Minooka High Opens August 28 1978-79 Year Plans
Minooka Community High District 111 will start the 1978-79 year August 24 with a faculty workshop. New staff include Rose Hart English, Karen Knight English, George Nonas PE and coaching, and Catherine Scaropoulos health and guidance. First student day August 28 at 8:20 am with a short session.
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Minooka
Minooka Community High
Minooka High School
Rose Hart
Karen Knight
George Nonas
Catherine Scaropoulos
Grundy Area
Mutual of Omaha
Immunization Clinic Set Friday at First United Methodist Church
Grundy County Health Department holds a 1 to 4 p.m. immunization clinic at the First United Methodist Church on Jackson St. Three Morris youths face Grundy County burglary charges after a 2:35 a.m. arrest near Walgreens. Ray, Rush, and Belt were jailed for bond hearings as officers investigated a break in the storefront’s back area. Police seek a yellow car driver in a separate hit-and-run on Lisbon Street, with a tree and debris reported in Kilpatrick’s yard.
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Grundy County
First United Methodist Church
Jackson Sk
Morris
Danny P. Ray
Cemetery Rd
Charles F. Rush
Waters St
James K. Belt
Liberty St. Morris
Max Babcock
Liberty St
Walgreen Liberty Drugs
Ray
Rush
Babcock
Belt
Sgt. Babcock
Walgreen
Gene Funk
Robert Kilpatrick
Lisbon St
Waverly St
Theft at Illinois gas station pop machine report
Morris police were told of a theft at a gas station pop machine on Monday at 1 p.m. The delivery man indicated a thief may have had a key to the machine. About $40 in change was stolen, with no bottles of pop missing. Fred Kneller of Kneller's Shell reported the incident.
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Morris
Fred Kneller
Kneller’s Shell
Illinois
U.S. 6
Kneller
Pony Killed When Car Hits On Nettle School Road
Grundy County sheriff reports 8:40 p.m. Monday death of a pony after Hilma Sutton, 58, Old Stage Road, swerved to avoid a herd on Nettle School Road near Morey Road. The pony flew into Sutton’s windshield and then into a ditch. Merle Anderson owned the pony. Sutton’s 1977 Chevrolet sustained about $1,500 in front-end damage and was towed from Stott’s Body Shop.
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Nettle School
Morey Rd
Grundy County
Jeff Wix
Hilma Sutton
Old Stage Rd
Wix
Sgt. Wix
Merle Anderson
Will County error leads to mistaken arrest in Morris
A local resident alerted Morris police to a suspicious man at Lincoln and Division Streets. He was arrested at 9:45 p.m. on a warrant that should have been canceled. LEADS showed the man was wanted in Will County for failing to appear, but officials later said the record had not been cleared. He was released after confirmation from the Will County Sheriff's Department.
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Will County
Morris
Will County Sheriff's Department
Law Enforcement Agency Data System
LEADS
Lincoln
Division Sts
Robert Stansberry
Stansberry
Radiator theft call-off after misunderstanding settled
Police canceled the investigation into stolen radiators from Supreme Welding after a customer returned to settle a dispute. William Garcia reported two repaired radiators taken without payment, then the customer clarified he believed the repair bill was paid.
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Supreme Welding
Illinois Ave
Morris Daily Herald
William Garcia
Garcia
Damaged CB Antenna, Multiple Arrests Reported in Grundy County
A rural Mazon woman reported a citizen band radio antenna damaged on her car at Burnp's Tavern in Carbon Hill. Damage estimated at 75 dollars. Three people arrested on warrants: Timothy Hammen, Cindy Norris, and Thomas Norris, with details on charges, bonds, and prior court actions.
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Mazon
Roy Wills
Gorman and
Spring Rds
Grundy County
Jeff Black
Burnp
Carbon Hill
Resident Beaten at Lamppland Apartments Incident
Grundy County Deputy S J Maloney spoke with Kyle Pointer around 5 a m after Pointer, who had called Morris police, was beaten at the Lamppland Apartments and refused to sign a complaint early today.
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Kyle Pointer
Lamppland
Grundy County
S.J. Maloney
Pointer
Morris
Traffic Court Docket Includes Fines For Thefts And Violations
Ronald Manietta 18 of Coal City received a year of supervision plus 250 dollars and 38.50 costs for theft after police linked him to taking three cases of beer from Reillys Supper Club on June 22 and arrest on July 19. Other tied cases include bond forfeiture for abandoning a motor vehicle, license and speeding violations, and improper lane use with multiple defendants named in Grundy County notices.
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Ronald Manietta
W. Oak St
Reilly's Supper Club
S. Broadway St
Coal City
Manietta
Timothy McCamsey
S. Main St
Grundy County
Jeff Wix
Ronald Feeney
Canal St
Channahon
Minooka
Ronald Wood
Marion Storm
Peck St
Gardner
Michael Sather
Rice Rd
Michael Kerr
Williams Rd
Morris
Douglas Francois
Lisbon St
Johnson Ave
Jeanne Gallion
Dan Raymond
U.S. 6
Illinois
Gardner man fined for weapon charge in Grundy County
Kenneth Stouch, 26, pleaded guilty to unlawful use of a weapon, with the charge reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor. He received a $750 fine, $25 court costs, and one year probation in Grundy County Circuit Court after his arrest July 19 when deputies found a sawed off shotgun in his car behind Bury's Tap.
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Gardner
Grundy County
Kenneth Stouch
Stouch
S.J. Maloney
Bury’s Tap
Maloney
Mark Jones
Fifth St
Diamond
Kendall County Special Ed Registration Schedules by District
Registration and start dates for Kendall County special education classes vary by district. Plano attendees register Aug 24 to 1 4 p.m with the classroom teacher. Yorkville classes begin Aug 28. Oswego registrations Aug 30 with classes starting Aug 31. Early Childhood evaluations occur Aug 23–31 in Yorkville and Aug 28–31 in Oswego. Early Childhood classes begin Sept 5. Book fee is $12. other fees depend on district. Transportation provided by local districts.
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Yorkville
Kendall County
Plano
Oswego
Long Beach
Boulder Hill
Braceville woman ordered to pay $20 876 in debt judgment
Grundy Circuit Judge Robert Malmquist entered a judgment against Constance Green of Braceville ordering her to pay Arthur L. Longest $20 876 plus costs. The suit, filed May 31, alleges loans in 1977 and 1978 and February this year. A lien on Will County suit proceeds was dismissed.
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Grundy County
Robert Malmquist
Constance Green
Braceville
Arthur L. Longest
Green
Will County
Diether W. Humbert
Humbert
Mobile Home Park, Inc
Bookwalter Woods
Sharon Turan
Gardner
Reward Offered in Burning Death of Mascoutah Banker
In Mascoutah Illinois a $5000 reward and a special phone line were set up for tips in the abduction and arson killing of Joseph Dressler vice president of Mascoutah Bank and Trust Co Dressler died after being burned over 90 percent of his body at St John s Mercy Medical Center in Creve Coeur Missouri. Call 618 397 0380 for anonymous information during business hours or state police in Maryville at 618 345 1212 after hours.
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Mascoutah
Illinois Division of Investigation
Dressler
Maryville
Motor fuel tax allotments by county and city
Grundy County was allotted 24077.42 as its share of motor fuel tax funds paid into the Illinois treasury during July according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. Kendall County's share was 23155.51. Townships and road districts in Grundy received 26674.31 and those in Kendall 19108.56. The City of Morris was allotted 9698 as its share for July.
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Grundy County
Illinois Treasury
Illinois Department of Transportation
Kendall County
Grundy
Kendall
City of
Morris
Voice of the People on Youth Athletics in Grundy County
A reader criticizes local leaders for sidelining youth sports. He cites scarce access to John B. Roth Ballpark and a denied use of Morris Community High School football field by the Grundy County Youth Athletic Association. He urges district reconsideration and notes long-standing field problems since 1953.
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John B. Roth
Grundy County
MCHS
District 101
GCYAA
Pernel Peterson Jr
Pine St
Celia’s kiss problem ties to two nervous systems
Dr. George W. Crane explains Celia B. a 17 year old facing a “kiss” dilemma. He describes central and autonomic systems, linking romance to bodily reactions like racing heart, butterflies, and blushing. The piece outlines how familiar family kisses are routine, while a boyfriend’s kiss triggers stronger autonomic arousal. Celia is advised to request Crane’s booklet How To Control Our Emotions by mailing a stamped return envelope and 25 cents.
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Celia
Celia B
Ann Landers letters reveal cautionary tales on public curiosity
Readers confess folly chasing disasters and gossip, apologizing for misjudgments during a distant Azusa plant fire and for intruding on emergencies. Ann Landers rebukes reckless behavior and defends private lives, urging restraint, tolerance, and prudent questions about personal affairs.
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Morris Police
Marge Steffens
Randel Rivera
Ontario
Kurt Salems
E. Jefferson St
Cindy Norris
Maron
Norris
Albert Boresi
Boresi
Jones
Terry Bitner
First
Washington Sts
Bitner
Grundy County National Bank
Dan Sullivan
Wausau
Wis
Sullivan
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Worry Clinic
George W. Crane
Dr Crane
Hopkins
Mellett
Indiana
Pon Onder
Ann Landers
Azusa
Cal
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Z.Z.D
Baton Rouge
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Myrtle
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