Cadet Program reshapes Chicago Heights police ties
Thirteen teens and young adults join the Chicago Heights Police Cadet Program to improve relations with officers and boost community support. Cadets from Bloom Township and Glenwood undergo 60 hours of training, assist with traffic and crowd control, and fund uniforms totaling about 250 dollars through area business sponsors.
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Chicago Heights
Boy Scouts of America
Bohlen
Drug Enforcement Administration
Nancy Lane
Police Department
Lessing Lumber & Hardware Co
Chicago Road
Owens-Brockway Glass
12Th
Arnold _ streets
Ridgeview Towing
Halsted
Heritage Ed Bank
Joe Orra
Norway Oil
East End Ave
Mac-Tcs
State meetings push expanded child welfare services
Illinois officials and local leaders at the Illinois Municipal Human Relations Association conference urged more community based care for children in distress. Anne Burke noted 600 children monthly removed to substitute care while emphasizing early community intervention and mentoring to address poverty isolation and educational gaps. Panelists urged family support coordinated youth policy and integrating youth issues with public policy across Mattoon Park Forest and University Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Illinois
Anne Burke
Illinois Municipal Human Relations Association
Villages of Mat
Teson
Park Forest
University Park
Ron Bean
Burke
Jerry Slomka
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
Jerry Stermer
Voices of Illinois Children
Bill Ryan
Hull House Association
Phil Morley
Stermer
Jon Steinmetz
New Directions
Vision 2000 Town Hall plans in University Park
University Park prepares for the second Vision 2000 Town Hall on June 24 at Hickory Elementary, after a May 6 kickoff attended by about 100 residents. The session will gather ideas, rank them by priority, and progress from brainstorming to implementation under the Village Marketing Committee with staff and the Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Park
Hickory Elementary
Blackhawk Drive
Barbara McKinley-Lewis
Governors State University
University Park Marketing Committee
McKinley-Lewis
Village blames realtor for house mailing mix up
South Holland residents alleged Re/Max All Realty sent sale notices to names on the village non solicitation list. Realtor owner countered that the two residents were not on the older list but appeared on an updated list last week. Village officials plan a broad fair housing program with a five member board and neighborhood groups to monitor sales, aiming to include Realtors in a new ordinance. The proposal seeks to curb steering and includes penalties up to 50000 dollars for violations.
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South Holland
Re/Max All Realty
Richton Park
Village Hall
South/Southwest
Kypuros
David Janke
DeGraff
Mohawk Students Host DARE Family Feud Finale
Fifth grade pupils at Mohawk School in Park Forest Chicago Heights School District 163 completed the DARE program with a custom Family Feud style quiz. Park Forest police officers Lane Linder and Brian Tas led the event testing students on personal safety and resisting drugs.
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Park Forest
Chicago Heights
Mohawk
DARE
Lane Linder
Brian Tas
Youth Buckskin rider Jenny Stevenson earns IBHA top youth honor
Jenny Stevenson of Park Forest wins the Youth Supreme Championship at the International Buckskin Horse Association in Indianapolis. She earns top youth honors across Western English and speed events and appears on the youth honor roll for three straight years. Stevenson and her buckskin Don Don It Bucky have three and a half years of competing success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenny Stevenson
Park Forest
International Buckskin Horse Association
Indianapolis
Ind
Stevenson
Brent
Joyce Stevenson
Columbia
Bucky
Missouri
Buckskin Horse Congress
Minnesota
Hunt Seat
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Jeff Bohlen
Sai Police
Karla Osantowski
Osantowski
Gerry Billups
Bloom Township
Bloom High School
Gary Miller Jr
Nick Schrementi
Levar Brewer
Chuck Pedigo
Arturo Robles
David Canon
Roger Wilson
Orlando Pimentel
Glenwood
Kevin Droba
Cindy Wager
Ted Rinearson
Virginia Oo
Chad Biesboer
Arnie Bauer Cadillac- Gmc Truck Co
Western Ave
Calumet Steel Company
E. 11Th St
DiCicco Concrete Products Inc
E. 14Th St
Kiepura-Stewart Roofing Inc
East End
Oklahoma City
Matteson
Arcadia School
Matthew Hill
Phil Faso
Hawaii
Matthew
Sean Colbet
Larry Wells
Meeting
Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services
APC News Service
Donald DeGraff
Dare Has
IBHA
Ric East
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