ILLINOIS INFORMATION SERVICE RADIO FEED 11/6/9

THOSE INTERESTED IN THE HISTORY OF THE CHERRY MINE DISASTER MAY WANT TO STOP BY THE ABRAHAM PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY IN SPRINGFIELD SATURDAY.

LIBRARY SPOKESPERSON DAVE BLANCHETTE SAYS THEY ARE HOSTING A ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION AND BOOK SIGNING AT SIX P-M…COMMEMORATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF ONE OF THE WORST MINE DISASTER’S IN THE COUNTRY.

(bite): Four… evening.

THE LIBRARY IS ALSO HOSTING A COMPREHENSIVE EXHIBIT FEATURING THE MINE DISASTER THROUGH THE END OF MARCH. THE TRAGEDY LEFT 259 PEOPLE DEAD AND INSPIRED THE PASSAGE OF COAL MINE SAFETY AND WORKER’S COMPENSATION LAWS.

AT THE STATE CAPITOL…I’M KIM HOWARD.

FOR THE ILLINOIS INFORMATION SERVICE.