Sunday, June 24, 2012
One is a U.S. Marine who just finished serving a tour in Afghanistan; the other is a slugger in youth baseball. They're both people to watch in Oak Lawn.
More than 250 neighbors gathered on Sproat Avenue awaiting the homecoming of a favorite son last Sunday. Looking dashing in his Marine uniform, LCpl. Joseph Harr, a 2010 graduate of Oak Lawn Community High School arrived in style riding in an open top red Corvette. For his excited dad, William, it was the best Father's Day he ever had. Subscribe to the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. Harr was escorted by a contingent of bikers from the Warrior Watch Project, and stepped out of the car into the relieved arms of his mother, Sue Sommerville, and kisses from girlfriend, Taylor. First on LCpl. Harr's homecoming bucket list: order a Giordana's pizza. After his family and girlfriend, that's what the young Marine missed most …
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Trustee Tom Duhig serves on the Oak Lawn Village Board. Noel Roberts captures pets' souls in his paintings and pastels. And Marist High School's Class of 2012 makes the future seem brighter.
Oak Lawn Trustee Tom Duhig is one of the quieter village board members sitting on the dais. When he does chime in, he delivery is droll. After sitting through a four-hour plan commission meeting the night before to review Advocate Christ Medical Center’s latest expansion plans, Duhig compared it to the Obama Healthcare Plan. Read more NAMES IN THE NEWS. “If you remember how it was presented to Congress, it was 'read 1,500 pages and vote on it in two days,'” Duhig said. “It was sort of the same kind of approach used on the Planning and Development Commission.” Duhig waned fellow village board members to “be wary” of the impact studies presented by Advocate Christ for its $600 medical campus expansion “There are a lot of hidden costs that …
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Army Staff Sgt. Luis Aponte Fontanez served two tours of duty in the Middle East. His wife, Diana Cornejo, kept the home fires burning watching over their blended family in Hometown.
Army Staff Sgt. Luis Aponte Fontanez married Diana Cornejo four years ago. Between them they have seven children. Luis had already served one tour of duty in Iraq. Last fall he received his second call up, this time to Afghanistan. Luis left with the Army National Guard in January. When he learned that his orders were being cut short and he was coming home a month early, Luis emailed friend Jacqueline Canty at the Oak Lawn Park District for her help in surprising his wife. Read last week's NAMES IN THE NEWS. Diana was lured to the Oak View Center to film a video to send to Luis in Afghanistan. In the middle of the filming, Luis entered the room carrying a dozen roses, much to the astonishment of Diana and their children. “He told me he …
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Michael Blaha runs half-marathons to raise awareness of neurofibromatosis in honor of a former student. Det. Brian Duffy catches bad guys. And Lt. Vincent Griffin saves the lives of cardiac patients.
Michael Blaha, part-time religion teacher at St. Gerald’s Catholic Church, woke up one morning 20 years and decided to start running. He soon discovered that he had a knack for it and last year competed in his first Chicago Marathon. Inspired by a former student, John Peltzer, who was born with neurofibromatosis, Blaha has dedicated a year of half-marathons in John’s honor. “What was stunning to me is that NF is a more common hereditary disease than multiple sclerosis, Tay-Sachs, and Huntington’s,” Blaha told Patch. Today (May 6), Blaha is running on behalf of Midwest NF in the First Midwest Bank Southwest Half-Marathon in Palos Heights. Read more about Blaha’s “2012Run12 Campaign" on behlf of NF Midwest. Oak Lawn Police Detective Brian …
Richard m alvarado
10:07 pm on Sunday, June 24, 2012
i will thanks again from all the grizzlies !!! more ›