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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 2002
Page
9
Local talent performs poetry and jazz from 7 to 10 p m at the Egyptian Center 815 S Illinois Ave Carbondale with refreshments and a $6 donation to the Delta Alumnae scholarship fund.
Noon Friday event in Ivey Room at John A. Logan College Carterville features motivational speaker Troy Steade. Contact Ext 7416 or 985 3741 457 7676 800 851 4720. Later, chili and vegetable soup dinner set for Saturday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Masonic and Eastern Star Temple Zeigler. Adults $4 children under 12 $2.
The De Soto Competitive Communities Initiative Steering Committee meets at 6 p.m. at village hall. Elkville Village Board convenes at 7 p.m. at the civic center 405 S. Kimmel. Royalton Finance Committee gathers at 6:30 p.m. at the old Veterans of Foreign Wars building.
Kenny Strobel Marion Park District president will not face charges in the late December incident at Huck's store. Marion woman Mary Thomas also will not be charged. State's Attorney Charles Garnall said he spent substantial time reviewing the case, with Strobel receiving two traffic tickets.
Shirley Hussey Cooper, a transplanted Kansas native, grew up loving flight and dreamed of going above the blue. She now serves as a NASA solar system ambassador, volunteering to share space knowledge and information on ongoing NASA projects.
NASA offers ambassadors specialized training including question and answer sessions with leaders of interplanetary missions. For more information about the volunteer program visit www.jpl.nasa.gov.
Pinckneyville Ambulance Service changed affiliation from Memorial Hospital of Carbondale to Good Samaritan Regional Health Center in Mount Vernon. Chair John Nehrkorn says there is no reason to worry, noting updated procedures do not affect care quality or transfer wait times. He adds Good Samaritan's stricter protocols aim to transport patients safely and with caution. SEE AMBULANCE / PAGE 2B
A tucked bill would give 600 acres worth about 20 million dollars from state land near a St. Charles corrections center to the cities of St. Charles and Geneva and to the St. Charles Park District. Labor officials from Southern Illinois decry the move as conflicting with Gov. George Ryan's budget belt-tightening push. The land, largely leased from the Illinois Department of Corrections, sits adjacent to a state facility. Union officials say the measure amounts to a windfall amid spending cuts.
Spectacular flock of snow geese became the high point of a Sunday birding tour across Southern Illinois. The day started at Mermet Lake near Vienna with limited birds, then moved to Union County Conservation Area where a loggerhead shrike and a large snow goose congregation fascinated two observers. The journey included sightings of pintails, mallards, several raptors, and a lone bald eagle before the standout snow geese drew attention.
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