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4 | April 18, 2019 | the lockport legend news lockportlegend.com Express Whitening $49 Easter Specials brought to you by Dr. Mary Ellen Hoye & Dental Specialists of Homer Glen 20% OFF Premier Plan (when 2 or more members join) 50% OFF Oral B Powered Toothbrushes (with 2 or more purchased) Call or visit our website today! Mary Ellen Hoye, DDS 15927 S. Bell Rd Homer Glen, lL 60491 (708)301-3444 www.drhoye.com D92: Pair of males ask 10-yearold boy to get in SUV at bus stop Thomas Czaja Contributing Editor Two males approached a 10-year-old boy at a bus stop April 9 and asked him to get into their SUV, according to a letter sent to parents that same evening from Will County School District 92. At 3:15 p.m. April 9, the Lockport Police Department was contacted by a D92 parent to make a report his son had been approached by a black SUV near the boy’s bus stop at the corner of 151st Street and Bunratty Drive From April 10 in Lockport, according to an email sent Wednesday, April 10, to The Legend from <strong>LP</strong>D Deputy Chief Ron Huff. At the bus stop about 30 minutes before the parent contacted police, the boy got off the bus and heard someone yell out to him to “come here” from the passing vehicle, Huff said. The two males were in the SUV when they allegedly asked the child to get into the vehicle, the letter added. The child then reportedly got scared off and ran home. The vehicle was in motion at the time of the incident and never came to a stop. Beyond the black SUV description, there are no details on the driver or any passengers of the vehicle, Huff said. D92 Interim Superintendent Mark Fleming concluded the letter by asking parents to remind their children how to respond to these types of incidents. For more on this and other Breaking News, visit Lock portLegend.com. Lockport Police Department receives state accreditation Submitted by the City of Lockport The Lockport Police Department has been accredited through the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police’s Illinois Law Enforcement Accreditation Program. This prestigious program recognizes organizations that have achieved excellence in law enforcement services. The department was assessed on the basis of 67 separate ILEAP standards regarding administration, operations, training and personnel. To successfully complete the accreditation process, the policies and procedures must reflect the standards established by ILEAP, and the Department must also demonstrate that it is following said policies and procedures. Accreditation confirms that the Department has achieved a level of professionalism among its law enforcement peers and validates the methods in which department members provide services to the residents and the general public in the community. In addition to improving the agency’s relationship with the community, accreditation promotes accountability and reduces liability and risk exposure. For more information about the Lockport Police Department’s recent State Accreditation, contact Deputy Chief Ron Huff at (815) 838-2132 or rhuff@ lockportpolice.info. BUY IT! SELL IT! FIND IT! IN THE CLASSIFIEDS CALL 708.326.9170
lockportlegend.com news the lockport legend | April 18, 2019 | 5 LTHS memorial honors fallen Porters New Porter Room dedicated to former LTHS students who died in combat Alex Ivanisevic Assistant Editor Lockport Township High School has brought history to its East Campus with a unique tribute to past students who have fallen while serving in the United States armed forces, showing current Porters that, “They were students with hopes and dreams just like” theirs. What was once the Community Room at East Campus, has been renamed the Porter Room and is now home to a memorial wall dedicated to Porters who have died while fighting for their country in World Wars I and II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Iraq War. So far, the tribute commemorates 51 former students. District 205 Superintendent Todd Wernet, who played a key role in research and development of the memorial, said the idea for the Porter Room tribute was sparked when in 2017 the East Campus was undergoing an expansion. He said most of the school’s history was housed at Central Campus and he saw an opportunity to bring something special to the East Campus, which he viewed as important because it is the “primary facility of the district now,” he said. Upon entering the Porter Room, visitors will immediately be greeted by the memorial wall with a patriotic mural and a large screen, to the left of which is a board with individual yearbook pictures and the names of the fallen Porters. The screen is an interactive device that allows visitors to click on different webpages to view information about students who died in the different wars. The memorial is accessible during any public event at the high school. The information can also be found online at memo rial.lths.org. Wernet said he was inspired by the U.S.S. Yorktown and Medal of Honor Museum in South Carolina, and decided to have the following quote by Abraham Lincoln on the website: “Any nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.” The information that has been accumulated for all but a few of the fallen students whose pictures are on display are “heartfelt narratives,” Wernet said. He said he felt the memorial shows gratitude and recognition to the families of the LTHS students who died in war and he hopes more people learn about them and see what is on display in the Porter Room. A number of people worked on the Porter Room and the memorial tribute, including interim Assistant Superintendent Brett Gould, who had a large role in researching the history for the project, and Bill Thompson, director of facilities management. Both worked with the architecture team on the design of the project. Gould, who is “a history teacher by nature,” said he worked with the Lockport Area Genealogical and Historical Society among other resources to get the information required to produce the historical content included in the memorial narratives. He said they worked with the LTHS Reserve Officer Training Corps students to conduct research as well, and he hopes they take part in efforts to continue the research necessary to improve the memorial over time. Fallen Porters Former Lockport Township students who died while serving in the US armed forces WWI Edward G. Blakeslee Lawrence A. King Carl O. Rosequist WWII Hugh Allison John Baxter Arnold Bertelsen Melvin Boe Nolan Etchison David Faut Stephen Fracaro Frank Graning Bernard Homerding Fred Johnson John Kirkham John Krpan Donald Markstrom Andrew Materna Howard Mathison John Melanovich Robert Pierce Arthur Pius Robert Popovich Joseph Radich Earl Smithpeters Charles Sovich Frank Spiecker “I am very proud in what we’ve been able to do for this memorial,” he said. “We wanted to make sure not to exclude anyone.” Thompson, who worked with Gould and graphic designers to utilize yearbook pictures in the design of both the memorial and another wall in the Porter Room which acknowledges “over a century of tradition” at LTHS, agrees with both Gould and Wer- Please see memorial, 6 Melvin Strong Joseph Tusek Jack Underwood Adam Vanchina Robert Whalen Robert Ziesemer Korean War James Smith Vietnam War John Steven Ambrosini William Joseph Brencich William Eugene Carroll Steve Lee Inboden Glen Alan Jackson Gary Steven Johnson Leo Juan Miller Robert Lee Mitchell Charles Lloyd Morrison Sean Murray Paul Henry Stein Jr. Frank Jay Strnad Chatwin Arnold Strother Timothy James Sweeney WM. Thomas Tierney Albert Lee Vicich Iraq War Travis Patriquin Michael Oliveri The Porter Room fallen LTHS student memorial at East Campus commemorates more than 50 former students who died while serving in the United States armed forces. Alex Ivanisevic/22nd Century Media CROSS OF GLORY LUTHERAN CHURCH YOU ARE WELCOME HERE GOOD FRIDAY WORSHIP Friday, April 19 at 7:00 pm FREE COMMUNITY EASTER EGG HUNT Saturday, April 20 at 10:00 am EASTER SUNDAY WORSHIP Sunday, April 21 at 9:30 and 11:00 am 14719 W 163rd St. Homer Glen Sunday Worship: 9:30am 708-301-6998 www.CrossofGlory.com
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