After the Jan. 12 public meeting on the budget, Council members retired to executive session, for the purpose – according to the motion that carried – of discussing “personnel and […]
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D65 Strategic Planning
The District 65 School Board will hold its strategic planning meeting on Saturday morning, Feb. 23. As a prelude to the meeting, on Feb. 11 the administration will present to […]
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Editorial
Kudos to Hamos If you’re reading this on your way to work, call Julie Hamos when you get off the train, bus or el and thank her. As chair of […]
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First Budget Workshop: Council, Citizens React Strongly to Proposed Tax Increase
Judging by reactions at the Jan. 12 budget meeting, the proposed 15-percent increase in the City’s portion of the property tax apparently did not sit well with some members of […]
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First Budget Workshop: Council, Citizens React Strongly to Proposed Tax Increase
Judging by reactions at the Jan. 12 budget meeting, the proposed 15-percent increase in the City’s portion of the property tax apparently did not sit well with some members of […]
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Green in Perspective
There has been a tremendous amount of information put out about various green and energy-related items. But a lot of the time, people have difficulty comprehending what all of this […]
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Introducing the “Evergreen” Conifers
According to the Sept. 16, 2007, New York Times, while Ken Burns was previewing the Grand Canyon segment of his upcoming (2009) series on national Parks, he heard a reference […]
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Kindred Spirits Art Exhibit
The clay pots of Marva Jolly and carved wooden staffs of David Philpot evolved from humble childhood fascinations – hers with mud pies and his with sticks. The two longtime […]
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Ministers Ponder Role of Church In Light of Dr. King’s Legacy
Four African-American ministers described what they believed the role of the church should be at a Saturday forum at Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center. With Dr. Larry Murphy of Garrett-Evangelical Seminary on […]
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Not Here Yet
January 15th was the birthday of the late Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) – Baptist minister, civil rights leader, Nobel Peace Prize recipient. In Dr. King’s “I Have […]