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Relay For Life of District 88 Youth raises nearly $25,000
Graduation day Play at the plate at Willowbrook Homecoming parade
The 14th annual Relay For Life of District 88 Youth took place at Willowbrook High School earlier this month. More than 200 students and community members attended the event, which raised over $24,700 for the American Cancer Society. The Relay For Freshman Lindsey the Willowbrook softball teamThis is pictured while atLife of District 88 Youth has collected moreRugg than of $750,000 during the last 14 years. tempting to score a run during Friday’s game at Downers Grove year’s event, which took place March 8-9, featured a variety of activities and games forSouth. Rugg tried High to School itsbyhomecoming last week. Theinweek’s speto Willowbrook score second base celebrated on singlewho sophomore Katelyn the top of participants. There was also afrom luminaria honor 80 a people are fighting cancer, orCox cial activities included Friday afternoon’s homecoming parade, which took place the second inning, when the game was tied at 2-2. Downers Grove South’s catcher Willowbrook High School’s Class of 2021 celebrated its commencement with two who have lost their battle with cancer. The relay began by celebrating cancer survivors, in hot and sunny conditions. The procession began Park Boulevard tagged Rugg out at home forparade the third out of inning. Themorning. Mustangs ceremonies in Willowbrook’s theplate school’s main gymnasium on Sunday Thewent enwho walked the firstseparate lap around the track in field house. In the Relay For near Life and Ardmore Avenue. Parade participants marched south on Ardmore before turnon to defeat the Warriors 7-3 in the West Suburban Gold Conference contest. Wiltire class includes over 470 students. About half of those students attended the events, participants take turns walking around a track or path, with the goal of having someone on the track at all times to symbolize the ongoing fight against cancer.
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The Village of Villa Park observed Arbor Day with a tree planting on Friday, April 3 right) at the tree planting at the village’s Franklin Park, located at 218 N. Third Ave., ar your loca Trustee Christine Murphy, Justin Shlensky—chair of the Villa Park Environmental C sion, Margaret Schiefer—a member of the Villa Park Environmental Concerns Com Village Trustee Cheryl Tucker, Contact me forVilla a Park Village President Albert Bulthuis, Villa Park V Village President-Elect) Nick Cuzzone and Leslie Allison-Seei—chair of the Villa Park 630-514 Villa complementary Park Veterans of Foreign Warson (VFW) Post 2801 of held itsApril. Memorial Day service Commission. Arbor Day is observed the last Friday each The National Arb 630-514 ing at Cortesi Veterans Memorial Park. Post Commander Jim Blankshain is pictured kdrury@atpro has recognized Villaanalysis Park with Tree City USA designation for 36 straight years. To reb market Willowbrook High School students Hendrickson and a Anna Seelbach soundataps kdrury@atpro tion, a community must have a tree Lily board or department, tree-care ordinance, co Kate Drury ofThe your home!! ceremony. post’s 2020and Memorial Day event was canceled because of the COVIDmunity forestry program an Arbor Day observance. 630.514.9961 LOCAL AGENT. LOCAL year’s observance included a reading of the names of the Post 2801 members whoRh kdrury@atproperties.com That list included World War II veteran Charles “Sid” Bergh, who served as the mas I would to help! LoveVillaPark.com of the post’s annual Memorial Day service for several years. A veteran of the U.S. N October 2020. He was 94 years old. Bergh was the post’s last surviving World War II v
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