program, meet the principal, and a vintage aircraft display with B-29 FiFi and B-24 Diamond Lil at Mount Vernon Airport through Sunday.
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Segar Memorial Park
Chester
Mount Vernon
Everett Atkinson
SIUC trims layoffs as HR finds new roles
SIUC Chancellor Walter Wendler says layoff notices issued in mid July have been reduced through HR efforts to reassign workers. Of 43 clerical staff on the block five face dismissal, 27 crafts and trades positions cut, and 35 bumped workers remain. The university notes a $15 million cut in operating funds but emphasizes gains in job preservation.
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Southern Illinois University
Walter Wendler
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Wendler
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Yard sale frenzy as Threshermen in town draws crowds
Banners line Pinckneyville for the American Thresherman Association Steam Gas and Threshing Show near Perry County Fairground. Kevin Luke and organizer Brian Flanary report thick crowds, with items including clothes lamps and a camper top moving fast. Shoppers from Fayetteville Freeburg Coulterville mingle, snagging bargains like shoes and a $1 green rug as the day heats up. SEE SHOW / PAGE 2B.
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American Thresherman Association
Kevin Luke
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Perry County Fairground
Luke
Brian Flanary
Flanary
Wartburg 99-year-old recalls threshing show horses
Emma Buck a 99 year old Wartburg woman touches the coats of Jim Bodine's Belgian geldings at the Steam Gas and Threshing Show in Pinckneyville. She watches mounts pull a weighted sled as spectators admire the horses and the event at the American Thresherman Association Inc. show.
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Pinckneyville
Jim Bodine
Emma Buck
Mount Vernon
American Thresherman Association Inc
Carbondale council amends grass law
Carbondale City Council approved raising the legal grass height from six to eight inches on a 5-2 vote. City Manager Jeff Doherty criticized the measure, saying it lowers standards and delays mowing, while noting penalties include warnings, a 75 dollar fine, and private contractor costs if lawns remain uncropped. As of Thursday the city had issued 570 grass notices since April amid multiple offenders. Barrett Rochman supported the ordinance, arguing the higher limit benefits landowners and the community.
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Carbondale
Jeff Doherty
Doherty
Barrett Rochman
Cobden Peach Festival Opens With New Location And Pageant
The 66th Cobden Peach Festival moves to the Cobden Community Park end with new facilities. Lions Club member Gary Austin says the event is a homecoming as 5 p.m. kickoff brings carnival rides games Peach Queen pageant and free admission. Eleven Union County contestants begin at 8 p.m. swimsuit competition with an 10 p.m. evening gown segment. Friday and Saturday feature music by Fast Eddie's DJ Show and Karaoke.
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Cobden
Fast Eddie
Lions Club
Donnie Campbell
Gary Austin
Union County
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