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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1997
Page
8
Fragmentary OCR reads The Star founders and senior vice presidents with names James S Meret Peter Nenu Gerald R Smith Franklin Shuftan Maxcarer Setzer and associates. Roles blur between editor in chief production manager and news editor with scattered staff captions.
The editorial urges participation in Tuesday elections across Prairie State College, South Suburban College, Homewood Flossmoor High School District 233, Bloom Township High School District 206, Bremen High School District 228, High School District 205, and local referenda. It endorses several candidates, notes incumbents, cautions on governance, and weighs a proposed Matteson recreation complex bond and tax levy amid cost concerns and private competition worries.
Eight years after urging readers to vote, the columnist reflects on school board elections and the evolving challenges of school governance. He notes tensions over standards, funding, uniforms, discipline, and who holds decision making, while urging civic participation to shape the future.
A social services profile honors Aunt Martha's Youth Services Center in Joliet as it celebrates a 25th anniversary with a gala at the Rialto Square Theatre. The piece details the agency's origins in 1968 72 growth to 34 sites 80 services and work with 600 staff and 350 volunteers across seven Chicago area counties.
Chicago Heights resident lauds 1206 district leaders Bill McCormick and Mardelle Gundlach for steady governance while cautioning against politics influencing boards. Another voter backs Tom Brabek for Homewood School District 153, citing commitment to children, DARE sponsor role, volunteer work, and efforts to slow traffic and add crossing guards.
JFA writes to residents urging support for District 228 Board candidates Evelyn M. Gleason Paula Taylor and David B. Sosin. The author stresses voting on Election Day November 4 with polls 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. and endorses these numbered punch codes.
On Tuesday November 4 voters will elect three members to the Bremen High School District 228 School Board Evelyn Gleason Paula Taylor and David Sosin are urged as candidates with a plan to advance the district into the 21st century Hazel Crest Joseph and Hattie Kerke
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