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Tuesday, Dec. 12, was a special holiday awareness day at Marian Catholic High School as students organized a food and gifts drive for 32 needy families. Members of the Student Council wore their holiday sweaters as they directed students to organize their donations. The Marian Band played festive music as[Read More…]
Jenny Krystosek of Homewood, with her husband, Ed, and daughter, Kiora, 6, beside her, sings the Hanukkah blessings after lighting the candles on the menorah on Dec. 11, the fifth day of Hanukkah. The ceremony took place in Flossmoor Park.
In December, a temperature near 50 degrees is balmy, so golfers continue to play at Coyote Run Golf Course in Flossmoor. Tom Denklau, golf course manager, said about 50 golfers hit the links on Thursday, Dec. 14, and he expected about the same turnout on Friday, Dec. 15. The course[Read More…]
Community member Ron Kirchler lit the giant menorah in front of Park Place in Flossmoor Park for the fourth night of Hanukkah on Sunday, Dec. 10. A different community member is lighting the menorah every day of Hanukkah. Flossmoor Village events manager Stephanie Wright assisted Kirchler. She instructed Kirchler to[Read More…]
Julie McCabe moved to Flossmoor in March with her husband, Marck, and 2 1/2-year-old daughter, Belle, and on Saturday, Dec. 9, she led the singing of Hanukkah blessings and lit the third candle in the community menorah at Flossmoor Park. “I signed up at my Irish Catholic husband’s urging because[Read More…]
David and Laurie Matasar of Homewood, with visiting members of their family, lit the second candle on the community menorah in Flossmoor Park on Dec. 8, the second night of Hanukkah. Their son Michael and his wife, Rachel, joined them from Colorado, and their son Jonathan and his children, Levi[Read More…]
Gloria Lippert of Flossmoor lit the first Hanukkah candle on Thursday, Dec. 7, on the menorah in Flossmoor Park while her husband, Jeffrey Lippert, related the story of Hanukkah’s origin and recited the three first-night blessings. He told the story of Antiochus, a Greek king who ruled about 200 BCE.[Read More…]
South Suburban Humane Society CEO Emily Klehm said she still remembers her excitement on the day in 2019 when the Homewood Adoption Center officially opened. It was a dream come true. But four years later, the building no longer is a viable part of the society’s operation, and Klehm announced on Friday,[Read More…]
“HARVEY” — The Drama Group will present the comedy “Harvey,” a play about a man and his invisible rabbit. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 15 and 16, with matinees at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 16, and Sunday, Dec. 17. All tickets are available by going to[Read More…]
The Village of Flossmoor is calling all volunteers and those with ideas for a service project. The village staff is accepting project ideas for the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service through Wednesday, Dec. 20. The helping hands of volunteers are needed to work on several projects.[Read More…]
