Home Birth Trend Explored With Families And Promoter
A birth at home highlights a growing trend as expectant parents choose home delivery. Page 19 offers interviews with area families who chose home birth, a doctor who advocates it, and a mother planning classes for preparing for home births. Weekend sports feature Bloom and Thornton clashing in Chicago Heights and Rich South hosting Rich East, with Rich Central chasing its 10th straight win against Bremen.
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Bloom
Thornton
Chicago Heights
Rich South
Rich East
Rich Central
Bremen
SPEED Ludeman project noted at Park Forest center
A group of area youths with a special interest in the work at Elisabeth Ludeman Developmental Center also serves as the custodial team at the state operated facility in Park Forest. Read about the SPEED Ludeman project on page 35 36.
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Elisabeth Ludeman Developmental Center
Park Forest
Speed-Ludeman
Very Cold Weather Impacts Suburban Life Across Illinois
Cold air masses bring sub-zero temps up to 15 degrees below zero with a slow warmup forecast. Utilities report record cold effects as Northern Illinois Gas predicts 3.6 billion cubic feet flow next day and Commonwealth Edison notes minimal outages outside Park Forest South. Public works battle frozen slush while crews assist ice disaster regions and Bell Telephone maintains service with underground lines.
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Hal Burnett
Florida
Central States
Northern Illinois Gas Company
Commonwealth Edison Company
Park Forest
Harvey
Illinois
Bell Telephone System
Matteson weighs Oakwood school recreation center plan
Matteson village board moves toward formal talks with School District 162 on rental or acquisition of Oakwood school and adjacent land to form a joint cultural recreational center. A land use committee will notify the district and study contract terms while considering seven more acres north and west of the building for potential use.
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Matteson Village Board of Trustees
Matteson School District 162
Oakwood School
Dean Wittenkeller
Keither Marks
Mark Stricker
District 162
Kevin M. Callinan
Parks and Recreation
Oakwood
Matteson
Callinan
Parks and Recreation Department
Library and Building Department
Fire Department
Oakwood Park
Municipal Property Committee
Panterra
Marks
Larry Matheny
James Walkowski
Walkowski
Matteson Trustees See New Independent Petitions Filed
Three more Matteson trustee petitions have been taken out for resident signatures to run as independents. Larry Matheny incumbent William O Brien Matteson plan commission member and Max Linton operator of Linton Printing filed to circulate petitions this week. Last week Gerald Goldstein incumbent and Lois Butler acting village clerk also filed as independents. Filing runs Monday to February 13. Terms expiring are Matheny Goldstein and Albert Dunn.
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Matteson
Larry Matheny
William O’brien
Matteson Plan Commission
Max Linton
Linton Printing Company
Gerald Goldstein
Lois Butler
Village Board of Trustee
Matheny
Goldstein
Albert Dunn
Bingo Probe Deepens in Pinnacle Hall Ownership Mystery
The Pinnacle banquet hall in Chicago Heights remains linked to unclear ownership as officials deny ties. Illinois Revenue investigates three weekly bingo games amid complaints the Pinnacle harms smaller operators. Mayor Panici considers revoking the city business license if the Chicago man named in the filing is confirmed uninvolved. The Star previously reported license irregularities tied to a Chicago man who says his name was used without his consent. The man identified Nick Pinto as the real Pinnacle owner, noting his departure over race track connections and tying Pinto to Derby Day off track betting.
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Margaret Seltzner
Pinnacle
Chicago Heights
Illinois Department of Revenue
Joe Orr
Halsted
Charles Panici
STAR
The
Chicago
Panici
the Star
Nick Pinto
Pinto
Chicago Crime Commission
Derby Day
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United States Weather Service
Phil Faso
William Ridder
Roy Jung
Public Works
Planning Commission
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