An AFSCME rally will be held at 9 am Thursday, Sept. 10 on the Johnson County Courthouse lawn, concerning the injunction hearing to be held at 10 am.
IDOC facilities involved in the rally will be Vienna CC, Shawnee CC, Tamms CC, East Moline CC, Vandalia CC and Logan CC.
The rally will be to support no layoffs statewide and no early release of offenders. 
For more details contact Larry or Joyce Flynn, local 415, at 618-658-8371.

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Shawnee National Forest hires local high school students

The Shawnee National Forest has initiated an experimental program this summer utilizing local high school students. Five Vienna High School boys have been working this summer through the Hidden Springs Ranger Station in Vienna to help repair and relocated worn out trails and creek crossings.

Dillon Hall, Garrett Mattox, Seth Adams, Michael Goines and Josh Loyd, are the first to participate in this program. They have been working with project supervisor Justin Dodson, now for six weeks. The program is a ten-week program. The six man crew has relocated or repaired miles of equestrian trails in the Lusk Creek Wilderness Area located near Eddyville in the northwest part of Pope County.

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