Diverse campus and community events listed for Rend Lake and surrounding areas
A set of upcoming local events includes a cafe carryout at Rend Lake College culinary arts on the evening of the day, with orders due by 2 PM. A landfill ordinance meeting is at Bethel Reformed Presbyterian Church at 7 PM. A public meeting at Williamson County Courthouse discusses debt service base changes and recorder office elimination. Health tests at Kroger locations, a Shawnee Division school boards meeting, and kindergarten registration with immunization reminders are also announced.
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Rend Lake College, Inc
Culinary Arts
Williamson County
Marion
Wuat's Coming 100 Years of Broadway at Marion High
Marion high school choir performs at 7 30 p m Friday and Saturday in the high school auditorium with tickets 3 dollars available at the school office A rummage and bake sale runs 8 a m to 5 p m Friday and 8 a m to 2 p m Saturday at First Christian Church Du Quoin Donations of baked goods are welcomed An alumni basketball chili supper on Saturday at Shawnee high school Wolf Lake features an alumni game between Shawnee and Goreville 6 p m game 5 p m chili adults 5 dollars children 12 and under meal included proceeds go to Friends of Shawnee EEOC program and radio appearance at Carbondale Public Library Saturday 1 3 p m EEOC officials on WDBX 4 5 p m contact John Fultz or Pepper Holder for details.
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Marion High School
First Christian Church
du Quoin
Shawnee High School
Wolf Lake
Shawnee
Goreville
Friends of
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Carbondale Public Library
EEOC
WDBX
John Fultz
Pepper Holder
Marion to take over wastewater with $9.0M EPA loan plan
Marion District will assume wastewater treatment from Fish and Wildlife under a fresh agreement that guarantees at least 1300 dollars monthly and uses a sliding scale by usage. The plan funds sewer plant construction with a 9.0046 million dollar EPA loan, backed by a 9.2 million bond, and includes a new pole barn building and related equipment for the sewer department.
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Fish and Wildlife
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
City
LeapPad Tech Brings Talkable Pages to Library Backpacks
New LeapPad tools let library users hear sounds by touching page images with an electronic stylus. Gail Muckelroy praises the system for kids learning letters and words as the Friends group promotes a used book sale March 16 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a $5 preview sale March 15.
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Gail Muckelroy
The
Friends
Mucke
Marion police seek armed robbery suspect at Power Gas
Marion police describe a 5 foot 8 inch black female with a handgun who robbed the Power Gas station at 1500 West Main Street. Clerks say she struck one worker twice, stole four bank bags and a surveillance tape, and fled. a head laceration minor injury was treated at Marion Memorial Hospital.
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Marion
Main St
Marion Memorial Hospital
Marion teen murder trial continued in Marion
The murder case of 17 year old Michael G. Hearn, charged with first degree murder in 15 year old Ashleigh Sprague's death, was postponed again as he waived jury trial. Judge John Speroni will hold a hearing next Monday in Marion.
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Marion
Michael G. Hearn
Ashleigh Nicole Sprague
Sprague
Scottsboro
Hearn
John Speroni
Williamson County
Tim Petrowich
Cole heads two week Ireland trip for young leaders
Republican Cole joins three GOP and three Democratic fellows on a 1966 started foreign mission program tour to Ireland. Alumni include former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin. The group will meet leaders in Dublin and Belfast to compare services like housing health care and policing while promoting SIU Carbondale Irish studies and enduring cross border relationships.
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Illinois
Jim Edgar
U.S
Dick Durbin
Mark Poole
Cole
Glen Bower
Revenue Department
Bower
China
Dublin
Belfast
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Charles Fanning
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