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2018 Vacation Photo Contest winner named
Bill Jones, Managing Editor
Road trips are about the
moments while they are happening.
But those moments
often lead to fond reflection
years later.
And this year’s Vacation
Photo Contest had Amy
Knoop reflecting about,
well, a reflection.
Last summer, she took a
road trip with her daughters
Riley and Jaiden along the
Florida Gulf Coast. They set
out, Knoop said, to experience
“sunsets, seashells and
swimming.”
While they were taking a
swimming break to catch the
“amazing sunset” in Sanibel
Island, Florida, Knoop captured
the photo that would
end up winning in 22nd Century
Media Southwest Chicago’s
2018 Vacation Photo
Contest.
“The sunset was reflecting
off the water, creating a mirror
image of the gorgeous
sky,” she wrote. “When
imagining what a summer
Village commission seeking host
families for German delegation
SUBMITTED BY SISTER CITIES
COMMISSION
The Tinley Park Sister Cities Commission
will be welcoming an official
delegation from Budingen, Germany
from Oct. 2 to 14 and is seeking residents
who are interested in being host
families. The commission will provide
transportation to and from the airport
for the visitors when they arrive and
depart, and host families will meet
their German guests in the Kallsen
Center at Tinley Park Village Hall.
Host families are asked to provide
comfortable, private sleeping arrangements,
as well as transportation
to local destinations when needed.
Host families also will be encouraged
to show the visitors what makes
Tinley Park and the Chicago area in
family vacation should be,
I will forever think of this
image, because it sums it all
up so beautifully. No filters
needed.”
Knoop’s winning photo is
published on the cover of the
2018 Summer Fun Guide,
included with this week’s issue
of The Tinley Junction.
She also won the following
Grand Prize Package: gift
cards valued at $200 for Gizmos
Fun Factory, 66 Orland
Square Drive, Suite D, in
Orland Park; a gift certificate
general special.
“Host families won’t have to worry
about providing every meal or spending
every moment with their guests,
or planning daily events,” Sister Cities
Chairperson Lucas Hawley said.
“The commission will coordinate and
set up events and activities for the
delegation and their host families (if
they choose to join them), along with
free times for our guests to spend oneon-one
time with their host families.”
Most planned activities will be paid
for by the individuals (each guest is
responsible for activity costs such as
tours, train fare, etc.).
Families interested in participating
can email Hawley at sistercity@tinleypark.org.
The deadline to apply is
Monday, July 16.
Cook County to study 171st Street and 84th Avenue
SUBMITTED BY VILLAGE OF TINLEY PARK
At the Village’s request, Cook
County has agreed to hire a private
firm to conduct an engineering study
at 171st Street and 84th Avenue to
determine if there is a need for a turn
signal at that location. More information
will be made available as the
study progresses.
Cook County is performing
work along 84th Avenue from
Nielson Drive to 171st Street. Cook
County’s project, which is separate
from the Village’s resurfacing
project on the same road, is part
of the Pavement Preservation and
Rehabilitation Program – South
2017. Bids were opened for this
project on Nov. 29, 2017, with anticipated
construction during the 2018
season.
for two hours of bowling
and shoe rentals for up to six
people on a lane at Laraway
Lanes, 1009 W. Laraway
Road in New Lenox (the certificate
also includes one 12-
inch pizza and one pitcher of
pop); four passes, each good
for 13 entries for one session
for one child at Mokena
Community Park District’s
Yunker Farm Splash Park,
10824 LaPorte Road in Mokena;
a gift certificate for a
45-minute salt cave session
at Royal Salt Cave & Spa,
20881 S. LaGrange Road
in Frankfort; a gift certificate
valued at $25 for Rubi
Agave, 12622 W. 159th St.
in Homer Glen; a gift certificate
valued at $25 for Odyssey
Fun World, 19111 Oak
Park Ave. in Tinley Park;
and six $5 gift certificates
from Dairy Queen, 950 E.
9th St. in Lockport.Publisher
22nd Century Media
asked area readers for their
best vacation photos, this
year focusing on a theme of
“road trips and winging it.”
Entries were judged based
on photo quality, originality,
capturing the essence of vacation,
emphasis on summer
and ability to fit the theme.
See Page 25 for runner up
submissions.
The staff at 22nd Century
Media would like to thank everyone
who took the time to
share their photos and stories
with us for this year’s iteration
of the contest, as well as the
local businesses that donated
prizes for our winner.
Another successful ‘Run For
Your Life’ Safety 5K for TPFD
SUBMITTED BY VILLAGE OF
TINLEY PARK
The Tinley Park Fire Department
and the Tinley Park
Fire Prevention Bureau recently
held the sixth annual
“Run for Your Life” Safety
5K Run/Walk in the north
parking lot at the 80th Avenue
train station.
The event included a 1K
Kid’s Dash, as well as a food
drive supporting Together We
Cope, a nonprofit homeless
prevention agency based in
Tinley Park.
Race proceeds benefited the
Illinois Fire Safety Alliance’s
Camp I Am Me, a camp for
children ages 8 to 16 who are
burn survivors. The event raised
$15,000 this year and $97,000
overall for the camp through
sponsorships and participation.
The overall/top male winner
was Sean Troy, 17, of Orland
Park, who finished with a total
time of 18:39.0. The overall
female winner was Bridget
Miller, 22, of Tinley Park, who
finished with a time of 22:43.8.
Complete race results are
available at www.tinleypark.
org/5k.
Sean Troy, 17, of Orland Park, pictured here with Tinley Park Fire
Department Chief Forest Reeder, finished as the overall/top male winner
on May 6. PHOTO SUBMITTED