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Tuesday Nov 3 | Daily Egyptian

Giant City trails still closed from storm

Hikers looking to enjoy a few trails at Giant City State Park before winter will have to wait a little longer.

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Thu Oct 22, 2009

Daily Egyptian

Student killed in car accident

Visitation will be held today for an SIUC student who died from injuries suffered in a car accident Monday.

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Tue Oct 20, 2009

WSIL

Fatal Traffic Accident

One man is dead and another injured after a traffic accident in rural Makanda. The accident happened around 4:30 Monday afternoon on Giant City Road just south of Touch of Nature Road.

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Daily Egyptian

Vulture Fest

D.J. Kennedy, 61, who plays the trombone, talks with fans while his bandmates and roadies of The Joey Odum Blues Project pack up gear Sunday after their concert in downtown Makanda for the Vulture Fest weekend.

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Sun Oct 18, 2009

Daily Egyptian

Walking for awareness

Makanda resident Steven St. Julian will never forget the friends he lost to HIV/AIDS. St.

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Fri Oct 16, 2009

Courierpress.com

Weekend planner: vultures, wild animals and drum beats

Weekend planner is back after a summer vacation with some offbeat ideas for a colorful weekend, from vultures and fall foliage to wild animals and something called the Leopard Percussionists: - In Makanda, Ill., with its boardwalk and artisans on U.S. 51 south of Carbondale, Ill., the 10th annual Vulture Festival is Saturday and Sunday.

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Wed Oct 14, 2009

Daily Egyptian

Flu shot fever

Leif Faber, left, a Touch of Nature employee from Makanda, and his wife Junko, center, hold their 9-month-old son Kai as he gets his first flu vaccination at the Health Center Tuesday.

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Fri Oct 09, 2009

Examiner.com

Southern Illinois and the Shawnee National Forest are a good fall color getaway

Detours tempt with signs saying Shawnee Wine Trail directly south of Carbondale and Southern Illinois Wine Trail, south and east of Carbondale.

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Sun Oct 04, 2009

Courierpress.com

Vulture Festival swoops in again | Len Wells column

It never ceases to amaze me how small towns in Southern Illinois can find something to celebrate, and that's a good thing.

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Sun Sep 13, 2009

Southeast Missourian

Eck - Webb

Victor Eck of Pomona, Ill., and Kathy Duncan of Grand Tower, Ill., announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Lynn Eck of Jonesboro, to Holden Charles Webb.

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Mon Aug 31, 2009

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Wine road leads to hidden treasures in Southern Illinois

The 280,000 acres of the Shawnee National Forest is not a solid expanse of trees.

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Sat Jul 25, 2009

Journal Messenger

Fauqueir Hospital Birth Announcements

In this June 23, 2004 file photo, The Blue Sky Winery rises among the rolling hills and two-year-old vines near Makanda, Illinois.

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Fri Jul 24, 2009

The Daily Illini

New midwestern wine region is biggest in US

In this June 23, 2004 file photo, The Blue Sky Winery rises among the rolling hills and two-year-old vines near Makanda, Illinois.

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Wed Jul 22, 2009

Washington Times

** FILE ** The Blue Sky Winery rises among the rolling hills and 2-year-old vines near Makanda, Ill.

Portions of Illinois are part of America's biggest wine region, the new Upper Mississippi River Valley viticultural area.

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Wed Jun 17, 2009

Belleville News

Money tight at vacation time? State parks, lodges offer savings

Gas prices may not keep people from traveling this summer as they did in 2008, but the economy may still restrict vacation budgets.

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Mon May 18, 2009

KSDK NewsChannel 5

Recent storms damage Boy Scout camps in Missouri and Illinois

Volunteer teams worked over the weekend to clear trees and debris from two Boy Scout properties affected by the May 8th severe thunderstorms.

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Wed May 13, 2009

WPSD-TV Paducah

Power Crews Work As Benchmark Approaches

Thousands are still without power, and leaders across the region are working to piece back together their communities.

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Sun May 03, 2009

Daily Egyptian

Rain dampens Spring Fest turnout, but not spirits

Brett Haynes, of Lemont, and Hannah Streicher, of Kankakee, enjoy an outdoor concert Saturday at Spring Fest in Makanda.

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Tue Apr 28, 2009

Alton Telegraph

The hunt is over

Mushroom season leaves a short window to gather edible morels, so Piasa Winery makes the most of it.

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Sat Apr 25, 2009

Mt. Vernon Register-News

Register-News honored

By TESA CULLI tesa.culli@register-news.com MAKANDA - The Mt. Vernon Register-News received awards in every general excellence category announced during the Southern Illinois Editorial Association 113th General Meeting Friday at Giant City State Park Lodge.

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