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12 | June 13, 2019 | the frankfort station community frankfortstation.com Photo Op Sink’s Shots This week’s Photo Op comes from Frankfort resident Jeanne Edmondson amd featires a young owl visitor in her backyard. The photo was taken outside a bedroom window. Have you captured something unique, interesting, beautiful or just plain fun on camera? Submit a photo for “Photo Op” by emailing it to nuria@ frankfortstation.com, or mailing it to 11516 W. 183rd St., Office Condo 3 Unit SW, Orland Park, IL, 60467. Frankfort resident Dale Sink’s daughter Susan snapped this image of 13 turtles on a log in the pond behind her house in Minnesota. Dale Sink is a Frankfort resident who enjoys photography and regularly submits photos to The Station. Gretchen Lulu’s Locker Rescue Gretchen is a 3-year-old female beagle and redbone coonhound. She is being fostered with several other dogs of various sizes and gets along well with all of the animals. When she isn’t playing with other dogs, she has lower energy and would do best in a home with patient owners. She is wellbehaved when on a leash and is houstrained and crate trained. For more information, visit www.luluslockerrescue. org/adoption/ or contact LulusLocker@gmail.com. Want to see your pet featured as The Frankfort Station’s Pet of the Week? Send your pet’s photo and a few sentences explaining why your pet is outstanding to Editor Nuria Mathog at nuria@frankfortstation.com or 11516 W. 183rd St., Office Condo 3, Suite SW, Orland Park, IL 60467. FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION Fire department’s first Citizens Fire Academy set for August The Tinley Park Fire Department is to host its first Citizens Fire Academy starting in August, and is currently accepting applications. The academy will provide participants with hands-on experience of what fire service is like in Tinley Park, Deputy Chief Dan Riordan said. “This is the first time that we’ve done anything like this,” Riordan said. “It was something that Fire Chief [Forest] Reeder thought would be a great opportunity to get people, if they live in town or work in town, to interact with the fire department in a different way, and really get some understanding of all the things that a firefighter would be expected to do during their normal work shift, and you’ll get to experience a little bit of that yourself.” All of the participants will get certified in CPR, learn how to use an automated external defibrillator and a fire extinguisher during the eight-week course. Additionally, participants will be involved in training tower demonstrations at the local training facility, Riordan said. The program is open to adults ages 21 and older who live or work in the Village of Tinley Park. Classes will take place once a week for 2-3 hours beginning Aug. 7 through September. Applications are due July 1, and a background check will be completed, according to the application packet. Reporting by Amanda Del Buono, Freelance Reporter. For more, visit TinleyJunction.com. FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT Torch Run for Special Olympics brings smiles to officers’, athletes’ faces Route 30 in New Lenox was briefly shut down the afternoon of June 4 as Torch Run volunteers from the New Lenox Police Department and New Lenox Village Hall ran from Providence Catholic High School to the New Lenox Commons. The purpose of the Torch Run is to raise money and awareness, and help kick off the Special Olympics Summer Games, which were held in Bloomington June 7-9. New Lenox’s runners Please see nfyn, 13
frankfortstation.com sound off the frankfort station | June 13, 2019 | 13 Social snapshot Top Web Stories From FrankfortStation.com as of Monday, June 10 1. UPDATED - Police: Men in 60s robbed Frankfort Township gas station with screwdriver 2. D161 committee recommends unit district study go forward 3. Police reports: Woman issued notice to appear for alleged concealed weapon 4. Man faces DUI charge after allegedly falling asleep at wheel 5. News from your Neighbors: Downtown improvements, Tinley lemonade stand and more Become a member: FrankfortStation.com/plus From the Editor The importance of offering support nuria mathog Editor In this week’s issue of The Station, we covered the Relay for Life of Greater Will County, an annual fundraiser for the American Cancer Society that took place right here in Frankfort. I’ve attended quite a few Relays for Life throughout the years, starting when I was a teenager in high school and before I personally knew anyone affected by cancer. Since then, several family members — and in several cases, the parents of some very dear friends — have fought that battle, and I have come to appreciate the symbolism of the purple shirts and the imagery of a community coming together to support such an important cause. More than anything, offering support in a time of great need is the most meaningful thing we can do. Fortunately, events such as the Relay of Life offer many ways to do so: a donation to the American Cancer Society, words of encouragement and a few hours spent walking side by side with the survivors in our lives. It’s a simple and yet powerful way to say, “I am here for you.” Cancer can be an incredibly challenging experience physically, financially and emotionally, and it is the sort of diagnosis that often leaves loved ones unsure of what to say or do. But even if we don’t always have the perfect words, we speak a thousand of them with our presence. Showing up demonstrates to those we most care about that they don’t have to go through the experience alone, that they are loved and will always hold an important place in our lives. My hope is that someday the Relays for Life will no longer be necessary — and that each lap around the track brings us a few minutes closer to a cure. “Summer Acro 1” — Frankfort Square Park District from June 6 Like The Frankfort Station: facebook.com/ TheFrankfortStation “Congrats to @RyRit47 on being drafted by the @Cubs in the 33rd round today @ LWEastAthletics” — @LWEastBaseball from June 5 Follow The Frankfort Station: @FrankfrtStation nfyn From Page 12 “took the torch” from the Joliet volunteers at Providence and to the Commons, where the closing ceremonies were held and Special Olympic athletes and other Village officials waited. Officer Paul Simon was the organizer for the New Lenox leg of the race. The Torch Run took place all over Illinois and included more than 3,000 officers who covered approximately 1,500 total miles. “It’s an honor, because the people here are residents,” Simon said. “Especially for our athletes — this is for them. We get to do things and give back to the community.” Simon said all the volunteers came to him before he was able to reach out and ask who wanted to participate. Reporting by Sean Hastings, Editor. For more, visit NewLenoxPatriot.com. FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER Mokena warehouse where the sausage gets made for Aurelio’s Joe Aurelio’s life is all about pizza. Even his license plate reads “PIZ- ZA.” Back in 1959, before Joe was even born, his father Joseph A. Aurelio started a pizza parlor in Homewood. Today, Joe is the president and CEO of Aurelio’s. “Aurelio’s Pizza was founded by my father,” Aurelio said. “We were living in Chicago Heights at the time, and [he] wanted to start his own pizza place. Being from Calabria, Italy, my father brought the family recipes and Italian influence.” Today, tere are 41 Aurelio’s locations in six states. Because of such growth, Aurelio’s purchased a 10,000-squarefoot warehouse in Mokena roughly seven months ago. At the warehouse, they hand-make all the Italian sausage fresh. They also distribute the cheese and other meat products from the warehouse to all Aurelio’s locations. “We outgrew our former facility” Aurelio said. “This is a perfect location, being so close to the Interstate, to reach our locations. This is a great expansion for us. It allows us to grow.” Aurelio said that the site was a former pharmaceutical warehouse, where it was a sterile and clean environment, and he has maintained an emphasis on keeping it clean today. “It’s a USDA-inspected facility,” he said. “We make 12,000 pounds of fresh Italian sausage a week. We use ... a very lean product with simple spices, with no preservatives or fillers.” Reporting by Mary Compton, Freelance Reporter. For more, visit MokenaMessenger.com. 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 Frankfort Station 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 Frankfort Station reserves the right to edit letters. Letters become property of The Frankfort Station. Letters that are published do not reflect the thoughts and views of The Frankfort Station. Letters can be mailed to: The Frankfort Station, 11516 West 183rd Street, Unit SW Office Condo #3, Orland Park, Illinois, 60467. Fax letters to (708) 326-9179 or e-mail to nuria@frankfortstation.com. www.frankfortstation.com.
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