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12 | October 10, 2019 | the homer horizon NEWS
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FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION
Officials vote to annex gas
station on Harlem Avenue
The Tinley Park Village
Board voted 5-1 on Oct.
1 to annex in a gas station
about which many area
residents shared concerns
last month.
The 4.87-acre gas station
— Lenny’s Food N
Fuel Harlem Avenue LLC,
owned by Leonard McEnery
— operates at 19420 S.
Harlem Ave. in unincorporated
land adjacent to the
Village. Lenny’s Food N
Fuel operates as a gas station
for automobiles and
trucks, two restaurants, a
carwash, and an outdoor
dispensing and filling station
for propane tanks.
As part of the annexation,
Trustee Michael
Mueller said a schedule
is in place for McEnery
to bring the property “into
compliance with Village
building and sign codes
with some noted exceptions.”
Reporting by Jon DePaolis,
Freelance Reporter. For
more, visit TinleyJunction
Daily.com.
FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND
Chamber luncheon helps
small business in Lockport
grow
With an aim to help
small business owners
in the city, the Lockport
Chamber of Commerce
organized an informative
session as part of its
luncheon Sept. 25 with
members of the U.S. Small
Business Administration.
“Since I took charge, I
wanted to reinstate some
programs that started to slip
away,” said Annette Parker,
executive director at the
Lockport Chamber. “One
of those programs was
our chamber luncheons. I
started looking for topics
and speakers that have a direct
impact on businesses. I
have done some work in the
past with the Small Business
Administration and,
since the Lockport Chamber
has so many small business
owners as members, I
thought the SBA would be
a great topic of interest.”
The presentation by
Phyllis Shelton, economic
development specialist at
SBA Illinois, focused on
programs and services, including
counseling, access
to capital and contracting.
“I enjoyed speaking to
the Lockport Chamber,”
Shelton said. “It was a
great experience. The attendees
were excited to
learn about the SBA’s programs
that can help them
start and expand their
small businesses.”
Reporting by Abhinanda
Datta, Assistant Editor. For
more, visit LockportLegend
Daily.com.
FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT
Shoppers spend Sunday
sifting through Community
Rummage Sale
Twister, Goofy Golf
Machine and shelves full
of children’s books lined
the front steps of the New
Lenox Public Library on
Sept. 29.
An overnight downpour
that lasted well into
the morning did not put a
damper on the thrift shopping
of local residents who
showed up to the Friends of
the New Lenox Public Library’s
Community Rummage
Sale.
In front of the library
steps and scattered along
the New Lenox Commons,
approximately seven
groups set up tents to sell
items ranging from Halloween
costumes to random
knickknacks to old
children’s toys to used
tools.
The event — originally
sold out at 120 booths and
scheduled for Sept. 28 —
benefitted the Friends’ mission
to support special programs
at the library.
Reporting by Kyle LaHucik,
Freelance Reporter. For
more, visit NewLenoxPatriot
Daily.com.
FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER
Dogs, cats find forever
homes at annual adoption
event
Coldwell Banker Real
Estate Group brings joy
to thousands every year,
helping them find the
perfect homes, but there
are innumerable unhappy
faces at shelters across the
country, as only 2 out of 10
pets find a loving family.
“A house can only become
a home when you
have a dog,” said Tommy
King, vice president of
marketing at Coldwell
Banker. “For many, a
home is about having a
pet to share memories and
experiences with. Sadly,
most pets end up in the
shelters and we want to be
able to help find forever
homes for them.”
With that in mind, Coldwell
Banker and adopta-pet.com,
the country’s
largest nonprofit pet adoption
website, organized its
annual Homes for Dogs
adoption weekend on Sept.
28 at the NAWS Humane
Society in Mokena.
In its fifth year, this initiative
was aided by the
involvement of animal
shelters throughout the
Midwest, along with the
company’s 1,700 real estate
agents simultaneously
participating in more than
40 local events.
Reporting by Abhinanda
Datta, Assistant Editor. For
more, visit MokenaMesseng
erDaily.com
police reports
Woman reportedly has her purse
stolen from shopping cart at Meijer
Staff Report
A woman reportedly
told deputies that someone
stole her purse out of
a shopping cart while she
was shopping about 5 p.m.
Sept. 16 at the Meijer at
14169 S. Bell Road. The
woman did not notice her
purse was missing until
she went to check out, police
said.
Sept. 16
• Charlene Krogul, 67, of
13507 S. Potawatomi Trail
in Homer Glen, was cited
for failure to yield while
turning at S. Bell Road and
W. 151st St., according to
police.
Sept. 14
• Jay A. Jadron, 46, of
1012 W. 151st St. in Lockport,
was cited for allegedly
driving while his license
was revoked and operating
an uninsured motor vehicle
at W. Bruce Road and
S. Bruce Circle.
Sept. 12
• Devontay Rowsey, 19, of
4242 S. Michigan Avenue
7
in Chicago, was cited for
failure to signal, no valid
driver’s license and operating
an uninsured motor
vehicle at W. 143rd Street
and S. Lemont Road, 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.