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Vol. II No. 9
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FEBRUARY 28, 2018
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Dorothy Gaters triumphant, PAGE 3
Bellwood mayor outlines state of economy Mayor Harvey spoke at a Feb. 21 Chamber of Commerce breakfast By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor
During a Feb. 21 breakfast hosted by the Bellwood Chamber of Commerce and Development and billed as a “fireside chat on economic development,” Bellwood Mayor Andre Harvey gave a bird’s eye view of the village’s economic development progress since his election last April. When he campaigned, Harvey framed his candidacy as a continuation of the progress started by his mentor and predecessor, former 16-year Bellwood mayor Frank Pasquale, and many of the projects Harvey mentioned were started prior to his assuming office. Harvey updated attendees on the status of the 12 new homes that Bellwood began building in 2012, because of a demand by residents for larger, brick homes. See BELLWOOD MAYOR on page 4
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‘IT’S ALL ABOUT THE WIND’: Steven Hoover, a tonal finisher and reed specialist with Berghaus Pipe Organ Builders, tests pipes that will be installed in a new organ inside of the company’s sprawling Bellwood plant.
A Bellwood company harvests pipe organs Berghaus Pipe Organ Builders creates and restores the people-like instruments By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor
The dying, duct taped, more than centuryold organ at St. Paul’s Memorial United Methodist Church in South Bend, Ind.,
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was on life support, so the church’s leaders called on Berghaus Pipe Organ Builders. A local Indiana newspaper described the company, located at 2151 Madison St. in Bellwood, one of a few dozen organ
manufacturers in the United States, as an “organ hospital of sorts.” If Berghaus is a hospital, consider See BERGHAUS on page 5