4-H BASE helps youths lead and learn from global projects
BASE Magic Champions, run by Marcia Orr and sponsored by the U of I Extension, plan meetings and projects with self elected officers. They explore Australia customs and arts, sample native foods, keep journals, and gain leadership, responsibility, and teamwork skills through sewing, computers, pets, and cooking projects at Illinois School in Park Forest.
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Australia
Palmer
Marcia Orr
Orr
BASE
Base Magic Champions
Stephen Mitchell
DeAndre Leblanc
Danielle Jamison
Secre
Tary
Kim Dorsey
Nathan Griffin
U of I Cooperative Extension Service
Illinois School
Illinois St
Park Forest
Village tightens rules after salon licensing dispute
Richton Park officials revoked and reinstated a health salon license after an undercover police probe linked the business to prostitution. Kim Ok Stokes and Bok Seng Choi faced charges with bonds set at 1000 each. The village enacted a 90 day moratorium on licenses for massage parlors and adult entertainment with aim to craft a new ordinance.
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Murphey
Richton Park
Cove Lane
Glenview
Chris Limas
Rudolph Banovich
Limas
Homewood
James VanSchepen
VanSchepen
Banovich
Village fest to rename and relocate as Family Fest returns
Fest committee led by Kathy Damon plans a craft show and rides for youngsters with entertainment still under discussion. Last year the event was renamed Family Fest and moved to Glaeser Park to revive attendance and profits.
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Parks and Recreation Commission
Kathy Damon
Bob Novak
Harold Wills
Pam Fouts
Joan Hollon
Rick Reinbold
Riddering
Metra
Glaeser Park
Daley unveils World Gateway plan at O'Hare fronting Peotone link
Chicago Mayor Daley debuts a roughly 1 billion World Gateway Program to add two new terminal buildings at O'Hare aimed at handling more international travelers without adding runways. Gov. Ryan and IDOT downplay capacity rise while supporting Peotone. Critics argue the move nudges expansion and undermines a separate Peotone airport.
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Chicago
Richard Daley
O'Hare International
George Ryan
Peotone
Ryan
Daley
O'Hare
Beth Royle
South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association
Royle
Illinois Department of Transportation
IDOT
Dick Adorian
Christine Cochrane
O’hare
Bensenville
John Geils
Hare
Geils
Mary Rose Loney
Loney
Miami
Los Angeles
Kennedy
New York City
Midway
Foster home abuse leads to charges against foster mother
The foster mother faces two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault after mistreatment of two children from February 1998 to January. One child remains hospitalized, the other placed with another foster family. Agencies involved include Child's Needs First and Aunt Martha's, with investigations by DCFS and a University of Illinois at Chicago team. Potential license suspension or revocation possible.
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Gleason
Child’s Needs First
Chicago
Aunt Martha’s
Agust
Candice Warbier
Warbier
Child’s
ChildServ
Thejirika
DCFS
William Jackson
Sauk Village
Antonio Mosley
Ahe Heights
University of Illinois At Chicago
Martha
Martha’s
Kejirika
Holden Park housing set for Matteson near wetlands and trails
The plan places single family homes and town houses near the Elisabeth Ludeman Center and Metra Electric Line in Park Forest east and west. Homes will be smaller with front porches and rear garages, starting around 120000 to 160000, surrounding a 12 acre wetland park and four small community parks with trails feeding the Old Plank Road Trail.
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Elisabeth Ludeman
Park Forest
Metra
Judy Haldane
Matteson
Holden Park
Keith Blaze
Oak Brook
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Mary Compton
Doris Palmer
4-H
Jim Pecora
Molly Sullivan
Patricia Richardson
The
Joseph P. Meier
Ron Kwiatt
Teacher's Union
Rich Central High School
von Mansfield
Rich South High School
Haldane
United Way Crusade of Mercy
Star Train
Hollinger
Star Publications
159Th St
Tinley Park
Kenneth J. DePaolo Jr
Franklin Shuttan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Rome
U.S
U.S.P.S
Chicago Heights
Illinois
Tobbs
216Th Street
Meridian
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