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Rachel Raya Horcher of Homewood lives the busy-to-the-point-of-frantic life that many people experience these days. She is a solo mom with two medically complex children. She juggles more jobs and doctor’s appointments than many people and has become, by necessity, what she terms “a master of resilience.” Unlike many others[Read More…]
FLOSSMOOR CENTENNIAL WEBSITE — Flossmoor unveiled a website for the village’s centennial celebration. It includes a list of the year’s events and a timeline tracing the village’s history. HOLIDAY TREE RECYCLING — Trees with decorations removed can be taken to Irons Oaks at the Vollmer Road lot, 2453 Vollmer Road, anytime through Jan. 20.[Read More…]
On Dec. 29, Kwanzaa celebrations were in full swing at Flossmoor Park with the lighting of the town’s kinara by children from St. Veronica’s Parish in Flossmoor to commemorate the fourth night of the seven-day holiday. The theme for the fourth night, Ujamaa, means cooperative economics in Swahili. The celebration[Read More…]
THE WEEK > Meeting Homewood Beautification Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 2, in village hall, 2020 Chestnut Road. Stuff to do Tuesday, Jan. 2 Winter Break Teen Reading Challenge. Homewood Public Library, 17917 Dixie Highway, will continue its teen reading challenge all day from Jan. 2 through Jan. 9.[Read More…]
A small crowd gathered at Flossmoor Park on Dec. 28, the rainy third night of Kwanzaa, to celebrate the Ujima principle. The kinara was lit by Flossmoor Hills Elementary School Principal Evita McNeil-Dobson who spoke on how Ujima is important in every aspect of the H-F community, especially within education. [Read More…]
It’s easy to remember the historic Dixie Highway. Its name is on street signs from the north edge of Homewood to the south edge of Flossmoor. But the Egyptian Trail is not so well known, even though it ran along the same route from 175th Street to Flossmoor Road. The[Read More…]
Before lighting the second candle on Flossmoor’s kinara on Dec. 27, Amabel Crawford, director of learning and instruction for Flossmoor School District 161, offered a few remarks about what Kwanzaa means to her. She said Kwanza is a time for her and her family to “reaffirm our values, how we[Read More…]
E-cigarette use will no longer permitted in indoor public spaces in Illinois beginning Jan. 1 under a new state law signed earlier this year by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) supports the intent of the new law, one of several taking effect in the New[Read More…]
Flossmoor School District 161 Superintendent Dana Smith said he was honored to light the first candle on the kinara in Flossmoor Park on Tuesday, Dec. 26, in part because the theme of the first night, umoja, or unity, is a value the district focuses on promoting with students. “We spend[Read More…]
Mary Lee Hoganson didn’t intend to audition for a role in the Drama Group’s production of Sound of Music in 1969. She was teaching at Bloom High School and was working with students on an upcoming production. The Drama Group was in an adjacent room conducting auditions. When Mary Lee[Read More…]
