Stoplight planned for Route 45 at Willow lane
Illinois officials advance efforts to add a traffic signal at the U.S. 45 and Willow lane intersection. Federal approval hoped for January 1984, with bid letting and construction targeted for the third quarter of fiscal 1985. In the interim, new warning signs and cross traffic stop notices will be installed to alert motorists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camille Root
Mokena Area
Route 45
Willow Lane
George Langmeister
D-Mokena
State
U.S. 45
State Highway Department
Sigmund Ziejewski
Illinois Department of Transportation
Division of Highways
Sangmeister
195Th Street
Chelsea
Hickory Creek School
Man dies in possible carbon monoxide tragedy at Mokena apartments
The Cook county coroner investigates the death of 22 year old Eric Fletcher of Mokena after his car ran in a garage at Pheasant Ridge. His wife Kathy 21 and children Chris 2 Tammy 6 months were treated and released from Palos Community Hospital. Officer John Grabinski pulled Fletcher from the car and performed CPR before fire crews arrived. The family was rescued from respiratory arrest with aid from neighbors and police. Coroner ruling pending whether death was accidental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook County
Mokena
Pheasant Ridge
Eric Fletcher
115Th Avenue
Olympia Fields Osteopathic Hospital
Kathy
Chris
Tammy
Palos Community Hospital
Fletcher
John Grabinski
Delbert Yunker
Grabinski
Yunker
Kenneth Gamache
Village Limits Tower Height to Sixty Five Feet in Mokena
The Mokena village board adopted a zoning amendment capping tower height at 65 feet. The rule excludes existing or already approved towers. The measure followed AMPS plans for a 100 plus foot tower and aims to limit future structures. The board also annexed and rezoned two properties and appointed new members to the property maintenance code appeal board. A franchise fee payment from All-American Community Cablevision was noted, and reserve officers were authorized for IMRF.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mokena
AMPS
Michael Everett
Enrollment dip trims Dist 157C teaching ranks
District 157C faces declines in next year’s enrollment, prompting at least three, possibly four, teacher dismissals for 1983 84. Tenured music teacher Rebecca Rist is honorably dismissed. non tenured homeroom teachers Sandra Winkler Mary Tulamaris and Patti Balstrode also receive RIF notices. The board plans to offer vacancies if positions arise from resignations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Haave
Rebecca Rist
Sandra Winkler
Mary Tulamaris
Patti Balstrode
Board of Education
Supt
Leroy Olson
Olson
District 1570 to Approve Small Tax Cut Via Abatement
District 1570 residents will see about a five cent reduction per hundred of assessed value in 1982 due to a $40,000 abatement in the bond and interest fund. For a $25,000 assessed home, this equals roughly $12.50 in tax savings. The board also filled two extra duty assignments for boys track and reviewed the superintendent’s report, textbook program, special education policies, and life safety inspection before adjourning to executive session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Leroy Olson
Lincoln Way Area
Special Education Co-Operative
Special Education
Anual Life Safety Housekeeping
Chelsea School
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Star Publications
Jerry Marmozewicz
Joyce Bettenhausen
Providence
Lincoln Way
Joliet
Entertainment Food Guide
203Rd Street
St. John’s Cemetery
Mokena Park District
192Nd Street
Wolf Road
Martin Murray
Hans Mueller
Donald Baumhover
James Fagan
Philip Granger
Steve White
Miss Aist
RIF
Hickory Creek
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