SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL) back issues from March 2009:
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Mar 01, 2009 ... Reaction to U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin's call for U.S. Sen. Roland Burris' resignation Of course he did, and of course (Burris refused). Durbin almost had to, didn't he, (in order to) save some kind of face from the whole, "We won't seat anyone nominated by our former governor" circus. Burris ...
Stimulus could pave way for smoother 159th Street
Mar 01, 2009 ... By Elisabeth Kilpatrick Staff Writer Drive past LaGrange Road on 159th Street, and suddenly you're in the wild, wild West. The street narrows to one lane in each direction, and winter has left it riddled with potholes. Add in the new crush of cars using the road each day to get to Interstate ...
Event reaches out to soldiers as they return home
Mar 01, 2009 ... By Steve Metsch Staff Writer A welcome-home celebration for veterans and active duty members of the military who have returned from Iraq or Afghanistan will be held March 8 in Chicago. The celebration will feature free food, entertainment, massages, games and activities for children, giveaways ...
SouthtownStar Beverly officer saves life, wins award
Mar 01, 2009 ... BY WILLIAM LEE staff writer The image of the scared nude teenager running for his life is forever seared into Michael Stoner's mind. Last year, the Cook County sheriff's deputy and resident of Chicago's Beverly community saved the 14-year-old boy from an ex-convict authorities say lured the teen ...
Steel may give auto industry restructuring roadmap
Mar 01, 2009 ... By DANIEL LOVERING and TOM KRISHER The Associated Press For John Borkowski, a 33-year veteran of the American steel industry, the plight of the Detroit automakers looks all too familiar. The 57-year-old steelworker from Port Vue, Pa., lived through painful restructuring that drastically reshaped ...
biz bits
Mar 01, 2009 ... The list Forbes recently took a look at the world's billionaires and put together a list of the Most Powerful Billionaires. Here are the top 10: 1. Michael Bloomberg 2. Silvio Berlusconi 3. Lakshmi Mittal 4. Warren Buffett 5. Vagit Alekperov 6. Carlos Slim Helu 7. Mukesh Ambani 8. Charles and ...
business calendar
Mar 01, 2009 ... wednesday Real estate seminar Main Street Real Estate and Open Mortgage will host a free real estate and mortgage seminar starting at 6 p.m. Wednesday at its office, 15010 S. Ravinia Ave., Orland Park. The seminar will cover the buying, selling and financing of regular real estate along with ...
Schools join together for emergency response
Mar 01, 2009 ... By Becky Schlikerman staff writer Police officers and firefighters responding to emergencies at schools in Bloom Township have a new high-tech tool. That's because 39 schools in eight school districts in the township are linked to Rapid Responder, a computer software program that consolidates ...
Contractor doles out big to Welch campaign
Mar 01, 2009 ... By Nathaniel Zimmer Staff Writer A south suburban company with ties to an indicted ex-fundraiser for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich has contributed $26,000 to Country Club Hills Mayor Dwight Welch's campaign committee, making it the mayor's largest donor since the start of 2007. Robert C. Blum, of ...
Flower shop offers bailout bouquets
Mar 01, 2009 ... Flower Depot in Chicago Heights and South Chicago Heights has come up with a fun way to help brighten a needy person's day. The flower shops will start delivering bailout bouquets next week as part of their "emotion stimulus" package. Manager Betty Jo Norby said the recipients of the bouquets ...
Bristol Palin's honesty is good advocacy - till her mom steps in
Mar 01, 2009 ... "Everyone should wait 10 years. I hope people learn from my story. It's so much easier if you're married, have a house and a career. It's not the situation to strive for." So says Bristol Palin, the 18-year-old daughter of former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, who recently granted her ...
Good Samaritan gets a surprise: He's carjacked
Mar 01, 2009 ... By Tina Sfondeles Sun-Times News Group The 36-year-old Chicago man didn't know what he was getting into when he stopped to help two men involved in a rollover crash in Riverdale early Saturday. The unidentified good Samaritan wound up being beaten by the men before they stole his 2000 Lexus, ...
Around Town
Mar 01, 2009 ... Monday 2 art exhibition Prairie State College hosts the 2009 Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference Juried Art Exhibition now through Saturday in the Prairie State College Christopher Art Gallery, 202 S. Halsted St., Chicago Heights. Hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 5 to 7 ...
Crete parks end after-school program
Mar 01, 2009 ... The Crete Park District has successfully offered an after-school program for 11 years at various locations. This program was initiated due to the lack of after-school options for the students in our district. In recent years more choices have become available for the families in our district, ...
Keep skin smooth during the winter
Mar 01, 2009 ... By Julie Onufrak GateHouse News Service Keeping skin soft and smooth in the winter can be a challenge. The key is to pick the right moisturizer. Justine Monteiro, a medical aesthetician at Vinette Day Spa & Apothecary in Scituate, Mass., said that in addition to moisturizing, exfoliating is ...
Turning catastrophe to kindness
Mar 01, 2009 ... Dozens of children and their families made a trip to the Girl Scout Friendship Center in Country Club Hills recently to receive new winter coats from Charming Shoppes, the parent company of Lake Bryant. The donation drive was organized in honor of the five victims of the Lane Bryant shooting ...
Cure for the common cold?
Mar 01, 2009 ... By Maura Possley Staff Writer With a red nose and a raw throat we barrel through cold season each winter wondering how this uninvited guest called the common cold found us again. We brace ourselves, putting 10 feet between us and that colleague who always seems to be sneezing over our workspace ....
Prepaid college plans get a look amid market drop
Mar 01, 2009 ... By CANDICE CHOI The Associated Press It's become part of financial wizardry 101: Savvy parents invest in 529 college savings plans. But as the market suffers a relentless pounding, some parents are considering an alternative that lets them lock in tuition costs at state universities. Such ...
'it sure was dark down there'
Mar 01, 2009 ... By Paul Eisenberg Correspondent When Ray Mattox was growing up during the 1970s in Crete, he was always fascinated by the farmhouse down the street. It was old and ornate, and even a little spooky. "It was an exciting place," he said. "Even back then, there were very few houses like it." As it ...
Today's Crime Report
Mar 01, 2009 ... TINLEY PARK Raccoon hunter in trouble A Tinley Park man who said he was trying to rid his attic of raccoons faces several charges. Police responded Feb. 18 to a call of a shot being fired into a house in the 17300 block of 64th Court, and the residents said they had heard a thump and found a ...
Caribbean a dump for cruise ships
Mar 01, 2009 ... By MIKE MELIA The Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Miles from shore in the open Caribbean Sea, cruise ships are dumping ground-up glass, rags and cardboard packaging. But vessels in other waters such as the Baltic and North seas are prohibited from throwing any solid waste overboard ...
SD 230 returning graduation ceremony to the schools
Mar 01, 2009 ... By Jim Hook Staff Writer Graduates of all three high schools in Consolidated High School District 230 will walk across the stage at their football fields in May. After years of using the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park as the graduation venue, District 230 officials have decided ...
Delta Queen welcomes next phase of 'life'
Mar 01, 2009 ... By BILL POOVEY The Associated Press CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Banished from America's waterways as a cruise vessel, the 82-year-old sternwheel steamboat Delta Queen hopes to find new life as a floating hotel and lounge on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga. Hundreds of people turned out under gray ...
Mar 01, 2009 ... Academics St. John's Lutheran School names honor roll St. John's Lutheran School in Country Club Hills announced the students who attained honor roll status for the second quarter of the 2008-09 school year. A honor roll Fourth grade - Seriah Bolden, Jonathan Dennis, Alyssa Miller, Chloe ...
Campus
Mar 01, 2009 ... DePauw University Elizabeth Frances Palmer, of Flossmoor, and Kathleen Elizabeth Tangri, of Homewood, have been named to the fall 2008 semester dean's list at DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind. They are both sophomores. Elmhurst College nMichael Mireles, of Park Forest, has received ...
Burris should resign, this saga needs to end
Mar 01, 2009 ... THE ISSUE: The latest turn in the ongoing saga of U.S. Sen. Roland Burris is his son's appointment to a $75,000-a-year state job by ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration. WE SAY: Every day it's something new, and Burris is either remarkably forgetful, naively simple or arrogantly immune ...
Homewood woman tells inspiring story of survival
Mar 01, 2009 ... By John K. Ryan Staff writer Fifteen years ago today, a teenager raped Brenda Feehery in a darkened parking lot, stabbing her 54 times while her her toddler son watched in horror. Today, she doesn't hesitate while telling the story of that terrible day. Feehery won't allow herself to deny the ...
What's in their wallet? With recession, bailouts and stimulus talk, let's look at the financial holdings of our congressional delegation
Mar 01, 2009 ... By Nathaniel Zimmer Staff Writer Across the Southland, people have lost their jobs and seen their hours and wages cut. More worry they could be among the next victims of a nationwide recession with no end in sight. But their local representatives in Washington, D.C.? Even if their portfolios ...
Casio agrees to fix broken camera
Mar 01, 2009 ... Dear Fixer: My 12-year-old daughter got a new Casio camera for Hanukkah. She used it for three days. On the third day, she was taking pictures and shut off the camera to give me the SD card to load on our computer. She hit the power button and the lens retracted and went in skewed, thereby ...
Residents attend Antique Appraisal Program in Mokena
Mar 01, 2009 ... Nearly 50 people attended the Antique Appraisal Program recently at the Mokena Community Public Library District, 11327 W. 195th St., Mokena. During the event, Rex Newell, of Rex's Antiques in Munster, Ind., appraised almost 40 items for the crowd. Everyone was allowed to bring one hand-held ...
Around Town
Mar 01, 2009 ... Monday 2 food drive Curves of Mokena, 11600 Francis Road, Unit C, Mokena, will participate in the 11th annual Curves Food Drive during March to benefit the Frankfort Township Food Pantry. Participants wishing to donate may drop off non-perishable food items during business hours weekdays ....
Ditching Dewey
Mar 01, 2009 ... If you haven't been to the Frankfort Public Library lately, check it out. The library is about 75 percent finished with adopting a bookstore-like approach and ditching the Dewey decimals. Reaction so far is a bit mixed. Those who use the library a lot like it a lot. Those who haven't tried it ...
News Digests
Mar 01, 2009 ... New Lenox Police launch food drive The New Lenox Police Department is leading an effort to teach youths the value of community service. Working with New Lenox School District 122, the department is sponsoring its inaugural food drive March 9 through April 6. Drop-off points for the ...
Relay For Life teams now forming
Mar 01, 2009 ... The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Frankfort and Mokena is looking for individuals who want to make a positive difference in the fight against cancer. Teams are now being formed in the area for the relay's 25th anniversary of Relay For Life. A team meeting will be held for anyone ...
Hospice to offer scrapbooking workshop
Mar 01, 2009 ... Heartland Hospice is offering a free monthly "Memorial Scrapbooking Workshop" for anyone experiencing grief and loss. The workshop will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. April 26, May 24, June 28, July 26 and Aug. 23 at 20646 Abbey Wood Court, No. 305, Frankfort. Participants will create personalized ...
Manhattan student to study abroad in Vietnam
Mar 01, 2009 ... Augustana College student Noel Nahm, of Manhattan, will join a group of nearly 30 other Augustana students during a four-week international study program in Vietnam. Nahm is a senior international business and Asian studies major at the college, which is located in Rock Island. The South Asian ...
Situation still not normal for Frankfort residents months after explosion
Mar 01, 2009 ... By Gina Kenny Correspondent It has been nearly six months since an explosion on Sycamore Lane took the lives of two residents and caused damage to several homes on the lane and Evergreen Drive in Frankfort. While many of the residents are back in their homes, things still are not back to normal ...
Dinner, auction to boost Frankfort schools
Mar 01, 2009 ... By Shenequa A. Golding Staff writer The Frankfort School District 157C Education Foundation is gearing up for its 14th annual dinner and auction. The event, which is the foundation's main fundraiser for the district's three schools, is a big hit with residents and parents, said Anne Walker, ...
'Killzone 2' simply awe-inspiring
Mar 01, 2009 ... By LOU KESTEN The Associated Press When Sony announced the PlayStation 3 at the 2005 Electronic Entertainment Expo, its centerpiece was a breathtaking chunk of footage from a game called "Killzone 2." The clip, which showed a squad of troopers descending on a city and battling alien forces, was ...
Longtime Tinley village clerk dies
Mar 01, 2009 ... By Casey Cora Staff writer Colleagues say Tinley Park village Clerk Frank German Jr. was the consummate professional. He had been a soldier, broadcaster and great-grandfather. All the while, he was a dedicated public servant. Four decades of village business took him throughout America and ...
Hair for sale
Mar 01, 2009 ... BY KARA SPAK Sun-Times News Group Those energetic Broadway hippies said it best: "Give me a head with hair! Long, beautiful hair!" And so it's on thehairtrader.com, an online marketplace of human hair where business is booming during the economic meltdown. "I am a college student, and I need the ...
Strolling down memory lane - with Facebook
Mar 01, 2009 ... The world of computers threw me for a loop last week. OK, more like last month, but I'm still reeling about all the re-connections I've made recently with old friends. As many of you know, I'm on Facebook. I have been on and off other services during the past few years -Xanga, MySpace and others ...
Broadcasting pioneer Paul Harvey dies at 90
Mar 01, 2009 ... Paul Harvey, the news commentator and talk-radio pioneer whose staccato style made him one of the nation's most familiar voices, died Saturday, ABC Radio Networks said. He was 90. Mr. Harvey died surrounded by family at a hospital in Phoenix, according to ABC Radio Networks spokesman Louis ...
Around Town
Mar 01, 2009 ... Monday 2 advisory board Homewood Public Library, 17917 Dixie Highway, hosts a high school teen advisory board meeting at 7 p.m. the first Monday of the month. Board members help plan library activities, community service and field trips. Information: (708) 798-0121, Ext. 222. big read ...
JCC services will remain in south suburbs
Mar 01, 2009 ... A meeting this week helped reassure members of Anita M. Stone Jewish Community Center that services offered by the center will still be offered in the south suburbs. What they're still not sure of is if they will be offered at the center's Flossmoor site. Last month, the Jewish Community Center ...
Homewood parks offers music classes for kids
Mar 01, 2009 ... Homewood-Flossmoor Park District announced its Music for Minors programs for children ages 4 months to 4 years. Participants can enjoy the 42-inch Gathering Drum, where they will explore many ways to create music in addition to a full repertoire of songs, rhymes and dances using small percussion ...
In Homer Glen, what's after the berm?
Mar 01, 2009 ... BY SHENEQUA A. GOLDING Staff writer Homer Glen is looking at a variety of options to facilitate traffic flow after a controversial landscape berm dividing two subdivisions is removed. The 14-year-old landscape berm that divides the Old Oak West and Old Oak South subdivisions will be removed to ...
Property owner gets tax incentive
Mar 01, 2009 ... By John K. Ryan Staff Writer The first two times VLand Corp. asked the Homewood Village Board to approve a tax incentive for a property it owns in Homewood, several trustees had concerns. Among the chief opponents was Trustee Tom Kataras. He was put off by the discrepancy in estimated tax ...
Homewood trustee quits race
Mar 01, 2009 ... By John K. Ryan Staff writer Homewood Trustee Ralph DeWitt has dropped out of the race for the village board in the April 7 election. DeWitt, who had been seeking his third term on the board, was named chief of the investigations bureau for the Cook County state's attorney's office, where he's ...
Crotty fights close of Tinley facilities
Mar 01, 2009 ... By Nathaniel Zimmer Staff Writer Advocacy groups that want the state to shut down Howe Developmental Center and Tinley Park Mental Health Center are up in arms about a bill sponsored by state Sen. Maggie Crotty (D-Oak Forest) that could make it harder to close the centers and other state ...
Mayor's flip-flop divides council
Mar 01, 2009 ... By Steve Metsch STAFF WRITER With six of 10 city aldermen saying they have no confidence in him after his resignation flip-flop, Hometown Mayor Don Roberton came out firing last week. A defiant Roberton refused to resign at Tuesday's city council meeting, instead chiding his critics on the ...
Throngs attend job fair for golf course work
Mar 01, 2009 ... By Bob Rakow Correspondent Tom Kelly spent most of his career as an internal audit manager. Shortly after his company was acquired by a firm in Minneapolis, Kelly's job was eliminated. "I've been out of work for one year," Kelly said Saturday afternoon as he filled out an employment application ...
Wall Street help for Side Street folks
Mar 01, 2009 ... John Rice has spent the past 38 years as a spiritual adviser to a community that is one of the poorest in the south suburbs. "I'm worried that as a country we're taking care of Wall Street, taking care of Main Street and forgetting the people who live on the side streets," Rice told me Friday ...
Oak Lawn Aglow ministers to people of all ages
Mar 01, 2009 ... Aglow International began 42 years ago in Seattle as a nondenominational Christian women's group. But husbands, sons and grandsons are frequent visitors when the progressive Oak Lawn chapter gets together. "We started opening our doors to men 15 to 20 years ago, because we felt from the very ...
Mar 01, 2009 ... 'Uncompromisingly Land Rover' is something that's easy to say because there is so many high expectations built around any vehicle offering up that tag line. Land Rovers demand attention. The good thing about the LR2 is its distinctive exterior and its pedigree off-road manners. For more than ...
forum
Mar 01, 2009 ... Challenge evolution in blood Recently, I have read a couple of articles written by people who claim evolution is not a fact. Here's my challenge to you. Go to a reputable genetics lab and have your mitochondrial DNA analyzed. If evolution is true, you and every other human being who ever has ...
Library candidates spar over Dewey system, book sale
Mar 01, 2009 ... By Susan DeMar Lafferty Staff Writer As libraries go, do so go library board elections? One would surmise these typically quiet places would have similarly quiet elections. That does not appear to be the case in Frankfort, where a couple of challengers seem to be resurrecting issues others ...
Well-known landscaper Galatte dies at 96
Mar 01, 2009 ... For more than 50 years, Southland homeowners and businesses entrusted Bruno J. Galatte to beautify their lawns and gardens. He built his landscaping company on first-rate customer relations. "He was extremely good with customers; he had his own customer base," said his son Nick, who now runs the ...
BabyFactsNew baby book debunks some long-held beliefs
Mar 01, 2009 ... You'd think the Internet would have done away with all of the old wives' tales about child rearing. In fact, it's only made them worse. One Web site says adding rice cereal to a baby's bottle will make for a longer naptime. Meanwhile, a rival Web site says there's no correlation between rice ...
Lincoln-Way board names top students
Mar 01, 2009 ... BY SHENEQUA A. GOLDING Staff writer Matthew Rossetto, 17, of Frankfort, made it his business to become the valedictorian of Lincoln-Way East High School in Frankfort. Money was on the line. "I bet my dad that I would be able to," he said laughing. Rossetto, who plans to attend the University of ...
a true public servant
Mar 01, 2009 ... By Rena Fulka Staff writer Margaret Edwards isn't one to sit home and watch TV. The Park Forest resident said she'd rather spend a few hours a day serving others. "We all have a selfish instinct, and volunteering makes me feel like I'm doing something important with my life," she said. Her ...
As sales skid, shoppers hold on today at the mall
Mar 01, 2009 ... By ASHLEY M. HEHER The Associated Press Something's amiss at the mall. The parking lots at the biggest shopping centers still are filling up on weekends, the food courts bustle with hungry customers and walkways are crowded with gangly teenagers and stroller-wielding moms. Look closely, though, ...
Matteson mulling sales tax rebate for developer
Mar 01, 2009 ... By Casey Toner Staff Writer A new retail development in Matteson hinges upon board approval of a 25 percent sales tax rebate. Village officials said the approval would ensureconstruction of an 11,000 square-foot strip mall on the southwest corner of Cicero Avenue and Lincoln Highway would begin ...
Major road improvements planned this summer
Mar 01, 2009 ... This summer, U.S. 30 intersection improvements will be made at Wolf Road, Locust Avenue and 80th Avenue, and portions of Harlem Avenue will be improved. The intersection of U.S. 30 and Wolf Road will be reconstructed to be similar the one at U.s. 30 and LaGrange Road. On U.S. 30, motorists will ...
Quinn, plus tax hike, equals bye-bye
Mar 01, 2009 ... I must be genetically mutated because I support raising state income taxes - through a graduated income tax, to be specific. My man-on-the-street poll of Southland residents assured me I am, indeed, a mutant species. Not even your basic long-haired hippy libbies will tolerate another tax hike if ...