Tinley confident an arena in Rich Township project
Tinley Park trustees push ahead with an outdoor music theater on 150 acres half a mile south of Interstate 80. They plan water and sewer work with a $2.1 million village financed project funded by bonds repaid from a 4 percent admission tax and a 25 cent per car parking tax. Foundations for the main stage are 75 percent complete as a lawsuit from a competing developer looms.
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Gilda Williams
Tinley Park
Rich Township
Harlem
Ridgeland Avenues
Football clash pits unbeaten Bradley against Rich East in Park Forest
In SICA South action Bradley and Rich East, both unbeaten, met in Park Forest as league play opened Friday for Rich schools. Rich South fell to 2-3 after a 31-14 loss to Kankakee while Rich Central dropped to 1-4 after a 25-8 defeat to the same powerhouse. A full weekend prep roundup, including Marian at Benet Academy, runs in Sports Section E.
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Bradley
Rich East
Sica South
Park Forest
Rich South
Kankakee
Rich Central
Marian
Benet Academy
Hunger grows as Rich Township pantry struggles to keep up
Pantry director Vicki Sline says over 200 families are served monthly with 25 new families added last month. The need spans recently divorced middle class mothers, the elderly, and young adults 18 to 20. Local pastor Roger LaWarre calls for a united, sustained effort beyond individual pantries, noting hunger requires more volunteers, money, and awareness. The Pantry of Rich Township, founded by LaWarre with the Salvation Army and township government, relies on donations and partners like Eagle Grocery in Richston Park and the Greater Chicago Food Depository to supply staples as lines lengthen with broader housing and employment shortages.
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Vicki Sline
Sline
Park Forest
Rich Township
Roger LaWarre
St. Paul
Good Shepherd United Protestant Church
LaWarre
Chicago Heights
Salvation Army
Chicago
Eagle
Richton Park
Greater Chicago
Complete Trash author uses humor on recycling themes
Flossmoor resident Ruth Thomas profiles Norman Crampton author of Complete Trash The piece notes his humorous yet practical approach to recycling and waste disposal Crampton jokes about trash as a personal vice and highlights a recent $1 monthly garbage fee increase tied to new taxes and EPA rules He also serves as secretary for the Institute for Solid Wastes of the American Public Works Association applying his daily professional interest to the topic.
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Ruth Thomas
Norman Crampton
Crampton
Flossmoor
Environmental Protection Agency
Institute For Solid Wastes
American Public Works Association
Complete Trash Guide Advises Safe Mercury Disposal
In Norman Crampton's A to Z guide, readers are told to take mercury from broken thermometers to a dentist for recycling. The book weighs four disposal options burning burying recycling and composting and gives practical steps for handling brake fluid and locating recycling or hazardous waste programs.
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Norman Crampton
Flossmoor
Crampton
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal funding green lights third Chicago airport study plan
Federal officials approved a three year 6.5 million master plan to evaluate Illinois or Indiana sites for a third Chicago airport. Illinois Transportation Secretary Gregory Baise said funding includes 1 million provided Friday with 4.7 million to come plus 800 thousand from Illinois and Indiana. The plan spans 30 months with first phase possible to start soon and a second phase six months later.
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Diane Ross
Springfield
Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Aldo DeAngelis
R-Olympia Fields
Feds
DeAngelis
Jerome Joyce
Illinois Transportation
Gregory Baise
U.S. Transportation
Samuel Skinner
Washington
Baise
U.S
Kankakee County
Will County
Citizens organize to tell Matteson library story
A Matteson Public Library committee is forming to explain two November 7 ballot measures funding a new library building. Al Robinson chairs the overall group. Mary Ann Hamilton and Lloyd Butler lead the neighborhood subcommittee. Betsry Rollings and Carol Ledy head the publicity subcommittee. Volunteers sought. Oct 11 meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the library. Joyce Willis can provide details at 748-4431.
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The
Matteson Public Library
al Robinson
Mary Ann Hamilton
Lloyd Butler
Betsry Rollings
Carol Ledy
Library Board of Trustees
School Ave
Joyce Willis
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Tinley
Matteson
Village
Central Avenue
Vollmer Road
Carol Dorsett
Pantry
Mary Sue Pen
Warren Skaleki
Matteson Library
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