Community events lineup at Southern Illinois venues
Topay's Events Meeting and Genealogy Society gathering begin at 2:30 p.m. at John A. Logan College Library in Carterville, with contacts Tullyne Oliver and Jeanette O'Boyle. A film on Dennis Kucinich follows at 5 p.m. in Carbondale's Interfaith Center, with dinner at 6 p.m. Contacts Jill Berbube and Heather Howley. A flea market runs 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Du Quoin State Fair Exhibition Building, admission $1. Call 618 542 1515 for details.
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Genealogy Society of Southern Illinois
John A. Logan College
Carterville
Tullyne Oliver
Jeanette O'Boyle
Dennis Kucinich
Iowa
Interfaith Center
Carbondale
Jill Berbube
Heather Howley
du Quoin State Fair
Wyat's Coming Films and Discussion at SIUC
A Wednesday program at SIUC features Charles Burnett films Warnings by the Devil's Fire and Killer of Sheep with showings at 2 4 30 p m and 7 30 10 30 p m in the Student Center Auditorium Also listed are events including Youth Council of SWIA 25 meeting at One Stop Center in Marion a Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad program at Shawnee Community College and a print signing at University Bookstore with Najjar Abdul Musawwir all related to February Black History Month.
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Charles Burnett
Siuc
Youth Council of
SWIA
Enterprise Way
Marion
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
Shawnee Community College
Allin
University
Siu
Carbondale
Najjar Abdul- Musawwir
Attucks Receives $30,000 State Grant for Tech Lab Expansion
Attucks Community Service in Southern Illinois gains a $30,000 Eliminate the Digital Divide grant from Gov. Blagojevich, funding four to five new computers and instructor training. The award supports ACS adults and youth programs, with 21 adults, 51 youths in after school activities, and 25 more in the I Can Read program using the lab.
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Carbondale
Rod Blagojevich
Attucks Community Service
Illinois
Delores Albritton
ACS
Cynita Woolen
Albritton
Murphysboro Breakfast Supports Logan Days Fund
Snow and cold did not deter hundreds at Murphysboro Middle School for the annual Logan Days fundraiser breakfast. About 400 tickets were sold to benefit educational opportunities for middle school students as part of the May Logan Days events.
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Steve Jahnke
Jessica Grammer
Amanda Reiff
Jessica
Chuck
John A. Logan
Murphysboro Middle School
Grammer
Reiff
Murphysboro High School
Kim
Karissa
Murphysboro
David Blaise
Blaise
Edith St. James Medwedeff
John Logan
Cynthia Roth
John
Medwedeff
Roth
Chester weighs commercial expansion and Cohen property use
Chester questions whether to take part of the Cohen property for industrial or commercial development along Illinois 3 north. City officials cite potential costs for engineering and utilities and seek further research by city attorney Ed Fisher and Randolph County economic development director Ed Crow before reporting back. The council also revised the personnel code and defined temporary employees.
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Chester
Chester Development Corp
Gilster
Mary Lee
Illinois 3 North
Ed Fisher
Ed Crow
Randolph
Crow
Fisher
Council
Lake of Egypt teacher to retire after 60 years
Lucille Foster Choate, a Lake of Egypt teacher, reaches her 60th year in a career that began in 1948 at Beech Grove in Union County. She recalls teaching first through eighth grades for $90 a month in a one room schoolhouse with no running water and outhouses, noting strong parental support and the rewarding nature of her work.
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Lake of Egypt
Lucille Foster Choate
Choate
Wolf Lake
Southern Illinois Normal University
SIUC
Beech Grove
Union County
Beech Grove Elementary School
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