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6 | August 16, 2018 | The Lockport Legend news lockportlegend.com Home New travel column to focus on local getaways Buyers 2018 GUIDE Community tips, favorite spots and more sought Bill Jones, Managing Editor Ads will appear digitally in the marketplace on each newspaper’s website and as a printed glossy book! APPEARING SEPTEMBER 20 TH Cutting Values Please call 708.326.9170 to reserve your Ad. www.22ndcenturymedia.com Space Deadline: AUGUST 24 TH Ad Approval Deadline: AUGUST 31 ST Call 708-326-9170 to place your ad! A 22 ND CENTURY MEDIA PUBLICATION Reach more than 87,000 homes and businesses! All ads will also appear digitally on each publication’s website. Appearing October 4th Reserve your Ad by Sept. 7 • Approve your Ad by Sept. 13 In the near future, 22nd Century Media — publisher of The Lockport Legend — is set to launch a monthly travel column, keeping the local spirit of its newspapers in mind with a focus on day trips, weekend getaways and more for residents of the southwest suburbs. And that is not the only thing we’re doing to keep a local focus in our latest regular feature, even as it branches out just a bit from our usual hyperlocal fare. While the core of each month’s column is to focus on a particular destination from a personal perspective, as well as additional tips and recommendations, we want you involved, too. Each month, we hope to feature a blurb from a local resident, so we can share your expert travel tips, favorite get(-not-so-far-)aways and personal anecdotes. Space is limited, so please keep it short (100 words, at most), but we want to hear about your favorite day-trip spots, your most luxurious weekend hideaways, how you travel on the cheap, what fun things you do when you get there and where we might find off-the-beatenpath culinary gems. We want the things you’re not going to find easily through a Google search but the type of knowledge that comes only from repeat visits. We’re looking for personality and character, both in the locations and from our readers. You can submit blurbs starting now to bill@opprairie.com, and we will pick out a favorite each month to accompany the column (credited, of course, to the resident who submitted it, so please make sure to share with us your name and town of residence). The column is being launched with the idea that Thank You for your business at Florida Coast Tanning Salon for 22 years. We wish we could have personally thanked each of you. You can find us just a few doors away at Century 21 Affiliated. We would love to hear from you! If you are looking to SELL or BUY please call us! Century 21 Affiliated Donna Machart Realtor 815-557-6224 1213 E 9th St, Lockport, IL 60441 while most of us love to live and work here in the southwest suburbs — and (as our coverage shows) there is plenty to do around our towns — everyone needs to a change of scenery now and again. And it doesn’t always require beaucoup bucks or a passport for international travel to find some fun. There are plenty of wonderful destinations within a day’s drive, and we plan to share some of our favorites. We also intend it to be a column for all seasons (yes, we realize we’re launching this in late-August). We want to show you where we go when the midday sun is doing its best to keep us indoors, when the ground is covered in 2 feet of snow and everything in between. We hope you enjoy the journey with us. Mary Machart-Lindahl Realtor 815-791-3927
lockportlegend.com news the Lockport Legend | August 16, 2018 | 7 Ladies Night Out combines shopping, socializing at Georgios Laurie Fanelli Freelance Reporter The community came together at Georgios Banquets in Orland Park the evening of Thursday, Aug. 9, as 22nd Century Media hosted its inaugural Ladies Night Out. The free event — inspired by the popularity of the company’s annual Lady: A Women’s Expo — recruited more than 70 vendors to share offerings and information about everything from health and fashion to finance and law. KIND Snacks and Honest Tea served complimentary refreshments, and attendees also were invited to participate in a series of 30-minute workshops focusing on cooking, fall fashion, family advice and more. The event kicked-off at 6 p.m., and more than 500 people had passed through the doors within the hour. “We honestly had no idea that it would be this huge of a response,” said Heather Warthen, chief events officer of 22nd Century Media. “Thank you to those who were patient with us. We have a lot of our vendors from the Lady expo here, and a lot of new faces, too, which is great. We really couldn’t ask for a better evening.” Eagle Sports Range, Lorenz Appliance, Aesthetica Day Spa, and Gwendolyn J. Sterk and the Family Law Group, P.C. were just a few of the diverse offerings featured at Ladies Night Out. And Aesthetica owner Meghna Patel educated attendees with skin care ingredient knowledge at her booth and during her presentation. “We specialize in inflammatory skin conditions with aging, pigmentation, acne and rosacea at our day spa on 187th [Street] and Wolf [Road],” Patel said. “During my workshop, I will be talking about empowering yourself with ingredient knowledge. I’m going to speak about the seven ingredients, in this day and age, that every individual should be aware of, in terms of skin care.” Sterk — who also spoke and hosted a booth — said she wanted to empower attendees during her time at Ladies Night Out. “We’re going to talk about taking care of business tonight — that’s going to be my presentation — and we’re going to discuss the different phases in life that we go through,” she said. “Each phase of life has a different legal consequence. Whether it be family law, estate planning, a business relationship or you’re living with someone — so you need a cohabitation agreement — there’s so many different stages when you have to deal with those legal issues.” Ladies Night Out attendees also were invited to paint their own wine glasses at the Art a la Carte booth, shop at the Three B’s Boutique and find the perfect hair care products at Brooke Bauer Boutique, where stylist Clayre Bandyk advised women on which high-end Kevin Murphy product would work best with their locks. “There’s different lines for every hair type out there,” Bandyk said. “We have one for fine hair, thinner hair and one for those who want more volume. We also have one for repair and a smoothing line for curly hair.” Lockport residents Shirley Duray and Linda Hnatow joked that they came to Ladies Night Out to get out of the house and away from their husbands. “It was in the paper, and I had a bunch of girlfriends that wanted to come,” Hnatow said. Duray added that she was looking forward to stopping by the Nothing Bundt Cakes booth to pick up some sweet treats. Nancy True, of Orland Park; Dianne Zidek, of Orland Park; and Jennifer O’Neill, of Lockport; paint glasses with Art a la Carte on Thursday, Aug. 9, during 22nd Century Media’s Ladies Night Out event at Georgios Banquets. Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media Jill Kearns, of Young Living Essential Oils, chats about the products with Lois Lark. Chef Tim Bucci, of Joliet Junior College’s Culinary Arts Program, preps for his cooking demo. “I serve them for company now,” Duray said. “I thought it was such a great idea.” Attendees looking to support good causes had several ways to do so, including by purchasing artwork from The Painted Turtle, pickingup jewelry from Trades of Hope or becoming a volunteer with the Crisis Center for South Suburbia. Volunteer and training coordinator Deonne Senese — joined by volunteer Pat Johnson — spent the evening spreading the word about the Crisis Center’s mission to help individuals and families victimized by domestic violence. Senese said, “We’re bringing awareness [of] domestic violence issues to the community, so we’re hoping that people stop by our table and take some of our information and learn more about domestic violence and the services that are available in the area for victims and their families.” Henna by Neelam, Massage Envy, Orland Park Crossing, Roots Reboot and many more vendors also helped to make Ladies Night Out an evening to remember. Based on the success of the inaugural Ladies Night Out, event organizers are anticipating that a similar expo will return in 2019. Up next, 22nd Century Media is scheduled to host its annual Active Aging Expo on Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Tinley Park Convention Center.
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