Marion Area Today Wants and Events on State Fair Grounds
A crowd of events unfolds at the State Fair grounds with exhibits vendors and food. adults pay $2 while children 12 and under enter free. Featured items include 100 Years of Broadway by the Marion high school choir at 7 30 p.m. in the school auditorium with tickets $3 sold at the school office. A Marion Carnegie Library book sale runs 9 a.m. to noon at 206 S. Market St. A 99th birthday celebration for Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge takes place 10 a.m. to noon at the visitors center with cake ice cream and a Give Back Day. A Horned Owl presentation by Girl Scouts is free. A school carnival featuring a book fair chili supper and silent auction runs 5 to 8 p.m. at McElwain grade school on Illinois 3 in Murphysboro. An Equal Employment Opportunity Commission program is 1 to 3 p.m. at the Carbondale Public Library with EEOC officials on WDBX radio 4 to 5 p.m. For more, contact John Fultz at 314 539 7943 or Pepper Holder at 549 1518. Anna and Percy village notices list meetings at the Potato Barn and village hall respectively.
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Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Illinois
Herrin
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Carbondale Public Library
EEOC
WDBX
John Fultz
Pepper Holder
Dispatcher’s suit against Marion tossed in Williamson County
A female dispatcher suit claiming gender bias in filling a police post was dismissed in Circuit Court. Judge Ron Eckiss ruled the plaintiff failed to prove a case after a mandamus remedy request to hire Simmons immediately. The case arose from alleged remarks about hiring a woman and a vacancy created after Howard Joyner’s retirement.
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Marion
Williamson County
Ron Eckiss
Stephanie Knight Simmons
Simmons
Howard Joyner
Bob Butler
Distant lands come home to Murphysboro
In Murphysboro St Andrews School hosts the International Children's Festival with flags from many nations and about 100 parents in attendance. Organizer Cathy Lilley says the festival teaches language, customs and traditions as part of core studies. Students chose host countries based on volunteers with ties to those places.
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Murphysboro
St. Andrews School
Cathy Lilley
Lilley
Grandsons of Herrin icons carry on sports traditions
Merle Jones and Jimmy Oldani are remembered for shaping Herrin sports culture. Jones, The Southern Illinoisan sports editor, and Oldani, longtime Illinois Cafe owner, influenced local high school athletics through their friendship and support. Former players like Restivo Tidwell and Gualdoni are highlighted as early success stories, linking past and present in Herrin sports lore.
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Herrin
Merle Jones
Jimmy Oldani
Paul Restivo
John Tidwell
Jim Gualdoni
Restivo
Tiger
Tidwell
Gualdoni
Oldani
Williamson County Ballot Question Could Confuse Voters
Williamson County officials warn March 19 primary ballot wording may confuse voters. The referendum asks to eliminate the office of County Recorder and have duties performed by the County Clerk. State law requires election of a recorder if county population exceeds 60,000, which Williamson County did in 2000.
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Williamson County
Wendell Fisher
Home Expo 2002 showcases home items at Du Quoin fairground
At Exhibition Hall Du Quoin State Fairground Home Expo 2002 presents 32,000 square feet of exhibits from 80 vendors. Sponsored by the Home Builders Association of Southern Illinois the event runs 9 am to 7 pm today and 11 am to 5 pm Sunday with $2 admission and free for children 12 and under. Grand prizes include an RCA 52 inch TV and a GE appliance spree.
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DU Quoin
du Quoin State Fairground
The
Home Builders Association of
Southern Ilinois
Home Builders Association of Southern
Marion
Mardale
Carbondale
17Th Street Bar and Grill
Murphysboro
Kings
George Buzzard
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Front St
Cobden
Kevin Lucas
Mungo Jerry's
Chestnut St
Marion High School
Carnegie Library
S. Market St
Shawnee High School
Wolf Lake
Shawnee
Gorham High Schools
Friends of
McElwain
R. Buckminster Fuller
University Mall
Old Man River City Plan
Benton Civic Center
W. Huderson St
First Christian Church
Anna School Board
Anna
Percy
Tim Petrowich
Shaun Rhode
Rhode
Jimmy Stewart
Robert “Dog” Connell
Connell
Stewart
Larry McKenzie
Emily Hahn
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Nencle
Joanna Bean
Linda A. Krutsinger
Craft McKenzie
Courtney Hughes
Hillary Hillesheim
Maya Costa
Jennifer van Buskirk
Jamie Sheffer
Niger
Unnkt McKenzie
St. Andrews
John D. Homan
Home Expo
Christ Mathis
Rach Novara
Souther
Todd Brotherton
Brick and Block
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