Youth ticketed after minor crash on Northern Ave near pool
Michael J. Yard, 16, of 1342 Lisbon St., was cited by Policeman Robert Stansberry for driving in the wrong lane after a collision with Donald A. Farmer, 19, on Northern Ave near Morris Municipal Swimming Pool. Damages exceeded $250 to Farmer’s car. Yard’s 1968 Mercury Cougar had under $250 damage. Yard posted bond and faces Grundy County Circuit Court on September 21.
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Northern Ave
Morris Municipal Swimming Pool
Michael J. Yard
Lisbon St
Robert Stansberry
Yard
Donald A. Farmer
E. Benton St
Grundy County
Woman collapses after Gardner home invasion
Three burglaries and a home invasion were reported to Grundy County authorities on Thursday. In Gardner a purse valued at 92 dollars was stolen from Coyla Sanders’s residence, and 75 year old Armedella Doss collapsed and was treated at Morris Hospital after the break in. A white and black vehicle was seen in the area. Deputies reported additional burglaries at an animal shelter and several Gardner homes with forced doors and ransacks but few items reported missing.
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Grundy County
Dellas Rd
Luck
Lemonta
Evelyn McCallister
N. Kankakee St
Coal City
Gardner
William Sklut
Jackson St
Police widen probe in Aug 22 I 80 crash near Illinois 47
State police traced a gold Plymouth station wagon to an Arlington Heights resident as the driver suspected of forcing Indiana motorist Samuel Coker off the road. Coker, 70, Hobart, Ind., was hospitalized six days after the incident. Charges await Coker’s return to Illinois to file. An Essex couple survived a separate I-55 wreck when a wheel from a northbound car caused Kilbride and his wife minor injuries.
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Interstate 80
Illinois 47
Indiana
Illinois
T.A. Thompson
Arlington Heights
Samuel Coker
Hobart
Ind
Coker
Thompson
Springfield
Morris Area
Interstate 55
U.S. 6
Thomas E. Kilbride
Parais St
Essex
Loriea
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
District 5
Thomas E. Barnard
Coal City
Kilbride
Barnard
Anderson
Maynard Towing
Youth warned about riding motorcycle without taillight
Grundy County Sheriff Sgt. Frank Schmitt responded to Pine Bluff Road after residents complained of motorcyclists. He found a motorcycle without a taillight and learned the youth driver would not be allowed to ride again after his mother indicated she would handle the matter.
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Grundy County
Frank Schmitt
Pine Bluff Rd
Schmitt
Old Pine Bluff Rd
Injured Coal City Man Remains in Serious Condition
Michael Halliday, 24, Coal City, remained in serious condition today at Northwestern University Hospital Chicago after a one car crash Aug. 19 at Rice and Storm Roads. He was a passenger in a car driven by Barry Berta, 24, rural Coal City, the vehicle hitting a telephone pole. Berta was dismissed Monday from St. Joseph Hospital Joliet. David Capps, 18, Romeoville, was ticketed for disobeying a stop sign and lacking valid registration, posting a $35 bond to appear Sept. 14.
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Michael Halliday
Coal City
Northwestern University Hospital
Chicago
Halliday
Wesley Memorial
Barry Berta
Berta
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
David Capps
Romeoville
Grundy County
Dan Raymond
Daley and Clark Sts
Diamond
Thief enters two rooms at Morris Holiday Inn
Police investigated after Charles DeWitt of Plymouth and Richard Hartle reported wallets stolen from their rooms, with about $8 missing from each. Leslie Michalson of Highland claimed his second-floor room was entered and about $500 was taken from his wallet after he slept near midnight and woke at 6:30 a.m.
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Morris Holiday Inn
Charles DeWitt
Plymouth
Ind
Morris
DeWitt
Richard Hartle
Leslie Michalson
Highland
Michalson
School Lunch Menus Across Area Schools List Weekly Meals
The read text outlines weekly school menus for multiple districts including Minooka High Grade Coal City and MCHS with daily items such as hot dogs, beef dishes, pizza, ravioli, salads, vegetables, breads, desserts, and milk. It notes Labor Day no school and provides variations by grade levels and days with beverages and fruit.
Gardner South Wilmington Lunch Menu Highlights
Gardner South Wilmington High and Gardner Grade and South Wilmington Grade present weekly menus. Tuesday features Raviolas cabbage salad assorted fruit cookies bread and butter. Wednesday offers Steakette mashed potatoes and gravy dessert bread and butter milk. Thursday serves Bar-b-que buttered green beans dessert. Friday presents chicken salad sandwich potato chips buttered corn dessert milk.
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Minooka High Grade
MCHS
Coal City
G.S
M.S
H.S
Morris Grace School Lunch Menu Detail
Morris Grace offers a weekly lunch menu with Tuesday fried pork fritter and sides, Wednesday tostado with cheese, lettuce, and fries, Thursday diced turkey and vegetables, Friday cheeseburger with tater tots and onion rings. Milk served daily with meals.
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Morris Grace
Jury rules bike-car fatality accidental in Grundy County
A Grundy County Coroner's Jury ruled Kenneth Johnson's death on July 31 a bicycle car crash accident. The 12 year old, riding west on Grand Ridge Rd near Hadden Rd, was hit by Isen Balazi driving about 50 mph. Bailzi’s statement said he slowed and moved left as the boy pulled into his path. Witness Kenneth Misener watched from eastbound. no skid marks were observed. The inquest at the Grundy County Courthouse located multiple crushing injuries as the cause.
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Kenneth Johnson
Harmony Ave
Mazon
Grundy County
James Reeves
Isen Balazi
Eighth St
Grand Ridge Rd
Hadden Rd
Kenneth
Misener
Balazi
Robert C. Rigby
Maron
Ward Rd
Rigby
Concords bicycle path boondoggle spurs council rethink
In Concord California a 537000 bicycle path project tied to federal state and local funds spurred debate. Council members initially backed the plan citing grant leverage then reversed after a May 31 1978 vote stopping the project 4 to 1. Walnut Creek and the county followed suit.
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California
Concord
Calif
San Francisco Bay
Concord Bart
Bay Area
Pleasant Hill
Walnut Creek
State
Lawrence Azevedo
BART
Azevedo
Feds
Concord Council
County
Worry Clinic insight on strikes and fair wages
Dr George W Crane discusses wage fairness linking pay to output rather than need. He argues high miners salaries require proportional profits for owners, warns against strikes driven by inflation desires, and suggests wage differentials based on occupation complexity, training and hazards. He notes farm risks and tool costs, urging readers to mail for his booklets.
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Harry
Harry E
Dr. Crane
Dear Ann Landers Columns on Parenting and Marriage
Readers vent about discipline and parenting I am sick of you telling mothers how to raise their children. A response defends measured discipline and warns against parental anger. Another asks if a prospective spouse should reveal finances and assets before marriage. the reply asserts full financial transparency and shared questions. A third piece from teens asks for fair baby sitting duties. the column rebuts as unfair and offers guidance and resources.
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Ann Landers
Sis
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Buzz) Livsey
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LeRoy Claypool
Robert Wills
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