SIUC Faculty Brass Quintet Concert Tonight
Tonight at 7 30 p m the SIUC faculty brass quintet performs music by Foster Neruda Rachmaninoff and Vivaldi at Old Baptist Foundation Carbondale free admission. The Pleasant Grove Memorial Park and Crain Funeral Home postpone monument reset at Mount Joy Cemetery west of Murphysboro. Travel office hours with a U S Senate representative in Mount Vernon and Christopher City Hall. Blood drives at Aldersgate Marion and St Andrew Murphysboro. Joyce Pyatt contact.
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SIUC
Old Baptist Foundation
West Grand Ave
Carbondale
Stephen Foster
Jan Neruda
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Antonio Vivaldi
Pleasant Grove Memorial Park
Crain Funeral Home
Mount Joy Cemetery
Murphysboro
U.S
Peter Fitzgerald
Buston Building
W. Sixth St
Mount Vernon
Christopher City Hall
N. Thomas St
Aldersgate Methodist Church
Marion
St. Andrew Catholic School
Foibles of the New Age discussion hosts at Interfaith Center
Public meeting notes include a New Age discussion led by Jim Hanson and Dale Bengtson at 7 30 p m Wednesday at the Interfaith Center Carbondale sponsored by ADLIB with refreshments contact 549 7387. Williamson County Board to discuss referenda on debt service extension base and eliminating the county recorder office 6 p m Thursday at Williamson County Courthouse Marion. Driving review 12 30 2 30 p m Friday at Gold Plate Senior Center U S 51 North Du Quoin contact 542 3511.
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Jim Hanson
Dale Bengtson
Interfaith Center
S. Illinois Ave
Carbondale
ADLIB
Williamson County Board
Williamson County
Marion
Gold Plate Senior Center
U.S. 51 North
du Quoin
City and Carbondale panels announce evening meetings
Anna City Council meets at 7 p.m. in city hall on 123 W. Davie St. Carbondale City Council also convenes at 7 p.m. in city hall or civic center at 200 S. Illinois Ave. A Carbondale Firefighter's Pension Board session starts 9 a.m. at the civic center on 200 S. Illinois Ave. The Park District advisory committee for Grounds & Facilities gathers at 5 p.m. at Hickory Lodge, 1115 W. Sycamore St.
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Anna City
City Hall
W. Davie St
Carbondale
S. Illinois Ave
Carbondale Firefighter's Pension Board
Civic Center
Illinois Ave
Carbondale Park District
Hickory Lodge
W. Sycamore St
IDOT denies rumors of new I 57 exit in Marion
IDOT has no plans for a new north of Exit 54 exit on I 57 feeding Illinois 13 and Halfway Road. Beth Ponce cites current exit study scope and accident data while Marion police chief Ron Swafford notes safety concerns but agrees there is no proven need for a new ramp.
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IDOT
Marion
Illinois 13
Marion Truck Plaza
Illinois Department of Transportation
Beth Ponce
Halfway Road
Ponce
Ron Swafford
Carbondale
Vickie King
Herrin Festa
Southern Illinois
90th birthday swimmer inspires in Ina
Thora Swafford of West Frankfort turned 90 and celebrated with a dip at Rend Lake College Aquatic Center in Ina. The widow and mother of three praises arthritis aquatics classes, calling the weekly bus trip with friends a key health boost and social benefit.
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Ina
Thora Swafford
Swafford
West Frankfort
Rend Lake College
Jeannette Reininger
RLC
Thora
Aquatic Center
Franklin County Wit and Wisdom Center
Wit and Wisdom Center
California
Oklahoma
Marion council expected to extend gas tax
Marion plans to renew its one cent per gallon gasoline tax for another year to fund street improvements. The measure supports a $430,000 project with $175,000 from the tax and the rest from state motor fuel reimbursements. Mayor Butler and Commissioner Connell tout the program’s benefits.
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Marion
Bob Butler
Robert “Dog” Connell
Butler
Carbondale
Youth entertainment rising at HerrinFesta Italiana show
HerrinFesta Italiana officials boost youth focus for Memorial Day weekend. A new youth stage will spotlight local bands led by Funemenon, a five member Jackson County group with future ties to Arista Records. Activities include petting zoo, contests, rides, parades, and a Saturday Fun Day with free games.
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Herrin
HerrinFesta Italiana
Jim Gentile
Funemenon
Gentile
Arista Records
Jackson County
Cody Beckman
Murphysboro
Keith Evans
Carbondale
Nick Kruge
Jon Merz
de Soto
King
HerrinFesta
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Wyat
Tim Petrow
Jim Muir
Ilinois
Franklin-Williamson Mental Health
Reininger
Jason Thrash
RSC
Thrash
Jthern
John D. Homan
Pettington
Justin Sttart
Justin Sitarz
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