Tinley Park Community Concert Band, directed by Barbara Abarro, will present a free summer concert on Flag Day – Friday, June 14, at 7 p.m., at the Tinley Park Community Church, 7939 167th Street, Tinley Park. Please bring a lawn chair or blanket. In case of inclement weather or cicadas, the concert will be held […]
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Franciscan Health Hosting Free Coping with Chemo Brain Webinar
Franciscan Health is hosting a free, live webinar aimed at increasing understanding of the mental side effects of chemotherapy treatment for cancer patients, while teaching strategies for managing them. The Coping with Chemo Brain webinar will be held at 5:30 p.m., on Wednesday, June 26. Franciscan Health speech language pathologist Darcy Hughes and occupational therapist […]
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Happy Birthday/Happy Anniversary!!
Very special happy birthday wishes to: June 16: Sandi Klien!! June 18: Adam Maves!! June 19: Paul Johnson and Sadie Cyrier!!!! June 20: Megan Clarke and Jane Jones!!!! June 21: Kayla Matthias Cohen!! June 22: Nancy Elliott and Dakota Cowger!!!! Extra special happy anniversary wishes to: June 20: Adam and Amie Pietrzak!!
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Beecher Lions Present 19th Freedom 5K Run/Walk
The Beecher Lions Club’s 19th annual Freedom 5K Run/Walk will be held on July 4, at 8 a.m., in Beecher. The 3.1-mile race starts and finishes at Fireman’s Park, on Penfield Street, and will wind through the streets of Beecher. Awards are presented to the top three male and female overall finishers and also awarded […]
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Wartburg’s Knutson Receives ELCA Fund for Leaders Scholarship
Recent Wartburg College graduate Nathaniel Knutson received the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s Fund for Leaders Direct Full-Tuition Scholarship. Knutson, of New Lenox, will continue his education at Wartburg Seminary this fall, where he will enter the collaborative learning program, which allows him to work part-time in a congregation, while doing his class work online. […]
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Grief Center Workshop Honors Fathers
The Honoring Fathers Workshop will be held on Saturday, June 15, from 10 -11:30 a.m. This free workshop is a safe space, for anyone who has lost their father, to join others who have experienced a similar loss. Through activities and discussion, attendees will have an opportunity to connect with others to realize they are […]
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Camp I Am Me Offers Safe Place of Healing for Burn Survivors
Empowering, week-long camp provides safe, judgement-free place for young burn survivors. For the past 33 years, Camp I Am Me, by Illinois Fire Safety Alliance, has helped young burn survivors throughout Illinois by providing a place of acceptance and healing at its yearly summer camp held at YMCA Camp Duncan in Ingleside. This year it […]
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Heroes, Hogs, and Hot Rods Raises $ for Vets
In hindsight, it was a wise decision to reschedule Heroes, Hogs, and Hot Rods from a rainy Saturday, June 1, to Sunday, June 2, as Sunday proved to be a beautiful day. The PHAT (Project Headspace and Timing) fifth annual event had super attendance, plus more than $15,500 was raised to assist veterans. The free […]
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KCC RN Program Graduate Receives DAISY Award
Aidan Demarah, a 2024 graduate of the Registered Nursing Program at Kankakee Community College, has been awarded the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Students. The annual award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s mission to express gratitude to nurses with programs that recognize them for the extraordinary, compassionate, and skillful care they provide patients and […]
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Lightways Hospice/Serious Illness Care Grieves Death of Hospice Leader
Duane Krieger led efforts to establish first hospice residence in Illinois. One of the former CEOs of Joliet Area Community Hospice, now known as Lightways Hospice and Serious Illness Care, has died. Duane Krieger was instrumental in the efforts to acquire land and build the first hospice residence in Illinois. Until that time, hospice care […]