Shirley Green Honored as Rich Township Assessor Retires
Shirley Green retires after years guiding Rich Township assessors and modernizing services. She helped create intergovernmental collaboration with Cook County, expanded taxpayer outreach, and linked township offices online for faster records. Her tenure saw farmland shrink from 14 000 to 5 000 acres amid growth, with Civic Center housed in a former Pizza Hut.
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Thomas Hynes
Cook County
Green
Hynes
Rich Township
Shirley J. Green
Matteson Plan Commission
Matteson Historical Society
Matteson-Olympia Fields
Shirley
Kevin Conlon
Winter driving safety tips and survival kit essentials
Pukelis outlines a winter survival kit for cars including flashlight extra batteries flares windshield washer fluid jumper cables blanket clothing medical kit gloves tool kit and traction aids. He warns about icy stopping distances and proper brake technique for vehicles with and without anti lock brakes while Dunn and Kaupas add tips on speed caution warming vehicles safely keeping exhaust clear and using phones for emergencies.
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Pukelis
Frank Dunn
Homer Township
Dunn
Horoscope expert links stars to health and market trends
Astrologer Morris ties Saturn in Pisces to health care markets and oil stocks while predicting a real estate and stock rally as rates stay low into 1998. Other experts cite slow AIDS research gains, rising focus on breast and prostate cancer, plus longer engagement before marriage as people mature.
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Jupiter
Morris
Saturn
Pluto
Libra
Scorpio
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Harvey
Kozloff
Kosloff
Ingalls
Deal sealed on sale of Park Forest Centre
The Centre in Park Forest, the town’s main shopping area, was sold on Thursday ending years of dispute with the former developer Cordish Embry. Harold Back buys from Cordish with Park Forest taking 50 percent of net profits and a board seat in a new mall company. Village Hall will move to Bramson's building next to Marshall Field's, with a year or more before completion.
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Park Forest
Bramson’s
Marshall Field’s
Harold Back
Cordish Embry and Associates
Park Forest Plaza
Ron Bean
New Mall Corporation
Jack Manahan
Cordish
Manahan
Back
Clock Tower
Chicago
Lincoln Mall
Matteson
Bono complains as Country Club Hills hosts final concert
The stage scene at Club Hills Police Department ended as Bono voiced sleep disruption from fans. A court settlement links noise complaints to the World group and requires outreach to residents, with World and city officials meeting after each concert season to decide actions. Provisions bind future theater owners, city attorney says.
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John Murphey
Lego displays at Park Forest Library by students
The Park Forest Public Library will show Lego vehicles in the Collector's Corner starting Monday. Jeff Mueller, a sixth grader at St. Lawrence O'Toole School, lends the Lego collection, with displays running through January 14. Jon Davis, a Mohawk School fifth grader, will exhibit his Castle Lego set January 17 to 28.
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Park Forest
Jon Davis
Mohawk School
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Will County Sheriff’s
Paul Kaupas
Kaupas
Sagittarius
Mark Kozloff
Valerie Praska
Frankfort
Prajka
Praska
Edgar Peara
Unitarian Universalist Church
Peara
Park Forest Centre
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Sears
de Paulo
N. LaGrange Road
Sauk Trail Road
Richton Park
St. Lawrence O’toole
Wausau South Holland
Holland
Louis South Holland
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