Experts discuss holistic substance abuse prevention panel
Prevention leaders from five agencies describe services and trials in school and community work. They advocate a holistic approach that starts at home and expands to social policy environments to curb risk factors leading to drug and alcohol abuse and related behaviors. They note parental involvement, church partnerships, and funding as major challenges.
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Jaros
Amelia Amin
Amin
Darcy Bowen
Aunt Martha’s
Bowen
Robyn Kramer
Southwest Ymca
Brown pushes for best offer as Robbins incinerator talks drag on
Brown declares he is done wasting time as negotiations over the Robbins incinerator continue. He warns ash disposal costs could spike from 40 to about 400 dollars per ton if a Gore plan classifies ash as hazardous, forcing communities to bear higher waste costs. Reading officials say demand from Chicago area and 59 municipalities helps, while Brown stays on as subcommittee chair to pursue regional waste solutions.
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Brown
al Gore
Reading
Chicago
East
Hazel Crest
Robbins
Corkery's ESDA tenure cited for mixed bills and mood swings
The Cook County ESDA probe investigates mismatched billings and personal charges while Corkery, quit for personal reasons amid a time conflict with his deputy chief role. Former township staff recall Corkery’s strong agency results but note volatile moods and tempered responses to questions. Corkery declines to comment to the Star and Knowles.
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ESDA
Corkery
Cook County
Cook County State's Attorney's Office
The
Star
Knowles
Lincoln in Illinois Essay Contest Open to Matteson Eighth Graders
The Matteson Historical Society invites eighth grade students from Matteson schools to submit original essays titled Lincoln in Illinois by 5 p.m. Monday. Essays will be displayed at Friday's program with awards including a government badge, an Historical Society sweatshirt and a T-shirt bearing the Matteson logo. Tickets cost 5 dollars for adults and 2 dollars for students through high school and are sold at the door or at the Historical Society office Monday and Tuesday, or at the Matteson Village Hall and Parks Department during business hours. For more information call 748 3033 or 748 0987.
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Matteson
Lincoln
Illinois
Matteson Historical Society
School Ave
Historical Society
Matteson Village
Parks and Recreation
Museum
Fran Graham
Matteson Sets March Testing for Fire Paramedic Eligibility
Village President Mark Stricker announced March 12 and 13 as the initial testing dates to create a new firefighter paramedic eligibility list for the Matteson Fire Department. Applications are at Village Hall, due by 4 30 p.m. Friday. A $5 study guide is available. The process includes an orientation on March 12 and both physical ability and written tests on March 13.
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Mark Stricker
Matteson
Matteson Fire Department
Matteson Village Hall
215Th St
County airport revenues to pay bonds not county coffers
Brown outlined that airport revenues will finance bonds for the project. Adelman argued for revenue collection to avoid county airport problems. Board members pressed for details on road funding, control, and potential city influence, with IDOT backing the county’s zoning denial for a gas station at Illinois 394 and Exchange Street.
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Brown
Adelman
Judith Bredeweg
R-Bolingbrook
Bredeweg
IDOT
Peotone
State of Illinois
Phyllis Huffman
R-Monee
Peetoe
Mary Ann Gearhart
R-Crete
Sopko
Gearhart
Chicago
Lake Calumet
Amoco Oil
Illinois 394
Exchange Street
Amoco
Jurors hear defense mollify LoBue role in city graft case
Prosecutors label Nick LoBue the key witness and junior partner in a broad scheme to extort bribes from Chicago Heights vendors. Defense claims LoBue acted as rain maker and extorted for himself, while tying Panici Gliottoni and Marshall to mob links and prior crimes through testimony and past associations.
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Panici
Gliottoni
Marshall
Finance
Nick Lo- Bue
U.S
Lo- Bue
Bagman
Nick LoBue
Marsha McClellan
Hammond Ind
LoBue
John Armellino
Walter Jones
Jones
South Chicago Heights
Donald Prisco
Chicago Heights
Ralph Galderio
Prisco
Galderio
Eugene Wuest
Wuest
Tocco
Gair
Indiana
Alfred Pilotto
Minnesota
Betty Tocco
Albert
Chuck Panici
Albert Tocco
Chicago Heights Park District
Park District
Park District Board
A.A. Arken
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