Crime prevention drives fall in Flossmoor and nearby towns
Flossmoor reports 1997 crime largely down from 1996 in robbery and assault while larceny rose. Police credit community policing, bike patrols, and targeted patrols for lower rates, with focus on patterns and times of incidents. South Holland and Dalton also cite crime drops due to citizen cooperation and enhanced police units.
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Flossmoor
Williams
South Holland
Daniel Zajeski
Zajeski
South Holland Police Department
Emergency Service and Disaster Agency
ESDA
Dalton
Howard Patterson
Patterson
Mega auto mall plan nears phase two start
Wegner begins work in early March with weather delays pushing phase two. Terra Engineering will authorize next phase. Haldane notes Gallagher may subcontract landscaping. Dave Miller Buick to anchor the 119 acre lot as part of six initial and up to six additional dealerships. The village approved site plans for Golf View Estates with 16 home lots and a storm pond.
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Wegner
Terra Engineering
Haldane
Gallagher
Auto Mall
Dave Miller Buick
Park Forest
Village Planning Commission
Mega
Miller Consolidated
CarMax
Tinley Park
Golf View Estates
Vollmer Road
Ridgeland Avenue
PACE bus service disputed as Richton Park weighs options
Village officials report PACE bus service faces ridership shortfalls while SSMMA studies paratransit needs. Banovich urges cooperation to restore lines, Limas cites census growth and high transit use among seniors and renters as drivers for action. Grant decisions due summer will shape recommended improvements.
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Gible
Kruger
Banovich
SSMMA
PACE
Limas
Pace Board
Richton Park
Trustee urges patience on developing international program
Trustee Joyce Michael reminds the board that building an international program takes years. Fojtik, the coordinator since August, outlines a framework to attract more international students and notes upcoming departure due to his wife's job offer in Wisconsin. He stresses full time oversight and careful resource allocation for international students.
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Joyce Michael
Fojtik
Wisconsin
Russian police visit Park Forest swap and train exchange
Russian Col Ivan Volchkov and Ana toli Guirassimenko toured Park Forest Police Department and Homewood Flossmoor High School as part of The Bridge Between Two Eras exchange. They observed less lethal ammo tests and a swat demonstration while noting shared equipment and rising crime in Russia.
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Bill
Park Forest
Park Forest Cpl
Tom Fleming
Ivan Volchkov
Anatoli Guirassimenko
Homewood- Flossmoor High School
Russia
Homewood-Flossmoor High School
Tony Moriarty
Volchkov
Guiassimenko
Soviet Union
Guirassimenko
Maeyama
Matteson district names Jones superintendent
Jones brings 26 years in education to Matteson School District 162 after careers in Wheaton Hutsonville Terre Haute Gibault School Casey Illinois and Seneca High School. The board praised his collaborative style and community engagement as it approved a salary around 100000 with benefits.
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Cate
Jones
Wheaton
Hutsonville
Illinois
Downstate
Terre Haute
Indiana
Gibault School
Monroe, Roosevelt
Westfield
Casey
Ill
Clarendon Hills
Seneca High School
Sandra Slone
Slone
Art Giesler
Bickert Group Ltd
Deerfield
Maercker
Giesler
Ron Bean
Indiana University
Eastern Illinois University
University of Illinois
Matteson
Richton Park
Olympia Fields
Park Forest
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ERA LaGib
Post
APC News Service
Scott Phillips
WE Roofing, Inc
Holbrook RD
Glenwood
the Star Park Forest
Star Publications
159Th St
Franklin Shuftan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
U.S
U.S.P.S
Chicago Heights
Western Ave
Jeff Burton
S. Dixie Highway
Beechers
Bam
National Cancer Institute
Cancer Information Service
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