Plan to sell federal land draws protests
Plan to sell up to five percent of federal land over five years drew opposition from California Governor Brown's administration and environmental groups. Critics say the move threatens long term land use, watersheds and federal law, warning it mirrors hasty sales that harmed national interests.
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Otto Kreisher
Washington
Napoleon Bonaparte
Louisiana Purchase
United States
Pacific Coast
Congress
Reagan
James Watt
Florida
Watt
California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
U.S
San Diego
Pete Wilson
Conservation Foundation
Frank Gregg
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Jimmy Carter
Gregg
Easy victory crowns county board top seat winner
The article notes a strong win for the county board top seat and outlines committee assignments. It lists chairmen for land use, appropriations, capital improvements and purchasing, and health and human services. Terms lengths were drawn for nine districts with four-year terms for some districts and two-year terms for others.
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Nance
John Amnerino
Bolingbrook
Appropriations
Judith Bredeweg
Kerry Sheridan
Shorewood
Health and Human Services
Frankfort
Mokena
New Lenox
Crete
Monee
Romeoville
Crest Hill
Lockport
Plainfield
Troy
Joliet
Manhattan, Wilmington and
Shorewood Area
Frankfort Considers Local Flood Study To Target Problems
Village president Warning moves to study flooding by surveying all flooded homes and mapping them. Breidert suggests a single tile line in a troubled area could aid about ten residents. Committees will review the proposal as Mager backs the cautious approach.
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Breidert
Warning
Mager
Lincoln-Way Percussionists Win at Spartan Festival
Lincoln-Way high school marching percussion under Tom Caneva won the high school division championship at the 3rd Annual Spartan Marching Percussion Festival held Saturday. The Lincoln-Way ensemble claimed first place in a regional competition.
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Lincoln-Way High School
Tom Caneva
Area man completes U S Navy training
Navy recruit Mark Mussario, son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Mussario of New Lenox, completed an eight week recruit training cycle at Navy Recruit Training Command Great Lakes. He studied general military subjects and naval history among other topics during the program designed to prepare recruits for further training and service.
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Navy SA
Mark Mussario
Joseph Mussario
New Lenox
Naval Training Center
Navy Recruit Training Command
Great Lakes
Navy
Mueller elected president of Salem Village board
Mokena resident Hans Mueller was elected president of the Salem Village board of governors. A retired Caterpillar training manager, he also leads the Lincoln Way High School board and serves on Mokena's village board. Mueller attends St. John's United Church of Christ and has two grown children. Salem Village in Joliet serves 600 seniors with 300 in care and 300 in independent living under Lutheran Social Service in Illinois.
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Mokena
Hans Mueller
Salem Village Board of Governors
Mueller
Caterpillar Tractor Company
Lincoln Way
St. John’s United Church of Christ
Church Council
Board of Christian Education
Margaret
Terry
Pamela
Salem Village
Joliet
Salem
Lutheran Social Service
Illinois
Prestwick soprano to headline Yale benefit concert
Prestwick resident Anne Perillo will perform at the St. Ignatius College Prep Christmas benefit in Chicago. The program at Orchestra Hall features Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians under Henry Mazer, with Perillo, a Juilliard and DePaul alumna and CSO soloist, also teaching at DePaul. Information line 312-421-5900.
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Prestwick
Anne Perillo
Yale
St. Ignatius College Prep
Orchestra Hall
South Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Ms. Perillo
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Henry Mazer
Grant Park
Chicago Symphony
St. Ignatius
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Knights
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Fremd
Marian Catholic
Urbana
Prospect
Western Illinois University
University of Illinois
State Bank
W. Nebraska
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Retirement Home Board
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Julliard School of Music
DePaul University
DePaul
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River Oaks
Woodmar
Southlake
Lincoln Mall
Orland Square
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