County board advances road plans and zoning policy
The county board approved a $70,000 Fox Road improvement project from Yorkville to Pavilion Road and shared 50 percent of a $4,000 Whitfield Bridge culvert cost with Fox Township. Discussions covered Orchard Road corridor planning, mobile home policies, and a privilege tax on trailers as a real estate tax substitute. The group also approved copier upgrades, authorized a highway conference trip, and set bids for County Line and Fox roads with a March 31 taxation and finance briefing planned. An April 4 bid setting for road projects was noted along with the 1977 county audit. A proclamation declared March 1978 Emergency Preparedness Month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox Road
Kendall Township
Yorkville
Pavilion Road
Whitfield
Walker Road
Fox Township
Highway Committee
Naden
Orchard Road
Kendall County
Kane County
Hettrich
Aurora
Yorktown
Highway Department
Joe Gaesser
St. Paul
Minn
Gaesser
Fox River Drive
Conservation Department
Silver Springs State Park
County Line Road
Mann
DeKalb County
DeKalb
County General Fund
Police Briefs Tie Disturbance To Maple Dr Incident
A 19 year old Morris man was arrested on aggravated battery aggravated assault resisting arrest and obstructing a police officer after a disturbance on Maple Drive. He struggled with officers, was jailed, and a relative reported a woman screaming. Another incident left Yorkville youths injured in a single car crash on Illinois 47 near Kennedy Road, with four others treated and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Dr
Morris
Alan K. Ray
Rte. 3
Cemetery Rd
Grundy County
Earl Salems
Dean Sager
Carl Bremekamp
Dennis Holbrook
Bremenkamp
Ray
Theodore
Marilyn) Chally
Chally
Christine
Yorkville
Copley Memorial Hospital
Illinois
Kennedy Rd
Kendall County
Dale R. Woodworth
Michael E. Sloan
Bristol
John F. Andesser
William H. Woodworth
James B. Mount
David Deason
Andesser
Illinois 47
Dale Woodworth
Mount
William Woodworth
Spring Valley
Ill
UPI
David W. Cate
Oglesby
Douglas M. Cate
Streator
St. Francis Hospital
Peoria
Cates
la Salle
la Salle County
Cate
Putnam County
Putnam and
Peru
Theft from Sherril Rd mobile home in Grundy County
Items valued over 900 dollars were stolen from a mobile home on Illinois 47 near Sherril Road. A color television set and three stereo speakers were reported missing after the trailer was entered between Wednesday and early today. The entry method remains undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois 47
Sherril Rd
Bill Slater
Grundy County
S.J. Maloney
Morris Police Ticket 1963 Chevrolet Over 48 Hours Parked
A 1963 Chevrolet registered to Marvin Wessell of Cape Girardeau Mo was ticketed by Morris police at 7 45 a m for parking on city property more than 48 consecutive hours. Police said a Morris ordinance was violated. Two Joliet youths were detained for a rural Minooka rape case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Wessell
Cape Girardeau
Morris
Robert Stansberry
City planners weigh costs shifted to public in development fees
Morris officials and planners debated funding for city projects tied to developments. Critics argued for clear fee ceilings and uniform charges, while supporters noted benefits like jobs and tax revenue. The commission moved to deny the fee ordinance and approved rezoning and subdivision plats pending council acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hackett
Morris
John Hanson
Hanson
Narvick
Apanas
Commission
Judd Brown
Clyde Baker
Baker
Brown
Illinois Ave
Calhoun St
Michael Cheshareck
Cheshareck
Boleslaus Karpowicz
Frank Hawkins
Billy
Sue Morse
Grundy County
Morse
Pine Creek
School Dr
Pine Bluff
Southmor Rds
School Drive
Union St
Chamlin and Associates
Education cooperative hires speech therapist at prorated salary
Grundy County Special Education Cooperative approved hiring Margaret Riordan as speech therapist at 9800 dollars for the remainder of the school year after a Wright recommendation. She must finish a master's degree before the 1978 79 year to qualify full time in the fall. The board adopted a tuition policy for dual districts and authorized Wright to prepare a tentative budget. Easter vacation dates and enrollment procedures were set, with a new registration form to capture illnesses or medications. Attending: Barr Juan Witters Highsmith Chord Lynch Satorius Norval Galloway Slyter Wright
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Wright
Grundy County
Margaret Riordan
Franklin School
Wright
Richard Witters
Randall Highsmith
H. Dale Barr
Barr
Art Juan
Witters
Robert Chord
William Lynch
Jack Satorius
Norval Galloway
Martha Slyter
Grundy County Board approves member payments totals
The Grundy County Board approved payments to members for meetings and mileage covering December February. Amounts ranged from 150.90 to 646.60 per member with total payments for meetings mileage and travel totaling 5169.86 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy County
William Waters
Pete Baudino
Kenneth Benson
Leonard Boss
Edwin Burnham
Richard Ferguson
Gordon Gunderson
William Hamilton
Harry Melby
William Wallin
John Melvin Phillips
George Brown
Wallace
Bud) Burroughs
Peter Cacello
Charles McDonald
Baudino
Burnham
Hamilton
Waters
Mailbox stolen from Monson's Sports Center
Elton L. Monson of Monson's Sports Center at 224 W Washington St reported a stolen mailbox to Morris police on Wednesday at 1 13 p.m. He last saw the black mailbox on the wall of the Gahlbeck building on Tuesday at 3 p.m. Police said they would notify the Morris Post Office of the theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elton L. Monson
Monson’s Sports Center
Washington St
Morris
Gahlbeck
Morris Post Office
Complaints on damage by picketers at Altimax plant
Complaints say Altimax picketers damaged two vehicles at the plant on Wednesday. Phillip Schwartz reported a man about 6 feet tall to 6 feet 2 inches tall weighing around 145 pounds used a hammer to break a headlight and crack a windshield on his truck driven for Jack Fitzsimmons of Waseca Minnesota. The suspect fled in a black Mercury and Buick. At 6 56 p m deputies logged another report of a picketer damaging the side of a car leaving the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altimax
Phillip Schwartz
Grundy County
James Hume
Jeff Wix
Schwartz
Jack Fitzsimmons
Waseca
Minn
Sheriff's Department
Traffic Court Fines for Speeding in Verona Area
Keith Pokarney, 20, of Rte. 2 Verona Rd Dwight, was fined 40 dollars plus 10 dollars costs for driving 77 in a 55 mph zone. He was ticketed February 25 by Grundy County Sheriff Sgt Frank Schmitt at Illinois 47 and Sucker Rd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Pokarney
Rte
Verona Rd
Dwight
Grundy County
Frank Schmitt
Illinois
Sucker Rd
Worry Clinic 2: George W Crane praises newspaper routes
A voiced endorsement celebrates newspaper carriers as superior practical teachers of responsibility, punctuality, and the threefold US economy. It cites W Clement Stone's boyhood while urging parents to involve children in selling papers and requesting Crane materials from Mellott Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement Stone
Chicago
Northwestern University
Northwestern U
Dear Ann Landers column on teen pregnancy and social tips
A reader asks how to handle a son who eloped with a pregnant 19 year old and skateboarded with her. Ann advises that the husband should ensure prenatal care, suggests notifying the doctor, and notes the woman may need serious guidance. The page also includes a caller seeking sharp comebacks and advice on noisy baby calls during phone conversations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Landers
Mary
Ann
Alton
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Nelson
Animal Control Committee
J. D. Schlapp
Kendall
Bedford Rd
Dale Calhoun
W. Washington St
Norm
Ron Fox
Wauponsee St
Sheriff's Deputies
Northern Ave
Jack Berkey
Channahon-Minooka
Charles Mooney
Lincoln St
City of Morris
Donald Davidson
Joliet
Grundy
Will County
Martin Morrow
S. Chicago St
James Olson
Gene Rapp
Wayne Howard
Det. Fox
Gee Luchowski
Delvin Rollins
Lt. Fox
Shady Oaks
Arsenal Rd
Elwood
Chicago St
Education Cooperative
U.S. 6
Johnson Ave
Chamlin
School St
Austin Bollen
Angie Strobel
Dick DePung
Pisa
the World Almanac
U.S. State
Massachusetts
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South Dakota
Mississippi
Pierre
Jackson
Boston
Harrisburg
Montpelier
the Worry Clinic
George W Crane
W. Clement Stone
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Mellott
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