Elkville High School One Act Plays and Local Events
Today features two Elkville high school one act comedies at the Elkville Civic Center at 7 p.m. with tickets two dollars for adults and one dollar for students. The day also includes a Kaskaskia Valley Audubon meeting at Red Bud high school 815 Locust St with Dennis Regan discussing radar use for bird migration. separate meetings include Rep Brandon Phelps constituent session at Dari Bar Golconda 8 a.m. and a Southern Illinois Writers Guild lecture by Jim Gill at John A. Logan College Terrace Dining Room Carterville 7 p.m. A spaghetti dinner at Carbondale middle school 5 to 7 p.m. costs six dollars for adults and three for children 12 and under, proceeds to Carbondale Crime Stoppers.
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Elkville High School
Elkville Civic Center
Kaskaskia Valley
Jim Gill
Southern Illinois Writers Guild
Terrace
John A. Logan College
Carterville
Global Eyes
Carbondale Middle School
E. Grand Ave
Carbondale
Coming Bingo and Local Meetings Roundup
Calendar notes list a 1 p.m. Sunday bingo at St Michael with doors at 11 a.m. plus plate lunches and raffles. Blood drive 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday at Our Redeemer Lutheran. Benton and Cairo school board meetings set for 6:30 p.m. and 1 p.m. at the Administrative Services Center and Garrison building respectively, Carbondale panels and high school boards at 5 and 7 p.m. plus other district meetings and a water district session in Carbondale. More details on page 28.
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St. Michael's Church
Radom
Wet Ireland at Carbondale Senior Center St. Patrick’s lunch
The Carbondale Senior Center hosted an Irish themed St. Patrick's Day lunch with green dress and buttons for guests. Mary Hogan shared memories of Ireland and family history linking England, Northern Ireland, and India before WWII. See Ireland page 2B.
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Carbondale Senior Center
Carbondale
Kelly
Emerald
Olive
Mary Hogan
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Hogan
India
Survey criticizes Illinois education system in Kids Count report
Voices for Illinois Children released the 12th annual Illinois Kids Count survey showing thousands of kids still struggle with reading and access to high quality early education while poverty remains a barrier. Bonnie Wheeler calls for looking inside and outside the classroom to improve schooling.
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Voices For
Illinois
Bonnie Wheeler
Surve
Illinois Kids County 2004 statistics overview
Illinois children statistics show nearly 20 percent live in single mother households with highest rates in Alexander Jackson Pulaski St Clair Macon and Peoria counties. Over 10 percent live in poverty and one in three in low income families. Abuse/neglect rate is 23,300 or 7 per 1000, down 31.5 percent since 1997.
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Alexander, Jackson
Pulaski
St. Clair
Macon
Peoria Counties
Illinois
Illinois Kids County
Gorham board to discuss fire chief removal disagreement
Mayor Ralph Stone calls a special village board meeting to review the removal of Fire Chief Ron Lee after a St Patrick’s Day parade dispute. Eight volunteers walked off duty, leaving 250 residents with limited protection. neighboring departments offer temporary coverage and mutual aid plans.
Gorham Village Board to discuss Fire Chief firing
A special meeting of the Gorham Village Board will be held at 7 tonight in Gorham Village Hall to discuss the firing of Fire Chief Ron Lee. The session aims to address personnel action and related implications for the fire department.
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Gorham
Ron Lee
Gorham Village
Perry County roots traced to War of 1812 origin myth
History notes Perry County founded January 29 1827 by Illinois law signed by Gov Ninian Edwards. Named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry after his Lake Erie victory and famous toast debate ties to Pinckney and Bartlett quotes. The fragment ends with John Flack named as possibly the second white settler after 1799.
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Perry County
Randolph
Monroe
Perry
J.L. McDonough and Co
Philadelphia
5Th General Assembly of
Illinois
Ninian Edwards
Jackson
Oliver Hazard Perry
Lake Erie
William Henry Harrison
Pinckneyville
John W. Allen
Southern Illinois
Pinckeyville
C.C. Pinckney
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
U.S
France
Bartlett
Pinckney
Paris
John Marshall
U.S. Supreme Court
Marshall
Robert Goodloe Harper
Harper
John Flack
Also Mentioned on This Page
Union
Brandon Phelps
Dari Bar
Golconda
Blood Drive
Christian Church Fellowship
Market St
Christopher
First Church of God
Bailey Lane
Grand Avenue
Benton
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church
E. DeYoung St
Marion
Cairo
City Hall
S. Illinois Ave
Carbondale High School Board
E. Walnut St
Carterville School Board
Chester School Board
Cobden
Crab Orchard Water District Board
Carbondale Public Library
Devils Kitchen
Giant City Road
Eldorado School Board
Illinois Ave
Galatia
Greater Egypt
Www
Thesouthern.com
Andrea Kampworth
England
Chuck Novara
the Southern
Dan Marsh
Rnvk
Novara
Becky Malkovich
Gorham Board
Stone
Tower Rock
Fountain Bluff Township
Murphysboro-Pomona
Somerset
Lee
Becky.malkovich
Thes
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