Prairie State College preserves day care center in shift plan
Prairie State Community College District 515 board delayed a plan to close the full service child care center as a new design keeps the facility within the Adult Training and Outreach Center footprint. Trustees lauded the decision, noting it protects students and avoids off campus space needs while construction proceeds on related projects.
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Prairie State College police chief fired amid trustee race
Prairie State College in Chicago Heights dismissed campus police chief Joe Mann citing performance issues and scheduling concerns. The Board of Trustees acted in an emergency session two weeks after his wife Patricia Mann filed to run for trustee. Mann, 49, denied poor performance and noted his department posted budget surpluses while expanding programs.
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Prairie State College
Chicago Heights
Joe Maun
Maun
Patrici
Ightfield
Edward Gardiner
Mann
Gardiner
Lightfield
Lightneld
Mary Reaves
TIF Funds Set for Crossings Projects Distribution Plan
The board approved first readings of two ordinances to distribute funds from the Crossings Tax Increment Financing area. Prudential project gets 50 percent of 1997 real estate taxes totaling 289,842. South Suburban Hospital receives 60 percent totaling 26,404. The TIF pact with Alter Group began in 1991 for the Prudential building, with 81.365 million reimbursed and 1.460 million balance. The hospital satellite facility at Latonia and Sauk Trail has paid 82,347 with 97,652 remaining.
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Prudential Project
South Suburban Hospital
Village
Prudential
Limas
Alter Group
Prudential Insurance
Cook County
Alter
Latonia Street
Sauk Trail
South Suburban
Park Forest marks 50 years of integration and progress
A Sunday program celebrated Park Forests integration as residents recalled early resistance and support from the Human Relations Commission ministers and village officials. Community leaders like Ron Bean Leonard Robinson and Leonard Robinson Jr shared experiences of growth, and artist Derek Paul unveiled Embrace a painting portraying ethnic diversity. Village President F Patrick Kelly highlighted sustained involvement of African Americans and a nurturing environment for children.
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Park Forest
Human Relations Commission
Illinois
House of Representatives
Ron Bean
Bean
Robinson
Leonard Robinson Jr
Derek Paul
Paul
F. Patrick Kelly
Bob Brooks Jr
Rich Township
Kevin Conlon
Stirling Culp
Kelly
District magnet school plan aims for community driven design
The Magnet wnt Page district plans to draft broad guidelines and hand design to a committee over the next year. Board President Sandra Slone says the community must decide on attractions and balance, with transportation provided from Matteson Richton Park Park Forest and Olympia Fields.
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Sandra Slone
Illinois
Matteson
Richton Park
Park Forest
Olympia Fields
Repairing homes for elderly in Illinois suburbs program expands
In 1997 community volunteers from Chicago Heights to Kankakee began an effort to help aging low income homeowners in substandard housing. The program offers touch up painting yard cleaning and major rehab including roof and floor replacement under supervision of trained house captains and licensed trades. Donations fund materials and some building permit fees are waived for extensive repairs. Nine homeowners received aid last year including two in Richton Park with aims to reach 26 yearly and grow regionwide.
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Sandra Lynn Schmutzler
Schmutzler
Chicago
Des Plaines
Chicago Heights
Kankakee
Gromala
Homeo Crs
Richton Park
Maury Valdarchi
Share your memories of the region's past century
The Star invites readers to submit memories and photographs of historical events from 1900 to 1925. Include name address phone and residence duration. Submissions by March 5, stories may be published in four yearly sections. Photographs will be returned.
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