The News-Sun - Waukegan (IL) back issues from February 1998:
NEWS DIGEST
Feb 02, 1998 ... Gurnee Citizens committee to meetAdditional meetings may be needed before the Entertainment Village citizens committee winds up its assessment of the $400 million proposal for the 136-acre tract across the Tri-State Tollway from Six Flags Great America amusement park. Getting a ...
PARK PLAN COSTS, FINANCING QUESTIONED
Feb 02, 1998 ... Grayslake-Though only five residents showed up to view park plans displayed at the State Bank of the Lakes Friday night, comments and suggestions were plentiful.Grayslake Park District Commissioners Jane Josephs, Therese Douglass and George Weinert also were on hand for the informal meeting ...
MILLION WOMAN MARCH REUNION STRESSES UNITY, FAMILY REBUILDING | AFTER GLOW
Feb 02, 1998 ... Shirley Boyce paused midway into her presentation to take a deep breath and gather her thoughts.It wasn't just speaking before the crowd of more than 200 that brought a slight nervousness, it was her recalling what it was like to be among hundreds of thousands of women in Philadelphia in ...
BLACK HISTORY ALIVE | LOOKING BACK: AFRICAN-AMERICAN ROOTS REMEMBERED
Feb 02, 1998 ... Sam Payne Sr. of Zion told a sad story Sunday at a program at the College of Lake County in Grayslake.The program was on "African American Pioneers" but Payne's story could have meaning to nearly everyone. Payne's great-grandmother was a slave. The family tradition is that her ...
VANDALS CAUSE $200,000 DAMAGE TO DEERFIELD SCHOOL | GLASS ALL OVER: COMPUTERS, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, TROPHY CASE FALL VICTIM TO LATE NIGHT ATTACKS
Feb 02, 1998 ... "It was mean."That's probably the most apt description given by an exhausted Deerfield Elementary School District Superintendent Max McGee as he commented Sunday night on the massive amount of damage done to Shepard Junior High School. So much damage that the opening of school was ...
$60 MILLION PROJECT SET TO START AT GREAT LAKES
Feb 02, 1998 ... Construction will start in about a month on nine new buildings at Great Lakes Naval Training Center in North Chicago.The project, quarters for bachelor enlisted men on the base's main side, is expected to total $60 million. It is the largest single construction project on the base ...
DRIVE TIME
Feb 02, 1998 ... `Pothole People' win; gravel road to be pavedHelp is finally on the way for the "Pothole People." After years of dead-end attempts to address the dilapidated condition of Bayonne Avenue in Beach Park, the gravel road will be paved this year. The road has been the bane of both ...
BULLETIN BOARD
Feb 02, 1998 ... TodayMundelein: Board of Trustees meets 8 p.m., Village Hall, 440 E. Hawley St. Waukegan: City Council meets 8 p.m., City Hall, 106 N. Utica St. Tuesday Woodland Elementary School District: Board of Education holds a special meeting at 9:30 a.m., District Office, 17370 W. Gages ...
COUNCIL REJECTS PLAN FOR RETIREMENT CENTER
Feb 02, 1998 ... HIGHLAND PARK -- Bowing to pressure from local residents, the Highland Park City Council has turned thumbs down to a retirement community and day care center at the southeast corner of Half Day Road and Route 41 on the city's north side.The Council's unanimous 7-0 vote at last week's meeting ...
GURNEE TRIMS ARCHITECT FIRMS FOR DESIGN WORK TO FIVE FINALISTS
Feb 02, 1998 ... GURNEE -- Twelve firms replied to a village request for proposals to provide architectural services for a planned addition to the public works facility.After a review, the field was narrowed to five firms, said Public Works Director Jim Repp. The finalists are: Beling Consultants; ...
HISTORY SLEUTHS TRACK FIRST BLACK IN COUNTY
Feb 02, 1998 ... Grayslake-The Lake County Museum has done extensive research over the past four years into the life of Lake County's pioneer African American, Amos Bennett.Much has been discovered about Bennett, but some large mysteries remain. Bennett was born in Fairfield, Conn., and moved to Warren ...
JEEPS TARGETED BY THIEVES
Feb 02, 1998 ... It wasn't a good time to be a Jeep owner, whether you lived in Deer Park in southeast Lake County, Warren Township near Gurnee or in Grayslake.Jeeps were broken into at all three locations Friday. Two of the incidents were similar because of the type of cuts that were made to the cloth ...
POLICE BLOTTER
Feb 02, 1998 ... 1 Ingleside Liquor burglary:The owner of Holiday Park reported Friday that two people found an open door and stole $50 in liquor after breaking into the building on Route 134 near Route 12. Vodka and three cases of beer were taken. About $300 in damage was caused during the ...
TWO MEN LEFT HOMELESS AFTER $100,000 FIRE
Feb 02, 1998 ... NEWPORT TOWNSHIP -- Two people were left homeless Saturday after a fire swept through an attached garage and then did extensive damage to their rural home.A Libertyville firefighter who complained of lightheadedness was taken to Condell Medical Center in Libertyville but was treated and ...
UNION HINTS HAWTHORN TEACHER STRIKE POSSIBLE
Feb 02, 1998 ... Vernon Hills -- A strike looms as a distinct possibility for the Hawthorn Elementary School District as teacher contract discussions take on a bitter tone despite the presence of a federal mediator.The teachers union bargaining team rejected a new offer last week as both sides sat at the ...
WARREN'S VICTORY OVER HOFFMAN IS A VAN-TASTIC ONE | PREP BOYS BASKETBALL
Feb 02, 1998 ... Just when it looked like the wheels were coming completely off the Warren High basketball bus, along came a van to help them cruise to a much-needed victory.Warren was stung by Mundelein on Friday night in North Suburban Conference play, and a loss on the road at powerful Hoffman Estates on ...
MUSTANGS FOCUSED ON TASK AT HAND | MUNDELEIN 83, GRANT 71
Feb 02, 1998 ... FOX LAKE -- Sandwiched between Mundelein High's biggest basketball victory of the season over Warren on Friday and its biggest game of the season on Tuesday at Libertyville was a trip north for a non-conference contest against struggling Grant on Saturday night.Mundelein coach Perry Wilhelm ...
LAKE FOREST STAYS IN THICK OF TITLE CHASE
Feb 02, 1998 ... Lake Forest used strong defense to smother host Mundelein High 58-37 in North Suburban Conference girls basketball on Saturday.After being tied at 14-14 after the first quarter, the Scouts turned up the defensive pressure. "We had a much better defensive effort today. We kept ...
ANKLE INJURY BRINGS SWIFT END TO HEAD-TO-HEAD BATTLE | PREP GIRLS GYMNASTICS
Feb 02, 1998 ... ANTIOCH -- The competition turned out to be a best-of-two falls, and Stevenson High standout Amanda Kaufman came out better for the wear and with the North Suburban Conference all-around title in girls gymnastics.The league championship figured to be a battle between Kaufman and Libertyville ...
GOTTA DO IT
Feb 02, 1998 ... Tuesday Zion Woman's Club: The group meets at noon in the Heritage Room at First of America Bank in Zion. Lunch will be served by Pat Lord and her committee. Speaker is Bob Grosso, superintendent of Illinois Beach State Park. Details: 872-8129. Reminders Library banquet: The North Suburban ...
PREP NOTES | HIGHLIGHTS & SIDELIGHTS
Feb 02, 1998 ... Grayslake High's wrestling team went into Saturday's Fox Valley Conference meet at Crystal Lake South tied with the host Gators for first place.The Rams came out of the meet as the champions in their first year in the conference. Grayslake had three champions, three runners-up and ...
STELLA LAMBIRIS
Feb 02, 1998 ... Stella Lambiris, age 92, longtime resident of Waukegan, passed away on Friday, January 30, 1998. She was born October 25, 1905 in Filiatra, Greece, and had been a Waukegan resident for 67 years.She was a member of St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church and charter member and past president of ...
REV. KEVIN KRASS
Feb 02, 1998 ... Rev. Kevin Krass, 43, of Beach Park, Pastor of the Bonnie Brook Baptist Church, went to be with his Lord on February 1, 1998 at home.A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, February 4, 1998 at 10:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary of the Christian ...
PATRICK W. DODGE
Feb 02, 1998 ... Patrick W. Dodge, 61, of Libertyville, Illinois passed away Saturday, Jan. 31, 1998 at his home.He was born June 2, 1936 in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, and ahd been a Libertyville resident since 1968. He was a 1959 graduate of the University of Minnesota Pharmacy School, later receiving his PhD ...
MICHAEL J. HARRISON
Feb 02, 1998 ... Michael J. Harrison, 41, of Deerfield, Illinois died January 30, 1998 at Highland Park Hospital.He was born June 27, 1956 in Highland Park. He had been employed as a pipefitter for Independent Mechanical in Chicago. He graduated from Deerfield High School in 1974. Surviving ...
MARION E. MICK "SHORTY"
Feb 02, 1998 ... Marion E. Mick "Shorty", 86, passed away January 30, 1998 in Pewaukee, Wisconsin.He was born in Carmi, Illinois to Frank and Sarah (nee Collins). He attended the area schools. In 1934 he moved to the Kenosha area where he lived until retirement from Peterson Brothers Implement after ...
LUCILLE E. FRANKE
Feb 02, 1998 ... Lucille E. Franke, 91, of Mountain Home, Arkansas, formerly of Waukegan, Illinois died Jan. 30, 1998 in Mountain Home. She was born March 4, 1906 in Lambert, MS and had been a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Waukegan.She enjoyed reading and craft work. Surviving are her ...
JERRY B. TEMPLEMAN
Feb 02, 1998 ... Jerry B. Templeman, 70, of Fox Lake, Illinois, passed away Friday, January 30, 1998 at Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, IL. He was born June 30, 1927 in Oak Park, IL, the son of John and Bertha Templeman, and had been a resident of Fox Lake since 1972. He was a businessman and owner of ...
EMMETT J. "JIM" WORLEY
Feb 02, 1998 ... Emmett J."Jim" Worley, Jr., 62, a former 23 year resident of Wauconda, Illinois passed away Sunday, Feb. 1, 1998 at the Alden Health Care Center in Long Grove. He was born March 13, 1935 in Des Plaines, Illinois, was a veteran of the U.S. Army, and a graduate of Grinnell College in ...
DIEGO M. DAVIS
Feb 02, 1998 ... Diego M. Davis, 33, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, January 30, 1998.He was born January 21, 1965 in Long Beach, California. He graduated from Zion-Benton Township High School and retired from the U.S. Navy after 11 years of service. He is survived by his loving ...
DARLINE M. WILLOUGHBY
Feb 02, 1998 ... Darline M. Willoughby, 74, of Waukegan, Illinois died January 31, 1998 at Victory Memorial Hospital.She was born July 24, 1923 in Waukegan. Surviving are her children, Larry (Lori) Barton of Buena Park, CA, Bonna (Scott) Shultis of Waukegan, Russell (Ginny) Heibner of Winthrop Harbor, ...
APPLAUSE
Feb 02, 1998 ... Omni Youth Services, an organization serving the needs of youth and families in the northwest suburbs, has named its list of 1999 LIFEMODELS, outstanding people who serve as role models for youth everywhere.North Chicago residents Wadell and Daisy Brooks were named LIFEMODELS and will be ...
LOCAL DISCOVERY
Feb 03, 1998 ... Diners tour space in trek aboard StarVoyagerHungry science-fiction fans will want to beam over to StarVoyager, which landed last fall and invaded what was a Best Western hotel on Green Bay Road in North Chicago. It's a restaurant/gift shop/bar entrenched in a space-age ...
GOTTA DO IT
Feb 03, 1998 ... Wednesday Power breakfast: The Lake County Power Breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m. at Midlane Country Club, Waukegan, featuring "Women in Politics -- Inside Story." Guest speakers will be Coroner Barbara Richardson, Circuit Clerk Sally Coffelt, and Recorder of Deeds Mary Ellen Vanderventer.Cost ...
AREA COLLEGES
Feb 03, 1998 ... LFC tunes up for pivotal road trip with non-conference winLake Forest College tuned up for the biggest weekend of basketball in recent memory by edging Cardinal Stritch University 66-65 Monday in a non-conference game in Lake Forest. The win evened the Foresters' record at ...
CAT AND MOUSE | LIBERTYVILLE DOMINATES NSC MAT | NORTH SUBURBAN CONFERENCE WRESTLING: THE LIBERTYVILLE WILDCATS ARE IN COMPLETE CONTROL.
Feb 03, 1998 ... LIBERTYVILLE -- The Libertyville High wrestling team took down rival Antioch and the rest of its opposition in the North Suburban Conference to win the league meet on Saturday and clinch a second straight conference title.The host Wildcats, who went 7-0 in NSC dual meets, scored 215 points ...
DEERFIELD'S REGIONAL WIN IS TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT | PREP GIRLS GYMNASTICS
Feb 03, 1998 ... DEERFIELD -- The final results might have been too close for comfort Monday night, but the Deerfield High girls gymnastics team will feel comfortable today preparing for next Thursday's sectional at Stevenson High in Lincolnshire.The Warriors qualified as a team for the sectional by winning a ...
STANDING PATS | STEVENSON IS STILL A FORCE IN AREA GIRLS BASKETBALL
Feb 03, 1998 ... LIBERTYVILLE -- Libertyville High may have lost more than just a girls basketball game here Monday night.They may have lost the services -- at least temporarily -- of star junior Allison Farrington. The guard injured her knee with 27 seconds left in the first quarter of a 58-47 loss to ...
NEW POST OFFICE TO OPEN MAY
Feb 03, 1998 ... Antioch-Mayor Marilyn Shineflug announced that the new 3,800-square-foot post office facility in the former McDonald's restaurant on Orchard Street will open by May 15.The current post office, across the street from the new one, will become a mail ...
COUNTY CURBING NUDIE CLUBS | PERFORMANCE RULES, ANNUAL LICENSING IN NEW REGULATIONS
Feb 03, 1998 ... Dancers nightclub on Route 12 bills itself as "Chicagoland's hottest totally nude gentlemen's club."That will likely change this year. The County Board is poised to adopt new adult entertainment licensing regulations that contain sweeping changes, including a ban on full ...
DROPOUT RATE FOR HISPANICS LOWER HERE | ONE-THIRD NATIONALLY: TWO DISTRICTS IN COUNTY SHOW PERCENTAGES BELOW 6 PERCENT
Feb 03, 1998 ... Lake County Hispanic students appear to be less likely to drop out of school than Hispanics do nationally, according to county school statistics.Although a U.S. Education Department report estimates one-third of Hispanic students fail to finish school nationally, in Illinois and in districts ...
SHERIFF'S CASE AGAINST DANCERS DUE FOR HEARING FEB. 13
Feb 03, 1998 ... About two years ago, Lake County sheriff's police investigated Dancers nude nightclub after a 35-year-old Bloomingdale man complained he paid $300 for a nude private dance that he never received.The investigation peaked in Dec. 8, 1996, when an undercover agent in the club signaled for ...
MAYOR DIRECTS CHIEF TO PIT BULL MENACE
Feb 03, 1998 ... North Chicago-North Chicagoans, including some aldermen, are howling about pit bulls roaming unchecked in the city.The dogs are menacing and attacking children, adults and other dogs around town, and nothing is being done about it, the City Council was told Monday night by a Wright Avenue ...
STORY: THE INSTANT ANALYSIS WAS THE SAME WHEN SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES BURNED
Feb 03, 1998 ... The instant analysis was the same when South Central Los Angeles burned in 1992 and when downtown Denver was looted last week: It's An Understandable Release.Yes, the best way to deal with a spontaneous burst of public violence is to bless it with an excuse. This way, the next time a ...
NEWS DIGEST
Feb 03, 1998 ... Gurnee Village unhappy with postal siteVillage officials are displeased with the Washington Street site selected for a new, larger expanded post office facility. And they plan to complain. The U.S. Postal Service revealed last week that it is in negotiations for a 5-acre ...
NUCLEAR PLANT CLOSING LEGAL TALKS CONTINUE
Feb 03, 1998 ... Zion city officials and area taxing bodies met with a lawyer Saturday to continue discussing how best to deal with the closing of ComEd's Zion nuclear power plant.Dialogue centered on a number of issues during the closed meeting, from the effect the power plant closure will have on local ...
ELECTION DIGEST
Feb 03, 1998 ... Kaiser fund-raiser WednesdayA fund-raiser for Betty Rae Kaiser, candidate for Lake County Board District 2, is slated for 5:30 to 7:50 p.m. Wednesday at Bonnie Brook ...
CITY GOES OUT FOR BIDS ON 150 TIRES
Feb 03, 1998 ... Waukegan-The City Council went out for bid on 11 different sizes of tires, a total of 150, for the Public Works Department Monday night following months of controversy over how the city buys tires.Attorney Newton Finn, the founder of the community activist group Taskforce on Waukegan ...
MICKEY FINN'S TO EXPAND BREWERY OPERATION
Feb 03, 1998 ... Libertyville-Mickey Finn's, a microbrewery in downtown Libertyville, apparently can't quite quench the public's thirst for its beers.It makes several beers, including the one that apparently has put Lake County on the map of microbreweries. It is called Mickey Finn's Wheat Ale, which, ...
BARBARA SKALISIUS
Feb 03, 1998 ... Barbara Skalisius, of Waukegan, IL., died on January 31, 1998 at Rolling Hills Manor Nursing Home in Zion, following a long illness.She was born on November 22, 1914, in Lithuania, and had been a resident of Waukegan since 1949. She was a member of the St. Bartholomew Catholic Church; the ...
CATHERINE YACONO LAW
Feb 03, 1998 ... Catherine Yacono Law, 73, of Sherburne, NY, died on Sat., Jan. 24, 1998 in the Upstate Health Science Center of Syracuse.She was born Feb. 13, 1924 in Sherburne, NY and had lived in Waukegan from 1956-1972. During this time she had worked as a keypunch operator for Abbott Labs and also ...
DR. KEVIN WILLIAM KRASS
Feb 03, 1998 ... Dr. Kevin William Krass, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, February 1, 1998.He was born on November 19, 1954 in Detroit, Michigan. More importantly, Kevin was born into the Kingdom of God as a young boy when he recognized his personal need for a Savior. Due to that ...
DONALD A. "SKIP" DIXON SR.
Feb 03, 1998 ... Donald A."Skip" Dixon Sr., 90, a lifelong resident of Lake Zurich, passed away Sunday, February 1, 1998 at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, IL. He was born December 22, 1907 in Lake Zurich, Illinois. He was a co-owner of Dixon & Volling Trucking Co. and a lifelong ...
HERBERT C. MAAS
Feb 03, 1998 ... Herbert C. Maas, 76, of Newport Township, died Monday, February 2, 1998 at his home.He was born July 6, 1921 in Chicago, IL and lived in Newport Township for the last 45 years. He owned and operated H & M Lines, a tool and die manufacturing company for 45 years. He was a ...
JAMES R. DEMILIO
Feb 03, 1998 ... James R. DeMilio, 68, of Zion, Illinois died February 1, 1998 at Midwestern Regional Medical Center in Zion.He was born April 4, 1929 in Chicago and retired from the U.S. Navy after 25 years of service, and also from the Lincolnshire School District #103. He was a member of the Winthrop ...
MARY E. LEATHERMAN
Feb 03, 1998 ... Mary E. Leatherman, 68, of Waukegan, Illinois died February 2, 1998 at home.She was born February 12, 1929 in Nashua, Iowa and moved to North Chicago in 1942. She was married to Blaine Leatherman on December 8, 1945 in Waukegan. She was employed at the Sheridan Health Care Center in ...
RALPH LENZINI
Feb 03, 1998 ... Ralph Lenzini, of Macon, Missouri, passed away on Saturday, January 24, 1998. He was born on November 14, 1907 in Bevier, Missouri.He moved to Highwood, IL in 1942. After retiring from the Sun Valley Dairy Company, he moved back to Missouri. He is survived by his wife Berniece ...
RUPERT GAINES "BOWIE" LINDER
Feb 03, 1998 ... Rupert Gaines "Bowie" Linder, age 47, of North Chicago, Illinois passed away Sunday, February 1, 1998 at the St. Therese Medical Center of Waukegan, Illinois.He was born November 24, 1950 in Zion, Illinois. He was a lifelong resident of North Chicago school system. He worked ...
RUTH MCELROY
Feb 03, 1998 ... Ruth McElroy, 95, of Zion died Monday, February 2, 1998 at Rolling Hills Manor Nursing Home, Zion.Ruth was born April 21, 1902 in Colorado Springs, Colorado and came to Zion in 1904. On August 15, 1922 she married the late Dave McElroy in Zion and she remained faithful to her husband and was ...
STELLA LAMBIRIS
Feb 03, 1998 ... Stella Lambiris, age 92, longtime resident of Waukegan, passed away on Friday, January 30, 1998. She was born October 25, 1905 in Filiatra, Greece, and had been a Waukegan resident for 67 years.She was a member of St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church and charter member and past president of ...
OUR VIEW
Feb 03, 1998 ... THE ISSUE: ComEd plans to fight attempts to freeze tax rate at Zion nuclear station.WE SAY: Legislation needed to stop similar moves now and in the future. ComEd throws county a bone The gauntlet has been thrown, the line drawn in the sand. ComEd officials say their ...
EDGAR TRIES TO PROJECT AN IMAGE
Feb 03, 1998 ... While touting some of his past accomplishments, Gov. Jim Edgar seemed to be holding on to the possibility that he might still be recognized as the "education governor" as he delivered his eighth State-of-the State message to the General Assembly.Since his first message in 1991, Edgar has been ...
THE TRUTH WILL OUT THIS TIME AROUND
Feb 03, 1998 ... There's an old adage in the legal profession: If you have the facts, pound the facts.If you have the law, pound the law. If you have neither, pound the table. Well, there was a a lot of table-pounding last week from first couple Bill and Hillary Clinton -- lawyers both -- as ...
POLICE BLOTTER
Feb 03, 1998 ... 1 Gages Lake Residential burglary:A resident in the 34200 block of Lavender Circle accused cleaning workers of stealing a 1.5-carat pair of diamond earrings valued at $3,100 while they cleaned the house last Thursday. The resident said the earrings were taken from a jewelry box hidden ...
BULLETIN BOARD
Feb 03, 1998 ... TodayGrayslake: Village Board meeting at 7 p.m., Village Hall, 10 S. Seymour Ave. Zion: City Council meets 7 p.m., City Hall, 2828 Sheridan Road. Round Lake: Police Committee meets 4 p.m., Village Hall, 442 N. Cedar Lake Road. Grass Lake Elementary School District: ...