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1 week ago | 
rblandmark.com | Gregg Voss
The federal Department of Government Efficiency has notified Brookfield Zoo that $78,000 in funding for a bio-diversity and animal welfare program has been cut, POLITICO’s Illinois Playbook reported April 15. The POLITICO story noted that much of the funding for that program has already been delivered to the zoo.
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1 week ago | 
rblandmark.com | Gregg Voss
Nineteen conservation and veterinary science research programs, ranging from dusky gopher frogs in Mississippi to spider monkeys in Bolivia, have received nearly $140,000 in grants from the Chicago Board of Trade Endangered Species Fund. The seed funding, administered by Brookfield Zoo and announced April 7, supports global projects focused on species conservation, wildlife health and field research.
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2 weeks ago | 
rblandmark.com | Gregg Voss
Kevin Skinkis is in his 14th year as superintendent of Riverside Brookfield High School District 208. The Riverside-Brookfield Landmark sat down with Skinkis last week to discuss various topics, including the state of the district, his recent contract extension and feedback from a March school board candidate forum. This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Q. What is the current state of District 208? A. District 208 is in a very solid position.
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3 weeks ago | 
rblandmark.com | Gregg Voss
A wire-thin race for Riverside-Brookfield High School District 208 school board election unfolded Tuesday, but incumbent Lorena Gasca retained her seat. With all 23 precincts reporting by 8:30 p.m., Gasca garnered 24.41% of the vote. Newcomers Nicholas A. Caputo (22.7%) and Patrick Williams (18.7%) rounded out the remaining two seats. Incumbent Ryan VenHorst (16.3%) was not re-elected. Neither was Eric West (17.7%), who was running on a slate with Williams.
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3 weeks ago | 
teamusa.usahockey.com | USA Hockey |Gregg Voss
THOROLD, Ont. – Kelsey DiClaudio (Plum, Pa.) scored twice to lead the U.S. Women’s Development Sled Hockey Team to a 4-3 victory over Canada here today in game three of the 2025 Women’s Sled Series at Canada Games Park.
“That was a great, highly competitive game,” said Rose Misiewicz (Duluth, Minn.), head coach of the U.S. Women’s Development Sled Team.
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3 weeks ago | 
teamusa.usahockey.com | USA Hockey |Gregg Voss
THOROLD, Ont. – Lera Doederlein (San Diego, Calif.) scored three times to help lift the U.S. Women’s Development Sled Hockey Team to a 5-0 victory over Canada here today in game two of the 2025 Women’s Sled Series at Canada Games Park.
Doederlein opened the scoring 5:15 into the contest when she stickhandled past the Canadian defense before deking goaltender Maggie Manning at the top of the crease and capitalizing with a right-handed finish.
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4 weeks ago | 
teamusa.usahockey.com | USA Hockey |Gregg Voss |Bob Reinert
THOROLD, Ontario. -- The U.S. National Sled Team skated to a 2-1 victory over Canada, and the U.S. Women’s Development Team won 2-1 against Canada here today in the opening contests of the 2025 Sled Series at Canada Games Park.
Kayden Beasley (Coats, N.C.) scored with 4:37 to play to help the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team to a 2-1 victory over Canada here today at Canada Games Park in the opening contest of the 2025 Sled Series.
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1 month ago | 
teamusa.usahockey.com | Gregg Voss |USA Hockey |Bob Reinert
It’s one thing to play consistent, hard-nosed, competitive hockey.
It might be something else altogether to have to do it on the road internationally, for three straight games against the host country.
That’s what faces the U.S. Women’s Development Sled Hockey Team this week as they prepare for the 2025 Women’s Sled Series, starting Wednesday (March 26) and concluding Saturday (March 29) at Canada Games Park in Thorold, Ontario.
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1 month ago | 
forestparkreview.com | Gregg Voss
Bigger and better, and even more collaborative. That was the sentiment of many Saturday morning at the second Forest Park Education Summit, hosted by Forest Park School District 91. Just ask Tinisa Huff, principal of the district’s Betsy Ross School, who headed up a session titled, “Building a Strong Educational Foundation in K-2 Students,” in the Forest Park Middle School library.
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1 month ago | 
rblandmark.com | Gregg Voss
A greater emphasis on school board oversight, two-way communications with the public and fiscal responsibility were the issues that highlighted a Riverside Brookfield High School District 208 board candidate forum Thursday. The forum, hosted by the RB Music and Theatre Sponsors and held at Brookfield’s Hollywood Community House, included four of the five candidates vying for three seats in the April 1 election, including incumbents Ryan VenHorst of Riverside and Lorena Gasca of North Riverside.
