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He was thinking of a career as a carpenter.
His mother, Rosemary, had other ideas. She saw an ad in a newspaper in 1986 that the Village of Orland Park was looking for police officers to serve the growing community. She even filled out an application for him and coaxed him to attend an orientation.
Well, 35 years later, Keating, 56, was sworn in as the Village of Mokenaâs new police chief in April, replacing the retired Steve Vaccaro and taking the reins from Interim Chiefs Tim McCarthy and Randal Stumpf.
Rosemary Keating died in 1998, and Keating praises her nudging him into law enforcement.
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In recent years, the state has pared back that amount to help fill its own budget holes, Assistant Village Administrator Kirk Zoellner said. (Shutterstock)
MOKENA, IL The village of Mokena has joined other municipalities in Illinois in supporting the restoration and return of money from the Local Government Distributive Fund.
The Local Government Distributive Fund is proceeds from state income tax which are distributed to local units of government to help provide services like public safety and street maintenance, according to a presentation at Monday s village board meeting. The fund receives 10 percent of total income tax collections, and was first created over 50 years ago.