Illinois teen wins state prize for vegetables
Phillip Miller of Olive Branch near Anna wins a state Future Farmers of America crop specialty award for peppers squash corn and eggplant grown on an eight acre plot. He plans to study agriculture at Shawnee College and then SIU Carbondale or UI Champaign to expand into hog cattle and grain farming.
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Champaign
Anna Markets
Chicago
Bob Templeton
Robert L. Templeton
Pinckneyville
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Olive Branch
Alexander County
Shawnee Junior College
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
University of Illinois At Champaign
Babysitting Workshop Begins in Du Quoin
A six week babysitting workshop starts Tuesday June 24 at 1 pm at the Du Quoin Boys Club. Sponsored by Perry County HELP and local youth service groups the class covers child psychology safety and activities with a guest speaker each week. Certificates awarded upon completion. Contact J M Henry for details.
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Recreation - Education - Action Committee
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Perry County
N. Division
Angela Page Wins Youth Pageant Honor in Houston
Twelve year old Angela Page of Huntsville Texas earned the Miss Charm Pre Teen title at a May 24 Houston pageant. She will not compete in the Texas Miss Charm Pageant this week as she visits Carbondale for summer with grandparents Harold and Mrs Denison. Her parents are Mr and Mrs Thomas Page.
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Huntsville
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Houston
Texas
Carbondale
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S. Tower Road
Angela
Thomas Page
Area 4-H delegates to attend Illinois state conference
Fourteen 4-H members from Williamson Union Randolph Franklin and Perry counties will attend the First Illinois 4-H Conference June 23 to 27 at the University of Illinois Urbana. Delegates will take part in citizenship cross cultural health and safety leadership and recreation workshops with joint sessions featuring Gov Daniel Walker and author Joseph Sorrentino.
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Perry County
Illinois
University of Illinois
Urbana
Brenda Calliss
Williamson County
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Mary Ann Dahmer
Abbe Kimmel
Connie Dahmer
Joann Mangan
Polly Richey
Duke Montgomery
Helen Richey
Dehne
Glenn Seeber
Jackson County
Daniel Walker
Joseph Sorrentino
Miss Calliss
Mt Vernon teen named to Illinois Board of Education council
David Piercy, 17, a 1975 Mt Vernon Township High School graduate, is among seven students chosen by State Superintendent Joseph Cronin for a student advisory council to the Illinois Board of Education. The group, selected from nearly 300 applicants, will attend state board meetings and provide student viewpoints on education policy.
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Mt. Vernon Township High School
Illinois Board of Education
Joseph M. Cronin
Teen Town and Youth Center Schedule Reach Teens
Herrin Teen Town opens 7 to 11 45 p m Friday and Saturday. West Frankfort Youth Center hosts seventh and eighth graders 7 30 to 9 30 p m Tuesday. Atlantis performs 8 to 11 p m Saturday at Marion Youth Center with admission 1 for members 1 50 for nonmembers. The youth center hours are 7 30 to 10 30 p m Tuesday and 7 30 to 11 30 p m Friday and Saturday with free admission for members and 50 cents for nonmembers Tuesday and Friday.
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West Frankfort
Atlantis
Marion
Concert tour selects Todd Beasley for All Student Group USA
Todd Beasley son of Mr and Mrs Carl V Beasley of Tunnel Hill is chosen from student musicians nationwide for the All Student Group USA concert tour in Jamaica. He attends New Simpson Hill School and was selected by instructors after a Quad State Festival performance at Murray State University. Beasley leaves today with music instructor Kay McCamish.
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Carl V. Beasley
Tunnel Hill
Jamaica
USA
Beasley
New Simpson Hill School
Murray State University
Todd
Kay McCamish
McNeill brothers set for Naval Academy at Annapolis
James McNeill age 19 from Carterville joins his brother Robert 20 at the U S Naval Academy this summer. James starts Plebe Summer July 7 amid challenging entry due to vision and tests after a prior application was declined. Robert is a current senior and economics major while James considers engineering economics or management technology.
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Brother
Annapolis
James McNeill
Main St
Carterville
Robert
Naval Academy
James
Academy
Navy
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Joyce McNeill
Educational Materials Exhibit at SIU Carbondale
Teachers counselors and school administrators from Southern Illinois will view textbooks audio visual resources and other educational materials at the 38th annual Educational Materials Exhibit at Southern Illinois University Carbondale July 9 and 10. The SIU C Student Center hosts hundreds of displays from publishing firms with door prizes for visitors. The exhibit expects nearly 100 publishers media equipment companies and suppliers to attend according to Lowell D Hall coordinator for the division. Last year the free event drew more than 4000 visitors.
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Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Siu-C
Siu-C Division of Continuing Education
Lowell D. Hall
Hall
Town Seeks Removal Of Towns Only Telephone Booth
Mechanicsville Iowa residents protest that the town's sole telephone booth has become a teen hangout with up to a dozen youths gathering there Mayor Tom Railsback says they harass passers by with snide remarks and the council plans action.
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Mechanicsville
Iowa
Tom Railsback
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