Stauffer blast investigation ends Tuesday
Several months have seen claims of illness from exposure to EPN after the August explosion. Lawsuits have been filed as Citizens for a Better Environment warns of long term nervous system damage. Chicago Heights Health Commissioner urges 63 police and fire personnel to undergo neurology exams at the Chicago Rehabilitation Institute, with time off provided.
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Citizens For A Better Environment
Rehabilitation Institute
John G. Gliottoni, Jr
Public Health and Safety
Chicago Heights
Chicago Rehabilitation Institute
Gliottoni
Metropolitan Sanitary District
Stauffer
Stauffer Company
Drainage proposal explained to residents at meeting
Public works and Alpha Construction discuss changes depending on weather. Burns seeks easements from property owners to start repair work. Attendees with erosion problems in front of their homes praised the public works plan. Clown troupe Serendipity from Zion Lutheran Church Matteson will join a workshop and service at Christ Lutheran Church Orland Park led by Mary Myers and Wark Diefenthaler. Workshops run 10 30 a m to 3 30 p m with a 7 p m closing service open to the public.
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Public Works
Alpha Construction
Burns
Public Works Department
Serendipity
Zion Lutheran Church
Matteson
Christ Lutheran Church
Orland Park
Mary Myers
Zion
Wark Diefenthaler
Christchurch
Commission sets east side meeting in Richton Park
The Richton Park parks and recreation commission will meet Wednesday at 8 p m at Richton Square school to improve access for east side residents. The public session moves from village hall to the east side grammar school for easier participation. STARK classifieds note selling unused articles.
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Richton Park
First Baptist Church of Park Forest Silver Anniversary
First Baptist church of Park Forest marks its 25th anniversary with a banquet on May 20 and a special anniversary service on May 6. Dr Melvin Lorentzen will deliver the Sunday sermon as the church traces its roots to 1953 with founders Harold Hill and others establishing worship in homes and at Rich East High School.
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First Baptist Church of
Park Forest
Melvin Lorentzen
Wheaton College
Harold Hill
James Mosteller
Chicago
Northern Baptist
26Th and Western
Harold Smith
Northern Seminary
Rich East High School
Lucille Calvert
Charles Lang
Phillip Lester
Chicago Baptist Association
American Baptist Convention
Robert E. Prinzing
Garnett
Ind
Orchard and
Westwood Drive
Robert Taylor
Deval
Oak Park
Prinzing
Lakeland
William Webber
University Baptist Church of
Springfield
Lewis Jacobsen
Chester Carlson
DeKalb
Historians to Hear Professor at Matteson Meeting
A general membership gathering of the Matteson Historical Society meets Thursday at Faith United Church of Christ in Lockport at 8 p.m. Professor John Lamb of Lewis University will discuss Life on the Illinois and Michigan Canal in the 19th Century and today, covering the canal office building built in 1937 and canal locks. He chairs the Illinois Canal Society and serves on several history and industrial archaeology groups. A brief business meeting precedes the program, followed by a social hour. the event is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matteson Historical Society
Faith United Church of Christ
Maple Streets
John Lamb
Lewis University
Lockport
Illinois and Michigan Canal
Lamb
Illinois Canal Society
The
American Canal Society
American Association of University Professors
Society For Industrial Archeology
Early American Industries Association
Journal of the
Illinois State Historical Society
Area officials brace for RTA hearings
South suburban officials urge residents to attend public meetings to press for improved transportation as the RTA proposes bus route revisions and a Homewood route elimination. Park Forest officials host input meetings on preserving service with a May 31 public hearing and a May 14 dial-a-ride grant vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regional Transportation Authority
RTA
Homewood
Park Forest Village
Flossmoor
Charles Dalton
South Suburban Mass Transit
Dalton
Park Forest
Glassford
Freedom Hall
Nursery school open house at Cookie Jar co operative
Cookie Jar cooperative nursery school invites parents and others to an open house at United Christian church at 180th and Kostner avenue Country Club Hills. The event runs two days with sessions from 9 30 to 10 30 a m and 1 to 2 p m each day. The nondenominational nonprofit state licensed school serves children three to five years old with classes on Tuesday and Thursday mornings and afternoons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cookie Jar Co-Operative Nursery School
United Christian Church
180Th and
Kostner Avenue
Country Club Hills
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Tom Germerand
Tawnya
Ken Dyrhaug
Brooke
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Randy Doggett
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STARK
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Chester
First Baptist
Mayors and Managers (Association
Flossmoor Trustees
Park Forest Plaza
Lincoln Mall
Peggy Glassford
Plaza Merchants Association
Gay Cees
Matteson Jaycees
Jaycettes
Benny
James Nabors
Jaycees
Nancy Seitz
Larry Churlin
Georgia Charlin
Robert Stokesberry
Richton Park Star
Park Forest Star
Williams Press
Vnc
WE Willams
Charies W Willams
Bill Willams, Jr
Plaza
Warne
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