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Contests
Winners selected for 22CM’s Halloween
costume, pumpkin-carving competitions
Bill Jones, Managing Editor
The dust has settled on yet another
Halloween, and with it another
round of costume and pumpkincarving
contests here at 22nd Century
Media.
Winners were chosen based on
creativity, successful execution of
an idea, quality of craftsmanship and
consideration of the holiday/season
from entries submitted across our
Orland Park, Tinley Park, Frankfort,
Mokena, New Lenox, Homer Glen
and Lockport coverage areas.
The accompanying gallery includes
information on the winners
in each category, as well as the
prizes they won. Thank you to everyone
who took the time to enter
this year.
Best Adult Costume-Creative
Winner: Jeff Eggener, of New Lenox
What he won: A certificate good for
two tickets for Blue Man Group at
the Briar Street Theatre in Chicago;
a certificate good for $5 off any
purchase $10 or more at Pop’s,
16600 W. 159th St. in Lockport;
and a $25 gift card for Gizmos Fun
Factory, 66 Orland Square Drive, Suite
D, in Orland Park.
Best Children’s Costume
Winners: The Luckhard Family, of
Orland Park
What they won: A $20 gift certificate
from Short & Sweet-Tasty Treats,
9975 W. Lincoln Highway in
Frankfort; a certificate good for
$5 off any purchase $10 or more
at Pop’s, 16600 W. 159th St. in
Lockport; and a $25 gift card for
Gizmos Fun Factory, 66 Orland
Square Drive, Suite D, in Orland Park.
Best Pumpkin Created by a Child
Winner: Charlie Sang, of Lockport
What he won: Two hours of free
bowling for up to six people,
including shoe rentals, along
with a pizza and pitcher full of
pop, at Laraway Lanes, 1009
West Laraway Road in New
Lenox; a $25 gift certificate for
Odyssey Fun World, 19111 Oak
Park Ave. in Tinley Park; and coupons good for one
free value basket and one free one-scoop sundae
at Culver’s, 9130 159th St. in Orland Park.
See the photos for all winners and a couple more submissions
from Homer Glen at HomerHorizonDaily.com.
Best Adult-Crafted Pumpkin
Winner: Tim Keber, of New
Lenox
What he won: A
certificate good for two
tickets for Blue Man
Group at the Briar Street
Theatre in Chicago; a
free, large cheese pizza
from Aurelio’s, 19836
Wolf Road in Mokena;
and coupons good for
one free value basket
and one free one-scoop
sundae at Culver’s, 9130
159th St. in Orland Park.
Best Adult Costume-Scary
Photos submitted
Winners: Tom and Mike
Lilleberg, of Homer Glen
What they won: A $25 gift
certificate for Chesdan’s
Pizzeria & Grille, 15764 S.
Bell Road in Homer Glen; a
certificate good for $5 off
any purchase $10 or more at
Pop’s, 16600 W. 159th St. in
Lockport; and a $25 gift card
for Gizmos Fun Factory, 66
Orland Square Drive, Suite D,
in Orland Park.
Best friends Mikey Waterloo (left), from Lockport, and
Freddie Miller, from Homer Glen, pose in front of a neon
background on Friday, Nov. 1, during the Blacklight
Dance for freshmen at LTHS’s Central Campus.
Mary Compton/22nd Century Media
Blacklight Dance
a chance for LTHS
freshmen to bond
Mary Compton
Freelance Reporter
With a few months of
high school under their
belts, freshmen students
at Lockport Township
High School let down
their walls and danced
the night away during the
second Blacklight Dance.
The event took place
Friday, Nov. 1, at LTHS’s
Central Campus.
“We’re in charge of
homecoming activities
and this dance, which is
the main event for freshmen,”
explains Sarah
Weimer, who is an English
teacher and freshman
class council co-sponsor.
“It’s always been a start
of school dance in August,
but with all the Friday
night home football
games, we changed it to
November.”
Walking in the cafeteria,
one could feel the
excitement as several
freshmen were dancing,
playing giant Jenga and
taking photos with props
in front of a glow in the
dark backdrop.
“This is a freshmen
only dance,” said Elizabeth
Meister, who is a
math teacher and freshman
co-sponsor at the
Lockport high school
freshman center. “This
dance has been around
for a while, which started
out being called the White
Out Dance.”
“This is our second
year of co-sponsoring
it” Weimer said. “We
changed the name to
Blacklight Dance because
we thought it was more
true to the dance theme.
The idea for this dance
was to do something social
and meet other freshmen.
Now that we have it
Please see dance, 19