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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1986
Page
1
Santa Claus attends a festive gathering hosted by OURS, a support group for adoptive parents, meeting children during Christmas celebrations across the area. More photos of holiday parties appear in Dimensions Section C.
The Big Dipper basketball event headlines Holiday sports as Rich South High School hosts 16 teams for a major area tournament. More on the Big Dipper and other upcoming events appears on Sports Page E-4.
A note invites readers to explore seasonal outings in entertainment arts. It highlights dining, films, live shows, and music as traditions for this time of year, encouraging readers to turn to the Entertainment Arts section to plan their plans.
Page D-1 presents coverage of area business activity with reports and photos detailing local commerce trends, notable company movements, and market conditions.
Community business owners and leaders extend season’s greetings in a festive feature across pages D-2 and D-3, highlighting goodwill and messages to residents. The note emphasizes unity, neighborhood service, and optimism for the coming year.
Matteson School District 162 board received more input than asked for as residents filled a survey on superintendent qualifications. Respondents criticized the current leadership and district quality while naming desired traits including strong vision, fiscal steadiness, and community awareness.
Park Forest and Matteson police graded their own handling of a barricaded gunman crisis in Park Forest last week. The nearly three hour standoff ended with the arrest of Clarence J. Nunn, 21, of East Chicago Heights, amid a critique session led by Andrew Casavant and attended by Mattoon officers and the emergency response team. The sessions stressed protecting trade secrets while praising Chief James Rice’s command of the tense, confusing operation.
Richton Park officials unanimously approved an ordinance mandating public records be kept at all times in village hall and minutes be presented and approved promptly. Debate occurred on recording meetings. minutes copy delays due to a broken machine were cited. The board also reorganized staff positions to save about 12000 dollars in salaries.
Superintendent Donald Tesmond of Elementary School District 159 in Matteson Richton Park touts a 44 cent education tax increase from 1.61 to 2.05 per 100 AV to ease a deficit over 1.5 million. The measure passed about two to one in most precincts, Timber Ridge resisting with 122 to 256. Tesmond cites community support and a 30 member annual parent advisory committee as key to the win. He notes the district is diverse and emphasizes staff selection and parent engagement to sustain gains.
Karen Caffarini reports a South Holland firm, Mr Frank Inc, seeks a Central avenue parcel in Matteson for hazardous waste operations, including a truck wash. Officials demand zoning variances, EPA and Metropolitan Sanitary standards, and plans review, with no sanitary sewer at the site and public hearings likely.
Dubruiel outlined measures for safe operation including requiring a village certificate of occupancy and preapproval of the firm. He warned the village can revoke the operating permit if the company deviates from allowed terms. The aim is high quality development in the Central Avenue area.
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