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16 | December 8, 2016 | The New Lenox Patriot news
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Thinking of the animals
Local Daisy Troop 75183 bears gifts to dogs and cats at N.A.W.S in
Tinley Park
New Lenox Daisy Troop 75183 poses for a group picture with pet toys it donated to
N.A.W.S. in Tinley Park. Photo Submitted
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niuszy, police reportedly
discovered he was in possession
of suspected heroin.
Nov. 24
• Elizabeth E. Figliulo, 36,
of 1114 Magnolia Drive, Joliet,
was reportedly charged
with expired registration,
operation of uninsured motor
vehicle and unlawful
display of registration when
she was stopped on the 300
block of West Maple Street.
Police conducted a stop after
discovering Figliulo’s vehicle
registration was expired,
but it displayed a valid registration
sticker, officials said.
The officer reportedly later
found out that the registration
sticker belonged to another
vehicle.
• An unknown person reportedly
entered a vehicle on the
800 Block of S. Anderson
Road and took a wallet.
• Luis G. Juarez, 20, of 302
S. Hebbard, Joliet, was reportedly
charged with driving
with a suspended license
when he was stopped on the
400 block of Maple Street.
Police conducted a stop after
observing Juarez speeding to
later find out he had a suspended
license.
Nov. 22
• Jose A. Pizano-Sanchez,
37, 209 Henderson Ave., Joliet,
was charged with driving
with a suspended license
when he was stopped on
Route 30 and Prairie Road.
Police conducted a stop after
observing Pizano-Sanchez
speeding to later find out he
had a suspended license.
Nov. 21
• An unknown person reportedly
took an Xbox gaming
system and Xbox games
from the Wal-Mart on the
500 block of East Route 30
and left without paying for
them.
• Ricky Ross, 29, of 5157 S.
Laflin St., Chicago, was reportedly
charged with driving
with a suspended license
when he was stopped on
Laraway and Gougar Road.
Police reportedly conducted
a stop after discovering
Ross’ license was suspended
on a routine vehicle registration
check.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The New
Lenox Patriot’s Police Reports
are compiled from official
reports found online on the
New Lenox Police Department’s
website or releases
issued by the department and
other agencies. Anyone listed
in these reports is considered to
be innocent of all charges until
proven guilty in a court of law.
FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER
Mokena earns certificate for
emergency preparedness
Mokena was recognized
Nov. 28 at its regularly
scheduled Village Board
of Trustees meeting with a
certificate from the Illinois
Law Enforcement Alarm
System organization for the
Village’s work in improving
its emergency management
plans.
Mokena Police Chief
Steve Vaccaro said in 2014,
when he first started in Mokena,
Mayor Frank Fleischer
tasked him with updating the
Village’s emergency operations
plan.
“Through assistance from
ILEAS and Harold Damron
from Will County Emergency
Management Agency,
we were able to update our
emergency operations plan,
which the board approved in
2015,” Vaccaro said. “I had a
lot of help from staff. ... But
the next logical step through
ILEAS was to work through
their emergency preparedness
program, which really
makes us a better agency
when it comes to emergencies
and planning for the inevitable.”
Michael D’Amico, regional
planning coordinator
at ILEAS, presented the certification.
“[This] is a program that
we offer to help police agencies
with to bring their police
departments and communities
up to speed on their ability
to handle major disasters
or large critical incidents,”
D’Amico said. “The most
important component of [the
program] is the emergency
operations plan. Steve did a
marvelous job. I reviewed it,
and, in addition to that, the
county emergency management
agency approved it.”
The certification also
is a rare achievement, as
D’Amico said only 10 percent
of Illinois’ 1,000 law
enforcement agencies have
earned the certificate.
Reporting by Jon DePaolis,
Freelance Reporter. For more,
visit MokenaMessenger.com.
FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION
TPHS students, seniors get
into the spirit of Christmas
with annual holiday party
Tinley Park High School’s
gym looked a little different
the morning of Nov. 30.
Several rows of chairs and
tables were placed neatly
on the main floor, and a few
small, white picket fences
decorated with wreaths
marked the boundary between
the audience and the
performers.
Those aspects set the stage
for the annual Senior Citizen
Holiday Party, which showcased
a handful of talent
from the school’s choir, jazz
band and drama club.
Choir director Victor
Pazik led his students into
a mix of Christmas classics
like “O Come All Ye
Faithful” and “Do You Hear
What I Hear?” And the jazz
band turned up the funk, as
band director Vince Aiello
gave them the cue to play
The Temptations’ “Shakey
Ground.” The song’s playfulness
and spunk became
the perfect backdrop for a
dance-off, and staff, students
and seniors gathered to show
off their moves.
Bernadette Wischhover,
of Tinley Park, walked away
the winner of that contest,
and she was awarded a T-
shirt that boasted the band’s
attitude: “Admit it. We help
you get your groove on.”
“It’s so nice to have our
senior community here
in our building to see our
kids, to see our talents, to
just spend a little time with
them,” Principal Theresa
Nolan said.
Reporting by F. Amanda
Tugade, Editor. For more, visit
TinleyJunction.com.
FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE
Jerling eighth-graders
compete in engineering
challenge
Jerling Jr. High School
students recently got a taste
of what engineers go through
on a daily basis.
The students displayed
their skills during the Fluid
Power Challenge, which was
held Nov. 29 at the Orland
Park Civic Center.
The goal is for eighthgrade
students to get firsthand
experience building
a machine to accomplish
that year’s chosen task.
Jerling Principal Kevin
Brown wanted to expand the
school’s science program,
and the Fluid Power Challenge
proved to be the perfected
addition to the program,
he said.
Bob Hammond, of Deltrol
Fluid Products, hosted
the challenge with help from
representatives from Mursix
and Bimba Manufacturing.
The challenge is designed to
introduced eighth-grade students
to the initial principles
and science behind hydraulic
and pneumatic devices.
An assembly was held five
weeks prior to the competition
to prepare the students
for the expectations involved
in the challenge, and to explain
some basic concepts
they would need to assemble
their individual machines.
Supplies were handed out,
and, with time ticking down,
each team worked to develop
their machines through
trial and error.
Judy Stellato, an eighthgrade
science teacher,
worked with their classes
through the preparation
stages.
“Science is failure,” she
said. “There is a lot of failure
involved. Even if they spend
the time, they work, and
they get there, and the device
doesn’t work, but that’s
a learning experience.”
Reporting by Brittany Kapa,
Assistant Editor. For more, visit
OPPrairie.com.