Local events calendar highlights through Sunday
A series of community happenings across southern Illinois runs through Sunday. Bald Knob Cross hosts a fundraising sandwich platter. Lectures feature Melvin Macklin on Black history at Carbondale Public Library. Hamilton County Fair, Anna 150th Celebration, Christopher Homecoming, a Marion blood drive, project Childsafe kits at Pinckneyville, SIUC fishing program for kids, an evening at 17th Street Bar, West Frankfort reading on wild birds, a Christian parenting seminar at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, and more events list locations and contact numbers.
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Carbondale Public Library
W. Main
Melvin Macklin
Hamilton County
Fairgrounds
McLeansboro
Anna
Anna City Park
Christopher
Christopher City Park
Randolph County Placed on EPA Soot Nonattainment List
The EPA puts Randolph County on a 12 county nonattainment list for fine particle pollution. Officials say the county meets current standards but is near the St Louis metro area and hosts the Baldwin Power Plant, a major emission source, with future stricter rules planned to improve air quality.
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Randolph County
Environmental Protection Agency
Metro St. Louis
Dynegy
Illinois Power
Baldwin
Local singer wows Freedom Fest crowd in Du Quoin
A large crowd gathered Friday as Lori Eisenhauer headlined the 12th annual Du Quoin Freedom Festival street dance near the city park. The event today offers Keyes City Park craft market food vendors a bouncing room children’s games Bingo and a duck pond from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. A DJ will play tunes and a poker table offers prizes. Raffles include a trip for two to Las Vegas. A 10:30 a.m. lip sync contest Puttin' On the Hits is planned. The Du Quoin Chamber of Commerce sponsors the test and B and G Venegoni of Christopher helped sponsor.
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DU Quoin
Lori Eisenhauer
Eisenhauer
Keyes City Park
Las Vegas
du Quoin Chamber of Commerce
B & G Venegoni
Christopher
Former Jackson chairman Gene Chambers dies at 85
Eugene E. Chambers of Jackson County died at 85 after a cancer battle. A Democrat, he served 22 years on the county board beginning in 1974 and was chairman from 1982 to 1986. He also worked for CIPS and held roles on the Public Building Commission, school board and Boy Scout troop. He was survived by seven children after his wife Anna died in 1969.
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Murphysboro
Jackson County Board
Eugene E
Gene
Chambers
Gene Chambers
Shirley Booker
Jackson County
Booker
CIPS
Jackson County Public Building Commission
St. Andrews
Anna
Carbondale wrestles with scooter issue
Carbondale resident Tim Donahue received three tickets within 24 hours of buying an electric scooter. Violations cited included driving with a suspended license no registration and no insurance. He has since approached the Carbondale City Council about scooter regulations.
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Carbondale
Tim Donahue
SIUC faculty back Wendler plan to boost research
SIUC Carbondale Chancellor Walter Wendler received a petition Friday from 114 School of Medicine faculty supporting his 150 program to raise research opportunities by 2019 and place the university among the top 75 public research universities. Laura Murphy handed the petition with Jodi Huggenvik and Kimberly Espy noting the joint faculty effort and growing agency support.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Walter Wendler
School of Medicine
Wendler
SIUC
Southern At 150
Laura Murphy
Jodi Huggenvik
Huggenvik
Kimberly Espy
Murphy
Pamela Kay Submusuersberger
the Soutaerm
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Bald Knob Cross
Alto Pass
Eagle Point Bay Association
Association
Spring Cove Drive
Goreville
Sam's Club
Marion
Project Childsafe
Pinckneyville
S. Walnut
17Th Street Bar and Grill
West Frankfort Public Library
E. Poplar
Ben Shofstall
Ryan Adcock
Turley Park
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Perryman Road
Thompsonville
Www
Thesouthern.com
EPA
Steve Rothblatt
Midwest Region
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Pamela Kay Schmalenberger
Martina McBride
Kara Marlow
Fritz Coffey
Herrin
Christi Mathis
Jackson
Scooter
Nicole
Donahue
Siuc Medical
Kristen Cates
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