Local and University Notes From Southern Illinois News
Benton Bend Lake College offers free GED classes in Benton and Lesser with registration and times by calling 618 437 5321 ext 244 or 800 369 5321 ext 244 office hours 8 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. weekdays. Southern Illinois doctors host SIU medical students in Carbondale with three student placements before May graduation. In Carbondale Jane H Adams SIUC anthropology professor publishes Fighting for the Farm from University of Pennsylvania Press. Allison E Joseph SIUC English associate professor wins 2003 Word Press Poetry Prize for Worldly Pleasures. fourth book Imitation of Life released by Carnegie Mellon University Press.
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Benton — Bend Lake
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Ann Migone
Carbondale
Michael Bass
Alberto
Susan Vidal
Greensburg
Dennon Davis
West Frankfort
Brian Kirby
Jerry
Nancy Kirby
Tim Miller
Forsyth
Wade Richey
Charles and
Joy Richey
Galatia
Jane H. Adams
Southern Illinois University
America
Canada
University of Pennsylvania
Adams
SIUC
University of Illinois
Allison E. Joseph
Word Press
Independent Press
Joseph
Carnegie Mellon University Press
Students sleep out to raise homeless awareness across several towns
Marion high hosts LEDSC led event as about 100 students from Vernon to Benton slept in homemade boxes to feel homelessness. They built heat from tarps and trash can fires and aimed to raise about $1500 for Habitat for Humanity with funds to be decided at the spring conference on March 6.
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Carbondale High School
Allen
Marion
Rachel Salzmann
LEDSC
Salzmann
Chris Grant
Grant
Mount Vernon
Habitat For Humanity
Pamela Iva
Holly Atkins
Benton
Illinois
Trico rebuilds greenhouse after snow destroys old one
Trico school district will replace the damaged greenhouse, costing about 15,500 with insurance covering the loss. A new gym sound system from Sound Core Music in Carbondale at 4,548 was approved, while gym pulley baskets worry persists. Resignations of two coaches were accepted and trips approved for FFA Excellence Conference in Alton and cheer competition in Highland. No bids were received for two used buses pending decision.
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Dennis Smith
Sound Core Music
Carbondale
Smith
Military News highlights Navy deployments and alumni
Seaman Steven R. Hatchett and Seaman Jonathon D. Myers returned from six month Mediterranean deployments aboard USS George Washington and other ships. Petty Officer Michael W. Reno and Chief Petty Officer Michael D. Gann also completed overseas assignments. Seaman Heather N. Weis and Seaman Apprentice Karl B. Mays earned trainings and degrees, with multiple graduates and enlistments noted from Haltom City, Marion, Thompsonville, Du Quoin, Red Bud, and Benton.
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Steven R. Hatchett
Mary L. Hatchett
Haltom City
Texas
Stanley R. Hatchett
Thompsonville
Mediterranean Sea
Arabian Gulf
George Washington
Norfolk
Naples
Italy
Hatchett
Haltom High School
Navy
Jonathon D. Myers
Myers
Mary J
Michael J. Pearce
Benton
Michael W. Reno
Marilyn
Frank Pitt
Marion
Michael D. Gann
Dorothy J. Gann
Pacific
Yokosuka
Japan
Gann
Thompsonville High School
Heather N. Weis
Cathy J
Gary G. Weis
du Quoin
Naval Technical Training Center
Corry Station
Pensacola
Fla
Weis
du Quoin High School
Gary W. Culpepper
Rick Krone
Newport News
Fleet Training Center Atlantic
Dam Neck
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Tim.petrowich
Thesouthern
Brooke Babington
Johnston City
Trico
Christi Mathis
Campbell Hill
Sara Koehn
Ron Coleman
Future Farmers of America
Alton
Highland
Purcell
DeSoto
Elkville
Ver
Dish Network
Cablelink, Inc
Carterville
Marion High School
The
Culpepper Is
John W. Chartrand, Sr
Navy Nuclear Power Training Unit
Naval Nuclear Power Training Unit
Ballston Spa
N.Y
Chartrand
Jeannette A. and
John W. Chartrand
Red Bud
Karl B. Mays
Susan B
Johnnie Mays
Naval Technical Training Center Corry Station
Mays
Sammie
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