District 159 mulls tax hike vote
District 159 weighs a March referendum on property tax increases as administrators study the district finances after the board approved a 1989 levy of 4.3 million, down about 9 percent from last year. Despite the lower levy, officials say the district is not financially sound and remains under state watch.
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Mary Sue Penn District 159
Donald Tesmond
Tesmond
Charles “Buzz” Loughlin
Loughlin
Metra to rebuild Olympia Fields station with 1.5 million plan
Metra will spend about 1.5 million dollars to reconstruct the Olympia Fields station near the post office with brick, a pitched roof, extended canopy and improved lighting. Construction starts in April and should finish by year end, per Village President Richard Halpin.
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Metra
Olympia Fields
Richard Halpin
Illinois Central
Chicago
Matteson
Jeff Johnson
Flossmoor
Johnson
211Th Street
Halpin
203Rd Street
Springfield candidates file papers for 1990 primary races
State and county party contenders filed petitions to enter the March 20 1990 primary. The first 600 statewide filings opened at 8 a.m. Monday with continuing Tuesday, deadline Monday December 18 at 5 p.m. Candidates include governors Republicans Robert Marshall and Jim Edgar and Democrats Neil Hartigan and Larry Burgess, secretary of state George H. Ryan and Jerome Cosentino, and numerous district legislators and judges.
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Springfield
Congress
Illinois State Board of Elections
U.S. Congress
Illinois Democratic State Central Committee
Illinois General Assembly
Illinois Supreme
Robert Marshall
Burr Ridge
Jim Edgar
Charleston
Neil F. Hartigan
Larry Burgess
Chicago
Richton Park Hikes Water Rates For Soft Water
Richton Park trustees approve higher water charges to fund softening facilities at two wells raising large users about 33 percent and keeping minimum users unchanged. New rates set at 1.20 dollars per 3000 cubic feet plus 0.88 for excess, with sewer charges unchanged and billing date undecided.
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Pete Reynolds
Richton Park
Board of Trustees
Rudolph Banovich
David Dorgan
Banovich
Matteson Library design contest draws 756 registrants
The Matteson Public Library architectural contest drew 756 registrants from as far as France Israel and Japan. Prizes total 17 000 with 10 000 for first 5 000 for second and 2 000 for third. Submissions due Feb. 23 and a jury set for March 5 to 7. The library plans a $2.6 million building at 207th and School streets with a state grant sought.
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Mary Sue Penn
Matteson Public Library
France
Israel
Japan
Jeffrey Ollswang
Larry Witzling
Design Competition Services
Wisconsin
Witzling
Ollswang
Library Board
Community Center
School Streets
Robin Story
Lawrence Burnson
Matteson
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Kankakee
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Palos Heights
Jess
Martin A. Russo
South Holland
George E. Sangmeister
Mokena
Manny Hoffman
Homewood
Illinois Democratic State Central Committee Committee
Rosemary M. Bilecki
Gary LaPaille
Mary Agnes Maloney
Joliet
Kevin Conlon
Martin “Marty” Gleason
Joseph M. Babich
William Mahar Jr
Richard Kelly
Oak Forest
Aldo DeAngelis
Thomas Dunn
Loleta A. Didrickson
Terry Steere
Robert Piel
Glenwood
Robert P. Regan
Crete
John A. Ostenburg
Illinois Supreme Court
Cook County
Seymour Simon
James Francis Collins
Schaumburg
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Northbrook
James M. Bailey
Westchester
William Cousins Jr
Charles E. Freeman
Illinois Appellate Court
Frank Amerino
Parks and Recreation
Anne Rock
Sexton
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Paul Chiemmongkoltp
Josh Herbold
J. R. Thompson
Adam Heun
Phil Faso
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