Veterans Affairs Medical Center hosts 60th anniversary events
Today's events at Marion Veterans Affairs Medical Center include a 9 a.m. main entrance gathering with music tours and presentations of historical memorabilia. Perry County Relay for Life runs 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. at Pinckneyville High School track with a 9 p.m. Luminaria ceremony honoring those affected by cancer and a $5 admission along with entertainment and activities.
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Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Marion
Perry County
Pinckneyville High School
Wuar's Domine Book Signing and Park Highlights Event
A Saturday schedule lists Wuar's Domine book signing from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Southern Illinois Artisans Shop and Visitors Center in Whittington with several writers present for autographs. Park Highlights at Giant City State Park Visitors Center runs 10 to 11 a.m. featuring a park feature. Call 457-4836 for weekly schedule. Also De Soto Daze festival at De Soto Park noon to 2 p.m. includes fried chicken dinner and various games and tournaments with Shawnee Audubon Society annual meeting at Warbluff Valley Wildlife Sanctuary Saturday evening. Yard sale to aid Haiti at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church carport in Carbondale 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
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Southern Illinois Artisans Shop
Whittington
Southern Illinois
Giant City State Park
de Soto Daze
de Soto Park
Eastern Star Lodge
Shawnee Audubon Society
Warbluff Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
Golconda
Alaska
Jim
Eleanor Smith
Jackie
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
Carport
Carbondale
Haiti
Randolph County and West City board meetings listed
Randolph County Board meets at 9 a.m. in the courthouse in Chester and West City Village Board convenes at 1:30 p.m. in the village hall. Further details may be found at www.thesouthern.com.
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Randolph County Board
Chester
West City Village Board
RLC program guarantees paid jobs for student nurses
Rend Lake College Foundation and Pinckneyville Community Hospital team up to fund nursing students. Students work part time while studying and, after graduation, receive one year of guaranteed full time employment with wages and benefits. The hospital gains a steady staff and graduates arrive pre oriented for full time work.
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RLC
Rend Lake College Foundation
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Eva Hopp
Pinckneyville Community
Hopp
Jackie Malinski
Malinski
IDOT reviews safety upgrades at Anna intersection
Illinois Department of Transportation officials await results of brighter LED traffic signals at the U.S. 51 and Illinois 146 junction in Anna. Union County Sheriff Jim Nash presented the action plan to the county board, noting a 40 mph limit and consideration of left turn arrows if needed after recent crashes including a January fatality.
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Anna
Illinois Department of Transportation
U.S. 51
Illinois 146
Union County
Jim Nash
IDOT
Union County Board of Commissioners
Nash
Penning History of Northern Township by David Goss
David Goss, a longtime Ewing Northern Grade School teacher, has spent six years researching Northern Township in northeastern Franklin County. He interviewed hundreds, visited nine one room schools and several cemeteries, and reviewed census data to compile a two volume 650 page history.
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Chuck Novara
David Goss
Ewing
Goss
Franklin County
Northern Township
Illinois
State
Ewing Northern
Logan to unveil two new statues at Carterville college
John A. Logan College prepares Sunday afternoon ceremonies to unveil 9-foot bronze statues of its namesake Logan and Marion businessman Harry L. Crisp. Executive director Herb Russell praises the Logan statue showing him shedding his Army cloak for civilian attire to symbolize a statesman return.
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Carterville
John A. Logan College
Logan
Herb Russell
Marion
Harry L. Crisp
Russell
John A. Logan College Museum
Marshall Hyde
Man gets five years for sex abuse in Du Quoin
Phillip T. Johnson a 39 year old Du Quoin man pleaded guilty to aggravated criminal sexual abuse for having sex with a girl aged between 13 and 16 on January 2. He received five years in the Illinois Department of Corrections with day for day credit and must undergo STD and genetic marking testing and register as a sex offender.
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Pinckneyville
du Quoin
Phillip T. Johnson
W. Poplar
Johnson
Illinois Department of Corrections
Perry County
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Jim Muir
Caleb Hale
Penning History
Christi Mathis
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