Public's Servants Eight Months Waiting for Opinion on Open Meetings Act
The Morris Daily Herald has waited eight months for a ruling after asking Grundy County State's Attorney Richard Wilder for a legal opinion on Open Meetings Act issues tied to Morris Community High School Board executive sessions in 1975. The request seeks guidance on collective bargaining recognition, private meetings with unrecognized groups, and whether salary discussions can occur in executive sessions.
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Morris Daily Herald
Grundy County
Richard Wilder
Wilder
Attorney General’s Office
Morris Community High School Board of Education
Springfield
Robert M. Roger
Attorney General's Office
William Wallin
Grundy
Mazon
Wallin
Attorney General
Illinois
Robert M. Rogers
Grundy County Board
Ex-phone operator recalls the end of World War I
Bertha Kehnast Kleinfelter recalls the night of November 11 1918 when a Chicago operator informed her the war ended She woke Gardner area officials and urged church bells and fire whistles to alert residents The 24 year old operator faced questions as she relayed the historic news to neighbors in the small town
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Barbara Wilson
Bertha
Gardner
Bertha (Kehnast) Kleinfelter
Mazon
Chicago
Gardener Operator Bertha Kleinfelter Remembered Ill Counts and City News
A long interview recalls Bertha Kleinfelter’s life as a Gardner Illinois Bell telephone operator beginning in 1912. She describes early working conditions, shifts with supervisor Mrs Zena Jones, and the close community news network among operators and conductors. She recounts a Joliet train crash incident, family ties in the telephone business, and memories of election nights when operators shared in local reporting.
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Rona Barrett
Bertha
Gardner
Mazon
Kleinfelter
Margie Atkins
Morris
Dwight
Springfield
Scott Allison
Braceville
Joliet
Zena Jones
Jones
Harry Jones
Grundy County
Ann Hanson Misener
Peoria
Huston
Misener
Mrs. Huston
Woodrow Wilson
Bertha Kleinfelter
Mayme Jenkins
Sara Bradberry
Irene Cobb
Lottery numbers drawn Thursday on Page 5
Lottery numbers drawn Thursday appear in the Morris Daily Herald on page five.
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Morris Daily Herald
Bromine Accident Leads to Multi-Party Suit in Illinois
The City of Morris and Morris Landfill operator Albert Pfaff are defendants in a Chicago filing by the Illinois Attorney General over illegal debris dumping from the April 12 bromine incident. Consolidated Freightways Inc and Hulcher Emergency Service Inc are also named for disposal of hazardous wastes at an unauthorized facility. The suit seeks permit violations and may join with an April 19 case against Consolidated Freightways, with hearings and potential public actions to follow.
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Morris
Albert Pfaff
Illinois Attorney General's
Chicago
Consolidated Freightways Inc
Delaware
Hulcher Emegency Service Inc
Consolidated
Freightways
Hulcher Emergency Service
Pfaff
Jeff Herden
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Consolidated Freightways
Herden
Attorney General's Office
Pollution Control Board
EPA
Attorney General’s Office
Herdon
Ex-county clerk Mary Jane Noonan fined seven thousand five hundred
Former Grundy County Clerk Mary Jane Noonan received two years probation and a 7500 dollar fine plus costs after a April conviction for felony theft and related charges. Judge Thomas Flood noted the seriousness of the white collar crime and mandated payment within 90 days.
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Grundy County
Donald
Mary Jane) Noonan
Thirteenth Circuit
Thomas Flood
Flood
Ray Wren
Noonan
Mrs. Noonan
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