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0: co de 6. Chicago Tribune, Thursday, January 10, 1991 Section 2 3 from North Will Hinsdale Pool work may move a step closer Village officials are expected to authorize contract negotiations with an architectural firm Feb. 12 for renovation of the municipal pool, Robert Kotula, recreation superintendent, said Wednesday. Last month officials authorized the village staff to solicit proposals from several architectural firms. Kotula said a preliminary report done in 1989 by Pingel and Associates, a Lombard architectural firm, estimates the cost of renovating the 22-year-old pool at between $1.5 million and $2.5 million.
Kotula said a proposition asking voters to approve a general obligation bond sale to finance the project may be placed on the November ballot. Taxi rates at 858-4863. of deregulated Hinsdale officials agreed this week to discontinue regulation of the rates charged by taxis that operate within the village. "Rates are something the market will determine," said Trustee Richard Burridge, chairman of the committee that recommended the change. The deregulation was prompted by a rate-increase request from the only cab company operating in Hinsdale, American Taxi Dispatch said Ellen Mooney, village clerk.
Current rates have been in effect since 1985. Mooney said the initial flag drop is $1.35 and the charge for each mile is $1.35. Each additional half-mile or fraction thereof is 70 cents and the charge for each extra passenger is 50 cents, she said. Burridge said the village will continue to issue licenses and stickers to taxis. The stickers, said Mooney, cost $25 each, are good for a year and are issued only after cabs have passed state safety checks.
They allow cabs to use the cab stands near the railroad commuter station, she said. Wheaton YWCA child center to open in church A child development center will be opened later this month in the Holy Cross Lutheran Church on Geneva Road i in Wheaton. The center, which has space for 65 children, is funded through a grant from the United Way of Suburban Chicago. Forty of the 65 children are eligible to attend the center through a subsidy, but families must meeting income guidelines. For more information or applications, call the YWCA Child Development Center in Glendale Heights Local government notes Naperville I Naperville Area Recycling Center has changed its dropoff hours slightly, now closing at 4 p.m.
instead of 4:30 on Saturdays. The center is at 5th and Ogden Avenues. For information, call 369-0772. I Allan Poole, the only chief the Naperville Water and Wastewater Department has had, has been named the city's employee of the month, according to council member Carolyn LeSage. A longtime employee of the city, Poole was selected for a high level of competence and excellence in communicating with city staff members and for his enthusiasm, LeSage said.
Downers Grove "The Vintage Times," a cable television program produced by Downers Grove Township in cooperation with the Village of Downers Grove, will discuss elder abuse during January. The program will deal with reasons for abuse, the emotional strains on the abused and their caregivers and where to find assistance. Cable TV subscribers in Downers Grove, Darien and Woodridge may watch the program on Channel 29 every Wednes- New Lenox Board of Education, School District 210, 7:30 p.m., District Offices, Illinois Highway 30 and School House Road. The board will vote on a policy prohibiting gangs and gang-related activity at district schools. Officials will also discuss a staff development plan and employee recognition program.
Will County Board of Trustees, Will County Forest Preserve District, 9:30 a.m., County Offices, 302 N. Chicago Joliet. Officials will award an architectural contract for design of concession and service stands at the Monee Reservoir. A contract to buy a security gate for forest preserve property will be awarded. Batavia "Anne Frank Remembered," book review, 12:05 p.m., Civic Center Bartholomew Room, 327 W.
Wilson St. Lee Moorehead will review this book. St. Charles The Northern Illinois University Jazz Ensemble with Buddy DeFranco, 8 p.m., Norris Cultural Arts Center; 1040 Dunham County Tribune photo by John Irvine Assessing the damage Firefighters from the Northwest Homer Fire Protection District and Lemont examine the damage done Wednesday to the garage at 14662 Pebble Creek Drive. No one was hurt.
Du Page West Chicago wooing Bears with offer of stadium at airport By Wayne Baker If one suburban mayor has his way, the Chicago Bears will go west, or at least as far as West Chicago. West Chicago Mayor Paul Netzel announced Thursday that he has directed the city's staff to prepare a site analysis and proposal for the possibility of locating a domed stadium on vacant Du Page Airport property south of Roosevelt Road. The scheme would have the Bears as principal tenants. But before Netzel's dream can become reality, the city must leap several hurdles, not least of which is persuading the Bears organization, the airport authority the Illinois General Assembly to play along with the game. "We know nothing about this," said Thomas H.
Fawell, acting authority board chairman, when told of Netzel's announcement. day at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Westmont subscribers may view the show at 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Wednesdays on Channel 51. Subscribers in Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills, Willowbrook and Burr Ridge may view the program on at 6:30 p.m. Monday on Channel 51. Lombard The village and Heartland Blood Centers will hold a blood drive from 1 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Community Room of Village Hall, 255 E.
Wilson. People may make an appointment by calling Joelyn Kott, citizen services coordinator, at 620- 5700. Walk-ins also are welcome. Hanover Park Village employees held the second annual collection of pet food and supplies, which were donated to Pet Rescue, 151 N. Bloomingdale Bloomingdale.
More than $241 worth of items were donated. Donations are always accepted. The greatest need is for dry, and moist pet food for dogs and cats of all ages as well as miscellaneous feed for rabbits, crows, geese, turkeys and squirrels. For information, call 893-0030. South Elgin Humane Society, 7:30 p.m., Anderson Animal Shelter, 1000 N.
La Fox St. Oak Brook I Bath and Tennis Members Committee, 9:30 a.m., Sports Core Administrative Office, 700 Oak Brook Rd. The committee will report on its meeting with the tennis pro and program recommendations. Oakbrook Terrace The Oak Brook Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction, 6 p.m., Holiday Inn, 17 350 22nd St. Ben Banasal, O'Hare Airport staff engineer, will speak on what happens to the farm before single-family construction begins.
Lisle Environment and Recycling Citizens Advisory Committee, 7:30 p.m., Village Hall, 4747 Main St. The committee will hear an update on the LEAP comprehensive solid-waste plan. Finance Committee, 7:30 p.m., Village Hall. The special meeting was called to reviqw, discuss and act on the possible Homer Township opens way to get Lake Michigan water By Martin Zabell Long a rural area unreceptive to development, Homer Township has taken the first step toward obtaining Lake Michigan water to help promote the development boom of the last few years. If all goes according to plan, the northern Will County township will have Lake Michigan water by 1994 and share both the water and the cost of transporting it from Oak Lawn with several neighboring communities.
"We see there will be a population explosion in six or seven said Homer Township Planner Philomena Nirchi. "If we're not prepared then with Lake Michigan water, we'll have a problem. It sells The township's Board of Supervoted 5-0 this week to pay Chicago Alvord, Burdick Howson up to $27,000 for a study on the feasibility of transporting lake water from Oak Lawn, which buys the water from Chicago and sells most of it to nearby municipalities. The residents of Homer Township and the rest of northern Will County now use well water. But the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency has forced many municipalities to install expensive equipment to clean 1 up well water that has too much iron or radium. EMER Although West Chicago annexed 1,700 acres of airport property last fall, bringing the entire facility within its borders, planning and development jurisdiction for the land rests with authority officials, according to the annexation agreement. Fawell said the authority board likely will not participate in the city's sales pitch to the Bears. "I don't think it's our position to offend anyone by stepping into negotiations that are already in. progress," Fawell said in reference to ongoing talks involving the state legislature, the City of Chicago and the Bears over the possibility of funding a domed stadium near McCormick Place.
Bears owner, Michael McCaskey failed last to build support among legislators and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley for "McDome," as the project is called. Aurora William Morr, director of the Street Department, is reminding residents with inquiries about snow removal to call the 24- hour hot line at 897-5665. Kane County The annual tree sale sponsored by the Kane-Du Page Soil and Water Conservation District is in progress. All trees and shrubs are sold in bundles of 25 and range in price from $11.25 to $30. The deadline for ordering is March 15.
Trees will be delivered April 18 at the Kane County Fairgrounds. For order forms and information, call 584-7961. Kane County Board member William M. Damisch was presented with the 1990 Man of the Year Award from EDKO (Educated Disposal for Kane County) at the group's Christmas dinner. Damisch, a resident of Rutland Township, was honored for his help in the stopping the location of a landfill in western Kane County.
I Government organizations are asked to mail information to the Chicago Tribune, Local Government Notes, Suite 200, 908 N. Elm Hinsdale, III. 60521. addition of a staff legal section for the village. Wheaton "Impressions" Review Committee, Community Unit School District 200, School Service Center, 130 W.
Park Ave. The committee will continue its review of the "Impressions" supplemental reading materials. The Fundamentalism Project, 7:30 p.m., Theosophical Society in America, 1926 N. Main St. Martin Marty, the Fairfax M.
Cone Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Modern Christianity at the University of Chicago, will address the role of fear in the fundamentalist vision, mission and strategy. Carol Stream I solidated Board of School Education, District 93, Community 4 570 Con- Old Gary Ave. The board will hear an update on the building program. Hanover Park Board of Trustees, 7:30 p.m., Anne Fox Elementary School, 1035 Parkview Drive. The board will discuss the proposed roadway improvement at Northway Drive and Cide Salem Drive.
"We have so many problems with iron in our water and low water pressure that people have been complaining about Township Supervisor Ann Karkut said. In addition, the existing wells may not supply enough water to accommodate the area's new residents and businesses, many of whom are expressly requesting Lake Michigan water. With population in the area booming, most growth to help reduce resigovernment officials want commerdents' property tax burden. Since becoming planner a. few months ago, Nirchi has sought aggressively to bring Lake Michigan water to the township, which has a population of 21,000.
Two supervisors initially opposed her because of her pro development, pro-incorportion Planning Commission chairman. Nirchi township could grow by 5,000 new homes in the next five years. The township already has told the Illinois Department of Transportation, the agency that decides how much Lake Michigan water each municipality receives, that it wants an allocation. But it is waiting for the study to be completed before filing an application. Nirchi estimated that the study would take four months and said it would project how much water the township would need and how much it would cost.
In the last few weeks, Nirchi has attempted to persuade officials from the also growing communities of Frankfort, Lemont, Lockport, Mokena and New Lenox to share in the cost of the $27,000 study. She would like those communities- and perhaps Bolingbrook and Romeoville as well- to pay for the building of water pipes from Oak Lawn and also receive Lake Michigan water. Orland Park, which borders Homer Township on the east, has water pipes, but only enough to serve Homer Township and Lockport's current population, Nirchi said. Lockport, which has already had its request for Lake Michigan water approved by IDOT, will not take part in Homer Township's study because it is conducting one of its own, said City Administrator Gordon McCluskey. Lemont decided in 1986 not to get Lake Michigan water after a study concluded it was not feasible and has consideration of Homer Township's request to participate in the new study, said Trustee William Margalus, a member of the village's Water and Sewer Committee.
North Central selects new president By Christi Parsons A Beloit College administrator credited with boosting endowments to the Wisconsin liberal arts school has been named president of North Central College in Naperville, the board of trustees announced Wednesday. Harold Wilde will take the president's office at North Central at the beginning of the spring semester in March. He succeeds Gael Swing, who died last May after 15 years as head of the 130-year-old liberal arts college. Trustees said Wilde's commitment to academics and experience in fundraising will be a boon as North Central enters a difficult era for small private schools. "Competition for students is changing and getting harder in Du Page County and all over," said J.
Steven Bergerson, chairman of the trustees' presidential search committee. "One of the things we need to do is work building the endowment at the college. He is a true academic and should be good at articulating the vision of the school and gathering support the During Wilde's tenure as vice president for external affairs at Beloit, the college raised $60 million in gifts, quadrupled its endowment to $34 million and increased the percentage of alumni contributors to 57 percent from 27 percent. The school also saw $15 million worth of construction, which included campus renovation. Wilde graduated magna cum laude from Amherst College in Amherst, and received master's and doctor's degrees in governmental studies from Harvard University.
He was executive assistant to Wisconsin Gov. Patrick Lucey in the 1970s and then was appointed state insurance sioner. Wilde called North Central "an institution with a distinguished tradition" and said he believes the school is up to the future challenges. a college which has enjoyed an extraordinary period of success in the past decade and which is poised for greatness," he said. The Economy Is Stronger Than Ever At Kuppenheimer.
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Yet at Kuppenheimer, we sell it for just $159. In today's economy, a Kuppenheimer suit may be one of the most solid investments around." KUPPENHEIMER America's Value Clothier For Men Buffalo Grove, 808-9315 Joliet, 436-6535. Bloomingdale, 980-3666 Calumet City, 868-2224 Downtown Chicago, 443-1685 Vernon Hills, 816-0991 Aurora, 820-7055 Orland Park, 403-5330 Oak Lawn, 499-5967 Downers Grove, 620-8210 Sears Tower, 715-0944 Lincoln Park, 404-7701 Harwood Heights, 867-1515- Morton Grove, 966-0640 Rolling Meadows, 640-0094 Also located at Sears in: Woodfield Mall, 330-1191 Oakbrook Center Mall, 571-9292. 0 1991 Kuppenheimer.
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