Volunteer career: Vivian Agent's lifelong service in Carbondale
Vivian Agent from Carbondale, now a Red Cross staff member, has spent decades as a volunteer. She led Carbondale’s League of Women Voters chapter, served on Illinois and regional boards, coordinated blood drives, and earned multiple awards while stressing proactive community service.
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E.J. Rotert
Southern Illinoisan
Vivian Gent
Carbondale
Madison
Wis
Donald
Rita
League of Women Voters
Agent
Illinois
SIUC
Red Cross
First United Methodist Church
Lee Moorehead
Moorehead
The
St. Louis
Jackson County
Emergency Food and Shelter
Ing Board of Appeals
Missouri Illinois
United Way
Lending an ear Dear Karen How to introduce music to an infant
A letter suggests making music readily available at home by singing and playing soothing tunes. It favors classical music for calming effects, notes that infants absorb surrounding stimuli, and urges parents to sing during daily care. The piece emphasizes eye contact and rhythm to aid development.
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Karen
S.K
Mt.Lebanon
Dave Brubeck
Dave
When to Teach a Child to Dress Themselves
A parent’s guide notes that dressing skills grow in stages. Children may pull off socks around 18 months but cannot reliably put them on until age two or later. Coats follow later, with putting on skills emerging about six months after undressing begins, so patience helps avoid discouragement.
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A.L
Queens
N.Y
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Black Colleges May Boost Intellectual Growth for Black Students
Psychologist Jacqueline Fleming argues in Blacks in College that black students gain greater intellectual growth and leadership from peer support and strong faculty links at black colleges. Her seven year study across 15 institutions suggests white school environments foster alienation and less cognitive development for black students, while black-college training better prepares them for integrated settings.
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Jacqueline Fleming
Fleming
Tim pressures wife to temporary mother a stepson’s child
Dear Ann, a second wife in her 30s with career ambitions is asked by her husband in his 40s, now a father, to take in his grandson. She resists, fears leaving her interior decorating career, and worries about becoming a nanny. The advice urges her not to accept the temporary motherhood and to pursue her own path.
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Ann
Tim
Junior
Sunnyvale
Vale
Dear Champ: Teenage girl seeks advice on a mom in self pity
Dear Champ, a teenage girl asks how to handle a mother who wallows in self pity and focuses on loneliness. Dear Ann suggests therapy continuation, psychological healing, and forgiveness for her father, warning the mom may become socially unwanted if she stays stuck in complaint.
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Ann
Champaign
Champ
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Berry's
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F.Y
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P.S
East
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Fostoria
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Ethan Allen
B. Lawson
Chapman-Frollo
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Murphysboro
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