Lincoln-Douglas re enactment planned in Jonesboro
A Sesquicentennial Lincoln-Douglas debate re enactment is set for September 2008 with coordination across seven Illinois sites and the Old State Capitol in Springfield. A planning meeting for residents and volunteers is scheduled for 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Southernmost Illinois Tourism Bureau office in Anna, with contact options provided. Retrieved by Linda Rush.
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Jonesboro
Illinois
Old State Capitol
Springfield
Illinois Tourism Bureau
Shawnee Community College Extension Center
Choate Mental Health Center
Anna
Coulterville nursing home to honor Mother's Day events
Coulterville Care Center marks Nursing Home Week with a Mothers Day recognition and a series of activities from Monday through Friday including a mayoral proclamation balloon launch Casino Night baseball fare and a volunteer luncheon Free blood pressure checks are offered Thursday morning The Williamson County extension office hosts an identity theft prevention program May 23 at 1 30 p m featuring Nick Dolce from the Illinois Attorney General's office The event is free and accessible to all attendees contact numbers provided.
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Coulterville Care Center
Williamson County
Nick Dolce
Illinois Attorney General's Office
Taking music seriously in Murphysboro band heads to top ratings
Murphysboro Middle School band director Michael Moreland says fun is not the first goal, focusing on discipline and excellence. The jazz band earned a division one superior rating in the 2006 Illinois Grade School Music Association contest, with 45 individual division one and eight division two ratings as proof of turnaround.
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Murphysboro
Michael Moreland
Moreland
Teaching couple retires from Sesser-Valier after 65 years
Nick and Sandy Laur announce retirement from Sesser-Valier schools after a combined 65 years in Franklin County classrooms. Both began as students in the district and return as lifelong educators, with Nick departing after 33 years and Sandy after 30. They credit community roots and family bonds for their calling.
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Sandy Laur
Sesser-Valier
Lesser-Valier
Sandy
Sesser- Valier
Nick Laur
Laurs
Illinois State University
Franklin County
Centralia
Feds arrest Pine Bluff man in Carbondale escape case
Joshua Lee Howe, 31, charged with conspiracy to commit murder, captured at The Fields Apartments in Carbondale by a U.S. Marshals and Jackson County task forces after escaping Dallas County Jail in Fordyce. He faces federal court on escape charges and will be returned to Arkansas for murder charges.
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Arkansas
Joshua Lee Howe
Fields Apartments
Lewis Lane
Great Lakes
Jackson County
Howe
Benton
Tom Woods
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Dallas
Fordyce
Woods
Holiday Inn fails to open for graduation weekend
Holiday Inn of Carbondale postponed opening during SIUC graduation weekend. Only 0 of 100 rooms were made ready despite earlier plans to open 52 rooms. Delays in furniture and appliances caused the setback, though construction and management praised Tri-Star and Manchino Management.
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Tri-Star Construction
Reed Station Parkway
Tri-Star
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