Tell Your Story Walking A Civil Rights Complaint Rejected
A U S Department of Education OCR hearing officer found insufficient evidence to support Celina Rocha's civil rights complaint against South Suburban College. Rocha, a Chicago Heights resident and mother of two who is legally blind, was arrested on campus on December 10 1993 after a dispute with the Student Government Association. The college charged Rocha with five misdemeanors alleging theft of documents and related offenses, stating she struck a police officer with her cane and resisted arrest. The charges remain pending, and Rocha was not a college student at the time, so no internal discipline was pursued.
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South Suburban College
Office of Civil Rights
U.S. Department of Education
Celina Rocha
Chicago Heights
SSC
Stanley Kusper
Rocha
Kasper
Chicago Heights United Citizens unveil 100 day agenda
Chicago Heights United Citizens Party leader Jim Fares outlined a 100 day plan at La Pergola Restaurant in a packed room. Priorities include tax caps term limits crime economic development Section 8 housing neighborhood preservation and sewer rehabilitation with funding considerations and a push for more police officers and a part time force.
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Chicago Heights
Fares
Zabrocki Faces Choice Between Mayor and State Rep Post
Edward Zabrocki, newly serving Springfield’s 37th District, faces calls from Kathleen Hynes and the South Suburban Leadership Council to resign one post due to a claimed conflict of interest. Zabrocki rejects the move, saying he is dedicating 100 percent to governing and followed voters’ wishes.
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Edward Zabrocki
Springfield
House of Representatives
Tinley Park
Orland Park
Kathleen Hynes
South Suburban Leadership Council
Zabrocki
Driver review course offered in South Suburbs
Free Rules of the Road review classes scheduled in the South Suburbs. The two hour course covers sample written, vision and road tests. Dates and locations include Thornton Township Hall South Holland Bloom Township Hall Chicago Heights Rich Township hall Richton Park Biela Center Crestwood Homewood Public Library plus contact numbers for details.
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Thornton Township Hall
E. 162Nd St
South Holland
Bloom Township Hall
S. Halsted St
Chicago Heights
Rich Township Hall
Governors Highway
Richton Park
Biela Center
Midlothian Turnpike
Crestwood
Homewood Public Library
Dixie Highway
Wolff returns GSU salary boost to university
Governors State University President Paul Wolff donates her $8,800 annual salary increase back to the university after the board approved $120,000 pay for presidents at several Illinois universities. Wolff has done this for the third year, stating the funds should support campus projects.
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Governors State University
Paul Wolff
Board of Governors Universities Trustees
Governors State
Chicago State
Northeastern Illinois
Eastern Illinois
Western Illinois
GSU
Wolff
Teens arrested in string of suburban car window breaks
Alsip police say two teens, Salvatore Dinolfo 17 and a 16 year old, are linked to four broken Alsip windows and four more in Crestwood. Four counts of misdemeanor criminal damage filed against Dinolfo with further charges expected in Oak Forest Alsip Crestwood Tinley Park Orland Park and Palos Heights. Police beefed up patrols after activity matched to a vehicle description.
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Alsip
Palos Heights
David Snooks
Oak Forest
Crestwood
Tinley Park
Orland Park
Salvatore Dinolfo
Dave Snooks
Alsip Police Department
Snooks
Richton Park Eyes Teen Tobacco Ban Ordinance
Richton Park Village Board of Trustees will consider a new ordinance to ban possession of tobacco by teens and to prohibit selling or delivering tobacco to anyone under 18. Police Chief Labus tied the proposal to a regional no smoking effort with School District 227. The schools already restrict smoking on their property.
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U.S
Richton Park Village
Richton Park
Decision day looms for Camp Palos sale plans
A public meeting Tuesday and a private assembly Thursday set the stage as the 19 member South Cook County Girl Scouts Board prepares to vote on the year round Camp Palos retreat. Delegates backed by Shirley Witt urge bylaws change requiring a two thirds vote for any sale, seeking to keep Camp Palos in council hands if approved. If the board rejects the amendment the sale decision rests with the board and delegates, with control over the 84 acre camp at stake.
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South Cook
Camp Palos
South Cook Council
Plank Trail stewards begin clearing brush
The 1995 Prairie Restoration and Management season opened with opening ceremonies on the Old Plank Road Trail in Park Forest. Scout troops along with the SSSRA and local Knights of Columbus led the color guard and thanked volunteers for clearing alien trees and shrubs. Eighteen volunteers braved the cold to begin clearing the trail, with work planned to resume in April.
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Old Plank Road
Cicero Avenue
Ed Krause
Warren Brown
SSSRA
South Suburban Special Recreation Association
Park Forest
St. Mary’s Knights of Columbus
Mike Kraals
Greg Brown
Erik Orr
Chuck Septer
Edgar Pearn
Unitarian Universalist Community Church
Illinois
Dewey Helmick
Old Plank Road Trail Commission
Mark Stricker
Helmick
Maxine Randolph
Target
Steve
Old Plank Road Trail
Bonnie Major
Ray Morrow
Bill
Bryan Zales
Linda
John Schehl
Steve Baker
Thorn Creek Audubon Society
Bob and
Delpha Williams
Sauk- Calumet Sierra Club
Rich Treptow
Dorothy Gass
John Manger
Lois Arms
Tom Korn
Folks On Spokes
Dave Mauger
Will County Forest Preserve
Jessica
Dan Mauger
Ed Kiurus
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Sticks and
American Heart "Association
Beltone
Igen
Beltone Hearing Aid Center
142Nd
Cicero
Sears Model's Club
Sears
River Oaks
Chicago Ridge Mall
Orland Square
Ford City Shopping Center
American National Bank
Chicago Road
LaGrange Road
Mokena
Plank Trail Stewards
Total Look Decorating Center, Inc
14Th St
Lincoln Hwy
Jcpenney Custom Decorating
Orland Square Mall
River Oaks Center
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