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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1995
Page
1
New Arts Six presents a program blending music stories and verse at Freedom Hall and Moraine Valley Community College during Prime Time Weekend. The event features live performances and readings by visiting artists in a cultural showcase.
A compilation of diverse views on beauty from experts and everyday people, exploring timeless questions about taste, value, and perception in the Dimensions feature.
The piece highlights consumer debt warnings from reliance on plastic, advises checking the It Pays column, and previews a special Sunday section on the southern suburbs as a land of progress and opportunity. It notes a February TV Close-Up listing and provides contact numbers for circulation and classifieds.
Rich Township High School District 227 plans a calendar shift to start on August 21, end the first semester before Christmas, and insert a 17 day winter break from December 21 to January 7. The second semester would run January 7 to May 30 with spring break April 5 to 14.
Municipal debate over residency for village workers prompted Police Chief Lawrence Burnson to resign after failing to meet the Matteson requirement. The ordinance demands that department heads and many staff live within village boundaries, with a grace period for hires prior to adoption. Burnson will stay on as lieutenant and live outside the village. Comments from officials in nearby Richton Park varied.
Richton Park advances plans for a $1.5 to $2 million community center after bids to hire an architect were received. Parks Director Pat Ryan said interior exterior and conceptual designs are sought, with a goal to present materials at the Feb 6 Village Board meeting and explore land use options. The project aims to include a large gym classrooms offices and fitness spaces to ease crowded programs and building from 1993 referendums.
All candidates for the April 4 municipal election filed petitions Monday. Matteson Village Board has ten contenders for three seats with two incumbents seeking reelection. Current trustees Patricia Backus and Dale Graham aim to return, joined by newcomers Denise Clemons Opheus Jackson Kevin Warmack and others. Newcomers include B D Dutch Tindall Lamar Chapman Vanessa Chapman Clifford Blake Starr Mercer Horne and more. For the Matteson Library Board four newcomers—Sheryl Jones Keith Osbourne F Michelle Berry and Karen Pastori—seek four seats.
Matteson trustees unanimously adopt an ordinance to issue 2.9 million General Obligation bonds funding sanitary sewer and water line extensions to 160 acres at Lincoln Highway and Ridgeland Avenue. Terra Engineers reports production phase. 50 percent engineering by February and potential for 900 acres of future development near Brook Park.
A Markham jury found Ricardo Gowens 40 guilty of attempted murder and heinous battery for throwing rubbing alcohol at his girlfriend Lois Shaw 41 on February 11 1998 causing a cigarette to ignite and burn her face neck and torso. Shaw was treated at Loyola University Burn Unit Maywood. The jury deliberated from Thursday to Saturday.
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