The District 230 Foundation recently added eight members to its Legacy Hall, which was established to recognize and honor graduates from Sandburg, Stagg and Andrew high schools who make an impact in their careers, their families and their communities.

The 2023 inductees include:

Badie Ali, a 2000 graduate of Sandburg, the executive vice president of MPI Media Group in Chicago, a community advocate in Orland Park and one of the co-founders of Orland Park Prayer Center.

Emily Cavanagh, a 2000 graduate of Stagg who founded A Song for You, an initiative involving writing, recording and sending personalized songs to patients and families in hospice and hospitals that has grown into its own nonprofit organization.

Kendall Coyne Schofield, a 2010 graduate of Sandburg, is a member of the United States Women’s National Hockey team and competed in three Winter Olympic Games, winning Gold in 2018 and Silver Medals in 2014 and 2022. She was hired by the Chicago Blackhawks as the first female player development coach.

Bridget Evans, a 2006 graduate of Sandburg, founded Illini Service Dogs, students to foster and train service dogs and provides dogs to people for free. She now is a patient safety specialist at a company dedicated to the delivery of data-driven patient care.

Natalie Olson O’Boye, a 2000 graduate of Sandburg, is a special education vocational coordinator at Shepard High School in Palos Heights, where she works with more than 100 students to develop skills that help them obtain and keep competitive employment.

Michael Schofield, a 2009 graduate of Sandburg High School, was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 2014 NFL draft has also played with four other NFL teams, including the Chicago Bears. He is one of the founders of the Schofield Family Foundation, which provides support to the military, first responders, families and youth sports.

Dr. Lindsay Sicks, a 2002 graduate of Sandburg, is an attending optometrist in the Cornea Center for Clinical Excellence, where she is involved in the training of students in specialty contact lenses and ophthalmic surgical procedures.

103rd St. Station on Metra Electric Line to close for months

The 103rd Street/Rosemoor Station on the Metra Electric Line will close on Nov. 20 for a full reconstruction that will include making it accessible to persons with disabilities. The station is expected to be closed 7 to 12 months, Metra officials said in a news release.

The work is part of a plan to transform 13 stations on the line. Three of those stations — 103rd Street/Rosemoor, 79th Street/Chatham and 87th Street/Woodruff — are being rehabbed under the same $33.9 million contract. The work is being done in stages so that no more than two of the stations are closed at one time. The 79th St. Chatham closed for reconstruction in July and work on 87th Street/Woodruff is scheduled to begin when 79th/Chatham reopens next spring.

When completed, all three stations will have enclosed, ADA-accessible street-level entrances and lobbies with elevators; new stairs and headhouses; new composite deck platforms; and new lighting and signage.

While 103rd/Rosemoor is closed, customers can use 107th Street and 95th Street/Chicago State University as alternatives.

Similar work is underway at the 147th Street/Sibley Boulevard Station and is expected to be completed in the spring of 2024. Work also began this spring at the line’s Homewood Station.

Women’s Club supports Palos Park Police Cadet program

The Palos Park Women’s Club presented Palos Park Police Cadets program with a $300 donation last week, which will be used for new training, equipment and a scholarship, according to a news release from Palos Park police.

The cadets program gives high school students and young adults a chance to explore careers in law enforcement through volunteer opportunities, monthly training sessions and work with police officers at public events.

The Palos Park Women’s Club was established in Palos Park in 1902 and has been active in community events ever since.

Program celebrates early days of Park Forest

“The Early Days of Park Forest,” A slideshow and talk by Jane Nicoll, archivist of the Park Forest Historical Society, is planned at 2:30 p.m. Nov. 12 at Ryan Hall in St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 227 Monee Road. The presentation will tell the story of how Park Forest came to be and illustrate Park Forest’s earliest days as the first residents arrived in late August 1948.

The free program also includes tours of the 75th Anniversary Exhibit in the 1950s Park Forest House Museum.

Orland Grassland Volunteers set seed cleaning

A gathering to help clean native wildflower and grass seeds harvested this fall at Orland Grassland will be at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 16 at the Orland Park Civic Center, 14750 S. Ravinia Ave.

Some harvested wildflower species include wood betony, compass plant, gray-headed coneflower, and pale purple coneflower. Native grasses include side oats grama and prairie dropseed. There are many others, according to a release from the volunteer group, which form a vibrant, natural landscape. “These precious seeds build a habitat structure that is vital to living things of the highest conservation value,” the release states.

Tools, guidance and refreshments will be on hand at the event, which qualifies for community service hours, group leaders said. More information is at www.orlandgrassland.org or with Pat Hayes at 708-220-9596 or ptihys@comcast.net.

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