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12 | January 17, 2019 | The New Lenox Patriot news
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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 TINLEY JUNCTION
Improv troupe Graffiti on
The Fourth Wall to host
interactive comedy show
Sarah Denton, a professional
improviser with Graffiti
on The Fourth Wall, an
improvisation troupe, said
that her favorite part about
being in improv is being able
to make people laugh.
“I just love having the opportunity
to be on stage and
perform, because I’ve wanted
to be a performer literally
my whole life,” she said.
At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan.
19, the Tinley Park-Park District
is to host a comedy improv
show at the Tinley Park
Performing Arts Center.
Community members will
be able to see the professional
comedy improv troupe
Graffiti on The Fourth Wall
from the My Covered Bridge
production company for $9
a person. There also will
be a guest appearance from
Christina Halleran.
“We try to find some really
unique ideas to kind of bring
onto the stage,” Denton said,
“We really value our uniqueness
as a troupe, so we always
are trying to look for
something different, and just
expect the unexpected.”
This interactive show is
called “Old Lang Signs,” a
spin off of the Robert Burns
song “Auld Lang Syne.”
This title represents the use
of parodies during improv
shows, and this classic New
Year’s song should be a topic
of discussion during the
performance.
“We always try to make
each show we do a little different,
so anytime you come
to a Graffiti on The Fourth
Wall show you can always
expect something new,”
Denton said.
The Tinley Park Performing
Arts Center is located at
16801 S. 80th Ave. Tickets
are available online at www.
tinleyparkdistrict.org.
Reporting by Bella Zarlengo,
Editorial Intern. For more, visit
TinleyJunction.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.
FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE
Lego-lovers enjoy Robotics
Camp at OP Public Library
A group of students grades
2-5 started off the new year
with a renewed resolve to
explore the intersection of
math, science and imagination
during Orland Park
Public Library’s Robo-Kids:
Lego WeDo Robotics Camp.
The new program — held
as individual sessions on the
afternoons of Jan. 2 and Jan.
3 — encouraged participants
to build earthquake simulators
and Lego buildings that
could withstand occurrences
high on the Richter scale.
The Wednesday afternoon
session found young designers
working together in two
teams to create architectural
designs from scratch.
Kara DeCarlo, Orland
Park Public Library school
liaison, explained how the
Lego WeDo sets combine
education, collaboration
and fun to help kids learn
the fundamentals of several
STEM subjects.
“The WeDos are really
cool, because it shows you
how to build things step by
step, the way you build a
regular Lego set, and then it
shows you practical applications
of how you can program
these things,” DeCarlo
said. “The kids ... learn about
engineering and building to
withstand earthquakes.”
The program began with a
short educational video detailing
the basic history and
principles of earthquakeresistant
architecture. After
breaking into groups, the
participants then set out on
their first task: making the
earthquake simulators, using
step-by-step instructions
to choose the proper Lego
pieces, sensors and motors
to get the job done.
Reporting by Laurie Fanelli,
Freelance Reporter. For more,
visit OPPrairie.com
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police
From Page 7
vehicle parked on the 200
block of Woodlawn Road.
• A New Lenox resident reportedly
received an email
indicating an Apple account
needed to be updated, which
required personal and bank
information. No fraudulent
activity occurred after the
resident realized it was a
scam.
• An unknown person reportedly
forced entry into a
garage and entered an unlocked
vehicle at a residence
on the 200 block of Woodlawn
Road. Nothing was reported
missing.
• A New Lenox resident was
scammed after paying $400
for Bears tickets and $150
for concert tickets to see
Cher. Police said the resident
never received the tickets after
using an E-pay service to
send the money. The resident
looked up the seller’s name
and discovered a criminal
history of scamming people
using event tickets.
Dec. 14
• A Samsung Galaxy phone
reportedly was stolen from
the display counter at the
AT&T store on the 700 E.
block of Lincoln Highway.
• Three fraudulent checks
reportedly were cashed from
a New Lenox resident’s
checking account.
• A New Lenox resident reportedly
was scammed when
they disputed an unauthorized
credit card charge to
Apple iTunes. When disputing
the charge, a person
impersonating an Apple
representative persuaded the
resident to purchase a $100
Apple iTunes gift card and
provide the serial numbers
on the card. The resident
reportedly realized it was a
scam when the representative
requested an additional
$500 gift card purchase.
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Lenox Patriot’s Police Reports
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New Lenox Police Department’s
website or releases
issued by the department and
other agencies. Anyone listed
in these reports is considered to
be innocent of all charges until
proven guilty in a court of law.