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6 | June 13, 2019 | the frankfort station news
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THANK YOU
As some of you already know I have turned over the reigns of Natural
Choices to Susan LaFamina.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank each and everyone of
you that have helped make Natural Choices a success for 30+ years.
I am grateful to all of you who came thru my doors for your loyalty
and friendship.
I am going to take time for family, traveling and volunteering.
I hope all of you will continue to love and support Natural Choices.
Thanks Again,
From June 10
Man charged after allegedly attacking
woman on Old Plank Road Trail
Nuria Mathog, Editor
A New Lenox man was
arrested after reportedly
attacking a woman Sunday,
July 9, on the Old
Plank Road Trail, according
to the Frankfort Police
Department.
Anthony M. Carbone,
18, of the 800 block of
Spinnaker Drive in New
Lenox, was charged with
aggravated battery and
taken to the Will County
Jail.
Frankfort Deputy Police
Chief Kevin Keegan said
the woman was walking
eastbound on the trail near
Elsner Road around 7 a.m.
when she was struck from
behind. The force knocked
her to the ground, causing
abrasions to her shins and
knees, police said.
The woman asked the
man what he was doing,
and he reportedly ran from
the scene. The woman
provided a description of
the man to an officer at
the scene, and another officer
located an individual
matching that description,
later identified as Carbone,
near Old Plank Road Trail
and Wolf Road.
The woman identified
Carbone as her attacker,
police said.
Keegan said police
learned during an investigation
that the attack was
sexually motivated, but
the man became startled
and fled from the scene after
knocking the woman to
the ground.
Summit Hill D161
Committee recommends
K-12 district study go forward
T.J. Kremer III
Contributing Editor
A 3-0 vote June 5 by the
committee of the Summit
Hill D161 Board of Education
to examine the feasibility
of creating a new
K-12 district resulted in an
uproarious applause from
residents of the district
who packed the boardroom
wall-to-wall.
The vote means that the
full board was expected
to take up the issue at its
Wednesday, June 12 regular
meeting.
Summit Hill D161 first
began looking at the idea
of purchasing the currently
underused Lincoln-Way
North High School building
from Lincoln-Way
Community High School
District 210 and splitting
off from the district to start
its own K-12 unit district.
Committee members laid
out the details of what the
feasibility study would include,
and all of its members
agreed that it would
be in the best interest of the
district to start the process
sooner rather than later because
the study itself would
be bear fruit to the district
regardless if that study
showed a move to expand
to a K-12 district would be
beneficial or not.
The study, if approved by
the full board as presented
by the committee, would
be conducted by District
Leadership Solutions LLC.
and would require the work
to be completed in several
phases.
The first phase would include
four parts, each with
its own price tag attached
to break down the costs for
the entirety of the study.
The first part would include
a student enrollment
study, and would examine
issues surrounding facility
usage, staffing, curriculum
offerings, State aid and facility
planning. This portion
would expect to be
completed by Sept. 30 of
this year and would cost the
district $9,250.
The second part of
phase one would examine
the overall tax impact,
and would assess issues
of debt, provide a comparison
of financial profiles
for each district, estimate
tax rates for each district,
provide five-year financial
projections and examine
fund balances. This work
would also be expected to
be completed by Sept. 30
and would have a price tag
of $10,000.
The third part would examine
the tax impact on
providing a baseline high
school experience to that
of D210, including curriculum
and extracurricular
opportunities for students.
This would be expected
to be completed by Nov. 1
and cost $10,000
The final step in phase
one would examine the final
tax impact on D161,
including the purchase of
LW North. This would also
be completed and present
along with the third part
and cost $2,000.
Public comment, which
lasted for nearly an hour,
was overwhelmingly in favor
of pursuing the study.
One commenter called the
district’s plan “visionary
thinking,” while just one
commenter said the district
should “stay in your lane”
and stick to its K-8.
Karen Miner, a nonvoting
member of the committee,
said that “it would be
financially irresponsible”
if the district did not pursue
the feasibility study,
given the potential benefits
of getting hard data on how
the district’s demographics
are trending.
relay
From Page 3
There are people out their
that have survived this. This
is why I wear my purple
shirt; it symbolizes hope.”
She began wiping away
tears as she recalled her
battle with cancer.
“I fought also because
I wanted to see my kids
graduate high school,” she
said. “Today one of my
kids is married. I got to see
all of that; I was one of the
lucky ones. Whatever I say
today, if one person will get
a mammogram, it’s so important
to get that screening
and get ahead of the game.”
On the other side of the
Lincoln-Way North football
field were five little puppies
from PAWS of Tinley Park.
“We enjoy bringing the
animals out to the community,”
Mokena resident
Kelly Doherty said. “They
came out today to provide
some comfort, some love
and some cuddles to the
people participating in the
relay. I’m also here to promote
the shelter. All the
puppies are up for adoption.”