Two-Week Healthy Living Series Opens at Rend Lake College
The Today's Events program for women ages 25 to 65 runs today from 11 30 a m to 1 p m at the Learning Resource Center Rend Lake College Ina program to help women adopt healthy lifestyle changes to lower disease risk A duplicate session is set for Saturday from 11 a m to 1 p m at the RLC Market Place Mount Vernon Pre registration required Contact Abby Hampton at (618) 724 9228 or RLC Allied Health Division EY 437 5321 ext 51
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Rendake College
Ina
RLC Market
Wyatt's Comic Performance Permanent Damage at SIUC
Wyatt presents Permanent Damage an 8 p m show Saturday at Kleinan Theater 2nd floor Communications Building SIUC contact 618 453 2291 for more details page 2B
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Kleinan Theater
Communications
Siuc
Government and civic meetings listed across Benton area
A dense schedule shows multiple public meetings: Benton Civic Center Authority Board at 6 30 p m and Management Board at 6 p m both at the civic center. Carbondale Planning Commission at 7 p m. Christopher City Council at 6 30 p m in council chambers 211 N Thomas St. Jackson County Judicial and Law Committee 4 30 p m to 1 p m at Sheriff’s Department 1001 Mulberry St Murphysboro. Lake Egypt Water and Sewer Board at 7 p m at Lake Egypt water office 1484 Lake of Egypt Road Marion. Marion Housing Authority at 8 a m in conference room 501 N Market Lt. Mount Vernon School Board at 6 30 p m in administration building 1722 Oakland Ave. Pomona Somerset Fire Protection Board at 7 p m township hall 1410 Walnut St Murphysboro. Murphysboro Zoning Board of Appeals at 6 30 p m Public Works Complex 316 N 12th. Red Bud Health Insurance Committee at 5 p m city council. and Lake Conservancy District Board at 6 30 p m administration office 11231 Marcum Branch Road Benton. Shawnee District No school board at 7 p m high school off Lake. Union County Board at 4 p m courthouse. Vienna City Council at 6 30 p m 205 N Fourth St city hall.
Blagojevich fires 35 state workers in first reform move
Gov Rod Blagojevich announces a two week layoff wave including Carbondale City Councilman Brad Cole from the property management agency. He also orders an immediate hiring and promotion freeze across agencies, citing elimination of unwarranted, high pay posts and a need to curb the budget deficit.
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Springfield
Rod Blagojevich
Illinois
Blagojevich
George Ryan
Ryan
Carbondale
Brad Cole
Cole
Southern Illinois
Big Helpers by John D. Homan FCCLA tutors aid Herrin first graders
Students in Herrin High School's FCCLA club tutor first-graders at North Side Primary Center every Tue and Thu from 3 to 4 PM. Kyle Brooks says one-on-one math and reading support plus fun activities boost grades and parental relief.
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Kyle Brooks
Jessica Bird
Teresa Whitecotton
North Side School
Kevin Kloethkner
Austin Johnson
Nicholas Ryker
Herrin
Herrin High School
Career and
Community Leaders of America Club
North Side Primary Center
Brooks
Cynthia
North Side
Cynthia Brooks
SIUC contract talks focus on clearing up issues
On the first day of this week's bargaining at Southern Illinois University Carbondale no proposals were exchanged. SIUC Faculty Association president Morteza Daneshdoost said issues and interests around a new contract were being cleared up as administrators and faculty resume their marathon talks. The sides discuss strike plans, grades for replacements, and the administration stresses money in its Straight Talk brief.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Morteza Daneshdoost
SIUC
SIAC
Daneshdoost
Walker's Daughter Joins GMA Weight Loss Experiment
Sabrina Robinson, 27, Harvard Law student and daughter of Southern Illinois University president James Walker, is one of five volunteers living in a countryside house near Boston for ABC's Good Morning America health series Lock the Door Lose the Weight. She aims to improve health with supervision from experts Jim Karas Joy Bauer and Susan Amato.
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Carbondale
James Walker
Southern Illinois University
American Broadcasting Company
Good Morning America
Boston
Mass
Walker
Sabrina Robinson
Harvard
Robinson
Jim Karas
And
Susan Amato
New York
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Coulterville
Marissa
Dodds School Board
Mount Vernon
Jackson County
Judicial and
Sheriff's
Mulberry St
Murphysboro
Lake Egypt
Marion Housing Authority
Tn. Market Ltd
Oakland Ave
Pomona-Somerset ‘Fire Protection Board
Walnut St
Urphysboro ‘Oning Board of Apeals
Ublic
Red Bud Health Insurance Committee
Lake Conservancy District Board
Marcum Branch Road
Shawnee District No. School Board
Off Lake
Union County Board
Jonesboro
Vienna
Fourth St
City Hall
Www
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Springfield Bureau
Illinois Department of Corrections
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American Federation of State
Bayer
John D. Homan
FCCLA
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Caleb Hale
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