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12 | January 17, 2019 | The tinley junction news
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Police Reports
Police: Car
stolen in
front of
residence
Person(s) unknown entered
an unlocked vehicle,
running with the keys in
the ignition in front of a
residence on the 600 block
of 179th St in Tinley Park
on Jan. 4 and stole the vehicle,
according to the Tinley
Park Police Department.
The victim told police that
they were warming up their
2004 silver Saturn Vue and
noticed 10 minutes later that
the vehicle was gone.
Jan. 7
• Person(s) unknown entered
a vehicle on the 1600
block of Gaynelle Road in
Tinley Park and stole four
passes to the 2019 Chicago
Cubs convention that were
in a manila folder in the
glove box, according to the
Tinley Park Police Department.
The victim told police
that the total value of
the passes was $528. The
victim couldn’t remember
if the vehicle was locked or
unlocked. No other property
was reported stolen from
the vehicle.
Editor’s Note: The Tinley
Junction’s police reports
come from the Tinley 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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FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND
Lockport library prepares for
busy year of events
If there was ever a library
cheerleader, White Oak
Library District Lockport
Branch Manager Pat Jarog
would be it.
Wearing a STEM T-shirt
during a recent library event,
Jarog expressed her excitement
about the upcoming
year at the library.
“I can talk all day about
what we have here,” Jarog
said with a laugh. “Residents
at the Lockport branch can
look forward to another fabulous
Comicopolis coming
up on July 27 of this year.
This is the fifth annual pop
culture festival, which is our
biggest event of the year.”
Comicopolis, an all-day
event, is created and produced
by the White Oak Library
District in partnership
with Zombie Army Productions,
Lockport Summer Art
Series, and Amazing Fantasy
Books & Comics.
“We’re working very
closely with the Lockport
Summer Art series to bring
more people into downtown
Lockport,” Jarog said.
“We bring in pop culture
and comic vendors to the
library. They talk to the visitors
[about] what it’s like to
be part of the whole comic
industry.”
For those who do not get
into the pop culture festival,
there is a wide variety of
additional programs at the
library, including a new addition
this year.
“New this year, we are
starting an author tour,” Jarog
said. “We’ve invited author’s
to our libraries, which
include Crest Hill, Romeoville
and Lockport. We are
having these author events
every other month, starting
on Feb. 22 at the Lockport
Branch.”
For more information
about the library’s programs
and to register online, visit
www.whiteoaklibrary.org.
Reporting by Mary Compton,
Freelance Reporter. For more,
visit LockportLegend.com.
FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER
ISU’s support following
injury leads to Brownrigg’s
commitment to Redbirds
As it turns out, Lincoln-
Way Central senior crosscountry
and track runner
Mackenzie Brownrigg’s
stress fracture in her leg was
a blessing in disguise.
She missed her entire senior
cross country season,
yet she realized a lot during
that time, including where
she wanted to compete collegiately.
And that place is Illinois
State University, where she
will run both cross-country
and track next year.
Brownrigg’s junior track
season was not up to par with
where she expected herself
to be. Shortly after the season,
she found out what had
been ailing her was the stress
fracture behind her tibia.
She had a visit with ISU at
the beginning of her senior
year, with the stress fracture
already revealed and Brownrigg
unsure if she would be
able to return for the end of
the cross country season.
“That was one of the
things that drew me to
them,” she said. “They were
able to see past my injury
and were able to not only see
my as an athlete but as a person.
And when I finally had a
chance to go down for an official
visit and meet the girls,
I just fell in love with the
atmosphere and the coaching
and just the fact that they
could see past my injury.”
Reporting by Sean Hastings,
Freelance Reporter. For more,
visit MokenaMessenger.com.
FROM THE FRANKFORT STATION
Frankfort Square Park
District keeps children active
In groups of three or four,
children tested their teamwork
and coordination, lifting
the skis beneath their
feet by hoisting a rope tied
to them and shifting their
weight.
“Left! Right! Left!” they
shouted to each other as
they picked up the skis and
walked across the Mary
Drew Elementary School
gym on Jan. 3.
“The Day Off Escapades:
Ring in the New Year” program,
a three-day program
for children ages 5-12, was
one of several programs the
Frankfort Square Park District
held throughout winter
break to keep children active.
Cheyanne Hein, a Frankfort
Square Park District
site supervisor and facilitator,
brought the group to
field trips in the morning
and spent the afternoons at
Mary Drew Elementary doing
team-building exercises
and crafts.
Morning field trips took
them across the community
to the Tinley Park Bow,
Space Golf and Pump It Up.
“The kids have so much
fun with the field trips and
structured games that encourage
active play and
working with the other
kids,” Hein said. “I enjoy
watching the kids interact.
It’s a good feeling to know
that over a few days you can
see a change in them and
know how much they enjoy
being here because of you.”
Once back from the field
trips, the children played
group games, such as relay
races, silent ball, kickball,
soccer, four square and other
competitive games that require
relying on others to
achieve a common goal.
Reporting by Megan Schuller,
Assistant Editor. For more, visit
FrankfortStation.com.
FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT
Women’s March set to take
place in Village Commons
Jan. 19
Some local residents have
taken it upon themselves to
bring the Women’s March to
their own backyard.
A coalition of women from
the Southwest Suburban Activists,
Action for a Better
Tomorrow, Arab American
Family Services, Chicago
Votes, Indivisible Illinois,
Indivisible South Suburban
Chicago and Moms Demand
Action are to host a Women’s
March at noon Saturday, Jan.
19, at the Village Commons
in New Lenox.
“The south suburbs [are]
our home, it’s our backyard,”
said Itedal Shalabi,
co-founder and executive
director of Arab American
Family Services. “The unity
and the inclusivity, the diversity
and the leadership that
has come together is what
we want to showcase to all
of our community members
when they come out for the
Women’s March.
“When women come together
and great allies come
together, [it shows] this is
our neighborhood, this is our
suburbs. We want to show
the diversity that’s within,
but that we’re all working
for the same thing.”
The coalition landed on
New Lenox as the site for
their march as its where
Emily Biegel, director with
Southwest Suburban Activists,
calls home. But there
have been mixed reactions
from the public about having
the event in New Lenox.
Still, Mayor Tim Baldermann
said it is his duty to
uphold the coalition’s First
Amendment right to freedom
to assemble.
“It doesn’t matter who the
group is, they have a right to
do that,” Baldermann said.
“Provided they follow all the
rules with the permit process
— which they are — we’re
going to uphold that right.”
Reporting by Erin Redmond,
Freelance Reporter. For more,
visit NewLenoxPatriot.com.
FROM THE HOMER HORIZON
Homer native graduates
from naval officers school,
begins further education
Austin Mastela comes
from a military family.
His father, grandfather
and great uncle all spent
time serving their country
in the United States Navy.
While getting his Master of
Business Administration at
Lewis University, he realized
he wanted to follow in
their footsteps.
Mastela began in early
September at the United
States Navy’s Officers Candidate
School in Newport,
Rhode Island, where he
graduated on Nov. 21. He
became the only member of
his class chosen to go into
the Naval Supply Corps,
which deals with areas like
supply, logistics, combat
support, readiness, contracting
and fiscal matters
for the Navy. He added this
position will fit him best
because of his degrees in
marketing and business administration.
Mastela came home to
Homer Glen for the holidays
after his graduation
and was assigned temporary
duty at the Naval Station
Great Lakes off the coast
of Lake Michigan until Jan.
11.
On Jan. 13, Mastela went
back to Rhode Island, where
he will now attend six more
months of school and wait
until the third month, when
he will be assigned a ship to
work on.
“I control everything going
on and off that ship; I
control the weapons, I control
the food, I control everyone’s
pay,” Mastela explained
of what his job will
be once assigned to a ship.
”So, anything going on and
off the ship, it goes through
me first.”
Reporting by Bella Zarlengo,
Editorial Intern. For more,
visit HomerHorizon.com.