Mailings taint 1996 Illinois campaign aftermath in suburbs
South suburban residents receive mailings paid by the Illinois Democratic Party criticizing Republican reps Flora Ciarlo and Jack O Connor after a 1994 landslide gave Republicans control of the state legislature. The pieces press votes on truth in sentencing and police staffing, while lawmakers deny the charges as party lines sharpen. Interstate News Service
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Springfield
General Assembly
House
Illinois Democratic Party
Flora Ciarlo
R-Steger
John Ostenburg
D-Park Forest
Ciarlo
Rep
Clarlo
Interstate News Service
Baran Wins Reader's Digest Education Award
Homewood Flossmoor High School special education teacher Larry Baran has won the 1995 Reader's Digest American Heroes in Education Award. He is one of ten nationwide recipients chosen from 656 nominees and the only Illinois winner. Baran will be featured in a Reader's Digest brochure and receive a $5,000 prize, with H F School getting $10,000 for his program. He leads the Job Training Partnership Act grant and the Americans with Disabilities in Action program for students learning floral design, manufacturing and sales. He urges students to believe in themselves and to learn job skills to make a difference.
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Larry Baran
Homewood- Flossmoor High School
Baran
Reader’s Digest
Illinois
H-F
America
Voters head to polls in southern suburbs Tuesday
Voters across southern and southwestern suburbs will cast ballots in municipal park and library races amid numerous referendums. Candidates vary from contested to unopposed as school tax and bond questions appear in several communities.
Open space planned for Mallard Landings park
Orland Park plans a 4.8 acre playground park for Mallard Landings residents. Dennis DeLance says the project aims to fulfill a long promised community space south of 167th Street between 104th and 108th avenues. Developer James Sylvester notes rising home prices slowed sales and left soil stockpiles on the future park site.
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Mallard Landings
Orland Park
Park and Recreation Department
Dennis DeLance
167Th Street
104Th
108Th Avenues
Ken Sichelski
James Sylvester
Sylvester
Former FAA official predicts Chicago area airport pact
Robert Donahue, ex FAA airports chief and Aviation Associates head, said he is very confident airlines will agree to use the proposed 4.1 billion facility near Peotone. He noted some carriers would like access to Chicago and urged airline backing to underwrite most construction costs for the 20,000 acre site in eastern Will County. Illinois DOT would proceed only with airline support.
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Federal Aviation Administration
Chicago
Robert Donahue
FAA
Aviation Associates Inc
Peotone
Donahue
Illinois Department of Transportation
Will County
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John M. Saphir
Riverdale
Glenwood
Dalton
Orland
Westmont
HERITAGE _ COMMUNITY BANK
Walt’s Food Center
183Rd Street
Homewood
John Lagestee
Lagestee
Walt’s
Tinley Park
Greg Hannon
Citizens For Open Government
Vandenberg
Daley
Hannon
Art Pierce
Mark Mollohan
Ed Zabrocki
Tom DiBernardo
Dave Seaman
Carl Vandenberg
Citizens For Better Government
Zabrocki
Rubdown
Lansing Commons
Rabbit Spa Inc
Lansing
Robert Scharp
Inter-Continental Development
Scarp
Torrence Avenue
Oak Forest Municipal
John Fitzpatrick
Oak Forest Civil Service Commission
William Borah
Fitzpatrick
Mat Delort
Odelson and Sterk
Commission
Oak Forest
South Holland Flood Liaison Committee
Rose Marie DeWitt
Dolores Bogan
DeWitt
APC News Service
Beverly Advantage
Beverly Bank
W. 103Rd Street
S. Western Ave
FDIC
159Th Street
Orland Hills
S. Cicero Ave
Oak Lawn
W. Lincoln Hwy
Matteson, IL
Beverly Bank Governors
175Th & Halsted Street
E. 9Th Street Lockport
First National Bank
S. Water Street
Wilmington
E. Main Street
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