Nursing CNA program gives students early health care edge
Christopher and Zeigler- Royalton high schools offer a CNA program for seniors with a maximum of 10 students. Training combines classroom study five days weekly and clinicals at a local facility, leading to board certification and potential immediate work as CNAs. The program aligns with Illinois public health rules and offers dual credit with Rend Lake College.
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Cnas
Illinois Department of Public Health
Rend Lake College
Nichole Barton
Zeigler
Lawmakers vow to fight for facilities in Southern Illinois
Illinois lawmakers from southern districts organize petitions to oppose Governor Quinns plan to close facilities including Tamms Correctional Center and IYC Murphysboro. Luechtefeld and Best lead efforts citing 325 jobs at stake plus 91 at IYC Murphysboro and 300 at Tamms. Petitions online and at district offices urge preservation amid impending COGFA hearings.
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Illinois General Assembly
Best
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Tamms
IYC Murphysboro
Luechtefeld
Senategop.org
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Harrisburg
Tamms Correctional Center
Illinois
Smoking ban debate divides lawmakers in Illinois
State Rep Anthony DeLuca proposes a narrow exemption allowing smoking in neighborhood taverns plus bars below 10 percent food income while casinos adult venues and private clubs would remain barred. Opponents say the 2007 statewide ban works noting smoking licenses resemble a license to kill. House members voting for the plan include Best Bradley Phelps Eddy Mitchell Rose Reis Verschoore and Morthland. HB 1310 details contact kurt erickson see net 217 782 4043.
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Chicago
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Karen Yarbrough
Mike Best
Murphysboro
John Bradley
Marion
Brandon Phelps
Harrisburg
Roger Eddy
Hutsonville
Bill Mitchell
Forsyth
Chapin Rose
Mahomet
David Reis
Willow Hill
Pat Verschoore
Milan
Rich Morthland
Cordova
Brings up-and-coming acts to Shryock for final tour stop
The Ready Set frontman Jordan Witzigreuter headlines with Love Like Woe, backed by belief in a one man act with autotuned vocals. The It Boys! from Los Angeles prep debut album this summer. Matt Toka builds fame via YouTube punk covers including Someone Like You and Paradise. Tickets range 22 to 27 dollars through Southern Lights Entertainment and Southern Illinoisan serves as media partner.
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Ready Set
Jordan Witzigreuter
Woe
Witzigreuter
It Boys
Los Angeles
Matt Toka
YouTube
Adele
Coldplay
Southernticketsonline
Southern Lights Entertainment
Southern Illinoisan
Leap year birthdays draw laughs and tears in families
A leap year set of stories shows Neeld and Tony Brust marking birthdays on February 28 or March 1. Neeld, now 11, recalls crying at the idea of aging only every four years but has grown to embrace leap year celebrations amid health challenges. Brust, turning 15, jokes about grandchildren being older, explains his custom of celebrating on Feb 28, and recalls sharing a leap year birth with family members including a grandfather and an aunt. He says the leap day birthday helps people remember him and that he wouldn’t change it.
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Holding
Tony Brust
Allin
Brust
Vietnam
Navy
Carterville Community School
Tri-C
Carterville Unit
Bi-County Health Department
Cartervillelions.com
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