January 2012

Stone earns recognition

Anna-Jonesboro Community High School girls’ basketball player Jessi Stone has been awarded All-State Special Mention by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association.

The Lady Wildcats senior was a four-year starter and averaged 14.3 points and 6.5 rebounds per game. She was also a 72 percent free throw shooter.

“She was a great kid and a good leader,” A-J coach Brian Clark said. “It will be a big hole for us to fill next year.”

Stone finished her prep basketball career with 976 points, just 24 points short of the 1,000-point career plateu.

A-J’s Wright, Smith named all-conference

Anna-Jonesboro Wildcats’ Brady Wright and Travis Smith were each named to the Southern Illinois River-to-River Mississippi Division all-conference high school boys’ basketball team.

“It’s good to see both of them get on (all-conference team),” A-J coach Mike Chamness said. “They’ve each done a lot to turn our program around.”

Wright averaged 16.4 points, 8.7 rebounds and 1.4 assists a game. He plans to play baseball at Rend Lake Community College near Ina next season.

Youth faces charges

A Union County youth faces multiple charges in connection with two alleged stabbing incidents which happened Monday night, Feb. 20, in Dongola.

The youth, a 16-year-old Dongola boy, allegedly stabbed his mother and his ex-girlfriend's sister.

The name of the boy is not being released because he is a juvenile.

Union County State's Attorney Tyler R. Edmonds said the youth faces charges of home invasion, aggravated domestic battery and aggravated battery. All of the charges are felonies.

Shawnee rallies for win over Dongola in SEC

A good fourth quarter allowed Shawnee to come from behind to get a 77-72 win over host Dongola in the final regular season South Egyptian Conference high school boys’ basketball game Friday, Feb. 17.

The Demons led 23-20 after the first quarter but the Redskins fought back to tie the game 39-39 at the halftime.

Shawnee trailed 62-58 heading into the final quarter but outscored Dongola 19-10 in the fourth quarter to get the win.

Goreville set to host regional

Goreville is the top seed and will host the Class 1A high school girls’ basketball regional Feb. 6-9.

Century is seeded second, followed by Shawnee, Cobden, Dongola and Egyptian.

The tournament schedule follows:

Monday, Feb. 6, Cobden vs. Dongola at 6 p.m., Shawnee vs. Egyptian at 8:10 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 7, Goreville will play the winner of the Cobden-Dongola game at 6 p.m., Century will play the winner of the Shawnee-Egyptian game at 8:10 p.m.

Levee celebration set at Shawnee High School

Members of the Shawnee School District community are planning to honor a teacher and her students who have been working to promote awareness about the region's river levee system.

A Levee Celebration honoring teacher Jamie Nash-Mayberry and her students is planned Sunday, Feb. 5.

The celebration, which is open to the community, is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. at Shawnee Junior-Senior High School at Wolf Lake.

Sunday's event is being coordinated by a Levee Celebration committee.

A-J’s Miller plans to golf at Logan

Anna-Jonesboro Community High School’s Abby Miller has signed a letter of intent to play golf at John A. Logan Community College  in Carterville next season.

“She has a lot of potential,” A-J golf coach Cory Miller said. “A lot depends on how hard she’s willing to work to do what it takes to become a collegiate golfer.”

Miller had a stroke average of 57.4 during her freshman season and finished her senior season at A-J with a 44.6 average. “She’s come a long way in four years,” Cory Miller said.

Alumni games set in Cobden

Cobden alumni basketball games are scheduled Saturday, Feb. 18. Games will be played in the Cobden School gym.

Three games are scheduled, starting at 2 p.m. with a young alumni men’s game.

At 3 p.m., the women will play. An old timers men’s game is set for 4 p.m.

The old timers will play against a Southern Illinois alumni team made up of players from several schools.

A book sale and signing featuring members of the 1964 Cobden High School boys’ basketball team is scheduled from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the gym lobby.

Curriculum Alignment can help students succeed

To the editor,

What is Curriculum Alignment and why do we need it?

One benefit or positive result of reorganization into a single district is curriculum. 

An aligned curriculum means that all students in the same grade, in the same subject, would have the same textbooks, the same supplemental materials and the same learning experiences and expectations.

It would not matter if they were in three different buildings, the efforts of those teachers in that grade and that subject area would be coordinated. 

Alice Wakonyo Mbugua

<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Alice Wakonyo Mbugua, 40, of Carbondale and formerly of Kenya, died on Sunday, February 19, 2012 at her residence.</span></strong></p>

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