Community events lineup for Carbondale area today
Noon to 1 pm peace vigil on Main Street and Illinois Avenue sponsored by The Peace Coalition of Southern Illinois and Fellowship of Reconciliation. Evening concerts include Chicago Children's Choir at O’Neil Auditorium John A Logan College Carterville 8 public 4 students. Film showings at SIU Carbondale and live theater plus talks at Carterville and Marion venues.
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Main Street
Illinois Avenue
Carbondale
The
Peace Coalition of Southern Illinois
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Chicago Children’s Choir
O'Neil
John A. Logan College
Carterville
Randy Auxier
Yellow Moon Cafe
Front St
Cobden
Ron Haseker
Mungo Jerry's
Chestnut St
Murphysboro
Dana Robinson
Andy
Church of the Good Shepherd
Orchard Drive
Schwartz Street
Southern Illinois University
Adrienne Viramontes
Kleinan Theatre
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Wyat's Domine Hosts Community Fundraisers
On Sunday Carbondale events collect donations for Good Samaritan House via Carbondale Interfaith Council. NAL C Local 1197 collects pledges for bowling at S Bowl in Carterville from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for Muscular Dystrophy Association. Randolph County Board meets at 9 a.m. in the Chester courthouse.
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Carbondale
Good Samaritan House
Carbondale Interfaith Council
National Association of Letter Carriers Local 1197
Carterville
Twin Rivers
The
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Walker's conversion blamed as causing Taliban service
Philosophy instructor Mike Kowalewski claims John Walker, American who joined the Taliban, may have chosen the wrong religion. He labels Walker sincere but notes he converted from Catholicism and faces life or death. questions of moral responsibility are raised at a club talk.
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Carterville
John A. Logan
Mike Kowalewski
John Walker
Atheists
Kowalewski
Walker
Taliban
Afghanistan
Northern Alliance
Wuxtry Records Born in Carbondale in 1972
In 1972 a local hippie opened Wuxtry in Carbondale using old records and paperbacks. The store began as a used shop with no formal plan and grew into a quirky, vibrant haven for punk ska country and jazz with tens of thousands of vinyl albums tapes and CDs filling the space.
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Carbondale
Wuxtry
Fred
Kim Curlee
Nine year old hit by car in Carbondale school zone
A 9-year-old Carbondale boy was struck while crossing Giant City Road near Carbondale Middle School at about 7:51 a.m. He suffered a head cut but no major injuries and was treated and released from Memorial Hospital. The driver, 29, was not injured. no tickets were issued as police remind motorists to slow in school zones amid crossing pattern changes with a new middle school opening.
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Carbondale
Giant City Road
East Grand Avenue
Memorial Hospital of
Grand Avenue
Carbondale Middle School
Lewis School
Lakeland School
Lewis Lane
Grant City Road
Kidnapping Suspect Mistaken Identity Near School In Marion
Marion police released details of an early Wednesday incident in which a 21 year old man believed an 11 year old boy was his nephew and offered a ride. He realized the error and fled after confirming the boy was not kin. The 9 year old sister was present. The event occurred near North Fair and East Carter streets en route to Jefferson grade school.
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Marion
Gene Goolsby
North Fair
East Carter
Jefferson Grade School
John D. Homan
Memorial gift funds Johnston City students by Adele Prater
A memorial for Marie Adele Prater funds a color laser printer for Johnston City High School. The device benefits business classes and yearbook staff, with students using it to print Hello Dolly tickets and class projects. Adele loved to learn, her mother says, and this gift honors her dedication to education.
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Johnston City
Johnston City High School
Marie Adele Prater
Adele
Dorothy Hughes
Prater
Hughes
Mona Smith
Business Department
Smith
Marie Adele Hughes-Prater
Nicole Roberts
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Ivey
W. Main St
Free
Wyat
Randolph County Board
Chester
Ken Seeber
Fenzie
the Southern
Boy
Linda A. Krutsinger
Tam
Southern
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