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Newspaper
Forest Park World
Location
Forest Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1977
Page
3
A Saturday plant exchange runs 1 to 3 p.m. at the library on 7555 Jackson. Volunteers display plants and cuttings with no money changing hands. Earlier exchanges featured English baby tears and wandering Jew, with aloe vera and variegated Swedish ivy also noted.
Triton College trustees establish a nine member subcommittee to hear civic and college input on a possible referendum. President Brent Knight cites a 1.9 million deficit with a 1977 78 projection at 2.9 million and warns further cuts would hurt libraries and programs.
Al Sebelik of Proviso East High School Forest Park earned fourth place in the IHSA state speech contest at Peoria on February 19. He competed against 18 state entries in preliminaries and the final six in original comedy The Wide World of Speech. His coach is Theresa Witkowski. The state winner is the president of the Proviso Thespian Troupe and a columnist for Pageant. He will attend Illinois State University Normal in the fall to major in speech communications.
Forest Park Little League extends registration for the coming season. It will be held this Saturday March 5 from 1 to 4 p.m. in the park administration building at 7501 Harrison St. Fees range from 8 to 12 years 8 dollars 10 to 12 years 10 dollars 12 to 13 years 12 dollars and seniors 25 dollars. No family pays more than 30 dollars. New players bring birth certificates as proof of age.
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