14 | June 21, 2018 | The orland park prairie news opprairie.com 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. police From Page 6 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.
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