March primary registration deadline and study event listings
Today is the last day to register for the March 19 primary. Contact your county clerk or local Driver’s License station for details. An international study on Australia includes a potluck dinner at 6 p.m. at Scotsboro Baptist Church Marion with Gail Jones speaking. AFS official and former exchange student. A lecture titled Politically Incorrect with moderator Paulette Curkin at 7 p.m. in SIUC Student Center Kaskaskia room with faculty staff and student panelists.
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Australia
Scotsboro Baptist Church
Morgan Ave
Marion
Gail Jones
AFS
Paulette Curkin
Kaskaskia Room
SIUC
Pulse Discharge Detectors for Gas Chromatography Lecture
SIUC chemistry talk by Janardhan Madabushi at 4 p m Friday in Van Lente Auditorium Neckers 240 with refreshments at 3 30 p m outside Neckers 224C. separate lunch brown bag and program details include Murphysboro event and Interfaith Center talk.
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Janardhan Madabushi
van Lente
Neckers
SIUC
Davis- McCann
N. 14Th St
Murphysboro
Anna City and School Board Meetings Set for Evening
Anna City Council meets at 7 p.m. at city hall. Anna School Board convenes at 7 p.m. at the junior high, 301 S. Green St. Buncombe Grade School Board to meet at 7 p.m. in the Superintendent's Office. Carbondale City Council also gathers at 7 p.m. at city hall.
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Anna City Council
City Hall
Anna School Board
S. Green St
Buncombe
Carbondale City
Home Depot to Open Marion Facility Bringing Jobs
Home Depot will open a 100000 plus square foot site on Skyline Drive in Marion this winter, adding 150 to 200 new employees with up to 200 workers expected. City officials estimate millions in annual sales and tax revenue, while a council decision denied a storage warehouse permit at 1700 N Russell St and reclassified Musgrave property.
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Marion
Home Depot
Robert Butler
Skyline Drive
Illinois Centre Mall
Dorain Fletcher
Fletcher
Jeff Oberg
Denver
Colorado
Banterra Bank
Banterra
Butler
Lowe’s Lumber
Carbondale
Council
N. Russell St
Olie
Betty Musgrave
Old-fashioned Cutting BY VIC VERNEY AT TERRY'S BARBER SHOP
Terry's Barber Shop in a 100 year old West Main Street building emphasizes traditional service over modern styling. Owner Terry Chambers has run the one chair shop for 30 years, charging $7 now and $7.50 on Saturdays, a rise from $2.50 at opening. Regulars praise the wait and loyalty endures across generations.
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Jayar Maragni
Axel Lindsey
Terry
West Frankfort
Terry’s
Terry Chambers
West Main Street
Chambers
Keith
Axel
Glen Dunn
Frank
Chambers’ Shop
Dunn
Murphysboro Council Reassesses Parking and Street Upgrades
Murphysboro City Council tackled parking lot enforcement against courthouse staff and approved two 15 minute parking spaces for Mungo Jerry’s Fat Cat Cafe. The meeting also eyed a street overlay project costing about 410000 funded by motor fuel taxes and up to 25000 for oil and chip work in the northeast quadrant. They authorized improvements at Fifth and Murphy streets including stop and yield sign changes.
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Murphysboro
Jackson County
Walnut Street
Ron Manwaring
Ron Williams
Mungo Jerry’s
Fat Cat Cafe
Mark Costa
Williams
Dale Nobel
Fifth
Murphy Streets
Murphy
Senior Benedic t lands job at Herrin Senior Center
Senior Benedict, turning 84 in June, lands a dining room attendant post at the Herrin Senior Citizens Center with help from Experience Works and Crystal Lukens. He works 21 hours weekly, assists packing meals, stocking, and light maintenance, praising the agency’s staffing and training programs.
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Crystal Lukens
Benedict
The
Herrin Senior Citizens Center
Experience Works
Geezer.com
Carolyn Madson
Senior Citizens Center
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Wuat
Interfaith Center
University and Grand Avenues
ADLIB
Benton
Franklin County Enterprise Zone Organization
Carbondale Lights Fantastic Committee
Civic Center
Carrier Mills
Stonefort
John D. Homan
Vic Verney
Rebecca Lindsey
Royalton
Evansville, Ill
Aurora
Sharon
Easar Maragni
Herrin
John Benedict
Green Thumb Inc
Michael Dann
Stanley Crites
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