Illinois youth corps seeks 20 workers at Cherokee Trail camp
The Illinois Young Adult Conservation Corps will hire 20 youths aged 16 to 23 for residential conservation work at the Cherokee Trail camp 13 miles southeast of Carbondale. Jobs run through May 31 with meals, lodging at $84 month, and options for GED classes or vocational training.
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Illinois Young Adult Conservation Corps
Ityacc
Southern
Illinois
Carbondale
Dale Milligan
IYACC
Little Grassy Lake
Giant City State Park
Lake Murphysboro State Park
Ferne Clyffe State Park
Milligan
Illinois Department of Conservation
Teen Scene and Youth Center Activities in Southern Illinois
Teen Scene Herrin Town opens Friday and Saturday 7 to 11 30 p m with band nights to 11 45 p m. West Frankfort Youth Center operates 7 30 to 10 p m Fridays and Saturdays. Adolescent Health Center at 306 W Main St Carbondale offers care for youths 12 to 20 on a sliding fee scale with counseling medical care pregnancy testing and venereal disease treatment hours 1 to 9 Mondays and Thursdays and 8 30 a m to 5 p m Tue Wed Fri call 529 2621. Butterly 79 art show by Murphysboro High School students at Sallie Logan Library Murphysboro through Saturday library hours noon to 8 p m weekdays and 10 to 6 Saturday.
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West
Frankfort
W. Main St
Carbondale
Memorial Professional
Murphysboro High School
Sallie Logan
Murphysboro
Spelling Bee Contestants Shine At Semi finals
Tracey Grob a Du Quoin seventh grader and Nola Consert an eighth grader at Central Junior High West Frankfort placed high in the national spelling bee semi finals May 5 in St Louis Tracey finished fourth of 60 contestants and Nola 20th The winner advances to Washington DC finals They had qualified by winning and placing first and second at the district bee April 21 in Chester Tracey won the district bee for Franklin Jackson Monroe Perry Williamson and Randolph counties.
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Tracey Grob
du Quoin
Nola Consert
Central Junior High
West Frankfort
St. Louis
Tracey
James
Carolyn Harrison
Nola
Richard
Sherry Cowsett
Washington, DC
Chester
Franklin
Jackson
Monroe
Perry
Williamson
Randolph
Williamson County high school students win SIU alumni scholarships
Williamson County students from Marion High School Johnston City High School and Crab Orchard High School receive $250 scholarships from the Williamson County Chapter of the Southern Illinois University Alumni Association. The group has funded 1979 awards for each county high school with announcements for Herrin and Carterville students pending graduation.
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Brian Green
Marion High School
Eileen Lee
Johnston City High School
Stephen Leroy Jordan
Crab Orchard High School
Williamson County
Southern Illinois University Alumni Association
Stan Narusis
Herrin
Carterville
Young Marion Authors Inspire Classmates Readers
Marion elementary students Kay Katubig and Tracy Landes earned recognition in a statewide young authors program. Their 27 and 24 page books, exploring friendship and body image, impressed a panel of high school students, parents, and a teacher, with 30 to 40 fourth to sixth graders submitting works.
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Shirley E. Johnson
Southern Illinoisan
Tracy Landes
Kay Katubig
Phyllis Joseph
Marion
Marion District 2
Scott Forbes
Tim Henson
Kenny Sagins
Joseph
Illinois
Tracy
Kay
Bob Yack Wins Scholastic Art Honor Award at 14
Bob Yack, 14, of Carterville Junior High, earned a 1979 Scholastic Art Honor Award, one of 57 nationally. He received 100 dollars for the best ink drawing from Illinois. His work will be shown at Scholastic Magazines 52nd National High School Art Exhibition in New York City June 5–27, as part of a year with 150000 entries from 57 regions.
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Bob Yack
Carterville
United States
Yack
Illinois
Scholastic
New York City
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