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Saturday, June 20th The Dixie Highway marks its 100th anniversary this year. Routed in 1915, it was the first north-south paved “interstate” highway that stretched from Chicago to Miami. To celebrate this milestone, the A’s R Us Model A Ford Club and participating Dixie communities are installing signs in Blue Island, Posen, Markham, Hazel Crest, Homewood, Flossmoor, Chicago Heights, Steger, …

Sunday, June 21st. 4:00 pm Join Rev. Rod Reinhart from St Joseph and St. Aidan Episcopal Church for the 8th annual Interfaith Day of Prayer to preserve and protect our natural world. They will be blessing and praying to reverse global climate change, stop environmental pollution, support renewable energy, use sustainable construction practices. It will take place at the CEPA …

Head on out to the Meadows Golf Course on Sunday for a fundraiser benefitting Blue Cap. Every purchase of any size bucket of balls for use on the range will go to Blue Cap. It’s a great way to help such an incredible charity. For more information, please call the Meadows Golf Course at (708) 395-1994.

Tuesday. June 16th. Go check out the Meadows Golf Club’s 2015 Junior Golf League. It begins June 9th with Scott Hogan,a PGA Weekly Instructor, rated nationally in the top 50. Coaching programs for adults, juniors and high school golfers. The registration will include a $40 Fee includes T-shirt and Prizes, $13 weekly Fee includes golf and lunch, Tee times start …

Read all about it: our June newsletter features the newest addition to MetroSouth Medical Center, their state of the art, upgraded cardiac catheterization lab. Also meet our newly elected Aldermen, the First Ward’s George Poulos and Fourth Ward’s Alecia Slattery. Please check out the June newsletter to see what is happening this month in Blue Island! https://www.blueisland.org/newblueisland/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/03/blue-islands-june-newsletter/June2015Newsletter.pdf