Trix are for kids event honors Box Tops funds
Patrick Riorda, five, of Ruxton Maryland high fives the Trix Rabbit at a Capitol Hill event celebrating fifty million dollars earned for schools through General Mills Box Tops for Education. Patrick will start kindergarten at Riderwood Elementary this fall. More than 60 percent of U.S. schools participate.
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Patrick Riorda
Ruxton
Capitol Hill
General Mills
Patrick
Riderwood
Weather Today and Forecast for Thursday
Mostly sunny today with a high near 95. Tonight will be clear to partly cloudy with a low around 70. Thursday is partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of storms and a high near 90. Details on 12.
Farmer touts soybeans in Africa with U.S. delegation
Richard Borgsmiller, an American farmer from Murphysboro, joins a six member U.S. delegation in South Africa for two weeks to promote soybeans and their nutritional value. A month later he will travel to Germany for a week to discuss biotechnology. He acknowledges the trips are grueling but enjoyable.
Borgsmuller Pushes Soy Solution At World Hunger Conference
Richard Borgsmuller promotes soy as affordable protein to combat global malnutrition at the International Soyfood Conference in Johannesburg. He leads a World Initiative group supported by Illinois and national soybean boards, targeting CARE and UNICEF to integrate soy into food aid and nutrition programs.
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Richard Borgsmuller
Johannesburg
World Initiative For Soy
Illinois Soybean Checkoff Board
American Soybean Association
United Soybean Board
Africa
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Borgsmiller
CARE
Unicef
Rodeo Star Jeremy Rich Takes The Bull By The Horns
West Frankfort cowboy Jeremy Rich left a stable electrical job to chase rodeo full time. He started at 15 on his grandfather’s bull, joining cousins in practice at the family site as he pursued professional bull riding. See BULL RIDER, 5A.
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Marion
Jeremy Rich
West Frankfort
Rich
Southern Illinoisan
Linda A. Krutsinger
Bull Rider Tour Event At Four Star Arena Creal Springs
The Professional Bull Rider's 2001 Challenger Tour comes to Four Star Arena Creal Springs. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday with tickets priced at 24 dollars. Tickets available at McKinney's Western Store Rusty Spur Marion and Kroger locations. For more information call 996 2727.
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McKinney’s
Western
Rusty Spur
Marion
Kroger
Amtrak Acela Express off to slow start in service
Amtrak’s high speed Acela Express shows a slow start after eight months of operation with lower ridership and revenue than projected. Delivery of trains is behind schedule, reimbursement requests from customers exceed goals, and the nonstop DC to NYC service is suspended due to weak ridership amid economic and infrastructure challenges. The line carries its 250,000th passenger, and officials defend performance while acknowledging shortfalls.
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Amtrak
Connecticut
Cecilia Cummings
Washington
Boston
Murphysboro Man Receives Probation for Sexual Assault
Arlan F Bowman 41 of 220 S 14th St Murphysboro was placed on four years probation for criminal sexual assault of a 22 year old woman in January. He must complete 130 hours community service and observe curfews first year, with no contact with the victim and monitoring as a sex offender. Bowman pleaded guilty to one count after an open plea.
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Murphysboro
Jackson County
Arlan F. Bowman
S. 14Th St
Dan Kimmel
Bowman
Mike Wepsiec
Heidi Ramos
Kimmel
Wepsiec
Law bars deadbeats from state contracts
Illinois law blocks businesses and individuals with delinquent state debts from winning contracts starting July. Applicants must acknowledge certification may void a contract if false, as Comptroller Daniel Hynes pushed the measure, signed by Gov. George Ryan.
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Springfield
Illinois
Daniel Hynes
General Assembly
George Ryan
Hynes
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