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Newspaper
Forest Park World
Location
Forest Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1975
Page
3
The Forest Park Bicentennial commission hosts a luau at the park near Harrison and Thomas starting 6 p.m. with Hawaiian punch from a 200-pound seashell. Tickets are $15, catering by Michael's, features whole roast pig and Hawaiian dishes, and entertainment includes hula and torch dancers. Rain date is Saturday Aug 23.
The fourth annual Forest Park Art Fair at Beloit and Harrison drew over 75 entries across painting photography macrame screen print stonecraft and more. Best of Show earned $150 to artist Gene Vitale with numerous $75 and $25 prizes awarded across two and three dimensional categories.
Forest Park Park Board faces a 20 percent shortfall in fiscal 1975 76 with actual revenue of 193 300 dollars, 200 dollars below prior year, due to a reduced real estate tax multiplier. The board plans mid September budget readjustments with no drastic cuts and notes a 7 percent year to date spending dip. A nearly 15 000 pool funds surplus and 3 173 from concessions offset some shortfall. sickness and sick leave ordinance for employees was approved.
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