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16 | November 30, 2017 | The Lockport Legend NEWS
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FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT
NL resident accomplishes
dream of racing at Ironman
World Championship
Twenty years ago or so,
Michael Boyle, of New
Lenox, happened upon the
Ironman World Championship
on television.
Right away, Boyle was
taken in by the extreme nature
of the sport. But he also
was captivated by the emotion
of it.
He remembers one of the
athletes — a woman who
was well known to the sport
— was struggling during the
race.
“She was kind of dragging
herself to the finish line,”
Boyle said. “I got caught
up in the drama of it all,
and I thought it was exciting
and cool that she could
go through that. She lost
that year, but she came back
stronger the next year and
won.”
It was in those moments
when Boyle was at or around
the age of 19 that he set a
goal for himself to one day
compete in that same race.
Boyle, now 39, returned
home from Hawaii after accomplishing
that goal of
competing in the Ironman
World Championship last
month. With a 90-degree
day and a lot of other intimidating
course factors, Boyle
endured to finish with a time
of 10 hours, 30 minutes and
30 seconds.
“The race was so hard,
and I felt so drained from
running in the heat and humidity
that I was just thankful
that it was over,” he said.
In his age group, he placed
115th out of 252. Overall,
he was 685th out of 2,232.
But none of that particularly
mattered. His goal had been
to get there, and by sheer determination
and grit Boyle
had done that.
Reporting by Jon DePaolis,
Freelance Reporter. For more,
visit NewLenoxPatriot.com.
FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER
Local woman helps collect
supplies for children in
Venezuela
The capital of Venezuela
is nearly 2,500 miles from
Mokena, but home is never
far from the heart.
For Mokena resident Victoria
Heredia, it has been
heartbreaking to see the effects
of the current political
turmoil in the country and
the impact it has had on residents.
Heredia — who was born
in Venezuela but has spent
more than two decades living
in the United States —
teamed up with a friend of
hers named Mary Slick of
Manhattan to try to help provide
for Venezuela’s smallest
citizens: the children.
Heredia said Slick started
collecting items in May to be
shipped to Venezuela to help
provide nutrition and medicine
in an area where those
supplies can be scarce.
The two met in 2014,
while Slick was working as
a Spanish substitute teacher
at Lincoln-Way Central. Heredia
teaches Spanish during
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the after-school programs at
four different schools.
“When I realized what she
was doing, I said, ‘OK. I am
going to help you,’” Heredia
said.
Reporting by Amanda Stoll,
Assistant Editor. For more, visit
MokenaMessenger.com
FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE
Cinepolis redevelopment
agreement could mean three
theaters for village
Orland Park is one step
closer to having three movie
theaters in town.
The Orland Park Village
Board voted 4-1 Monday,
Nov. 20, to approve a redevelopment
agreement with
Bradford Orland Park 4.
Mayor Keith Pekau cast
the lone dissenting ballot,
while Trustees James Dodge
and Patricia Gira were absent.
Originally conceived as a
two-story, mixed-use building
with Cinepolis as the anchor
tenant, the project now
calls for a 41,000-squarefoot,
one-story building on
1 acre of land. The theater
would have eight screens
and approximately 600
seats, with a restaurant and
bar, as well as in-theater
dining.
Staff estimates the annual
revenue for the Village
off this development to be
$849,828 — or $5.94 million
over the life of the TIF
district and $16.96 million
over the term of the Cinepolis
lease.
Additionally, as a result of
the building being smaller in
scope, Karie Friling, the Village’s
development services
director, said the Village
will have an extra portion of
land it can sell in the future,
which can lead to more revenue.
After the meeting, Pekau
explained why he voted
against the redevelopment
agreement.
“I was very clear with
them when I met them behind
closed doors,” Pekau
said. “I said, ‘I’m not giving
you a dime.’ We have a
$30 million to $40 million
investment for a [different]
movie theater, where they
are not asking for anything.
Why would we give money
to someone coming to bring
in the same product? It
doesn’t make sense to me.”
Orland Park has a Marcus
Theatres location on La-
Grange Road, and a planned
AMC spot for Orland Square
recently was announced.
Reporting by Jon DePaolis,
Freelance Reporter. For more,
visit OPPrairie.com.
FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION
Man from Tinley Park
reportedly shot, killed in
Palos Heights
A Tinley Park man reportedly
was shot to death in
Palos Heights in the early
evening of Nov. 20 in what
police said was not a random
incident.
The deceased was identified
as Murad Talib, 39, of
the of the 17900 block of
Drummond Drive in Tinley
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of the Cook County Medical
Examiner’s, but Palos
Heights Deputy Chief of
Patrol William Czajkowski
said the man had been living
at a residence in the 7300
block of Ishnala Drive.
Talib was shot around
5 p.m. inside that Palos
Heights residence, according
to information posted by
the Palos Heights Police Department.
He reportedly was
taken to the Advocate Christ
Medical Center in Oak
Lawn, where he was pronounced
dead at 5:53 p.m.
The shooter reportedly
fled the scene in a vehicle,
but no details have yet been
released describing the suspect
or vehicle. Czajkowski
said there were several witnesses
to the incident, but
no description of the suspect
has yet been released. The
incident does not appear to
be random and that the suspect
likely does not post a
threat to the community, he
said.
The South Suburban Major
Crimes Task Force reportedly
is leading this ongoing
investigation.
Reporting by Amanda N.
Marino, Editor. For more, visit
TinleyJunction.com.
From THE FRANKFORT STATION
Frankfort Lions Club
supports those in need
during Thanksgiving holiday
season
To help ensure those in
need do not go hungry during
the holiday season, the
Frankfort Lions Club hosted
its annual Thanksgiving
Food Basket Drive on Sunday,
Nov. 19.
Members of the group’s
board of directors, with the
assistance of Trail’s Edge at
Smokey Barque, made this
year’s effort possible.
“It’s a great organization,
the [Frankfort] Lions Club,”
said Tommy Ridings, owner
of Trail’s Edge at Smokey
Barque. “They do great
things. It’s a pretty cool organization,
and I’m glad to
be a part of it. To be able to
help out with the business
being a downtown Frankfort
business is important, as
well.”
This year, the food is to
help support 25 families in
the Frankfort and Frankfort
Square area.
“We appreciate it, that
community partnership with
the local business on this,
and that’s what Frankfort
Lions Club is all about,”
said Margaret Farina, a
member of the Frankfort
Lions Club Board of Directors.
“Working with Trail’s
Edge at Smokey Barque
is imperative as a community.”
The Frankfort Lions Club
also organizes similar type
of efforts every year for Easter
and Christmas.
Each basket was equipped
with a turkey and all the fixings
that a family could use
over the course of a week.
Reporting by Megann
Horstead, Freelance
Reporter. For more, visit
FrankfortStation.com.
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