Community events fill Tamaroa weekend with parades and games
Weekend schedule spans Friday and Saturday at Tamaroa Community Center and Park with a 7 p.m parade 6 p.m to midnight carnival Friday and a full lineup Saturday including tractor and truck pulls baseball and softball games and a cow patty bingo. Foods include barbecued chicken and pork steak with precios listed. Also featured are Take a Kid Fishing events at local Walmart parking lots and a Cajun crawfish menu at Alto Pass plus a benefit concert at Mitchell Museum in Mount Vernon and a life and times talk at Rend Lake Visitor Center. Proceeds support community sites. Contact numbers provided for details.
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Tamaroa
Tamaroa Community Center
Bill Smalley
Du Quoin Laborers Strike-Long Negotiation Ends In Pact
Du Quoin city employees represented by Laborer’s Union Local 738 have a four year contract after nearly five months without a deal. The agreement covers street and utility workers and city clerk staff excluding Rex Duncan, with 4 percent raises in years one and two, 3 percent in year three, and 8 percent in year four. Average hourly wage rises from 15.29 to 15.95. Council, mayor, and attorney report progress on condemnation actions and property cleanups including 344 S Walnut and 413 W Franklin.
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DU Quoin
Rex Duncan
Duncan
S. Walnut
W. Franklin
John Rednour
Jackson County 4-H earns top national rank in military mail drive
Jackson County 4-H members named top group in the nation for 2001 in the national 4-H military mail campaign. The county club sent 5,371 cards and letters during the 2001 holiday season to troops in Kosovo Korea Afghanistan and other locations. Cody Howell with 2,300 letters led Illinois contributors. sister Jammie Howell sent 800 and ranked fifth.
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Jackson County
4-H
Afghanistan
Kosovo
Korea
Illinois
Angie Kuehl
Murphysboro
Cody Howell
Makanda
Jammie Howell
Winnie
Rodney Howell
Son-A-Knights 4-H Club
West Frankfort seeks UMWA hospital reopening after hearing
In Franklin County West Frankfort residents push to reopen UMWA Hospital now closed since 2001. At Home Health Care seeks to restart operations via CON without a new review, with support from former Congressman Kenneth Gray and dozens voicing views at a Friday IDPH hearing.
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Franklin County
West Frankfort
Umwa Hospital
Southern Illinois Healthcare
Illinois Department of Public Health
At Home Health Care
West Frankfort Community Hospital
At Home
Ilinois Hospital
U.S
Kenneth J. Gray
Umwa
Williamson board approves airport security contract
Williamson County Board approves a working contract with the sheriff's department to provide security at the airport during arrivals and departures, with the airport authority covering cost reimbursements and sheriff deputies added to the liability insurance. Sheriff Cundiff notes a stationing schedule and that enforcement is limited to departures. airport manager Kimmel expects a favorable review at the June 11 meeting.
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Marion
Williamson County Board
Sheriff's Department
Airport Authority
Robert “Bo” Emery
Emery
Tom Cundiff
County Board
Airport Board
Cundiff
Doug Kimmel
Kimmel
Transportation Security
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Topay
Wal- Mart
du Quoin Wal-Mart
Marion Wal- Mart
Anna Wal- Mart
Benton Wal- Mart
Alto Vinyards
Alto Pass
17Th Street Station
Gold City
Melanie Walker
Mitchell Museum
Cedarhurst
Mount Vernon
Loan Street Baptist Church
Charlie Birger
Rend Lake Visitor Center
Gary DeNeal
David Kidd
Bald Knob Cross
Southern Illinois
Community Building, Inc
Grimes
Mvn
Bend Lake
Benton
Associated Sound
Eagle Point Bay Association
Association
Spring Cove Drive
Goreville
Christi Mathis
Pte
Untk
Novara
Jessica Herring
Herring
Friends of Our Troops
Linda Rush
Emily Wece
Frankfort
Williamson Board
John D. Homan
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