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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1993
Page
2
Rehfeldt Meyer American Legion Post 474 hosts a New Year's Eve event with dancing, open bar and dinner. The price is 25 dollars per person and reservations can be made by calling 748-9643.
The January Sunday program begins at 2 p.m. at the Monee Reservoir on Ridgeland Avenue. This free hour lasting event offers a nature hike and a solar print activity for a winter weed to take home. Hot cocoa and coffee will be for sale. for details, call 534-8499.
Monday deadline at 5 p.m. for the annual Senior Citizens 12th Night New Year’s Party on Jan. 5 from 3 to 5 p.m. at Marie Irwin Community Center Homewood. Sponsored by Homewood Flossmoor Park District with prime rib dinner noisemakers hats music and fees 7.50 residents 11.25 non residents. No senior lunch on Jan. 5. For information call 957-7275. Classes resume at Zion Lutheran School.
Flossmoor Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a 7:30 p.m. meeting at Village Hall 2800 Flossmoor Road to decide on a petition seeking a hearing on requiring a permit for a church to operate a homeless shelter.
Scout Pack 120 hosts a Skate-A-Rama for south suburban children 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Olympic Skate World Richton Park 4645 Sauk Trail admission 4 dollars per person plus 150 for rental skates. Reservations Michael Posey 754-8347 James Washington 481-8016. Aerican Legion Post 474 Matteson hosts a games night 2 p.m. to midnight with more games 748-1184 from noon to 10 p.m.
The United Ostomy Association Illiana Chapter holds its monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. at St. James Hospital Chicago Heights Route 30 and Chicago Road. Speaker James E. Prebis of Purdue Calumet discusses memory function aging and enhancement. For more information call 799-3342.
Don Surma discusses the history of Surma's Restaurant at a Homewood Historical Society meeting held at 7:30 p.m. at the Marie Irwin Community Center Ridge Road and Highland Avenue.
Matteson hosts a Friday fish fry from 5 to 8 p.m. Adults pay $5, children $2.50, and kids under six enter free. Includes details on other South Suburbs events on Page A13.
State Rep. John Ostenburg of Park Forest will address the Park Forest NAACP at 7 30 p.m. in Freedom Hall located at 410 Lakewood Blvd. The NAACP group meets the second Friday each month. For more information call 747 4468.
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. birthday is observed with school closures. Officials note a day of service and reflection as campuses pause regular classes. Community groups plan events recognizing Dr. King’s legacy across multiple sites.
Deadlines for Around Town are Monday for Thursday edition and Thursday for Sunday's paper. Items should be mailed to Kimberly Link-Wills Associate Editor The Star 1526 Otto Blvd Chicago Heights IL 60411 with name and telephone contact for further information. Submissions should answer who what when where why and how of news reporting.
Shirley Buchanan's third graders at Matteson School District 162 Sauk School learned the difference between a farrier and a blacksmith in an early American history unit. Art Miner of Miner Horseshoeing demonstrated tools and horseshoe making, explaining that a farrier makes horseshoes while a blacksmith works with metals.
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