Carterville band tops Champaign Tourney of Champions
The Carterville Unit 5 concert band won first place in Class B at the Illinois Tournament of Champions Band competition in Krannert Center Champaign. Sixteen bands entered but only four Class B finalists, with Lit chfield Mt Carmel and Henry Senachwine Band receiving honors. The Carterville group, 53 members, performed Coat of Arms March The Prelude to Kunihild and Homage to the U S Navy under judge panels including Leonard Falcone George Wilson and Mark Hindsley.
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Carterville Unit
University of Illinois
Champaign
Litchfield
Mt. Carmel
Henry Senachwine
Peoria
Krannert Center For the Performing Arts
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Carterville
U.S. Navy
Krannert Center
CCHS honors students with broad awards night list
Carbondale Community High School awarded about 50 honors at a May 15 ceremony honoring students across speech acting and debate. Recipients include Sherrie Stricklin best actress and speech, Alan Sanders best actor, Jim Hooker best thespian, Mark Mohlenbrock and Joe Tabor science awards, and scholarship winners Karin Dommermuth Julie St John Zoe Trueblood Laura Zimmerman.
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Carbondale Community High School
Sherrie Stricklin
Alan Sanders
Jim Hooker
Scott Dreher
Charlene Matten
Mark Mohlenbrock
Joe Tabor
Karin Dommermuth
Julie St. John
Zoe Trueblood
Laura Zimmerman
Jonathan Dotson
Miss Truebloock
Ellis
Drake University
Miss St. John
Stephen Harren
Southern Illinois University
Kathy Lewis
Dee Golden
Karen Pohl
Claudia Carrier
Miss Golden
Beth Lauder
Scouts to Present Quilt to St Louis Shriner's Hospital
Du Quoin Junior Girl Scout Troop 125 plans to present a handmade quilt collection to St Louis Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children during the Shriner's Circus in Belleville on June 4. Final quilting was done by Bertha Davis of Du Quoin and Ariah Miller of Tamaroa, with troop members Connie Cook Sally Crain Susan Brewner Kerry Carter Tammy Crain April Dawn Davis Laura Davis Tammy Johnson Patricia Morris Mindy Naumer Amy Sheehan and Janet Wilson contributing quilt sections.
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du Quoin
St. Louis Shriner’s Hospital
Shriner's Circus
Belleville
Bertha Davis
Ariah Miller
Tamaroa
Connie Cook
Sally Crain
Susan Brewner
Kerry Carter
Tammy Crain
April Dawn Davis
Teen Scene events around Franklin County high schools
Franklin County seniors attend the Senior Banquet at 7 p.m. Saturday in SIU Carbondale University Center. Herrin Teen Town hosts Friday and Saturday evenings 7 to 11 30 p.m with band nights until 11 45 p.m. West Frankfort Youth Center welcomes seventh and eighth graders Tuesday evenings from 7 30 to 9 30.
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Franklin Community High School
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale University
Herrin
West Frankfort
Four Murphysboro seniors win $100 MEA scholarships
Four Murphysboro High School seniors receive $100 scholarships from the Murphysboro Education Association at the Kiwanis Honors Banquet. Winners are Amy Larson Karen Daniels Jerry Lampley and Jesse Andrew Golliher based on seven completed semesters with tie breakers by ACT. Scholarships available in September after starting higher education programs.
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Murphysboro High School
Murphysboro Education Association
Kiwanis Club
Amy Larson
Karen Daniels
Jerry Lampley
Jesse Andrew Golliher
MEA
School crosswalk signs arrive after move in New Castle
In New Castle Colorado officials long sought painted crosswalk signs and crossing lights in front of New Castle Elementary. A highway crew last month painted six foot letters designating a school zone, but the school had already moved to the town’s other side the prior week.
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New Castle
Colo
Highway Department
Colorado
Three Southern Illinois students to receive Student Historian of the Year
Three Southern Illinois high school students Douglas Johnson of Carterville Judy Henshaw and Cheryl Mitchell of Zeigler Royalton will receive Student Historian of the Year awards Thursday in Springfield. They are among 26 teens honored by Gov. James R. Thompson for articles published in Illinois History A Magazine for Young People. Judges include State Sen. Kenneth V. Buzbee and Bud Farrar Jr.
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Southern Illinois High School
Springfield
Douglas Johnson
Carterville
Judy Henshaw
Cheryl Mitchell
Zeigler-Royalton High School
James R. Thompson
Illinois History
Kenneth V. Buzbee
Carbondale
Fletcher
Bud” Farrar Jr
The
Illinois Times
Southern [Illinoisan
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Miss Lewis
Charles O. Young
Tim Morris
Henry Chen
Pam Parke
National Council of Teachers of English
Andrew Saporoschenko
Egyptian Electric Cooperative
David Mendriski
Charles Leming
Gretchen Casey
Miss Stricklin
Miss Parke
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Margaret Dommermuth
Lisa Landecker
Janet Schubert
Lance Hoshiko
Philip Shelton
Miss Landecker
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Heidi Stauber
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Lillian Maring
Chip Peterson
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Brent McGee
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David Eicker
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Ben Eltzer
Sharlene Matten
Robert Hesketh
J.E.T.S
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O. K. Bowen
Corinna Malieke
Math Association of America
Williamson County
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Denny McGowan
Rebecca Arey
John Fang
Jim Rouhandeh
Jimmy Fang
Jeff Perk
Ralf Purcell
Keith Jones
Shawn O'Neal
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Shelton
Steve Harren
Bob Gregory
SIU
Equal Housing Lender
MTHS
Jesse Golliher
Mike Frank
Southern
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James A. Cohn
Marion
Cecil
Marion Senior High School
U.S.N. Fleet Reserve Association
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Jack Wilcox
Marion Jerald Sims
Murphysboro
Gary Buckles
Bob Hosch
Charles Rich
Harold Calhoun
Wright
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