Friday, July 13, 2012
Darien business shares a family’s talents to improve businesses
Mary Kay Brennan grew up on the south side of Chicago. She attended Mundelein College and planned to become a teacher. Then she met Norb Slowikowski, married at age 21 and settled into family life. But big changes were in the air, leading Mary Kay Slowikowski down a very different path to establish a very different family business – Slowikowski & Associates. Upon her engagement, Mary left school and secured a job teaching fifthgrade at St. Felicitas, her home parish in Chicago. A year later, her 50 students attended her wedding Mass, and one year later, she was pregnant. “At that time, if you were pregnant, you didn’t teach,” Mary noted. “You were out.” Mary's husband Norb had grown up in the same neighborhood where they bought their first…
Saturday, November 6, 2010
The team beat out teams from Grayslake, Illinois School for the Deaf and Wisconsin School for the Deaf.
With yellow bandanas tied around their heads and black streaks of football player-style greasepaint under their eyes, the Hinsdale South Deaf Academic Bowl Team looked ready for action Friday at the Harper College Deaf Academic Bowl. Hinsdale South placed third this year, beating out teams from Grayslake High School, Illinois School for the Deaf and Wisconsin School for the Deaf. Hersey High School took first, with Lemont High School coming in second. "This was a great experience for my first time competing," said junior Kyle Murbach, 16, who joined the team this year. "I saw what I have to learn for Gallaudet." Gallaudet refers to Gallaudet University, which will host the national Deaf Academic Bowl in March. Murbach, along with freshman …
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Thursday, October 28, 2010
Their next stop after Harper College's Nov. 5 bowl: nationals in Washington, D.C.
Boards clatter on desks. Joyful voices—and just a little bit of playful name-calling—fill the air. As Coach Kathy Craig says, it's the loudest bunch of deaf kids you'll ever meet. This is Hinsdale South High School's Deaf Academic Bowl team preparing for Harper College's DeaFest Academic Bowl on Nov. 5. There's a lot at stake for the Hinsdale South team—they're the defending champs and another win will give them solid momentum going into nationals in March at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. It's the first time they'll compete at the national level. "[Nationals] is going to be scary," said Ryan Sullivan, 16. "But Harper is good practice." The five teammates gather three times a week in a science classroom to answer practice …
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Lauren Williamson
11:07 am on Friday, July 13, 2012
Hi Cordell, I'm not sure where you got the impression that Darien Patch is not going to run profiles of inspiring people anymore, but that's not the case. Darien Patch will continue to publish stories about people making a difference in the community. Thanks for your comment. Best, Lauren Williamson Associate Regional Editor more ›