Notable career moves and recognitions in Illinois professional circles
Larry Fox retires after more than 30 years with the Illinois Department of Transportation, supervising snow removal and highway maintenance in Jackson County. Karen Stoelzle Midden receives the 2001 community service award from the landscape architecture profession in Chicago. Terry Mandrell elected district No. 7 director for the Associated General Contractors of Illinois at the 95th annual convention in Springfield, overseeing multiple counties. Brianna Womick appointed promotional director at Sound Core Music in Carbondale. Julie A. Webb named partner at Craig & Craig in Mount Vernon, specializing in workers' comp, personal injury, and malpractice.
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Larry Lavert Fox
Illinois Department of Transportation
Fox
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Illinois Air National Guard
Mandrell
Terry Mandrell
Associated General Contractors of Illinois
Springfield
Fayette, Effingham
Jasper Crawford
Marion, Clay, Richland
Lawrence
Wayne
Edwards
Wabash
Jefferson
Hamilton
White Counties
Wabash Asphalt Co
Mount Carmel
Brianna Womick
Sound Core Music
S. Illinois Ave
Carbondale
American Bar Association
Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel
More Than A Pipe Dream McEvers Restores Organs in Makanda
Priest and organ craftsman McEvers, 61, runs a Makanda shop restoring historic pipe organs. A Herrin native, he built a church organ from scratch for 3,000 dollars as a student, later earning a divinity degree at Seabury-Western and widely restoring organs in Chicago and beyond.
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Herrin
McEvers
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Great Britain
Unitarian Fellowship Church
Carbondale
SIUC
Seabury-Western Theological Seminary
Evanston
Chicago
North Side
Yann James McEvers
Makanda
Midwest
Why My Brown Eyes Are Now Blue On The Strip
A writer recalls returning to Southern Illinois and walking Carbondale and Pinckneyville to assess economic decline. He juxtaposes vanished downtowns, shuttered taverns, and fast food encroachment with efforts by city officials to revive the Strip and attract shoppers and students. The piece ends with a personal question about changing perspective and a promise to explain why his blue gaze persists.
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Carbondale
Pinckneyville
du Quoin
Sparta
SIUC
City of
Jeff Doherty
Doherty
Southern Illinois
Desert Southwest
Arizona
Illinois
South Illinois Avenue
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