SPECIAL OLYMPICS know or recognize including Daniel who was bowling on same lanes I was. After waiting for several Special Olympics 2019 By: Sean Waterbury minutes, the practice before the real bowling started. Ten more

minutes passed and the real On the weekend of June 15th, I bowling began. joined Our Place for my fifth trip to Special Olympics bowling. It started when I got up at 5:30 am when I slowly got ready because I was not used to getting up at this time. I took my shower, ate breakfast, and hit the road to Our Place at 7 am. There I met Aidan and the others. After waiting a bit for the others who haven’t shown up yet, we hit the long road to Addison, IL to the massive Stardust bowling alley which house 84 lanes, arcade games, and some lounges apparently. It took us about an hour to get there. Once we arrived all of us grabbed our stuff and entered the facility. We found Ultimately I bowled 3 games and our lanes pretty quickly. I was on scored 141, 158, and 149 which put lanes 55 and 56 with Chris. While I me as the second best bowler on was there I ran into several people I the lanes I was at. And one of the more consistent bowlers as well color. I wore a blanket when I despite dealing with a blistered watched them with my family. We thumb on my throwing hand. went swimming in the lake and we When it was all set and done, I hung out and stayed home. We had brought home silver for Our Place fun. My mom spent time with me after bringing home gold the year and we made dinner together and before. It was a successful and helped cut vegetables for salad and pleasant time this year. And helped me. definitely not as crazy and chaotic it was the year before. Yet dropping Fourth of July a score of 213 with Our Place the By: Jack Croley Thursday beforehand has me brimming with confidence for the We had a good time on the fourth years ahead. Overall, the silver of July. First, I woke up at 9:00. lining was golden. Second, I got dressed. Third, I had PopTarts and cereal for breakfast. FOURTH OF JULY After breakfast, I sat and waited for Mr. Bill’s car. When I got into Mr. 4th of July Cookout Bill’s car, we went to New Trier to By: Katie Livingston work out in the field house. I walked the treadmill for 15 minutes On the 4th of July I had 2 cookouts at 3.0. I and Mr. Bill went to a with my family and cousins and Panera to have a snack. I had a they came in town to stay over at lemonade and Mr. Bill had “Pick my house. We had fun and watched Two”- ½ salad and ½ sandwich. Wilmette fireworks on Wednesday Fourth, I went into Mr. Bill’s car and the Evanston ones on and go home. Fifth, I had a BBQ Thursday. We watched them at my with my mom’s friends. Sixth, we house outside. We ate vegetables had fruit pizza for dessert. After we and we ate hotdogs brats and salad had dessert, we drove to see the and bread with asparagus. We had fireworks. I covered my left ear 4th of July on Thursday one night because it was loud. After the and we went out to dinner. There fireworks were over, I was sweaty were all different fireworks in the and hot and we walked from the sky and they were all different Glencoe Beach to my house. colors, some multi colors, some one

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July 4th and My Family POETRY By: Frank Craven Atlantis For the fourth of July I saw By: Sean Waterbury fireworks at the Winnetka Play Fields with my mom and dad and Are we in too deep? before the fireworks we had dinner. Have we gone too far? For dinner we had fried chicken In the depths of the ocean and Caesar salad and a red pepper Where no one can see and corn and basil salad. We had The things that remind me of you chips and guacamole to eat with Hiding beyond the gates of Atlantis our dinner. My mom and dad and I Safely in the deep drove our car over to the Winnetka Safely in the deep fireworks. We had a good Fourth of July. The weather for the fireworks On the vast horizon was good and not hot. It was just Where we watch over the waves the right weather for everyone to Wondering who we could save see the beautiful fireworks and I But we are all at the mercy like to see the fireworks a lot. Of the restless tides Which hold the things that remind GOLF OUTING me Of these timeless days Optimist Club Golf Outing Where it’s all okay By: Frank Craven Safely in the deep

The Our Place golf outing with the Wilmette Optimist Club is on July MOVIE REVIEWS 24. I am going to eat lunch and (SPOILER ALERT) dinner there and talk to the optimists. We are going to have a Toy Story 4 fun time at the golf event. I will By: Andrew Sautel thank them for raising money for Our Place. Thank you to the From seeing Toy Story to Toy Story Optimists for the money you are 2, Toy Story 3 comes an actual raising. sequel of the 1st one called Toy Story 4 when it started out with a flashback from the 1st one, 19 years ago and also from the 1st one when 3

Woody was discovered. That was movies with Tom Hanks, Tim Allen where You Have A Friend in Me and actually it was and it will comes in just like it did from the forever be a classic. beginning of Toy Story and that was until Molly had Bo peep and Yesterday that was from the 1st one when By: Andrew Sautel Molly used to have Bo peep and that was where she took off. Woody In June we went to see a Beatles threw garbage out and finally made movie with music and songs. There a toy himself and it was made from is this guy that does Beatles music, Woody, also known as Forky, a Jack. Ever since the power went friend of all of the old classic toys out around the world John and like from the 1st one from Toy George had passed away and the Story. Forky decided to hit the hay only ones that are alive now are and finally had a hay day when Paul and Ringo. Jack started amused by an amusement park. writing names of the songs from That was when Woody and Forky The Beatles on post it’s and put both went on an adventure and them on the wall. Later that was that was when an antique shop when he became famous like turned out haunted like the Toy Freddy Mercury and Elton John Story Halloween one. That was and started going on tours. Jack when there were dummies like as went to Liverpool to get inspiration in actual dummies they were the from the Beatles. Starting with ones that took over and it turned Strawberry Fields, Penny Lane, out that Bo Peep was there ever Eleanor Rigby and there were these since 19 years ago so they had to widows that came to see him and vanquish the dummies and save told him about the love of The the world famous Second Chances Beatles. Jack also went to go visit Antique Shop. It also had this old John Lennon. Jack was living a lie classic toy from Canada called that he himself didn’t really do Duke Ka Boom. The voice over was those songs himself, but it was done by Ted Theodore Logan from really John, George, Paul, and Bill. Woody decided to stay with Bo Ringo. That was all of The Beatles Peep and Duke. The best part was that did the songs and from visiting with the prizes and laser beam eyes John Lennon in which leads into that was the best part of it all. The the end of the movie when he told 1991 film Toy Story actually the big everybody in that big crowd from favorite of all time funniest classic when he did his last tour. He knew 4 he was living a lie so he told the golf and we split into two teams. truth in front of everybody. Jack Me and Elizabeth and Scott and found out that all of things like then Ethan and Wes. I did pretty Oasis, Coca-Cola, Cigarettes, and good but I felt sorry for Riley Harry Potter didn’t actually exist because every time I hit the ball in and he knew when he had things to some kind of water trap. Riley had Google. to get the ball for me every time and I did not hit it hard enough at all. We had a good time and went OUR PLACE PROGRAMS to the lake after.

Lunchtime Connections By: Katie Livingston

On Tuesdays, I am in LTC, we make our own pizzas. We also went to the store with Our Place to buy the stuff at the store. I got hot peppers, onions, extra cheese and it was good. I had it with no sauce because I don't like it with sauce. With pizza, I had a drink and a salad and a cheese stick for lunch. WEEKEND HAPPENINGS Then after that, I went to work with Crystal and then we went to Nickel Father’s Day City. The next day I woke up did By: Jack Croley my morning routine, ate breakfast and got stuff ready for my day. I Sunday, June 16 was Father’s Day. hung out with Crystal and we First, we have breakfast at home. played games for an hour. We have After breakfast, we got into his car fun together and I like having a to go to Church. When we got into helper. the church, we sang some songs, prayed some, and learned about Community Outing: Par-King Father’s Day. Second, we went to By: Frank Craven eat lunch after church. I had Jumbo Fried Shrimp. When we got On Friday 6/14 for our group into the car, we went back home to outing we went to par king mini do Father’s Day cards and gifts. 5

After that, I ran on the treadmill for Sunday 15 minutes with two point incline. By: Katie Livingston Third, I played “Wheel of Fortune” on the Wii. Fourth, I played On Sunday, with NSSRA we went “Rummikub” with dad. Fifth, we to brunch and a movie at my work. watched “Ellen” and Howie Mandel We went to see Aladdin and I got to was on Ellen. Sixth, we watched a eat Caesar salad with french fries cooking show “Barefoot Contessa” for a snack and got a drink at the and she says “Right in” a lot. movies with my own money. I like Seventh, I had left-over pizza from the movie and songs in it. I did this last night. Eighth, we watched “The movie for one of my theater $100,000 Pyramid”. When I am programs and I was in the play a ready to go to bed, I brushed my long time ago. I like the pictures in teeth, go to the bathroom, and took it and how the princess looked. It my melatonin, and I got ready. was a funny, great movie, and I liked it. I like the movies a lot and Father’s Day Celebration like going with my special needs By: Frank Craven group on Sunday nights. I go to after-school programs to spend For Father’s Day 2019, me and my time and hang out with my friends mom and my dad went to my uncle from New Trier. I like hanging out Jimbo’s house in Chicago. At my and I like talking to my friends. My uncles house we had some good favorite song in the movie was A sacks like brownie squares and Whole New World. chips and guacamole and salsa. For dinner we had a meat medley like Movie Day ham and turkey and noodles and By: Jack Croley corn and bean salad. We also ate fruit salad and pickles and for We went to the movies with Bella dessert we had brownies with some and Claudia. The Secret Life of Pets nuts and some brownies without 2 was about a funny movie. The nuts. We also had cookies for characters were Kevin Hart, Eric dessert too. Overall it was a very Stonestreet, Patton Oswalt, Jenny nice father’s day but the weather Slate, Nick Kroll, Ellie Kemper, was cold. They called for good Lake Bell, Tiffany Haddish, and weather but it was not. It was on more. First, we got into the car. the cold side. Second, we went to pick Bella and Claudia up. When we picked Bella 6 and her mom Claudia, I had a started to burst in pain. His hands conversation with Bella. Third, we quickly went to his head as images got into the theatre. When we got surrounded by lightning kept there, Bella’s mom paid for tickets flashing all around him. and got into the theatre #3. When the movie started, I had Swedish Sean fell to his knees as the pain Fish and Bella shared her M&Ms. continued to grow in his head and My favorite part was when the cat started developing throughout his lady had too many cats. There was body. The more it hurt, the more a rabbit named Snowball voiced as the images felt real. It was too Kevin Hart dressed as a superhero. much, overwhelming him until he When the movie ended, we got into couldn’t take it anymore. He the car. Fourth, we drop off Bella screamed as wild energy consumed and Claudia at their house. Finally, him and exploded all around. Then we went back home! I gave it a 10 suddenly it was gone and all that of 10. was left, was the darkness.

He woke up, covered in a cold SHORT STORY sweat and his heart racing out of control. Thump-thump! Thump- Part Two thump! He tried breathing to lower By: Sean Waterbury the beat but he struggled to do so but at the same time he was glad it The voice deepened and then was just a dream. Yet he thought to slowly faded away leaving behind himself, was it? Sean sat up and the most mysterious feeling in the glanced around his dark room. It air. It was electric and full of just felt so vivid and real as if it was untamable energy. Then the future something that has happened or Sean vanished and the lights something that will happen. He flickered on. People appeared all grimaced as his body ached, around as if nothing had just especially the scar on his chest. His happened. Then she had appeared hand slid down and touched it. as well. It was bizarre and Sean felt the energy swirling something he could never explain. around and how sore it still was. A Sean sensed her reach for him but few days ago he was brutally he pulled away, afraid of something attacked in a battle to fend off the inside of him. A monster, perhaps? darkness from overtaking the Then out of nowhere his head world. He barely came out with his 7 life as a rogue blade slashed into A: Our Place Press because I like his chest, wounding him badly. writing about sports and Now as he struggled to his feet Community Lunch because I go out Sean wondered what laid in his with my friends future. Would there ever be a time where he would be truly free of the Q: What do you like to do in your eternal darkness that extends from free time? the shadow empire. It was A: Hang out with friends and go something Sean desired the most out to dinner on Friday nights with and he would do anything to my family achieve it. Well, almost anything. Q: What is your favorite movie? A: Toy Story 2 MEET THE AUTHOR Q: What is your favorite song? A: Life is A Highway by Rascal Flatts

Q: What is your favorite kind of music? A: Oldies

Q: What is something that you’d like people to know about you? A: I like having fun at Our Place

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Q: What do you like to write about in Our Place Press? A: Sports and Community Lunch

Q: What is your favorite program at Our Place? What do you like about it?

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