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4 | March 15, 2018 | The Homer Horizon NEWS<br />
homerhorizon.com<br />
Animal Care Clinic partners<br />
with Pets of the Homeless<br />
Police: Homer Glen man<br />
charged with three counts<br />
of child pornography<br />
Submitted by Pets of the Homeless<br />
Animal Care Clinic of Homer Glen<br />
was welcomed by the national nonprofit<br />
Pets of the Homeless as a new<br />
donation site. Donations of pet food<br />
and supplies can be taken to the clinic<br />
at 13061 W. 143rd St. in Homer Glen<br />
that will be delivered to a local food<br />
bank, homeless shelter or homeless<br />
encampment.<br />
The program is an ongoing national<br />
effort to regularly supply donated<br />
pet food to local people who cannot<br />
afford to properly provide for their<br />
pets.<br />
Over the course of a year, millions<br />
of people have become homeless,<br />
with numbers rising. Approximately<br />
80 percent of people who experience<br />
homelessness are homeless for<br />
a short period of time and usually<br />
need help finding housing or a rent<br />
subsidy. But unfortunately, for those<br />
with pets, it becomes more difficult,<br />
forcing them to choose between their<br />
pet and a roof over their head.<br />
Surprisingly, most choose to stay<br />
on the streets with their pets for longer<br />
periods of time. Their pets are<br />
their comfort, provide an emotional<br />
bond of loyalty and are nonjudgmental.<br />
It is estimated that one in four<br />
homeless and disadvantaged people<br />
have a pet. Pets of the homeless do<br />
not choose their guardians. A difference<br />
can be made to aid these pets.<br />
More than 17,641 pets have been<br />
medically treated through the assistance<br />
of Pets of the Homeless,<br />
and 534 tons of pet food collected<br />
and distributed. There are more than<br />
467 donation sites nationwide. Pets<br />
of the Homeless has provided over<br />
$675,663 in emergency veterinary<br />
care to pets of the homeless.<br />
Pets of the Homeless believes in<br />
the healing power of companion<br />
pets and of the human-animal bond,<br />
which is very important in the lives<br />
of many homeless. They find solace,<br />
protection and companionship<br />
through their pets. They care for their<br />
pets on limited resources so they<br />
themselves have less.<br />
The nonprofit’s task, nationwide, is<br />
to feed and provide basic emergency<br />
veterinary care to their pets and thus<br />
relieve the anguish and anxiety of<br />
the homeless who cannot provide for<br />
their pets. For more information, visit<br />
www.petsofthehomeless.org.<br />
Animal Care Clinic of Homer Glen<br />
accepts pet food donations yearround.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(708) 301-1661, or call Pets of the<br />
Homeless at (775) 841-7463.<br />
Thomas Czaja, Editor<br />
After investigations<br />
by the Will<br />
County State’s<br />
Attorney’s Office,<br />
a 22-yearold<br />
Homer Glen<br />
man was charged<br />
Feb. 27 with three Plechsmid<br />
counts of child<br />
pornography, according to Will<br />
County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman<br />
Kathy Hoffmeyer.<br />
Phillip Plechsmid, 22, of the<br />
12000 block of W. Rosewood<br />
Drive, was charged after the<br />
State’s Attorney’s Office initial<br />
investigation in February 2017<br />
was alerted to a suspicious IP<br />
address in Illinois, Hoffmeyer<br />
said. A full investigation reportedly<br />
began in May 2017,<br />
and a search warrant was obtained<br />
for child pornography at<br />
Plechsmid’s address in Homer<br />
Glen.<br />
Will County Sheriff’s detectives<br />
and investigators from the<br />
State’s Attorney’s Office entered<br />
the home and spoke with<br />
Plechsmid, and a laptop computer<br />
was seized at the home,<br />
according to police. During a<br />
forensic examination, several<br />
illicit videos were discovered,<br />
Hoffmeyer said.<br />
On Feb. 27, a warrant was<br />
issued for Plechsmid for the<br />
three counts, and his bond was<br />
reportedly set for $50,000, with<br />
10 percent to apply, which was<br />
posted.<br />
He had a court date scheduled<br />
for Thursday, March 8.<br />
ADVENTURE<br />
From Page 3<br />
ing on group events as they<br />
bring all the production experience<br />
to Legacy Adventure<br />
Park that Zombie Army<br />
Productions brings to its<br />
haunted houses. The park<br />
can be used for bachelor<br />
parties, company events,<br />
birthday parties and more.<br />
When it opens April 14, the<br />
park will be designated for<br />
reservations only of groups<br />
of at least eight people. On<br />
May 12, the park will be<br />
open for individuals on the<br />
weekends.<br />
A few years ago, Zombie<br />
Army Productions made a<br />
family film on the property<br />
called “Adventures of Kitty<br />
Zombie,” which is now being<br />
distributed. Currently,<br />
they’re in pre-production<br />
for another film he hopes to<br />
start shooting on the Legacy<br />
Adventure Park property in<br />
2019.<br />
“When I came back [to this<br />
Teresa Walker works on painting 21 coffins that will be<br />
used in paintball fields at the Legacy Adventure Park.<br />
property], it truly felt like I<br />
was going to another land,<br />
another world,” Laflamboy<br />
said. “It felt transformative<br />
driving through this property.”<br />
The more he got to thinking,<br />
the more he wanted to<br />
utilize the land and do something<br />
that hasn’t been done<br />
before.<br />
“What kind of adventures<br />
would we enjoy having out<br />
here?” Laflamboy said.<br />
There’s something for everyone<br />
at Legacy Adventure<br />
Ben Muller (left) and Robert Schmitt clear out debris from one of the fields at Legacy Adventure<br />
Park in Lockport. PHOTOS BY Mary Compton/22nd Century Media<br />
Park, which has been a year<br />
in the making.<br />
“I’m not doing anything<br />
on this park that I don’t enjoy<br />
playing,” he said.<br />
The Lockport native has a<br />
special place in his heart for<br />
his hometown and hopes that<br />
he can create a place that the<br />
community calls their own<br />
and that will also bring people<br />
into Lockport.<br />
“If I can bring people from<br />
far away communities to<br />
experience Lockport, then<br />
that’s great,” Laflamboy said.<br />
As the exciting new<br />
worlds on the 66 acres continue<br />
to unfold before opening<br />
day, game lovers and adventure<br />
seekers have a lot to<br />
anticipate until experiencing<br />
the new addition to Lockport.