Southern Illinois regional history fair and local events lineup
A packed slate of activities across the region includes the Southern Illinois Regional History Fair at SIU Arena with exhibits from 400 students, a Longrifle encampment at Fort de Chartres, a cosmic bowling fundraiser for The Women's Center, a Nutrition 5 K Walk Run and Kids events in Carbondale, Krazy Kites at The Science Center, March Madness wine event at Von Jakob Vineyards, National Ag Week activities in Benton, a Giant City stone fort hike, French Marine Basic Training at Fort Massac, and more notes on page 4B.
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Southern Illinois
SIU
Carbondale
Wuat's Coming Kickoff For 2003 Heart Walk Event
The kickoff meeting for the 2003 Heart Walk covers Jackson Perry and Union counties at 8 a.m. Monday in Memorial Hospital of Carbondale conference rooms D and E. American Heart Association contact 681 937 4781. Also noted is Meet the Candidates night for Giant City School Board at 6 30 p.m. Monday in the Giant City School media center Carbondale, and Red Bud City Council meeting at 10 a.m. in City Hall with coverage at www thesouthern com.
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Jackson
Perry
Union
Memorial Hospital of
Carbondale
American Heart Association
Giant City School Board
Media Center
Giant City School
Pam Lindsey
Pami
Giants
Motion hearing set in Hurst murder case
A motion hearing in the 2000 murder of Maxine McKenzie in Hurst is scheduled for April 25 before Williamson County Circuit Court Judge Ron Eckiss. Defendants David J. Hernandez Christopher L. Alexander and Lucas C. Duvall face first degree murder charges and potential death penalties. Defense attorney Duane Verity seeks a final expert report on a psychological evaluation of Hernandez, delaying readiness amid ongoing discovery and dispute over timing.
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Marion
Williamson County
Ron Eckiss
David J. Hernandez
Hurst
Hernandez
Christopher L. Alexander
Lucas C. Duvall
Creal Springs
Maxine McKenzie
McKenzie
Duvall
Eckiss
Duane Verity
Verity
Julie Thompson
5Th District Court of Appeals
Peaceful People Longtime Activist Against War in Southern Illinois
Norma Sparks Wheeler, an 83 year old Marion area resident, has long opposed wars from World War II through Iraq. She joined Another Mother for Peace in 1967, worked for global disarmament in the 1980s, opposed the Gulf War, and campaigns against current military action, while maintaining ties to peace activists worldwide and a friendship with a Japanese journalist.
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Carbondale
Norma Sparks Wheeler
Illinois
Wheeler
Francis Marion Sparks
Marion
Paul Wheeler
South Pacific
Interfaith Center
Pujol
Kaskaskia
Paul
Another Mother For Peace
Mother For Peace
Iraq
Hiroshima
Niagara Falls
Du Quoin boy ruled unfit to stand trial in 2002 case
In Perry County Circuit Court Judge James Campanella ruled that a 14 year old Du Quoin boy accused of participating in the armed robbery and homicide of taxicab driver James Adcock remains unfit to stand trial. A June 20 status hearing is planned to reexamine readiness.
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Pinckneyville
du Quoin
James Adcock
Perry County
James Campanella
Andrew McFarland
Springfield
Adcock
Carl A. Furrell
Furrell
Farrell
David Stanton
Stanton
Campanella
McFarland
Franks park board rift erupts over resignation letter
West Frankfort park board quarrel centered on a letter urging president Robert Swafford to resign. Swafford refused to quit with one month left in his term as two members accused of circulating the note left the meeting amid a 2 2 adjourn vote.
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Frankfort Park
West Fort
West Frankfort Park
Robert Swafford
Swafford
Martha McLaskey
Charles Lintner
McLaskey
Lintner
Robert Walton
Walton
Rick Hill
Sandy Davis
Park Board
Davis
Hill
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Longrifle
Fort de Chatres
Prairie du Rocher
America
Women’s Center
Carterville
Iva Dell Clay
Evergreen Park
Pleasant Hill Road
Neighborhood
Do Or
Southern Illinois Dietetic Association
SIDA
Good Samaritan
the Science Center
University Mall
von Jakob Vineyards
Sadler Road
Pomona
Creole Stomp
VonJakob Vineyard
Benton Civic Center
Benton
Giant City
Fort Massac State Park
Metropolis
Wuat
Red Bud
Www
Thesouthern.com
Tim Petrow
ICF
Ari
Irac
Michael Daw
Hugh Muldoon
Norma Sparks
Claire O'Brien
R Novaka
THE
Siuc
Mathiss
Hcis
Jim Muir
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