Community events and notices calendar for Southern Illinois
A dense runsheet lists multiple local happenings from birth to five development screenings at Ewing Northern elementary gym to a Haiti fundraising dinner at St. Francis Xavier Hall. It includes a Music Man at the Historic Lesser Opera House, chemistry seminar at SIU Carbondale, Rules of the Road classes, village cleanup in Elkville, Hurst festival signups, compost awareness week, genealogy talk at John A. Logan College, aging program classes, lifeguard training, blood drive, and a regional HIV prevention meeting, with contact numbers for each item.
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Genealogy Society of Southern Illinois
John A. Logan College
Carterville
Donald Duncan
Tullyne Oliver
Jeanette O'Boyle
Williamson County
E. Walnut
Herrin
Life Community Center
Carbondale
Red Cross
Returning Sparta Guard unit hailed with yellow ribbons
A year after deployment in Iraq, 140 National Guard members of Company B, 133rd Signal Battalion from Sparta and Carbondale return home Saturday to a welcome with yellow ribbons and flags. An escort will greet the convoy arriving at the Sparta armory around 8:45 a.m., followed by a public reception. Mayor Randy Bertetto lauded the Homecoming as historic and thanked the community for supporting their service. The unit was activated in March 2003 and deployed overseas about a year ago after training at Fort Riley, Kansas.
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Illinois
Sparta
Iraq
National Guard
Carbondale
Randy Bertetto
Bertetto
Fort Riley
Kan
Tim Franklin
U.S
Gasoline averages hit record high across nation
The national average for a gallon of gasoline rose to 1.86, a new peak, with Southern Illinois prices ranging from 1.79 to just over 2 per gallon. AAA official Michael Right cited rising inventory, refinery output, and crude oil output as signs prices may peak. DOE projected 1.76 for summer driving season. Dana Morris commented on regional impacts.
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Southern
Illinois
Dana Morris
Gas prices spur delivery surcharges and driver concerns
Prices at Pizza Hut in Herrin add a 20 cent delivery surcharge funded by drivers pay as fuel costs rise. A Univ. of Carbondale student notes higher gas costs alter driving habits while others mention tipping helps drivers.
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Pizza Hut
Herrin
Danny Fletcher
Johnston City
Dominos Pizza
Ebony Donelson
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Veach Citgo
Carbondale
Donelson
Sparta unit returns from yearlong Iraq deployment
Details Company B of the 133rd Signal Battalion National Guard based in Sparta completes a yearlong Iraq deployment. A welcoming ceremony is set for about 9 a.m. Saturday at the Sparta National Guard armory. Families urge residents to display yellow ribbons to greet the guardsmen back home in Illinois.
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133Rd Signal Battalion
National Guard
Sparta
Iraq
Sparta National Guard
Tape Confession Revealed in Salyers Sexual Assault Trial
Jurors heard a taped interview with Darrell W. Salyers, 26, of Herrin in a high profile case involving a 12-year-old girl. The confession details the Nov. 8 encounter in a wooded area near Herrin and is central to charges including predatory criminal sexual assault, aggravated kidnapping, and failure to register as a sex offender.
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Marion
Darrell W. Salyers
Salyers
Herrin
Carterville
Williamson County
Eric Frattini
Brian Thomas
Murphysboro business leader Frank Craine III dies at 64
Murphysboro mourns Frank F. S. Craine III a longtime businessman and owner of Craine Furniture & Appliance who died at 6 am at his Murphysboro home after a cancer battle He led the 114 year old store since 1964 taking over from his father F S Craine Jr The city lauded him as Citizen of the Year and thanked him for decades of community service
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Murphysboro
Frank
North 11Th Street
Ron Williams
Craine
Smysor Plaza
Williams
Jody
Jody Craine
Jackson County GOP caucus selects candidate for clerk race
Jackson County GOP caucus in Murphysboro nominated Christy Clutts-Hale to challenge Democratic incumbent Cindy Svanda in the circuit clerk race in November. Clutts-Hale, 40, has served on Murphysboro School District 186 Board of Education since 2003 and has worked in public service for five years.
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Murphysboro
Jackson County
Republican Party
Christy Clutts-Hale
Cindy Svanda Clutts-Hale
Murphysboro Community Unit
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Topay
Ewing Northern
St. Francis Xavier Hall
Haiti
Elsie Speck
Music Man
Lesser Opera House
van Lente
Neckers
Siu
Xiaogang Peng
Marion Senior Center
W. Main St
du Quoin Senior Center
U.S. 51 North
Elkville
Vickie Bush
Little Miss
Mr. Hurst
Water Department
Julie
Jim Rich
Becky Hill
Jackson County Health Department
Wyat
H.B. Vancil Community Center
Bower Park
Ava
de Soto
Hurst Road
Cristy Desormeaux
Www
Thesouthern.com
Christi Mathis
Steve Jahnke
Brandon Culpepper
SIUC
Shell
West Main Street
Andrea Marie Kampworth
Anna Casey's
Carbondale Huck’s
Yeach
du Quoin Willi Oil Co
Harrisburg
Zephyr
Mount Vernon
Pinckneyville Motomart
Rhonda M. Ethridge
John D. Homan
Frank Craine II
GOP
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