Warm in the Winter A Morris Tumut Exchange Update
Morris Rotary and Lions clubs sponsor the school exchange with Tumut Australia. Gemma Malone arrived Jan 15 to study at Morris Community High School while Margaret Sutter prepares to return home in July after seven months of residence. Florence Smith describes Tumut as a growing but peaceful town in New South Wales.
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Morris
Tumut
Australia
Gemma Malone
Morris Rotary and
Lions Clubs
Morris Community High School
Margaret Sutter
Harold Sutter
Gemma
MCHS
James Petersons
W. Main St
Chicago
Sears Tower
Florida
Jack Kutches
E. Washington St
Immaculate Conception
Down Under
Snowy Mountains
New South Wales
United States
Canberra
Sydney
Wollongong
Scott Sues to Stop Leaks at Sheffield Illinois
Illinois Attorney General William J. Scott filed suit in Bureau County Circuit Court against Nuclear Engineering Company NECO over dumping of toxic chemicals at the Sheffield storage site. The action seeks injunctive relief under the Illinois Environmental Protection Act and payment for fish and aquatic life killed in Barbwire Lake.
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Illinois
William J. Scott
Bureau County
Nuclear Engineering Company, Inc
Sheffield
Scott
NECO
State of Illinois
Barbwire Lake
U.S. District Court
Chicago
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
Area school boards see filings for three districts
Three more candidates join county school board races as petitions due March 17. Gardner Grade School District 72 C lists Robert T. Poole seeking a three year term. Minooka districts 201 show Gregory Marlow and Bruce Robinson filing for full terms and an unexpired term respectively. Coal City district 1 has Robert D. Martis filing for one of two vacancies.
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Robert T. Poole
Grundy Sr
Gardner
Poole
Gregory L. Marlow
Rte. 1
Minooka
Bruce Robinson
Osceola St
Minooka Community Consolidated
Marlow
Robinson
James Buhle
Keith Flatness
Robert D. Martis
Mary and
Third Sts
Coal City
Coal City Community Unit District 1
Lights shot out in Godley and South Wilmington
Commonwealth Edison notified the Grundy County Sheriff at 10 50 a m Thursday reporting several street lights damaged in Godley and South Wilmington. Edison special agent Charles Vander Luitgaren said ten lights in Godley and two in South Wilmington were shot out, with replacement cost $2400. He warned Edison would prosecute those responsible.
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Commonwealth Edison
Grundy County
Lottery numbers drawn in Illinois State Lottery
Winning numbers were drawn Thursday and appear on page 5 of today’s Morris Daily Herald. The notice lists the results for the Illinois State Lottery and identifies the winning figures for the readers.
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Morris Daily Herald
Weather Outlook Quietly Warmer Tonight and Saturday
Forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies and a warm night with a low in the upper 20s. Saturday should be cloudy with a high in the low to mid 40s. Thursday reached 36 degrees at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with a low of 6. Early today the temperature was 20 at 7 a.m. and 37 at 10:15 a.m. in Morris.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
State corrects undertow at dam in Yorkville
A state project to fix a dangerous undertow at the Glen D. Palmer Dam in Yorkville was completed. Illinois Constructors of St. Charles received a 112,712 dollar contract to build a temporary river access road, place boulders, and fill the pit beneath the dam to restore the flow and curb silt buildup. Final inspection praised the work with a clear river and added fire and canoe access ramp.
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Yorkville
Glen D. Palmer
Illinois Constructors of
St. Charles
Fox River
Illinois Division of Waterways
Elden
Odor prompts police inquiry on U S 6 residents report
Mayor Donald Davidson alerted Morris police of a strong rotten egg odor on U S 6 at 6 05 p m. Sgt Max Babcock traced smell to Lisbon St north of Bedford Rd. Northern Illinois Gas found no gas leak. Health Dept official Robert Denig said EPA engineer would inspect the source.
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U.S. 6
Morris
Donald Davidson
Max Babcock
Lisbon St
Bedford Rd
Davidson
Northern Illinois Gas Co
Grundy County
Sanitarian Denig
EPA
Denig
Kendall sheriff suffers mild heart attack
Kendall County Sheriff Tom Usry aged 41 is in satisfactory condition at Copley Memorial Hospital after chest pains. Admitted from Aurora hospital, he underwent tests Wednesday night and Thursday. Doctors say he had a mild heart attack and he remains in the coronary care unit. He plans to continue his third term campaign.
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Yorkville
Kendall County
Tom Usry
Copley Memorial Hospital
Usry
Aurora Hospital
Copley
Illinois 15th District primary faces Hall and Newsom challenge
Dwight Democrat Tim Hall seeks renomination to the U S House in Illinois 15th District facing Billy Newsom of Wedron in the March 21 primary. Incumbent Republican Tom Corcoran is unopposed. Hall, 52, a former teacher and 80 year Democrat, argues economy education and nuclear energy. Newsom, 38, a tax manager and political newcomer, supports stricter nuclear waste surveillance and freer markets. The district covers Grundy Kendall Ford DeKalb LaSalle Livingston Marshall Putnam Woodford and parts of Kane.
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Dwight
Tim Hall
U.S. House of Representatives
Illinois
Billy Newsom
Wedron
Tom Corcoran
Ottawa
Hall
15Th
Corcoran
Congress
Leslie Arends
Clifford Carlson
West Frankfort
Iowa Wesleyan College
Marianne Heller
Plano
Newsom
U.S
China
Department of Education
Chicago Northwestern Transportation Co
Grundy, Kendall, Ford, DeKalb, LaSalle, Livingston, Marshall, Putnam
Woodford
Kane County
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The
Morris Daily Herald Friday Review
Mt. Kosciusko
Pigeon House Mountain
Slaughter House
Florence Smith
Kankakee River
U.S. Army
Grundy-Will County Line
John D. Simpson Construction Co
Joliet
Will County
Ralph Houck
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Houck
Herald
Area
Chicago, Ill
UPI
Illinois Capital Development Board
Godley and
South Wilmington
Conley Realty
Madden
LeRoy Thanephon
Environmental Protection Agency
Health Department
Kendall
Demorace
Southern Illinois University
James Washburn
Ottawa Marquette High School
University of Notre Dame
University of Illinois
Helen Marie Anderson
Illinois Senate
W. Russell Arrington
Washington D.C
William Harris
Postal
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