Southern IL Meeting

I was just wondering if there is anyone else who lives in the southern IL area who would want to get together for dinner/chatting sometime. I live in Centralia and it's just not easy for me to make a trip to the Chicagoland area to meet other WLS people. One of my best friends, who also is a post-op, would, I'm sure, love to meet others as well. If so, just let me know & we can set something up.