Grundy County CROP Walk aims for 10000 this year
The Grundy County CROP Walk for Hunger sets a 10000 dollar goal for the October 2 event starting at 9 a.m. at the Grundy County Courthouse. The 16 mile trek is sponsored per mile. last year raised over 9900 dollars for the hungry worldwide.
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Grundy County
Orin Cooper
Darrel Thompson
Lee Cary
Donald Kocher
Roy Hamburger
First United Methodist Church of
Morris
First United Methodist Church
Darrell Thompson
Roy H. Hamburger
Orin Cooper, Jr
Robert Ollerman
Joe Temple
Primary Election Closes In Grundy County Clerk Race
Polls shut at 6 p m for Grundy County Clerk special primary with Republican candidates Thomas Residori Robert White and James R Williams. Democratic write in Lana Phillips acts as county clerk as voters report light turnout at about 10 a m.
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Grundy County
Thomas Residori
South
John
Lana) Phillips
The
Herald
Channahon Board Debates School Site Donation Need
Minooka High School officials urge Channahon trustees to reaffirm support for a local school site donation ordinance, only to learn no such ordinance was adopted. The Rolling Acres subdivision plans trigger donation questions. village attorney cites pre annexation terms and subdivision rules as the framework. A meeting with the developer and boards is set, while a village hall contract with Henry Snyder Deyoung advances.
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Minooka High School
Channahon Village
Robert Cook
Rolling Acres
Cook
Richard Teas
Channahon
Teas
Channahon Park
Alton Mattingly
Atty
Dennis Pond
Pond
Village Board and Planning Commission
Galloway
Henry Snyder Deyoung and
Morris City Council Retains School Site Donation Ordinance
In Morris the city council voted 6 to 2 to retain the school site donation ordinance. The meeting drew about 90 attendees with many urging continued requirements while developers urged review. Town officials proposed study committees and public hearings as part of the ongoing discussion.
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Morris City Council
Morris Savings and Loan
Donald Davidson
Fourth Ward
Robert Gilbertson
Second Ward
Charles Roseland
Jack Hynds
Hynds
John Hanson
Jim Peterson
Morris
Peterson
Rose Marie Bell
District 54
Bell
Hanson
John Maunder
Dinance
Roseland
Third Ward
Elmo Ray Younger
Arthur Willmington
Gilbertson
Floyd Siron
Marjorie
Morris City Council relaxes rural subdivision rules and approves sidewalks
The Morris City Council voted 7 to 1 to relax rural subdivision restrictions allowing closer growth and waiving city water and sewer requirements within 1.5 miles of the city. A 6 to 2 vote approved a new sidewalks ordinance requiring concrete sidewalks on new buildings with bond completion within six months.
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Morris City Council
Morris Savings and Loan
First Ward
John Maunder
Maunder
Frank Black
Black
Fourth Ward
Floyd Siron
Siron
Third Ward
Arthur Willmington
Elmo Ray Younger
Barkley
Willmington and
Chief urges tighter controls at Dresden and Edison plants
UPI reports James G. Keppler of the NRC told the Illinois Commerce Commission that Commonwealth Edison must tighten management at Dresden Quad Cities and Zion reactors after a string of abnormal occurrences with radioactive releases. He cited personnel error and weak controls but said most releases did not breach federal safety standards. Keppler noted Edison’s record is not the region’s worst and linked findings to training procedures while a separate ICC case seeks a $67 million refund to customers over alleged pollution abatement issues.
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Chicago
UPI
Commonwealth Edison Co
Dresden
Quad Cities
Zion
James G. Keppler
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Illinois Commerce Commission
Keppler
Edison
ICC
Illinois Public Action Council
Grundy County Hosts Large Blood Drive at VFW Hall
The Red Cross Bloodmobile drew 151 pints with 21 first-time donors as 105 people pre registered. Donors from Morris Coal City Newark Verona Joliet Mazon Minooka Dwight Channahon Seneca South Wilmington West Chicago Marseilles attended. upcoming bloodmobile visit announced.
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Frank Kulig
Butler St
Grundy County
Red Cross
V.F.W. Hall
Kulig
Women’s Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
Charlotte Mayden
Grace van Tassel
Ruth Nelson
Barbara Bright
Char Frnland
Rachel Larson
Lenora Harrod
Blanche English
Helen Griglione
Jo Arneson
Marge Brown
Gloria Guinn
Vince Higgins
Gerald Johnson
Grundy Area
Coal City
Newark
Verona
Joliet
Mazon
Minooka
Dwight
Channahon
Seneca
South Wilmington
West Chicago
Marseilles
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Christian Rural Overseas Program
CROP
Europe
Channahon Board Studies
Dresden Island Locks and Dam
ESDA
Morris Daily Herald
Council
del Linn
Linn
Donald Barkley
Warren
Younger
Willmington
Saratoga School
Municipal League
Grundy
Albert Pfaff
Envionmental Protection Agency
EPA
EPS
Nesday
Main and
Liberty Sts
Richard Schweickert
Chamlin and Associates
Morris Catv
Morris Catv Inc
Liberty
Robert Chitwood
Commonwealth Edison
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