🌱 Board of Education Meeting and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• 2026 Shriners Children's™ APP Pro Invitational Chicago at Danny Cunniff Park
• 2026 APP Vlasic Classic Chicago Benefiting Shriners Children's at Danny Cunniff Park
• Board of Education Meeting at Winston Churchill School

... and check out 1 more event on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What has four eyes and can’t see? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 85 and low of 67 degrees.
• Thursday: Humid with a stray t-storm, temps: high: 77, low: 64.
• Friday: Some sun, a t-storm; humid, with a high of 83 and low of 68 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hazel Crest

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday August 5

• 2026 Shriners Children's™ APP Pro Invitational Chicago →
  Danny Cunniff Park, 2700 Trail Way, Highland Park
  5:00 pm

Saturday August 8

• 2026 APP Vlasic Classic Chicago Benefiting Shriners Children's →
  Danny Cunniff Park, 2700 Trail Way, Highland Park
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Monday August 10

• Board of Education Meeting
  Winston Churchill School James Hart Media Center
  7:00 pm

Monday August 17

• Staff Institute Day (no student attendance)
  HOMEWOOD SD 153 Homewood, IL 60430

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday August 5

• Class Assignment Pickup
  Flossmoor SD 161 Chicago Heights, IL 60411
  8:30 am
• Economic Advisory Council Meeting →
  Oak Forest, IL Calendar, 15440 S. Central Avenue, Oak Forest
  12:00 pm
• Registration for 2026-2027 School Year
  South Holland SD 150 McKinley School (Closed for dinner 4:30 - 5:30)
  12:30 pm
• Treble Makers →
  Melody Mart USA, 18062 Dixie Hwy, Homewood
  5:30 pm
• Village Committee Meeting →
  Midlothian, IL Calendar, 14801 Pulaski Road, Midlothian
  7:00 pm
• Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting →
  Oak Forest, IL Calendar, 15440 S. Central Avenue, Oak Forest
  7:00 pm

Thursday August 6

• TAFT SCHOOL: PreK ORIENTATION
  South Holland SD 151 TAFT SCHOOL
• FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!
  South Holland SD 151 South Holland, IL 60473
• Toddler Crafts →
  Midlothian Public Library, 14701 Kenton Ave, Midlothian
  10:30 am
• Registration
  Brookwood SD 167 Brookwood Middle School, 200 E Glenwood-Lansing Road, Glenwood, IL, 60425, United States
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Homewood-Flossmoor High School District 233 posted a job opening for Assistant Girls’ Flag Football Coach in Homewood. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Homewood

• TNA Wrestling Star Mustafa Ali – A Former Homewood, Illinois Police Officer - Previews Iconic Pro Wrestling Event on Sunday, August 23, In Chicago (tnawrestling.com)
• As Heard On XRT August 2026 (audacy.com)

Markham

• 4 charged after guns, drugs found during Harvey home search (fox32chicago.com)

Flossmoor

• Arriel McDonald on Clem Haskins, Overseas Career & U of M. (spokesman-recorder.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Mississippi (Thank you Eloy R. for sending it in!)
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