Today's Weekend Events Charms Carbondale Area
A roundup of events across Carbondale and nearby towns includes Taste of Chocolate at the Carbondale Civic Center 7 to 10 p.m. benefiting The Women's Center with a $25 ticket and silent auction, Comedy: When Comics Attack at Holiday Inn Mount Vernon at 8:30 p.m. featuring Jeff Batts, Five man touring act, admission $8, concerts by Two American Brothers at Mungo Jerrys Fat Cat Cafe in Murphysboro free admission, The Cantrells at Cousin Andy's Coffeehouse in Carbondale $5, Carter and Connelley dinner and show at Yellow Moon Cafe Cobden with $15 dinner and $4 show, plus a Saturday chili mac dinner at Hurst Fire Department and a Martin Luther King Day family gathering at Carbondale Public Library.
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Carbondale Civic Center
S. Illinois Ave
Holiday Inn
Mount Vernon
Fiveman
Jeff Batts
St. Louis
Two American Brothers
Mungo Jerry's
Chestnut St
Murphysboro
the Cantrells
Andy
Church of the Good Shepherd
Orchard Drive
Schwartz Street
Carbondale
Carter & Connelley
Yellow Moon Cafe
Front St
Cobden
Limestone Creek Winery
SIU must provide Argersinger emails in delay
Thousands of e-mails requested from Southern Illinois University remain uncovered delaying pretrial steps in Jo Ann Argersinger’s lawsuit over her firing and reassignment. In federal court a hearing addressed sanctions as Argersinger seeks relief for alleged discriminatory salary practices after her 1998 hire and 2000 suit.
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Springfield
Southern Illinois University
Jo Ann Argersinger
Argersinger
SIU
Open Meetings Act alleged in Argersinger firing case
The Southern Carbondale reports SIU officials and trustees admit OMA violations linked to discussions on former Chancellor Jo Ann Argersinger. Trustees deny voting to fire her at a May 12 1999 closed Edwardsville meeting while Argersinger seeks relief in state and federal courts.
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Carbondale Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Jo Ann Argersinger
SIU
James B. Bleyer
Marion
David Watt
Bleyer
Argersinger
Edwardsville
Ronald E. Osman
John Jackson
Jackson County
Heartland Regional Medical Center on Schedule for October Opening
New Marion hospital advances to a planned October 24 opening as 42 million Heartland Regional Medical Center nears completion despite windy snowy conditions. Actress Marion Ross visited the site to autograph helmets and praise the facility, which will include 32 private beds and a 13 room emergency center upon opening.
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New Marion Hospital
Marion
Heartland Regional Medical Center
Marion Ross
Ross
Heartland
Illinois
Ron Seal
Seal
Herrin names two Citizens of the Year at chamber dinner
Postmaster Gordon Walker and attorney Bart Mann were named Co-Citizens of the Year for 2001 by the Herrin Chamber of Commerce. They organized the Moving Wall replica for Memorial Day week and the HerrinFesta Italiana, revived the Thanksgiving Day dinner, and honored the late Mayor Ed Quaglia with the free community meal. Both praised local volunteers and Herrin’s civic spirit.
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Herrin
Gordon Walker
Bart Mann
Mann
Walker
Retired educator barred from eight county superintendent race
Springfield Illinois The Illinois State Board of Elections ruled that retired educator Kern L Doerner Norris City is ineligible to run for regional superintendent of the eight county Southern Illinois education district. The board voted 8-0 citing missing required certification, leaving incumbent Linda L Blackman unopposed in the March 19 Democratic primary. If a judge directs otherwise the board may issue a certificate.
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Springfield
Illinois State Board of Elections
Ilinois
Linda L. Blackman
Board of Elections
Kern L. Doerner
Norris City
Doerner
Elections Board
State Board of Education
Barham sentencing today in fatal 2000 crash case
Former Shawnee Correctional Center warden William Barham faces sentencing at 9 30 a m in Vienna for two counts of reckless homicide and one count of aggravated DUI in a 2000 single vehicle crash that killed Shawnee dietary manager Jerry Isom. Barham was seriously injured in the wreck. The trial was delayed two weeks due to a judge illness.
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Vienna
Shawnee Correctional Center
William Barham
1St Circuit
Michael Henshaw
Barham
Jerry Isom
Alan McIntyre
Johnson County
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Women’s Center
Wuat
Hurst Fire Department
Earl A. Pate
Williamson County
Martin Luther King
Carbondale Public Library
W. Main St
Jan Spivey Gilchrist
Vienna Public Library
Johnson County Genealogical and Historical Society
Martin Luther King Jr
Grinnell Hall
Brush Towers
Siuc
Cairo
Carbondale City
BY Nancy Chesley
Springfield Bureau
Steve Binder
Juthern
Mrs. Cunningham
Gary Cook
Waltonville
John D. Homan
Ed Quaglia
Ferrari
Murphy
Travis Deneal
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