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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1997
Page
5
The Star founded 1901 lists Norman A Rosinski as president and publisher with James S Meret Pete Nett Genato and R Swint as senior vice presidents. Franklin Shaftan is production chief and Paula Carlson is news editor with Joanne M Zener as features editor.
An editorial laments the Illinois school funding bill's overlooked impact on South Cook County districts. It explains ISBE figures overstated aid due to reassessment and enrollment gaps, predicting reduced budgets and renewed pressure on lawmakers. The piece urges continued lobbying and criticizes the bill as a risky first step.
A roundup of holiday items including postal delays from red and green envelopes, Harvey police gifts for a seven child family, Peotone airport concerns, child rearing costs rising to 149000, All Saints Lutheran Church aid to 30 families, and favorite Illinois names. Project Share aided 2600+ families with food baskets, toys wrapped by readers, eight area pantries stocked, and community praise for contributors.
Tom Houlihan recalls a Christmas gathering where six to seven relatives, including his kids, gather to play an electronic football table game. The scene shows shared curiosity, first explanations by a brother in law, and a reflection on parenting as children learn to figure out how the vibrating, scale-model game works. Houlihan notes his own boyhood indifference and celebrates his children’s growing willingness to explore and problem solve. He signs off with contact details for his weekly Star column.
In a Letters to the Editor exchange readers discuss a stolen Santa, a Christmas gloom, and a fire at the Wizard of Wheels in Crete. Fire chief Lyle Bachert and Crete firefighters are praised, while witnesses' timelines are questioned based on time-stamped emergency recordings and foggy conditions.
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