PHOTO COURTESY OF CALVIN COLLEGE Villa Park native receives her college’s highest athletic honor Setter helped Calvin to national volleyball title in 2016 Jenna Lodewyk of Villa Park recently graduated from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Lodewyk, a standout volleyball player who helped Calvin to the 2016 NCAA Division […]
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Lombardian/Out and About–August 9
Community Read brings parents, students together ‘The Things They Carried’ author to speak Aug. 22 By Jane Charmelo While some students in Glenbard District 87 have been issued a reading assignment over the summer—and others a recommendation to read—they and their parents will no doubt have something in common to […]
Lombard/Villa Park coming events–August 9
Movie in the Park with York Center Grab your lawn chairs, blankets and gather the kids for a movie night in the park with Disney Pixar’s “Coco.” Ages: all welcome. Date: Saturday, Aug. 18. Time: 8:30 p.m. Admission is free (food is available for purchase). Location: Knolls Park 1502 S. […]
Lombardian Speak Out–August 9
In the SPEAK OUT of July 26 there were two similar calls on abortion, both pro-life. The first equated the beginning of a human as a life. The second equated the fertilized egg as a person. This terminology is basically a religious position. Of course most think of abortion as […]
Lombard/Villa Park obituaries–August 9
DOROTHY GRAMBERG Dorothy Gramberg, 99, of Villa Park, passed away on Aug. 2, 2018. Visitation is on Aug. 11 at Community Congregational Church, 410 S. Cornell, Villa Park, from 10 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. Interment is at Beverly Cemetery, Blue Island. Arrangements were made by Steuerle Funeral […]
Cruise Nights’ summer season is winding down
STEVE SPODEN PHOTO Cruising Lombard for 20 years The Village of Lombard’s Cruise Nights and Summer Concerts season is quickly coming to a close, with only three Saturday evenings left to visit the downtown Lombard event “where hot cars are cool.” Cruise Nights are held from 6-10 p.m. along St. […]
Lombardian classifieds–August 9
Police Reports
Area police departments recently reported the following arrests and citations. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a conviction, and that suspects are considered innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. Juveniles age 17-or-younger are not named. Addison July 25 Durk L. Griden, 50, of Chicago, […]
Cantigny Park to celebrate France Aug. 11-12. ‘French Picnic Under the Stars’ precedes ‘Annual French Connection Day’
Cantigny will celebrate French culture—and the park’s special connection with France—at upcoming back-to-back events: French Picnic Under the Stars Saturday, Aug. 11 from 6 to 11 p.m. Guests will have Cantigny Park all to themselves for an evening of food, wine, live music and stargazing. An illuminated 23-foot Eiffel Tower […]
Rev. Victor L. Brandt, 97
Rev. Victor L. Brandt, of Elmhurst, formerly of Palos Heights and Willowbrook, died on July 17, 2018, at the age of 97. Beloved husband of the late Irene for 67 years; loving father of Rev. James (Kathryn Fuger) Brandt, Deborah (Matthew) DeCino, Ruth (Michael) Bash and John (Andrea) Brandt; grandfather […]