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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1993
Page
8
The Star lists T ha Lester G. Sons as Executive Editor and Vice President Joanne M. Zerkel as Features Editor, affiliated with Suburban Newspapers of America and the Northern Illinois Newspaper Association. Published Thursday May 6 1993.
Editorial urges appreciation for volunteer school board members facing public rebuke and acrimony. It cites Rich Township District 227 disputes over race, finance, and attendance while noting boards’ national recognition and frugal spending. It warns resigned volunteers may shrink pool, harming governance. It calls for respectful feedback and gratitude.
The Illinois House, led by Democrats, passed an ethics bill amid a GOP critique that it would enable a land based Chicago casino. Senators may have scrapped it. Chicago casino hopes worry other gambling ventures as lawmakers weigh revenue impacts and political optics.
Judge Henry X. Dietch critiques the public defender and district attorney offices, noting underfunding and backlogs. He argues for higher pay and bigger staffs to sustain a professional corps, reduce reliance on plea bargains, and improve deterrence and trial readiness for better crime control.
A writer recounts a friend’s involuntary hospitalization where staff reportedly restrained him and used tranquilizers after a medication dispute. The letter argues for clear patient rights, notification of patient representatives, and the need for blood tests to verify medication intake, stressing dignity, consent, and vigilant advocacy for disabled individuals.
A reader urges fair treatment for officers named in misconduct charges, praising years of service and personal sacrifices. The letter defends Officer Rick Coulom as a good father and friend, asks for recognition of positive acts, and notes media imbalance in reporting police heroism versus errors.
A district educator thanks The Star and reporter Jackie Holston for a complimentary article about a teaching assistant principal role at Neil A. Armstrong School Richton Park. The writer shares a reader story of Tom, a former student who gained confidence to sing in a band, used band earnings to fund law school, and now works as a lawyer for a firm that contracts bands.
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