October community events highlight reading program and house tour
Park Forest Public Library kicks off A is for Apple a six week reading activity for preschoolers with a home reading log requiring at least 20 books. Park Forest League of Women Voters sponsors the 12th Annual House Tour and Home Improvement Fair at Rich East High School from 1 to 5 pm with art by Park Forest Art Center. floral designs by Plaza Flowers and a Best of Show contest. Tickets cost 5 dollars at the fair. Also in Park Forest, Rich South Football Boosters host the 12th Annual Pizza Day at Chicago Dough Company 3767 Sauk Trail Richton Park from 2 to 9 pm with all you can eat for 6 50 adults and 4 50 kids. Hydrant testing by Matteson Fire Department runs today through the 16th in Glen Ridge Cricket Hill 8 to 11 am. expect cloudy water and limit laundry. Crete F-Men hold a monthly meeting at 8 pm at the F-Men Hall under Will County Sheriff’s Office. Park Forest-Chicago Heights District 163 meets as a Committee of the Whole at 8 pm at 242 South Orchard Drive.
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Park Forest Public Library
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Park Forest Art Center
Plaza Flowers
Rich East High School
Barbara Moore
Rich South
Chicago Dough Company
Sauk Trail
Richton Park
Matteson Fire Department
Glen Ridge
Cricket Hill
Chicago Heights
South Orchard Drive
Welcome Wagon Meeting in Flosswood Fields
Welcome Wagon of Flosswood Fields holds a monthly gathering tonight at 7 p.m. in Olympia Fields Village Hall. For more information, call 922 0946.
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Flosswood Fields
Olympia Fields
Mount Mercy Counselor to visit Rich South High
Mount Mercy College admission counselor Tony Miksa will visit Rich South High School Wednesday at 1 80 p.m. Students may ask about application procedures financial aid activities and academic opportunities.
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Mount Mercy
Tony Miksa
Rich South High School
Mount Mercy College
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Rummage Sale At Hope Lutheran Church Park Forest
The Ladies of Hope Lutheran Church at 424 Indianwood Blvd Park Forest sponsor a rummage sale today from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. A bake sale booth and craft corner will be available and light lunches may be purchased.
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Ladies of Hope Lutheran Church
Indianwood Blvd
Park Forest
United Nations conference at Governors State University
Saturday speakers address the United Nations role in a changing world at Sherman Recital Hall from 1 to 5 pm. South Suburban Peace Action co ordinates with The Star as a major sponsor. additional businesses and groups support. Conable, a former World Bank president and ex U S Representative, chairs the U S China relations committee.
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Governors State University
United Nations
Sherman Recital Hall
Peace Action
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Star
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World Bank
U.S. House of Representatives
National Committee
Senior laughs and lunch trip to Drury Lane show
The Rich Township Senior Services Department offers a lunch and a comedy trip to see Wife Begins at Forty at Drury Lane. Cost 25 dollars in advance. Reservations by phone 748 5454. Bus leaves Marshall Field's lot Park Forest at 11 am returns 4 30 pm.
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Rich Township
Bloom Trail hosts full college fair with 150 reps
Bloom Trail High School hosts a college fair today from 4 to 7 30 pm at Bloom Trail Sauk Trail and Cottage Grove with Prairie State College and nine area high schools including Bloom Crete Monee Lincoln Way Marian Catholic Peotone Rich Central Rich East and Rich South. About 150 college and university reps will be present to offer guidance and answer questions along with financial aid seminars in the afternoon. For information call John King at Bloom Trail 758 7000.
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Prairie State College
LaSalle Bank
Bloom
Crete-Monee
Lincoln Way
Marian Catholic
Peotone
Rich Central
Rich East
Rich South
John King
Bloom Trail
Sauk Trail
Cottage Grove
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