Election races span three villages with key issues
Park Forest trustees race includes incumbent Bonita Dillard and Bill Patterson challenging Steve Campbell over downtown development priorities. Matteson voters consider residency rules for emergency workers with a 15 mile radius. Frankfort residents weigh switching to Lake Michigan water. Monee voters decide on $700,000 fire protection bonds for a new station, engine, and ambulance with land already secured near Harlem Avenue.
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Monee
Bonita Dillard
Bill Patterson
Steve Campbell
Patterson
Campbell
Dillard
John Ostenburg
Lake Michigan
Frankfort
Carl Nieland
Harlem Avenue
Monee-Manhattan Road
Nieland
Community symposium on domestic violence and children
Richton Park Police and Crisis Center of South Suburbia host a March 28 symposium at Rich South High School focusing on domestic violence and its impact on children. Cook County State's Attorney Richard A. Devine will keynote, and Rich South Drama Phase III presents You Belong to Me depicting intergenerational violence.
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Crisis Center For
South Suburbia
Rich South High School
Sauk Trail
Cook County
Richard A. Devine
Rich South High
Matteson Historical Society plans 25th anniversary year
The Matteson Historical Society marks 25 years since 1975 and will celebrate from April 2000 to April 2001 with the theme The History Around Us. Led by chair June Staackmann the calendar includes a spring Pullman tour on April 8 with bus visits to the Florence Hotel Greenstone Church museum and Pullman house followed by lunch.
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Matteson Historical Society
June Staackmann
Historical Society
Pullman
Florence Hotel
Greenstone Church
Pullman House
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Cuddle time Day Care hurdle blocks proposed permit
Richton Park Village Board again tables a special use permit for Cuddle Time Day Care Center at 22363 and 22365 Governors Highway Advance Bank Plaza. Trustees debate outdoor play area safety and barriers to separate traffic, with review slated for the next work session.
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Richton Park Village
Governors Highway
Advance Bank Plaza
Octavia Burnett
Bikes roll out of stores in warm spell sales surge
As unseasonably warm temperatures hit the area, shoppers flocked to cycling outlets and paths. Dustin Sjoerdsma of Sport mart Inc reports 81 bikes sold in four days, with 32 on one weekend day, citing rising demand for all terrain and lightweight mountain bikes for outdoor exercise. Andy Stravers of Byron's Schwinn Cycling notes phenomenal sales across Homewood and Glenwood, with riders of all levels embracing bicycles for recreation.
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Dustin Sjoerdsma
Sportmart Inc
Calumet City
Sjoerdsma
Byron
Schwinn Cycling and Fitness
Homewood
Glenwood
Andy Stravers
Stravers
Mike Boyle
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Tammie Sloup
Alberta
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Starden
Etamewspapers.com
Aimee See
Ruth Thomas
Old Plank Road
Chicagoland Bicycle Federation
Chibikefed. Org
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