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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 2002
Page
9
At 7 p.m. Sesser Sessions plays Flix at the Lesser Opera House. Grant Morgan follows at 8 p.m. performing with Yellow Moon.
A dense schedule lists free open mic at Mungo Jerry's Fat Cat Cafe in Murphysboro and a 9 a.m. to noon occupational health seminar at John A. Logan College in Carterville. It also includes flag etiquette at American Legion Pinckneyville, a Grand Ole Opry bus trip to Zeigler, crop advisory credits at Holiday Inn Mount Vernon, a blood drive in Anna Jonesboro, and multiple school board and municipal meetings across Cairo, Carterville, Murphysboro, Jackson County, Pinckneyville, Red Bud, Rend Lake area and Harrisburg. Registration and contact numbers provided where noted.
A 45 photo exhibit at Sallie Logan Public Library Murphysboro presents nearly a century of Pomona life from the 1860s to the 1950s. Residents contributed images showing Civil War veterans, orchard sheds, railroad scenes, the Pomona General Store, and a town map with hundreds of houses. Local preservationists note Pomona's shift to gardens and pastures, with librarian Donella Odum and Pomona residents sharing family connections to town leadership and post office history.
Glenn Wright, a retired Granite City police captain, and his wife have settled in Pomona since 1995. The Wrights moved onto land once hunted by Glenn after purchasing a farmhouse built in the late 1800s, as Pomona Preservation activities occupy local residents.
A 252 inmate expansion at the U S Penitentiary south of Marion employs River City Construction Co of Peoria. Warder E A Stepp and local media toured the site as mud and heavy equipment filled a multi acre field. Officials say rising inmate populations drive the project.
A second armed robbery at Huck's Convenience Store on North Main Street is under investigation, following a early morning heist after 2 am. Two suspects fled after demanding cash. the attendant was not harmed. Police note the city is understaffed with five officer vacancies, hampering the investigation as they await five new recruits by Feb. 1.
Byline Ben Gelman new stamps honor Langston Hughes on the 100th birthday, plus a slate of 2002 issues. The Black Heritage stamp features Hughes from an Henri Cartier-Bresson image and marks his Harlem Renaissance link. Other releases include Winter Olympics sports, Lunar Year messages, a Happy Birthday stamp, West Point bicentennial, and Greetings From America pane with state landmarks. The New York World Trade Center towers design was revised after 9 11.
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