Park Forest House Tour and Home Improvement Fair
Rich East High School hosts the Park Forest House Tour on Oct 3 in cooperation with the League of Women Voters and the Park Forest Housing Authority. Homes open 1 to 5 pm, fair 12 to 5 pm with $5 tickets. Beautification Awards ceremony at 1 pm honors residents and Rich East.
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Rich East High School
Brian Barry
Park Forest House
League of Women Voters
Park Forest
Rich East
Barry
Rich
East
Illinois
Extended bridge delay angers Chicago Heights editorials
A reader laments the 16th Street bridge project halt in Chicago Heights and urges action on traffic, parking, and tree issues near 15th Street and Euclid. The letter also criticizes the ACLU for perceived missteps in school funding debates and urges broader civil liberties balance.
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16Th Street
Chicago Heights
15Th Street
15Th and
Euclid
Streets and Sanitation Department
McEldowney Park
Commonwealth Edison
Paul Graham
ACLU Intervention Lets Girl Attend School With Green Hair
A young girl faced school discipline over green hair until the ACLU intervened. Authorities relented, allowing her to remain in school with the dyed hair. The case highlights civil liberties concerns in school dress codes and the role of advocacy groups.
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American Civil Liberties Union
Closed Chicago Heights churches spark crime concerns
In Chicago Heights the Archdiocese shuts St Casimir St Joseph St Anne St Rocco and St Paul grammar schools citing ethnic, social changes and priest shortages. Children must attend other archdiocesan schools or public schools, prompting worry over moral decline and rising crime.
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Chicago Heights
Archdiocese of Chicago
St. Casimir
St. Joseph
St. Anne
St. Rocco
St. Paul
Archdiocese of
Chicago
God
Veto Overrules Basketball Hours Rule in Country Club Hills
Country Club Hills Mayor Dwight Welch vetoed an ordinance restricting basketball playing in residential areas from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The measure, approved unanimously by aldermen, faces potential override at the October 11 council meeting. Alderman Michael Gleason says a balanced solution seeks quiet and homeowners’ rights.
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Country Club Hills
Dwight Welch
Michael Gleason
2Nd Ward
Gift Homewood to receive Richard D Irwin legacy church office
The Richard D Irwin Inc will donate a 47 000 square foot office building at 1820 Ridge Road with parking for 120 cars to the village. Village leaders discuss acceptance terms as senior VP James H Higby notes no preconditions and the village can decide its own use. Meanwhile South Holland works to reduce the Deep Tunnel rock pile near 170th and State streets amid dust and noise complaints from residents.
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Homewood
Richard D. Iwin
Richard D. Irwin, Inc. Company
1820 Ridge Road
James H. Higby
Irwin
Village Board of Trustees
John Doody
Higby
South Holland
170Th
State Streets
Harold Gouwens
Thornton
Union Rebuff at Ford Stamping Plant Chicago Heights
At Ford Motor Co Stamping Plant Chicago Heights union locals rejected the national pact by over 2 to 1 with 837 against and 391 for the national agreement while 879 rejected the local agreement and 334 backed it. In contrast Ford Assembly Plant Chicago voted decisively for the pacts.
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Ford Motor Co
Chicago Heights
Ford Assembly
Chicago
Buffalo
N.Y
United Auto Workers
I-80 Corridor Planning Council gains coalition support
State Sen. William Mahar voices confidence that a multijurisdiction I-80 Corridor Planning Council will form soon after meetings with five villages and Will County. An intergovernmental agreement could be completed, uniting Cook and Will counties amid past land use disputes.
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Will County
William Mahar
Rorland Park
Cook
Will Counties
Mahar
Country Club Hills
Mokena
Tinley Park
Orland Park
New Lenox
Thornton High hosts countywide gun control petition kickoff
Thornton High School in Harvey hosted Tuesday the kickoff of a countywide petition drive by high school students for strong gun control. The drive, in partnership with the Cook County Sheriff's Office, aims to urge legislators to back the Brady Bill and other pending measures including an assault weapons ban. The Brady Bill would establish a seven day waiting period and require background checks for firearm purchases.
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Thornton High School
Harvey
Cook County
Sheriff’s Office
Michael Sheahan
Mediation in Chicago Heights at-large voting suit tests progress
The case, filed in 1987 by four residents alleging racial bias in Chicago Heights at large elections, may return to court after a planned Oct. 12 mediation with U.S. District Judge Nordberg. The judge urged settlement, but participation stalled and a second meeting was canceled.
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Chicago Heights
U.S
John Nordberg
Donald Craven
Nordberg
Craven
Anthony G. Scariano
Olympia Fields restricts live entertainment at licensed restaurants
The village board voted to tighten the liquor law to ban live entertainment including dancing in eateries serving alcohol. The ordinance could bar even a well known piano player from performing in such restaurants, as noted by Trustee Willis Ryza during the discussion.
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Olympia Fields
Thomas Thanas
Willis Ryza
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