Museum presents Christmas toys from early 1900s
Danielle Hirsch de Matteson reports on a Matteson Historical Museum exhibit titled Toys Remembered running through Dec 31 at 813 School Avenue. The display starts with a Christmas morning living room, features a 1894 bobsled once owned by Fred Claussen, and includes wooden trains, 1940s 1950s trucks, and an Erector set used for toy Ferris wheels and bridges.
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Art Vassy
Stephanie Struttmann
Matthew
School Avenue
Matteson Historical Museum
Cynthia Ogorek
de Matteson Historical Museum
Fred Claussen
Matteson
Claussen
Harriet Lustfeldt
Ogorek
Changes sought in Section 8 distribution in South Suburbs
Chicago Southland Chamber of Commerce urges changes as Section 8 subsidies shift. Leaders, along with Harvey Dixmoor Lynwood and South Holland mayors, warn concentration harms economy. With CHA relocations and HUD rules, 7 340 families may move, risking influx to suburbs.
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Chicago Southland Chamber of Commerce
Cindy Doorn
Harvey
Dixmoor
Lynwood
South Holland
Cook
Housing Authority of
Cook County
HACC
Chicago Housing Authority
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
CHA
Chamber
West
PSC board bids farewell to departing trustee Hirsch
Prairie State College trustees bid farewell to Robert J. Hirsch after ten years of service. He and his ill wife Patty plan to move to Colorado Springs, Colo. The board seeks candidates for an interim trustee to be elected in spring 2001. Hirsch noted PSC’s rapid growth and nine Illinois Community College Board excellence awards during his tenure.
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Prairie State College Board
Robert J. Hirsch
Patty
Colorado Springs
Colo
Mark A. Fazzini
Bob
Hirsch
Lois Nemeth
Sally Kelley-Haywood
PSC
Illinois Community College Board
Illinois
Colorado
Prairie State College approves surgical technology program
The Prairie State College Board of Trustees unanimously approved a new surgical technology program to begin fall 2000 with 15 students. Pat Hunter notes aging staff and rising demand as contributing factors while the U S Bureau of Labor projects a 43 percent demand increase over the next decade.
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Prairie State College Board of Trustees
EPSC
Illinois
Pat Hunter
Allied Health and Nursing
Hunter
U.S. Bureau of Labor
PSC fills Ethics Commission at Prairie State College
PSC appointed Bloom Township Assessor Susan Fares as the community member of the college’s Ethics Commission in a 5 to 1 vote amid concerns from Trustee Joyce M. Michael. Student trustee Sergius M. Rodriguez abstained, citing insufficient information, while Chairman Mark Fazzini defended the choice as representing diverse perspectives.
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Prairie State College
Joyce M. Michael
Bloom Township
Susan Fares
Sergius M. Rodriguez
Fares
PSC
Michael
PSC Board of Trustees
Mark Fazzini
Fazzini
PSC Foundation and Foundation
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Toys
By Danielle Hirsch
PSC Board
Amnounnanare
Bloom
Ed Pilolla
Michael R. Monteleone
Ethics Commission
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