South Suburban Airport Drive Faces Funding Setback
Illinois lawmakers and local leaders push for a Peotone or rural third airport as FAA funds are withheld amid claims of political maneuvering by the Clinton administration. Leaders vow to press for public private funding while seeking regional consensus with Chicago Indiana and county officials.
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Rom Raye
Edgar
Lake Calumet
Chicago
Ilinois
Clinton
DeAngelis
Brown
Viois
DeAngelis Sai Brown
FAA
U.S. Department of Transportation
Third Airport Alliance
Don Goff
The
Alliance
Feds
Indiana
Robert York
Illinois
York
U.S
George Sangmeister
Dmokena
Lam
Sangmeister
Zochert
Multimedia CD ROMs redefine classroom learning in Country Club Hills
Encyclopedias now on CD ROM offer mammal article indexes, images, sounds, and movement. LinkWay creates multimedia folders with text video and animation for non linear discovery. Teachers, students, and administrators benefit from integrated daily learning tools. Superintendent Edward Chartraw advocates using computers as everyday educational tools.
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Martin Luther King ‘Jr
LinkWay
Esitaut
Edward Chartraw
Country Club Hills
NAACP Forum Highlights School Equity and Parental Role
The panel focused on tracking pitfalls in honors access, parental partnerships with schools, and reform of an antiquated system. Educators urged universal access, collaboration, and nonviolent conflict resolution to reduce violence and isolation among students.
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Lynda Byrd
Bloom High School
Beautry Davis
Chicago
Robert McCoy
The
Center For Suburban Re
McCoy
World continues from wage concerts at Matteson
Stricker notes Matteson residents face ongoing noise from outdoor theater and questions spending. Illinois Pollution Control Board required sound monitors earlier this year. The village awaits a court ruling after a May stay by the Illinois Appellate Court. Stricker says he has contacted Tinley Park Mayor Zabrocki and seeks neighborly resolution.
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Matteson
Stricker
Ilinois Apellate Court
Tinley Park
Edward Zabrocki
Richton Park Runs Host First Drumstick Dash 5K
Richton Park Parks and Recreation offers fall programs with a Drumstick Dash 5K on November 27 featuring separate men’s and women’s divisions and cash awards for top finishers. An optional walking course and a Home Alone class for ages 6 to 10 are also planned with schedules at the Municipal Building and Neil Armstrong School, with fees and sign‑ups detailed.
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Parks and Recreation Department
Richton Park
Plank Trail ground breaking delayed to 1995
The Old Plank Road Trail Commission was told the recreation trail construction likely will not start until summer 1995, not spring 1994, due to IDOT review time and needed plan approvals. The 20 mile route will reuse former Penn Central tracks through Park Forest Matteson Frankfort Rich Township and Will County.
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Dave Hillstrom
Old Plank Road Trail Commission
Illinois Department of Transportation
John Joyce
Dor
Joyce
IDOT
Penn Central Railroad
Park Forest
Matteson
Frankfort
Rich Township
Forest Preserve
Will County
Commission
Loss of funding won't ground regional panel
Tamara Sharman reports the Eastern Will County Regional Council plans to push ahead despite 82 million in planning funds being withheld. The council says growth will come to the region with or without an airport, focusing on balanced, managed development and avoiding environmental and intergovernmental conflicts.
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Tamara Sharman
Peotone
Will ‘County Regional
Polly Bernd
University Park Village
Will County
Bernd
EWCRC
Illinois
Wednesda
Richton Park Autumn Softball Classic Opens Friday
The Parks and Recreation Department announces the fifth annual Autumn Softball Classic at Glaeser Park extending to Oct 10. Open to all men’s 12 inch slow pitch teams under ASA rules with local department rules. Prizes for top three, entry $135 due Tuesday. sign-ups at Municipal Building 4455 Sauk Trail. info at 481-8950.
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Parks and Recreation
Richton Park Fire Department
Sauk Trail
Parks and Recreation Department of
Richton Park
Glaeser Park
ASA
Arcadia PTO Holiday Festival of Arts and Crafts
The Arcadia Indiana Parent Teacher Organization hosts a Holiday Festival of Arts and Crafts at Indiana School Park Forest from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday with lunch served 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Call Jeanie McCarthy at 748-8844 for details.
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Arcadia-Indiana
Parent-Teacher Organization
Indiana School
Park Forest
Jeanie McCarthy
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Byrd
Arent
PTA
Davis
Diana Grossi
Forest Trail Junior High
Ilinois Pollution Control Board
Zabrocki
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Pollution Control Board
Neil Armstrong School
Neil Armstrong
Stai
Tan
Southland
Sgamons
Fao
Steger
University Park
Will
Kankakee
Crete
Monee
Green Garden
Sumner
Washington
PTO
American Heart Associate
Nenwanion
Lincoln Hwy
Liberty Plaza
Fallrixup
SAINT
Pratt & Lambert
House OF Color Decorating Center
St Riverdol
S. LaGrange Frankfort
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