Richton Park Keeps Top Water Quality Rank in Illinois
Richton Park continues a long run of high water quality earning eighth straight commendation from the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois EPA. Public Works Director Mike Conley accepted the award at an American Water Works Association meeting. University Park's water system also receives its third consecutive fluoride commendation, with Richton Park meeting fluoride standards for all of 1998.
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Richton Park
Illinois Department of Public Health
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Public Works
Mike Conley
Illinois
American Water Works Association
University Park
Consumers Illinois Water Company
Conley
State Public Health Department
Com
Water Department
Safe Drinking Water Advisor
Welch wins re election in Country Club Hills mayor race
Country Club Hills Mayor Dwight Welch defeated two challengers Tuesday night securing a fourth term with 2 333 votes to 1 342 for former Police Chief Wilson Pierce and 774 for Harry Jones. Welch's allies lost four of five alderman seats, leaving him with four supporters on the 10 member council. Jones raised about $50 000 and criticized the outcome as a mandate while Pierced called it bittersweet noting voters rejected a rubber stamp council. Three Welch backed incumbents were defeated in council races.
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Country Club Hills
Dwight Welch
Welch
Wilson Pierce
Harry Jones
Jones
Butt
Dwight
Pierce
Phil Schmitz
Walter Strothers
George Bragg
James Ford
Richard Fitzsimmons
Kevin Williams
Donna Harris
Steve Burris
Priscilla Curtis
Harvey mayor elected to second term
Harvey reelects Mayor Nicholas Graves to a second term in a racially charged race against Alderman Eric Kellogg. Graves won 3,226 votes to 2,907 with 28 of 29 precincts reporting, while Kellogg conceded and urged professional city governance. The campaign featured protests, accusations of dirty tricks, and racial taunts amid a politically divided council.
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Nicholas Graves
Graves
Eric Kellogg
5Th Ward
City of
Kellogg
Shawn Gilbert
Rosa Parks Middle School
Harvey City Council
Park Forest School Board Members Re elected and New Trustee
Incumbents Laurel Mateyka Alicia Rodman McCray and Ron Bean were reelected to Matteson District 162. Park Forest Chicago Heights District 163 elected Carroll McFarland Virginia Ford and newcomer Michael Lewellen to three open seats. Lewellen, a Grant Park High School teacher, pledges Springfield lobbying for school funding.
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Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
Marya Yates Pto
Wilkins
Matteson
Richton Park
Tinley Park
Laurel Mateyka
Park Forest
Alicia Rodman McCray
Ron Bean
Olympia Fields
Mateyka
University of Illinois
Champaign-Urbana
Shannon
Rachel
David
Jacob
Park Forest Family League
Arcadia-Indiana
PTO
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
University of Illinois At Chicago
Park Forest Village
McCray
Housing Authority
Cook County
South Suburban Housing Center
Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra
Ywca of
Chicago
Governors State University
GSU
Bean
Chicago Southland Chamber of Commerce
South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association
Chicago Heights
Carroll McFarland
Virginia Ford
Michael Lewellen
Jack Willet
Elmer “Ej” Johnson
Lewellen
Grant Park High School
Springfield
Ford
Forest Trail
McFarland
Lake restoration plan under Holly Hudson leads to dredging project
George reports on the restoration of the lake overseen by Holly Hudson of NIPC. Since 1991, funds from the 1994 federal Clean Lakes grant and a 1996 IEPA grant of 144587 dollars supported Phase II cleanup. Lakes and Rivers Contracting dredged 1800 cubic yards, spreading sediment on a nearby farm as water levels were lowered. Total project cost exceeds 337000 dollars, shared between the village and the federal grant.
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Holly Hudson
NIPC
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Lakes and Rivers Contracting Inc
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