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Education

  • Country school reunion is in Patoka on Saturday

    The 19th annual Country School Reunion will be held this Saturday at the Patoka Civic Center, 201 W. Bond St.
    The reunion is for all former pupils and their families of the following schools: Bear Creek, East Chapel, West Chapel, Okaw, Shady Grove, Toad Island, White Haven and Wisher.
    A potluck dinner is at 12:30 p.m., and all attending are asked to provide a covered dish.

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  • Kaskaskia College

    Food service courses
    Kaskaskia College will offer two food service courses at the Vandalia Campus this summer.
    The food service sanitation certification course will be held on Saturdays, July 7 and 14, from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The registration number for the class is COOK 074 VA01W.
    A food service sanitation refresher class will be held on Saturday, July 7, from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. The registration number is COOK 075 VA01W.
    These courses are designed to provide the student with vital sanitary information applying to food service management.

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  • IPA Award Recipients

    The Illinois Principals Association-Kaskaskia Region recognized supporters of education and the IPA at its 16th annual Member Awards Dinner in April in Hillsboro.

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  • Vandalia Campus is host for KC's first community meeting

    Kaskaskia College began its first of a series of Community Engagement Meetings with a gathering at the college’s Vandalia Campus on Tuesday, June 12.
    The meeting kicked off a round of open community forums with the Board of Trustees Chairman John W. Hawley and KC President Dr. Jim Underwood.  The forums will continue in the coming weeks, with meetings scheduled for Greenville on June 26 and Salem on July 10.
    “We are interested in hearing from our communities,” Underwood said.

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  • LLC Dental Hygiene Grads

    At the 2012 Lake Land College associate degree in the dental hygiene pinning ceremony, 25 dental hygiene graduates received their pins.

    During the ceremony, Casey Carlberg of Effingham (left) and Hailey Carson of St. Elmo (right) were inducted into the Sigma Phi Alpha Dental Hygiene Society. Those honored during the ceremony included Carson and Kayla VonBehren of St. Peter.

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  • VFW Scholarship Winner at BHS

    Jeb Smail of Brownstown V.F.W. Post 9770, left, presented Ashley Lakin, right, a scholarship check at the Brownstown High School awards recognition ceremony in May.

    Lakin was the winner of the Voice of Democracy essay competition for BHS.

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  • BHS Art Project

    The Brownstown Community Unit School District No. 201 Foundation sponsored a project through which art I and art II students at Brownstown High School created sculptures in the style of famous artist Alberto Giocometti.

    The students are shown above. In front, from left to right, are Kelly Lange, Shelby Rine, Cherokee Street and Taylor Graves. In back are Maggie Durbin, Jill Schilling, Perry Gentry, Marshall Parkinson and Ryan Feezel. The BHS art instructor is Marsha Jenkins.

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  • KC Cosmetology Graduates

    Kaskaskia College recently held a pinning ceremony honoring the 2012 graduates of the Cosmetology Program.

    The graduates are pictured above. In front, from left to right, are: Sarah Heisel (Swansea), Emily Prange (Steeleville) and Alyssa Wilson (Chester). In back are: Bre Deatherage (Coulterville), Danielle Rine (Vandalia), Maggie Sheraden (Fairfield) and Serena Grapperhaus (Nashville).

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  • College News

    Blackburn College
    Dallas Clay Gray of Vandalia graduated from Blackburn College in the spring.

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  • Lake Land College announces spring graduates

    More than 500 candidates received their degrees and certificates from Lake Land College after the completion of the spring semester 2012.
    The graduates include:
    • Brownstown – Connor Smith, associate degree in computer-aided design technology and certificate in computer-aided drafting; and Brittany White, associate’s degree.
    • Farina – Carla Fletcher, associate’s degree, human services-psychology.
    • Herrick – Kristie Hardimon, associate’s degree, mathematics education.

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