Pre-teen artists, jewelry designers, bakers and other crafters showed off their creativity at The Children’s Business Fair on Saturday, Aug. 17. Organizers Danielle Such and Mirielle Barker of Flossmoor helped bring the fair to life, the first of its kind in the South Suburbs. The fair drew 36 young entrepreneurs[Read More…]
Author: Marilyn Thomas
District 233 looking for community members to help assess superintendent candidates
The District 233 school board is inviting residents to join with Homewood-Flossmoor High School students, faculty and staff in selecting the next superintendent. The board is forming a community panel of 12 to 15 people to engage with the top two or three finalists during the selection process. Persons interested[Read More…]
TSMO system on I-80/I-94 will improve traffic flow
The Indiana Department of Transportation is preparing for major traffic flow improvements on a 14-mile stretch from the I-80/I-94 interchange in Illinois east to the I-65 interchange in Merrillville, Indiana. It is estimated that each day 160,000 vehicles travel that stretch, known as the Borman Expressway in honor of astronaut[Read More…]
Park district investigates the benefit of solar
A new roof for the H-F Ice Arena could cost $800,000 or more. But what if it was replaced for free by a solar company? The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District administrators joked at the Aug. 6 board meeting that the offer could be too good to be true, but they agreed[Read More…]
District 153 school board looks at ways to grow its pre-K program
Homewood District 153 has 124 children who could qualify for its pre-kindergarten at-risk program, but space and money limit the class size to 74 kids. School board members started exploring whether there’s a way to remedy that imbalance. “The community may not have said ‘Build a pre-K or early childhood[Read More…]
Harris’s presidential campaign draws enthusiasm from local Black sorority sisters
Black south suburban women who are fellow Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. sisters with Vice President Kamala Harris say their enthusiasm is off the charts for Harris’s presidential run. Words like ecstatic, hopeful, excited, enthusiastic, beyond words, are being uttered by Harris supporters. The women say the Black sororities will[Read More…]
Park board hears pickleball players’ request for designated courts
To accommodate the growth in pickleball, the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District is going to add several indoor pickleball courts, but players say the design is too tight and could lead to injuries. Pickleball is gaining in popularity nationally, as well as in the H-F area. Players from neighboring south suburban communities[Read More…]
H-F culinary kitchens ready for new school year
The construction project converting space at Homewood-Flossmoor High School for a full commercial kitchen is on time and on budget. H-F is in the middle of a $26 million building program that includes work in the North Building and the addition of a new science building. The school board sold[Read More…]
No change for H-F’s cell phone use policy despite trial run success
To reduce class time disruptions during the summer term, Homewood-Flossmoor High School students were instructed to put their cell phones in designated storage cabinets for the class period. It was a trial run, and although it did improve the classroom environment, the overall response was against a new cell phone[Read More…]
Visitors marvel at garden varieties on annual NCJW Garden Walk
Gardeners do have a “green thumb.” That was obvious at the 12th annual NCJW Southland Community Garden Walk on Sunday, July 14. Guests turned from one flower or hosta bed to another as their eyes feasted on the color and style at the seven gardens. Six of the seven were[Read More…]