Housing Authority vetoes rehab aid in Park Forest
Park Forest Housing Authority voted against rehab grants for Thorn Creek Townhouses and Arbor Trails. Both would have required Section 8 certificates for tenants, prompting concerns over local control and future subsidies. Authority leaders cite balancing village welfare with housing needs and economic limits.
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Thorn Creek
Centre Shopping
Cook County
Arbor Trails
Western Avenue
Will County
Park Forest
Juniper Towers
Garden House
Ken Kramer
Lewellen
Sycamore Street
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Housing Authority
Sieden Prairie PTO Candy Sale and Membership Drive
The Sieden Prairie School PTO plans to sell 300 cases of World’s Finest Chocolate through Oct 3 at 7 p.m. meeting in Mattoon. Students pay $1 per bar, with prizes for participants. Candy returns and info pickup by Oct 6. A $1.50 individual or $3 family membership drive runs at the meeting with contact Grace or Arteaga for details.
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Sieden Prairie School
PTO
Matteson
Carol Arteaga
Arteaga
Cathy Grace
Emergency Medical Services Week observed at South Suburban Hospital
EMS Week runs September 17 to 23 with the theme We Care Every Hour Every Day. SSH hosts a free Pediatrics Fair for families to tour ambulances and learn safety and first aid while local paramedics and emergency doctors join public discussions and honor SSH staff.
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EMS Week
South Suburban Hospital
SSH
Family Birth Center offers single room maternity care option
South Suburban Hospital markets its Family Birth Center as a single room maternity care option available to labor, deliver, recover and postpartum in one private room. The center supports VBAC, Caesarean sections, and offers Level II NICU care with homey amenities and flexible visiting. Tours and information available by phone.
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South Suburban
Chicagoland
District 162 Considers Salary Change Ranges for Staff
The District 162 Personnel Committee reviewed salary raise ranges for support staff, debating how to cluster job types and set minimums and maximums. Board member Bill Esslinger opposed hard numbers, urging flexibility while Superintendent Sandra Lynee Schmutzler agreed to draft a proposal for board review on September 19.
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District 162 Board of Education
Bill Esslinger
Esslinger
Sandra Lynee Schmutzler
Park Forest builds upscale Homan Estates subdivision
Four luxury houses are under construction on Homan Avenue near Illinois Street in Park Forest with more permits pending at the 12 lot Homan Estates site. Naughton Development has acquired five lots for 5 000 each, while residents and buyers show strong interest to stay in Park Forest for higher end homes.
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Barry Gantenbein
Park Forest
Homan Estates
Homan Avenue
Illinois Street
Lawrence Kerestes
West Lincolnwood
Kerestes
Michael Lewellen
Rich East High School
211Th Street
Lewellen
Naughton Development Corp
Naughton Development
SSH Emergency Department marks anniversary of Level II Trauma Center
South Suburban Hospital marks Emergency Medical Services Week as the hospital notes one year since attaining Level II Trauma Center designation from the Illinois Department of Public Health. The ED operates 24/7 with board certified emergency physicians and staff trained in ACLS, handling over 20,000 visits last year.
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South Suburban Hospital
South Suburban
Illinois Department of Public Health
Neighborhood Healthline connects patients with local doctors
Caryl Eiermann, Neighborhood Healthline Advisor, guides callers to physicians from nearly 300 South Suburban Hospital staff. She matches needs and insurance, sets up referrals, and even arranges office phone hookups for quick appointments. A Florida transplant praised her care and later volunteered at the hospital.
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Caryl Eiermann
Daryl
Neighborhood Healthline
South Suburban Hospital
Florida
Caryl
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Park Forest Housing Authority
F. Patrick Kelly
Rudy Lachman
Kelly
Sieden Prairie Pto
Ady
Kedzie Avenue
Hazel Crest
Illinois
Wiig
Ssh’s Emergency Department
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