New Lenox schools face 350000 life safety repair plan
An architect's survey for five New Lenox grade schools urges about 350000 in life safety upgrades. Proposed work includes converting furnaces, replacing doors, removing flammable interiors, sidewalk and playground improvements, fencing at two sites, and better emergency lighting. Some repairs may not be state required, affecting funding from a five cent tax levy yielding about 30000 yearly.
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Lenox
Richard Snyder
Healy, Snyder and DeYoung
Joliet
Snyder
Caroline Bentley
Tyler
Springfield
McGladney, Hansen, Dunn and Company of
Haines School
Mokena MTA to Await Board Decision on Negotiations
The Mokena Teachers Association will wait until Wednesday to respond to District 159's move to pause teacher negotiations pending selection of a new superintendent. Board president Ken Lenz defended the action as lawful, per board attorney Doug Hutchison, while MTA president Joe Werner signaled a Wednesday reply from the negotiations committee, though specifics remain uncertain.
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Mokena Teachers Association
MTA
District 159
Mokena Board of Education
Ken Lenz
Lenz
Doug Hutchison
Joe Werner
Werner
L W Loses Sewer Suit Over Frankfort Line
Associate Judge Thomas Vinson dismissed Lincoln Way High School District 210s bid to force Frankfort to remove a long established sewer line on school owned property. The suit stemmed from tap on fees for a new Route 45 Colorado avenue school. District sought 33000 for a 33 foot easement with Frankfort asking 66405 plus 15945 for Colorado avenue repairs.
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Frankfort
Lincoln Way
Thomas Vinson
Route 45
Colorado Avenue
Kruzich
Board of Education
Robert Baron
Wagon Days resolves seen by thousands at Tinley Park
More than 40 percent of Illinois residents contribute resolves to honor the nation as the Bicentennial Wagon Train visits Tinley Park. Officials from northern Illinois will attend a 2 p.m. ceremony at McCarthy Park, where resolves from 26 communities are collected and handed to William Redmond before the train proceeds to Valley Forge. The event includes a Chicago mounted police kickoff and remarks from Alderman Edward Burke and Tinley Park officials, followed by a sequence of communities presenting their resolves. The governor was absent amid recent tensions, prompting some disappointment among Wagon Train personnel and Illinois officials.
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Illinois
McCarthy Park
171St Street
80Th Avenue
Tinley Park
Illinois House of Representatives
William Redmond
Redmond
al Mavis
Valley Forge
Patrick Rea
Tinley Park Wagon Days
Chicago Mounted Police
Chicago
Edward Burke
John Dunn
Tinley
William F. Mathieu
Lockport
George Nordstrom
Joliet
Ron Hamnerquist
Orland Park
Melvin Coogan
Burbank
Calumet Park
Palos Heights
William Gaynor
Orland Township
Neil Hartigan
Hartigan
Sundae
Dan Walker
Rea
Walker
Wisconsin
George Dunn
Cook County Board of Commissioners
Lincoln-Way Performs Strong at State Music Contest
Lincoln-Way Community high school placed third in the Illinois High School Association music final at Lockport, outdistancing Bradley-Bourbonnais. The district’s concert wind ensemble, a capella choir, girls glee club, and Singing Knights earned Division I ratings, contributing to a 606 point total after prior solo and small ensemble performances at Prairie State College. Danville High won Class AA with Mt. Vernon second. Staff includes Randolph Kummer, Charles Stark, and James Powell. The wind ensemble and chorus have remaining shows, with the Pops concert on May 16 and the a capella choir spring concert on June 3.
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Lincoln-Way Community High School
Illinois High School Association
SICA
Lincoln-Way
Lockport
Lincoln Way
Concert
Singing Knights
Prairie State College
Bradley— Bourbonnais
Danville
Mt. Vernon
Randolph Kummer
Charles Stark
James Powell
Girls Glee Club
Kummer
Illinois Music Educator's Association
Northwestern University
The
University of Wisconsin
Europe
Hawaii
Powell
Downers Grove
University of Illinois
A Capella Choir
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Haines
Cherry Hill
Haven
Schmul
Oakview
Arnold Tyler
Schmitl
Mokena
Willowcrest School
Kevin Horan
Bill Roe
the Star-Herald Today
Stagg
Bremen
Oak Forest
Burnell Heinecke
Aside Magazine
L-W
Resolves
By Mitchell Golub
Matteson
Matheny
Ald
Ted Dea
Markham
William A. Sparger
Posen
Joseph Smaron
Country Club Hills
Joseph L. Stuk
Alsip
Arnold Andrews
Flossmoor
Bert H. Reed, Jr
Palos Park
Arthur Herzog
Palos Hills
Leonard Meyer
Chicago Ridge
Eugene L. Siegal
Hickory Hills
Stephen Flowers
Westhaven
Robert Smith
Hazel Crest
Martin J. Kauchak
Midlothian
Harry Raday
Crestwood
Glenn Warning
Homewood
Stark
Illinois State University
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