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CHRIS FOX PHOTOS Villa Park Review
Dressed up for a special night Graduation day Play at the plate at Willowbrook Homecoming parade
Willowbrook High School held its 2025 prom on Saturday evening at Pinstripes in Chicago. About 540 students boarded buses at the Villa Park school to head to the prom. After dinner, dancing, bowling and bocce at Pinstripes, promgoers CHRIS FOX PH enjoyed boat cruises on the Chicago River. One picture (above left) taken justCHRIS FOX beforewhile students Willowbrook go to the prom (left right) lowbrook rebounded to from Friday’s lossshows to post anto11-2 win in Sat Freshman Lindsey Rugg of the Willowbrook softball team is pictured at- departed Ismael Esparza junior Kenya Hernandez-Rodriguez Kasen Hinsdale Central. The Warriors bashedwith threeseniors home runs in the secon tempting to score a run during Friday’s game at Downers Grove South. Rugg tried and CHRIS FOX lPS Blain, Camryn Payton Briana Dotson, Ninathe Guajardo, Halie High School week. The speing west ontoBrose, Highridge Road and into school’s north parking urday’s non-conference battle against Red Devils ofAhrens the West to Willowbrook score from second base celebrated on a singleitsbyhomecoming sophomore last Katelyn Cox inweek’s the top ofDooley, and took Avery Solis. photo (left) shows (leftare to right) juniors Evan Kase, cial activities included Friday afternoon’s which place Willowbrook’s marching pictured along the parade Conference. Senior Annemarie Knudtson, freshman Isabella DugoT 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 Another ceremony that began at band 9 a.m. The others participated in theroute. cerem Ali Janjua, Evan Jacob Bylsma, AlexWarriors’ Dew Ben Rattana. One as more in hot and sunny conditions. The procession began near Park Boulevard also of the fall teams, well5)asis Kayleigh Dennison provided the and home runs. Dennison (No. tagged Rugg out at home forparade the third out of theon inning. Themorning. Mustangs separate ceremonies in theplate school’s main gymnasium Sunday Thewent en- Haworth, at 11included a.m. Theseveral photo shows members of athletic the Willowbrook Senior Cm photo (above shows (left right) seniors Liz Tretina and Camryn Warnke. and Ardmore Avenue. Parade participants marched onstudents Ardmore before turnVilla Park Warriors Football and Cheer program. background oftothe above photo. For more about thePage Warriors, on to defeat the Warriors 7-3students. in the West Suburban Gold Conference contest. Wiltire class includes over 470 About half ofsouth those attended theright) during the day’s first service. For more photos, see 4. see p
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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., are 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 Comm 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 b kdrury@atpro has recognized Villaanalysis Park with Tree City USA designation for 36 straight years. To rec market Willowbrook High School students Lily Hendrickson and a Anna Seelbach soundataps kdrury@atpro tion, a community must have a tree board or department, tree-care ordinance, com Kate Drury ofKate your home!! ceremony. The post’s 2020and Memorial Day event was canceled because of the COVIDmunity forestry program an Arbor Day observance. Drury 630.514.9961 LOCAL AGENT. LOCAL year’s observance included a reading of the names of the Post 2801 members whoRh 630.514.9961 kdrury@atproperties.com That list included World War II veteran Charles “Sid” Bergh, who served as the mas kdrury@atproperties.com I would to help! LoveVillaPark.com 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 470922
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