Community agenda and driving safety courses listed
Driving review runs 9 to 11 a.m. at Senior Citizens Center 409 N Springer St Carbondale. Boating safety education 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday at Kincaid Lake Marina required for ages 12 to 17 to operate watercraft. Multiple school board, village, and city meetings scheduled across Carbondale, Benton, Carrier Mills Stonefort, Freeman Spur, Grand Tower, Harrisburg, Murphysboro, Royalton, Steeleville, and Williamson County with dates and venues including offices, libraries, and high schools. Visit thesouthern.com for details.
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Senior Citizens Center
Springer
Kincaid Lake Marina
Soldier delayed diploma earns long overdue high school degree
William Bell Sr. of Zeigler-Royalton, a 2002 senior class graduate, recalls enlisting in 1943 after the death of a friend in World War II. He spent three years in the Navy, survived a shipboard bombing, lost a finger in New Guinea, and returned to duty before the war ended, finally earning his diploma decades later.
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William Bell Sr
Zeigler
Zeigler-Royalton High School
UMWA
Bell
Elizabeth
Zeigler High School
Lumas Walker
U.S. Navy
New Guinea
Manila
Navy
Hawthorne Inn to Open in Liberty Village Complex
Ground has been broken for the Hawthorne Inn a $2 million assisted living center forming the final phase of Liberty Village behind the Illinois Centre mall in Marion. The project adds 22 rental apartments and follows existing facilities including Parkway Manor nursing home and an independent apartment complex.
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Marion
Hawthorne Inn
Liberty Village
Illinois Centre Mall
Tenia Calhoun
Parkway Manor
Illinois Centre
Perry refunds less than expected in Perry County
Perry County residents submitted receipts to reclaim excess sales tax paid after a referendum error. Only five of about 20 000 residents filed, as officials review itemized receipts for a possible penny-per-dollar refund.
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Perry County
Tibretta Bigham- Reiman
Bigham- Rei
Pinckneyville
Bigham-Reiman
Bigham- Reiman
Wal
West Frankfort backs 25k loan to save hospital
West Frankfort officials approved a 25000 revolving loan to At Home Health Care to help revive the West Frankfort Community Hospital. Crown Line Boats, Inc. matched 25000 and pledged another 75000, as residents and local businesses are urged to step up support for reopening the 25 bed critical access facility with ER and services pending license and state approval.
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West Frankfort
Crown Line Boats, Inc
Jack Woolard
AHC
State Planning Board
Illinois
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Wuar
Connie Pirtle
Terrace Dining Room
John A. Logan College
Carterville
Sae Glasco
Anna City Council
City Hall
Buncombe
Carrier Mills
Stonefort
Dongola
Franklin County Board
Benton
Freeman Spur
Freeman Spur Road
Grand Tower Park Board
Harrisburg School Board
S. Main St
Jackson County Health & Safety Committee
Sheriff's Department
Murphysboro
Jackson County Interagency Council
Southern Illinois Center For Independent Living
N. Glenview St
Carbondale
Lick Creek Water District Board
Walnut St
Royalton
S. Dean St
Southern Illinois Airport Authority
Airport Conference Room
Sparta Hospital Board
Steeleville
Tilden
Williamson County Board
Www
Thesouthern.com
Jim Muir
Australia
Hinton
John D. Homan
Parkway Estates
Calhoon
Don Fike
Galesburg
Ill
Perry
Frankfort Hospital
Linda A. Krutsinger
Southern Illinois Healthcare
Illinois Hospital Facilities Board
SIH
Umwa Hospital
Franklin County
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