Big October for Rich Township Marching Machine
The Mighty Marching Machine — Rich Township High School District 227’s marching band under the direction of Phil Crews had a winning October, with a victory at the Chicago Classic Battle of Bands and taking numerous titles at the 2022 Oblong Spooktacular Band Festival.
As October opened, the marching band competed at the annual Chicago Classic at Soldier Field. They competed against seven other schools and were named baddest band in the land, taking home first place.
Then last week, the Mighty Marching Machine went to Oblong, in central Illinois, to compete in the annual Spooktacular Band Festival. The band competed against 11 other schools and had a clean sweep in the competition, being named the Grand Champions of the event, and winning 1st Place in Parade Band, 1st Place in Field Show, 1st Place in Drum Majors and 1st Place in Percussion.
H-F named Unified Champion school
Homewood-Flossmoor High School was named a National Unified Champion School by Special Olympics in September, one of only two schools to earn the status in Illinois. It was the second time the school in Flossmoor earned the title.
The school was honored for its Unified Champion program that promotes meaningful social inclusion by bringing together students with and without intellectual disabilities to create accepting school environments, according to the school. H-F first was named a Champion school during the 2018-19 school year.
Swallow Cliff DAR donates baby supplies
At the 41st anniversary luncheon of the Swallow Cliff Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, in recognition of October being Domestic Violence Awareness Month, chapter members completed a service project of filling 36 reusable bags with donated baby supplies.
The bags were donated to the Ronald McDonald House near Advocate Children Hospital in Oak Lawn for use by parents staying with sick children and needing infant care items, as well as to the Crisis Center for South Suburbia and the Midwest Shelter to be given to mothers who have escaped abusive situations.
127th Street closed for 2 weeks in Crestwood
To accommodate the installation of a new water main, 127th Street (Illinois 83) is scheduled to be closed for two weeks in both directions, just before and after the bridge over the Cal Sag Channel in Crestwood. The work was scheduled to begin Friday.
During that time, a posted detour will direct traffic to Cicero Avenue, 135th Street and Harlem Avenue. Left turns at the intersection will continue to be prohibited.
After the work is completed, traffic will return to staged construction, with one lane in each direction and left turns prohibited at the intersection.
The project is anticipated to be completed in summer 2023.
Women Who Care donate $6K to Meals on Wheels
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100+ Women Who Care of Will County donated $6,450 to Meals on Wheels last week. The donation will help fund the Community Cafes and home delivery of meals to eligible older adults for Will County. Officials from the organization were presented the checks on Oct. 27.
The Women Who Care group contributes quarterly to Will County charities together as a group to increase the donation impact. At each of the quarterly meetings 100+ WWC members nominate charities, three are chosen at random, and after a brief presentation, the members vote on which charity to support. Once the winning charity is announced, everyone writes a $100 check directly to that charity. 100+ Women of Will County of Will County has raised over $135,400 for local charities.
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The group’s next meeting is from 6 to 7 p.m. Nov. 8. More information is at www.100wwc-will.org.
Cook County offers free tech training for veterans
The Chicago Cook Technology Academy was launched last month by Cook County officials and the National Able Network. This free 7-week program, fully funded and run by Cook County, provides veterans with critical career skills in the technology industry.
The Tech Academy programming is based on curriculum developed for Microsoft’s Software and Systems Academy and has been donated by Microsoft at no cost to Cook County, which is the second region in the nation to offer this programming. The Tech Academy is available to all qualifying veterans but is tailored for service members transitioning out of the military.
Participants are trained in cloud development or cloud administration by National Able Network’s IT Career Lab instructors and upon completion will have the opportunity to interview for a full-time position in entry level IT fields with the Cook County Department of Veterans Affairs’ network of IT hiring partners.
Veterans who live in Chicago or suburban Cook County are encouraged to apply for the Tech Academy, which is hosting five sessions through 2024. Twelve students are in the first training session that began Oct. 19. The next class offering will be in spring 2023.
More information is at www.cookcountyil.gov/service/chicago-cook-technology-academy.
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