New reading service planned for area's blind by SIMS
A nonprofit group, Southern Illinois Media Services, plans a closed circuit radio reading service for the visually impaired in Southern Illinois. Executive director Rick Parrish says initial broadcasts from SIU’s WSIU sub carrier will cover Carbondale and Belleville areas with receivers sold to readers. The service aims to read local newspapers like The Southern Illinoisan and ads, plus books, with volunteer support and a later consumer advisory board.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinoisan
Rick Parrish
Carbondale
Parrish
Siuc Broadcasting Service
Ees
SIUC
Lions Clubs
Lions District
Carbondale Towers
WSIU
Valerie
Ken Garry
Harvey Ideas
Parrishes
Illinois Federation of the Blind
Boniface Wittenbrink
Belleville
Boni
Radio Information Service
Sims
St. Louis
Daily Egyptian
The
Home Economists Earn 1981 Peer Awards in Illinois
Thirteen Cooperative Extension home economists from Southern Illinois received the Illinois Association of Extension Home Economists 1981 Peer Award. Certificates were presented at the IAEHE annual meeting December 15 in Urbana. Joint awardees cited for a self protection program included Charlotte Coffer Perry County Maxine Dunn Randolph County Kathy Harrison Jackson County Ruby Lingle Union County Thelma Malone Williamson County Joy Richey longtime Gallatin County adviser now in Franklin County and Marilyn Stringer Johnson County.
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Cooperative Extension
Southern
Illinois
Illinois Association of Extension Home Economists
IAEHE
Urbana
Charlotte Coffer
Perry County
Maxine Dunn
Randolph County
Kathy Harrison
Jackson County
Ruby Lingle
Union County
Thelma Malone
Williamson County
Joy Richey
Gallatin County
Franklin County
Marilyn Stringer
Johnson County
Self protection programs draw 2,250 in Southern Illinois
Clubs organized 26 programs on self protection attracting almost two thousand two hundred fifty participants across Southern Illinois led by Lt. James Bullard of the Memphis Police Department. A Perry County painting workshop runs Jan 29 30 at 113 South St Pinckneyville with four paintings and frames, 40 dollars, info 357-2126. Eugenia Hunter will discuss Inheritance Taxes and How They Affect Women at the Carbondale AAUW meeting at 8 pm Tuesday with a 7 pm business session at the SIU Carbondale Faculty Club. Jackson County Extension Service hosts an Hawaiian Luau Friday from 1 to 3 pm in the Extension auditorium. call 687-1727.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
James Bullard
Memphis Police Department
Perry County Extension Service
South St
Pinckneyville
Eugenia Hunter
Carbondale
Carbondale American Association of University Women
Southern Illinois Uni
Jackson County Extension Service Local Leader School
The Mink Collar Snoring Cure from Los Angeles
Erma Bombeck humorously riffes on a doctor's snoring cure a rhinestone mink collar that forces mouth closure. The column playfully imagines women admitting to snoring while lampooning beds from Orlando to Dayton and the idea of using quirky solutions like a flea collar or a Persian lamb collar to curb snoring.
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Erma Bombeck
Los Angeles
Orlando
Dayton
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Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services
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Jerry Lover
Valerie Brew Parrish
Grand and
Elizabeth Streets
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Pauline
Murphysboro
Mary
Wit’s End
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