Channahon trustees clash over Chemlite rezoning plan
Channahon trustees debated Chemlite Corp 2 zoning near Joliet area opposing industrial I-2 density. Joliet planning commission backed I-2. board seeks to keep I-1 with special use, citing residential buffers and past legal fees. A Joliet City Council hearing set for March 21 could resume earlier disputes, with trustees insisting they welcome Chemlite but oppose heavier industry.
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Channahon
Joliet Township
Joliet
Planning Commission
Channahon Village
Stephen Ritter
Robert Johnson
Ritter
Chemlite
Robert Petrusa
George Markstrom
Petrusa
Markstrom
Randolph, Johnson
James Welch
Helen Williams
Diploma at seventy: Danish immigrant earns high school equivalency
Augusta Hansen of Fairhaven Subdivision Channahon at age 70 finally earned her high school equivalency certificate after four months of study at Joliet Junior College. The former Morris resident, wife of late Morris Mayor Ange Hansen, worked hard to balance homemaking and classes, finishing with a 3.33 GPA and a strong push to encourage others to complete their education.
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Augusta Hansen
Channahon
Gussle
Hansen
Joliet Junior College
Herald
Copenhagen
Denmark
United States
Augusta ‘‘Gussie’’ Hansen
Fairhaven
Brooklyn
N.Y
Aage Hansen
Hansens
Joliet
Morris
Hansen Body Co
Tom Stott
Department of Labor
Elaine
Saratoga Tower audit shows four hundred sixteen thousand surplus
The Grundy County Housing Authority voted Monday to accept an audit covering funding, assets, liabilities and surplus from Oct 30 1971 to Sept 30 1977. The report by Robert J. Tauriainen shows assets of 2,953,646.85 and liabilities of 2,536,829.58, leaving a 416,817.27 surplus.
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Grundy County Housing Authority
Michigan Accountant
Certified Public Accountant
Robert J. Tauriainen
Livonia
Mich
June Bollen
Housing Authority
Tauriainen
IMRF
Bollen
Saratoga Tower
Housing Authority Board
Insurance Committee
The
Illinois Association of Redevelopment Authorities
TARA
Illinois
National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
NAHRO
Peoria
Grundy County
James Thompson
Head Lice Outbreak Prompts School Alerts in Grundy County
Grundy County Health Department reports over 220 lice cases in schools, with about 150 in Gardner, 50 in Shabbona Grade School Morris, 17 in Braceville Grade School and one at Morris Community High School. Officials urge daily hair checks, treatment proof for readmission, separate hooks, and thorough cleaning to prevent reinfection.
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Health Department
Grundy County
Gardner
Shabbona
Morris
Braceville
Morris Community High School
Grundy County Health Department
O Connor plans July start for 105 unit senior apartment complex
Jerome O Connor of J P O Connor & Co Wilmette announces July construction start for a six floor 105 unit low income senior housing project on the former Dr Elliot Tratt site between Bedford Road and Waverly Street east of Lisbon Road. HUD approval funds a 2.7 million mortgage with rents around 315 dollars a month or less depending on rates and costs.
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O'Connor
Jerome O’connor
J.P. O’connor & Co
Wilmette
Bedford Rd
Waverly St
Lisbon Rd
Elliot Tratt
O’connor
Illinois Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Two GOP candidates enter Morris first ward race
In Morris two Republican candidates, Kenneth R Benson and Robert T Feeney, compete in a March 21 special primary to fill First Ward Alderman John Maunder’s vacancy. Benson is a Talty Chevrolet parts manager and ex policeman, Feeney a longtime resident and Feeney Liquor clerk. Absentee ballots are available and the general election runs through April 30, 1981.
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Morris City
First Ward
John Maunder
Kenneth R
Ken) Benson
W. Washington Sr
Robert T. Feeney
E. Main St
Benson
Morris Community High School
Talty Chevrolet
E. Jackson St
Morris
Colonial
Maunder
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Channahon Trustees
Richard Teas
Teas
Rittof
Frank Lopez
Harold Randolph Jr
Lopez
B. Gregg Evans
Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Mrs
Commonwealth Edison
Liberty St
Coal City
Vigliocco, Allen, Pierard Agency, Inc
Church St
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
New Continental Regency
Kendricks Extermination Co
LaSalle
Thermal Surveys, Inc
Rockford
O'Connor Complex
GOP
Marie Davis
Christopher
Keith
Morris Moose Lodge 967
Grand Prairie Legion of the Moose
American Federation of Musicians
Feeney
Western Illinois University
Feeney Liquor, Inc
Washington St
Immaculate Conception Church
Order of Eagles
Wauponsee St
Morris’ First Ward
Main St
Illinois River
Nettle Creek
Robert Feeney
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