Thank you for Park District programs Chicago Heights
Letter to the editor praising Dave Dunne and staff for park district programs in Chicago Heights. Mention includes baseball and basketball seasons, sportsmanship lessons, year end trophies, and a summer camp offering two hours per session four days weekly across neighborhood parks. Signed by John and Mary Kay Entsminger.
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Dave Dunne
Chicago Heights
Park
Dave
John and
Mary Kay Entsminger
Park dance recital features Bloom High School showcase
Diana Duda of Diana's Dance and Fitness Dynamics thanks her dancers for a June 5 recital at Bloom High School. Special thanks go to Bill Gibson for a giant lighted Monopoly board design and to Sue Gibson Susan Bayer Jody Anders Joanie Gianetti for props and scenery.
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Bloom High School
Bill Gibson
Sue Gibson
Susan Bayer
Jody Anders
Joanie Gianetti
Jamie Desiies
Dustin Parker
Chicago Heights
Country Club Hills Park
Diana Duda
Diana
Public wants Centre survey to save Park Forest Mall
An 18 year resident urges the Star to publish a public opinion poll about Park Forest Centre shopping needs. He argues stores desired by shoppers should guide developers and asks the newspaper to lead a survey, noting editor’s caution on form validity.
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Park Forest Mall
Star Newspaper
Park Forest
Illinois Senators Back Jackie Wilson Stamp Effort
Fans and committee members thank Sen. Paul Simon and Sen. Carol Moseley Braun for supporting a U S postage stamp for Jackie Wilson. The two senators urged Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee, which works two to three years ahead to evaluate commemorative requests, and their staff kept the group informed on progress.
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Illinois
Paul Simon
Carol Moseley-Braun
U.S
Jackie Wilson
Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee
Letters policy for The Star editor letters process
The Star invites signed letters with writers' names published and verification details such as address and phone if needed. Addresses and phones are not published. letters may be edited for legality clarity or brevity and can be delivered mailed or faxed to the Star office.
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Star
Illinois to reveal preferred site for third regional airport
A press conference on July 6 will unveil the state favored location for a new third regional airport. Peotone in the south suburbs is the expected pick, with consulting firm TAMS reviewing Lake Calumet Kankakee Gary Peotone and a bi state Beecher Cedar Lake site as part of a Master Plan Study after FAA funding stalled. Project manager Bob York hinted Peotone is favored.
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Peotone
TAMS
Lake Calumet
Kankakee
Gary
Bistate
Beecher
Cedar Lake
Ind
State of Illinois
Federal Aviation Administration
Bob York
Map by Tezak used to guide killer, defense says
During a sentencing hearing in a federal arson-for-profit case, Steven Popuch argued that a map drawn by former Will County coroner Robert Tezak showed an X to guide a fellow prisoner’s girlfriend to a Joliet dealership for a favorable car deal. Sheldon Shannon testified Tezak asked him to arrange the murder of labor official Kenneth Floyd, a co-conspirator and potential witness.
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Will County
Robert Tezak
Steven Popuch
Joliet
Tezak
Sheldon Shannon
Kenneth Floyd
Shannon
Metropolitan Correctional Center
Chicago
Floyd
Fire chief proposes $120000 sale of shared aerial ladder truck
Homewood plans to buy Flossmoor’s half of a 100 foot aerial ladder truck for 120000. Joint owner since 1986, the deprecation based offer values the unit at 240000. Fire Chief Ray Presnak says the truck fits each community’s current needs and recommends the sale.
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Homewood
Flossmoor
Ray Presnak
Time to call it quits for regional special education SMA
The South Metropolitan Association for Low Incidence Handicapped votes to disband by June 1995. SMA serves 55 districts and will phase an invisible transition with students returning to the same schools and staff. It acts as the administrative arm for four cooperatives SPEED ECHO Southwest Cook and Eisenhower.
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South Metropolitan Association For
SMA
Ray St. Aubin
SPEED
ECHO
Cook County
Eisenhower
Palos District 118 Buses Deemed Safe Without Seat Belts
A Palos Community School District 118 study finds district buses are safe without lap belts. The Transportation Committee recommends against installing belts, citing differences from cars and potential harm in crashes. New bus designs with padded high back seats act as crash barriers, and district buses use compartmentalized layouts.
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Palos Community School District 118
Transportation
Suburban Tollway Panel Forms Bylaws Subcommittee
South Suburban Tollway Planning Council organizes a bylaws subcommittee at its Monday meeting. Eight representatives from New Lenox and adjoining areas will draft purpose and philosophy to guide input on the I 355 extension from I 80 to I 57. Members include park districts schools fire district Peotone county Monee New Lenox and Frankfort.
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South Suburban Tollway Planning Council
New Lenox
John Nowakowski
Peotone
Monee
Frankfort
Nowakowski
Tinley Park Chief Enters Race for Police Association
Tinley Park police chief James Wade appears on the ballot as fourth vice president of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police. His opponent is Robert Noonan of Troy. a few hundred chiefs are expected to vote at the biannual conference on July 18. Wade cites committee work and aims to boost South Suburbs representation.
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Tinley Park
James Wade
Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police
Robert Noonan
Downstate Troy
Wade
Sauk Village
Frankfort Water Rate Suit Delayed Again
Temperatures rose as a court hearing on the Frankfort Square water rate lawsuit was postponed due to unfinished depositions by village counsel. The class action seeks to halt a $2.28 per 1000 gallons charge on East Basin residents, arguing it is illegal and discriminatory against Prestwick Timber Ridge and East Basin customers. The hearing is rescheduled for July 25.
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Frankfort Square
Frankfort
Prestwick Subdivision
Timber Ridge
Cook County
East Basin
West Basin
Park Forest trustees urged to resign over Sears store move
Park Forest resident Michael Lewellen asked Village Trustees Tony Petersen and Thomas DeHahn to resign Monday night accusing them of withholding information about the closing of the Sears store in The Centre. Petersen and DeHahn stated they avoided revealing knowledge to protect duties and legal standing while Lewellen and Steve Campbell argued the trustees knew of Sears plans during the March election. Village President Patrick Kelly said the village only knew the store was considering leaving The Centre.
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Park Forest
Michael Lewellen
Tony Petersen
Thomas DeHahn
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Sears
Petersen
DeHahn
Lewellen
Steve Campbell
Campbell
Patrick Kelly
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