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Newspaper
Forest Park Review
Location
Forest Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1975
Page
1
The Forest Park Public School system plans to reopen on Friday August 29 with middle school students reporting at 8 40 a m and grades 1 6 at 8 45 a m Kindergarten times are 9 45 a m or 12 45 p m per parent letters. Dismissal is 10 30 a m on the 29th and classes resume September 2 after Labor Day.
Beginning Tuesday August 26 senior citizens attending the regular Tuesday programs at Forest Park Community Center will receive free bus transportation to and from home. Center director Jim McCoy said reservations are required by calling 771 7797 at least one day before. Rides run 8 30 to about 9 30 a.m. with an afternoon return starting 1 30 p.m. Cancellations require a one day notice.
Geraldine Miller of 1407 Marengo will be crowned Forest Park's Bicentennial Queen at a Friday night luau on Park District grounds Beloit and Harrison. She is 21, a St Bernardine's and Proviso East graduate, Triton College student, data processor and State Farm secretary.
A $39,828 grant from state and federal funds was approved to upgrade Forest Park Police Department communications. The funds will finance tape recording of calls and radio dispatches and several portable radio units at about $1,400 each, improving departmental comms pending final state planning approval.
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