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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 2007
Page
11
Obituaries for Marvin D. Wright 80 of Murphysboro and others across Carbondale Johnston City West Frankfort Buckner Sesser and nearby areas. Included are service times dates locations burial arrangements veterans and survivors listings plus memorials and church affiliations.
Lillian A Grounds 95 died at 7 25 am Wednesday August 29 2007 at Heartland Regional Medical Center Marion Born September 21 1911 in rural Jackson County near Ava she married Elroy Grounds July 6 1935 in De Soto and lived in Williamson County later. Her life included work at Blankenship and Company and Herrin Apparel and long active church and hospital auxiliary involvement. News notes include scattered funeral notices for Cora Sweet Edith Hall and Charles White with service details and family survivors.
The City of Carbondale will observe Monday September 3 2007 as Labor Day. Refuse and Recycling collection for that week will shift one day later, Bag and Bundle Landscape Waste collected Thursday September 6. Call 457-3275 for details.Illinois DOT alerts I 57 southbound Bend Lake Rest Area closure beginning September 4 for about two weeks.
The district issued a boil water order for customers from 3254 S Illinois Ave to 3922 S Illinois Ave including Highlander Subdivision and England Heights. For more information call 529-5313. A boil order was also issued for all customers on Parklane.
Eagle Point Bay Association holds a 10 a.m. meeting at 80 Spring Cove Drive Lake of Egypt. Grand Tower Library board meets at 8:30 a.m. at the library.
Du Quoin State Fair runs through Monday September 3 at the fairgrounds with live music carnival agricultural displays and contests. Grandstand show features Chevelle with Evans Blue. Also blood drives at the Lake of Egypt district Marion and Du Quoin fairgrounds. Spinners and Weavers Guild event at Massac State Park. Pepperfest chili dishes and music by Kathryn Raistrick at Darn Hot Peppers Cobden. live owl at Crab Orchard Campground. George Portz with Friends of Bluegrass finale at Bend Lake Visitor Center.
Illinois Department of Transportation will suspend lane closures over the Labor Day weekend in Hardin Jefferson and surrounding areas. In Hardin County two miles south of Gallatin County 34 and two miles south of Herod and 34/146 one and a half miles east of 146 will be suspended. In Jefferson County one mile west of Mount Vernon and two miles east of Mount Vernon on 15 will have closures paused. Patricia Blagojevich will join the Red Cross at 1 p.m. in the Du Quoin State Fairground Senior Citizen Building to tour the Blood Drive resource center amid a downstate blood shortage.
Springfield Illinois Charles C Cavaness was appointed associate judge to fill the vacancy created by the Aug 1 retirement of Judge Rodney Clutts Cynthia Y Dobbs announced the appointment Dobbs said Cavaness a Womick Law Firm Herrin alumnus Murray State University 1978 SIU Carbondale 1982 was among 23 applicants and was approved by a majority of circuit judges Bethany Krajelis
Central Illinois mine Crown II near Girard, 20 miles south of Springfield, shuts down after Freeman Energy sale to Springfield Coal Co. About 191 workers losing jobs, 159 of them union members. UMWA says 60 days severance. 20 to 30 workers may stay until year end to move equipment.
Open Minds program at Carbondale Unitarian Fellowship features Inge Rader and Lee Stauber with News from Down Under. Four Mile Grade School reunion set for Zeigler Royalton Grade School. Kaskaskia organ concert at Immaculate Conception Church with G Patrick Doll. Labor Day breakfast at Cambria Christian Church. Music sale at First United Methodist Church with organ and choral materials.
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