Cooling centers aid heat stressed residents district wide
The Calumet City Public Library hosts a second cooling center at 660 Manistee with schools ready to open as centers during prolonged heat. Lan-Oak Park District offers Eisenhower Center for cooling. pets need water and shade, and air conditioning for indoors. Summer camp indoors part of heat plan while ER reports heat related asthma cases. Thunderstorms and severe wind damage hit Matteson and Richton Park. Lioncrest tenants evacuated as roof and water damage affected 90 units. repairs underway. tents at Anita M Stone Center blown down but staff stabilized site.
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Calumet City Public Library
Manistee
Lansing
Keith Smith
Lan-Oak Park
Eisenhower Center
Smith
Sheri Askew
Markham Animal Clinic
Anita M. Stone Center
Homewood
Ari Riekes
Riekes
Laurie Goldberg
Ingalls Hospital
Harvey
Beverley Klinkhammer
ComEd
Jennifer Kennefick
Nancy
216Th Street
Matteson
Pat Power
Power
Lioncrest Apartments
Tower Drive
Richton Park
Bernett Neuman
Neuman
196Th Street
Sheri Karr
Auto mall project progresses with roadways and plans
The village advances plans for an auto mall connecting to the Old Plank Trail with Gallagher Asphalt to start road construction this week. Miller Consolidated re-subdivides lots for the used car center, with Plan Commission review of new site plans for Miller Nissan-Volkswagen and Olds-Isuzu. Funding comes from a 3.5 million bond fund for roads and utilities, while rain has delayed underground installation.
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Plan Commission
Haldane
Miller Consolidated
James Miller
Nissan-Volkswagen
Dave Miller
Gallagher Asphalt Corp
Thorton
Auto Mall
Miller Circle Drive
Auto Court
Gallagher
Wegner Sewer and Water of
Mokena
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
Car- Max
Tinley Park
Richton Park to greet new residents with welcome program
Gormala notes Scheffki will give each newcomer a logo coffee cup with flowers as a welcome gift. Officials say the greeter plan aims to improve how new residents are received and encouraged to share contact details. Meant to foster unity, neighborhoods have started their own welcomes. The village records indicate about 300 families relocate yearly and growth is expected. The board also adopted a mission to deliver excellent services, ensure high quality of life, and plan for growth.
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Gormala
Scheffki
Richton Park
Meadow Lake
Dan Mackiewicz
Students enjoy district 159 cruise aboard Spirit Line
District 159 PTOs and staff hosted a Lake Michigan cruise for junior high students and parents aboard the Spirit Cruise Line. The outing included Navy Pier touring, a buffet, music, dancing, and a downtown Chicago bus tour, with transport from Marya Yates School provided by Tour Services Inc. Special thanks were extended to district administrators and PTO leaders for organizing the event.
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Lake Michigan
Spirit Cruise Line
Navy Pier
Spirit
Chicago
District 159
Tour Services Inc
Marya Yates School
Allemong’ Drive
Matteson
April Grammer
Yates
Chaperone
Mescha Grammer
Marya Yates
Gwen Johnson
Debbie Smith
Woodgate
Pat Eller
Sieden Prairie
Sue Hunt
Armstrong
Lucille Adams-Johnson
Otis Watkins
Tim McCarthy
Jim Christ
Gayle Poindexter
Laverne Richard
Joseph Dubec
Board of Education
Brian Mays
Jim Fredericks
Welfare reform leaders sought in South Suburbs coalition
South Suburbs lack leaders to coordinate welfare reform efforts says forum at Prairie State College in Chicago Heights. Participants urge collaboration among social service agencies and employers, with plans to forward concerns to the Illinois Department of Human Services and Cook County officials.
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Prairie State College
Chicago Heights
Bob Wharton
Community Economic Development Association
Illinois Department of Human Services
Cook County Board
John Stroger
Sunny Fischer
City of Chicago-Cook County
Elena Calloway
Chicago
Park Forest
Brenda Pino
Pino
Chicago Southland Area
Two towns compete for new multiscreen theater complex
Hazel Crest and Country Club Hills vie to attract a movie complex with shopping and tax revenue. Hazel Crest says ground could break this summer while Country Club Hills remains tight lipped about plans for a 454 acre site between Pulaski and Cicero. Gatling Development and Tucker Development partner on the site, while Hazel Crest officials push forward with their cinema project.
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Hazel Crest
Country Club Hills
167Th Street
Kedzie and
Central Park Avenues
Country Club Hills Offi
Cials
Pulaski Road
Cicero Avenue
Dwight Welch
Gatling Development Co
Welch
Gatling
Louis Vitullo
Vitullo
Fuiay
Neighboring villages back airport push near Peotone
University Park officials vow support for a third regional airport near Peotone crossing party lines. Mayor Edward Palmer backs candidates in favor of Peotone site, joins Richton Park in backing pro airport reps and pushing for economic growth and jobs by 2020.
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University Park
Peotone
Edward Palmer
Palmer
U.S
Glenn Poshard
D-19th
Poshard
Orland Park
Tos
Midway Airport
O'Hare International
Richton Park
Richton Park Village
Hughes
Banovich
Jerry Weller
R-Morris
Henry Hyde
R-Addison
Third Airport Clearinghouse
Ed Paesal
Will County
Cook’ County
Chicago
Paesal
O’hare
Midway
American Airlines
United Airlines
O'Hare
Paesar
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Business
APC News Service
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STAR
Norman A. Rosinski
Presid
Ent and Publisher
Franklin Shuttan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
U.S.P.S
Illinois
Ournoor
First Baptist
Faith
Forest
North Orchard Dr
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