Pre-Kindergarten Screening Time Saver for District 140
Barry Link, Kirb y School District 140 psychologist, says prep screening saves time by identifying weaknesses before the school year. From June 16 to 26 at Fernway, 259 children underwent nine stations assessing hearing, vision, memory, and other skills with a fall retest plan.
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Kirby
Ben Chin
Chuck Stanley
Barry Link
Fernway School
Tinley Park
Thomas K. Biakecke
Link
Three Hundred Meet to Plan Landfill Fight
Three hundred residents from Orland and Homer townships gather at Homer elementary to learn how long costly opposition to a 40 acre landfill may take. Speakers from the Committee to Save Our Environment outline legal delays, permits, and a large potential cost as Carlson seeks to develop the site near 143rd Street.
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Orland
Homer Township
Homer
Committee To Save Our Environment
Orland Township
143Rd Street
Will Cook Road
Harry Carlson
South Suburban Landfill Development
Illinois Supreme Court denies writ in landfill zoning dispute
The Illinois Supreme Court Thursday denied a writ of mandamus sought by Peter Carey representing South Suburban Landfill Development. The request aimed to compel the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to remove the zoning prerequisite from the landfill permit, allowing development without proving proper zoning. Carey said the company would file again if denied, but could not be reached for comment.
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Harry Carlson
Louis Yangas
Illinois Supreme Court
State Department of Mines and Minerals
Carlson
Department of Mines
Yangas
Cook County
Zoning Board
County Board
Mining Department
EPA
Clarke
Ruth Cantwell
Peter Carey
J. Theodore Meyer
Chicago
Meyer
Supreme Court
State House of Representatives Environment and Natural Resources Committee
South Suburban
South Suburban Landfill Development Company
Carey
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Circuit Court of
Koeller Named Moraine Valley President
Dr James Koeller is appointed Moraine Valley Community College president in Palos Hills by the board after a 116-applicant field and a closed meeting. He has led the college since August after Dr Robert Turner’s death and has long served in key roles from executive officer to dean of community services. The one year term follows a lengthy presidential search and board approval. Other notes include plans for a student member appointment and updates on Phase II construction, soil borings, and a staff lounge cost of 2858.81.
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James Koeller
Moraine Valley Community College
Palos Hills
College Board of Trustees
Koeller
Robert Turner
Turner
Kenneth Ramsden
Interm
Condominiums and Townhouses Guide in Classifieds
A complete guide to condos, townhouses, and apartments is in today's Classified section for the south and southwest suburbs, starting on Page 10.
District 230 Plans Student Service Bureaus at Two High Schools
Superintendent William O. Fisher won board approval to create and budget student service bureaus at Carl Sandburg and A. A. Stagg high schools. The Sandburg bureau replaces a defunct YMCA counseling program, and both bureaus will hire staff under high school principals. The new unit at Stagg will be first of its kind. They will focus on drugs education and related issues with goals to be discussed in July.
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William O. Fisher
Board of Education
Carl Sandburg
A.A. Stagg
District 230
Sandburg Service Bureau
Southwest Ymca Bureau
Stagg
Fisher
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