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Zion’s Ken Schroeder and His Son Bike the Australian Perimeter For Charity
Ken and Sam Schroeder are biking around Australia to raise money for the newly established Chicago chapter of the Boys to Men, a worldwide mentoring organization dedicated supporting young men to become strong, accountable, and compassionate.
Ken, a substance abuse counselor for the Lake County Health [...]

ZeeBee’s-42 — North Chicago-8 — ZeeBee’s get first win!

I was privileged to attend the Zion-Benton High School Varsity Football game Friday night with my family.
What transpired (at least in the first half) was a sloppy, penalty filled game.
I believe the IHSA had given the word the ref’s to call a tight game, which they did.  There were more personal fouls, and Unsportsmanlike conduct  [...]

ZB Band Does It Jackson-Style

By Sarah Petersen
Student Special to ZionBuzz
ZBTHS Band Rep
With football season underway and home games looming in the air the marching Zee-Bees dust off their uniforms, shine up their marching shoes, and don the field for yet another spectacular half time performance.
 In light of the recent events that deal with Michael Jackson’s passing, the band pays [...]

ZBTHS Science Teacher Receives National Grant

ZBTHS Science Educator, Melanie Mudarth, was one of just nineteen educators nationwide to receive a 2009 Classroom Earth High School Challenge Grant.
According to the News Sun, Mudarth has announced that she will use the grant to take two graduate-level courses offered by the Environmental Education and Training Partnership through University of Wisconsin, Steven’s Point.
The primary [...]

Hold the Press!!! There IS a game Friday Night!!

The IHSA deteremined that the North Chicago Warhawks have been punished enough, and that the school had taken the appropriate actions to not be involved with a on field “BRAWL” again.
So this Friday night, the ZeeBee’s will be hosting North Chicago in a on field battle!
The game starts @ 7:30 PM. Lets hope our Zeebee’s [...]

BuzzCast #3 “Field of Dreams” In the Can..

We taped #3 today!! It’s in the Can!
 You can watch it here: http://zionbuzz.com/buzzcast/
If you want to get our shows automatically(Audio), we are on ITunes as well, Keyword “BUZZCAST” or “ZIONBUZZ.COM”. 
Join Karen and Darrell as we discuss all the Buzz about Zion!

Sheridan Road to be Resurfaced

In last week’s Beach Park Village Board meeting, Trustee Otterson confirmed that the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) has plans to resurface Rt 137 (Sheridan Rd) beginning this Fall.
He reported that IDOT gave information that they will be resurfacing 6.25 miles of Sheridan Rd from Blanchard Rd in Waukegan to Russell Rd in Winthrop Harbor, [...]

61st Annual Success

Moe, the Medinah Shriner’s Monkey, wasn’t the only one enjoying the parade yesterday.
The sun came all-out for the 61st Annual Jubilee Days Parade, and so did the crowd!
Entrants of all variety participated in this year’s Jubilee Days theme, “Through the Eyes of  a Child,” and the results were some fun, fantastic and whimsical floats. There [...]

Jubilee Days Parade Route

Come See The Parade!
Who will win the Mayor’s Trophy for Best Float?  Last year it was OLH School with their classroom scene float.
Remember to bring your bags for all the candy for the kids!!
Lets have a fun parade!
This map of the route was posted on the Jubilee Days website:

There’s a New Queen in Town

The Miss Zion Pageant Was Held Saturday Evening
Congratulations to the new Miss Zion, Jennie Miskell! And congratulations also to our Junior Miss,Mackenzie Cmiel, and our Little Miss, Zoe Brown. Make sure you wave to them in the Jubilee Days Parade!
Jerilyn Williams was the Miss Contest’s first runner up, and Mirjana Jackson was its second runner [...]

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