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12 | April 18, 2019 | the homer horizon news homerhorizon.com FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE Annual Military Expo puts history, support on display History buffs, families, veterans and more were invited to the Orland Park Civic Center to enjoy a day of good fun for a good cause during the Orland Park Veterans’ Commission’s annual Military Expo. The collectibles show and sale — held on April 7 — offered the opportunity to view and purchase historic military memorabilia. The Will County Railroad Club, Animal Quest Petting Zoo and Frankie the Dinosaur provided added entertainment, while Kruse’s Krew, Mrs. Jacky’s Soldiers and Twisted Sisters collected items and “thank you” cards to send to United States troops overseas. Proceeds raised from the expo go toward the Veterans’ Commission’s ongoing mission to support veterans and members of the military with programs and events. Orland Park Veterans’ Commission Chairman Darryl Wertheim explained that, with the expo, the group aims to raise awareness for veterans initiatives while providing a day of family fun. “It’s a patriotic event,” Wertheim said. “Our hope is to bring families and children out to have some fun and to understand about veterans and the service groups that are here. We have military collectible dealers here, and we also have support groups for veterans. The object is to bring interest, and people may want to join the groups and participate. That’s what it’s all about.” Reporting by Laurie Fanelli, Freelance Reporter. For more, visit OPPrairie.com. FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER Three-town partnership would promote I-80 corridor A three-village effort aimed at jointly marketing the Interstate 80 corridor received verbal support from Mokena officials Monday, April 8, during the work session that followed the regularly scheduled Village of Mokena Board of Trustees meeting. An actual vote on the proposed intergovernmental agreement between Mokena, Tinley Park and Orland Park is scheduled for some point later this month. The agreement is related to the coordinated marketing and attraction of businesses to the I-80 corridor, and the Village would contribute $10,000 from its Tourism Fund. Mayor Frank Fleischer brought up the item during the work session, as he and Trustee Debbie Engler have been meeting with Tinley Park and Orland Park officials over the last few months about the proposed partnership. According to Fleischer, the idea would be to market the whole corridor, not just sections of it. “We’re going to market the whole corridor together,” he said. “Any of the information we put together is going to be generic, and it’s going to include the whole corridor. It’s not going to single out any particular municipality. It is going to include all three municipalities. “What has been really nice about it since we’ve been involved with them, the other two communities are big enough so that they do a lot of this stuff in-house already. So, some of the marketing that we’ve done already has been done in-house by those two communities.” Reporting by Jon DePaolis, Freelance Reporter. For more, visit MokenaMessenger.com. Police Reports Homer man charged with leaving accident, driving under the influence Michael R. Dybala, age 53, of 12936 W. 159th St. in Homer Glen, was charged March 6 with failure to reduce speed, improper lane usage, leaving the scene of an accident, failure to render aid and driving under the influence at W. 159th Street and S. Bell Road. Around 10:25 p.m., deputies reportedly responded and spoke to a male who said he was traveling westbound on 159th Street and was at a red light when he was struck from behind by another vehicle. He then said the other vehicle left the crash site, according to police. The male followed the other vehicle to a nearby apartment complex parking lot and saw a man park the vehicle and go inside the complex. Deputies went into an apartment building there and began speaking to Dybala, who smelled like alcohol and had extremely slurred speech and was swaying from side to side, police said. Dybala denied being in an accident and out of his apartment. Deputies then asked him to step outside and administered a field sobriety test, which he reportedly failed. Dybala was also positively identified by the male, police said. Feb. 18 • Brian M. Berka, 35, of 255 Sonoma Road in New Lenox, was charged with retail theft and criminal damage to property at the Menards at 13956 S. Bell Road. Around 6:45 p.m., deputies were dispatched to the business to speak to a loss prevention employee there who said while on duty he observed a man wearing a stocking hat and hoodie cut a retention cord to a nail gun on display and concealed the nail gun under his jacket and exited the store. The employee reportedly followed him outside into the parking lot, where he was able to get a description of the vehicle the offender got in, which he said was a Chrysler 300. Deputies canvassed the area for the vehicle and initiated a traffic stop. During questioning, deputies saw a nail gun and several other tools in the vehicle, including a toolbox, screw gun and several circular saws, which were also believed to be stolen, police said. Editor’s note: The Homer Horizon’s police reports come from the Will County Sheriff’s Department’s online news bulletin service. Anyone listed in these reports is considered to be innocent of all charges until proven guilty in a court of law. expo From Page 8 dress drive with It’s All About the Dress: Pay It Forward. “Anything that’s a formal dress, they’ll take that day,” Warthen said. “They end up giving it to someone in need. If you’ve been sitting on that bridesmaid’s dress, hoping you’ll wear it one day, just bring it in. The dress drive is a great fit for our event.” Vendors, meanwhile, will run the gamut from soaps and spas to jewelry and crafts, acupuncture and dance lessons to financial advisement, self-defense, home-remodeling, health care, travel and more. “You’d be hard-pressed to find something you’re not interested in at this event,” Warthen said. This marks the sixth edition of the expo, 22nd Century Media’s longest-running and largest event. Last year, 22CM held both Lady and a scaleddown Ladies Night Out, which proved such a success that the company is holding four Ladies Night Out events later this year (June 13, Aug. 8, Oct. 3, Dec. 5). The concept seems to have clicked with the women of the southwest suburbs, Warthen said. “Especially if you’re a mom, you don’t get that night or that day out all that often,” she said. “We never dreamt it would get this big.” Last year’s Lady drew more than 1,500 guests, and Warthen said she expects to surpass those figures this year. The event, she said, is purposely held shortly before Mother’s Day. “You can get a jump on Mother’s Day shopping,” she said. “Or you can bring your mom and just have a nice day out with the girls.” Whether through shopping, socializing or offering new perspectives on juggling life’s demands, the event’s ultimate goal remains the same, Warthen said: bringing women together for a fantastic day. For more information, visit 22ndCenturyMedia.com/lady.
homerhorizon.com SOUND OFF the homer horizon | April 18, 2019 | 13 Social snapshot Top Web Stories From HomerHorizon.com from Monday, April 15. 1. D92: Pair of males ask 10-year-old boy to get in SUV at bus stop 2. Home of the Week: 12244 Lakeview Trail, Homer Glen 3. Home of the Week: 15355 Sulky Drive, Homer Glen 4. Standout Student: Audrey Nonte, Oak Prairie Junior High eighth-grader 5. Wrestling: Homer Jr. High wrestling wins back-to-back state titles Become a Horizon Plus member: homerhorizon.com/plus “The Hot Wheels Nationals were held in the Chicago area this year. They held a pizza party at Chesdan’s and made these custom Hot Wheels cars to give out to the collectors that attended the party. How cool is that?” Chesdan’s Pizzeria and Grille, from April 11. Like The Homer Horizon: facebook.com/homerhorizon “The Celtics are dreaming about paradise during SPRING SPIRIT WEEK!” @PCHS_Celtics, Providence Catholic High School, from April 10. Follow The Homer Horizon: @homerhorizon From the Editor Thinking back on Easter memories Thomas Czaja tom@homerhorizon.com Many of us have the memory. An open, grassy field filled with numerous plastic eggs. We were told at a certain point to “go,” and we filled our Easter baskets with the eggs, then opening them and collecting the small bits of candy or money or whatever other prizes for the effort awaited us inside. The Easter egg hunt is a time-honored tradition this time of year, and there is never any shortage of them to be found in the community. In this week’s issue, we covered and feature one such egg event on Page 17. New Life Community Church in Homer Glen held an inaugural Easter Eggstravaganza with the aforementioned egg hunt and also including other festivities. I wish we could make it out to every single Easter egg hunt in Homer Glen to get photos and quotes of happy children, who on some occasions even get to meet the Easter Bunny. Now, if you missed out on the New Life egg hunt and are still looking to get to a local egg hunt with your children or grandchildren for the season, fear not! Check out Page 16 of this issue to once again get the information on several egg hunts still to come ahead of Easter. Of course, while the adrenaline rush as a young child of picking up as many colorful eggs as fast as humanly possible is nice and all, the real reason for Easter for believers is of course the ultimate resurrection of Christ and the salvation of humanity. This week we are currently in is an important one for Christians, with Lent and the fasting, almsgiving, additional prayer and sacrifice that come with it soon coming to an end, with Christ’s crucifixion on Good Friday and his rising from the dead on Easter Sunday. Those looking to attend an Easter Mass have a number of options in Homer Glen, with them all again listed on Page 16 of this issue. Your Easter celebrations may include Mass, a ham, lamb cake, Jell-O Easter eggs (a personal favorite of Easter dinner), egg hunts, egg baskets, chocolate bunnies or perhaps other unique traditions. Regardless, I hope everyone in Homer Glen has a Happy Easter surrounded by loved ones and making more festive memories during the season. And for those youngsters in the community yet to embark on an egg hunt this year, may the odds be ever in your favor for a bountiful collection. Sound Off Policy Editorials and columns are the opinions of the author. Pieces from 22nd Century Media are the thoughts of the company as a whole. The Homer Horizon encourages readers to write letters to Sound Off. All letters must be signed, and names and hometowns will be published. We also ask that writers include their address and phone number for verification, not publication. Letters should be limited to 400 words. The Homer Horizon reserves the right to edit letters. Letters become property of The Homer Horizon. Letters that are published do not reflect the thoughts and views of The Homer Horizon. Letters can be mailed to: The Homer Horizon, 11516 West 183rd Street, Unit SW Office Condo #3, Orland Park, Illinois, 60467. Fax letters to (708) 326-9179 or e-mail to tom@homerhorizon.com. www.homerhorizon.com. visit us online at www.HomerHorizon.com
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