Matteson couple built care for history and community
Fran and Dale Graham, longtime Matteson residents, ran a family business and magazine on antiques. Their fifty-year partnership spans editor publisher roles, church and historical society volunteering, and five years steering fundraisers while preserving past German roots. They emphasize family, community service, and passing values to ten grandchildren.
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Dale
Calvary United Protestant Church
Park Forest
Graham
Matteson Historical Society
Patricia Backus
Historical Society
Matteson
Backus
Fran
Grahams
Indiana
Fran Graham
Reform pushes suburban taxes to fund education in Illinois
Senate leaders push for sales and property tax hikes to fund education. Illinois lawmakers weigh the Michigan move abolishing property tax based school funding as a wake up call while Revenue Committee members seek a fall veto session reform plan but avoid specifics on a tax mix.
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Senate
James “Pate” Philip
Wood Dale
Michigan
Illinois
DeAngelis
Revenue Committee
Peter Fitzgerald
Palatine
Springfield
Chris Lauren
Aurora
Chicago
Alice Palmer
Dchicago
Education Revenue Committee
Bus safety program praised by school officials and drivers
VanCom bus driver Marlene Binder notes teen behavior improvements after clear ground rules and a taped evidence program. District 130 official Thomas Dehler says videotapes help principals show parents and students. A robotic bus named Buster teaches younger riders safety, while district coordinators emphasize handouts and school handbooks outlining rules.
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Thomas Dehler
District
VanCom
Sandy Kelm
Buster
Joan McManus
Mokena
Butterfield Creek Steering Committee Plans Thursday Meeting
Community leaders from Matteson Richton Park Olympia Fields Flossmoor Homewood Glenwood Chicago Heights Park Forest and University Park gather for a Thursday conference on Butterfield Creek watershed water quality storm water and restoration. The agenda includes planning goals management techniques and a two hour bus tour from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. covering the 26 square mile watershed in Cook and Will counties and seven villages.
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Mariner
Butterfield Creek
Matteson
Richton Park
Olympia Fields
Flossmoor
Homewood
Glenwood
Chicago Heights
Park Forest
University Park
Cook
Will
11th District race heats up over budget vote
Congressional bidding heats up in the 11th District as Herbolsheimer blasts Sangmeister on deficit plans and taxes while Sangmeister defends his vote as a step toward balance. Possible fourth-term bid looms. Will County Republicans and state officials weigh in as candidates survey the 1994 primary.
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U.S
11Th Congressional District
Congress
Herbolsheimer
Sangmeister
Clinton
11Th District
George Sangmeister
Illinois
Gerald Weller
Morris
Patrols Guard Students At Busy School Streets
Seventy three years ago AAA-CMC organized the first student patrols and has kept protecting children. The club distributes patrol belts and instructional materials to thousands of patrol members each year while urging motorists to follow road rules and always wear seat belts in school zones.
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Aaa-Cmc
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Marlene Binder
Binder
Star Newspapers
Chicago Southland
Builder’s Square
Hollywood Park
Goodyear Tire Store
Delta Sonic Car Wash
DUSA
Holiday Inn
Western Heights
Gyrosperros Bros
CAM Golf
U.S. Navy
the Star Newspapers
Cheryl Tiegs
Pearle
Rest Haven B Christian Services
Pearle Vision
Sophia Loren
Pearle Vision Express
Chitags
Southland
Lansing
Torrance Avenue
Star Newsp
Pers
Chicaso Southland
Pearle Vision Center
Pearle Eye+Tech Express
Pearle, Inc
Providing Mercy
Independence
Best Haven South
Wausau South Holland
Ea Fat
NAPA
GUCCI
Halston
Will County
GOP
Gerald Kinney
Larry Weinlund
New Lenox
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