Another winter storm brought more snow and cold to the Union County area during the past week.
So far this winter, the area has received more than a foot of snow; 13 inches, had been recorded through this week. Snow in varying amounts has been on the ground in some areas for weeks.
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Anna-Jonesboro hung around until the fourth quarter before losing 59-47 to visiting Murphysboro in high school boys’ basketball action Tuesday, Jan. 26.
Trailing 39-37 going into the final quarter, the Wildcats pulled to 42-41 early in the frame on a layup by Jordan Adams.
The Red Devils Dylan Craig countered with a 3-pointer to begin a run.
“We played pretty well,” A-J coach Rob Wright said. “But that was a defensive breakdown on him (Craig).”
The Anna-Jonesboro High School boys’ basketball team remained in striking distance until the final half in a 61-35 loss to host Du Quoin Friday, Feb. 19.
“They turned up the pressure and we didn’t handle it well,” A-J head coach Robby Wright said. “It kind of got away from us. That’s the first time we’ve been overly matched this year.”
Around a pair of 3-pointers, the Indians jumped to a 12-4 lead to open the game before Jordan Adams scored back-to-back baskets to pull the Wildcats to 12-8.
Du Quoin led 14-8 after one quarter.
Robert “Bob” Lee Mathis, 78, of McClure, died at 5:19 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
He was born on Dec. 15, 1931, in Flora, Texas, the son of Herbert and Lily Lynn Mathis.
He married Donna Kee on May 22, 1965, in Ware.
He was of the Pentecostal faith.
He loved to play the steel guitar and was a fan of country music. He was a member of a band named BVD’s.
To the editor,
As a reader of The Gazette-Democrat newspaper and also a subscriber (for many years) I wish to express to you and the Union County area a total injustice that I feel has happened at the Cobden school.
Anna-Jonesboro Community High School principal Brett Detering has announced that the National Merit Scholarship Program has honored Elizabeth Bell as a National Merit Finalist.
The A-JCHS senior was one of only four Southern Illinois high school students to have reached the semifinalist level.
School officials said it’s not yet known whether the other three students also advanced to the highest plateau along with Bell.
Cobden High School veteran baseball coach Blayne Smith topped the pinnacle of his career this past weekend.
Smith, who has coached baseball at Cobden for the last 34 years, was inducted at a banquet to the Illinois Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame at Woodridge Saturday, Feb. 6.
“It’s a tremendous honor when your peers have chosen you,” Smith said. “It doesn’t get much better than that and you just don’t get much higher. It was really a neat thing and a very impressive banquet.”
A Dongola man has pleaded guilty to two felony charges and will serve time in prison.
Union County State’s Attorney Tyler R. Edmonds announced Tuesday, Feb. 23, that Brandon D. Griffin, 26, of 445 Frey Ln., Dongola, entered a plea of guilty to one count of burglary and one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
Burglary is a Class 1 felony. Aggravated criminal sexual abuse is a Class 2 felony.
(Editor's note: the following article was written by Susan Odum, CED program coordinator for University of Illinois Extension.)
In rural southernmost Illinois, we often hear the term “the good ole days.” While the decade of reference may differ for each of us, the overall concept remains the same, a time we remember fondly generally centered on friends, family and community.
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