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Cafe proposed at 80th avenue station Isn’t That Sweet makes a pitch for Metra station cafe, PAGE 3

Tinley Park mother and

daughter donate hair to be

made into wigs, PAGE 3

RIGHT: Hailey (left), 5, and Jackie Krupko smile for a photo before cutting their hair. FAR RIGHT: After getting their haircut on June 30, Hailey (left), 5, and Jackie Krupko pose for a picture. Hailey had 11 inches of her hair cut and Jackie had 10 inches cut. The hair was donated to the Pantene Beautiful Lengths program that makes wigs for the American Cancer Society’s wig bank. Photo submitted

in a splash Children and teens dance in flash mob at TP water park, PAGE 16

a fond farewell Trinity Lutheran surprises

retiring secretary with celebration, PAGE 11

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Chef proposes upscale dessert/coffee shop for Metra station Michelle WilliaMs, staff Writer

At the Tuesday, July 10, meeting of the Tinley Park Budget and Finance Com-mittee, Nicole Betourney, owner of Isn’t That Sweet, proposed a plan that would not only provide a shop that would sell coffee to commuters at the 80th Av-enue Metra station, but also serve up a taste of Paris with French-inspired desserts.

Betourney said she hopes to bring Paris to Tinley Park with her innovative, upscale menu that is similar to those found in restaurants in Chi-cago. In addition to culi-nary delights reminiscent of a French bakery, she also plans to serve chicory fla-vored coffee imported from New Orleans in addition to regular coffee.

“The station is perfect,” Betourney told the members of the committee.

She went on to say that the design was ideal for what she has in mind and enthu-siastically shared her vision for the bistro-style business that she hopes will not only draw commuters, but also those who are looking for

something unique and tasty in the southwest suburbs. She said she has a passion for creating desserts, has been catering since 2007 and

goes “above and beyond” to make sure her customers are satisfied.

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Do you think Isn’t That Sweet would be a good fit for the

vendor station at the 80th Avenue Metra station?

■Yes. I think the type of food they would serve would be

perfect for that location.

■No. I’m sure the food and desserts at Isn’t That Sweet are

delicious, but I don’t think that is the type of vendor for the

Metra station.

■Yes. I’m not even a Metra commuter, but I would still visit the

restaurant. Their food sounds delicious.

■Not sure. The food sounds good, but I’d rather try it first

before I give my opinion.

Locks of lessonsTinley mother and

daughter donate

hair to ACS

Kristen thoMetz, assistant editor

A trip to the salon is a bonding experience for many mothers and daugh-ters. For Tinley Park resi-dents Jackie and Hailey Krupko, their recent trip to the salon was both a bonding experience and an opportu-nity to help others.

On Saturday, June 30, the mother-daughter duo visited Vagabonds Hair Salon and had their long locks chopped to donate to Pantene Beauti-ful Lengths program.

According to Pantene’s website, the program was launched in 2006 and it pro-vides free real-hair wigs to the American Cancer Soci-ety’s wig banks, which dis-tributes wigs to cancer pa-tients across the country.

Jackie said she learned of the organization Locks of Love years ago, which do-nates hairpieces to children.

“We were thinking about donating to Locks of Love, and they have a requirement of 10 inches or more,” she said. “At the time I didn’t think we’d be able to give that much.”

More than a year and a half ago, Jackie’s hair styl-

Hailey Krupko (left), 5, holds up the 11 inches of hair she had cut off with her mother, Jackie Krupko, who had 10 inches of hair cut off, to donate to the Pantene Beautiful Lengths program. Photo submitted

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Dave Seaman, the chair-man of the Budget and Fi-nance Committee said he was pleased at the amount of enthusiasm she displayed to-ward the vendor opportunity at the train station.

Tinley Park has been un-successful in getting a suit-able vendor at the train sta-tion, which opened just more than four months ago. Even an attempt to get someone to just bring in coffee has been met with no avail, he said.

Tinley Park Mayor Ed Zabrocki asked Betourney if she had funding to see the restaurant opportunity through. He said the reason

many restaurants fail is be-cause they are not able to make it the first few months when they are establishing clientele. She told the mayor that she is prepared for this and is not planning on taking a paycheck for the first six months.

Chocolate lovers would be able to enjoy treats such as Frango Mint chocolate cupcakes, chocolate hazel cream cupcakes and more if the shop does indeed open at the station. Flaky tarts and crème brulee would also be on the menu. The dessert bakery will include cakes as well as candies and truffles.

Betourney also has plans to have a commuter counter that will be for those who want a quick coffee to get

downtown as well as an-other counter for those who are looking for something special. She said she plans to have the business open from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m., Mon-day through Friday and from 10:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. on the weekends.

Seaman said he was im-pressed by her enthusiasm for her business. Other members of the board, while sharing reservations about price, agreed that it will be good to have a vendor at the new train station. The board has been searching for a ven-dor for the 80th Avenue train station that will be able to use the facilities as planned.

The plan will need to get final approval from the Vil-lage Board.

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ist, Jenna Monahan, told her about the Pantene Beauti-ful Lengths program, which only required a donation of eight inches of hair.

“Hailey and I are both for-tunate that our hair grows quickly and pretty healthy,” Jackie said. “More than a year ago, we decided not to cut our hair as often so we could give someone else the nice hair we were blessed with.”

“The whole idea of hav-ing Hailey do this with me is for her to learn a little bit about appreciating the gift we are given,” she said. “We

are fortunate for our good health and healthy hair, so I decided we would donate to someone who doesn’t have the same luck as we have.”

When the day came to cut their hair, both she and Hai-ley were nervous, Jackie said.

“I had my hair cut first,” she said. “Hailey watched me and she started to get really excited. Halfway through mine she said, ‘Mommy, when’s it going to be my turn?’”

While the original plan was to donate eight inches of hair, Jackie ended up do-nating 10 inches and Hailey donated 11 inches.

“When [Jenna] started measuring it, she said we

had 10-11 inches we could donate,” Jackie said. “We figured we’d give as much as possible without getting a buzz cut.”

Hailey has been beaming about her new hair cut ever since, Jackie said.

“It’s good,” Hailey said of her new cropped cut.

For Jackie, the trip to the salon is a good memory.

“It’s been a really posi-tive experience,” she said. “I was nervous about doing it because I don’t like short hair on myself ... Part of giv-ing is that you need to give something that you have to someone else. It feels good.”

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