Olson Lipsey clash resurfaces at Will County forest board meeting
A rift between Robert Olson and new Will County forest preserve president William Lipsey dominated the first regular meeting since reorganization. Disputes over committee appointments and per diem payments sparked sharp exchanges, with Kinsey defending decisions and Olson demanding apologies while noting attendance and time concerns.
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Robert Olson
William Lipsey
Will County Forest Preserve
Lipsey
Olson
Stephen Pristas
Charles Gaines
Ray Wood
Forest Preserve
Robert Condon
Ruth Kennedy
Larry Varsek
Varsek
Helen Harshbarger
EPA Extends Sewage Study Deadline for New Lenox
The Illinois EPA grants a six month extension to New Lenox for completing its water treatment study funded by an $18,200 EPA program. Delays from the village engineer’s resignation pushed the original January 1977 deadline, now expected to end by July 1977. The study covers the village and township with a 20 year growth projection and potential plant expansions.
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Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
New Lenox
Dan Griffin
Griffin
Joe Euclide
Euclide
New Lenox Township
New Lenox Park District
Haines Park
Board of Trustees
Park District
Athenia
Aero Haven
Heard Village
Joe Davies
Charles Dollar
Lutz Guenther
George Preston
Lenox
Mary Wajchert
Lincoln-Way sophomore collapses during gym and dies
Donna Roberts 16 of Frankfort collapsed during a 10:30 a.m. gym class at Lincoln-Way Community High School and died later that day at Silver Cross Hospital. Will County Coroner Dr. Robert Tezak announced an autopsy shows heart failure as the cause pending lab results.
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Lincoln-Way Community High School
Silver Cross Hospital
Will County
Robert Tezak
Donna Roberts
West Bowen
Frankfort
Tezak
Carter inauguration framed as revival of values
Editor Dennis Wheeler argues the election and inauguration of President Jimmy Carter signal a revival of American values. His column on the inauguration’s significance is featured on Page 8.
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Jimmy Carter
Dennis Wheeler
New Lenox Library Among 79 Carrying NIPC Information
The New Lenox Township library is designated one of 79 public library depositories for Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission NIPC plans. NIPC coordinates a regional water pollution control plan under 208 of the Clean Water Act amendments 1972 scheduled for completion by end of 1977.
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New Lenox Library
NIPC
New Lenox Township
Illinois Planning Commission
Illinois General Assembly
Cook, du
Page
Lake
Kane
McHenry
Will Counties
Envi
South Cedar Road
New Lenox
Orland Park Sets $10 Handicap Parking Fine
Orland Park will begin enforcing a handicapped parking ordinance by late January with a $10 fine, up from $3, and towing for repeat offenders. The move is tied to a comprehensive vehicle ordinance, and a special interim rule may be issued if the broader measure isn’t ready.
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Orland Park
Orland Square
Joseph Cistaro
Board of Trustees
Cistaro
Urban Investment and Development Company
Being Prepared Is Key in This Business
IDOT crews prepare for snow with a bare pavement policy and 24 hour shifts. Trained drivers cover defined routes from Harvey Alsip Moline New Lenox Joliet yards with post storm inspections to ready trucks for the next snowfall.
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Illinois Department of Transportation
IDOT
Robert Hollub
Weather Service
Harvey Yard
Cook County
Alsip Yard
Moline
Oak Forest
New Lenox
Joliet
Will County
Hollub
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Mokena
Chris Walker
Miss Roberts
Joe Kruzich
Kruzich
Inside the Star-Herald
Forum Children’s Theater
George Venturella
Chicago Heights
Chuck Rosenberger
Inside Magazine
Mary Beth Schutte-Taylor
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Walt Madison
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