Morris pacers at Sportsman's Park
Bill Barry of Chevelle Stables trains pacers at Circle A Farm two miles west of Illinois 47 on US 6. A pacer races with a cart and driver and alternates leg movement unlike a trotter. Barry, father of Circle A Farm's Francis Barry, had open heart surgery but recovered to continue training.
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Circle A
Chevelle Stables
Illinois 47
U.S. 6
Bill Barry
Francis Barry
Barry
Herald
Dee RA
US. 6
Circle A Farm
Grundy
Springfield
Sportsman's Park Race Track
Chicago
Jim
Eight year old boy killed in Gardner train collision
Brian Reader eight of Route 1 Gardner was killed when his bicycle struck a westbound Illinois Central Gulf freight train at Division Street. He died at the scene and was later moved to Gardner Funeral Home. The train was traveling 47 mph with 18 freight cars and two engines. Funeral services for Brian Keith Reader will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Gardner Funeral Home.
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Brian Reader
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Division St
Gardner
Rte. 1
Grundy County
E.E
Buzz) Livsey
Gardner Funeral Home
Reeves
Gary Phillips
Ron Fox
James Olson
S.J. Maloney
Jeff Wix
Wix
Brian
Robert Lower
Heyworth
Corey Laine
Maloney
Lower
Joliet
Bloomington
Edward Spillman
Keith Reader
Gardner Funeral
E.T. Emerson
United Lutheran Church of Gardner
Braceville-Gardner
Alton
Russell and
Glenda (Atchinson) Reader
Eldon
Nadine Atchinson
Palmyra
Harry
Darlene Dustman
James
Beatrice Rigney
Bethalto
Mae Welker
Larksville
Selma Reader
Meadowbrook
Lena Atchinson
Bridgeport
Texas
Florence Dustman
Gillespie
Abe Hilderbrand
Grundy County Board of Review Shifts Schedule
The Grundy County Board of Review will pause regular meetings until July 5 and then assess capital stock July 5 to July 8. From July 12 to Aug 7 hearings will run 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday for county property owners. Members are David Barr Lawrence Manning and Edwin Burnham.
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Grundy
Carlson
Board of Review
David Barr
Lawrence Manning
Edwin Burnham
Morris district approves 18 credit graduation rule
Morris Community High School District 101 votes 6 to 1 to raise graduation credits to 18 for all classes after 1980 while class of 1980 will need 17 credits. The measure aims to align with expanded curriculum, though one member warned it may push students to quit.
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Morris Community High School District 101
Bob Ciota
Ciota
MCHS
Little Seven
Grundy Area
Minooka
Roger Gordon
Gordon
Karen Hunt
James Leonard
James Garling
Tim Connor
Wilbur Dolezal
Jack Kutches
Harold Sutter
Sutter
Morris Public Library offers summer library cards to out of town kids
Mrs. Carol Hutchings issued $1 summer library cards to Scott Hansen 7 Janis Hansen 9 and Jodi Hansen 11 of Mazon at the Morris Public Library. Cards run until Aug 31 to encourage reading during summer. About 30 cards sold this year with 67 last year. Also a rezoning hearing on 65 acres north of U.S. 6 near the Rockwell Inn from agriculture to R1 will be held 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Grundy County Courthouse.
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Iowa
Mayfield
Susan Bivens
Rte. 5
Sutter
Ciota
Youth For Understanding
Morris
Grundy County Youth Athletic Association
GCYAA
Santa
Morris Public Library
Carol Hutchings
Scott
Janis
Jodi Hansen
Mazon
U.S. 6
Rockwell Inn
Grundy County
Brestal
Commission
Union talks stall but area workers back on job
Union leaders have ordered about 3,000 construction workers in 14 north central Illinois counties to return to work after a seven week strike. Talks with contractors continue over job classifications while pay raises will be retroactive to today and workers return under old contract terms.
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Ottawa, Ill
UPI
Illinois
Midwest
Cliff Rugh
North Central Laborers District Council
Joe Marchesi
Illinois Valley Contractors Association
Fairbury boy killed in tractor accident
Scott Moser, six, of Fairbury, Illinois, died Wednesday when a tractor on his family’s farm overturned after a sharp turn. Coroner Keith VonQualen said he was driving and was pinned beneath the vehicle. he died at the scene.
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Fairbury
Ill
UPI
Scott Moser
Keith VonQualen
Moser
VonQualen
Weather forecast and observed temps with river readings
Tonight showers and thunderstorms expected with a low in the 60s. Friday looks partly sunny and very warm with a chance of storms and highs in the upper 80s. Wednesday’s high reached 77 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with a 49 low. Morning 58 at 7 am in Morris and 66 at 10:30 am. ESDA notes Morris 80 high and 57 low yesterday. Pressure at 30.14 and rising with peak wind 14 mph in past 12 hours.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
ESDA
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la Salle County
Dave Rudolph
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