Students use email project to connect with diverse readers
Students collected emails from Vice President Gore FBI NASA and others plus wrote to a 94 year old Washington resident Ernest Miller. The project touched social studies geography math and English and boosted computer skills while creating human connections.
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al Gore
FBI
NASA
Pentagon
Fraser
Aen Pal
Washington
Ernest Miller
Anne Rock
Park Forest 50th Birthday Celebrations Across Nation
Ex residents urged to return for Park Forest 50th anniversary events July 2 to 4. Officials seek addresses via library or Village Hall for mailing 5,000 brochures funded by an $800 grant. Bricks for Cunningham Green memorial walkway sell as anniversaries spur reunions and plans.
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Lynna J. Hemmeriing
Toocate
Park Forest
Therese Goodrich
Cir
Chicago Southland Visitor and Convention Bureau
Goodrich
Rich East High School
Rich Township High School
Jane Nicoll
Nicoll
Permsen
Park Forest Village
Cunningham Green
Jerry Shnay
Shnay
Florida
Texas
Arizona
California
Georgia
Midwest
Freedom Hall
Schway
Victory Drive
Park Forest Library
Lakewood Blvd
Village sets rules for massage therapy licensing
Murphey notes six week business closure counts as suspension under new ordinance. Brockstell explains the ordinance aims to ensure therapeutic use, regulate massage therapy businesses, and prohibit sex trade. Therapists must be licensed non transferable. exemptions include doctors and nurses. Applicants require 500 hours training, CPR, a physical, and no communicable disease. Fees: license 200 annually, therapist 50 initial, 25 renewal, fingerprinting, liability insurance of 1 million. Ordinance takes effect July 1.
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Murphey
Brockstell
Stockstell
Senate
Richton Park approves garage plans with conditions
Richton Park officials urge an intergovernmental agreement with Garage Village and Rich Township to jointly maintain Richton Road. The Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously April 14 to approve the special use permit after staff reviews, with conditions including final engineering, building, lighting, landscaping, and split-face block exterior plans.
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Village
Rich Township
Richton Road
Richton Park
Stockstell
Planning and Zoning Commission
Hall of Museum Advisory Board Terms Highlight Local Plans
The Hall two-year terms on the Historical Museum Advisory Board, tied to the Matteson Historical Society, were noted. The Plan Commission approved auto mall site plans for Miller Chevrolet of Chicago Heights, and a one story office building for the University of Illinois extension. Under construction remain the used car dealership and Miller Consolidated corporate offices. Judy Haldane, village planner, discussed Miller Oldsmobile on Route 30 and a Miller Nissan site in Park Forest, with May 20 plans review.
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Historical Museum Advisory Board
Matteson Historical Society
Plan Commission
Miller Chevrolet
Chicago Heights
University of Illinois
Ofee
Miller Consolidated
Judy Haldane
Planns
Miller Oldsmobile
Matteson
Yagen
Kia
Isuzu
Haldane Ha
Halvorson pushes critical labor bills in Senate rules
State Sen Debbie Halvorson says six labor bills she calls critical to working people are dying in the Senate Rules Committee. At a Chicago Heights press conference union officials urged hearings, noting bills passed in the House but blocked without a Senate hearing by President James Philip. The package would raise the minimum wage to 6.50, ban goods produced by convict or indentured labor, expand family leave to firms with 25 workers, require safe scaffolds and lifts, and equal pay protections for women. Halvorson urged hearings, accusing Philip of shielding Republicans from votes.
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Debbie Halvorson
Dcrete
Senate Rules Committee
Halvorson
Chicago Heights
Afl-Cio
House
Senate
James “Pate” Philip
Rwood Dale
Carpenters
Pate Philip
Illinois
Commerce and Industry Committee
Philip
UAW Local 588
Carpenters Local 272
Matteson earns national finance reporting award
Matteson received the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association. Finance Director James A. Spice also earned an Award of Financial Reporting Achievement for a report that demonstrates a spirit of full disclosure and clear financial storytelling. The association serves about 13,500 government finance professionals with offices in Chicago and Washington, D.C.
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Matteson
Government Finance Officers Association
United States
Canada
James A. Spice
Association
Chicago
Washington, D.C
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Brandon House
Quinton Webster
Sieden Prairie School
Matterson
Erica Webb
Tim Abels
Asia
Memory Lane
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Perm
Yore
Sta
Fai Stan
Salvation Army
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Omer
Tal Moonmag
Dennis Sexton
Chicago and Northeast
Matteson Financial Reporting
Dl Roofing, Inc
Pepperidge Farm
Saoetrn Ted
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