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Ted Slowik’s Biography

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Columnist for The Daily Southtown, part of the Chicago Tribune family of publications. I write about people in the south suburbs of Chicago and issues affecting them.

Ted Slowik’s Journalist Portfolio

Slowik: Shop-happy Lincoln-Way boss Wyllie failed miserably at leadership

Slowik: Shop-happy Lincoln-Way boss Wyllie failed miserably at leadership

For someone who liked to spend tax dollars on books about leadership, retired Lincoln-Way Superintendent Lawr…

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Taxpayers need way to claw back excessive state-funded pensions

Taxpayers need way to claw back excessive state-funded pensions

It's hard to tell how former Lincoln-Way High School District 210 Superintendent Lawrence Wyllie feels about …

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Slowik: Depriving colleges, social services is wrong way to achieve reform

Slowik: Depriving colleges, social services is wrong way to achieve reform

After much consideration about the current state budget impasse, I've come to the conclusion that a slight ma…

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Slowik: Halfway house operations squeezed by state budget impasse

Slowik: Halfway house operations squeezed by state budget impasse

As executive director of the Guildhaus halfway house in Blue Island, Kevin Lavin has seen men struggle with d…

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Thornton Township wastes taxpayer money with misguided Nobel Prize campaign

Thornton Township wastes taxpayer money with misguided Nobel Prize campaign

At great risk of sounding insensitive to a national tragedy, I think Thornton Township could have found a muc…

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Slowik: Petition asks Oak Lawn park board to name theater in educator's honor

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By Ted Slowik
| Orlando Sentinel Verified
The five members of the Oak Lawn Park District Board of Commissioners will be presented with a proposal next month asking them to name a space after an award-winning educator. When board members meet Dec. 10, they’ll be asked to consider naming the 225-seat theater at the Oak View Community Center in honor of Erica Heilmann. Heilmann died of cancer Sept. 30 at age 43.
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White Sox ace Sale helps high school pitcher nearly killed by line drive

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By Ted Slowik
| Columbus Ledger-Enquirer Verified
CHICAGO � Tyler Coleman, 16, of Tinley Park, Ill., shares a few traits with Chicago White Sox ace Chris Sale. They're both tall, skinny and pitch left-handed.Both were enjoying undefeated records this season back on May 16. That's the day Tyler took the mound for Victor J. Andrew High School's sophomore baseball team.In the fourth inning of that Monday afternoon game, a batter lined one of Tyler's pitches right back at him.
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White Sox ace Sale helps high school pitcher nearly killed by line drive

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By Ted Slowik
| Merced Sun-Star Verified
CHICAGO � Tyler Coleman, 16, of Tinley Park, Ill., shares a few traits with Chicago White Sox ace Chris Sale. They're both tall, skinny and pitch left-handed.Both were enjoying undefeated records this season back on May 16. That's the day Tyler took the mound for Victor J. Andrew High School's sophomore baseball team.In the fourth inning of that Monday afternoon game, a batter lined one of Tyler's pitches right back at him.
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