Park district to fund stadium lights with three year loan
Olympia Fields park district plans a $40,904 lighting project for Rich Central field using a three year loan backed by donations and funds on hand. Volunteers will trench, dig poles, install lights under Moss Recreation supervision to save $20,000. A $15,000 district commitment remains if repayment falls short.
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Park District
Moss Recreation
Iowa City
Iowa
Rich South
Judith Lohr
Olympia Fields Park
PTSA
Olympia Fields Park District
District 227
Budget hearing highlights commuter parking fee dispute
Resident Eugene Sorensen objected to higher commuter parking rates arguing the monthly and quarterly passes are not fair to long term users. Officials kept the 106000 budget for the lot while acknowledging past deficits and noting a new computer system will prevent budget overruns by blocking overspending at the department level.
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Eugene Sorensen
Sorensen
Grisamore
Ing
CDBG
Fenske
Cobalt theft at city warehouse valued at 1.5 million
Federal agents and Chicago Heights detectives probe a Sunday burglary at a city warehouse, seizing 150000 pounds of cobalt. Investigators describe the operation as first class, with five to three trucks used and three to four hours needed. Authorities note the cobalt is nonradioactive and used in aerospace alloys.
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Pete Reynolds
Chicago Heights
Zaire
Africa
Chicago
Afrimet Indussa
New York City
Sam Mangialardi
Mangialardi
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Steger closes Park Forest school amid budget fears
Steger School District 194 voted to close Hickory Hill in Park Forest to cut costs amid a looming deficit. Superintendent Milton Whitten cited about 125000 in annual savings and explained other measures include lowering class sizes and renting space to the Low-Incidence Handicapped program. About 100 Hickory Hill students would join Saukview, raising the district-wide student-teacher ratio from 16 to about 24.
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Peggy Shaw Steger
Board of Education
Hickory Hill
Park Forest
Steger
The
Star
Jessica Hinterman
South Metropolitan Association For the
LMA
Eastview
Parkview
Whitten
Saukview School
Eastview School
Parkview School
Hickory Hill School
Historical society meets this evening
The Matteson Historical Society holds a general membership meeting at 8 p.m. at 813 School Avenue. Guest speaker Bill White, fluvial morphologist with Illinois Department of Conservation, presents Geoarchaeology A Case in Point with Cahokia Mounds slides and his own geomorphic work. Public welcome.
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The
Matteson Historical Society
Historical Society
School Avenue
Bill White
Illinois Department of Conservation
Cahokia Mounds
White
Harvard University
University F Illinois
Dotson’s Bid for Freedom Faces Retrial and Clemency
Gary Dotson seeks a new trial with a retrial hearing set for next Tuesday. His lawyers push for clemency with a May 9 governor’s hearing, while Lupel asks the Illinois Supreme Court for a direct appeal. The high court recently allowed bond pending appeal, as appellate court records show prior denial of bond and rape conviction appeals. May Shaw notes the family’s mixed, hopeful emotions in Country Club Hills.
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Dotson
Chicago
Gary
James R. Thompson
Illinois Prisoner Review Board
Lupel
Illinois Supreme Court
Samuels
High Court
Supreme Court
Illinois Appellate Court
Bond
May Shaw
Country Club Hills
EPA stance hints Sexton plan keeps landfill in play
Fenske notes EPA has not closed site and monitoring may begin after landfill is covered. John Murphy calls this a positive shift and suggests no objection to the procedure. Local officials press for strict controls while considering industrial development, a golf course, and storm water retention in the area.
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EPA
John Murphy
Fenske
Eres
Sexton
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Milton Whitten
Hinterman
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