Morris City council approves park plan and appointments
The Morris City Council appointed Jay Heap to fill the unexpired ward two seat and approved negotiations with the Borens on selling Boren property for a community park near Illinois 47 and George St. Bolt plans include a lighted ballpark. The Borens seek 120000 plus rezoning of land east of Newton Dr and contract sale terms. The council also awarded a sewer project contract of 227968.70 and arranged funding from a federal grant. March 19 was set for a public meeting on water and treatment rates.
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Ray Christensen
James Provancal
Cochairman
Morris Lighted Ballpark and Recreation Committee
Illinois 47
George St
Kenneth Davenport
Borens
Davenport
Newton Dr
Stine
Grundy County
Fourth Ward
Lisbon St
Lincoln St
Butler St
McKinley St
Hornsby
Sewer and Water Committee
Council
Federal
FPB
Chamlin
Former Grundy County Sheriff John E. G. Olson Dies
John E. G. Olson 70 of 747 Fremont Ave. Morris died at Morris Hospital at 4 45 a m He served as sheriff from 1954 to 1962 and had been deputy since 1938 He married Lorene Gulley in 1969 and is survived by his wife two step daughters a half sister and other relatives Funeral services are pending at Davis Funeral Home
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Grundy County
John E. G. Olson
Fremont Ave
Morris Hospital
Morris
John
Ellen (Wicks) Olson
Olson
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Eagles Lodge
Illinois Sheriff's Association
Ida Mae Bell
Lorene Gulley
James Bell
Richard Pierce
Lorene
Phyllis
Karen Scott
Edna (Welker) Starks
New Berlin
Theodore
Clarence
Elmer
William
Bert
Davis Funeral Home
Drainage concerns raised over cooling lake project
Francis Halpin of South Wilmington questioned the Grundy County Board about bringing 53 extra square miles of water from Commonwealth Edison cooling lake plans in northeast Kankakee County. He fears drainage of his Essex-area farm could be impeded by a nearby 4,900 acre lake, with a 14 foot dike, amid construction for a nuclear station at Braidwood.
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Grundy County
Grundy
Francis Halpin
South Wilmington
Halpin
Commonwealth Edison
Kankakee
Essex
Braidwood
Wilmington
Jay Heap appointed Morris alderman youngest in history
Jay M Heap age 20 of 201 Nettletown Dr became Morris youngest alderman after filling the vacancy from George Malek’s resignation. He finished second in the Feb 27 second ward Republican primary with 187 votes to winner Donald Barkley’s 298, Edwin F Sobol with 58. Heap, a Morris Community High School graduate, attended Joliet Junior College, Western Illinois University, is divorced, and lives with his 23 month old son Trent. He works as a distributor for Cities Service Co and aims to close the generation gap by fostering growth.
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Jay M. Heap
Nettletown Dr
Morris
George Malek
Heap
Donald Barkley
Edwin F. Sobol
Morris Community High School
Joliet Junior College
Western Illinois University
Coal City approves Woods Subdivision first addition
The Coal City Village Board approved a 10 acre preliminary plat for the first addition to Woods Subdivision southwest of Coal City. Michael Franzen and Robert Keener own the land, plans call for single family homes, with development possible within three months.
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Coal City
Joseph Phillips
John Nicoletti
Franzen
Robert Keener
Coal City district OKs ISU study on school system
Monday night the Coal City Community Unit No. 1 Board authorized a staff led evaluation by Illinois State University with costs $1,800 to $2,500 to review system goals population trends curriculum administration facilities and finances. The plan targets a Sept. 1 completion if work begins around May 1 and will address state requirements along with 10 year project outlook.
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Coal City Community Unit No. 1
Illinois State University
Randall Highsmith
Brookfield Zoo
Highsmith
Coal City Kindergarten Enrollment Dates Updated
Rogers Cumming Coal City grade school principal says kindergarten registration dates will be announced soon. An earlier Coal City Notes item in Morris Daily Herald incorrectly listed enrollment as Thursday and Friday for Coal City. those dates were for Gardner Grade School registrations.
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Coal City
Coal City Community Unit No
Rogers Cumming
Morris Daily Herald
Gardner
Weather Outlook With Warmer Trend And Storms
Increasing cloudiness and warmer today with a high in the mid 60s. Tonight showers and thunderstorms, windy and warmer, low near mid 50s. Wednesday showers and storms end by morning then sun, windy and mild with highs mid to upper 60s. Monday reached 52 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with a 35 low, 7 am at 39, Morris downtown 57 at 11 am.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Seek to identify 6th fire victim in East Chicago blaze
East Chicago officials sought to identify the sixth victim of a two story apartment fire in Indiana Harbor district. Police already identified five bodies and said all residents were accounted for by late Monday night.
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East Chicago
Ind
Indiana Harbor District
East Chi
Cago
City seeks park lease details for Stratton and Gebhard Woods
Representatives for Morris met with Illinois Department of Conservation official Lee Osborn at the Holiday Inn to discuss leasing Stratton State and Gebhard Woods State parks. The preliminary gathering included Mayor Hendrickson and others, as Osborn outlined a four year lease framework and future information needs.
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Morris
Holiday Inn
Lee Osborn
Illinois Department of Conservation
Stratton State
Gebhard Woods
James Washburn
Herald
Osborn
John Hendrickson
James Crupi
Grundy County
Younger
Citizen's
Channahon State Park
Washburn
Stratton Park
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Jay Heap
Second Ward
George W. Malek
James Stine
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First Ward
Glen C. Anderson
Arthur Hornsby Jr
Jerry Berens
Robert Gilbertson
del Linn
Third Ward
Morris Illinois
Barens Ford
John Olson
American Express Co
Gould Park
Lake Renwick
Plainfield
John E.G. Olson
Illinois
Girl Scouts
Girl Scouts of America
First United Presbyterian Church
Pam Bottomly
Fred Kavenda
Lisa Day
Kavenda
Knight
C.C. Board
C.C
PTO
Eugene Peterson
Coal City Chamber of Commerce and
Hanley
Charles Reader
Supt. Highsmith
Reader
Thomas A. Mosier
David Neal
Evelyn Baskerville
St. Louis
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Baskerville
Insurance Company
Trailways Girls Scouts
Honeywell Co
Wermer, Rogers and Maher
Joliet
Tom Peters
Pat Tucker
Lena Pellegrino
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Anna Giovanni
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Emma Huml
Frank Anselmo
A.J. Dearth
Leslie Ross
Wayne Neal
Myron Vestal
James Hines
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