Allison Heater, Family Finding & Recruitment Supervisor with Caritas Family Solutions joins the show to discuss the changes in Foster Care, the number of children locally in care or looking for a stable home environment, respite care, and so much more. caritasfamilysolutions.org or call 618-956-9207 to get more details.
On this episode of the Southern Illinois Insider, Jake Linder sits down with Jamie Storey (Executive Director of the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce) to discuss the upcoming Home & Outdoor Expo in Mt. Vernon, Annual Awards Banquet, and a mixture of other Chamber events coming up.
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Congressman Mike Bost joins the show to discuss his recent Farm Bill Op-Ed, which you can read in full via the link above this post. Also, Congressman Bost tells us about his reasons behind voting for, and then against, the recent continuing resolution regarding the United States budget. And finally, the pair chat about the US Postal Service and its woes in recent years as well as what the government is doing to fix it.
Jake Linder sits down with Pastor Tim Reynolds of Mt. Vernon Baptist Temple as the organizer of this event and is also joined via phone from Texas by Jimmy Meeks. Meeks is a retired Texas police officer and minister who teaches situation awareness and how to be a first responder in an emergency.
More details on this event via the link here: https://www.wmix94.com/event/mt-vernon-church-safety-seminar/
and here; https://www.wmix94.com/event/womens-safety-seminar/
