Fight Club Survivor’s Mother’s Day Basket Bingo is coming up on Saturday, May 13, from 6 – 10 p.m., at the Grant Park Community Center, 209 W. Dixie Highway in Grant Park. Doors open at 5 p.m., with Bingo beginning at 6 p.m. Tickets are $20 per person. The fun, family-friendly, fundraiser also features vendors, […]
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‘Wartime Memories: Some to Remember, Many to Forget’
On Saturday, May 13, at 12:30 p.m., historian and Kankakee County Museum Volunteer Max Michaels will give a presentation at the French Heritage Museum, 165 N. Indiana in Kankakee, entitled, “Wartime Memories: Some to Remember, Many to Forget.” This presentation will provide an account of World War II from the perspective of Max’s family and […]
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Unions Remember Those Killed on The Job with Workers’ Memorial Day
The Illinois AFL-CIO and nearly half of its 22 Central Labor and Trade Council’s (CLC’s) gathered across the state to remember fallen workers on the 52nd anniversary of the Occupational Safety and Hazard Act. “Every day, workers still are killed on the job – even in a pro-labor state like Illinois,” remarked Illinois AFL-CIO President […]
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Unique Experience: Locavore’s Farm Dinners, Open-Air Markets, Walking Tours
Locavore Farm announces year eight of farm experiences and a second season at its new space, a 35-acre agrarian resort and biodynamic working-farm, where guests can eat, drink, shop, and experience live entertainment and unique learning opportunities, in rural Grant Park. The farm also offers overnight experiences in their farmhouse or glamp site. The farm […]
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Happy Birthday/Happy Anniversary!!
Very special happy birthday wishes to: May 9: Ann Nagel, Kale Maupin, and Sophia Spolar!!!!! May 13: Ruth Jarchow!! Extra special happy anniversary wishes to: May 13: A very special couple – Fred and Paula Prium!!!! Wishing you a happy day!!
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‘They Are Very Special People’
OSF HealthCare pharmacist encourages others to give the gift of life. Cheryl Weaver is an institution around OSF HealthCare Heart of Mary Medical Center in Urbana. The clinical pharmacist has six identification badges – some of them faded – and plenty of memories from 42 years of work. But Weaver wouldn’t be the happy and […]
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Franciscan Health Diabetes Presentation Program Promotes Healthy Lifestyle
Franciscan Health is offering pre-diabetic patients the opportunity to help prevent or delay Type 2 Diabetes with its year-long Diabetes Prevention Program. Franciscan Health’s 12-month virtual, online Diabetes Prevention Program follows guidelines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that have proven to prevent or delay Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes is one of […]
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St. Rose of Lima Chapel Monthly Mass April 28
All are welcome to attend the Mass celebrated each month at St. Rose of Lima Chapel, 486 W. Merchant Street in Kankakee. This month’s Mass will be held on Friday, April 28, at 6 p.m. Those attending are asked to enter through the west door under the canopy. There is an elevator near that entrance.
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Happy Birthday/Happy Anniversary!!
Very special belated happy birthday wishes to: April 20: Rev. Tom Ewing, Pastor of St. Luke UCC in Beecher!!! Hope it was a great day!!! Extra special happy birthday wishes to: April 30: Sheila Zdzinicki!! May 4: Howard Asbrand!! May 5: Joe Hall and Dick Smerz on his 92nd!!!!! Wow!!! Congratulations and hope it’s a […]
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AngelEye Bridges Gap Between Home, Special Care Nursery
As a labor and delivery nurse at the Franciscan Health Family Birth Center in Olympia Fields, Heather Carter was confident of the excellent care she and her baby would receive there. What the New Lenox mom did not anticipate was that Liam would be born at 36 weeks and experience difficulty breathing, requiring a longer […]