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Vol. 99, No. 38

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Active shooter incidents – do you have a plan? Being prepared is the key Forest Park police say By TOM HOLMES Contributing Reporter

Forest Park Police Chief Tom Aftanas told the 42 people at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Sept. 13 to let go

of the illusion that an active shooter event like one at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida “couldn’t happen here in Forest Park.” “You never know when something is going to happen,” Aftanas said. “Just in the last few days, we’ve had two major

incidents occur in Forest Park, the carjacking in Hillside that ended up at Harlem and I-290, and an armed robbery at the Dunkin’ Donuts at the corner of Jackson and Madison.” In either case, the chief said, the criminals could have chosen to bail from their cars and run into one of our busiSee ACTIVE SHOOTERS on page 6

Dollar Tree is coming to Forest Park

Mayor sees this as the first of many new developments along Roosevelt Road By ROBERT J. LIFKA Contributing Reporter

WILLIAM CAMARGO/Staff Photographer

SOUNDS OF LATE SUMMER: The Szurko Trio perform at the Park District of Forest Park on Friday afternoon, Sept. 16. See more photos on page 5.

IN Big Week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 THIS Classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 ISSUE Crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Obituaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

At the Sept. 12 meeting, four members of the Forest Park Village Council unanimously approved an ordinance that will allow Dollar Tree to open a store at 7709 Roosevelt Road, the intersection of Roosevelt Road and Troost Avenue. Commissioner Dan Novak was absent. Village Administrator Tim Gillian explained that the location is currently vacant and formerly housed a similar discount retail variety store. He added that the company is improving the site “considerably.” Improvements to the 14,000-square-foot buildSee DOLLAR TREE on page 7

Selling the house she grew up in

Champion triathlete lives in Forest Park

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