Kitsch artist Gordon admires humor and hopes for art work
Gordon Benjamin, a 24 year old Loyola graduate and Kitsch creator, shows his dry marker Kreations at a June sidewalk sale while discussing forays into radio imitation and ambitions as an artist apprentice. The Altenheim picnic and library programs follow with details on events, films, and community notices.
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Benjamin Gordon
Loyola University
Gordon
Tunity
LaGrange
Chuck von Gladbik
Ingles Antelers
Col. Windgate Huddleby
Picadilly Circus
Huddleby
Trixie
Dixie
Jackie Jacks
South State Street
Ben
Forest Park to vaccinate residents against swine flu
Forest Park will hold swine flu vaccination days for residents under 65 on Sept 11 and 12 at the Naval Reserve Center and for those over 65 on Aug 19 at the Community Center. Dr. Phyllis Orland approved the vaccine. participants must sign a liability release. The council also supported elm tree removal for Dutch elm disease, a 1976 77 budget of 8,555,158, a new 414 418 Circle Ave parking lot, and a $10,875 emergency generator for police communications after a storm cut power.
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Tom Brune
Forest Park
Cathy M. Buckley
Buckley
Naval Reserve Center
Roosevelt Road
Phyllis Orland
Orland
Edward R. Lambke
Circle Ave
Hancock Construction Co
Forest Park residents push block parties to boost friendliness
A Forest Park group led by Donna Kruse seeks more neighborly ties through organized block parties during the Bicentennial year. Residents are urged to propose dates and locations, submit written requests to the village clerk, and expect a village map marking party sites. about 30 blocks have shown interest.
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Forest Park
Donna Kruse
Ms. Kruse
Forest Park Village
Desplaines Ave
Marge Becker
Ken Hebner
Forest Park schools enforce 9 p.m. playground closings
The Forest Park Board of Education extends the 9 p.m. closing rule to all public school playgrounds in the village due to rising vandalism. Signs first posted in 1972 warn residents and visitors that playgrounds close at 9 p.m. Each site will be monitored to deter further damage.
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Forest Park Board of Education
Board of Education
Forest Park Police Department
Board of Educa
Forest Park Youth Summer Activities And School Repairs
Forest Park youth programs at St John Evangelical Lutheran Church include floor hockey meetings, a car wash, and a July 24 softball game plus an Aug 15 Cedar Lake outing. Recreation trips to Brookfield Zoo and Wrigley Field are planned with permission slips and limited seating. Window breakage damages and repairs exceed 1000 dollars after June 9 term end. residents urged to contact police for any damage near schools Betsy Ross Field Stevens on Garfield Han nah and Jackson Grant White Randolph Circle.
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St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Cedar Lake
Forest Park
Chicago Cubs
Montreal
Wrigley Field
Forest Park Public
Betsy Ross
13Th
Marengo
Field-Stevenson
Beloit
Garfield
Hannah
Jackson
Grant-White
Randolph
Replac
Plant sale planned at Forest Park Center
The Forest Park Community Center will host a plant show and sale on Sunday July 18 from 1 to 4 p.m. at 7640 Jackson. Plants will be priced at 50 cents and up.
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Forest Park Community Center
Jackson
Park district offers two $250 scholarships
Forest Park residents can apply for two $250 scholarships from the Park District of Forest Park Art Fair Committee. One supports parks and recreation students and the other art students. Eligibility requires sophomore college status and residency in Forest Park, with forms due by Aug 1.
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Forest Park
Park District of
Park District of Forest Park
W. Harrison St
Parks and Recreation
Park District
Harrison St
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Barnum & Ringling, Inc
Oliver Hardy
Hal Roach
Hans Christian Andersen
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Friends of the Library
Jack London
California
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Ladies of the Eagles Auxiliary No. 1344
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Carl Also
Nancy Moore
Laurence Anderson
Ladies of the Auxiliary
By Lyn Anderson
Proviso
Antigone
Mike Vodrazka
Haemon
Robert White
Maywood
Creon
Gayle Terry
Bellwood
Heidi Grant
Ismene
West Proviso High
John Cannon
Lambke
Howard Mohr
St. John’s Hockey
FP Center
William Shakespeares
Rokko Jans
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