Southwest notes: Kids’ camp is like ‘CSI: Grundy County’

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The Rev. Mark A. Fracaro leads the Eucharistic Procession on June 26 in in downtown Minooka. | Submitted photo

Updated: October 31, 2011 11:16AM

Mystery camp for kids is
like “CSI: Grundy County”

MORRIS — The University of Illinois Extension, Grundy Office, will host a mystery camp from 1-3:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Grundy County Fairgrounds in Morris.

The camp is open to all youth ages 8 to 15 years old.

Participants will use science and technology to help solve a murder by completing hands-on activities related to crime scenes and DNA. Area professionals will speak about their jobs and crime scene investigation.

All interested youth must pre-register with the University of Illinois Extension Office in Grundy County in order to participate.

The cost to attend the camp is $3.

To register, call the office at 815-942-2725 or visit 4004 N. Division St. in Morris.

HR association to share ways to
engage and motivate employees

MORRIS — Strategies for motivating and engaging employees will be explored at the July 27 meeting of the Grundy Will Human Resources Association at Joliet Junior College, 1215 Houbolt Road, Joliet.

Networking begins at 7:30 a.m. with the chapter meeting scheduled for 7:45 a.m. The one-hour program begins at 8 a.m. and is approved for one hour of continuing education credit.

The GWHRA meeting and program are open to area human resource professionals and interested members of the business community. There is a $10 fee for nonmembers.

“Building Motivation and Engagement in Turbulent Times will be presented by featured speaker Mark Wilson, a facilitator for the Dale Carnegie organization.

Wilson will discuss the impact of employee engagement and the reasons why it is currently under significant pressure and share recent examples of leading positive change. Participants in the session will learn a process for aligning engagement within an organization and learn and practice a method for strengthening motivation of individual employees.

For more information, call Melissa Schroeder at 708-670-1798.

Eucharistic Procession travels through downtown Minooka

MINOOKA — The Rev. Mark A. Fracaro, pastor of St. Mary Church in Minooka, lead people from the parish in a Eucharistic Procession on June 26 in downtown Minooka.

“During the year of the Eucharist we had a number of special prayers and experiences,” Fracaro said. “The procession was the culmination of it all. The number and variety of people who walked through town singing, praying and listening to Scriptures was truly inspiring to me.”

The celebration was preceded by a Mass. An ice cream social provided by ladies of the Council of Catholic Women followed the procession.

Morris Hospital and Healthcare Centers awarded accreditation

MORRIS — The Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program has awarded Morris Hospital and Healthcare Centers full accreditation based on results of an extensive and objective onsite review that took place in February.

The accreditation is an indication that Morris Hospital and its Radiation Therapy Center, Diagnostic and Rehabilitative Center, Ridge Road Campus, and Healthcare Centers provide quality and safe care for patients.

During the three day, unannounced survey, three HFAP surveyors conducted an intense review of policies and practices to verify Morris Hospital and Healthcare Centers’ compliance with the approximately 1,000 standards set by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

HFAP is a nonprofit, nationally recognized accreditation program and one of only three authorized by CMS to survey all hospitals and other medical facilities for compliance with the Medicare Conditions of Participation.