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8 | September 15, 2016 | The New Lenox Patriot news
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Trinity Services to host 27th
Annual Dinner Dance and Auction
Submitted by Trinity
Services, Inc.
All are welcome to join
Trinity Services, Inc. for its
27th Annual Dinner Dance
and Auction at 5 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 17, at Odyssey
Country Club, 19110 S.
Ridgeland Ave., Tinley Park.
The theme of this year’s
event is “Puttin’ on the Ritz:
A 1920s Soiree,” and all
proceeds will benefit Trinity
Services in its mission to
help people with disabilities
so that they may flourish
and live full and abundant
lives.
Attendees will experience
a night of fellowship, fine
dining, dancing, and silent
and live auctions. TVK Orchestra
will provide the music
for the evening.
Auction items include
airline tickets, a Microsoft
Surface tablet, a smart TV,
wireless
electronics, hotel stays,
a behind-the-scenes experience
at ABC7’s “Windy
City Live,” museum trips,
concerts, wine tastings, spa
packages, home decor, jewelry,
sports items and tickets,
children’s toys and more.
Tickets for the event are
$100 each and can be purchased
by visiting www.
trinity-services.org.
Those interested in helping
in other ways are welcome
to become an event
sponsor, purchase an ad in
the event program book, or
donate a new item for the
live or silent auctions.
For additional information
about the Dinner Dance
or how to get involved, visit
www.trinity-services.org or
call (815) 717-3750.
Trinity Services, Inc. is a
66-year-old, nonsectarian,
nonprofit organization that
serves 3,500 children and
adults with developmental/
intellectual disabilities and
mental illness in 30 communities
in Will, Cook, DuPage,
Grundy, Peoria, Jackson and
St. Clair counties, and Reno,
Nevada. To learn more, visit
www.trinity-services.org.
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Free golf scramble to benefit scholarships
Rebecca Susmarski
Contributing Editor
A traditional Frankfort
Square Park District event is
to assume a new form later
this month, and the event’s organizers
hope the change will
benefit many area students.
The FSPD is to host its
11th annual College Scholarship
Golf Tournament, this
time in a free all-day golf
scramble format, from 9:30
a.m. until dusk Sept. 24 at the
Square Links Golf Course in
Frankfort.
Attendees will not be
charged a fee to golf, but all
other purchases they make
that day — such as golf cart
rentals and hot dog lunches
— will benefit the FSPD’s
College Scholarship Program,
which provides $1,000
scholarships to high school
seniors who reside within the
boundaries of the FSPD.
Jim Randall, executive
director of the FSPD, said
the College Scholarship
Golf Tournament has raised
$84,000 for student scholarships
since its inception
in 2006. The event usually
raises about $10,000 each
year, but with the new golf
scramble format, the FSPD
aims to attract many more
golfers and raise double that
amount this year.
“We hope that everybody
has the opportunity to come
out and play, and with the
scramble going all day we
hope many people will be
able to come out and enjoy
the course, too,” Randall said.
Golfers can try to get a
hole-in-one on the course’s
seventh hole to win free golf,
driving range use and golf
cart rental at Square Links
for five years. On the same
hole, attendees can also try
to golf better than Ken Buss,
a Professional Golfers’ Association
professional at the
Square Links Golf Course,
for a prize. All golfers will
also be entered into a raffle
following the event.
Randall said the FSPD invited
officials from local government
entities in Frankfort,
Mokena, New Lenox, Tinley
Park and Manhattan to attend
the event, as well as members
of various homeowners associations
and the Lincoln-Way
Community High School
District 210 Board of Education
members. Many of the
officials are to participate in a
pre-tournament from 7-9 a.m.
before the main event begins.
“I think there’s been a lot
going on in our area the past
couple of years, and I think
if people are aware of who
people are and get a chance
to visit, things always move
along in a better direction,”
Randall said. “To bring a
bunch of people committed
to service together and have
fun for a day, that’s not a bad
thing either.”
Randall said the idea for the
golf outing came about when
the FSPD’s Board of Commissioners
agreed to start a
fundraiser to ensure more
Frankfort Square students
would be represented in the
area when it came to receiving
student scholarships. The
event has been held in July
every year since 2006 — the
FSPD moved it to the fall for
the first time this year — and
students apply in December
of the same year to receive
the scholarships in the spring
of the following year.
Randall said the annual
outing also allows golfers to
improve their game by playing
at the Square Links, which
he said is both challenging for
seasoned golfers and a solid
course for beginners. The
short distance of the course
Scholarship Golf
Tournament/Free All
Day Golf Scramble
When: 9:30 a.m.-dusk
Saturday, Sept. 24
Where: Square Links
Golf Course, 7861 W.
Saint Francis Road,
Frankfort
For more information ...
Call (815) 469-3524, or
visit www.fspd.org/rccms
frequently causes players to
use their putters more and
gain more practice with making
close shots and reducing
strokes, Randall said.
The new scramble format
also has a team-building
aspect that Randall hoped
would convince many golfers
to come out and support
a good cause, but also to
have fun.
“Instead of making one
good shot by yourself you
have three or more people
who can support you, so
someone may have a more
playable shot than you might
have had when you played
your golf,” Randall said.
“Everyone loves the scramble
format so there’s not as
much pressure on the event.”
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From Page 4
ing at a computer that was
mounted on the fire wall of
the car. Something in there
probably sparked and started
the fire. The explosion everyone
heard was probably
the battery, and by that time,
it was too late. Everything
was fully engulfed.”
Paul shared the first week
after the fire, he tried to stay
strong for his family, but
eventually, he became overwhelmed
with emotion.
“By the end of the week,
I just couldn’t anymore,” he
noted. “I just lost my house.
I have to go do something.
I have to get my mind off of
this – even if it’s just for four
hours. You have to get away
from it. You can’t do anything
about it. If you let it dwell, it’s
going to eat you inside.”
Looking ahead
He returned back to work.
Joy, too, is gearing up and preparing
to return to Dr. Julian
Rogus School in Frankfort.
Zachary just started his
freshman year at Lincoln-
Way West High School, and
Ayden begam fifth grade at
Nelson Ridge School.
“[Joy’s] had a little tougher
time than probably any of
us,” Paul said.
What has helped them all
get through it so far is seeing
the sight of the New Lenox
community come together.
In fact, even Joy’s students
visited her “that evening because
they were so upset”
and they wanted “to make
sure that Mrs. Reno was
OK,” Paul said.
“The outpouring from the
community has been phenomenal,”
Paul said, noting
that what he and his family
have taken away from this
trial is “that there’s good
people out there, and they’re
right next door to you.”
To help the Reno family,
visit www.gofundme.
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