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Lakewood pool Opens to Villagewide Membership in Richton Park
Lakewood Aqua Club on Imperial Drive recently opened its pool to villagewide membership after talks between the Village Board and owner George Arquilla. The pool operates as a public facility under the Lakewood Homeowners Association with 993 homes in the subdivision.
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Richton Park
Lakewood
Imperial Drive
George Arquilla
Parks and Recreation
Kim Riddering
Lakewood Homeowners Association
Lakewood Aqua Club
Lakewood Pool Committee
Rudolph Banovich
Arquilla
Banovich
Pool Committee
Marlene Echman
Lakewood Pool
District 227 honors Lohr for decade-plus in education
Judith Lohr a longtime Rich Township High School District 227 board member received recognition from fellow directors for 34 years as an educator. She retires from Thornton Fractional South High School in Lans ing after 33 years teaching English yet will stay on the district board where she has served 24 years. Ed Burnette praised her balanced historical perspective and valued collaboration.
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Judith Lohr
Rich Township
Lohr
Thornton Fractional South High School
Lansing
Judy
Ed Burnette
District 227
Wolff to Step Down as GSU President
Paula Wolff announces she will leave Governors State University at year end after seven years in office. The 54 year old said she plans to depart once a successor is chosen or upon contract terms, disclosed during a special teleconference with GSU trustees and staff.
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Governors State University
Paula Wolff
Wolff
GSU
Park Forest marks 50th anniversary with art show
Park Forest celebrates its 50th anniversary with a retrospective exhibit at Tall Grass Arts Center Gallery in Freedom Hall. The show features works from artists across several states and local residents, with pieces by the late Stan Segner and Charlotte Smith. A July 9 opening reception runs 7:30 to 9 p.m. and the exhibit continues through August 15.
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Park Forest
Myrtle Martin
Freedom
Todd Scott Martin
Marget Hall
John Ostenburg
Tall Grass Arts Center
Pat Moore
Flynn Lochen
Tall Grass Arts Cente
Freedom Hall
Lakewood Blvd
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
California
Moore
Stan Segner
Charlotte Smith
Greek family learns the American way in Chicago suburb
The Drakopoulos family from Greece moves to the South Suburbs with two children Angelo and Hara. Hosts John and Urania Vusikas guide them through the new culture while noting differences in traffic, neighborhoods, and daily life after arriving at O'Hare in 1997.
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John
Youla Drakopoulos
Angelo
Hara
Greece
America
O’hare
Urania Vusikas
Oak Lawn
U.S
Athens
Urania
Drakopoulos
Corinth
Vusikas
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