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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1999
Page
8
A newspaper masthead lists Peter Neill as senior vice president and editor-in-chief and Frankin Shaftan as editor with Margaret Seltzner DennIs R Wheeler Joanne Zerkel as assistant editors. Other editors include Paula Carlson for news and Epitor Features.
Editorial urges approval for an $11 million health and fitness center on Prairie State College grounds with partners Chicago Heights Park District, St. James Hospital, and the college. The project funds include $2 million from each partner and $5 million via college loan repaid by fitness club fees. Opposition notes cost and overlap with existing facilities, but the piece backs intergovernmental cooperation and timely groundbreaking.
A Tuesday 4 p.m. public NIPC session at Lincoln Way East High in Frankfort will hear cases over extending the facility planning area into land between Harlem Avenue and Route 45. The dispute involves Frankfort Richton Park and University Park with water and sewer service plans and long standing boundary understandings.
Chicago Bears announce the replacement of president Michael McCaskey by finance director Ted Phillips. Analysts say Phillips must appoint a strong general manager and bring in a capable coach to address a decade of poor drafts trades and a stagnating franchise.
The piece argues for radical reordering of Chicago sports by moving the Bears to Comiskey Park and constructing a new White Sox ballpark north of the stadium, creating shared September play and a regional hub. It praises modern, family friendly venues and warns current Comiskey Park failures threaten Sox fan support within five to six years.
In the wake of a 9.1 billion Illinois settlement with cigarette makers, the American Cancer Society urges state leaders to enact stronger tobacco control laws. Dr. Thomas Houston of the Illinois Division pledges ongoing work to prevent youth tobacco use and aid adult cessation, calling for expanded Clean Indoor Air Act protections and stricter licensing for retailers. The group stresses funds must serve public health, not politics, as the era of new safeguards begins.
The Star invites letters to the editor and will publish writers' signed names with verification details kept private. Addresses and phone numbers are requested but not published and letters may be edited for brevity clarity or legality. No publication date is guaranteed.
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