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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1995
Page
1
A reflective note on clocks and timepieces as the year 1995 nears its end. The piece highlights the wide variety of watches and timekeeping devices available, suggesting choices abound as moments tick by.
A plea to shed emotional baggage and begin anew, tying into hopes for a fresh start and referencing the Dipper and other holiday basketball tournaments as highlights in the sports section.
Column by Tom Houlihan cautions travelers to watch their back front and sides on increasingly hazardous suburban roads, stressing vigilance for safe driving. Phone numbers listed on page A-10.
Park Forest officials said the Jolly Trolley, aiding seniors and disabled riders, was shut Friday due to a dispute between Breeze Transportation and its landlord at the Breeze facility in Mokena. Director Benjamin Jordan of Park Forest Public Works aims to restore some service by Tuesday, though not necessarily the full three-bus operation. Rich Township has offered interim help for riders.
Richton Park Police Chief Richard Labus plans a meeting with Cedar Ridge seniors after multiple vehicle break-ins in the back parking lot. Residents reported about 15 cars vandalized in recent months with one stolen and two broken into twice in the past month, while police logged six car break-ins in November.
Susan Thornhill a 24 year old Park Forest mother of three died in an early Thursday crash when she lost control on Governors Highway near Sauk Trail. Her car skidded into a ditch and struck a utility pole and she died from injuries at Olympia Fields Osteopathic Medical Center.
The Joliet Arsenal site in Will County, a 36 square mile area at Des Plaines Kankakee and Illinois Rivers, is being transformed from munitions manufacture to nature preserve. Plans to restore 19 000 acres to native prairie over 15 to 20 years include a national war veterans cemetery and a prairie preserve with wetlands and wildlife rebounding after decades of production.
Rex Robinson reports area police plan intensified DUI enforcement across the South Suburbs for New Year’s Eve. Mokena will deploy two extra patrol units, while Orland Park doubles its DUI-focused traffic unit from four to eight officers, amid a broader Safe Ride Home initiative to keep drunk drivers off the streets.
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