Homewood native joins Illinois comptroller staff in milestone role
Loleta Didrickson’s election as Illinois comptroller opens a history-making path for Thomas Creal 39 who left a Chicago firm to lead a large staff in Springfield and Chicago. A certified accountant and fraud examiner, he wrote Money Magicians and speaks on finance while guiding a fiscal team focused on results and customer service alongside Didrickson. He and his wife Diane, longtime Homewood residents, raised Theresa and Tommy there.
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Mystery writer to take listeners for a walk in Chicago Heights
Alzina Stone Dale will speak on mystery fiction at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Chicago Heights Public Library. The free program in the lower level community room will include remarks on her book Mystery Reader's Walking Guide: Chicago and a questions session. Dale, a Hyde Park resident and author of biographies of Dorothy Sayers and G. K. Chesterton, travels through Chicago locales linked to mystery stories and discusses other mystery fiction. The event is underwritten by the Jane Keeney memorial fund.
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Chicago
15Th Street
Chicago Road
Dorothy Sayers
G. K. Chesterton
Mystery Writers of America
Hyde Park Area
London
New York
Sara Paretsky
Bill Granger
Robert Campbell
Windy City
Barbara Paul
Jane Keeney
Keeney
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Cat Toy
Newell Usher Company
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Dimensions
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Unitarian Universalist Community Church
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