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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1995
Page
1
Parents of soon-to-be teens can read about decorating their rooms in Way Cool while Dimensions and Health Quarterly explore free lunch programs and over the counter drugs. The piece highlights youth taste, school meals, and consumer health topics in a roundup style.
Myra Guindon's Political Bytes column offers the latest on local politics. The page notes readers can contact the columnist and newsroom departments for involvement, questions, or submissions, with main line and circulation numbers provided for reference.
At a village forum in Matteson a handful of candidates debated a plan to promote racial diversity in home buying. Starr Mercer-Horne called the plan a slap in the face to Black residents while Patricia Backus defended it as aiming for an integrated market appealing to all groups.
Village Administrator Ralph Coglianese says the decision rests with developer George Kachavos as Park Forest moves the proposal to the Plan Commission for review and a public hearing. The plan seeks an essential 36 foot curb cut on Homan and potential annexation, with units priced about 140000 each.
In Olympia Fields one newcomer, Helen Burleson, competes against three incumbents Michael Monteleone Robert Henn and James Shuba for four year trustee terms on the village board to be decided April 4. Monteleone,a police liaison and public safety committee member, is also on Prairie State College Board and Illinois Community College Trustees Association.
Matteson village officials approved a plan to regrade and revegetate Butterfield Creek from Central Avenue to Interstate 57. The IEPA will fund 60,000 in matching grant money, with the village contributing 40,000. The project aims to reduce erosion and pollution, improving water quality and aiding a future road project.
Steven Pfiel, 18, confessed to killing his brother Roger Pfiel, 19, after police encountered him in custody Saturday. Both lived on Klemme Road in unincorporated Crete Township. the Will County Sheriff’s Office said the arrest connects to a July 1993 murder in Palos. Pfiel had been free on bond prior to the new detainment.
A delegation of 12 South Suburban officials and business leaders will travel to Taiwan and Hong Kong next month to attract investors and airlines to a proposed third regional airport. They will meet Cathay Pacific and Eva Airlines, and cover own travel costs. Officials aim to open lines of communication and attract investment to the South Suburbs.
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