Teacher named to DCFS advisory panel in southern Illinois
Linda Young, a speech language pathologist from Southern Illinois, is named to Gov. George Ryan's DCFS advisory council replacing Susan Cool. She works at Murphysboro Middle Caruthers Elementary and McElwain Grade Schools and volunteers with the Amy Schultz Child Advocacy Center. Her four year term begins this month.
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Southern Illinois
George Ryan
Department of Children and Family Services
Linda Young
Susan Cool
Carterville
Young
Murphysboro
Caruthers
McElwain
Amy Schultz
Mount Vernon
Amy Center
Dcfs Council
Carolyn Smoot
Marion
Linda Goforth
Carbondale tourism wins two Governor's Tourism Awards
The Carbondale Convention and Tourism Bureau earned two awards at the Illinois Governor's Conference on Tourism for best Advertising/PR Campaign in single media and multimedia divisions. The singles honored the Sneak a Peek restaurant menus campaign, produced by The Southern Illinoisan, and the multimedia award honored the Holiday Lights Fair promotion at the Du Quoin State Fair. Moore noted wide distribution including Pepsi-Cola can labels reaching millions across five states. CCTB coordinates tourism in Jackson and Perry counties and has won 20 awards since 1995.
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Carbondale
Carbondale Convention and Tourism Bureau
CCTB
Illnoisan
Debbie Moore
du Quoin
Jackson
Perry
Moore
Modern Woodmen rep offers tailored life insurance options
A Modern Woodmen representative specializes in helping families gain financial security by tailoring life insurance and annuity products to individual needs. The fraternal society emphasizes member benefits that touch lives and enrich communities, inviting contact to plan a secure financial future.
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Modern Woodmen
Herrin Tightens City Liquor License Rules
City council tightens liquor license rules. If a business is closed for 10 days it must explain the closure to the city. A 30 day or more closure gives the mayor power to revoke the license. Extenuating circumstances like repairs may apply. A Class A license holder awaiting action risks license in limbo. The ordinance aims to curb stalled approvals.
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Herrin
Pat McMeen
McMeen
Supreme Court
HerrinFesta Goes Web With New Site And Online Shop
HerrinFesta Italiana launches a state of the art website on April 4 to promote the festival running May 23 to 27. Evolution Multimedia leads the digital push with an on line store for shirts hats and merchandise plus virtual tours and sponsor linked promotions. The site aims to boost attendance after last year's 500000 hits and adds an online forum for out of town visitors.
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Herrin
Evolution Multimedia In
Jim Gentile
Festa
Gentile
HerrinFesta Italiana
Herrinfesta.com
Jeremiah Reagan
Lael Griffith
Brad Redfearn
Evolution Multimedia
Reagan
Tornaco
Italy
Giro d’Festa aims to bike for arthritis at Herrin Festa Italiana
WSIL meteorologist Jim Rasor leads the inaugural Giro d Festo bike ride for the Arthritis Foundation with Herrin Festa Italiana Committee support. The fundraiser targets 100 riders for a 5K 50K and 100K route around Herrin Carterville Hurst De Soto and Crab Orchard Lake, with registration 10 per rider or 25 per family before May 15 and shirts at 10. Proceeds go to the Arthritis Foundation. event hopes to grow into a premier Southern Illinois race.
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Arthritis Foundation
Rasor
Illinois
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Hurst
de Soto
Crab Orchard Lake
Cris Trapani
Herrin Festa
Trapani
Italy
Chicago
Indiana
Kentucky
Jim Gentile
Gentile
Jim Rasor
Coulter speaks at SIUC on Constitution and rights
Conservative columnist ann coulter visits Southern Illinois University Carbondale delivering a sharp critique of federal power and Roe v Wade. She argues the Constitution limits federal authority, cites Supreme Court influence, and asserts conservatives win debates through facts. Her talk, sponsored by Young America's Foundation and SIU’s Federalist Society, highlighted media dominance of conservative voices.
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Coulter
Southern
Young America’s Foundation
SIU
Federalist Society For Law and Public Policy Studies
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