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FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER
Board honors LW Central
grad for Air Force acceptance
A Mokena teenager was
recognized June 11 at the
Village of Mokena Board of
Trustees meeting for deciding
to protect and serve his
country.
Jared Robert Scott Bachman,
a Lincoln-Way Central
graduate, is set to enter to
the United States Air Force
Academy later this year and
was honored by the Village
with a proclamation in his
honor at the meeting.
Bachman was a member
of the Air Force Junior Reserve
Officer Training Corp
at Lincoln-Way Central.
According to the proclamation,
Bachman achieved the
assignments of squadron
commander, summer drill
camp leader and group commander
during his four years
in the AFJROTC program.
He also was recognized with
the Top Performer Air Force
Association and Outstanding
Cadet awards.
After an intense application
process, Bachman was
one of fewer than 1,200
people to be accepted into
the Air Force Academy. He
will begin his basic training
later this month in Colorado
Springs, Colorado.
Bachman thanked the Village
Board and Mayor Frank
Fleischer for honoring him
with a proclamation and for
the work they do to better
the community.
“I’ve lived in Mokena my
entire life, and I’d like to
thank all of you for the work
that you do to build and foster
this incredible community
that allows people such as
myself and my classmates to
have a dream, develop that
dream and go after that,” he
said. “It’s an absolute privilege
to have the opportunity to
serve and protect not only this
community but our country.”
Reporting by Jon DePaolis,
Freelance Reporter. For more,
visit MokenaMessenger.com.
FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION
Mayor plans meeting after
Cruise Nights complaints
A different setup this year
for Tinley Park’s weekly
Cruise Nights has drawn
complaints from attendees
and stakeholders.
During a Special Board of
Trustees meeting on June 12,
approximately a half dozen
people involved with the
classic car show spoke in opposition
to new safety regulations
implemented in 2018
that includes the closure of
north and southbound Oak
Park Avenue from 171st
Street to North Street as
well as a blocked off section
that only allows entry until
5 p.m. and exit after 8 p.m.
In the previous six years,
attendees and drivers were
able to come and go as they
pleased, organizers said.
“I think it was a big mistake,”
said Jim Hudik, Commander
of Bremen VFW
Post 2791. “This is hurting
financially.”
Mayor Jake Vandenberg
said the changes were implemented
based on recommendations
from the Tinley Park
Police Department, which
reviewed a variety of plans
dealing with moving vehicles
and pedestrian safety.
Roger Barton, a longtime
village resident and original
organizer, said the situation
was “out of hand.”
“The barricades up right
now are unacceptable,” he
said. “Cruise Nights were
one of the most popular
events this town has even
seen.”
Vandenberg said he understood
the new setup was
not perfect and requested
to meet with Cruise Night
organizers in an attempt to
find solutions to the current
issues.
“It’s not the best-case
scenario,” Vandenberg said.
“That can change in a second.”
Cruise Nights began on
May 29 and runs from 5-9
p.m. every Tuesday night
throughout August.
Reporting by Cody Mroczka,
Editor. For more, visit TinleyJunction.com.
From THE FRANKFORT STATION
Frankfort woman receives
award for monarch
conservation efforts
The Illinois state butterfly
has seen a steady decrease in
population over the past 20
years, according to the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service,
and local woman Kay Mac-
Neil is leading an effort to
protect them.
MacNeil recently won a
national Award of Honor in
Philadelphia for her work
with Milkweeds for Monarchs,
a national and now
global movement to plant
milkweeds and increase
the number of safe habitats
for monarchs. She has sent
more than 8,000 seed packets
of milkweed this year locally
and as far as Nevada,
California, Canada and
Puerto Rico.
“Receiving the award was
very exciting,” MacNeil
said. “If every gardener had
a milkweed plant our problems
would be solved.”
As the bee, bird and butterfly
chairman for the Garden
Club of Illinois District
8, MacNeil started the project
three years ago because
she saw the need to aid the
declining population of
monarchs.
“The numbers are down
by 90 percent of what they
used to be years ago,” Mac-
Neil said. “Monarchs face a
lot of challenges like deforestation
and global warming.
The drop in milkweed is the
culprit for their low numbers.”
Monarchs lay their eggs
on the milkweed and the caterpillar
then eats the milkweed,
which are commonly
sprayed with dangerous pesticides
that endanger the butterfly.
Reporting by Megan Schuller,
Freelance Reporter. For more,
visit FrankfortStation.com.
FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT
Local singers, musicians kick
off 2018 Live on the Lawn
There’s no shortage of
free, family fun in New
Lenox, but one concert series
in particular brings the
entire community together
in song.
On June 10, the Village
of New Lenox presented its
first Live on the Lawn performance
of 2018 by hosting
the New Lenox Community
Band and Midwest Crossroads
Chorus for a night of
fun and music. The green
space in the Commons was
peppered with lawn chairs,
blankets and smiling faces as
music filled the air on what
turned out to be a beautiful
spring evening.
Rainy weather defined the
early afternoon, but by the
7 p.m. start time, the clouds
began to clear and a hint of
sun emerged for the first
time all day. The New Lenox
Community Concert Band
did its best to conjure even
more sunshine as its theme
for the Sunday night concert
was “Bringing Light.”
“Break Forth O Beauteous
Heavenly Light” by Johann
Schop and “With Each
Sunset” by Richard Saucedo
were among the captivating
themed pieces performed
while a march by John Philip
Sousa and Edwin Franko
Goldman’s “On the Mall” –
which the band plays at the
conclusion of most of its
concerts – proved to be perennial
fan favorites.
Reporting by Laurie Fanelli,
Freelance Reporter. For more,
visit NewLenoxPatriot.com.
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a bag with a similar substance
in his pocket, police
said. The substance reportedly
field tested positive for
cannabis weighing 18
grams. He failed field sobriety
tests, refused a breath
test, and refused blood and
urine tests, according to the
report.
• Trovoy L. James, 51, of
6725 S. Indiana Ave. in
Chicago, was charged with
felony retail theft after he
allegedly tried to take 11
watches valued at a total
of $1,224.99 from a store
at Orland Square. A 2003
Cadillac Escalade he was
driving was stopped around
147th Street and John Humphrey
Drive for failure to
signal and failure to stop
at a stop sign near Orland
Square and John Humphrey
drives, according to the report.
He reportedly had bags
designed to defeat security
sensors in the vehicle.
Police found the watches
inside one of them, according
to the report. He was
seen on camera concealing
two watch displays inside
a jacket and leaving the
store without paying for
the watches, police said. He
was issued warnings for the
traffic violations, according
to the report.
May 16
• Samy S. Alnasr, 23, of
16800 Haven Ave. in Orland
Hills, was charged
with possession of a controlled
substance, issued
a municipal violation for
possession of cannabis and
cited for improper turn after
the 2011 Toyota Corolla he
allegedly was driving was
stopped in on LaGrange
Road near 153rd Street. He
was traveling eastbound
on 143rd Street and made
an improper turn onto La-
Grange, police said. There
was an odor of cannabis
coming from the vehicle,
and leafy flakes were visible
on the center console,
according to the report. An
orange pill bottle containing
a green, leafy substance and
four different types of pills
redacted in the report were
found in a box with clothing
on the rear, passenger’s
seat, police said. The leafy
substance tested positive for
the presumptive presence of
cannabis, police added.
Orland Park Police Cmdr.
Tony Farrell noted there
was suspected alprazolam
weighing .51 grams, another
type of pill of suspected
alprazolam weighing .26
grams, suspected Methadone
weighing .49 grams
and suspected hydrocodone
weighing .22 grams.
May 10
• Maurice Williams, 37, of
1424 Truman St. in Hammond,
was charged with
possession with intent to
deliver-cannabis, obstructing
a peace officer, driving
on a revoked driver’s license,
no valid registration,
no front and rear registration,
and one headlight after
the 2006 Ford Crown Victoria
he allegedly was driving
was stopped near the intersection
of 163rd Street and
LaGrange Road.
Police reportedly found
a cannabis cigarette in the
ashtray. On the passenger’s
seat floorboard, there was
a grocery bag containing a
Mason jar containing two
empty bags, two sealed
plastic bags with a green,
leafy substance, as well as
10 more small plastic bags
with a similar substance,
according to the report. The
substance field tested positive
for cannabis, weighing
a total of 15.8 grams, police
said.
Editor’s note: The Orland Park
Prairie’s police reports come
from the Orland Park Police
Department. Anyone listed in
these reports is considered to
be innocent of all charges until
proven guilty in a court of law.