Townsfolk Celebrate Ethnic Festival and Local Events Weekend
Ethnic Festival runs through Sunday at Town Square Carbondale with food, art, and interfaith service. Shows include Dorians Celtic Irish music 4-5 p.m. Waterloo German Band 6-7:30 p.m. Terra Firma reggae 8-10 p.m. Admission $2 adults $1 under 18. Carbondale Chamber of Commerce 618 549 2146. Tractor show at Massac County Youth Fairgrounds Metropolis free all day. Sunset Bluegrass Gospel Strings 7:30 p.m. Rend Lake Visitors Center free. Theater You're a Good Man Charlie Brown Stage Company Carbondale 2 and 7 p.m. Admission $5 adults $4 children. Science Honeybees 11 a.m.-1 p.m. free. Snakes Alive 10-11:30 a.m. Shawnee CC River Room Allin. Living history Fort Massac Metropolis Marines reenactment free. Cat show Carbondale Civic Center 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. today 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Bingo Royalton community center 2-5 p.m. prizes hot dogs. Barbecue Elkville Fire Department 11 a.m. $3 sandwich $5 plate. Yard sale Townwide 7 a.m. West Frankfort. Egyptian Day McCann Building Murphysboro 9 a.m. Guest speaker Mike Best coffee doughnuts.
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Wuat's Coming Driving Review Session
Driving review session scheduled 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Carbondale Senior Center located at 409 N Springer St. Contact 618 457 4151 or visit www thesouthern com for details.
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Carbondale Senior Center
N. Springer St
Traffic congestion on U S 51 under summer construction
Traffic on U S 51 bogs traffic in midday heat as crews lay asphalt and smooth the surface. Drivers endure slow single lane northbound delays until late summer, when construction season ends. SEE TRAFFIC PAGE 2.
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Carbondale
U.S. 51
Peach Tradition Ends Historic Croslins Peach Orchard
The Croslins family ends their Cedar Hill peach farming after more than four decades. Betty Croslin explains the decision to bulldoze the trees, noting the orchard’s age and change in life, while recalling early help from Mr. Frye, a minister who aided the start of the business. The article reflects on a local agricultural landmark and shifting times.
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Croslins
Betty Croslin
Cedar Hill
Betty
Bob
Cedar Hill Road
Mr. Frye
Johnston City
Croslin built diversified farm with peaches grain and feed service
Bob Croslin ran a Benton operation including Croslin's Feed Service and peach orchards. He expanded into a chicken and egg business in 1963, starting with 8 000 hens and adding 15 000 more in the 1970s. Eggs mostly went to Rice Produce in Benton with some national distribution.
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Croslins
Bob Croslin
Croslin
Benton
Betty
Allen Veach Led Veach Oil Dies at 81 in Vienna
Allen Davis Veach, former president of Veach Oil Co., died Friday morning in Vienna after a long illness at age 81. He helped grow the family business from a West Vienna truck stop to outlets across Southern Illinois, with his son John now leading Veach Oil. The Veach family started in 1925, borrowing $1,000 to begin under Clifford Veach, who later built a regional oil operation amid early trucking days and Gulf Oil retirements.
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Allen Davis Veach
Veach Oil Co
Veach
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Bubber
Allen Veach
Jessie
Veach Oil
Allen
John
Clifford Veach
Standard Oil
Drovers State Bank
Clifford
Illinois
Gulf Oil
Southern Illinois
Jackson
Williamson
Union Counties
Wentworth Military Academy
Lexington
University of Illinois
Pinckneyville fights state bill over wastewater permits
Pinckneyville commissioner Fred Pabst vows the state bill charging municipalities for wastewater treatment permits will ruin the water and sewer budget. Illinois owes the city about 200000 for prison utilities but pays late with no interest. The council OKd selling land for a convenience store project to Bill Stotlar, Bruce Cope and Carla Nehring for 34870, reacquired from Farm Services. Animal control requests include better equipment, a part time helper, and a vicious dog ordinance. City Attorney Pyatt urges stricter code enforcement as residents complain.
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Fred Pabst
Pabst
Bill Stotlar
Bruce Cope
Carla Nehring
John Hammack
Troy Pabst
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