For Release: Friday, April 29, 2005
Frank Miles: (618) 233-8026

CONGRESSMEN COSTELLO AND SHIMKUS TO HOST SEVENTH ANNUAL CONGRESSIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST

Collinsville, IL - U.S. Congressman Jerry Costello (D-IL) and U.S. Congressman John Shimkus (R-IL) will host the seventh annual Congressional Prayer Breakfast to be held on Monday, May 2, 2005 at 7:30 a.m. at the Collinsville Convention Center in Collinsville, Illinois.

Joining Costello and Shimkus at the event will be other area elected officials and business leaders. The featured speaker is retired Astronaut, Brigadier General Charles Moss Duke Jr. General Duke served on the Apollo 16 Moon expedition and logged more than 265 hours in space.

The Collinsville Convention Center is located in Eastport Plaza in Collinsville, Illinois.

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