Fort Massiac Marines offer actor training at Fort Massac Park
Metropolis brief notes March 22 23 actor training for re enactors portraying French 1750s military at Fort Massac State Park. Seminar covers front line soldier safety officer and officer training with contact details for the site interpreter. Also lists Life Line Screening programs across Southern Illinois with dates and locations and United Way funding applications due April 15.
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Metropolis
Fort Massiac
Fort Massac State Park
Fifth St
Community Events Schedule Highlights Local Activities Tonight
Dinner theater Moon Over Buffalo opens at Cedarhurst Theater Mount Vernon at 6 30 pm with tickets 40 for members 45 for non members Call 618 242 1236. Quilt show runs 10 am to 2 pm at Tilden Presbyterian Church admission five dollars plus a salad luncheon bake sale crafts white elephant and silent auction. Fountain of info Friends of Herrin City Library hosts pancake breakfasts 7 10 am at Lions Den Eldorado 3 adults 2 children under 12 carryout 6 11 am Herrin Senior Citizens Center 212 E Walnut St four dollars. Make A Wish Foundation of Metro St Louis seminar at Mount Vernon Hampton Inn includes orientation 9 to 9 45 am wish granting 10 am 2 30 pm speaker training 3 to 6 30 pm call 618 343 9682 or 800 548 5058. Wilderness survival workshop Fire and Food 8 am to 6 pm Touch of Nature Environmental Center south of Carbondale also meets April 26. Tracking and Tools March 22 or May 3 Shelter and Water April 19 $50 each or 125 for all three Erik Oberg 618 453 1121.
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Tilden Presbyterian Church
Lions den
Fourth Street
Eldorado
Herrin Senior Citizens Center
E. Walnut St
Friends of Herrin City Library
Metro St. Louis
Mount Vernon
Hampton Inn
Potomac Blvd
Touch of Nature Environmental Center
Carbondale
Erik Oberg
Wuat's Coming Women History Month Essay Contest Night
The AAUW sponsors an essay contest awards program at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Faculty Club Carbondale readers present essays on women they admire. Driving review follows at 9 11 a m Tuesday at the Senior Citizens Center Carbondale.
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S. Elizabeth St
Carbondale
American Association of University Women
Panther pompoms qualify for state drums of high school
Pinckneyville high school pompom squad earns its first state berth in Champaign after finishing fourth in the Class A pom/dance at the Highland Supersectional. They competed with 10 teams performing the high-energy routine Escape in black and blue. Captains Staci Ruffino and Chelsea Petty led the squad under director Stephen Cannedy alongside teammates Shaneille Louis Sarah Bray Kayla Winter Stacie McDaniel Ashley Siefert Katie Bathon Nichole Hoffner Kayla Pearson Makahla Robb Lauren Smith Ashley Bruns Jill Hagene Lauren Glode.
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Pinckneyville High School
Champaign
Panther
Columbia
Staci Ruffino
Chelsea Petty
Shaneille Louis
Sarah Bray
Kayla Winter
Stacie McDaniel
Ashley Siefert
Katie Bathon
Nichole Hoffner
Kayla Pearson
Makahla Robb
Lauren Smith
Ashley Bruns
Jill Hagene
Lauren Glode
Stephen Cannedy
Bandyville Road to get two mile facelift in Herrin
Herrin Public Works Director says a 400000 project will repair a two mile stretch of Bandyville Road from Stotlar Road to Crenshawn Crossing. Work begins around May 1 with hot mix asphalt, wider lanes, new drainage and culverts. Federal grant funds will cover the cost, city to handle final grade and ditch adjustments.
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Herrin
Bandyville Road
Stotlar Road
Herrin City Cemetery
College Street
Crenshawn Crossing
Herrin Public Works
Joe Lapinski
Lapinski
Southern Illinois Asphalt
U.S
David Phelps
Vic Ritter
Ritter
Habitat fundraisers aid Franklin County project in West Frankfort
The Helping Hands chapter has completed six homes in Benton and is building a seventh in West Frankfort at 110 E Elm St. The Family Selections Committee will pick tenants, focusing on needy, employed families with0 no interest loans. Fundraisers including chili suppers and a concert aim to raise about 25 000 dollars. Inmates from Marion prison assisted with walls and trusses, and VF Factory Outlet Mall owners donated an empty store for two months. Contact Borton at (618) 932-6369 for details.
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West Frankfort
Habitat For Humanity
Franklin County
Benton
E. Elm St
Habitat’s
Habitat
Gail Barton
Marion
Lutheran Social Services
Barton
Nazarene Church
Dawn Lockwood
Trinity United
Methodist
Glorylanders
Lockwood
VF Factory
Sue Forgatch
Call Borton
Tower listed on national register preserves CCC tower legacy
Hassan oversaw adding the Shawnee National Forest fire tower to the national register, aligning with the Trail of Tears route era 1933 to 1939. The listing aids grant access and public recognition as a CCC symbol, while West, site superintendent, recalls a demolition order and now hopes to restore and dream for the tower.
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Shawnee National Forest
Hassan
CCC
West
The
State Forest
Trail of Tears State Forest fire tower joins historic list
The Trail of Tears State Forest fire tower in Union County was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1934 or 1935, the tower is currently blocked by a road closure and wire fencing due to safety concerns from weak wooden stairs. Engineers are surveying the structure while staff keep visitors away, noting a sturdy foundation as a good starting point.
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Trail of Tears State Forest
Union County
West
Hassan
IDNR
Ed Asner to lecture and narrate at SIUC event
Actor Ed Asner will speak at 4 p.m. in the SIU Carbondale Student Center and narrate Shoah at 7:30 p.m. in Shryock Auditorium as part of the 2003 What I Have Learned Lecture Series and the Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra season finale. Tickets cost 13 dollars for adults and 7 dollars for children 15 and under. box office hours are weekdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets may be charged by phone at 618 453 2787.
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Southern
P.O. Box
Marion
Asner
SIU Public Policy Institute
Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra
Shryock Auditorium
SIUC
Scott Hines
Visa
MasterCard
Discover
American Express
Illinois Arts Council
Mary Tyler Moore
Lou Grant
Screen Actors Guild
Perry County Plans Child Abuse Awareness Month Events
Perry County outlines a slate of events for Child Abuse Awareness Month led by the Child Abuse Awareness Committee. Activities include a March 25 program at Pinckneyville schools, an April 1 talk by State Trooper Ray Minor, an April 10 internet safety program at Du Quoin High School, and a Family Day in the Park April 12 at Keyes City Park featuring activities for children and families. Proceeds from blue bow sales benefit the Child Advocacy Center.
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Perry County
Community Consolidated School District
Pinckneyville
Department of Children and Family Services
First Presbyterian
Illinois
Ray Minor
Kurt Harris
du Quoin High School
Keyes City Park
du Quoin
Tamara Ben-Kiki
Ben- Kiki
Ben-Kiki
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