Street dance opens Mokena Fourth of July weekend
Public street dance kicks off Mokena's festival at 8 p.m. in Front street commuter lot with two bands The Versatiles and Blue Grass Gospelaires. Admission 50 cents. Food drinks and novelties. Lion's Club carnival and baseball All-Star games follow at community park.
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Chamber of Commerce
Marilyn Mundt
Lions Club
Mokena Community Park
LaPorte Road
Mokena Baseball Association
Lincoln Way Key Club
Key Club
Carni
Shawn Bauer
Julie DeMarah
Frankfort studies $366000 sewer expansion for industrial district
Frankfort officials review a $366,000 plan to extend sanitary sewers to Laraway and Center roads industrial area. An $80,000 federal grant requires $286,000 local match, with village and industrial firms sharing two thirds of the cost. Breidert notes preliminary funds total about $126,000 and 75 percent of assessed owners back the plan. a grant plan must be in by September 2, with July meeting likely to discuss funding and project details.
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Frankfort
Laraway
Center Roads
Burt Breidhert
Board of Trustees
Mokena Budget Up 29 Percent In 1982 83 Plan
The Mokena village board approved a $1.56 million working budget for 1982-83 with about a 25 percent rise in the general fund and a 43 percent jump in the sewer and water fund. General fund expenditures total $711,267, up $139,278 from last year, while the sewer and water fund is budgeted at $328,210, up $98,744. Village President Richard Quinn cited rate hikes and planned lift-station work on Wolf Road as reasons for the increases, but he said there will be no significant tax rate rise.
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Camille Root
Mokena
Richard Quinn
Donald Baumhower
Quinn
Wolf Road
Fitch
Maue
New pay pact 2.3 per cent for Mokena staff
Mokena village officials approved a new salary package Monday raising pay by 5.8 percent plus enhanced insurance benefits. The plan creates two schedules for police and public works, with pay scales ranging from 18 500 to 24 315 and 16 050 to 21 050 respectively.
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Police Department
Public Works
Harold Fitch
Larry Ha
Village Rejects Video Parlor License In Split Vote
Mokena board denies Keith Leonardo of Lemont a video game parlor operator license for Scotland Plaza on Wolf Road. Four trustees vote, with two in opposition and one abstention. license hinges on compliance with a recent ordinance limiting floor area and per-machine fees.
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Mokena
Keith Leonardo
Lemont
Scotland Plaza
Wolf Road
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