Eco and Heritage Tourism in the Southland Spotlight
In a guest column Larry McClellan and Jim Garrett highlight South Suburban heritage and eco tourism as regional strengths. They promote outdoor resources from Midewin Prairie to Calumet wetlands, note historic trails and Underground Railroad links, and urge development as an economic strategy with guides and local sites across Crete to Orland Park.
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South Metropolitan Regional Leadership Center
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Porch Fest celebrates Chicago Heights history and community
Readers praise the first annual Chicago Heights Porch Fest '99 organized by the Historic Preservation Committee. Volunteers stripped insulbrick from a historic structure, thanked participating businesses and musicians, and invited ideas for Porch Fest 2000 at the public library.
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Bob Yapp
Chicago Heights Public Library
Local parade promotes family fun with unfamiliar attractions
Community group Crete Wild West hosts a celebration featuring a parade kiddy corral petting zoo and food along with a controversial quick draw shoot out and rifle demonstration drawing questions about safety and festival alignment with local values. Carolynn McManus Chicago Heights comments on the event and its perceived harshness.
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Crete
Gun control fears and the danger of disarming citizens
Rhett W. Elder argues against liberal gun control in a diatribe praising the Second Amendment. He attacks Lionel Van Deerlin for mischaracterizing a House vote, warns against centralized federal power, and cites historical cases including Japanese-American internment and Warsaw ghetto resistance to claim disarming citizens enables oppression and genocide.
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Rhett W. Elder
Richton Park
Dance Parents Thank Editor for Diana Duda Troupe Success
Parents praise Diana Duda and her summer troupes The Dyna Mites Sparklers and Sparkettes for teaching and guiding their daughters. The groups won a first place ribbon three seconds and an instructor award plus a choreographer award to Tanya Anders at a convention held at Pheasant Run Resort with Chicago Dance Connection and Joel Hall Dancers. The Chicago Heights Park District commends Miss Diana for her years of dedication care and teaching and thanks her publicly.
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Tanya Anders
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Homewood Police Join National Night Out For Community
Chief Daniel S Devitt reports Homewood first time participation in the National Night Out crime prevention program. A display tent at Irwin Park, a Walk and Talk through neighborhoods, and DARE alumni handed materials to residents. Nearly two dozen officers volunteered time, boosting police community ties.
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Sanctity of contracts and a Pan Am service note
A reader asks how unilateral bank mergers alter contracts and cites Pan Am's FAA application for commercial passenger service, highlighting concerns over contract change without consent and the meaning of contract in corporate mergers. The piece reflects frustration with corporate consolidation and its impact on individual agreements.
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