By Verna Slate, Williamson County Bureau
CARTERVILLE, Ill. — John A. Logan College is honoring Jerry Bechtel, a longtime faculty member and fitness leader at the campus, the Southern Illinoisan reported.
Bechtel's name may not ring a bell outside Carterville, but the people who show up year after year to teach and coach are the backbone of any college. The available reporting didn't detail specific plans for the recognition.
Still, it marks a career's worth of showing up for students in Carterville — worth a mention in this county's paper.
Attribution: Southern Illinoisan.
— Compiled from reporting by the Southern Illinoisan.
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