Hawthorn District 73 building plan shifts focus to elementary school The new music room addition at Hawthorn Middle School North in Vernon Hills is part of a $9.4 million project expected to wrap up this summer. Courtesy of Hawthorn District 73 The new orchestra/band room at Hawthorn Middle School North in Vernon Hills is part of a $9.4 million project funding through a $48.7 million building plan approved by voters in 2018. Courtesy of Hawthorn District 73
Posted4/20/2021 5:30 AM
The coronavirus pandemic has upended teaching and learning during the past year, but a $48.7 million building plan in Hawthorn Elementary District 73 remains on track.
Approved by voters in the Vernon Hills-based district in November 2018, the comprehensive initiative to build a kindergarten center and expand or renovate seven existing buildings continues.
Baxter Credit Union announced Monday the death of founding President and CEO A. Rex Johnson.
Johnson died Friday surrounded by family. He was 77.
He was known as a charismatic leader who inspired BCU employees to live the people helping people purpose of the Vernon Hills-based credit union, according to a company statement.
Johnson began work in 1980 to start a credit union for Baxter International employees and their families, as well as lead the merger between American Hospital Supply and Travenol Employees Credit Union. The resulting Baxter Credit Union was chartered in 1981.
Under his leadership, BCU became the fastest-growing credit union in Illinois, reaching $300 million and 72,000 members in just over a decade. Johnson then founded Lending Solutions Inc. in 1994.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker wants to close $932 million worth of “corporate tax loopholes” to help Illinois balance its budget after the fiscal ruins of COVID-19, but the controversial proposal comes as cities and states gear up to strengthen an economy battered by the pandemic.
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