Lost Treasures of Cairo and Stampers Program
Today’s events include Lost Treasures of Cairo at 2 p m Sunday at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer 600 Washington Ave Cairo featuring Civil War era industrial plants products and Cairo medical facilities. A Stampers Program runs 2 30 4 p m Sunday at The Science Center University Mall 1237 E Main St Carbondale with stamp collecting activities for children ages 7 14 free call (618) 985 3041.
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Cairo
Episcopal Church of the Redeemer
Washington Ave
the Science Center
University Mall
E. Main St
Carbondale
Wyat's Domine Choral Union and Auditions Schedule
Rehearsal 7 p m Monday at Altgeld Hall 110 SIU Carbondale. auditions for Ten Little Indians 7 p m Monday to Tuesday at Jackson County Stage Company Carbondale. various community notices include blood drives fundraisers and meetings at SIUC Carterville West Frankfort Murphysboro Carbondale and nearby venues with contact numbers listed.
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Choral Union
Altgeld Hall
Siu
Carbondale
Jackson County Stage Company
N. Washington
SIUC
Southern Stampede opens new center with three rodeo shows
Tickets go on sale for The Southern Stampede, a Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association event at the Southern Illinois Center in Du Quoin. Shows are at 7 p.m. Sept 17 and 18 with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sept 19, featuring bareback riding, saddle bronc, steer wrestling, calf roping, bull riding, barrel racing, and more. Advance tickets are 12 dollars for adults and 8 dollars for children 12 and under. door prices are 15 dollars and 12 dollars respectively. matinee is half price for seniors and children.
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DU Quoin
Southern Illinois Center
Southern Stampede Rodeo
Rodeo Cowboy's Association
Southern Stampede
Southern Illinois Kroger
Carbondale
Marion
Southern Illinoisan
Thesouthern.com
Murphysboro Farmers Market Draws Shoppers Amid Storms
Kristen Cates reports merchants at the Murphysboro Farmers Market on Tuesdays attract locals despite heavy storms. April Knight of Fernwood Gardens notes a water-friendly tent and $5 space, selling herbs and exotic annuals while traveling to multiple markets. Kurt Sweitzer, Cobden farmer with a 50 acre operation, offers peppers among other produce and stresses the market as a livelihood. See budding on page 14A.
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Murphysboro
April Knight
Knight
Fernwood Gardens
Cobden
Murphysboro Farmers’ Market
Carbondale
Cape Girardeau
Anna
Vienna
Kurt Sweitzer
Herrin
Cape Girardeau to blast 671-foot bridge spans
Crews prepare two large demolitions of the Cape Girardeau Mississippi River bridge. The first 671-foot span will be detonated at 6:30 a.m. Sept. 9, breaking the structure into sections for removal. A second span will follow weeks later. Spectators gathered for a smaller 318-foot test as 1,000 people watched from the riverfront. Authorities will evacuate about 100 nearby residences within a 1,500-foot safety zone.
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Cape Girardeau
Mississippi River
Illinois
Scott Meyer
Missouri Department of Transportation
MODOT
Meyer
Scott Gustafson
Election interest rising in Perry County as voter registrations surge
Perry County Clerk Kevin Kern reports a spike in interest ahead of the November election with about 100 new in person or mail registrations in the last two weeks. He notes steady precinct operations, an Oct. 5 registration deadline, and early absentee ballot requests from active duty military and students. Absent a completed sentence, further details are not provided.
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Perry County
Kevin Kern
Kern
Williamson County consolidates polling places
Williamson County Clerk Saundra Jent reports 16 polling sites eliminated due to insufficient new voting machines. Voters from eliminated precincts will relocate to Cambria Village Hall at 302 S. Richart St. Details list Blairsville’s Twinkle Tree Farm precinct as moved to Cambria. Page reference Williamson page 144.
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Marion
Williamson County
Saundra Jent
Twinkle Tree Farm
Blairsville
Cambria Village Hall
S. Richart St
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Wyat
John A. Logan College
East Wing
Carterville
Three Angels Broadcasting
Charley Good Road
Penn Aluminum
Second St
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Old Illinois
du Quoin State Fairground
Herrin ‘Hospital
Refuge Restaurant
Era
N. 14Th St
Tami
Frank
Perry
Union
Williamson Counties
The
Christi Mathis
du Quoin State Fair
John Rednour Jr
Norm Hill
Bill Hayes
Barbara Mandrell
Tanya Tucker
Hill
Budding Business
Nathan Sweitzer
Pamela Kay Schmalenberger
the Southern
Kristen Cates
Sweitzer
Cape Bridge
Christ Mathis
Williamson County Clerk
John D. Homan
Williamson
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