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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1999
Page
1
Teens share reflections on role models they look up to Sunday on the newspaper’s Page featuring real-life adults and peers. They discuss qualities that inspire them and moments that shaped their views, highlighting everyday influence and personal growth.
Star staffers Myra Eder and Jo Ann Mathews ponder daily weather patterns and forecasts as spring rain brings changes to routines and reporting, reflecting newsroom routines in a light feature.
A January statute lets police release information on juvenile offenders to schools. Rich Township High District 227 says little changes from its informal police ties. Park Forest and Matteson villages sign an intergovernmental pact to let principals and police chiefs collaborate when students face crimes. The Juvenile Court Act takes effect Jan 1 1999 and requires schools to share disciplinary details with police.
About twenty years after changing its name from Park Forest South to University Park to sharpen its identity, locals face a push from pro airport groups to label the third major Chicago area airport near University Park. The site remains Peotone adjacent, though University Park lies closer to the footprint.
Richton Park village officials move ahead with a Phase I engineering plan to widen Richton Square Road from two lanes to three lanes. The proposal, prepared by Village Manager Chris Limas, aims for IDOT approval soon.
After Amtrak's City of New Orleans struck a semitrailer in Bourbonnais, CART heavy rescue crews arrived to extract bodies from twisted wreckage. Bourbonnais is among 46 member departments. CART aid depends on dues and choice, officials say. Rescue work demands specialized tools and training beyond typical fire departments.
Tom Paris has answered fires since 1980 yet being summoned to Amtrak City of New Orleans crash site on Monday marked a different call. As a member of the Combined Area See BOUNDARIES, Page A-5.
The document lists numerous suburban and city areas across Illinois connected to CART membership. Towns include New Lenox Peotone Homer Homewood Orland Matteson Palos Heights Joliet Lockport Bolingbrook Bourbonnais Custer Township Braidwood Elwood Coal City Orange Team Bristol-Kendall Rockdale Minooka Troy Plainfield Channahon Bedford Park North Palos Bridgeview Oak Lawn Burbank Palos Central Stickney Roberts Park Chicago Ridge Summit Evergreen Park Willow Springs Hometown Worth Justice Darien Woodridge Lisle Woodridge Downers Grove Westmont Lemont.
After a decade of planning Matteson officials expect the 205th Street bridge to open by the end of September linking neighborhoods divided by I 57. The three lane structure costs 3.9 million with 80 percent federal funds and 20 percent state. The village portion approved 105,897 to match a grant.
Richton Park Post Office observes Women s History Month with a breast cancer awareness program. Postmaster Carolyn Simmons says informational sessions by Y ME National Breast Cancer and Hospice South Suburban will be held at 22332 Governors Highway on March 27 from 10 am to noon and March 31 from 11 am to 2 pm. The event promotes early detection and stamps of the month to support awareness and fundraising.
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