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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1976
Page
4
The Minooka Homecoming Pet Parade and Contest will be held at Minooka Lions Park starting at 11 a.m. Registration runs 8 to 10 a.m. for three contests with four prize categories. Winners advance to Sunday’s Spirit of 76 parade during a five day Lions Club celebration.
The Yorkville display reveals the Kendal County Bicentennial Time Capsule. Officials announced the exhibit to honor local history and preserve items for future generations in the town’s main museum hall.
The Kendall County Forest Preserve Commission approved a 69 350 budget covering July 1 1977 to June 30 1978 with 20 250 for salaries up from 19 250 and 31 000 for land acquisition. A 1 200 raise to Supt Paul Leifheit brings salary to 10 400. A 20 000 transfer from land acquisition to general fund for a new building was approved.
Kendall County files a petition in the 16th Judicial Circuit to challenge the DLGA negative assessment multiplier set at .9115 arguing the 1973 five acre parcel data misclassifies farms and rural parcels as urban. Judge Wilson Burnell will hear the case Monday at 3 p.m. to demand refiguring of the data. The dispute may delay tax bills and schools anticipate revenue losses.
Kendall County Board rejected Donald Drobac 7-3 to rezone six acres along Illinois 71 from agriculture to agriculture special use for a horse operation limited to 25 horses with no shows. Opponents cited zoning policy and board chairman Robert Cherry voted against. Also noted are health plans for swine flu vaccination phases and highway bids in Oswego Road District.
Two one car crashes Wednesday afternoon sent Phillip Cohen 20 of Campus and Mark Naretto 18 of Storm Road to Morris Hospital where they were treated and released. Cohen’s 1967 Chevrolet suffered about 500 dollars in damage after leaving the Gr and Ridge Road shoulder and spinning into a ditch. Naretto’s Ford sustained about 800 dollars in damage when it ran off Gorman Road south of Grand Ridge Road. Both vehicles were towed from the scene.
Grundy County Sheriff William Button moved Ralph Calhoun 26 Coal City to the Illinois Department of Corrections diagnostic center in Joliet after a six month Grundy County Jail term for contempt of court. He will serve the remainder of a concurrent one to three year drug sentence in state prison. Calhoun was convicted March 21 1975 in Grundy County Circuit Court for marijuana possession manufacture and possession of controlled substances. He failed to appear May 16 for sentencing triggering a bond forfeiture and an arrest warrant. He was arrested in July 1975 in Colorado and returned to Grundy County November 23. Judge William Denny sentenced six months for contempt and a concurrent one to three year term for the drug convictions. Calhoun will receive credit for six months and 185 days in custody toward the sentences.
The Saratoga board meets Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. to approve a tentative budget and close the working cash account. agenda includes drawing on a tax anticipation warrant to cover June bills, transferring 12 890 35 from working cash to education fund, accepting Helen Santa Cruz resignation as bus driver, hiring Ruby Matteson as bus driver, and recommending an engine cleaner purchase for the bus garage between 200 and 250 dollars.
A Wednesday night blaze in a 50 year old Danville brick building housing the Union Bus Station killed Florence Rossiter 28 and her 4 year old son Edwin. Ten people were injured including five firefighters. Fire spread quickly through a remodeled second floor apartment, with three residents unaccounted for but later not found. Paulina Torres 26 and her 2 year old daughter survived a jump to a parked car.
Morris police logged two bicycle theft reports on Wednesday. Patty Enger reported a stolen light blue AMF 20 inch Coast King bike from her front yard the prior Tuesday valued at 63 dollars. John Welsh said a white 20 inch Huffy was taken while he swam at Gould Park between 1 10 and 3 30 p.m. Police also received a report from William Ness of lost prescription glasses and case valued at 70 dollars after leaving his car at Wauponsee and Main Streets Tuesday between 3 and 6 p.m.
Gerald Roland of Minooka filed a $35,000 suit in Grundy County Circuit Court against Charles O'Brien Construction Co. for injuries from a June 27 1974 accident when his motorcycle hit a barricade on U S 6 near Tabler Road around 11 p m. He alleges the company was working on the highway and responsible for warning devices.
James Fleming, 17, of Holt Road Minooka, fined 26 dollars plus 10 costs for driving 58 in a 35 mph zone on Ridge Road near Channahon Road. Cited May 12 by Deputy Jeff Wix. Bruce Derby, 25, of Goose Lake, fined 19 dollars plus 10 costs for 49 mph in a 30 mph zone at North Broadway and Third Streets Coal City. Cited May 23 by Officer Peter Odo.
The MVK Board of Education will meet at 8 p.m. Monday in the high school library. Agenda items include hiring a new agriculture instructor, renegotiating bus owner contracts, bids on asphalt playground areas in Verona and Kinsman, decision on a kitchen cooler, and reinvestment of special education construction funds. Supt. Lynch to report on State Aid Claims Transportation Claims and School Lunch Program requirements.
Dr George W Crane narrates a visit to Copeland Oaks Sebring Ohio highlighting Ranold Plott a major fundraiser for churches and Dr Claude Roe advocating practical aging home design. The piece notes humorous octogenarian hunger strike anecdotes and urges bureaucrats to heed Roe.
Bobby Cargill of Lockport had a malpractice suit against Dr. Farid Afra denied a new trial by Thirteenth Circuit Judge Leonard Hoffman. The verdict from a Grundy County jury on May 10 awarded no damages after a six day trial for alleged negligent treatment after a July 18 1973 car accident and Morris Hospital admission.
Earl Kime reported at 3 43 p m that a dark brown El Camino knocked down his mailbox and neighbor Larry Zabel s mailbox overnight. He also said a stop sign at Scully and Dwight Ros was removed. Kime asked for increased patrols and declined to sign a complaint. Highway Commissioner Alvin Burkhart was notified.
Ann Landers answers readers about gendered dressing norms, fashion acceptance, and the psychology of self perception. The column discusses men wearing women's clothes, Rosie the Riveter era pants, and the idea that inner character matters more than appearance. It also addresses tickling, birthmarks, and self-esteem advice.
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