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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1994
Page
8
South Suburban Public Action to Deliver Shelter expands its scope as it weighs extended aid for the homeless. Executive director Michael Wasserberg notes the recurring lack of medical care among the homeless and says public aid often requires an address, prompting possible new support options.
Sauk Village Police Chief Rick Crafton proposes pooling resources from Crete Steger Ford Heights and South Chicago Heights to form a regional gang suppression unit named Net 1. Initial police chief reactions are positive with a focus on prevention amid nationwide gang coverage.
Pigeon flocks occupy a 294 tollway underpass at 107th and Nashville 111th and Nashville and 115th and Ridgeland Avenue sidewalks are reportedly coated with droppings. Public works chief Wayne Demonbreun says crews have scraped the mess as cleanup proves costly.
The Illinois Department of Transportation awarded several road improvement contracts. Thornton Electric, Inc. of Wheaton won 336,455 to install highway lighting on Central Avenue in Oak Lawn. Areatha Construction Co., Inc. of Chicago received 27,400 for beam straightening on Michigan City Road over the Calumet Expressway in Dalton. Callaghan Paving Inc. of Hinsdale earned 647,899 to widen 0.23 miles of Western Avenue and install signal timing across Olympia Fields, Chicago Heights, and Park Forest, plus 175,852 to widen 0.18 miles at McCarthy Road and 104th Avenue. In Will County, 7.34 miles of concrete widening and traffic signals on Archer Avenue from the Cook County line to Kronmeyer Avenue in Lockport and Joliet.
Crestwood could lose part of its million-dollar revenue from a local off-track betting parlor if Blue Island or Palos Hills attracts riverboat gambling. Mayor Chester Stranczek says the OTB crowd would likely shift to riverboats, though he is not expert and notes a finite amount of gambling money.
Palos Park may host about 200 children in the care of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services on the St. Coletta's of Illinois campus. The deal, nearly clinched, raises questions about the toll on taxpayers in Palos Community District 118. Moriane Valley marks demolition of its oldest temporary classrooms after 26 years, begun by trustee chairman Burt Odelson with a ceremonial bulldozer on the Palos Hills campus.
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