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homerhorizon.com sound off<br />
the Homer Horizon | December 13, 2018 | 13<br />
Social snapshot<br />
Top stories<br />
From HomerHorizon.com from Monday,<br />
Dec. 10.<br />
1. Village decides not to move forward with South<br />
Pointe development<br />
2. Rubi Agave the site for benefit for Homer family<br />
who lost home in fire<br />
3. Homer for the Holidays features tree lighting,<br />
Santa, more<br />
4. LTHS boys basketball continues early season<br />
resurgence<br />
5. The Dish: Tropical Smoothie Cafe branching<br />
out to south suburbs<br />
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“D92 teachers Improving their craft with<br />
Professional Development from Apple. This is<br />
going to be a great day of collaboration and<br />
learning! #D92greatness”<br />
Will County School District 92 from Dec. 3.<br />
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“Forgot to post our first Monday Speaker<br />
from a couple of weeks ago! @Homer33c<br />
Superintendent Craig Schoppe!!! Topic:<br />
“UNCOMMON Attitude”<br />
@LockportHoops, Lockport Township High<br />
School boys basketball, from Dec. 4.<br />
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From the Editor<br />
Send an extra holiday card our way<br />
Thomas Czaja<br />
tom@homerhorizon.com<br />
These days, many<br />
of the things in our<br />
snail mail and email<br />
are simply junk mail.<br />
If not junk, they are bills or<br />
other things we are not particularly<br />
excited or interested<br />
to get. An exception<br />
to this is getting a holiday<br />
card in the mail this time<br />
of year.<br />
My family has always<br />
eagerly anticipated getting<br />
holiday cards from loved<br />
ones in December, and<br />
my parents always display<br />
them around a doorway at<br />
home. It is just nice seeing<br />
that in a hectic modern age,<br />
people still take the time<br />
out to personalize a card for<br />
you and send them out to<br />
many people.<br />
Of course, these cards<br />
come in a variety of forms.<br />
Many like to put pictures<br />
of their children on them or<br />
pets, and one family friend<br />
of mine every year always<br />
includes a fairly detailed<br />
letter accounting for what<br />
their family was up to over<br />
the current calendar year.<br />
Some holiday cards are<br />
funny, others religious and<br />
others still maybe with a<br />
particular theme. Regardless<br />
of what they contain,<br />
the feeling of merry sentiment<br />
is always present with<br />
them.<br />
If you read these pages<br />
regularly, you know our<br />
company conducts a number<br />
of contests throughout<br />
the year. I can say one of<br />
the most popular – and one<br />
of my favorites – is the<br />
Holiday Card Contest.<br />
The contest simply asks<br />
those interested to mail us<br />
one of their holiday cards<br />
for 2018, the same one that<br />
you send to all your loved<br />
ones. Any resident can<br />
enter the contest through<br />
5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20,<br />
and all the details, including<br />
where to mail it to, can<br />
be found on Page 7 of this<br />
issue.<br />
Prize packages will be<br />
given out for Best in Show<br />
and Funniest holiday cards.<br />
While winning any prize<br />
package is cool, the main<br />
thing is that we will share<br />
the holiday cheer by publishing<br />
the winning cards,<br />
as well as some other local<br />
entries we receive.<br />
CONTACT<br />
A main point of this<br />
paper obviously is to show<br />
a snapshot of the community,<br />
of what is dear to you,<br />
and I can think of no better<br />
way to show that than with<br />
a collection of the holiday<br />
cards we receive. It is quick<br />
and easy to enter, and you<br />
can share your festive spirit<br />
with your neighbors and<br />
town around you.<br />
I know many of you<br />
share holiday cards annually,<br />
and we’d love for you<br />
to continue the tradition of<br />
sending one to us, as well.<br />
If you have never sent one<br />
to us previously, I hope this<br />
is the year you will consider<br />
it.<br />
As we wind down the<br />
days to Christmas, make<br />
final preparations for family<br />
functions, presents and<br />
everything else that comes<br />
with it, I hope the cards you<br />
send, receive and ultimately<br />
see in these pages will only<br />
boost your holiday spirit.<br />
Sound Off Policy<br />
Editorials and columns are the opinions of the author. Pieces from<br />
22nd Century Media are the thoughts of the company as a whole. The<br />
Homer Horizon encourages readers to write letters to Sound Off. All<br />
letters must be signed, and names and hometowns will be published.<br />
We also ask that writers include their address and phone number for<br />
verification, not publication. Letters should be limited to 400 words.<br />
The Homer Horizon reserves the right to edit letters. Letters become<br />
property of The Homer Horizon. Letters that are published do not reflect<br />
the thoughts and views of The Homer Horizon. Letters can be mailed to:<br />
The Homer Horizon, 11516 West 183rd Street, Unit SW Office Condo<br />
#3, Orland Park, Illinois, 60467. Fax letters to (708) 326-9179 or e-<br />
mail to tom@homerhorizon.com.<br />
www.homerhorizon.com.<br />
‘Tis the season to<br />
advertise in<br />
The Homer Horizon<br />
JULIE MCDERMED<br />
708.326.9170 ext. 21 j.mcdermed@22ndcenturymedia.com<br />
Visit us online at www.homerhorizon.com<br />
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