Park Forest Faces Snow Aftermath and Warming Centers
Park Forest residents endured outages as a broken main delayed pumps restoration while officials sought generators. Fire crews recharged oxygen tanks for the ill and police used 4x4s to reach homes and transport people to warming centers. Hotels filled as shelters opened in village halls, libraries, and parks. St James Hospital hosted 25 people overnight and treated frostbite and injuries from shoveling amid widespread power outages and blocked streets. Mayor Ciambrone noted slow clearance of narrow roads and power remained out in parts of the town. APC News Service contributed.
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Muchnik
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Sam” Ciambrone
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APC
Parties differ on how state committeemen are chosen
The piece explains Democratic and Republican methods for electing state central committeemen. Democrats select one man and one woman per U.S. Congressional district and choose the Illinois party chairman Gary LaPaille. Republicans elect one committeeman per district via the previous term’s county convention and require a deputy of the opposite gender.
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Governors State University
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Candidates vie for area committeeman posts in March primary
Rich Township features unopposed bids by Democrat Kevin J. Conlon and Republican Manny Hoffman. Democratic state central committee contenders include Patrick Welch in the 11th District and two women Marge Friedman and Linda Schwartz-Pasternak. in the 13th District Kyle R. Hastings and Dennis M. Temple for males with Beth Ann May and Kathryn Harvey as female candidates. Emil Jones Jr. heads the 2nd District male slate with Cora L. McGruder as female. Michael J. Madigan leads the 3rd District male ticket with Helen A. Ozmina-Bare as female option.
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Rich Township
Conlon
Green
Marge Friedman
Kevin J. Conlon
Manny Hoffman
Democratic State Central
May
Kathryn “Tinker” Harvey
Emil Jones Jr
Cora L. McGruder
Michael J. Madigan
Helen A. Ozmina-Bare
Fire departments battle multi department blaze in Matteson
Wilkens notes 13 calls about fallen wires and ambulances as teams from Chicago Heights Country Club Hills Park Forest Homewood Flossmoor Richton Park and Olympia Gardens aided. Firefighters fought snow hindered by coldness, putting out the apartment blaze by 11 a.m. Officials unsure of origin though most residents likely at work or school. 27 total calls Monday before responding to a second house fire on University Avenue.
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Matteson
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Parteer
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Flossmoor
Richton Park
Olympia Gardens
University Avenue
Lizards Win Shelter Care After Cold Snap Joke
Brown jokes about citizen welfare including lizards as Lizzie the pet stays safe in 86 to 90 degree temps. A concerned owner feared a cold snap could kill the lizard and officials provide help.
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