Meet area women mentors shaping summer art fair circuit
Prime Time Weekend Lessons in building a solid foundation from six prominent area women who look back at their own mentors. Kids and cash It’s never too early to teach children about the responsibilities that come with handling money. ee Dressing up Uniforms in the public schools pride, discipline, savings. See Page A-12 Even in youth sports, parents and coaches should allow kids to be kids. See Sports.
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Ars
Ralph Coglianese
Coglianese
Morning Glory Drive
Willow Road
Rose Lane
Carnation Lane
Violet Lane
212Th Place
Olympian Way
Dettmering Drive
Oak Street
Lincoln Mall
Mark Stricker
Wieboldt’s
Matteson extends scavenger contract two months
Matteson Village Board votes to extend USA Waste scavenger service contract from April 17 to June 17. Extension allows a smooth transition to a new contractor, as Trustee Michael Perry notes. Board plans further action in three weeks with a final vote anticipated a week later.
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Laste
Matteson Village
USA Waste
Unti
Michael Perry
Public Works Committee
Perry
Vllage
District 227 board weighs school violence concerns
Rich Township High School District 227 faced safety worries from a Park Forest parent at Monday’s meeting. She pressed for action on metal detectors and safety measures while board members and Superintendent DuWayne Cares pledged ongoing precautions and urged more parent reporting. The board approved 10,000 for the first annual audit and renewed the district’s Illinois High School Association membership.
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Kevin Wiatrowski
Rich Township
Jackie Wacnter
Park Forest
Hoard
Tony Brunson
Wachter
Denise Allen
Brenda Smith
Brunson
Carnes
Drst
Illinois High School Rd
Witness testifies Mangialardi bribery scheme details emerge
Convicted drug dealer Otis Moore Jr. testifies in a Chicago federal trial that he paid Deputy Police Chief Mangialardi about ten thousand dollars monthly from 1986 to 1989 in a bribery and racketeering case. Moore, in a blue prison jumpsuit, says Mangialardi could arrest him or shut down his operations, while Moore remains under a government plea deal.
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Bill Schwinger
Otis Moore Jr
Chicago Heights
Samagialardi
Ate
Moore
Mangialardi
Sam Moore
U.S
Wayne H. Andersen
Chicago
Parents and administrators clash over Matteson school incident
Administrators and parents at Matteson School District 159 seek to resolve a controversy linked to an alleged clash between a fourth grade teacher and Principal Richard Lesniak. Superintendent Mullins says the issue cooled after a meeting, while flyers urge board action on April 12 and possible emergency sessions.
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Matteson
Board of Education
Marya Yates
Richard Lesniak
Thomas Mullins
Mullins
Carl Langley
Lesniak
Marya Yates School
Passover festival marks deliverance from Egypt
Mary McC recounts Passover as the outstanding home festival in Jewish life. The eight day observance begins Saturday night with the Seder and Haggadah teaching the story of Moses, plagues, and the death of the firstborn, followed by ritual foods like maror and parsley. Rabbis emphasize reenactment to teach freedom across generations.
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Israel
Egypt
Moses
Ellen Dreyfus
Ark Forest
Beth Sholom
Shalom Podwol
Park Forest
Congregation
Am Echad
Leo R. Wolkow
Homewood
B'Nai Yehuda
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Robert James
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