Lincoln Highway heritage coalition plans tours and maps
Formed in 1997 the coalition includes historical society tourism bureaus and officials to promote local heritage and museums. It will attend the 1999 National Lincoln Highway Conference in Rochelle June 16 to 19. The group aims to develop a historical map showing the road’s origin and changes, with a publicizing tourism map for events and sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Historical Society Tourism Bureaus
Hus
Lincoln Highway
Ogorek
Rochell
Lincoln Highway Association
Illinois
Ilinois
Indiana
Sauk Trail
Chicago Heights
14Th Street
Lincoln High Tourism
Memorial Day Observance At St John’s Church Marks 150th Anniversary
The ceremony features Rite of the 16th president and Gettysburg Address reenactments with North South Skirmish Association units and Illinois volunteers in period dress. Aerial veterans groups, scouts, and police cadets attend at 4242 W 183rd St as Rev Luther Russert and Rev Dennis Ruby lead invocations and prayers. Baritone Willie Brown, Jacqueline Davis, Barbara Ollnherman, Phil Schmitz, and Kate Mellvain perform. A wreath, flag placement, and Taps honor Civil War soldiers including Joseph Wollenberg. the event underscores Memorial Day’s origin and its expansion to all wars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North- South Skirmish Association
36Th
46Th
Ilinois Volunteer Infantry
183Rd St
Joseph Wollenberg
Illinois
112Th Infantry
Eight Ilinois Cavalry
Gettysburg
Rich Township
Historic Country Club
Marine Corps League
Veterans Organization
Veterans of Foreign War
American Legion
Vietnam
Dennis Ruby
Country Club Hills
Willie Brown
Brown
Chicago Lyric Opera
Grant Park
Mall
Chicago
Wollenberg
St. John Cemetery
Dale Pieper
Park Forest
Thornton
Thornton Station
Homewood
Wanda Zemein
United States
St. John’s Church
Grants fund South Suburban projects in Park Forest and nearby
The item lists numerous grants to communities in the south suburbs. Park Forest receives ten thousand for a DARE program and large sums for ADA compliance, fire, police, and infrastructure. Olympia Fields, Crete, Crete Park District, Crete Township, University Park, and Crete-Monee also gain funds for parks, development, well building, bike trails, land purchases, and housing initiatives. Several regional groups including the Illinois Theatre Center and Chicago Southland Chamber of Commerce receive allocations for cultural and economic development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Forest
Police Department
Crete
Park Forest Schoolistrict
Olympia Fields
Irons Oaks Park
Olympia Fields Park
Illinois Theatre Center
Crete Park
Crete-Monee
University Park
Crete Township
Chicago Southland Chamber of Commerce
Abby Foundation
Crisis Center
South Suburbia
Meadow Lakes dispute to be settled via conference call
Village officials plan a telephone conference with developer Financial Properties this week to discuss remedies for Meadow Lake Estates issues. Board and residents have pressed for finishing public improvements and removing the boardwalk while addressing detentions and lake beautification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
On Lakes Association
Tim Hammond
Rudolph Banovich
Spathis
Village Board
Meadow Lakes Estates
Financial Properties
Rich Skolinski
Hay and Associations
Lake George Stream Bank
Don Stelter
the Star
Meadow Lakes
Stelter
Tech center to open near Ford plant in Chicago Heights
A $9 million technology training center with robotics labs and computer classrooms will be built near Ford Motor Co’s stamping plant in Chicago Heights. Governors State University receives a $6 million state grant to support construction, with Ford and the UAW likely contributing over $3 million. The facility, modeled after a St Paul center, will serve Ford, area colleges and high schools and is expected to open in 2001 or 2002.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Motor Co
Chicago Heights
Ford
United Auto Workers
Governors State University
Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
UAW
Illinois
George Scully
D-Flossmoor
Debbie Halvorson
D-Crete
South Side
Halvorson
St. Paul
Minn
Chicao Heights
State
GSU
Prairie State College
Chicago State University
Lincoln Highway
Governors State
Paula Wolff
Tim Lightfield
Prairie State
Lighfield
Larry McClellan
South Metropolitan
McClellan
South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association
Ohio
Michigan
Chicago
S. Torrence Ave
Tony Reinhart
Reinhart
Fragmented Star related USPS listing mystery
An unclear OCR fragment shows postal or mailing terms with partial codes and prices. The readable bits mention a star related item, a postal service action, and a strange sequence of numbers, leaving the exact event and entities unreadable.
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South High School
Greg Barron Chalifoux
Haniya Smith
Tony Marturano
Maryon Whitlock
Sherry Dents
Matteson
Matteson Historical Museum
Preservation Path
Dewey Helmick Nature Preserve
Caboose Park
Old Matteson
Country Club Hills Police
Luther Russert
Russert
U.S. Air Force
Don Pohlhammer
Abraham Lincoln
St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery
Rich Central
Freedom Hall
Eddie Baeb
Scott Jensen
Jensen
Atti
Audit Bureau ‘of Circulations
UTS
Navy
Ad Ve Son
Ghcago
Elnois
Pommanuc
Sar Acre Canoes
Ptt San
Andrea Healing
Chicago Rd
So.c
Rich East High School
Nicole Jackson
Otic
Nicole
U of
First National Bank
Greatbanc Company
Heal Community Bank
FNB
PNB
Frankfort
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