This year’s major fundraising effort for the Cancer Support Center will be the Pink-A-Boo Walk on Sunday, Oct. 17. With a Halloween theme, supporters are urged to come in costume. They can choose the one mile or 5K walk. The event starts at 9:30 a.m. at the center, 2028 Elm[Read More…]
Author: Marilyn Thomas
Cancer Support Center: A place of hope
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories about the Cancer Support Center and its nearly three decades of service to the community. The Cancer Support Center is a place of hope. Since its founding 29 years ago, the CSC’s red brick building at 2028 Elm Road[Read More…]
Two at H-F High named National Merit semifinalists
Homewood-Flossmoor High School seniors David Gibek and Carter Langston have been named semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program. They were selected based on their scores on the 2020 PSAT/NMSQT exam taken as juniors. As part of the national pool of 16,000 qualifiers, they represent less than 1% of U.S.[Read More…]
ComEd grant helping Homewood Science Center develop programs for young children
A $10,000 grant from ComEd Powering the Arts grant is enabling the Homewood Science Center to launch a special program for children ages 3 through 9 that gets them tinkering, making things and using engineering techniques through the STEAM Studio. The monthly programs in the STEAM Studio activities focus on[Read More…]
Residents offer input for racquet club improvements
About a dozen people offered their opinions Tuesday to park district officials on possible changes at the Homewood-Flossmoor Racquet & Fitness Club. The H-F Park District knows it has open space at the club, 2920 183rd Street, and is considering ways to improve the facility that was built as a[Read More…]
District 233 board says former Columbus Day needs a community-wide celebration
Students at Homewood-Flossmoor High School will have the day off on Monday for what would have been Columbus Day. The school board wants to give the day a special purpose next year. Many schools have removed the Columbus Day designation and replaced it with Indigenous Peoples Day as a way[Read More…]
Mini-grant helps H-F journalism program purchase cameras
Journalism students at Homewood-Flossmoor High School will be using new Nikon cameras this year. A $1,200 mini-grant from the Illinois Press Foundation is covering the purchase costs. Teacher Rachel Kucharski, sponsor of The Voyager, the H-F student newspaper, learned of the grant and applied in spring 2021 for an award.[Read More…]
H-F parents ask for better coaching, new uniforms for tennis team
Parents of varsity tennis players told the District 233 school board that all sports at Homewood-Flossmoor High School deserve the same attention as football, basketball and track. The tennis team needs more support, they said, arguing that the team doesn’t have a coaching staff that can challenge players and help[Read More…]
District 233 begins search for principal
The District 233 school board agreed to hire BWP & Associates consulting firm to begin the process of finding the next principal for Homewood-Flossmoor High School. The expectation is to have the board select that person by the end of the first semester. Superintendent Von Mansfield said now “is the[Read More…]
Three generations of Elashik family are part of the Homewood Fire Department
Homewood has a long history of families in public service. The Elashiks’ three generations of service at the Homewood Fire Department are a perfect example. John Elashik Sr. was a paid-on-call member for 25 years before his retirement as assistant chief in 1996. He was followed onto the force by[Read More…]
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