Allen Joseph Smith, 69, of North Riverside, died March 9, 2018. Mr. Smith was a U.S. Air Force captain who served in Vietnam and a longtime employee of United Airlines.
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Climate change resolution should be on ballot
“Shall our Representatives and Senators in the U.S. Congress sponsor and/or support measures that will: Acknowledge the serious threat posed by climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a clear, transparent, and effective way?”
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Hauser Food Drive makes a difference
As Hauser Junior High School is in the midst of our 48th Annual Canned Food Drive, I invite you all to help Hauser fight hunger. For 47 years, Hauser has been the largest contributor to the Salvation Army’s food pantry in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago.
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Feed Our Community photo gallery
Volunteers packed 40,000 meals for the needy during a Feed Our Community event on April 14 in conjunction with the Hauser Junior High School food drive, sponsored annually by the school’s PTO.
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Tallgrass School pitches tuition lottery to attract students
Want your kid to have a radically different educational experience, but don’t want to pay for it?
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Barbara Barkley, 63
Barbara L. Barkley (nee Denney), 63, of Willow Springs and formerly of Brookfield, died on April 15, 2018. Born on Nov. 8, 1954, she worked as a personnel coordinator for a grocery store company.
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Mary Mathey, 69
Mary E. Mathey (nee Crotty), 69, of North Riverside, died on April 13, 2018 at MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn.
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Joseph Roeder, 94
Joseph William Roeder, 94, of Brookfield, died on April 10, 2018.
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Leokadia Spiewak, 93
Leokadia “Lillian” Spiewak nee Glab, 93, of Cicero, Chicago and Riverside, died April 12, 2018.
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Hand in hand
Brookfield isn’t alone in experiencing the phenomenon of Driveways to Nowhere – ribbons of concrete or asphalt in the front and side yards of homes that don’t lead to a garage or carport.