Matteson Festival Adds Top Name Entertainers And Local Talent
The Matteson festival features BMX stunt performances at 3 p.m. and Kali Sue Palmer performing from 4 to 5:30 p.m., with The Buckinghams as a 1960s rock highlight. Amateur talent contest starts June 10 at 10 a.m. in three age groups, with $50 and $25 cash prizes. Wristbands for unlimited rides cost $8, and festival includes 25 arts and crafts booths and 20 food booths. Registration runs until June 9 at the Matteson Festival information booth.
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Kali Sue Palmer
Palmer
Billy Ray Cyrus
the Buckinghams
Matteson Community Center
Oakwood Lane
Moshow Amusements
Keown
Matteson
Matteson Festival Park District
Brian Ramsey
Village Board
Matteson ‘Area Chamber of Commerce
Country club defibrillator case prompts safety push
CPR devices auto deliver shocks with 200 300 and 360 joules as standard in the U S according to Leeson of the Heart Association. Machines in malls and large venues are urged to improve public safety and the club notes its unit cost about 3500 dollars.
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U.S
Country Club
Leeson
Tion
Richton Park Pool draws volunteers from across community
The Richton Park Pool, the village’s only community pool, attracts volunteers from many neighborhoods beyond Lakewood. Residents praise the broad support and recreation opportunities while planners target energy efficient equipment and a new heater. The Pool Committee, a permanent group, will focus most work in summer with winter planning, and thanks are given to the Public Works Department for cleanup and labor help after George Aquilla relinquished ownership last August.
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Lakewood
Richton Park
Reinbold
Public Works Department
George Aquilla
Lakewood Subdivision
Mitchell earns Outstanding Student honors at Rich Central
Mitchell, named one of five Outstanding Students at Rich Central, held multiple roles from football captain to Speech Team president and Ecology Club member. He plans Western Illinois University for broadcast journalism, aiming to be a radio and TV sportscaster, and credits scholarships and work experience toward his goal.
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Business Professionals of America
Mitchell
Western Illinois University
Sportsca
Tim Wiegel
Wbbmtv
Channel 2
Wiegel
JC Penney
K-Mart
Mary Paleblogos
Crete Alternative Program graduates 18 at-risk students
Crete Alternative Program graduates 18 at risk students plus 17 year old Jeffery Weaver with a diploma on May 25 at Olive Garden in Matteson. CAP Coordinator E J Johnson says the program allows flexible study and requires five hours daily on computer tutorials textbooks and papers.
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Tary
Bryan Thompson
Jamal Rush
Troy Simpson
Tamrah Rush
Crete ‘Alternative Program
Olive Garden
Matteson
Johnson
Gail Johnson
Diane Weaver Smith
Crete
Smith
Jeffery Weaver
Weaver
Rush
DeVry
Doug Britton
CAP
Benefit concert set for Irons Oaks in Homewood
Irons Oaks launches its fundraising with a 2:30 p.m. Sunday concert at the Irwin Center Bandshell Ridge Road and Highland Avenue Homewood featuring Elisabeth Ashe storyteller and Sons of the Never Wrong. If rain, event moves to The Auditorium Chestnut Street.
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Irons Oaks
Sons of the Never Wrong
Elisabeth Ashe
Irwin Center
Ridge Road
Highland Avenue
Homewood
Chestnut
Ashe
South Suburban Shelter Expands With 12-Unit Renovation
South Suburban Family Shelter leads a summer renovation of a 12 unit complex in Matteson to create a women and children sanctuary. Volunteers from Grinnell College Kenwood Academy and other partners will tear up carpet paint and landscape, with an open house planned for July or August.
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South Suburban Family Shelter
Matteson
Linnea
Berg
Ramp closure on I 57 to Vollmer Road in Matteson
IDOT will close the ramp from southbound I 57 to eastbound Vollmer Road on June 9. Traffic will be diverted via U S 30 and Cicero Avenue to reach Vollmer. Vollmer bridge work began in March and has already narrowed lanes. repair expected to finish late summer.
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Matteson
Vollmer Road
Illinois Department of Transportation
Vollmer
U.S. 30
Cicero Avenue
Cicero
IDOT
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Peter, Paul and
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Dykstra & Co
Tela
Xstra Heating & Aic
Matteson Sun Ray Heating Inc
OAK LAWN Hoekstra Heating & A/C
Orland Park
S. Chicago Heights
Andrea
South Holland
Splekhout Heating
AIC
TINLEY PARK Hoekstra Heating & A/C
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Audit Bureau of Circulations
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