Tips for recipients of mail order food goods
Holiday catalogs arrive, and many shoppers turn to mail order for foods. U of Illinois educator JoAnn Skabo notes mail order food sales exceed 1 billion dollars yearly. Consumers should ensure items arrive in good condition and are safe to eat.
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JoAnn Skabo
University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Svice
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Skabo
USDA tips for mailing perishable gifts and safety notes
The U S Department of Agriculture adviser Szabo recommends asking mail order companies how gifts are packaged and shipped. Perishables should be delivered overnight and kept very cold with dry ice or gel packs, with the recipient alerted to expect the gift. If received warm, contact the sender.
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Skabo
U.S.D.A
Tollway and Pace expand commuter information signs
Illinois Toll Highway Authority and Pace cooperate to install informational signs at mainline toll plazas in the Chicago area. Signs display Pace’s telephone number 364-7223 for transit information, marking ongoing efforts to provide suburban and reverse commuting options and VIP Van Pool access.
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Illinois Toll Highway Authority
Pace
Regional Transportation Authority
Chicago
Illinois Tollway
Ralph Wehner
Tollway
Cumberland Avenue
O’hare
Greater
Woodfield
River Road Plaza 19
Illinois Republicans push six key issues as session nears
As the Senate and House prepare to convene, Republicans outline a six item agenda on taxes education mandates crime business and welfare while warning Medicaid fixes and unpaid bills linger. Democrats warn partisan rush risks stalled reforms and budget gaps.
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Chicago
Richard M. Daley
Illinois
Senate
House
Edgar
Mike Cys
Lee Daniels
Elmhurst
General Assembly
Mark Gordon
James “Pate
Philip
Wood Dale
Cys
Gordon
Brown
Mike Hoffman
Emil Jones
Hoffman
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Lawsuit filed after Crestwood man dies in North Carolina plane crash
Mary Korhorn sues AMR Eagle Inc AMR Corp and Flagship Airlines in Cook County Circuit Court seeking at least 50000 in damages. The Jetstream Super 31 crash near Raleigh Durham killed 15, including five from Chicago. Ntbs investigation ongoing. Korhorn 40 a factory automation software installer for RWT Corp left wife and two young sons Luke 7 and Benjamin 2.
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Crestwood
American Eagle
North Carolina
Keith Korhorn
Mary
Coo
Ettlorney Eugene Pavalon
Chicago
Mary Korhorn
AMR Eagle Inc
AMR Corp
Flagship Airlines Inc
Korhorn
Raleigh-Durham
National Transportation Safety Board
RWT Corp
Mt. Prospect
Luke
Benjamin
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