Southern Illinoisan from Carbondale, Illinois • Page 10

BYCODELLRODRIGUEZ THE SOUTHERN CARBONDALE Alina senior in fashion design at been a fashion designer since she was 7 years old. when she can first remember keeping a sketch book and designing clothing.It’s the first time she made a dress.It long until she was designing dresses for her mother and sister.Now she is putting on a fashion show at 7 p.m.Saturday in the Student Center ballrooms with proceeds benefiting Young Business Leaders in Fashion Camp at the Boys and Girls Club of Carbondale. In addition to helping the club show will also help the members by giving several of the children assistant jobs at the show. Liwo said she loves helping the children learn about fashion because she would have loved these kinds of opportunities when she was a child. Liwo was born in Cameroon and raised in Arab Emi- rates.She attended University of Missouri-Kansas City and transferred to SIUC when she found out about the fashion design program.

teachers are great and learning something new every Liwo said. She will be showing separate lines from her Fashions. The selections will be from her Vixen features clothing to wear in the time between fall and winter; After 5 line, which consists of cocktail dresses; and Blue Lagoon, which she describes as a surreal but pleasant clothing appropriate for galas. Liwo said her clothes are not meant to be something that can only be worn on the runway. like to make clothes and I like to see people wear like (the clothing) to be The show will also feature clothing from other designers including Seyi Fatayi-Williams.

The business was named in honor of her she said sacrificed his dreams of owning his own business by paying for his education.Now she has her first independent show and said she owes a lot of thanks to her father and everyone else who supported her. just really thankful to the people who believe in my said. codell.rodriguez@thesouthern.com 618-351-5804 2B HE OUTHERN I LLINOISAN ATURDAY CTOBER 2,2010 OCAL www.thesouthern.com 401 E. Main West Frankfort 618-932-2012 Store Hours: Mon-Sat 8am to 5pm FREE IN-STORE FINANCING! Mansion Bed, Dresser Mirror, Chest, and Nightstand Brown Microfiber Sofa, Loveseat, Chair, Ottoman with Attic Finish, Occasional Tables, and Ente rtainment Unit Console RReeccttaanngguullaarr LLeegg TTaabbllee 22 LLeeaavveess aanndd CChhiinnaa WWiinnddssoorr CChhaaiirrss Oak Counter Table, Stools and Pie Safe ATTIC HEIRLOOMS By Broyhill Storewide Sale 1 Furniture Collection Directions: Frohna is south of Perryville and north of Jackson off I-55. East on Exit 117, State Hwy.

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Motorist should reduce any message boards and use caution when traveling through this work zone. Lane reduction: There will be a lane reduction on Interstate northbound and southbound, from mile marker 89 to mile marker 96.Highway contractors will be engaged in patching and repairs of the highway. Beginning will be reduced to one lane in each direction during the night hours only.Work is scheduled for Monday through Friday morning, weather permitting.Work will begin at 6 p.m.and run to 8 a.m.the following morning. No work is scheduled for or Sunday nights. OTICES THE SOUTHERN Southern Illinois University Carbondale senior Olamide Giwa of Chicago practices her runway walk Friday in the SIUC Student Center.

Student helps Boys and Girls Club of Carbondale with fashion show ALITI FASHIONS SHOW Doors open at 7 p.m.Saturday with the show beginning at 7:30 in the SIUC Student Center ballrooms. Admission is benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Carbondale. HEALTH FAIR: Gives children a look into field FROM PAGE 1B which was the first of its kind. Dr.Mark public health professor at SIUC and one of the organizers of the the event gave students an idea of scope. are so many said.

have to just be a nurse or a doctor.There’s lab every possible option that you can think it could meet the needs of a lot of Vienna eighth-graders Mikalah Greer and Alyssa Brumley said they enjoyed seeing those options and talking to people in health care.They were especially fond of the display about being a physical assistant. liked the Brumley chimed in with her favorite experiment: wax that I dipped my hand Students also enjoyed the veterinary display. Some even went back multiple times to learn about rhinoceroses and fleas. been Greenwell had a lot of really good students coming through this morning and this In addition to displays, students attended a workshop on healthy and with stress and drugs and alcohol. Kittleson said the event might expand and be a yearly stop for regional students.

is happening up at Edwardsville and at the School of said. say if the others are like probably going to do it again next year.Whether going to restrict it to two or three I dw.norris@thesouthern.com 618-351-5074 SCHIMPF: Longtime center leader set to retire FROM PAGE 1B center fundraising and public relations efforts. One of her priorities will be searching for a new home for the center because the current South 14th Street location is getting tight for expanding space needs. going to be a real loss.We were hoping, depending on the number of have someone fill the spot by early to mid-November to allow for a period of transition.But not getting as robust a response we planned said Board President Daniel Kay about input to the board personnel committee in charge of filling the vacancy. Schimpf remembers the humble beginnings in July 1992 with two card budget of $65,000 and meeting in the First Presbyterian Church of Herrin parsonage.

From that meager start, the center has now grown to a staff of eight people who work in a center-owned residential location that includes two vehicles and an operating budget of nearly $500,000. The center serves sexually and physically abused 4,000 total since opening 18 years earlier. accomplishments have been many including Advocate of the Year at Downstate Training Conference on Child Abuse in 1996 and 2001. Schrimpf has testified before many legislative committees on child abuse issues and sits on several forces and special interest groups dealing with child abuse issues.The former educator also helped expand child advocacy services to surrounding Southern Illinois counties. scott.fitzgerald@thesouthern.com 618-351-5076.