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Vol. 32, No. 38
September 20, 2017
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RBHS talks up Brookfield’s Very Own
Construction crew unearths skeletal remains in Riverside
Wendy Snyder among five awarded Alumni Achievement medals
Confirmed human bones could pre-date the village By BOB UPHUES Editor
By BOB SKOLNIK
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Contributing Reporter
endy Snyder has always been a talker. When she was in kindergarten at Hollywood School in 1968, she was constantly being sent to the quiet chair for taking too much in class. It continued throughout elementary school. She typically got good grades but was often given a D in deportment, because she was so chatty. So perhaps it is only fitting that Snyder now is paid to talk on the radio. She has worked on various Chicago radio stations, first as a rock DJ, for the past 34 years. Snyder currently cohosts the 10 a.m. to noon slot on WGN Radio with her longtime radio partner, Bill Leff. On Sept. 21, Snyder and four other Riverside-Brookfield High School graduates will receive the school’s Alumni Achievement Medal and be honored by Riverside-Brook-
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GIFT OF GAB: Brookfield native and WGN Radio talk show host Wendy Snyder will be one of five grads honored with Alumni Achievement Award medals on Sept. 21 at RiversideBrookfield High School. field Educational Foundation at a dinner at the school. At RBHS, Snyder was a class president and varsity basketball player. She graduated in 1981. Snyder, who grew up in Hollywood section
of Brookfield and now lives in LaGrange, has spent her entire life in the Chicago area. She said that she loved her time at RBHS. “I had the best high school experience See SNYDER on page 19
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A crew digging up a section of Bloomingbank Road in Riverside to install a new sewer line on Sept. 14 unearthed human skeletal remains that could date back to before the development of the village. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed on Tuesday that the remains were “human and likely very old.” “We have requested an anthropology consultation, which will aim to determine the age of the bones and more information about who they belonged to,” said Becky Schlikerman, spokeswoman for the medical examiner’s office, in an email. In the meantime, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which issued a permit for the work, has indefinitely suspended work on Bloomingbank Road. Riverside Public Works Director Edward Bailey said the Army Corps of Engineers plans See REMAINS on page 11
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