Summit Cops Are "Tops" For Special Olympics

Summit Police Lieutenant John Bragassi and Detective Robert Mase wave to passersby from the roof of the Dunkin' Donuts at 6144 South Harlem last Friday. Along with officers from Bridgeview (who worked the drive-thru), Bragassi and Mase helped raise awareness and funds for Special Olympics Illinois. Held from 5 a.m. to 2 p.m., the event was one of dozens of similar "Cop on Top" events held at Dunkin' Donuts across the state. Those who missed the event but want to make a donation are advised to go online to soill.org and click on "Donate Now." The Summit PD has always been and continues to be a loyal and valued friend of St. Joseph School. Our congratulations and thanks to Lieutenant Bragassi and Detective Mase!

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Win $10,000 at This Year's Parish Fest!

A drawing with a $10,000 grand prize is part of this year's St. Joseph Parish Fest.

The Grand Raffle also boasts a second prize of $5,000 and a third

Someone will win. How about you?

 prize of $1,000.

Tickets are $20 each and may be purchased this week through the rectory, 7240 W. 57th St., Summit.

Winning tickets will be drawn at 9:30 p.m. Sunday, June 9 at the carnival. Winners need not be present.

Only 2,000 tickets will be sold. If less than that are sold, prizes will be pro-rated accordingly.

The St. Joseph Parish Fest starts Thursday, June 6 and runs

through Sunday, June 9. In addition to great live entertainment, event features thrilling carnival rides, fun games of skill and chance, and a food tent will offering such traditional carnival treats as hot dogs, hamburgers, brats, pizza, Italian beef, tacos, tamales and corn-on-the-cob. Cotton candy, ice cream, soda and water also will be available. The beer tent will be open as well.

During the carnival run there will be special ride offers, including a four-day “unlimited rides” wristband.

All St. Joseph parishioners are welcome to attend, as well as everyone in the larger community.

For more information on the Grand Raffle or the event in general, call St. Joseph Church at (708) 458-0501.

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Popular Entertainment Acts to Take the Stage at St. Joseph Carnival, June 6-9th; Bring Family, Friends!

Old favorites and hot new entertainment acts can be found on the main stage lineup for this year's carnival at St. Joseph Parish.

Taking the stage from 8 to 11 p.m. Thursday, June 6 will be

Rockstar Rodeo, which bills itself as "the Midwest's Number 1 Party Country Tribute Show." Band members boast "This isn’t your daddy’s band. Covering artists like Montgomery Gentry, Keith Urban, Jason Aldean, (and many more) RockStar Rodeo brings country to life in a dancing, drinking, sing along, having the time of your life event, with a high energy delivery you’ve never seen before."

Two bands will get the weekend off to a rocking start on

Friday, June 7. Classic rock cover band Decades (everything from Van Halen to Pink Floyd to Ozzy Osbourne) will play from 6 to 8 p.m., and Maggie Speaks--one of the most popular and eclectic cover bands in Chicago history--will own the stage from 9 p.m. to midnight.

Saturday, June 8 starts off with a smile, as the World's Honkiest Polka Band plays from 3 to 5 p.m. Wide-ranging

cover band Audiomatic (everything from Lady Gaga to Maroon 5 to the Beatles) will shake the stage from 6 to 8 p.m., and cover band Rendition (everything from the Rolling Stones to Pearl Jam to the Dave Matthews Band) plays from 9 p.m. to midnight.

Sunday, June 9 starts with Gypsy Influence, an internationally acclaimed rumba flamenco group, performing from 4 to 6 p.m. Then from 7 p.m. to midnight, the New Invaders ("the ultimate '60s flashback show") will blow the roof off the tent and close out the carnival.

In addition to great live entertainment, the four-day event features thrilling carnival rides, fun games of skill and chance, and a food tent will offering such traditional carnival treats as

hot dogs, hamburgers, brats, pizza, Italian beef, tacos, tamales and corn-on-the-cob. Cotton candy, ice cream, soda and water also will be available. The beer tent will be open as well. A specific food vendor lineup will be announced next week.

During the carnival run there will be special ride offers, including a four-day “unlimited rides” wristband.

All St. Joseph School families are strongly encouraged to attend. Also invited and most welcome are all parishioners, alumni, friends of the school and parish, as well as everyone in the larger community.

So bring your entire family, your friends, neighbors to this four-day celebration! And please spread the word far and wide.

For more information, call the rectory at (708) 458-0501.

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Spaghetti Dinner Set for Saturday, January 26

A spaghetti dinner fundraiser is set for 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. Saturday, January 26 in St. Joseph School's Centennial Hall, 5641 South 73rd Avenue, Summit (one block west of 57th and Harlem).

Tickets are $10 each, $7 if purchased in advance at the school office or at the rectory, 7240 West 57th Street.

Proceeds from dinner ticket sales will benefit the school, which for nearly a century has provided a Catholic elementary education for boys and girls in Summit, Chicago's Garfield Ridge neighborhood and other fine communities in the city and suburbs.

During dinner, members of the St. Joseph School Chess Club will hold a bake sale to help raise funds for a trip to compete in Nashville, Tennessee.

For details, call the school at (708) 458-2927.

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