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| JULY FOURTH CELEBRATION | |  Homewood is the place to celebrate the 4th of July, with a full day of fun events! RUN FOR FREEDOM 5K Sponsored by the H-F Park District and Conroy Sports Physical Therapy Start your day at the RUN FOR FREEDOM 5K.This annual tradition will start and end at Lions Club Park and Pool. Day of registration starts at 7:00 AM, 5K race starts at 8:00 AM. Click here for more information. INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE Step-off at 11:00 AM Starts at St. Joseph Parking lot Ends at Izaak Walton Preserve Sponsored by the Village of Homewood Come out and enjoy a spectacular July 4 parade, filled with clowns, stilt walkers, floats, marchers and much more! Parade will step-off promptly at 11:00 AM, heading south on Dixie Highway to Ridge Road and east to the Izaak Walton Preserve. For more information about the Independence Day Parade, call 708-798-3000. FAMILY FUN FEST Izaak Walton Preserve Noon until 3:00 PM Sponsored by H-F Park District, Izaak Walton Preserve, and Village of Homewood After the Independence Day Parade enjoy the afternoon at the annual Family Fun Fest. The day will be filled with games, entertainment, music and much more! Pack a picnic and bring the family down for an afternoon of fun! |
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CALLING ALL VETERANS | | |
Come join the Homewood Veterans Committee and 308 Civil Affairs Brigade on the 4th of July and march in the parade celebrating our country's birthday and honoring our Veterans! Any Veteran interested in participating in the parade, we will meet at 1000 hrs at the St Joseph's parking lot on Dixie Hwy. For more details, call 708.798.3000 x5498.
Don't stand and watch the parade go by, JOIN IT! |
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BIKING THE DIXIE FAMILY RIDE AND DOWNTOWN HOMEWOOD CYCLING CLASSIC | |
Bike the Dixie Family Ride
Sunday, July 7
8:00 AM-11:00 AM
FREE-SHOW UP, CHECK IN, GET ROLLING!
CHECK IN/FINISH: Independence Park, Hickory & Dixie Hwy
Car-free downtown course--ride as many laps as you like!
5-mile tour on quiet Homewood streets (shared with cars)!
11:05 AM-6:10 PM
Downtown Homewood
Explosive bicycle racing for women & men, 7 categories, all skill levels! Drink & dine while you watch the Midwest's fastest criterium racers sweep through corners & blast down Dixie to the finish!
Cheer for Homewood's Own:
Shane Feehery
Mel Hamilton
Matt Kelly
Click here to learn more information about the race and to view the map. |
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A LITTLE GARDEN WALK
| |  9th Annual Garden Walk Saturday| July 13 9:00 AM -3:00 PM (rain or shine) Sponsored by Union Street Gallery Showcasing inspiring gardens in Homewood, Chicago Heights, Park Forest and Flossmoor. Working Artists in every garden reflect the beauty and peace of each environment through painting, drawing, sculpting or the written word. Enjoy stunning garden getaways in our historic Southland neighborhoods. Participants will be able to walk through some of the most beautiful gardens and embrace the beauty in native plants and boxwood hedges framing a moonlit garden of hanging lanterns. Visit a hidden corner lot framed in shrubs, grasses and perennials, on the edge of Butterfield Creek, or the townhouse gardens overflowing with color and fragrance in intimate settings, and the vegetable and herb gardens creatively tucked into the landscape Trellising, arbors, secret gardens and more! All proceeds benefit Union Street Gallery, a non-profit 501 3c organization. |
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HOMEWOOD FARMERS' MARKET | |
Homewood Farmers' Market
Village Hall Parking Lot
2020 Chestnut
Every Saturday
Through October 12
8:00 AM until 1:00 PM
For over 30 years Homewood has hosted a farmers market with the finest vendors selling fresh food, drinks, vegetables, flowers, and more! Homewood's market is located at Village Hall parking lot, 8:00 AM until 1:00 PM.
Music performance this week by Jim and Kirk.
Hey Kids! Create Musical Instruments at the Farmers Market
Members of the Homewood Flossmoor Symphonic and Viking Jazz Bands will be at the Farmers Market to help kids create shakers, harmonicas, clackers, and drums for a small donation towards their spring trip to China. The group will be performing in Beijing and Shanghai; a special highlight will be a tour of the ancient city "wall" in China with a possible evening performance concert.
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| TENNISFEST 2013 | | |
July 10 through July 21
H-F Racquet and Fitness Club
2920 West 183rd Street
Homewood
799-1323
Join in the H-F Park District's Celebration of the sport of Tennis! This is an event designed to develop champion citizens and family values. Tennisfest provides opportunities for learning, building self-esteem, competition, coping, problem solving, decision making, and team building. Tennis-it's your game! Click here to learn more about the schedule of events.
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FIREWORKS ARE ILLEGAL | |
The Homewood Fire department wants to remind residents that most fireworks are illegal in the State of Illinois. Not only are they illegal, but they are also dangerous. Every year, in the United States, more than 3,000 children go to emergency rooms as a result of fireworks.
The only legal fireworks in the State of Illinois are those which are considered "novelties," and include snakes, sparklers and party-poppers.
Sparklers are the most dangerous legal firework available in the state. A sparkler burns at temperatures of up to 2000 degrees, which is hot enough to melt some metals. Sparklers account for one-third of firework injuries to children 5 and under. |
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DISASTER ASSISTANCE DEADLINE IS NEAR | |
The Homewood Fire Department and FEMA want to remind residents that the deadline for filing claims associated with the April 18th storm has been extended to July 24.
Residents can contact FEMA by registering online at www.disasterassistance.gov , or by smartphone at m.feam.gov . You can also call 800-621-3362 or for those who are hearing or speech impaired call TYY 800-462-7585. |
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ELECTRONIC NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH ALERTS | | 
Police Department has moved its Electronic Neighborhood Watch Alerts to the same email marketing service as the e-Newswire. If you are a subscriber, make sure to update your profile by adding the Electronic Neighborhood Watch Alerts to your interests.
If you are not a subscriber of the e-Newswire or Electronic Neighborhood Watch community, sign up now.
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Next Issue: July 17 , 2013 |
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