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Police reports
Items
reported
stolen
from
vehicle
Multiple items were
taken Oct. 10 from an
unlocked vehicle in the
20000 block of S. Acorn
Ridge Drive, according to
the Will County Sheriff’s
Office.
A Coleman air mattress,
wallet, driver’s license and
$85 were reported missing
from the vehicle.
Oct. 18
• A wallet containing
identification was reported
missing from an
unlocked vehicle in the
20000 block of South
Aviemore Lane.
Oct. 14
• Gerri J. Atkinson, 48,
of 7658 W. Galeview
Lane in Frankfort, was
cited in the area of South
La Grange and West
St. Francis roads for alleged
improper display
of registration and driving
with a suspended
license.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The
Frankfort Station’s Police Reports
are compiled from official
reports found online on
the Frankfort Police Department’s
website or releases
issued by the department and
other agencies. Individuals
named in these reports are
considered innocent of all
charges until proven guilty in
a court of law
FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION
Creative Cakes decorators
take second place at
international competition
It was two days of intense,
fast-paced competition,
and Ashley Spitzer
and Robbyn Yuen proved
to their fellow cake decorators
that they deserved to be
there.
Representing Creative
Cakes in Tinley Park, the
duo placed second overall
out of six teams at the
The Pillsbury Bakers’ Plus
Grand Champion Creative
Decorating Competition
held Sept. 7-9 in Las Vegas
in conjunction with the International
Baking Industry
Expo.
This was the second year
that Yuen, a Tinley Park
resident, and Spitzer, a resident
of Midlothian, competed
together — placing
second last year in Atlantic
City.
“I enjoy travelling with
Robbyn, because outside
of work we’re actually
friends, so it’s fun to be
able to go out of town with
her,” Spitzer said. “We lug
all our luggage around. We
bounce ideas off of each
other. So, it’s fun to do this
with a friend, not just a coworker,
and I feel like that
Canines in
costume
Dogs dress up
for Howl-A-Wolf
competition
RIGHT: Gus (left) and
Jake, dressed as Harley
Quinn and the Joker, were
the overall winners Oct.
19 at the Frankfort Park
District’s Howl-a-Wolf
contest contest. Photo
submitted
really helps.”
During the first day of
competition, the pair made
a rolled fondant cake and
sculpted cake, and the second
day they made a wedding
cake and a “surprise”
cake, which was a three-teir
buttercream cake that was
announced to them when
they arrived the day before.
As a result of their scores,
the duo won $4,000 collectively,
which they split.
“We just want to really
build awareness of Creative
Cakes,” Spitzer said. “I’ve
worked here for 13 years
and this is my place and I
couldn’t imagine myself
working at any other bakery,
honestly.”
Reporting by Jacquelyn
Schlabach, Editor. For more,
visit TinleyJunctionDaily.com.
FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND
LTHS Marching Band
wins Class 6A state
championship in Normal
Sound the horns: the
winners of the Class 6A
2019 Illinois State Marching
Band Championship
are back in town.
The Saturday night lights
were shining on the Lockport
Township High School
marching band Oct. 19 at
Illinois State University.
Competing in Class 6A, the
division which houses the
largest schools, the LTHS
band and its 175 members
claimed first, along with
supplemental awards for
General Effect and Crowd
Appeal.
The win marks their third
championship this decade,
with the two others coming
in 2013 and 2015. The
2019 group’s show is called
“Tribe,” which features
compositions from Nick
Phoenix and Thomas Bergersen.
“Most of our shows before
were bright and colorful;
this year we went for
a darker and more unique
take on the music,” said
Rileigh Rubar, an alto sax
player in her third year with
the marching band.
Reporting by Derek Swanson,
Editorial Assistant. For more,
visit LockportLegendDaily.
com.
FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER
Multiple agencies
participate in simulated
train derailment exercise
The average daily ridership
across six counties on
Metra’s commuter trains
is approximately 177,000.
There are two Metra stations
in Mokena, at Front
Street downtown and the
Hickory Creek station on
the east side of town.
Now, imagine if one of
those trains derailed. People
are injured. The train is
heavily damaged and could
pose additional risks to both
passengers and emergency
responders. How would
emergency personnel respond?
What protocols are
in place to attend to injured
passengers? What systems
are in place to quickly and
efficiently respond to such
a hypothetical disaster?
On Oct. 26, Village officials
teamed up with Metra
and Department of Homeland
Security Transportation
Safety Administration
officials at the Hickory
Creek station for a training
exercise based precisely on
those concerns.
The joint training exercise
included members of
Mokena police, fire and
other support staff from the
Village. And, according to
Mokena Police Chief Steve
Vaccaro, everything went
“seamless.”
Vaccaro said that all parties
worked well together
and that, from a preparation
standpoint, Mokena “is prepared”
in the event of this
sort of emergency situation.
While the Village and
its partnerships with Will
County, Metra and neighboring
communities’
emergency responders are
strong, Vaccaro stressed
the need to continue these
sorts of training exercises
to ensure each department
is on top of the latest developments
in technology
to assist in emergency situations.
Reporting by T.J. Kremer III,
Editor. For more, visit Moke
naMessengerDaily.com.
FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE
Scare today, gone
tomorrow: Custodian
transforms school overnight
for Halloween
When students at Liberty
School leave the building
on Oct. 30 every year, they
start to see hints of what
custodian Bill Pluta has
done there for Halloween
the past five years. It’s not
until Halloween morning,
though, that anyone but
Pluta truly understands the
scope of it. And by Nov. 1,
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