Teen Scene and Youth Centers Open Hours and Services
Teen Scene Herrin Teen Town opens Fridays 7 to 11 p.m with band nights until 11 45 p.m West Frankfort Youth Center operates 7 30 to 10 p.m Fridays and Saturdays Adolescent Health Center at 306 W Main St Carbondale in Memorial Professional Building offers health care for youths ages 12 through 20 on a sliding fee scale Counseling medical care pregnancy testing venereal disease treatment diet nutrition counseling and prenatal services Hours 1 to 9 p.m Mondays and Thursdays and 8 30 to 5 p.m Tuesdays Wednesdays and Fridays Call 529 2621 for more information.
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Herrin Teen Town
W. Main St
Carbondale
Memorial Professional
Truman Scholarship Award Recipients Named in Missouri and Illinois
Harold E. W from 704 East Main Street Steeleville receives the 1980 Truman Scholarship Award for public service. The ceremony at the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, presented by Margaret Truman Daniel, daughter of the late President Harry S. Truman, honors 79 students nationwide for plans to pursue public service careers.
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Harold E. W
E. Main St
Steeleville
Truman
Margaret Truman Daniel
Harry S. Truman
Eldridge Wins Illinois Essay Contest at Steelville High
Vicki Eldridge a Steelville High senior learns her essay won the Illinois contest of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association receiving a $50 prize and a certificate from the Illinois Speech and Hearing Association The essay was prepared under Linda Bauersachs guidance Eldridge plans to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale to study speech pathology audiology.
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Vicki Eldridge
Steeleville High School
Illinois
Kish Receives Fourth Annual John A. Logan Music Scholarship
Frankie Wayne Kish, Herrin High School graduate, is named winner of the fourth annual John A. Logan College Music Scholarship. Funded by Logan music department students, the award supports an incoming freshman music major for the next academic year. Kish will study classical guitar and also plays mandolin and banjo.
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Frankie Wayne Kish
Herrin High School
John A. Logan College
Logan
Karen Sala
Kish
Illinois youth chosen as IFYE ambassadors to Italy
Michael Frank of Murphysboro is among 14 Illinois youths selected to spend six weeks this summer as International Four H Youth Exchange ambassadors in Europe. He will visit Italy and stay with two or three host families during the program.
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Michael Frank
Murphysboro
Illinois
Europe
Frank
Italy
Cattle judge wins 13th prize in dairy contest
Cattle judge Greg J of Route 1 Anna earned 13th prize in the junior division of a dairy cattle judging contest sponsored by the boards Dairyman national farm magazine, Fort Atkinson edition. Winning contestants receive a cash prize and a framed wall plaque.
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Greg J
Route 1
Anna
Board’s
Dairyman
National Farm Magazine
Fort Atkinson
Elkville Cystic Fibrosis Bike-a-Thon Raises 1662 Dollars
Forty determined Elkville area bikers and CF fundraisers raised 1662.75 to aid lung damaged children in the Cystic Fibrosis Bike-a-Thon held May 24. Jeff Harrison aged 15 won 50 miles and 268.50 in pledges and the top money trophy. Angela Roth Cynthia Sudano Terri Davis and others earned T shirts for over 30 dollars in pledges. The Little Rascals 4-H Club co-chaired the event and Albert and Carol Roth led as chairs.
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Elkville
Jeff Harrison
Tammy Rose
Cynthia Sudano
Terri Davis
Wendy Dunn
Steve Jackson
John Jackson
Derek Valerius
Krystal Dunn
Chris Lipton
Albert
Carol Roth
Little Rascals 4-H Club
Anne Pierson Wins State Horse Proficiency Award in Illinois
Anne Pierson of Pinckneyville and Shawnee FFA chapters earned the State Horse Proficiency Award of 100 dollars at the state FFA convention in Champaign Urbana. Her entry advances to regional competition for four plaques and 250 dollar prizes plus travel funds to the National FFA Convention in Kansas City.
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Ann Pierson
Pinckneyville
Future Farmers of America
Kansas City
National Ffa Foundation
American Morgan Horse Foundation
Westmoreland
N.Y
Shawnee
Farm Bureau-Ffa
Five Jackson County 4H members to compete at state level
Five Jackson County 4H members were chosen to compete at the state level in public speaking and demonstrations. Winners were selected during county contests on June 11. State horticulture demonstrations were held today at the University of Illinois Urbana with additional state entries to compete August 15 at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. Linda Heins of Murphysboro represents Somerset Cloverettes in general and horticulture demonstrations. Other state competitors include Rita Sabella of Murphysboro Chatterboxes for general demonstrations, Rachel Budelsky and Sarah Smith of Carbondale Buckles Bluebirds Sr. for public speaking, and Rita Weber of Murphysboro Chatterboxes for horticulture demonstrations.
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Jackson County
University of Illinois
Urbana
Springfield
Linda Heins
Murphysboro
Somerset Cloverettes
Rita Sabella
Rachel Budelsky
Sarah Smith
Carbondale
Buckles Bluebirds Sr
Rita Weber
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West Frankfort
Wynn
Elkville Bikers and CF Fund
Southern Illinois
S. Illinois
W. Cherry Herrin
Anne Pierson
Ter
FFA
Stretch Terry & Boucle
Liberty of London
S. Illinois Ave
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