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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1978
Page
5
The Herrin Teen Town opens Friday and Saturday evenings from 7 to 11 30 p m with band nights until 11 45 p m at the West Frankfort Youth Center the venue hosts seventh and eighth grade students on Tuesdays from 7 30 to 9 30 p m.
Scouts from Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts plan a Thursday 7 to 9 pm membership drive at most elementary schools in Perry, Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Williamson, Saline, Union, Johnson, Pope, Hardin, Alexander and Pulaski counties. More than 100 volunteers will lead demonstrations, games, songs, and leader introductions. boys must be eight to join Cub Scouts or eleven for Boy Scouts, with parents urged to attend, and uniforms encouraged for visibility. Contact Egyptian Council in Herrin at 942-4863 for details.
Five freshmen and two sophomores were chosen as John A Logan College cheerleaders for 1978-79. Named are JoAnn Mangan Crab Orchard and Noralee Stearns Carbondale, sophomores. Kathy Galloway Carterville, Tami Winkler Herrin, Kim Cuendet Carterville, Andrew Fletcher Marion, Darcey Rubens Marion. The basketball team under head coach Bob Brown will begin November 21 by hosting Jefferson Community College.
A new Southern Illinois Youth Orchestra is being formed to nurture young musicians. The first gathering for hopeful players and parents is at 10 30 a m Saturday at the Marion Civic Center. Christine Greeson will conduct and lead the project with SIU Carbondale ties. String instruction will start on Saturdays across Southern Illinois, building toward a spring 1979 nucleus performance.
June Carter's daughter Carleen Carter unveils her first album titled Carleen Carter with the single Never Together But Sometimes. She records in London with noted musicians, aiming for stardom while honoring her famous family and seeking a distinct musical identity.
Five Marion High School students Leslie Waldron Wayne Jones Alan Maynard Kim Gladie and Susan Palmer were inducted into the Society of Distinguished American High School Students for 1978. The society honors scholastic leadership and civic achievement with scholarships from 58 colleges. Phil Newcom music and education director for Third Baptist Church sponsored the students and earned a society appreciation award.
The Billboard magazine listings show Grease the Soundtrack at number one on the Top LPs chart while Boston, Foreigner, Rolling Stones and others populate the rest of the top albums. In the country western section Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson appear among the leaders.
A veterinarian treats several raptors at Dr Patrick Redigs clinic in St Paul Minnesota. An eagle a blue heron and a swan rest in cages as the injured birds await care. Hundreds of raptors are brought to the clinic yearly from gunshot traps and car accidents with about forty percent released after treatment while the rest are destroyed or used in research
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