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played an ongoing role in
the event’s success in the
southwest suburbs.
Reilly, long involved
with the Law Enforcement
Torch Run to benefit Special
Olympics, was a Riverdale
officer when he and a
colleague attended a conference
and learned about
the Truck Convoy event
started by a Florida sheriff’s
department in 2001. The
event was designed to bring
you to buy a subscription
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you bear with me for an
anecdote:
In my first year as a
community newsman, a
role I was not yet sure
suited me, I got a call
from a troubled woman
in New Lenox.
She told me that one
morning the month
prior, her husband — a
relatively young, vibrant
man — did not wake up.
With the breakfast table
set, the kids waiting
and the coffee hot, the
man of the house never
walked down the stairs.
In his sleep, to the
shock of all, he slipped
into a coma.
As medical bills piled,
the family of humble
means decided to raffle
off the husband’s prize
possession: a rehabbed
classic motorcycle. So,
for the newspaper, The
New Lenox Patriot, a
sister of The Station, I
wrote about it.
together truckers and police
to support a common cause.
“I thought it was a great
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Illinois,” Reilly said.
Tinley Park — with its
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and concentration of trucking-dependent
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Reporting by Will O’Brien,
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I got another call from
the woman a week later.
Not only did the family
receive more than
enough entries to hold
the raffle, but also, the
winner of the bike gave
it back to its owner.
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