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A PAROLE/PROBATION OFFICER TALKS WITH NORMA LIBMAN
Name: Pat Scrutchions, 39 Occupation: U.S. parole/probation officer Background: Scrutchions has a bachelor`s degree in sociology from Upper Iowa University and a master`s degree in social work from the Jane...
GETTING A HANDLE ON THE DOORMAN`S PROFESSION
Walk up to the entrance of Plaza on DeWitt, at 260 E. Chestnut St., and chances are you`ll be greeted with a smile. That`s because Lawrence Cornelius, doorman at the...
`PEOPLE WILL ASK, “WHAT TIME DOES THE 3 O`CLOCK SHOW START?“
Almost every day of her life Ruth Neu goes to the theater. Not surprisingly, her favorite theater is the Paramount Arts Centre in Aurora, where she works as box-office supervisor...
`I BELIEVE IN AGED BEEF; YOU WON`T GET A FRESH CUT OF BEEF FROM
In 1945 Otto Konozsi and his family, along with many others, were thrown out of their native Hungary by the Communists because they were of German descent. ''They let us...
`THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A TYPICAL DAY IN KINDERGARTEN`
When Robin Riemer Turk was a little girl, she had a very different idea from other children about how to spend her summer vacation. She would ''trap'' the younger children...