For 35 years, tennis pro Teri Watland had a racquet in her hand at the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District’s Racquet & Fitness Club. She retired on Friday, Dec. 29.

Watland has been a fixture around the courts teaching all levels of tennis. Over the three-plus decades, she would give tennis lessons to students, then their children and their grandchildren. In a farewell message to club clients, Watland recalled how tennis may have connected them,…


