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FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE
Celebrating 50: Orland Fire
dedication paves way for
open house in July
Throughout the past 50
years, the Orland Fire Protection
District has grown
from a volunteer fire department
into a full-time
district with high accolades.
And with its 50th anniversary
upon it, Orland
Fire is focusing on its beginnings.
To begin its 50th anniversary
festivities, Orland
Fire hosted a dedication
ceremony April 27, honoring
past members.
“Each vehicle has a
plaque on the side, and our
goal here is to remember
our history,” Fire Chief
Michael Schofield said
prior to the event.
Several past members
were honored April 27.
Among them was Art
Granat Jr., who accepted
the honor for himself and
his late father, Art Granat
Sr. OFPD dedicated its
newest fire truck to the
father and son. Granat Sr.
was the first elected fire
chief when it was a volunteer
department. And
Granat Jr. spent 38 years
as a firefighter for Orland
Fire.
The department also
dedicated a new ambulance
to Donald Piscitello,
who served Orland Fire
from 1994-2011. He died
in 2016.
Finally, Orland Fire
dedicated its new Legacy
Lane, a wall within the administrative
building that
features images of all the
retired OFPD firefighters.
The wall was dedicated to
the two retired firefighters
who made it possible:
Dan Schloegel and Dan
Smith.
Orland Fire is to continue
to celebrate its anniversary
with an open house on
July 20. The open house is
to be held from 10 a.m.-
2 p.m. at the Orland Fire
Protection District Training
Academy, 10728 W.
163rd Place in Orland
Park.
Reporting by Amanda Del
Buono, Freelance Reporter.
For more, visit OPPrairie.
com.
FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND
Tragedy begets comedy
during Limestone Stage’s
‘I Hate Shakespeare’
The histories, tragedies
and comedies of William
Shakespeare have caused
countless theatergoers to
contemplate the meaning
of life and love. Limestone
Stage added laughter
to that list with its latest
production, “I Hate Shakespeare.”
The Steph DeFeriepenned
play found the
works of The Bard reimagined
and mined for
humor during a series of
performances held April
25-28 at the Lockport
Township Building. A texting
Juliet, zombie-hunted
Richard III and more had
fans in tears as a result of
laughing, from start to finish.
First-time Limestone
Stage cast member Josh
Funneman played Hamlet
throughout the night both
in the traditional sense and
as Shakespeare’s greatest
defender against the harsh
criticism of an Unhappy
Person played by Sabrina
Mangan. He served as a
narrator of sorts, introducing
scenes while illustrating
the many ways Shakespearean
themes are still
relevant today.
Limestone Stage Artistic
Director Kit Lindblom explained
that each year the
group presents a “spring
classic.” Past performances
have included “The
Taming of the Shrew,”
“The Importance of Being
Earnest” and “The
Seagull.”
Reporting by Laurie Fanelli,
Freelance Reporter. For
more, visit LockportLegend.
com.
FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER
Passion for pooches
inspires Mokena pet stylist
The dog days of summer
may still be months away,
but a new spot in Mokena
can let pooches get a head
start on their summer hairstyles.
Bone-ita — located at
11600 Francis Road, Unit
C3, in Mokena — held its
grand opening and open
house April 28, where
community members and
their canine companions
got a look at the pet-styling
shop and were served
some treats.
Kristin Anaya, owner of
Bone-ita, got started in the
dog-grooming profession
straight out of high school
and has continued with her
passion for nearly the past
20 years.
“A lot of my friends
were going off to college
and I wasn’t sure what I
wanted to do,” Anaya said.
“I’ve always loved animals.
I thought about possibly
being a vet tech, but
I just didn’t think I could
deal with the sad stuff.
So, I heard of a grooming
school in Homer Glen,
which was close to home,
so I went there.”
Since then, Anaya has
worked with other pet
groomers, most recently
in Frankfort at Hair of the
Dog, and even competed
in dog-grooming shows,
at which she specialized in
miniature poodle styling.
“People ask me all the
time, ‘If you didn’t groom,
what would you do?’”
Anaya said. “I truthfully
don’t know. It’s my passion.
I love it. I can’t see
myself doing anything
else, ever.”
Reporting by T.J. Kremer
III, Editor. For more, visit
MokenaMessenger.com.
FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT
New Lenox triplets all put
up big numbers on ACT
The McDermott sisters
felt confident that they
would score well on the
ACT after all of the practice
tests they had done,
but for all three to score
near perfect or perfect was
something else.
Alayna, Corina and
Madeline McDermott,
triplet juniors at Lincoln-
Way West, scored 36, 35,
35 on their ACTs, respectively.
Alayna scored a 35 the
first time she took the test
and turned it into a 36 on
the second try.
“I was speechless for a
while,” Alayna said. “But
I knew once I saw that
my scores were pretty
good, I knew that my sisters’
would also have done
pretty well because they’re
pretty on par with me most
of the time.”
Corina, though, is her
own worst critic, she said,
and while she knew her
sisters were going to score
well, she wondered if her
scores would be up there
with her sisters.
“When I got my score,
I was thrilled and really
proud of myself,” she said.
“I put effort in, too, I just
don’t realize it as much. I
was proud of them, and it
just shows that hard work
pays off.”
Madeline scored a 35 in
all four sections the first
time she took the test, with
no preparation or studying,
so she felt that with extra
practice tests and studying,
she could maintain or improve
her score.
“I didn’t really need to
learn anything; I just needed
to see if I could apply
it all in four hours, because
it does wear you down as
you go,” Madeline said.
Reporting by Sean Hastings,
Editor. For more, visit New
LenoxPatriot.com.
FROM THE FRANKFORT STATION
Stacey’s Place designs
one-of-a-kind projects
For Frankfort resident
Mike Moyzis, the best
part of completing a custom
woodworking project
is seeing how the finished
piece brings a smile to his
customers’ faces.
“It’s all personalized,”
he said.
Moyzis and his wife,
Stacey Burke, celebrated
the grand opening of their
new downtown Frankfort
shop on April 26. Stacey’s
Place, located at 4 W. Nebraska
St. in Frankfort,
incorporates many of the
items sold at the couple’s
former business, Morgan’s
Place, which specialized
in vintage and repurposed
home goods.
The new store also focuses
on refinished furniture,
Burke said.
“People bring in furniture
for us to paint, and we
couldn’t do that in a small
space,” she said. “So, by
taking this space on, it allowed
to showcase our
pieces, the scale of what
we do.”
Morgan’s Place was
named after former Lincoln-Way
Central student
Morgan Schiller, who
has Williams syndrome,
and Moyzis said the new
business will continue the
couple’s tradition of supporting
individuals with
special needs. In October,
Stacey’s Place partnered
with the Chicago-based I
Am Who I Am foundation
to host an event allowing
young entrepreneurs with
Down syndrome to showcase
jewelry, bath products
and other items they had
created.
Reporting by Nuria Mathog,
Editor. For more, visit Fran
kfortStation.com.
FROM THE HOMER HORIZON
Homer man charged with
DUI, reckless homicide,
leaving scene in fatal I-55
crash
A Homer Glen man
was charged April 30 for
his involvement in a twocar
crash with one fatality
April 28 on Interstate 55 at
the Damen Avenue exit in
Chicago, according to Illinois
State Police.
Rami Matariyeh, 22,
was charged by the Cook
County State’s Attorney’s
Office with leaving the
scene of a crash-death,
leaving the scene of a
crash-great bodily harm,
aggravated DUI-death, aggravated
DUI-great bodily
harm and reckless homicide.
At 3:19 a.m. April 28,
Matariyeh was driving a
2015 Infiniti sedan southbound
on I-55 at Damen
when his vehicle struck
the rear end of a 2011
Hyundai sedan, ISP said.
The Hyundai was an onduty
Uber that held a
driver and three passengers,
including Jamie A.
Poulos, 23, of Berwyn,
who was in the backseat
and unable to be extricated
from the car before
it became fully engulfed
in flames after being hit.
Poulos died from the extent
of her injuries, police
said.
All three of the remaining
occupants of the Uber
reportedly were removed
from the vehicle, with two
transported to an area hospital
in stable condition.
Also in Matariyeh’s car
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