Park Forest residents critique district meetings and town economy
A reader urges calmer school board meetings in District 153 and questions Community Action group tactics. They defend grade center plan, bus safety, and mixed grade schools while urging broader parent involvement and economic reforms to attract business and avoid bankruptcy. The letter also thanks volunteers for the Park Forest House Tour and supports Park Forest Village leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Action Ite
James Hart
Willow
Churchill
Homewood
PTA
Open letter to car thief in South Chicago Heights
Patricia Arbuthnot writes to the person who smashed her older car, noting it was not valuable and expressing anger. She urges remorse and kindness, saying she will move due to the incident after four years at the apartment and two with the car.
Kiwanis Thank You for Peanut Day Helpers
On behalf of our Kiwanis Club we thank volunteers and friends who helped Peanut Day. Gratitude goes to local businesses for defraying peanut costs. Funds raised will be distributed to local charitable organizations in the community.
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Park Forest
Stephen L. Campbell
Cominy
Community shoutout for Home Depot Matteson staff
A sixth grade teacher from Park Forest Chicago Heights School District 163 commends Leamon Walton at Home Depot for his proactive help and day off deliveries in starting a school garden project. Jennifer Bloom is praised for coordinating donated materials and assisting ground preparation, enabling student planting success.
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Home Depot
Matteson
Park Forest- Chicago Heights
Forest ‘Trail Middle School
Leamon Walton
Leamon
Jennifer Bloom
Beneficial Resource at Ingalls EMHC to Community
A narrator recalls caring for a dying mother and describes the EMHC at Ingalls Hospital in the Wyman Gordon Building. The facility offers 111 beds, crisis support from social workers, RN staff, and counselors, plus a partial hospitalization program at Services Chicago Heights.
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Osteopathic Medical Center
Ingalls Hospital
Wyman-Gordon
Grand Prairie Services
Tam
EMHS
EMHC
Chicago Heights
Statehouse Spin on Adopt-A-Highway picks up pace
Diane Ross reports that Illinois Adopt-A-Highway districts saw growing interest after the first statewide litter pickup on Oct. 9. Ruth Ann Payne notes numerous new groups and individuals volunteering in Cook and surrounding counties, as IDOT cites 1,100 groups adopting 2,200 miles since 1993, with calls continuing to expand adoption across the South Suburbs.
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District 1
Ruth Ann Payne
Schaumtz
She. i
Payne
Cook
Will
DuPage
Kane
Lake
McHenry
Illinois
Iinois Department of Transportation
IDOT
Kirk Brown
Darell W. McMurray
Tyler
Texas
McMurray
Mexico
Canada
Africa
Europe
Asia
Ilinois
Gina
TDOT
Dot
Bloom Township High Drama Faces Theater Space Shuffle
A Bloom Township High student claims the drama department faced obstacles, funding concerns, and recent venue conflicts when the Chicago Lights Drama Group rented the auditorium for Halloween weekend forcing the department to cut plans short. The writer asks for respect and fair access to school facilities.
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Bloom Township High
Bloom
Chicago Ights Drama Group
Auditorum
Ur Auditorium
Bloom High
Workman
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