Tragic school death prompts grief and guidance plan
Community mourns Samantha’s death at Churchill Willow schools with counselors on site. Swanson, staff, and district officials emphasize supporting students, recognizing signs of distress, and continuing classroom vigilance as families cope. Funeral arrangements set in Homewood with mass at St Joseph Church and burial at Hi Sepulchre.
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James Hart School
Mahan
Willows Churchill
Raymond Morandi
Park Equine Hospital
S. Dixie Hwy
St. Joseph Church
Dixie Highway
Homewood
Hi Sepulchre Cemetery
Worth
King to Celebrate With Diverse Happiness Club Program
King will plan a community celebration hosted by Matteson resident Reverend Bruce Pangborn. The Happiness Club, a 53 member Chicago area group, will perform a one hour hip hop musical “Kids make values cool.” Members range up to 18, representing a racial rainbow, and have performed nationwide including Washington D C at the National Cherry Blossom Festival and the Democratic National Convention. Melissa Gilbert, known for Ghostwriter, is a club member.
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Bruce Pangborn
Matteson
Happiness Club
Chicago
K Lids
Kelly
Dr. King
Human Relations Foundation
Washington D.C
Skyline Theater
Comisky Park
Arlington International Race Course
Melissa Gilbert
Gaby
Gilbert
Sunnycrest district gets first two new fire hydrants
Yule president of the Lee Protection District says Sunnycrest, long without hydrants, will tap into Flossmoor water mains for the first two of four hydrants as Ballantrae subdivision expands. Trustees approved linking to village mains. locations include 192nd Street at Hamlin Avenue and 192nd Street at Central Park. A hydrant connected to Matteson mains will follow if funds allow, with another in Crawford Countryside at Keystone and Thornwood Avenue.
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Ieet
Yule
Lee Protection District
Ballantrae
Flossmoor
Yale
192Nd Street
Hamlin Avenue
Central
McKee pleads guilty to lesser charge in newborn death
Summer McKee, 21, of Crete, pleads guilty to concealment of a death and a reduced charge on a December newborn death. The judge set sentencing for March 10 with potential penalties from probation to 10 years. A psychologist testified McKee may have suffered a dissociative disorder at birth.
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Crete
Will County
Summer McKee
Ope Cali
McKee
Rodney Lechnar
Doug DeBoer
McKeen
Joliet
Randi Zoot
Summer
Edward Jaquays
A I McKee
Jaquays
Village weighs college scholarship endowment plan
Trustees consider a Prairie State College endowment funded by interest reinvestment to aid residents with books and tuition. The program would require attendance at Prairie State and could be privately funded or run through a village scholarship board. Some fear using tax dollars for public education. others advocate a local, self‑funded approach.
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Caddick
Prairie State College
Pierce
Rudolph Banovich
Banovich
Michael Brown
Brown
Mary Pierce
Reinbold
Prairie State Prairie State College Foundation
Prairie State Foundation
Pamela Caddick
David Niemeyer
NiGas
Dollars
Nicor
Superintendent Schmutzler retires amid district reform efforts
The board started a program with teacher union backing to raise student achievement and school improvement. A nationwide search for a new superintendent begins in February with a target to name the successor by July 1998. Board members praise Schmutzler’s decade of leadership and community involvement as they plan for long range, staff surveys, and continued balance in the district budget.
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Schmutzler
Ronnan
Sid
Bean
Slone
Sve
Schmutler
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Ken O'Keefe
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Richton Park
WA News Service
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Citizens’ Scholarship Foundation of America
Ilinois
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Audit Bureau )of Circulations
Aia
Bing Polar
Secon
Sena
Gateway Learning Center
Downtown Park Forest
Roseland Fur Salon
E. 162Nd Street
South Holland
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