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Meet and greet 

New D135 administrators make themselves 

available to students, families, Page 3 

Getting certified 

Orland Fire Protection District trains Community 

Emergency Response Team, Page 4 

Taking the oath 

D146 Board of Education appoints Richard 

Lloyd III to vacant seat, Page 9 

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THURSDAY 

Photoshop Basics 

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 

Aug. 18, Orland Park library, 

14921 Ravinia Ave., Orland 

Park. Class for adults to 

learn Adobe Photoshop. For 

more information, call (708) 

428-5100. 

Pinterest Basics 

6-7 p.m. Aug. 18, 

Orland Park library, 14921 

Ravinia Ave., Orland Park. 

Computer class for adults to 

learn social media website 

Pinterest. Call (708)428- 

5100 for more information. 

Special 2017 Budget 

Meeting 

6 p.m., Aug. 18, Frederick 

T. Owens Village Hall board 

room, 14700 Ravinia Ave, 

Orland Park. The members 

of the Board of Trustees of 

the Village of Orland Park 

will hold a special hearing to 

discuss the 2017 budget. 

Night Owls 

6:30-7:15 p.m. Aug. 18, 



Story time for children up to 

47 months. Call (708) 428- 


FRIDAY 

3D Modeling 

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 



Park. Computer class for 

adults to learn 3D modeling 

with 123D Design software, 

which makes a design for a 

3D printer. Call (708) 428- 


Craft Club 

5-6 p.m. Aug. 19, Orland 

Park library, 14921 Ravinia 

Ave., Orland Park. Sixth 

to 12th graders. Create a 

colorful headband from a 

t-shirt. Registration required. 

For more information, call 

(708) 428-5100. 

Cozy Corner 

7-7:45 p.m. Aug. 19, 



Story time for children 

four to 11 years old. Call 

(708) 428-5100 for more 

information. 

Meet the Artist: Steve 

Zasadny 


Park Public Library, 

14921 S. Ravinia Ave., 

Orland Park. Take a closer 

look at Steve Zasadny’s 

photography, including 

landscape shots of New 

Zealand and Iceland. The 

exhibit is to take place on the 

second floor of the library. 


(708) 428-5100. 

DJ Night/High School After 

Hours 

7:30 p.m.-midnight Aug. 

19, The Bridge Teen Center, 

15555 S. 71st Ct., Orland 

Park. Invite your friends 

to a DJ Night with DJ LG. 

There will be an air hockey 

tournament and free Jamba 

Juice. High School students 

are invited to stay for 

extended hours from 10:30 

p.m. until midnight. This 

free event is for teens in 

seventh through 12th grades. 


(708) 532-0500 or visit 

www.thebridgeteencenter. 

org. 

SATURDAY 

Chicago Soldiers 2016 

Shotgun Scramble 

8 a.m. Aug. 20, Meadows 

Golf Club of Blue Island, 

2802 123rd St., Blue Island. 

Play golf to help a local 

veteran in need. Golf begins 

at 8 a.m. and the Patriotic 

Party follows at 1 p.m. Event 

fees are $100 per golfer, 

and companies can sponsor 

holes for as little as a $100 

contribution. All proceeds 

go to this year’s Chicago 

Soldiers 2106 recipient, U.S. 

Air Force Capt. Anthony 

Simone, a helicopter pilot 

who was shot down in 

Afghanistan and sustained 

severe injuries. 

TUESDAY 

Order Sons of Italy Hosts 

Orland Park Police Chief Tim 

McCarthy 

7 p.m. Aug. 23, Orland 

Park Civic Center, 14750 

Ravinia Av, Orland Park. 

Order Sons of Italy in 

America Leone D’Oro 

Lodge #2700 will host 

current Orland Park chief 

of police and former U.S. 

Secret Service member 

Tim McCarthy. McCarthy 

will discuss his eight years 

serving for President Ronald 

Reagan, including the 1981 

attempt to assassinate the 

president, during which 

McCarthy was shot. For 

more information, call 708- 

560- 0632. 

WEDNESDAY 

Microsoft Excel Computer 

Class 

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 



Park. Class for adults to learn 

how to make spreadsheets. 

Call (708) 428-5100 for 

more information. 

Screen Writing – Re-writing 

and Feedback 

6:30-8:30 p.m. Aug. 24, 



Learn to write a script for 

television or movies. Call 

(708) 428-5100 for more 

information. 

Adult Fiction & Nonfiction 

Discussion 


Park Public Library, 14921 

S. Ravinia Ave, Orland Park. 

Gather with others to discuss 

“The Round House” by 

Louise Erdich. 

UPCOMING 

Soul Cafe: Dealing with 

Anxiety & Nervousness 

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

August 25, The Bridge 

Teen Center, 15555 S. 71st 

Court, Orland Park. Having 

anxiety and feeling nervous 

are completely normal 

emotions. With the start of 

school, meeting new people 

and other big changes, you 

may feel overwhelmed. Talk 

about what you can do to 

reduce the effects of anxiety 

and how to keep your 

emotions from affecting 

your everyday life. This free 

event is for teens in seventh 

through 12th grade. For 


532-0500 or visit www. 

thebridgeteencenter.org. 

Game Night 

7:30-10:30 p.m. Friday, 

August 26, The Bridge Teen 

Center, 15555 S. 71st Court, 

Orland Park. Invite your 

friends to game night at The 

Bridge to celebrate the end 

of Summer. There will be 

a live performance by rock 

band Ignescent and free food 

provided by Meijer. This free 

event is for teens in seventh 

through 12th grades. For 


532-0500 or visit www. 

thebridgeteencenter.org. 

ONGOING 

Farmers’ Market 

8 a.m.-1 p.m., Fridays, 

Orland Park Civic Center, 


Park. Shop at the farmers’ 

market, which offers a 

variety of fresh produce, 

herbs, flowers, plants, 

bakery items, cheeses and 

honey. Lunches sponsored 

by local charities and 

other organizations will 

be available for purchase 

through Sept. 2. 

Leisure Plotters 

12:30 p.m. third Thursday 

of the month, Orland 

Township, 14807 S. Ravinia 

Ave., Orland Park. All 

seniors are welcome. There 

will be coffee and bingo. For 

more information, call Alice 

at (708) 614-9202. 

FOCUS Group 

5-7 p.m. Wednesdays, 

Orland Township, 14807 S. 


This group for teens will 

focus on the “Six Pillars of 

Character.” It will also teach 

teens how to make better 

life decisions and how to 

become a better citizen in 

their community. For more 

information, call (708) 403- 

4222. 

Donations needed for St. 

Vincent de Paul Chicago 

Thrift Stories 

St. Vincent De Paul Thrift 

Store, 7010 W. 159th St., 

Orland Park, is seeking good 

quality donations, including 

household items and small 

appliances, electronics, 

furniture and new or gently 

used clothing and shoes. 

Free furniture pick up 

services are available by 

calling (773) 779-6700. 

Donations can also be placed 

in one of more than 60 drop 

boxes located throughout 

Cook and Lake counties. 

For more information, visit 

www.svdpchicago.org. 

Total Lipid Profile Testing at 

Orland Township 

8:30-11 a.m. third 

Thursday of the month. 



The price of the test is $25 

for residents. Nonresidents 

may also undergo a test for 

$30. For more information 

or to make an appointment, 

call (708) 403-4222. 

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D135 parents, students meet new administrators at first of two events 

Meredith Dobes 

Freelance Reporter 

A steady stream of parents 

and children flowed in 

and out of the doors of the 

Orland School District 135 

Administration Center Aug. 

10, eager to meet their new 

administrators for the upcoming 

school year. 

They were in attendance 

for the first of two meet and 

greets the school district is 

hosting for the community 

to get to know new Superintendent 

DJ Skogsberg, as 

well as other administrators 

new to the district. 

A second, similar event was 

scheduled to be held Monday, 

Aug. 15, at High Point 

School, and Skogsberg said 

he plans to host coffee events 

at each of the other campuses 

as the school year — officially 

slated to begin Tuesday, Aug. 

23 — gets rolling. 

Skogsberg, who was 

D135’s assistant director of 

curriculum, instruction and 

assessment from July 2010- 

June 2012, returned to the 

district this year after having 

served as superintendent of 

Taft School District 90 for 

four years. 

He said the aim of the 

meet and greet was to give 

community members the opportunity 

to put names with 

faces and open the lines of 

communication. 

“The most important thing 

is to make personal connections, 

and this is the start of 

doing that,” he said. 

Skogsberg said that, in addition 

to getting to know the 

district’s community, one 

of his initial goals is to help 

provide teachers with the 

tools they need to make the 

greatest positive impact on 

students, particularly as the 

district will need to issue new 

state assessments this year. 

“Our effectiveness is contingent 

upon our relationship 

with the students, parents and 

members of the community,” 

Skogsberg said. “It’s all about 

making those connections.” 

Other administrators who 

are new to the D135 community 

this year include 

Lindsay Reipsa, assistant 

principal at Centennial and 

Park schools; Laurie Patterson, 

assistant principal at 

Center and Prairie schools; 

Courtney Milligan, assistant 

principal at Liberty School; 

and Dana Karczewski, principal 

at Meadow Ridge. 

Reipsa comes to the district 

from Frankfort School 

District 157-C, where she 

taught first grade for nine 

years. She went to school at 

D135 as a child, and she said 

it is nice to be able to return 

to see some familiar faces, as 

well as some new ones. 

“Everyone is so kind and 

welcoming,” Reipsa said. 

“It’s really exciting. ... I look 

forward to seeing everyone 

the week school starts. We 

have our kindergarten open 

house [Aug.] 22. 

“I’m excited to get everyone 

in the building with a 

smile on their face and ready 

to learn.” 

Patterson taught at Meadow 

Ridge Intermediate 

School in the district for nine 

years before being promoted 

to her new role. She said she 

is lucky and excited to be 

able to stay in the district, and 

she looks forward to making 

new connections with other 

staff members and students. 

“My main goal from the 

start is being a sponge and 

learning as much as I can,” 

she said. “I’m a proud former 

teacher of 135, looking 

to spread my passion 

and love for education on a 

broader scale.” 

Milligan came to the district 

from Chicago Public 

Schools. She said she is excited 

to be part of a district 

where she can see herself 

staying forever. 

Her primary goals are 

to acclimate to the culture 

in the district and listen as 

much as she can, she said. 

“There are so many great 

things that are working well, 

and I want to see if there are 

any opportunities to enhance 

them,” she said. 

Finally, Karczewski came 

to the district from Plainfield 

Community Consolidated 

School District 202, and has 

experience both as a teacher 

and as an assistant principal. 

She sought a district that was 

smaller in size in order to be 

able to create closer relationships 

with families and the 

community, she said. 

“The most important thing 

is building relationships, and 

I’m looking forward to doing 

that,” she said. “I want to 

get to know the students and 

the families, and understand 

what they are looking for and 

how to meet those needs.” 

Celia and Mohammed David, 

parents of an incoming 

first-grader who is to attend 

Center School, came to the 

event to get to know the administration 

and staff. 

Mohammed said he wanted 

to know about the schools’ 

level of security, as well as 

the staff’s teaching philosophy, 

and Celia said she was 

happy to hear the district offers 

extra help for students 

who fall behind, as well as 

for more advanced students. 

“I feel comfortable,” Celia 

said. “They were very approachable 

and friendly.” 

“And they didn’t stumble 

on questions,” Mohammed 

added. “They had all their 

answers down.” 

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Orland School D135 Board of Education 

Committee unveils FY 2017 budget 

Fund balance is to 

drop to $38.9 million 

under the proposed 

2016-2017 numbers 

Jon DePaolis 


Orland School District 135 

officials unveiled its tentative 

fiscal year 2017 budget 

Aug. 8 during its Committee 

of the Whole meeting. 

From July 1, 2016, 

through June 30, 2017, D135 

anticipates revenues of approximately 

$75.1 million 

and expenditures of approximately 

$77 million from the 

education, operations and 

maintenance, transportation, 

and working cash funds. The 

district projects its fund balance 

to go from $40.8 million 

to $38.9 million by the 

end of the fiscal year. 

“On the average, after removing 

extraordinary events 

— such as paying down the 

debt and purchasing computers 

— our revenues and 

our expenditures have been 

about $76 million per year 

for the last five years,” Finance 

Director Carl Forn 

explained by email Aug. 

10. “There is a natural ebb 

and flow in both revenues 

and expenditures of about 

$1 million each year. Due 

to the extraordinary events 

this year of paying [Property 

Tax Appeal Board] refunds 

to Orland Square Mall, our 

revenues will drop to $75 

million. This extraordinary 

event will last two years.” 

Forn presented the tentative 

budget to the D135 

School Board members Aug. 

8 at the meeting. He said the 

district is not anticipating 

any new growth in revenue 

this fiscal year. He said the 

decline in the Consumer 

Price Index, among other 

factors, is prohibiting any 

growth in property tax revenues. 

For expenditures, Forn 

said salaries increased 

roughly 1 percent, as compared 

to prior contracts. 

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Orland Fire Protection District leads 

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Response Team 

RIGHT: Orland Fire Protection District firefighter 

Tom Rafferty (middle) and Battalion Chief Bill 

Leddin (right) show a class of seniors how to roll 

a victim on a board Aug. 10 during a Community 

Emergency Response Team program. John 

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The district also is intending 

to spend money on new 

technology for kindergarten 

classes, as well as for new 

staff. 

During the meeting, Forn 

said board policy is to have 

a 45- to 55-percent fund balance-to-expenditure 

ratio. 

“With expenditures averaging 

about $6.3 million per 

month, the policy requires 

approximately six months 

of expenditures to be held in 

reserve, or about $37.8 million,” 

Forn said. 

According to Forn, the operating 

fund balance at the 

end of the fiscal year is projected 

to be $38.9 million — 

a 50.5 percent fund balanceto-expenditure 

ratio. 

“This budget is going to 

leave us in compliance with 

the board policy,” Forn said. 

“Prior year balances were 

sufficient to cover eight 

months of expenditures. 

“There’s a philosophical 

argument, if you will, of 

fund balances being too high 

versus fund balances being 

Round It Up 

A brief recap of action and discussion from the Aug. 

8 meeting of the Orland School District 135 Board of 

Education 

• As part of its consent agenda, the District 135 

School Board voted 7-0 to approve a military fee waiver 

for education fees. This is for students in the district 

who have a parent or guardian on active duty in the 

U.S. military for the 2016-2017 academic year. 

• Also as part of the consent agenda, the School 

Board members voted 7-0 to renew memberships with 

the Illinois Association of School Boards ($10,005) 

and the South Cooperative Organization for Public 

Education ($2,014). 

• During the Committee of the Whole meeting, D135 

Director of Curriculum Dave Snyder discussed a plan 

to come up with a standards-based grading report 

for students. He outlined the process, including how 

the district intends to form committees that involve 

parents, teachers and administrators. 

too low. At one point, having 

eight months of expenditures 

in the bank could be considered 

too high. The reason we 

settled at about six months 

was we were looking back 

at history, and we know that 

there was at least one time 

where property tax revenues 

received from the county 

were significantly late about 

six months. Should that happen, 

we would have been 

forced in the future for tax 

anticipation warrants ... 

which are costly forms of 

debt. Better to guard against 

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New obstacles prove a major draw for 5K 

Jason Maholy 


Nearly 400 weekend 

warriors slogged and slithered 

through mud, crawled 

through water -filled pipes 

and subjected themselves to 

other various forms of physical 

discomfort Saturday, 

Aug. 13, in Orland Park. 

It was all for the sake of 

fun, of course, at the annual 

Pandemonium in the Park — 

a 5K obstacle course held on 

the rolling terrain of Centennial 

Park West. 

The 363 people who preregistered 

for the challenge 

accounted for the most in the 

event’s short history, and that 

number likely climbed to at 

least 400, as more people 

signed up on the morning of 

the race, according to Orland 

Park Recreation Department 

Facility Administrator Ray 

Piattoni. 

This year’s incarnation of 

Pandemonium was designed 

to be wetter and muddier 

than those of the first two 

years, and thunderstorms 

that swept through the 

southwest suburbs the previous 

day and the morning of 

the event exacerbated those 

conditions. That was a good 

thing, Piattoni said. 

“We were kind of stressing 

about it,” he said. “[The 

storms] made it hard for our 

crews to get the course ready. 

But it worked in our favor, 

because it made the course 

really muddy and fun.” 

“Fun” is the optimal word, 

as Pandemonium is intended 

to be a family- oriented challenge 

that can be handled by 

people of all ages. 

“That’s really the goal of 

the race, is to have fun — be 

safe, but have fun,” Piattoni 

said. “In the world of racing, 

you can do 5K, 10K; you can 

do anything. We wanted to 

come up with something that 

Racers run through the color burst at the start of Pandemonium in the Park Saturday, Aug. 13, in Orland Park. 

Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

has kind of a niche. We’re 

not a Tough Mudder; we’re 

more of a family- oriented 

obstacle course. We took 

some elements from lots 

of obstacles, foam races — 

those types of things — and 

combined it into one race.” 

In addition to plenty of 

water and mud, Pandemonium 

featured climbing walls, 

a foam slide and an icy dip 

in a plastic -lined garbage 

container. A pleasantly cool 

morning under overcast skies 

provided ideal conditions for 

participants who navigated a 

winding, undulating course, 

marked by chalk lines on the 

slick grass. 

Janice Dennis, of Tinley 

Park, was participating 

in the event for the second 

time and took on the challenge 

with her friend Mina 

Warfield, of Orland Hills, 

teenage daughter Alex, and 

Alex’s friends Rachel Kolic 

and Kaitlyn Mathis, both of 

Orland Park. 

The three teen girls were 

doing Pandemonium for the 

third time. 

“It’s crazy,” Alex Dennis 

said as the group gathered 

near the starting line. “The 

obstacles are so fun but kind 

of hard, sometimes messy.” 

But that messiness is part 

of the appeal. 

“We want to get messy,” 

Alex said. 

“Getting messy is just 

fun,” Kaitlyn added. 

Warfield has run 5Ks but 

has wanted to participate in 

a mud run. 

“So we figured we’d just 

do it together,” she said. “It’s 

just fun. I just don’t want to 

get hurt.” 

Janice and Alex ran Pandemonium 

this past year and 

were excited to see more 

obstacles were added to the 

course for this year’s running. 

“I like the challenge,” Janice 

said, adding that she has 

participated in a mud run in 

the past. “We just have fun. 

You see tires in the water, 

and in your mind you think, 

‘I can do this,’ but you can’t, 

and pretty much everybody 

falls down. The mud hills 

can be tough, too, because 

you’re trying to find your 

footing.” 

Cassie Legerski ran in 

Pandemonium as part of a 

group that included her son 

David and friends Kim and 

Courtney Sustr and Jeff 

Hickstein. The group was 

found at the finish line, wet 

and catching their breaths 

but clean after the dip in the 

ice bath that was the course’s 

final obstacle. 

“We’re old, and we want 

to know we can still do it,” 

said Legerski, an Orland 

Park resident who runs 5Ks. 

“It’s a blast. I don’t think I 

can do a Tough Mudder, so I 

figured this is a soft version 

of a Tough Mudder, so that’s 

why I wanted to do this.” 

The five participants only 

were interested in having fun 

and did just that. 

“This is one of the better 

obstacle races I’ve done,” 

said Courtney Sustr, of 

Bolingbrook. Hickstein, of 

Orland Park, said one of the 

most challenging aspects of 

the course was belly crawling 

through mud up a hill 

and under a net, while a drill 

sergeant screamed at participants 

to “Stop being a baby!” 

“That was tough, because 

I hurt my knees doing it,” 

Hickstein said. “It was on 

grass, and my knees were 

still bothering me.” 

Crawling through corrugated 

drainpipe filled with 

muddy water, then exiting 

onto a swampy depression 

also proved difficult. 

“You don’t know how 

deep it is; then you get down 

to the bottom and you sink 

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deeper than you think it is,” 

Kim Sustr said. “We were 

pretty much covered in mud 

at one point.” 

“But that just made it all 

fun,” Hickstein added. “It 

was great. It was well organized. 

They were challenging 

and fun and different. 

You didn’t know what to 

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running for a long time. You 

ran for a minute or two, and 

you hit another obstacle. 

There were so many obstacles 

in it. We’ll be back next 

year with a bigger group.”

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Orland Culver’s employee quits, goes 

public about racially insensitive display 

Later-fired managerin-training 

reportedly 

crafted KKK scene 

Bill Jones, Editor 

Diamond Williams, 22, 

worked at the Culver’s at 

9130 W. 159th St. in Orland 

Park for roughly three 

months without incident, 

and by all accounts she enjoyed 

her job there, according 

to her attorney Cannon 

Lambert. 

So she was astonished 

when she arrived for her 

shift July 16 to find a manager-in-training 

had left a 

display reminiscent of a Ku 

Klux Klan cross burning, 

apparently created by using 

upturned conical water 

cups with circles drawn on 

them to look like hoods, and 

masking tape holding two 

straws together to create a 

cross, according to Lambert, 

of Chicago’s Karchmar & 

Lambert. 

“It was constructed on the 

counter,” Lambert said, noting 

it was in a place where 

customers might have been 

able to see it during business 

hours. 

Lambert said the display 

was created the night before, 

during a once-a-month overnight 

store cleaning, and left 

for Williams to find in the 

morning. 

“When she saw it, she was 

floored and didn’t know how 

to react,” he said. 

Lambert said it remained 

there for more than two 

hours before she approached 

the general manager about 

taking care of it. 

“It left her with a feeling 

that she was by herself,” 

Lambert said of the situation. 

She contacted her mother 

that day for advice, and then 

talked to her family. They 

approached the store manager 

about the situation, 

and the manager-in-training 

— whose full name has not 

been released by either party 

— was taken off the schedule 

but his employment was 

not immediately terminated, 

according to Lambert. 

When she saw the manager-in-training 

again Aug. 

7, Williams opted to quit 

her job at Culver’s, Lambert 

said. 

“She felt like it was a 

place where she wasn’t comfortable 

working,” he added. 

She went to media with 

• 

the story this past week, and 

the manager-in-training has 

since been fired. 

Culver’s issued a statement 

Aug. 9 regarding the 

incident. 

“Culver Franchising System 

Inc. and our franchisee 

in Orland Park, Ill., find the 

recent offensive act of a 

Culver’s team member reprehensible. 

Following an initial 

investigation, the team 

member was terminated. 

The restaurant’s investigation 

will continue. 

“Treating everyone with 

fairness and respect has been 

at the heart of how Culver’s 

operates. We proudly welcome 

people from all walks 

of life into our restaurants, 

as both our guests and the 

team members and restaurant 

leadership who serve 

them. We do not tolerate acts 

of discrimination.” 

Lambert said he thinks the 

gesture was too little too late. 

“That was a statement that 

should have been made to 

the rank and file right away,” 

he said. 

When contacted for further 

comment, franchise 

operator Jack Rush issued a 

similar statement, with the 

addition, “After reviewing 

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Attorney Cannon Lambert 

said his client, 22-year-old 

Diamond Williams, took the 

photo of this display she 

said a manager-in-training 

at the Orland Park Culver’s 

left for her to find. 

Photo submitted 

all the details of the situation, 

it was determined that 

the sole individual responsible 

for the act must be 

permanently removed from 

Culver’s of Orland Park, and 

that individual was terminated.” 

Rush said he felt “the 

statement truly speaks for itself” 

and declined to discuss 

the matter further, as it is a 

“sensitive personnel issue.” 

Lambert said he and his 

client have not filed any type 

of lawsuit as of press time, 

but he said Culver’s needs to 

be more considerate, as African-Americans 

are among 

the franchise’s customers, 

and actions such as this create 

a divide, in addition to a 

alienating one of the store’s 

employees. 

“She was pretty unsettled 

by this,” he said of Williams, 

noting she worried about 

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public with the information. 

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Orland Park CPA chosen for vacant seat on D146 board 

Michael Gilbert 

Contributing Editor 

A lifelong Orland Park 

resident has been pegged 

to fill the vacant seat on the 

Community Consolidated 

School District 146 Board of 

Education. 

The School Board voted 

unanimously Aug. 8 to appoint 

Richard Lloyd III to 

fill the term vacated by Amy 

Connolly, who submitted her 

resignation July 29. 

D146 School Board President 

John Malloy made 

things official with Lloyd at 

the conclusion of the meeting. 

Lloyd is to fill the remainder 

of Connolly’s term, 

which is to expire in April 

2017. 

“I grew up here [in the 

D146 boundaries], and now 

that I have my professional 

and family life established, I 

felt it was time to give back 

to the community,” Lloyd 

said Aug. 9 during an interview 

with The Orland 

Park Prairie. “I have three 

children in the district and 

want to bring my expertise 

in budgeting and finance to 

the district.” 

A certified public accountant 

and registered financial 

advisor at a firm in Orland 

Park, Lloyd said he does 

not believe there are any 

glaring concerns in need of 

being corrected in the district. 

He said his decision 

to seek a seat on the School 

Board was more to bring his 

strengths to D146. 

“By and large, I think 

the district is in very good 

shape,” he said. “I’m happy 

with the education my kids 

are getting.” 

Lloyd, 36, earned a bachelor’s 

degree in economics 

from the University of Chicago 

and a master’s degree 

in accountancy from the 

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 

“We felt Mr. Lloyd’s financial 

background would 

benefit the District, and we 

look forward to putting that 

expertise to work,” Malloy 

said of the School Board’s 

decision to appoint Lloyd. 

“We are very pleased he will 

be joining the board, as we 

continue our work to offer a 

top-notch education to all of 

our students.” 

The D146 seat is the first 

time Lloyd has served on 

a school board, but he is a 

board member for the Twin 

Hearts Autism Foundation 

and has served as a board 

member and treasurer for St. 

Gregory’s Episcopal School 

in Chicago. 

D146 is comprised of 

Central Middle School, 

Fierke Education Center, 

Fulton School, Kruse Education 

Center and Memorial 

School. Students from 

Tinley Park, Orland Park 

and Oak Forest attend D146 

schools. 

Community Consolidated School District 146 Board of 

Education president John Malloy (left) administers the oath 

of office Aug. 8 to Richard Lloyd III to fill a vacant seat on 

the district’s board of education. Photo submitted 

Consolidated High School D230 Board of Education 

Tera Wagner hired as new director of finance 

Lee Edwards 


Consolidated High School 

District 230 has a new person 

looking after its money. 

The D230 Board of Education 

held a special meeting 

Aug. 9 to approve the hiring 

of the district’s new Director 

of Finance, Tera Wagner. 

The School Board voted 

5-0 in favor of Wagner, with 

one member absent and another 

abstaining from the 

vote. Board President Rick 

Nogal was absent. Board 

Member Tony Serratore abstained. 

School District 230 Superintendent 

Dr. James Gay 

said he was pleased to hire 

Wagner with the school year 

right around the corner. 

“We start the school year 

next Monday, Aug. 15, believe 

it or not, and so we 

had to get ready for this year 

of school,” Gay said at the 

meeting. 

D230 Assistant Superintendent 

for Business Services 

John Lavelle, who was 

involved with the majority 

of the vetting and hiring 

process, explained that two 

separate hiring committees 

were utilized in the selection 

process for Wagner. She was 

chosen from a field of 29 

applicants, which was then 

trimmed down to just two 

candidates, who ultimately 

met with Gay in the final assessment. 

The first round of 

interviews began on July 20, 

and the process concluded 

with the final round of interviews 

on July 25. 

Lavelle said Wagner’s 

dedicated tenure at Crete- 

Monee gave the districts’ 

selection committees a 

glimpse into her personality 

and work ethic. He noted 

that Wagner’s focus on fiscal 

responsibility and outstanding 

communication skills 

with fellow administrators 

and staff highlighted her application. 

“Wagner came to a district 

that had some turnover and 

ended up overcoming the 

suspicion that she may come 

and go like the previous 

people, and when she stuck 

it out and stayed, she demonstrated 

leadership ability 

that will serve us well here,” 

Lavelle said. 

Wagner’s hire will allow 

the district to maximize its 

application of the financial 

system, Skyward, according 

to Lavelle. He expressed 

confidence in her ability to 

train staff and transfer written 

documents into the digital 

system. 

“It’s going to be very helpful 

to have someone to team 

up with who can train and instruct 

our staff district-wide 

on account structure, proper 

use of accounts, proper accounting 

procedure and 

more,” Lavelle said. “She’s 

very strong and understands 

how to safeguard funds. 

That’s all a very big plus.” 

Wagner’s stellar resume 

and experience proved to be 

the defining factors of her 

hire. She possesses a certified 

Chief School Business 

Official Administrative license 

from the Illinois State 

Board of Education to go 

with 30 years of accounting 

experience. She previously 

was an employee of Crete- 

Monee School District 201- 

U, where she served as account 

supervisor since 2011. 

Before taking on roles at 

the high school level, she 

served in account management 

positions at Prairie 

State College and Governors 

State University. She earned 

a master’s and bachelor’s 

degree in accounting from 

GSU. She is also a former 

firefighter with the Crete 

Township Fire Protection 

District. 

Chicago Soldiers’ 2016 golf 

outing to take place Aug. 20 

Efforts to help 

veterans started by 

Orland Park resident 

Submitted by Chicago 

Soldiers 

Orland Park resident Dan 

Drew recently announced 

that Chicago Soldiers’ 2016 

recipient is Capt. Tony Simone. 

Drew and his family 

started Chicago Soldiers six 

years ago, and 100 percent 

of proceeds go to Simone 

and other recipients. The 

organization plans to give 

Simone a $20,000 check. 

Simone, an Air Force 

captain, was flying a special 

mission in Afghanistan 

when the helicopter he was 

co-piloting was shot down. 

He was seriously injured, 

and five members of his 

crew were killed. Simone 

cannot use his left arm, has 

trouble walking and his 

brain injury has caused serious 

nerve damage affecting 

his everyday life. He is now 

working hard to try to live a 

normal life with his wife and 

two young children. 

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for the event or to donate, 

visit www.ChicagoSoldiers. 

com. 

The organization also is 

looking for additional sponsors 

for its T-shirt and tee 

boxes, with 100 percent of 

the proceeds going to Simone. 

The event is to take place 

at 8 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, 

with a shotgun start scramble. 

A patriot party is to follow 

at 1 p.m. The event is to 

honor Simone, past Chicago 

Soldiers recipients and more 

veterans. 


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Publisher 22nd Century Media’s annual back-to-school expo serves one and all 

Lee Edwards 


Area children officially 

are now ready to head back 

to school. 

Publisher 22nd Century 

Media hosted its third annual 

Back on the Bus – A Back- 

To-School Expo to celebrate 

the start of a new school year 

with families at the Tinley 

Park Convention Center on 

Saturday, Aug. 13. 

The free expo offered 

scholastic resources, princess 

and mascot appearances, 

a back-to-school fashion 

show, booths for more than 

40 vendors and more. Free 

parking and free gift bags 

were offered to the first 500 

attendees. 

Heather Warthen, chief 

events officer for 22nd Century 

Media, said the expo 

was designed to appeal both 

to children and their parents. 

“This is the third year 

22nd Century Media hosted 

this event, and this was just a 

good, fun last day for kids to 

enjoy before the school year 

starts,” Warthen said. 

Warthen said this year, 

22nd Century Media partnered 

with The Bridge Teen 

Center to present a fashion 

show. The Bridge Teen Center’s 

new thrift store provided 

the clothes that were 

styled by personal stylist 

Jenny Applegate. The center 

offered the fashion show as 

a class for the youths, with 

Applegate serving as the instructor. 

“With The Bridge Teen 

Lola Sonne, of Frankfort, grabs a welcome bag Saturday, Aug. 13, during Back on the Bus 

– A Back-to-School Expo at the Tinley Park Convention Center. 

Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

Center, we’ve had them on 

board for the last three years, 

so this year with the fashion 

show, it was really fun to 

partner with them,” Warthen 

said. “[Working with] The 

Teen Bridge Center and 

watching it all come together 

on stage with the different 

outfits was awesome.” 

The Bridge Teen Center 

is a nonprofit organization 

that provides students from 

seventh to 12th grades with 

after-school programs that 

develop direction, hope and 

purpose in both supervised 

and unsupervised capacities. 

Children were not the only 

beneficiaries of the expo, 

as multiple resources were 

aimed at serving parents. 

Lorie Smerz, who represented 

returning vendor 

Chicago Parent magazine, 

said parents were exposed to 

great educational opportunities, 

just like their children. 

“This was a good way 

for parents to prepare themselves 

for back to school,” 

Smerz said. “We’re always 

thinking about the kids and 

their school supplies and the 

pencils they need, and I think 

this was actually a good way 

to get the parents ready for 

back to school to show them 

what resources are in their 

own communities.” 

Tinley Park resident 

James Peterson said he and 

his children all took away 

something positive from the 

expo. His children Kara, 8, 

Erin, 6, and Gavin, 4, enjoyed 

exploring the various 

vendors’ tables while he 

learned about the different 

educational options and services 

available. He said he 

would recommend the expo 

to fellow parents. 

“There’s a lot of good information 

on a lot of things 

for my kids’ future and 

graduation,” said Peterson, 

a first-time expo attendee. 

Joyce Shaffer, who attended 

the expo with her 

Isabella Delrosa, of Oak Forest, gets her face painted by an 

artist from Sparkles Entertainment during the 22nd Century 

Media expo. 

Darrel Boren (left), of Steger, learns how to strike from 

Krista Danielewicz, of Family Martial Arts in Mokena. 

grandchildren, said she enjoyed 

the diversity of the 

vendors and the overall 

family-friendly atmosphere. 

But she said next year she 

hopes to see a greater effort 

toward serving homeschooled 

children. 

“This is back to school, 

and there’s a large group of 

people home schooling, and 

I would love to see some 

home stuff because they 

need curriculum and … 

all this stuff, too,” Shaffer 

said. “They’re going back 

to school, just not traditionally, 

so it would be so cool 

to see a little bit of homeschool 

ideas.” 

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that timing issue with property 

taxes by staying about 

six months [ahead]. 

“In future years, we may 

find that we are OK with 

three months or four months, 

but, for now, the policy is six 

months.” 

The School Board members 

later voted 7-0 during 

the regular meeting to approve 

the public display of 

the tentative 2017 fiscal year 

budget for 30 days. 

School Board saves money 

on paper, hopes to save on 

energy 


also voted 7-0 to approve 

a bid submitted by 

Midland Paper Company for 

copy paper in the amount of 

$41,488.10. During the motion, 

School Board member 

Devin Hodge said it was the 

“lowest responsible bid.” 

School Board President 

Laura Berry asked staff if 

the bid was “significantly 

less” because of the technology 

rollout. Staff informed 

her that it was a reduction of 

roughly 50 percent. 

“So, we’ve been saving 

a lot of money and a lot of 

trees — about half,” Berry 

said. “That is awesome.” 


also voted unanimously 

to issue a notice of intent to 

withdraw from the Illinois 

Energy Consortium. 

“The Illinois Energy Consortium 

is a consortium of districts 

and other governmental 

entities that banded together 

to purchase energy with the 

consolidated bidding of all 

of the [members],” Forn said. 

“In 2011, this district went out 

into the general market and 

found that we could buy electricity 

cheaper than being in 

the consortium.” 

The district was able to get 

out of the consortium back 

then by doing a similar withdrawal. 

Forn said, this year, the 

district found itself in a similar 

situation, finding better 

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Police Reports 

Fox’s employee who allegedly increased his own tip charged with theft 

Daniel E. Laskowski, 25, of 

8207 S. Nashville Ave. in Burbank, 

was charged July 21 with theft after 

he allegedly increased a bill by 

$15 by altering the tip line on a receipt 

at Fox’s Pizza, 9655 W. 143rd 

St., where he worked. A customer 

brought a bill to the attention of the 

restaurant when it became clear the 

amount had been raised, and the 

employee’s transaction receipts 

were reviewed, police said. 

July 26 

• Robert Charles Brown, 36, of 

9150 W. 84th Ave. in Hickory 

Hills, was charged with retail theft 

and battery after he allegedly tried 

to take 23 items valued at a total 

of $210.27 from a home improvement 

store in the 7300 block of 

159th Street. He reportedly tried to 

take four new packages of copper 

furnace/water heater thermocouple 

kits, packages of clamps, valves 

and spring links from the store. 

When a loss prevention agent tried 

to stop him, he pushed her, got into 

a 2003 Chevy Cavalier and fled the 

scene, police said. The vehicle reportedly 

was stopped in the 7900 

block of 159th Street. Brown was 

in the backseat, with a bulge in his 

lower left pant leg, where he concealed 

some of the items, police 

said. More items reportedly were 

found inside the vehicle. 

July 22 

• Wayne A. Hult, 35, of 15602 

Orland Brook Drive, was charged 

with possession of a controlled 

substance after police reportedly 

found a substance that field tested 

positive for crack cocaine inside 

2007 Buick Regal he was driving 

near his residence. Hult was driving 

in excess of the posted 20 mph 

speed limit and not wearing a seat 

belt before he was stopped while 

pulling into his driveway, police 

said. An officer reportedly spotted 

a bag containing a yellow rock-like 

substance consistent with crack cocaine 

inside the pocket of the open 

driver’s-side door during the stop. 

Police did not provide a weight in 

the report. Warnings were issued 

for speeding and failure to wear a 

seat belt, police added. 

July 20 

• Kenneth J. Childers, 18, of 9200 

Wheeler Drive in Orland Park, was 

charged with DUI-intoxicating 

substances, possession of drug paraphernalia, 

possession of alcohol 

by a minor-under 21 and failure to 

reduce speed to avoid an accident 

after he allegedly struck a building 

at 9950 Shady Lane while driving a 

2008 Nissan Altima. A witness said 

he stopped to talk in the roadway 

for roughly one minute before he 

hit the gas and struck the building, 

75-100 feet off the roadway, police 

said. He reportedly had an odor of 

cannabis, glassy eyes with pinpoint 

pupils. Two prescription bottles 

were found in the center console, 

police said. A metal pipe with cannabis 

residue was found inside one, 

police said. Field sobriety tests 

were not conducted, as Childers 

required hospital transport, police 

said. He reportedly refused blood 

and urine samples at the hospital. 

A full, unopened beer was found in 

the trunk, police added. 

July 18 

• Marchino Culbreath, 29, of 

21744 Carol Ave. in Sauk Village, 

was charged with leaving the scene 

of an accident, failure to report an 

accident, failure to reduce speed 

to avoid an accident and no valid 

driver’s license after he allegedly 

struck another vehicle while driving 

near the intersection of 159th 

Street and Harlem Avenue, and 

then left the scene. He was driving 

westbound on 159th Street and 

tried to turn right onto Harlem Avenue 

when he struck the other vehicle, 

police said. Both the victim 

and a witness provided information, 

including a description of the 

vehicle and driver, as well as a possible 

license plate sequence, police 

said. The vehicle Culbreath was 

driving was found in a rear parking 

lot at 7600 W. 159th St., where a 

witness saw him leave the vehicle 

and walk southbound, police said. 

He was stopped and identified 

shortly thereafter, police added. 

Editor’s note: The Orland Park Prairie’s 

police reports come from the Orland 

Park Police Department. Anyone 

listed in these reports is considered to 

be innocent of all charges until proven 

guilty in a court of law. 

FROM THE HOMER HORIZON 

Canning class teaches how 

to properly preserve foods 

Kelly Manchac is ready to 

“put up” with tradition. 

Manchac, of Crestwood, 

was among a group of area 

residents who gathered to 

learn modern techniques to 

the centuries-old practice of 

canning during a cooking 

class held Aug. 6 at Pick. 

At Garden Patch Farms in 

Homer Glen. 

Canning or preserving, 

commonly referred as “putting 

up,” is the method of 

packing, heating and sealing 

fruit, vegetables and even 

meat to preserve food for future 

use. 

“I’m just starting to get 

into this whole canning 

thing,” Manchac said. “I 

watched a video on YouTube 

and was able to put up a couple 

batches of pickles in the 

past few weeks. I’m here today 

to learn how to do [canning] 

the right way.” 

Jen Stanley and Kerry 

Smith, culinary professionals 

from From Scratch Cooking 

School, were on hand to 

give step-by-step demonstrations 

in canning — the 

latest in a series of cooking 

classes offered at the farm. 

For Manchac, the experience 

was tasty knowledge 

gained. 

“I love pickles so much; 

you can say I have a pickle 

problem,” she said. “Now 

I’m ready to do it the right 

way.” 

Reporting by Felicitas Cortez, 

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FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND 

Golf outing raises money for 

local residents in need 

For the third year in a 

row, Lockport-area residents 

had a chance to hit the 

links while helping out their 

neighbors. 

Lockport Love hosted its 

annual golf outing Aug. 5 at 

Broken Arrow Golf Club in 

Lockport, and with roughly 

90 participants, the third installment 

of the event was 

the largest yet. 

Lockport Love is a nonprofit 

organization that 

raises money for Lockport 

residents in need of assistance. 

The golf outing is one 

of Lockport Love’s biggest 

fundraisers, along with the 

spaghetti dinner and candlelight 

bowl. Residents and 

businesses from all over 

Lockport showed up to the 

golf outing to give their support. 

The outing raised $10,000 

for Lockport Love, and that 

total is added to the organization’s 

2016 pool of money, 

which is distributed each 

December. 

Reporting by Editor Max 

Lapthorne. For more, visit 

LockportLegend.com. 

Convicted felon arrested on new drugdelivery 

charge at his Orland Park home 

Bill Jones, Editor 

A convicted 

felon from 

Orland Park 

was arrested 

again in the 

early morning 

of Thursday, 

Aug. 11, after Grieco 

Orland Park 

police and the South Suburban 

Emergency Response 

Team executed a search 

warrant on his home. 

Anthony J. Grieco, 23, 

of 8231 Arrowhead Lane in 

Orland Park, was charged 

with one count of unlawful 

possession of a controlled 

substance with intent to deliver, 

a Class 3 felony, according 

to a press release 

From Aug. 11 

issued the same day by the 

Orland Park Police Department. 

The search warrant was 

served at 5 p.m. Aug. 11, 

following a monthslong investigation 

into the sale of 

illegal narcotics by occupants 

of the home, according 

to the press release. 

Grieco reportedly was arrested 

at the same address 

in July 2010, when Orland 

Park police executed a 

search warrant for the illegal 

sale of cannabis. He later 

was convicted of possession 

with intent to deliver 

cannabis, police said. 

The press release notes 

plural “occupants” being investigated 

though only the 

arrest of Grieco. It also does 

not specify what type of 

narcotics Grieco allegedly 

possessed inside the home, 

nor a quantity for those alleged 

drugs. 

When contacted for further 

information, Orland 

Park Police Cmdr. John 

Keating simply stated via 

email the department would 

“stand by the release” and 

did not answer questions 

about it. 

Orland Park Police Sgt. 

Ken Rosinski did not return 

a call and email about the 

case immediately. 

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Photo Op 

This week’s Photo Op 

comes from Sharon 

McNicholas Peterson, 

of Orland Park, 

who submitted the 

accompanying image 

by mail of Hubert the 

Harris Bank Lion. “In 

1981, Ray Peterson, of 

Orland Park, donned 

the huge Hubert 

costume to appear at 

a children’s Christmas 

party,” Peterson wrote. 

“He is pictured with his 

brother-in-law.” 

Have you captured something 

unique, interesting, 

beautiful or just plain fun 

on camera? Submit a photo 

for “Photo Op” by emailing 

it to bill@opprairie. 

com, or mailing it to 11516 

W. 183rd St., Office Condo 

3 Unit SW, Orland Park, IL, 

60467. 

Cody 

James Snyder 

Cody is a 5-year-old yellow Lab and 

The Orland Park Prairie’s Pet of 

the Week. “I think my dog deserves 

the dog of the week cause he just 

straight chills all ... day,” wrote 

owner James Synder, of Orland 

Park. “My guy’s chill to pull ratio is 

like a 5:5. Check him out.” 

Do you want to see your pet pictured as 

Orland Park’s Pet of the Week? Send 

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From the Editor 

About that photo on Page 8 

BILL JONES 


Every week, it is my 

responsibility to 

make decisions about 

our newspapers — not only 

regarding The Orland Park 

Prairie but also the other 

six papers in our Southwest 

Chicago cluster. 

Sometimes, those decisions 

are as easy as redirecting 

an editor’s momentary 

lapse of judgement with 

something like, “No, of 

course you should not run 

that questionable headline 

that adds a layer of unintended 

innuendo.” And it’s easy. 

Sometimes, those decisions 

can be a bit more complicated, 

such as the one I had to 

make on Page 8 this week. 

Do we run the image of 

a racially insensitive scene 

provided to us by the lawyer 

representing the former employee 

of Culver’s who said 

a manager-in-training created 

the scene on a counter at the 

restaurant and left the display 

for her to find in July? 

For many media outlets, 

the answer simply seemed 

to be “Yes.” For one, the 

answer was a “Yes,” plus 

let’s even do some wordplay 

when it comes to the hard C 

of Culver’s and that of the 

Ku Klux Klan. 

But despite how the 

job, in many respects, is 

to acquire the truth — or 

as much of it as possible 

— simply share it with 

the readers in a digestible 

format and let them make 

up their minds about what 

is happening in the community 

around them, we do 

not have to regurgitate every 

last piece of information 

or image sent our way. We 

must make decisions on our 

content. 

And sometimes that leads 

to omitting things. We may 

omit too many details that 

simply get in the way of 

someone understanding a 

story. We may boil down 

complex ideas into stories 

the common reader can 

understand. We may omit 

an image, simply because 

its quality is not up to our 

standards or does not add 

something to the text it accompanies. 

Our papers also bring to 

the table a sense of social, 

communal responsibility. 

And we try to consider, in 

certain instances, whether or 

not something — be it a story 

or photo — may do more 

harm to the community than 

good. Maybe that outweighs 

the public’s right to know. 

And it is a fair question, in 

a culture in which violence 

and hatred are prevalent, to 

ask whether or not insensitive 

coverage of such events 

only exacerbates the situations. 

Does the attention 

given these things guarantee 

there will be more to come? 

It is fair to ask, in that 

context, whether or not the 

photo might actually have 

the ability to excite or enable 

racism? Does someone see 

that image and, God forbid, 

find it creative or funny, despite 

the suffering it caused a 

22-year-old woman? 

Beyond that, the photo on 

Page 8 is a hurtful, hateful 

thing. And for that reason, 

in and of itself, we worried 

about running it. Despite 

Orland Park being a predominantly 

white community, 

we have readers of many 

races, who it bothers me 

to think may have opened 

their mailboxes this week, 

grabbed their copies of The 

Orland Park Prairie and 

found themselves disturbed 

by such an image in their 

hometown newspaper. 

Those possibilities were 

all of concern, but I also 

worry that without the 

image it is too easy for 

people to write off a story 

about someone claiming a 

manager did something racist 

— too easy to say, “How 

bad could it really be?” The 

lack of that image provides 

readers an easy out. 

The photo, on the other 

hand, is crucial to showing 

just how bad it really was, 

and as such serves an integral 

role in the package. 

In these turbulent times, 

there exist people who might 

try to deny racism is still 

prevalent our society. And yet 

questions of it pervade our 

presidential election cycle. 

Questions of it crop up in the 

shootings taking place across 

the country. 

This photo serves as an 

indicator that racism exists, 

right here in Orland Park. To 

omit it would be, in my opinion, 

to help cover up that 

simple fact. 

I know we have a reputation 

as the newspaper that 

prints a lot of positive news. 

I am happy that we do. But 

there also are things like this 

occurring in Orland Park, and 

it is important our readers 

know about them, that they 

see them unfiltered. 

So rather than shy away 

from the potential pain it 

causes, we decided you 

should be disturbed, hurt, 

outraged by seeing such a 

thing in your hometown 

newspaper. And I will just 

have to trust that you will 

understand that outrage 

should be over the fact that 

you know this exists in your 

community, not the decision 

to show you it exists. 

Letters to Editor 

Thanks for the shade 

During these hot summer 

days, as I walk through our 

Orland Park neighborhoods, 

I am grateful to those property 

owners who have shade 

trees along the street. They 

have invested in our community 

by planting and 

maintaining trees that add 

beauty to our streets, increase 

property values, provide 

needed shade and cool 

down the hot streets. Those 

of us who walk, jog, walk 

dogs and bicycle really do 

appreciate the shady blocks. 

To those of you who have 

barren, unshaded stretches 

along the street, please consider 

planting trees there. 

Even if it is a tiny sapling, 

it will someday provide 

beauty and cool shade, and 

you will be contributing to 

the future well being of Orland 

Park. 

Robert E. Sullivan 

Orland Park resident 

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Return trip 

The Dish revisits Taco Patio in Lockport 

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What to do? The latest 

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Area families flock to 

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Pastor Column 

Mecca, the city of pilgrimage 

Imam Kifah Mustapha 

Prayer Center of Orland Park 

Prophet Mohammad 

always loved his 

own city, Mecca, 

because the first mosque, 

Al-Kaaba, was built there 

by Prophet Abraham and 

his son Ishmael. Six years 

after Prophet Mohammad’s 

migration to the city of 

Medina, he received revelation 

from God commanding 

all Muslims to perform 

pilgrimage to Mecca. 

Pilgrimage (Hajj) became 

a ritual that connected Muslims 

to their history and represented 

an act of worship 

that would become the final 

pillar of the Five Pillars of 

Islam (Testimony of Faith, 

Prayer, Charity, Fasting and 

Pilgrimage.) 

Every Muslim who is 

physically and financially 

able to travel must perform 

pilgrimage to the 

city of Mecca once in his 

or her lifetime. The rituals 

performed during the 

pilgrimage represent pivotal 

moments in the history of 

monotheism. 

Pilgrims wear simple 

white clothes representing 

equality and purity, where 

the prince and the pauper 

are indistinguishable one 

from the other. Pilgrims 

walk around Al-Kaabah 

praising God and retracing 

the steps of Prophets 

Abraham and Ishmael. 

Pilgrims walk between the 

two hills as Hajar, the wife 

of Prophet Abraham, did 

searching for water while 

she and her child were 

alone in the desert. 

Another ritual of the 

pilgrimage is to stand at 

the foot of Mount Arafat in 

supplication and praise to 

God as the Prophet Mohammad 

did. Men shave 

their hair as a symbol of 

purity and new beginnings. 

Finally, Pilgrims throw 

pebbles at a monument 

erected in the same place 

Prophet Abraham threw 

stones at Satan, as he tried 

to deceive him into disobeying 

God’s command to 

sacrifice his son Ishmael – 

a test, in which at the final 

moment God commanded 

Prophet Abraham to spare 

his son and slaughter 

a sheep. Most pilgrims 

perform this sacrifice, as 

well, to slaughter a sheep 

or a goat which is donated 

to the poor, many of whom 

may only taste meat once 

a year during this annual 

sacrifice. 

The pilgrimage also is 

a beautiful time to meet 

people from around the 

world. In a letter written 

by Malcolm X during his 

own pilgrimage, he wrote, 

“Never have I witnessed 

such sincere hospitality and 

the overwhelming spirit 

of true brotherhood as is 

practiced by people of all 

colors and races here in this 

Ancient Holy Land, the 

home of Abraham, Muhammad 

and all the other prophets 

of the Holy Scriptures.” 

His profound experience 

prompted him to change his 

views and leave the Nation 

of Islam movement to join 

the 1.5 billion followers of 

mainstream Islam. 

Muslims around the world 

celebrate the Eid Al-Adha, 

or the Celebration of the 

Sacrifice, commemorating 

the sacrifice of Prophet 

Abraham. All Muslims 

can participate in the ritual 

of sacrifice, even if they 

are not in the pilgrimage. 

For many years, Chicagoarea 

Muslims have donated 

their sacrificed meat to the 

Greater Chicago Food Depository, 

which distributes 

more than 25,000 pounds 

of USDA certified meat to 

local food pantries in the 

metropolitan area, which is 

then given to the needy free 

of charge. 

The opinions of this column are 

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necessarily reflect those of The 

Orland Park Prairie. 

In Memoriam 

Jane S. Hughes 

Jane S. Hughes, 80, of 

Orland Park, died Aug. 

7. She worked for many 

years as a dietary supervisor 

at Palos Community 

Hospital in Palos Heights. 

She is survived by her 

children, Clyde “Scott” 

(Karen) Hughes III, 

Jackie Flack and Cindy 

Hopwood; in-law, Janice 

(Richard) Doner; niece, 

Joy Schucker; grandchildren, 

Jeremie Ressler, 

Melissa York, Grant Hopwood, 

Vanessa Hopwood, 

Kristen (Tim) Andretich 

and Kyle Hughes; and six 

great-grandchildren. Visitation 

and a funeral Mass 

were held at Buckheit Funeral 

Chapel in Mansfield, 

Pennsylvania. Interment 

Mainesburg Cemetery in 

Mainesburg, Pennsylvania. 

Laurelyn E. Wagner-Pitts 

Laurelyn E. Wagner- 

Pitts, 60, of Orland 

Park, died Aug. 4. She 

is survived by her husband, 

Randy Pitts; children, 

Matthew (Katie) 

Schlottman, Eric (Stacey) 

Schlottman and Tracy 

Schlottman; step-children, 

Michelle (Sam) Foertsch 

and Shawna (Steve) Farina; 

mother, Vivian; 

siblings, Keith (Sharon) 

Wagner, Wayne (Nancy) 

Wagner; 11 grandchildren; 

and nieces and nephews. 

Visitation was held 

at Modell Funeral Home. 

Interment private. In lieu 

of flowers, donations to 

the American Heart Association 

(www.heart.org) 

would be appreciated. 

Have someone’s life you’d 

like to honor? Email 

Assistant Editor Tim Carroll 

at t.carroll@22ndcentury 

media.com with information 

about a loved one who was 

a part of the Orland Park 

community. 

Faith Briefs 

Ashburn Baptist Church (153rd Street and 

Wolf Road, Orland Park) 

Cry Out! Simulcast: True 

Women 2016 

6-9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23. 

All women are invited to 

a prayer service. For more 

information, call (708) 403- 

1363. 

Calvary Church (16100 S. 104th Ave., 

Orland Park) 

Steve Green Concert 

7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 

27. Catch a performance 

of Steve Green. Tickets are 

available for purchase online, 

at the bookstore on Sunday 

mornings or at the church 

office on weekdays between 

9 a.m. and 3 p.m. 

Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church (14700 

S. 94th Ave., Orland Park) 

Zumba Classes 

6 p.m. Every Wednesday. 

The cost to participate is $5. 

Attendees can bring their 

own towels and water bottles. 

AA Meetings 

7 p.m. Every Friday 

Services 

5 p.m. Saturdays, 8 

a.m. and 10 a.m. Sundays. 

Sunday School and Christian 

Education will be held during 

the 10 a.m. service. 

Faith United Methodist Church (151st Street 

and 80th Avenue, Orland Park) 

Food for Faith Families 

Volunteer to cook and make 

a meal for one of the church’s 

families when they are faced 

with illness or death of a 

member. Services are only 

needed for a few weeks. For 

those interested, contact Kim 

Sjo at (708) 767-2723. 

Presbyterian Church in Orland Park (13401 

S. Wolf Road, Orland Park) 

2016 Arts & Crafts Fair 

9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, 

Nov. 12. Applications for 

the annual Arts & Crafts 

Fair are available at the 

church office. The fee for 

table space (8’ by 4.5’) with 

two chairs is $30. Tables are 

available for an additional 

$5. Bake sale items are also 

needed for this event. For 

more information, contact 

the church office at (708) 

448-8142. 

Thursday Evening Bible Study 

7-8:30 p.m. Every 

Thursday 

Gamblers Anonymous 

7:30- 9 p.m. Every 

Thursday 

Emotions Anonymous 

7:30-9 p.m. Every Friday 

St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church (9300 

W. 167th St., Orland Hills) 

AA Meetings 

7-9 p.m. every Thursday in 

the Church Hall. 

Rosary Prayer Group 

9:30 a.m. every Tuesday 

and Thursday. The Rosary 

Prayer Group gathers in 

the church after mass to 

offer intentions with the 

intercession of Mary, and 

pray the decades of the 

rosary while contemplating 

the scenes of our Lord’s life, 

death and resurrection. 

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church (15050 

S. Wolf Road, Orland Park) 

Overeaters Anonymous 

9:30 a.m. Wednesdays. 

This is a 12-step program, 

patterned after Alcoholics 

Anonymous, to help anyone 

struggling with food 

problems. Members include 

people who eat compulsively, 

those who binge and purge 

and anyone suffering from 

anorexia. There are no dues 

or fees to attend meetings, 

and there are no weighins 

or calorie counting. 

For information on other 

meetings in the area, visit 

www.OA.org. 

Have something for Faith 

Briefs? Contact Assistant 

Editor Tim Carroll at 

t.carroll@22ndcenturymedia. 

com or call (708) 326-9170 ext. 

11. Information is due by noon 

on Thursdays one week prior to 

publication.

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OPPL Con embraces pop culture characters 

Amanda Del Buono 


Seven-year-old Brian 

Klimek had a difficult decision 

to make on the morning 

of Saturday, Aug. 13: Spider-Man 

or Batman? 

It was a tough choice for 

many young boys in the area, 

as the Orland Park Public Library 

held OPPL Con. 

“He loves superheroes,” 

his mother Julie Klimek 

said. “He wanted to wear his 

costume.” 

Having worn the Batman 

costume to the library’s convention 

this past year, Julie 

Klimek pulled the Spiderm- 

Man costume out of her 

shoulder bag. 

“We had Spider-Man, 

too,” she said. “I wasn’t sure 

which he’d want to be, so I 

brought them both.” 

This marked the second 

year of the event but the first 

under the OPPL Con name, 

according to Sara Dempster, 

chairperson of the event, who 

was dressed as Snow White 

from the Disney film “Snow 

White and the Seven Dwarfs.” 

From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

community members were 

invited to don costumes of 

their favorite superheroes or 

characters. 

“It’s not just about comics,” 

she said. “This year, 

with OPPL Con it’s all about 

popular culture characters, 

too. … Last year, it was all 

about superheroes.” 

To further drive the theme 

encompassing all characters, 

library staff dressed as 

various children’s television 

show characters, including 

Sofia from the Disney Junior 

cartoon show “Sofia the 

First,” Jake from the Disney 

Junior cartoon show “Jake 

and the Neverland Pirates” 

and Princess Bubblegum 

from the Cartoon Network 

cartoon show “Adventure 

Penelope (left) and Chris Nevell, of Orland Park, take in the 

convention together. 

Time.” Community children 

ran to their favorite characters 

to meet them and take 

photos together. 

“The girls want to be with 

Princess Sofia the whole 

time,” Elizabeth Burns said. 

Jennifer Hahn and her 

2-year-old daughter Lily accompanied 

Burns and her 

3-year-old daughter Hannah 

to the event. The two girls, 

wearing their Princess Sofia 

dresses, were awestruck by 

the Princess Sofia portrayed 

by library staff. 

“Lily was excited for story 

time and crafts,” Hahn 

said. “And especially to see 

Princess Sofia. … Lily is all 

about superheroes, and she’s 

loving this.” 

Burns added, “[Hannah] 

came for Sofia — it’s her favorite 

princess.” 

In addition to a change in 

name, the event included an 

expanded assortment of activities, 

Dempster said. 

“The ‘Super Smash Bros.’ 

tournaments are new this 

year, and the retro game 

room,” she said. “We tried 

to involve a lot of the technology, 

and we have a lot of 

Star Wars stuff, because Star 

Wars is big again.” 

She added that a board 

game room and vendors 

were available for adults, as 

well. Other activities included 

a photo area, story time, 

crafts, a tattoo booth and a 

costume contest. 

The events were spread 

throughout the library, offering 

attendees a glimpse 

of the various resources the 

library provides. 

“Our goal is to pull people 

in the doors who wouldn’t 

think to go to the library for 

anything other than books,” 

Dempster said. “We have so 

much else here … and they 

can see all of the other things 

we have available — really 

get our resources out there.” 

Princess Sofia (left) sings a song to Hannah Burns, of Orland Park, Saturday, Aug. 13, at 

the Orland Park Public Library’s OPPL Con. Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

Derek Hoying organizes merchandise at the Credits Remaining vendor booth during the 

convention.

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Macy’s event to benefit Orland History Museum 

Submitted by Village of 

Orland Park 

Macy’s patrons will be 

able to “Shop for a Cause” 

on Aug. 26-28 during regular 

store hours to benefit the 

Orland Park History Museum. 

Customers can purchase a 

savings pass beforehand for 

$5, the proceeds of which 

will benefit the museum. 

The passes also will make 

customers eligible for discounts 

throughout the store 

on all three days of the event. 

Prices with a savings pass 

will reduce by 25 percent for 

regular, sale and clearance 

purchases made on all three 

of the sale days. A 10 percent 

discount also will apply 

to electronics, watches, furniture, 

mattresses and rugs/ 

floor coverings. 

Savings passes are for sale 

at the museum. Those interested 

in purchasing a pass 

can also call (708) 873-1622 

or email museum@orland 

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Business Briefs 

Amazing Lash Studio opens, 

to hold grand opening 

celebration 

Amazing Lash Studio recently 

announced the opening 

of its third Chicagoland 

location at 14225 S. 95th 

Ave. in Orland Park. Amazing 

Lash Studio Orland 

Park opened to the public 

Aug. 5, with an official 

Grand Opening event to be 

held from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, 

Aug. 23, with the ribbon 

cutting to take place at 

5:30 p.m. 

As part of the Grand 

Opening event, Amazing 

Lash Studio Orland Park 

is to host Mayor Daniel J. 

McLaughlin and the Orland 

Park Chamber of Commerce 

for a ribbon cutting 

to celebrate the new 

location. 

Offering semi-permanent 

eyelash extensions in 

four distinct styles, Amazing 

Lash Studio makes top 

beauty trends accessible to 

all women with its patent 

applications process and 

unique membership model. 

Lash styles include Gorgeous, 

Natural, Sexy and 

Cute. Specialty lashes also 

are available in Volume, 

Solid Color and Two Tone. 

All lashes are made from 

synthetic strands that replicate 

a natural eyelash, and 

last between four and eight 

weeks. Lashes are available 

to first time clients for a 

special introductory rate of 

$79.99. 

The 1,800 square-foot 

studio features 10 private 

lash rooms is located in 

the Orland Park Crossing 

shopping center close to 

Mariano’s. The new Amazing 

Lash Orland Park is to 

be open to customers from 

9 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday 

through Friday, from 9 a.m.- 

6 p.m. Saturday and from 

10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. 

For more information about 

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Orland Square Kidgits Club 

gears up for Back to School 

Bash, supply drive 

The Simon Kidgits Club’s 

“Back to School Bash” at 

Orland Square is gearing up 

to be an end-of-summer celebration 

at which children 

will enjoy festive arts and 

crafts, treats and a free dance 

lessons from the American 

Dance Center. 

In addition, attendees are 

encouraged to bring school 

supplies as part of a drive to 

benefit the Bridge Teen Center. 


from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, 

Aug. 20, at Orland Square, 

lower level Macy’s court, 

288 Orland Square Drive in 

Orland Park. 

It is free to attend the 

event. 


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Steve Green to perform in OP 

Submitted by Look Up 

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Join Dove Award-winner 

Steve Green for a night of 

worship and ministry on 

7 p.m. Aug. 27 at Calvary 

Church in Orland Park. 

The night of music is to 

span Green’s career, including 

“God and God Alone,” 

and “People Need the Lord” 

and his time with the Gaither 

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Throughout Green’s 31 

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The Dish 

Customers come first at Taco Patio 

Owners value place 

in community, 

customers’ opinions 

Max Lapthorne 

Contributing Editor 

When customers walk 

into Taco Patio in Lockport, 

it is not uncommon to see 

the chefs start preparing 

their food before they even 

order. 

Many of the customers 

at the 4-year-old establishment 

are regulars, and it is 

important to owner Christos 

Giannakopoulos that all of 

his customers receive a particular 

level of care. 

For some, that means 

their orders being ready 

before they even pull their 

credit cards out of their wallets. 

For others, it means 

putting French fries on a 

burrito, despite no such 

item appearing on the menu. 

“We don’t like any customer 

to step out with any 

complaint,” Giannakopoulos 

said. “We learn from the 

customers. If you follow 

the customers, you’ll create 

plates that really satisfy.” 

Customers are valued 

above all else at Taco Patio, 

because Giannakopoulos 

along with his wife and 

restaurant manager, Nasia 

Katris, want to become ingrained 

in the community 

of Lockport. Katris’ father, 

Demetrios, opened the original 

Taco Patio decades ago 

as an alternative to the hot 

dog joints that dominated in 

the 1970s. 

In the four-plus years the 

restaurant has been open, 

Nasia Katris said she thinks 

the residents have welcomed 

them and have been open to 

sharing their thoughts about 

menu items to help improve 

the restaurant. 

“The beautiful thing 

The Nacho Supreme has been one of the most popular 

items on the Taco Patio menu since its opening in 

Lockport. Max Lapthorne/22nd Century Media 

about Lockport is that it’s 

a family community,” she 

said. “It’s a family community, 

and we’re accepted and 

we feel loved by the community. 

It’s nice. They really 

want us to succeed, and 

they’ll tell us that.” 

One of the items that has 

been a hit from the start 

for Taco Patio has been the 

Nacho Supreme ($5.49 for 

ground beef, $6.49 for steak 

or chicken). The dish comes 

blanketed in cheese, choice 

of meat, beans, sour cream 

and guacamole, with tomatoes, 

green onions and black 

olives sprinkled throughout. 

Several months after 

opening, Taco Patio ventured 

into catering, as it 

served food for a local 

school’s teacher-appreciation 

event, and catering has 

been a large part of the business 

ever since. 

“We got into the catering 

business because it’s fun,” 

Giannakopoulos said. “The 

most amazing thing is that 

someone for a special event. 

... They trust us to provide 

the food, which is important 

for a party.” 

When a catering order 

Taco Patio 

1022 E. 9th St. in 

Lockport 

Hours 

• 10 a.m. to midnight 

Sunday-Thursday 

• 10 a.m.-2 a.m. Friday 

and Saturday 

For more information ... 

Phone: (815) 838-8226 

Web: www.tacopatio.com 

comes in, Giannakopoulos 

and Katris often will be the 

ones helping the customer 

place an appropriately-sized 

order, and will even deliver 

the food themselves to 

make sure everything turns 

out right. 

“We still give a very personal 

touch to it,” Katris 

said. 

Taco Patio puts its money 

where its mouth is when it 

comes to giving back to the 

local community, as it helps 

local youth sports teams 

looking for sponsorships 

and local charities. Gianna- 

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Fashion is a Lifestyle 

That’s a nice flow 

Jackie OBoyle 

Orland Park Resident 

Flow: A steady continuous 

stream of something. 

And this relates to hair 

how? I’ll explain. 

It’s a boy thing. I’m a 

hockey mom. I have been 

dealing with this notion of 

flow for years. 

Let’s call it hockey hair 

— long, shaggy, often wet 

out of a helmet, messy 

hair. They call it flow in 

the locker room. If you 

walk into Arctic Ice Arena, 

you will get my drift. Not 

exactly the McDreamy 

kind — I’m talking long, 

uncombed, messy mop-thefloor 

hair. 

My boys have flow, now 

12 and 19, they are rather 

concerned about grooming 

the flow (Thank goodness). 

They actually care that the 

flow is flowing properly 

and looking good. There’s 

a technique to flow, which 

means “Hands off, Mom.” 

I try. But I typically “do 

it wrong.” I usually manage 

to sweet talk them into a 

good haircut when school 

ends and summer begins. 

That’s long gone, and 

hockey season is around 

the corner. The flow is 

back and the crew is in the 

house. 

The opinions of this column 

are that of the writer. They do 

not necessarily reflect those of 

The Orland Park Prairie. Jackie 

OBoyle is an Orland Park 

resident who runs Jax Boutique 

(www.jaxboutique.com) and 

serves as a consultant for the 

Etcetera women’s clothing line 

out of New York (www.etcetera. 

com). 

Tickets still available for Township’s 

senior trip to the Fireside Theatre 

Submitted by Orland 

Township 

Tickets are still available 

for Orland Township’s senior 

trip to see “Singin’ in 

the Rain” at the Fireside Theatre, 

1131 Janesville Ave. in 

Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, on 

Wednesday, Aug. 24. 

Transportation is provided. 

Buses leave at 7:45 a.m. from 


Ravinia Ave. in Orland Park, 

and return at 7:30 p.m. 

Before the show, seniors 

are to receive a meal including 

a chopped chef’s salad, 

chicken piccata and blueberry 

crisp for dessert. 

After the show, attendees 

are to have the opportunity 

to shop in the theater’s many 

specialty shops and bakery. 

Tickets are $95 for residents 

and $100 for nonresidents, 

and can be purchased 

at the Township office. 


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Art takes shape in Orland 

Teens learn how to draw geometric animals during recent Bridge program 

Anthony Young, of Tinley Park, offers an over-the-shoulder 

look at his work in progress. Photos submitted 

Hailey Esparza, of Oak Forest, participates in a recent 

Drawing Geometric Animals program with Art a la Carte at 

The Bridge Teen Center in Orland Park. 

“I know I forgot something. 

What was it?” 

Orland police bring back 

bicycle ride to benefit 

Special Olympics Illinois 

Submitted by Village of 

Orland Park 

The Orland Park Police 

Department is to hold its annual 

bicycle ride for Special 

Olympics Illinois Sunday, 

Aug. 28. 

Check-in/registration begins 

at 6:30 a.m., with the 

ride beginning at 7:30 a.m., 

departing from and returning 

to Gatto’s, 8801 W. 143rd St. 

in Orland Park. 

The 14.4-mile course is to 

travel through Orland Park 

and will then connect with 

the Tinley Creek Forest Preserve 

Trails. A water stop 

is held midway through the 

ride, which is not a race. 

Refreshments will be 

available, and a complimentary 

breakfast buffet with 

soft drinks and coffee will be 

available at Gatto’s-Orland 

Park after the ride. 

Registration will be available 

the day of the event. 

The ride is open to those 

ages 12 and older, and the 

cost is $25 per person. 

The Orland Park Police 

Ride is co-sponsored by 

Gatto’s-Orland Park, the Orland 

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The Dish 

From Page 24 

kopoulos and Katris make it 

a point to give back to local 

organizations, because they 

said they both want to do as 

much as they can for their 

customers. 

“When you think about 

[Taco Patio’s] existence, 

[it’s] based on the customers,” 

Giannakopoulos said. 

“So, we try to give back as 

much as we can.” 

Several new dessert options 

are to be added to the 

menu soon, and Katris said 

she hopes to add a patio to 

the restaurant by next spring 

to live up to the restaurant’s 

name. But any changes 

made to the menu or the 

restaurant itself will always 

be done with the customer 

in mind, they added. 

“We’ve tried to invest and 

make it as beautiful as we 

can,” Giannakopoulos said. 

“We want to stay in the 

neighborhood. We want to 

be part of the community.” 

A dessert with no name 

For customers with a 

sweet tooth, Taco Patio offers 

a No Name dessert 

($2.85) that is fried dough 

served with cinnamon, 

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Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 

Across 

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9. 1,000 kilograms 

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giving plant 

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16. With green and rings 

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HS alum representing 

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Haley 

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1949 

42. Evidence piece 

43. Jabber 

44. Ball Park fare 

46. Oohs and aahs 

(over) 

47. Bake eggs 

48. It’s lent by friends 

49. Yard chore that 

Homer Glen residents 

need a permit for 

55. State of confusion 

59. Tuftlike mass 

60. From the beginning 

61. Nun’s garb 

62. Maths symbol - hyperbolic 

tangent 

63. __ the course 

64. Mother’s sister, e.g. 

65. Kind of terrier 

66. Honker 

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3. East Coast state 

(abbr.) 

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5. Savvy 

6. Congregation 

7. Tangelo 

8. Battleship named after 

a state 

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11. Opposite of all 

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13. Starfleet Academy 

grad. 

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22. Viewpoint 

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from many 

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(9655 W. 143rd St., 

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2111) 

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(14459 S. LaGrange 

Road, Orland Park; (708) 

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(11265 159th St., Orland 

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(39 Orland Square Drive, 


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Orland Park Eagle Ridge 

17958 Kansas Ct. 

8/20-8/21, 9-3p. 

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Lockport 680 Summit Dr. 

(next to Berkotts) 8/19-20, 9-4. 

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Frankfort Schools, Lincolnway 

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708-560-3642 

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Mokena, IL 60448 

2005 Lexus SC430 conv 51k 

$20,975 

2001 Honda Civic 30k low mi 

$6975 

2011 Jeep Liberty 121k $9975 

2007 Mercury Grand Marquis 

LS 123k $4500 

2005 Ford Tbird conv 53k 

$16,975 

2009 Toyota Sienna van 106k 

$9975 

2008 Hummer h3 100k 

$14,975 

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$10,975 

1998 Jeep Cherokee lifted 87k 

4wd $8975 

2007 Ford Fusion 53k $8975 

1993 Cadillac Fleetwood 

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2005 Lincoln town car Pearl / 

tan 50k $9975 

1998 Lexus es300 88k $4975 

2007 Toyota Camry 80k 

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815-274-6698 

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Mokena 

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AND NON RECORD 

CLAIMANTS; 

Defendants; 

15 CH 12831 

NOTICE OF SALE 

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that 

pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and 

Sale entered in the above entitled cause 

Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on 

Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at the hour of 

11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison 

Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at 

public auction to the highest bidder for cash, 

as set forth below, the following described 

mortgaged real estate: 

Commonly known as 16952 Blue Heron 

Drive, Orland Park, IL 60467. 

P.I.N. 27-29-210-002-0000. 

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a 

single family residence. If the subject 

mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common 

interest community, the purchaser of the unit 

other than a mortgagee shall pay the 

assessments required by subsection (g-1) of 

Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property 

A c t . 

Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, 

balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. 

No refunds. The property will NOT be open 

for 

inspection 

For information call Sales Department at 

Plaintiff's Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, 

LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, 

Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 15-023813 

F 2 

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES 

C O R P O R A T I O N 

Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 

I700117 


COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY 

DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, 

F/K/A AS THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS 

TRUSTEE FOR THE 

CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWABS 

INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES 

SERIES 2005-AB4 BY DITECH FINANCIAL 

L L C 


- v . - 

Real Estate 

$50 

7 lines/ 

7 papers 

Merchandise 

$30 

4 lines/ 

7 papers 


Sale 

JEFFREY A. BRYANT, HOUSEHOLD 

FINANCE CORPORATION III, MERS, 

MORTGAGE 

ELECTRONIC 

REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., 

ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR 

COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., 

COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., 

LONG RUN CREEK HOMEOWNERS 

A S S O C I A T I O N 

D e f e n d a n t s 

14 CH 19482 

11921 Windemere Ct Apt 304 Orland Park, IL 

6 0 4 6 7 

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS 

HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a 

Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in 

the above cause on December 8, 2015, an 

agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, 

will at 10:30 AM on September 7, 2016, at 

The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South 

Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 

60606, sell at public auction to the highest 

bidder, as set forth below, the following 

described real estate: Commonly known as 

11921 Windemere Ct Apt 304, Orland Park, 

IL 60467 Property Index No. 

27-06-311-026-1119. The real estate is 

improved with a residential condominium. 

The judgment amount was $207,655.78. Sale 

terms: 25% down of the highest bid by 

certified funds at the close of the sale payable 

to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third 

party checks will be accepted. The balance, 

including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned 

Residential Property Municipality Relief 

Fund, which is calculated on residential real 

estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or 

fraction thereof of the amount paid by the 

purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified 

funds/or wire transfer, is due within 

twenty-four (24) hours. No 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 in and to the residential 

real estate arose prior to the sale. The 

subject property is subject to general real 

estate taxes, special assessments, or special 

taxes levied against said real estate and is 

offered for sale without any representation as 

to quality or quantity of title and without 

recourse to Plaintiff and in \"AS IS\" 

condition. The sale is further subject to 

confirmation by the court. Upon payment in 

full of the amount bid, the purchaser will 

receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle 

the purchaser to a deed to the real estate 

after confirmation of the sale. The property 

will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff 

makes no representation as to the condition 

of the property. Prospective bidders are 

admonished to check the court file to verify all 

information. If this property is a condominium 

unit, the purchaser of the unit at the 

foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, 

shall pay the assessments and the legal fees 

required by The Condominium Property Act, 

765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this 

property is a condominium unit which is part 

of a common interest community, the 

purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale 


assessments required by The Condominium 

Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF 

YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR 

(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT 

TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 

DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF 

POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH



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Automotive 

$52 

4 lines/ 

7 papers 

Help Wanted 

per line $13 

4 lines/ 

7 papers 

2900 Merchandise 

Under $100 

Real Estate 

$50 

7 lines/ 

7 papers 

Merchandise 

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Under $100 

SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS 

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You 

will need a photo identification issued by a 

government agency (driver's license, 

passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our 

building and the foreclosure sale room in 

Cook County and the same identification for 

sales held at other county venues where The 

Judicial Sales Corporation conducts 

foreclosure sales. For information, contact 

Plaintiff's attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & 

MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, 

DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719 If the 

sale is not confirmed for any reason, the 

Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to 

a return of the purchase price paid. The 

Purchaser shall have no further recourse 

against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or 

the Mortgagee's attorney. THE JUDICIAL 

SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker 

Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 

(312) 236-SALE You can also visit The 

Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com 

for a 7 day status report of pending sales. 

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 

East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 

422-1719 Fax #: (217) 422-1754 

CookPleadings@hsbattys.com Attorney 

Code. 40387 Case Number: 14 CH 19482 

TJSC#: 36-8710 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair 

Debt Collection Practices Act, you are 

advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to 

be a debt collector attempting to collect a 

debt and any information obtained will be 

used for that purpose. 

I700069 


COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY 

DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., 


- v . - 

MARK FAULDS, LISA FAULDS, DEER 

CHASE ESTATES HOMEOWNERS 

ASSOCIATION, WELLS FARGO BANK, 

N . A . 

D e f e n d a n t s 

15 CH 17185 

10434 BUCK DRIVE Orland Park, IL 60467 

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS 

HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a 

Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in 

the above cause on June 16, 2016, an agent 

for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 

10:30 AM on September 27, 2016, at The 

Judicial Sales Corporation, One South 

Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 

60606, sell at public auction to the highest 

bidder, as set forth below, the following 

described real estate: Commonly known as 

10434 BUCK DRIVE, Orland Park, IL 60467 

Property Index No. 27-29-423-007-0000. The 

real estate is improved with a single family 

residence. The judgment amount was 

$303,928.36. Sale terms: 25% down of the 

highest bid by certified funds at the close of 

the sale payable to The Judicial Sales 

Corporation. No third party checks will be 

accepted. The balance, including the Judicial 

sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property 

Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated 

on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for 

each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount 

paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in 

certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within 

twenty-four (24) hours. No 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, 

y y g g j g 

or other lienor acquiring the residential real 

estate whose rights in and to the residential 

real estate arose prior to the sale. The 

subject property is subject to general real 

estate taxes, special assessments, or special 

taxes levied against said real estate and is 

offered for sale without any representation as 

to quality or quantity of title and without 

recourse to Plaintiff and in \"AS IS\" 

condition. The sale is further subject to 

confirmation by the court. Upon payment in 

full of the amount bid, the purchaser will 

receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle 

the purchaser to a deed to the real estate 

after confirmation of the sale. The property 

will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff 

makes no representation as to the condition 

of the property. Prospective bidders are 

admonished to check the court file to verify all 

information. If this property is a condominium 

unit, the purchaser of the unit at the 

foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, 

shall pay the assessments and the legal fees 

required by The Condominium Property Act, 

765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this 

property is a condominium unit which is part 

of a common interest community, the 

purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale 


assessments required by The Condominium 

Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF 

YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR 

(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT 

TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 

DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF 

POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH 

SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS 

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You 

will need a photo identification issued by a 

government agency (driver's license, 

passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our 

building and the foreclosure sale room in 

Cook County and the same identification for 

sales held at other county venues where The 

Judicial Sales Corporation conducts 

foreclosure sales. For information, contact 

Plaintiff's attorney: JOHNSON, BLUMBERG 

& ASSOCIATES, LLC, 230 W. Monroe 

Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 

541-9710 Please refer to file number 

15-2766. THE JUDICIAL SALES 

CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 

24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial 

Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 

day status report of pending sales. 

JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, 

LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125 

Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 541-9710 E-Mail: 

ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg.com Attorney 

File No. 15-2766 Attorney Code. 40342 Case 

Number: 15 CH 17185 TJSC#: 36-7760 

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection 

Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's 

attorney is deemed to be a debt collector 

attempting to collect a debt and any 

information obtained will be used for that 

p u r p o s e . 

I698620 

SERVICES 





708.326.9170 |www.22ndcenturymedia.com 

Certificate No. 30928 was filed in 

the office of the County Clerk of 

Will on August 8, 2016 wherein 

the business firm of Hala Beauty 

located at 12101 Winchester Rd, 

Orland Park, IL 60467 is registered 

and acertificate notice setting 

forth the following: 

Hala Moukahal, 12101 Winchester 

Rd, Orland Park, IL 60467 

708-945-3433 

Kassem Moukahal, 12101 Winchester 

Rd, Orland Park, IL 

60467 708-945-1424 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have 

hereunto set my hand and Official 

Seal in my office in Joliet; Illinois, 

this 8th day of August, 2016 

Nancy Schultz Voots 

Will County Clerk 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK 

COUNTY, ILLINOIS, NATIONSTAR 

MORTGAGE LLC., Plaintiff, v. UN- 

KNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF 

MARSHA L. HABINKA, DECEASED; 

CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A.; 

UNKNOWN OWNERS AND 

NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; OR- 

LAND GOLF VIEW CONDOMINIUM 

; BRIAN HABINKA; JULIE FOX, AS 

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO 

MARSHA L. HABINKA, DECEASED, 

UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RE- 

CORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants, 

Case No. 2016-CH-05102 

The requisite affidavit for publication 

having been filed, notice is hereby given 

you, Unknown Heirs and Legatees of 

Marsha L. Habinka, deceased, Unknown 

Owners and Non-Record Claimants, 

that the said suit has been commenced 

in the Circuit Court of the Cook 

County Judicial Circuit, Cook County, 

Illinois by the said plaintiff against you 

and other defendants, praying for the 

foreclosure of acertain Mortgage conveying 

the premises described as follows, 

to-wit: 

Unit 15723 1-S in Orland Golf View 

Condominium as delineated on asurvey 

of the following described real estate: 

Part of the Southeast Quarter of the 

Southeast Quarter of Section 14, Township 

36 North, Range 12, East ofthe 

Third Principal Meridian; and certain 

lots in Orland Golf View Condominium 

Subdivision of part of the Southeast 

Quarter ofthe Southeast Quarter of Section 

14, Township 36 North, Range 12, 

East ofthe Third Principal Meridian, in 

Cook County, Illinois. 

Which survey is attached as Exhibit "A" 

to the Declaration of Condominium recorded 

as Document Number 

25-163572 on October 10, 1979 as 

amended from time to time together 

with its undivided percentage interest in 

the common elements. This deed is 

conveyed on the conditional limitation 

that the percentage ofownership of said 

grantees in the common elements shall 

be diverted pro tanto and vest inthe 

grantees of the other units in accordance 

with the terms of said declaration and 

any amended declarations recorded pursuant 

thereto, and the right of revocation 

is also hereby reserved to the grantor 

herein to accomplish this result. The acceptance 

of this conveyance by the 

grantees shall be deemed an agreement 

within the contemplation ofthe condominium 

property act of the State of Illinois 

toashifting of the common elements 

pursuant to said declaration and 

to all other terms of said declaration, 

which is hereby incorporated herein by 

reference thereto, and to all the terms of 

each amended declaration recorded pursuant 

thereto. 

15723 Brassie Court 1S, Orland Park, 

IL 60462 

27-14-402-024-1060 

Now, therefore, unless you, Unknown 

Heirs and Legatees of Marsha L. 

Habinka, deceased, Unknown Owners 

and Non-Record Claimants, and the said 

above named defendants, file your answer 

tothe complaint insaid suit orotherwise 

make your appearance therein, in 

the office of the Clerk of the Cook 

County Judicial Circuit, Cook County, 

Illinois, on or before September 19, 

2016, default may be entered against 

you at any time after that day and a 

Judgment entered in accordance with 

the prayer of said Complaint. 

Edward R. Peterka (6220416) 

MANLEY DEAS KOCHALSKI LLC 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

One East Wacker, Suite 1250, Chicago, 

IL 60601 

Phone: 312-651-6700; Fax: 

614-220-5613 

Atty. No.: 48928 

Email: MDKIllinoisFilings@manleydeas.com 

Attorney File Number: 15-030503 

One of Plaintiff's Attorneys 


Under $100 

Red Wing Heritage, 8 SD, 1 

pair grey & 1 pair brown, 

$55/ea. 6’wood ladder, $15. 

708-798-9755 

Scott’s 3000 fertilizer spreader 

$25. 708.478.7110 

Sno-roof rake, 3 extensions 

$25. Tree running shears w/ 

rope pull $25. 24” pruning saw 

$20. Ace compound anvil 

l ooping shears $15. 

708.478.3777 

Toro 22” electric start mower 

w/ catcher & recycle shoot 

$50. Craftsman table saw 10”, 

mounted on wooden table $50. 

630.207.2889 

Turtle sandbox with lib $25. 

Leather office desk chair on 

wheels $50. Call 815.735.4509 

Vintage Schwinn collegiate 5 

speed $50. Vintage super bown 

electric football or torpedo run 

game. $50. Good cond. 

708.557.2771 

100 ft heavy garden hose with 

heavy duty 4wheel hose cart 

$40. disposable bed pads 

28x28, 10 to a pkg. Good for 

kids, adults, pet cages $7.50 ea. 

708.560.0039 

2 large boxes of womens 

clothes. Assort. clean, some 

like new 2Xand 3Xsize. All 

$20. Old wood rocker $8. 

Good condition. 773.552.7850 

25 in. brass mag. rack $10. Pair 

of folding sand chairs $12. 

708.301.8828 

5pc drk green plastic patio set. 

Table &4chairs. Only $50. 

Orland Park. Call 

708.349.3094 

Almond Roper gas stove, very 

good condition, remodeling 

kitchen. Works well! $100. 

708.890.1998 

An autobiograhy Gun Smoke 

by James Arness, Veteran 

World War II Hero $45. 

708.478.3777 

Authentic Marshall Field 

neckties for men. 100% 

silk. 3 for $70. Please call 

708.577.3210. 

Bed: twin 2 poster cherry 

wood. $75. 815.469.6792 

Beige sofa, oak trim, $25. 100 

sq ft laminate floor in box, $50. 

Dark wood cabinet w/ glass 

doors, $15. 815.592.1107 

Black metal two drawer file 

cabinet w/ key $20. King sz 

white Martha Washington bedspread 

$20. 708.301.1411 

Black trumpet style formal 

floor length dress. Couture size 

10. Never worn. $50. Call 

708.403.7765 

Book club best seller books $2 

cash hard cover. $1 cash soft 

cover. 815.588.1214 

Brushed nickel fireplace tools 

$50. 4ft sofa table (dark) $45. 

815.485.8726 

Canon printer ink combo pack, 

250 black, 25 colors. $25. 

708.478.7110 

Cat carriers, one hand blue 

plastic and one soft, black carrier 

$15 each. Patio umbrellas 

$10 each. Green. Call 

708.769.9758 

Chevy Malibu rug floor mats, $25. 

3pk microfiber clothes, $4. Gal. 

blue car soap, $5. Super soft wash 

brush, $35. 708.460.8308 

Clearing out craft supplies, ribbon, 

material, ect. All good. 

Every holiday items, old dish 

&cup sets, milk glass pieces, 

colored vases & candy dishes 

& bowls. $100 all. 

815.945.30973 

Computer desk with hutch 

color blond, very good condition 

$35. 779.324.5208 

Conair compact steamer w/ attachments 

$40. 708.478.5338 

LM 

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burgundy 43 1/2” wide, 32” 

high, damaged legs repaired., 

top is solid with some scuff 

marks $90. 708.301.0959 

Construction scafolding 5x5 

stored inside, good condition. 

$75. 815.592.9474 

Dayton motor capacitor start 

model 6K232 in Grainger catalog 

for $220. 1HP 3450 RPM 

115-230 volt, 56 frame. Asking 

$100. 815.464.5232 

Exterior wall light (Patriot) 

(Cordova) 5”wide x8-5” high 

x 7.5 ext. New in box. $20. 

708.364.0093 

File cab, 2 horizontal metal 

with 2 drawers each. 

708.349.6433 

Ford Mustang 2013 floor mats, 

new in box. Mustand plate 

frames $50. 708.557.8377 

Foxcraft car ramps $30. Round 

glass top patio table $25. Toast 

master bread machine 

$15.708.444.2368 

Free firewood, you cut. 

815.258.9110 

Gold clubs, young man (13 pc) 

w/ bag $40. 708.614.4678 

Grass/weed serrated cutter, 

$10. Boxed swing arm lamp, 

$12. 19” new tool box w/ top 

tray, $12. 708.460.8308 

Hillary Clinton cards promo 

cards $1. Mike Jordans $1. 

Chris 708.203.5667 

Honda Gas Easy Start overhead 

cam, GCV 160 engine. 

This motor is from adefective 

power washer. Engine is in 

new conditions $100. 

708.301.0959 

Kitchen table &4chairs, good 

cond, $100. IKEA coffee table, 

exc. cond, $50. 815.838.7898 

Little bigger than amini fridge, 

33” tall 19” wide 20” from 

front to back $30. 

815.717.8615


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Automotive 

$52 

4 lines/ 

7 papers 

Help Wanted 

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4 lines/ 

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Real Estate 

$50 

7 lines/ 

7 papers 

Merchandise 

$30 

4 lines/ 

7 papers 

2900 Merchandise Under $100 

An autobiograhy Gun Smoke 

by James Arness, Veteran 

World War II Hero $45. 

708.478.3777 

Authentic Marshall Field 

neckties for men. 100% 

silk. 3 for $70. Please call 

708.577.3210. 

Bed: twin 2 poster cherry 

wood. $75. 815.469.6792 

Beige sofa, oak trim, $25. 100 

sq ft laminate floor in box, $50. 

Dark wood cabinet w/ glass 

doors, $15. 815.592.1107 

Black metal two drawer file 

cabinet w/ key $20. King sz 

white Martha Washington bedspread 

$20. 708.301.1411 

Black trumpet style formal 

floor length dress. Couture size 

10. Never worn. $50. Call 

708.403.7765 

Book club best seller books $2 

cash hard cover. $1 cash soft 

cover. 815.588.1214 

Brushed nickel fireplace tools 

$50. 4ft sofa table (dark) $45. 

815.485.8726 

Canon printer ink combo pack, 

250 black, 25 colors. $25. 

708.478.7110 

Cat carriers, one hand blue 

plastic and one soft, black carrier 

$15 each. Patio umbrellas 

$10 each. Green. Call 

708.769.9758 

Chevy Malibu rug floor mats, $25. 

3pk microfiber clothes, $4. Gal. 

blue car soap, $5. Super soft wash 

brush, $35. 708.460.8308 

Clearing out craft supplies, ribbon, 

material, ect. All good. 

Every holiday items, old dish 

&cup sets, milk glass pieces, 

colored vases & candy dishes 

& bowls. $100 all. 

815.945.30973 

Computer desk with hutch 

color blond, very good condition 

$35. 779.324.5208 

Conair compact steamer w/ attachments 

$40. 708.478.5338 

LM 

Conference table, oval shapred, 

burgundy 43 1/2” wide, 32” 

high, damaged legs repaired., 

top is solid with some scuff 

marks $90. 708.301.0959 

Construction scafolding 5x5 

stored inside, good condition. 

$75. 815.592.9474 

Dayton motor capacitor start 

model 6K232 in Grainger catalog 

for $220. 1HP 3450 RPM 

115-230 volt, 56 frame. Asking 

$100. 815.464.5232 

Exterior wall light (Patriot) 

(Cordova) 5”wide x8-5” high 

x 7.5 ext. New in box. $20. 

708.364.0093 

File cab, 2 horizontal metal 

with 2 drawers each. 

708.349.6433 

Ford Mustang 2013 floor mats, 

new in box. Mustand plate 

frames $50. 708.557.8377 

Foxcraft car ramps $30. Round 

glass top patio table $25. Toast 

master bread machine 

$15.708.444.2368 

Free firewood, you cut. 

815.258.9110 

Gold clubs, young man (13 pc) 

w/ bag $40. 708.614.4678 

Grass/weed serrated cutter, 

$10. Boxed swing arm lamp, 

$12. 19” new tool box w/ top 

tray, $12. 708.460.8308 

Hillary Clinton cards promo 

cards $1. Mike Jordans $1. 

Chris 708.203.5667 

Honda Gas Easy Start overhead 

cam, GCV 160 engine. 

This motor is from adefective 

power washer. Engine is in 

new conditions $100. 

708.301.0959 

Kitchen table &4chairs, good 

cond, $100. IKEA coffee table, 

exc. cond, $50. 815.838.7898 

Little bigger than amini fridge, 

33” tall 19” wide 20” from 

front to back $30. 

815.717.8615 

Lots of organic cherry tomatoes, 

$1.50/pt. Black, 1/2 moon 

shape kitchen rugs x3, $29. 

708.460.8308 

Meat grinder $10 with access 

$40. Cabbage shredder w/two 

blades $40. 708.301.3528 

Men’s pro gold bag $30. Ladie’s 

golf set, woods irons & 

bag $50. Bullseye putter $20. 

708.478.8976 

Mitsubishi projection TV 60” 

good condition. $50. Call 

708.646.0164 

Mtn bike 26” excellent condition 

w/ 2 26” new tubes & helmet 

$40. Inreda AALog 10 

IKEA new bookshelf lights 

adj. $60. 708.717.5054 

Navy blue UofIfootball shirt, 

$15. Orange Bears Reebok 

shirt, $15. Grey Bears tank top, 

$15. All XL. 708.460.8308 

Navy Dearfoam slippers, size 

9, $12. Snuggly socks, $4. Lt. 

pink 2pc dress, 14-16, $20. 15 

sweaters, $4. 708.460.8308 

New champagne flutes, $30. 

Lided beer steins, c. 1990, $25. 

708.460.8308 

New commode, never used. 

$40. 708.478.5338. LM 

New Direct TV slim line dish. 

Was $125 new. $90 or b/o. 

Call 708.214.4022 

New Guardian Signature Waler 

$25. New Eagle Claw Fish 

Basket $20. Black &Decker 

7612 Type 1 25000 RPM 9 

Amps 11/2 HP Router $55. 

708.466.9907 

New large beautiful custom 

hand mad solid wood hand 

craft bird house. Rare and 

uniquely made. $60. Solid 

wood book care 40x40 w/ 

shelves $40. 708.466.9907 

Oak rocking chair. Solid oak. 

Like New. Used 3times $75. 

Dehydrator for making dried 

fruits, vegetables, jerky. Used 

once. $20. 815.348.2884 

Old Style neon beet sign. 

Brand new in box $90. 

708.227.2929 

Peg Perego Polaris 700 12 x 

bettery 4x4. Good battery, 

good shape $50. Boys bike 

huffy w/training wheels 12 in. 

“Hot Wheels” $15. 

815.768.0606 

Pflazgraf dinner set, porcelain 

(not china) 80 pc floral design 

(ivory). $500 new. Asking $45. 

708.444.4423 

Red Wing Heritage, 8 SD, 1 

pair grey & 1 pair brown, 

$55/ea. 6’wood ladder, $15. 

708-798-9755 

Scott’s 3000 fertilizer spreader 

$25. 708.478.7110 

Sno-roof rake, 3 extensions 

$25. Tree running shears w/ 

rope pull $25. 24” pruning saw 

$20. Ace compound anvil 

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This Week In … 

Eagles Varsity Athletics 

Boys Soccer 

■Aug. ■ 22 – at Lemont, 4:45 

p.m. 

■Aug. ■ 24 – at Maine South, 

7 p.m. 

Girls Swimming 

■Aug. ■ 25 – host Blue & Gold 

Meet, 5 p.m. 

Boys Golf 

■Aug. ■ 18 – at Lincoln- 

Way West (Ravisloe), with 

Homewood-Flossmoor, 4:30 

p.m. 

■Aug. ■ 25 – host Bradley 

(Silver Lake), 4:30 p.m. 

Girls Golf 

Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Anna Loureiro 

Anna Loureiro is entering 

her sophomore season 

at Sandburg High School. 

She plays mainly in singles 

matches, which are slated to 

begin Aug. 30. 

Why did you start 

playing tennis? 

I started playing tennis 

when I was around 8. So, 

I’ve been playing for seven 

years now. My parents were 

always looking for me to 

do a competitive sport, so 

we tried a lot ... but I didn’t 

really like any of them. ... 

One day, on vacation, my 

dad was playing badminton 

with me, and I was really 

good at it. He wanted 

me to do something more 

fast-paced, so he took me 

to Wimbledon Tennis Club 

at Palos Courts, which is 10 

minutes away from where I 

live. ... From then on, I’ve 

just been hooked. 

What do you like most 

about tennis? 

I really like how I can only 

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■Aug. ■ 20 – at Joliet Central 

Invite (Woodruff), 8 a.m. 

■Aug. ■ 22 – at Andrew Invite 

Scramble (Rolling Hills), 4:30 

p.m. 

■Aug. ■ 23 – at Lincoln-Way 

Central (Sanctuary), with 

Homewood-Flossmoor, 4 p.m. 

■Aug. ■ 24 – at Bradley, 4:30 

p.m. 

Boys Cross Country 

■Aug. ■ 23 – SWSC Pre-Season 

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rely on myself in singles. I 

don’t have to worry about 

anyone else. It’s really nice 

to be independent. 

What do you think is 

the most challenging 

part of playing tennis? 

For me, personally, that’d 

have to be just on court, 

mentally, being there the 

whole time. So, not getting 

mad at myself, remembering 

that losing a point is no 

big deal — just the mental 

aspect of it. 

What do you think is 

your best quality in 

tennis? 

I’d have to say my ability 

to dig out the really tough 

points, especially if it’s a really 

close match, just being 

able to stay in the match. 

What did you work 

on most during the 

offseason? 

I really worked on — especially 

with my singles 

game, because we had some 

really tough matches last 

season with Lockport and 

Homewood-Flossmoor — 

... my physicality, getting 

stronger, getting a lot faster 

on the court, so that will help 

me, especially in those tough 

matches. 

Do you have a personal 

motto? 

Usually, I just say to myself, 

“No matter what, you 

can always come back. 

It’s never over. Even when 

you’re down match points, 

the match is never over.” 

What is your favorite 

post-match meal? 

Usually, after matches, 

after the whole tournament 

is over, I’ll go and get a Big 

Mac with fries. 

If you could be any 

famous athlete for a 

day, who would it be? 

Serena Williams. On the 

court, how she plays, it’s 

pretty amazing to watch. 

Then, off the court, she’s 

got this great attitude; she’s 

funny. I just think she’s an 

all-around amazing athlete. 

She’s a great person, too. 

If you could hang out 

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with any celebrity for a 

day, who would it be? 

Probably Leslie Jones 

from “Ghostbusters,” because 

she’s hilarious. 

What songs do you 

listen to before a 

match? 

I listen to “Heathens” by 

twenty one pilots, because 

that’s what me and my doubles 

partner always listen 

to before matches. Then, I 

also listen to “Cold Water” 

by Major Lazer and Justin 

Bieber. 

Interview by Tim Carroll, 

Assistant Editor

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Girls Volleyball 

Eagles reloading squad for 2016 season 

Anna Jonynas to 

anchor team as 

returning outside 

hitter 

Randy Whalen 


There is an old saying 

among sports teams: “We 

don’t rebuild; we reload.” 

For more than a decade 

the Sandburg girls volleyball 

team has reloaded. This season, 

the Eagles might have 

to rebuild. 

There is still plenty of talent 

on tap for the Eagles, 

but there will be a bevy of 

young players on this season’s 

team, and the key will 

be how well they mesh together. 

“We are going to be 

young, to say the least,” 

Sandburg coach David Vales 

said. “We will only have a 

few seniors.” 

One of those seniors, however, 

is a huge piece to the 

Eagles’ puzzle. That is senior 

outside hitter Anna Jonynas. 

She is the only returning 

starter back from this past 

season’s squad, which went 

30-8 and won a regional title 

for the 12th straight season. 

She also was the team’s kill 

leader this past season. 

“She was our kill leader, 

and her defense was good 

last year, but she has improved,” 

Vales said of Jonynas. 

“She’s also been working 

on her serve. She’s a 

little undersized but makes 

up for it by working hard. 

“As a whole, we’re not going 

to be looking down on 

many teams. We’re not as tall 

as we have been in the past.” 

A trio of juniors with experience 

from this past season 

also are back. They are 

middle hitter Madison Hart, 

Maureen “Mo” Imrie — 

who dished out 150 assists 

in a backup role as setter this 

past year, and outside hitter 

Abigail Stefanon. 

“Madison Hart had a 

good club season, and we 

expect some more offense 

from her,” Vales said. “Mo 

Imrie brings things a little 

full circle for me. Her older 

sister MaryKate Imrie was 

a sophomore setter on my 

first team. Mo is used to the 

speed of the varsity game 

and will only get better. 

“And Abigail Stefanon 

was our third outside hitter 

last season. But when she 

gets the speed of the game 

worked out, she’ll do well. 

She’s got big shoes to fill.” 

A pair of newcomers will 

be big contributors to the 

Sandburg defense. They are 

freshman libero Rachel Krasowski 

and junior libero/ 

defensive specialist Lauren 

Gausselin. 

“Rachel played up with 

us on the varsity as a freshman 

over the summer,” 

Vales said. “She’ll make that 

jump and try to anchor the 

defense. Lauren anticipates 

well and will do a good job 

getting the ball back up to 

our setter.” 

Sandburg did something 

it had not in previous years 

at the Palos Courts Summer 

League, enter two teams. 

While both of them lost in the 

semifinals of the playoffs, that 

still showed the potential if 

they combined the two teams. 

There is a new look for 

the SouthWest Suburban 

Conference, as three schools 

have left the league. The 

Eagles have won the SWSC 

Fast Five 

A look at Sandburg girls volleyball season-opening 

schedule 

• at Plainfield North Invite, 6 p.m. Aug. 26, 8 a.m. Aug. 

27 

• hosts Mother McAuley, 5:30 p.m. Aug. 30 

• at Wheaton North, 6 p.m. Aug. 31 

• at Lyons Township, with Montini, Moline, 5 p.m. 

• hosts Joliet Catholic, 5:30 p.m. Sept. 8 

Blue Division title for seven 

straight seasons but know 

doing so this season will be a 

real challenge. Lincoln-Way 

East, which absorbed all the 

players that were at the nowclosed 

Lincoln-Way North, 

won the Palos Courts summer 

league title and are a big 

favorite to win the league 

title this season. 

But the Eagles, who had 

26 girls try out for the varsity 

team this past week, will 

certainly show up and be in 

the mix. They hope to peak 

at the end of the season. 

“For the past three years 

in a row we’ve had a good 

senior class graduate and a 

good junior class to step up 

and take their place,” said 

Vales, whose teams have 

won 29 or more matches in 

eight of his nine seasons. 

“This year we’ll be younger, 

but doesn’t mean we will be 

any worse. We just have to 

work harder every day and 

get better. The girls are looking 

at the sectional frame 

and being better by then.” 

Golf 

From Page 46 

was on the varsity squad for 

three years; and Kelly Golden, 

it will be no easy task for 

the 2016 girls golf team to 

live up to the high bar that 

has been set in recent years. 

“We’ve had a great run,” 

Allen said. “We’ve made 

it downstate the past three 

years. We finished sixth last 

year; we finished fifth the 

year before that. We’ve won 

the conference three years in 

a row. We’ve won the regional 

three years in a row. We’ve 

been undefeated in dual 

matches the last two years. 

“We’ve just had a great 

group of girls who have done 

a great job. We just try to keep 

it going. Obviously, losing 

some of those seniors will 

be tough, but hopefully with 

some of those returning girls 

we’ll be able to keep it going.” 

Despite the high standard 

and the graduation of previous 

standouts, McGiles said 

she is confident in the team’s 

chances in 2016. 

“Even though we lost a 

couple of our seniors, I think 

this team has a ton of potential.” 

McGiles, who is entering 

her fourth year as a varsity 

golfer, has seen firsthand the 

success of Sandburg’s girls 

golf team, and she wants to 

be a part of extending that 

success. 

“I want to be able to continue 

that into my senior 

year, in dual matches, invites 

and into the postseason,” she 

said. 

McGiles is no stranger to 

individual success, either. 

She was a medalist at last 

year’s regional championship, 

firing a 68. 

“A goal of mine is to [be 

a medalist] again, and even 

do that at sectional,” McGiles 

said. “Then, when state 

comes around, [I want] to be 

in the Top 10 or better.” 

Even with all the success 

Sandburg has had in the last 

three years, Allen said he 

would rather not make his 

2016 goals too lofty. 

“We’ll look at what our 

team looks like and try to set 

some attainable goals,” he 

said. “I kind of leave [setting 

goals] up to the girls. We’ll 

do it together, but a lot of the 

input comes from the girls.” 

One expectation Allen 

said he felt comfortable setting 

was making it to the 

state tournament, but he acknowledged 

there are many 

good teams in the conference 

and in the area. 

“In conference, Lockport 

will be tough,” Allen said. 

“On the other side of the conference, 

Lincoln-Way Central 

is going to be very good. 

“Golf around the Chicagoland 

area is fantastic. 

There’s a lot of quality players, 

so it’s always a challenge. 

That’s why we don’t 

take it for granted that we’ve 

been able to make it downstate 

and finish as high as 

we have the last three years, 

because we realize how difficult 

that is.” 

Allen and his team will 

have a tough start to the season. 

They are slated to have 

several away matches this 

week, including an earlyseason 

test against Lincoln- 

Way Central Tuesday, Aug. 

23, at The Sanctuary Golf 

Course in New Lenox. 

But regardless of results 

early in the season and into 

the postseason, Allen knows 

it will be a fun year for the 

Sandburg girls golf team. 

“It’s always a fun, great 

group of girls to work with,” 

he said. “I’m looking forward 

to the season, and I’m 

excited about the group we 

have coming back.” 

Sophomore and returning varsity golfer Hannah Kilbane 

watches as her birdie putt on the final hole of tryouts rolls 

toward the cup. Tim Carroll/22nd Century Media


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Senior Emilyee McGiles to lead Eagles in 2016 

Sophomore Hannah 

Kilbane returns after 

shining at state in 

freshman season 

Tim Carroll, Assistant Editor 

With five returning varsity 

players, the Sandburg High 

School girls golf team has 

its sights set on another fine 

season. 

Tryouts for the team took 

place Aug. 10 at Silver Lake 

Country Club’s nine-hole 

Rolling Hills Executive 

Course. Based on what he 

saw there, varsity head coach 

Todd Allen will have plenty 

of talent to work with for the 

upcoming season. 

“Nice turnout this year — 

25 girls,” Allen said. “I’m 

encouraged by that.” 

While Allen said most 

of the girls who tried out 

will have a place either on 

the varsity or junior varsity 

teams, two girls in particular 

will be important to the 2016 

season. 

“We have Emilyee Mc- 

Giles, who is a senior who 

committed to playing at 

Southern Illinois,” Allen 

said. “She’s obviously our 

leader coming back.” 

There also is an up-andcomer 

in whom Allen and 

the Eagles have a lot of faith 

moving forward. Sophomore 

Hannah Kilbane is returning 

to the squad after having the 

team’s best individual finish 

at state as a freshman this 

past season. 

McGiles brings the most 

experience, and Kilbane 

brings the lowest average to 

The Next Five 

A quick look at Sandburg girls golf’s early matches 

• at Joliet Central Invite, 8 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, at 

Woodruff 

• at Andrew Invite Scramble, 4:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 

22, at Rolling Hills 

• at Lincoln-Way Central, with Homewood-Flossmoor, 4 

p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23, at Sanctuary 

• at Bradley, 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24, at Bradley 

• host Lincoln-Way East, 4:30 p.m. Aug. 29, at Silver 

Lake Country Club 

the team this year, but they 

also have quite the supporting 

cast. 

“Jenna Perdue is a senior 

who had a really good junior 

year and made a lot of 

improvements as the year 

went,” Allen said. “[She] 

had a good summer, as well, 

so we’re expecting a lot of 

good things out of her.” 

In addition to other returning 

seniors Sarah Gleason 

and Morgan Howard, Allen 

expected some juniors 

to make varsity and fill the 

holes left by three former 

varsity golfers who graduated 

this past spring. 

With the departures of Emily 

Cosler, four-year varsity 

member; Erin Cronin, who 

Please see Golf, 45 

Senior Emilyee McGiles follows through on her tee shot 

Aug. 10 at Sandburg’s girls golf tryouts at Silver Lake 

Country Club. Tim Carroll/22nd Century Media

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fastbreak 

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1st and 3 

behind the photo 

1. Return to Soldier Field 

Heather Warthen 

(ABOVE), the former 

editor of The Orland 

Park Prairie, took to 

Solider Field to photograph 

Orland Park native 

Michael Schofield, 

when he returned with 

the Denver Broncos 

Thursday, Aug. 11. 

2. Family not spotted 

Despite Warthen’s solid 

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Boys Soccer 

Three goalkeepers competing for starting role this season 

Eagles have high 

expectation for this 

season’s squad 

Jon DePaolis 


When it comes to boys 

soccer, few programs in 

the state can boast the success 

and consistency that 

Sandburg has enjoyed. And 

despite graduating a bevy 

of players from this past 

season’s sectional semifinal 

squad, the Eagles should still 

be a force with which to be 

reckoned in 2016. 

After losing in the postseason 

in 2015 to Consolidated 

High School District 

230 rival Andrew, the Eagles 

are to return just seven players 

from this past year’s roster. 

Chief among those returners, 

however, are skilled 

midfielders Marty Manzke 

and Dan Rohder. 

“This is the fourth year 

Marty has been on our team, 

so we’re expecting big 

things out of him,” Sandburg 

coach Desi Vuillaume said. 

“His whole family has been 

part of the boys program and 

girls program for the last 

eight years. They know what 

it takes. 

“Rohder has some big 

shoes to fill, with both of his 

brothers being in the program 

in the past. He’s always 

been an excellent player, and 

he’s really matured a lot over 

the last nine months. We’re 

expecting huge things out of 

him, as well, this year.” 

Vuillaume said he was not 

“I’m dying. It’s so hot. Had to park at 31st lot and take a 

shuttle. I’m the only girl photog on field.” 

Heather Warthen – former Orland Park Prairie editor, on the long and sweaty road 

to Solider Field (as relayed via text to Editor Bill Jones) 

set on where Manzke or Rohder 

would play this season. 

“We might have a few new 

ideas for those two,” he said. 

Ryan Frencl, a senior, is the 

lone returning defensive player 

for the Eagles this season. 

“I’m expecting big things 

out of Ryan this year to lead 

us back there, as we will 

have three new guys [on defense],” 

Vuillaume said. 

One of those newcomers 

will be sophomore Julian 

Hernandez. 

“He’s new to our program 

but not new to our school,” 

Vuillaume said. “He played 

football last year. He decided 

to come back to soccer.” 

At forward, Colin Kroll 

sophomore can be a player 

to watch, Vuillaume said. 

“He’s also had two brothers 

come through the program 

and is extremely 

skilled,” he said. “He’s very 

similar to Dan Rohder in 

terms of ability and skill.” 

At the goalkeeper position, 

Vuillaume said it was too 

early to project a starter or 

what the rotation might be, as 

Sandburg has three studentathletes 

who can fill the role. 

“We always give everyone 

an equal shot, and we have 

[three] really good keepers,” 

Vuillaume said. “We’re 

blessed to have a lot of keepers 

in our program right now.” 

Returning from last year 

is senior Derek McCurdy. 

He is joined by senior Noah 

Mitchell, who was on junior 

varsity this past season, as 

well as newcomer Daniel 

Porter — a transfer from 

Providence Catholic. 

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That kind of program depth 

— as well as students knowing 

what to expect prior to the 

season — is what makes the 

Eagles a team seemingly always 

on the rise. 

“We have a philosophy 

that we’ve had for 30 years at 

Sandburg on how we like our 

athletes to play,” Vuillaume 

said. “The nice thing about 

it is that they all know what 

those expectations are and 

what that philosophy is before 

they ever get out to my 

field. It makes my job easier. 

“And the talent level of the 

kids who come to our school 

is just awesome. My job is just 

to make sure they all get along 

Denver Broncos – 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20 

• Yes, we know this is still Bears town, but 

the next chance to see Orland Park native 

Michael Schofield play is against the San 

Francisco 49s. 

and we all stay focused.” 

Sandburg is scheduled 

to start its season at Lemont 

Monday, Aug. 22, with 

a 4:45 p.m. start time. Two 

days later, the Eagles are 

to play at Maine South at 7 

p.m. After that, the Eagles 

are involved in games at 

the Best of the West Tournament, 

with games against 

Plainfield North, Naperville 

Central and Bartlett. 

All-in-all, it is a tough early-season 

schedule for the 

Orland Park squad. 

“We like to hit some of our 

hardest competition at the beginning 

of the year, so we see 

what we have and what we 

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need to work toward,” Vuillaume 

said. “You look at that 

Best of the West Tournament, 

and the last 30 years one of 

the teams that will come in 

the Top 4 in the state is going 

to be in that tournament. It 

gives us a great look at where 

we need to be, where the bar 

is in the state, and what we 

need to work toward.” 

He said the team will be 

young this season, which 

could lead to some early 

growing pains. 

“But we’re also a very 

skilled team, and we have 

great footwork, so we 

feel we’ll pick it up pretty 

quick,” he said. 

Orland Park native comes to Solider Field with 

Denver Broncos for preseason matchup with Chicago Bears 

Michael Schofield (right), of Orland Park, plays Thursday, Aug. 11, during a preseason 

game between the Chicago Bears and Denver Broncos at Soldier Field in Chicago. 

Heather Warthen/22nd Century Media 

Compiled by Editor Bill Jones, bill@opprairie.com.

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Sandburg girls golfers ready for fall 

season after Aug. 10 tryouts, Page 46 

Sandburg’s Hannah Kilbane 

takes a shot from the tee box 

Aug. 10 during tryouts at 

Silver Lake Country Club in 

Orland Park. Tim Carroll/22nd 

Century Media 

Returning to the 

area Orland Park native Michael 

Schofield returns to Solider Field 

with Broncos, Page 47 

Alive and kicking 

Sandburg boys soccer team has high 

expectations for fall season with 

goalkeeper depth, Page 47 

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