Coroner honored for transplant efforts in region
Will County Coroner Patrick K. O Neil received a plaque from Regional Organ Bank of Illinois for promoting organ and tissue donation in 1992. ROBI noted 2,388 referrals yielding 179 organ and 624 tissue donors. Will County made five tissue referrals resulting in three donors and pledged continued cooperation in 1993 to reduce the transplant waiting list.
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Will County
Patrick K. O’neil
Organ Bank of Illinois
ROBI
Illinois
Indiana
Will County Coroner’s Office
O’neil
Jarold Anderson
Rich East teacher named NEH fellow for 1993 summer
Rich East High School English teacher Michael Raftery has been selected as one of 15 nationwide recipients of an National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship for six weeks at the University of Chicago. He previously earned NEH funding in 1984 and 1989 for study of Tolstoy Dostoevski and American topics.
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Rich East
Michael Raftery
National Endowment For the Humanities
Raftery
University of Chicago
Henry James
NEH
Leo Tolstoy
Fyodor Dostoevski
Ohio State University
United States
Food surplus distributed at St Paul Good Shepherd Church
Government food will be handed out 9 to 10 a m Wednesday at St Paul Good Shepherd Church 480 Lakewood Blvd Park Forest. Rich Township residents meeting federal guidelines must apply by 3 p m Tuesday at Rich Township office 22013 Governors Highway Richton Park for eligibility. Contact 748 6722 for details.
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St. Paul Good Shepherd Church
Lakewood Blvd
Park Forest
Rich Township
Governors Highway
Richton Park
Community Economic Development Association
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Phoning
Orland Man Guarding Aid Route in Somalia Operation
Orland Park resident Army Sgt. Michael E. Martinez serves with the 327th Signal Battalion at Fort Bragg in Somalia. He and some 10,000 American personnel help ensure food convoys reach Mogadishu and other areas while contending with sniper fire and harsh conditions. Martinez, a 1980 Carl Sandburg High School graduate, says U.S. forces act as a policing presence amid widespread destruction and scarce utilities.
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Michael E. Martinez
Bernard and
Hazel Martinez
Orlan Brook Drive
Orland Park
Somalia
327Th Signal Battalion
Fort Bragg
N.C
Mogadishu
Carl Sandburg High
United States
Mother's Day Service At New Hope Baptist Church
New Hope Baptist Church in Chicago Heights hosts a Mother's Day service at 5 p.m. at 130 E. 13th St. The program honors women of faith across past present and future with speakers Cherry Rice of Missionary Baptist Church Jeane Lane and Glennie White of New Hope Baptist Church.
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New Hope Baptist Church
E. 13Th St
Chicago Heights
Cherry Rice
Missionary Baptist Church
Jeane Lane
Glennie White
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