School superintendents fear $48 million lost to unpaid corporate taxes
Area district leaders report $48 million in lost state aid this year due to unpaid corporate personal property taxes. They describe weaker collections and an 89 percent state distribution of promised funds while noting shifts in per pupil funding and looming constitutional tax changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul M. Schilling
LaGrange District
Jack Curliss
Thornton
Cook County
John Edwards
Oak Park River Forest
Edwards
Schilling-Curliss
David Byrne
Leyden
Byrne
State
Anthony Torres
River Grove
Torres
Forest Park
Art Jones
Rhodes
Thomas Rich
Oak Park
Jerry Mejdrich
Mejdrich
River Forest
Wayne Buchholz
Cook County studies flood control plan progress
A public meeting in Forest Park discussed flood control for unincorporated Cook County. The session, led by Commissioner William Harris and with HUD and HARZA engineers, covered HUD flood insurance steps and county compliance requirements to restrict new development in flood plains.
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Dawn Debeers
Cook County
Forest Park Village Hall
Northern Illinois Planning Commission
Harza Engineering
Chicago
William Harris
Harris
Romulus Dorsey
US. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Harza
HUD
Richard Westmore
Springfield
Vritis urges fire safety for Christmas season in Forest Park
Fire Chief William Vritis warns Forest Park residents to use approved smoke detectors with replaceable batteries and warning buzzers. He favors artificial trees and notes local ordinance requires detectors in buildings with over four units within about 18 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Vritis
Forest Park
Vritis
Virtis
Forest Park Village
Viitis
Triton Inter Visions program offers students internship alternative
Triton College outlines Inter Visions, an alternative liberal arts program that engages 17 year olds in debates on life and death with emphasis on ethics and religion as part of its career internship alternative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Triton Inter-Visions
Ly Marge Gockel
Inter-Visions
Triton College
Triton
Longfellow School
Oak Park
Bess Poulos
River Forest
Nielsen’s
Better Business Bureau
Mike Santopadre
Bruce Kopp
Northlake
Aurora
May Kay Rickels
Obituary for Joseph W. Bunge Forest Park resident 78
Joseph W. Bunge 78 of Forest Park died Friday December 9 at Hines VA Hospital. He was married twice, to Mabel Miller and Virginia Carter, and is survived by daughters Joan Vohaska Rae Brisbois, son Robert, eight grandchildren, sisters Evelyn Lorraine Watts Winifred Smedley, brothers Lou Warren, and a family tied to Oak Park and local plumbing. He served in World War I, worked with his father, and was active in Masonic and Shriners organizations. Visitation at Drechsler Brown Funeral Home, services December 12 at Chapel Hill Gardens West Cemetery, with memorials suggested to the Heart Fund.
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Joseph W. Bunge
Forest Park
Hines VA Hospital
Mabel
Miller
Virginia
Carter
Joan Vohaska
Rae Brisbois
Robert
Evelyn
Lorraine Watts
Winifred Smedley
Lou
Warren
Oak Park
Mr. Bunge
William A. Bunge
Lake Street
Mabel Miller
Virginia Carter
Chapel Hill Masonic Lodge
Scottish Rite
Medinah Temple Shriners
Chicago Master Plumbers Association
West Suburban Plumbing Association
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By Terry Levin
Mary Oberg
Michael Vodrazka
Madrigal Singers
Proviso East High School
Channel 44 TV
Dan Salotti
Cook Co
Illinois
Division of Water Resources
Mary Kay Kickels
Kathy Dennis
Arcade Travel Agency
Amy Morton
Henry Mayer
Norridge
Missy Gierke
Bergman
Diane Klotz
Airways
Americas
Pullman Pullman Overseas
Rivers Forest
Bank and Trust Company
FREI
Ke Street River Forest
Hinors
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