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the Homer Horizon | July 19, 2018 | 13<br />
Social snapshot<br />
Top stories<br />
From HomerHorizon.com from Monday,<br />
July 16<br />
From the Intern<br />
Continuing the adventure<br />
1. BREAKING: Police searching for driver who hit<br />
Homer teen riding bicycle<br />
2. Homer Glen couple gives back with Orland<br />
store<br />
3. Historic John Lane Days to return with new<br />
lineup of activities<br />
4. Homer Glen resident hosts weekly real estate<br />
radio show<br />
5. Homer man gets chance to thank Life Time<br />
employees who saved his life<br />
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Kara Keating<br />
Editorial Intern<br />
After spending a<br />
month of my summer<br />
studying in<br />
Europe traveling to Paris,<br />
London and Rome and<br />
exploring new things<br />
while living off pizza and<br />
pasta, I now find myself at<br />
The Homer Horizon as the<br />
new editorial intern to keep<br />
my adventurous summer<br />
alive.<br />
My name is Kara Keating,<br />
and I am heading into<br />
my junior year at Michigan<br />
State University, where I<br />
am majoring in journalism<br />
with a focus in sports.<br />
When I’m away at school,<br />
I write for the campus<br />
newspaper, The State News,<br />
as one of five sports reporters<br />
covering various sports,<br />
including football, hockey<br />
and volleyball, while even<br />
diving into a few news stories<br />
covering ex-MSU and<br />
USA Gymnastics doctor<br />
Larry Nassar.<br />
I grew up on the<br />
South Side of Chicago in<br />
the little neighborhood<br />
known as Mount Greenwood<br />
all of my life, where<br />
I attended Marist High<br />
School and competed in<br />
the IHSA Journalism State<br />
Final. Yes, there is such<br />
a thing, and I never knew<br />
what it was until my junior<br />
year.<br />
Did I grow up knowing I<br />
would be a journalist? No,<br />
but I also never thought<br />
I would bleed green and<br />
white, either, and now both<br />
are what I love most.<br />
I have been obsessed<br />
with sports since I was 5<br />
years old, watching my<br />
two favorite sports teams:<br />
the Chicago White Sox<br />
and the Detroit Red Wings.<br />
I don’t have any family<br />
members from Michigan,<br />
but I can thank my dad for<br />
starting my passion for the<br />
Red Wings and the sport of<br />
hockey itself. I love hockey<br />
so much that I hope after<br />
my college career is over<br />
that I will continue to cover<br />
hockey on the professional<br />
level, whether it be for the<br />
Red Wings or any of the<br />
other 30 NHL teams.<br />
Journalism consumes my<br />
life, which there is nothing<br />
wrong with, but when<br />
I am not out and about<br />
reporting, I tend to spend<br />
my hard-earned money and<br />
time on concerts. Some<br />
think I’m insane for driving<br />
— or even sometimes<br />
flying — to go see some<br />
of my favorite bands or<br />
artists perform, but I get<br />
the same adrenaline rush<br />
from concerts as I do while<br />
writing on deadline, so they<br />
balance each other out.<br />
Before I head back to<br />
East Lansing for the fall, I<br />
hope to explore the community<br />
and find creative<br />
people and businesses who<br />
make this town unique,<br />
and even venture out of<br />
my comfort zone of sports<br />
reporting. This job allows<br />
me to meet new people, see<br />
new places and go out of<br />
my bubble of my neighborhood.<br />
Even though my time<br />
will be limited here, I want<br />
to make the best of it, and<br />
I cannot wait to see who I<br />
meet, or what story I will<br />
tell next.<br />
“Super Campers & Bigger Betters enjoy<br />
Centennial Park in the sun!!”<br />
Sandbox School Homer Glen, from<br />
Wednesday, July 11.<br />
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“I love how our kids could care less that<br />
they get their own private show as we are<br />
soundchecking! They’d rather run around<br />
in their own little world! Our first time<br />
back on stage in almost 1 1/2 years since<br />
Moscow @disturbed #imjustalittledisturbed<br />
#disturbedones #thevengefulone”<br />
@DanDoneganGtr, Dan Donegan, Homer<br />
Glen resident and guitarist of the band<br />
Disturbed, from Tuesday, July 10.<br />
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