Shaw named assistant Senate minority leader in Illinois
Illinois Senate Minority Leader Emil Jones named state Sen. William Shaw an assistant Senate minority leader for the 89th General Assembly. Shaw, first African-American senator for the South Suburbs, vows to push economic development, child welfare, and crime reduction, and to pursue about 2 billion dollars to cover Medicaid bills. He supports income tax increases over borrowing.
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Chicago
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Dalton
General Assembly
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Illinois Senate
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Illinois General Assembly
PSC hosts three National Issues Forums sessions
Prairie State College will sponsor three National Issues Forums in the South Suburbs over the next two months. The first forum Kids Who Commit Crimes on February 2 at 7 p.m. in the PSC staff lounge invites nonpartisan dialogue on juvenile violence.
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Prairie State College
Christy Donovan
Donovan
Suburban Cook County records lowest infant death rate in 1993
Illinois public health officials report suburban Cook County infant mortality at 8.9 per 1,000 births in 1993, based on 317 deaths and 35,603 births, lower than the state rate of 9.6. Will County shows 5.7 per 1,000 with 34 deaths 5,942 births. Illinois statewide totals: 1,838 deaths 190,709 births. The program Healthy Moms Healthy Kids served about 170,000 low income families, with caseworkers aiding pregnant women and three-year-olds in accessing care.
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Springfield
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Lumpkin
Interstate News Service
Eagle Scout Albert Riley of Park Forest Achieves Highest Rank
Albert Riley an 18 year old Olympia Fields boy and eighth grade honor student at Huth Middle School earned the Eagle Scout rank during a Saturday ceremony at St. Pauls Good Shepherd Church in Park Forest He is a member of Troop 185 Park Forest His Eagle Service Project was profiled in the Star on August 14 19 Riley has 23 Merit badges Life Scout since March 1994 and Den Chief Service Award in May 1994 He is active in school sports church and hobbies.
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District 194 Welcomes 26 New Teachers Across Schools
Steger District 194 greets 26 new teachers as fall classes begin. Central Junior High adds Mary Broadhurst Edwina Diehl Jason Dymond Jennifer Preuss Sandra Siefert and JoAnn Winfrey in learning disability language arts math and media roles. Eastview Parkview and Saukview staffs also expand with multiple new instructors across kindergarten to fifth grade and instrumental music roles.
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Chester Finnstrom
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Wendy Peebles
Sal Pienschke
Teresa Prost
Parkview
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Sinram
Ninkovich
Grochowski
Dominik
Langlois
Saukview
Kathleen Cahill
Gail Deane
Gail Hartsough
John Parkos
Christine Rutkowski
Theresa Vagena
Deane
Cahill
Vagena
Hartsough
Parkos
Rutkowski
Eastview
Forest district gets 5.5 million in grants for parks and trails
The Forest Preserve District of Will County has secured more than 5.5 million dollars in federal and state grants over three years for acquiring developing and restoring district properties. Major awards include 2,368,596 for Heritage Park Joliet and 1,662,935 for Old Plank Road Trail with required district matches.
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Will-South Cook Soil and Water Sale Offers Trees Shrubs and Fish
The Will-South Cook Soil and Water Conservation District lists spring sale items including 18 inch to 8 foot liner stock and one to two gallon potted stock. Fish varieties are catfish bass sunfish minnows bluegill crappie and Triploid Grass carp. Order deadline is April 1 with tree pickup on April 21 and 22 at the Will County Farm Bureau hold 100 Manhattan Road oliet.
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