Hyde Park writers read works at Southside workshop
At 5744 S Harper Hyde Park last week Marjorie Peters MC'd readings by Paula Brown Beth Fawkes and Mark Petrakis members of her class All are published authors and Peters is a noted literary agent Brown read poems from Primavera expressing fear and futility Fawkes evoked early 1900s life while Petrakis offered vivid but overused violence in progress Shepherd of Shadows Workshops run by Peters and her son Pierre Long meet Tuesdays 8 pm fee 10 for four weeks details PL2-8377
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Celia Josephson
Southside
Creative Writers’ Workshop
S. Harper
Marjorie Peters
Paula Brown
Mark Petrakis
Beth Fawkes
Ms. Peters
Hyde Park
West Indies
Primavera
Chicago
Jay
Ms. Fawkes
Creative Writers
Pierre Long
Mr. Long
Winnetka
IVI roast honors Leon Despres at 31st Independent Day
IVI announces a humor filled roast at McCormick Place on June 14 saluting Leon M. Despres the former fifth ward alderman and IVI leader. State Rep Robert Mann and ex Alderman John Hoellen join roasters along with Rosemarie Gulley Bill Singer Edward Vrdolyak and Abner Mikva in the event titled Dean of the Independent Aldermen. Despres is a former IVI fifth ward chairman and state chairman.
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IVI
Leon M. Despres
Sam Ackerman
Ealderman
McCormick Place
Robert E. Mann
John Hoellen
Rosemarie Gulley
Bill Singer
Edward Vrdolyak
Abner Mikva
Independent Aldermen
Despres
Hyde Park JCC Sports Camp Opens Registration
The Hyde Park Jewish Community Center invites boys and girls in 4th to 6th grade to enroll in its Sports Camp. Camp runs June 30 to August 15 with activities in archery swimming camping trampoline tennis softball and baseball. A Wisconsin Dells weeklong trip is offered. Joe Dotlich directs with trained counselors at Eggers Woods Forest Preserve and Ramada Inn Dalton facilities. For details call 363-2770.
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Hyde Park
Joe Dotlich
Hyde Park Jewish Community Center
Grant funds study of heat emissions at IIT
Illinois Institute of Technology has secured a 290000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study heat rejected from large electric power plants. Project director Dr. Robert W. Porter says controlling plant cooling heat is essential to alleviate environmental thermal pollution. The three year effort, with Commonwealth Edison, will test fountain-like sprays in canal formations at the Quad-Cities Nuclear Station.
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Illinois Institute of Technology
National Science Foundation
IIT
Robert W. Porter
Commonwealth Edison Company
Porter
Commonwealth Edison
Quad-Cities Nuclear Station
Illinois
Proter
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