The COVID quarantine left many people bored and in search of something to do. Some nurtured sourdough starters and baked bread; some taught themselves to knit; others adopted shelter pets; and some tried almost anything to keep busy at home. But Flossmoor resident Nihat Kemal Tasyurek, who finished college in[Read More…]
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Homewood celebrates World Migratory Bird Day 2024
On May 11, Homewood celebrated its second annual Migratory Bird Day at the Izaak Walton Preserve. Community members began the day with a bird-spotting tour of the preserve. Of the 24 species of birds spotted, there were the usual suspects, like robins and sparrows, but the birders also saw a[Read More…]
Homewood Disposal supports community, employees
Kyle Yonker has spent most of his life around garbage. As has his father, Tom, and his grandfather, Wendell. They are, after all, the family behind Homewood Disposal. “I grew up here on the back of a garbage truck since I was 16 or 17, sweeping floors,” Kyle said. “There’s[Read More…]
A mother’s promise, a daughter’s legacy
It started with a toothache, but that was just the first punch that cancer threw at Kennedy Parker in 2016. Instead of withdrawing and feeling sorry for herself, the 21-year-old college student fought back. With unwavering support from her mom, Darnesha Evans, her sister Kyah, and dozens of others, Kennedy’s[Read More…]
Cicada party: Welcome to H-F, Brood XIII
In 2007, millions and millions of periodic cicadas emerged from the ground, sang their songs, found their mates, deposited their eggs and died. Their kids are back. Early emerging members of Brood XIII, the cicada group that inhabits northern Illinois, have already started peeping out of their burrows, and by[Read More…]
Crowd at PSC watches astronomical dance
With necks craned and special glasses in place, a crowd of area residents and students watched the eclipse Monday, April 8, from the Scholars Garden at Prairie State College. Dawn Sterning, PSC library services manager, said the event included an opportunity to make a pinhole projector. Plus, a livestream video[Read More…]
Flossmoor metal musician believes music can change the world
Edward Spigner, a 34-year-old Flossmoor resident with the stage name of “Ded” Ed, formed the metal band Thutch in 2021. What started as a personal music project in the mid-2010s eventually became something bigger — a five-piece band full of colorful stage personas that has performed throughout Chicagoland, the Great Lakes Region[Read More…]
Health & Wellness 2024: Sitting all day is terrible for your health – here’s a relatively easy way to counteract it
Keith Diaz, Columbia UniversityThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea To reduce the harmful health effects of sitting, take a five-minute light walk every half-hour. That’s the key finding of a 2023 study that my colleagues and I published in the journal Medicine[Read More…]
Health & Wellness 2024: Gordon asking for more menopause research funding
A resolution calling on Congress to fund menopause research will be introduced by Cook County Commissioner Monica Gordon at the National Association of County Officials at its summer meeting. Gordon said the county resolution asked for additional funding to include the long-lasting effects of menopause on women’s health. She also[Read More…]
Crowd gathers to watch the solar eclipse outside the Homewood library
About 50 community members gathered outside the Homewood Public Library (HPL) to watch the partial solar eclipse on the afternoon of Monday, April 8. While Homewood wasn’t in the line of totality, the moon covered about 94.9% of the sun at the peak of the eclipse, according to a map[Read More…]
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