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The year the Soviet Union ended, Anita Hill accused Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment, the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers was caught on videotape, the Oak Park village board adopted a resolution that called the Persian Gulf War "unjustified," Rosary College announced it was testing the waters for a new name, and a fire destroyed Granny's Deli — 1991 — Lynda Schueler was in her senior year at Illinois State University.

That was also the year Rev. Greg Dell of Euclid Avenue Methodist Church, along with other clergy and lay people, realized that homelessness was a pressing issue — not just for the nation, but Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park in particular. The social service network in the three villages was activated, a few people met for the first time on Dec. 9, and word spread to a core group of about 20, who met in church basements and social halls to create a strategy that would address the issue local clergy had been dealing with on a regular basis.

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