Illinois to build roads for Peotone airport plan
Illinois officials on Thursday announced a plan to close several dozen miles of roadways and build a new interchange on Interstate 57 to serve a proposed airport near Peotone. Two access roads would be added, with construction funded by airline user fees and not from the state highway fund, IDOT said. Officials warned future costs remain uncertain beyond the first phase in 2001, and guaranteed airline use is needed, while FAA approval and industry opposition loom.
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School district official faced with asbestos at Fulton site
Robert Procunier, longtime superintendent of Community Consolidated School District 146, has contended with many duties and now oversees asbestos at Fulton School. Administrators found asbestos while evaluating the building’s soundness and plan a new administration center addition by next March.
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Robert Procunier
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Tinley Park to hand renovation probe to attorney general
The Tinley Park Park District will not have its police investigate Pat Glenn's handling of the Vogt House and Bremen Cash Store renovations. Officials said the Illinois Attorney General's office will review the project, with the village seeking outside oversight. The Vogt House and Bremen Cash Store renovations have run $500,000 over the planned $1.3 million budget, and one project is a year behind schedule.
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S. 67Th Court
Bremen Cash
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Orland School District Breaks Ground On New Junior High
Officials from Orland School District 135 hold a groundbreaking ceremony for a $15 million junior high, near the currently under construction Orland Park Ice Arena. Superintendent Charles Palaces warns of muddy site conditions as administrators teachers and students participate. The school, with about 40 classrooms, is slated to open for the 1996 97 academic year.
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Board of Education
Charles Palaces
Orland Park
Cleanup at Wolfe Wildlife Refuge in Oak Lawn
Oak Lawn residents will join a cleanup sponsored by the Park District Environmental Task Force and Friends of the Chicago River. The drive targets the wildlife area at 109th and Laramie and part of Stony Creek, long a teen gathering and garbage site, with Oak Lawn and Palos Heights participating in River Rescue.
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Jim Moran
Palos Heights
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Legends restaurant delayed by baseball season links
The delay in opening Legends restaurant, with a baseball theme, coincides with ongoing baseball season issues. Lawyer Donald Bettenhausen, representing five partners including Pat Glenn and White Sox figures Ozzie Guillen and Ron Schueler, cites uncertainty on a firm opening date. The Calumet Memorial Park District also broke ground on a $1 million gym at the Sandridge Center amid local ward disputes over park improvements.
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Lions Club Fundraiser Gifts Help Sight and Hearing
In a letter to the editor the Chicago Heights Lions Club thanks supporters of its $10,000 raffle with $25 tickets. Proceeds aid sight and hearing devices and fund local groups such as Speed School and Bloom Township High School. The club invites new members to join.
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Beware hate mongers in America a call to unity and action
Letter to the editor warns against hate and violence spreading across the nation. A veteran speaker cites past atrocities, defends racial equality, condemns Nazi and extremist rhetoric, and urges schools and communities to counter hatred to preserve democracy and freedom. The author stresses responsibility to reject bigotry and safeguard American values.
Not quite slight to the wanter in dues
Richard L Evans of Flossmoor criticizes the Homewood Flossmoor Racquet and Fitness Club for a 68 percent dues hike. He details misleading newsletters, once "slight" increases, and a shift to higher annual costs while warning the budget process is flawed.
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Richard L. Evans
Flossmoc
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