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Graduation day Play at thequalifies plate for the IHSA state meet Dance team at Willowbrook
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Freshman Lindsey Rugg of dance the Willowbrook softball team while atWillowbrook High School’s team earned a berth in is thepictured upcoming IHSA tempting score a run during at Friday’s gamesectional at Downers Grove South. Rugg High tried state meettowith its performance Saturday’s competition at Geneva to scoreWillowbrook from second base Cox in 2A-2 the top of School. was oneon of a15single teamsby to sophomore compete in Katelyn the sectional’s level. the second inning, the game was tied at 2-2. Downers Groveroutine South’searned catcher Willowbrook Highwhen School’s Classfinish of 2021 celebrated itssectional commencement with two The Warriors earned a fourth-place in Geneva; their a tagged out home plate the third out of inning. Themorning. Mustangs separate ceremonies in the school’s main gymnasium on Sunday Thewent enscore ofRugg 84.77. Theatlevel’s top sixfor teams advanced tothe the state meet, which will take on to defeat the and Warriors 7-3students. in West Suburban Gold Conference contest. Wiltire class includes over 470 About half ofArena those attended the place this Friday Saturday at the Grossinger Motors instudents Bloomington. Willow-
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lowbrook rebounded from Friday’s postIHSA an 11-2 win in Saturday’s game brook’s dance team also qualified forloss last to year’s state meet, which took placeat Hinsdalebecause Central.of The Warriors bashed three home runs the second inning of Satvirtually the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead ofintraveling to Bloomington CHRIS FOX PHOTO Villa ParkSilver Review urday’s battle against the Red Devilsteams of the West Suburban last year,non-conference Willowbrook and all other state-qualifying recorded their perforConference. Senior Annemarie Knudtson, freshman Isabella Dugo and sophomore ceremony that began at 9 a.m. The others participated in the ceremony that started mances at their own schools and submitted the recordings to the IHSA’s panel of th Kayleigh Dennison provided the Dennison 5) 2021 is pictured in the at 11 a.m. The photoplaced shows16 members of runs. the Willowbrook Senior Choir performing judges. Willowbrook outhome of 30 qualifying teams(No. in the state meet’s background of the above photo. For more aboutsee thePage Warriors, during the day’s first service. For more photos, 4. see page 14. 2A division.
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The Village of Villa Park observed Arbor Day with a tree planting on Friday, April 30. Pictured (left to right) at the tree planting at the village’s Franklin Park, located at 218 N. Third Ave., Villa Park Village your local agent MEare: TODAY! Trustee Christine Murphy, Justin Shlensky—chair of the Villa Park CALL Environmental Concerns Commis sion, Margaret Schiefer—a member of the Villa Park Environmental Concerns Commission, Villa Park Village Trustee Cheryl Tucker, Contact me forVilla a Park Village President Albert Bulthuis, Villa Park Village Trustee (and Village President-Elect) Nick Cuzzone and Leslie Allison-Seei—chair of the Villa Park Community Pride 630-514-9961 Villa complementary Park Veterans of Foreign Warson (VFW) Post 2801 of held itsApril. Memorial Day service onDay Monday mornCommission. Arbor Day is observed the last Friday each The National Arbor Foundation 630-514-9961 630-514-9961 ing Cortesi Veterans Memorial Park. Post Commander Jim is pictured bowingthat his recogni head as kdrury@atproperties.com hasatrecognized Villaanalysis Park with Tree City USA designation forBlankshain 36 straight years. To receive market Willowbrook High School students Hendrickson and a Anna Seelbach soundataps at the end ofcom the kdrury@atproperties.com tion, a community must have a tree Lily board or department, tree-care ordinance, comprehensive kdrury@atproperties.com ofThe your home!! ceremony. post’s 2020and Memorial Day event was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This munity forestry program an Arbor Day observance. year’s observance included a reading of the names of the Post 2801 members who have recently died. That list included World War II veteran Charles “Sid” Bergh, who served as the master of ceremonies I would to help! of the post’s annual Memorial Day service for several years. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, Bergh died in October 2020. He was 94 years old. Bergh was the post’s last surviving World War II veteran.
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