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“Hadley Student Council ‘Pails for Tails’
campaign was a wonderful success! Our
local Tender Loving Care (TLC) Animal
Shelter will receive 42 boxes of supplies
from our Hadley students, including gift
cards, a variety of animal foods, paper
towels and more! We are grateful for all of
your support in their campaign to help out
animals in need!”
Homer Community Consolidated School
District 33C, from Jan. 8.
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“Thank you Lockport Police, Detective
Chris Neyhart and assistant principals
Trish Surman and Matt Bartley for leading
a great training on school safety this
morning. Thank you to @timarnoldsupt
and District 92 staff for joining us. Helping
students learn, keeping students safe!”
@PorterSup205, Bob McBride, LTHS
D205 superintendent, from Jan. 7.
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From the Editor
Remembering the good in society
Thomas Czaja
tom@homerhorizon.com
Letters to the Editor
In response to ‘Standing
with the president’ letter
to the editor from 12/26
issue
If standing for a president
means standing with
a leader that is dividing
our country by: lying,
tearing down war heroes
such as John McCain
and Humayun Khan, attacking
our intelligence
When reporting
the news,
regardless of
which medium or hyperlocal,
statewide, national or
international, there will
inevitably be stories on
negative topics such as
crime and more.
It is our duty to report
such stories, and I know
they can be disheartening
to read. But if I ever get
disheartened or wonder
how these things can happen
or continue to happen
in present day society, I
remember all the good
stories we report, too, and
that, ultimately, there are
more good people than
bad ones out there.
This issue contains
several tough things that
need to be reported on
that have taken place
recently in the community.
The first, on Page
6, is about the attack
and hate crime that took
place Jan. 4 at DiNolfo’s
Banquets in Homer Glen
where a local woman
attacked another woman.
The second is our police
reports on Page 6 recapping
miscellaneous items
being stolen from an
unlocked vehicle. The
final one is on Page 9,
summarizing what happened
when Christmas
ornaments on an exterior
tree were punctured in an
act of vandalism at a local
church.
Between dealing with
a hate crime and racial
slurs directed toward a
minority and the damage
at the church, we see
that unfortunately both
racism and perhaps the
mocking or disrespect of
someone’s faith are each
still prevalent around us
today. The matter with
the police report shows
that people are still leaving
car doors unlocked,
despite thefts like this
being an ongoing issue
for some time now.
Taken individually,
each of these is hard to
digest. Together, they are
even worse and cannot
help but make one shake
agencies and mocking the
disabled, then we must
speak out.
We are a nation of
freedom, laws and three
branches of equal government.
Laws that protect the
innocent. If there is nothing
to hide, bring forth the
witnesses and documents
to the Senate trial so we
can all make an informed
decision.
their head and think it is
sad things like this happen.
Again, at times such
as these, I simply want
to remind everyone not
everyone thinks or acts
like this.
For every heinous
act out there, there is
someone donating to a
charity, helping another
person, doing acts of
good in the world. Just
two examples of that
are the St. Joseph Men’s
Club in Homer Glen
making a $500 donation
to Lockport Love,
highlighted on Page 3
of this issue, and some
Homer 33C students
making a nice donation
to TLC Animal Shelter,
mentioned in our social
snapshot Facebook entry
to the left of this column.
As bad as each of the
hate crime, vandalism and
police report stories are,
they serve as a wake-up
call and latest reminder
that bad does exist in this
world. And that should
push us to be our best
selves, to stand up to racism
when and where we
see it, to fully respect and
love people of all colors,
faith backgrounds, etc.,
to be the eyes and ears in
Using the word socialism
causes fear and
concerns about our existing
Social Security and
Medicare benefits. If the
rich continue to grow
richer and the wealth gap
continues, we will continue
to divide our country.
Marianne Riley Jensen
Homer Glen resident
town, keeping an eye on
one another, as well as
one another’s property.
If we are the sum of
our actions, we need to
put careful thought in
each individual action
to in turn create a better
Homer Glen and world
day-by-day. Collectively,
I fully believe there are
more good people in the
world than bad, and while
we don’t always end up
finding out or hearing
about all the good deeds
and little acts of kindness,
they are out there.
So, please keep the
faith in humanity, and be
one of the good ones out
there doing your best to
always do the right thing
while helping encourage
and bring out the light in
others.
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