Sun-Standard (Newspaper) - October 13, 1977, Blue Island, Illinois Friday is Lions club Candy Vol 101 No 82 Blue Island Hiring list still Aid Elton The police department hiring which is supposed to have officially expired is really good until the chairman of the police committee protested Monday Aid Russell Elton ar- gued that the list won't expire until Feb 1978 because it was by a court order two years ago that date Elton based his argument on a no- tice posted on the police department bulletin board relating to the of Paul Dennis Greves as top man on the eligibility list On civil service commission the notice says that ance with the order entered Feb 1976 by Judge Daniel A the following list all previous eligibility lists for police 1 Paul Dennis Greves 2 Joseph Baskys 3 Otila etc order supersedes the other Elton argued my in- Feb 1978 will be the end of the two-year period for this The civil service commission rules state that the name of any applicant shall be removed after it has been on the register more than two years If Elton is Otila formerly the top candidate for the lice force and now stricken from the would still be first in line to be hired News Notes Lions Candy Day The Blue Island Lions club will hold their annual Candy Day for the Blind on Oct in conjunction with Lions clubs throughout the state Lions club as well as Lioness club members and Leo club members will man the street corners seeking donations for rolls of candy Proceeds from the drive go to such worthwhile charities as the Hadley School for the the Leader Dogs for the Blind program and other statewide projects Auxiliary officers sought The Blue Island Police ment is accepting applications for auxiliary police officers The de- is in need of people who would be available during the day for police work Applicants will be required to at- tend the Blue Island Auxiliary lice academy to be held in the near future Applicants must be 21 years of but must be younger than 45 They must also be Blue Island Applications are available at the Blue Island Police ment 13031 S Greenwood Phones News or Ads Circulation 25 Cents Per Copy Published by the October 1977 Claims exam By SUZANNE ERFURTH Otila who has been on the waiting list for Blue Island since charged Friday that city officials have refused to let her take a critically important hiring exam The woman on the Mrs Martinez would have been hired months ago if the the civil service commission had not postponed the lice promotional exam at the request of Police Chief Richard Kooyenga Since the exam was indefinitely over the objections of veral the promotions which would have created a vacancy for Mrs Martinez still have not been made Since she did not take the first ban of the 1977 civil service test for new policemen Mrs Martinez's name has now been stricken from the Construction Bucks auction This was the scene Saturday at Whit tier school gym as the Blue Island Area Chamber of Commerce and Industry held its Construction Bucks auction Several hundred area residents tamed out to bid on items donated by local merchants The auction was successful in drawing but some complained afterwards that starting bids on items were too leaving many consumers unable to bid on the merchandise The Chamber of Commerce is aware of the problem and said it hopes to rectify the situation before it conducts another event of this nature Aid Disabato selected as mayor By JOHN ALLEN Alderman Columbus Disabato was selected as mayor of Blue Island Tuesday spite Name new editor of H Marlin editorial di- rector of the Economist has appointed John Allen as the new JOHN ALLEN editor of the Blue Island and Calumet Park Allen replaces Jim who left the Chicago area to become a reporter with a Copley paper in Ul a south side resident for 20 attended Morgan Park high graduating in 1968 After a year hitch in the where he served as a missile Allen enrolled in Southern Illinois ty at Carbondale He graduated from SrU in August with a bachelor's degree in journalism After leaving SIU Allen was hired by the Economist chain as a reporter for the land He served in that for seven months before being named editor the South Holland edition of the Pointer Economist when that paper expanded to six tions Allen's appointment as editor of the became effective day Regarding sorry to lose him be- cause we felt he was doing an lent job we feel Allen will be able to continue in making the Substandard a powerful voice in the communities it the fact that Mayor Harry Harczak was in attendance at the council meeting and despite protests by veral council members that neuver was illegal When the council meeting was opened for new Aid as Boza stated that cent trip to Phoenix uie city with no one for ioza said he would like to the lection of a mayor run the city in case of absence t Harczak replied to request by pointing out that the council could select a mayor if he did not appear at a meeting or if he became ill and couldn't run the city After a statement by Aid Andrew Botte that the city should be pre- pared in case of John Gioiosa jumped to his feet and nominated Aid for the position quickly ruled 53 out of but Gioiosa ed a roll call vote on his nomination Aid John Rita then rose to tell Gioiosa that his nomination was gal Rita said the Illinois Municipal Code prohibits selection of a or if the mayor is iri the city and is capable of carrying out his duties motion is clearly Rita said to Gioiosa for things that were illegal Gioiosa responded After a short consultation with City Attorney Karl Harczak ed to grant Gioiosa his roll call vote The vote carried by a with Aid Disabato voting After the vote was the de- bate over the issue with several aldermen stating the move was illegal who r knew about the council i 1 leaflets which he said were clipped from the Illinois pal code The leaflet Rita out did say the maneuver was illegal According to the mayor not be appointed if the mayor is ally in the city and capable of ing out his although the mayor does not appear at the council ing In the event the mayor fails to attend a the council is given specific authority to select a rary chairman who shall have only the power of a presiding officer and right to vole in his capacity a5 man on any or motion Action The aldermen who voted for the lection of Disabato paid little tion to Rita's leaflets Daniel vino addressed you have a responsibility to the people who elected you You have to have someone here in the event of a Rita then rose to point out thai for- mer Mayor Richard Withers used to leave the city on occasion and hr could never remember a may or being selected Aid Boza disputed but said uas an alder man under Withers for years and never remember there being a mayor 85 Cents Monthly By Carrier eligibility list altogether Mrs Martinez said she was told by Police Chief Richard Kooyenga that she could not take the test because she had not made arrangements to do so in advance she Kooyenga had told her personally that she and all the other eligibles on the list would be notified by the civil commission when it was time to ister for the test She had come to office in late September to find out when she'd be she when enga told her she'd have to take the new civil service test All but she related told You will be contacted either bv letter or bv T and told when and where to she said Kooyenga denied Monday that he had told Mrs Martinez this He said he'd told her she be only suggested the commission might notify Kooyenga said thought it would be a good service on the part if they notified the eligibles People on the list don't have to be notified Mrs Martinez insisted that ga had definitely told her she would be contacted Kooyenga was asked how the police department handles routine inquiries from people interested in taking the civil service test to become men He replied that suggest they watch the and come to the station to pick up their tion forms by the deadline given in the Kooyenga was referring to the legal notice which the civil service com- mission posts in the local newspaper for two before the exam is to be held Such a notice was posted in the for this giving a deadline of Sept 27 for registration forms to be submitted Mrs Martinez said Kooyenga never told her the notice would be posted in the newspaper Norman a member of the three-man civil service said Sunday that he had never told anyone he would notify the bles that another exam was coming up don't know where anyone got the idea we would send out Marquardt said a I agreed to notify the people on the list when it had he said told Kooyenga I would do although it's not part of mv The eligibility list expired Oct considerably after the line for exam registrations Mrs Martinez has said she was hired by Marvin in ing the period when he and Kooyenga both claimed to be police chief she told her she was being hired because the one man who was ahead of her on the hiring list not passed the background ex- and make a good police This Paul Dennis Greves had t in fact passed the background and was under a court order to hire him Greves was hired May 25 At the same it was agreed that would step down and hand over the office to Kooyenga At this Martinez became the top candidate on the list ranking is based on civil service test She left her job in tion of the promotional exam being held on and is currently ing on unemployment compensation Antique g stirs confusion By SUZANNE ERFURTH The Sept 27 city council meeting featured a motion that it now appears meant one thing to the alderman who introduced it and something else to the one who seconded it The minutes read that it was by Aid Howard Heckler and seconded by Aid Andrew Botte that the owner of the property at 12813 S Irving st be permitted to build a building according to the building code and that the commissioner issue permits after the owner has submitted proper cations for said The property in question belongs to Aid Kenneth Holste who wants to build something to house his 11 vintage Some of the cars now adorn the property while others are stored in n to includes a Camber of fully operatic nil antiques He applied for a use permit from the zoning board earlier this year to construct what he called a for the cars Holste also asked for a zoning ation so he could build a larger ter for them than the existing zoning will allow Both requests were turned down by the zoning board Holste appealed them to the City and after the Sept 27 council meeting believed he would be granted his wish on both counts The council Holste had ed him permission to build a private museum thai could cover more than the 40 per cent of his that the zoning code lists as a maximum Botte said he had understood the motion the same way when he it thought that was why he the he said Botte said he'd felt the private um would be a cultural asset to the city denied that Holste had been given either a zoning variation or a special use permit granting him 2 not a trial he said or 1 build something like this without asking for a special use permit authorized him to put up a rage back their to the cars got sitting in his yard It's belter that be today Trekking through Brazil Leonard on a fascinating trip he took through he of an area he calls last frontier on Details are on pages 10 and 1 1 of section one The Congressional vote tally You can find out how your Congressman voted on thai r'ece oi legislation you are concerned about by turning Dane nine section one Index 1 page 4 Global seel page 5 Hay from the Barn sect page 12 Posen page 6 sect 2 7 2 rage -0 Top sect 2 page 9 Women's sett page 1 1
