Today's Events Gone Fishin Outdoor Expo Highlights SIU Carbondale
Outdoor expo runs 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at SIU Carbondale Arena with boat dealers seminars and a hymn workshop. Included are a 9:30 a.m. to noon reading, a noon peace vigil, and free concerts at Shryock Auditorium and local venues.
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Southern Illinois University
Heartland
Shryock
Carbondale
Sharon Clark
Melange
S. Illinois Ave
Free
Government Meetings Reported Across Communities
Benton Fire and Police Board convenes at 8 30 a m at city hall. Eagle Point Bay Association meets at 10 a m at 80 Spring Cove Drive Goreville. Mount Vernon high school board holds a 7 30 a m session in Building A.
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Benton
Eagle Point Bay Association
Spring Cove Drive
Goreville
Mount Vernon High School Board
Helicopter rescue service may be grounded by funding cut
By February the Carbondale based state helicopter used for law enforcement and medical evacuations risks losing funding. Four copters across Springfield Champaign Peoria face 911 money depletion with no replacement found. St John’s Hospital in Springfield relies on the service for 700 to 800 flights yearly and warns slower ground transport would degrade care if the program ends.
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Springfield
Champaign
Peoria
Illinois Department of
Aggie Hayner
St. John’s Hospital
Hayner
State
St. John’s
Alexander County
Illinois
Mercer County
Dick Adorjan
IDOT
Carbondale
County signs, lights eyed for street danger near home
John Lloyd Homan of Herrin criticizes a county plan to place signs and flashing lights on the Freeman Spur curve, saying it won t solve his problems after a near miss that damaged the family garage. He notes his wife and he feel lucky the house has not been hit yet.
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Larry McKenzie
the Southern
Freeman Spur
Illinois
John Lloyd
Lloyd
Herrin
Morgan inducted into Outdoor Hall of Fame
Illinois educator Gene Morgan, a Lesser-Walier high school biology teacher and founder of the Sesser-Valier Outdoorsman Club, was inducted into the Illinois Outdoor Hall of Fame. He noted his work with the Rend Lake Handicapped Deer Hunt and his long teaching career spanning 30 years.
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Morgan
Illinois
Illinois Outdoor Hall of Fame
Lesser-Walier High School
Sesser-Valier Outdoorsman Club
Rend Lake
Education office may face cuts in Mount Vernon
Gov George Ryan aims to streamline education bureaucracy with staffing and service reductions at the Illinois State Board of Education regional office in Mount Vernon. Employees learn their fate Monday as reorganization proceeds. The office will stay open, though post restructuring numbers are unclear. Marilyn Holt defers comment while Jim Broadway notes possible reasons for targeting the Mount Vernon operation.
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Springfield
Illinois State Board of Education
Mount Vernon
George Ryan
Ernest Wish
State Board of Education
Marilyn Holt
Jim Broadway
Illinois School News Service
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Murphysboro
John A. Logan College
Carterville
Mississippi River
Frank Nickell
Menard Home State Historic Site
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Linda A. Krutsinger
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Gary Reichert
Southern Illinois
Lield
John D. Homan
Williamson County Board
Robert “Bo” Emery
Eslow
Michael Dann
Williamson County Highway Department
Dwayne Jefferson
Tom Shoemake
Freeman
Les Winkeler
Oakbrook
Gene Morgan
Morgar
Education Office
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