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lockportlegend.com news the Lockport Legend | January 24, 2019 | 7 Contests Blank heart, big potential, lonely — looking for a match Wanted: Valentine’s Day Coloring Contest entries by Feb. 7 Bill Jones, Managing Editor Big, paper heart on Lock portLegend.com, ready for download. Looking for someone who can fill it with color and love before Feb. 7. Nothing long-term. Planning to meet up with a veteran soon. Interested parties should read the rules below. Yes, this is just another goofy way to remind you that 22nd Century Media’s Valentine’s Day Coloring Contest is back. Every year, we provide a blank heart and children get creative. A few lucky entrants win prizes, and even more get to see their work in print. The Legend is asking children ages 3-12 to download the form (maybe with some help) from the home page of LockportLegend.com to create just one outstanding valentine per entrant and send it our way. Entries must be mailed to or dropped off at 22nd Century Media Southwest Chicago c/o Editor Max Lapthorne, 11516 W. 183rd St., Unit SW Office Condo #3, Orland Park, IL, 60467. The deadline to submit entries is 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7. Publisher 22nd Century Media’s Southwest Chicago staff will review all entries and select winners in each of three age groups — ages 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12. The winning entries are to be published in The Legend’s Feb. 14 edition, along with other favorites, at the editor’s discretion. For this year’s contest, we will be picking one winner in each age group from Lockport. The winner in the ages 3-5 category is to receive a $5 gift certificate to Whizzy Puffs Sweet Spot, and the winners in the 6-8 and 9-12 categories are to receive $5 gift cards to Diamond’s Restaurant. Winners will be chosen based on creativity and neatness. Entries must use and fit on the form provided. As in past years, 22nd Century Media Southwest Chicago is to team up with an area organization to help distribute the finished valentines — minus the entry form information — to nearby veterans. For more information, call (708) 326-9170 ext. 20 or email bill@opprairie. com. Overall wellness highlighted by 22nd Century Media’s Healthy Living Expo Laurie Fanelli Freelance Reporter A new year often produces a renewed dedication to health and wellness, but it can be hard to know whereto start. What type of exercise is best for reaching individual goals? What are the pros and cons to different diets? How does one incorporate preventative medicine into a wellness regimen? Answers to these questions and more were found at 22nd Century Media’s annual Healthy Living Expo, held Saturday, Jan. 19, at the Tinley Park Convention Center. Along with having the opportunity to chat with 68 health and wellness vendors — up almost 20 from 2018 — expo-goers also enjoyed speaker sessions, cooking demos and workout sessions. Heather Warthen, chief events officer for 22nd Century Media explained that the expo offered wellness tips and techniques for anyone and everyone. “We bring in a variety of vendors, from travel and insurance to mental wellness,” she said. “We’ve got yoga places. We’ve got fitness places. There’s definitely something here for everybody. It’s painting a different picture for people on what health and wellness looks like for all aspects of life.” VitaLife, of New Lenox, was on hand highlighting how a healthy body and mind go hand in hand. “Our push is to be healthy weight-wise, but we focus on the person as a whole,” explained health coach Esther Estela. “Weight is just one aspect. In turn, we also help people change their mindsets to have a healthy lifestyle in every aspect of their life.” Fit4Mom franchise owners Mandy Dunne, Michelle Marinello and Camilla Emmerick empowered expo-goers to make fitness a family affair. “We start with stroller strides,so mom brings the kids, and they sit in the stroller for a 60-minute class,” Emmerick said. “The instructors blow bubbles,sing songs and read books, and the kids get to see their moms working out, which I think is the best part.” Another fun fitness opportunity found at the 2019 Greenridge Farm Sales Director Bobby Ruhaak offers samples to John Trickle, of Tinley Park, on Saturday, Jan. 19, during 22nd Century Media’s Healthy Living Expo. Laurie Fanelli/22nd CenturyMedia Healthy Living Expo was with Tinley Park’s Heart &Sole Dance. Monica Smaniotto, operations manager, explained how dance benefits the body, mind and spirit. “Dance is great not only physically, but mentally, as well,” she said. “A lot of our older clients will come in and tell us it helps their memory. From there, physically, you don’t really realized that you’re exercising. So we have people who come in for lessons, and they’ll be dripping sweat when they’re leaving.” Those looking for an athletic approach gravitated toward fitness studio ChuloFit, which offers personal and group training, as well as classes. Owner Lamont Doyle said, “ChuloFit is a fitness studio where we make people feel comfortable. We come up with innovative workouts while providing a great community.” Winter weather may have deterred some people from venturing out, but those who attended were able to sample from the fitness buffet at the convention center. Kathy Lawlor, of Oak Forest, and her husband, Mike, were especially interested in the cooking demonstrations. “It’s a new year — new healthy living — so I’m getting some ideas on how to eat better and stay healthy,” Kathy Lawlor said. Along with the cooking demos, healthy eating tips could be found from expo vendors, including Hacked Snacks, Smoothie King and Greenridge Farm, the last of which is a small, familyowned company based out of Elk Grove. Greenridge Farm Sales Director Bobby Ruhaak explained how the company went back to basics to offer its customers a natural line of deli goods. “We take pride in our products,” Ruhaak said. “We do everything all naturally, so we use whole muscle meat, tumble it in natural spices, and roast it or smoke it. Everything is done the way it used to be done before all the chemicals were introduced, and we don’t add any nitrates, nitrites or binders.” As many people look to the new year as a time to strive for new goals, so does the fitness industry. Danni Allen — Planet Fitness director of health, wellness and member engagement in Cook County — said there is a lot more in store in the coming months. “There’s a lot of things to be excited about in 2019, especially with Planet Fitness,” Allen said. “We’ve brought out a lot of new equipment, like the PF360, which has kettlebells, battle ropes and more fun, functional fitness types of things. At the same time, we’re doing everything we can to go beyond the four doors of Planet Fitness, giving back,donating and working with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, so it’s a really fun year ahead of us.” UChicago Medicine, Trouvaille Med Spa,Chiro One Wellness Centers and many more vendors also offered attendees a wide variety of healthy living advice to carry into the new year and beyond. “This expo is going to help me jumpstart my health routine for the year,” said Christy Avery, of Oak Forest. More information about upcoming 22nd Century Media Events can be found atwww.22ndcenturymedia. com/our-company/events.
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