Hermiston installs AED systems at two parks and sports facilities

Tinley Park youth baseball community honors late coach Ares Roper by installing AEDs

Joe Partacz was coaching at a youth baseball travel tournament in late June when he got a call about the sudden death of his friend and fellow coach Ares Roper, 42. Patacz, league commissioner for the Tinley Park Bulldogs, had coached for years with Roper with the Bulldogs as well as the Tinley Park Bobcats. Roper had been a baseball mainstay, coaching for 10 years, and his death shocked the community, which has honored him in the months since w…

Hermiston installs AED systems at two parks and sports facilities

The City of Hermiston has installed two automated external defibrillator (AED) systems at local parks and sports facilities, providing potentially life-saving equipment where residents engage in physical activities.