Joliet City Council Awaits Decision on Bluff St Park Plan
The Joliet City Council remains noncommittal on a plan for a Bluff Street park and a center-site museum. After a Chicago agency meeting on August 3, participants from the Historical Society, Park District, Chamber of Commerce and Land Clearance Commission reported mixed views on accessibility and cost.
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Bluff St. Museum
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Chicago
Joliet
William Limacher
Will County Historical Society
Ray Lindblad
Joliet Park District
Gene Silvers
The
Joliet Chamber of Commerce
Jake Wingert
Wingert
Bluff St
HHFA
Westphal Bank
Historical Society
Rock Island Railroad
Park
Joliet Junior College Referendum Set For Sept 7
Joliet Township High School and Junior College Board set September 7 for a referendum on a separate Junior College District tax rate and a separate Board of Education. If approved, the district would qualify for 50 percent operational aid and 75 percent construction aid as a Class I district. The meeting also debated yearbook photography contracts with Root Studios, sparking protest from local photographers and claims of pricing under the specification sheet.
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Joliet Township High School
Junior College Board
Board of Education
Root Studios
Chicago
Norbert Cempke
Frolics In Flight Highlights Joliet Summer Program
The Joliet pageant includes 21 playgrounds displaying student made mats with burlap backdrops and embroidered scenes. A mat winning by judges, crafts demo, and ice rink exhibit accompany the event. Students toured Chicago institutions including the Museum of Natural History and Lincoln Park Zoo during four field trips.
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Joliet
Chicago Museum
Comiskey Park
Brookfield Zoo
Museum of Science and Industry
Chicago Museum of Natural History
Braidwood Sets Centenary Celebration Beginning August 14
Braidwood prepares a nine day Centennial event with a street fair parade coronation ball and yearlong activities. City leaders and residents including Russell Drechsler Floyd Nielsen and Duke names lead the preparations at Reed-Custer High School field and gym for Aug 14 through Aug 22 events.
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Braidwood
Reed-Custer High School
Roy Gordon
Under
Pioneer
Frank Pate
Stateville
Custer High School
John B. Rogers Co
Fostoria, O
Final Joliet Junior College enrollment date set Aug 15
Joliet Township High School and Junior College District announces the final date for applications is August 15 due to rising enrollments. Enrollment is closed to students outside the district. Final testing occurs August 21, 23, 25, and September 7 for counseling. Returning students register September 7, new students September 8 and 9, freshman orientation September 10, with official classes starting September 13.
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Joliet Junior College
Joliet Township High School
Who Cuts Weeds Continued From Page 1
Residents question weed cutting costs with city action charging private lots at $8 per hour while government land remains costly. A city council proposal suggests using County Jail inmates as a weed removal task force, seen by locals as more viable.
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the Spectator
Joliet Penitentiary
John Hudak
Gladys Erickson
M. Shapiro
Hudak
Joliet City
Rey Rossi
Professional Photographers Assn., Machinists Union, and
Labor Council, AFL = CIO
Centennial
Russell Drechsler
Floyd Nielsen
Joe Kalal
Ann Sharp
Henry Rossi
Edwin Sullivan
Dennis Mather
James Barnett
James Berta
George Bohac, Sr
John Bottino
Roger Crosman
Jewel Davito
Louis Ferrari
Emmitt Jeffress
J. J. Jones
Fred Nahas
Alice Faletti
Joseph Motta
Joseph Mazzarelli
Ken Barnett
Lucille Travis
Mary Adeline Bottino
Josephine Barnett
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