Community holiday events and services in Southern Illinois
A compiled listing of holiday activities and community services across Carbondale, Cobden, Herrin, Pinckneyville, Radom, Anna, West Frankfort, Ullin, and surrounding areas. Includes tree lighting at University Mall, Santa visits, blood drives, Thanksgiving dinners, church events, book signing, pottery displays, a Christmas concert, a human rights authority meeting, health workshops, and a water district committee meeting with contact numbers. Many events are free or low cost and run on weekend or weekday slots. The listing emphasizes family friendly activities, charitable proceeds, and local venues such as churches, libraries, schools, and civic centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Quaglia
Herrin Civic Center
Newman Catholic Student Center
S. Washington St
Carbondale
Holt’s Prairie Baptist Church
Illinois
Pinckneyville
Creal Springs District backs plan for K eight school
Marion Unit 2 school board unanimously approves building a K-8 facility on a 20 acre site along Canaville Road north of Creal Springs. The plan aims to house about 350 students and restores eligibility for the next state school construction grant while noting money from other sources may also be pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creal Springs
Marion Unit 2
Marion
Todd Goodman
Canaville Road
Wade Hudgens
Hudgens
Pilgrims Play Captures Thanksgiving Spirit at Lakeland School
Audria Humphrey's Lakeland School kindergarten staged "We Are Thankful" for parents and friends, a three week project culminating in a musical play about Pilgrims facing a tyrannical king and sharing the first Thanksgiving. The young performers used makeshift props and light switches to enact a stormy voyage and a feast with Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audria Humphrey
Lakeland School
Humphrey
New World
England
Vienna mayor Paul Gage dies at 83 after long service
Paul V Gage longtime Vienna mayor for nearly 30 years died Tuesday at Marion Hospital aged 83 Visitation is tentatively Friday at Bailey Funeral Home with burial planned Saturday He is survived by his wife Mildred and son Steve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Gage
Vienna
Gage
Marion Memorial Hospital
Bailey Funeral Home
Mildred
Steve
Girard
Pinckneyville seeks owner fix or raze opera house
Pinckneyville moves to condemn the late 1800s opera house on the square after a city survey found severe disrepair. Owner John Alleman, who bought the building in 2002, has not acted to repair or convert it, despite previous plans for luxury apartments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinckneyville
J.M. Kunz
Max Keene
P.N. Hirsch
Rice, Berry and Associates
Springfield
Pinckneyville Square
E City
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University Mall
U.S. Capitol
First Baptist Church
Cobden
Wuar
Santa
Lodge of the Four Paws
Perry County Humane Society
Pilot Dog Inc
St. Michael’s School
Radom
Shhildren
Larry Mahan
Stinson Memorial Library
Anna
Kirkpatrick Pottery
Isom’s
N. Main St
Southern Illinois
West Frankfort High School
Springer St
Quad ‘Counties Coalition
Thesouthern.com
New Creal Springs
Tim Petrowich
Summer Pratt
Queen
Drake Bryant
Lakeland Kindergartners
John D. Homan
Paul V. Gage
Paul
Elly Faulkner
Johnson County
Faulkner
Leon Howard
Howard
Vienna Correctional Center
John.homan
Thesouthern
Christi Mathis
Opera House
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