Planners back rezoning for Dr Danek dental clinic
Morris Planning Commission unanimously supports reclassifying Dr Terry Danek's property from residential to business on the southeast corner of Wauponsee and Chapin near the Morris Chrysler garage. Parking concerns cited by Mayor Donald Davidson prompted the vote as Dr Danek plans to remodel for a sole dental practice.
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Donald Davidson
Danek
Morris Planning Commission
Terry Danek
Wauponsee and
Chapin Sts
Morris Chrysler-Amc
Davidson
Morris
Morris Atty
John Hanson
Dr. Danek
Weather outlook and local zoning changes at Morris meeting
Forecast calls for variable cloudiness with showers and thunderstorms tonight and Friday highs in the upper 60s to 70s. A Morris meeting covered Danek’s proposed beauty parlor in a house zoned B II, parking implications, and whether it constitutes a clinic. officials noted potential changes in use. The session also reviewed a redesign of the Bonanza restaurant area and a seven-member planning commission slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Hanson
Davidson
Dr. Danek
Danek
Edward Broderick
Atty. Hanson
Elizabeth Gabel
Morris Daily
Frank Black
Austin Bollen
Atty. Black
Richard DePung
Angie Strobel
Moose Subdivision
Bollen
Strobel
Jud Brown
Dennis Hackett
Yorkville High Graduation Plan Announced
Yorkville High School schedules graduation for 8 p.m. June 9 with indoor gym if rain forces, otherwise outdoor at the football field. Baccalaureate is at 8 p.m. June 4 in the gym. Oswego Senior High School class of 1978 honors set for 8 p.m. June 2 with baccalaureate May 28. Newark High School graduation is 8 p.m. May 26 with baccalaureate at 7:30 p.m. Sunday May 21.
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Yorkville
Yorkville High School
Gradu
Oswego Senior High School
Newark High School
Two murder trials continued in Kendall County cases
Kendall County prosecutors moved two murder trials to later dates. Howard Pinkert, 30, Chicago, remains charged with the May 26 1977 slaying of his ex wife Beulah Wykes 29 of Oswego with a key witness failing to appear. pinkert trial now set for June 19. Duane Erickson 42 Oswego faces trial delayed to July for the November 11 fatal beating and strangulation of Linda Erickson at their home 1900 Light Road Oswego.
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Yorkville
Kendall County
Howard Pinkert
Chicago
Pinkert
Beulah Wykes
Oswego
Florida
Duane Erickson
Erickson
Linda
1900
Light Road
Plainfield principal hired for MCHS athletic director
The Morris Community High School board approved Richard Anderson as the new athletic director for a $25,500 annual salary by a 6-1 vote after an executive session. Anderson, previously Plainfield High School principal, has a long career in education and athletics, with degrees from the University of Illinois and extensive work at several districts. The meeting also approved interior finish plans for the new facilities, including tile and paint schemes, and authorized bids for lab and gym equipment.
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Plainfield High School
Richard Anderson
Morris Community High School
McHs District 101 Board of Education
Anderson
James Leonard
Harold Sutter
Urbana High School
Plano High School
Sutter
U. of I. Northern Illinois University
Brigham Young University
Illinois Principals Association
National Education Association
Suburban Secondary Principals Association
Little Seven Conference Board of Control
Treasuer
Jerry C. Gray
Belvidere High School
John Scaggs
Scaggs
Kendall board rezones Bristol tract for residential use
Kendall County Board devoted much of its session to zoning. Dr. Howard Koch won rezoning a Bristol Township tract from A-I to A-II for residential use south of U.S. 34, with a related 15 acre agriculture special use plan for a 4-H site and 10 acres for a commercial area near the former Oswego Drag Raceway. The vote was 7 to 2.
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Yorkville
Kendall County
Howard Koch
U.S. 34
Bristol Township
Oswego
Fox River
Koch
Frank Coffman
Dorothy Montgomery
George Hettrich
Ellis Jones
James Mann
David Thompson
Robert Cherry
Russell Naden
Floyd Sleezer
Jannette Nelson
James Hopkin
Kendall Township
Coffman
Mann
Montgomery
Sleezer
Cherry
Hettrich
Jones
Naden
Nelson
Thompson
Hopkins
Illinois 126
Hopkins Road
Robert Stewart
Craig Stewart
Florence Block
George Block
Planning Commission
Stewart
Block
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
Fox
Myron Wormley
Acadia Acres
Casimir Bassak
George Bell
Bell
Bud Wormley
Rance Road
U.S. 30
Wormley
Cancer bike-a-thon planned for Grundy County
The Grundy County unit of the American Cancer Society stages a 29 mile bike-a-thon from Morris Community High School on Sunday May 21 from 10 am to 2 pm with a May 28 rain date. Open to all Grundy County residents with multiple age divisions and prizes for top fundraisers and donors. Safety support from local emergency services and fire departments.
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Grundy County
The
American Cancer Society
Morris Community High School
Northern Petrochemical cited in water pollution case
Illinois Pollution Control Board filed a 13 count complaint against Northern Petrochemical Co on east U.S. 6 for discharging inadequately treated industrial sewage into the Illinois River and Aux Sable Creek and for failing to test discharges. The case covers five months from November 1977 to March this year with multiple monitoring violations and elevated pollutant discharges.
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Northern Petrochemical Co
East U.S. 6
Illinois Pollution Control Board
William Scott
Illinois River
Aux Sable Creek
Morris
Scott
Loretta Weber
Northern Petrochemical
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Century Wholesale Company Inc. N. Division
Bob Washburn
New York
Herald
Peoria, Ill
UPI
Janice Whittemore
East Peoria
St. Francis Hospital
Patricia Diederich
Dennis
Morris Savings and Loan
Clyde Baker
Diederich
Robert Narvick
Yorkville High
Plainfield
MCHS
DeKalb High School
University of Illinois
U. of I
Morris Daily Herald
Illinois
Kendall Board
Bristol
Richard Krase
Educational Service Region
Salvation
JoAnne Gretenoord Real Estate
Call Floyd
Espi Siron
Minooka
Clyde Heap
NPC
Springfield
Ill
Chicago Lung Association
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