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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1998
Page
2
The Student Life Development Center hosts an Indian Festival of Lights at University Park from 1 30 to 9 45 p m featuring talks on India's heritage authentic cuisine and a presentation on Swami Vivekananda. Contact Jagdish Dave at 534 4903 or the center at 534 7057 for details.
Monee Township collects food and cash for Thanksgiving baskets. Needed items include potatoes gravy vegetables cranberry sauce stuffing pie crust mix and filling and milk. Applications taken through Nov 19 at Township Hall. Volunteers needed on Nov 19 to pack and Nov 24 to distribute. Contact Phyllis Huffman or Willa Simmons at 534-6020.
Petition packets are available from the village clerk's office at Park Forest Village Hall on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The village president seat is a four year term while two trustee positions are each three years. Contact Village Clerk Sandra Black at 748 1112 for details.
Rich Central High School and the Enhancement Organization of Olympia Fields seek volunteers to tutor in physical science natural science physics chemistry algebra English world history US history Spanish French and more. Tutors commit one to two hours weekly at Rich Central with contact through assistant principal Sandy Rehfeldt at 708 748 6070.
Park Forest Family League hosts District 162 Superintendent Lee Jones and District 163 Superintendent Elizabeth Reynolds at Village Hall at 7 p.m. Arthur the Aardvark visits Park Forest Public Library Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon to launch a reading program for parents and toddlers, with Robin Roberts reading on Channel 32, plus face painting and cookie decorating. Information: Youth Services Dept. (708) 748-3731.
Principal Prentiss Lea introduces a series with each speaker speaking thirty minutes followed by questions. Carl Wilken discusses basic Alzheimer's and related disorders at 10:30 a.m. at Park Forest Public Library. Free admission limited seating information line 748-3731.
Sunday events feature the American Legion Post Rehfeldt- Meyer No 474 blood drive from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 3539 W 214th St Matteson with appointment calls to Karol Corey. Park Forest Historical Society hosts a reunion of former village trustees at Manilow Theatre Freedom Hall 1 p.m. with decade summaries and a reception. Accessibility info available. The district 163 Education Committee meets 8 p.m. at 242 S Orchard Dr Park Forest to review Direct Instruction and discuss science and mathematics curriculum maps.
The Garden Club of Park Forest meets Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. at Hope Lutheran Church for a mixer and show and tell. Veterans Day closings affect Rich Township offices and Shirley J. Green Community Center. Robin Mucha and Wendy Thorpe present a slides program, Saving the Past for the Future, at 10:30 a.m. in Park Forest Public Library's Ringer Room. Information line provided.
Rich Central High School PTSA hosts a family night from six to nine thirty at the Olympia Fields campus featuring dinner festivities and an ice cream social. Admission costs four dollars for adults two dollars for children ages six to ten and free for five and under. Information line provided. Ron Paul speaks at seven p.m. in Matteson at the Holiday Inn with a five dollar suggested donation collected by Americans for Truth and Freedom. Dennis Moe listed for more information.
Rich Township AARP hosts a 1 pm talk at Hope Lutheran Church Park Forest with a Park Forest Police K 9 Unit representative explaining dogs in law enforcement. Watercolor classes led by Claire Wiest run Nov 23 24 from 1 30 to 4 pm Mondays or 9 am to 11 30 am Tuesdays through December at Barn Meeting Center Olympia Fields. Fields Park District sponsors. cost 40. Information 708 481 7313.
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