Voter Registration and Local Events Around Carbondale Area
A roundup of local happenings lists a voter registration drive at 400 S Wall St Carbondale from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. plus performances at SIUC Kleinan Theater and various community activities including pancake breakfast Lions Club Eldorado and book sale Herrin Library. Other items cover open house LIFE Community Center renovations, Heart Smart program in Mount Vernon, science puzzles at The Science Center Carbondale, eagle tours Crab Orchard Refuge, blood drives, Mount Vernon reunion planning, and government and civic meetings.
Rend Lake College Hikes Tuition and Debt for Campus Projects
Rend Lake College trustees approved a tuition rise from 48 to 50 dollars per credit hour for fall. Out-of-district rates become 73.50 and out-of-state 150. The board also authorized one million dollars in debt certificates to fund an applied science building and a vocational program at the RLC Marketplace in Mount Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
INA — Rend Lake College
Robert Carlock
Carlock
RLC
Jent Factory
Mount Vernon
Carbondale Tae Kwon Do Team Heads to World Cup in Cancun
Perry's School of Tae Kwon Do in Carbondale will take 22 athletes aged 7 to 42 to the 2003 World Cup in Cancun Mexico. Master Thomas Black, US Martial Arts Hall of Fame inductee, says the team trains up to 12 hours daily six days a week as they prepare to face Olympic-level competitors from 60 countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Cancun
Mexico
Perry
Thomas Black
du Quoin
Black
Illinois
U.S
Shanthi Blanchard
Perry’s
Blanchard
Williamson County center seeks federal grant for safe visitation
Kathy Schimpf, director of the Williamson County Child Advocacy Center in Herrin, seeks a 350000 dollar federal grant from the Justice Department Violence Against Women Office for Safe Haven supervised visitation and safe exchange. The grant would fund staff, equipment, a security system, and training to handle growing domestic violence and child abuse caseloads, with plans to improve rooms and possibly build a playground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Kathy Schimpf
Williamson County
U.S. Department of Justice: Violence Against Women’s Office
Safe Haven
Energy Grade
Energy Grade School Building, and Presently Operated By the Advocacy Center
Schimpf
Celeste
Sellers
Doughty couple named Citizens of the Year in Marion
James and Marless Doughty, longtime Hill Printing owners, were named Marion Area Chamber of Commerce Citizens of the Year for 2002 at the chamber dinner at John A. Logan College. The couple credited each other and thanked supporters while staying modest about their community work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James and
Marless
Carterville
James
Marless Doughty
Marion
Marion Area Chamber of Commerce
John A. Logan College
George Trammell
Marion Chamber
Chamber
Marion Area
Also Mentioned on This Page
Johnson County
Franklin, Jackson
Union
Williamson Counties
March of Faith
S. Wall St
Kleinan Theater
Communications
SIUC
Lions Club
Fourth Street
Eldorado
Herrin City Library
N. 13Th St
Life Community Center
Sunset Drive
Market Place
Abby Hampton
RSC Allied Health Division
University Mall
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Mardale Baptist Church
Illinois Centre Mall
Wuar
Mount Vernon Township
Clinton Electric
Carmen Bender Oslager
Judy Marvel Shurtz
Jackson County Right To Life
Murphysboro
Walnut St
John A. Logan Annuitants Association
College Conference
Time Magazine
Hugh Sidey
Edward Jones
Wayne Tate
Edward Jones Investment
Sparta School Board
Lincoln Middle School
Www
Thesouthern.com
Rend Lake College
Jim Muik
Rod Blagojevich
Shawneelink
Tae Kwon Do
Claire O’brien
Danny Shelton
Holly Edwards
Williamson County Child Center
John D. Homan
Southern
Tim Petrowich
Doughtys
Trammell
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