Paws Place joins Adopt-a-Shelter-Cat campaign in June
Paws Place Adoption Center partners with the ASPCA for Adopt-a-Shelter-Cat Month. Cats available for adoption include kittens and adults, with a $40 fee that covers spaying or neutering. The shelter at 139 E Vienna St Anna IL 146 invites the public to meet the “feline therapists” during new hours 1 to 4 pm Tue–Sat and until 7 pm Fri.
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Paws Place
Anna
Paws Place Adoption Center
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Carol Hoffman
Paws Board
Vienna St
Illinois
The
Humane Society of Southern Illinois
Illinois 13
Carbondale
Hunter steps down as Humane Society president in Illinois
Eugenia Hunter resigns as president but remains active with United Way funding. She notes decades of leadership since 1967 or earlier at the Humane Society of Southern Illinois, founded 1956 in Jackson County. The article recalls her long devotion, family ties, pets, and the society's growth from early years to today’s adoption programs and spay neuter efforts.
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Hunter
Humane Society
Jackson County Humane Society
Southern
Southern Illinois University
San Francisco
Carbondale
Bob Hunter
Albert
Albert Einstein
Eugenia
Shelter
The
Turley Park
Humane Society of Southern Illinois
Suspect Charged in Fletcher Grigg Death After Burglary Arrest
A 19 year old man was charged with murder after being detained Tuesday morning. Police say investigators focused on biological evidence and linked the suspect to an unsolved Western Sizzlin burglary from April 29. Grigg died from blunt head trauma and an autopsy confirmed the cause. Ferguson, a former restaurant employee, appeared in Jefferson County Circuit Court for advisement with Public Defender Robert Verhines appointed.
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Duncan
Ferguson
Western Sizzlin
Grigg
Jefferson County
Robert Verhines
Funding cut threatens weaker Illinois Main Street towns
Bratland warned that while Carbondale and Marion may survive, weaker communities across Illinois could falter as funding is eliminated. She stressed that Main Street strength comes from strong organizations statewide. Illinois has 57 Main Street communities, including Carbondale Eldorado Fairfield Golconda Marion and Murphysboro in the south.
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Bratland
Carbondale
Marion
Illinois
Southern Illinois
Eldorado
Fairfield
Golconda
Murphysboro
Kunkel Scholarship Awarded to Johnston City Student Natalie Kelly
The June and William Kunkel Scholarship awarded to 2002 Johnston City High School graduate Natalie Kelly for $500 to attend John A. Logan College. The Kunkel family funds the annual award. contact Steven Arthur at 985-3741 Ext. 8426 for details on the scholarship and other John A. Logan awards.
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June
William Kunkel
Natalie Kelly
Johnston City High School
Kunkel
John A. Logan College
John A. Logan
Steven Arthur
Inaccuracy spotted in birth announcement for Brandy Holland
The Southern Illinoisan erred in a Wednesday birth notice on page 3B. It should read Brandy Holland of Johnston City had a son on Saturday June 8 2002 at Marion Memorial Hospital.
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Brandy Holland
Johnston City
Marion Memorial Hospital
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Hickory, Ren
Carbondale Park District
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