Wallace
Broadview
Funeral Home
2020 W Roosevelt Road
Broadview, IL 60155
(708) 344-1288
|
LOCAL NEWS:
NEWS & VIEWS:
West Suburban Journal
846 S. 17th Avenue
Maywood, IL 60153
Phone 708.865.7WSJ 7(975)
Fax 708.867.8WSJ (8975)
Copyright 2006-2007
www.westsuburbanjournal.com
|
West Suburban Journal - News
Proud recipient of the
Proviso - Leyden Township
NAACP Excellence In Journalism Award
|
NEW! Places to go. Things to do.
Event calendar made simple. Click on calendar date(s) to see
events in your community. User friendly submission form
allows you to send us your event information on-line. Click here
_________________________________________
November 20, 2008
Most drivers take our cars for granted until they break
down. Oh the pain when they have to be serviced
without warranty. In a crunch we will borrow the
money to straighten out the problem to get rolling
again.
MAYWOOD | Incumbent Mayor Henderson Yarbrough
Jr. could face a tough re-election next year. Grady
Rivers Jr., 49, a retired Maywood firefighter of 22-years,
has set the wheels in motion to run for mayor in the
April election. Village insiders say he stands a good
chance of toppling the two-term incumbent Yarbrough.
“The village has great promise. And we can do better.”
the Maywood-native said.
November 20, 2008
November 13, 2008
The waning days of this presidential election
reminded me of Muhammad Ali and George
Foreman in Zaire in 1974-The Rumble in the Jungle.
There was George Foreman swinging away,
punching himself out while Ali rope-a-doped his way
to victory, catching a worn-out Foreman with a left
hook in the eighth round for the knock-out....
November 20, 2008
BELLWOOD | Bellwood School District 88 is
searching for technology equipment that has gone
missing from its inventory.
November 26, 2008
MAYWOOD | When John Johnson was installed as
Concordia University’s president four years ago,
community ties became a priority. On Nov. 18, that
priority was realized in neighborhoods beyond
Concordia’s immediate reach.
Day of Promise: Middle school students stand with education
and sponsorship representatives during a Nov. 18 ceremony
celebrating a new scholarship program. The students are
expected to attend the Proviso Math and Science Academy in
District 209.
Photos by Tasha Schalk/Concordia University
LETTERS:
Failing schools
A generation has been cheated
November 13, 2008
Thirteen percent. That’s how many of the students
attending Proviso East have an adequate
understanding of math, science and reading. Just 13
percent. It’s hard to say that number without shaking
your head.....
