4-H judging teams to compete on state level next week
4-H judging teams from Jackson, Williamson, Union, Franklin and Randolph counties will compete in the state contest at Champaign Urbana June 26. Teams of four or fewer will judge horticulture, livestock, dairy, horses, meat and poultry, while also delivering horticulture demonstrations and public talks on plants.
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Ella Reilly
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Champaign-Urbana
Jackson
Williamson
Union
Franklin
Randolph
Jackson County
Anne Hamilton
Murphys
Ruth
Toni Moreland
Buncombe
Francis Hill
de Soto
Pam Moake
Carbondale
JoAnn Schafer
Murphysboro
Williamson County
Laura Leland
Darren Nance
Cambria
Darla Lawrence
Heath Steinmetz
Marion
Union County
Dianne Williams
Anna
Jonni Murray
Dongola
Danny Heisner
Perris Kaufman
Cobden
Randolph County
Sandy Weiser
Walsh
Bethany Hargis
Sparta
Scott Birchler
Leanda Branson
Chester
Cornelia Schupbach
Patty Perkins
Bob Gibbs
Larry Wingerter
Norlyn Bartens
Steeleville
Teen Scene and Youth Center Offer Weekend Hours
Herrin Teen Town opens Friday and Saturday 7 to 11 30 p.m. with band nights to 11 45 p.m. West Frankfort Youth Center operates 7 30 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Adolescent Health Center at 306 West Main Carbondale Memorial Professional Building provides health care for youths 12 to 20 on sliding fee, including counseling, medical care, pregnancy testing and venereal disease treatment, hours 1 to 9 Mondays and Thursdays and 8 30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tue Wed Fri. Phone 529 2621.
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Herrin
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Frankfort
W. Main St
Carbondale
Memorial Professional
Tamara Fay Jones Named Sesser Homecoming Queen
Tamara Fay Jones, 16, daughter of Larry and Jones of Sesser, won the homecoming queen title in a ceremony after votes were tallied. She received a $100 gift certificate, a trophy, and will have her name inscribed on a permanent trophy donated by Dr. and Mrs. Kisle. Tammy Clark, 16, was runner-up with $100 cash. Princess Angela Renea Kirk, 6, and prince Carl Dwight Curry, 8, earned $25 savings bonds and a trip or $125 cash, with Kirk setting a sales record by raising over $2,000 in Jamaica tickets.
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Sesser
Miss Jones
Larry Jones
T. Kisle
Lesser
Jamaica
Tammy Clark
Kenneth Clark
Angela Renea Kirk
William Kirk
Carl Dwight Curry
Chuck Curry
Opryland
Miss Kirk
William Eric White
Lloyd White
Tracy Lee Eubanks
Randall Eubanks
Illinois FFA elects first woman state officer at 51st convention
Illinois Association of Future Farmers of America honors Witt’s Mark Bertolino and Ursa’s Scott Lewis with top awards. Noreen Nelson of Seneca becomes state FFA reporter marking a historic female election. Bob Quick of Bement is state president, with David Shipman of Loami as vice president and Kevin Cogdill of Golconda as secretary treasurer. The awards were given by Agriculture Director John Block after a three day convention.
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Kevin Cogdill
Herod
Cogdill
Pope County
Golconda
Illinois Agriculture
John Block
Bertolino
FFA state officers named. Illinois students shine in contests
From five Southern Illinois schools thirty three students placed in the Illinois State Historical Society contest. Denise Adams and Brenda Hey earned top superior ratings in research and handicraft. Carterville Junior High students earned several superiors in diorama and miscellaneous, with Mark Ervin and David Hess rated excellent and good respectively in research papers. Other Carterville, Zeigler Royalton, Steeleville and Steeleville High winners included many superior and excellent ratings across diorama handicraft and art history categories.
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Southern Illinois
Illinois State Historical Society
Denise Adams
Lincoln
Carbondale
Brenda Hey
Marissa
Carterville
Amy Venable
Renee Spillman
Robert York
Mark Ervin
Carterville Junior High School
David Hess
Dale Clasen
Royal Roth
Steeleville High School
Kent Alexander
Myron Pansing
Steve Samuel
Jim Rains
Teresa Snethen
Karen Clark
Tina Barnett
Zeigler-Royalton Junior High School
Robyn Meyer
Mike Cuendet
Howard C. Forbes
Chris Kirk
Wendi Harriss
Zeigler
Donna Summer Tops Billboard Hot Singles And LPs
The AP notes Billboard weekly hits for June 23 ranking Hot Stuff and Bad Girls by Donna Summer among top singles. Sister Sledge We Are Family tops LPs with other entries like Rickie Lee Jones and Cheap Trick At Budokan also present.
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Associated Press
Billboard
Billboard Magazine
Donna Summer
Casablanca
Sister Sledge
Cotillion
Anita Ward
Juana
Randy Vanwarmer
Bearsville
Supertramp
A&m
Chuck E
Rickie Lee Jones
Warner Bros
Kenny Rogers
United Artists
Earth, Wind & Fire With the Emotions
Arc
Rex Smith
Columbia
Cheap Trick
Budokan
Epic
Desolation Angels
Bad Company
Swan Song
van Halen II
van Halen
Earth, Wind & Fire
Bee Gees
RSO
Songs of Love
Anita Barpwana
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