Matteson Village Trustee Candidates Speak On Growth And Unity
Candidates from Matteson discuss unification and the village’s growth challenges. Arthur Ohlerking, former trustee, argues growth is the key issue while others advocate for a village manager, stronger planning, and better coordination with residents to address Cricket Hill and development obligations.
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Matteson
Hoppenworth
Ohlerking
Cricket Hill
Matheny
Linton
O'Brien
Brickyard adjunct 85 falls before bulldozer landmark razed
A 110 year Homewood landmark brick complex was demolished last week as a bulldozer leveled one of four original two story brick buildings on 183rd street near Harwood avenue. Built in the 1890s by William Gottschalk and son Henry it housed the Homewood Animal Hospital until 1971. The site provided parking for the hospital and included a popular brick yard landmark with a clay pit used for swimming in summer and ice skating in winter.
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Charles J. Shields
Homewood
183Rd Street
Harwood Avenue
William Gottschal
Animal Hospital
J. L. Prince
Olympia Fields
James Huizinga
Park Forest
Wayne Paint Company
Scorpio's Restaurant
McWilliams Plumbing Supplies
Gottschalk
Homewood Brick Company
Parks offer fee reduction for seniors in Matteson events
Senior residents 60 plus may join spring events with 25 percent reduced fees offered by the Matteson Parks and Recreation Department. Planned items include Balmoral Race Night at Balmoral Race Track Crete on Saturday with dinner transport and finish line seats. Nonresident seniors pay out of district fees. checks to village of Matteson. park office contact 748-1080.
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Matteson
Matteson Parks and Recreation Department
Balmoral
Wrigley Field
Cubs
West 215Th Street
Investigation expands into health effects of Stauffer blast
Publicity and lack of it spurred a broader probe into health impacts from last August's Stauffer Chemical explosion in Chicago Heights. Officials extended testing for EPN exposure as participation lagged, with critics citing weak outreach to affected residents and workers.
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Margaret Seltzner
Stauffer Chemical Company
Stauffer
Chicago Heights
Illinois Department of Public Health
National Institute of Occupational Safety
NIOSH
U.S. Center For Disease Control
Eileen Choffnes
Citizens For
Ms. Choffnes
Chicago Rehabilitation Institute
Chicago
Metropolitan Sanitary District
the Star
St. James Hospital
MSD
EPN
Lincoln Village outline moves toward final plan
Team Enterprises presented a multifaceted development for Lincoln Village bounded by Route 30 Illinois 57 and Cicero Avenue to the Matteson plan commission. The proposal includes a 150 room Holiday Inn seven office buildings two sit down restaurants a supermarket drugstore two theaters a Sportmart and Childworld plus numerous smaller shops. The commission had long sought to transform the Route 30 eyesore replacing an unfinished 100000 square foot building with three large department stores and replacing three fast food spots with an office building and a sit down restaurant. The panel will decide at the April 5 meeting and then forward to the village board for final approval.
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Lincoln Village
Team Enterprises
Illinois 57
Cicero Avenue
Matteson Plan Commission
Richard Osty
Childworld
Plan Commission
Osty
Village Board
Friends of Richton Park Library Organized Meeting
A group named Friends of the Richton Park Library forms to assist librarian Mark Mandle in launching new programs. An organizational meeting is set for Thursday at 8 p.m. at Richton Park village hall with backing from the library board and staff. Contact Mrs. Ann Stuart or the library for details.
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Friends of the
Richton Park
Mark Mandle
Richton Park Village Hall
Ann Stuart
Mandle
Oakwood School PTO Sells Bright Orange T Shirts
Oakwood school PTO offers bright orange T shirts with blue lettering and an original design. Made of 50 percent polyester and 50 percent cotton, they come in children and adult sizes with prices four dollars for child shirts and four fifty for adults. Orders due Thursday. delivery during spring vacation. A sample shirt is on display in the school office.
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Oakwood School Pto
Kindergarten Sign-Up Set Wednesday for District 159
Elementary School District 159 announces kindergarten registration for children turning five by December 1, 1979. Registration runs 1 3 PM and 6 8 PM at Woodgate Prairie and Armstrong schools with addresses in Matteson and Richton Park. Bring birth certificate. contact principals or Superintendent Tesmond at 720 1300 for details.
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Woodgate
Creekside
Central Avenue
Matteson
Timber Ridge
Cricket Hill
Glen Ridge
Sieden Prairie School
Notre Dame Drive
Lakewood
Lakewood Manor
Armstrong School
Imperial Drive
Richton Park
Donald J. Tesmond
Sauk Students Rehearse Wizard of Oz Musical
Sauk school fourth through sixth graders rehearse The Wizard of Oz with Angela Young as Dorothy and Gene Villareas Luke Desaultus Angela Rabideau among cast. Directed by Marlene Luedke with Lois Marshall and Lee Pensinger. accompanist Shirley Gilkison. Thursday 7 30 p m in Sauk gym after PTO meeting. Awards to classrooms with highest parent attendance. student council bake sale outside gym before and after show.
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Sauk School
Woodbine and Churchill
Richton Park
Angela Young
Dorothy
Gene Villareas
Luke Desaultus
Angela Rabideau
Laurie de
Absentee Ballots Open for District 159 School Board Vote
Applications for absentee ballots for the April 14 District 159 school board election may be filed at the district office 725 Notre Dame Drive Matteson with board secretary Fran Myers. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and requests accepted by mail or in person through April 9. personal applications end April 12. The office will be closed April 13 for Good Friday along with all district schools.
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Notre Dame Drive
Matteson
Fran Myers
Zion Lutheran girls in First Lutheran invitational
Zion Lutheran School Matteson fifth to eighth graders will compete in Blue Island for the First Lutheran invitational basketball tournament. Friday at 6 30 p m they face St Peter's Joliet. Saturday at 9 30 a m they meet First Lutheran Blue Island and at 2 30 p m play Trinity Lutheran Lansing. Games are at First Lutheran Grove and Ann streets Blue Island. Coach Ron Felgenhauer leads the squad.
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Zion Lutheran School
Matteson
Blue Island
Zion's
St. Peter's Lutheran School
Ann Street
Ron Felgenhauer
Top Bananas win awards in public speaking contest
The Top Bananas 4-H club of Matteson earned blue red and purple ribbons at Oak Forest High School in a South Cook county event. Denise Spellman Kim Spellman Paula Hines Ellen Ettema Sue Ettema Kathleen O'Brien received A or B ratings with class champion honors. Kathleen O'Brien advanced to the South Cook finals in South Holland.
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South Cook County
Oak Forest High School
Matteson
Denise Spellman
Kim Spellman
Paula Hines
Ellen Ettema
Sue Ettema
Kathleen O’brien
Kathleen
South Holland
South Cook
Faith United Protestant Church
Park Forest
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Harvey
Jay's
Vision testing at Zion Monday at Matteson school
Vision testing will be held at Zion Lutheran School in Matteson tomorrow, for preschool to fifth graders. A Cook County health nurse will test vision for several classes, with noon dismissal Friday and afternoon parent teacher consultations for the third quarter.
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Zion Lutheran School
Matteson
Cook County
Oakwood PTO Set to Meet Thursday Evening
Oakwood school PTO will hold a meeting in the Oakwood gymnasium at 7 30 p m on Thursday. Students will present a talent show and there will be a question and answer session with District 162 school board candidates for the April 24 election.
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Oakwood School Pto
Oakwood
Wih School Board
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First Baptist Christian School
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Sauk Village Baptist School
Dick Dickus
Arthur Ohlerking
Lage
Joseph Feehery
Gottschalks
Illinois Central Railroad
Flosswood
Henry Gottschalk
Martin
Oakwood School
Sauk
Zion
Oakwood Pto
VE Anodt
Richton Park Star
Park Forest Star
Williams Press Inc
W E Williams
Charles W. Williams
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