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LEYDEN HIGHLIGHTS- February, 2013
UNITY IN COMMUNITY OFFERS SCHOLARSHIPS The Unity in Community Foundation, will be awarding $4,000 in scholarships to Leyden High School Seniors. Once again we will be awarding the Lucia Ramirez Community Involvement Scholarship to an East and West campus senior in the amount of $1,000 each. New this year is the Smerz-Horvath Athletic Scholarship […]
LETTER TO THE EDITOR – Thank You Melrose Park Chamber
Dear Editor, THANK YOU MELROSE PARK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE On behalf of Sacred Heart Parish in Melrose Park, I would like to thank the Melrose Park Chamber of Commerce for their generous donations to our Parish Ministries this past Christmas Season. They donated many toys to our toy drive to help the needy children at […]
Is Christianity Fading in America?
A parishioner shared with me a newspaper editorial and asked my opinion on it. After reading it, I decided to comment on it for my article here. Bonnie Erbé, the editorial’s author, made two arguments: (1) the “dominance” (her word) of Christianity is fading in America, and (2) this decline of Christianity’s influence is a […]
BGA – Too Many Boards for us to Support
Illinois is home to more than 300 separate tax-payer supported boards and commissions, many of them costly and of dubious value. It’s a poster child for government excess — watchers watching watchers — that should have been streamlined years ago. Run a business? Perform a public service? Have a civic interest? Enjoy a hobby? Then […]
New Tolls already planned for Elgin-O’Hare Route
Although the long-awaited, $3.4 billion Elgin O’Hare Western Access Project will not be completed until around 2025, Federal officials have already signed off on plans to convert the Elgin-O’Hare Expressway into a wider, longer, “all-electronic” tollway with an estimated 20 cents a mile toll that would access the western edge of O’Hare Airport by 2018. The […]
Bob’s Perspective
It Takes You To Conquer Kids Cancer By Bob Dituri Each year the Franklin Park firefighters and its passionate volunteers organize and host this annual celebration spending countless hours working together to achieve their goal by raising money for children with cancer. On Friday, March 8, 2013, they will be hosting their annual St.Baldricks fundraiser […]
Letter To the Editor
School District 81 Election Dear Editor: There is a local election for members of the Schiller Park D81 School Board occurring in April, 2013. I am a current Board Member up for re-election and I’d like to offer my thoughts on what is happening in this school district and how the outcome of the election […]
Local Scholarships Offered
UNITY IN COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS The Unity in Community Foundation, will be awarding $4,000 in scholarships to Leyden High School Seniors. Once again we will be awarding the Lucia Ramirez Community Involvement Scholarship to an East and West campus senior in the amount of $1,000 each. New this year is the Smerz-Horvath Athletic Scholarship for $1,000 […]
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