Illinois Incentive for Access aid boosts neediest students
Governor Jim Edgar backed legislation sponsored by Rep Flora Ciarlo to create the Illinois Incentive for Access grant. The program adds $500 for freshmen with zero expected family contribution to cover books, materials and summer tuition, addressing affordability and reducing reliance on borrowing.
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General Assembly
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Sinois
Illinois Incentive For Access
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E. Timothy Lightfield
Prairie State College
Paul Wolff
Tenors State University
Two women envision Country Club Drive beautification for 1997 Open
Mary Anne Hoey and Mary Berry plan a coordinated plantings along three blocks of Country Club Drive in Olympia Fields to present a welcoming look for the 1997 U S Senior Golf Open. They expect wide media coverage and door to door outreach to secure owner cooperation for a unified streetscape. A church in Ford Heights hosts a Freedom Celebration to welcome four men released from prison after their murder conviction was dropped. Dorothy Nelson says the event supports readjustment and employment opportunities and invites the community to attend at 4 p m at Trinity Church of God in Christ.
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Mary Berry
Olympia Fields Country Club
Country Club Drive
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Berry
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Ford Heights
Verneal Jimerson
Dennis Williams
William Rainge
Kenneth Adams
Verneal
Dorothy Nelson
Trinity Church of God In Christ
Nelson
Jimerson
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Bridges washed away by flood to be replaced quickly
Three bridges at 93rd Avenue north of 123rd Street, 90th Court north of 121st Street, and 121st Street west of 90th Court were washed away last week. A fourth bridge at 90th Avenue north of 123rd Street was partially damaged. Reconstruction begins today or Friday, designed by Christopher B Burke Engineering.
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Christopher B. Burke
Christopher Burke
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123Rd Street
90Th Court
121St Street
90Th Avenue
Harvey City Council Nixes Plan With Chicago Police Over Gun Range Pact
Harvey would have allowed Chicago Police Department trainees to use the city shooting range in exchange for training. Mayor Graves cites roughly 20000 dollars yearly in police training costs and potential savings. Alderman Arrington motioned to table the agreement citing vagueness and the need for concrete usage details and limits.
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Harvey
Chicago
Nickolas Graves
Arrington
Public hearing set on revised land use plan near I 355
Homer Township Franning Commission schedules a third public hearing for August 28 to review the proposed land use map revised since 1990, amid 35 residents at the prior session and multiple written comments. plan guides zoning decisions and addresses wrong interchanges on the I 355 corridor.
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Franning Commission
John McIntyre
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