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2 | January 16, 2020 | the mokena messenger calendar<br />
mokenamessengerdaily.com<br />
In this week’s<br />
Messenger<br />
Police Reports................10<br />
Pet of the Week.............13<br />
Editorial........................15<br />
Puzzles..........................24<br />
The Scene......................24<br />
Classifieds................ 27-33<br />
The Mokena<br />
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Editor<br />
TJ Kremer III, x29<br />
tj@mokenamessenger.com<br />
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Steve Millar, ext 34<br />
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PUBLISHER<br />
Joe Coughlin 847.272.4565, x16<br />
j.coughlin@22ndcenturymedia.com<br />
Managing Editor<br />
Bill Jones, x20<br />
bill@opprairie.com<br />
president<br />
Andrew Nicks<br />
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EDITORIAL DESIGN DIRECTOR<br />
Nancy Burgan, x30<br />
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Saturday<br />
Healthy Living Expo<br />
9 a.m.-1 p.m. Jan. 18,<br />
Tinley Park Convention<br />
Center, 18451 Convention<br />
Center Drive. Free admission.<br />
More than 60 vendor<br />
booths, health screenings,<br />
healthy cooking demonstrations,<br />
speaker sessions,<br />
free 30-minute workout<br />
classes, community blood<br />
drive, and free tote bags<br />
and stress balls to the first<br />
300 attendees.<br />
Monday<br />
Winter Jumpfest<br />
3-8 p.m. Jan. 20, The<br />
Oaks Recreation & Fitness<br />
Center, 10847 W. LaPorte<br />
Road in Mokena. School<br />
is out but that doesn’t<br />
mean you have to be stuck<br />
in front of the TV. Join us<br />
at Jumpfest for a jumptastic<br />
time. Jumpfest<br />
wristbands include unlimited<br />
jump time on all of<br />
the inflatables in the gym.<br />
All ages are welcome.<br />
Children 11 and younger<br />
must have a guardian with<br />
them. Anyone jumping<br />
must purchase a wristband.<br />
Concessions will<br />
be available for purchase.<br />
No refunds for this event.<br />
Register by Jan. 19 to receive<br />
a VIP wristband that<br />
includes an extra hour of<br />
jump time from 2-3 p.m.<br />
VIP wristbands are limited.<br />
Fee is $10 for unlimited<br />
jump time, or $12<br />
day of event. For more<br />
information, call Mokena<br />
Community Park District<br />
at (708) 390-2401, or visit<br />
mokenapark.com to register<br />
online.<br />
TUESDAY<br />
Jewelry Making with Liz<br />
Credio<br />
6-8:30 p.m. Jan. 21,<br />
Mokena Community Public<br />
Library District, 11327<br />
195th St. in Mokena. Join<br />
the Mokena Community<br />
Public Library and Liz<br />
Credio of Art in the Garage<br />
as she helps get your<br />
creative juices flowing to<br />
craft your own piece of<br />
jewelry. Everyone will<br />
create a tree of life pendant<br />
with copper wire and<br />
beads. Learn the technique<br />
of wire wrapping and creating<br />
a wire frame to support<br />
your wire working<br />
project. We will also patina<br />
our piece with liver of<br />
sulfur to enhance the wire<br />
wrapping. Choose from a<br />
variety of colored beads<br />
for your tree. All supplies<br />
and instructions are included.<br />
A limit of 12 participants.<br />
To register, call<br />
(708) 479-9663, or register<br />
on our events calendar<br />
at mokenalibrary.org.<br />
UPCOMING<br />
Friends of the Library<br />
Winter Book Sale<br />
Noon-5 p.m. Jan. 24;<br />
9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Jan. 25,<br />
Mokena Community Public<br />
Library District, 11327<br />
195th St. in Mokena. The<br />
Friends of the Library is<br />
hosting its first book sale<br />
of the year to support the<br />
Mokena Community Public<br />
Library District. The<br />
sale is held downstairs in<br />
the library’s community<br />
room. The members of<br />
the Friends of the Library<br />
are allowed early into the<br />
pre-sale on both Friday<br />
and Saturday. Membership<br />
forms are available at<br />
the circulation desk in the<br />
library. Annual membership<br />
dues are: Single - $10;<br />
Family – $12; Student - $5;<br />
Senior - $3; Senior Couple<br />
$5. For more information,<br />
call (708) 479-9663.<br />
Open House<br />
Noon-2 p.m. Jan. 26,<br />
Noonan Elementary Academy,<br />
19131 Henry Drive<br />
in Mokena. Noonan Elementary<br />
Academy is<br />
an independent Catholic<br />
school in Mokena serving<br />
preschool through eighth<br />
grade. It will be hosting its<br />
annual Open House to any<br />
new or prospective families<br />
wishing to learn more<br />
about Noonan. For more<br />
information, call (708)<br />
479-8988, or visit noonan<br />
academy.org.<br />
#GirlGoals<br />
1-4 p.m. Jan. 26, Bloom<br />
Art Studio, 11110 Front<br />
St. Sponsored by Jean<br />
Lachat Photography and<br />
Bloom Art Studio in Mokena,<br />
#GirlGoals is an<br />
empowerment event for<br />
tween girls, ages 9-12.<br />
This event requires preregistration,<br />
and a suggested<br />
donation of $20<br />
benefitting the Mokena<br />
Intermediate School girl’s<br />
running club, Rocket Runners.<br />
Participants will create<br />
meaningful art projects<br />
with Emily Peace Franz,<br />
owner of Bloom Art Studio,<br />
listen to an inspirational<br />
keynote from Amy<br />
Cavanaugh, a mom and<br />
Lincoln-Way East English<br />
teacher, have some great<br />
food, and become art as<br />
they are photographed by<br />
Jean Lachat Photography.<br />
To register or to sponsor<br />
this event, please contact<br />
Jean Lachat at (708) 296-<br />
2170.<br />
ONGOING<br />
LWABWO Meetings<br />
6-8 p.m. on the third<br />
Tuesday of each month<br />
Sept. through June, Gatto’s<br />
Restaurant, 1938 E. Lincoln<br />
Highway, New Lenox.<br />
The Lincoln-Way Area<br />
Business Women’s Organization<br />
is a non-profit club<br />
formed in 1971 to provide<br />
scholarship funds to graduating<br />
female high school seniors<br />
and adult women for<br />
the purpose of continuing<br />
education. We are always<br />
looking for new members.<br />
For more information, visit<br />
LWABWO.org.<br />
We are Lions<br />
7 p.m. first Thursday<br />
of each month, Doc’s<br />
Smokehouse, 19081 Old<br />
LaGrange Road #105 in<br />
Mokena. The Lions Club<br />
of Mokena hosts is monthly<br />
meeting. For more information,<br />
email Moke<br />
naLionsClub@att.net.<br />
Al-Anon<br />
6 p.m. Sundays, Mokena<br />
Fellowship Center, 11137<br />
W. 191st St., Mokena; 7<br />
p.m. Mondays and 6 p.m.<br />
Thursdays, Old Plank Trail<br />
Bank, 20012 Wolf Road,<br />
Mokena. Meetings are<br />
open to anyone who feels<br />
their life has been affected<br />
by a problem drinker.<br />
There are no dues or fees.<br />
All meetings are confidential.<br />
For more information,<br />
call (815) 773-9623.<br />
Mokena Fire Protection<br />
CPR Class<br />
6-9:30 p.m. First and<br />
third Mondays of the<br />
month. Mokena Fire Station<br />
1, 19853 S. Wolf<br />
Road, Moknea. The Mokena<br />
Fire Protection District<br />
offers monthly CPR<br />
classes for the public.<br />
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Students are instructed in<br />
adult, child and infant CPR<br />
and AED. The cost of the<br />
class is $40 for Community<br />
CPR and $50 Healthcare<br />
CPR. Register for<br />
specific dates at mokena<br />
fire.org.<br />
Kindergarten Registration<br />
Drive<br />
8 a.m.-4 p.m. Ongoing.<br />
District Administrative<br />
Center, 20100 South<br />
Spruce Drive in Frankfort.<br />
Summit Hill School<br />
District’s 2019-20 kindergarten<br />
registration drive<br />
continues. Parents may<br />
access studentregistration.<br />
org to review the checklist<br />
of documents needed<br />
for registration. Parents<br />
have the option of enrolling<br />
their kindergartener in<br />
the extended day program<br />
or the half-day program.<br />
Registration fee for extended<br />
day is $150. Registration<br />
fee for half day is<br />
$125. Payment options are<br />
available.<br />
Walking Book Club<br />
9-10 a.m. Wednesdays,<br />
The Oaks Fitness & Recreation<br />
Center, 10847<br />
LaPorte Road, Mokena.<br />
Organized by the Mokena<br />
Community Public Library,<br />
this group walks for<br />
30 minutes and then talks<br />
about a book for 30 minutes.<br />
Copies of the reading<br />
schedule are doled out<br />
at weekly meetings. For<br />
more information, call<br />
(708) 479-9663.
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