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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jan 13, 2002

Page

21

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.

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.

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.

Carbondale Pinckneyville du Quoin Sparta SIUC City of Jeff Doherty Doherty Southern Illinois Desert Southwest Arizona Illinois South Illinois Avenue

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