Diabetes Education evening and auditions at local venues
A diabetes management program titled Diabetes Management A Panel Discussion features the healthcare team at St. Mary's Good Samaritan Mount Vernon campus at 7 p.m. Also auditions for Paradise Alley Players Father of the Bride at Herrin Civic Center 6-8 p.m. and a Rend Lake College Theatre Showboat audition 6 p.m. at Ina with 19 women and 14 men. shows run Feb 27 to March 2. Contact Diane Terry or Tracey Webb for details.
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St. Mary's Good Samaritan Mount Vernon
Diane Terry
Paradise Alley Players
Herrin Civic Center
Rend Lake College Theatre Department
RLC Chorus Room
Ina
Tracey Webb
Rlc
Edu
Rolc.cc
Wyatt's Domine Meeting For UMWA Retirees And Spouses
A notice lists a meeting for UMWA retirees spouses dependants and friends at 9 a m Wednesday at Du Quoin Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall on U S 51 north St John. Don Ford district 12 compensation counselor will discuss new prescription drug lists and other issues Arlen Carson contact 618 357 2500. The rest of the page lists local government meetings with dates times and locations across multiple towns including Anna Buckner Carbondale De Soto Herrin Marion Perry Thompsonville and Mount Vernon plus a Southern Illinois site.
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UMWA
du Quoin
Tree disposal options after Christmas in Southern Illinois
Southern Illinoisans have choices for disposing of Christmas trees. Midwest Waste in Marion will collect trees as they are not yard waste, while Marion lacks a drop-off site. Carbondale now sends trees to its public works facility to be chipped into free stockpile chips for city residents and others, with strict rules against leaving tinsel or cords.
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Southern Illinois
City of
Carbondale
Public Works
Wayne Wheeles
Wheeler
Loose Caboose Colorful relic sits by Grand Tower home
Mildred Hale recalls buying a bright wooden caboose from Illinois Central in the 1970s for a small lot opposite her Grant Tower home. The caboose, labeled Loose Caboose, outlived its ice cream shop origin and now sits unused after being sold to Dan Jones of Murphysboro in 1979.
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Mildred Hale
Illinois Central
Tom
Grand Tower
Grant Tower
Hale
Tom Hale
Illinois Central Railroad
Ma Hale
Jones
Murphysboro
Jackson County finance committee tables Kilquist retirement plan
The Jackson County Board finance committee tabled Sheriff William Kilquist s retirement proposal for 90 days. Kilquist sought to raise his Emergency Management Agency coordinator salary by 5145.60 annually to buy the same health and retirement benefits via increased pay.
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Murphysboro
Jackson County Board
William Kilquist
Kilquist
Emergency Management Agency
Social Security
Illinois
Memorial endowment planned for Mimi Alongi at John A. Logan
Jerome Mimi Alongi shaped John A. Logan College athletics especially baseball. A scholarship endowment is planned in his honor as fundraisers continue for the team. Alongi created the annual baseball card and memorabilia show to support spring trips, now renamed in his memory. His son Guy said details remain to be set, with the award likely going to an area baseball player. Vendors recalled Alongi as a driving influence and like a father to those in the community.
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Carterville
Jerome
Mimi
Alongi
John A. Logan College
Jerry Halstead
Halstead
Guy
Dorothy
Guy Alongi
Gary Howard
Sikeston
Bill Stone
St. Charles
Stone
Howard
Cardinals
Phillies
Mimi Alongi’s legendary baseball card show grows annually
Jerome “Mimi” Alongi created a fundraising baseball card and memorabilia show 17 years ago to support the team’s spring trip. The event expanded into a yearly fundraiser, attracting organizers Bill and me to host major card shows in St. Louis and later at Logan. Howard calls Mimi a fine man who stayed in touch to ensure attendance.
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Jerome
Mimi” Alongi
Bill
St. Louis
Logan
Mimi
Howard
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Buckner
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Ewing Village Board
Herrin
Tenth St
Jackson County Building and Grounds Committee
Murphysbo
Jackson County
Jefferson County Highway Committee
Old Fairfield Rd
Mount Vernon
Marion Park Board
Boy Scout Cabin
Ashley Park
Parish Ave
Marion
Perry County Board
Pinckneyville
Thompsonville
Www
Thesouthern.com
Mark Lambird
Jackson Board Tables
Mimi’ Alongi
JALC
John D. Homan
John.homan
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