Kendall sheriff keeps post amid calls to quit extra job
Kendall County Board narrowly voted 6 to 4 to retain Sheriff Thomas Usry in office despite his concurrent role as chief security officer at the College of DuPage. The discussion followed editorials urging action and focused on whether Usry could perform sheriff duties while working full time at another job. The board deadlocked at 5 to 5 after a member changed position, leaving the issue unresolved.
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Yorkville
Kendall
Thomas Usry
College of DuPage
Usry
Kendall County
David Thompson
Dorothy Montgomery
Jannette Nelson
Ellis Jones
Russell Naden
Robert Cherry
Floyd Sleezer
Frank Coffman
Jimmy Kenton
George Hettrich
Wspy-Fm
Plano
WSPU
Larry Nelson
DuPage
Usty
Ingemunson
Cherry
Coffman
Sleezer
Nelson
Tom
Kenton
Naden
Asry
Jones
Thompson
Hettrich
WSPY
Safety Committee
Mike Alsup
Sandwich Police Department
Personal income up half percent in September
Washington reports a 0.5 percent rise in total personal income to 1.74 trillion dollars for September, matching August. The gain, seen as modest, may be offset by inflation if the upcoming CPI rises 0.5 percent or more, eroding consumer purchasing power and affecting optimism for fall spending. Real gains lag July’s 1.4 percent rise, with wages and salaries growing and commodity-producing payrolls contributing to the rise.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
Tration
Weather forecast for nearby areas and temps
Tonight partly cloudy and cooler with sunny Thursday forecast. Lows around the upper 30s and highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. At Dresden Lock and Dam Tuesday high 59 and low 29, 7 am 39. No precipitation. In Morris downtown 9:43 am 51 degrees.
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Dresden Lock and Dam
Morris
Tax referendum approved to appear on November ballot in Illinois
A Sangamon County judge ruled Gov. Thompson's advisory tax and spending lid proposition can appear on the November 7 ballot. Rep. Dave Robinson said he will not appeal, noting the petition challenge procedures and signature counts were handled properly. The board found about 2,300 more valid signatures than the 589,000 needed after discarding 16,000 invalid ones. The decision included a key shift allowing circulators not to match petition addresses to voter registration. Robinson urged a special session for tax relief, while Friedman defended the board's process as within law.
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Springfield, Ill
UPI
Sangamon
James R. Thompson
Dave Robinson
Springfield
Simon Friedman
State Board of Elections
Robinson
Thompson
Son
Ilinois
Elections Board
Illinois
Friedman
Leahy
Grundy planning panel to tackle three subdivision plats
The Grundy County Regional Planning Commission will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Grundy County Courthouse to review preliminary plats for Deerfield Estates a 53 lot western Norman Township LaSalle County project and Waupecan Valley Park a 19 lot Southmor Road subdivision plus Creekside Acres a three lot Pioneer Road development A rezoning request from agriculture to B II commercial on 2 83 acres at Lisbon and Gore Roads will also be considered.
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Grundy County
LaSalle County
DuPont Rd
Waupecan Valley Park
Harry Gerstang
Southmor Rd
Bradley Subdivision
Commission
Creekside Acres
Gary Bounds
Stockdale Rd
Terry Jacobson
Armstrong St
Pioneer Rd
Nettle Creek
Alden Thompson
N. Lisbon Rd
Lisbon and
Gore Rds
Students Take Over Grundy County Government in Government Day 1978
Nineteen Grundy County students participated in Government Day 1978, chosen from eight schools by essays. A total of 502 essays were submitted, with roles assigned across offices such as county clerk, public defender, sheriff, and judge. The event began at 9 am with roll call, followed by introductions, a morning session, and a spaghetti lunch prepared by Homemaker Association members.
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Grundy County
Mary Steffes
Grundy County Homemaker Association
Howard Sutton
George Swanson
Mazon-Verona- Kinsman
Doug Nelson
Milton Carlson
Robert Wren
Michele Kruger
Kim Breisch
Lana Phillilps
Becky Stuckey
James Flood
John Condon
Betty Olson
Pam Schaefer
Pam Dutton
Michael Hayes
Minooka
Meegan Paul
Sharon Odom
Brian Walsh
Gary Phillips
Minooka High School
Brian Theobald
Robert Malmquist
Saratoga
Tamie Greene
Mike Schweickert
Tamie
Lorain Covey
al Pilch
Mike
Robert White
Charles Zalar
Eugene Sorensen
Tim Larent
Cathie Hatcher
William Button
Leroy Brandt
Heidi Finland
Brian Barkley
Richard McTague
Direcor
Joe Temple
Ed Hemmersbach
Brian Clubb
Halloween Origins Tied to Protection From Evil Spirits
Chicago UPI reports University of Illinois anthropologist Paul Hockings says early Halloween costumes shielded wearers from evil spirits, not to impersonate them. He traces Halloween to Druid autumn rites, bonfires, and superstitions about spirits, with trick or treat possibly evolving from relatives leaving food for visiting ghosts.
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Chicago
UPI
University of Illinois
Paul Hockings
U of I
Chicago Circle
Hockings
Ireland
Citizenship restored to Southerner from Civil War era leader
Washington UPI reports President Carter signed a bill restoring full US citizenship to Jefferson Davis, the Confederacy's only president, retroactive to Christmas Day 1868. The action ends Reconstruction era punishment and grants Davis the right to hold office and bear arms, a symbolic closure after his death in 1889.
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Washington
UPI
Deep South
U.S
Reconstruction Congress
Carter
Georgia
Jefferson Davis
Davis
Congress
Robert E. Lee
George Washington
America
Kendall tax levy approved for Kendall County Forest Preserve
Kendall County forest preserve commissioners adopted a $47,300 tax levy for the 1979 80 fiscal year covering July 1 1979 to June 30 1980. Salaries total $25 000 up from $23 800 while equipment remains $5 000 and improvements to property total $5 300 down from $8 300. fuel repairs utilities and contingency are detailed with minor changes including a one time Lyon road maintenance adjustment.
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Yorkville
Kendall County
Forest Preserve Commissioners
Harris Forest Preserve
Lyon
Baker
House’s Grove
Harris, Baker and
Lyon Preserve
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