Editorial staff and associations listed for Sunday edition
The page lists Lester G. Sons as Executive Editor and Vice President with Dennis Wheeler as Senior News Editor and Joanne M. Zerkel as Features Editor. Franklin Shuftan serves as Managing Editor. It also notes membership in several associations including the National Newspaper Association and regional groups like the Suburban Newspapers of America and Illinois Press Association, under the Sunday, March 7, 1993 date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Shuftan
National Newspaper Association
Suburban Newspapers of America Illinois Press Association
Northern Illinois Newspaper Association
Battle over Illinois higher education boards heats up
Editorial argues reorganizing state colleges and universities under a new Illinois Board of Higher Education. It centers on eliminating the Board of Regents and Board of Governors, replacing them with campus boards named by the governor and Senate confirmed, feeding to the central board for budgeting and policy. It questions lobbying power, cost, accountability, and impact on students and campuses, urging thoughtful reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boards — of Higher Education
Illinois
Bob Kustra
Jim Edgar
Kustra
Board of Regents
Illinois State University
Northern Illinois University
Sangamon State University
Board of Governors
Governors State University
Chicago State University
Eastern Illinois
Western Illinois
Northeastern Illinois
Sangamon State
Senate
Illinois Board of Higher Education
State University
BOG
Thomas Layzell
GSU
Paula Wolff
Layzell
Chicago State
University of Illinois
Southern Illinois University
Northern
Mobile classroom plan blocked after Cornerstone fire
After Cornerstone Christian Church burned, principal Ken Rose asked the South Chicago Heights Board of Trustees to allow a mobile classroom on church property for about 60 displaced students. The board refused, noting village ordinances require a zoning variance and the Zoning Board of Appeals does not meet for about 30 days. They suggested alternate arrangements or a special meeting, but no action was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornerstone Christian Church
Church
South Chicago Heights
Zoning Board of Appeals
Zoning Board
Chicago Heights
Decade of women highlighted in regional tribute
Experts say this is the decade of women with more in government, medicine, law, business and education. The February dimensions section begins a month long tribute to local women, recognizing figures from Marie Curie to Amelia Earhart and inviting readers to add names from the South Suburbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Curie
Harriet Tubman
Dorothea Dix
Mother Teresa
Sarah Siddons
Amelia Earhart
America
Dimensions
Lead Dimensions
World Music Theatre Noise Ruling Sparks Quiet Anthem Plans
Illinois Pollution Control Board orders World Music Theatre in Tinley Park to lower outdoor concert noise after complaints from Matteson and Country Club Hills. Possible fines up to 10000 per day if violations continue, with independent decibel counts and berm enhancements already made. The piece also critiques Pulaski Day awareness and proposes a Pulaski rap song to sing at assemblies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Pollution Control Board
World Music Theatre
Tinley Park
Casimir Pulaski
Pollution Control Board
Matteson
Country Club Hills
Music
Bono
Dwight Welch
San Jose Sharks
Casimir P
Illinois
Poland
Savannah
Casimir
Pulaski
World Music Theater
Welfare versus work and gun control in Mel Reynolds district
Letter writer Jim Wagner argues welfare benefits often exceed work earnings, urging policies to make employment financially attractive. He criticizes Mel Reynolds proposed Safe Streets Act and gun manufacturer liability, comparing it to broader political failures and blaming prior representative Gus Savage for poor conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Wagner
Matteson
Mel Reynolds
Smith and Wesson
Gus Savage
Gus
House of Representatives
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lester G. Sons
Dennis Wheeler
Joanne M. Zerkel
Tom Houlihan
Aerosmith
Tracy Chapman
Eric Clapton
Martin Luther King
Abraham Lincoln
World Book Encyclopedia
Lincoln
King
Rodney Dangerfield
Chicago
London Bridge
Casimir Pul
Reynolds
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