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Pet of the Week.............10
Editorial........................13
Faith Briefs....................16
Puzzles..........................22
The Scene......................22
Classifieds................ 27-33
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Thursday
Ladies Night Out -
Mistletoe Market
4-8 p.m. Thursday, Dec.
5, Orland Park Crossing,
14225 95th Ave. Free admission
to this 22nd Century
Media event. Toy
drive, 70-plus vendors,
visitors from the North
Pole, photos with live reindeer,
ice-carving demonstration,
Sandburg Chamber
Singers and more. Free
tote bag to the first 200
attendees. For more information,
visit 22ndcentury
media.com/our-company/
events.
Saturday
Mokena Community Park
District’s Breakfast with
Santa
9-10:30 a.m. Dec. 7, Aurelio’s
Restaurant, 9901
W. Lincoln Highway in
Frankfort. Enjoy your
breakfast with the Jolly
Old Elf. Registration includes
entertainment, gifts
and a breakfast buffet that
includes breakfast calzones,
French toast sticks,
scrambled eggs, sausage
and fruit. Children under
age 1 are admitted free
(does not include breakfast
or gift). All children must
be accompanied by an
adult. All attendees must
be pre-registered through
Mokena Park District.
Registration is not accepted
at the restaurant. Registration
fee: $21R/$24NR.
Registration deadline is
Nov. 23. No refunds for
this event. For more information,
call Mokena Park
District at (708) 390-2401
or visit mokenapark.com
and register online.
Under the Mistletoe
1-2 p.m. Dec. 7, Mokena
Community Public
Library District, 11327 W.
195th St. in Mokena. Join
the Mokena Community
Public Library District as
we make the season bright
with Matt and Cynthia
Gruel in their Holiday
Cabaret, Under the Mistletoe.
Feel the jingling beat
with “Holly Jolly Christmas,”
“Santa Baby” and
Mariah Carey’s classic
“All I Want for Christmas
is You,” Reminisce with
“Baby, It’s Cold Outside,”
“White Christmas” and
“Let it Snow.” Rock out to
“Santa Claus is Comin’ to
Town,” “Jingle Bell Rock”
and “Rockin’ Around the
Christmas Tree.” This joyful,
nostalgic one-hour
cabaret features the festive
stories behind the music
and is sure to get you in
the holiday spirit. To register,
call (708) 479-9663, or
register through our events
calendar at mokenalibrary.
org.
Monday
Mokena Village Board of
Trustees meeting
7 p.m. Dec. 9, Village
Hall, 11004 Carpenter St.
in Mokena.
TUESDAY
Winter Band and Choir
Concert
6 p.m. Dec. 10, Mokena
Junior High School, 19815
Kirkstone Way in Mokena.
Join the bands and choirs
from Mokena Intermediate
School and Mokena
Junior High School for
seasonal and holiday music.
The MIS concert is to
begin at 6 p.m., followed
by the MJHS concert at
7:30 p.m. There is no cost
to attend, but concessions
will be available between
the concerts at a nominal
cost benefiting the Mokena
Music Boosters.
UPCOMING
Santa Day
2-4 p.m. Dec. 14, Mokena
Community Public
Library District, 11327
W. 195th St. in Mokena.
Santa and Mrs. Claus will
be here, so bring your
cameras. Live reindeer,
crafts, toy soldier boy on
stilts and refreshments.
For more information, call
(708) 479-9663, or visit
mokenalibrary.org.
Holiday blood drive at the
Mokena Community Public
Library
3-7 p.m. Dec. 16, Mokena
Community Public
Library District, 11327 W.
195th St. in Mokena. The
holiday hustle and bustle
tends to make blood donation
fall to the bottom of
the to-do list, so in order
to help make it easy for
donors to give, Heartland
Blood Centers is encouraging
community members
to donate blood. They
are spreading a little holiday
joy while you are saving
lives by giving the gift
of blood. Call (708) 479-
9663 to set an appointment,
or register online at
heartlandbc.org. Walk-ins
are welcome
ONGOING
LWABWO Meetings
6-8 p.m. on the third
Tuesday of each month
Sept. through June, Gatto’s
Restaurant, 1938 E.
Lincoln Highway, New
Lenox. The Lincoln-Way
Area Business Women’s
Organization is a non-profit
club formed in 1971 to
provide scholarship funds
to graduating female high
school seniors and adult
women for the purpose of
continuing education. We
are always looking for new
members. For more information,
visit LWABWO.
org.
We are Lions
7 p.m. first Thursday
of each month, Doc’s
Smokehouse, 19081 Old
LaGrange Road #105 in
Mokena. The Lions Club
of Mokena hosts is monthly
meeting. For more information,
email Mokena
LionsClub@att.net.
Al-Anon
6 p.m. Sundays, Mokena
Fellowship Center, 11137
W. 191st St., Mokena; 7
p.m. Mondays and 6 p.m.
Thursdays, Old Plank Trail
Bank, 20012 Wolf Road,
Mokena. Meetings are
open to anyone who feels
their life has been affected
by a problem drinker.
There are no dues or fees.
All meetings are confidential.
For more information,
call (815) 773-9623.
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Mokena Fire Protection
CPR Class
6-9:30 p.m. Ongoing.
Mokena Fire Station
1, 19853 S. Wolf Road,
Moknea. The Mokena Fire
Protection District offers
monthly CPR classes for
the public. Students are
instructed in adult, child
and infant CPR and AED.
The cost of the class is $35
for Community CPR and
$40 Healthcare CPR. Register
for specific dates at
mokenafire.org.
Kindergarten Registration
Drive
8 a.m.-4 p.m. Ongoing.
District Administrative
Center, 20100 South
Spruce Drive in Frankfort.
Summit Hill School District’s
2019-20 kindergarten
registration drive continues.
Parents may access
studentregistration.org to
review the checklist of
documents needed for registration.
Parents have the
option of enrolling their
kindergartener in the extended
day program or the
half-day program. Registration
fee for extended
day is $150. Registration
fee for half day is $125.
3D Printer Class
10-11 a.m. every third
Saturday of the month,
Mokena Community Public
Library District, 11327
W. 195th St. Visit the YA
Computer Lab to create
3-D nameplates with our
Makerbot 2x 3-D Printer.
Call (708) 479-9663 for
more information.
Mobile Workforce Center
1:30-3:30 p.m. Fridays,
Mokena Community
Public Library, 11327 W.
195th St., Mokena. The
Mobile Workforce Center
travels to communities
throughout Will County
assisting residents who are
looking for a job.