Good Friend Becomes Mr Mahar In Ninth District Debate
Two Ninth district state legislators Democrat Richard F. Kelly Jr. and Republican William F. Mahar clashed in a Tolentino Hall forum in Olympia Fields over voting records and state aid. Mahar labeled Kelly a big spender for appropriations and Kelly accused Mahar of no votes on education and property tax measures, with both defending leadership roles and seeking voter support in a pilot campaign confrontation moderated by Alice Wooley.
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Lester Sons
Mr. Kelly
Mr. Mahar
Richard F. Kelly, Jr
William F. Mahar
Tolentino Hall
Olympia Fields
Mahar
Kelly
GOP
Alice Wooley
League of Women Voters
Homewood-Flossmoor
Homewood Village
Illinois Department of Transportation
House
Western
Crawford Avenues
Crawford Avenue
James Thompson
Tinley Park
Harry ‘Bus’ Yourell
Oak Lawn
Four Found Guilty In Slaying of Couple
A jury found Williams Rainge and two other men guilty of murdering a couple after a trial in Harvey court. Key witness Miss Gray recanted yet reaffirmed her earlier statements linking the defendants to the rape and killings, while defense argues her mental state and coercion affected testimony.
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Archie Weston
Harvey Court
Dwight McKay
Clifford Johnson
Scott Arthur
Miss Gray
Johnson
Miss Schmal
Cannon Lane
Williams
Lionberg
Rainge
Deer Creek
Williams and
Weston
Patricia Hatton
Zion Fall Stewardship On Wednesday
Zion Lutheran church in Matteson hosts Fall stewardship assemblies Wednesday 7:30 to 9 pm and Friday with hosts Bruce Vollrath Elders Gordon Eickstaedt and Ron Luedke. A slide show covers Zion ministries 1979 needs followed by fellowship. LWML clothing drive and food collection for Respond Now run during the weeks ahead. Members may bring usable men’s work clothes and children’s clothing to the narthex.
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Zion Lutheran Church
Matteson
Bruce Vollrath
Gordon Eickstaedt
Ron Luedke
Bob Babcock
Zion
LWML
Respond
Richton Park Blood Drive Seeks Donors Saturday
Richton Park invites residents and nonresidents to donate during phase II at Neil Armstrong School 5030 Imperial Drive on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Under Red Cross guidance the drive aims to raise village quotas as population grows with 17 to 66 year olds weighing at least 110 pounds urged to participate after a 45 minute process including interview testing donation and refreshments. Volunteers and nurses are being sought with contact numbers for Sue Buckenmyer Ellie Edwards and others provided for assistance and publicity efforts feature a children’s poster contest won by Debbie Young Kelly Nutling Gina Buckenmyer and Sara Clark.
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Richton Park
Red Cross
Neil Armstrong School
Imperial Drive
Sue Buckenmyer
Buckenmyer
Ellie Edwards
United States
Debbie Young
Kelly Nutling
Gina Buckenmyer
Sara Clark
J.R. Skaggs
B.P. Cassin
Sauk PTO Pumpkin Sale Friday at Sauk School
The Sauk school PTO hosts a Halloween pumpkin sale Friday at 3 30 p m in the east side school blacktop area. Funds raised support PTO programs and last year financed a 16 mm projector for Sauk classrooms.
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Sauk School Pto
Richton Park
Blacktop
PTO
Sauk
Janet DeGroodt
Kathy Damon
Barbara Thing
Nancy Szabo
Ways and Means
Chris Williams
Woodgate Children Parade Halloween at Woodgate School
Children at Woodgate School Matte son will celebrate Halloween October 31 with classroom parties a parade and a costume contest. The parade starts around 12 40 p m in front of the school travels along Allemong Central and returns to the school. Three teachers Linda Myers Martia McGrath and Mary Jordan will pick two best costumes in each room. Gift certificates courtesy of the Woodgate PTO. Tim McCarthy sixth grade teacher will be parade marshal.
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Woodgate School
Matteson
Central
Allémong
Allemong
Linda Myers
Martia McGrath
Mary Jordan
Woodgate Pto
Tim McCarthy
Family Film Showing Friday at Matteson Library
A free second family film event is scheduled Friday at 8 p.m. at Matteson Public Library 4240 Lincoln Highway. Two films will be shown. The Unexplained investigates mysteries and frontier knowledge including ESP dolphin language UFOs and speculative tech like artificial gills and cyborgs. A second film is a special surprise.
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Matteson Public Library
Lincoln Highway
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Kathleen O’brien
Ellen Ettema
Kathy Ettema
Sue Ettema
Denise Spellman
Sharon Gianakopolous
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Lisa Zanardo
Kim Spellman
Bob Ettema
Tions
Homewood
Ford
Illinois
Terry Steczo
Sauk School
Dennis Holt
Steeze
Larry Kindle
Mark Stokes
Julie Zavala
Jim McMann
John Elliot
Randy O’brien
Kathy Johnson
Matteson Richton
Park
Willams Press Inc
WE Willams
Charles W Willams
Bil Wolams
Puplication
Plaza
Park Forest
Addional
US Mail
Jones Avarian
Sauk Pto
Woodgate
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