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14 | January 23, 2020 | the orland Park Prairie news<br />
<strong>OP</strong>Prairiedaily.com<br />
Orland Grassland Volunteers announce<br />
quarterly meeting for 7 p.m. Jan. 28<br />
Submitted by Orland<br />
Grassland Volunteers<br />
The Orland Grassland<br />
Volunteers are to kick<br />
off 2020 with a January<br />
quarterly meeting at 7<br />
Complete at least 50 categories and be<br />
eligible to win a $500 gift card<br />
Vote: 22ndCenturyMedia.com/swchoice<br />
BUY IT!<br />
p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28,<br />
at the Orland Park Civic<br />
Center, 14700 Ravinia<br />
Ave.<br />
In addition to planning<br />
the year’s habitat rescue<br />
activity, field trips and<br />
Vote now for your favorite local<br />
businesses in more than<br />
130 categories!<br />
Look for the ballot in the center of this<br />
newspaper or vote online through Feb. 9 at<br />
22ndCenturyMedia.com/swchoice<br />
SELL IT!<br />
event dates, the group will<br />
be getting updates from<br />
task groups on birding,<br />
seeding strategy and shrub<br />
project plans.<br />
For more information,<br />
call (708) 220-9596.<br />
FIND IT!<br />
IN THE CLASSIFIEDS CALL 708.326.9170<br />
These hearts literally go<br />
out to our local veterans<br />
Valentine’s Day<br />
Coloring Contest in<br />
full swing for 2020<br />
Bill Jones, Editor<br />
If you’d give us just<br />
a moment of your time,<br />
we’d like to get to the heart<br />
of something.<br />
Every year, 22nd Century<br />
Media holds a Valentine’s<br />
Day Coloring<br />
Contest, and we think it’s<br />
important to remind people<br />
up front of the cause.<br />
Yes, it’s an opportunity for<br />
children in our coverage<br />
area to get creative. And<br />
yes, it’s an opportunity to<br />
win prizes.<br />
But more than any of<br />
that, it’s making sure some<br />
of our local veterans feel<br />
some extra love around<br />
the holiday, as all of the<br />
entries are distributed with<br />
the help of a local organization.<br />
It’s been a key<br />
component of this contest<br />
Business Briefs<br />
Illinois American Water<br />
gives grant to Orland Fire<br />
The Orland Fire Protection<br />
District will be purchasing<br />
full turnout gear<br />
for 10-15 junior cadets<br />
thanks to a grant from Illinois<br />
American Water.<br />
The Illinois American<br />
Water Firefighter Grant<br />
Program provides financial<br />
assistance to fire and<br />
emergency organizations<br />
serving communities in its<br />
service areas. The program<br />
awards grants to provide<br />
personal protective gear,<br />
communications equipment,<br />
firefighting tools,<br />
water handling equipment,<br />
for years, and we’re happy<br />
to be able to carry that out<br />
yet again.<br />
With that in mind, The<br />
Orland Park Prairie is<br />
asking children ages 3-12<br />
to get creative by downloading<br />
the form from<br />
the homepage of <strong>OP</strong>Prai<br />
rieDaily.com to create just<br />
one outstanding valentine<br />
per entrant and send it our<br />
way.<br />
Entries must be mailed<br />
to or dropped off at 22nd<br />
Century Media Southwest<br />
Chicago c/o Editor Bill<br />
Jones, 11516 W. 183rd St.,<br />
Unit SW Office Condo #3,<br />
Orland Park, IL, 60467.<br />
The deadline to submit<br />
entries is 5 p.m. Thursday,<br />
Feb. 6. Publisher 22nd<br />
Century Media’s Southwest<br />
Chicago staff will review<br />
all entries and select<br />
winners in each of three<br />
age groups — ages 3-5,<br />
6-8 and 9-12. The winning<br />
entries are to be published<br />
in The Prairie’s Feb. 13<br />
edition, along with other<br />
training materials and<br />
classroom programs.<br />
favorites, at the editor’s<br />
discretion.<br />
For this year’s contest,<br />
we will be picking one<br />
winner in each age group<br />
from across all seven of<br />
the towns and schools in<br />
our southwest suburban<br />
coverage area: Orland<br />
Park, Tinley Park, Frankfort,<br />
Mokena, New Lenox,<br />
Homer Glen and Lockport.<br />
Each winner is to receive a<br />
$25 gift card for Gizmos,<br />
66 Orland Square Drive in<br />
Orland Park.<br />
Winners will be chosen<br />
based on creativity and<br />
neatness. Entries must use<br />
and fit on the form provided.<br />
As in past years, 22nd<br />
Century Media Southwest<br />
Chicago is to team up with<br />
an area organization to<br />
help distribute the finished<br />
valentines — minus the<br />
entry form information —<br />
to nearby veterans.<br />
For more information,<br />
call (708) 326-9170 ext.<br />
20 or email bill@opprai<br />
rie.com.<br />
On-demand snow-removal<br />
service comes to Orland<br />
Park<br />
GreenPal, an on-demand<br />
lawn-mowing service,<br />
recently launched its<br />
on-demand snow removal<br />
service in Orland Park.<br />
Homeowners can list<br />
their snow removal needs<br />
with their desired service<br />
dates, and snow removal<br />
companies then bid on<br />
the property based on the<br />
Google street and aerial<br />
images, and any other details<br />
the homeowner provides.<br />
Homeowners can then<br />
select who they want to<br />
work with based on the<br />
vendors’ ratings, reviews<br />
and price.<br />
Once the service provider<br />
has completed the job,<br />
they send a time-stamped<br />
photo of the completed<br />
work. Homeowners then<br />
pay after using the app and<br />
can set up more appointments.<br />
To learn more, visityour<br />
greenpal.com/il/orlandpark-lawn-care.<br />
Compiled by Editor Bill<br />
Jones, bill@opprairie.com.
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