Carbondale events mix fish fry auction and memorial walks
A busy booking lists a 5 to 8 pm fish fry and 8 pm auction at Carbondale Civic Center with autographed sports memorabilia to aid Saluki baseball, plus a Good Friday prayer vigil for Illinois death row victims. Also notices on a Willow Glen concert, SIU exhibit, blood drives, theater, and a Pinckneyville fish fry fundraiser for volunteer firemen.
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Carbondale Civic Center
S. Illinois Ave
Nascar
Saluki Baseball
Illinois
Tamms Correctional Center
Newman Center
Carbondale
Elsie Speck
Woman Missing Cassie Blair Searched At Lake Moses
The Franklin County sheriff said new leads point to Cassandra Blair possibly being in Lake Moses near Sam Pyle Bridge Road, as divers search murky waters north of Illinois 14. No body found yet. no charges filed while investigators exhaust all leads.
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Blair
Lake Moses
Wilson
Sam Pyle Bridge Road
Illinois 14
Benton
Sheriff's Department
Cassandra
Cassie” Blair
West City
Franklin County
Bill Wilson
Sheepdog Dance features Jet the herding dog at work
In Cobden Linda Krutsinger writes of Mary Swindell and her dog Jet in a sunlit hillside scene as Jet swiftly corrals a woolly herd. The piece contrasts quiet rural life with dramatic action as the dog’s movement becomes a visual emblem of skill and companionship.
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A. Anniyinger
Mary Swindell
Jet
Bellwether Farm
Cobden
Swindell
Bellwether Farm to Host Three-Day Herding Clinic
Bellwether Farm at 815 Bell Hill Road Cobden will host a three day herding clinic led by nationally known stock dog trainer Kent Herbel. The program runs Friday through Sunday starting at 8 a.m. daily with reservations via 893-4568.
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Bellwether Farm
Bell Hill Road
Cobden
Kent Herbel
Columnist's conservatism wows em at SIUC visit
Southern Illinois University's law school hosted Ann Coulter drawing about 400 people. She delivered a 40 minute speech criticizing liberals, praising strict constructionists, and previewing her upcoming book. Coulter named Bill Clinton federal judge appointments and blasted Justice Barquette as an example of liberal misjudgment.
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Ann Coulter
Siuc
Coulter
Bill Clinton
Rose Mary Barquette
Florida
Supreme Court
Clarence Thomas
Barquette
Clinton
George Bush
Robert
Bork
Clarence
Herrin City Clerk honored as Woman of Achievement
Herrin city clerk Marlene Simpson has been named an Illinois Woman of Achievement for 2002 by Lt. Gov. Corinne Wood. One of 144 statewide recipients, Simpson was nominated by Mayor Vic Ritter and credits decades of service and behind the scenes work for the city.
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Herrin
Marlene Simpson
Corinne Wood
Illinois
Simpson
Vic Ritter
Julia Bruce
Gev
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Willow Glen
Pinckneyville
New Jerseys
Shufflepuck
Shine
Solaside
SIU
Delyte Morris
University Museum
Faner Hall
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Pepsi Cola
Bottling Co
Marion
Herrin Hospital
Jason Buehner
Longbranch Coffee House
E. Jackson St
Madeline
Carbondale Public Library
Ludwig Bemelmans
Christian H. Moe
Pinckneyville Fire Station
Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Stank Willie
Yellow Moon Cafe
Front St
Royalton Finance and Insurance Committee
N. Royal St
Search
Lake
Jim Muir
Linda A. Krutsinger
State
Bill Richardson
Sheriffs Department
Southern Illinois University
Law School
John D. Homan
Marlene
Wood
Ritter
Eddie
Quaglia
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