U.S. Winter Olympic names claim early gold and near-misses
Kelly Clark wins the United States first gold of the games in women's halfpipe. Heidi Heidt and Picabo Street lead US attempts in luge and downhill. Todd Lodwick posts the highest American Nordic combined finish. Kyoko Ina and John Zimmerman eye podium in pairs. NBC coverage lists events and schedules with forecast: sunny today, then partly cloudy tonight. New page 10. The Southern Illinoisan.
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America
Todd Lodwick
NBC
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Toya Currie seeks release from the label Girl X at 14
Toya Currie, the 14 year old Chicago survivor of a brutal 1997 attack that left her blind and paralyzed, speaks publicly for the first time since the assault to show she is a typical teen with loves for Moesha romance novels and hot wings, and to boost support for the rehabilitation center where she has lived. Her family hopes the interview shifts public perception from victim to a lively, special young person.
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Toya Currie
Toya
Chicago Sun-Times
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Currie
Illinois Center For Rehabilitation and Education
West Side
Mary Burn
George Ryan
Zeigler’s Kohlsdorf’s Quality Corner Holds Through Decades
Zeigler once thrived on coal, with 6000 residents and the bustling Zeigler Circle. Now 1600 residents remain as Kohlsdorf’s Quality Corner, opened in 1919, still anchors the circle under the Restivo family after changes from Kohlsdorf to Restivo in 1967.
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Zeigler Circle
Franklin County
Kohlsdorf
Max Kohlsdorf
Dan Sohn
Sohn
Herrin
Angelo Restivo
Michael Dann
Earl Pierce
Gary Pate
Dowell
Quality Corner
Mike Restivo
Schools find new ways to raise funds in tough budget year
Southern Illinois schools face a $500 million state funding gap and seek outside money. Marion relies on a foundation and a spring banquet, Jefferson liaises with the foundation, and Harrisburg partners with a hospital. Vienna’s Terraces program aids tech upgrades. Pancake breakfast Feb. 23, with Marion Kiwanis, supports local district needs.
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Harrisburg
Harrisburg Medical Center
Vienna High
Johnson County Chamber of Commerce
Tom Oates
Marion Community Unit School District No. 2
Jefferson
Jane Stiritz
John A. Logan
Stiritz
Marion Kiwanis
Garden and Hobby Marketplace blooms in Carbondale
The Southern Illinois Garden and Hobby Marketplace runs Friday to Sunday at the Carbondale Civic Center 200 S Illinois Ave with admission of 1 for adults and free for under 12 when with an adult. Roxanne Conley of CCTB says the event brings the outdoors in featuring a garden railway layout big garden tractors door prizes and a Butterfly Tea Garden opening reception Friday evening.
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Carbondale
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