Favorable reports on Morris District 54 school improvements
The Morris District 54 Grade School board heard updates on the new Center School offices and duplicating room with a Xerox machine and offset press in operation about three weeks. Costs for duplicating are reduced and outside groups may be billed. a live cougar, stuffed animal activities, and farm visits were noted as school events.
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Morris
Center School
H. Dale Barr
Special Education Cooperative
Barr
Dan Venters
Shabbana
al Kief
New Center School
Keating
Shabbona
Boren
Ford
Garfield
Max Lindsay
Lindsay
Joyce Miller
Lynn Kjellesvik
Miller
Jane Boone
Northern Illinois University
Illinois State University
Residents clash as Grundy planning panel weighs farmland protections
About 70 Grundy County residents urged the Regional Planning Commission to shield agricultural land from subdivision pressure. Citizens argued whether zoning should protect current farmers or allow growth for future generations while commissioners heard testimony from local landowners and officials.
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Planning Commission
Grundy County
Robert Tyer
Morris
Commission
Tyer
Joy Schultz
Minooka Rd
Rex Buckner
Nettle Creek Township
Gordon VanQualen
Garfield Township
Francis Barry
Circle A Farm
John Hanson
Perry Brooks
J. Leroy Brown
Milford Jorstad
James Hutchings
John Steele
Robert Strange
Eugene Sorensen
Charles Zalar
John Condon
Todd Trayser
Carl L. Gardner and Associates
Chicago
Mary Ann Kilbride
Bernard Sandner
Grundy County adopts tentative budget for 1978 79
The Grundy County Board approved filing a tentative budget of 6 508 518 for the 1978 79 fiscal year with a general fund balance of 1 054 944 and an estimated ending balance of 1 158 776. The total tax rate for 1978 is projected at .3423, down from 1977, with notable increases in general fund收入 and expenditures across departments and funds.
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Special Education Cooperative
Christine Vize
Mazon
Ronald Unland
Barr
Albert Allen
Gerald McTague
Lynne Stewart
Janet Matteson
Robert Engle
al Kief
Jackie Galloway
Grundy County
Illinois
County Rest
Supervisor of
Finance Committee
Peter Baudino
Stabbing Case Yields Bonds in Will County
A 16 year old Joliet resident charged with attempted murder stemming from a Braidwood stabbing is held in a Kankakee juvenile facility. Two Joliet teens were jailed for aiding a fugitive while two others were released. Ronald Marrs in Braceville remains in serious condition after surgery.
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Braceville
Joliet
Will County
Braidwood
Kankakee
Wilmington
Ronald Marrs
Rte. 1
St. Joseph Hospital
Illinois
Marrs
Joliet Hospital
Minooka to contract snow removal for 1978-79 season
Minooka village board authorized the street and alley committee to contract snow removal for the 1978-79 season. Other actions included authorizing an electro rust proofing contract for water tanks and discussions with county police on overweight trucks and speed limits on the Blacktop. Residents told to notify the clerk about large trash items by Wednesday for Friday pickups. next board meeting October 23 at 7:30 p.m.
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Minooka
Clyde Heap
Wallace Tiernan
Channahon-Minooka
Bell Rd
Lloyd Unland
Judy Corbin
Three Guilty Pleas In GSA Fraud Scheme Unfolds
Three more defendants in the GSA fraud and kickback case pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the federal government. Former GSA managers Roger Wilt and Johnnie Sykes and Navy official Eugene Proctor admitted charges, as prosecutors seek modest sentences. The scope includes Hilles Associates and other GSA store managers amid an alleged theft totaling over 100 million annually.
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Baltimore
UPI
General Services Administration
GSA
Navy Department
Hilles Associates Inc
Westminster
Roger Wilt
District Heights
Johnnie Sykes
Oxon Hill
Eugene Proctor
Washington
Navy
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Arlington
Wilt
Sykes
Proctor
Hilles
Illinois 1st District Justices Write Few Opinions
Illinois Supreme Court data show Cook County 1st District judges Justice Helen McGillicuddy wrote 19 opinions in the first half of the year while Justice Francis Lorenz and Justice Kenneth Wilson each authored 20. The trio also posted the fewest opinions among 1977 1st District judges.
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Chicago
UPI
Illinois Court of Appeals
Cook County
Illinois Supreme Court
Helen McGillicuddy
Francis Lorenz
Kenneth Wilson
1St District Court
Morris teacher finalist for Illinois Teacher of the Year
Joseph Corsello art and ceramics teacher at Morris Community High School is named one of six finalists for the Illinois Teacher of the Year award. The 46 year old nominee, honored for decades of teaching and community involvement, awaits Friday banquet results in Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Community High School
Joseph Corsello
Illinois
Corsello
Meadows Circle
MCHS
Office of Education
Springfield
U.S
State Teachers Board
McCormick Place
Chicago
Venpeett
Youth shot in Rock Island left in critical condition
James Meyer, 16, of Davenport Iowa, remained in critical condition with a head wound at Franciscan Medical Center after being shot while walking home from high school Tuesday. He said he heard no shot and saw no gunman, and police initially suspected a hit-and-run. At CHICAGO Illinois lottery result: William Frankenbach of Chicago won $3,000 in Tic Tak Dough, advancing to the $1 million drawing.
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Rock Island, Ill
UPI
James Meyer
Davenport
Iowa
Franciscan Medical Center
Chicago
William Frankenbach
Frankenbach
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Roger Fox
Stephen Black
Black
Bernard Keating
Janice Gilligan
Dresden Locks and Dam
Jorstad
Commonwealth Edison Co
Commonwealth Edison
Helen Ullrich
Wests Cafe
Liberty
Kendall-Grundy FS_ Inc
Saratoga Township
Emergency Services and Disaster Agency
Grundy County Sheriff Department
ESDA
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