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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1998
Page
10
The Sunday August 9 1998 issue of a Hollinger International publication lists Peter Neill and Gerald R Smith as senior vice presidents, with Editor-In-Chief Joanne M Zerkel and Production Franklin Shaftan. Joanne Zerkel serves as Features Editor.
At Chi Heights City Council, West Side residents from the troubled 17th Street area praised police clergy and neighbors for forming a Neighborhood Watch and urging official support to curb blight gang activity and drug trade. Alderman McCoy proposed more lighting and discussed one way streets curfews and traffic controls as potential measures. The group stressed unity and called for continued progress beyond improving street safety and illumination.
Governors State University opens a new Access to a College Education office in University Park to aid first generation, low income, disabled, or underperforming students. Directed by Viola Gray and funded by a four year U S Department of Education grant, the program offers course planning, study skills, counseling, workshops, and career guidance to ensure smoother semester starts.
Amid a heartwarming turnout hundreds gather to welcome Mitch Iwan back to Orland Park as Iwan's Deli and Catering reopens with a free buffet. Public health probes into a June weekend potato salad outbreak afflicted 6,500 diners, but no source was found. The business, though strained financially, signals a comeback despite lawsuits and extensive sanitizing.
A couple travels through southwest Michigan chasing U-pick peaches and berries. They recall past harvests, note rising prices, and detail bottling 57 jars of jam and peach preserves. The piece blends backroad wanderings, family frugality, and reflections on farming life.
A reader calls for limits on campaign money in Illinois citing no limits on donations from individuals groups and unions. The letter notes 85 percent of 1995 96 contributions were over 150 and urges banning corporate gifts and overturning Buckley vs Valeo to curb spending and restore citizen influence.
Diane E. Brown, executive director of Illinois Public Interest Research Group, calls for candidates to receive substantial free and reduced cost TV radio and mailings to inform voters and urges citizens to press candidates on plans to curb big money in politics and to make the political system more open and accountable.
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