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Deciding After 

discussion 

Silver Cross undeveloped 

property receives 

rezoning from Village 

Board, Page 4 

Room to 

recycle 

Township enters into 

agreement with Will 

County to bring back 

electronic recycling 

location, Page 5 

Riding for 

furry friends 

New Lenox resident 

organizes Freedom Ride 

for TLC Animal Shelter in 

Homer Glen, Page 11 

GoodWillHunting Lawson refurbishes New Lenox area’s decades-old heirlooms, Page 3 

Don (left) and Nadine Lawson stand inside the GoodWillHunting Lawson shop portion of their New Lenox home, where they showcase their refurbished 

furniture products. Meredith Dobes/22nd Century Media 

Let’s make sure every student is prepared to learn! 

Frankfort and New Lenox Lions Clubs are joining 

Town Center Bank for our annual School Supply Drive 

for students in need in our Frankfort and New Lenox elementary 

schools! Items needed are: 

8GB USB Flash Drives • 3-Ring, 1.5” Binders • Wipes 

Headphones • TI-30XIIS Calculators • Blue, Black, Red Pens 

7” Student Scissors • Highlighters • Visa Gift Cards 

Town Center Bank is not affiliated with local school districts, 

Frankfort Lions Club or New Lenox Lions Club. 

Donate school 

supplies of any kind 

at either Bank 

branch by July 29th! 

With you, Town Center Bank, 

Frankfort and New Lenox 

Lions Clubs, 

and proper supplies, 

every student can succeed! 

TownCenterBank.com 

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Frankfort 

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New Lenox 

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Pet of the Week.............13 

School News.................14 

The Dish........................25 

Puzzles..........................26 

Home of the Week.........30 

Athlete of the Week.......42 

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THURSDAY 

Arthritis & Exercise with 

JointPro Physical Therapy 

12:30-1:30 p.m. July 21, 

New Lenox Public Library, 

120 Veterans Parkway, New 

Lenox. Do you have arthritis 

or know someone who does? 

Should you exercise or rest 

your painful joints? What 

else can you do if you cannot 

exercise? Michele Deering, 

a 20-year orthopedic 

clinical specialist, will be at 

the library to answer those 

questions and many more. 

For more information, visit 

www.newlenoxlibrary.org. 

Business After Hours 

5-7 p.m. July 21, Atrium 

Family Dental, 1938 E. Lincoln 

Highway, Suite 104, 

New Lenox. Meet local 

businessmen and women 

from around the area during 

the New Lenox chamber’s 

monthly networking event. 

For more information, call 

(815) 485-4241. 

Fiber Arts 

6-7:30 p.m. July 21, New 

Lenox Public Library, 120 

Veterans Parkway, New 

Lenox. Join other knitters 

and crocheters in an informal 

exchange of ideas and 

information. For more information, 

visit www.new 

lenoxlibrary.org. 

SATURDAY 

SOAR Meet Flighted Hunter 

Birds-of-Prey 

10:30-11:30 a.m. July 23, 



Lenox. Join the library for 

an up-close look at birds of 

prey. Birds may include an 

eagle, an owl, a falcon, and/ 

or a hawk. The show will 

feature birds of prey with 

their professional handlers 

from Save Our American 

Raptors of Illinois. For more 

information, visit www.new 


MONDAY 

Tween Art Club 

2-3 p.m. July 25, New 



Lenox. All creative tweens 

are invited to create some 

awesome art and more — for 

students entering grades 4-8. 



Backyard Game Camp 

6-7 p.m. July 25, New 



Lenox. Children from ages 

5-10 can get some fresh air 

and burn off some energy. 

Join the library to play tag, 

hopscotch and other classic 

backyard games. For more 



TUESDAY 

Yoga for Everyone 

10:30-11:30 a.m. July 26, 



Lenox. Get moving, and 

breathe easy with Kelly Bus, 

an RN and certified fitness 

coach from Silver Cross. 

Pose modifications are available 

for different abilities 

and ages. It is recommended 

that participants wear comfortable 

clothing and bring 

a yoga mat. For more information, 

visit www.newlenox 

library.org. 

Beggars Pizza Trivia Night 

7:15-9 p.m. July 26, Beggar’s 

Pizza, 650 Maple St., 

New Lenox. Test trivia skills 

with friends. Register as a 

team (maximum of six people 

per team) at the library. 

All team members must 

be 21 or older. The library 

encourages guests to support 

the sponsor by placing 

food and/or beverage orders. 



WEDNESDAY 

Movies in the Commons 

8:30 p.m. July 27, New 

Lenox Commons, 1 Veterans 

Parkway, New Lenox. Bring 

lawn chairs and blankets every 

Wednesday to the Commons 

for a free movie for the 

family. This week’s showing 

will be “Inside Out.” For 

more information, call (815) 

462-6400. 

UPCOMING 

Senior Game Group 

10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 

Thursday, July 28, New 



Lenox. Seniors looking for 

new partners to play games 

with are welcome. Bring 

dice, cards, Mahjong sets and 

more, and join other adults 

for a fun morning of gaming 

and conversation. For more 



The Game Club 

4:30-5:30 p.m. Friday, 

July 29, New Lenox Public 

Library, 120 Veterans 

Parkway, New Lenox. Join 

the library to play several 

unique kinds of board and 

card games. Take each other 

on in a group or one-on-one. 



‘Harry Potter’ Party 

11 a.m.-noon, Saturday, 

July 30, New Lenox Public 

Library, 120 Veterans 

Parkway, New Lenox. Meet 

friends and have fun during 

this “Harry Potter”-themed 

party. For more information, 

visit www.newlenoxlibrary. 

org. 


8:30 p.m. Wednesday, 

Aug. 3, New Lenox Commons, 

1 Veterans Parkway, 

New Lenox. Bring lawn 

chairs and blankets every 


for a free movie for the family. 

This week’s showing will 

be “Cinderella” (2015). For 


462-6400. 

2016 Annual NLCC Golf 

Outing 

11:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday, 

Aug. 5, Sanctuary Golf 

Course, 485 Marley Road, 

New Lenox. A $150 fee will 

include golf, cart, lunch, 

dinner and beverages on the 

course. This year’s theme 

is “The Olympics,” and an 

awards dinner will follow 

the round of golf. To register 

and for sponsorship opportunities, 

call (815) 485-4241. 

Free Back-to-School 

Checkups 

9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, 

Aug. 6, New Lenox Family 

Dental, 424 E. Lincoln 

Highway, New Lenox. New 

Lenox Family Dental will 

offer free back-to-school 

checkups to families without 

dental insurance as a way to 

give back to the community. 

To schedule an appointment 

and for more information, 

call (815) 717-8089. 


8:30 p.m. Wednesday, 

Aug. 10, New Lenox Commons, 

1 Veterans Parkway, 

New Lenox. Bring lawn 

chairs and blankets every 


for a free movie for the family. 

This week’s showing will 

be “Aladdin.” A community 

band will perform before the 

movie. For more information, 

call (815) 462-6400. 

LWSRA Golf Outing 

11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 12, 

Sanctuary Golf Course, 485 

Marley Road, New Lenox. 

The Lincolnway Special 

Recreation Foundation is 

hosting its ninth annual 

fundraiser. The $130 fee 

includes golf, lunch, beverages 

during round, contests, 

welcoming gift and dinner. 

There will be raffle prizes, 

as well. Proceeds will benefit 

the LWSRA’s programs. 

To register and for more information, 

visit www.lwsra. 

org. 

Lincoln-Way Area Chorale 

Fundraiser 

1-5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 14, 

Tom E. Hartung American 

Legion Post 1977, 14414 

Ford Drive, New Lenox. 

LWAC will host a picnicthemed 

fundraiser where 

proceeds will benefit the 

trip for its performance at 

Carnegie Hall on Thanksgiving 

weekend. The event 

will include an amateur rib 

cook-off, bake sale, live music 

and other activities. For 


469-4123. 

ONGOING 

Movie Mania 

10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Fridays. 



Lenox. Bring the entire family, 

some snacks, blankets 

and pillows for free films on 

the library’s big screen. To 

find out the movie listings, 

visit www.newlenoxlibrary. 

org. 

Yoga for Cancer Classes 

Noon every Monday, Silver 

Cross Hospital Conference 

Center, 1890 Silver 

Cross Blvd., New Lenox. 

The one-hour restorative 

yoga class will focus on 

gentle movement, relaxation 

and meditation. Classes are 

open to all cancer patients 

and survivors. Cost is $10 

per class, and participants 

should wear comfortable 

clothing that allows for 

stretching and movement, 

and bring a water bottle and 

yoga mat or thick blanket. 

For more information, call 

(888) 660-HEAL or visit 

www.silvercross.org. 

To submit an item to the 

calendar, call (708) 326- 

9170 ext. 48, or email 

j.sanchez@22ndcenturymedia. 

com.

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the New Lenox Patriot | July 21, 2016 | 3 

Searching for the 

YOUR SEARCH BEGINS AT 

‘imperfectly perfect’ 

Couple-owned 

GoodWillHunting 

Lawson refurbishes 

furniture finds 

Meredith Dobes, Editor 

On a clear day, Don Lawson 

can be seen at nearly all 

hours outside his New Lenox 

residence refurbishing, painting 

and distressing decadesold 

pieces of furniture. 

These are pieces that were 

placed at curbs or next to 

dumpsters to be carried away 

to landfills or that were handed 

off to organizations like 

Goodwill and MorningStar 

Mission’s Treasure Chest 

in New Lenox. Some were 

pieces that were dropped off 

for Don and his wife, Nadine 

Lawson, to work their magic. 

The couple is known as 

GoodWillHunting Lawson, 

and they specialize in “imperfectly 

perfect upcycled 

furniture and decor,” as their 

business card reads. 

The business started as a 

side project when Don was 

between jobs in 2014, but 

as it grew, the couple made 

the decision to turn it into a 

full-time business. Nadine 

works a full-time job from 

home, but she helps Don out 

on smaller projects and with 

managing the business. 

As the couple put it, Nadine 

is the CFO, and Don is 

the CEO. 

The pair are able to put 

a creative touch on any 

piece of furniture they come 

across. Don’s typical process 

when starting a new piece is 

to paint the wood, distress it 

and then seal it. 

A shop at the front of their 

house displays a variety of 

Don Lawson distresses a dining table Thursday, July 14, at 

his New Lenox home. Meredith Dobes/22nd Century Media 

the projects they are capable 

of, and a workshop of sorts in 

their garage is where they’re 

able to store and work on most 

of the pieces they take in. 

How they got here 

Before all of the paint, 

furniture and social media 

accounts, Don worked at a 

staffing corporation and had 

to travel the majority of the 

year. 

Tired of traveling and being 

away from his family, 

Don left the job and considered 

what to do next. He 

could’ve gone to a different 

company, but he was keener 

on starting his own business, 

he said. 

The immediate idea was to 

open his own shop, but the 

initial hefty investment to do 

that deterred him. 

One day, Don was considering 

refurbishing the family’s 

dining room table, but 

a friend suggested he start 

smaller. He painted and distressed 

a couple of small, 

old tables the family had in 

its basement and took to his 

personal Facebook page and 

Craigslist to sell them. They 

sold very quickly, and Don 

knew he was onto something. 

Next, Don began picking 

up old furniture from curbs 

and resale shops, and the 

business began to flourish. 

“It because something so 

much bigger than we anticipated,” 

he said. 

Now, the business is a 

45/55 split between painting 

others’ furniture and finding 

pieces to refurbish and sell. 

Completing between eight 

and 10 projects each week, 

Don and Nadine said their 

business is already large 

enough to constitute having 

its own storefront, but the 

goal is to own an older house 

in downtown New Lenox to 

stay true to their business’ 

style. However, the real estate 

prices are a bit too out of 

range, Don said. 

“I could paint 24 hours 

a day and not be caught up, 

and I would love to have a 

store and place to paint everything,” 

Don said. 

The business markets 

through social media channels 

— Facebook, Instagram 

and Pinterest, primarily — 

and also spreads through 

word of mouth, Don added. 

The process 

Most mornings, Don 

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New Lenox Village Board 

Trustees approve Silver Cross land rezoning 


A handful of residents of 

New Lenox’s Spring Creek- 

Edge Creek subdivision were 

in attendance at the New 

Lenox Village Board’s July 

11 meeting to voice concerns 

about rezoning of property 

adjacent to their neighborhood 

and to Silver Cross 

Hospital. 

The residents mainly spoke 

of concerns the possibilities 

the requested H, or hospital, 

district zoning would allow 

the landowner — Silver 

Cross — to have when developing 

the land. 

After some discussion with 

the residents, the Village 

Board unanimously voted to 

rezone the land in question 

to H. 

A tentatively proposed 

plan for one section of the 

58 acres of property along 

the west side of Silver Cross 

Boulevard, south of U.S. 

Route 6, is an outpatient surgical 

center, as discussed at a 

previous Village Board meeting. 

However, the hospital 

would need to submit full site 

plans for a final plat approval 

before building anything on 

the land, per Village Code. 

Resident Susanne Picchi 

asked the board at the meeting 

whether the residents 

who live near the hospital 

would be involved in talks 

with Silver Cross about the 

development of the land 

in the future. Trustee Dave 

Smith said he presented that 

idea at the last board meeting 

because he thought Silver 

Cross would be willing to 

work with the residents and 

hear their concerns. 

Picchi said she is concerned 

that the hospital could 

possibly build a 13-story 

building or four- or fivestory 

office building on the 

land under the H zoning and 

wanted to know more about 

what would be built there. 

Mayor Tim Baldermann said 

that other than the possibility 

of the surgery center, Silver 

Cross has not officially discussed 

other plans for the 

land. 

Steve Dana, another resident, 

said the broadness of 

the H zoning classification 

is concerning, and he wants 

to see the Village work on a 

transitional H zoning system. 

“It strikes one to see 

we have H and nothing 

underneath H as a subclassification,” 

he said. 

“There clearly needs to be. 

We have it with commercial; 

we should really have the 

same principal with H.” 

Round it up 

A brief recap of Village 

Board action July 11 

• Mayor Tim Baldermann 

announced that Karl Kurtz, 

founder and owner of Kurtz 

Memorial Chapels, Kurtz 

Ambulance Service and 

Goodale Memorial Chapel, 

died and extended his 

condolences to the family. 

• Village Engineer Will Nash 

announced updated dates 

for Metra crossing closures. 

Work on the Gougar Road 

crossing, just north of U.S. 

Route 30, was rescheduled 

to 6 a.m. July 20-6 p.m. July 

29. Another crossing closure 

was added at Francis Road, 

between Parker and Marley 

roads, for 6 a.m. Sept. 21-6 

p.m. Sept. 30. Signs and 

detour routes will be posted, 

he said. 

Public hearing for 

Wastewater Treatment Plant 

No. 2 loan approval 

The Village Board also 

held a public hearing at its 

July 11 meeting to hear comments 

on the environmental 

impacts of the Wastewater 

Treatment Plant No. 2 expansion 

project. 

According to a memo to the 

board from Public Works Director 

Brian Williams, part of 

the procedures for the Water 

Pollution Control Loan Program 

requires the Illinois Environmental 

Protection Agency 

to assess the environmental 

impacts of the project. 

The expansion project involves 

using land to the west 

of and adjacent to the current 

plant, and is to include 

automatic bar screens, five 

new aeration tanks, one new 

final clarifier, two disc filters, 

ultraviolet disinfection, two 

new aerobic digesters, sludge 

thickening, sludge storage 

and high-efficiency blowers. 

Resident Bill Walter was 

the only person present to 

speak at the hearing, and he 

asked Williams about the 

plant’s capacity after expansion 

and whether the Village 

would need to hire more personnel 

for the project. 

Williams said the expansion 

would increase the flow 

capacity of the plant to 1.5 

million gallons per day from 

approximately 750,000 gallons 

per day, and the Village 

would not need any more 

personnel. For comparison, 

the Village’s Wastewater 

Treatment Plant No. 1 can 

handle 2.56 million gallons 

per day, he said. 

The justification for the 

project stated that New 

Lenox is expected to grow 

from its current population 

of 26,520 to 54,026 by 2036, 

and additional capacity is 

needed to accommodate the 

larger population. It also said 

the Village needs to complete 

the update to meet phosphorus 

removal, disinfection and 

post aeration requirements. 

The project is estimated 

to start in December and be 

completed in June 2018, and 

cost $19,718,500. The Village 

is to pay for the project 

through the aforementioned 

Water Pollution Control 

Loan Program, and the loan 

would be repaid through rate 

increases from 3-8 percent 

annually through 2021.

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New Lenox Township Board 

Township secures agreement with Will 

County for electronic recycling disposal 

Megann Horstead 

Freelance Reporter 

The New Lenox Township 

Board of Trustees announced 

a new electronic recycling 

program will begin Wednesday, 

July 27, at its Thursday, 

July 14 meeting. 

Officials unanimously approved 

an intergovernmental 

agreement with Will County 

that will allow for disposal 

of electronics between 5-7 

p.m. on the second and fourth 

Wednesdays of every month 

at the Township Offices, 1100 

S. Cedar Road. 

Will County Board Member 

Ray Tuminello, representing 

District 12 — which includes 

New Lenox and Mokena — 

told the board that getting the 

program back on track for 

residents is the ultimate goal. 

“The County is dedicated to 

do anything we need to do to 

ensure that there’s a smooth 

transition, so we can get some 

kind of recycling program 

back online,” he said. “We understand 

where a product goes 

if we didn’t come up with 

something.” 

In recent months, Township 

officials started working 

with the County to secure an 

intergovernmental agreement 

that would introduce a new 

program for disposal of electronics. 

The former site of the New 

Lenox electronic recycling 

center closed in February, 

much like several other facilities 

located in Will County. 

State law mandates that putting 

electronic waste in landfills 

is illegal. 

Tuminello noted that TV 

manufacturers are withholding 

the monies that otherwise 

would help residents to properly 

dispose of their electronic 

purchases. He said this loophole 

must be closed. 

“Our entire hope really is 

to go through our legislative 

committee at the County, 

which I currently sit on, and 

one of the things we are going 

to be pushing downstate is 

for some of that funding 

to come back to the local 

municipalities and the local 

townships,” Tuminello said. 

The initial agreement called 

for pick-up on the second and 

fourth Thursdays of every 

month, but officials noted how 

the program coincided with 

the schedule for the Township 

Board of Trustees meeting. 

That is no longer the case. 

“We wanted to flip that,” 

Township Supervisor Michael 

Hickey said. “The best fit for 

the other township that’s doing 

[electronic recycling] is 

doing it the first and third 

Wednesday. We will be doing 

[collection] the second and 

fourth Wednesday.” 

Hickey said the program 

will run independent of the 

Township, even as collection 

is hosted on-site. 

Will County is contracting 

with a new vendor, Electronic 

Recyclers International. As 

part of the new agreement, the 

vendor will handle all sorting, 

packaging and loading of 

electronics. 

As for cost, the service is 

free to residents. 

The staging of the recycling 

event is still in the works, 

Hickey said. Officials will 

iron out those details in the 

weeks to come and adjust as 

needed. 

If all pans out according to 

plan, Trustee Martin Boban 

said the recycling drop-off 

program will be staged so that 

cars run west of Cedar Road 

from Otto Drive toward West 

Illinois Highway. The hope, 

according to Boban, is that 

residents will be patient when 

the program first launches, so 

as to ease the transition. 

In a related development, 

the Township parking lot was 

recently repaved. Officials 

said the hope is that the completion 

of that project allows 

for the electronic recycling 

program to see a smooth transition 

when it begins later this 

month. 

Rent for senior housing center 

in New Lenox Township on 

the rise 

Those living in New Lenox 

Township’s senior housing 

center will find a new rate for 

rent in September. 

The proposed rents at the 

Guy A. Sell Senior Housing 

Center will increase by 2 percent 

for both single and twobedroom 

apartments, upon extension 

of the lease. That will 

cost residents living in singlebedroom 

units $763, while 

others living in two-bedroom 

units will pay $895. 

“Our hands are pretty much 

tied,” Hickey said. “The noncallable 

bonds are set. The 

monies that we have is set 

aside for bonds payment. We 

can sit there, make 1 percent, 

and our responsibility is 5.5 

[percent].” 

In 2015, rents for single 

and two-bedroom apartments 

amounted to $748 and $878, 

respectively. In 2014, tenants 

paid $732 for a single 

and $860 for a two-bedroom 

apartment. 

Hickey said in previous 

years, board action resulted 

in a rate freeze for tenants in 

senior housing, and the Township 

has also been able to keep 

rent increases to fewer than 2 

percent. 

“We’ve tried to be as reasonable 

as we could, but we 

have to keep moving it up because 

of our bond obligation,” 

he said. 

Hickey said the board’s 

unanimous decision to move 

forward with the rent increase 

allows taxpayers to save 

money. 

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Fun at Bluegrass Fest 

New Lenox residents partake in annual Frankfort festival with 

thousands of other local attendees 


Cheryl Wolf (left) 

applies a glitter 

dragon tattoo to 

Clark Walsh July 9 at 

the annual Frankfort 

Bluegrass Festival 

at Briedert Green, 

at which more than 

a dozen artists 

performed. 

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Century Media 

The Tinley Park Chamber of Commerce would like to thank the following sponsors and donors 

for supporting the Chamber’s Annual Golf Outing held recently at Odyssey Country Club. 

Platinum Sponsors 

Tinley Park 

Jay Walsh 

Financial Advisor 

Mark Wright 

Tinley Park, IL | 708-403-2416 

Gold Sponsors 

Lisa Thomas Salon – Tinley Park 

Family Harvest Church 

Gatto’s Restaurant & Bar 

Window Works 

22nd Century Media 

Gwendolyn Sterk 

and the Family Law Group 

NuWay Disposal 

Vandenberg Funeral Home 

Liberty Mutual Insurance 

- Jill Green 

Martin Whalen Office Solutions 

PERL Mortgage – Jenny Ellul 

Insurance Counts – Kelly Burke 

Athletico Physical Therapy 

and Sports Medicine 

Silver Sponsors 

Avenue Animal Hospital, P.C. 

Eternally Green Lawncare 

Urgo and Nugent, Ltd. 

NuMark Credit Union 

Tinley Park Patrolman’s Foundation 

MB Financial Bank 

Poteete Insurance Services, Inc. 

- Mike Poteete 

A.J. Smith Federal Savings Bank 

Heathers Haus Florist 

Forward Movement, Inc. 

350 Brewing Company 

First Merchants Bank 

Bremen VFW Post 2791 

Norman’s Cleaners 

Trustee Jacob Vandenberg 

DuPage Medical Group 

Arrenello’s Pizza 

Brady-Gill Funeral Home 

Durkin Electric 

E-Time Pay 

United Trust Bank 

Law Offices of Hutchison, 

Anders & Hickey 

Shark Shredding & Document 

Management Services 

Apple Chevrolet 

Tinley Park High School 

Choice Office Equipment & Supplies 

– Steve Babin 

Walt’s Food Centers 

Comfortmate Heating & Air 

Nick’s Barbeque 

South Suburban College 

Matt’s TV & Electronics 

Healthcare Solutions 

- Anna Minkina 

Isagenix – Sue Wolf 

Ed and Joe’s Restaurant & Pizzeria 

To all who helped make the Chamber’s 

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New Lenox Family Dental to offer 

free check-ups for children Aug. 6 


For some families, dental 

insurance might be out of 

reach or an afterthought 

once all other bills and 

expenses are paid. 

Nicole Graves, dentist 

and owner at New Lenox 

Family Dental, is looking 

to alleviate the financial 

strain yearly check-ups 

might cause by offering free 

back-to-school check-ups 

for children up to 18 years 

of age from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 

Saturday, Aug. 6, at her 

practice, located at 424 E. 

Lincoln Highway in New 

Lenox. 

The free check-ups are 

solely for individuals without 

dental insurance. 

Graves completed 

internships in lower-income 

communities during her 

final year of dental school 

and volunteered at a 

clinic that served homeless 

adults. 

To continue her philanthropic 

work, this year will 

be the first time she is offering 

the free check-ups, and 

she said she is looking for 

more families to sign up to 

benefit from services that 

day. 

“I wanted to give back to 

the community and to try 

to do something for people 

who might not be able to 

afford dental treatment, 

which is a necessity for all 

kids to have,” Graves said. 

“I wanted to alleviate some 

of the burden that’s on some 

families.” 

Families who sign up for 

the service do not need to 

bring anything special the 

day of the free check-ups, 

but Graves stressed the day 

is solely for patients who 

have no dental insurance 

coverage whatsoever. 

She added that she wants 

to serve as many patients 

as possible Aug. 6 and 

is willing to add another 

day of the free services, if 

needed. 

Graves said she plans to 

have two assistants helping 

out Aug. 6, as well as possibly 

one hygienist. She also 

plans to return the event, 

hopefully on a larger scale, 

in the future, she said. 

When asked what she 

looks forward to most about 

providing the free checkups, 

she said, “Just being 

able to help people — it’s 

always a good feeling.” 

NL native, Navy official speaks 

at local awards presentation 

Jessie Molloy 


Assistant Secretary of the 

Navy for Manpower and Reserve 

Affairs Franklin Parker 

returned home to the south 

suburbs July 12 to address 

the recipients of this year’s 

Chicago Southland Chamber 

of Commerce Ron Milnes 

Scholarship. 

The award winners and 

their families met for a celebratory 

breakfast at Chicago 

Gaelic Park in Oak Forest, 

where Parker served as the 

keynote speaker. Parker grew 

up in New Lenox and graduated 

from Providence Catholic 

High School in 1992. 

“I’m very excited to be 

back home today,” Parker 

said as he began his address. 

“While I live in [Washington,] 

D.C. now, Chicago and 

the south suburbs are always 

with me and will always be 

home.” 

Throughout his speech, 

Parker, who handles the affairs 

of more than 800,000 

servicemen and women in his 

job, emphasized the importance 

of people in all aspects 

of life from higher education, 

to the workplace, to personal 

support networks. 

“As I took each step in 

my life, one of the biggest 

parts of it was the people 

in my life,” he said. “No 

matter who you are or what 

you do, you won’t achieve 

anything without the support 

of others.” 

Parker also emphasized 

that, despite what many students 

are told in high school, 

life and career paths are often 

fluid, and having a plan set 

in stone is not a necessity for 

students at the high school 

point of their lives. 

“It’s OK to not have everything 

figured out,” he said. 

“We’re all works in progress. 

When people ask me what 

my favorite job I’ve had is, 

I tell them this one, because 

I love working with people. 

But if you had asked me back 

in 1992 when I was at Providence 

where I wanted to be 

now, I wouldn’t have been 

able to tell you, but I feel very 

privileged to be where I am 

today.” 

This year, the chamber 

raised $6,000 to give in 

scholarships to five students 

through private donations 

and its annual sports 

luncheon. In order to be 

eligible for the scholarship — 

which was founded in 1995 

in memory of Ron Milnes, 

Bimba Manufacturing vice 

president, active chamber 

member and former 

elementary school principal 

— students must be the child 

of a chamber member or 

chamber member employee, 

or be a chamber member 

themselves. Students had 

to maintain a GPA of 2.5 or 

higher, write an essay about 

overcoming a challenge or 

difficulty, and submit a letter 

of recommendation. 

“At a time when there is 

often bleak news about education, 

we got to read many 

enthusiastic and optimistic 

essays written by gifted, 

young people, and it was so 

refreshing,” said Nancy Burrows, 

Scholarship Committee 

member and employee of 

Bimba Manufacturing. “We 

are very happy to be recognizing 

and giving a boost to 

these people as they start the 

next chapters of their lives.” 

This year’s winners were 

Lincoln-Way East graduate 

Abby Oliveri, who will 

be attending the University 

of Wisconsin-Madison; 

Homewood-Flossmoor High 

School graduate Tristian 

Donohoe, who will be attending 

the College of Wooster 

in Ohio; Southland College 

Prep grad Darion Evans, who 

Assistant Secretary of the 

Navy for Manpower and 

Reserve Affairs Franklin 

Parker speaks July 12 at 

the Chicago Southland 

Chamber of Commerce 

Ron Milnes Scholarship 

presentation at Chicago 

Gaelic Park in Oak Forest. 

Photo submitted 

will be attending University 

of Illinois; Autumn Clemons, 

a Hillcrest high school 

graduate attending University 

of Missouri, Columbia 

next year; and Ally Armato, a 

Downers Grove South graduate 

who will be going to Trinity 

Christian College in the 

fall. 

Armato received this year’s 

special award of $2,000. 

Each of the other four recipients 

were given $1,000 to put 

towards their tuition. 

Parker congratulated 

all the award winners and 

wished them luck in their 

future endeavors. 

“Education and career 

training are important parts of 

what I do with the Navy, and 

they are equally important in 

civilian life,” he said. “Take 

pride in your accomplishments 

today as you build to 

greater heights. I believe you 

all have the talent and potential 

to go far.”



Police Reports 

Vehicle reported stolen from Town Crest Drive in New Lenox 

A black 2009 Ford Fusion 

was reportedly stolen around 

2 a.m. July 8 from the side 

of an apartment complex in 

the 100 block of Town Crest 

Drive. 

July 9 

• Jennifer Schroeder, 44, of 

20164 S. Frankfort Square 

Road in Frankfort, was 

charged with retail theft 

after an officer was reportedly 

dispatched to a retail 

store in the 500 block of 

East U.S. Route 30 in reference 

to a complaint of retail 

theft. Police were reportedly 

advised that Schroeder 

removed miscellaneous 

items from the shelf and left 

the store without paying for 

them. 

• Thomas Sullivan, 77, of 

1421 Eagle Vista Drive in 

New Lenox, was charged 

with driving under the influence 

of alcohol after an officer 

was reportedly dispatched 

to the 1600 block of Briarcrest 

Drive in reference to a crash. 

• An unknown person reportedly 

used the credit card 

hunting 

From Page 3 

drives around the Lincoln- 

Way area looking for pieces 

of furniture that people have 

placed at curbs with their 

weekly trash. 

He picks up pieces that 

have promise and takes them 

back to his home to consider 

what to do with them. 

Don and Nadine also field 

communication from clients 

in need of in-home consultation. 

Some clients drop off 

pieces of furniture they want 

refurbished, and others want 

cabinets or large structures in 

their homes redone. 

The pair create anything 

from small mason jar decorations 

and trays made from old 

wooden doors to refurbished 

of an individual in the 300 

block of Gina Drive to make 

an unauthorized transaction. 

July 7 

• A side window on a house 

in the 1600 block of Bayhill 

Drive was reportedly broken. 

July 6 

• An unknown person reportedly 

used a credit card of an 

individual in the 700 block 

of Lisson Grove to make an 

unauthorized transaction. 

• A window on an unoccupied 

store in the 300 block 

of West U.S. Route 30 was 

reportedly broken. 

July 5 

• Two cameras were reportedly 

removed June 27 from 

a retail store in the 500 block 

of East Lincoln Highway 

without being paid for. 

• A riding lawn mower was 

reportedly stolen from a 

storage shed at a church in 

the 1500 block of South 

Gougar Road after the lock 

was broken on the shed. 

dressers and larger pieces. 

Prices range from $7 up to 

approximately $450, Don 

said. 

“One of the most rewarding 

things is to see the surprise 

on people’s faces,” Don 

said of the work. “People 

drop something off and say, 

‘Do what you do,’ and I know 

exactly what I’m going to 

do. They trust me with family 

heirlooms. ... One of our 

sayings is that we’re saving 

American history one piece 

at a time.” 

For more information 

about GoodWillHunting 

Lawson, visit www.facebook. 

com/goodwillhuntinglawson, 

call (815) 207-3378 or email 

4goodwillhunting@gmail. 

com. 

More Police Reports 

To get police reports 

from July 10-17, visit 

NewLenoxPatriot.com. 

• Jose Torres, 23, of 219 

N. Eastern Ave. in Joliet, 

was charged with speeding, 

driving with a suspended 

license and operating an 

uninsured vehicle after an 

officer reportedly observed 

a vehicle speeding near the 

intersection of U.S. Route 

30 and Walona Avenue, and 

conducted a stop. 

• An unknown person 

reportedly used a credit card 

of an individual in the 2500 

block of North Cedar Road 

to make an unauthorized 

transaction. 

• A tire on a vehicle in the 

700 block of Western Avenue 

was reportedly punctured. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: The New 

Lenox Patriot’s Police Reports 

are compiled from official 

reports found online on the 

New Lenox Police Department’s 

website or releases 

issued by the department and 

other agencies. Anyone listed 

in these reports is considered to 

be innocent of all charges until 

proven guilty in a court of law. 

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Freedom Ride travels 

through area to raise funds 

for TLC Animal Shelter 

New Lenox 14-year-old stars 

in Lockport native’s film ‘The 

Adventures of Kitty Zombie’ 

Save tH e d ate 

22nd CE ntury ME dia prE s E nts 


organizes event 

Jessie Molloy 


A large group of bikers 

rode together on a Sunday 

morning with a sole objective 

— helping animals. 

Homer Glen’s Tender 

Loving Care Animal Shelter 

held its inaugural Freedom 

Ride motorcycle fundraiser 

July 10, which began in 

Lockport. 

“I’ve always wanted to do 

a summer fundraiser,” said 

Tracy Lesmeister, a TLC 

volunteer from New Lenox 

and the event’s organizer. 

“I’ve done bingo nights and 

comedy shows for the shelter 

before, but nobody wants to 

do indoor events this time of 

year, so this year I came up 

with the motorcycle ride.” 

The ride kicked off at 

Jackie’s Pub in Lockport 

and traveled to Ryan’s Pub 

in Frankfort, Country Place 

in Peotone and Gallagher’s 

Pub in Manhattan before 

heading to an after-party at 

the Harry E. Anderson Veterans 

of Foreign Wars Post 

9545 in New Lenox. 

“We called it the Freedom 

Ride because at TLC we go 

every week to other highkill 

shelters and take in dogs 

that are running out of time,” 

Lesmeister said. “We call 

their rides from those shelters 

to ours freedom rides, 

so that’s where I got the idea 

from.” 

Before the ride, Lesmeister 

said she would have been 

happy to have had 25 riders 

for the event but was hoping 

for more. 

The event surpassed her 

expectations, as 140 people 

on approximately 90 motorcycles 

congregated at Jackie’s 

Pub for the start of the 

ride. Registration cost $25 

per motorcycle and an additional 

$10 per passenger. 

“I was stunned by how 

many people showed up,” 

Lesmeister said. “It was 

wonderful.” 

The ride ended with an 

after-party that featured 25 

local vendors who paid a 

Please see ride, 17 

Felicitas Cortez 


Never mind human flesh 

and blood; Cooper Lyke’s 

favorite living dead prefers to 

feast on sugar. 

Lyke, a 14-year-old New 

Lenox resident, is one of stars 

of “The Adventures of Kitty 

Zombie,” a short film revolving 

around the adventures of 

a group of children and their 

candy-loving zombie. 

Local Z-heads were treated 

to a family-friendly version 

of the zombie genre during 

the movie’s premiere Thursday, 

July 14, at Taft School in 

Lockport. 

“It was a lot of fun to shoot 

the movie,” said Lyke, who 

auditioned for the role of Ty 

Kinkley nearly two years 

ago. 

A longtime student of the 

Second City Kids Program, 

Lyke honed his acting skills 

through classes in improvisation, 

physical comedy and 

script writing. Lyke, with 

help from his father, Matt, 

uploaded an audition to director 

John LaFlamboy, and 

the rest was movie history. 

“John liked what he saw, 

and I got the part,” Lyke 

added. 

Lyke admitted being a 

huge fan of the zombie genre. 

“I saw the ‘Night of the 

Living Dead’ when I was 10 

years old and loved it,” he 

said. “I also watch other zombie 

shows like ‘The Walking 

Dead.’ I think [these shows] 

are so much fun to watch, and 

I’m excited to now be part of 

a zombie movie.” 

The title’s namesake is 

Kitty Zombie, the result of 

a military experiment gone 

wrong. Instead of a terrorizing 

monster, Kitty Zombie 

morphs into a gentle giant 

with “a body of a soldier 

with a mind of a puppy.” The 

children hide Kitty Zombie 

in their neighborhood secret 

tree house, away from the 

evil scientist who created 

him. 

The movie — Kickstarter-funded 

and edited as 

a 24-minute pilot — was 

filmed almost entirely in the 

city of Lockport, according 

to LaFlamboy. 


about the film, visit kittyzom 

bieadventures.com. 

Saturday, aug. 13 

9 am-2 pm 

tinley park cOnventiOn center 

18451 cOnventiOn center drive 

tinley park 

FREE 

PARKING! 

FREE 

ADMISSION! 

*Gift bags are given to the first 500 attendees 

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• Vendor booths 

• Back-to-School Fashion Show presented by The Leading Image 

• Appearances scheduled: 

Snow White (9:30-11:30 am) 

The Little Mermaid (9:30-11:30 am) 

Ice Queen (11:30 am-1:30 pm) 

Ice Princess (11:30 am-1:30 pm) 

Joliet Slammers Spikes the Mascot (10-11 am) 

• Face painting 

• Paul Bunyan’s Tall Tales presented by Histories for Kids 

• Balloon artists 

• Appearance and presentation by Mrs. Illinois International 

Nicole Laha Zwiercan 

• And more to come! 

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(708) 326-9170 or visit 

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The Rev. Mark Fracaro, of St. Dennis Parish in Lockport, 

blesses bikers with holy water prior to the Freedom Ride 

July 10 outside Jackie’s Pub in Lockport. 

Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

“10” 

The Frankfort Station 

The Homer Horizon 

The Lockport Legend 

The Mokena Messenger 

The New Lenox Patriot 

The Orland Park Prairie 

The Tinley Junction



New Lenox Community Park District 

announces release of Fall 2016 Catalog 

Submitted by the New Lenox 

Community Park District 

The Fall 2016 Catalog for 

the New Lenox Community 

Park District will be delivered 

inside the Thursday, July 28 issue 

of The New Lenox Patriot. 

For park district customers 

who do not receive The Patriot 

or live outside of the 60451 zip 

code, catalogs will be mailed 

via the post office. 

If for some reason those 

customers do not receive a 

catalog, they can contact the 

park district at (815) 485-3584 

to arrange to have one mailed 

or pick one up from the park 

district’s administration building 

or the Lions Community 

Center beginning the week of 

Monday, Aug. 8. 

For those customers who 

are on the park district’s catalog 

mailing list, catalogs will 

be mailed out the week of 

Monday, Aug. 1. 

Finally, customers who do 

not live within the New Lenox 

Finding the right home begins 

with finding the right home loan. 

With a Citibank mortgage, your clients will receive 

exceptional benefits: 

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boundaries but would like to 

receive a catalog may provide 

a name and address, and a catalog 

will be mailed each season. 

If a customer has already 

requested a catalog, there is no 

need to sign up again. 

This year’s Fall Catalog 

features a large variety of both 

special and holiday events for 

all ages, as well as new programs 

that are sure to have 

families falling into fun. 

Please see park, 13 

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- Loan sizes up to $8 million available to well-qualified buyers who 

meet Citi’s High Net Worth 3 requirements 

New Lenox Scoutmaster receives 

Boy Scout Leadership Award 

Submitted by New Lenox Boy 

Scout Troop 44 

New Lenox resident Bill 

Schade recently received the 

2015 Excellence in Leadership 

Award from the Rainbow 

Council of The Boy 

Scouts of America. 

The award is granted to 

unit scouters at all levels 

of scouting who give service 

to the unit above and 

beyond their registered position. 

This includes helping 

at a moment’s notice, 

demonstrating and living 

the values of scouting, and 

serving as a role model, inspiring 

the boys to be better 

at what they do and who 

they are. 

Schade has served as 

scoutmaster to New Lenox 

Boy Scout Troop 44 for the 

past 10 years. During this 

time, the number of active 

scouts and parents involved 

has increased. 

Schade’s leadership style 

combines coaching and 

mentoring the youth by letting 

them learn from an 

experience while offering 

guiding advice at the right 

time. Schade has the boys 

brainstorm new ideas, has 

them learn about what it 

would take to accomplish 

the ideas and ensures they 

follow up, according to John 

Laitar, Troop 44 committee 

chairman. 

Schade has guided more 

than 20 boys to the Eagle 

rank during his time as 

scoutmaster. He has worked 

with these boys on completing 

their requirements 

to advance in rank, and has 

provided guidance and motivation 

for many of them to 

continue to the Eagle Scout 

rank. 

As a youth, Schade was a 

Boy Scout in Chicago and 

earned his Eagle rank along 

with six Palms. He spent 

many summers as a member 

of camp staff at Owasippe 

Scout Reservation 

and Camp Shin-Go-Beek. 

He was a Cubmaster at Pack 

6 in New Lenox for several 

years when his son joined 

scouting in the Rainbow 

Council. When contacted 

by his district executive, 

Schade stepped up to sit on 

Bill Schade recently 

received the 2015 

Excellence in Leadership 

Award from the Rainbow 

Council of The Boy Scouts 

of America. Photo submitted 

a committee formed to help 

appropriate donated funds 

for Eagle Scout projects. 

Schade’s son, Mark, is an 

Eagle Scout and daughter, 

Elizabeth, is a Senior Girl 

Scout. His wife, Mary, is a 

Girl Scout Leader. 

Schade is a facility manager 

at Safety-Kleen. 


about Troop 44, visit www. 

newlenoxtroop44.com. 

Contact me today to learn more: 

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Home Lending Officer 

847-208-5607 

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NL Girl Scout Troop 129 members earn Silver Awards 

Submitted by New Lenox Girl Scout 

Troop 129 

Members of New Lenox Girl Scout 

Troop 129, who just finished the eighth 

grade, recently honored the New Lenox 

Police Department to earn their Silver 

Awards. 

The Silver Award is the highest award 

a Cadette Girl Scout can earn. 

The girls designed and crafted photo 

frames for the police officers’ lockers, 

assembled candy survival kits, installed 

inspirational quotes in both locker rooms, 

baked treats for the break room and collected 

hundreds of thank you cards written 

by community members. 

The girls wanted to show the officers 

that they are appreciated and that the 

community is behind them. 

Members of New Lenox Girl Scout Troop 129 

stand beside an inspirational quote they installed 

in a locker room of the New Lenox Police 

Department. Photo submitted

newlenoxpatriot.com community 


park 

From Page 12 

Many of the events fill 

quickly, so those interested 

in programs should provide 

registration as soon as they receive 

their catalogs. Also, for 

some special events and programs, 

online registration is 

not available. 

Those interested in programs 

can drop off, fax or mail 

completed registration forms 

as soon as they receive a catalog. 

Registration processing 

begins Saturday, Aug. 13. All 

resident registrations received 

by Aug. 12 are assembled in 

a “lottery” whereby they are 

randomly shuffled and processed 

to ensure residents are 

afforded an equal opportunity 

to be enrolled in the programs 

and events of their choice. 

Registration over the telephone 

will not be accepted. 

The new Fall 2016 Catalog 

will also be available on the 

park district’s website at www. 

newlenoxparks.org beginning 

the week of Aug. 1. 

Brownie 

The Hilgenbrink Family 

New Lenox residents 

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Justin Lumanga, 

Providence Catholic 

graduate 

Lumanga was picked as this 

week’s Standout Student 

because of his academic 

performance. 

What is one essential you 

must have when studying 

and why? 

An essential that I must 

have when studying is desire 

because, in my opinion, 

one must have the desire to 

act on any action in order to 

bring out the best to his or 

her ability. Lacking full desire 

elicits a fraction of what 

one can truly do. 

What do you like to do when 

not in school or studying? 

I like to read and enjoy the 

outdoors since they give me 

tranquility. 

What is your dream job and 

why? 

I want to become a doctor 

since I find the biological 

sciences very interesting 

from its simplest to its most 

complex and that I want to 

help save and better the lives 

of the sick. 

What’s one thing people 

don’t know about you? 

One thing that people 

aside from my family do 

not know about me is that 

whenever there are discussions 

of debate, I do not prematurely 

choose a side. To 

me, learning everything that 

I can on both sides is a must 

because not knowing the 

details of both sides would 

Whom do you look up to and 

why? 

I look up to my parents, as 

they always encouraged me 

to bring out the best of myself 

as well as sacrificing so 

much of their time and energy 

to bringing my sister and 

me to a good school. 

Who is your favorite teacher 

and why? 

Although he is no longer 

at the school as of now, 

my favorite teacher is the 

Rev. Rich Young. He is a 

very down-to-earth teacher 

who always made good 

discussions in addition to 

being quite the jokester who 

made many people laugh. 

He is also someone who 

gives good advice to the 

troubled. 

What is your favorite class? 

AP Biology would be my 

favorite class since biology 

is a very interesting subject 

to me and how, despite the 

rigors that come with it, the 

class would come up with 

funny conversations during 

the bit of free time that we 

have. 

What is one thing that 

stands out about your 

school? 

Providence Catholic 

High School stands out in 

that each student strives to 

learn a truth about himself 

or herself, that the entire 

student body is united as 

one not only in athletic 

events but during allschool 

Masses, and that the 

entire student body is 

composed of many strong 

bonds that end up creating 

one family with love and 

laughter. 

Burns Photography 

If you could change one thing 

about your school, what 

would it be? 

Many others probably addressed 

this before, but I will 

say it again: air conditioning. 

During the hot spring 

and summer months, the 

building heats up to the point 

that many people inside start 

to sweat, and become sleepy 

and uncomfortable. Having 

air conditioning would improve 

school life during the 

hot months of the year. 

What is your favorite thing 

to eat in the cafeteria? 

The meatball pitas are my 

favorite food to eat in the 

cafeteria. 

What is your best memory 

from school? 

My best memory would 

be the experience from Kairos. 

While I cannot say what 

happens specifically during 

the experience since it would 

ruin the surprise and that 

words cannot really describe 

it, I can say that it can really 

change a person and bring 

about feelings that probably 

have not been felt for a long 

time. If one really wants to 

know what happens, one 

must experience Kairos himself. 

Standout Student is a weekly 

feature for The New Lenox 

Patriot. Nominations come from 

New Lenox area schools. 

School news 

Marquette University 

Two New Lenox students 

receive degrees 

Two New Lenox students 

recently graduated from Marquette 

University. 

Sara Kahne received her 

Bachelor of Science in biomedical 

engineering with a 

concentration in biomechanics, 

and Kelsey Kalemba received 

her Master of Physician 

Assistant in physician 

assistant studies. 

Midwestern University 

NL resident graduates from 

Chicago College of Osteopathic 

Medicine 

Ryan King, a 2007 graduate 

of Lincoln-Way Central High 

School, recently graduated 

medical school from Midwestern 

University’s Chicago 

College of Osteopathic Medicine 

in Downers Grove. 

King began his residency 

program in emergency medicine 

July 1 at the University of 

Louisville Medical Center. 

King’s parents are Tami and 

Terry King. 

Saint Mary’s College 

Three NL students make 

dean’s list 

Three New Lenox students 

St. Jude School fifth-graders take tour of the NLPD 

Submitted by St. Jude 

School 

The fifth-grade class at St. 

Jude School recently toured 

the New Lenox Police Department. 

Officer Michael Jurka, the 

NLPD school liaison officer, 

provided a tour of the facilities, 

including the jail. The 

students were able to see the 

inside of an actual cell. 

Afterwards, they walked 

to McDonalds to pick up 

their lunches, and they enjoyed 

their meals in the New 

Lenox Village Commons. 

The students hiked back to 

school with their teachers 

and chaperones. 

were recently named to the 

dean’s list at Saint Mary’s 

College for the spring semester. 

Erin Carroll, Margaret Davis 

and Victoria Horak made 

the list. 

To earn academic honors at 

Saint Mary’s, a student must 

achieve a GPA of at least 3.6 

on a 4.0 scale, have at least 12 

graded credit hours, no incompletes 

and no grades lower 

than a C. 

University of Nebraska-Lincoln 

NL student makes dean’s list 

Jessica Lynn Phillips, of 

New Lenox, was recently 

named to the dean’s list at the 

University of Nebraska-Lincoln 

for the spring semester. 

Phillips is a sophomore 

global studies major and a 

member of the College of Arts 

and Sciences. 

To qualify for the dean’s list, 

students in the College of Arts 

and Sciences must achieve a 

minimum 3.7 GPA on a 4.0 

scale and maintain 12 or more 

graded semester honors. 

University of Wisconsin-Madison 

NL students make dean’s list 

Three New Lenox students 

recently received academic 

honors at the University of 

Wisconsin-Madison for the 

spring semester. 

Jessica Blatzer, a student 

in the School of Pharmacy, 

made the honor roll; Matthew 

Srygler, a student in the College 

of Engineering, made the 

dean’s honor list; and Connor 

Welch, a student in the College 

of Engineering, made the 

dean’s honor list. 

To be eligible for the dean’s 

list, students must complete a 

minimum of 12 graded degree 

credits in that semester. Each 

university school or college 

sets its own GPA requirements 

for students to be eligible to 

receive the distinction. 

Wheaton College 

NL student named to dean’s 

list 

Brandon Voss, of New 

Lenox, was recently named to 

the dean’s list at Wheaton College 

for the spring semester. 

Dean’s list honors are 

earned by undergraduate students 

who carry 12 or more 

credit hours and achieve a 

3.5 GPA or higher on the 4.0 

scale. 

School News is compiled by Editor 

Meredith Dobes, meredith@ 

newlenoxpatriot.com. 

Officer Michael Jurka, the school liaison officer with the 

New Lenox Police Department, gives a tour of the NLPD to 

St. Jude School fifth-graders. Photo submitted



FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION 

Andrew baseball to trade 

bats for golf clubs 

When Mark Gierhahn 

graduated from Andrew High 

School in 1980, the Thunderbolts’ 

baseball field consisted 

of a makeshift backstop that 

was essentially a snow fence 

and a pair of benches that 

served as the dugouts. 

Today, the T-Bolts’ home 

field boasts an outfield fence, 

recently renovated infield, 

a new drainage system and 

a warning track of crimson 

stone. 

“It’s one of the best fields 

in the area, if not the state,” 

Gierhahn said. 

Many of those improvements 

are thanks to the continued 

success of one event: 

the annual Friends of Andrew 

Baseball golf outing. 

“The event has raised 

over $100,000 in the last 10 

years,” Gierhahn said. “All 

of the proceeds go right back 

to the baseball program.” 

This year’s event is set 

to tee off at 2:30 p.m. Aug. 

6 at George W. Dunne Golf 

Course in Oak Forest. The 

event, which is for those 21 

and older, will be capped at 

144 golfers. Those interested 

in registering can contact 

Gierhahn at 4gierfam@com 

cast.net or visit www.friend 

sofandrewbaseball.com. 

In addition to the golf, 

attendees also will receive 

lunch courtesy of Winston’s 

Market, dinner provided by 

Gatto’s and a plethora of raffles 

in which to participate. 

The event started in 2005 

with roughly 20 people participating 

and this past year 

reached the maximum number 

of 144, Gierhahn said. 

“We are hoping for another 

great turnout and event this 

year,” Gierhahn said. “The 

event is the baseball program’s 

major fundraiser and 

has done so much to benefit 

Andrew baseball.” 

Reporting by Michael Gilbert, 

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FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE 

High school senior from 

Orland Park starts tutoring 

service 

Seventeen-year-old Priya 

Sharma is all about preparing 

students for success. 

The Orland Park teen — 

who is to be a senior this 

coming fall at the Illinois 

Mathematics and Science 

Academy in Aurora — created 

a tutoring service that 

helps area children and 

young adults with their academics. 

“I wanted to basically help 

as much as I could in the Orland 

Park community,” Sharma 

said. “I realized that a lot 

of students would sometimes 

struggle in school, and they 

wouldn’t really know it, or 

their parents could see it but 

they didn’t really know what 

to do.” 

Priya and her mother, 

Meera, said the most 

important aspect about Next 

Level Prep — the name 

of her daughter’s tutoring 

service — is that the service 

is free, which affords any 

student in grades K-12 the 

opportunity to learn, review 

and practice necessary sets 

of skills in math, science and 

reading. 

“A lot of tutoring services, 

businesses and companies 

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really stop[s] the parent,” 

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Priya said she was not too 

concerned about people not 

taking her and her service 

seriously because of her 

young age. In fact, the only 

thing she worried about was 

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“I put on there [that] 

I go to IMSA, [and] I’m 

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Priya said of her advertisements. 

“I think they liked it 

more, because I had experience.” 

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FROM THE Lockport Legend 

Meyer qualifies for 

National Junior Olympic 

Championships 

Coming off a Class 3A 

state championship in the 

shot put this past spring, 

John Meyer Jr. is not resting 

on that accomplishment. 

He is competing at the 

highest level this summer 

during the USA Track & 

Field National Junior Olympics 

Championships, which 

are scheduled July 25-31 at 

Sacramento State University 

in California. Meyer is to 

compete July 27 and 28. 

Meyer — who won the 

championship in both the 

shot put and discus in the 15- 

to 16-year-old division this 

past year — qualified in the 

17- to 18-year-old division 

this year. 

The 16-year-old Lockport 

Township student can compete 

in the 17- to 18-yearold 

division for the next two 

years, too. 

“I’m the young one in the 

group,” Meyer said. “But 

once you get up in this age 

group, you can compete 

against anyone that’s still in 

high school. To make it to 

nationals, I had to finish in 

the Top 5.” 

At the USA Track & Field 

regional at Ball State University 

in Muncie, Indiana, 

Meyer won the shot put July 

9 with a distance of 62 feet 

and 3 1/2 inches. The next 

day, he placed second in the 

discus with a toss of 169-1. 

Competing against 17- and 

18-year-olds had no effect on 

Meyer’s nerves, he said. 

“After being at state [the 

past two years], I just go in 

and have nothing to lose,” 

he said. “I just focus on the 

form and go throw.” 

Reporting by Randy Whalen, 

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From the Editor 

Hunting for their perfect harmony 

Meredith Dobes 


This week’s News 

Cover Story (See 

Page 3) is about a 

couple who found happiness 

in refurbishing old furniture 

and being creative in order 

to make people’s interior 

decorating dreams come 

true. 

The couple was an inspiration 

to me, personally, this 

week, as I’m writing this 

Friday, July 15, one week 

before my final day with 

22nd Century Media and 

The New Lenox Patriot. (I 

won’t say goodbye just yet; 

I’ll save that for next week’s 

column.) 

Changing jobs is always a 

terrifying and exciting step 

in life, and it was wonderful 

to see how happy Don and 

Nadine Lawson were after 

Don decided to pursue creating 

an at-home business 

after being in the corporate 

world for 20 years. 

It was a joy to talk to 

them, and it was obvious 

from the way they interacted 

with each other that they did 

well together in all aspects 

of their relationship. 

Beyond that, it was obvious 

that Don, who does 

the majority of the larger 

refurbishing projects and 

works full time on the 

GoodWillHunting Lawson 

business, found such happiness 

in his work. Not only 

does he get to work with 

his hands and his creativity, 

but he gets to continue 

to use his business-minded 

skills from his time in the 

corporate world to run and 

promote the business. 

I will be embarking on 

a new challenge soon, 

and seeing the success 

of this couple helped me 

remember that skill sets are 

versatile. Though it is easy 

to continue to do what one 

knows, it is a learning and 

growing opportunity to try 

new things. 

Happiness can lie in all 

sorts of different places. It 

can be found anywhere. The 

Lawsons seemed so happy 

to be working beside and 

with each other in their own 

home and to be able to turn 

to their partner for advice, 

consolation, support, etc. 

Their happiness showed 

in the quality of their work 

and the passion that they so 

obviously had for it. 

It’s been such a happy 

time for me here, and I 

know that I’ll find happiness 

in this next step, too. 

May happiness find you at 

whichever step you’re on. 

Letters to the Editor 

Thank you 

My faith in the younger 

generation just increased, 

as a young man who lives 

in my Windermere subdivision 

returned my handmade 

speed limit street sign that 

was stolen Tuesday. What a 

nice thing to do. My sign has 

been damaged already this 

year, and it was great to get 

it back. He has consistently 

driven down my street (Regent), 

and is aware that for 

the last four years I have 

tried to get nearby residents 

“Congratulations to LWC student Christian 

Gabriel, who was awarded a scholarship in 

recognition of his successful participation in 

the recent SkillsUSA Championships in the 

HVACR category!” Lincoln-Way High School 

District 210 posted. “The Championships, 

held in Kentucky, brought together students 

who won local and statewide competitions 

before qualifying to compete on the national 

stage. Christian finished as a finalist at the 

Championships!” 

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“Kids having a great time at the PCHS 

Summer Football Camp” 

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From Page 11 

registration fee to set up at 

the VFW, a split-the-pot 

raffle and more than 40 raffle 

baskets donated by local 

residents and businesses. 

Two bands also donated their 

time to the cause, as North 

of Eight and Fort Awesome 

played a mixture of classic 

rock and country music. 

Lesmeister said the event 

to slow down to 25 mph. 

He said he supported my 

efforts. I only wish that others 

might, too. They fail to 

realize that speeding in a 

residential area is inviting a 

possible injury or death to 

an unsuspecting child. As 

it’s summer vacation time, 

the young ones are out and 

about. Why someone would 

want to steal such a sign 

only leads me to think that 

they care only about themselves 

and not anyone else. 

How can speed be more 

raised close to $4,100 for the 

shelter. 

“I can’t say enough great 

things about the people at 

the VFW,” she said. “They 

didn’t know until the morning 

of the event how many 

people were coming, and 

they made food and got everything 

together for them in 

a matter of hours. 

“I also couldn’t have done 

it without Jackie Hennessy 

from Jackie’s Pub,” 

important than lives? Most 

thieves steal articles of value, 

but signs? The same happened 

to my “Proud American 

Home” signs. They, too, were 

damaged earlier this year. 

So again, I would like to 

thank publicly that young 

man for his thoughtfulness, 

and have him stop by for a 

drink (Coke) so that I can get 

his name. 

Phil Adair 

New Lenox Township 

resident 

Lesmeister said. “She was 

phenomenally helpful.” 

Lesmeister said she hopes 

the Freedom Ride will become 

an annual event and 

continue to grow. 

“At the after-party, I had 

several people tell me they 

would do it again next year,” 

she said. “One person told 

me if word spreads, I could 

expect as many people as I 

had this year, plus another 

half as many.” 

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the new lenox patriot | July 21, 2016 | newlenoxpatriot.com 

newsworthy show 

Huey Lewis and the News rocks 

Village Commons, Page 22 

Classic Italian gets a twist 

Orland Park chef Jose Torres cooking at Chicago’s 

historic Italian Village, Page 25 

Cast, crew of Lincoln-Way Area Summer Stock Theatre’s ‘Joseph and the 

Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ prepare for opening day, Page 21 

Paul Nirchi, who plays Potiphar, prepares for 

rehearsal of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor 

Dreamcoat” Thursday, July 14, at Lincoln-Way 

West. Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media

20 | July 21, 2016 | The New Lenox Patriot faith 


Poetry corner 

Caterpillar’s Trust 

Little caterpillar in the road 

Don’t you see that hungry 

toad? 

He could eat you, should he 

dare 

His tongue zap you, and he 

not care. 

“I’m not worried” said 

caterpillar 

I am joyful, I’m not bitter 

God watches over me, you 

see 

If it’s my time, I’m worry 

free.” 

But that toad, that huge toad 

Watches you from the road 

And he is fast, so very fast 

You couldn’t run and not 

last. 

“Concern for one you do not 

know 

Certainly makes our friendship 

grow 

God protects me, in Him I 

trust 

May He protect the both of 

us”. 

How do you do it?, I said to 

him 

Your destiny looks quite 

grim 

How do you trust and believe 

In someone you really can’t 

see? 

“It’s so easy” he said to me 

The gospel sent me to my 

knees 

Trust in Jesus who died for 

my sins 

Believe in heart and faith 

begins. 

Look at that, oh me, oh my 

That frog just zapped a juicy 

fly 

God is good, His gospel key 

To live or die in Him is 

peace. 

Julie Sanders 

To submit your poetry to The New 

Lenox Patriot, email Meredith at 

meredith@newlenoxpatriot.com. 

FAITH BRIEFS 

Peace Lutheran Church (1900 E. Lincoln Highway, 

New Lenox) 

Vacation Bible School 

9:30 a.m.-noon, Aug. 2-5. The 

theme of this summer’s VBS will 

be “Over & Under the Sea - God 

Is Our Anchor.” Attendees enjoy 

crafts, games, food and fun each 

day. Children ages 4 through fifth 

grade may participate. Registration 

forms are available on the table in 

the narthex. For more information, 

call (815) 469-2868. 

A Man in Recovery 

7-8:30 p.m. Every Tuesday. This 

recovery group is for those who are 

struggling with addiction or those 

who love someone struggling. 

For more information, call Tom at 

(815) 354-3195. 

Bible Study 

10 a.m. Every Wednesday. For 

more information, call (815) 485- 

5327. 

St. Jude Church (241 W. Second Ave., New Lenox) 

Called To Holiness 

In Memoriam 

Karl Jay Kurtz 

Karl Jay Kurtz, 73, of New 

Lenox, died July 11. He is survived 

by wife Marilyn Kurtz (nee 

Badovinac); son Tom (Michele) 

Vana; former daughter-in-law 

Meaghan (Mike) Cahill-Dziedzic; 

grandchildren Amy (Mitchell 

Cunningham) Vana, Matthew (Julia 

Zingaila) Vana and Liam Cahill- 

Kurtz; brother Fred “Bud” (Peggy) 

Kurtz; niece Kim (Dan) Ginder; 

nephew Kevin (Tina) Kurtz; great 

nieces and nephews Bryce and 

Brenna Ginder, and Ethan, Brody 

and Kylee Kurtz; and loving 

caregivers and best buddy Godfred 

“Kofi” Yeboah, his wife Jeanette 

and children Marilyn, Kurtz and 

Dean Yeboah. He was founder and 

owner of Kurtz Memorial Chapels, 

Kurtz Ambulance Service and 

Goodale Memorial Chapel, proudly 

and compassionately serving the 

local area for 40 years. He was 

a graduate of Joliet Township 

High School and Worsham 

College of Mortuary Science, 

and an intermediate certified 

emergency medical technician. 

He was a member of Ridgewood 

7-8:30 p.m. every first Monday 

of the month. This is a young adult 

faith-sharing group for Catholics 

in their 20s or 30s in the Chicago 

Southland area. Its purpose is to 

grow attendees in faith through 

scripture, discussion and prayer. 

For directions to the meeting location 

and more information, contact 

Jennifer at calledtoholinessgroup@ 

gmail.com. 

Alcoholics Anonymous 

7:30 p.m. Fridays. For more information, 

call (815) 462-0202. 

Central Presbyterian Church (1101 S. Gougar Road, 

New Lenox) 

Worship Service 

10:30 a.m. every Sunday. For 

more information, call (815) 485- 

5152. 

Adult Bible Study 

Mondays at 7 p.m. 

United Methodist Church (339 W. Haven Ave. New 

Lenox) 

Baptist Church, the Illinois State 

Ambulance Association, the Illinois 

Funeral Directors Association, 

the National Funeral Directors 

Association, Will/Grundy EMS 

and Matteson Masonic Lodge No. 

175, and a past member of the 

East Joliet Fire Department. He 

was a former Will County deputy 

coroner and former New Lenox 

Village trustee and patrolman for 

Knight Security, former member 

of the New Lenox Chamber 

of Commerce and New Lenox 

Rotary Club. He was recipient of 

New Lenox Citizen of the Year in 

2009, a local area volunteer and 

philanthropist, supporting many 

civic and charitable organizations, 

and a die-hard Cubs fan. Family 

received friends at Kurtz Memorial 

Chapel. Interment Good Shepherd 

Cemetery in Orland Park. 

Please omit flowers. Memorial 

contributions in Karl’s name 

to Ridgewood Baptist Church, 

1968 Hillcrest Road in Joliet, or 

Parkinson Research Foundation, 

5969 Cattleridge Blvd., Suite 100 

in Sarasota, Florida 34232, would 

be appreciated. 

Kids & Company Preschool 

The preschool is currently accepting 

registration for the 2016- 

2017 year until classes are filled. 

Classes are for ages 2 1/2-4 years 

old. For more information, call 

(815) 485-9504. 

Chapel Bible Study 

7 p.m. Every Monday. 

Wildside 

7-8:30 p.m. Thursdays. Children 

from grades 7-12 will hang out, 

play games and discuss relevant 

items. For more information, call 

(815) 485-8271. 

Grace Episcopal Church (209 N. Pine St., New 

Lenox) 

Sunday Services 

8 a.m. Rite II. 9 a.m. Christian 

Formation for all ages. 10 a.m. Rite 

II with music. For more information, 

call (815) 485-6596. 

New Life Church (500 Gougar Road, New Lenox) 

Worship Services 

Joseph J. Stepanek 

Joseph J. Stepanek, 82, of New 

Lenox, formerly of Chicago, died 

June 30. He is survived by wife 

Gail (nee Economu) Stepanek; 

children Gregory (Kimberly) and 

Steven Stepanek; grandchildren 

Brian, Kevin and Sarah Stepanek; 

and many nieces and nephews. 

He was a teacher and football 

coach at Morgan Park High 

School. Family received friends 

at St. Jude Catholic Church 

Memorial donations to Joliet Area 

Community Hospice, De La Salle 

High School or the Salvation 

Army would be appreciated. 

Kathleen E. Vellenga 

Kathleen E. Vellenga, 67, of 

New Lenox, died July 11. She 

is survived by children Dan 

Rogers and Lisa Vellenga; sister 

Nancy (John) Benoit; and aunt 

June Sliter. She was employed 

as a paraprofessional with New 

Lenox School District 122. 

Family received friends at St. 

Jude Church. In lieu of flowers, 

donations to United Way of Will 

County would be appreciated. 

5 p.m. Saturdays; 9 a.m. and 11 

a.m. Sundays. For more information, 

call (815) 462-0202. 

Missio Dei Church (123 Wood St., New Lenox) 

Elder-led Prayer 

7-8 p.m. second Tuesday of every 

month, 123 W. Wood St., New 

Lenox. For more information, visit 

www.mdchurch.us. 

Date With Our Beloved 

7-8:30 p.m. every first Friday of 

every month, Kati Konkol’s house. 

This will be a time of silent prayer 

and meditation on the Lord as well 

as group prayer and short devotions. 

All women are welcome. For 

directions and more information, 

visit www.mdchurch.us. 

Have something for Faith Briefs? Contact 

Assistant Editor James Sanchez at 

j.sanchez@22ndcenturymedia.com or 

call (708) 326-9170 ext. 48. Information 

is due by noon on Thursdays one 

week prior to publication. 

William White 

William “Bill” E. White Jr., 70, 

of New Lenox, died July 3. He is 

survived by wife Linda White (nee 

Thurm); children Dawn (Larry) 

Hull, Denise (Chris) Ebner and 

Diane (Dan) Franke; grandchildren 

Emily Hull, Kennedy Ebner, 

Kyle Ebner, Delaney Franke and 

Logan Franke; step-grandchildren 

Nick Hull and Christi Hull; sister 

Sharon Smith-Downs; uncle Russ 

Hossbach; numerous nieces and 

nephews; and his beloved pet 

Marney. He was a member of 

Trinity Lutheran Church in New 

Lenox and a volunteer fireman 

for New Lenox for 18 years. He 

retired from ComEd after 30 years 

of service and also served as the 

vice president of the Lincoln-Way 

Athletic Boosters Club for five 

years. Family received friends at 

Kurtz Memorial Chapel. Interment 

Woodlawn Memorial Park in Joliet. 

Have someone’s life you’d like to 

honor? Email meredith@newlenox 

patriot.com with information about a 

loved one who was a part of the New 

Lenox community.

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‘Joseph’ performances to benefit Rotary Club 

Travis Cornejo 


Rehearsals are underway 

for Lincoln-Way Area Summer 

Stock Theatre’s 2016 

production of “Joseph and 

the Amazing Technicolor 

Dreamcoat,” presented by 

the Rotary Club of New 

Lenox. 

The musical by Andrew 

Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice 

is based on the story of Joseph 

and the coat of many 

colors from the Book of 

Genesis. Performances are 

slated to begin Friday, July 

22, at Lincoln-Way West. 

“Most community theaters 

rehearse over a 10-week period,” 

producer Kevin Molloy 

said. “Our rehearsals are 

done in four weeks. That’s a 

big challenge. This is a rehearsal 

process on steroids. 

The cast is off book before 

they even show up on day 

one. To me, that’s what 

makes this special.” 

And for director Mike 

Knezz, just four weeks were 

available to wrangle his cast 

of nearly 80 children and 

adults. 

“It’s challenging, but these 

are really good people,” he 

said. “As long as I communicate 

in a positive way, it’s 

all good. This is something 

special, and I’m just glad 

to be part of it. It’s great for 

the community, and what 

the Rotary Club does for the 

area is awesome.” 

One of the stars of the 

cast is Justin Corp, a recent 

graduate of Lincoln-Way 

North. A veteran of his 

high school’s theater group, 

Corp’s turn as Joseph marks 

his first role in an independent 

production. 

“It’s been a little tough,” 

he said regarding the rehearsal 

schedule. “There’s 

a lot of work to be done on 

your own. And the dances 

JoAnn Robertson (left) puts a wig on Mimi Pahis, who plays Potiphar’s wife, to prepare for 

rehearsal. 

are the hardest part, because 

there’s so little time to put 

it together with everyone 

else.” 

Overall, he said it 

has been an incredible 

experience, and it helps 

to know the production is 

raising money for a good 

cause — for Rotary. 

But while Corp is moving 

on to college in the fall, Tom 

Venutolo, who plays the 

Pharaoh, will return to the 

halls of Lincoln-Way West 

as he’s done every year since 

2009. As the high school’s 

choir director, it was a simple 

coincidence that got him 

involved in this year’s production. 

“I had just come back from 

a field trip with my kids, and 

they were using my choir 

room for auditions,” Venutolo 

said. “They asked if I 

was going to audition. I said 

‘maybe,’ but I wasn’t planning 

on it. Now all of a sudden, 

here I am playing the 

Pharaoh.” 

Next week will mark 

Venutolo’s first time on stage 

in nearly 17 years. While he 

performed in college, he’s 

spent most of the time since 

behind the scenes, either directing 

or performing in the 

pit. 

“It’s a fun role, and the 

experience has been a whirlwind,” 

he said. “A lot of my 

students are in the show, 

which is cool. And it’s just 

a fun show for the audience 

and the cast. It’s probably 

one of the best family shows 

there is. The energy is just 

contagious.” 

Other than Knezz’s direction, 

bringing the show together 

is Sara Martin, who 

plays the narrator. 

“The narrator is exactly 

what it sounds like,” she 

said. “I tell the story as it 

goes. I open it up, and I keep 

the story moving along as 

characters move in and out 

of the show.” 

As a stay-at-home mom, 

Martin has been involved 

with community theater for 

the past 25 years. And for her, 

the intense production schedule 

is actually a benefit. 

“I love these production 

schedules,” she said. “I like 

it because it’s four times a 

week for three to four weeks. 

No weekend rehearsals. So 

being a sports mom, that 

‘Joseph and the Amazing 

Technicolor Dreamcoat’ 

performance schedule 

Where: Lincoln-Way West 

Fine Arts Center, 21701 

S. Gougar Road in New 

Lenox 

When: 7:30 p.m. Friday, 

July 22, and Saturdays, 

July 23 and 30; 2 p.m. 

Sundays, July 24 and 31 

Price: $20 Rows Q-Y and 

for seniors and students 

at matinees; $25 Rows 

A-P 

To buy: Visit www. 

newlenoxrotary.org or 

call (708) 339-1883. 

means I don’t have to miss 

any games. It works out really 

great.” 

But it does present a challenge 

when it comes to 

memorizing her lines. As the 

narrator, she sings for nearly 

70 percent of the show. 

“I think so far it’s been 

a really good experience,” 

she said. “This is my first 

big show with this group. 

They’re doing great things, 

and I love doing shows for 

Justin Corp, who plays Joseph, shows off his costume 

during a rehearsal of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor 

Dreamcoat” Thursday, July 14, at Lincoln-Way West. 

Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

Kelsie Kasky, junior choreographer, waves a flag during a 

dance. 

charity. Any time you can 

raise money for other people 

or help other people, it really 

boosts it up because this 

is community theater, and I 

think one of the driving forces 

is to help people in your 

community.”

22 | July 21, 2016 | The New Lenox Patriot life & arts 


Providence Catholic graduate uses music as a tool to help others 

Elissa Chudwin 

Contributing Editor 

Not many 8-year-olds join 

a band and perform Weezer’s 

“Beverly Hills” at the Taste 

of Chicago, but those are 

some of Lockport resident 

Andrea Veltri’s earliest memories 

onstage. 

The 19-year-old Providence 

Catholic High School 

alumnus began taking guitar 

and vocal lessons at Lockport’s 

Allegro Music & 

Dance Academy when she 

was 6 years old. After joining 

the academy’s rock sound 

program, she became the 

lead singer for the band The 

Heartbreakers. 

“It was pretty legit,” she 

said of The Heartbreakers, 

which disbanded five years 

later. 

Veltri now is entering 

her sophomore year at 

Illinois State University 

and is studying business, 

but her drive to become a 

professional musician has not 

wavered. 

“I always used to tell my 

mom I want to be a rock star; 

I want to be onstage,” she 

said. 

As Veltri has matured, she 

has transformed from covering 

rock songs to writing 

country music and performing 

with an American flagthemed 

guitar. 

Veltri said country music 

always has appealed to her. 

“I love the meaning behind 

it,” she said. “I think a lot of 

people think it’s just pickup 

trucks and drinking and girls. 

… I feel like country music 

always hits home for me.” 

Veltri got a glimpse of life 

in the spotlight in 2014 when 

she opened for singer-songwriter 

Anna Nalick in Steger, 

Illinois. A year later, she 

opened for country singers 

Jason Michael Carroll and 

Jana Kramer. 

“It was the best times of 

my life,” Veltri said. 

Lockport musician Andrea Veltri now is a student at 

Illinois State University but seeks to further her career as a 

professional musician. Photo submitted 

Discovering she was one 

of three finalists in the BIG 

95.5 FM’s Next Big Thing 

Country Thunder competition 

and was selected to open 

for Kramer was a pivotal moment, 

she said. 

She submitted her entry 

to the contest two days before 

the deadline, Veltri said. 

When she read online that 

she was a Top 10 finalist, 

she barged into her parents’ 

bedroom at 1 a.m. just to tell 

them the news. A week later, 

she learned she made the final 

cut and was to open for 

Jana Kramer. 

“It was insane,” she said. 

“It was one of the best moments 

of my music career.” 

As a high-schooler, she 

played at the Bluebird Cafe 

in Nashville and performed 

for Sirius XM The Highway. 

She also recorded a song she 

wrote “Soldiers of America” 

and sent 650 copies to members 

of the military stationed 

overseas, she said. The U.S. 

Air Force mailed a letter of 

honor and appreciation to 

Providence Catholic High 

School to thank her. 

Veltri’s efforts to help others 

through music expands 

beyond the military, as she 

started a music therapy program 

at Silver Cross Hospital 

in New Lenox. She said her 

grandfather frequented the 

hospital, and it upset her to 

see so many people without 

visitors. 

She said she hopes performing 

for patients of its 

rehabilitation center provides 

comfort. 

“It really doesn’t have to 

be such a sad place,” Veltri 

said. 

She still performs at the 

hospital roughly once a 

month since she moved to 

Bloomington-Normal to attend 

Illinois State University. 

She focused on academics 

as a first-year college 

student, which caused her 

to put her music career on 

a temporary hiatus, and she 

did not tell her peers she was 

a musician. 

“I was able to identify myself 

as not Andrea the musician 

but Andrea,” she said. 

“Without that piece of me, I 

felt boring.” 

As sophomore year approaches, 

she plans to prioritize 

performing and has 

started posting her music on 

social media. 

“I’m much more comfortable 

with my music now than 

I was in high school,” she 

said. 

“I’m more inclined to be 

myself and just embrace who 

I am as an artist.” 

To hear Veltri’s music, visit 

www.andreaveltrimusic.com. 

A powerful 

performance 

Huey Lewis and the News bring popular 

rock to the Commons 

Huey Lewis plays harmonica on stage Saturday, July 16, at 

the Village of New Lenox’s Summer Triple Play concert at the 

Village Commons. Photos by Mark Korosa/22nd Century Media 

Members of Huey Lewis and the News perform together at 

the Village Commons. 

Johnny Colla plays saxophone with Huey Lewis and the 

News.

newlenoxpatriot.com life & arts 


RSVP to the laugh riot of ‘Mike 

and Dave Need Wedding Dates’ 

Robert Sieger 


rating: R | genre: Comedy | run time: 1 hour, 38 minutes 

Let’s put this out there first 

— screwball, R-rated comedies 

are really not for everyone. 

I’m OK with that; just like 

romance or action movies are 

not for everyone. 

In today’s movie-going 

world, you are apt to find a 

film in one of the local multiplexes 

that will fit your own 

particular tastes. I pretty much 

want to see everything. I have 

a very wide love for all things 

film. That being said, R-rated 

comedies are tough; take anything 

Sacha Baron Cohen has 

made after “Borat” as an example 

— swearing, nudity and 

toilet jokes really don’t make a 

film, but that pretty much sums 

up every one of his films since 

“Borat.” 

R-rated antics really don’t 

make a film funny unless you 

have the story and characters 

to fill it out. In “Mike and Dave 

Need Wedding Dates,” the 

very talents and likability of 

Zac Efron and Adam DeVine 

as bumbling but loving brothers 

make the film work. 

Dave (Zac Efron) and Mike 

(Adam DeVine) Stangle are 

the type of bothers who constantly 

egg each other on; from 

one poor decision to the next, 

their antics have hilariously 

ruined many a family outing. 

Fed up with their hijinks, their 

parents, Burt (the hilarious Stephen 

Root) and Jeanie (Sugar 

Lyn Beard), demand the boys 

find respectable dates to bring 

to their sister’s wedding in Hawaii. 

The boys are not terrible 

people, just likable idiots who 

get out of control sometimes, 

so they embark to fulfill their 

parents’ wishes. 

Of course, they turn to 

Craigslist, where everyone 

goes to find decent dates, and 

it causes a social media storm 

that overtakes the city. It eventually 

comes to the attention of 

two equally likeable but just as 

idiotic slacker girls in Tatiana 

(Aubrey Plaza from “Parks 

and Recreation” fame) and Alice 

(Anna Kendrick of “Pitch 

Perfect” fame) who conspire 

to get the boys to take them 

to Hawaii by pretending to be 

“nice girls,” when in reality, 

they are just as crazy as Dave 

and Mike. 

The boys ask them to the 

wedding, and once there, the 

girls turn out to be bigger disasters 

than the boys. And of 

course, hilarity ensues. 

“Mike and Dave” was written 

by Andrew Jay Cohen and 

Brendan O’Brien, the deviously 

funny minds behind the 

“Neighbors” films, and while 

those films were solidly frat 

humor, they balance “Mike 

and Dave” well by adding 

the girls to balance Mike and 

Dave’s idiotic ways. 

Director Jake Szymanski 

does a pretty decent job, but 

seems to lose the pace a bit 

in the middle part of the film. 

Much of that is due to the 

fantastic chemistry that Efron 

and DeVine share, and a slight 

lack of chemistry in Plaza and 

Kendrick. 

When they are either in a 

scene together or with the girls, 

you’ll be belly laughing, but 

when the girls are added to the 

mix, things just seem to slow 

a bit. While Plaza and Kendrick 

are funny, they simply 

don’t have the comedic chops 

of Efron and Devine. (I could 

have done with a little less 

of DeVine’s signature highpitched 

whines). All that being 

said, Efron is building himself 

up as a solid comedic talent 

and is leaving his Disney roots 

firmly behind him. 

“Mike and Dave Need Wedding 

Dates” is a solid B- that 

will leave you chuckling as 

you leave the theater. 


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The Dish 

Orland Park chef gives kick 

to historic Chicago kitchen 

Bill Jones, Managing Editor 

New Daily Breakfast Specials 

Chicago’s Italian Village is 

all about its history. 

Opened in 1927 by Alfredo 

Capitanini, the building — 

which houses three distinct 

restaurants in The Village, 

Vivere and La Cantina — still 

operates under third-generation 

owner Gina Capitanini 

and lays claim to the title of 

“oldest continuously operating 

Italian restaurant in Chicago.” 

And while Vivere offers a 

contemporary spin on Italian 

and La Cantina an intimate 

setting with a wine cellar 

vibe, The Village still stands 

as monument to the classic 

Northern Italian cuisine that 

helped get it started nearly 90 

years ago. 

But even The Village boasts 

some newness nowadays, and 

that is thanks, in large part, to 

Executive Chef Jose Torres, of 

Orland Park. 

“We needed a mature chef,” 

general manager Joe Deininger 

said of hiring Torres. “Jose’s 

done a great job for us.” 

Torres previously cooked 

for Orland Park’s Rock Bottom 

Restaurant & Brewery 

but departed from that post 

roughly two years ago. After 

taking a month for himself, 

Torres said through a recruiter 

he quickly found himself at 

Italian Village, thanks to his 

Italian cooking background 

with Buca di Beppo and Luigi’s 

House. 

“I came in here four times,” 

he said. “I did an interview, 

day follow, food presentation.” 

His presentation — which 

featured items like a white pizza 

with Alfredo sauce, mushrooms, 

spinach and chicken; 

butternut ravioli with white 

wine bacon sauce; and salmon 

with root vegetables wrapped 

in parchment paper — wowed 

the staff. 

Jose Torres, of Orland Park, stands in the entryway of 

Italian Village’s The Village restaurant in Chicago, where he 

serves as executive chef. Bill Jones/22nd Century Media 

Torres was “on the money” 

with his sampling, Deininger 

said. He originally was hired 

to work La Cantina, but six 

months later he was promoted 

to executive chef of The Village. 

“It’s a new challenge for 

me,” Torres said. “[Capitanini] 

asked, ‘Can you run the restaurant?’ 

I said, ‘Yes.’” 

While much of what Torres 

and his fellow cooks plate are 

traditional dishes, with things 

like the Pollo Alfredo — one 

of the originals from 1927 

— meat cannelloni, chicken 

Vesuvio and lasagna taking 

center stage, he also has an opportunity 

to put his flourishes 

on the menu. 

“The chefs get to highlight 

their talents on the back of the 

menu,” Deininger said. 

For Torres, that has meant 

serving some of the dishes 

that were part of his audition, 

as well as some new concepts 

along the way. It has provided 

him a nice mix of old and new, 

his involvement both serving 

the tradition of The Village 

while pushing it in new 

directions. 

Still, some things will never 

change, Deininger said. 

“The only thing that’s 

changed is the ceiling and the 

Italian Village 

71 W. Monroe St. in 

Chicago 

Hours 

• 11 a.m.-midnight 

Monday-Thursday 

• 11 a.m.-1 a.m. Friday- 

Saturday 

• Noon-midnight Sunday 

For more information ... 

Web: www.italianvillagechicago.com 

Phone: (312) 332-7005 

floor,” the general manager 

said of the interior. “Architecturally, 

it has never changed, 

and it never will.” 

But culinarily, Torres plans 

to keep it fresh and interesting 

for customers for years to 

come, be it with fresh vegetables 

from the modern earth box 

the chefs cultivate on the roof, 

catering to a surge in food allergies 

or simply changing the 

recipe for a particular sauce. 

Deininger said he does not 

think any amount of creativity 

could change Chicago’s 

view of Italian Village as an 

institution. 

“There’s so much history 

it’s ridiculous,” he said. “It’s 

just a family tradition that 

keeps happening.” 

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NEW LENOX 

Little Joe’s Restaurant 

(1300 N. Cedar Road, New 

Lenox; (815) 463-1099) 

■■5-8 p.m. Tuesdays: Piano 

Styles by Joe 

LOCKPORT 

The Outpost Pub & Grill 

(14929 Archer Ave., 

Lockport; (815) 836-8893) 

■■8 p.m. Tuesdays and 

Thursdays: Live DJ and 

Karaoke 

Strike N Spare II 

(811 Northern Drive, 

Lockport; (708) 

301-1477) 

■9:30 ■ p.m.-12:30 a.m. 

Mondays: Quartermania 

■Fridays: ■ Live bands 

HOMER GLEN 

Mullets Sports Bar and 

Restaurant 

(14903 S. Bell Road, 

Homer Glen; (708 

645-7000) 

■7 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Trivia 

FRANKFORT 

Pete Mitchell’s Bar & Grill 

(21000 Frankfort Square 

Road, Frankfort; (815) 

464-8100) 

■6-8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Free N’ Fun Bar Game. 

Free to play. 

MOKENA 

The Alley Grill and Tap 

House 

(18700 S. Old LaGrange 

Road, Mokena; (708) 

478-3610) 

■9 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: 

Karaoke 

Fox’s Restaurant and Pub 

(11247 W. 187th St., 

Mokena; (708) 478-8888) 

■6 ■ p.m. Thursdays, 

Fridays and Saturdays: 

Performance by Jerry 

Eadie 

Jenny’s Southside Tap 

(10160 191st St., Mokena; 

(708) 479-6873) 

■6 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: 

Acoustic Avenue, Psychic 

night - second Tuesday 

every month. 

■9 ■ p.m. Thursdays: 

Karaoke 

■Fridays ■ and Saturdays: 

Live bands 

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New Premium Standard Features Announced At 

Prairie Trails in Manhattan Adding up to Tremendous Deal 

New Homes in Manhattan within the 

Lincoln-Way School District from the 

mid- $200s 

Distinctive Home Builders 

is making it easier than 

ever to claim a generouslyappointed 

and thoughtfully 

designed new home in a 

great location with the introduction 

of new Premium 

Standard Features at Prairie 

Trails—a community of 100 

single-family homes in Manhattan. 

“The new home designs 

at Prairie Trails now offer 

more flexibility and value 

to our customers,” said 

Bryan Nooner, president of 

Distinctive Home Builders. 

“They are attractively base 

priced from the low $200s, 

making it more affordable 

than ever to become a 

homeowner here. And yet, 

the price doesn’t mean you 

have to compromise your 

expectations or tastes. We’ve 

included a lion’s share of 

luxury features and in-demand 

standard inclusions 

at Prairie Trails that all add 

up to a tremendous deal on a 

brand new residence.” 

“You really can have it all. 

Most home shoppers realize 

there is a trade off from getting 

what you need and what 

you want in a new home. 

With our new premium inclusions 

we have closed that 

gap significantly by including 

additional features that 

our buyers told us were most 

important to them. 

“Prairie Trails has the 

premium standard features 

that today’s buyers want in 

a new home, such as custom 

kitchen cabinets with soft 

close doors and drawers, 

granite kitchen countertops, 

ceramic tile or hardwood 

floors, and a choice of white 

painted or oak trim.” 

At Prairie Trails in Manhattan, 

buyers can choose 

from 12 different home designs; 

each available in three 

to eight different elevations. 

The three and four-bedroom 

homes range in size 

from 1,600 to over 3,000 

square feet with ranch, split 

level and two-story designs. 

Special limited time Pre- 

Construction prices are still 

in effect with homes priced 

from the low $200s. 

ery home we sell no matter 

what the price range,” noted 

Nooner. 

Nooner added that all 

homes are highly energy efficient. 

Every home built will 

have upgraded wall and ceiling 

insulation values with 

energy efficient windows 

and high efficiency furnaces. 

Before customers take 

possession of their new 

home, Distinctive Home 

Builders will conduct a 

blower door test that pressurizes 

the home to ensure 

that each home passes a set 

of very stringent Energy Efficiency 

guidelines. 

When you purchase a 

Distinctive Home you are 

getting a high quality hand 

Other premium standard 

features included at Prairie 

Trails that are not offered 

anywhere else in the marketplace 

are brick exteriors 

on all four sides of the first 

floor, concrete driveways, 

free basements in most 

models, ceramic tile or hardwood 

floors in the kitchen, 

baths and foyer; and custom 

cabinets. Distinctive 

kitchen cabinets feature 

solid wood construction (no 

particle board), have solid 

wood drawers with dove tail 

joints, which is very rare in 

the marketplace. 

“When you buy a new 

home from Distinctive, you 

truly are receiving custom 

made cabinets in evcrafted 

home. Before closing, 

each home undergoes 

an industry-leading checklist 

that ensures each home 

measures up to the firm’s 

high quality standards. 

Prairie Trails is also a 

beautiful place to live featuring 

a 20 acre lake on the 

site, as well as direct access 

to a 22-mile Wauponsee Glacial 

Prairie Path trail that 

borders the community. The 

Metra station is also nearby. 

Building homes in the 

area is nothing new for 

Nooner and his company. 

Distinctive has built hundreds 

of homes in Manhattan 

and thousands in the 

Will and south Cook county 

area over the past 30 years. 

Visit the on-site sales 

information center for unadvertised 

specials and 

view the numerous styles 

of homes being offered and 

the available lots. Call (708) 

479-7700 or contact Lynne 

at (708) 737-9142 for more 

information or visit the website 

www.distinctivehome 

builders.com. 

The Prairie Trails new 

home information center is 

located three miles south of 

Laraway Rd. on Rt. 52. The 

address is 24850 Manhattan 

Rd. Manhattan, IL. 60422. 

Open Daily 10:00 a.m. – 

5:00 p.m. Closed Wednesday 

and Thursday and always 

available by appointment.

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CLASSIFIEDS 

Help Wanted · Garage Sales · Automotive 

Real Estate · Rentals · Merchandise 

A very busy, prestigious 

country club in the 

southwest suburbs is 

looking for best and 

most experienced line, 

pantry and seasonal 

cooks. Cooks can 

handle 100 covers in 

under 2 hrs. F/T 

Tuesday through 

Sunday. Must be fluent 

in English. Great salary, 

$15 and up. 401(k), 

insurance and dental 

insurance. Any 

questions call 

708.403.3000. You can 

apply in person at 10700 

W. 153rd St., Orland 

Park. Or fax your 

resume to 708.403.3198 

or Email to 

jimmychristensen@ 

crystaltreecc.org 

Help 

Wanted 

1003 Help Wanted 

Clinical Direct Care 

position available at 

OAK Orthopedics. 

MA preferred. Must be 

knowledgeable of EMR 

systems, medications, back 

office procedures, and 

have a flexible schedule. 

Email resume to: 

sharonb@oakortho.com. 

Culver’s of Frankfort 

Now Hiring! 

Culver’s of Frankfort is 

hiring F/T & P/T day staff. 

Apply in person or online 

at www.culvers.jobs. 

Open interviews 

Mon-Wed, July 25-27 

from 8 a.m.-11 a.m. 

I fy o ul i k et ow o r ko u t s i d e , F/T Diesel Mechanic 

F / TY e a rR o u n d Need experienced diesel 

E m p l o y m.Te in mt 

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o v e r4 0h r s .P o t e n tfi oa rl 

semi-tractors & trailers. 

p a i dw i n t eor fs 

f .S t a r t i n g Please call w/ inquires: 

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c o ma ep p r o x . 708.426.4526 or email: 

$ 3 0 K B. 

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7 0 8 . 5 3 2 . 7 4 1 1 

P/T. Super Wash Car 

Wash, 19118 104th Ave, 

Mokena. Keep facility 

clean, operational, and 

customer service. 

Complete task(s) per check 

list, log information. 

Interested? Call Mike, 

779.240.1041. E.O.E. 

P/T Office Assistant needed 

for Lockport insurance 

agency. Call 815.838.2675 

for interview. 

Warehouse person needed 

to work approx. 22 hrs/wk; 

5 days/wk. Must be detail 

orientated, organized & a 

team player. Computer 

skills needed. Email 

resume to: 

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or fax 708.364.0166 

Auto Repair Technician 

Diagnostic & repair exp. 

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NOW HIRING 

BUS DRIVERS 

American School Bus 

Train now for August 

10000 W. 167th St 

Orland Park 

(708) 349-1866 

Operator, locator & laborer 

needed for Underground 

Utility Co. CDL required. 

Call 815.469.1400 

Frankfort 600A Firth Ct. 

Prestwick Sub. (Harlem to 

Aberdeen; 1.7 mi). 7/21-22, 

8-3. Moving! Women’s shoes 

&plus sized clothes (1-4X), 

Xmas, luggage, artwork, furn, 

Coca-Cola village, Cottage 

Collectible bears, hshld items 

&decor, books, movies, too 

much to list. 

1003 Help Wanted 

1052 Garage Sale 

P/T State licensed X-Ray 

Tech in Orland Park 

orthopedic surgeon’s 

office. 1-2 days/wk. Fax 

resume to 708.460.9254 or 

call 708.460.4422. 

Bus Drivers & Substitutes 

needed Lincoln-Way Area 

Special Education. Apply 

online: www.lwase843.org 

or call 815.806.4600. 

1050 Community Events 

July 25-29 

6:30pm-8:30pm 

Homer Glen, 17830 South 

McCarron Rd. 7/22-7/23, 9-3p. 

Grandma’s Attic Yard Sale! 

Furn, antiques, collectibles & 

more! 

Automotive 

$52 

4 lines/ 

7 papers 

17430 94th Ave. 

Tinley Park 

All children 4 years old through 11th grade are invited to 

the exciting, down on the farm, Cowabunga VBS at 

Calvary Baptist Church in Tinley Park. 

- Funny skits 

- Exciting Bible teaching 

- Games 

- Snacks 

- Crafts 

- Fun competitions and prizes for all. 

For further information call 708 349 0107 

Garage 

Sale 

Help Wanted 

per line $13 

4 lines/ 

7 papers 

Frankfort, 8650 W. 

St. Francis Rd, 7/22-7/23, 8-5. 

Furniture, hshld items, 

women’s clothing, and more! 

Homer Glen 13610 SKickapoo 

Tr 7/22 2-6pm 7/23 

8-5pm High-end designer 

womens & mens clothing, 

coats, home decor, kitchenware, 

books & treadmill 

Homer Glen, 12109 W. Longmeadow 

Ln. 7/22-7/23, 9-3p. 

Furn, hshold items, sporting 

good, yard tools, camping eqpt, 

collectibles, & patio furn. 

Real Estate 

$50 

7 lines/ 

7 papers 

Merchandise 

$30 

4 lines/ 

7 papers 

1052 Garage Sale 

Lockport 1309 E. North St. 

7/21-24, 9-5. Retail display 

units (portable shelving on 

wheels), storage, tools, hshld, 

clothes, etc. Everything must 

go! 

New Lenox, 234 East Wood 

St. Fri &Sat July 22-23, 8-4p. 

Wedding center pieces, floral 

arrangements, furniture, hshld 

items, designer clothes and 

shoes! 

Orland Hills, 17019 S. Hobart 

Ave. Saturday, July 23, 

9-3p. 1Day Only! Everything 

Must Go! 

Orland Park, 10832 Royal 

Glen Dr. July 21-22, 8-1pm. 

Furniture, clothes, jewelry, Legos, 

tools, vapor supplies. Everything 

must go! 

Orland Park, 17800 Brookfield 

Cr. 7/22-7/23, 9-3p. 

Dowsizing/Moving. Lots of 

furn, home goods, &collectible 

items! 

Tinley Park 16445 84th Ave. 

7/22-23, 8-2. Lawn furn, 

umbrella, grill, tools, new 

clothing, and collectibles. 

1053 Multi Family 

Sale 

Green Gardens 104th & 

Bruns Rd. 7/22, 8-7; 7/23, 8-1. 

Huge multi-family garage sale. 

Some antiques. Don’t miss. 

New Lenox 1 Warren Ave. 

7/21-23, 8-4. Furn, hshld, 

home decor, tools, jewelry, 

electronics, collectibles, toys, 

designer clothing. Too much to 

mention! Don’t miss! 

New Lenox Wellington 

Subdvn, 642, 661, 662, 671 

Lisson Grove (Joliet Hwy & 

Schoolhouse Rd) 7/21-7/23 

8-2pm Retired teacher items, 

bookcase, saucer chair, kid 

clothes/toys, frig, oven, legos, 

books, homegoods & More! 

Orland Park Bridelwood Subdiv. 

(Bell &Anand Brook) 4 

Families! 7/21-7/23 9-3p 

Household, clothing, furniture, 

toys. 

1054 Subdivision 

Sale 

Mokena-Marley Lane 

Subdivision SALE 

July 22nd & 23rd, 9a-3p 

2 Blks N of 191 St/104 Av 

18901 - 18948 Marley Ln 

1 STOP SHOPPING! 

Tinley Park: Pines 

Subdivision Annual Sale 

South of 183rd St at 65th Ave. 

Saturday, July 23rd 8-2:30p. 

Computers, laptops & tablets 

1058 Moving Sale 

New Lenox 700 Misty Creek 

Dr. 7/23, 8-3. Dining rm set, 

office furn, file cab, rowing 

machine, tools, bikes, oak entertainment 

center, antiques & 

more! 

Automotive 

1061 Autos 

Wanted 

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WE NEED 

CARS, TRUCKS 

& VANS 

Running Or Not 

Top Dollar Paid !!! 

Free Pick-Up 

Locally Located 

708 205 8241 

1073 Auto 

Detailing 

Anthony’s Expert 

Auto Detailing 

& Motorcycle 

Motorcycles $75 and Up 

Autos $100 and Up 

Saturday and Sunday 

by appointment 

Call 815-464-5731 

1074 Auto for 

Sale 

2002 VW Bug 2L 118k mi. 

Last 6 mos: new head gasket, 

starter & front brakes. Clean 

interior, Runs great. $3,250 or 

best offer. 708.478.4006

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Beautiful quality 

craftsmanship home 

complete with a backyard 

oasis. 

Where: 105 Essex Lane, 

New Lenox 

What: A two-story home 

with a fully finished 

basement and backyard 

ready for summer 

entertainment 

Amenities: This 

2,800-square-foot home 

has one-of-a-kind, quality 

crafted oak woodworking 

throughout. It is completely 

custom and located in 

the Cherry Hill Manor 

subdivision of New Lenox. 

It has three generously 

sized bedrooms and 3 

June 15 

• 928 Western Ave., 

New Lenox, 60451- 

3363 - Kowalski Trust to 

Timothy J. Cotcoran, Janet 

Corcoran, $316,000 

• 1518 Delmar Drive, 

New Lenox, 60451- 

2311 - DND Property 

Investments Inc. to Travis 

M. Weldon, Katelyn M. 

Ford, $246,500 

• 1630 Briarcrest Drive, 

New Lenox, 60451-2306 

- Benjamin Macias to 

Jeffrey P. Kollman, Kellie 

A. Kollman, $243,000 

• 500 Livingston Drive, 

New Lenox, 60451-1627 

- Justin E. Kmitch to 

Matthew E. Creen, Brittany 

1/2 baths. The main floor 

features hardwood floors 

and a custom office, as 

well. The kitchen offers 

granite tops. The home is 

equipped with a central 

vac, as well. The fully 

finished basement has a 

custom entertainment wall 

and bathroom. The outside 

has an in-ground pool, a 

15-foot outdoor kitchen, a 

shed, an outdoor shower 

M. Creen, $224,900 

• 2017 Morcambe Bay 

Drive, New Lenox, 60451- 

2718 - Brian A. Mayer 

to Benjamin L. Hausser, 

Valerie R. Braglia, 

$213,000 

June 16 

• 2702 Foxwood Drive, 

New Lenox, 60451-8534 

- Bradley D. Davis to John 

Dolan, Susan Usband, 

$202,000 

• 617 Northgate Road, 

New Lenox, 60451-3204 

- Steven D. Coccaro to 

Robert W. Hill, $117,000 

June 17 

• 21 Wildwood Drive, 

and a multilevel paver 

patio. 

Listing Price: $334,980 

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Nastepniak, National 

Advantage Real Estate, 

(815) 485-0304 

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New Lenox, 60451-1663 

- SK Investment Group 

LLC to Jose F. Cervantes, 

$283,000 

• 1813 Tudor Lane, New 

Lenox, 60451-2641 - 

Kenny Trust to James 

Sykora Jr., $210,000 

• 404 E. Woodlawn Road, 

New Lenox, 60451-2276 

- Frank E. Seehoffer to 

Nicholas R. Siroky, Carolyn 

Fredin, $206,000 

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Sale 

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ES- 

TATE at 3309 NORWOOD LANE 

, NEW LENOX, IL, IL 60451 

(TWO STORY SINGLE FAMILY 

HOME WITH THREE CAR AT- 

TACHED GARAGE). On the 4th 

day ofAugust, 2016 to be held at 

12:00 noon, at the Will County 

Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa 

Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, 

under Case Title: MTGLQ INVES- 

TORS, LPPlaintiff V.THERESA 

LYNCH A/K/A THERESA M 

LYNCH; JAMES LYNCH A/K/A 

JAMES P LYNCH; STATE OF 

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF 

REVENUE; Defendant. 

Case No. 12CH 4970 in the Circuit 

Court of the Twelfth Judicial 

Circuit, Will County, Illinois. 

Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) 

at the time of sale and the balance 

within twenty-four (24) hours; 

plus, for residential real estate, a 

statutory judicial sale fee calculated 

at the rate of $1 for each 

$1,000 or fraction thereof of the 

amount paid bythe purchaser to 

the person conducting the sale, not 

to exceed $300, for deposit into the 

Abandoned Residential Property 

Municipality Relief Fund. Nojudicial 

sale fee shall be paid by the 

mortgagee acquiring the residential 

real estate pursuant to its credit bid 

at the sale or by any mortgagee, 

judgment creditor, or other lienor 

acquiring the residential real estate 

whose rights inand to the residential 

real estate arose prior to the 

sale. All payments shall be made in 

cash or certified funds payable to 

the Sheriff of Will County. Judgment 

amount is $557,918.47 plus 

interest, cost and post judgment advances, 

if any. 

In the event the property is a condominium, 

in accordance with 735 

ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and 

(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 

765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are 

hereby notified that the purchaser 

of the unit, other than amortgagee, 

shall pay the assessments and legal 

fees required by subdivisions 

(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and 

the assessments required bysubsection 

(g-1) of Section 18.5 of the 

Illinois Condominium Property 

Act. 

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 

(J) ifthere is asurplus following 

application of the proceeds of sale, 

then the plaintiff shall send written 

notice pursuant to 735 ILCS 

5/15-1512(d) to all parties to the 

proceeding advising them of the 

amount ofthe surplus and that the 

surplus will beheld until aparty 

obtains a court order for its distribution 

or, in the absence of an order, 

until the surplus is forfeited to 

the State. 

For Information Please Contact: 

PIERCE AND ASSOCIATES 

1 N. Dearborn Suite 1300 

Chicago, Illinois 60602 

P: 312-346-9088 

F: 

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR 


Sale 

DEBT COLLECTION PRAC- 

TICES ACT YOU ARE AD- 

VISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM 

IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT 

COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO 

COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY 

INFORMATION OBTAINED 

WILL BE USED FOR THAT 

PURPOSE. 


TATE at 3309 NORWOOD LANE 

, NEW LENOX, IL, IL 60451 

(TWO STORY SINGLE FAMILY 


TACHED GARAGE). On the 4th 

day ofAugust, 2016 to be held at 

12:00 noon, at the Will County 



under Case Title: MTGLQ INVES- 

TORS, LPPlaintiff V.THERESA 

LYNCH A/K/A THERESA M 

LYNCH; JAMES LYNCH A/K/A 

JAMES P LYNCH; STATE OF 

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF 

REVENUE; Defendant. 





























if any. 

In the event the property is acon- 

dominium, in accordance with 735 

ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and 

(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 

765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are 









Act. 










obtains acourt order for its distribution 



the State. 




Sale 



P: 312-346-9088 

F: 










PURPOSE. 


TATE at 1960 HARVARD LANE, 

NEW LENOX, IL 60451 (Single 

family residence). On the 4th day 

of August, 2016 to be held at 12:00 

noon, at the Will County Courthouse 

Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, 

Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, under 

Case Title: U.S. BANK TRUST, 

N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 

MASTER PARTICIPATION 

TRUST, Plaintiff V. THOMAS E. 

COUSINS AND DAWN R. 

COUSINS INDIVIDUALLY AND 

AS TRUSTEES UNDER THE 

TRUST AGREEMENT DATED 

DECEMBER 6, 2006 AND 

KNOWN ASCOUSINS LIVING 


DECEMBER 6, 2006, MORT- 

GAGE ELECTRONIC REGIS- 

TRATION SYSTEMS, INC., Defendant. 


























the Sheriff of Will County. 



ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and 

(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 

765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are 









Act. 







proceeding advising them of the




Sale 


Sale 


Sale 


Sale 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

2703 Legal 

Notices 






the State. 


Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel LLC 

175 N Franklin Suite 201 


P: 312-357-1125 

F: 312-357-1140 










PURPOSE. 


TATE at 1960 HARVARD LANE, 

NEW LENOX, IL 60451 (Single 

family residence). On the 4th day 

of August, 2016 to be held at 12:00 




Case Title: U.S. BANK TRUST, 

N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 

MASTER PARTICIPATION 

TRUST, Plaintiff V. THOMAS E. 

COUSINS AND DAWN R. 

COUSINS INDIVIDUALLY AND 

AS TRUSTEES UNDER THE 


DECEMBER 6, 2006 AND 

KNOWN ASCOUSINS LIVING 


DECEMBER 6, 2006, MORT- 

GAGE ELECTRONIC REGIS- 

TRATION SYSTEMS, INC., Defendant. 





























ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and 

(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 

765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are 









Act. 













the State. 





P: 312-357-1125 

F: 312-357-1140 










PURPOSE. 


TATE at 727 Brockwood Road, 

New Lenox, IL 60451 (Single 

Family Home). On the 11th day of 

August, 2016 to be held at 12:00 




Case Title: Ocwen Loan Servicing, 

LLC Plaintiff V.James E. Kikoen; 

Windermere East IV Condominium 

Association; Unknown Heirs 

and Legatees of James E.Kikoen, 

if any; Unknown Owners and Non 

Record Claimants Defendant. 





























ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and 

(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 

765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are 









Act. 













the State. 


THE WIRBICKI LAW GROUP 

33 W. Monroe St. Suite 1140 


P: 312-360-9455 

F: 312-572-7823 










PURPOSE. 


TATE at 21 Honey Lane, New Lenox, 

IL 60451 (Residential). On 

the 4th day ofAugust, 2016 to be 

held at 12:00 noon, at the Will 

County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. 

Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet, 

IL 60432, under Case Title: FED- 

ERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE 

ASSOCIATION (â! œFANNIE 

MAEâ! ›), A CORPORATION 

ORGANIZED AND EXISTING 

UNDER THE LAWS OF THE 

UNITED STATES OF AMER- 

ICA, Plaintiff V. ANDREW MI- 

NAS; LINDA MINAS; WACHO- 

VIA MORTGAGE CORPORA- 

TION, ANATIONAL BANKING 

ASSOCIATION; Defendant. 





























ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and 

(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 

765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are 









Act. 













the State. 


JOHNSON, BLUMBERG AND 

ASSOCIATES 

230 W. MONROE, SUITE 1125, 

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606 

P: 312 541-9710 

F: 312 541-9711 










PURPOSE. 

2703 Legal 

Notices 










PURPOSE. 

STATE OF ILLINOIS ) 

) SS. 

COUNTY OF WILL ) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF 

THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIR- 

CUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

MTGLQ INVESTORS, LP 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

THERESA LYNCH A/K/A 

THERESA M LYNCH; JAMES 

LYNCH A/K/A JAMES P 

LYNCH; STATE OF ILLINOIS 

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; 

Defendant. 

No. 12 CH 4970 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that 

pursuant to ajudgment entered in 

the above cause on the 6th day of 

October, 2015, MIKE KELLEY, 

Sheriff of Will County, Illinois, 

will on Thursday, the 4th day of 

August, 2016 , commencing at 

12:00 o'clock noon, at the Will 



IL 60432, sell at public auction to 

the highest and best bidder orbidders 

the following-described real 

estate: 

LOT 96IN SPRINGVIEW WEST 

SUBDIVISION UNIT 6, PHASE 

3, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF 

PART OFTHE NORTH 1/2 OF 

THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SEC- 

TION 5, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, 

RANGE 11 EAST OF THE 

THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, 

ACCORDING TO THE PLAT 

THEREOF RECORDED SEP- 

TEMBER 9, 1999, AS DOCU- 

MENT NUMBER R99-112152, IN 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

Commonly known as: 

3309 NORWOOD LANE ,NEW 

LENOX, IL, IL 60451 

Description of Improvements: 

TWO STORY SINGLE FAMILY 


TACHED GARAGE 

P.I.N.: 

15-08-05-303-018-0000 


























if any. 



ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and 

(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 

765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are 









Act. 










obtains a court order for its distribution 



the State. 

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE 

CONTACT: 




P: 312-346-9088 

F: 

Plaintiff's Attorney 

MIKE KELLEY 

Sheriff of Will County 










PURPOSE. 


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CUIT 


MTGLQ INVESTORS, LP 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

THERESA LYNCH A/K/A 

THERESA M LYNCH; JAMES 

LYNCH A/K/A JAMES P 

LYNCH; STATE OF ILLINOIS 

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; 

Defendant. 

No. 12 CH 4970 




the above cause onthe 6th day of 

October, 2015, MIKE KELLEY, 










estate: 

LOT 96IN SPRINGVIEW WEST 

SUBDIVISION UNIT 6, PHASE 

3, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF 

PART OFTHE NORTH 1/2 OF 

THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SEC- 

TION 5, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, 

RANGE 11 EAST OF THE 

THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, 

ACCORDING TO THE PLAT 

THEREOF RECORDED SEP- 

TEMBER 9, 1999, AS DOCU- 

MENT NUMBER R99-112152, IN 



3309 NORWOOD LANE ,NEW 

LENOX, IL, IL 60451 


TWO STORY SINGLE FAMILY 


TACHED GARAGE 

P.I.N.: 

15-08-05-303-018-0000 




















real estate arose prior to the



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ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and 

(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 

765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are 









Act. 













the State. 


CONTACT: 




P: 312-346-9088 

F: 


MIKE KELLEY 











PURPOSE. 


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CUIT 


U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS 

TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER 

PARTICIPATION TRUST, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

THOMAS E. COUSINS AND 

DAWN R. COUSINS INDIVIDU- 

ALLY AND AS TRUSTEES UN- 

DER THE TRUST AGREEMENT 

DATED DECEMBER 6, 2006 

AND KNOWN AS COUSINS 

LIVING TRUST AGREEMENT 

DATED DECEMBER 6, 2006, 

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC 

REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, 

INC., 

Defendant. 

No. 15 CH 1496 





April, 2016, MIKE KELLEY, 










estate: 

LOT 26 IN SCHOOLHOUSE 

MANOR UNIT ONE, BEING A 

SUBDIVISION OF THE NORTH- 

EAST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHEAST 

1/4 OFSECTION 23 AND THE 

SOUTH 40.00 FEET OF THE 

EAST 1/2 OFTHE NORTHEAST 

1/4 OF SECTION 23, ALL IN 

TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 

11 EAST OF THE THIRD PRIN- 

CIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORD- 

ING TOTHE PLAT THEREF RE- 

CORDED DECEMBER 4, 1992 

AS DOCUMENT NO. R92-96379 

IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 


1960 HARVARD LANE, NEW 

LENOX, IL 60451 


Single family residence 

P.I.N.: 

15-08-23-404-039-0000 


























ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and 

(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 

765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are 









Act. 













the State. 


CONTACT: 




P: 312-357-1125 

F: 312-357-1140 


MIKE KELLEY 











PURPOSE. 


) SS. 




CUIT 


U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS 

TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER 

PARTICIPATION TRUST, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

THOMAS E. COUSINS AND 

DAWN R. COUSINS INDIVIDU- 

ALLY AND AS TRUSTEES UN- 

DER THE TRUST AGREEMENT 

DATED DECEMBER 6, 2006 

AND KNOWN AS COUSINS 

LIVING TRUST AGREEMENT 

DATED DECEMBER 6, 2006, 

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC 

REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, 

INC., 

Defendant. 

No. 15 CH 1496 















estate: 

LOT 26 IN SCHOOLHOUSE 

MANOR UNIT ONE, BEING A 

SUBDIVISION OF THE NORTH- 

EAST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHEAST 

1/4 OFSECTION 23 AND THE 

SOUTH 40.00 FEET OF THE 

EAST 1/2 OFTHE NORTHEAST 

1/4 OF SECTION 23, ALL IN 

TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 

11 EAST OF THE THIRD PRIN- 

CIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORD- 

ING TOTHE PLAT THEREF RE- 

CORDED DECEMBER 4, 1992 

AS DOCUMENT NO. R92-96379 

IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 


1960 HARVARD LANE, NEW 

LENOX, IL 60451 


Single family residence 

P.I.N.: 

15-08-23-404-039-0000 


























ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and 

(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 

765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are 









Act. 













the State. 


CONTACT: 




P: 312-357-1125 

F: 312-357-1140 


MIKE KELLEY 











PURPOSE. 


) SS. 




CUIT 


Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

James E. Kikoen; Windermere East 

IV Condominium Association; Unknown 

Heirs and Legatees of 

James E.Kikoen, if any; Unknown 

Owners and Non Record Claimants 

Defendant. 

No. 15 CH 2582 





May, 2016, MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff 

of Will County, Illinois, will on 

Thursday, the 11th day of August, 

2016 , commencing at 12:00 

o'clock noon, at the Will County 



sell at public auction tothe highest 

and best bidder orbidders the following-described 

real estate: 

UNIT 1, OF LOT 95 IN WINDER- 

MERE EAST IV CONDOMIN- 

IUM AS DELINEATED ON A 

SURVEY OF THE FOLLOWING 

DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE: 

CERTAIN LOTS INFIRST AD- 

DITION TO WINDERMERE 

EAST UNIT TWO, ASUBDIVI- 

SION OF PART OFTHE WEST 

1/2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 

OF SECTION 23, TOWNSHIP 35 

NORTH, RANGE 11 EAST OF 

THE THIRD PRINCIPAL ME- 

RIDIAN, WHICH SURVEY IS 

ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT "A" 

TO THE DECLARATION OF 

CONDOMINIUM RECORDED 

AS DOCUMENT NO. R96-2964, 

AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO 

TIME, TOGETHER WITH ITS 

UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE IN- 

TEREST IN THE COMMON 

ELEMENTS, INWILL COUNTY, 

ILLINOIS. 


727 Brockwood Road, New Lenox, 

IL 60451 


Single Family Home 

P.I.N.: 

15-08-23-310-030-1001 


























ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and 

(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 

765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are 









Act. 













the State. 


CONTACT: 

THE WIRBICKI LAW GROUP 

33 W. Monroe St. Suite 1140 


P: 312-360-9455 

F: 312-572-7823 


MIKE KELLEY 











PURPOSE. 


) SS. 




CUIT 


FEDERAL NATIONAL MORT- 

GAGE ASSOCIATION 

(â! œFANNIE MAEâ! ›), ACOR- 

PORATION ORGANIZED AND 

EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS 

OF THE UNITED STATES OF 

AMERICA, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

ANDREW MINAS; LINDA MI- 

NAS; WACHOVIA MORTGAGE 

CORPORATION, A NATIONAL 

BANKING ASSOCIATION; 

Defendant. 

No. 15 CH 2646 















estate: 

LOT 40 IN HAVEN MANOR 

UNIT NO. 2, BEING A SUBDIVI- 

SION OF PART OF THE 

SOUTHEAST 1/4 OFSECTION 

17, IN TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH 

AND IN RANGE 11, EAST OF 

THE THIRD PRINCIPAL ME- 

RIDIAN, LYING SOUTHERLY 

RIGHT OF WAY LINE OFTHE 

MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAIL- 

ROAD, ACCORDING TO THE 

PLAT THEREOF RECORDED 

AUGUST 1, 1978 AS DOCU- 

MENT NO. R78-29896, ALL IN 


Commonly known as:



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21 Honey Lane, New Lenox, IL 

60451 


Residential 

P.I.N.: 

15-08-17-401-003-0000 


























ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and 

(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 

765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are 









Act. 













the State. 


CONTACT: 

JOHNSON, BLUMBERG AND 

ASSOCIATES 

230 W. MONROE, SUITE 1125, 

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606 

P: 312 541-9710 

F: 312 541-9711 


MIKE KELLEY 


LEGAL NOTICE 

Prevailing Wage Notification 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN 

THAT THE BOARDS OF EDU- 

CATION OF SCHOOL DIS- 

TRICTS #17, #30C, #33C, #70C, 

#81, #84, #86, #88, #88A, #89, 

#90, #91, #92, #114, #122, #157C, 

#159, #161, #200U, #201U, #202, 

#203, #204, #205, #207U, #209U, 

#210, #255U, #365U, #525, #843, 

WILCO AREA CAREER CEN- 

TER, LOCKPORT SPECIAL 

EDUCATION COOPERATIVE, 

AND SOUTHERN WILL 

COUNTY COOPERATIVE FOR 

SPECIAL EDUCATION IN THE 

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COUNTIES OF KANKAKEE, 

KENDALL, AND WILL, STATE 

OF ILLINOIS, THAT CHANNA- 

HON SCHOOL DISTRICT #17, 

TROY SCHOOL DISTRICT 

#30C, HOMER SCHOOL DIS- 

TRICT #33C, LARAWAY 

SCHOOL DISTRICT #70C, UN- 

ION SCHOOL DISTRICT #81, 

ROCKDALE SCHOOL DIS- 

TRICT #84, JOLIET ELEMEN- 

TARY SCHOOL DISTRICT #86, 

CHANEY-MONGE SCHOOL 

DISTRICT #88, RICHLAND 

SCHOOL DISTRICT #88A, 

FAIRMONT SCHOOL DISTRICT 

#89, TAFT SCHOOL DISTRICT 

#90, LOCKPORT SCHOOL DIS- 

TRICT #91, WILL COUNTY 

SCHOOL DISTRICT #92, MAN- 

HATTAN SCHOOL DISTRICT 

#114, NEW LENOX SCHOOL 

DISTRICT #122, FRANKFORT 

SCHOOL DISTRICT #157C, 

MOKENA SCHOOL DISTRICT 

#159, SUMMIT HILL SCHOOL 

DISTRICT #161, BEECHER 

SCHOOL DISTRICT #200U, 

CRETE-MONEE SCHOOL DIS- 

TRICT #201U, PLAINFIELD 

SCHOOL DISTRICT #202, EL- 

WOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT 

#203, JOLIET HIGH SCHOOL 

DISTRICT #204, LOCKPORT 

HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT #205, 

PEOTONE SCHOOL DISTRICT 

#207U, WILMINGTON SCHOOL 

DISTRICT #209U, 

LINCOLN-WAY HIGH SCHOOL 

DISTRICT #210, REED-CUSTER 

SCHOOL DISTRICT #255U, 

VALLEY VIEW SCHOOL DIS- 

TRICT #365U, JOLIET JUNIOR 

COLLEGE DISTRICT #525, LIN- 

COLN-WAY SPECIAL EDUCA- 

TION COOPERATIVE #843, 

WILCO AREA CAREER CEN- 

TER, LOCKPORT SPECIAL 

EDUCATION COOPERATIVE, 

AND SOUTHERN WILL 

COUNTY COOPERATIVE FOR 

SPECIAL EDUCATION HAVE 

PASSED RESOLUTIONS RE- 

GARDING THE GENERAL PRE- 

VAILING RATE OF HOURLY 

WAGES FOR THESE DIS- 

TRICTS AND THAT THE PRE- 

VAILING RATE SHALL BE THE 

RATE AS DETERMINED BY 

THE DEPARTMENT OFLABOR 

OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. 

THESE WAGE RATES ARE 

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT 

EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL 

SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICES. 

THESE RESOLUTIONS SHALL 

BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDI- 

ATELY. 

Do you 

See 

this Ad? 


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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT 

National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs 

Will County Regional O ce of Education today announced on behalf of the Boards of Education of School Districts #17, #30C, #33C, 

#70C, #81, #84, #86, #88, #88A, #89, #90, #91, #92, #114, #122, #157C, #159, #161, #200U, #201U, #202, #203, #204, #205, #207U, #209U, 

#210, #255U, #365U, and #843 in the counties of Kankakee, Kendall, and Will, State of Illinois, that Channahon School District #17, Troy 

School District #30C, Homer School District #33C, Laraway School District #70C, Union School District #81, Rockdale School District 

#84, Joliet Elementary School District #86, Chaney-Monge School District #88, Richland School District #88A, Fairmont School District 

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#204, Lockport High School District #205, Peotone School District #207U, Wilmington School District #209U, Reed-Custer School 

District #255U, Valley View School District #365U, and Lincoln Way Special Ed. Cooperative #843 announce their policies for free and reduced 

price lunch, breakfast, and after school snack for those students unable to pay the full price for meals and snacks under the National 

School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. The following household size and income criteria will be used for determining eligibility: 

Household Size FREE Household Size REDUCED-PRICE 

Annual Monthly Twice 

Per 

Month 

Every 

Two 

Weeks 

Weekly Annual Monthly Twice 

Per 

Month 

Every 

Two 

Weeks 

1 $15,444 $1,287 $644 $594 $297 1 $21,978 $1,832 $916 $846 $423 

2 20,826 1,736 868 801 401 2 29,637 2,470 1,235 1,140 570 

3 26,208 2,184 1,092 1,008 504 3 37,296 3,108 1,554 1,435 718 

4 31,590 2,633 1,317 1,215 608 4 44,955 3,747 1,874 1,730 865 

5 36,972 3,081 1,541 1,422 711 5 52,614 4,385 2,193 2,024 1,012 

6 42,354 3,530 1,765 1,629 815 6 60,273 5,023 2,512 2,319 1,160 

7 47,749 3,980 1,990 1,837 919 7 67,951 5,663 2,832 2,614 1,307 

8 53,157 4,430 2,215 2,045 1,023 8 75,647 6,304 3,152 2,910 1,455 

Each Additional 

Family Member + 5,408 + 451 + 226 + 208 + 104 

ILLINOIS INCOME GUIDELINES 

(E ective from July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017) 

Weekly 

Each Additional 

Family Member + 7,696 + 642 + 321 + 296 + 148 

Children from households that meet Federal guidelines are eligible for free or reduced-price meal services. Complete one application 

per household for all children that attend the same school district. 

All meals served must meet the U. S. Department of Agriculture meal requirements. However, if a child has been determined by a doctor 

to have a disability and the disability would prevent the child from eating the regular school meal, this school will make substitutions 

prescribed by the doctor. If a substitution is needed, there will be no extra charge for the meal. If you believe your child needs substitutions 

because of a disability, please contact the school for further information. 

Application forms are available at the principal’s o ce in each school. To apply for free or reduced-price meal services, households must 

complete the application as soon as possible, sign it and return it to the school. Households should answer all applicable questions on the 

form. An application, which does not contain all the required information, cannot be processed and approved by the school. Women, 

Infants, and Children (WIC) participants may be eligible for free/reduced-price meals and are encouraged to complete an application 

for meal benefits. 

The required information is as follows: 

FOOD STAMP/TANF HOUSEHOLDS: If you received a letter with an eligibility certificate for school meals, return the eligibility 

certificate to the school your child attends. You do not have to complete this application to receive meal benefits. Households that 

currently receive food stamps or ‘‘Temporary Assistance for Needy Families’’ (TANF) for their child(ren), only have to list the child(ren)’s 

name and food stamp or TANF case number and sign the application. Applications listing LINK card number cannot be used for free 

or reduced-price meals. 

ALL OTHER HOUSEHOLDS: If a household’s income is at or below the level shown on the income scale, children are eligible for either 

free or reduced-price meal services. Households must provide the following information: (1) the names of all household members; (2) 

the Social Security number of the adult household member signing the application, or indicate if the adult does not have a Social Security 

number; (3) the amount of income each household member received last month, how frequently it is paid, and where it came from 

(wages, child support, etc.); and (4) the signature of an adult household member. 

The information on the application may be checked by school or other o cials at any time during the school year. 

Households may apply for benefits at any time during the school year. Households that are not eligible now but have a decrease in 

household income, an increase in household size or have a household member that becomes unemployed should fill out an application 

at that time. 

In certain cases, foster children are eligible for free or reduced-price meal services regardless of the household income. Households that 

have foster children living with them and wish to apply for free or reduced-price meal services for them should complete the application. 

Homeless, migrant and runaway youth are categorically eligible for free meals. Please follow instructions and return form to school. 

Households dissatisfied with the ruling of the o cial may wish to discuss it with the school. Households also have the right to a fair hearing. 

This can be done by calling or writing the following o cial: 

The Principal, Business Manager, or Superintendent in the school/school district in which you live 

In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, all institutions are prohibited from discriminating on the basis 

of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, O ce of Civil Rights, 

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provider and employer. 

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victore oil selas $100. 

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42 | July 21, 2016 | The New Lenox Patriot sports 


Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Ryan McWilliams 

Ryan McWilliams is going to 

be a junior at Lincoln-Way 

West High School, where 

he will be a member of the 

Warriors baseball team. 

Who got you into 

baseball? 

Mostly my dad, my uncle, 

and my grandpa. They all 

played baseball at a high 

level. My dad played for 

the Philadelphia Phillies, 

my grandpa played for 

the Mets, and my uncle 

was drafted out of high 

school. I’ve really admired 

all three of them, and have 

always wanted to get to their 

level. 

What’s the best part 

about the sport? 

The thing I’ve learned 

is that you fail 70 percent 

of the game but succeed at 

the other 30 percent. If you 

fail, you always have that 

next opportunity to hit the 

next pitch at the next at bat, 

so that’s really what I love 

about the game. 

What’s the best advice 

you’ve ever gotten from 

one of your coaches? 

Keep it simple. If I ever 

made a mistake, my coach 

would say, “I know what 

type of talent you have, so 

prove it the next play.” 

Who do you look up to? 

I’ve always looked up to 

my dad. I’ve never had a 

hitting coach or a pitching 

coach, and he has always 

been the one that has helped 

me out. He has always been a 

role model to me. 

Do you have any 

pregame superstitions? 

I usually sit in the dugout 

and talk to myself saying, 

“This is what I’m going to 

do today.” Before every at 

bat and before every game I 

pitch, I think about what I’m 

going to do in this type of 

situation. 

What made you want to 

be a pitcher? 

I just like the aspect of 

pitching. My dad was a pitcher, 

and he basically trained 

me to become a pitcher. As a 

left-handed pitcher, I can go 

really far as long as I pitch in 

the strike zone. 

What are you going to 

remember most about 

this past season? 

Mostly my coaches giving 

me the opportunity to play 

at a higher level than most 

players my age. I played varsity 

as a sophomore. 

What did you like most 

about attending Central? 

I liked the atmosphere 

there. I liked the teachers and 

coaches a lot. I always went 

to Friday night [baseball] 

games when I was little and 

looked up to those guys. To 

get the opportunity to play 

under those lights was really 

cool. 

What are your goals for 

this upcoming baseball 

season? 

Mainly be a team player. I 

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Media 

can’t look at what my average 

would be and stuff like 

that. I would rather be a team 

type of player. 

What’s your favorite 

memory on the baseball 

diamond? 

It was during a game 

against Lincoln Way-West 

last season. It was a big rivalry 

game, and a lot of weight 

was on my shoulders because 

I’m going to be going there 

next year. The score was tied 

0-0 in the fifth inning, and I 

drove in a run. Also during 

the game I made three diving 

catches. We won the game 

1-0. One of the West coaches 

told me I single-handedly 

beat them that game, so that 

was really cool. 

Interview by Editorial Intern 

Michael Ivey. 

Going Places 

Hopper headed to Millikin 

Michael Ivey, Editorial Intern 

For the past two years, 

Isaac Hopper was a regular in 

net for the Lincoln-Way Central 

boys soccer team. 

This fall, the goalkeeper 

will make the short trip to 

Decatur, Illinois, to begin his 

collegiate athletic career at 

Millikin University. 

“I’m really excited,” Isaac 

said. “It has always been a 

goal of mine to play college 

soccer, and I’ve been really 

fortunate and excited to carry 

on with it.” 

Hopper first considered 

Millikin when his high 

school coach, Sean Fahey, 

recommended going on a 

visit there. 

“When I began the college 

process, I was looking at liberal 

arts schools and my high 

school coach, Coach Fahey, 

talked [Millikin] up,” Hopper 

said. “So when I started 

visiting schools, it was one of 

the first places I visited, and I 

absolutely loved the campus 

and got a scholarship there. It 

all just worked out together.” 

Hopper started playing 

soccer as a child when his 

dad introduced the sport to 

him. 

“My dad had been coaching 

and playing when I was really 

young,” Hopper said. “I had 

always been around the game 

and loved it. I definitely started 

playing because of him.” 

Hopper’s father, Colin, 

said he enjoyed watching his 

son play for Lincoln Way- 

Central and Fahey. 

“It was a great deal of fun 

to watch him,” Colin said. “I 

was able to help out coaching 

him a little bit. I have nothing 

but good things to say about 

Coach Fahey and the staff at 

Lincoln Way-Central. From 

the day he started his first 

camp, the coaches were very 

professional and motivated, 

and gave Isaac a wonderful 

experience. To see him 

Isaac Hopper defends the goal for Lincoln-Way Central 

during a fall 2015 game. 22nd Century Media File Photo 

develop as both a player and 

a man was quite thrilling, 

and I’m looking forward to 

watching him continue his 

career at Millikin.” 

Colin is a history teacher 

at Lincoln Way-Central and 

was a goalie coach at Lincoln 

Way-East for 10 years. He 

said he believes one of the 

most important skills a goalie 

needs is leadership, and he 

said his son grew as a leader 

while playing as a goalie for 

Lincoln Way-Central. 

“As a goalkeeper, you need 

some height, quick reflexes, 

and you need to develop 

into a leader because you’re 

the only one who can see 

the whole field,” Colin said. 

“You have to command from 

the back and tell your defense 

what to do. It took him 

a while to grow into all of 

those, but eventually, he used 

his maturity to end up being 

a leader on his team. He was 

one of only two seniors on 

the team. It really fell upon 

him to take a leadership role. 

I think the experiences he had 

as an underclassmen really 

helped him with that.” 

Hopper said he loves playing 

goalie because of the responsibility 

that comes with 

the position. 

“As a goalie, I love the 

pressure that’s involved,” he 

said. “I love being someone 

that my team can count on, 

and I love the fact the sport 

isn’t easy. Both of those 

things just make it a lot of 

fun.” 

Hopper said he will always 

have fond memories of being 

a student at Lincoln Way- 

Central due in part to the students 

and faculty. 

“Both the teachers and 

coaches are just amazing,” 

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From walk-on to starting on the field 

West alumna aims 

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James Sanchez 

Assistant Editor 

Audrey Pearson left 

Lincoln-Way West in 2015 

as one of the most accomplished 

athletes ever to come 

out of the girls’ soccer program. 

But she came into 

Lewis University 

the following 

year as 

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After a year 

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Lewis is looking to be on 

the rise after finishing this 

past year with its first double-digit 

win season since 

2012. It is only the second 

10-plus win season since 

1997. Pearson said the team 

dealt with a variety of injuries 

throughout the course of 

the season, which led to an 

early end in the Great Lakes 

Valley Conference Tournament 

in the first round. 

It was an eye-opening experience 

for Pearson. She 

chose Lewis University out 

of the eight total schools that 

recruited her mostly because 

it was the only Division-II 

school. Most high school 

teams have only a few highly 

skilled players, unlike college 

where everyone is welltrained, 

she said. Pearson 

noticed the difference first 

hand within the first couple 

of practices. 

“When I first started seeing 

some of the girls and 

having them take shots on 

me, the skill level was probably 

three steps higher than 

[high school] varsity level,” 

Pearson said. 

Pearson appeared in three 

games in her freshman campaign 

with the Flyers. It is a 

small sample size, but she 

has come a long way, entering 

the program as the 

team’s only walk-on. 

Despite leaving West 

with 30 shutouts in her high 

school career, she entered 

Lewis in the back of the 

pecking order as the third 

goalie. By the end of the 

season, she moved up as the 

team’s primary backup behind 

starter Jennifer Meyer. 

Her work earned herself 

scholarship money for this 

upcoming school year. She 

earned quality minutes competing 

in spring exhibition 

games, which included shutting 

out Division-I Loyola 

University for an entire half. 

The early progress was accelerated 

because of her varsity 

experience at West and 

her time working with Warriors 

head coach Jeff Theiss. 

“I don’t know if any other 

school could have prepared 

me any better,” she said. “... 

I cannot thank Jeff enough 

for what he gave me in terms 

of assets, work ethic and 

being a team player. I was 

a step ahead of most of the 

freshman because I knew 

what kind of work I needed 

to put in.” 

Even though Meyer started 

all last year, it does not 

mean she will maintain her 

starting role this fall. Pearson 

said Lewis head coach 

Chris Koenig gives all his 

players an equal opportunity 

to earn a spot. 

With Koenig starting each 

season from scratch, it has lit 

a fire to the team, who are all 

vying for positions, as well 

as building off last year’s 

success, she said. 

“People come from an 

hour-and-a-half away just 

to be here with each other 

and work with each other,” 

she said. “We want to win 

so bad, we’ll almost do anything 

for it.” 

And if Pearson won the 

starting role, it would mean 

a culmination of work, coming 

into Lewis as a walk-on 

to a starter in just a year’s 

time, has paid off. 

“[Being the starting goalie] 

would mean that what I’m 

doing is what I should be doing,” 

Pearson said. “My work 

is worth something, and if I 

keep working harder I’m going 

to keep that position. The 

other goalkeeper I’m competing 

against, I love her to 

death. She’s above me right 

now. If I keep pushing and if 

I get passed her, I’ll push her 

to try and beat me again. That 

will only raise our level even 

higher.”

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Alumni Spotlight 

Provi graduate collects football accolades, moves from Mokena to Oregon 

Jon DePaolis 


In his grade school years, 

Mokena resident Zac Morgan 

wasn’t allowed to play football 

because he was much 

bigger than everyone else his 

age. 

But the offensive tackle 

made up for lost time by 

having stellar careers at 

Providence Catholic and the 

University of Dayton. Now, 

Morgan will use his last year 

of NCAA eligibility to go 

from Dayton to the University 

of Oregon as a graduate 

transfer. 

Quick learner 

Because of his size at a 

young age, Morgan said his 

parents didn’t allow him to 

play football until he got to 

high school. 

“But growing up, I had 

three older sisters who 

all went to Providence 

— which is known for being 

a football powerhouse 

with such a strong tradition 

there,” he said. “I grew up 

going to the games, and 

I fell in love with the idea 

that it could be me out there 

in the future.” 

He started playing football 

his freshman year at Providence. 

His first two years, 

he played a bit of defense 

but was mostly an offensive 

tackle — a position he has 

played his entire career. 

“I grew into my body a 

little bit and finally was able 

to use my strength to my advantage,” 

he said. 

He capped his Providence 

career with a first-team All- 

Conference selection, and 

Morgan redshirted his freshman 

season at Dayton in 

2012. 

Morgan was a rotational 

player the first few times he 

got into games his sophomore 

year. But after an injury 

to a senior teammate, 

Morgan said he started five 

games in a row. 

The next two years, he 

started every game. 

“I probably played more 

plays than anybody on my 

team,” Morgan said. “I never 

came off the field, and I 

wasn’t injured at all. I stayed 

on for field goals, too.” 

His junior year, Morgan 

played right tackle. His senior 

year, he moved to left 

tackle. 

“I played right [tackle] one 

year, because we had a lefthanded 

quarterback,” he said. 

“I went back to left [tackle] 

when we had a right-handed 

quarterback. It doesn’t really 

make a difference to me. It 

takes about a week or two to 

get back into rhythm.” 

Morgan credited his coaches 

at Dayton for teaching him 

the game and preparing him 

well. 

“Game experience definitely 

helps,” he added. “I 

remember first playing my 

sophomore year at Dayton, 

and things were going a mile 

a minute. But last year, things 

came to me a lot slower. I 

was able to dissect things as 

they were happening during 

play. Things definitely 

slowed down for me.” 

This last season, led by a 

core group of seniors, Dayton 

won its conference championship, 

finishing the season 

10-2. 

“That was a huge deal for 

us,” Morgan said of winning 

conference. “We were working 

toward it for a long time.” 

He said he’ll always remember 

clinching the conference 

crown in a game against 

Marist College. 

“It was our 10th win of the 

year, and everyone was going 

nuts,” he said. “Our families 

were on the field after the 

game. Everybody’s families 

were really invested in the 

team, and they were traveling 

Mokena native and Providence graduate, Zach Morgan, 

during one of his games with the University of Dayton. 

Morgan is an offensive tackler who recently transfered to 

play football with the University of Oregon. Photo submitted 

with us everywhere. It was a 

lot of fun to be able to share 

that with everybody. 

“The four years at Dayton 

were — so far — the best 

four years of my life.” 

Racking up the awards 

Morgan said technique 

is by far the most important 

factor in separating a good 

offensive lineman from an 

average lineman. 

“And having an 

understanding of what the 

offense is trying to do and 

how the defense will try 

to counteract it,” he said. 

“You have to understand 

and know schematically 

what both sides are trying 

to do, and picking up the 

tendencies of the defense. 

“That’s one of the biggest 

differences of high school 

football to college — from an 

offensive line standpoint, you 

should know if somebody is 

lined up like so, then this is 

coming. It’s studying your 

opponents.” 

Morgan certainly did that 

on his way to a bevy of awards 

and recognitions. During his 

time at Dayton, Morgan was 

named as a first-team All- 

Pioneer Football League selection 

(2015), an honorable 

mention All-PFL selection 

(2014), twice a second-team 

Academic PFL selection, and 

three times a member of the 

PFL Academic Honor Roll. 

He also was recipient of the 

Stan Kurdziel Outstanding 

Lineman Award two years in 

a row (2014, 2015). 

“That was an award that 

was voted on by my teammates, 

so I think that makes 

it even more of a big deal for 

me — just knowing that I 

have that sort of appreciation 

from all those guys,” Morgan 

said. “It means the world to 

me.” 

On to Oregon 

After the Flyers’ season 

ended, Morgan visited Providence 

Catholic during winter 

break. 

“I was at home lifting at 

Providence, and my high 

school head coach came up 

to me and said there was this 

guy from Oregon who was 

there and he was asking about 

me,” Morgan said. “He gave 

his contact info and left it for 

me. I called him and sent my 

transcripts and some film. 

“Everything kind of blew 

up from that over winter 

break.” 

In mid-January, Morgan 

said coaches flew out to Dayton 

to meet him. Then, around 

Jan. 30, he visited the campus 

and signed the paperwork. As 

a graduate transfer, he has one 

year left of eligibility. 

Reached by phone July 7, 

Morgan said he had been in 

Eugene, Oregon for close to 

three weeks going to summer 

workouts with the team, as 

well as summer classes. 

“It’s been great, and it’s 

definitely been a change of 

pace from what I was used to 

at Dayton,” he said. “We’ve 

been working out about 

five days a week now, and I 

have to take some classes in 

summer school to be eligible 

to practice with the team 

right now.” 

Morgan said the workload 

was similar to that of Dayton 

— just kicked up a notch. 

“At Dayton, we worked 

our butts off, too, and the 

work level is about the same,” 

he said. “But everybody is 

a little bit bigger, a little bit 

faster. And there’s definitely 

a lot more [funding] in this 

program than there was at 

Dayton. 

“I tell people that this 

whole facility is like Disney 

World for football players. 

It’s something else.” 

As for classes, Morgan — 

a finance major at Dayton — 

is taking economics courses 

at Oregon for his master’s 

program. 

“It’s an unbelievable opportunity,” 

he said. “I’m 

working right now to become 

the best I can be and earn a 

playing position this fall. I 

want to do whatever I can to 

help my team win, and hopefully 

take Oregon back to the 

college football playoffs. 

“That’s something they 

always talk about here — 

working to get back to the 

[national championship] and 

to win it this time.” 

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Celtics make it to second game of Lockport Regional 

RANDY WHALEN 


It sounded strange to hear 

Providence baseball coach 

Mark Smith use the term 

“uncharted territory” after a 

playoff victory last week. 

After all, Smith and the 

Celtics have only won three 

straight Class 4A baseball 

state championships. 

But those are in the spring. 

In the summer season, he’s 

usually not too concerned 

with the results, he said. 

His team, however, got a 

winning result in the opening 

game of the Lockport 

Regional last week. That 

came when Providence rallied 

for six runs in the top of 

the seventh and held on to 

defeat host Andrew 11-8 on 

July 11 in Tinley Park. 

“I told the kids that we 

usually don’t get this far; it’s 

uncharted territory,” Smith 

said following the victory. 

“We’re not usually one to 

take the summer seriously.” 

That showed in the fact 

that none of the state champion 

Providence teams in the 

past three seasons have even 

advanced further than the 

quarterfinals of the summer 

regional. 

This year’s didn’t either. 

The next day, July 12, 

Providence lost to Plainfield 

South by the score of 13-1 in 

five innings in the quarterfinals 

at Lockport. That ended 

the summer season for the 

Celtics (2-9). The Cougars 

(8-3), who scored eight runs 

in the bottom of the fourth to 

put the game away against 

Providence, had their semifinal 

game against Joliet 

Catholic Academy on July 

13 rained out. 

“We still got a lot of 

questions answered,” Smith 

said following the loss to 

Plainfield South. “We didn’t 

have all our kids here, but 

the ones that were got to 

showcase themselves in a 

tournament format.” 

The Celtics showcased 

their never-give-up attitude 

in the game against Andrew. 

True to his philosophy, 

Smith brought in sophomore 

T.J. Galligani to pitch in the 

bottom of the sixth with the 

score tied 5-5. The righthander, 

who hadn’t pitched 

in a varsity game all summer, 

walked junior second 

baseman Mike McGrail and 

junior pinch hitter Tom Mc- 

Garry to open the inning. 

The two of them eventually 

scored on a combination of 

passed balls and wild pitches 

as the Thunderbolts took a 

7-5 lead. 

But Galligani settled in 

to get a strikeout and two 

ground outs to end the inning. 

He was eventually the 

winning pitcher. 

That’s because Providence 

scored six runs in the top of 

the seventh, five of them after 

two were out. After a fly 

out started the inning, junior 

third baseman Logan Anderson 

then belted a home run 

to left center to cut the lead 

to one. Senior first baseman 

Matt Swanson (3-for-4, 2 R) 

singled to center, and junior 

designated hitter Dylan Gorski 

reached on an error. 

A fly out to center moved 

Swanson to third, but also 

moved the T-Bolts within 

an out of victory. That never 

happened, however, as 

sophomore center fielder 

Alex Helmin (2-for-5, R, 

3 RBI) singled to left to tie 

the game. Junior shortstop 

Steven Meyer (2-for-4, 2 R, 

2 RBI) then walked to load 

the bases. 

At that point, Andrew 

made a pitching change, but 

that didn’t matter to Drew 

Hunniford (2-for-4, R, 4 

RBI). The senior right fielder, 

who is the younger brother of 

former Celtics standout Justin 

Hunniford, hammered a 

3-run triple to deep left center. 

He then scored on a wild 

pitch to make the score 11-7. 

“I was looking bad all 

day,” Hunniford said. “I had 

missed a ball that I could 

have caught in right field, so 

I had to do something to turn 

it around.” 

Hunniford said he believes 

that the Celtics’ success 

is contagious. 

“Obviously, we lose a lot 

of seniors,” he said of the 19 

seniors who graduated from 

this spring’s state championship 

team — most of them 

two- or three-year starters. 

“But we’re going to do the 

best that we can. Celtics are 

known for coming back, so 

there wasn’t a doubt in my 

mind.” 

Andrew (9-5) scored a run 

in the bottom of the seventh. 

Senior third baseman Joe 

Oswald (1-for-3, 3 R) led off 

with a single to left. He was 

wild pitched to second and 

scored on a pair of ground 

outs. 

The T-Bolts scored three 

runs in the second. Oswald 

walked to lead off the inning. 

Senior Tom Flisk (2- 

for-3, RBI) had a bunt single 

up the first base line. Junior 

shortstop Jake Plastiak (2- 

for-3, 3 RBI) pounded an 

RBI double to right center, 

and Flisk also scored on the 

play when the relay throw 

in got loose. Senior right 

fielder Dan Cryan had a bunt 

single, and McGrail knocked 

in the third run with a RBI 

ground out. 

Andrew added an unearned 

run in the third. With 

two outs and none on, Oswald 

reached on an error. 

Flisk was hit by a pitch, and 

Plastiak pulverized a ground 

rule double to left center. 

In the fourth, Providence 

got on the board with a trio 

of runs. Swanson led off 

with a single to right. Gorski 

walked and junior second 

Providence’s Dan Kovach pitches July 11 during the opening game of the Lockport 

Regional against Andrew in Tinley Park. Photos by Seamus Scanlan/22nd Century Media 

Providence’s Kevin O’Boyle swings at a pitch during the game. 

baseman Ryan Kaup singled 

to right to load the bases. 

Helmin smacked a 2-run 

single to right center and 

Meyer closed the Celtics 

within a run on a fielders 

choice groundout. 

The fifth brought another 

run from for the T-Bolts. 

With one out, senior first 

baseman Dan Heilbron doubled 

to right. One out and a 

wild pitch later, he scored on 

an RBI double to right center 

by Flisk. Providence tied 

it in the sixth. Gorski led 

off with a walk, was sacrificed 

to second by Kaup and 

scored on a 2-out single to 

left by Meyer. Then Meyer 

stole second and scored on 

a ground rule double to left 

center by Hunniford. 

While the Andrew game 

was the only one the Celtics 

won in the summer regional, 

it showed that next spring 

could be another successful 

one for them. 

“I was proud of them,” 

Smith said of his team. “We 

were down 4-0, 5-3, 7-5 and 

we came back. We battled 

back, and that’s the Providence 

way. We battle until 

the last out.”

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Media 

1st-and-3 

Top West 

standouts in 

loss against East 

1. Ryan McWilliams 

(ABOVE) 

The Central transfer 

is continuing to 

impress his new 

teammates in the 

outfield and at the 

dish, as he went 

1-for-3 with an RBI 

and a run scored. 

2. Noah Hibler 

The senior infielder 

made the most of 

his opportunities, 

scoring three 

times in four plate 

appearances in the 

leadoff position. 

3. Brendan Sturm 

The sophomore 

catcher is continuing 

to make a splash 

on varsity. He hit a 

pinch-hit two-run 

double in the fourth 

inning to get the 

Warriors to trail by 

only two runs. 

Baseball 

Central runs into red hot 

Plainfield North, loses 18-5 

New coach Nowicki 

finishes summer 

league at 7-5 record 

James Sanchez 


The proverb “when it 

rains, it pours” can certainly 

describe Lincoln-Way 

Central’s July 11 matchup 

against Plainfield North during 

the IHSBCA summer regional 

tournament. 

After striking first to open 

the game with a 1-0 lead 

and maintaining it for a 

several innings, the Tigers 

put on a hitting display that 

not many high school teams 

can duplicate. The barrage 

started with back-to-back 

home runs to capture the 

lead, and they never looked 

back. Plainfield North won 

18-5 to advance to the 

regional quarterfinals. 

“They hit everything we 

threw at them,” said head 

coach Mitch Nowicki. “We 

changed pitchers a bunch of 

times, but we just ran into 

a really hot team and really 

hot hitters.” 

The Tigers’ high-powered 

offense carried over into the 

next round against top-seed 

Minooka the following day, 

as they scored 14 runs in the 

top of the first inning alone. 

They are on the rise after a 

fourth place finish at state in 

June, while Central’s program 

is in a completely different 

phase. 

The Knights are under the 

guidance of new head coach 

Nowicki, who led Lincoln- 

Way North to a 30-plus win 

season in spring, and also 

have to deal with Mokena 

students transitioning over 

from Lincoln-Way East. 

Central is in a more unique 

situation in its baseball program, 

compared to the other 

Lincoln-Way schools. Both 

Paul Babcock, of East, and 

Jake Zajc, of West, stayed 

put, which meant they maintained 

the familiarity of 

their players and only had 

to introduce the transitioning 

athletes to their system. 

Nowicki was the only coach 

in new surroundings. 

The only familiarity he 

had with his new roster was 

the few games North had 

competed against them. So, 

there was a lot to tackle in 

the short summer season, 

Nowicki said. 

“We weren’t able to implement 

new things and a 

mentality,” he said. “It was 

a lot of getting some guys 

opportunities and watching 

them play baseball for 

a coaching foundation for 

next spring. … For me, everybody’s 

brand new, so 

there was a lot of personality 

learning this summer.” 

Despite the adversity, 

Central finished the season 

a game over the .500 mark 

with a 7-5 record, which 

included wins against both 

district rivals. The Knights 

kept a large summer roster 

to give everyone a chance 

to play and see where pieces 

fit, and they still maintained 

a respectable record. 

In the short sample size 

with the new club, Nowicki 

said he sees the Knights as a 

“high-potential” team with 

a defensive-minded focus, 

especially in the infield. The 

strong regard for his deep infield 

talent led him to move 

Matt Duske to the outfield. 

Not only did he excel outside 

the diamond, but his bat 

came along with it. Duske 

had a strong summer, which 

included a three-run home 

run in the final game against 

Plainfield North. 

Cam Post was another 

name that stuck out to Nowicki 

as one of his top performers. 

He is a versatile 

player that could play first 

base, third base, outfield and 

catcher, as well as produce 

in the heart of the lineup, 

like he did last season with a 

.421 batting average. 

“He was a game changer 

for us,” he said. “He plays 

the game at a really high 

level. He’s just a fierce competitor, 

so I think [Post and 

Duske] are rock solid seniors 

for us and will kind of lead 

the way next spring.” 

Baseball 

Errors, walks eliminate 

LW West from regional 

James Sanchez 


Lincoln-Way East coach 

Paul Babcock described 

East’s July 11 matchup 

against Lincoln-Way West 

with one word: sloppy. 

There were eight errors 

along with a handful of 

passed balls and wild pitches 

between the two teams, 

which accounted for eight 

of the 20 runs scored in the 

game. 

“Nobody deserved to win 

that game,” Babcock said. 

“That was bad. There were 

times when it was our offense 

against their sloppy defense. 

But then we’d give it right 

back to them.” 

So, it was a matter of who 

made the least mistakes and 

who made the most of the opportunities 

from them. The 

Warriors allowed five free 

runs through their mistakes, 

and the Griffins did the rest to 

win 13-7 in New Lenox and 

advance to the quarterfinals 

of the Illinois High School 

Baseball Coaches Association 

State Tournament. 

It was the Griffins, however, 

who dug themselves 

into a hole at the beginning 

of the game. Throwing errors 

in the infield during the first 

and second innings allowed 

the Warriors to start off with 

a 2-0 lead. 

West’s Noah Hibler (1 for 

2, 3 runs) and Kevin Davis 

(1 for 4, 2 runs) were the 

beneficiaries with runs scored. 

The tables turned in the third 

inning, though, with the 

Griffins’ largest production of 

the game: a five-run frame. 

East scored all three of its 

fourth-inning runs from errors. 

“We let them back in the 

ball game with our own mistakes,” 

said West coach Jake 

Zajc. “They’re a good team 

and took advantage of it.” 

West made its biggest 

surge in the bottom of the 

fourth inning with a four-run 

frame to make it an 8-6 ball 

game. Jim Helfrich’s lone hit 

was an RBI single that drove 

in Davis, and with two outs, 

pinch-hitter Brendan Sturm 

hit a two-RBI double down 

the right-field line. 

However, the two-run deficit 

was the closest West was 

going to get to tying the ball 

game. It mustered only one 

more run the rest of the way. 

“I think everyone’s a little 

disappointed [in] how it 

went,” Zajc said. “It was kind 

of an ugly game all around, 

but there was some good 

things too. We were down 

8-2 and kept battling back. 

We even gave ourselves an 

opportunity in the last inning 

where we got some guys on.” 

The Warriors finish their 

summer league at 8-6. It had 

big wins, including last-inning 

comeback wins against 

the 4A state champions Providence 

Catholic and Palatine 

high schools. 

LISTEN UP 

“We got some guys in different positions. We gave guys 

some opportunities on where they fit in. We had some big 

wins, we had some comebacks. It’s a learning experience for 

them and for us as we look forward to the regular season.” 

Jake Zajc — Lincoln-Way West baseball coach, on the team’s summer league season 

TUNE IN 

Semi-professional football —7 p.m. 

Saturday, July 23 

The Lincoln-Way Patriots football team is to 

travel to Melrose Park to play against the 

Leydon Lions. 

INDEX 

42 - Going Places 

42 - Athlete of the Week 

FASTBREAK is compiled by Assistant Editor James Sanchez, 

j.sanchez@22ndcenturymedia.com.

new lenox’s Hometown Newspaper | www.newlenoxpatriot.com | July 21, 2016 

Big dreams 

Provi grad moves from 

Mokena to Oregon 

to pursue athletic, 

academic goals, Page 45 

Leaping to battle 

LWW graduate strives to 

become Lewis University’s 

full-time girls soccer 

goalkeeper, Page 44 

Celtics have more success than usual in summer league baseball, Page 46 

Providence’s Kevin Fitzgerald (right) tries to make a catch July 11 during the opening game of the Lockport Regional against Andrew in Tinley Park. Seamus Scanlan/22nd Century Media

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