Carbondale Reporter

John A. Logan College hosted its Hunting and Fishing Days off campus campus this year, but Rep. Paul Jacobs (R-Carbondale) called the new venue "fantastic."

“JALC Hunting and Fishing days! DuQuoin is a fantastic venue for this,” Jacobs wrote on Facebook. “We were able to see all of our favorites in hunting and fishing, but had an additional treat attending the Quilts for Veterans! Local volunteer quilters create beautiful quilts for as many Vets as they can every year.”

The JALC event is a part of the state’s celebration of National Hunting and Fishing Days, celebrated on the fourth Saturday of September.

“Just as they did with the Graduation of 2021, the Department of Agriculture has offered their facilities to us so that we can continue this long-standing tradition, and we could not be more thankful,” College President Kirk Overstreet said. “This will be a fun event. The Fairgrounds offers the space and facilities to do many things that we cannot do on campus.”

WSILTV reported Overstreet said its number of visitors doubled compared it the 2021 event.

“Everybody is really having a good time,” Overstreet said, according to WSILTV. “I’ve had people come up and say, ‘This is great, we’re so glad this happened and we're so glad it's here,’ and it's just been a really good opportunity for us to spread out — this is our district, Du Quoin is part of the John A. Logan district, so we're all one big giant region.”

Generally held on the JALC campus, the event on Sept. 24 and 25 was moved to the Du Quoin State Fair Grounds because of construction on the campus.

Jacobs was first elected to the Illinois House in 2020. His legislative experience includes serving on the Tourism, and Higher Education committees. Jacobs resides in Pomona.