7pm

Tickets: $100 Vip (includes Meet and Greet)

Remaining Seats: $45 – $59

This blond, poster boy actor will always be recalled for playing Bo Duke, one of three mischievous cousins, on the back-country comedy “The Dukes of Hazzard” (CBS, 1979-85). John Schneider has managed to keep an ongoing career, branching out into singing, particularly country music, and recording 11 albums, as well as starring in TV-movies and several failed series. Born and raised in Mount Kisco , New York, Schneider was an unknown when he was discovered by “Dukes” creator Phil Mandelker and given the role of Bo. Although considered the most low-brow program on TV at the time, the CBS effort was hugely popular with segments of the public. But in 1982, Schneider and co-star Tom Wopat walked off the show in a dispute over revenues due them from merchandising. They sat out the next season, but rejoined the show in 1983. By then, the magic was gone, although the series remained on the air for two more years. Schneider also provided voice of Bo Duke for the CBS animated Saturday morning “The Dukes” in 1983.

While the series was still on the air, Schneider had begun building his singing career which included appearing on CBS’ “A Country Christmas” in 1981 and headlining his own special in 1983, also for CBS. He frequently hosted or appeared on the annual Academy of Country Music Awards but it was not until 1990 that Schneider had a shot at another TV series. This time, he played a bounty hunter teamed with a mismatched Paul Rodriguez in the short-lived “Grand Slam” (CBS, 1990). Schneider appeared as Larry Lamont on the ABC daytime drama “Loving” before trying primetime again first on the failed “Second Chances” (CBS, 1994) and then with the syndicated “Heaven Help Us,” a 1994 effort that teamed him with Melinda Clarke as a married couple who died soon after their wedding and became apprentice angels. From 1997 to its cancellation in 1998, Schneider made appearances on “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman,” as Red McCall, a thief and father.

The actor has kept busy in television-movies, beginning with “Dream House” (CBS, 1981) and co-starred in the small screen remake of “Stagecoach” (CBS, 1986). He had the title role as wilderness hero “Wild Jack” in a three-part “The Magical World of Disney” (NBC, 1989), then played Davy Crockett in “James Michener’s ‘Texas'” (ABC, 1995). Schneider has also appeared in numerous features, although most of were of the low-budget variety that have either played only rural areas where Schneider’s following is strongest or gone straight to video. He co-starred in “The Curse” (1987), playing a man in Tennessee who g s crazy after his food supply is contaminated by a meteor. He could also be seen in the more mainstream Hollywood “Exit to Eden” (1994). A born-again Christian who often sings on religious and country-oriented shows, Schneider has also worked on stage in musicals. He replaced Rex Smith as the dashing, thieving Baron in the Broadway musical “Grand Hotel” in 1991 and has toured in a number of other productions such as “Brigadoon.”

In 1995, Schneider founded FaithWorks Productions to produce family-oriented recordings and videos. Meanwhile, he continued struggling to find work outside the confines of his “Dukes” persona. He starred in the Family Channels’s “Night of the Twisters” (1996), the true story of a family brought together while struggling to survive a night of deadly tornados. After starring in the made-for-television western “The Legend of Ruby Silver” (ABC, 1996) and appearing in an episode of “Diagnosis Murder” (CBS, 1993-2001), Schneider joined his former cast mates for “Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion” (CBS, 1997), then played General Sam Houston in “True Women” (CBS, 1997), a miniseries focusing on the women who helped settle Texas in the mid-19th century. In 1997, Schneider joined the cast of “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman” (CBS, 1992-1997) in what became the show’s last season, playing the town’s sheriff and potential love interest for Dr. Mike (Jane Seymour).

An episode of “JAG” (NBC, 1995-2005) was followed up with a return to “Diagnosis Murder” as a different character, then a few episodes on the once-popular sitcom, “Veronica’s Closet” (NBC, 1997-2000). After playing Michael Landon, Sr. in the biopic “Michael Landon, The Father I Knew” (CBS, 199), he appeared as an asylum clerk in reenactment scenes for the documentary “Wisconsin Death Trip” (1999) prior to returning to features to play an unknowledgeable weatherman in “Snow Day” (2000). Thanks to high ratings from the first Dukes reunion, a second-and less auspicious-movie-of-the-week, “The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood” (CBS)-aired in May 2000 to less fanfare. A role in a two-part “Touched by an Angel” (CBS, 1994-2003) was followed by a regular series role as the adoptive father of a 15-year-old Clark Kent (Tom Welling) in the popular “Smallville” (WB, 2001-11). At first Schneider was unimpressed with the idea of another Superman-he felt it had been done to death. But after reading the script, he was eager to jump on board. The show was an immediate hit and helped mature Schneider’s career past the adolescence of “Dukes.” Meanwhile, he landed a starring role in the independently-made “Blood Pressure” (lensed 2006), a thriller about a teenage girl abducted by the charismatic leader of a small-town cult whose bizarre rituals lead to a series of unexplained murders.

Be an Engaging Speaker & Communicator Summer Workshop Series

Engage, Impact, and Inspire People with Your Message.

• Speak from conviction
• Prepare your content and yourself for speaking
• Find and use your personal and communication strengths
• Focus on your audience and connect
• Tell better stories
• Read the room and create energy and anticipation
• Add value to people
• Inspire people to take action

SIU Credit Union plans to host two more Free Shred Days at our branches in 2023!

July 6 – Marion
Oct 19 – Carbondale East

Individuals can bring up to 50 pounds of personal documents to be shredded on-site for free. Each Shred Day event is held from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
 

We will be implementing the following protocol:
*All people bringing items to shred are asked to stay in their cars.
*Hand sanitizer will be available.
*As we’ve done in recent years, we’ll be accepting non-perishable donations to share with one of our local food pantries.

Examples of items that can be brought for shredding:
*Credit Union / Bank Statements and Old Checks
*Medical & Insurance Forms
*Anything with your Social Security number on it
*Retired Tax Forms (over 3 years old)
*Credit Card Statements

Dunbar Music Group

presents

Collective Soul

July 11

7pm

Tickets: $49.99 – $129.99

Sponsored by

Holiday Inn Express

River Radio

Ed Roland – vocals / guitar

Dean Roland – rhythm guitar

Jesse Triplett – lead guitar / background vocals

Will Turpin – bass / background vocals

 Johnny Rabb – drums / background vocals

It’s probably (well, definitely) somewhat of an understatement to say Collective Soul frontman and chief songwriter Ed Roland is unwaveringly driven in his desire to double down on doing more of what he does best — making music, sweet music, both in the studio and onstage.

“People ask me if I have a hobby, but for me, it’s just music,” Roland confirms. “I mean, I don’t know what else to do, because that’s what I love to do. I live in the studio — but then the time comes when I go, ‘Well, now I wanna go play live.’ I just love the creation of music, and the process of finding out what’s gonna happen with it next. That kinda defines it all for me.” 

In following his ever-tenacious muse, Roland is always looking to connect with his current Collective Soul bandmates any which way he can. Actually, the word current is a bit of a misnomer, since Roland truly believes the Collective Soul of the here and now is as permanently intertwined as any group of musicians he’s ever worked with over the course of his illustrious career. “It’s worth noting See What You Started by Continuing was really the demo for this band as it stands right now,” Roland points out, referring to the 2015 album that realigned the rock quintet’s creative compass. “I mean, this is the band for the rest of my life. This is it, man.”

Indeed, if a) 2015’s aforementioned See What You Started by Continuing was the reset blueprint for how a revamped and revitalized five-man lineup fully gels as a unit, and b) 2019’s Blood was the ensuing coagulant further infused by an in-tune rock ensemble clearly firing on all corpuscles, then c) Collective Soul’s upcoming, long-awaited 2022 album release Vibratingsimply sends the band’s artistic spirit into the next stratosphere. 

“Our fans have already picked up on that,” agrees Roland, “because they’ve been waiting for Vibrating for almost three years now — and I can’t wait for them to hear it. They’re excited because both See What You Started and Blood set such a high standard for where we’re going as a band — and it’s only going to continue getting better with Vibrating. I really do believe that.”

You can believe it too, for the proof lies within the new album’s deeply delineated grooves. Fact is, Vibrating positively pulsates with the boundless energy that has been Collective Soul’s aural calling card for going on three full decades. From the propulsively gnarly kiss-off of “Cut the Cord” to the reflective midtempo jangle of “Take” to the heart-wrenching reality check of “Rule #1” — replete with a soaring string section, no less! — to the choir-backed emotional crossroads of “Where Do I Go,” Vibrating contains 42 minutes of irrefutable sonic evidence of a band wholly uninterested in sitting still. “I think we’re on a roll,” observes Roland. “We’re not afraid to stretch the boundaries — but we do know how to stay in our lane when we need to. Sometimes, though, we just have to go faster.” 

The next logical acceleratory step, of course, resides in taking Vibrating out on the road where the band belongs, and test-driving how this electrifying new material meshes with indelible Collective Soul setlist classics like “Shine,” “December,” “The World I Know,” “Gel,” “AYTA,” “Why, Pt. 2,” “Precious Declaration,” and “Heavy” — in addition to more recent, Blood-spawned tracks like “Right as Rain,” “Observation of Thoughts,” and “Over Me.” 

“We’re ready to go,” declares Roland. “Most of us grew up together and knew each other as kids, so that helps with the live chemistry. I’ve always said this about this band — we know when to knock each other out, and we know when to hug each other. We won’t put up with any crap, but if you’re feeling down and need help, we’ll pick you up. We’re coming up on 30 years as a band, so we have to be friends first and foremost to keep it all going. If we aren’t friends like that, then we’re not going to have longevity in our career in order to continue doing what we love to do. That’s just the bottom line.”

Seeing eye to eye, and ear to ear, is part of the secret sauce of why Collective Soul continues to both record and play together at an uncompromised level of high quality. “That’s the end goal for everybody in this band,” agrees Roland. “Just because I write the songs doesn’t mean I’m the only one who wants it all to come out right. We all want it to be right — and that’s because this is a band that acts like a band.”

Working in tandem, sharing unbridled opinions, and listening to what everyone else has to say without recrimination are all key proponents in fostering Collective Soul’s perpetual harmony. “That’s the forte of this band,” Roland acknowledges. “We discuss things together, we figure them out together, and we make sure to get everything right. That’s how we love to do it. And I say this out of confidence, and not out of ego — we’re really, really good at it, too.” 

You’ll get no arguments here. As 2022 unfurls, it’s clear heaven continues to shine its light down on Collective Soul, a formidable five-man band humming along in unison with many more good vibrations of their own to share with the masses far and wide. There’s a reason Collective Soul are made for me and you — so be sure to see and hear them for yourself first-hand, the next time they make their presence known in your neck of the woods.   —Mike Mettler, official Soulographer      

Collective Soul – Discography

Hints Allegations & Things Left Unsaid (1994)             Afterwords (2007)

Collective Soul (1995)                                                  Collective Soul (2009)

Disciplined Breakdown (1997)                                     See What You Started by Continuing (2015)

Dosage (1999)                                                             Live (2017)

Blender (2000)                                                             Blood (2019)

Youth (2004)                                                                Half & Half EP (2020)

Home (2006)                                                                Vibrating (2022)

This webinar digs deep into mental health issues that affect the workplace and will discuss topics such as (i) how to respond to an employee who has expressed thoughts of self-harm; (ii) addressing under-performing employees who have mental health issues; and (iii) the legal landscape generally as it relates to mental health issues in the workplace.

Continuing Education Offered: 1.00 HRCI, 1.00 SHRM, 1.00 CLE per attendee request prior to event, and 1.00 HR & Management/Supervision Compliance Certificate Credit. HR Certification Institute’s® (www.HRCI.org) official seal confirms that the Illinois Chamber meets the criteria for pre-approved recertification credit(s) for any of HRCI’s eight credentials, including SPHR® and PHR®.

Lunch provided by Crystal's Catering & More

Pulled Pork BBQ

Italian Beef w/ Bistro Rolls

Pasta Salad

Crystal's Salad- A fresh blend of mixed greens, fresh parmesan, candied pecans, red bell pepper, onion, and artichoke hearts in Crystal's homemade sweet vinaigrette

SIU Credit Union is a not-for-profit, cooperative financial institution where you’re the boss. The directives that guide SIU Credit Union come from members like you—not from some Board of Directors across the country. We’re locally-owned and have served the needs of southern Illinois for over 80 years.

While banks are trying to maximize their profits, our earnings are returned to the membership in the form of additional services, higher dividends on savings, and lower loan rates. And remember— once a member always a member; once you join, you can be a member of SIU Credit Union for life.

Centerstone will host “Understanding the Structural Impact of Racism, Racial Trauma and Suicide Prevention” presentation on July 12 from 9-10:30 a.m. CT via Zoom. CEUs are available and there is no charge to attend.

Objectives of the training include:

• Define and discuss racial trauma
• Review how racism affects collective and individual mental health
• Gain insight into the implications of racial trauma for suicide prevention

One presenter of the training will be Jeremy Allen with Southern Illinois University – Carbondale (SIU-C). Allen is a Ph.D. candidate in Sociology at SIU-C who specializes in race. He has taught Sociology 108 Introduction to Sociology, 215 Race and Ethnic Relations in the U.S., and 303 Sociology of Deviance. He has academic training in stratification, race, criminology, research methods, and analysis. Additionally, Allen has decades of lived experience relating to his primary area of study.

Tandra M. Rutledge will serve as a co-presenter of “Understanding the Structural Impact of Racism, Racial Trauma and Suicide Prevention.” Rutledge is a mental health advocate, consultant, and certified suicide prevention educator. She is the Director of Healthcare Systems Initiative for Project 2025, a national initiative of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention aimed at reducing the annual suicide rate in the US by 20% by 2025. To achieve this bold goal, Rutledge mobilizes and engages partners across the healthcare field and emergency departments, firearms and corrections, as well as influencers and media at the national and state levels to drive policy changes and implement best practices.

“With a master’s degree in clinical psychology and more than 25 years of healthcare, executive leadership, and clinical experience, Rutledge dismantles stigma and cultivates resilience through a social justice and racial equity lens,” said Hannah Chapman, Centerstone Trauma, Treatment and Training (CT3) Trauma Training and Care Coordinator. “A highly regarded speaker and trusted subject matter expert, Rutledge fosters deep, honest connections with diverse audiences that heal, inspire, and transform individuals, groups, and organizations.”

This training has 1.5 hours of continuing education approved for IL LCPC / LPC, IL LCSW / LSW, and IL Nursing (LPN, RN, APN) under IDFPR Professional Counselor CE License No. 197.000263 and IDFPR Nurse CE Sponsor License No. 236.000184.

Illinois Certification Board continuing education units (CEUs) have been awarded as follows: ICB PROGRAM NUMBER: 19351. Counselor II, Preventionist II, CARS II, CODP I or II, PCGC II, CCJP II, CRSS I or II, CPRS I or II, MAATP II, CFPP II, CVSS II. Continuing Education Units: 1.5.

To register, visit https://bit.ly/0712bcc. For more information, contact Hannah Chapman with Centerstone’s Trauma, Treatment & Training (CT3) program, at Hannah.Chapman@Centerstone.org or David Mills with Centerstone’s Building Compassionate Communities (BCC) program at David.Mills@Centerstone.org.

This training is sponsored by Centerstone’s CT3 and BCC programs and Heritage Behavioral Health Center.

For more information about CT3, visit centerstone.org/programs/centerstone-trauma-treatment-training/.

For more information about BCC, visit centerstone.org/programs/building-compassionate-communities/.

For more information about Heritage Behavioral Health Center, visit heritagenet.org.

Be an Engaging Speaker & Communicator Summer Workshop Series

Engage, Impact, and Inspire People with Your Message.

• Speak from conviction
• Prepare your content and yourself for speaking
• Find and use your personal and communication strengths
• Focus on your audience and connect
• Tell better stories
• Read the room and create energy and anticipation
• Add value to people
• Inspire people to take action

This webinar will explore recent developments in the relationship between employment and antitrust laws. The Department of Justice-Antitrust Division has actively pursued civil and criminal enforcement actions concerning employer restrictions in labor markets due to hiring practices and policies, and the FTC is proposing to bar Non-Compete Agreements. You will get practical do’s and don’ts to keep your organization out of hot water.

Continuing Education: 1.00 HRCI, 1.00 SHRM, 1.00 CLE per attendee request prior to event, and 1.00 HR and Management/Supervision Compliance Certificate Credits. HR Certification Institute’s® (www.HRCI.org) official seal confirms that the Illinois Chamber meets the criteria for pre-approved recertification credit(s) for any of HRCI’s eight credentials, including SPHR® and PHR®.

Are you wondering what type of insurance you need to cover your small business?  Join us on Thursday, July 13th at noon and we will find out together.  Shane Grinnell and Debbie Glasco from Farmers State Bank Insurance will educate us on the different types of Insurance and what would properly cover your small business.

Croce plays Croce

AJ Croce

50th Anniversary Concert

“You Don’t Mess Around with Jim”

July 15

7pm

Tickets: $35 – $83

Sponsored by

River Radio

WSIL TV

SINGER/SONGWRITER A.J. CROCE KICKED-OFF 50^TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF JIM CROCE’S SEMINAL 1972 ALBUM 

‘YOU DON’T MESS AROUND WITH JIM’

EARLIER THIS YEAR, A.J. GUEST HOSTED ON SIRIUS XM’S

‘THE BRIDGE’ (CH. 17) WITH A TRIBUTE TO HIS FATHER’S ICONIC ALBUM

SPECIAL ‘CROCE PLAYS CROCE 50^th ANNIVERSARY’ SHOWS 

SCHEDULED THIS FALL PERFORMING THE FULL ALBUM 

Golden Anniversary Reissue Out This Fall Coincides with A.J.’s ‘Croce Plays Croce 50^th Anniversary ‘You Don’t Mess Around With Jim’

Nashville, TN July 1, 2022: Multi-talented singer/songwriter A.J. Croce shared his acclaimed tribute ‘Croce Plays Croce’ earlier this year on Sirius XM Radio’s popular channel The Bridge (Ch.17), in a guest DJ role which shed new light on both father and son’s musical careers. A.J.’s Sirius XM appearance also kicked off the 50^th Anniversary celebration of his father’s breakthrough 1972 album You Don’t Mess Around With Jim.  A.J. shared intimate aspects of his revered live salute to his dad, which drew praise this past year for its rare insight into the legendary Jim Croce’s musical canon and the songs that influenced both performers. 

Like A.J.’s critically praised concert tribute, CBS Sunday Morning aired a beautiful Father’s Day story featuring background about Jim Croce and an interview with A.J. sharing his memories and musical influences from his own 30-plus year music career and spotlighting the connection of father-and-son’s incredible music tapestry.

A.J. Croce has been a staple of the Americana, AAA, Blues, Top 40 and other charts throughout his own stellar career, releasing ten studio albums that effortlessly transcend multiple genres and have had 20 songs chart in the Top 20 on various radio charts. However, the upcoming 50^th Anniversary Celebration of You Don’t Mess Around With Jim has prompted the most affectionate look back yet at his father’s enduring legacy.  The renewed interest leading up to the celebration of the classic album (which was recorded for only $18,000 and spent an incredible 93 weeks on the charts) has inspired a special version of A.J.’s popular ‘Croce Plays Croce’ concert series, with a host of new dates scheduled for this fall. 

A.J. crisscrossed the country in 2021 with this unique concert experience to sold out shows and rave reviews: ‘As a considerate tribute, Croce Plays Croce covered just about everything a fan could expect. With A.J.’s stories and sentiment, though, it was elevated beyond a mere musical homage. Instead, the evening felt more like a family reunion.’ – Live Music News & Review

The Nashville based artist is excited for the series of performances of ‘Croce Plays Croce 50^th Anniversary You Don’t Mess Around With Jim’. The upcoming tour dates are scheduled throughout this year with the special 50^th Anniversary shows beginning in the fall (more dates to be announced.) The performances promise A.J.’s unique interpretation of Jim’s iconic You Don’t Mess Around With Jim album with a full band and visual presentation of the songs, including indelible hits, “Operator (That’s Not The Way It Feels’), “Time In A Bottle,” and others.  The upcoming 50^th Anniversary release of the album is to include other celebratory promotions by BMG, Jim’s record company, including the special reissue and accompanying commemorative events throughout the autumn of 2022.

About Jim Croce + You Don’t Mess Around With Jim

Jim Croce found long-overdue success in 1972 following years of struggling to make a name in the music business. That year he released his debut album, You Don’t Mess Around With Jim, which topped the Billboard Album chart for more than a month, spawning the hit singles “You Don’t Mess Around With Jim,” “Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels),” and “Time in a Bottle”. His final studio effort, I’ve Got a Name, was released just after he passed in Fall of 1973, ten days after his death. Three more hits (“Workin’ at the Car Wash Blues,” “I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Song” and the title song) came from that album, which reached #2 in the album charts. His records earned three #1’s and ten Top 10’s. His three classic albums (including Life and Times) amazingly were recorded in just a one-and-a-half-year period. Jim Croce was just thirty when he died but helped christen the singer/songwriter era of the early 70s, influencing generations of great songwriters to come.  He has achieved unprecedented record sales for a working-class, solo ‘folk’ artist including The Songwriter’s Hall of Fame induction, surpassing the 50 million sales mark (worldwide) with his memorable self-penned tunes gracing more than 375 compilations. His music continues to be included in major films, TV shows, and commercials including Apple’s Siri Ad, Tarantino’s Django Unchained, the X-Men franchise, Netflix’s Stranger Things and currently in George Clooney’s The Tender Bar.

A.J. was only two years old when his father was killed in a tragic airplane crash in 1973, but came to love and appreciate his dad’s blue-collar, empathetic wordplay and irresistible melodies, “just like everyone else…by listening to the albums,” says A.J. The younger Croce never performed his dad’s song live until he came across a batch of old covers Jim Croce recorded of classic and obscure blues and folk songs, including work by Fats Waller, Bessie Smith, and Pink Anderson.  “I was amazed to discover he was into stuff I was playing myself,” says A.J. The revelation eventually led the singer to conceive the ‘Croce Plays Croce’ concert experience where he delves into both artists’ mesmerizing work, their shared influences and career paths.  

As the respected online music database AllMusic states in its comprehensive biography of A.J.’s legendary father: ‘Listening to the songs Croce recorded, one cannot help but wonder how far his extraordinary talents could have taken him if he would have lived longer.’  His son A.J. not only appropriately honors his father’s legacy, but further illuminates the power of the Croce pedigree with an iconic identity all his own.

Be an Engaging Speaker & Communicator Summer Workshop Series

Engage, Impact, and Inspire People with Your Message.

• Speak from conviction
• Prepare your content and yourself for speaking
• Find and use your personal and communication strengths
• Focus on your audience and connect
• Tell better stories
• Read the room and create energy and anticipation
• Add value to people
• Inspire people to take action

Why should you join our Virtual HR Roundtable

 - These are for you. Your hot topics, not a seminar or a webinar where we present to you and determine the agenda

 - There will be an HR consultant acting as facilitator (with hot topics in mind if needed). This will be a way for you to network with other HR professional

 - This will be a great way for you to discuss your issues and work through them with your peers, a group of HR professionals.

 - If time allows, there will be team building exercises and ideas from the facilitator and the group

- They are not formal

- We will work with the group to secure the additional quarterly meetings

- Examples of topics discussed: best practices in training your employees, getting/keeping the right talent, employee handbooks(bring them for discussion, and your issues/questions). 

Continuing Education Offered: 3.00 HRCI, 3.00 SHRM, and 3.00 HR Compliance Certificate Credits. HR Certification Institute’s® (www.HRCI.org) official seal confirms that the Illinois Chamber meets the criteria for pre-approved recertification credit(s) for any of HRCI’s eight credentials, including SPHR® and PHR®.

Employers routinely hire and terminate employees. Before terminating employees, though, employers should be aware of the potential wrongful discharge claim. This webinar will provide an overview of the types of wrongful discharge claims that employers in Illinois may be exposed to and the circumstances in which they may arise. We will also cover strategies and best practices that employers may adopt for avoiding wrongful discharge claims.Join Julieta Kosiba and Anthony Lucchesi, attorneys at HeplerBroom, LLC, as they provide information on how to avoid costly mistakes resulting in wrongful discharge claims.

Continuing Education:1.50 HRCI, 1.50 SHRM, 1.50 CLE per attendee request prior to event, and 1.50 HR and Management/Supervision Compliance Certificate Credits. HR Certification Institute’s® (www.HRCI.org) official seal confirms that the Illinois Chamber meets the criteria for pre-approved recertification credit(s) for any of HRCI’s eight credentials, including SPHR® and PHR®.

July 22

7pm

Tickets: TBD

On Sale Date: May 18

Exhibitors from all over the region are invited to display and sell their innovative products, unique creations, and tasty treats and showcase fabulous Southern Illinois destinations. The event is also open to the general public – giving everyone the opportunity to experience firsthand the quality of unique products made by Southern Illinois artists, designers, and manufacturers and the beauty of Southern Illinois destinations.​

All proceeds from admission and exhibitor fees will go toward Veterans Equine Therapeutic Services (VETS), serving Southern Illinois Veterans.

Exhibitors from all over the region are invited to display and sell their innovative products, unique creations, and tasty treats and showcase fabulous Southern Illinois destinations. The event is also open to the general public – giving everyone the opportunity to experience firsthand the quality of unique products made by Southern Illinois artists, designers, and manufacturers and the beauty of Southern Illinois destinations.​

All proceeds from admission and exhibitor fees will go toward Veterans Equine Therapeutic Services (VETS), serving Southern Illinois Veterans.

Communication is Key!

Getting your employees started out right - onboarding properly, stay interviews, continued communication throughout their employment and then offboarding/exit interviews, when they leave (start them happy, keep them happy even when they leave). From the hiring process to onboarding to performance reviews, mentoring/coaching and being a part of the team. This workshop will outline ways to assist your managers and supervisor with tools and ideas to help with communication and engagement. Our interactive discussion will wrap around listening, understanding our differences, communication and our expectations for our staff. Active management of our staff! Remembering that we play a huge part in their success! Topics covered will also include culture, generations and personalities.

Continuing Education Offered: 3.00 HRCI, 3.00 SHRM, 3.00 HR Compliance Certificate Credits, and 3.00 Management/Supervision Compliance Certificate Credits. HR Certification Institute’s® (www.HRCI.org) official seal confirms that the Illinois Chamber meets the criteria for pre-approved recertification credit(s) for any of HRCI’s eight credentials, including SPHR® and PHR®.

Centerstone will host Road to Resiliency online training on July 26 from 10-11:30 a.m. CT via Zoom. CEUs are available and there is no charge to attend.

“While learning the definition of resilience and how trauma impacts our ability to be resilient, we will take a dive into assessing our own resilience traits and the five strategies for building on your inner strengths,” said Hannah Chapman, Centerstone Trauma, Treatment and Training (CT3) Trauma Training and Care Coordinator.

Objectives of the training include:

• Define the concept of resilience and assess our own resilience traits
• Look at how trauma exposure impacts our ability to be resilient
• Gain a deeper understanding of resilience characteristics and traits
• Learn five key strategies for building on your own inner strengths

The presenter will be Rachel Chruszczyk with Prevent Child Abuse Illinois.

This training has 1.5 hours of continuing education approved for IL LCPC / LPC, IL LCSW / LSW, and IL Nursing (LPN, RN, APN) under IDFPR Professional Counselor CE License No. 197.000263 and IDFPR Nurse CE Sponsor License No. 236.000184.

To register, visit https://bit.ly/072623rtr. For more information, contact Chapman at Hannah.Chapman@Centerstone.org.

This training is sponsored by Centerstone’s CT3 program.

Be an Engaging Speaker & Communicator Summer Workshop Series

Engage, Impact, and Inspire People with Your Message.

• Speak from conviction
• Prepare your content and yourself for speaking
• Find and use your personal and communication strengths
• Focus on your audience and connect
• Tell better stories
• Read the room and create energy and anticipation
• Add value to people
• Inspire people to take action

July 27

7pm

Tickets:

Brought to you by 

River Radio

New Country Z100

Holiday Inn Express & suites

GRANGER SMITH

Over the course of his groundbreaking career, Granger Smith has amassed a massive and rabid audience now known as “Yee Yee Nation” built through heavy touring and grassroots fan engagement. He now has a social media following exceeding 12 million along with more than one billion online video views. Smith broke onto the national scene with Remington, an album that garnered him the No. 1 smash “Backroad Song.” Smith was also awarded a BMI Country Award for writing, producing, publishing and performing “Backroad Song” and followed it with the Top Five hit “If The Boot Fits.” “Backroad Song” was one of the Top 10 Most Played Country singles of 2016 according to Mediabase and has been certified RIAA PLATINUM. His album When The Good Guys Win spawned the hit “Happens Like That” that has been certified RIAA GOLD. Not only has Granger stacked major accolades as an artist, but he also released his first-ever book If You’re City, If You’re Country, which immediately hit No. 1 on Amazon best-selling lists. Known as an artist but also for his alter ego, Earl Dibbles Jr., his family’s YouTube series “The Smiths” and his iconic outdoor apparel company, Yee Yee Apparel, Smith is a jack of all trades. Additionally, Granger and his wife Amber Smith started The River Kelly Fund to bring awareness and invest in children in need, arts and education, wildlife preservation, military, veteran and first responder assistance, donor affiliations, and many more organizations in honor of their son River Kelly Smith. Taking all of these experiences and channeling them into good, Smith released his 10th studio album called Country Things, which ultimately showcases the man, the father, the performer and bona fide artist Smith has become. Now, with over 1.3 billion on-demand streams, Granger just made his acting debut in the Pureflix film Moonrise, available to stream now, and includes music from his just-released new album of the same name. Produced by Granger with John Marlin,every song on the new record is featured in the movie and is available now HERE. 

The Illinois Paid Leave for All Workers Act will make Illinois just the third state to pass a law mandating paid leave for ALL employees for any reason. While the law does not go into effect until January 1, 2024, now is the time to review your current policies and practices to consider what you will need to do to be in compliance with this new law. Among other things, this new law raises a number of questions for employers, including:

1. What does the new Illinois law on paid leave require?
2. Does my organization fall into any exceptions?
3. How does this state law affect the Cook County and Chicago paid sick leave ordinances that my company is already subject to?

In this webinar, we will tackle these questions, along with a refresher on Cook County and Chicago ordinance requirements for paid sick leave, as well as practical pointers on how to best implement and administer this new leave in conjunction with or in addition to your current leave policies.

Continuing Education Offered: 1.00 HRCI, 1.00 SHRM, 1.00 CLE submitted per attendee request prior to event, 1.00 CPE, and 1.00 HR & Management/Supervision Compliance Credits. HR Certification Institute’s® (www.HRCI.org) official seal confirms that the Illinois Chamber meets the criteria for pre-approved recertification credit(s) for any of HRCI’s eight
credentials, including SPHR® and PHR®.

July 29

7pm

Tickets: $55 – $125

Also featuring Cicada

Through the ‘70’s and ‘80’s, LRB enjoyed huge chart success with multi-platinum albums and chart topping hits like:

“Reminiscing,”  “Cool Change,” “Lonesome Loser,” “The Night Owls,”  “Take It Easy On Me,”  “Help Is on Its Way,”  “Happy Anniversary,”   “We Two,”  “Man On Your Mind,”  “The Other Guy,”  and “It’s A Long Way There.”

Worldwide album and CD sales now top 30 million. And in 1982 LRB set a record for having had Top 10 hits for 6 consecutive years – In fact, they were the very first band to achieve that remarkable plateau! According to BMI, “Reminiscing” has garnered rare status with over 5 million air plays on American radio, and “Lady” is close behind with over 4 million air plays.

Bassist/vocalist Wayne Nelson joined the band in 1980, and worked alongside founding members with some of the most distinctive harmonies and vocal abilities, creating the unique LRB sound. In 1981, Nelson was recognized by world renowned Beatles producer Sir George Martin whom, while producing ‘Time Exposure’, chose Nelson to record lead vocals on two of the band’s biggest hits, “The Night Owls” and “Take It Easy On Me.” Later that same year, guitarist extraordinaire Stephen Housden joined LRB bringing a rock element into the band’s sound and helped contribute to their string of Top 10 hits. As band members departed one by one, Housden and Nelson worked together to bring LRB into the new millennium.   

To date, Nelson’s vocal and bass guitar talents are included on 23 Little River Band Albums/CD’s.  Although Housden has retired from touring, LRB continues to perform to sold out audiences, and Stephen continues to write and participate in all things Little River Band. 

In 2004 LRB was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association Hall of Fame at the 18th Annual ARIA Music Awards. And in September 2015, the band was awarded Casino Entertainer of the Year at the G2E Gaming Expo in Las Vegas Nevada. 

Turning the page brings us to the current lineup of Little River Band… 

Keyboardist Chris Marion is a Dove Award winning producer. Chris is the creator of all the orchestral arrangements and charts on The Big Box. It is amazing to watch him play, sing, and conduct from his riser! 

Nashville Singer-Songwriter and Guitarist Bruce Wallace plays rhythm guitar and adds a new layer to the vocal harmonies. The addition of Bruce to the line-up has added to the energy of the already highly energized LRB.

Drummer Ryan Ricks has locked down the rhythm section, and rounds out the vocals with his incredible range. Great singing drummers are rare…and LRB is lucky to have Ryan as part of that all-important vocal blend. 

Nashville Guitarist Colin Whinnery plays rhythm and lead guitar, and shares lead vocal duties with Wayne. He brings a brand new voice and a fresh outlook to the rhythm section. 

Early 2014 saw the release of Little River Band’s, ‘Cuts Like a Diamond,’ on Frontiers Records.  “What If You’re Wrong,” went to #1 and stayed there for 3 weeks says Jim Shoe of CLASSX Radio.  “Forever You, Forever Me,” and “You Dream, I’ll Drive,” both climbed into the station’s TOP 3.  

In November of 2016, LRB released, ‘The Hits…Revisited,’ on Wurld Records –  a CD consisting of 9 re-recorded hits along with 2 new songs, written by Wayne, Chris, and Rich.   Kris Kristofferson attended one of their concerts in California. He came backstage after the concert and he told LRB that their harmonies are “better than the Beatles.” 

May of 2017 brought the release of ‘The Big Box’ –  a box set consisting of 6 disc’s and featuring a DVD with live footage from their 40^th Anniversary Tour.

In 2020, lead singer and bass player Wayne Nelson celebrated a personal and professional milestone of being a member of Little River Band for 40 years. That makes Wayne Nelson the longest standing member in the history of LRB. In partnership with Time Life, the band released a “Live” orchestral accompanied CD of the hits called “Black Tie.” This masterpiece of audio golden nuggets continues to thrill and sooth today.

In 2021, the CD Fan Favorites was released to the fans after they voted on their favorite songs from albums released since the year 2000. This album is a fan exclusive and continues to receive rave reviews from the beloved “Night Owls.”

Bringing their vocal and musical energy along with great arrangements to their timeless classic hits, each show creates new memories for the audience.  The band enjoys watching their fans fall in love with the songs all over again as they are swept up by the show’s powerful performance and the volume of hits from LRB’s history. 

With over 100 dates scheduled or being scheduled for their 2021-22 tour, Little River Band is hotter than ever – selling out shows and making music from coast to coast – continuing their legacy of being “the best singing band in the world.” 

Little River Band is: 

Wayne Nelson:  Lead Vocals/Bass 

Chris Marion:  Keyboards/Vocals 

Bruce Wallace:  Guitar/Vocals 

Ryan Ricks: Drums/Percussion/Vocals 

Colin Whinnery: Guitar/Lead Vocals