District 97 to receive Title VII funds for reading and math
District 97 will receive 194 660 in Title VII federal funds to provide comprehensive reading and math services mainly for minority students. Superintendent Martion McCullough announced at the August 30 board meeting that funds must follow federal guidelines and do not represent extra district money. The district had posted for a Title VII program director and staff after federal encouragement, and was initially rejected in March for lack of stated need for desegregation, later showing eligibility via a May letter from state Superintendent Joseph Cronin noting Hawthorne School failed state racial balance guidelines.
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H.A. Hiland
Martion McCullough
Board of Education
McCullough
Joseph Cronin
Hawthorne
S. Ridgeland Ave
Whitier School to Get 2500 Federal Playground Funds
The Whittier School will receive 2500 in federal Community Development and revenue-sharing funds to build a playground. The money was made available through the Whittier Parent-Teacher Organization with board member John Donaker noting the effort. The funds will buy seven or eight playground pieces and pave the area south of the school near kindergarten classes, district manager Jerry Mejdrich said.
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Whittier School
Whitier School
Whittier
John Donaker
Jerry Mejdrich
Cynthia Steiner
Holmes School
Ms. Stiener
Children’s Hospital
Pittsburgh
Pair nabbed in store robbery in River Forest
Chicago police arrested two men, ages 22 and 25, Tuesday after a White Hen Pantry robbery in River Forest. A witness linked the suspects to the crime via a license number. the pair allegedly tied a 25-year-old employee and stole 175 dollars. Both are held on $10,000 bonds awaiting court.
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Chicago
River Forest
Mike Salvaggio
Lake Street
Thatcher Avenue
George Strauch
Illinois IDOT reviews low bids for Oak Park North Avenue resurfacing
The Illinois Department of Transportation reviews bids for resurfacing North Avenue from Harlem Avenue to Austin Boulevard in Oak Park. Allied Asphalt submitted the low bid of 397 108 dollars for the project.
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Illinois Department of Transportation
North Avenue
Oak Park
Ing
Four Chicago Residents Arrested Over Hidden Marijuana Valued Over 500
Oak Park police stopped a car after an anonymous tip about suspicious activity in the 800 block of Humphrey Avenue. Four suspects, Albert Oliver, 23, Darryl Ford, 24, Larry Suggs, 25, and Bernice McKinney, 25, were arrested after 450 grams of marijuana packed in glassine bags under the hood were found. The street value exceeds 500 dollars.
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Chicago
Oak Park
Albert Oliver
Darryl Ford
S. Jeffrey St
Larry Suggs
South Shore
Bernice McKinney
S. Essex
Humphrey Avenue
Train strikes man on tracks near Oak Park
Chicago Northwestern train fatally strikes 31-year-old Bruce B. Myers of West Chicago as he walked along tracks near Humphrey Avenue and North Boulevard in Oak Park. Police say an officer alerted responders at 1:30 a.m. and Myers died at West Suburban Hospital.
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Washington Boulevard
Oak Park Avenue
Emerson Parent-Teacher Organization
PTO
Emerson
Chicago & Northwestern
Humphrey Avenue
North Boulevard
Oak Park
B. Myers
West Chicago
West Suburban Hospital
Simmons
Oak Park Ave
Lake Street
Oak Park merchant charged in sales tax violations
Morrie Kurtz, 53, of Skokie, faces nine counts of filing fraudulent sales tax returns for The Mister Shop stores in Oak Park River Forest North Riverside and Norridge. Compa nies are charged with three counts each for underreported taxes totaling 9245 dollars. Kurtz awaits court on Sept 23. fines up to 500 dollars and six months per count.
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Morrie Kurtz
Greenwood
Skokie
Mister Shop
River Forest
Kurtz
Oak Park
Norridge
Riverside Corporation
Cook County
Marilyn Komosa
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Tam
Title VII
By Mike Romano
Illinois
Bruce
Ill
Oak Park Men’s Apparel
Illinois Department of Revenue
Cook County Circuit Court
Barbara
Lake St
Orbshop
Blue Jean
North
Oak Park Mall
Austin Blvd
Better Powell
Judson Baptist Chruch
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