Miss Illinois leads St. Cletus parade
By Jane Michaels jmichaels@pioneerlocal.com September 20, 2011 4:46PM
Miss Illinois, with Amy Fatora and Jonathan Levitske flanking her in the back seat of John Levitske's 1973 Cadillac Eldorado convertible, smiles as they pull out into the parade. Hannah Smith, Miss Illinois 2011, was the guest of honor at St. Cletus Schoo
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Updated: September 30, 2011 10:41AM
St. Cletus School welcomed Miss Illinois as the guest of honor to lead the homecoming parade Sept. 18 from the La Grange grade school to two football games at Lyons Township High School’s Bennett Field in Western Springs.
Hannah Smith of Huntley wore her crown and waved from a convertible with members of St. Cletus’s homecoming court, fifth-grader Ava Riccione, sixth-grader Patrick Kane, seventh-grader Amy Fatora and eighth-grader Jonathan Levitske. The four students were selected after their names were drawn from a hat.
“The kids have a blast during that three-minute ride in the parade to Bennet Field,” said homecoming organizer and eighth-grade parent Gina McAndrew. “But the funnest part is that hour before the parade when they decorate cars and eat doughnuts with milk or juice. They take a lot of pictures and socialize.”
In between junior varsity and varsity football games against St. Michael’s School in Wheaton, parents of eighth-grade football players and cheerleaders looked forward to a special moment of recognition on the field, when they are introduced, and moms receive a mum corsage, McAndrew said.
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