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Chicago Tribune, Friday, November 2. 1984 Section 2 9 Citysuburbs A 1 1 I' 1 I pa backing YVAOAEl RIO may hurt iU Forest, which began the project in 1S82, believes it was the first city to try it. Other towns in the country have followed suit, said Ryan Cotton, assistant to the Lake Forest city manager. "We have received. 500 requests, minimum, for copies of the catalogue," he said.

The city has published a second edition, he said. In the 12 months ended last April, Lake Forest received more than 2,800 gifts worth $445,170. WHAT'S IN IT for the donors? Mostly lust the satisfaction of giving, although McCammon said if a person gives a bridge, it might be named for him. Or if a person contributes $20,000 for construction of a picnic shelter, his family could have a free picnic there once a year, he said. The gifts, of course, are tax i 1 h.

i-. i a-, mi mailed out a catalogue to libraries, businesses and clubs in the county. You can contribute a tractor Inew, used, only a portable greenhouse, or a canoe, $500. Or you can give fish alive, of course bass, blue gill or catfish for a mere $1.10 to $3.50 a pound. Or the gift of prairie restoration, $1 a square yard or $1,500 an acre.

LAKE FOREST, home to a lot of people with a lot of money, has some even better ideas. Giving the municipality a $2 million swimming pool might be nice. Or mavbe two racquetball courts for $140,000. Robert McCammon, the forest preserve district's education supervisor, said the catalogue idea was suggested by the U.S. Park Service as a fundraising device for local recreational agencies.

Some of them picked up on it, but Lake By Linnet Myers TAXES NOT HIGH enough? For those who wish they could give more, Lake Forest and the Lake County Forest Preserve District have a solution. If you have a spare $250,000, you can choose a trail bridge from the forest preserve's slick, colorful, new "gilt catalogue." If you're a bit strapped, you can pick out a dol-lar's worth of wild flowers. The idea, of course, is not to buy something for yourself or a friend. The idea is to send money to the city or the forest preserve district, which will use it to purchase what you designate. It's a way for those governmental bodies to supplement tax-generated income.

Lake Forest managed to. collect nearly half a million dollars in 12 months. The forest preserve district, following Lake Forest's lead, has just Residents Hispanic members recognize how important this endorsement is. It's an endorsement I'm entitled to," Soliz said. "How could anyone reject the endorsement from the chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party?" Soliz acknowledged, however, that some IPO members were displeased.

"That's because they have a very dogmatic approach to the whole situation," Soliz said. "They only see black and white. They don't see any middle ground. They don't see the reality of the situation." Attempts to reach Vrdolyak for comment were unsuccessful. THE IPO MEMBERS against the endorsement point out that Vrdolyak is opposed to issues that many Hispanics support, including the remapping of boundaries in wards with predominantly black or Hispanic voters.

Soliz said that although he has Vrdolyak's support, he will remain independent. 'I can receive this endorsement and still have differences of opinion," Soliz said. "For instance, I disagree with Mr. Vrdolyak on the issue of redisricting. We can disagree.

But overall, I think the endorsement is in the best interest of my constituents, whom I've been chosen to represent." Soliz, a 34-year-old attorney who narrowly won over incumbent Marco Domico in the March primary, says he is $18,000 in the red after a court battle with Domico. deliver for letter carrier Juan Soliz Domico took Soliz to court charging voting irregularities, but in July, Cook County Circuit Court Judge Joseph Schneider dismissed the suit. Although Soliz has had the backing of Mayor Harold Washington, he has criticized the mayor for failing to respond quickly to the needs of Hispanics. Soliz says he has received "minimal" financial support from Washington. 1 was one of the first Hispanics who supported Mayor Washington.

When I did that, I lost half of my organization. It was a political risk, but a risk I felt I had to take. So I can't worry now about some IPO members walking out over this given a week's suspension without pay. Even before the union grievance procedure was over, the neighbors converged on the post office to demand that the suspension be dropped, said Lake Bluff Postmaster Edward Trausch. At 3 p.m., they returned for an answer to their demand and teamed that Trausch had reduced the suspension to a warning, with no loss of pay.

Meanwhile, Charles, who had collapsed at work Wednesday, was in stable condition in Lake Forest Hospital, a hospital spokesman said. The hospital is trying to determine what caused his collapse. By Linnet Myers A VETERAN Lake Bluff mailman was saved from suspension Thursday by about 60 neighbors who remembered his 26 years of kindness and came to his aid. The residents gathered at their village's little post office Thursday morning to protest the suspension of John Charles, 51, who has walked his route for more than a quarter century. Charles had had an argument with his supervisor for allegedly refusing to follow an order and was JUVl Luv'vAu By Mark Zambrano JUAN SOLIZ.

the Democratic nominee for state representative in the 20th District, said Thursday he has received "over $5,000" in campaign contributions from Cook County Democratic Chairman Edward Vrdolyak, and that he is "expecting more money to come in slowly." But Vrdolyak's endorsement and financial help may cost Soliz the support of Hispanic members in the Independent Political Organization, the grass-roots group that helped Soliz win the nomination. At a recent gathering of IPO members from the 22d and 25th Wards, several members, apparently upset about the endorsement, walked out of the meeting while Soliz explained why he accepted Vrdolyak's support. "People were displeased," said Juan Velazquez, chairman of the 25th Ward IPO. "Sure, some people walked out. They're a little bit wary of the endorsement." ANOTHER IPO member, who asked to remain anonymous, was more frank in her evaluation.

"I think he sold out," she said. But Soliz, who will run unopposed next month, becoming the first Mexican-American to serve in the General Assembly, said he was confident that he still had support from the IPO, a black and Hispanic political coalition. "I think basically most of the IPO LasVegas flights ti stkhp mm I Incfurtxd INCLUDING Jet Round Trip Hotel 2 Nighls Of Stay Longer Main Rm Show Cocktails Atr Cond Car 1 Day wfRenial Fun Pack Call forOatails Double Oct Plut 29 86 Surcharge mr. travels 3 ON AIL SHOWS Cnitaeo Office o-M-OTftn WITH DISCIIUN1KI 55 WMhwrjlon ASK master aSoSt! HAWAII i ASK AniAfiA ABOUT BJ rTAEBL for LOS AKQELESLj INCLUDING Jet Round Trip Scheduled Flights Choice Hotel for 2 Nighls or Stay Longer Car One Day Unlimited Miles GO PRICtS SIAD1 AT A Call for Details 1 Double Oct PI us 3 86 Sufcrtartje I mr. travel I Clticaoo Office 70 10 An 55J Waihinplon JUU CHARGE IT ASK PALM ABOUT ASK BOSTON ABOUT eew okleaks) ASK ATLANTIC CITY I I ABOUT RENO FUGHTsarnrnn I GRAND HOTEL I INCLUDING Jet Round Trip MGM HOtdl or Stay Longer II Fun Pack $135 Value fJ FoodrOiinks Bf Sightseeing 13 Car Discounts Double Occ Plus Schedultd II I 1 Fiiont 372-2300 Ratet vary by Date and Hotel.

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