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Friday<br />
Author Visit: Steve Trout<br />
and Marlene Matthias<br />
10-10:45 a.m. July 15,<br />
Mokena Community Public<br />
Library, 11327 W. 195th St.,<br />
Mokena. Author Steve Trout<br />
and Marlene Matthias will at<br />
the library to read and sign<br />
their book, “Loosey-Goosey<br />
Baseball.” A free book will<br />
be given to the first 50 families.<br />
For more information,<br />
call (708) 479-9663.<br />
Knitting Club<br />
3-4:30 p.m. July 15, Mokena<br />
Community Public Library,<br />
11327 W. 195th St.,<br />
Mokena. Both beginning<br />
and advanced knitters are<br />
welcome to join this group.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(708) 479-9663.<br />
Grand Opening Celebration<br />
5-8 p.m. July 15, Studio<br />
16, 19618 S. LaGrange<br />
Road, Mokena. Come and<br />
join the Mokena Chamber<br />
in Commerce and others in<br />
welciming Studio 16 to the<br />
community. For more information,<br />
call (708) 479-2468.<br />
All About Music & Children’s<br />
Theatre<br />
6 p.m. July 15, Front<br />
Street Metra Lot on Mokena<br />
and Front Street in Mokena.<br />
AAMCT will kick off the<br />
Mokena Lions Club Firecracker<br />
Weekend with performances.<br />
Here you will<br />
get a sneak peek of the musical<br />
mystery, “Flash Back to<br />
Murder.” There will be solo<br />
artist performances, hula<br />
hoop, limbo contest, a fairytale<br />
princess appearance,<br />
and fun fair style games for<br />
everyone. Admission is $5<br />
or a non-perishable food or<br />
toiletry item for the Manteno<br />
Veteran’s Home and<br />
the Frankfort Food Pantry.<br />
For more information, visit<br />
www.allaboutmusicmokena.<br />
com.<br />
Saturday<br />
3-D Printer Class<br />
10-11 a.m. July 16, Mokena<br />
Community Public Library,<br />
11327 W. 195th St.,<br />
Mokena. Join us in the YA<br />
Computer Lab as we create<br />
3-D nameplates with our<br />
Makerbot 2x 3-D Printer.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(708) 479-9663.<br />
Craft Fair<br />
1 p.m. July 16, Front<br />
Street Metra Lot on Mokena<br />
and Front Street in Mokena.<br />
As part of Mokena Lions<br />
Firecracker Weekend, there<br />
will be a craft show for all<br />
to enjoy. Various craft dealers<br />
will have their finest<br />
products available. For more<br />
information, call (708) 479-<br />
3900.<br />
Mokena Lions 29th Annual<br />
Firecracker Dance<br />
6 p.m. July 16, Front Street<br />
Metra Lot on Mokena and<br />
Front Street in Mokena. Join<br />
headliners Johnny Russler<br />
with the Beach Bum Band,<br />
rocking with a Buffet meets<br />
the Caribbean sound, and<br />
Stereo Types playing 80s<br />
music to current hits, and<br />
dance the night away! Cash<br />
prize raffles throughout the<br />
night. The cost is $10 for<br />
tickets in advance, or $15 at<br />
the door. For more information,<br />
call www.mokenalions.<br />
org.<br />
Sunday<br />
Festa Italiana<br />
11 a.m. July 17, Front<br />
Street Metra Lot, 11111<br />
Front St., Mokena. Come<br />
out to enjoy Mokena’s third<br />
annual event. There will be<br />
a fun zone for children to enjoy,<br />
and of course entertainment<br />
for adults. At 11 a.m.,<br />
there will be a traditional<br />
religious procession from<br />
St. Mary’s Catholic Church,<br />
followed by an ecumenical<br />
religious service explanation<br />
of the “Feast of Our Lady<br />
of Mt. Carmel at noon. And<br />
until 9:30 p.m. there will be<br />
Italian food, drinks, dancing<br />
and fun. For more information,<br />
www.mokenafestaitali<br />
ana.com.<br />
Mokena Park District<br />
Outdoor Flea Market<br />
8 a.m.-2 p.m. July 17,<br />
Main Park, 10925 W. La<br />
Porte Road, Mokena. Sell<br />
your old and new wares at<br />
the flea market. We welcome<br />
fresh produce, new and used<br />
crafts, clothing, tools and<br />
more. Spend a day selling<br />
and swapping. Buyers are<br />
admitted free. For more information,<br />
call (708) 390-<br />
2401.<br />
Wednesday<br />
Walking Book Club<br />
9-10 a.m. July 20, The<br />
Oaks Fitness & Recreation<br />
Center, 10847 La Porte<br />
Road, Mokena. Organized<br />
by the Mokena Community<br />
Public Library, this group<br />
walks for 30 minutes and<br />
then talks about a book for<br />
30 minutes. Copies of the<br />
reading schedule are doled<br />
out at weekly meetings. For<br />
more information, call (708)<br />
479-9663.<br />
Movie Day<br />
10-11 a.m. July 20, Mokena<br />
Community Public Library,<br />
11327 W. 195th St.,<br />
Mokena. Come out and meet<br />
others while watching a<br />
movie. Children from grades<br />
1-3 are welcome to attend.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(708) 479-9663.<br />
UPCOMING<br />
Slammers Mokena<br />
Community Night<br />
6 p.m. Thursday, July 21,<br />
Silver Cross Field, 1 Mayor<br />
Art Schultz Drive, Joliet.<br />
Mokena Community Night<br />
presented by the Mokena<br />
Chamber of Commerce will<br />
be during a Joliet Slammers<br />
game. Come out and<br />
meet local businessmen and<br />
women from the area. The<br />
networking event starts at 6<br />
p.m. The game starts at 7:05<br />
p.m. Tickets are $10 and can<br />
be purchased at the Mokena<br />
Chamber of Commerce.<br />
Children two and under are<br />
free. For more information,<br />
call (708) 479-2468.<br />
CPR Class with Mokena Fire<br />
Protection District.<br />
6-9:30 p.m. Monday, July<br />
25, Mokena Fire Station #1,<br />
19853 S. Wolf Road. The<br />
Mokena Fire Protection District<br />
offers its monthly CPR<br />
classes for the public. The<br />
course fee is $30 or $40 for<br />
health-care providers. To<br />
register, go to www.moke<br />
nafire.org.<br />
Free Outdoor Movie in the<br />
Park<br />
8:45 p.m. or dusk Friday,<br />
July 29, Main Park, 10925<br />
W. La Porte Road, Mokena.<br />
Bring your lawn chairs or<br />
blankets out to Main Park<br />
and enjoy a free movie presented<br />
by the Mokena Park<br />
District. This month’s free<br />
movie will be “Aladdin.”<br />
Concessions will be open.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(708) 390-2401.<br />
Free Hymns Sing-along<br />
6 p.m. Saturday, July 30.<br />
Enjoy a free time with beautiful<br />
music and fellowship.<br />
Cookies, coffee and lemonade<br />
will be served druing the<br />
event. For more information,<br />
call (815) 463-1125.<br />
ONGOING<br />
Summer Reading Program<br />
The Mokena Community<br />
Public Library, 11327 W.<br />
195th St., Mokena, will host<br />
its Read to the Rhythm summer<br />
reading programInfants<br />
through adults can register at<br />
the library to read books and<br />
win prizes all summer long.<br />
For more information, visit<br />
www.mokenapark.com.<br />
Al-Anon<br />
6 p.m. Sundays, Mokena<br />
Fellowship Center, 19836<br />
S. Wolf Road, Mokena; and<br />
7 p.m. Mondays, Old Plank<br />
Trail Bank, 20012 Wolf<br />
Road, Mokena. This program<br />
provides assistance for<br />
those struggling with alcoholism.<br />
There is no charge<br />
for meetings, but a basket<br />
is passed to help defray the<br />
cost of rent and literature.<br />
All meetings are confidential.<br />
For more information,<br />
call (815) 773-9623.<br />
Overeaters Anonymous<br />
3 p.m. Sundays, St. John’s<br />
United Church of Christ,<br />
11002 Second St., Mokena;<br />
and 10 a.m. Mondays, Mokena<br />
Community Public Library,<br />
11327 W. 195th St.,<br />
Mokena. This group provides<br />
a 12-step program for<br />
those stuggling with weight<br />
loss. There are no dues or<br />
fees for meetings, but a basket<br />
is passed to defray costs.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(708) 346-0000.<br />
Story Hour for All Ages<br />
10-10:45 a.m. every Friday<br />
at the Mokena Community<br />
Public Library, 11327<br />
W. 195th St., Mokena. All<br />
children are welcome to<br />
come to the library for a free<br />
story time, as well as make<br />
new friends at the same<br />
time. No pre-registration is<br />
required to join the weekly<br />
event. For more information,<br />
call (708) 479-9663.<br />
To submit an item to the<br />
printed calendar, contact<br />
James Sanchez at (708)<br />
326-9170 ext. 48, or email<br />
j.sanchez@22ndCenturyMedia.<br />
com. Deadline is noon<br />
Thursdays one week prior to<br />
publication.
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Families enjoy nighttime hike<br />
Forest Preserve<br />
District of Will County<br />
teaches children<br />
about lightning bugs<br />
Jessie Molloy<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
The Forest Preserve District<br />
of Will County hosted<br />
its annual Firefly Family<br />
Hike at the Hickory Creek<br />
Preserve off LaPorte Road<br />
Thursday, July 7, giving local<br />
families an opportunity<br />
to learn, and get up close<br />
and personal with lots of the<br />
bioluminescent bugs.<br />
This was the third year for<br />
the program, which is run by<br />
Forest Preserve Interpretive<br />
Specialist Angie Opiola.<br />
“The event has been wellreceived,<br />
and we always<br />
get a good turnout,” Opiola<br />
said. “People are very nostalgic<br />
about fireflies, so they<br />
like to take their kids out to<br />
catch them.”<br />
During the two-hour<br />
event, Opiola taught the participating<br />
families about the<br />
firefly’s anatomy and breeding,<br />
uses for fireflies in medicine,<br />
as well as how to repel<br />
pests in one’s backyard<br />
without harming fireflies.<br />
According to Opiola,<br />
there are about 2,000 unique<br />
species of firefly beetles<br />
around the world which eat<br />
both plants and meat, and<br />
are active at all different<br />
times of the day. She also<br />
explained that the chemical<br />
reaction that causes a firefly’s<br />
light to glow is not only<br />
a cold light, but is also the<br />
most efficient source of light<br />
in the world.<br />
After the educational activities,<br />
the attending children<br />
and their parents made<br />
their own glowstick lightning<br />
bugs to wear into the<br />
woods and take home.<br />
“When we go into the<br />
Members of the Rojas family (left to right), Heather, A.J., Leo and Javier, learn about lightning<br />
bugs Thursday, July 7, during the Forest Preserve District of Will County’s Firefly Family Hike<br />
event at Hickory Creek Preserve in Mokena. Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media<br />
woods, it’s going to be dark<br />
and wet, and like firefly<br />
heaven, but we want to be<br />
able to see each other, so<br />
that’s why we make our own<br />
fireflies,” Opiola said.<br />
Each of the participating<br />
children were also given<br />
their own “critter catcher”<br />
to hold the insects that they<br />
caught during the hike.<br />
Once inside the woods,<br />
the children were set loose<br />
down the path to catch as<br />
many fireflies as they could,<br />
though the blinking bugs<br />
were not the only animals<br />
spotted by the hikers. A<br />
mouse and several toads<br />
also caught considerable<br />
attention when they were<br />
seen scurrying through the<br />
undergrowth.<br />
Opiola even went as far as<br />
to scoop up one of the toads<br />
for the children to pet. They<br />
dubbed the amphibian Coolio,<br />
before returning it to the<br />
forest floor.<br />
“I think this was really<br />
engaging,” said Danielle<br />
Sowinski, a mother attending<br />
the event with her son<br />
and daughter. “I think it’s a<br />
great program for kids and<br />
the adults.”<br />
“I like when they host<br />
the events out here,” said<br />
Mandy Ruff, who was attending<br />
the event with her<br />
daughter, Jo. “It’s nice for us<br />
because we live right here,<br />
but it’s a nice part of the forest<br />
preserve for things like<br />
this.”<br />
Ruff said she decided to<br />
bring Jo to the event when<br />
she saw it advertised online.<br />
“I thought it would be educational<br />
and fun to get her<br />
outside, and it’s been a good<br />
time,” she said.<br />
While the parents appreciated<br />
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on the activity, the children<br />
were all about the fun.<br />
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the activities under the<br />
pavilion,” said Genevieve<br />
Rauch, who had come to the<br />
event with her sister, Gillian,<br />
and a group of friends.<br />
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kept spraying us with the<br />
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funny.”<br />
“My favorite part was the<br />
activities, and also going to<br />
catch the fireflies, so pretty<br />
much everything,” Zoe<br />
O’Connor added.<br />
Opiola summed up the<br />
event’s appeal to both parents<br />
and children with a<br />
simple assessment of fireflies:<br />
“It doesn’t matter how<br />
old you are or how many<br />
times you’ve seen them;<br />
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Caring for hair<br />
New Mokena salon<br />
opens to style<br />
clients, educate<br />
young stylists<br />
Amanda Jarzynski, Editor<br />
Jen Miaczynski has always<br />
had a passion for<br />
styling hair. When she was<br />
in high school, she went to<br />
beauty school as well and<br />
earned both her high school<br />
diploma and her beutician<br />
certification at the same<br />
time.<br />
When she met Dan Camodecca,<br />
former owner of<br />
D’Marie in Frankfort, the two<br />
became friends and formed<br />
close relationships with their<br />
fellow hair stylists.<br />
After having children,<br />
Camodecca stepped back<br />
from her ownership role<br />
and she and Miaczynski<br />
moved to Salon Rhapsody<br />
in Frankfort. After working<br />
in a different environment<br />
for a year, Miaczynski and<br />
Camodecca decided it was<br />
time to start their own salon<br />
to not only style hair, but<br />
also find a space to teach<br />
young stylists the art of the<br />
industry.<br />
“D’Marie was a very<br />
calm space,” Miaczynski<br />
said. “We all worked as a<br />
team, we were very much<br />
family. Moving to Salon<br />
Rhapsody, it was a different<br />
atmosphere. It’s a very big<br />
salon, it was very busy. We<br />
were just ready to concentrate<br />
on education and get<br />
back to our calmer family<br />
group.”<br />
Which is what the coowners<br />
found after purchasing<br />
a small location in Mokena.<br />
The women turned the<br />
space into Studio 16 which<br />
officially opened its doors<br />
in April 2016.<br />
“We were looking for<br />
something in either Frankfort<br />
or Mokena,” Miaczynski<br />
said. “We didn’t want<br />
to go too far from where<br />
we were. We did look for a<br />
while and this popped up. It<br />
all just worked out.”<br />
Miaczynski and Camodecca<br />
brought with them<br />
three stylists that they have<br />
been working with for years.<br />
Their new salon became a<br />
family atmosphere again<br />
with all five stylists working<br />
together like a team and clients<br />
coming over from their<br />
previous salons.<br />
Studio 16 offers any and<br />
all hair services including<br />
cuts, colors, perms and<br />
wedding styles. It also provides<br />
facial waxing and hair<br />
products from Matrix and<br />
Aveda, Miaczynski said.<br />
“It’s not done yet, but our<br />
upstairs is where we’re hoping<br />
we can host continuing<br />
education for stylist,” Miaczynski<br />
said. “I’m an educator<br />
for Matrix, so I’m really<br />
involved in education. When<br />
we were looking for a location,<br />
we also wanted one we<br />
could do education in.”<br />
Miaczynski said she<br />
went back to school to get<br />
her teaching license so she<br />
could lead classes herself<br />
when the upstairs is ready.<br />
She also hopes to host<br />
events lead by manufacturing<br />
companies to come and<br />
educate her future stylists.<br />
“There’s not a lot of<br />
places around here to get<br />
their education.” Miaczynski<br />
said. “We’re hoping to<br />
make that a focus.”<br />
So far the new location<br />
has been a success due to the<br />
relationships already having<br />
been built up between stylists<br />
and clients. Miaczynski<br />
said that the clients enjoy<br />
the more quiet and homey<br />
atmosphere of Studio 16.<br />
So, to show their appreciation<br />
and get the word out<br />
about their opening, Miaczynski<br />
and Camodecca are<br />
holding a Grand Opening<br />
celebration Friday, July 15<br />
at Studio 16.<br />
Jen Miaczynski (left) co-owner of Studio 16, styles Amy Wilson’s hair Thursday, July 7, in her salon in Mokena.<br />
Photos by Amanda Jarzynski/22nd Century Media<br />
Studio 16<br />
19618 S. LaGrange<br />
Road in Mokena<br />
Hours:<br />
Sunday-Monday: Closed<br />
Tuesday & Thursday: 11<br />
a.m.- 9 p.m.<br />
Wednesday & Friday: 9<br />
a.m.- 5 p.m.<br />
Saturday: 8 a.m.- 2 p.m.<br />
For more information…<br />
Phone: (708) 995-1952<br />
“It’s more of a client appreciation<br />
so that our clients<br />
can come and spend some<br />
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said. “The main goal is<br />
to get the word out and let<br />
them know we’re here. And<br />
to say ‘thanks for coming<br />
with us and being loyal to<br />
the group here.’”<br />
But both Miaczynski and<br />
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success of Studio 16 would<br />
not have been possible if either<br />
of them did it on their<br />
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Studio 16 in Mokena offers clients a variety of hair products along with a family<br />
atmosphere and friendly stylists to take care of their hair.<br />
she travels a lot for her work<br />
with Matrix and Camodecca<br />
spends time with her children<br />
so they compliment<br />
each other in that when one<br />
is away, the other will be<br />
able to take care of Studio<br />
16 while she is gone.<br />
The co-owners are hoping<br />
to open their upstairs<br />
within their first year of being<br />
in business. They are<br />
also hoping to fill their final<br />
stylist position as soon<br />
as possible.
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Women learn to defend themselves from attackers<br />
State Rep. Margo<br />
McDermed helps<br />
organize library selfdefense<br />
class<br />
Jessie Molloy<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
One Light Self-Defense<br />
held a women’s self-defense<br />
class at the Mokena Public<br />
Library June 30, for residents<br />
of Illinois’ 37th District.<br />
The event was organized<br />
by 37th District State Rep.<br />
Margo McDermed and was<br />
attended mostly by pairs of<br />
women and their high school<br />
or college age daughters.<br />
“We had an overwhelming<br />
response to this,” said<br />
Kathy Hilton, McDermed’s<br />
Legislative Assistant. “It’s<br />
very timely because a lot of<br />
moms want their daughters<br />
to know these things before<br />
they go off to college in the<br />
fall.”<br />
About 70 women attended<br />
the event from all around the<br />
suburbs, filling the downstairs<br />
room at the library.<br />
“We only marketed this<br />
for the residents of the district,<br />
but we didn’t turn anyone<br />
away,” said Hilton. “We<br />
had one woman drive all the<br />
way out here from Aurora<br />
today because she’d heard<br />
about the class.”<br />
McDermed herself was<br />
supposed to be in attendance<br />
at the workshop but<br />
was unable to return from<br />
Springfield in time due to<br />
the afternoon votes on the<br />
state’s stop-gap budget<br />
measures.<br />
Addressing the crowd<br />
before the session began,<br />
Hilton relayed McDermed’s<br />
regrets for not coming. “She<br />
is very sorry she couldn’t be<br />
here with you tonight, but<br />
the good news is that the<br />
schools are going to be opening<br />
on time and fully funded<br />
for next year, so that’s why<br />
Sean (left) and Tarne Mixson demonstrate practical use of a<br />
defensive blocks during the class.<br />
she couldn’t make it.”<br />
One Light Self-Defense<br />
is a Chicago organization<br />
dedicated to teaching basic<br />
self-defense and escape<br />
techniques to school and<br />
community groups around<br />
the U.S. The group has also<br />
run workshops for school<br />
girls in Nairobi, Kenya<br />
where sexual violence is a<br />
common experience.<br />
“When we first came there,<br />
we were sitting with the girls<br />
and they all had their heads<br />
down,” said group founder<br />
Jeanette Brook. “They told<br />
us that rape ‘happens all the<br />
time, even to children and<br />
babies, and there’s nothing<br />
we can do about it. We’re<br />
helpless.’”<br />
Brook said the group<br />
stayed with those girls for a<br />
week, teaching them basic<br />
self-defense they could use<br />
to protect themselves from<br />
assailants, and by the end<br />
of the training a change had<br />
taken place.<br />
“They became more confident,”<br />
Brook said. “They<br />
were walking with their<br />
heads up and they were excited<br />
about the idea that there<br />
was something they could do<br />
to protect themselves.”<br />
Since then the group has<br />
traveled to Kenya three more<br />
times and trained locals to<br />
become instructors so more<br />
girls can learn to defend<br />
themselves.<br />
“Rape is a significant problem<br />
in the U.S. too though,<br />
and often times we just cover<br />
it up, which is sickening,”<br />
said Brook. “So thank you all<br />
for coming tonight because<br />
we don’t want these things to<br />
happen to any of you.”<br />
The group’s three-hour<br />
seminar included facts about<br />
assault and rape in the U.S.,<br />
common sense safety tips for<br />
how to avoid being attacked,<br />
and exercises in simple defense<br />
maneuvers people can<br />
use if they are attacked.<br />
Some of the suggestions<br />
made to the attendees were<br />
to be constantly aware of<br />
their surroundings, look confident,<br />
avoid walking alone<br />
in dark or isolated places,<br />
and not to be afraid to ask<br />
security officers or police<br />
for help if something doesn’t<br />
feel right.<br />
Due to the overwhelming<br />
popularity of the event<br />
McDermed’s office has organized<br />
a second workshop<br />
at the Frankfort Square Park<br />
District for Monday, August<br />
1. Of the 100 available slots,<br />
40 have already been filled<br />
with overflow from the first<br />
class, so pre-registration is<br />
recommended for anyone<br />
who is interested. To register,<br />
contact the 37th District<br />
Office at (815) 277-2079.<br />
Ava Alton (left), 11, and her aunt Nannette Labus practice a parry exercise June 30 during<br />
the Self-Defense class hosted at the Mokena Public Library.<br />
Photos by Paul Bergstrom/22nd Century Media<br />
Gary Brook (middle) helps participants practice a parry during the Self-Defense class.
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Jessie Molloy<br />
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A Lincoln-Way High<br />
School District 210 science<br />
teacher received a scholarship<br />
through the U.S. Department<br />
of Energy to attend<br />
a conference in Pittsburgh<br />
this summer. Now, she’s<br />
planning on bringing back<br />
what she learned in summer<br />
school to her district.<br />
Elizabeth Conroy, a Lincoln-Way<br />
graduate herself,<br />
has been teaching biology and<br />
forensic science at the district<br />
since 2004. She also gave Lincoln-Way<br />
North and Lincoln-<br />
Way East students a chance to<br />
take AP Environmental Science<br />
for the first time during<br />
the 2015-2016 school year.<br />
This past spring, she applied<br />
for the scholarship to<br />
attend the REcharge Academy,<br />
hosted by REcharge<br />
Labs at Carlow University in<br />
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.<br />
“I received an email about<br />
the program telling me I was<br />
eligible, so I filled out the<br />
application,” Conroy said.<br />
A total of 35 academy attendees<br />
received scholarships<br />
or grants to attend the<br />
academy, and Conroy was<br />
one of only two Illinois<br />
teachers to receive a scholarship,<br />
said Ava Buchanan,<br />
outreach and program coordinator<br />
for REcharge labs.<br />
The scholarship Conroy<br />
received in the amount of<br />
$1,000 was provided by the<br />
National Renewable Energy<br />
Laboratory, a program of the<br />
federal Department of Energy.<br />
(The total cost of the<br />
academy was $1,250.)<br />
The five-day conference<br />
was held in mid-June and<br />
focused on ways to incorporate<br />
alternative energy<br />
projects and lessons on wind<br />
and solar power into science<br />
curriculums using hands-on<br />
learning techniques.<br />
“They focused a lot on<br />
Elizabeth Conroy holds<br />
a solar-powered car<br />
project she made during<br />
the REcharge Academy,<br />
a week-long renewable<br />
energy conference that she<br />
attended on scholarship<br />
at Carlow University in<br />
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.<br />
Photo submitted<br />
problem solving and what<br />
they called ‘MacGyver-ing,’”<br />
Conroy said. “They would<br />
give us a big box of stuff, like<br />
little solar panels and swim<br />
noodles and pieces of plastic,<br />
and tell us to make something<br />
out of it like a wind turbine.”<br />
Conroy said that while it<br />
took her a while to get used<br />
to the idea of building something<br />
without any parameters<br />
— and that is a common issue<br />
with students in the same<br />
situation — she was very<br />
happy to find she had been on<br />
the right track with her environmental<br />
science class.<br />
“For the final project of<br />
my AP Environmental Science<br />
class, I had the kids<br />
build a wind turbine out<br />
of recycled materials,” she<br />
said. “So when they had<br />
us do something similar, I<br />
thought, ‘great. I must be<br />
cooler than I thought.’”<br />
Conroy said she hopes to<br />
take some of the ideas from<br />
the conference and adapt<br />
them to her curriculum next<br />
year for her AP students.<br />
She looked forward to using<br />
small solar panels in classroom<br />
projects.<br />
Another thing she plans on<br />
doing with the information<br />
she learned at the conference<br />
is sharing it with the science<br />
teachers from District 210’s<br />
feeder schools. She was<br />
inspired to bring some of<br />
the information back to the<br />
feeder school teachers by the<br />
other attendees of the convention,<br />
many of whom were<br />
elementary school teachers.<br />
“The conference says it’s<br />
for teachers from grades<br />
[fourth] through [12th], but I<br />
didn’t expect to see so many<br />
of the younger-grade teachers<br />
there,” she said. “A lot of<br />
them talk about doing work<br />
with little circuits with kids<br />
... People don’t realize little<br />
kids can do science too.”<br />
Conroy said she thinks the<br />
new approach being taken<br />
with the next generation science<br />
curriculums — formally<br />
known as STEM (science,<br />
technology, engineering and<br />
mathematics) and STEAM<br />
(science, technology, engineering,<br />
arts and mathematics)<br />
— is a step in the right<br />
direction.<br />
“These programs fit in really<br />
well with the STEM and<br />
STEAM programs that are<br />
being encouraged in a lot of<br />
school districts,” she said.<br />
“It makes a lot of sense too,<br />
because science should be<br />
creative, not just reciting set<br />
facts.<br />
“Kids are very good at<br />
thinking outside the box<br />
when we give them the opportunity,<br />
and scientists<br />
don’t just get one shot at<br />
something either, they keep<br />
adjusting and modifying experiments<br />
again and again<br />
until they get it right,” she<br />
added. “So letting the kids<br />
do that is an interesting<br />
model.”
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When I became best<br />
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McGarry received a Bachelor<br />
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Miami University<br />
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Miami University awarded<br />
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Raising funds for veterans in need<br />
SOAR president to<br />
compete in Manteno<br />
Triathlon with sons<br />
Amanda Jarzynski, Editor<br />
The veterans of the Manteno<br />
Veterans’ Home rely on<br />
fundraisers to help them live<br />
happy lives. The triathlon<br />
being held at Lake Manteno<br />
this July 30, is just one way<br />
the community has helped<br />
throughout the years.<br />
This year, Brian Swift and<br />
his Mokena-based organization<br />
Swift Outdoor Accessible<br />
Recreation (SOAR) is<br />
to sponsor and participate<br />
in the triathlon. Swift hopes<br />
to raise money to give back<br />
to the community and raise<br />
awareness to the disabled<br />
community.<br />
“It was something I’ve<br />
always wanted to do,” Swift<br />
said. “If you’re in a wheelchair,<br />
that doesn’t mean you<br />
can’t get out there and swim<br />
or be involved in some<br />
way.”<br />
At a young age, Swift<br />
was injured and is now gets<br />
around in a wheelchair, but<br />
his has not let that stop him<br />
from doing things that he<br />
enjoys. He plans to participate<br />
in the swimming portion<br />
of the triathlon while<br />
his two sons, Callaghan and<br />
Spencer, complete the biking<br />
and running portions<br />
respectively.<br />
“It’ll be an interesting<br />
endeavor,” Swift admitted.<br />
“I’m excited about it for<br />
SOAR and personally it’s<br />
forced me to take my game<br />
to a new level.<br />
“It feels nice to sponsor<br />
an event that gives back to<br />
the community, especially<br />
the veterans of Manteno.”<br />
Besides giving back to the<br />
veterans, Swift also would<br />
like to let disabled members<br />
of the community know that<br />
SOAR exists and that the<br />
non-profit’s goal is to help<br />
them in any way possible,<br />
Swift said.<br />
He also hopes to be like<br />
an inspiration to other disabled<br />
persons who would<br />
like to be able to compete in<br />
physical activities or event<br />
just to go outside and enjoy<br />
the warm summer air.<br />
“You don’t get a lot of<br />
people with disabilities doing<br />
this,” Swift said. “It’s a<br />
big endeavor. I’m excited<br />
to get some exposure and<br />
let people know we provide<br />
whatever they need.”<br />
SOAR exists mostly to<br />
raise grant money so disables<br />
persons can afford a<br />
wheelchair or other attachments<br />
necessary for them to<br />
utilize their chair outdoors,<br />
Swift said.<br />
He added that a lot of<br />
wheelchairs are not made<br />
for the outdoors so it is hard<br />
to maneuver them through<br />
dirt and grass. For wheelchairs<br />
that are outdoor accessible,<br />
the client would<br />
have to pay out of their own<br />
pocket and that is where<br />
SOAR comes in.<br />
Swift said that his organization<br />
puts on several<br />
different events to not only<br />
raise money, but to show<br />
people that they can still enjoy<br />
outdoor activities from<br />
their wheelchairs.<br />
He hopes that competing<br />
in the triathlon will encourage<br />
others to follow<br />
his lead. However, SOAR<br />
needs to raise money itself<br />
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Police Reports<br />
Two charged with multiple<br />
counts of credit card fraud<br />
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30 with six counts of credit<br />
card fraud, and Shanice J.<br />
Joyner, 21, of 16045 Wood<br />
Ave. in Harvey, was charged<br />
with three counts of credit<br />
card fraud after allegedly attempting<br />
to purchase a box<br />
of Newport 100’s cigarettes<br />
with multiple debit gift cards<br />
at the Gas N Wash located at<br />
8810 W. 191st Street in Mokena.<br />
Joyner allegedly tried<br />
two different cards before<br />
the third was accepted.<br />
Police reportedly responded<br />
to a call from the Gas N<br />
Wash manager, but the couple<br />
had allegedly driven off.<br />
They were reportedly found<br />
again at 19100 La Grange<br />
Road. Police performed a<br />
traffic stop and approached<br />
the couple. Harmon was reportedly<br />
searched and police<br />
found eight different debit<br />
cards.<br />
Both Harmon and Joyner<br />
were arrested and taken to<br />
the Will County Adult Detention<br />
Facility.<br />
June 29<br />
• Kerratin C. Key, 26, of<br />
6303 Monroe in Hammond,<br />
Indiana, was charged with<br />
aggravated assault, attempt<br />
to elude peace officers, suspended/revoked<br />
driver’s license,<br />
possession of cannabis<br />
30 grams and under, speeding<br />
and expired registration after<br />
allegedly driving in the 8700<br />
block of Spring Lake Drive<br />
in Mokena with a faded and<br />
expired registration plate.<br />
Police reportedly stopped the<br />
vehicle at 18710 88th Avenue<br />
and discovered that Key’s<br />
driver’s license had been suspended.<br />
While stopped, Key<br />
allegedly attempted to drive<br />
away and got into a scuffle<br />
with the police. Key reportedly<br />
sped away, almost hitting<br />
police officers, and went back<br />
to his place of work. Police<br />
reportedly went to obtain him<br />
and Key allegedly tried to run<br />
again, but was unable to flee<br />
this time. He was arrested and<br />
searched. Police found three<br />
grams of cannabis and transported<br />
Key to the Will County<br />
Adult Detention Facility.<br />
• George C. Gavitt, 26, of<br />
11300 W. 195th Street in<br />
Mokena, was charged with<br />
DUI-drugs after allegedly<br />
parking his car in the middle<br />
of the intersection of 197th<br />
Street and Glennell Avenue<br />
in Mokena. Gavitt allegedly<br />
parked his car and left<br />
it running at the intersection,<br />
so police approached the vehicle.<br />
Police said Gavitt appeared<br />
to be sleeping behind<br />
the wheel so they attempted<br />
to rouse him. When they were<br />
able to, Gavitt’s eyes were<br />
bloodshot and his speech was<br />
slurred. Police reportedly administered<br />
field sobriety tests<br />
and arrested Gavitt. He was<br />
released after giving up his<br />
driver’s license and posting a<br />
$100 bond. A court date is set<br />
for August 17.<br />
June 27<br />
• Sterling R. Pledge, 35, of<br />
904 S. Racine Avenue in Chicago,<br />
was charged with credit<br />
card fraud, altered driver’s<br />
license, aggravated battery<br />
and trying to disarm an officer;<br />
Venson D. Franklin, 30,<br />
of 1052 N. Ridgeway in Chicago,<br />
was charged with credit<br />
card fraud; and Jameique<br />
D. Wallace, 24, of 10111 S.<br />
Yale Avenue in Chicago, was<br />
charged with credit card fraud<br />
and obstructing justice after<br />
allegedly attempting to purchase<br />
cigarettes withe numerous<br />
credit cards from the BP<br />
Amoco located at 9545 191st<br />
Street in Mokena. When all<br />
declined, they left and allegedly<br />
were able to buy cigarettes<br />
from Gas N Wash and<br />
Shell gas station before police<br />
reportedly pulled their vehicle<br />
over. All three were reportedly<br />
taken into custody and<br />
police discovered that Pledge<br />
had a driver’s license with a<br />
different name on it. All three<br />
were reportedly taken to the<br />
Will County Adult Detention<br />
Facility.<br />
June 24<br />
• Kyle A. Tobusch, 20, of<br />
211 Hemlock Avenue and<br />
Ketan K. Mehta, 27, of 409<br />
Yorkshire Square in Bolingbrook,<br />
were each charged<br />
with retail theft and possession<br />
of drug equipment<br />
after allegedly trying to<br />
steal from Meijer located at<br />
11305 Lincoln Highway in<br />
Mokena for the second time<br />
this month. Police reportedly<br />
approached the suspects<br />
in the parking lot of Meijer<br />
and both denied the theft at<br />
first. Then, Tobusch reportedly<br />
admitted to both thefts.<br />
Police arrested Tobusch and<br />
Mehta and searched their<br />
vehicle. The stolen cartoon<br />
trading cards were found<br />
along with a “bowl” for<br />
smoking cannabis. Tobusch<br />
and Mehta were reportedly<br />
released on a $1,500 bond<br />
each. A court date is set for<br />
July 20.<br />
EDITOR’S NOTE: The<br />
Mokena Messenger’s Police<br />
Reports are compiled from official<br />
reports found online on the<br />
Mokena Police Department’s<br />
website or releases issued<br />
by the department and other<br />
agencies. Individuals named<br />
in these reports are considered<br />
innocent of all charges until<br />
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FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT<br />
New Lenox resident wins<br />
June’s Preserve the Moment<br />
Photo Contest<br />
There is a story in which<br />
a kiss turns a frog into a<br />
prince.<br />
This is not that story,<br />
though it does involve a<br />
frog.<br />
This time around, a frog<br />
picture turned a New Lenox<br />
woman into an award-winning<br />
photographer and the<br />
frog into a miniature celebrity.<br />
Lauren Dundek captured<br />
the frog’s hop through the<br />
creek and grass during a trip<br />
to Hickory Creek Preserve.<br />
She set out to take photos<br />
for the Forest Preserve District<br />
of Will County’s new<br />
Preserve the Moment Photo<br />
Contest.<br />
The contest runs from<br />
June 1 through Dec. 31 and<br />
picks monthly winners to<br />
compete in the overall contest.<br />
Dundek’s photo was<br />
chosen as the June winner.<br />
Though she is an amateur<br />
photographer, Dundek took<br />
an interest in the art form<br />
when she was a child.<br />
When she heard about<br />
the forest preserve district’s<br />
photo contest, the combination<br />
of her loves of photography<br />
and nature inspired<br />
her to participate, she said.<br />
Each contestant is limited<br />
to five contest entries per<br />
month, and each participant<br />
is to receive a gift from the<br />
district for entering. After<br />
the contest ends, the monthly<br />
winning photos will be posted<br />
online, and members of the<br />
public to vote for an overall<br />
winner.<br />
“I’m not a professional<br />
photographer,” Dundek said.<br />
“I just like being outside. It’s<br />
fun that it turned into something<br />
a little bigger.”<br />
For more information<br />
on the contest, visit www.<br />
reconnectwithnature.org/<br />
preserve-moment-photocontest.<br />
Reporting by Meredith<br />
Dobes, Editor. For more, visit<br />
NewLenoxPatriot.com.<br />
FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION<br />
Residents ask for mulligan<br />
with disc golf course<br />
An 18-hole disc golf<br />
course is slated to come to<br />
Tinley Park, but some in<br />
the community have mixed<br />
emotions about its arrival.<br />
The Tinley Park–Park<br />
District Board of Commissioners<br />
listened to grievances<br />
July 6 from residents<br />
concerning the potential disc<br />
golf course.<br />
The board recently voted<br />
and approved plans to move<br />
forward with the creation<br />
of the course at Siemsen<br />
Meadows, 7200 167th St.,<br />
after holding a public hearing<br />
on the matter June 15.<br />
John Curran, the park district’s<br />
director of parks and<br />
recreation, said the district<br />
already has begun preparing<br />
for the course by purchasing<br />
$14,000 in equipment, with<br />
$6,000 earmarked for installation<br />
costs.<br />
Debbie Norris, a Tinley<br />
Park resident, said preserving<br />
the natural beauty of the<br />
wetlands should be priority<br />
and suggested another location<br />
for the course should be<br />
investigated.<br />
Curran responded to residents’<br />
concerns by reassuring<br />
them the district heard<br />
their objections.<br />
Not all Tinley Park residents<br />
opposed the creation<br />
of the disc golf course,<br />
though. Brian Borcherding,<br />
a 12-year Tinley Park resident<br />
and avid disc golf player,<br />
offered his support for the<br />
creation of the course.<br />
“I believe there are a lot of<br />
people who want a disc golf<br />
park,” he said.<br />
Reporting by Lee Edwards,<br />
Freelance Reporter. For more,<br />
visit TinleyJunction.com.<br />
FROM THE FRANKFORT STATION<br />
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SGA honored the return<br />
of U.S. Army veterans Pfc.<br />
Sean Cap, a Frankfort resident,<br />
and his friend Pvt. 2nd<br />
Class Dmarques Williams<br />
with a ceremony on July 1 at<br />
Chi-Town Harley-Davidson<br />
in Tinley Park.<br />
The ceremony included a<br />
meet-and-greet with several<br />
veterans, a motorcycle motorcade<br />
with a police escort<br />
to the Cap residence and<br />
military vehicles adorned<br />
with “welcome home” banners.<br />
Cap, a longtime supporter<br />
of SGA, invited Williams,<br />
a Florida resident, to his<br />
hometown to show him how<br />
SGA supported their troops<br />
as a surprise. Cap and Williams<br />
received congratulatory<br />
certificates, honorary<br />
medallions and symbolic<br />
beads at the ceremony.<br />
“This is unreal; I’m<br />
speechless by it,” Cap said.<br />
“I have no words that can<br />
describe how I feel right<br />
now, knowing that some of<br />
these people I don’t even<br />
know have our backs back at<br />
home.”<br />
Reporting by Lee Edwards,<br />
Freelance Reporter. For more,<br />
visit FrankfortStation.com.<br />
FROM THE HOMER HORIZON<br />
Lockport Township graduate,<br />
aspiring model a finalist in<br />
competition<br />
After being encouraged to<br />
give it a shot, Trevor Cielenski<br />
is quickly making an<br />
impression in the modeling<br />
world.<br />
The 2015 Lockport Township<br />
High School graduate is<br />
one of seven semifinalists in<br />
the 2016 “Mario, Make Me<br />
a Model” competition. He<br />
was selected out of a group<br />
of 40 aspiring models this<br />
past month at the Wit Hotel<br />
in downtown Chicago.<br />
The original 40 candidates<br />
were chosen earlier in June<br />
from an open modeling call<br />
held at five different Mario<br />
Tricoci Hair Salons & Day<br />
Spas located in Orland Park,<br />
Chicago, Oak Brook, Naperville<br />
and Crystal Lake.<br />
Cielenski and the other<br />
six semifinalists will go on<br />
to participate in a training<br />
program starting July 20 to<br />
include a makeover from<br />
Mario Tricoci Hair Salons &<br />
Day Spas, runway training<br />
with Factor | Chosen, and<br />
workouts at Fitness Formula<br />
Clubs with personal trainers.<br />
“My family and friends<br />
have been really supporting<br />
me through this competition,”<br />
Cielenski said.<br />
“Without them, I wouldn’t<br />
be where I am today. My<br />
role model is my mom. She<br />
really understands me and is<br />
also is up-to-date with fashion<br />
and knows just about every<br />
new trend before me.”<br />
The public is invited to<br />
vote for its favorite contestants<br />
online or via text. For<br />
more information on casting<br />
votes, visit www.mariomakemeamodel.com.<br />
Supporters<br />
of Cielenski can vote for him<br />
online at www.tricoci.com<br />
or text TREVOR to 95248.<br />
The last elimination will<br />
be held July 25, bringing the<br />
group down to five based on<br />
the scores from the contestants’<br />
training, makeovers<br />
and public vote.<br />
Reporting by Jennifer Nunez,<br />
Freelance Reporter. For more,<br />
visit HomerHorizon.com.<br />
FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE<br />
Bright lights of New York<br />
set course for young theatre<br />
actress<br />
Cecilia Trippiedi waited<br />
for her one shot to make a<br />
splash — and did she ever<br />
make it count.<br />
The Orland Park native<br />
and recent Sandburg High<br />
School graduate has wanted<br />
to be a musical theatre per-<br />
Please see nfyn, 17<br />
Dance the<br />
night away<br />
Mokena Lions Club<br />
to host Firecraker<br />
Dance Weekend<br />
Submitted by Mokena Lions<br />
Club<br />
The Mokena Lions Club<br />
is putting on their annual<br />
Firecracker Dance Weekend<br />
on Friday, June 15 and<br />
Saturday, June 16. The first<br />
day begins at 6 p.m. at the<br />
Front Street Metra Lot with<br />
performances by All About<br />
Music’s junior, intermediate,<br />
and senior rock bands. There<br />
will also be a sneak peek of<br />
the musical mystery, “Flash<br />
Back to Murder.”<br />
Other entertainment includes<br />
family-friendly activities<br />
such as hula hoops,<br />
a limbo contest, a fairytale<br />
princess appearance and fun<br />
fair style games for everyone.<br />
Food will be provided<br />
by Aurelio’s Pizza.<br />
Admission to this activity<br />
is $5 or a non-perishable food<br />
or toiletry item for the Manteno<br />
Veteran’s Home and the<br />
Frankfort Food Pantry.<br />
On Saturday, June 16, the<br />
weekend continues with a<br />
Craft Fair from 1-4 p.m. at<br />
the Metra Lot. Various craft<br />
dealers will have their finest<br />
products available for<br />
purchase. Children can ride<br />
CN’s “Little Obie” scale<br />
train. This experience will<br />
teach about train safety while<br />
traveling around Mokena.<br />
Then at 6 p.m., the Firecracker<br />
Dance will start.<br />
Attendees can join headliners<br />
Johnny Russler with the<br />
Beach Bum Band, rocking<br />
with a Buffet meets the Caribbean<br />
sound, and Stereo<br />
Types playing 80s music<br />
to current hits, and dance<br />
the night away. Cash prize<br />
raffles will be available<br />
throughout the night.<br />
For more information,<br />
visit the Village of Mokena’s<br />
website, www.mokena.org.
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The after-holiday festivities<br />
AMANDA Jarzynski<br />
amanda@mokenamessenger.com<br />
This week seemed<br />
fairly dry after the<br />
festivities of the<br />
Fourth of July parade,<br />
celebration and fireworks. It<br />
was amazing to see so many<br />
people lining the streets to<br />
watch the parade and then to<br />
gather in Main Park for the<br />
continued festivities.<br />
It was such a dramatic<br />
change this week, but I guess<br />
the town just had to calm<br />
down for a few days before<br />
starting to pick back up. Like<br />
I said last week, there are a<br />
lot of fun events coming to<br />
Mokena and next weekend<br />
(Friday July 15-Sunday July<br />
17) there are three big events<br />
coming to town for some<br />
summer fun.<br />
The first is the third annual<br />
Festa Italiana, Sunday, July<br />
17 starting at 11 a.m., which<br />
is to provide family fun,<br />
food and traditional songs<br />
and prayers to honor Our<br />
Lady of Mount Carmel. The<br />
event begins with a procession<br />
to Front Street where an<br />
onslaught of barbecues will<br />
be manned to make a variety<br />
of Italian cuisine.<br />
There should be no threat<br />
of rain, but just in case,<br />
attendees will be able to eat<br />
their food under a large tent<br />
and enjoy the entertainment<br />
provided. Children will<br />
be visited by Jim Nesci’s<br />
Cold-Blooded Creatures<br />
and adults can enjoy a<br />
drink or two.<br />
There will be dancers and<br />
opera singers plus much<br />
more to make the afternoon<br />
exciting.<br />
Just before that event,<br />
the Mokena Lions will be<br />
finishing up their Firecracker<br />
Dance Weekend. This event<br />
starts on Friday, July 15, but<br />
continues through Saturday,<br />
July 16, with several activities<br />
and events going on to<br />
keep the energy up during<br />
the summer.<br />
Day 1 kicks off with performances<br />
from All About<br />
Music and Theatre’s junior,<br />
intermediate, and senior<br />
rock bands. There will also<br />
be Hula-hoops, a Limbo<br />
contest, a fairytale princess<br />
appearance and fun fair-style<br />
games for everyone.<br />
The next day, the Lions are<br />
hosting their Craft Fair in the<br />
early afternoon and continuing<br />
into the evening with their<br />
Firecracker Dance which is to<br />
feature headliners like Johnny<br />
Russler with the Beach Bum<br />
Band and Stereo Types.<br />
While Festa Italiana is in<br />
full swing, attendees may<br />
want to drive over to Main<br />
Park to check out the park district’s<br />
Flea Market. They are<br />
to run from 8 a.m.- 2p.m. and<br />
they will be selling everything<br />
from produce to new or used<br />
clothes, tools and baubles.<br />
Since it’s early in the<br />
morning, it would be something<br />
fun to do before heading<br />
over to Festa Italiana<br />
for some lunch. You never<br />
know what you might find<br />
at a flea market.<br />
So that’s three events<br />
right there are sure to be<br />
fun for every member of the<br />
family. So get out and enjoy<br />
the warm summer weather<br />
now that it has decided to be<br />
consistent.<br />
For more information on<br />
any of these events, visit the<br />
Village of Mokena’s website,<br />
www.mokena.org.<br />
The Mokena Community Park District shared<br />
this photo on their Facebook page on July 6.<br />
“Kenny the Clown visited Summer Camp<br />
Tuesday and Wednesday, and all of the<br />
campers got their own balloon sculpture of<br />
their choice! Dogs, hearts, parrots, turtles,<br />
bows and arrows, space guns, tigers, lions,<br />
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From Page 16<br />
former since she was a little<br />
girl. While watching a PBS<br />
drama series called “Broadway<br />
or Bust,” Trippiedi<br />
learned of opportunity to<br />
earn to compete at the National<br />
High School Music<br />
Theatre Awards in New York<br />
City.<br />
It finally came during<br />
her senior year in the role<br />
of Eliza Doolittle in Sandburg’s<br />
production of “My<br />
Fair Lady” this past spring.<br />
Knowing that she could not<br />
miss out on her one shot,<br />
Trippiedi approached the director<br />
and told her about the<br />
national awards ceremony.<br />
Trippiedi was one of 24<br />
students to compete in Chicago<br />
for the two spots that<br />
would represent Illinois at<br />
the Jimmy Awards, and then<br />
she was selected as one of<br />
the three female finalists<br />
who had to sing a song from<br />
their respective shows at the<br />
awards ceremony.<br />
“When they announced<br />
my name, I didn’t believe<br />
it,” she said. “It happened so<br />
fast, and then I was shuffled<br />
off to sign all this paperwork<br />
and do some press. Two<br />
weeks later, I’m on my way<br />
to New York.”<br />
Reporting by Ryan Wallace,<br />
Freelance Reporter. For more,<br />
visit OPPrairie.com.<br />
FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND<br />
Softball a family affair for<br />
Bottino<br />
The first time Sidney Bottino<br />
strapped on catcher’s<br />
equipment as a 7-year-old,<br />
she mixed up the shin guards<br />
and ended up with her legs<br />
stuck together.<br />
She quickly got the hang<br />
of the gear and now is headed<br />
into her sophomore year<br />
as a catcher for the Western<br />
Illinois University softball<br />
team.<br />
But Bottino’s success and<br />
love for the game can all be<br />
traced back to that first time<br />
she put on the gear, albeit<br />
against her own wishes at<br />
the time.<br />
“There was no catcher on<br />
the team, and I always wanted<br />
to be a pitcher, but my<br />
dad was one of my coaches,<br />
and he said, ‘Well, there’s no<br />
catchers, so we’re going to<br />
put you at catcher and just<br />
see how it goes,’” Bottino<br />
said.<br />
Bottino played in 16<br />
games for the Leathernecks<br />
this past season as a freshman.<br />
Reporting by Max Lapthorne,<br />
Assistant Editor. For more, visit<br />
LockportLegend.com.<br />
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Truckload of donations<br />
My Joyful Heart Junior Board sends<br />
donations off to Savers, Page 22<br />
A splash of summer<br />
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Faith Briefs<br />
Grace Fellowship Church (11049 LaPorte<br />
Road, Mokena)<br />
Vacation Bible School<br />
6-8:30 p.m. Monday, July<br />
18 to Thursday, July 21.<br />
Children four to those entering<br />
fifth grade are welcome<br />
to join the church’s 2016<br />
VBS themed “Our Wars –<br />
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register before July 2, you<br />
get a free VBS T-shirt. For<br />
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Narcotics Anonymous<br />
7-9 p.m. Mondays. All<br />
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For more information, call<br />
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Spanish Church<br />
12:15 p.m. every Sunday.<br />
Youth Strings<br />
9 a.m. every Saturday in<br />
the church basement.<br />
Go Youth Group<br />
4-6 p.m. Sundays. Junior<br />
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Group Prayer<br />
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Free Hymns Sing-along<br />
6 p.m. Saturday, July 30.<br />
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call (815) 463-1125.<br />
St. John’s United Church of Christ (11100<br />
Second St., Mokena)<br />
Spiritual Conversation for<br />
Men<br />
7:30 a.m. every first and<br />
third Saturday of each month.<br />
The group is for guys who<br />
gather to talk about topics<br />
from sports, news and spirituality.<br />
Our rules are to speak<br />
for ourselves, listen to each<br />
other and don’t try to correct<br />
each other. For more information,<br />
call (708) 479-5123.<br />
JAM Time<br />
6:30-7:45 p.m. every<br />
Wednesday. Jesus And Me<br />
brings a fun-filled evening<br />
for children from preschool to<br />
fifth-grade. For more information,<br />
call (708) 479-5123.<br />
Worship Service<br />
8 a.m. traditional mass,<br />
9:45 a.m. contemporary &<br />
traditional music in a service<br />
of praise and reverence. Supervised<br />
childcare available.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(708) 479-5123.<br />
Garden Club<br />
7 a.m. Tuesdays. For more<br />
information, call (708) 479-<br />
5123.<br />
Sunday Morning Kids’ Club<br />
9:45 a.m. Sundays. Children<br />
from infancy through<br />
third grade can participate<br />
in adult-supervised activities<br />
while their parents attend<br />
Sunday worship services.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(708) 479-5123.<br />
Prayer Shawl Ministry<br />
This group meets once a<br />
month to knit or crochet shawls<br />
to give to people in the congregation<br />
who need prayers. All<br />
ages are welcome to join. The<br />
group also needs donations to<br />
help purchase yarn to create<br />
shawls. For more information,<br />
call the church office at (708)<br />
479-5123.<br />
Marley Community Church (12625 W.<br />
187th St., Mokena)<br />
Church Service<br />
11 a.m. Fridays at the<br />
Marley Oaks Assisted Living<br />
Center and 10 a.m. Sundays<br />
at the church.<br />
Women’s Groups<br />
The church offers “Women’s<br />
Bible Study” and<br />
“Women’s Study” groups.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(815) 485-8587.<br />
Men’s Group<br />
6 p.m. Sunday nights in<br />
the church basement. All<br />
men are welcome.<br />
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church<br />
(10731 W. La Porte Road, Mokena)<br />
Traditional Service<br />
8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sundays.<br />
Communion is served<br />
every first, third and fifth<br />
Sunday of the month. For<br />
more information, call (708)<br />
479-5600.<br />
Contemporary Service<br />
5 p.m. Saturdays. Communion<br />
is served every first,<br />
third and fifth Saturday of<br />
the month.<br />
Sunday School & Bible Class<br />
9:15-10:15 a.m. Sundays.<br />
St. Mary’s Catholic Church (19515 115th<br />
Ave., Mokena)<br />
Youth Ministry<br />
7 p.m. Sundays downstairs<br />
in the Church Hall.<br />
The meeting will take place<br />
after the 6 p.m. mass. For<br />
more information, call (708)<br />
326-9300.<br />
Scripture Study<br />
7 p.m. Wednesdays and 9<br />
a.m. Thursdays in the church<br />
hall. All adults welcome.<br />
St. Peregrine Devotion<br />
6 p.m. fourth Monday of<br />
every month.<br />
Church Service<br />
5 p.m. Saturdays; 8 a.m,<br />
9:30 a.m., 11 a.m. and 6:<br />
p.m. Sundays<br />
Adoration and Holy Rosary<br />
6:30-9 p.m. Wednesdays<br />
Mokena United Methodist Church (10901<br />
LaPorte Road, Mokena)<br />
Service and Sunday School<br />
10:15 a.m. Sundays. Church<br />
service and Sunday school<br />
will be held. For more information,<br />
call (708) 479-1110.<br />
Mokena Baptist Church (9960 W. 187th<br />
St., Mokena)<br />
Faith That Stands<br />
5 p.m. Sundays. Join the<br />
service as they continue our<br />
study on Faith That Stands<br />
in the book of First Corinthians.<br />
For more information,<br />
call (312) 350-2279.<br />
Gratitude Adjustment<br />
11 a.m. Sundays. For<br />
more information, call (312)<br />
350-2279.<br />
Ladies Bible Study<br />
Third Thursday of each<br />
month. For times and more<br />
information, call (312) 350-<br />
2279.<br />
Sunday Service<br />
11 a.m. and 5 p.m. For<br />
more information, call (312)<br />
350-2279.<br />
Sunday School<br />
10:15 a.m. Sundays. Mokena<br />
Baptist offers Sunday<br />
School classes for all ages.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(312) 350-2279.<br />
Saturation<br />
11 a.m. Saturdays. This<br />
outreach group goes door-todoor<br />
to pass out invitations<br />
to the church.<br />
Have something for Faith<br />
Briefs? Contact Assitant<br />
Editor James Sanchez at<br />
j.sanchez@22ndcenturymedia.<br />
com or call (708) 326-9170 ext.<br />
48. Deadline is noon Thursday<br />
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Making tasty creations<br />
Mokena Community<br />
Public Library hosts<br />
dessert event for<br />
area children<br />
Amanda Jarzynski, Editor<br />
With school out and the<br />
weather finally staying consistently<br />
warm, there is no<br />
better way than to celebrate<br />
but with a free treat at the<br />
library.<br />
Children got the opportunity<br />
to create their own<br />
cookies at the Mokena Community<br />
Public Library July<br />
6, with plenty of frosting and<br />
toppings such as M&Ms,<br />
multicolored sprinkles,<br />
chocolate chips and even<br />
gummy candies.<br />
“It’s a nice way for them<br />
to have fun and express their<br />
creativity,” said Wendy Asbridge,<br />
young adult librarian<br />
at the library.<br />
The cookie event was<br />
open to all children in grades<br />
kindergarten through eighth,<br />
but it was on a first-come<br />
first-serve basis. Plates of<br />
cookies and bowls of toppings<br />
lined several tables<br />
in the downstairs meeting<br />
room of the library, waiting<br />
for the children to arrive.<br />
When the doors opened,<br />
the young cookie enthusiasts<br />
marched through the doors<br />
and picked out whichever<br />
cookie they liked best.<br />
“They really get a kick out<br />
of it,” Asbridge said. “You<br />
just grab a cookie and dig<br />
right in. Then they get to eat<br />
them.”<br />
But the event did not start<br />
out as a cookie-decorating<br />
event. More than 10 years<br />
ago when the event started,<br />
a different dessert was used<br />
but the event did not work<br />
out as well, so the librarians<br />
switched to cookies,<br />
Asbridge said. The cookies<br />
went over well with the<br />
Lily Brown (middle) shows her brothers Cameron (left) and<br />
Reed how to properly lick a spoon after finishing frosting a<br />
cookie.<br />
young ones and so the library<br />
stuck with that.<br />
The cookies are purchased<br />
by the library from Berkot’s<br />
Super Foods and each year,<br />
a different ensemble of toppings<br />
are purchased for the<br />
cookies. Though the event<br />
was marketed for kindergarteners<br />
through eighthgraders,<br />
there were some<br />
older participants who took<br />
advantage of the non-decorated<br />
cookies at the end of<br />
the event.<br />
Parents joined their children,<br />
helping with toppings<br />
and taking photos of the<br />
creations, and older siblings<br />
showed their younger siblings<br />
the proper techniques<br />
to frost a cookie and then<br />
lick the spoon.<br />
Diana Brown of Mokena<br />
brought her three children,<br />
Cameron, Lily and Reed, to<br />
the cookie event as a treat<br />
during summer vacation.<br />
“We’re part of the reading<br />
program,” Diana said.<br />
“We’ve been to a couple<br />
other events, so we thought<br />
we’d come to this one too.”<br />
The library’s Read for<br />
the Win summer reading<br />
program has been going on<br />
since the beginning of June,<br />
and Asbridge said that they<br />
signed up 870 children. The<br />
cookie event was just one<br />
of many exciting activities<br />
planned to give children incentive<br />
to come back to the<br />
library and read.<br />
“It’s nice to see how happy<br />
they are to be at the library,”<br />
Asbridge said. “Coming up<br />
we’ve got our reptile show.<br />
That one has always been<br />
popular in the past. And then<br />
we have our end of summer<br />
reading carnival planned [in<br />
August].”<br />
To keep up with its Read<br />
for the Win theme, the endof-summer<br />
party will be<br />
sports-themed and will feature<br />
Magical Balloon-dude<br />
Dale, airbrush tattoos, candy<br />
art and more.<br />
Until that time, program<br />
participants and other members<br />
of the community can<br />
enjoy the last few events<br />
coming up in July for the library,<br />
including mini-golf in<br />
the library on Thursday, July<br />
21 and “World of traveling<br />
reptiles” on Friday, July 22,<br />
which is open to all ages.<br />
Sisters (left to right) Maebe, Ainsley and Keira O’Connor create their own cookies July 6<br />
at the Make and Take Dessert event at the Mokena Community Public Library. Photos by<br />
Amanda Jarzynski/22nd Century Media<br />
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The Mobile Workforce Center has<br />
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26 | July 14, 2016 | The Mokena Messenger dining out<br />
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The Dish<br />
Bonefish Grill tries to keep customers on the hook with summer specials<br />
Bill Jones, Managing Editor<br />
It would not be fair to<br />
use the old adage of “the<br />
only thing that is constant is<br />
change” to describe Bonefish<br />
Grill.<br />
After all, it is a consistent<br />
level of quality, creativity<br />
and service that has kept<br />
area residents circling back<br />
through the establishment’s<br />
revolving door in Orland<br />
Park for nearly three years.<br />
“We’ve been blessed with<br />
how many people come to<br />
eat here on a daily basis,”<br />
managing partner Nicholas<br />
Kapellas said. “It really is a<br />
testament to how great our<br />
food is.”<br />
But change always plays<br />
a big role for a business that<br />
deals in fresh seafood, as<br />
the catches transform with<br />
the seasons, and the specials<br />
menu evolves to accommodate<br />
the latest bounty.<br />
Just weeks ago, Bonefish<br />
introduced a summer menu<br />
expected to stick around<br />
through the beginning of<br />
September. But even within<br />
the next few months, those<br />
specials will see change.<br />
“We’re all about freshness,<br />
when you think summer,”<br />
Kapellas said. “It’s<br />
nice and warm outside.”<br />
To match that atmosphere,<br />
Bonefish recently introduced<br />
a fresh watermelon martini<br />
($9.40) to get diners started. It<br />
features hand-muddled watermelon,<br />
house-infused English<br />
cucumber and Fris vodka infusion,<br />
and fresh sour, garnished<br />
with frozen watermelon cubes.<br />
It is the latest in a line of handcrafted<br />
martini offerings Kapellas<br />
said have done plenty on<br />
their own of drawing attention<br />
to the restaurant, with in-house<br />
infusion and the “big city bar<br />
feel.”<br />
“We like to differentiate<br />
ourselves so people remember<br />
us,” he said. “The watermelon<br />
martini is a favorite.”<br />
Fresh day boat scallops ($22.90) — sushi-grade scallops on a bed of creamy corn risotto,<br />
topped with crispy bacon and lemon butter drizzle, served alongside green beans — are a<br />
specialty only available during the summer season at Bonefish Grill in Orland Park.<br />
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But for seafood lovers,<br />
the wild salmon offerings<br />
are where the summer specials<br />
get really interesting.<br />
In early July, the menu featured<br />
wild sockeye salmon<br />
with spinach, bacon and blue<br />
($24.50), showcasing woodgrilled<br />
salmon, topped with<br />
sautéed spinach, bacon and<br />
blue cheese crumbles, then<br />
finished with lemon butter.<br />
“It’s the most flavorful of<br />
any wild salmon,” Kapellas<br />
said, crediting that flavor to<br />
a high oil content.<br />
But the plan is to change<br />
the wild salmon special<br />
throughout the summer,<br />
first to the king variety, then<br />
coho.<br />
“When the different species<br />
become available, we’ll<br />
bring in different types<br />
of salmon,” Kapellas explained.<br />
Throughout the summer,<br />
though, Bonefish intends to<br />
feature fresh day boat scallops<br />
($22.90). The scallops<br />
are advertised as “sushigrade”<br />
and come served on<br />
a bed of creamy corn risotto,<br />
topped with bacon and lemon<br />
butter drizzle, alongside<br />
green beans.<br />
“They call them day boat<br />
because they have to be back<br />
within 24 hours,” Kapellas<br />
explained.<br />
That means they are<br />
handpicked based on size,<br />
shucked on-site and shipped<br />
within a day. Kapellas said<br />
like the other summer specials,<br />
Bonefish has featured<br />
them in the past, and some<br />
customers tapped into culinary<br />
culture come back just<br />
for those.<br />
“We tweak a little bit, but<br />
with market fresh food you<br />
don’t need to do a lot,” Kapellas<br />
said. “We try to get<br />
those fresh ingredients. ...<br />
The food speaks for itself.”<br />
Except, sometimes for the<br />
less savvy customers, servers<br />
have to speak a little for<br />
the food, as well, educating<br />
diners on the always developing<br />
menu. That is where<br />
constant — and in this case,<br />
“constant” means staff with<br />
years of experience in dealing<br />
with seafood — is important.<br />
“We pride ourselves on<br />
having really knowledgeable<br />
servers and chefs in the back<br />
who know how to handle<br />
these things,” Kapellas said.<br />
Bonefish Grill<br />
15537 S. LaGrange<br />
Road in Orland Park<br />
Hours<br />
• 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m.<br />
Monday-Thursday<br />
• 11 a.m.-11:30 p.m.<br />
Friday and Saturday<br />
• 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday<br />
For more information ...<br />
Web: www.bonefishgrill.<br />
com<br />
Phone: (708) 873-5170<br />
But customers drawn to<br />
the fresh summer tastes of<br />
wild salmon and day boat<br />
scallops do not have time on<br />
their sides. Because like the<br />
tides, Bonefish’s specials are<br />
bound to change.<br />
Get that watermelon out of<br />
my martini!<br />
It is crazy to think, but<br />
there are actually people in<br />
this world who simply do<br />
not like watermelon.<br />
We call them weirdos, of<br />
course, but they exist nonetheless,<br />
and they have as<br />
much right as anyone to a<br />
martini.<br />
Fresh watermelon<br />
martini recipe<br />
Orland Park’s Bonefish<br />
Grill features on its<br />
summer specials menu a<br />
fresh watermelon martini,<br />
made with hand-muddled<br />
watermelon, house-infused<br />
English cucumber and Fris<br />
vodka infusion, and fresh<br />
sour, garnished with frozen<br />
watermelon cubes. Here is<br />
how to make it at home.<br />
Ingredients<br />
• 2 cubes fresh<br />
watermelon<br />
• 2 cucumber slices<br />
• .25 ounces simple<br />
syrup<br />
• 1.5 ounces vodka<br />
• .5 ounces fresh sour mix<br />
Steps<br />
• Combine the<br />
watermelon cubes,<br />
cucumber slices and<br />
simple syrup in a glass,<br />
and muddle well.<br />
• Add vodka and fresh<br />
sour mix.<br />
• Shake and strain into a<br />
chilled martini glass.<br />
So for those not as keen on<br />
the fresh watermelon martini,<br />
Bonefish’s summer menu<br />
also features a fresh strawberry<br />
rosé martini ($9.10),<br />
featuring hand-muddled<br />
raspberry, blackberry and<br />
strawberry, with Belleruche<br />
Rosé and St. Germain elderflower.<br />
The martini is<br />
finished with fresh berries,<br />
to boot.<br />
Best paired with ...<br />
For those looking to pair<br />
the wild salmon or day boat<br />
scallops with something other<br />
than a martini, a sommelier<br />
might use plenty of words<br />
to describe the flavor profiles<br />
that would mingle well with<br />
the fresh fish. Kapellas only<br />
Bill Jones/22nd Century<br />
Media<br />
• Garnish with frozen<br />
watermelon cubes or a<br />
fresh cucumber slice.<br />
Secrets of the shake<br />
• To make a refreshing<br />
cucumber vodka, simply<br />
slice a cucumber and<br />
place in vodka. Allow to<br />
infuse for 24-48 hours.<br />
• For cocktails on the<br />
sweeter side, add a bit<br />
more simple syrup.<br />
• Substitute tequila for<br />
vodka, and increase the<br />
sour mix to 1.5 ounces,<br />
shake and strain over ice<br />
into a glass with a salt rim<br />
for a margarita spin on<br />
the recipe.<br />
needs two: pinot noir.<br />
It might sound unconventional,<br />
but it was the go-to<br />
among staff when they taste<br />
tested the dishes, and Kapellas<br />
said it is largely owed to<br />
the swine topping each dish.<br />
“That was the favorite,”<br />
he said. “It really complements<br />
the bold flavor of the<br />
bacon.”<br />
It’s not summer inside<br />
To round out the summer<br />
theme, Bonefish Grill’s 40-<br />
seat patio has been open for<br />
the past couple of months,<br />
and Kapellas is not going to<br />
shut it down until he must.<br />
“We’ll have it open as<br />
long as we can,” he said.
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Summit Hill D161 band camp students<br />
perform live summer concert<br />
Incoming sixth- through eighth-graders play at Frankfort<br />
Square Park District<br />
Roxy Bretzlaff (left), Evan Hazelip and the rest of the<br />
“Summer Band is Hot! Hot! Hot!” trumpet section<br />
students perform June 30 at the Frankfort Square<br />
Park District’s bandshell.<br />
Concert attendees (left to right) Olivia Chin,<br />
Marsha Sullivan, Cole McCann and Landen<br />
Chin of Tinley Park watch the live musical<br />
performance June 30 at the Frankfort Square<br />
Park District.<br />
Band director Kim Coughlin conducts participants from the “Summer<br />
Band is Hot! Hot! Hot!” band camp program in a live concert June 30 at the<br />
Frankfort Square Park District’s bandshell.<br />
Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media<br />
Saxophone<br />
player<br />
Victoria<br />
Lucarelli<br />
belts out a<br />
tune during<br />
a community<br />
concert at<br />
the Frankfort<br />
Square Park<br />
District’s<br />
bandshell.<br />
Attendees watch the “Summer Band is Hot! Hot! Hot!”<br />
band camp students perform.<br />
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crosstown CROSSWORD & Sudoku<br />
The crosstowns: Frankfort, Homer Glen, Lockport, Mokena, New Lenox, Orland Park, Tinley Park<br />
Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur<br />
Across<br />
1. Mediator’s skill<br />
5. Tender<br />
10. Way<br />
14. Turkish head<br />
honcho<br />
15. One of the “Canterbury”<br />
pilgrims<br />
16. International flying<br />
org.<br />
17. Indian side dish<br />
19. Last letters<br />
20. Poker action<br />
21. Site of the 2016<br />
U.S. Log Rolling<br />
Open, goes with 43<br />
across<br />
23. With stealth<br />
25. Satellite radio for<br />
autos<br />
27. Belly<br />
28. Pays in full<br />
31. Jewish teacher<br />
35. Nibble<br />
39. Bug on the line<br />
40. Acoustic<br />
41. Ivy League school<br />
42. Eastern sash<br />
43. See 21 across<br />
44. Inflexible<br />
46. In favor of<br />
47. Donkeys<br />
48. Make merry<br />
49. Old French money<br />
51. Comprehend<br />
53. Noble<br />
57. Over<br />
62. Outdated connection<br />
64. Salami server<br />
65. Bargain<br />
67. Circumnavigator<br />
on the Golden Hind<br />
68. Speaker’s table<br />
69. Community character<br />
71. Networking need<br />
72. X marks the __<br />
73. From the 1970s,<br />
e.g.<br />
74. Our boys<br />
Down<br />
1. Hawaiian staple<br />
2. Science lab mediums<br />
3. Some like it hot<br />
4. Volga region resident<br />
5. Alternate word<br />
6. Felt cap<br />
7. Bank list<br />
8. 20-20, e.g.<br />
9. Furnace button<br />
10. Tonics<br />
11. Berry from palms<br />
12. Exaggerated, of a<br />
tale<br />
13. Sacred<br />
18. Cartoon art<br />
22. Rightful<br />
24. Atmosphere<br />
26. Trigger<br />
29. Old drum played<br />
with a fife<br />
30. Conch shell shape<br />
32. Bikini parts<br />
33. Like Hubbard’s<br />
cupboard<br />
34. Lodge fellows<br />
35. Circular course<br />
36. Epitome of thinness<br />
37. Bit of pond scum<br />
38. Climate of an era<br />
45. To have a opinion<br />
47. Bitter-smelling<br />
50. __ off<br />
52. Big drinker<br />
54. Some clothing<br />
shades<br />
55. Spanish word for<br />
plain<br />
56. Whitehorse’s river<br />
57. Betting consideration<br />
58. Tide type<br />
59. Madison Avenue<br />
award<br />
60. Charge amount<br />
61. Authentic<br />
63. Seats with kneelers<br />
66. Craggy hill<br />
70. Therefore<br />
How to play Sudoku<br />
Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that<br />
has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3x3<br />
squares. To solve the puzzle, each row, column and<br />
box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9.<br />
LEVEL: Medium<br />
Sudoku by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan<br />
answers<br />
MOKENA<br />
The Alley Grill and Tap<br />
House<br />
(18700 S. Old LaGrange<br />
Road, Mokena; (708) 478-<br />
3610)<br />
■9 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Karaoke<br />
Fox’s Restaurant and Pub<br />
(11247 W. 187th St.,<br />
Mokena; (708) 478-8888)<br />
■6 ■ p.m. Thursdays,<br />
Fridays and Saturdays:<br />
Performance by Jerry<br />
Eadie<br />
Jenny’s Southside Tap<br />
(10160 191st St.,<br />
Mokena; (708) 479-6873)<br />
■6 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Acoustic<br />
Avenue, Psychic<br />
night - second Tuesday<br />
every month.<br />
■Fridays ■ and Saturdays:<br />
Live bands<br />
FRANKFORT<br />
Pete Mitchell’s Bar &<br />
Grill<br />
(21000 Frankfort Square<br />
Road, Frankfort; (815)<br />
464-8100)<br />
■6-8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays:<br />
Free N’ Fun Bar Game.<br />
Free to play.<br />
NEW LENOX<br />
Little Joe’s Restaurant<br />
(1300 N. Cedar Road,<br />
New Lenox; (815) 463-<br />
1099)<br />
■5-8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays:<br />
Piano Styles by Joe<br />
LOCKPORT<br />
The Outpost Pub & Grill<br />
(14929 Archer Ave.,<br />
Lockport; (815) 836-<br />
8893)<br />
■8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays and<br />
Thursdays: Live DJ and<br />
Karaoke<br />
Strike N Spare II<br />
(811 Northern Drive,<br />
Lockport; (708) 301-<br />
1477)<br />
■9:30 ■ p.m.-12:30 a.m.<br />
Mondays: Quartermania<br />
■Fridays: ■ Live bands<br />
HOMER GLEN<br />
Mullets Sports Bar and<br />
Restaurant<br />
(14903 S. Bell Road,<br />
Homer Glen; (708) 645-<br />
7000)<br />
■7 ■ p.m. Wednesdays:<br />
Trivia<br />
To place an event in The<br />
Scene, email m.lapthorne<br />
@22ndcenturymedia.com.
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Rising Interest Rates Motivating Buyers at Brookside Meadows<br />
After a long period of<br />
low interest rates on home<br />
loans buyers are seeing<br />
rates move upward a trend<br />
that is likely to continue. For<br />
home shoppers this means<br />
the wait for lower rates is<br />
over. Now is the time to step<br />
in, review your homework<br />
and make the move – to<br />
Brookside Meadows in<br />
Tinley Park.<br />
Timing is everything and<br />
hopeful home owners can<br />
select from preferred sites,<br />
choose options, negotiate<br />
the best price and stay<br />
ahead of rising interest<br />
rates. But remember, the<br />
wait is over. Not only are<br />
interest rates on the move<br />
but Crana Homes has<br />
announced that Brookside<br />
Meadows will soon begin<br />
Phase II which means the<br />
remaining homes in Phase<br />
I are attractively priced to<br />
sell.<br />
These single family<br />
attached homes have<br />
impressive award winning<br />
designs, energy- efficient<br />
features and are set in a<br />
great Tinley Park location.<br />
With prices holding in the<br />
upper $200s (including site)<br />
and mortgage rates on the<br />
move, now is the time to<br />
choose from the excellent<br />
home sites still available at<br />
Brookside Meadows.<br />
Brookside Meadows<br />
currently features two<br />
very popular designs. The<br />
Fahan II is a split level plan<br />
with three bedrooms and<br />
two and a half baths. This<br />
is an elegant 3,303 total<br />
square foot home (2,087’<br />
living space and 1,216’ of<br />
basement) with a two car<br />
garage. A large open space<br />
kitchen offers sleek granite<br />
countertops surrounded by<br />
generous cabinet space. An<br />
impressive loft overlooks a<br />
stately and relaxing great<br />
room which is adjacent to<br />
the kitchen. Beautiful oak is<br />
used throughout the home<br />
– including doors, kitchen<br />
cabinets, railings and trim.<br />
Ceramic tile covers the<br />
floors in the foyer as well<br />
Chef’s delight: Kitchen and dining<br />
areas in the Fahan II.<br />
as the bathrooms which<br />
also feature cultured marble<br />
vanity tops. A full walkout<br />
or lookout basement and<br />
a deck is included and<br />
provides functional space<br />
and added home value.<br />
The comfortable Lennan<br />
II is a two (or optional<br />
three) bedroom split level<br />
home which includes most<br />
of the features of the Fahan<br />
II with the exception of the<br />
spacious master suite which<br />
has an optional cathedral<br />
ceiling and is located on<br />
the upper level. The Lennan<br />
II has 3,167 square feet<br />
of total space (2,118’<br />
The Fahan II, Brookside Meadows’ Fahan II, a split level 2 3BR<br />
single family attached home.<br />
Loft overlooks Fahan II’s great<br />
room with optional fireplace.<br />
living space and 1,049’ of<br />
basement) and a two car<br />
garage.<br />
Attractive options are<br />
available. Skylights provide<br />
natural light and a soaker<br />
tub in the master bath<br />
is always a favorite. The<br />
addition of a fireplace is a<br />
very impressive touch as<br />
well as coffered ceilings.<br />
Other stylish options<br />
are available. Contact a<br />
sales associate for more<br />
information.<br />
All homes at Brookside<br />
Meadows include energy<br />
saving features like a high<br />
efficiency furnace and the<br />
installation of Lo E glass.<br />
Other ‘green’ features<br />
include an Energy Miser hot<br />
water heater, vented soffits,<br />
1.75” insulated entrance<br />
doors, energy efficient<br />
appliances and Tuff R<br />
insulated wall sheathing.<br />
The water source is Lake<br />
Michigan.<br />
Tucked away in a quiet area<br />
of Tinley Park, Brookside<br />
Meadows is close to all<br />
the shopping, recreation,<br />
cultural events and dining<br />
of a major metropolitan<br />
area. Hundreds of local<br />
retail choices are minutes<br />
away including numerous<br />
shopping centers and<br />
Orland Park malls.<br />
Major highways are<br />
nearby and the Metra rail<br />
line is a short drive away,<br />
perfect for commuters<br />
Brookside Meadows’ Lennan II, a split level single family 3BR<br />
attached home.<br />
Plenty of kitchen work space,<br />
cabinet storage and beautiful<br />
granite countertops.<br />
traveling into the city. Tinley<br />
Park maintains 40 parks,<br />
over 30 ball fields and<br />
other facilities including<br />
the huge Bettenhausen<br />
recreational center with<br />
an indoor playground and<br />
much more. Stay ahead of<br />
rising rates and shrinking<br />
inventory by making your<br />
move now to<br />
Brookside Meadows!<br />
Model homes are fully<br />
furnished and beautifully<br />
decorated and are open<br />
for inspection. The Sales<br />
Center is open from<br />
10:00am to 4:00pm Monday<br />
through Thursday, from<br />
noon to 4:00pm Saturday<br />
The Lennan II master bath at<br />
Brookside Meadows.<br />
and Sunday and on Friday<br />
by appointment.<br />
To visit the Sales Center<br />
from I- 80, exit La Grange<br />
Road south for just under<br />
two miles to La Porte Road<br />
and turn east for one half<br />
mile. If using a GPS just<br />
enter the address: 19839<br />
Mulroy Circle, Tinley Park,<br />
IL.<br />
Contact a sales associate<br />
for any updates in specs<br />
or dimensions at 708 479-<br />
5111. You can visit www.<br />
cranahomes.com any<br />
time for home designs,<br />
descriptions, floorplans,<br />
features and options.
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CLASSIFIEDS<br />
Help Wanted · Garage Sales · Automotive<br />
Real Estate · Rentals · Merchandise<br />
Help<br />
Wanted<br />
1003 Help Wanted<br />
Village Seeks Custodian – P/T - Evenings<br />
The Village of Homer Glen is seeking a part-time<br />
custodian to work a maximum of 18 hours per week. The<br />
position will perform a variety of routine unskilled and<br />
semi-skilled housekeeping work while maintaining the<br />
Village Hall, Sheriff’s Office, Board Room and<br />
Community Room in a clean and orderly fashion.<br />
Applicants must have a H.S. diploma or GED, a valid<br />
driver’s license and possess the ability to understand the<br />
English language and follow written and oral instructions.<br />
Pay is $15.00 per hour. Selected candidates will be<br />
required to pass a criminal background check, medical<br />
physical and drug screen.<br />
A position description and application may be found on<br />
the Village’s website www.homerglenil.org. Completed<br />
applications may be e-mailed to Heather Kokodynsky<br />
at hkokodynsky@homerglen.org or mailed to<br />
Village of Homer Glen, Attn: Heather Kokodynsky,<br />
14240 W. 151st Street, Homer Glen, IL 60491.<br />
Applications are due Friday, August 5.<br />
up to 35 hours / week<br />
Office Assistant<br />
South Suburban<br />
Transportation Safety Dept<br />
needs clerical help<br />
Mon-Fri. Entry level<br />
positions. Will train the<br />
right candidate. Please<br />
forward resume to<br />
recruiting@shipgt.com.<br />
P/T State licensed X-Ray<br />
Tech in Orland Park<br />
orthopedic surgeon’s<br />
office. 1-2 days/wk. Fax<br />
resume to 708.460.9254 or<br />
call 708.460.4422.<br />
Part-time Telephone Work<br />
calling from home for<br />
AMVETS. Ideal for<br />
homemakers and retirees.<br />
Must be reliable and have<br />
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If interested,<br />
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P/T. Super Wash Car<br />
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Complete task(s) per check<br />
list, log information.<br />
Interested? Call Mike,<br />
779.240.1041. E.O.E.<br />
Sell It 708.326.9170<br />
Fax It 708.326.9179<br />
Charge It<br />
DEADLINE -<br />
Friday at 3pm<br />
Automotive<br />
Real Estate<br />
1003 Help<br />
Wanted<br />
A very busy, prestigious<br />
country club in the<br />
southwest suburbs is<br />
looking for best and<br />
most experienced line,<br />
pantry and seasonal<br />
cooks. Cooks can<br />
handle 100 covers in<br />
under 2 hrs. F/T<br />
Tuesday through<br />
Sunday. Must be fluent<br />
in English. Great salary,<br />
$15 and up. 401(k),<br />
insurance and dental<br />
insurance. Any<br />
questions call<br />
708.403.3000. You can<br />
apply in person at 10700<br />
W. 153rd St., Orland<br />
Park. Or fax your<br />
resume to 708.403.3198<br />
or Email to<br />
jimmychristensen@<br />
crystaltreecc.org<br />
Canvassers/Appointment<br />
Setters. P/T hours; F/T<br />
pay. $12-17/ hr + bonuses,<br />
$400-800+/week. Great for<br />
professionals looking for<br />
extra $$$. Students:<br />
willing to train. Call Jeff:<br />
815.293.6311 or Sean:<br />
708.655.7326.<br />
F/T Diesel Mechanic<br />
Small, family owned shop<br />
looking for exp diesel<br />
mechanic to work on<br />
semi-tractors & trailers.<br />
Please call w/ inquires:<br />
708.426.4526 or email:<br />
mandmtruckrepair@gmail.<br />
com<br />
Bus Drivers & Substitutes<br />
needed Lincoln-Way Area<br />
Special Education. Apply<br />
online: www.lwase843.org<br />
or call 815.806.4600.<br />
Operator, locator & laborer<br />
needed for Underground<br />
Utility Co. CDL required.<br />
Call 815.469.1400<br />
$52<br />
4 lines/<br />
7 papers Help Wanted<br />
$50<br />
7 lines/<br />
7 papers Merchandise<br />
1003 Help<br />
Wanted<br />
$13<br />
per line<br />
4 lines/<br />
7 papers<br />
$30<br />
4 lines/<br />
7 papers<br />
NOW HIRING<br />
BUS DRIVERS<br />
American School Bus<br />
Train now for August<br />
10000 W. 167th St<br />
Orland Park<br />
(708) 349-1866<br />
Homer Glen, P/T Office<br />
Help. Mon-Fri, 30 hrs/wk.<br />
Skills required: accounting,<br />
computer & customer service.<br />
$12 an hour. Send resume to:<br />
apm-resume@comcast.net<br />
1013 Wanted to<br />
Buy<br />
Looking to buy an old nickel<br />
slot machine. Must be in working<br />
condition. Call Mike -<br />
708-460-0526<br />
Garage<br />
Sale<br />
1052 Garage Sale<br />
Garage Sale/Estate Sale<br />
Lockport, 1309 E. Division,<br />
(167th, west of Farrell).<br />
Saturday, July 16th 9-2PM.<br />
Furniture, too much to list!<br />
Lockport 1309 E. North St.<br />
7/14-15, 9-5. Retail display<br />
units (portable shelving on<br />
wheels), storage, tools, hshld,<br />
clothes, etc. Everything must<br />
go!<br />
Lockport, 1634 East St.<br />
July 15 & 16 8-3pm.<br />
Girls & ladies clothes, toys &<br />
household items.<br />
New Lenox 239 Hampshire Ct<br />
7/16 9-3pm Baby clothes, furniture,<br />
toys, houeshold, adult<br />
clothes, kitchen items & more!<br />
New Lenox 2802 Ryan Dr.<br />
7/14-15, 8-2. AMAZING deals<br />
on great items. DON’T MISS<br />
THIS SALE!<br />
1052 Garage Sale<br />
New Lenox 110 Oak Dr.<br />
(across from cemetary)<br />
BACKYARD. 7/15-16, 7:30-<br />
3. 1929 antique Hoosier cabinet<br />
+ many more antiques.<br />
Furn, formal dresses & 2<br />
storage sheds.<br />
New Lenox 3313 Norwood Ln.<br />
7/14-16, 9-3. Furn and<br />
everything. Don’t miss this<br />
one!<br />
New Lenox, 187 Cottonwood<br />
July 14 & 15, 9-2p. Downsizing.<br />
Ethan Allen Furniture:<br />
couches, living rmtbls, dining<br />
rm set, kitchen items &much<br />
more!<br />
Orland Park, 16829 Sheridans<br />
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1053 Multi Family<br />
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New Lenox 236 Tonell Ave.<br />
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clothing, collectibles, somuch<br />
more, no presales, Saturday<br />
50% Off!<br />
1054 Subdivision<br />
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Mokena-Marley Lane<br />
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July 22nd & 23rd, 9a-3p<br />
2 Blks N of 191 St/104 Av<br />
18901 - 18948 Marley Ln<br />
1 STOP SHOPPING!<br />
Brookside Glen Townhome<br />
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708-479-1978 708-508-6037<br />
1999 Buick Centry<br />
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708-532-7339<br />
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Orland Park<br />
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OPEN<br />
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12417 Huntleigh Road<br />
Homer Glen<br />
Sat July 16th &<br />
Sun July 17th Noon-5pm<br />
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Sat, July 16th Noon-3pm<br />
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16084 Julia Courtyard Ave<br />
Tinley Park, IL<br />
Lovely 4BR ranch home Walking<br />
distance to Prairie Elementary<br />
School located in Wedgewood<br />
Estates. Living rm, dining rm, 2<br />
full bathrms, family rm, kitchen,<br />
full unfinished walkout basement<br />
&2car attached garage. Rent is<br />
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708-567-4274<br />
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tile backsplash, kitchen island,<br />
breakfast area with great view<br />
overlooking yard. Great space for<br />
future deck or patio, sprinkler<br />
system included. Open staircase<br />
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for theater, game room or office.<br />
Near shopping & highways.<br />
$349,900 . 708-460-3418<br />
Frankfort<br />
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bsmnt &full walkout. Property is<br />
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Offered by Peggy Likewise<br />
708-712-7653<br />
T.J. Boyle Real Estate, Inc.<br />
1090 House for Sale<br />
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New construction two-story<br />
townhomes located in<br />
Mokena’s Old Mill Pond.<br />
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finishes by an established<br />
builder.<br />
Where: 18701 S. Mill<br />
Creek Drive, Mokena, IL<br />
60448. Located off 187th<br />
Street just west of Wolf<br />
Road<br />
Amenities: The Old Mill<br />
Pond townhomes by<br />
Premier Builders will<br />
feature 13 total units. The<br />
first four-unit building is<br />
ready. A five-unit building<br />
overlooking pond will be<br />
available November 2016.<br />
Each unit features three<br />
bedrooms, two-and-ahalf<br />
bathrooms, a large<br />
master bedroom with a<br />
huge master walk-in closet,<br />
dual sinks in both upstairs<br />
bathrooms, a second-floor<br />
laundry room, and an open<br />
family room/kitchen with<br />
granite countertops, back<br />
splash, and stainless steel<br />
appliance package. There<br />
are 9-foot ceilings and<br />
hardwood floors throughout<br />
the main floor. There is also<br />
a full basement with roughin<br />
plumbing and attached<br />
two-car garage with an<br />
extra storage area. A presale<br />
is on now to choose<br />
interior colors/finishes. Low<br />
monthly association fee.<br />
Chicago water. Mokena<br />
schools.<br />
Asking Price: $279,900<br />
Listing Agent: Brianne<br />
Vandenberg, Keller<br />
Williams Preferred<br />
Realty, (708) 305-0288,<br />
bvandenberg@kw.com<br />
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2004 Asphalt Paving/Seal Coating<br />
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May 25<br />
• 11881 Tower Bridge<br />
Drive, Mokena, 60448-<br />
1988 — Bridges Of<br />
Mokena Townhomes<br />
to Bruce W. Dawson,<br />
Marianne L. Dawson,<br />
$341,000<br />
• 21015 Tall Grass Drive,<br />
Mokena, 60448-2454 —<br />
Nicholas Laporte to John<br />
R. Young, Laura M. Young,<br />
$456,000<br />
June 3<br />
• 11901 Tower Bridge<br />
Dr, Mokena, 60448-1987<br />
— Bridges Of Mokena<br />
Townhomes to Joseph<br />
M. Gaul, Kelly Misewicz,<br />
$384,500<br />
June 6<br />
• 10501 Jacob Drive,<br />
Mokena, 60448-9373<br />
— Yasemin Aksoy to<br />
Adelekan Bobade, Azezat<br />
Shewu, $307,000<br />
• 12604 Chiszar Drive,<br />
Mokena, 60448-1680<br />
— Richard J. Raspante<br />
to Joseph Sutton, Laura<br />
Sutton, $478,000<br />
June 7<br />
• 19225 104th Avenue,<br />
Mokena, 60448-8655<br />
— Paul A. Staneart to<br />
Anthony Pareti, Kathleen<br />
Pareti, $220,000<br />
• 21016 St James<br />
Court, Mokena, 60448-<br />
2016 — Goesel Trust to<br />
James Heim, Emily Heim,<br />
$393,000<br />
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2701 Property for<br />
Sale<br />
SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ES-<br />
TATE at 10413 Dickens Drive,<br />
Mokena, IL 60448 (residential single<br />
family). On the 21st day of<br />
July, 2016 to be held at 12:00<br />
noon, at the Will County Courthouse<br />
Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street,<br />
Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, under<br />
Case Title: U.S. BANK N.A., IN<br />
ITS CAPACITY AS TRUSTEE<br />
FOR THE REGISTERED HOLD-<br />
ERS OF HOME EQUITY ASSET<br />
TRUST 2004-7 HOME EQUITY<br />
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFI-<br />
CATES, SERIES 2004-7, Plaintiff<br />
V. RONALD F. SCHLEICHER,<br />
JR. (DECEASED); RONALD F.<br />
SCHLEICHER; SOLELY AS<br />
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE<br />
FOR ROBERT F. SCHLEICHER;<br />
BARBARA L. SCHLEICHER;<br />
UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LE-<br />
GAGTEES RONALD F. SCHLEI-<br />
CHER, JR; S.S. BY MOTHER<br />
AND NEXT FRIEND RONALD<br />
F. SCHLEICHER, JR; S.S. BY<br />
MOTHER AND NEXT FRIEND<br />
BARBARA SCHLEICHER; J.S.<br />
BY MOTHER AND NEXT<br />
FRIEND BARBARA SCHLEI-<br />
CHER; UNKNOWN OWNERS<br />
AND NON-RECORD CLAIM-<br />
ANTS BARBARA SCHLEI-<br />
CHER; UNKNOWN OWNERS<br />
AND NON-RECORD CLAIM-<br />
ANTS, Defendant.<br />
Case No. 12CH 4132 in the Circuit<br />
Court of the Twelfth Judicial<br />
Circuit, Will County, Illinois.<br />
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%)<br />
at the time of sale and the balance<br />
within twenty-four (24) hours;<br />
plus, for residential real estate, a<br />
statutory judicial sale fee calculated<br />
at the rate of $1 for each<br />
$1,000 or fraction thereof of the<br />
amount paid by the purchaser to<br />
the person conducting the sale, not<br />
to exceed $300, for deposit into the<br />
Abandoned Residential Property<br />
Municipality Relief Fund. Nojudicial<br />
sale fee shall be paid by the<br />
mortgagee acquiring the residential<br />
real estate pursuant to its credit bid<br />
at the sale or by any mortgagee,<br />
judgment creditor, or other lienor<br />
acquiring the residential real estate<br />
whose rights inand to the residential<br />
real estate arose prior to the<br />
sale. All payments shall be made in<br />
cash or certified funds payable to<br />
the Sheriff of Will County.<br />
In the event the property is acon-<br />
dominium, in accordance with 735<br />
ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and<br />
(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and<br />
765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are<br />
hereby notified that the purchaser<br />
of the unit, other than amortgagee,<br />
shall pay the assessments and legal<br />
fees required by subdivisions<br />
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and<br />
the assessments required bysubsection<br />
(g-1) of Section 18.5 of the<br />
Illinois Condominium Property
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Sale<br />
p y<br />
Act.<br />
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03<br />
(J) ifthere is asurplus following<br />
application of the proceeds of sale,<br />
then the plaintiff shall send written<br />
notice pursuant to 735 ILCS<br />
5/15-1512(d) to all parties to the<br />
proceeding advising them of the<br />
amount ofthe surplus and that the<br />
surplus will beheld until aparty<br />
obtains acourt order for its distribution<br />
or, in the absence of an order,<br />
until the surplus is forfeited to<br />
the State.<br />
For Information Please Contact:<br />
POTESTIVO AND ASSOCIATES<br />
811 E. South Blvd.<br />
Rochester Hill, Michigan 48307<br />
P: 248-853-4400<br />
F: 248-853-0404<br />
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR<br />
DEBT COLLECTION PRAC-<br />
TICES ACT YOU ARE AD-<br />
VISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM<br />
IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT<br />
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO<br />
COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY<br />
INFORMATION OBTAINED<br />
WILL BE USED FOR THAT<br />
PURPOSE.<br />
2703 Legal<br />
Notices<br />
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR<br />
DEBT COLLECTION PRAC-<br />
TICES ACT YOU ARE AD-<br />
VISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM<br />
IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT<br />
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO<br />
COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY<br />
INFORMATION OBTAINED<br />
WILL BE USED FOR THAT<br />
PURPOSE.<br />
STATE OF ILLINOIS )<br />
) SS.<br />
COUNTY OF WILL )<br />
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF<br />
THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIR-<br />
CUIT<br />
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS<br />
U.S. BANK N.A., IN ITS CA-<br />
PACITY ASTRUSTEE FOR THE<br />
REGISTERED HOLDERS OF<br />
HOME EQUITY ASSET TRUST<br />
2004-7 HOME EQUITY<br />
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFI-<br />
CATES, SERIES 2004-7,<br />
Plaintiff,<br />
vs.<br />
RONALD F. SCHLEICHER, JR.<br />
(DECEASED); RONALD F.<br />
SCHLEICHER; SOLELY AS<br />
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE<br />
FOR ROBERT F. SCHLEICHER;<br />
BARBARA L. SCHLEICHER;<br />
UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LE-<br />
GAGTEES RONALD F. SCHLEI-<br />
CHER, JR; S.S. BY MOTHER<br />
AND NEXT FRIEND RONALD<br />
F. SCHLEICHER, JR; S.S. BY<br />
MOTHER AND NEXT FRIEND<br />
BARBARA SCHLEICHER; J.S.<br />
BY MOTHER AND NEXT<br />
FRIEND BARBARA SCHLEI-<br />
CHER; UNKNOWN OWNERS<br />
AND NON-RECORD CLAIM-<br />
ANTS BARBARA SCHLEI-<br />
CHER; UNKNOWN OWNERS<br />
AND NON-RECORD CLAIM-<br />
ANTS,<br />
2703 Legal<br />
Notices<br />
Defendant.<br />
No. 12 CH 4132<br />
Consolidates with case(s):<br />
C14-97689<br />
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE<br />
Public notice ishereby given that<br />
pursuant to ajudgment entered in<br />
the above cause on the 11th day of<br />
April, 2016, MIKE KELLEY,<br />
Sheriff of Will County, Illinois,<br />
will on Thursday, the 21st day of<br />
July, 2016 ,commencing at 12:00<br />
o'clock noon, at the Will County<br />
Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa<br />
Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432,<br />
sell at public auction to the highest<br />
and best bidder orbidders the following-described<br />
real estate:<br />
LOT 24 IN MARLEY CREEK<br />
PHASE III, BEING A SUBDIVI-<br />
SION OF PART OFTHE EAST<br />
1/2 OFTHE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF<br />
SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 35<br />
NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF<br />
THE THIRD PRINCIPAL ME-<br />
RIDIAN, ACCORDING TOTHE<br />
PLAT THEREOF RECORDED<br />
JUNE 12, 1989 AS DOCUMENT<br />
R89-27949, AND CERTIFICATE<br />
OF CORRECTION RECORDED<br />
JULY 5, 1989 AS DOCUMENT<br />
NUMBER R89-032285 AND<br />
CERTIFICATE OF CORREC-<br />
TIONS RECORDED JULY 13,<br />
1989 AS DOCUMENT<br />
R89-033997, IN WILL COUNTY,<br />
ILLINOIS<br />
Commonly known as:<br />
10413 Dickens Drive, Mokena, IL<br />
60448<br />
Description of Improvements:<br />
residential single family<br />
P.I.N.:<br />
00-09-05-428-004-0000<br />
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%)<br />
at the time of sale and the balance<br />
within twenty-four (24) hours;<br />
plus, for residential real estate, a<br />
statutory judicial sale fee calculated<br />
at the rate of $1 for each<br />
$1,000 or fraction thereof of the<br />
amount paid bythe purchaser to<br />
the person conducting the sale, not<br />
to exceed $300, for deposit into the<br />
Abandoned Residential Property<br />
Municipality Relief Fund. Nojudicial<br />
sale fee shall be paid by the<br />
mortgagee acquiring the residential<br />
real estate pursuant to its credit bid<br />
at the sale or by any mortgagee,<br />
judgment creditor, or other lienor<br />
acquiring the residential real estate<br />
whose rights inand to the residential<br />
real estate arose prior to the<br />
sale. All payments shall be made in<br />
cash or certified funds payable to<br />
the Sheriff of Will County.<br />
In the event the property is acon-<br />
dominium, in accordance with 735<br />
ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and<br />
(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and<br />
765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are<br />
hereby notified that the purchaser<br />
of the unit, other than amortgagee,<br />
shall pay the assessments and legal<br />
fees required by subdivisions<br />
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and<br />
the assessments required bysubsection<br />
(g-1) of Section 18.5 of the<br />
Illinois Condominium Property<br />
Act.<br />
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03<br />
(J) ifthere is asurplus following<br />
application of the proceeds of sale,<br />
2703 Legal<br />
Notices<br />
pp p ,<br />
then the plaintiff shall send written<br />
notice pursuant to 735 ILCS<br />
5/15-1512(d) to all parties to the<br />
proceeding advising them of the<br />
amount ofthe surplus and that the<br />
surplus will beheld until aparty<br />
obtains acourt order for its distribution<br />
or, in the absence of an order,<br />
until the surplus is forfeited to<br />
the State.<br />
FOR INFORMATION PLEASE<br />
CONTACT:<br />
POTESTIVO AND ASSOCIATES<br />
811 E. South Blvd.<br />
Rochester Hill, Michigan 48307<br />
P: 248-853-4400<br />
F: 248-853-0404<br />
Plaintiff's Attorney<br />
MIKE KELLEY<br />
Sheriff of Will County<br />
DEPARTMENT OF<br />
HOMELAND SECURITY<br />
FEDERAL EMERGENCY<br />
MANAGEMENT AGENCY<br />
Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations<br />
for the Village ofMokena, Illinois<br />
and Unincorporated Areas of<br />
Will County, Illinois, and Case No.<br />
15-05-1059P. The Department of<br />
Homeland Security’s Federal<br />
Emergency Management Agency<br />
(FEMA) solicits technical information<br />
or comments on proposed<br />
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Study (FIS) report for your<br />
community. These flood hazard<br />
determinations may include the addition<br />
or modification of Base<br />
Flood Elevations, base flood<br />
depths, Special Flood Hazard Area<br />
boundaries or zone designations, or<br />
the regulatory floodway. The<br />
FIRM and, if applicable, the FIS<br />
report have been revised to reflect<br />
these flood hazard determinations<br />
through issuance of a Letter of<br />
Map Revision (LOMR), in accordance<br />
with Title 44, Part 65 of the<br />
Code of Federal Regulations.<br />
These determinations are the basis<br />
for the floodplain management<br />
measures that your community is<br />
required to adopt orshow evidence<br />
of having in effect to qualify or remain<br />
qualified for participation in<br />
the National Flood Insurance Program.<br />
For more information on the<br />
proposed flood hazard determinations<br />
and information onthe statutory<br />
90-day period provided for appeals,<br />
please visit FEMA’s website<br />
at<br />
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Athlete of the Week<br />
10 Questions<br />
with Tyler Laux<br />
Going Places<br />
Figus: Illinois Wesleyan<br />
‘the best package for me’<br />
James Sanchez<br />
Assistant Editor<br />
Tyler Laux is a recent<br />
graduate of Lincoln-Way<br />
North High School, where<br />
he was a member of the<br />
Phoenix baseball team. He<br />
will continue his baseball<br />
career at Prairie View A&M<br />
University in Prairie View,<br />
Texas in the fall.<br />
Who got you into<br />
baseball?<br />
My father got me into<br />
playing baseball when I was<br />
about four or five years old.<br />
What’s the best part<br />
about the sport?<br />
It’s the only sport where<br />
you don’t have the ball in<br />
your hand to score, so it’s<br />
more challenging than other<br />
sports. You have to give the<br />
other team a chance to win<br />
before the game is over, so<br />
you have to always play hard<br />
until the end.<br />
What’s the best advice<br />
you’ve ever gotten from<br />
one of your coaches?<br />
Probably to keep my head<br />
up and never give up. Even<br />
if you’re down to your last<br />
out in a game, anything can<br />
happen.<br />
Who do you look up to?<br />
I look up to my father.<br />
He played baseball when he<br />
was younger, and he helped<br />
me get through the whole<br />
recruiting process. Every<br />
challenge I’ve ever had, he<br />
helped me get through it.<br />
Do you have any<br />
pregame superstitions?<br />
Sometimes I wear the<br />
same three-quarter sleeve<br />
when I play.<br />
What made you want to<br />
be a pitcher?<br />
I thought it would be the<br />
easiest way to a college<br />
scholarship. Most college<br />
rosters have way more pitchers<br />
than any other position.<br />
What are you going to<br />
remember most about<br />
this past season?<br />
The bond that we had as a<br />
team.<br />
What are you going to<br />
miss most about North?<br />
Photo Submitted<br />
All the friendships that I<br />
created when I transferred<br />
there.<br />
What made you choose<br />
Prairie View A&<strong>MM</strong><br />
University?<br />
I love the coaches and the<br />
area the school is in. The<br />
coaches were very nice and<br />
welcoming. I also loved the<br />
school. It was beautiful.<br />
What’s your favorite<br />
memory on the baseball<br />
diamond?<br />
Probably when we won<br />
the summer league state<br />
championship in 2015.<br />
Interview by Editorial Intern<br />
Michael Ivey<br />
While some high school<br />
athletes seek out the right<br />
college that maximizes his<br />
or her potential at the sport,<br />
Lincoln-Way North graduate<br />
Nick Figus was thinking<br />
more about his aspirations as<br />
a doctor first and his love for<br />
baseball second.<br />
He said he found the best<br />
of both worlds.<br />
Next year, the outfielder<br />
is to play at Illinois Wesleyan<br />
University – a team that<br />
amassed a record of 222-141<br />
over the past eight seasons.<br />
And he will enter a pre-medical<br />
program where more than<br />
80 percent of its graduates are<br />
admitted into medical school<br />
on the first try, according to<br />
the school’s website.<br />
“It came down to more<br />
than baseball,” Figus said of<br />
his decision. “When I went<br />
to [Illinois] Wesleyan on my<br />
visit, it was just a great fit<br />
both academically and athletically.<br />
It was overall the best<br />
package for me, I thought.<br />
[Playing college baseball] is<br />
obviously something that’s<br />
been a goal as soon as I<br />
started playing. It was always<br />
something to look forward to,<br />
so it’s a good achievement to<br />
be playing at the next level.”<br />
Aside from baseball, Figus<br />
also played basketball and<br />
football at a young age. However,<br />
baseball stuck out with<br />
him the most because of how<br />
much the sport built a bigger<br />
bond between him and his<br />
dad, as well as other children<br />
in the area growing up.<br />
Most of the children he<br />
grew up with eventually were<br />
his teammates all the way<br />
through high school. He said<br />
the long relationship made<br />
the loss against Providence in<br />
Nick Figus, who is going to Illinois-Wesleyan University<br />
next year, hits the ball during a regular season game.<br />
Burns Photography<br />
the sectional championship<br />
more painful. The loss was<br />
tougher to swallow, considering<br />
North had the lead in<br />
the final inning before giving<br />
it up to the eventual state<br />
champions.<br />
“It was hard to think that<br />
we almost had [the win],”<br />
Figus said. “We still think<br />
we deserved to win that<br />
game and looking back at<br />
it we’re still heartbroken.<br />
We’re still having a hard<br />
time to get over it.”<br />
However, it was still a<br />
strong season for Figus, as<br />
he capped off his senior year<br />
batting .398 with 18 RBI and<br />
29 runs in the No. 3 spot. He<br />
also had 12 doubles and a<br />
slugging percentage of .551.<br />
Figus believed this year’s<br />
team was the best in school<br />
history, in terms of talent and<br />
the team’s bond. That bond<br />
helped them win the summer<br />
league state championship<br />
before the school year<br />
started. He said winning that<br />
was his favorite memory in a<br />
North uniform.<br />
“As a team, that’s when we<br />
really connected – seniors<br />
through juniors,” he said.<br />
“We really came together,<br />
and I never felt we would<br />
lose any of those games in<br />
the summer. Everyone was<br />
hitting, everyone was fielding.<br />
We were just rolling.”<br />
He said it was extra special<br />
doing it with the players<br />
he grew up with.<br />
“It’s not going to be the<br />
same anywhere else because<br />
we’ve grown up with<br />
each other, and we’ve been<br />
through everything together,”<br />
he said. “Every baseball<br />
team I’ve been on, I’ve always<br />
had a bond, but I just<br />
don’t think it’ll be as strong<br />
as the one we’ve had with<br />
the kids I’ve grew up with<br />
and played with for eight<br />
years.”<br />
But for the first time, he<br />
will be without those teammates,<br />
close friends and<br />
most importantly, his family,<br />
as he moves on to Bloomington<br />
for the next stage of<br />
his life. It’s a challenge he is<br />
looking forward to take on.<br />
“I’m ready for the change<br />
and growing up, and being<br />
in something new to experience,”<br />
Figus said. “I think<br />
I’m ready for it.”
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Alumni Spotlight<br />
North graduate continues softball<br />
success at North Central College<br />
Amanda Jarzynski, Editor<br />
Lincoln-Way North softball<br />
player and class of 2014<br />
graduate, Jenna Trojniar, recently<br />
completed her second<br />
season of college softball<br />
with her team at North Central<br />
College in Naperville,<br />
Illinois.<br />
She learned quickly that<br />
college-level softball was<br />
more intense than in high<br />
school, but the Mokena native<br />
thrived under the pressure<br />
instead of being defeated<br />
by it.<br />
“It’s definitely different,”<br />
Trojniar said. “The intensity<br />
level is higher; the competition<br />
is more intense. In high<br />
school you have people who<br />
aren’t the best players, but<br />
in college, everyone’s best<br />
players are on the field. It’s<br />
a lot harder.”<br />
But Trojniar has a long<br />
history of success within<br />
her sport. She began playing<br />
with the Mokena Park District<br />
at 8 years old and then<br />
continued on to the Lincoln<br />
Way Blue Wave for eight<br />
years and then the Tinley<br />
Park Rockers for one year.<br />
All this experience prepared<br />
Trojniar for high<br />
school softball and once she<br />
began her career with North,<br />
she spent three of her four<br />
years on the varsity team.<br />
“I definitely miss playing<br />
for my coach, Amy Lonigro,”<br />
Trojniar said. “She<br />
always pushed us harder.<br />
She always told us what we<br />
needed to work on.”<br />
The great coaches that Trojniar<br />
had during high school<br />
as well as in her younger<br />
years helped prepare her for<br />
the intensity of college softball,<br />
Trojniar said.<br />
Lincoln-Way North graduate Jenna Trojniar bats during one of her regular season games<br />
with North Central College. Photo submitted<br />
“I never have coaches who<br />
were just half doing their<br />
jobs,” she said. “Coaches<br />
would push me to do my<br />
best. That helped in college<br />
because now I have a work<br />
mentality and to keep pushing<br />
because I know I can do<br />
better.”<br />
This past season, Trojniar<br />
helped her team to a 20-18<br />
record (8-6 in conference)<br />
and finish third place in their<br />
regular season. They finished<br />
second in conference<br />
under Wheaton College.<br />
Personally, Trojniar earn<br />
a Great Lakes All-Region<br />
selection, a First-Team All-<br />
Conference selection, she<br />
finished 12th in conference<br />
for her batting average and<br />
boasts a perfect fielding percentage.<br />
“It’s an amazing feeling<br />
especially since I’ve been<br />
playing so long,” Trojniar<br />
said of her accolades. “All<br />
the hard work is paying off.<br />
Since I only have two years<br />
left I’m grateful for the<br />
awards I’ve received this<br />
past season.”<br />
It has not been easy for<br />
Trojniar to play softball in<br />
college and earn so many<br />
awards. She is also juggling<br />
an Exercise Science major<br />
along with her sport.<br />
“It was a little tough at<br />
first getting into the groove<br />
of being at practice on time<br />
and getting my studying<br />
done,” Trojniar admitted.<br />
“But after a while life gets<br />
so much easier when you<br />
find the groove.”<br />
With two more years of<br />
eligibility left, there’s no<br />
telling what Trojniar will be<br />
able to achieve in her last<br />
two years at North Central.<br />
Unfortunately, she said<br />
that these last two years of<br />
college will also be the last<br />
two years for her to play<br />
softball as well. However,<br />
she is open to coaching and<br />
Trojniar said she has thought<br />
about that option a lot.<br />
“I’d love to be able to<br />
coach younger girls,” she<br />
said. “To be able to pass it<br />
along. It’s definitely something<br />
I’ve thought about.
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A Phoenix to continue soaring on the Hawks<br />
James Sanchez<br />
Assistant Editor<br />
Lincoln-Way North graduate<br />
Molly Kapala has traveled<br />
all over the country for<br />
softball, except the northeast<br />
region.<br />
But now, the standout<br />
shortstop will spend the next<br />
four years in that area as she<br />
will join St. Joseph’s University<br />
in Philadelphia on an athletic<br />
scholarship. She capped<br />
off a senior career batting<br />
.459 with six home runs, 36<br />
RBI and 44 runs before moving<br />
on to the Hawks.<br />
“I’m beyond excited,”<br />
Kapala said. “I can’t wait. I<br />
think it’s a really big privilege<br />
and a big responsibility,<br />
but I think it shows how<br />
hard that I have personally<br />
worked to get here.”<br />
She began playing the<br />
sport at 5-years-old, which<br />
she said was the earliest age<br />
to enter T-ball on her Mokena-based<br />
team. However,<br />
the commitment to take the<br />
game seriously started when<br />
she was about 10-years-old,<br />
after her travel coach said<br />
she could play college softball<br />
if she stayed with it.<br />
In order to stay committed,<br />
a passion for the sport<br />
is necessary, which is something<br />
Kapala realized at a<br />
young age.<br />
“I like seeing my teammates<br />
get better, as well as<br />
seeing myself get better, and<br />
it’s just so much fun to go<br />
out and play as a team and<br />
work towards a goal together,”<br />
she said.<br />
That love for the game<br />
grew when she got to know<br />
North coach Aimee Lonigro<br />
through camps. Lonigro had<br />
an impressive athletic career<br />
at Indiana University and<br />
parlayed that into coaching,<br />
which included a state championship<br />
at East in 2002, despite<br />
having no seniors on<br />
the roster.<br />
Even before she entered<br />
North, Kapala said Lonigro<br />
was always there working<br />
with her during the high<br />
school camps, and it influenced<br />
her to keep playing.<br />
“That’s what I looked forward<br />
to when I came into<br />
high school was playing for<br />
her — not just playing softball,”<br />
Kapala said. “She’s<br />
just accomplished so much,<br />
and I just loved her competitiveness.<br />
And I’m personally<br />
so competitive, and having a<br />
coach that’s so similar in that<br />
regard, it makes you want to<br />
play even more.”<br />
Lonigro gave her the opportunity<br />
be on the varsity<br />
team her freshman year,<br />
and Kapala said that move<br />
was vital to her career. She<br />
was able to learn what it is<br />
like on the highest level at<br />
14-years-old, and the experience<br />
prepped her to be a<br />
leader down the road.<br />
“She took a chance,” Kapala<br />
said. “She didn’t have<br />
to put me on varsity, but she<br />
did anyway, and that really<br />
improved me as a player.”<br />
As a freshman, Kapala<br />
was part of the team that<br />
won the school’s first regional<br />
championship — one<br />
of her favorite memories in<br />
a North uniform. Two years<br />
later, another memory was<br />
made, as she committed to<br />
Shortstop Molly Kapala, who is going to St. Joseph’s<br />
University next year, throws the ball during a regular season<br />
game this past spring. 22nd Century Media File Photo<br />
play at St. Joseph’s during<br />
her junior year.<br />
St. Joseph’s spotted Kapala<br />
during a tournament with<br />
her travel team. She was<br />
deciding between two Division<br />
II schools at the time,<br />
but with the Hawks being a<br />
Division I program — combined<br />
with her love for the<br />
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fastbreak<br />
Alumni Spotlight<br />
Provi graduate, Mokena native collects football accolades<br />
1st-and-3<br />
BURNS PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
The Nick Figus<br />
edition<br />
1. Going to Titan town<br />
Figus will join Illinois<br />
Wesleyan University<br />
next year, which has<br />
a baseball team that<br />
amassed a 222-141<br />
record over the past<br />
eight seasons. The<br />
team finished 24-19<br />
last year.<br />
2. Versatile player<br />
Figus started his<br />
first two years<br />
playing shortstop<br />
before giving up<br />
the position to play<br />
in the outfield. He<br />
also batted lead off<br />
during the team’s<br />
summer league<br />
state championship<br />
season.<br />
3. Best for last<br />
The outfielder<br />
finished his final<br />
year at North batting<br />
.398 with 18 RBIs,<br />
29 runs, 12 doubles<br />
and a slugging<br />
percentage of .551.<br />
Jon DePaolis<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
In his grade school years,<br />
Mokena resident Zac Morgan<br />
wasn’t allowed to play<br />
football because he was<br />
much bigger than everyone<br />
else his age.<br />
But the offensive tackle<br />
made up for lost time by<br />
having stellar careers at<br />
Providence Catholic and the<br />
University of Dayton. Now,<br />
Morgan will use his last year<br />
of NCAA eligibility to go<br />
from Dayton to the University<br />
of Oregon as a graduate<br />
transfer.<br />
Quick learner<br />
Because of his size at a<br />
young age, Morgan said his<br />
parents didn’t allow him to<br />
play football until he got to<br />
high school.<br />
“But growing up, I had<br />
three older sisters who all<br />
went to Providence — which<br />
is known for being a football<br />
powerhouse with such<br />
a strong tradition there,” he<br />
said. “I grew up going to the<br />
games, and I fell in love with<br />
the idea that it could be me<br />
out there in the future.”<br />
He started playing football<br />
his freshman year at Providence.<br />
His first two years,<br />
he played a bit of defense<br />
but was mostly an offensive<br />
tackle — a position he has<br />
played his entire career.<br />
“I grew into my body a<br />
little bit and finally was able<br />
to use my strength to my advantage,”<br />
he said.<br />
Mokena native and Providence graduate Zach Morgan<br />
plays in a games with the University of Dayton. Morgan<br />
is an offensive tackler who recently transferred to play<br />
football with the University of Oregon. Photo submitted<br />
He capped his Providence<br />
career with a first-team All-<br />
Conference selection, and<br />
Morgan redshirted his freshman<br />
season at Dayton in<br />
2012.<br />
Morgan was a rotational<br />
player the first few times he<br />
got into games his sophomore<br />
year. But after an injury<br />
to a senior teammate,<br />
Morgan said he started five<br />
games in a row.<br />
The next two years, he<br />
started every game.<br />
“I probably played more<br />
plays than anybody on my<br />
team,” Morgan said. “I never<br />
came off the field, and I<br />
wasn’t injured at all. I stayed<br />
on for field goals, too.”<br />
Morgan credited his<br />
coaches at Dayton for teaching<br />
him the game and preparing<br />
him well.<br />
“Game experience definitely<br />
helps,” he added. “I<br />
remember first playing my<br />
sophomore year at Dayton,<br />
and things were going<br />
a mile a minute. But last<br />
year, things came to me a lot<br />
slower. I was able to dissect<br />
things as they were happening<br />
during play.”<br />
This last season, led by<br />
a core group of seniors,<br />
Dayton won its conference<br />
championship, finishing the<br />
season 10-2.<br />
Morgan said he’ll always<br />
remember clinching the conference<br />
crown in a game<br />
against Marist College.<br />
“It was our 10th win of the<br />
year, and everyone was going<br />
nuts,” he said. “Our families<br />
were on the field after<br />
the game. Everybody’s families<br />
were really invested in<br />
the team, and they were traveling<br />
with us everywhere. It<br />
was a lot of fun to be able to<br />
share that with everybody.<br />
“The four years at Dayton<br />
were — so far — the best<br />
four years of my life.”<br />
Racking up the awards<br />
During his time at Dayton,<br />
Morgan was named as a firstteam<br />
All-Pioneer Football<br />
League selection (2015), an<br />
honorable mention All-PFL<br />
selection (2014), twice a<br />
second-team Academic PFL<br />
selection, and three times<br />
a member of the PFL Academic<br />
Honor Roll. He also<br />
was recipient of the Stan<br />
Kurdziel Outstanding Lineman<br />
Award two years in a<br />
row (2014, 2015).<br />
“That was an award that<br />
was voted on by my teammates,<br />
so I think that makes<br />
it even more of a big deal<br />
for me — just knowing that<br />
I have that sort of appreciation<br />
from all those guys,”<br />
Morgan said. “It means the<br />
world to me.”<br />
On to Oregon<br />
After the Flyers’ season<br />
ended, Morgan visited Providence<br />
Catholic during winter<br />
break.<br />
“I was at home lifting at<br />
Providence, and my high<br />
school head coach came up<br />
to me and said there was<br />
this guy from Oregon who<br />
was there and he was asking<br />
about me,” Morgan said.<br />
“He gave his contact info<br />
and left it for me. I called<br />
him and sent my transcripts<br />
and some film.<br />
“Everything kind of blew<br />
up from that over winter<br />
break.”<br />
In mid-January, Morgan<br />
said coaches flew out to<br />
Dayton to meet him. Then,<br />
around Jan. 30, he visited<br />
the campus and signed the<br />
paperwork. As a graduate<br />
transfer, he has one year left<br />
of eligibility.<br />
Reached by phone July 7,<br />
Morgan said he had been in<br />
Eugene, Oregon for close to<br />
three weeks going to summer<br />
workouts with the team,<br />
as well as summer classes.<br />
Morgan said the workload<br />
was similar to that of Dayton<br />
— just kicked up a notch.<br />
“At Dayton, we worked<br />
our butts off, too, and the<br />
work level is about the<br />
same,” he said. “But everybody<br />
is a little bit bigger, a<br />
little bit faster. And there’s<br />
definitely a lot more [funding]<br />
in this program than<br />
there was at Dayton.<br />
“I tell people that this<br />
whole facility is like Disney<br />
World for football players.”<br />
As for classes, Morgan —<br />
a finance major at Dayton —<br />
is taking economics courses<br />
at Oregon for his master’s<br />
program.<br />
“It’s an unbelievable opportunity,”<br />
he said. “I’m<br />
working right now to become<br />
the best I can be and<br />
earn a playing position this<br />
fall. I want to do whatever<br />
I can to help my team win,<br />
and hopefully take Oregon<br />
back to the college football<br />
playoffs.”<br />
Listen Up<br />
“As a team, that’s when we really connected – seniors<br />
through juniors. We really came together, and I never felt we<br />
would lose any of those games in the summer.”<br />
Nick Figus — Lincoln-Way North grad, on winning the summer league<br />
state championship last summer<br />
TUNE IN<br />
Semi-professional football<br />
6 p.m. Saturday, July 16<br />
• The Lincoln-Way Patriots football team<br />
is to host the Chicago Mustangs at<br />
Victor J. Andrew High School in Tinley<br />
Park.<br />
Index<br />
45 – Alumni Spotlight<br />
42 – Athlete of the Week<br />
FASTBREAK is compiled by Assistant Editor<br />
James Sanchez. Send any questions or comments to<br />
j.sanchez@22ndcenturymedia.com, or call (708) 326-9170<br />
ext. 48.
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Lincoln-Way<br />
North graduate<br />
Molly Kapala<br />
swings at a<br />
pitch during a<br />
regular season<br />
game. BURNS<br />
PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
North graduate to continue her<br />
softball journey at the collegiate<br />
level, Page 46<br />
On the Oregon trail Mokena native to continue<br />
football career at University of Oregon, Page 47<br />
perfect match LW North graduate finds right<br />
college to achieve athletic, academic success, Page 44