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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1995
Page
12
Joanne Zerkel is named features editor in a Sunday edition note dated April 2, 1995, highlighting her role at the newspaper. The brief item confirms staff changes and identifies Zerkel as a main features authority.
The Flossmoor village board election features four candidates for three full terms and three for one unexpired term. Incumbents Armellino and Adams are favored for full terms. Mitros leads for the third term, edging Hoag, Piel. Two-year trustees include Gummerson versus Kerwin and Thibault, with Molski unopposed for mayor and McKenna seeking clerk.
In a contested race amid a court challenge to an earlier Electoral Board hearing, Matteson voters will decide on three village trustee seats. Endorsed for two openings are incumbents Dale Graham and Patricia Backus, with Starr Mercer-Horne favored for the third seat due to her school and community volunteer work and campaign performance.
Seven candidates vie for three Crete village trustee seats with growth and the potential nearby regional airport as the dominant issue. Incumbents Knaak and Knuth join William Van Dyke Jose Regalado Claudia Bericha Larry Johnston and Mark Winter in a race where experience in local government may give Knaak Knuth Van Dyke and Johnston an edge as on the job training takes time.
Olympia Fields village race features four candidates for three seats with little conflict. Helen Burleson, former School District 161 board member and real estate agent, seeks to replace one of the incumbents: Michael Monteleone, David Henn, or James Shuba. Monteleone faces scrutiny for potential conflicts as both Prairie State College trustee and village trustee, yet is praised as a diligent public servant and open government advocate.
Prairie Hills School District 144 serving Markham Oak Forest Hazel Crest and Country Club Hills is asking for a 70 cent per 100 EAV rise in educational rate and 25 cent in building operation and maintenance. No increases in 25 years. Superintendent Priscilla Palmer says funds keep needed programs for transition to high school. Recommendation: yes on both questions.
Letters praise the Renaissance Party candidates and John Foushi as April 4 elections loom. Topics include tax levels in Chicago Heights, high city pensions, Park District spending, and calls for security cameras to curb crime.
In a letter to the editor George Gunderson receives praise for raising issues in the trustee candidate race. The writer defends a plan to place cameras in high crime areas to cut crime and free officers from routine patrols, asking what price citizens would pay.
A local figure urges Chicago Heights residents to support the Renaissance Party and to back his daughter, Susan Scott, expressing personal pride and belief in her.
A coach recommends Ken Goff for the Homewood Flossmoor Park District Board election on April 4. He played basketball at Homewood Flossmoor High School, led with leadership and competitive spirit, reached varsity as a sophomore, and earned a law degree before serving as an assistant Cook County state's attorney.
Prairie Hills School District 144 approves educational rate increase. Chicago Heights mayor Angelo Ciambrone and village trustees Valiant Adams John Armellino James Mitros Dale Graham Patricia Backus Starr Mercer-Homne Michael Monteleone David Henn James Shuba University Park village president Rudy Williams Polly Bernd John Lullen Jerold Hodgkin listed in attendance. Public offices and municipal officials named.
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