SSAC Builds Strength On Faith And Tactics In Suburban Churches
Maude Skinner known as Mother Skinner turns 77 in Harvey as SSAC joins 21 churches across Calumet City Chicago Heights and surrounding towns. The group finances via 500 to 2000 dollar dues and promotes social change through faith based community action including housing rehab and open housing listings exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SSAC
Mary Sue Penn
Maude Skinner
Mother Skinner
Harvey
Shirley Lewis
Homewood
True Vine Missionary Baptist Church
Dixmoor
Leonard Dubs
Hazel Crest
South Suburban Action Conference
Skinner
Calumet City
Chicago Heights
Country Club Hills
Dalton
Flossmoor
Lansing
Markham
Matteson
Riverdale
Sauk Village
South Holland
Calumet Community Religious Conference of Catholic Churches
Booker Person
Holy Bible Baptist Church
Person
Gamaliel Foundation
Chicago
Lewis
Washington, D.C
Rich Township High Board tightens needy rules and smoking policy
Rich Township High School District 227 revised its needy student definition under state law to include any student eligible for free and reduced lunch, waiving some fees while preserving others. The board also updated tobacco policy to limit smoking to designated outdoor spectator areas and specific campus zones during activities, with exemptions for administration and enforcement considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Looby
Rich Township High School Board of Education
District 227
John Berryman
Berryman
Richton Park approves $1 million bond sale for water plants
Richton Park Village Board selected Bank of Homewood as purchaser of a $1 million bond to fund two village wells water treatment plants. The project costs about $1.2 million with a 15 year payoff and a $1.6 million maturity. The meeting also moved budget mid year, adding the water project and funding a new antenna for fire police and other departments amid structural concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richton Park
Bank of Homewood
Rudolph Banovich
Fire and Police
John Dobner
Emergency Services and Disaster Agency
Park hoops options split by Matteson panel
The Matteson Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission debated basketball rules in neighborhood parks on Tuesday. After narrowing to two plans, they postponed a decision two weeks to allow absent members to weigh in. One plan allows unsupervised play at Woodgate and Oakwood with warning signs and a backboard setup to create half courts at Oakwood. The other keeps supervised hours at Woodgate only, similar to last summer, with a $6,000 two month supervision cost. The panel prefers not to return hoops to Memorial Park and will seek neighborhood input at the next Dec 12 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Sue Penn
Matteson Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission
Woodgate
Oakwood
Woodgate Park
Evert Tilleman
Alvin Ray Hawes
Walter Rozen
James Sharp
Parks and Recreation
Dale Graham
Graham
Rozen
Memorial Park
Hawes
SMA Keeps Programs as Rogers Proposals Rejected
More than 150 parents filled a SMA Board meeting to oppose changes to handicap program funding and administration. Beatrice Dykes supported continued services, noting benefits to her three children. SMA serves about 55 districts from Indiana to Chicago, with around 1,000 students. Joy Rogers, Loyola University professor and Matteson 162 president, urged staff cuts and major reductions in central office space, prompting the clash over SMA governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Looby
South Metropolitan Association
SMA) Board of Trustees
Beatrice Dykes
SMA
Joy Rogers
Loyola University In
Chicago
Matteson
Rogers
District 162
Lawmakers Vote to Repeal Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act
Federal lawmakers moved to repeal the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act, with both chambers approving by voice vote. The White House had not signaled whether President Bush would sign, and the repeal would erase MCCA at year end though hospital stays remain covered under current provisions. Private insurer premiums for Medi gap plans likely rise as a result, with actuarial studies ongoing.
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Myra Guindon
U.S
House of Representatives
Senate
Congress
House
White House
Bush
MCCA
Illinois Blue Cross
Blue Shield
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Harold Kummelehne
215Th Street
Phil Fese
Richton
Lionel Brashares
Greg Real
Indiana
Homer Township
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