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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1998
Page
4
First grade teachers integrate music from Baroque to modern themes to ease learning. VanSlyke notes music boosts focus, self correction, and quieter voices while students discuss composers and respond to diverse styles during daily activities.
State Rep Renee Kosel and co sponsors push House Bill 452 to guarantee hold harmless state aid for schools. They say the measure strengthens the school funding bill from last month while critics warn claims of 100 percent funding are misleading and warn districts could face substantial shortfalls in coming years.
Finance Director Hammond outlined upgrades to the budget document to serve as a planning tool with charts graphs and revenue and expenditure history and projections. He also noted new payment options including credit cards and direct deposit for water bills. Parks Director Kiddering described ADA upgrades and Adopt A Park promotion along with self help and education programs based on resident surveys. Fire Chief Solick seeks portable radios for all ground and mounted firefighting personnel to boost safety and a unified contact file to improve office productivity. Public Works aims to improve water and refuse billing and connect to a new village mainframe by June, with study of an extra water plant. Niemeyer highlights progress on 1997 goals and retention programs with Housing Coalition collaboration.
Prudential Partners plans 10 to 15 town homes per acre on five acres at Southwick Drive meeting Old Plank Trail. The site features a private road, landscaped courtyard, and 50 percent green space with HOA maintenance. Cedar Creek project adds 146 single family lots and green space along Butterfield Creek. Ridgeland Manor phase one includes 18 single family lots four duplex lots and four townhouse lots.
Police report two armed robbers with a blue steel revolver forced the store manager into his office and ordered the safe emptied. After the cash was taken, he was struck and left on the floor but did not seek medical treatment. Employees remained in a freezer for about 15 minutes as the thieves fled. The exact amount is still undetermined.
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