Walk the Blues Away event honors Mental Health Month in Carbondale
Southern Illinois Regional Social Services invites residents to a 11 a.m. walk starting at the Carbondale Civic Center. Participants go south on Illinois Avenue, west on Freeman Street, then north on University Avenue for a rally at the Civic Center. Councilwoman Sheila Simon will speak. Beverages, food, and music by Loose Gravel will follow.
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Freeman Street
University Avenue
Civic Center
Sheila Simon
Makanda Camp Cedar Point Announces Open House
Girl Scouts of Shagbark Council invites girls entering grades 2 through 12 and their families to an open house at Camp Cedar Point in Makanda. Located in Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge, the 50 year old camp offers three night to three week stays from June 11 to late July with costs 80 to 290 and financial aid available. Call 888 317 6353 for brochures and directions.
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Makanda
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Carbondale
Girl Scouts of Shagbark Council
Pinckneyville High Reschedules Graduation Practice
Pinckneyville Community High School has reset its graduation practice for the class of 2006. Practice will now be held at 8 30 a m Friday at the high school Christi Mathis.
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Pinckneyville Community High School
Wendler pledges to educate Illinois students first at SIUC
SIU Carbondale Chancellor Walter Wendler rejects the University of Illinois plan to boost nonresident enrollment by reducing Illinois freshman spots. He says Illinois exports many students and stresses serving Illinois citizens as a tax-supported state university. Herman had announced a campaign in Chicago to push nonresident enrollment.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
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University of Illinois
Illinois
Herman
Chicago
Region Braces For More Rain As May Totals Rise
Nearly 1.5 inches of rain drenched Southern Illinois on Wednesday with thunderstorms and showers. Weather officials forecast another inch to two inches overnight and through Monday, potentially pushing May rainfall beyond 3 inches as flood watches extend from Saline County. Local farmers fret over slow planting while creeks threaten fields, though some growers report progress despite the soggy spring.
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Mother Nature
Finois
Saline County
Robin Smith
National Weather Service
Paducah
Smith
Melvin Knop
Steeleville
Bob Templeton
Pinckneyville
Templeton
Carbondale Cannabis Ordinance Proves Effective
Carbondale officials report that a two year old ordinance allowing city court handling of cannabis and paraphernalia cases raised nearly 200000 dollars for the general fund from March 2004 to April 2006. The policy includes fines from 250 to 750 dollars with an option of 125 plus 25 hours community service for first offenders.
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Carbondale
Brad Cole
Casey Parker
Parker
New holistic bird guides offer quick ID with jizz method
Publishers introduce two new holistic field guides to North American birds. The Shorebird Guide by O'Brien, Crosley, and Karlson features 870 photographs and species pages on shorebirds, explaining size, shape, behavior, and voice for rapid ID. Pete Dunne's Essential Field Guide Companion by Dunne expands North American bird identification with practical resources and expert insights.
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North America
Houghton Mifflin Company
Boston
New York
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Michael O’brien
Richard Crosley
Kevin Karlson
O’brien
Crosley
Karlson
Jaeger Tours
Pete Dunne
Dunne
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