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10 | December 6, 2018 | The Mokena Messenger news
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Contests
Prizes announced for 22nd Century Media’s Holiday Card Contest
Entrants have two
opportunities to
win: Best in Show,
Funniest
Bill Jones, Managing Editor
Oh, so you’re those kind
of gift-givers, huh? Don’t
want to send us a card until
you know what you might
get in return?
That’s not exactly in the
Christmas spirit, but we get
it.
The 2018 Holiday Card
Contest is already underway,
but this week we promised
the announcement of prizes.
And, as promised, you will
find the full prize list for
each category in the accompanying
sidebar.
As a recap, the contest
asks you to send us your best
homemade Christmas cards,
the most boastful of yearend
letters (snark the halls,
if that’s your thing), children’s
drawings to be left
with cookies for Santa, photos
of your co-workers in
reindeer antlers and noses,
crafty Kwanzaa greetings
or Hanukkah Hallmarks —
basically, whatever it is you
send to your loved ones to
make sure they get something
in the mail around the
holidays other than stale
fruitcakes from distant relatives,
magazine subscription
renewal notices and
Columbia House compact
discs.
Whatever it is you do for
the people you love during
the holidays (just the
PG-13 stuff, please), simply
address these things to
Managing Editor Bill Jones,
and mail them to 11516
W. 183rd St. Unit SW Office
Condo 3, Orland Park,
IL, 60467. Make sure the
items somewhere include a
name and a phone number
at which we can reach you,
should you happen to win
the contest, as well as your
hometown.
We will accept submissions
through 5 p.m. Thursday,
Dec. 20. They must be
received (not postmarked)
by that day, so make sure to
give yourself enough time
for holiday mail service.
The entries will be evaluated
by our editorial staff
and judged in two categories:
Best in Show and Funniest,
so tell us in which
category you’d like to be
considered. We will pick one
winner in each of the categories
from across all seven of
the towns covered by 22nd
Century Media’s Southwest
office: Orland Park, Tinley
Park, Frankfort, Mokena,
New Lenox, Lockport and
Homer Glen.
In addition to awarding
prizes, we plan to publish
images or transcripts of
our winners in print, along
with a few of our other
favorites.
We do have three rules.
• We are allowing only
one entry per household for
this contest.
• The entry must be from
this holiday season.
• Electronic entries are accepted.
They can be sent to
bill@opprairie.com.
The Prizes
A look at what readers
can win in this year’s
Holiday Card Contest
Best in Show
• A $25 gift certificate
for Rubi Agave, 12622 W.
159th St., Homer Glen
• Four play passes, each
good for free admission to
the KidsWork Children’s
Museum, 11 S. White
Street, Frankfort
• Three $5 gift certificates
for Sizzles, 110 MacGregor
Road in Lockport
• Two gift certificates, each
good for a free two-week
individual trial membership
for one adult, 18 and older,
at The Oaks Recreation &
Fitness Center, 10847 W.
La Porte Road in Mokena
Funniest
• Two hours of free
bowling for up to six
people, including shoe
rentals, along with a pizza
and pitcher full of pop,
at Laraway Lanes, 1009
W. Laraway Road in New
Lenox
• A $25 gift card to
Gizmos Fun Factory, 66
Orland Square Drive,
Suite D, in Orland Park
• Four passes, each good
for a free value basket
at Culver’s, 18248 Sayre
Ave. in Tinley Park
• Four passes, each good
for 1 free open gym entry
at The Oaks Recreation &
Fitness Center, 10847 W.
La Porte Road in Mokena
Announcements
Newlyweds
Jim and Karen Binkowski, of
Orland Park; Elena Reklaitis,
of Orland Park; and Bill
and Sara Sieczkowski, of
Mokena; happily announce
the marriage of Krystle
Binkowski and William
Sieczkowski III, both
graduates of Sandburg
High School, on Nov. 10, in
Maple Park. Krystle earned
a Bachelor of Science
degree in food science
and human nutrition from
the University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign in
2017 and is currently
pursuing a master’s degree
in dietetics at Loyola
University. Bill earned a
Bachelor of Science degree
in civil engineering from the
University of Illinois Urbana-
Champaign in 2017 and a
Master of Science degree
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