Mike A. Galderio was a gregarious businessman. He would go to every table greeting diners in his Balagio Ristorante in Homewood. They remembered that personal touch. “People would call with an order and then they’d add ‘I know Mike,’” his son Mike J. Galderio said. Mr. Galderio, who grew up[Read More…]
Author: Marilyn Thomas
Irwin Center is getting a major update
The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District Marie Irwin Center, 18120 Highland Ave. in Homewood, is getting a facelift. “It’s time for an update,” said Oralethea Davenport, center manager. The facility, which opened in September 1986, is shedding its wood paneling. The walls are being painted in shades of blue and gray, the[Read More…]
Pickleball craze catches on at H-F racquet club
The H-F Racquet & Fitness Club is helping residents learn to enjoy the fastest-growing sport in the country – pickleball. Pickleball was designed by dads who wanted to entertain their kids while on vacation. The game was first played in 1965 in Washington state. Since then, this fast-moving game is[Read More…]
Churchill School student starts a period kit business to help girls
Fifth grader Hannah Bryant’s resiliency, developed after a tragedy, led her to designing a business that is helping other girls as they grow into womanhood. Hannah, 10, has organized EHN Creativity, a kids-run business selling period kits for young girls who will be starting their menstrual cycle, and a girls[Read More…]
H-F Parks sets tentative date for ice arena grand reopening
The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District has tentative plans for a grand reopening of the H-F Ice Arena, 777 Kedzie Ave. in Flossmoor, on Saturday, Feb. 11. Lyndsay Freeman, ice arena director, gave the park commissioners a glimpse of what she has in store to draw the community back to the ice[Read More…]
Hart School students make a trip to Willow to read
Reading is essential and eighth graders at James Hart School got to show 19 classrooms of primary students at Willow School how it’s done during their special holiday visit Monday. Teacher Ellen Noonan, eighth grade reading specialist, organized the program with student support teachers Lisa Ablin and Kristen Granato. Three[Read More…]
Volunteer elves take a turn helping with Santa correspondence
A letter to Santa is a very special piece of correspondence because it shares a child’s utmost holiday wishes and sometimes personal secrets. Santa doesn’t intend to let any letter go unanswered. His team of Santa helpers were able to send replies to more than 150 children through a Seniors[Read More…]
H-F High has 8 students selected for all-state music honors
Eight music students will represent Homewood-Flossmoor High School at the Illinois Music Educators Association’s all-state ensembles presentation Jan. 28 in Peoria. Joining the all-state chorus will be junior Kendall Laven, an alto; junior Jazmin Rhodes, soprano; senior Sullivan Matthys, bassist; and sophomore Wesley Schmidt, bassist. Joining the all-state orchestra will[Read More…]
District 153 continues to verify students’ residency
District 153 administrators are working hard to verify that every student attending Willow, Churchill and James Hart Schools lives within its boundaries, Superintendent Scott McAlister told board members at their Dec. 12 meeting. The district takes in most of Homewood and the western portion of Glenwood that is west of[Read More…]
District 153 adopts $22.83 million levy
The District 153 school board approved a 2022 levy request of $22,835,009 at its Dec. 12 board meeting. It is a 22.43% increase over the 2021 levy. The budget is divided into several accounts, and school districts designate what the tax levy will fund. Although the district requests a certain[Read More…]
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