Pinckneyville council primary sees few rivals in 2002 race
In Pinckneyville only three mayoral candidates remain after withdrawals by several petitioners. Incumbent Harlan Yeager, Samuel J. Falk, and Joseph Ronald Shirk compete for the mayoralty while multiple posts head to a Feb. 25 primary with two-candidate runoffs possible for health and safety and other seats. The main election is April 1.
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Pinckneyville
Marty Beltz
Public Health and Safety
Samuel J. Falk
E. Kaskaskia St
Joseph Ronald Shirk
W. Water St
Harlan “Shine” Yeager
E. Chester St
Yeager
Kirwan Heisner
Falk
City Public Health and Safety
Terry Jones
Murphy Road
Carlos Tolbert
S. Mill St
Max E. Keene
E. Parker St
Bret McDaniel
Melody Lane
John Steven Riley
Red Bud Lane
Keene
Heisner
Rick Cicardi
Twin Lakes Lane
Jimmie E. Wright
Twin Lakes
Sammy D. Peradotta
S. Walnut St
Fred A. Pabst
S. Sunset Drive
John L. Hammack
S. Beaucoup St
New Pinckneyville shop fills White Rabbit void
Kelly's Kloset and Kountry Klutter opened at 12th W Water St offering crafts by former White Rabbit crafters plus owner made items and giftware. Open Tue Sat 10 am to 5 pm. phone 618 924 2927. Local residents praise the store as a needed town square crafts hub.
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Pinckneyville
Phoenix
Kelly’s Kloset
Kountry Klutter
White Rabbit
Kelly Mayer
Mayer
Flossine Schrader
Tirzah Chapman
Chapman
City High School
P.N. Hirsch
Schrader
Kelly's Kloset and Kountry Klutter
Water St
Mary Lou Ozburn
Ozburn
Dehilia Gifford
Gifford
The
West Frankfort Candy Cane Lane and Holiday Lights event lineup
Community events list in West Frankfort and Du Quoin features Candy Cane Lane through Tuesday, Holiday Lights at Du Quoin State Fairgrounds, and a New Year’s Eve party at Times Square Mall Mount Vernon with music by the Swivel Rockers. Bowling for Columbine showtimes at Maiden Alley Cinema in Paducah, plus La Guiannee French New Year celebration in Prairie du Rocher.
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West Frankfort
du Quoin State Fairgrounds
du Quoin
Columbine
Maiden Alley
Paducah
Michael Moore
United States
NRA
Charlton Heston
la Guiannee
Fort de Chartes
Prairie du Rocher
Times Square
42Nd
Broadway Streets
Mount Vernon
Swivel Rockers
Midwest Sound
Chester City Council hikes levy and reviews grant issues
The Chester council voted a 4.99 percent increase in the city’s corporate levy to 551 439 and discussed FEMA grant for a new fire truck costing 268 076 with 239 400 grant and near 50 percent advance. The city will cover the rest to save money. An investigation over grant work by Scott Gilpin was noted as ongoing with no contract. payment dispute and allegations of grant alteration emerged. The panel also targeted derelict properties and hired a street department mechanic, accepted a Public Building Commission resignation, and approved a sewer truck purchase for 24 200.
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Chester
Nancy Eggemeyer
Scott Gilpin
Joe Eggemeyer
Gilpin
Eggemeyer
Ed Fisher
Chester Council
Steve Renner
George McVicar
Public Building Commission
Sewer Department
Bob Riding Inc
History of Medicine in Southern Illinois Exhibit Opens at SIU Carbondale
University Museum at Southern Illinois University Carbondale opens The Human Connection: The History of Medicine in Southern Illinois on January 13. Guest curator Kara R. Firestone notes the exhibit uses early instruments, photographs and text to trace medicine from 1850 to 1950 in the region, including a photo of the first floating U.S. Navy hospital ship docked in Mound City and Civil War nurse involvement.
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Carbondale
University Museum
Southern Illinois University
Kara R. Firestone
Illinois
U.S. Navy
Mound City
Order of the Holy Cross
Indiana
Firestone
SIUC
Southern Illinois Healthcare
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