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FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER
Resale shop opens in Mokena
to benefit local animal shelter
In addition to adopting, volunteering
or donating, locals
can add shopping to the list
of things they can do to help
out NAWS animal rescue in
Mokena.
Resale for Rescues opened
July 2 on Front Street, and the
shelves are brimming with
secondhand items awaiting a
second chance.
The idea of saving things
that someone else did not
want and finding them a new
home parallels the mission
of NAWS to find homes for
abandoned or stray animals.
Proceeds from the shop,
after paying for rent and utilities,
go directly to NAWS to
support its financial needs and
those of the animals it brings
in.
Many times, the animals
NAWS brings in are in need
of medical attention, in addition
to the food, supplies and
regular veterinary care the
animals also will need.
The store takes donations
and sells items such as furniture,
clothing, home goods,
shoes, purses and jewelry. It
does not accept large electronics,
such as televisions or
large appliances.
Owner Connie George said
the resale shop has been a
dream of hers for years, but
after her 50th birthday she decided
to drop everything and
do it for the animals.
“When we started this, I
was volunteering at NAWS,”
George said. “And this was
like my dream ... to have a
resale shop that the profits
would go to for the animals
because they are so unheard.
They have no voice.”
Reporting by Amanda Stoll,
Assistant Editor. For more, visit
MokenaMessenger.com.
FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT
Historical society replaces
stained glass windows in
119-year-old church
It has been an expensive
year for the New Lenox Area
Historical Society.
It started with purchasing
the 116-year-old railroad
depot last winter, and the
resources spent to save the
structure from being demolished.
Then, there was also the
acquisition of the 119-yearold
former Methodist church
after that.
“We depleted our budget
this year, but this is all important
to us,” said Dianne Ross,
a member of the historical society.
In addition to purchasing
the church, located at 112
Church St., the restoration
efforts are another expense.
Last month, the historical society
repurposed three large
stained-glass windows that
were long overdue for being
re-leaded. The windows
have not been re-leaded since
the church was built in 1899.
Ross said leading lasts 70-80
years.
Ross hired Cathedral Crafts
Stained Glass Studio to relead
the windows, touch-up
parts where there was intricate
painting, re-trim the outside,
clean and place a protective
covering to protect the glass.
“The gentlemen who owns
the stained glass studio took
one of the really bad ones out
said, ‘I’ve never seen one this
bad,’” Ross said.
Reporting by James Sanchez,
Editor. For more, visit New
LenoxPatriot.com.
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FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND
Lockport Citizens Police
Academy promotes
partnership with residents
The Lockport Police Department
is accepting applications
for its annual Citizens
Police Academy, which starts
this September and looks to
continue building partnerships
with community members.
The academy is open to
anyone ages 18 and older who
either lives, works or goes to
school in Lockport. Participants
are to meet at the Lockport
Police Department, 1212
S. Farrell Road, from 6-9 p.m.
every Monday starting Sept.
10 for 12 weeks.
There are already nine spots
filled of the 16 allotted for the
program. Participants are to
not only get a chance to learn
about the various aspects of
the police department through
this interactive program, but
they also are to learn a lot
about the people behind the
badges.
“So this course gives the
opportunity to the citizens of
Lockport to come into our
world, I guess you could say,
and get to know us not as the
officers but as the people who
do the job and protect them,”
program coordinator officer
Jeren Szmergalski said. “And
it gives them a little sense of
what we go through as regular
people in this profession, how
it affects us, how it affects our
families [and] what mindset
we’re in when we’re out doing
our various jobs.”
Reporting by Jacquelyn Schlabach,
Assistant Editor. For more,
visit LockportLegend.com.
FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION
Tinley Park veteran relishes
Honor Flight trip
Tinley Park’s Jack “Whitey”
Hoffmeister was among
roughly 100 veterans greeted
with a hero’s welcome at Chicago’s
International Midway
Airport.
Hoffmeister, a longtime
resident nicknamed for his
unmistakable snowy hair,
returned from Washington,
D.C., July 11 to a group of
family members and wellwishers,
including Gov. Bruce
Rauner, who thanked the
Honor Flight Chicago veterans
returning from their day
trip. Founded in 2008, the
nonprofit provides veterans
and one family member with
an all-expenses-paid day of
tribute that features stops at
war memorials and ceremonies
of appreciation.
Growing up in a Rogers
Park orphanage, Hoffmeister
started his career in the United
States Navy back in the early
1950s, serving in Korea from
1952-1953 before ending his
military service in the U.S.
Marine Corps as a combat
corpsman.
“It’s an honor, quite an
honor,” the 86-year-old Korean
War veteran said. “But
it’s really for all the guys who
didn’t come back home.”
Reporting by Editor, Cody Mroczka.
For more, visit TinleyJunc
tion.com.
FROM THE HOMER HORIZON
Be Greek for a Day adds third
day to annual festival
Over the last five years,
Assumption Greek Orthodox
Church’s Be Greek for a Day
has grown from a one-day
event to three days of festivities
for the first time this year.
Greeks and non-Greeks alike
are invited to enjoy authentic
cuisine, listen to live music
and spend time together celebrating
the culture.
This year, Be Greek for a
Day is to be held July 20-22,
at the church, 15625 S. Bell
Road in Homer Glen.
“We just wanted to try to
go an extra day on a Friday
to open it up and try something
different,” said the Rev.
Sotirios “Father Sam” Dimitriou,
of Assumption Greek
Orthodox.
Included in the three-day
lineup is live band performances
throughout the weekend.
On Friday, the classic
rock band Anthem is to perform
from 7:30-10:30 p.m.,
and the Greek band Ormi is to
perform from 5-10 p.m. Saturday
and Sunday.
“It’s something different
for us here in our area, because,
really, when’s the last
time we had live Greek music
in Homer Glen,” Dimitriou
asked. “And it’s something
for the people to experience a
live Greek band.”
Reporting by Jacquelyn Schlabach,
Assistant Editor. For more,
visit HomerHorizon.com.
FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE
Sandburg grad Coyne is the
only woman in new pro
hockey league
The Chicago Pro Hockey
League opened play July 11
with 143 men listed on various
rosters.
And one woman.
Sandburg graduate Kendall
Coyne, who earlier this year
won a gold medal for the United
States in women’s hockey,
is the lone woman in the firstyear
league, which features
more than 80 players from
the National Hockey League,
the American Hockey League
and the East Coast Hockey
League, as well as amateurs
from colleges, junior teams
and Triple A programs.
Coyne, 26, had played with
and against boys when she
was younger, so this is not
new territory for her. She also
is not the only player from the
area who will participate in
the league, which is to play
its games at MB Ice Arena in
Chicago, which is the Blackhawks’
community rink.
Nine players listed from
Orland Park are a part of the
league.
“Knowing there are so
many NHL and pro players
who live and train in Chicago
during the offseason, we felt a
summer pro league with ties
to local charities would be
great for the hockey community,”
said Anders Sorensen,
player development coach for
the Chicago Blackhawks and
director of player development
with the Chicago Mission.
“Having coached and
worked with a lot of these
players throughout their youth
and junior development years,
and now while they are playing
pro hockey, we felt a summer
pro league would be really
well received by the guys.”
Reporting by Jeff Vorva, Sports
Editor. For more, visit OPPrai
rie.com.