Last year on a trip to New Orleans, I met a couple from Atlanta and was surprised when they had not only heard of SIUC, but had fond memories of partying in Carbondale in the 1970s.
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Cabaret Decadance started out of a casual conversation about poetry among friends.
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Jerry Miles, 51, a native of Chicago, and David Sarber, 50, a lifelong resident of Carbondale and mechanic for Yellow Cab, are a kind of odd couple.
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When Mark Gindlesparger spits from 2,000 feet above ground, he hopes he doesn’t offend anyone. It is a simple tool he uses when piloting a hot air balloon.
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When asked about the family motto, Jamie Blevens just laughs. Jamie’s son Dustin, 29, coined the phrase “Blevens, Enough Said” when he was in high school. Dustin said he started it when he had the phrase written on the back of his letterman jacket.
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Kenny Barker, age 59, has sorted recyclables for the last six and a half months at the Southern Recycling Center in Carbondale
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More than 12,000 years of history is housed in the one-room Union County Museum in downtown Cobden.
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Meet Enola “Big Lady” Johnson. At 68, she is a lesson in perseverance.
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