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Vol. 32, No. 51
December 20, 2017
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Former top cop to head RBHS security Lane Niemann takes over as school safety liaison in January By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter
Come January, Riverside-Brookfield High School will have a new employee, and he will be carrying a gun. On Dec. 12 the District 208 Board of Education voted 6-0 to hire former North Riverside Police Chief Lane Niemann for the newly created position of school safety liaison. Niemann will begin work at the start of the second semester, Jan. 8. He will work during the school day and will be paid $45,000 a year. The school board and administration had been exploring the idea of having a police officer stationed at the school, but when Niemann announced he was retiring from his position as police chief in North Riverside at the end of November, the board and administration decided to hire him. Niemann interviewed with the school board in November. “We are the only school in the area that doesn’t have police or off-duty police onsite in regards to high school,” said District 208 Superintendent Kevin Skinkis. See NIEMANN on page 11
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BRIGHT NEW ADDITION: The Teran family – Caleb, Megan, Stephan, Archer, Maggie and Isabella – brought their penchant for exuberant Christmas decorating to Riverside after moving to the village in August from California. The family strung some 14,000 lights outside their Gage Road home in just one day.
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Riversiders adorn home with thousands of Christmas lights By JACKIE GLOSNIAK Contributing Reporter
Each year, millions of people from coast to coast finish up the last of their Thanksgiving leftovers and dust off
the boxes of collectable ornaments, Christmas trees and strands of lights to prepare both the insides and outsides of their homes for “the most wonderful time of the year.” For more years than he can count,
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Stephan Teran has joined in getting into the Christmas spirit, going all out with decorating both inside and outside his home. But, what made this season speSee LIGHTS on page 11
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