Geologist Lyndon Lean to discuss Thornton Quarry history
Thursday geologist Lyndon Lean of Materials Service Corporation will present a talk on the Thornton Quarry. He will cover its history, operations, and geology using slides aerial photos and fossils found at the quarry. The event starts at 7 30 p m at Arthur Senior Hall Homewood 1100 Ridge Road. It is free and sponsored by the Homewood Izaac Walton Preserve program.
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Lyndon Lean
Materials Service Corporation
Thornton Quarry
Arthur Senior Hall
Ridge Road
Homewood
Homewood Izaac Walton Preserve
Friday Night in the Park Offers Adult Social Recreation
The Richton Park Recreation and Parks Department hosts Friday Night in the Park for adults each Friday through Aug 18 from 6 30 to 10 pm at Glaeser Park. Bring food drinks games or anything you desire for a relaxed social atmosphere. Call 481 8950 for info. Buds and Roses sponsors a fathers and daughters banquet at Homewood Manor Banquets 17944 S Halsted at 7 pm daughters 18 or younger with fathers tickets 15. For info call 339 2029. The Polish Falcons of America Chicago Heights chapter heads to Wyndham Garden Hotel 5614 N Cumberland for the 56th biennial PFA convention call 799 5105.
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Richton Park
Buds and Roses
Homewood Full Gospel Church
Homewood Manor
S. Halsted
Chicago Heights
Polish Falcons of America
Chicago
Wyndham Garden Hotel
N. Cumberland
PFA
Crete Library Wine and Cheese Party Auction Set
The Crete Library Foundation hosts a wine and cheese party from 6 to 9 p.m. at Plum Creek featuring a silent auction as a highlight. Proceeds support library programs and services.
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Crete Library Foundation
Plum Creek
Pot Luck Bingo and Public Hearing Notice
Pot Luck Bingo at Eastern Will County Senior Services Center starts at noon. Planning and Zoning Commission holds a 7:30 p.m. public hearing in the Village Board Room at 4455 Sauk Trail on proposed amendments to zoning and development codes and review fees. Copies available in the Village Hall Planning Department. Starry Nights Concert Series at 8 p.m. Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues at Marie Irwin Community Center Bandshell. tickets $6 in advance. call 957-0300 for details.
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Eastern
Will County Senior Services Center
Richton Park
Homewood- Flossmoor Park
Corky Siegel
Chamber Blues
The
Irwin Park
Marie Irwin Community Center
Monthly school paper drive and resale shop events
The Bloom and Bloom Trail high schools host a paper drive today from 8 a.m. to noon in each parking lot, with proceeds supporting sports and activities. District 206 at 755-7010 for details. Senior Services operates a Catch All Resale Shop bag sale today noon to 7 p.m. and July 8 8 a.m. to noon with clothing, household items, and books, call 534-2323.
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Bloom and
Bloom Trail High Schools
Will County Senior Services
Simple Gifts themed nursery auction and garage sale days
A fundraiser features auction items such as golf at Lincoln Oaks Country Club White Sox tickets a paella dinner for six a photo package and Waterford crystal with donations welcome by Kelly Place or the library. University Park proclaims today and Sunday as Garage Sale Days with addresses listed locally and at Village Hall. A community garage sale runs 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Homewood Children’s Center proceeds to Ernest Habenschuss memorial fund. Vision 2000 follow up meeting at 9:30 a.m. at Hickory Elementary to prioritize ideas.
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Lincoln Oakes Country Club
White Sox
Kelly Place
Village Hall
Burnham Drive
Homewood Children’s Center
Dixie Highway
Ernest Habenschuss
University Park
Hickory Elementary School
Blackhawk Drive
Community group SS COPE meeting on wood incinerator
Monday meeting of South Suburban Citizens Opposed to Polluting our Environment SS COPE at 6 30 p m Jones Memorial Center 220 E 15th St and Center Ave Chicago Heights addresses public concerns about Bloom Township wood incinerator proposal and tasks for members.
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Jones Memorial Center
E. 15Th St
Center Avenue
Chicago Heights
Bloom Township
Cicero Avenue Closure for Road Work Through July 14
Cicero Avenue will be closed to through traffic from 8 a.m. today to 6 p.m. July 14. Traffic will be diverted to Governors Highway via the EJ&E railroad right of way until the grade crossing work is completed. Cars will retain access to businesses on Cicero Avenue.
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Cicero Avenue
St Lawrence O Toole Family Fest Goes Eighth Year
Friday through Sunday the St Lawrence O Toole Church in Matteson sponsors its eighth annual Family Fest with nightly entertainment dancing family food games bingo and a silent auction. Friday and Saturday hours are 6 to 11 p.m.
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St. Lawrence O’toole
Matteson
Country and Western Night at St. Lawrence O Toole Sistered Fest
St Lawrence O Toole in Matteson hosts adult only country and western night as part of Family Fest from 6 to 11 pm. Just Country Bob and Faith Brown provide line dancing lessons. Admission three dollars. Crete Township Firefighters sponsor Street Dance 95 from 7 pm to 1 am at Balmoral Race Track south lot. Country Roads Band and a DJ perform with Kawligas Billy Rose Dance Team. Admission two dollars, under ten free. Submit Around Town items one week prior to publication to Beth Behland The Star Chicago Heights.
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St. Lawrence O’toole
Matteson
Bob and
Faith Brown
Crete Township Firefighters Association
Balmoral Race Track
Country Roads
Beth Behland
the Star
Otto Blvd
Chicago Heights
Ill
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Otto Boulevard
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Illinois
Norman A. Rosinski
James S. Meidell
Lester G. Sons
An American Publishing Co. Newsr
U. S
U.S
Regina Doriety
Lelia DeBerry
Stacia Timonere
Arcadia School
Olympia Fields
Vision
Amana
Whirlpool
Sealy
Hoover
America
Rivercrest Mall
Cal Sag
Crestwood
Northland Mall
S. Schmale RD
Carol Stream
Sears
Melrose Park
N. — ST. Melrose Pa
Furniture & Appliance
ALSIP
D.M. Dykstra & Co
Wantuck Htg & A/C Inc
Flossmoor Splekhout Hig. & Cig
FRANKFORT Wilson Heating & A/C
Hazel Crest
Higgins Htg. & Cig
Hoekstra Heating Co
Sun Ray Heating
PALOS AREA Orosco & Daughter Htg. & A/C
Carrier Leadership
Hts
D’Andrea Heating & A/C
Tinley Park
Cicero
Crete
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