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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 2000
Page
10
A garbled passage lists senior executives and editorial staff at The Star including Peter New as editor in chief and publisher Joan Kenn Vick as president, with Frank Shuftan Margaret Seltzner Dennis Wheeler and others in senior roles and feature editors.
The piece ponders futuristic visions of high speed trains and moon flights but urges focus on immediate post-20th century priorities in the south suburban region. It notes many residents may not live to see distant advancements and calls for local leaders to address current unfinished business.
The region faces housing growth, urban revitalization, new infrastructure, and possible airport with benefits and strain. Regional planning, public services, and tax fairness require action at state level. Emphasis on diversity, education, and unity underpins a hopeful century ahead.
Chicago sports face a bleak winter with Bears and Black Hawks faltering and the Bulls enduring a historic slide. Once-dominant six-time NBA champions have won only two of 26, leaving fans and pundits fearing the franchise may post the worst NBA season in history.
Tom Houlihan argues high schools should shed prisonlike austerity for glassy campuses. He reviews Consolidated High School District 230’s $131.7 million renovation of Sandburg Andrew and Stagg, promising theaters, arts centers, and new facades, while noting District 206 Bloom’s belt of cutbacks and mixed fortunes.
In a letter to the editor Senator Peter G. Fitzgerald describes aiding a constituent who faced a three year delay in Social Security disability benefits. He notes his office uses traveling office hours across Illinois to assist citizens with federal agencies and invites residents to attend.
A note thanks the considerate lady who found and returned a wallet lost at the First National Bank in Chicago Heights on Wednesday December 15. The wallet contained credit cards a driver license firearm ID and money. The writer asks the finder to leave a phone number so they can call.
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