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Forest Park Review, April 26, 2017
Things you shouldn’t post on Facebook
e tend to put our best foot forward on Facebook. Here are some things we
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shouldn’t post: ■ Our mugshot, after we’ve been arrested for running naked around our ex’s condo. ■ High school yearbook picture where we showed off our killer sideburns. ■ Photos from our second week at the Motel 6 in Muncie, Indiana. ■ Video of our 2-year-old’s tantrum at Target and the heavy security response. ■ Any photos of us taken before we’ve had our morning cof coffee. ■ Video of us literally crying over spilled milk. ■ Pictures of us standing in front of our workplace, unless we just want to help the process servers. ■ The blog we wrote describing our colonoscopy. ■ Photos of us texting while we take the tight turns on Lower Wacker Drive.
of us drinking directly from the milk container. ■ Photo of our cellphone at the bottom of the sink we just filled. ■ Full names of our kids and the schools they attend, unless we’re really sick of raising them. ■ Photo of the coffee stain that looks like the Virgin Mary is crying. ■ Photo of the time we snuck our garbage into our neighbor’s container. ■ Video of us dropping an entire Happy Meal on someone’s front lawn. ■ Our date of birth, Social Security number and PIN numbers, unless we’re really desperate for somebody to steal our identity. ■ That selfie we took in the holding cell. ■ Photos of us drinking a “roadie” on the Eisenhower, or from a brown paper bag on Madison Street. ■ Letter from our boss wishing us good luck at our new job that we don’t yet have.
JOHN RICE
High school
yearbook picture where we showed off our killer sideburns.
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■ Post-eviction photos taken in front of
an
Extended Stay motel. ■ Any footage of us dancing at a wedding reception. ■ Our third-grade report card with all of those “Unsatisfactory” check marks. ■ Any photos taken of us during the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s — especially the ’80s. ■ Video of our failure to find and touch our nose, during the field test. ■ Group photo of our family’s Easter brunch at Denny’s. ■ Video of our rant at the T-ball game, insisting our 6-year-old was safe at first. ■ Photo showing the bottle of hair dye we’re going to use in faking our death. ■ Photo of us sitting in church wearing one black shoe and one brown shoe because we got dressed in the dark. ■ Photo of our “Mama Didn’t Love Me” tattoo. ■ Our rap sheet, which includes a murder conviction for beating this joke to death. ■ John Rice is a columnist/private detective, who has seen his business and family thrive in Forest Park. He thoroughly enjoys life in the village and still gets a thrill smelling Red Hots, watching softball and strolling through cemeteries.
Officers honored for life-saving action Pedestrian was badly injured in hit-and-run accident
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Two Forest Park police officers were recognized at Monday’s village council meeting for their life-saving actions following a hitand-run accident in January. Officers Dan Miller and Adam Stasinopoulos were commended for provided first aid to a pedestrian who had been struck by a hit-andrun driver on the night of Jan. 22 at 7737 W. Roosevelt Road. According to police reports, Miller and Stasinopoulos applied a tourniquet to the leg of the pedestrian after finding his lower left leg had been severed in the accident. In nominating the two officers for the department’s life-saving award, Sgt. Michael Harrison said their “quick thinking, preparedness and application of department training saved this person’s life.” Mayor Anthony Calderone and Police Chief Tom Aftanas made the presentations. Calderone referred to the officers as “heroes,” noting their actions “bring credit to themselves and the police department.” “Both of you are commended for your quickness and professionalism,” he said. “Thank God we’ve got two excellent police officers who came to this person’s aid that particular night. “I tip my hat to you. Thank you for pro-
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HEROIC: Mayor Anthony Calderone (at left) and Police Chief Tom Aftanas (second from left) present awards to officers Dan Miller (holding his son, Dan Jr.) and Adam Stasinopoulos while Miller’s wife Bridget looks on. tecting all of us.” Calderone also suggested “a big round of applause,” which prompted a standing ovation from the audience. Miller’s wife, Bridget, and their son, Dan
Jr., were also on hand for the presentation. Forest Park police later arrested Xavier Watkins of Maywood and charged him with aggravated reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident.
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