The weeks | Oct. 2

Week ->

Flossmoor Board of Trustees will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3, in village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road. 

• Find the agenda here.
• Join the meeting remotely here.  ID 867 4878 3877, passcode 60422. Join by phone at 312-626-6799. 
•  Highlights: Consideration of a resolution approving an Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program Local Assurance for the Central Business District Roadway, Pedestrian, and Streetscape Improvements Project. The grant application is for the phase 3 construction portion of the project, which is expected to cost nearly $1.5 million. The grant would cover 80% of that cost. The Original Rainbow Cone. Consideration of an ordinance approving an amendment to a final plan for a planned unit development and a special use at 19801 Crawford Ave. 

Marian Catholic High School open house sessions set for Tuesday, Oct. 4, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 6, from 1 to 3 p.m. The open houses give prospective students and their families a chance to tour the campus and meet school leaders, teachers and administrators. Financial aid and enrollment information will be available.

For more information, visit www.marianchs.com/admissions, send email to [email protected] or call 708-755-7565.

Homewood-Flossmoor Park District committee meeting originally scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 4, has been cancelled.

Anew: Building Beyond Violence and Abuse will host its Keeping Dreams Alive Sneaker Ball fundraiser, 5:30 to 10 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 7, at Olympia Fields Country Club. ABC-7’s Val Warner will be master of ceremonies.

Homewood Fire Department open house from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 17950 Dixie Highway. Fun learning activities for families. UCAN helicopter is expected to visit, and there will be a live fire suppression demonstration. 

<- Week

• Puppy also stolen in Harwood Avenue carjacking on Friday. It was a relief to report that the puppy, Cooper, was soon relocated and returned, safe and sound, to his family. It was still a scary situation.

• Residents bring concerns about potential Calumet Country Club development to Hazel Crest board. Plans to replace the golf course with a warehouse hub are back in the news. Hazel Crest officials say it’s premature to discuss the matter because no formal plans have been submitted. South Suburbs for Greenspace members spoke out at the Sept. 27 Hazel Crest board meeting to register their objections to the unofficial plan.

• Homewood resident with two holes-in-one in single round. Steve Marks of Homewood didn’t just defy the odds. He conquered them with an extremely rare golfing accomplishment.



• Some Homewood residents have been waiting years for a tattoo artist to set up shop in the village. The Planning and Zoning Commission gave its approval to Payton Bernard on Sept. 8 to open Big Brothers Tattoo. The Board of Trustees officially granted him a special use permit and variance on Tuesday, Sept. 27.

• District 233 board signs on as founding partner for Southland Career and Technical Education Center. Homewood-Flossmoor High School is getting in on the ground floor of a new career program to serve the South Suburbs.
  

Shout out to our colleagues
Some Homewood residents have been noticing that Thornton Township governance has had some rocky moments since longtime Supervisor Frank Zuccarelli died suddenly in January. Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard has had a contentious relationship with her board, and she was appointed to replace Zuccarelli as township supervisor.

While Dolton is not part of our coverage area, much of Homewood (north of 183rd Street and east of Western Avenue) is in Thornton Township, so it’s business is our business. The Chronicle has not covered townships, though, mainly because Homewood and Flossmoor are in four and we don’t have enough reporters to get to all the meetings. 

Fortunately, Melanie Jongsma and Josh Bootsma of the Lansing Journal and the Southtown’s columnist, Ted Slowik, do cover Thornton Township and the village of Dolton. They are helping us keep informed about the business and controversies that affect our community.

Here are some recent stories:

• Tensions run high during public comment at Thornton Township Board meeting (Lansing Journal, Sept. 29)
• Column: Appellate court rules June 28 votes to recall Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard are invalid (Southtown, Sept. 30, subscription)
• Column: State seizes police plates from Thornton Township vehicles amid concerns about security details (Southtown, Sept. 15, subscription)