Today's Events and Performances Listed for Local Venues
Local schedule notes events at Du Quoin State Fairground a 6 p.m. parade and contact line 618 542 1515. Costa Rican Adventure at First United Methodist Church Carbondale 7 30 p.m. call 618 453 2365. A magic show with Kim Hammel and Trebor the Magician at Cattail Cove Amphitheater Carlyle Lake 8 30 p.m. 618 594 2484. Wolves concert at West Bay Amphitheater Dam West Campground 8 30 p.m. 618 594 2484. Open office hours with Rep John Shimkus 3 30 to 5 p.m. Hamilton County Courthouse McLeansboro 618 252 8271. Jackson County Tuberculosis Board 12 15 p.m. FACS Building Health Department.
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First United Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
W. Main St
Carbondale
Kim Hammel
Trebor the
Magician
Cattail Cove
Coles Creek
Carlyle Lake
West Bay
Dam West
John Shimkus
Hamilton County
S. Jackson
McLeansboro
Jackson County Tuberculosis Care and Treatment Board
Jackson County Health Department
Wyat's Comine ensect day events lineup local notices
Awareness and appreciation event at War Bluff Valley Wildlife Sanctuary features a 3 p.m. Saturday program near Golconda. A butterfly program at Brewster Creek Amphitheater near Carlyle Lake begins 8 30 p m Saturday. A monarch migration fundraiser bluegrass Timberline concert runs 2 5 p m Saturday at Wit and Wisdom Center West Frankfort. Ice cream social concert with Rick Neil and the Truthseeker Quartet at Lone Oak Baptist Church Energy starts 6 p m Saturday.
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War Bluff Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
Golconda
Brewster Creek
Boulder
Carlyle Lake
Mexico
Timberline
Wit and Wisdom Center
E. Poplar St
West Frankfort
Lone Oak Baptist Church
Rick Neil
The
Truthseeker Quartet
Mother groups to protest foster care agency over child safety
Michele Williams of Zeigler led a picket in Marion outside Lutheran Social Services of Illinois alleging foster homes administered by the agency fail to protect her two daughters ages 4 and 16. She cites food scarcity, smoking adults, asthma concerns, and a shredded comforter caused by dogs in foster care homes. Williams previously lost custody in 2002 after a scuffle with her older daughter.
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Marion
Michele Williams
Zeigler
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois
Williams
Real World cast visits SIUC for First Thursday event
Former SIUC student Brad Fiorenza and MTV Real World alum Robin Hibbard spoke to hundreds in the student center ballrooms about life after college. They cautioned against excessive drinking and smoking and urged focus on real life responsibilities beyond partying.
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Pamela Kay Schmalenberger
Brad Fiorenza
SIUC
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
MTV
Fiorenza
Hibbard
Way
Cops warn Labor Day drivers in multi agency drive
Murphysboro Illinois Labor Day safety push brings IDOT state police and local departments together for sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols. Coroner Dr Thomas Kupferer notes the human cost of fatal crashes and urges motorists to drive sober. Public agencies aim to reduce alcohol related crash fatalities costing taxpayers billions while sharing enforcement duties across the region.
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Murphysboro
Thomas Kupferer
Jackson County
Illinois Department of Transportation
Kupferer
IDOT
State Police
Jackson County Sheriff's Department
de Soto
Charles Mays
Mays
Ben Doan
Jeff Bock
Ag Expo Returns to Du Quoin State Fair in 2004
Ag Expo at Du Quoin runs Aug 28 29 with extended demos tiling corn tillage hay cutting and 10 am to 4 30 pm daily shows and 12 noon to 8 pm static displays Aug 28 Sept 6 featuring Budweiser Clydesdales horse demonstrations antique tractors snake handler Old West show Perry’s Petting Zoo and exotic animals plus regional farm equipment exhibits and a $4 carload parking admitting to the expo.
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du Quoin
Jeff Mason
Illinois
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Choral Union
Altgeld Hall
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Andrea Kampworth
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