Holiday events cancel and festive activities listed across Southern Illinois
Today's events include the Lesser Walier band and chorus concert cancellation. Du Quoin Christmas Stroll decorates streets and homes with carolers and horse carriage rides. Holiday Lights at Du Quoin Fairgrounds runs nightly through Dec 29. Southern Illinois Train Club hosts layouts and vendors in Carbondale. Theater offerings include Over the River and Through the Woods in Rend, and A Christmas Carol in Harrisburg. Holiday receptions, Pearl Harbor program, genealogy meeting, and cookie walk also scheduled with multiple locations and phone contacts.
Domine 55 Alive class rescheduled at Carbondale center
Domine 55 Alive driving class moved to 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at the Senior Citizens Center 409 N Springer St Carbondale. Also listed are a hospital toy sale and driving reviews at nearby centers with contact numbers.
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Senior Citizens Center
N. Springer St
Carbondale
Discovery
Memorial Hospital of Carbondale
Whistlers and Whittlers
Free program helps poor stay healthy
Wayne Wolfe of Murphysboro battled osteoarthritis without health insurance until a six day hospitalization pushed him to seek aid. After Medicaid denial he found relief through Land of Lincoln and Abundant Health Resource Clinic, supported by attorney Diane Goffinet, finally obtaining a Medicaid card.
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Wolfe
Abundant Health Resource Clinic
Land of Lincoln
Diane Goffinet
Johnston City residents reflect on town’s rise and love
Tim Petrowich reports Johnston City natives recall the town’s heyday and decline. Lifelong resident Maude Ellis, 89, and her son, 66 year old Lyndell Ellis, share memories of founders John Breckenridge Ellis and George Ellis, who opened early downtown dry goods and jewelry stores in 1899.
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Johnston City
Lyndell Ellis
Ellis
Maude Ellis
John Breckenridge Ellis
George Ellis
Johnston City notes on John Ellis dry goods store
John Ellis bought the former National Bank building to open a dry goods store selling a wide range of items. He notes his great-uncle ran a jewelry store with his wife sewing hats in the back. Johnston City began with Shakerag migration toward a new railroad line.
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John Ellis
National Bank
Ellis
Johnston City
Shakerag
Chicago, Paducah and Memphis Railroad Co
B.F. Johnston
Mayor sees town as bedroom city in Johnston City
Vernon Kee Johnston City's mayor embraces a shift from mining boom to bedroom community as residents work in nearby towns. Kee, a sales rep for Special Mine Services in West Frankfort, says the town supplies many workers to Southern Illinois firms. See mayor page 10A.
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Vernon Kee
Johnston City
Kee
Illinois
West Frankfort
Shimkus to Open Harrisburg Office for Southern Illinois
U S Representative John Shimkus will run a full time district office in Harrisburg, joining offices in Springfield Collinsville and Centralia and an Olney site. Mayor Ron Morse said the lower floor of city hall will house the handicapped accessible office, aiding constituents seeking federal grants and local services.
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Harrisburg
U.S
John Shimkus
Illinois
Washington
Saline County
Ron Morse
Shimkus
City Hall
Morse
Congressional
Steve Tomaszewski
Springfield
Collinsville
Centralia
Olney
Williamson advertises for assessor
Williamson County board votes to advertise the assessor position effective immediately with applications due by December 27. Commissioner Emery notes interest from two other assessors. The Department of Revenue supplied candidate names and Jeff Robinson was reinstated after audit findings questioned assessment errors. State's Attorney Garnall cites current discussions and plans another meeting to clear up miscommunication.
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Marion
Williamson County
Supervisor of Assessments
Robert “Bo” Emery
Wendell Fisher
Department of Revenue
Jeff Robinson
Emery
Charles Garnall
Michael Ruffley
Kim Meyer
Powless and Hudgens
Robinson
Garnati
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Southeastern Illinois College
Pierre Menard
Chester
Pearl Harbor
John A. Logan College
Carterville
Harold Eugene
Hap” Emory
Genealogy Society of Southern Illinois
Christian Fellowship School
Parent Teacher Fellowship Fund
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Southern Illinoisan
Claire O'Brien
Wayne Wolfe
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Tim Petrowich
Rep
Williamson
John D. Homan
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