Prairie State trustees defer fitness center plan decision
Prairie State College trustees signaled support for a fitness center but delayed commitment after hearing price tag estimates totaling 268,500. The plan would convert the first floor locker area with 200,000 of renovations and 60,000 for equipment, plus 8,500 for monitoring gear, funded by construction funds and user fees. A feasibility study will be conducted before final approval.
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Gilda Williams
William Littleton
Student Services
Littleton
Universal
James Troutman
Illinois Community College Board
Richton weighs water treatment options for village wells
Richton Park officials debate ion exchange versus reverse osmosis to treat hardness in village well water. Ion exchange costs about 1 million dollars but wastes less water, while reverse osmosis costs about 1.3 million and wastes about 25 percent. Additional meetings and data are planned before a decision.
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Heckler
Richton Park
District 162 hires staff amid deficit plan proposal
The board fills a lunchroom supervisor role and adds new teachers for the 1989-90 year including Cindy Baker Carol Crisanti and Lorraine Shinovuch with specified salaries. Transfers involve Pam Dangaia and Cheryl Muench. Resignations from lunchroom supervisors include Claudette Jimenez Elaine Pankey and Chris Fee. A November 7 ballot proposal seeks to raise the district tax rate from 2.21 to 3.01 per 100 of assessed value to help cover deficits with potential cuts and Richton Square School sale as further measures.
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Cindy Baker
Carol Crisanti
Lorraine Shinovuch
Pam Dangaia
Matteson
Indiana
Cheryl Muench
Arcadia
Claudette Jimenez
Elaine Pankey
Chris Fee
Richton Square School
Richton Park
Tocco Challenged Over Police Tactics in Terrorism Case
Mejia said Tocco had no right to accuse Greek authorities of terrorism and claimed they used illegal arrest methods. A third defense motion, under seal, seeks to suppress statements from Gerald Scarpelli, the deceased mob hitman who died May 2 while in custody at the Metropolitan Correctional Center. Scarpelli had been negotiating a deal with prosecutors earlier. Tocco remains in custody at the MCC without bond.
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Mejia
Gerald Scarpelli
Tocco
Scarpelli
Metropolitan Correctional Center
Infant dies after Cicero Avenue crash near Monee
A Peotone man, Gerald Piekarski, 45, is charged after a five car crash on Cicero Avenue near Monee that killed 9 month old Cassandra Fox of Matteson. The infant, seated in a child restraint, died the next day after being transported to Chicago area hospitals. Six others were treated for injuries. Bond set at $2,000.
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Peotone
Cicero Avenue
Monee
Matteson
Cassandra Fox
Cicero Drive- In
Gerald Piekarski
Piekarski
Illinois
Donald Fox
Cassandra
Karen Kerr
Lockport
Olympia Fields Osteopathic Medical Center
Laura Ermshler
Thomas Faille
Oak Forest
South Suburban
Bond
November opening date set for Cub Foods in Chicago Heights
The city council announced a November opening for an 80,000 square foot Cub Foods at the former Kmart site on U S Route 30. Larry Raab, Cub Foods general manager, said the project is progressing on schedule and could open this fall if weather cooperates. The store, operated by Strack and Van Til of Highland, Ind., is expected to generate about 50 million dollars in annual sales and add roughly 500,000 dollars yearly in city tax revenues.
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Kmart
U.S. Route 30
Chicago Heights
Larry Raab
Charles Panici
Raab
Panici
Strack and van Til Company
Highland, Ind
Heching Group of
Chicago
Skokie
Edgar Wygant
Wygant
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Temporary platform to aid Metra service during Matteson station renovations
Jeff Johnson, village planner, says a wooden platform and staircases will be built this week at the Metra station in Matteson to allow continued service during renovations. Metra spokesman Chris Knapton says construction starts in September and typically lasts about a year, with possible early commuter access to the new station.
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Metra
Matteson
Jeff Johnson
Chris Knapton
Knapton
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