Budget Passes Board Scrutiny In Richton Park
Richton Park approves a 1998 99 budget totaling 10.6 million, up 0.73 percent from last year. The general fund rises 5.74 percent to 4.6 million with expenditures for two police cars a new fire truck and system upgrades. Capital projects include a 717 586 fund, road improvements and drainage, water treatment plant and testing upgrades, and Metra lot landscaping stripping and sealing.
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Richton Park
Tim P. Hammond
Hammond
Eastside
Metra
Matteson weighs joining Southland Alliance economic group
Matteson trustees consider joining the newly formed Southland Alliance an economic development group formed by Chicago Southland Chamber of Commerce Chicago Southland Development Inc and the South Suburban Mayors and Managers Its May 11 workshop will decide the decision with a $15500 joining fee The alliance aims to create 24980 regional jobs within five years including 10000 manufacturing primary positions and 14980 support roles
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Matteson Board of Trustees
Southland Alliance Economic Development Group
Alliance
Matteson
Economic Development Group
Ganizations
Chicago Southland Chamber of Commerce
Chicago Southland Development Inc
South Suburban
Bob Saacke
Beth Royle
Richton Park Board reappoints ten residents to village commissions
The Richton Park Board of Trustees reappointed ten residents to village commissions. Village President Rudolph Banovich named Howard Smith Eugene Sorensen and Michael Wheeler as commissioners to the Fire and Police Commission. Smith and Sorensen’s terms run to April 30 2000.
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Richton Park Board of Trustees
Rudolph Banovich
Howard Smith
Eugene Sorensen
Michael Wheeler
Smith
Sorensen
Job course shrinks welfare rolls
Letitia Davis, 32, of Park Forest, moves off public aid as she gains full time private duty nursing work. She now pays her mortgage, buys groceries with earned income, and supports her two daughters. Davis credits Prairie State College's Opportunity to Succeed program, created after a federal government move, for providing needed skills to land her job.
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Letitia Davis
Park Forest
Davis
Prairie State College
Arcadia appoints Patricia Ransford as principal
Patricia Ransford of Olympia Fields will become Arcadia Elementary School principal on July 1 in Matteson School District 162. She succeeds Joyce Carmine and comes from Blackhawk Intermediate Park Forest where she led and assisted reading programs. Her background spans classroom teaching, reading recovery, and administrative roles in District 163.
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Patricia Ransford
Olympia Salad
Eeon
Oleapia Ields
Ransford
Arcadia
Matteson
Park Forest
Richton Park
Olympia Fields
Joyce Carmine
Chicago Heights
Beacon Hill
Lakewood
Sauk Trail
Wan Fa
Empty airport echoes Peotone parallels in Midwest debate
Local officials dispute similarities between the idle MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah and the Peotone airport plan. Congressman Weller cites MidAmerica as a failure while St Clair County contrasts it with Peotone’s aim to attract airlines. FAA notes only a capacity parallel, not a need for a third Chicago area airport.
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Star
Patricia Briske
Carol Dorsett
MidAmerica
Mascoutah
Peotone
St. Louis
St. Clair County
U.S
Scott Air Force Base
Jerry Weller
Morris
John Baricevic
American Airlines
Bill Hood
Downstate
Chicago
Lambert International Airport
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Lambert
Don Zochart
Anne Eldridge
Zochart
Chicago Area
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