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Freshman Lindsey Rugg of the Willowbrook softball team is pictured while attempting to score a run during Friday’s game at Downers Grove South. Rugg tried High School week. Theinweek’s speto Willowbrook score from second base celebrated on a singleitsbyhomecoming sophomore last Katelyn Cox the top of cial activities included Friday afternoon’s which took place the second inning, the game was tiedhomecoming at 2-2. Downers Grove South’s catcher Willowbrook Highwhen School’s Class of 2021 celebrated itsparade, commencement with two in hot and sunny conditions. The procession began near Park Boulevard tagged Rugg out at home forparade the third out of theon inning. Themorning. Mustangs separate ceremonies in theplate school’s main gymnasium Sunday Thewent enand Ardmore Avenue. Parade participants marched onstudents Ardmoreattended before turnon to defeat the Warriors 7-3students. in the West Suburban Gold Conference contest. Wiltire class includes over 470 About half ofsouth those the
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The Village of Villa Park observed Arbor Day with a tree planting on Friday, April 30. Pictured (left to Campbell shines at the Glenbard West Sectional right) at the tree planting at the village’s Franklin Park, located at 218 N. Third Ave., are: Villa Park Village LOW INVENTORY! your local agent SeniorChristine Naomi Campbell Willowbrook High School’s team wonConcerns the all-around title Trustee Murphy,of Justin Shlensky—chair of thegirls Villagymnastics Park Environmental Commis..........6 14 Police Reports Reports ..........8 Police Sports......................8 ....................17 16 atsion, Friday’s IHSASchiefer—a sectional atmember GlenbardofWest HighPark School. Campbell won the sectional’s all-around title Police ..........8 Sports .................... Opinion. ...................4 Police ����������������������8 Margaret the Villa Environmental Concerns Commission, Villa Park Opinion ...................4 KATE DRURY with her score of 36.275. Campbell and her Willowbrook teammates opened the sectional by competing FALL IN WITH A NEW HOME Village Trustee Cheryl Tucker, Villa Park Village President Albert Bulthuis, Villa Park Village Trustee (and Contact me for a KATE DRURY Legal Notices ......... 15 Classifieds..............13 Viewpoint ................6 Classifieds..........17-18
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on the balance beam. Campbell is pictured her sectional performance on the balance beam.Pride She Village President-Elect) Nick Cuzzone and during Leslie Allison-Seei—chair of the Villa Park Community 630-514-9961 Villa complementary Veterans of Foreign Warson (VFW) Post 2801 of held Memorial Day service on Monday earned aPark score of 9.25 for performance and finished in aits tie for first place in that event. In hermornnext Commission. Arbor Day isthat observed the last Friday each April. The National Arbor Day Foundation 630-514-9961 th ing Cortesi Veterans Memorial Park. Post Jim is pictured bowing his recognihead as event at Glenbard West, Campbell earned aCommander 12 -place score of in floor exercises. Campbell then kdrury@atproperties.com hasatrecognized Villa Park with Tree City USA designation forBlankshain 36 8.85 straight years. To receive that market analysis Willowbrook High School students Lily Hendrickson and Anna Seelbach soundaby taps at the the delivered a second-place score of 9.25 on the vault. She completed the sectional tying for end fifth of place kdrury@atproperties.com tion, a community must have a tree board or department, a tree-care ordinance, comprehensive comKate Drury ofThe your home!! ceremony. post’s 2020 Memorial event was canceled because of theon COVID-19 pandemic. on the uneven bars with her score ofDay 8.925. Campbell qualified to compete the balance beam,This the munity forestry program and an Arbor Day observance. 630.514.9961 LOCAL AGENT. LOCAL RESULTS. year’sthe observance included a reading of the names of theatPost who havewill recently died. vault, uneven bars, and in the all-around competition the 2801 IHSAmembers state meet, which take place kdrury@atproperties.com That list included World War II veteran Charles “Sid” Bergh,advanced who served as finals the master ceremonies this Friday and Saturday at Palatine High School. Campbell to the of twoof events at last I would to help! LoveVillaPark.com of the state post’smeet. annual Memorial several and years. A veteran ofth-place the U.S. Navy,onBergh died in year’s She tied for Day fifth service in floor for exercises delivered a 10 finish the balance October 2020. He was 942024 yearsstate old. meet. Bergh was the post’s last surviving World War II veteran. beam in the finals of the
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