On the first day of school at Four Heroes Elementary School in Lakewood, more than fifteen members of the Lakewood First Lions Club and the Dupont Lions Club gathered to perform sight and hearing testing on some 585 students.
Westside Story – On the Road 75 Years Later – Alternate Ending
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One of our faithful The Suburban Times readers, David Wilson, submitted a comment to my August 4, 2015, article, Westside Story – On The Road 75 Years Later – Part 3 as follows.
Caring for Kids gives away 400+ backpacks
More than 400 under served children and their parents recently attended a back to school fair at Springbrook Park sponsored by Caring for Kids.
Westside Story – On The Road 75 Years Later – Part 4
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At the end of Part 3, I was hoofing it across the sandy beach when my escape was blocked by a 6’ cyclone fence with three strands of barbed wire on top. It might have been electric barbed wire for all I know. Remember, this is Chicago.
Letter: Our 66th mile
Today was our 66th mile together rowing a double on American Lake.
Daughter Christina Klas and I began this past June 24, our goal just to row the three-and-a-half-mile course which we initially halved by stopping at the far turn and catching our breath.
Westside Story – Dang Root Beer
While in Delaware I found a unique brand of root beer called Dang Root Beer. Dang Root Beer caught my eye because a nice man who works in Lakewood, named Linh Dang, provides lawn and garden service for the common areas that belong to our neighborhood association. Additionally, he is responsible for several private yards in our neighborhood.
Letter: Imagine that
National Night Out’s (NNO) baseball game between the Lakewood Baseball Club’s Pinto Division Champion Tillicum Crushers and their parents was so fun, so outstanding, and so incredibly important at so many levels.
If only somehow we could capture – and that is the intent here in writing this – the far-reaching difference a simple three-inning exhibition game can – and will – have for all of life for all concerned.
Westside Story – On The Road 75 Years Later – Part 3
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During the summer of 1965 I survived learning some life lessons that serve me well to this day. There are two ways to learn things; the easy way and the hard way. I learned these lessons the hard way while serving as a college scholarship intern for James S. Kemper Insurance Company in Chicago, Illinois.
Westside Story – On The Road 75 Years Later – Part 2
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My roommate, Jim Singer, and I combined walking and bus riding for our daily commute to and from work. On one fateful day as we made our way home, we were swept up in a racial protest down in the Loop. We did not fully understand what was happening, nor did we wish to protest. We tried to escape the fracas by entering a nearby jewelry store. The owner quickly slammed and locked the door and would not let us in. He must have thought we were protestors bent on pillaging his store.