Bloom Township High marks millennium with 100th anniversary
Bloom High celebrates 100 years since its 1900 charter with a Centennial Family Festival May 20 21 on campus, a June 26 Glenwoodie golf outing, and a September three day slate headlined by a Homecoming football game against Thornton and a Bloom Bloom Trail reunion. The district plans profiles of notable alumni including Jerry Colangelo and a series of events to wrap in Steckel Library and a McCann Gym pep rally.
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District 206 Education Foundation
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Arizona Diamondbacks
Jerry Colangelo
Bloom High names Colangelo honorary centennial chair
Jerry Colangelo, Bloom High School alumnus and head of the Phoenix Suns, is named honorary chair of the Bloom centennial. He reflects on Bloom's sports era, notes his Illinois exploits, and outlines plans for May centennial events while weighing September commitments with Diamondbacks and Suns playoff odds.
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Chicago Heights
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Australia
Flossmoor Teacher Wins Easter Seals Stamp Contest
Flossmoor resident Marija Hudzik, a Lee R. Foster elementary teacher in Oak Forest, won the national Easter Seals stamp contest with a canvas acrylic painting of a calla lily. Encouraged by art teacher Patricia Moore, Hudzik began painting years after taking lessons with her daughter and values the flower that once adorned her wedding invitations.
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Don Mica
Flossmoor
Marija Hudzik
Hudzik
Lee R. Foster
Oak Forest
Park Forest
Patricia Moore
Village Artists
Moore
Harvey
Balloonist nears Atlantic crossing solo in hot air balloon J Renee
Balloonist Kevin Aliassi, a Chicago Heights native, advances toward a solo circumnavigation attempt aboard the J Renee. He crosses the North Atlantic, earns foreign flyover clearances including Iran, and awaits China while weather poses challenges. Allies celebrate with African violets and a pizza delivery to the weather team in Omaha.
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Kevin Aliassi
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Anether Dae
Communications Center
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Aliassi
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Pio Alcassi
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Shirley
India
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David Banks
Dick Blosser
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Ee Loan Store
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W. 183Rd St
Country Club Hills
Western Ave
Jim Pecora
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Papers
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