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Wednesday: Possible storms again

Melanie Jongsma
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Wednesday: Possible storms again

LANSING, Ill. (June 25, 2024) – Lansing could be included in the path of isolated morning thunderstorms in the area. Most of the day is forecast to be breezy with occasional clouds and sun. High of 81 degrees.

Current conditions, the four-hour forecast, and the five-day forecast are presented below. (On mobile, only three hours and three days are shown.) Details are continuously updated throughout the day:

Lansing, IL
73°
Partly Cloudy
5:17 am8:28 pm CDT
Feels like: 73°F
Wind: 3mph WNW
Humidity: 85%
Pressure: 29.82"Hg
UV index: 2
10 am11 am12 pm1 pm
73°F
73°F
75°F
77°F
ThuFriSatSunMon
72°F / 59°F
81°F / 70°F
84°F / 61°F
68°F / 52°F
75°F / 61°F
Lansing, IL weather forecast ▸

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Journal responds to Lan-Oak Park District’s ‘frivolous’ lawsuit

Melanie Jongsma
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Journal responds to Lan-Oak Park District’s ‘frivolous’ lawsuit

LANSING, Ill. (June 25, 2024) – On June 21, Attorney Andrew Schapiro (representing The Lansing Journal) sent a letter via email to Attorneys James Borcia and Andrew Paine (representing the Lan-Oak Park District) regarding Lan-Oak Park District v. The Lansing Journal LLC, Case No. 24 CH 02909.

“The Complaint is frivolous,” reads the letter. “It brings claims unavailable to the Park District as a matter of law; seeks remedies under statutes that do not provide for them; and lacks factual support.”

“Legally baseless”

The Park District has included five counts in their lawsuit against the Journal:

  1. Violation of the Trademark Registration and Protection Act
  2. Trademark infringement under the Lanham Act
  3. Unfair competition under the Lanham Act
  4. Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act
  5. Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act

“No fewer than three causes of action in the Complaint are legally baseless for straightforward reasons that even the most basic investigation would have uncovered,” writes Schapiro, referring to Counts II, IV, and V.

Count II cites the Lanham Act, a federal trademark statute. “Because the Park District has no federally registered mark, Count II is patently frivolous,” reads Schapiro’s response.

Schapiro continues, “In Count IV, the Park District alleges The Journal has violated the Deceptive Trade Practices Act, seeking monetary damages and disgorgement of profits. … There is no legal basis to seek monetary damages and disgorgement of profits under the IDTPA.”

With regard to Count V, in which the Park District alleges The Journal has violated the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act, Schapiro explains that the Illinois Supreme Court has made clear government bodies have no right of action. “Because the Park District is a government agency, Compl. ¶ 1, and has no right of action,” reads the response, “a Consumer Fraud Act claim is frivolous against The Journal or any other defendant.”

“Factually baseless”

Schapiro further contends that the Park District’s complaint is also factually baseless: “As was explained in my November 22, 2023, letter to your partner Andrew Paine, the Park District does not use the image of the clock tower it purports to be its logo as a mark. Asked to demonstrate the Park District’s use of the mark, you responded by furnishing photocopied promotional materials dated between 2009 and 2013 featuring images of the clock tower that neither resembled one another nor corresponded to the written description of the mark in the state registration. Neither the Park District nor The Journal use images of the clock tower as a mark. The Park District’s claims to the contrary simply are not based in fact.”

Requesting withdrawal

On behalf of The Lansing Journal, Schapiro requested written confirmation that the Park District will withdraw their complaint by 5 p.m. Central Time on Thursday, June 27, 2024.

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Three new Lansing business licenses awarded in May 2024

Paul Czapkowicz
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Three new Lansing business licenses awarded in May 2024

LANSING, Ill. (June 25, 2024) – Business licenses were awarded to the following new businesses in the Village of Lansing in May 2024.

May 2024

  1. SMART DESTINATION LEARNING CENTER
    18525 Torrence Ave. – Unit D-1
    • Educational Services

  2. NEW ERA STAFFING AGENCY
    18525 Torrence Ave. – Unit D-8
    • Nurse Staffing Agency (new address for existing business)

  3. FIVE STAR COLLISION EXPERTS
    17550 Chicago Ave.
    • Auto Body Shop

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District 171 reviews highlights of 2023–2024 academic year at June board meeting

Kinise Jordan
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District 171 reviews highlights of 2023–2024 academic year at June board meeting

LANSING, Ill. (June 26, 2024) – Sunnybrook School District 171 held its June board meeting on Monday, June 17. District administrators presented highlights of the 2023–2024 school year and an overview of what the district has planned for the 2024–2025 school year.

2023–2024 Highlights

Superintendent Dr. Erika Millhouse-Pettis and Assistant Superintendent Dr. Lori Owens-Stranc shared a PowerPoint presentation of the 2023–2024 school year highlights, including curriculum, achievements, emergency procedures, and construction projects:

  • The district implemented a new ELA curriculum
  • A new financial literacy, math and science curriculum was previously selected for the 2023-2024 school year
  • District 171 was awarded the Teacher Vacancy Grant
  • The first year of the district’s three-year construction plan was completed
  • Heritage Middle School dominated at the Cal Ridge academic bowls in academics and sports
  • South Suburban Math Bowl first-time placement:
    • 5th–6th Grade won 3rd place
    • 7th–8th Grade won 2nd place
  • First year offering advanced math for grades 3rd through 8th
  • Introduced Step-up classes at Nathan Hale
  • Nathan Hale introduced several new clubs including ukulele, choir, cross country, soccer, and sewing
  • Nathan Hale hosted new events:
    • Math Night
    • Nigerian Heritage Night
    • Science Day

Emergency procedures

District 171 has recently updated its crisis prevention plans and increased its emergency procedures and alerts.

“We are unfortunately having to take steps in terms of crisis and emergency procedures,” said Dr. Mike McGowan, District 171 Technology Director.

“For the past two to three years we’ve really taken a step up about putting preventative measures in place,” he continued. “This past year we put more systems in place internally to help with notifications and quicker response times.”

Dr. McGowan said he wants the community to know that the district is taking the necessary steps to ensure each building is safe for all staff and students.

Construction highlights

David Shrader, Chief School Business Official at District 171, updated the board on the district’s completed construction projects

Nathan Hale Elementary School received a new more secure front entrance, remodeled nurses office, and a new garage. The duct work, ceilings, and lights were replaced on the south end of the building at Heritage Middle School.

“[We are] trying to keep these facilities clean, safe, neat, updated, and as modern as best we can,” said Shrader.

2024–2025 Focus

Dr. Millhouse-Pettis says the district will continue using standard-based grading for the upcoming school year.

She says there was some confusion on how the Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) program was supposed to work, so district administrators plan to focus more on helping district staff and parents understand it.

Administrators plan to continue growing educators in District 171 using the teacher vacancy grant. Dr. Millhouse-Pettis says the district has been using the grant to fund the education of student educators.

The district also plans to continue its construction projects and begin its strategic action plan during the 2024–2025 school year.

Other agenda items:

  • Registration for the 2024–2025 school year is currently open.
  • The board approved the district’s Board of Education meetings for the 2024–2025 school year.

More information about Sunnybrook School District 171 is available at www.sd171.org. Meetings are typically held on the fourth Monday of the month.

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Obituary: Arleta R. Hommes

Smits Funeral Homes
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Obituary: Arleta R. Hommes

December 15, 1934 – June 23, 2024

Arleta R. Hommes, nee Scharnhorst, age 89, of Valparaiso, IN, formerly of South Holland, IL, passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 23, 2024. Beloved wife of the late Roger A. Hommes. Loving mother of Alex (Nhi) Hommes, Cindy (Dave) Pomeroy, Brian (Kim) Hommes, and the late Sherrie Hommes. Cherished grandmother of Donovan Hommes, Sarah (Ricki) Zyvoloski, and Justin (Virginia), Jonathon (Karen), and Tyler Pomeroy; great-grandmother of five great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by her parents Erwin and Charlotte Scharnhorst. Arleta was dearly loved and will be missed.

Visitation Thursday, June 27, 2024, from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Smits Funeral Home 2121 Pleasant Springs Lane, Dyer, IN. Funeral service Friday, June 28, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. at First Reformed Church, 15924 South Park Ave. South Holland, IL, with Rev. James Oord officiating. Interment Chapel Hill Gardens South – Oak Lawn, IL.

Memorial donations may be given to Chicagoland Prison Outreach, P.O. Box 63, South Holland, IL 60473.

Tuesday: Possible thunderstorms

Melanie Jongsma
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Tuesday: Possible thunderstorms
Watermelon jack-o-lanterns are the perfect way to celebrate Summerween. (Photo: Heather Grant)

LANSING, Ill. (June 24, 2024) – Lansing is forecast to be back in the 90s on Tuesday, reaching 95 during a day of sun and clouds. AccuWeather describes Tuesday as “windy and hot with a thunderstorm; thunderstorms can bring hail and damaging winds.”

Current conditions, the four-hour forecast, and the five-day forecast are presented below. (On mobile, only three hours and three days are shown.) Details are continuously updated throughout the day:

Lansing, IL
73°
Partly Cloudy
5:17 am8:28 pm CDT
Feels like: 73°F
Wind: 3mph WNW
Humidity: 85%
Pressure: 29.82"Hg
UV index: 2
10 am11 am12 pm1 pm
73°F
73°F
75°F
77°F
ThuFriSatSunMon
72°F / 59°F
81°F / 70°F
84°F / 61°F
68°F / 52°F
75°F / 61°F
Lansing, IL weather forecast ▸

Become a published photographer

Snap a photo of the great Lansing outdoors around you, and share it with Lansing Journal readers. Email photos to [email protected], and include the following information:

  • Description or location of the photo
  • Names of any people or animals in the photo
  • Name of the person who took the photo

Get your Published Photographer merch

Our “Published Photographer” design is available as a shirt, sweatshirt, long-sleeved shirt, hoodie, coffee mug, magnet, tote bag, or phone case. Click the image to choose from a variety of colors, styles, and sizes at our shop on TeePublic.com. Each purchase helps support this community newspaper.

 

The fine print
By submitting photos to The Lansing Journal, you are affirming that the content is original to you or that you have the right to allow The Lansing Journal to edit, publish, display, and otherwise use it and credit it to you by name, without any obligation to you or any other person or entity.
License. By submitting the content, you grant The Lansing Journal a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free license to make all legally permitted uses of the content under copyright and privacy/publicity laws, in any format and media, and to sublicense others to do the same. This includes, among other rights, the right to edit, embellish, and compile with other content your content, and to publish, display, make derivatives of, and otherwise use the content, without further notice or any payment obligation.
Representations. You represent that you have the right to enter into this agreement. If any minors appear in the content, you represent you are their parent or legal guardian and have the right to grant us the rights to the content. You also represent that you own all rights to the content and/or have the authority to grant these rights, and that our permitted use of the content will not infringe on any third party’s rights. You also represent that the content is free and clear of any liens and that our use of the content will not raise any claim of infringement, invasion of privacy, defamation, publicity, or claims for any payments.

Lansing history on display in newest library exhibition

Reena Alsakaji
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Lansing history on display in newest library exhibition

Lansing Historical Society brings photos and artifacts out of the basement

Lansing, Ill. (June 24, 2024) — On the upper level of the Lansing Public Library, the Lansing Historical Society’s new art exhibition features photographs and artifacts that are normally housed in the museum in the basement of the library.

The history display has been up since June 5 and will continue to occupy space in the library until around August 5. Library visitors can view it during the times that the library is open.

A history of working together

Noting public interest in the weather photo exhibition that was displayed earlier this year, Library Director Lisa Korajczyk reached out to the Lansing Historical Society for another locally focused display. According to Andrew Harootunian, community outreach director, Korajczyk and the Historical Society worked together to develop the concept.

“The general theme is really just an exhibit from the Lansing Historical Society and just bringing it more into light,” Harootunian said. “We just wanted to work with them and help them out as much as we could.”

Photos and more from our history

Along the stairwell partition are positioned three historical items from past Lansing residents: an old washing machine, a velocipede jigsaw, and a school desk with an ink well. Each piece features a description panel providing background to when the piece was used, who owned it, and where it was located in Lansing.

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Three pieces of furniture are included in the Lansing Historical Society exhibition: a washing machine, a velocipede jigsaw, and an ink well desk. The jigsaw was made between 1884-1890 by the W.F. & John Barnes Co. of Rockford, Illinois. (Photo: Reena Alsakaji)
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The school desk is an 1895 model, the kind that was used in Lansing’s Indiana Avenue School. The library now stands on the site where the school once was. (Photo: Reena Alsakaji)

The gallery wall features photos that were part of the Lansing Historical Society’s pre-existing photo library. The history photos were enlarged, framed, positioned, and labeled by local photographer Dan Bovino, who is also a member of the Historical Society. The photographs depict old businesses on Ridge Road, the first-ever church built in Lansing, and scenes from Lansing schools, railroads, and industries.

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The Lansing Historical Society exhibition includes up to 20 photographs of Lansing history. (Photo: Reena Alsakaji)

Understanding history

Harootunian says the history display is from no particular time period and has no theme. Some photographs include previous Lansing families and residents. Others show different train tracks and lines. Some show buildings that are still present today.

The last photograph in the display features a compressed perspective of Ridge Road. The description panel states: “Who’d think that 34 years into our past would be considered history? Time keeps slipping into the future…. That’s why we at Lansing Historical are trying to preserve it all!”

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A 1990 photograph shows many of the businesses that were part of Lansing’s story at that time. (Photo: Reena Alsakaji)

The Lansing Historical Society’s history exhibition is available for viewing at the Lansing Public Library, 2750 Indiana Avenue, Lansing, Illinois.

Local Voices: From the desk of Bob Malkas

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Local Voices: From the desk of Bob Malkas

Submitted by Bob Malkas

The first printing of my book The Road to Redemption is now available. It is an unauthorized teaching guide for the study of American history that those who now manage the flow of information do not want voters to know before they go to the polls in November.

I have started a grassroots campaign to have it read by as many people as possible as soon as possible. So far to advance that process I have given six copies to the Lansing library. I also gave individual copies to District 215 School Board members at one of their last meetings, so they will be able to evaluate it. I have had my own website constructed robertmalkas.com, so I can continue to stay in contact with the people of Lansing.

To guide people to my work I have taken an ad in The Lansing Journal. If you visit the ad, you will be led to my interviews with Ric Bratton on his nationally syndicated podcast, This Week in America. It will also show you how to learn more about what should be known about current events in the country and the history of the Lansing airport.

Both interviews are intended first to direct the future of the LMA and in the second on how understanding American history that is essential for the future of the country. The Road to Redemption can be looked at as a way for people first from Lansing, then as much of the country as possible, to achieve a better tomorrow.

RTR is a pro-active experience. People should know that they have the power to control their own future if they decide to get involved.

Future printings of RTR can include what the people want to learn more about and cannot get it from the media. The RTR is easy to read and can be done by design in one sitting. I have already submitted Assignment 16 to The Lansing Journal, and it was published, so readers will understand my purpose for getting people involved.

Obituary: William A. Pierce

The Lansing Journal
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Obituary: William A. Pierce
information provided by Moeller Funeral Home

February 17, 1938 – June 22, 2024

Obituary William Pierce

William A. ”Bill” Pierce, 86, of Valparaiso, IN, formerly of Lansing, IL, passed away Saturday, June 22, 2024.

He was born February 17, 1938, in Chicago to Eugene and Lois (Lang) Pierce, graduated from Thornton High School, and served proudly with the U.S. Navy aboard the U.S.S. Pawcatuck. Bill made his career for 35 years with the Sears & Roebuck Co. as a talented Sales Representative. Bill’s true passion was youth sports, having officiated high school baseball, softball, boys and girls basketball in Illinois and Indiana for decades, garnering the nickname “Mr. Rules” due to his meticulous knowledge of the official standards. He was an honored coach and past president of the Lansing Old Timers Organization for baseball. He served as head usher, trustee, and president of Heritage Lutheran Church in Valparaiso, and he loved the many trips to Holland to share his love of baseball in Europe. And, did we not yet mention Bill’s dedicated commitment to cheering on his beloved Chicago Cubs?

On September 6, 1968, he married Christine Dremonas, who survives along with their son, Scot (Lynn) Pierce of Munster, and grandchildren: Madison and Alex Pierce, and Annika, Nathan, and Teah Pierce. He was preceded in death by one son, Stephen Pierce, in March of 2021; one brother, Robert Pierce; and his parents.

A memorial service will be held Friday, June 28, at Heritage Lutheran Church, 308 N. Washington St., Valparaiso, beginning at 11:00 am, Rev. Stan Teme officiating. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Heritage Lutheran Church.

Monday: A beautiful 86 degrees

Melanie Jongsma
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Monday: A beautiful 86 degrees

LANSING, Ill. (June 23, 2024) – “Mostly sunny and beautiful” is how AccuWeather describes Monday in Lansing. We are set for a high of 86 degrees.

Current conditions, the four-hour forecast, and the five-day forecast are presented below. (On mobile, only three hours and three days are shown.) Details are continuously updated throughout the day:

Lansing, IL
73°
Partly Cloudy
5:17 am8:28 pm CDT
Feels like: 73°F
Wind: 3mph WNW
Humidity: 85%
Pressure: 29.82"Hg
UV index: 2
10 am11 am12 pm1 pm
73°F
73°F
75°F
77°F
ThuFriSatSunMon
72°F / 59°F
81°F / 70°F
84°F / 61°F
68°F / 52°F
75°F / 61°F
Lansing, IL weather forecast ▸

Become a published photographer

Snap a photo of the great Lansing outdoors around you, and share it with Lansing Journal readers. Email photos to [email protected], and include the following information:

  • Description or location of the photo
  • Names of any people or animals in the photo
  • Name of the person who took the photo

Get your Published Photographer merch

Our “Published Photographer” design is available as a shirt, sweatshirt, long-sleeved shirt, hoodie, coffee mug, magnet, tote bag, or phone case. Click the image to choose from a variety of colors, styles, and sizes at our shop on TeePublic.com. Each purchase helps support this community newspaper.

 

The fine print
By submitting photos to The Lansing Journal, you are affirming that the content is original to you or that you have the right to allow The Lansing Journal to edit, publish, display, and otherwise use it and credit it to you by name, without any obligation to you or any other person or entity.
License. By submitting the content, you grant The Lansing Journal a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free license to make all legally permitted uses of the content under copyright and privacy/publicity laws, in any format and media, and to sublicense others to do the same. This includes, among other rights, the right to edit, embellish, and compile with other content your content, and to publish, display, make derivatives of, and otherwise use the content, without further notice or any payment obligation.
Representations. You represent that you have the right to enter into this agreement. If any minors appear in the content, you represent you are their parent or legal guardian and have the right to grant us the rights to the content. You also represent that you own all rights to the content and/or have the authority to grant these rights, and that our permitted use of the content will not infringe on any third party’s rights. You also represent that the content is free and clear of any liens and that our use of the content will not raise any claim of infringement, invasion of privacy, defamation, publicity, or claims for any payments.
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