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Planting progress 

Lincoln-Way Transition students 

blossom in greenhouse 

program, fundraiser, Page 5 

New ice rink, decorative 

lights display featured at 

revamped Christmas in the 

Commons event, Page 3 

Showcasing art 

Local’s art is to be displayed as 

south as Shipman, travel north 

to Lake Zurich, Page 9 

Anna Wilson, of Manhattan, sits with Santa Claus Sunday, Dec. 4, during the Christmas in the Commons Kick-off Celebration in New Lenox. 

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2017 Education Guide, Inside 

Please give. Because everyone should 

have a holly jolly holiday. 

When you celebrate this best time of the year by donating a toy or game at either Town Center Bank 

location, you’re helping your struggling neighbors who really need a cup of cheer. 

Please bring your donation of a new unwrapped board game, toy, book, food or gift card to either Town 

Center Bank location. Warm clothing, a pantry of food and a special gift or two helps ensure that children, 

teens and at-risk families in our neighborhood have a special holiday, and gives you that holly jolly feeling too. 

20181 S. LaGrange Rd. 

Please donate toys, games or funds in our lobbies by December 16th. 

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THURSDAY 

Fine Forgiveness Day 

10 a.m.-8 p.m. Dec. 8, 

New Lenox Public Library, 

120 Veterans Parkway, 

New Lenox. For one day, 

the library will erase fines 

up to $5 (excluding collection 

accounts). This event 

is part of the library’s weeklong 

15th anniversary celebration. 

Visit www.new 

lenoxlibrary.org of more information. 

Hip Pain Seminar 

6:30-7:30 p.m. Dec. 8, Conference 

Center, Silver Cross 

Hospital, 1890 Silver Cross 

Blvd., New Lenox. Dr. Tom 

Antkowiak, orthopedic surgeon, 

will talk about Modern 

Advancements in the Treatment 

of Hip Pain. He will 

discuss how an innovative 

robotic arm can be a solution 

for those suffering and in need 

of a total hip replacement to 

restore mobility. Register for 

this free class at www.mid 

westroboticsurgery.org. 

Baby Bereavement Support 

Group 

7-8 p.m. Dec. 8, Hospital 

Chapel, 1900 Silver Cross 

Blvd., New Lenox. Support 

group offered for parents 

who have experienced loss 

during pregnancy, at birth or 

shortly after, or from early 

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome 

(SIDS). There will be 

a special memorial service. 

Parents can place an ornament 

with their baby’s name 

on a “blue tree” and also take 

an angel home for their tree 

in memory of their lost child. 

First time participants register 

at www.silvercross.org. 

FRIDAY 

15th Anniversary Party 

6-8 p.m. Dec. 9, New 

Lenox Public Library, 120 

Veterans Parkway., New 

Lenox. Join the New Lenox 

Library as they celebrate 15 

years in their building. Enjoy 

refreshements, desserts, 

entertaiment, a photo booth 

and more. Take a tour of the 

building and the library’s 

services during this free 

event for all ages. Call (815) 

485-2605 for more information. 

SATURDAY 

Pancake Breakfast 

8-10 a.m. Dec. 10, New 

Lenox Fire Protection District’s 

Station 1, 261 E. 

Maple Street, New Lenox. 

Breakfasts are free to the 

public. Attendees are asked 

to bring canned goods and 

other food items for the local 

food pantry. For more information 

call (815) 462-0023 

or visit www.nlfdfounda 

tion.org. 

CLRC Holiday Open House 

9 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 10, 

Chicagoland Lionel Railroad 

Club, 1311 S. Schoolhouse 

Road # 3, New Lenox. The 

local railroad club will host 

an open house for model 

train enthusiasts to check out 

its elaborate track display. 

Fee is $3, or $8 per family. 

Santa will be there from 10 

a.m.-2 p.m. for photo opportunities. 

For more information, 

call (815) 485-2588. 

Schmuhl School Open House 

10 a.m.-2 p.m. Dec. 10. 

Schmuhl School, Route 30 

and Schoolhouse Road, New 

Lenox. Learn about what 

school was like in the 30’s 

in a one-room schoolhouse. 

Christmas ornaments, shirts 

and sweatshirts, 2017 calendars 

and New Lenox Area 

Historical Society publications 

will be available for 

purchase at the Open House. 

MONDAY 

Breastfeeding Support Group 

10:30 a.m.-noon Dec. 12 

and Friday, Dec. 16, Conference 

Center, Pavilion A, 

1890 Silver Cross Blvd., 

New Lenox. The Silver 

Cross Birthing Center’s 

certified lactation consultants 

will host a free support 

group for new mothers who 

have questions and concerns 

about breastfeeding in the 

weeks leading up to and after 

birth. First time participants 

register at www.silver 

cross.org. 

“Healing Hearts” Survivors 

of Suicide Support Group 

7-8:30 p.m. Dec. 12, New 

Lenox Police Department, 

200 Veterans Parkway, New 

Lenox. Meetings provide 

a safe place where family 

and friends who lost loved 

ones can share their stories 

and experiences and work 

through their grief. RSVP 

requested. Contact Dan 

Martin, Public Safety Division 

Chief, at dmartin@ 

newlenox.net or the Healting 

Hearts Facilitator at healing 

heartssssg@gmail.com. 

TUESDAY 

Bipolar Disease Support 

Group 

6:30-8:30 p.m. Dec. 13 

and Tuesday Dec. 27, Behavioral 

Health Services, 

1900 Silver Cross Blvd., 

New Lenox. Support group 

offered for individuals and 

family members coping with 

bipolar disease. First time 

participants register at www. 

silvercross.org. 

WEDNESDAY 

Lunch with the Grinch 

Tickets are on sale through 

Dec. 14. Event will be held 

11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, 

Dec. 17, at the Lincolnway 

Special Recreation Association, 

1900 Heatherglen 

Drive, New Lenox. This 

event includes a pizza lunch, 

bounce house, DJ dance party 

and a visit/photo opportunity 

with the Grinch. This is 

a public event. All children 

must be accompanied by an 

adult. Cost is $7 per person. 

For more information and to 

purchase tickets visit LWS 

RA.org/grinch. 

Stroke Support Group 

4-5 p.m. Dec. 14, Conference 

Center, 1890 Silver 

Cross Blvd., New Lenox. 

Support group offered 

for stroke survivor’s family 

members and caregivers. 

First time participants visit 

www.silvercross.org for 

more information. 

UPCOMING 

Holiday Lights Contest 

6:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18. 

Do you, or someone you 

know, enjoys lighting up their 

home for the holiday season? 

Winners of 1st, 2nd and 3rd 

place will be awarded for four 

categories. Lights should be 

turned on by 6:30 p.m. to be 

judged for the Holiday Lights 

Contest. Registration is free 

and the deadline is Wednesday, 

Dec. 14. Email dkroll@ 

newlennoxparks.org to enter 

your home. 

Cookies with Mrs. Claus 

10:30-11:15 a.m. Saturday, 

Dec. 17, New Lenox 

Public Library, 120 Veterans 

Parkway., New Lenox. 

Registration begins Dec. 

3 at 8 a.m. for ages 2-10 to 

join Mrs. Claus and some 

North Pole elves for festive 

stories, a craft, cookies, and 

elf games. For more information 

and registration, visit 

www.newlenoxlibrary.org. 

ONGOING 

My Letter to Santa 

Through Dec. 9, Lions 

Community Center, 1 Manor 

Dr., and Administration 

Building 701 W. Haven 

Ave., New Lenox. Children 

ages 2-10 are invited to drop 

their letters for Santa off during 

normal business hours at 

either the Lions Community 

Center or the Administration 

Building. Children will each 

receive a personalized letter 

from Santa. Please bring the 

complete questionnaire and 

$5 fee when dropping off 

the letter. Contact the New 

Lenox Park District at (815) 

485-3584 for more information. 

Toys for Tots 

The New Lenox Fire Protection 

District is now collecting 

items for Toys for 

Tots through Dec. 9. Area 

residents will be able to drop 

off new, unwrapped toys at 

each of the four fire stations. 

The U. S. Marine Corps Reserve 

Toys for Tots Program 

collects and distributes the 

donated toys as Christmas 

gifts to less fortunate children 

in the community. Last 

year, several hundred toys 

were collected and distributed 

in the New Lenox area. 

Any toys collected after the 

deadline will be delivered 

to the New Lenox Township 

and Silver Cross Hospital. 

Christmas with the Historical 

Society 

Ornaments available until 

Dec. 10. New Lenox 

Historical Society, 205 W 

Maple St., New Lenox. The 

historical society will be featuring 

Christmas ornaments 

of New Lenox on their Facebook 

page until December 

10. See the ornaments up 

close at the New Lenox 

Village Hall and the New 

Lenox Public Library. The 

2016 ornament features the 

Francis One-Room Schoolhouse. 

Limited Edition and 

Landmark Series ornaments 

can be purchased for $15, 

and the New Lenox Schools 

ornaments for $10. Message 

the Historical Society on 

Facebook or call (815) 485- 

5576 to schedule a pick-up 

time. 

To submit an item to the printed 

calendar, contact Assistant 

Editor Amanda Stoll at (708) 

326-9170 ext. 34, or email 

a.stoll@22ndcenturymedia. 

com. Deadline is noon 

Thursdays one week prior to 

publication.

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the New Lenox Patriot | December 8, 2016 | 3 

Village’s holiday celebration 

grows with new attractions 

Hundreds spend 

afternoon at 

Christmas in the 

Commons event 

Amanda Del Buono 

Freelance Reporter 

Nine-year-old Henry Lennon 

was king of the mountain 

as he stood atop a giant ball 

of snow in the Village Commons. 

He and his father, Tim, 

played together in the snow 

among the many other New 

Lenox residents who attended 

the annual Christmas in 

the Commons Kick-off Celebration 

on Sunday. 

“We try to do this every 

Krista Lasson, of New Lenox, meets with Mrs. Claus 

Sunday, Dec. 4, during the Christmas in the Commons 

Kick-off Celebration in New Lenox. 

year,” Tim said. “I think it’s 

outstanding. … We got the 

perfect weather today, too.” 

It was a picturesque setting 

as the snow fell outside 

while children threw snowballs 

and built snowmen on 

the grounds of the Village 

Commons. Christmas carols 

echoed inside Village Hall, 

Pictured are some of the new lights the Village bought as part of its new display for the 

holiday season. Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

decorations sparkled and the 

holiday spirit was in the air. 

While this year’s celebration 

included many of the same 

annual activities, like the 

children’s coloring contest, 

visits with Santa and Mrs. 

Claus, as well as official tree 

lighting ceremony, this year 

was particularly special, according 

to Mayor Tim Baldermann. 

For 2016, the Village took 

the celebration up a notch 

with a massive display of 

decorations, including the 

largest lighted Santa Claus in 

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New Lenox Village Board 

Trustees take next step with Route 30, Cedar intersection update 

Board amends 

Village Code 

regarding RV parking 

Meredith Dobes 


Round it up 

A brief recap of Village Board action Nov. 28 

• The board unanimously approved the purchase of 

replacement mobile data computers for $14, 309.10 from 

Brite Computers for the New Lenox Police Department. 

• Trustees briefly reviewed the first read of an ordinance 

amending construction value in the International Building 

Code, and it is expected the item will be brought back for 

approval at the next board meeting. 

• Mayor Tim Baldermann encouraged residents to shop 

local, small businesses during the holidays. 

• The Nelson Road extension is expected to officially open 

the afternoon of Friday, Dec. 2, according to Village Engineer 

Will Nash. 

Beginning with voting to 

vacate a portion of Church 

Street and ending with the 

final plat approval for new 

developments planned for 

the northeast corner of U.S. 

Route 30 and Cedar Road, 

the New Lenox Village 

Board made further progress 

on downtown redevelopment 

at its Nov. 28 meeting. 

At a previous meeting, the 

board briefly discussed the 

benefit the vacation of a portion 

of Church Street would 

provide to the development 

of the area, and it unanimously 

approved the matter on the 

consent agenda at last week’s 

meeting, with Trustees Emily 

Johnson and Doug Finnegan 

absent. 

The board then reviewed 

the resubdivision of the property 

the Village purchased 

that includes the former BP 

gas station, as well as a former 

dry cleaning establishment 

and the former House 

of Hughes restaurant. The 

subdivision is to be known as 

Rock Island Station and consists 

of two lots that will each 

be sold to developers. 

One lot is for the CVS 

planned for the far western 

portion of the property, and 

the second lot is for the building 

planned for the eastern 

portion of the property that is 

to house Fleckenstein’s Bakery, 

Durbin’s and additional 

tenants, said Robin Ellis, community 

development director. 

The board unanimously 

approved the item. Both lots 

are zoned for commercial 

uses and take up a total of 

2.89 acres. 

Shifting its focus, the 

board moved to approve an 

amendment to Chapter 106 

of Village Code, regarding 

the parking of non-commercial 

trailers, RVs and boats. 

Two residents attended the 

meeting to speak or ask questions 

about the amendment. 

John Kohlhagen asked the 

board to clarify what the proposed 

changes are. 

Ellis said the ordinance 

currently allows residents 

to park one trailer, RV or 

boat on their property April 

1-Oct. 31, and the change to 

the ordinance would allow 

residents to park two such 

vehicles, provided one vehicle 

is drivable and is used 

to pull the other. For example, 

if a resident owns a 

drivable camper that is used 

to pull a boat, he or she can 

park both the camper and the 

boat on the driveway, as long 

as the vehicles do not block 

the sidewalk. However, if a 

resident owns two motorized 

RVs or two non-motorized 

trailers, for example, he or 

she would not be able to park 

both on the driveway. 

Bob Kernwein said he has 

a drivable RV and a trailer 

that is towed behind it, which 

he uses regularly for his son, 

who is a junior dragster. He 

said having both parked in 

the driveway is a matter of 

convenience for him, especially 

if he and his son are 

coming back from a racing 

event late on a Sunday night. 

Trustee Annette Bowden 

said she thought it was important 

for the board to pass the 

amendment because it is easy 

and accessible to have the 

ability to park an RV at home 

rather than at a storage facility 

when it is heavily in use during 

the summer months. 

“The logic is that one vehicle 

pulls the other,” Mayor 

Tim Baldermann said. “It’s 

not just two of whatever you 

want there. I tend to fall on 

the side of it’s private property, 

and you should be able 

to do what you want to do.” 

The board voted to approve 

the amendment to the 

ordinance with Trustee David 

Butterfield voting “no,” 

and the rest of the board 

voting “yes.” 

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the United States, which were 

provided through a deal with 

Artistic Holiday Designs, a 

Broadview-based company. 

“We’ve added this attraction 

that has just come to have 

a very far-reaching draw,” 

Baldermann said, noting that 

people have traveled from 

nearby communities, and 

even other states, to see the 

decorations in New Lenox. 

However, many residents 

have been entranced by the 

decorations, as well. Dawn 

Kolosh said that she and her 

children love the new decorations. 

“We’ve driven through the 

Commons every night this 

week; they love it,” Kolosh 

said. 

She said that the family 

comes to Christmas in the 

Commons every year to start 

their holiday season, but this 

year, her children were particularly 

excited about the 

opportunity to ice skate. 

“They wanted to check out 

the ice skating rink,” Kolosh 

said. “They play hockey, so 

they’re pretty excited about 

that.” 

The New Lenox Community 

Park District debuted its 

new synthetic ice skating rink 

at the Village Commons during 

the event. 

“In its first day, it’s been 

very successful,” Baldermann 

said. “We’ve already had 

quite a few community members 

that said they like it.” 

The synthetic ice skating 

rink is 30-by-64 feet and can 

be used during any time of 

the year, according to Greg 

Lewis, executive director at 

the New Lenox Community 

Park District. 

With free admission, the 

synthetic ice skating rink will 

be open during select hours 

and days with ice skate rentals 

and concessions. The rink 

will be open for those who 

bring their own skates any 

time, Lewis said. The rink 

Camden Bruley, of New Lenox, slides down a hill of snow. 

Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

will be available in the Commons 

through early January. 

“It’s really cool, and this 

is what it’s all about,” Lewis 

said. “We’re one day in, and 

everybody wants us to make 

it bigger next year.” 

Eleven-year-old Joe Lullo 

was full of excitement as his 

mother, Carrie, helped him 

get ready to get in the rink. 

“I love skating outside, it’s 

more fun than indoors,” he 

said. 

“We kind of have a picture 

perfect day for it, too,” 

Carrie added. 

Eric and Sandi Wesel 

brought their youngest son, 

Joe, 9, who has been waiting 

for the rink to open. 

“This is the first time I’ve 

been skating outside,” Joe 

said. “It was fun.” 

Looking ahead, Baldermann 

said that he hopes 

to continue to build New 

Lenox’s Christmas in the 

Commons celebrations. 

“We’re looking at the possibility 

of adding a Kringle 

Market,” he said. 

Joe Wesel, of New Lenox, ice skates at the Commons’ new 

synthetic ice rink, which will be available all through the 

month and early January.

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Students take root 

LW Transition 

students grow 

plants, skills 

Amanda Stoll, Assistant Editor 

The greenhouse at Lincoln-Way 

Central High 

School is filled wall to 

wall with poinsettias, but it 

won’t be for long. 

Students in the Lincoln- 

Way Transition Program 

have been growing the 

plants since the start of the 

school year for a holiday 

fundraiser to benefit the 

program. 

“When the students came 

back to school, we had to 

go clean and disinfect the 

greenhouse,” said Josh 

Kreske, the instructor for 

the greenhouse class. “The 

poinsettias came the second 

week of school, so they 

spent about two days planting 

them” 

After planting, the students 

regularly monitored 

overall health, watered, 

fertilized and rotated them 

so they would receive even 

amounts of sunlight. The 

students also learned to 

“pinch” the plants, a technique 

gardeners use to help 

the plants grow fuller instead 

of straight up. 

“It takes a very long time 

to grow these, but I think 

we’ve been doing a really 

good job,” said Morgan Alcoser, 

a student in the program. 

“I think whoever is 

going to buy them is going 

to really love them.” 

Abby DeVries, another 

student in the program, said 

she likes growing plants 

outside of school and has 

some tulips and roses growing 

at home. 

Students spend a lot of 

time and effort making 

cards to be sold in the community, 

as well, and have an 

entire classroom devoted to 

Students in the Lincoln-Way Transition Program create 

and assemble greeting cards as part of an ongoing 

project. While students are currently making cards to be 

sold for the holidays, they make cards for many different 

occasions. 

die cutting, embossing — 

which adds texture to the 

paper — and assembling 

the cards. Jan Smith is the 

instructor in the card classroom 

and helps the students 

create the cards and fill orders. 

In addition to their work 

in the greenhouse and card 

making classroom, the 

students are responsible 

for helping with sales and 

bookkeeping as orders start 

to come in. 

“In the card room, I work 

on cards for the orders, and 

we sell them, too,” DeVries 

said. “I like helping with 

that.” 

Mary Harrison, director 

of special services, said the 

main goal of the program is 

to help the students become 

more independent by helping 

them develop job skills, 

social skills and life skills. 

The two businesses that the 

students run help financially 

support the program and 

provide a place for them to 

develop their skills. 

“I think overall what 

we’re trying to do is just 

prepare them for life after 

us,” she said. “For some of 

our students, they need that 

push into independence, 

and so that’s what we’re 

trying to do with this program.” 

The Lincoln-Way Transition 

Program is in its third 

year, and Kreske and Harrison 

both said they have 

seen a lot of progress in the 

students. 

“I think a lot of students 

have developed those work 

stills, improved their daily 

living skills and they’ve 

become more independent 

and learned how to 

utilize the community,” 

Kreske said. “[The students 

have] learned how to access 

different resources, in 

school and out of school, 

and how to interact with 

others.” 

Though some students 

are interested in jobs that 

involve growing plants, it 

is unlikely that most of the 

students will pursue jobs 

at greenhouses or making 

cards. Harrison said the 

skills they learn in the program, 

however, are transferable 

to employment elsewhere. 

Harrison said the program 

has helped many of 

the students “come out of 

Morgan Alcoser (from left), Evan Lewis, Danny Gengo and Abby DeVries show off some of 

the poinsettias they helped grow in the greenhouse at Lincoln-Way Central High School. 

Students in the Lincoln-Way Transition Program have grown 500 poinsettias since the start 

of the school year. Photos by Amanda Stoll/22nd Century Media 

their shells” and show their 

strengths in leadership, 

staying on task and learning 

empathy for other students. 

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21st Annual 

MIDNIGHT madness 

Friday, Dec. 9, 2016 

6 p.m. to Midnight 

Support your Community by SHOPPING Locally! 

Downtown 

All Small Miniatures, 28 Ash St. 

Behnke Photography, 100 Kansas St. 

Briosa Boutique, 22 S. White St. 

Chew on this Dog Barkery, 21 S. Ash St. 

Down Home Guitars, 11 S. White St. 

Elwood Ale House, 6 Elwood 

Fat Rosie's Taco & Tequila Bar, 28 Kansas St. 

Francesca's Fortunato, 40 Kansas St. 

Frankfort Sports Bar, Bowl & Billiards, 15 Ash St. 

FUSE Salon and Spa, 28 Kansas St. 

Ginger & Bailey, 24 Elwood St. 

Glory Bee, 122 Kansas St. 

Isabel’s Journey, 28 Kansas St. 

Kernel Sweetooth, 11 S. White St. 

KidsWorks Children’s Museum, 11 S. White St. 

La Vie Vintage, 21 S. White St. 

Lil Surprises, 22 Ash St. 

My Sisters and Me Boutique, 1 N. White St. 

Parker James, 28 Ash St. 

Sid’s Graphs, 11 S. White St. 

Sleeping Beauty Spa, 108 White St. 

Smokey Barque, 20 Kansas St. 

The Brow Lounge, 111 S. Ash St. 

The Family Hearth General Store, 119 Kansas St. 

The Nail Shop, 24 Ash St. 

The Paper Spot, 11 S. White St. 

Silver Strand Boutique (formerly Fringe), 27 Ash St. 

The Talking Shirt, 11 S. White St. 

This & That Gifts, 21 S. White St. 

The trolley will run a continuous loop to the shopping areas 

during the event. For more info and store specials, visit 

www.frankfortchamber.com. 

Frankfort Towne Center 

Energy Nutrition, 20869 LaGrange Road 

Evilena’s Red Dresser, 20887 S. LaGrange Rd. 

Little Joe’s Pizza & Restaurante, 20805 S. LaGrange Rd. 

Bankview Drive 

Action Sports, 75 Bankview Drive 

Crowne Center 

The Dressing Room, 9645 Lincolnway Lane, #115 

Old Frankfort Way 

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NL native takes next step as USS Illinois commissioned officer 

Central alum follows 

dreams in Navy 

Jon DePaolis 


The latest chapter of New 

Lenox native 

David Smith’s 

life closed on 

a boat, but it 

began with 

an essay in 

eighth grade. 

“We got an 

assignment 

Smith 

asking us what we want to 

do and where we see ourselves 

in the next five, 10, 

20 years” David recalled. 

“It was supposed to be a 

half-page assignment, or 

something like that. I ended 

up writing this epithet … 

three pages long, something 

like that.” 

Dave Smith, David’s father 

and a Village of New 

Lenox trustee, remembers 

it differently — but just 

slightly. 

“In eighth grade … [David] 

had to write a paragraph 

on what he wanted to 

do when he grew up,” the 

elder Smith said. “Well, David 

wrote a page and a half. 

He detailed his life more 

than his 40-year-old father 

could detail his life.” 

In the paper, David Smith, 

now 25, detailed how he 

wanted to go to the Naval 

Academy, go into nuclear 

power and then finance. 

“I wonder if we still have 

that; it would be fun to dig 

that up,” David said, laughing, 

as he spoke The New 

Lenox Patriot, as he returned 

to the USS Illinois 

— a ship on which he is a 

commissioned officer. 

The USS Illinois, which 

was commissioned on Oct. 

29 in Groton, Connecticut, 

is just the second Navy ship 

to be named after the state. 

But before he was an officer 

on the ship, David was 

a New Lenox student with a 

dream. 

David said he saw the 

2006 film “Annapolis,” directed 

by Justin Lin and 

starring James Franco. 

“That’s when I kind 

of heard about the Naval 

Academy,” David said. “It’s 

funny, I watched that movie 

a few years ago, and it’s actually 

a pretty bad movie, 

but it let me learn about the 

academy to do some more 

research.” 

Sue Smith, David’s mother, 

said family history also 

may have played a role. 

“I think he was inspired 

by his grandfather, who was 

a tank commander in the 

Army during the Korean 

War,” she said. 

After talking with his 

son about the eighth-grade 

essay, Dave Smith knew 

they’d need to get started 

right away if David’s dream 

was to become a reality. 

“I contacted a lot of my 

friends who knew people 

who had gone to the Naval 

Academy,” Dave Smith 

said. “We went to a lot of 

dinners and spoke with a lot 

of people. What could David 

expect? How could he 

get into the academy? We 

started going to two or three 

seminars a year, mostly in 

the Midwest.” 

At a seminar he attended 

during his sophomore year 

of high school, David met a 

naval admiral. 

“We met, we talked and 

David impressed him,” 

Dave Smith said. “He invited 

David and I to come out 

and visit him for a week in 

[Connecticut].” 

After the visit, the admiral 

became a mentor to David. 

Fast forward a couple 

of years later, and David 

was accepted into the academy 

and ready to start the 

next step of his journey. 

“When David applied for 

the academy, [about] 18,500 

kids applied,” Dave said. 

“[A total of] 1,233 were accepted. 

Out of that, I think 

[about] 1,025 graduated. 

It’s a very select group.” 

David attended U.S. Naval 

Academy from 2010- 

2014, where he earned a 

bachelor’s degree in mechanical 

engineering. From 

there, he went to Naval Nuclear 

Power School in South 

Carolina. After that, it was 

onto the Naval Nuclear 

Power Training Command. 

“It’s essentially a shorebased, 

fully operational nuclear 

reactor,” David said. 

“You learn how to stand 

watch, and, as officers, how 

to lead the watch teams. 

Going from a classroom to 

leading the watch team is 

[eye-opening].” 

David reported June 1 

to the USS Illinois. He is 

the electrical officer on the 

boat, so he runs the nuclear 

electricians, as well as the 

conventional electricians. 

He also has 10 different 

qualification cards open so 

he can become a submariner 

who can run the plant 

and drive the boat. 

“You get spread out in a 

bunch of different directions, 

whereas in school, my 

job was to study right now,” 

he said. 

David was part of the 

crew to get the boat commissioned, 

and as such, is a 

“plank owner.” 

“All the people who were 

at the commissioning ceremony 

are known as plank 

owners,” David said. “It’s 

a traditional thing where in 

the old days when the boat 

was made, every sailor who 

was there when the boat 

was commissioned got a 

little piece of the boat. We 

got a little piece of the hull 

of the submarine.” 

In the boat’s award room, 

there is a plank with David’s 

name on it – along with 

the other names of the first 

crew of the sub, who were 

with the USS Illinois during 

the sea trials. That will stay 

with the ship for its 33 years 

of existence. 

The ceremony itself was a 

lot of fun, too. 

“It was a really cool and 

neat experience,” David 

said. “Michelle Obama was 

the sponsor of the boat, 

and she gave an awesome 

speech when she was there.” 

David said the crew ran 

aboard and started to open 

the hatches, raised the 

scopes and sounded the 

whistle after being prompted 

to “bring the boat to life.” 

Dave said the gravity of 

what his son had accomplished 

hit him when he visited 

for the commissioning 

ceremony. After a tour of 

the submarine, David took 

his parents to a clambake 

celebration. 

“When [David] walked 

in, all we heard was ‘Mr. 

Smith’s here! How are you 

doing today, Mr. Smith?’” 

Dave recalled. “It wasn’t 

me; it was David. Because 

he’s an officer, they call him 

Mr. Smith. 

“We’re proud parents.” 

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Harrison said students 

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stores, the library and 

food service. 

She said the program 

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each student needs. 

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Local’s linoleum artwork to be 

showcased all over the state 

James Sanchez, Editor 

All Martino Jr. High art 

teacher Brooke Nicholson 

wanted to do was challenge 

her eighth-grade Advanced 

Art students. 

“These kids are used to 

being the best artists in the 

class, and then they get into a 

class with all the best artists, 

so I like to find projects that 

are going to push them out of 

their comfort zone,” she said. 

She introduced linoleum 

art to them, which she said 

is commonly taught to high 

school and college students. 

It is a method using a sheet of 

linoleum and through a series 

of progressive carvings, inkings 

and printing, the desired 

image comes to fruition. 

The bothersome aspect for 

Sophia Snider, Nicholson’s 

student at the time, was that 

everything in this form of art 

is reversed. She couldn’t see 

the result of her hours of labor 

until the very end. It took 

students a lot of patience and 

trust in what they’re doing. 

Her last print finally revealed 

the finished product of 

a lion. The craftsmanship, the 

cuts and the symbolism of the 

lion led Nicholson to submit 

her work, among others in 

the class, to the Illinois Art 

Education Association’s Student 

Art Show, which showcases 

the state’s best art from 

students in grades K-12. 

“She’s really creative and 

Taking the art show on the road 

Sophia Snider’s artwork, as well as 39 

others from grades K-12 from Illinois will 

be featured at different sites throughout 

the state through August. 

Dates and locations 

December – Westminster Christian 

School, 2700 W. Highland Ave., Elgin 

January – Amita Adventist Hinsdale 

Medical Center, 120 N Oak St., Hinsdale 

February – Marian Catholic High School, 

700 Ashland Ave., Chicago Heights 

Lincoln-Way Central freshman Sophia Snider holds up 

a certificate she received from the Illinois Art Education 

Association due to her artwork she completed as an eighthgrader 

at Martino Jr. High. Photos Submitted 

artistic, and she really takes 

her time, so I knew she was 

going to put out something 

great,” Nicholson said. 

“When it finally came out, 

just her color choices, her angles 

and just her composition 

really was impressive.” 

Before Snider graduated 

from Martino in the spring, 

she discovered her work was 

one of 40 chosen to be displayed 

all over the state out 

of more than 800 submitted. 

That showcase began in 

Please see artists, 14 

Pictured is Snider’s 

linoleum art piece inspired 

by Aslan, the lion from “The 

Chronicles of Narnia.” Her 

work will be showcased 

all over the state through 

August. 

March – Shipman High School, 211 Dora 

Reno White St., Shipman 

April – Palatine Public Library, 700 N. 

North Court, Palatine 

May – Homewood Flossmoor High 

School, 999 Kedzie Ave., Flossmoor 

June – Ela Library, 275 Mohawk Trail, 

Lake Zurich 

July – Niles West High School, 5701 

Oakton St., Skokie 

August – Lisle Public Library, 777 Front 

St., Lisle 

Publisher announces return 

of Holiday Card Contest 

New Lenox calls 

for entries in 2016 

card competition 

Bill Jones, Managing Editor 

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Help keep it at bay 

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It is that time again. The 

weather starts looking grim, 

the daylight only peeks for 

long enough to remind us it 

exists and we start writing 

terrible songs-turned-poetry. 

We even think for a splitsecond 

they’re not that bad. 

(We’re wrong. They are.) 

But maybe, oh, just maybe, 

your holiday spirit can bail us 

out of this doom and winter 

gloom once again. 

Oh, you didn’t know? Publisher 

22nd Century Media 

officially just announced the 

return of its Holiday Card 

Contest for 2016. 

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we’re cooped up inside. 

By now, we hope you’re 

familiar with the rules, but 

we’re happy to run through 

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case. (We’ve got nothing better 

to do. Can you believe this 

weather?) 

We want to see your coolest 

Christmas cards. Homemade 

wonders, unique 

presentations, sassy jokes, 

beautiful envelopes. We also 

want to read your year-end 

letters: You know the ones 

your friends really enjoy 

getting that brag about how 

wonderfully everyone’s doing 

in your family? Yeah, 

those letters. We want holiday 

photos, be they goofy, 

tropical or traditional. 

Whatever it is you do for 

the people you love during 

the holidays (PG-13, please), 

simply address these things to 

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We will pick one winner in 

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across all seven of the towns 

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Frankfort, Mokena, New 

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In addition to awarding 

prizes, we plan to publish 

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• The entry must be from 

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Prizes will be announced 

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course of the next week, and 

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Phones valued up to $20,000 stolen at local store 

James Sanchez, Editor 

New Lenox police are 

searching for a suspect involved 

in an alleged robbery 

that took place Tuesday, Nov. 

29, at the Sprint store in the 

2300 block of East Lincoln 

Highway. 

At around 6:30 p.m., as 

a Sprint employee was trying 

to lock up for the night, 

the suspect reportedly approached 

the employee and 

From nov. 30 

forced him back inside the 

store to the cash register and 

to an off-storage area where 

he took numerous phones, 

according to New Lenox 

Police Deputy Chief Robert 

Pawlisz. No weapon was displayed 

or inferred, he added. 

Pawlisz said the suspect 

took up to $20,000 worth of 

phones and approximately 

$200 from the cash register. 

Pawlisz said he was told 

from officers at the scene that 

the suspect is a black male, 6 

feet tall, thin, about 35 years 

old and was wearing a long, 

dark coat with a hood at the 

time of the incident. 

Authorities encourage 

those with information on 

the robbery to call the New 

Lenox Police Department at 

(815) 485-2500. The anonymous 

tip line can be reached 

at (815) 462-6111. 

Police Reports 

Local charged with possession of suspected heroin 

Brandon Koniuszy, 23, of 

2370 Palmer Ranch Drive 

in New Lenox, was charged 

with possession of a controlled 

substance Nov. 20 in 

an incident during which he 

reportedly was accused of 

committing theft at a local 

retail store. 

Authorities reported to 

the CVS on the 2000 block 

of Nelson Road in response 

to an alleged theft Koniuszy 

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New Lenox native invests in homes to rehab, give back to veterans 

Atwell seeks veteran 

contractors to assist 

with new business 

Rebecca Susmarski 

Contributing Editor 

Capt. Kirby Atwell recently 

decided to combine 

a humanitarian cause with 

one of his passions, and so 

far, his decision has yielded 

great results. 

The Lincoln-Way Central 

alumnus and U.S. Army 

veteran started his own business, 

Green Vet Homes, over 

the summer to help homeless 

veterans find and ultimately 

own quality homes. Kirby 

rehabs old or abandoned 

homes in the south suburbs, 

then lets veterans rent them 

via vouchers until they can 

save enough money to purchase 

the home on their own. 

So far Atwell has fixed up 

and moved a veteran into an 

Oak Lawn condo, and he 

also bought an abandoned 

house in Blue Island so he 

could flip it and donate some 

of the proceeds to an organization 

that assists veterans. 

“It’s always exciting to 

find new deals and rehab, 

and turn an ugly house into 

something beautiful, but 

when you can do it and then 

also add another higher purpose 

on top of that, it really 

is much more fulfilling,” 

Atwell said. “My vision is 

to give [veterans] the whole 

package — move them into 

the house, help them get a 

job, get them a computer and 

get them a financial plan.” 

Atwell majored in business 

management when he 

attended the United States 

Military Academy at West 

Point, but his passion for real 

estate truly began to blossom 

during his time in the Army. 

Following his West Point 

graduation, Atwell spent two 

years stationed in Texas, followed 

by another two in Hawaii 

and then two in Japan. 

While encamped, he 

bought a few rental properties, 

watched shows about 

flipping houses and read any 

book he could find about real 

estate and investment. He 

also served as an air defense 

artillery officer, a patriot fire 

control enhanced operator 

and a general’s aide before 

he rose to the rank of captain 

and returned to the United 

States in 2011. 

Atwell went on to cofound 

a Mokena flipping 

business called iCandy- 

Homes, and took some 

classes hosted by the stars 

of “Flip this House.” Yet 

soon he saw a great need 

for homes for veterans, as 

many fell into poverty after 

returning from the service 

with Post Traumatic Stress 

Disorder or non-translatable 

skills. 

“If you’re a soldier, you’re 

trained how to get close to 

the enemy and kill them, 

but when you come back 

here that doesn’t necessarily 

translate to getting a 

job, personal financial planning 

and all the day-to-day 

tasks,” Atwell said. “It’s 

also very humbling because 

you’re taking on such a huge 

responsibility in one aspect, 

then you come back home 

and people treat you like the 

same guy who left. It’s difficult 

to handle day-to-day 

stuff when you’re used to 

doing things that felt like a 

much bigger role.” 

Many individuals call Atwell 

with home referrals, 

such as people living across 

the country who inherited 

a run-down home or those 

who have been evicted due 

to unpaid taxes. Once he 

finds and fixes up a home, 

Atwell contacts the HUD- 

Veterans Affairs Supportive 

Housing program, which refers 

him to veterans in need. 

To rehab one home typically 

takes about four to five 

weeks, while flipping one 

Green Vet Homes 

For more information or 

to donate materials to 

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(708) 231-0100, or visit 

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com. 

takes about eight to 10, Atwell 

said. Cleaning out the 

Oak Lawn condo — which 

had previously belonged to a 

woman who hoarded items, 

Atwell said — took the efforts 

of Atwell and a full 

crew, and they filled a dumpster 

with items four times. 

Once they cleaned and 

rented it out to a veteran 

named Joe Stephens, however, 

Stephens said it was 

“the nicest place he’s ever 

lived in,” Atwell said. Atwell 

makes quarterly checkins 

with Stephens, who has 

offered to fix any smaller 

repairs that might be needed 

around the home, though 

Atwell always checks for issues 

that may have popped 

up while making his rounds. 

“I’ve heard of a lot of investors 

who are afraid to 

rent to voucher holders, 

whether it’s Section 8 or VA 

voucher holders, because 

they’re afraid they’re going 

to tear up the place,” Atwell 

said. “I haven’t done it for a 

real long time, but the ones 

I have done — because I’ve 

done Section 8 [homes] also 

— how you treat the tenant 

is how they’re going to treat 

your place. If you are really 

respectful to them and are 

proactive in managing the 

property, and you stop by 

and you show that you care, 

then they take care of it pretty 

well usually themselves. 

And they’re going to treat 

you with respect just as you 

treated them with respect.” 

Currently, Atwell’s family 

assists him with the business. 

His father Cory and older 

brother Brock help with the 

rehab work, and his wife 

Taryn makes gift baskets for 

Kirby Atwell looks inside 

some cabinets at a home in 

Blue Island he purchased 

through his business, 

Green Vet Homes. Atwell 

invests in the homes to 

rehab and then allow 

veterans in need of homes 

to rent them. Rebecca 

Susmarski/22nd Century 

Media 

the veteran homeowners. 

Atwell also works with 

veteran-owned contracting 

groups to rehab the homes, 

and he plans to work with 

such groups full-time and 

hire veterans in-house someday. 

He also hopes to eventually 

pick up one new home 

project per month to help 

more of his brothers and 

sisters-in-arms find good 

homes. 

It’s the least he can do, 

he believes, for others who 

made great sacrifices for 

their country. 

“I was very fortunate with 

my service,” Atwell said. “It 

became sort of a passion for 

mine to work with veterans. 

I think there’s a shared connection 

with them.” 

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Riley McLaughlin, 

Lincoln-Way Central 

Riley McLaughlin was picked 

as this week’s Standout Student 

because of her academic performance. 

What is one essential you 

must have when studying? 

When I’m studying, I 

like to have some noise in 

the background. I’m a huge 

music and movie person, so 

I like to play one of those 

while I work. Silence is too 

distracting to me. 

What do you like to do when 

not in school or studying? 

I love to act. I’m involved 

in the plays and musicals 

here, so that’s a nice, bright 

spot to my day. 

What is your dream job and 

why? 

My dream job is to be a fiction 

author, because writing 

is my favorite thing to do in 

the world. 

What is one thing people 

don’t know about you? 

A lot of people don’t know 

that I love to watch basketball. 

My dad was a coach 

when I was growing up, so 

I used to go to games every 

Friday night as a kid. March 

Madness is like Christmas in 

my house. 

Whom do you look up to? 

As many know, I’m a huge 

David Bowie fan. I love how 

he was a proponent for individuality, 

and how he pushed 

boundaries through his music 

and theatrics. 

Who is your favorite teacher 

and why? 

Although I have a few, 

my favorite is Mr. Hopper. I 

love how devoted he is to his 

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teaching, and he tells awesome 

stories. 

What is your favorite class 

and why? 

I really love English. Besides 

reading really some really 

great books, that class really 

helped me become a better 

writer over the years. Also, I 

love the discussion-based aspect 

of the class, and expressing 

opinions, and hearing 

what my friends think, too. 

What is one thing that stands 

out about your school? 

One thing that is really a 

staple of Lincoln-Way Central 

is definitely the school 

spirit. It’s so much fun to go 

to the football games and see 

everyone come together to 

support our team. 

If you could change one thing 

about school, what would it 

be? 

I wish that the theater department 

got more attention at 

Central. Although we do get a 

pretty good turnout for the musicals, 

not too many people see 

the plays, and it would be cool 

if they were more popular. 

What is your best memory 

from school? 

My favorite memory so far 

at Central was being in “Footloose” 

my freshman year. I’m 

a huge fan of the movie, so to 

actually be in that show was a 

dream come true for me. 

Standout Student is a weekly 

feature for The New Lenox 

Patriot. Nominations come from 

New Lenox area schools. 

Submitted by Union School 

District 81 

artists 

From Page 9 

November in Normal during 

the IAEA Conference, where 

Snider – now a Lincoln-Way 

Central freshman – was recognized 

on stage during the 

reception, and there, she was 

finally able to see her work 

framed along with the other 

winners. 

“There was art all over,” 

Snider recalled from the 

event. “It was so cool to see 

my art, but it was really inspiring 

to everyone else’s 

art, especially the kids in 

kindergarten or the seniors 

in high school. You see such 

a change over time as you go 

from grade to grade.” 

Snider’s art, which was inspired 

by the lion Aslan from 

“The Chronicles of Narnia,” 

will be seen as far south as 

Shipman and make its way 

approximately 275 miles 

north to Lake Zurich. From 

watching the movie, she said 

the still image of Aslan “was 

so powerful” and wanted to 

capture that in her art. 

Taxpayers of Union 

School District 81 benefit 

yet again from sound financial 

practices. 

In a time when many 

school districts are scrambling 

to find revenue, the 


Board of Education has approved 

the reimbursement of 

tax funds to its homeowners. 

Since 2012, Union School 

District 81 has gone from the 

worst financial rating in the 

state (Financial Watch) to the 

best (Financial Recognition). 

“Due to an unexpected 

surplus derived from additional 

funding and expenditures 

coming in under budget, 

we are pleased to refund 

an average of $150 per home 

in our district”, said Superintendent 

Tim Baldermann. 

“Although the district could 

keep the funds, we believe 

it should be returned to the 

taxpayers.” 

“Our Board of Education 

and Superintendent continue 

to strive hard to benefit students 

and taxpayers alike,” 

added Board President Patrick 

Sweeney. “We pride 

ourselves on being responsible 

to those we serve”. 

Residents should receive 

their checks in the mail no 

later than Dec. 9. 


serves parts of New Lenox 

and Joliet. 

But what caught the eye of 

those at the reception, Nicholson 

said, was the lion’s image 

through the unique printing 

technique. 

“[People] were really impressed 

with just the idea that 

it was done through carving 

and not through painting or 

drawing, which is something 

others are used to seeing,” 

Nicholson said. 

Snider’s dad and grandparents 

joined her on the trip to 

Normal, but she was excited 

to reconnect with Nicholson, 

who she hasn’t seen since 

she left Martino. She credits 

Nicholson for believing in 

her work enough to submit it 

to the IAEA art show. 

“Without [Mrs. Nicholson] 

putting my art into the show, it 

wouldn’t have gotten accepted, 

and I wouldn’t have all of 

this opportunity,” Snider said. 

“She really pushed me as an 

artist, and I learned so much 

from her – from shading to 

painting to cutting a piece of 

linoleum. She changed how 

I view art and helped me become 

the artist I am today.”



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police 

From Page 10 

niuszy, police reportedly 

discovered he was in possession 

of suspected heroin. 

Nov. 24 

• Elizabeth E. Figliulo, 36, 

of 1114 Magnolia Drive, Joliet, 

was reportedly charged 

with expired registration, 

operation of uninsured motor 

vehicle and unlawful 

display of registration when 

she was stopped on the 300 

block of West Maple Street. 

Police conducted a stop after 

discovering Figliulo’s vehicle 

registration was expired, 

but it displayed a valid registration 

sticker, officials said. 

The officer reportedly later 

found out that the registration 

sticker belonged to another 

vehicle. 

• An unknown person reportedly 

entered a vehicle on the 

800 Block of S. Anderson 

Road and took a wallet. 

• Luis G. Juarez, 20, of 302 

S. Hebbard, Joliet, was reportedly 

charged with driving 

with a suspended license 

when he was stopped on the 

400 block of Maple Street. 


observing Juarez speeding to 

later find out he had a suspended 

license. 

Nov. 22 

• Jose A. Pizano-Sanchez, 

37, 209 Henderson Ave., Joliet, 

was charged with driving 


when he was stopped on 

Route 30 and Prairie Road. 


observing Pizano-Sanchez 

speeding to later find out he 

had a suspended license. 

Nov. 21 

• An unknown person reportedly 

took an Xbox gaming 

system and Xbox games 

from the Wal-Mart on the 

500 block of East Route 30 

and left without paying for 

them. 

• Ricky Ross, 29, of 5157 S. 

Laflin St., Chicago, was reportedly 

charged with driving 


when he was stopped on 

Laraway and Gougar Road. 

Police reportedly conducted 

a stop after discovering 

Ross’ license was suspended 

on a routine vehicle registration 

check. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: The New 

Lenox Patriot’s Police Reports 

are compiled from official 

reports found online on the 

New Lenox Police Department’s 

website or releases 

issued by the department and 

other agencies. Anyone listed 

in these reports is considered to 

be innocent of all charges until 

proven guilty in a court of law. 

FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER 

Mokena earns certificate for 

emergency preparedness 

Mokena was recognized 

Nov. 28 at its regularly 

scheduled Village Board 

of Trustees meeting with a 

certificate from the Illinois 

Law Enforcement Alarm 

System organization for the 

Village’s work in improving 

its emergency management 

plans. 

Mokena Police Chief 

Steve Vaccaro said in 2014, 

when he first started in Mokena, 

Mayor Frank Fleischer 

tasked him with updating the 

Village’s emergency operations 

plan. 

“Through assistance from 

ILEAS and Harold Damron 

from Will County Emergency 

Management Agency, 

we were able to update our 

emergency operations plan, 

which the board approved in 

2015,” Vaccaro said. “I had a 

lot of help from staff. ... But 

the next logical step through 

ILEAS was to work through 

their emergency preparedness 

program, which really 

makes us a better agency 

when it comes to emergencies 

and planning for the inevitable.” 

Michael D’Amico, regional 

planning coordinator 

at ILEAS, presented the certification. 

“[This] is a program that 

we offer to help police agencies 

with to bring their police 

departments and communities 

up to speed on their ability 

to handle major disasters 

or large critical incidents,” 

D’Amico said. “The most 

important component of [the 

program] is the emergency 

operations plan. Steve did a 

marvelous job. I reviewed it, 

and, in addition to that, the 

county emergency management 

agency approved it.” 

The certification also 

is a rare achievement, as 

D’Amico said only 10 percent 

of Illinois’ 1,000 law 

enforcement agencies have 

earned the certificate. 

Reporting by Jon DePaolis, 

Freelance Reporter. For more, 

visit MokenaMessenger.com. 

FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION 

TPHS students, seniors get 

into the spirit of Christmas 

with annual holiday party 

Tinley Park High School’s 

gym looked a little different 

the morning of Nov. 30. 

Several rows of chairs and 

tables were placed neatly 

on the main floor, and a few 

small, white picket fences 

decorated with wreaths 

marked the boundary between 

the audience and the 

performers. 

Those aspects set the stage 

for the annual Senior Citizen 

Holiday Party, which showcased 

a handful of talent 

from the school’s choir, jazz 

band and drama club. 

Choir director Victor 

Pazik led his students into 

a mix of Christmas classics 

like “O Come All Ye 

Faithful” and “Do You Hear 

What I Hear?” And the jazz 

band turned up the funk, as 

band director Vince Aiello 

gave them the cue to play 

The Temptations’ “Shakey 

Ground.” The song’s playfulness 

and spunk became 

the perfect backdrop for a 

dance-off, and staff, students 

and seniors gathered to show 

off their moves. 

Bernadette Wischhover, 

of Tinley Park, walked away 

the winner of that contest, 

and she was awarded a T- 

shirt that boasted the band’s 

attitude: “Admit it. We help 

you get your groove on.” 

“It’s so nice to have our 

senior community here 

in our building to see our 

kids, to see our talents, to 

just spend a little time with 

them,” Principal Theresa 

Nolan said. 

Reporting by F. Amanda 

Tugade, Editor. For more, visit 

TinleyJunction.com. 

FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE 

Jerling eighth-graders 

compete in engineering 

challenge 

Jerling Jr. High School 

students recently got a taste 

of what engineers go through 

on a daily basis. 

The students displayed 

their skills during the Fluid 

Power Challenge, which was 

held Nov. 29 at the Orland 

Park Civic Center. 

The goal is for eighthgrade 

students to get firsthand 

experience building 

a machine to accomplish 

that year’s chosen task. 

Jerling Principal Kevin 

Brown wanted to expand the 

school’s science program, 

and the Fluid Power Challenge 

proved to be the perfected 

addition to the program, 

he said. 

Bob Hammond, of Deltrol 

Fluid Products, hosted 

the challenge with help from 

representatives from Mursix 

and Bimba Manufacturing. 

The challenge is designed to 

introduced eighth-grade students 

to the initial principles 

and science behind hydraulic 

and pneumatic devices. 

An assembly was held five 

weeks prior to the competition 

to prepare the students 

for the expectations involved 

in the challenge, and to explain 

some basic concepts 

they would need to assemble 

their individual machines. 

Supplies were handed out, 

and, with time ticking down, 

each team worked to develop 

their machines through 

trial and error. 

Judy Stellato, an eighthgrade 

science teacher, 

worked with their classes 

through the preparation 

stages. 

“Science is failure,” she 

said. “There is a lot of failure 

involved. Even if they spend 

the time, they work, and 

they get there, and the device 

doesn’t work, but that’s 

a learning experience.” 

Reporting by Brittany Kapa, 

Assistant Editor. For more, visit 

OPPrairie.com.

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from the assistant editor 

Take a leaf from their book 

Amanda Stoll 

a.stoll@22ndcenturymedia.com 

Lincoln-Way 

Transition students 

remind us what’s 

really important 

A 

few weeks ago, I 

had the opportunity 

to visit the Lincoln- 

Way Transition students at 

Lincoln-Way Central and 

tour their greenhouse and 

their card making classroom. 

The Transition program 

helps students with special 

needs do just that — transition 

from high school to 

adulthood and independence. 

Students work on life and 

social skills while developing 

job skills that will help 

them when they leave the 

program. 

Upon my arrival at the 

school, I was met by Mary 

Harrison, the Director of 

Special Services, and we 

walked down to the area of 

the school that houses the 

Transition Program. 

Standing in the hallway, 

I could see students in a 

nearby classroom learning 

to cook a turkey for their 

upcoming holiday meal. 

We were quickly joined by 

four students and one of their 

instructors, Josh Kreske, who 

took us to the greenhouse. 

The small glass sided 

building was overflowing 

with poinsettias the students 

have grown this school year, 

the sight of which could 

lift even a Grinch’s spirits. 

Walking out the back door 

of the school, I could see all 

the red and white color from 

across the parking lot. 

When we got there, it was 

clear the students were proud 

of their work and excited to 

tell me about it. We chatted 

for a few minutes in the 

greenhouse before heading 

back up to the school building. 

The students went back 

to their classes, and Harrison 

showed me to the card 

making classroom, where 

students were hard at work 

making holiday cards to sell. 

Again, I was impressed 

with the care and detail the 

students put into their work, 

and how much fun they 

seemed to be having doing it. 

They were focusing on 

their work, but each of them 

took a moment to smile or 

wave when we came in the 

room. There was music playing, 

and they were dancing 

at their seats as they worked. 

Before I left I had the 

opportunity to talk to Kreske 

and Harrison a bit more, but 

it wasn’t until I got home at 

the end of the day that I realized 

how much I’d enjoyed 

my time there. 

It’s no secret that a joyful 

mood is infectious, but it 

took me a while to pinpoint 

the reason why the rest of 

my day had been so upbeat, 

even despite my busy workload 

before the Thanksgiving 

holiday. 

Maybe it’s cliché but 

wouldn’t every day be so 

much better if everyone took 

a leaf from their book over at 

the Transition Program? 

This coming week, I 

want to challenge everyone 

to smile more and to try to 

embody the welcoming and 

joyful attitude of this group 

of students. 

I know I’m still new here, 

but I’m already getting 

hooked on my job. This 

week, I got the opportunity 

to meet and talk with people 

I might never have crossed 

paths with, and don’t think 

this kind of experience will 

be my last here. 

New Lenox Public Library posted this Dec. 1: 

“Moxie McJingles is back from the North 

Pole! Moxie was busy reading about being a 

penguin...to penguins. Oh Moxie!” 

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“It may be early in the season, but it’s 

already Senior Night for Girls Gymnastics! 

Congrats to our four LW Seniors!” 

@LWWestWside, on Nov. 29 

Follow The New Lenox Patriot: @TheNLPatriot 

Poetry Corner 

Do not love this world 

By possessions, not be lured 

The Father’s love is not in these 

Outside God’s Kingdom, thieves. 

For all that is in this world 

Like a carrot above us, twirled 

The lust of the flesh will strive 

To feed this deceptive drive. 

The lust of the eyes will begin 

For it is pleasing the allure of sin 

In the mind, deception grows 

As the conscience signal slows. 

Pride will lift its ugly head 

And will fill the lust that’s fed 

The heart deceitful above all things 

Justifies, the captive lust it brings. 

The Birth of Sin 

Each is tempted when drawn away 

Enticed by their own desires play 

Desire conceived gives birth to sin 

Sin, full grown, brings death within. 

Those who have these ungodly traits 

Are not of the Father, darkness baits 

This world will pass away with its lust 

To do the will of God, we must. 

Blessed is the man who endures 

The lustful temptations that occurs 

When he’s approved, passed the test 

The Lord gives the crown of life and rest. 

Julie Sanders, New Lenox Resident 

If you are a New Lenox resident and would like 

to submit a poem, contact editor James Sanchez 

at james@newlenoxpatriot.com or call (708) 326- 

9170 ext. 48. 

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20 | December 8, 2016 | The New Lenox Patriot faith 


FAITH BRIEFS 

United Methodist Church of New Lenox 

(339 W. Haven Ave, New Lenox) 

Christmas Cantata 

The Christmas Cantata 

will be held on Sunday, Dec. 

11th at both services (9 and 

10:45). For more information 

call (815) 485-8271. 

Cookies and Caroling 

Noon-3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 

11. The United Methodist 

Church of New Lenox will 

deliver Christmas cookies 

and sing carols to shut-ins 

in New Lenox and Joliet. All 

youth, adults, families, and 

friends are invited. Homemade 

cookie donations may 

be dropped off in the church 

kitchen by Sunday, Dec. 11 

at 10 a.m. 

Living Nativity 

4-7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18. 

Drive through the church 

grounds to view live actors 

and animals. Enjoy music, 

caroling, hot chocolate, and 

cookies inside. The public 

is cordially invited to attend 

this free event. Enter from 

Route 30 from the west only, 

east of Vine Street. Visit 

umcnl.com for more information. 

New Life Church (500 Gougar Road, New 

Lenox) 

Intro to New Life 

Church staff offers a oneday 

Intro to New Life workshop, 

which will provide the 

opportunity for attendees 

to engage in an in-depth 

dialogue about the church’s 

mission, beliefs and approach 

to ministry. To register, 

sign up at newlifenewlenox.org 

or call the church 

office at (815) 462-0202. 

Missio Dei Church (123 W. Wood St., New 

Lenox) 

Women’s Study 

6:30-8 p.m. Tuesdays and 

9-10:30 a.m. Saturdays. 

Study materials will cost 

$10.50, and books will be 

distributed before the study 

begins. Payments will be 

collected on the first class. 

Pay by cash or make checks 

payable to Missio Dei 

Church. 

Peace Lutheran Church (1900 E. Lincoln 

Highway, New Lenox) 

A Man in Recovery 

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

This recovery group is 

for those who are struggling 

with addiction or those who 

love someone struggling. 

For more information, call 

Tom at (815) 354-3195. 

St. Jude Catholic Church (241 W. Second 

Ave., New Lenox) 

Called To Holiness 

7-8:30 p.m. every first 

Monday of the month. This 

is a new young adult faithsharing 

group for Catholics 

in their 20s or 30s in the Chicago 

Southland area. Its purpose 

is to grow in our faith 

through scripture, discussion 

and prayer. For directions 

to the meeting location 

and more information, contact 

Jennifer at calledtoholi 

nessgroup@gmail.com. 

Have something for Faith 

Briefs? Contact Assistant 

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In Memoriam 

Richard Matthew Alderson 

Richard Matthew 

Alderson, 42, formerly of 

New Lenox, died Nov. 19. He 

is survived by his mother Alice 

E. Alderson; birth father, 

Richard Dohrn (Carol) of 

New Lenox; sister Meggen A. 

Alderson (David); nephews, 

Alden, Collin and Alexander 

Strickland of Springville, 

Tennessee; girlfriend, Michelle 

George of Fort Worth; 

his first love, Linda Alderson; 

birth paternal grandmother 

Loraine Dohrn; step and 

adoptive siblings, Christina 

Nagle (Jay), Heather Rossi 

(Frank), Melissa Cullinane 

(Dan), Tim Alderson (Melody), 

Woody Alderson (Darla), 

Chad Alderson(Susan) and 

Anthony. He was a decorated 

United States Army Veteran, 

with service in Bosnia, Afganistan 

and Korea. He also 

served in the United States 

Air Force and Army National 

Guard. Alderson has lived 

in Fort Worth for the last 20 

years where he worked as an 

aircraft mechanic. Following 

his cremation, his remains 

will be returned to his home 

place in Tennessee. 

Doris Ann Klemm 

Doris Ann Klemm 

(Schulz), 72, of New Lenox, 

died Nov. 27. She is survived 

by her husband Sheldon 

Klemm; children Suzanne 

(Scott) Jablonski, and Matthew 

(Matthew Plecas) Klemm; 

grandchildren Haley 

and Cameron Jablonski and 

siblings Robert Schulz, James 

Schulz, and Marylou Kaelbearer. 

Klemm worked for 

the New Lenox State Bank 

and the New Lenox Chamber 

of Commerce when she 

first moved to New Lenox in 

1974. Recently, she served 

as the church secretary at 

Trinity Lutheran Church in 

New Lenox. Family received 

friends at Trinity Lutheran 

Church. Internment was private. 

In lieu of donations, memorials 

to Trinity Lutheran 

Church Chancel Guild or 

charity of your choice would 

be appreciated. 

Jacob M. Fanning 

Jacob M. Fanning, 25, of 

New Lenox died Nov. 21. 

He is survived by his parents 

Kevin and Bonnie Fanning 

(Kehl); grandmother Carol 

Gilday; brothers Jason Fanning 

and Joseph Fanning; 

and many aunts, uncles and 

cousins. Fanning was a 2009 

graduate of Lincoln-Way 

Central High School. Family 

received friends at Kurtz 

Memorial Chapel. Internment 

was private. 

Have someone’s life you’d like 

to honor? Email Editor James 

Sanchez at james@newlenox 

patriot.com with information 

about a loved one who was a 

part of the New Lenox community.

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Cache Creek urges families to adopt pets for the holidays 

Amanda Stoll, Assistant Editor 

Thinking of bringing home 

a pet this holiday season? 

Cache Creek Animal Rescue 

in New Lenox is encouraging 

people to consider adoption 

instead of buying a pet this 

year. 

Animals come to the shelter 

from animal control, owner 

surrenders and other shelters. 

Some have come to the 

shelter from far-away places 

like St. John in the U.S. Virgin 

Islands. 

While some pets end up at 

the shelter because of abuse 

or neglect, Denise Lasater, 

who has been volunteering 

at the shelter for a year and 

a half, said many times families 

give up their pets because 

of their behavior. 

When puppies become 

full-sized and haven’t had 

proper training, many people 

don’t know how to handle 

them and give them away, 

she said. 

According to the American 

Society for the Prevention 

of Cruelty to Animals, 

every year about 7.6 million 

animals enter shelters and 

only about 2.7 million are 

adopted. 

Lasater said adopting a 

shelter dog is a different experience 

than buying a dog 

from a breeder. 

“There is a bond there that 

I don’t think you have otherwise,” 

she said. “There’s 

so many dogs out there that 

are excellent dogs that need a 

home.” 

While adoption numbers 

ebb and flow throughout the 

year, staff and volunteers at 

Cache Creek are hoping to 

see an increase in adoptions 

for the holidays. 

“Our goal is just to get 

them out for the holidays,” 

said Mary Nebor, who started 

volunteering at the shelter 

earlier this year. “We just 

want them to have a home for 

Cache Creek Animal 

Rescue 

1005 Star Lane, New 

Lenox 

Hours 

11 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday- 

Saturday 

11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday 

Volunteer Denise Lasater sits with Henrietta, a two-and-ahalf 

year old, female hound mix, on a couch at Cache Creek 

Animal Rescue in New Lenox. 

Photos by Amanda Stoll/22nd Century Media 

Pictured is Kohl, a 2-year-old male shepherd/retriever mix, 

also available for adoption. 

the holidays.” 

Volunteering at the shelter 

is a rewarding experience for 

Nebor and Lasater, who said 

volunteering is more than just 

walking the dogs, although 

that’s important too. 

“It’s very much a stress reliever,” 

Lasater said. “I come 

in here, I don’t think about 

anything or anyone but those 

dogs, and I get some much 

joy just walking them. And 

then when they get used to 

you, they see you and they 

get so happy. You just get this 

feeling in your heart that is so 

warming, and you just want 

to hold them.” 

In addition to walking the 

dogs, volunteers work on 

training and sometimes just 

spend time with the animals 

to help them get used to people 

and other pets. 

“A lot of us, when a dog 

gets adopted, we will cry 

because we’re so happy, and 

you know they’re safe,” Lasater 

said. 

Lasater said it’s rewarding 

to see improvement in behavior, 

especially in dogs with 

special needs. Many dogs 

show immense change from 

the time they come to the 

shelter to the time they leave. 

Helping the animals to 

trust people again is a huge 

part of that, according to 

Nebor, who enjoys spending 

extra time with Harley, a shy 

5-year-old cow/retriever mix. 

“You make them feel like 

people are safe again,” she 

said. 

They said that many times 

dogs have a completely different 

temperament once you 

get them away from the noise 

and stress of a shelter environment, 

making it hard to 

judge a dog’s true personality 

when they’re barking in a 

kennel. 

Nebor said volunteers are 

always needed at the shelter, 

and they do volunteer training 

for anyone interested. 

For those interested in 

adopting, there is an application 

process. Each application 

is reviewed to make sure 

a good match is made for 

both the pet and the pet parent. 

If there are other pets in 

the home, a meet and greet is 

always done to make sure the 

pets can get along. 

Adoption costs include 

spay/neuter, microchip, upto-date 

shots and flea and 

heartworm preventatives, as 

well as a free vet visit to one 

Ana is a 5-month-old female white domestic short hair 

available for adoption at Cache Creek Animal Rescue. 

Harley, a 6-year-old male chow/retriever mix, poses for 

a picture. He is the Cache Creek’s Pet of the Month for 

December, so his adoption fee is $60. 

of the clinics the shelter uses. 

Nebor said most people 

don’t realize how expensive 

those things can be, and the 

shelter covers those costs before 

pets finds their “forever 

home.” 

Photos and descriptions 

of their pets are available 

on the shelter’s facebook 

page, www.facebook.com/ca 

checreekanimalrescue. They 

also post adoption specials on 

their Facebook page. 

Lasater and Nebor said 

while many people may 

come into the shelter with an 

idea of which dog or cat they 

want, they may be surprised 

by the pet they end up adopting. 

Many times, it seems, the 

pet picks the person instead 

of the other way around.



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It’s the most wonderful time of the year for LWC Madrigals 

Annual Madrigals Dinner 

set for Dec. 8-10 

Ryan Esguerra, Freelance Reporter 

47th Annual Madrigals Dinner 

Where: Lincoln-Way Central 

High School, 1801 E. Lincoln 

Highway, New Lenox 

When: 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8 

to Saturday, Dec. 10 

Cost: $30 per person 

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Email: lwc_choirs@yahoo.com 

Phone: (815) 462-2300 

For the Lincoln-Way Central 

Madrigal Singers, a tradition of 

holiday spirit runs deep and is reflected 

in all of their performances. 

Madrigals director Mike Bultman 

said that while many things 

have changed about the program 

during his 23-year stint directing 

the group, the one thing that 

remains unchanged is the feeling 

their performances give audiences. 

“The faces change, the songs 

may change, but the spirit of the 

group stays the same,” Bultman 

said. “We always try to create that 

same feeling during the holiday 

season.” 

The Madrigal Singers performed 

for a packed house Nov. 30 at the 

New Lenox Public Library. This 

marked their latest stop in a series 

of performances during which they 

will have performed well over a 

dozen times at churches, community 

events and other locations both 

within and outside of the school 

district. The singers performed at 

Mokena Community Public Library 

District just a day prior. 

“Attendance at both shows was 

great,” Bultman said. “Coming to 

places like these gives the kids a 

chance to perform for the public, 

and it gives the public a chance to 

hear them, so it feels like a winwin.” 

More than 30 singers — all 

Lincoln-Way Central students — 

dressed in their finest Madrigal 

clothing and greeted the audience 

with an introductory performance 

that included the likes of holiday 

favorites “We Wish you a Merry 

Christmas” and “Three Blind 

Mice.” 

After the introduction, the singers 

split into two different performing 

groups which alternated 

with more holiday favorites like 

“Deck the Halls.” The singers also 

performed various religious songs 

that speak to bringing tidings of 

comfort and joy. The performance 

ended with a group singing of “Silent 

Night.” 

Taylor Autero, a senior at Central, 

is in her first year of Madrigals. 

She said that being a part of 

this group of performers is something 

that she has wanted to do 

since she was a little girl. 

“My great-grandma used to take 

me to see Madrigals when I was 

little, and I always wanted to do 

it so badly,” Autero said. “I would 

audition for Madrigals each year, 

and up until this year, I wouldn’t 

make it. 

“This year I auditioned and I 

made it, so from now on, I wear 

my great grandma’s necklace to all 

of my performances to remind me 

of her.” 

Autero, who plans on attending 

Columbia College in Chicago, will 

pursue a degree in musical theatre 

and performing arts. She said 

that performing with the Madrigal 

group this year is helping her prepare 

for her future. 

“This group means a lot to me 

because it is what I want to do with 

my future,” Autero said. “I take 

it very seriously. It is my life and 

my passion, and it is amazing to 

be able to perform here in front of 

these wonderful people.” 

Fellow LWC senior Vince Weiss, 

who is also in his first year with the 

Madrigal singing group, said that 

while it is hard work preparing for 

the holiday performance series, the 

community support makes it all 

worth it for him. 

“We have a lot of rehearsals now; 

we are after school every day in order 

to prepare,” Weiss said. “It is a 

crazy feeling, seeing that you have 

so much support. It makes you feel 

good about all of the work that you 

Lincoln-Way Central senior Taylor Autero sings with the Lincoln-Way Central Madrigals Nov. 30 at the New 

Lenox Public Library in preparation of the group’s 47th Annual Madrigal Dinners Dec. 8-10. 

Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

Performance attendees Geri Bronson, Matthew Kalchbrenner, of Mokena, and John Bronson enjoy the Madrigals. 

put into the performances.” 

With only a few performances 

left, the Madrigal singers will soon 

turn their attention to the biggest 

event of the year: the 47th Annual 

Madrigal Dinners Dec. 8-10 at the 

Lincoln-Way Central Fine Arts 

Center. The Renaissance-themed 

fundraiser is open to the public and 

will include a fully catered meal 

and entertainment from singers, 

actors and instrumentalists from 

the school. Proceeds of the event 

will got to funding the Madrigals 

singers program. 

“The dinners are my favorite 

part of the season,” Weiss said. “It 

is really fun. The actors we have 

are awesome, and it is so funny. 

The food is great, too. Overall, it is 

a great night.”


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The Dish 

Adventure inspires Dancing Marlin’s menu 

Owner, chefs draw 

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changing cuisine 

Kirsten Onsgard 

Contributing Editor 

From Hawaiian shrimp 

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menu is a curated conglomeration 

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culinary experiences. 

It is enough to warrant 

a running list of his ideas, 

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“I love bringing those flavors 

and those experiences 

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“What can we bring to our 

guests that they just can’t find 

anywhere else,” he asked. 

“And then make it shareable 

at the table, so that whatever 

comes out, it’s, ‘Hey, give me 

one of those,’ and, ‘Give me 

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Seafood might be Dancing 

Marlin’s bread and butter, 

but this season includes 

heartier meat dishes, too 

— a counterbalance to the 

lighter summer fare. 

That means bratwurst and 

kielbasa seasoned, ground 

and cased in house by head 

chef. It’s a marriage of skill 

and flavor — “Jon loves to 

make sausage, and I love to 

eat it,” Nemec said — and, 

served sliced, is inherently 

shareable. The restaurant 

plans to eventually expand 

to apple and boar sausages. 

“We’re inspired by what 

our butchers say, ‘Hey, I’ve 

got this cut of meat that 

would be great in a sausage,’” 

Nemec said. 

Local restaurants and customers 

serve as inspiration 

for dishes, such as a roasted 

chicken, which is cooked 

sous vide and topped with a 

demi-glace and wild mushrooms. 

Nemec was wowed 

by a whole chicken at a 

Michelin-Starred restaurant, 

which in part kick-started his 

drive to satisfy guests’ desire 

for a chicken dish. 

The challenge, he said, is 

to do things people have not 

had a chance to try yet. 

“We don’t want to do 

something somebody’s already 

done, or is kind of 

passé,” Nemec said. 

Dancing Marlin’s new, 

shell-on garlic shrimp is 

one of those. An homage 

to Hawaiian food trucks, it 

is a food throwing back to 

The Dancing Marlin’s Chicken Dinner is brined, sousvide 

and pan-seared for a juicy center and crisp skin. It is 

topped with a Cabernet reduction and mushrooms. 

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Nemec’s trips to Oahu, enjoying 

peel-and-eat shrimp 

on the beach. Dancing Marlin’s 

limited-time sea bass 

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Nemec said — also is 

sourced from Hawaiian fisheries 

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the restaurant. 

Other dishes making their 

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clam pizza, pear bruschetta 

and eight on-tap cocktails. 

Dancing Marlin also 

has 18 wines on tap, and is 

growing its budding Sunday 

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seafood and a bloody 

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But among these shifts is 

something even bigger: an 

expansion. Nemec said he is 

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restaurant in the suburbs 

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while maintaining the ethos 

of Dancing Marlin. 

“For us to go to store No. 

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SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ES- 

TATE at 3406 Avondale Lane, 

New Lenox, IL 60451 (Single 

Family ). On the 15th day of December, 

2016 to be held at 12:00 

noon, at the Will County Courthouse 

Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, 

Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, under 

Case Title: Deutsche Bank National 

Trust Company, as Trustee 

for Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I 

Inc. Trust 2006-WMC2 Plaintiff V. 

Joe Vlastelica; Adrianne Pacione; 

First National Bank ofOmaha; Unknown 

Owners and Non-Record 

Claimants Defendant. 

Case No. 11CH 1089 in the Circuit 

Court of the Twelfth Judicial 

Circuit, Will County, Illinois. 

Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) 

at the time of sale and the balance 

within twenty-four (24) hours; 

plus, for residential real estate, a 

statutory judicial sale fee calculated 

at the rate of $1 for each 

$1,000 or fraction thereof of the 

amount paid bythe purchaser to 

the person conducting the sale, not 

to exceed $300, for deposit into the 

Abandoned Residential Property 

Municipality Relief Fund. Nojudicial 

sale fee shall be paid by the 

mortgagee acquiring the residential 

real estate pursuant to its credit bid 

at the sale or by any mortgagee, 

judgment creditor, or other lienor 

acquiring the residential real estate 

whose rights inand to the residential 

real estate arose prior to the 

sale. All payments shall be made in 

cash or certified funds payable to 

the Sheriff of Will County. 

In the event the property is a condominium, 

in accordance with 735 

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

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

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

hereby notified that the purchaser 

of the unit, other than amortgagee, 

shall pay the assessments and legal 

fees required by subdivisions 

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

the assessments required bysubsection 

(g-1) of Section 18.5 of the 

Illinois Condominium Property 

Act. 

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 

(J) ifthere is asurplus following 

application of the proceeds of sale, 

then the plaintiff shall send written 

notice pursuant to 735 ILCS 

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

proceeding advising them of the 

amount ofthe surplus and that the 

surplus will beheld until aparty 

obtains a court order for its distribution 

or, in the absence of an order, 

until the surplus is forfeited to 

the State. 

For Information Please Contact: 

ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER 

LLC. 

1771 W. Diehl Rd. Suite 120 

NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS 60563 

P: 630-453-6960 

Real Estate 

$50 

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$30 

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Sale 

F: 630-428-4620 

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR 

DEBT COLLECTION PRAC- 

TICES ACT YOU ARE AD- 

VISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM 

IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT 

COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO 

COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY 

INFORMATION OBTAINED 

WILL BE USED FOR THAT 

PURPOSE. 


TATE at 715 Spencer Rd., New 

Lenox, IL 60451 (N/A). On the 

22nd day ofDecember, 2016 to be 

held at 12:00 noon, at the Will 

County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. 

Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet, 

IL 60432, under Case Title: First 

Midwest Bank, as successor ininterest 

toGreat Lakes Bank, N.A., a 

national banking association Plaintiff 

V. JOHN J. LUCAS A/K/A 

JOHN LUCAS; SHIRLEY M. LU- 

CAS A/K/A SHIRLEY LUCAS; 

CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST 

COMPANY, SUCCESSOR 

TRUSTEE TO GREAT LAKES 

TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as 

trustee under the provisions ofa 

certain trust agreement dated 

8/6/06 a/k/a Trust No. 06054; 

STANDARD BANK AND 

TRUST COMPANY, as trustee 

u/t/a dated 5/31/01 a/k/a Trust No. 

16963; SUBURBAN BANK AND 

TRUST COMPANY, an Illinois 

banking corporation; UNKNOWN 

OWNERS and NON-RECORD 

CLAIMANTS, Defendant. 



























In the event the property is acon- 

dominium, in accordance with 735 

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

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

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




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2703 Legal 

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2703 Legal 

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2703 Legal 

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Act. 










obtains acourt order for its distribution 



the State. 


Chuhak & Tecson 

30 S. Wacker Dr. Suite 2600 

Chicago, IL 60606 

P: 1-312-444-9300 

F: 1-312-444-9027 










PURPOSE. 


TATE at 1900 Eagle Circle, New 

Lenox, IL 60451 (Single Family 

Home). On the 29th day of December, 

2016 to be held at 12:00 noon, 

at the Will County Courthouse Annex, 

57 N. Ottawa Street, Room 

201, Joliet, IL 60432, under Case 

Title: Bayview Loan Servicing, 

LLC Plaintiff V. Daniel P. Miranda; 

Sandra C. Miranda a/k/a 

Sandy C. Miranda; Eagle Estates 

Homeowners` Association; Unknown 

Heirs and Legatees of Daniel 

P. Miranda, if any; Unknown 

Heirs and Legatees of Sandra C. 

Miranda, if any; Unknown Owners 

and Non Record Claimants Defendant. 






















whose rights inand to the residen- 

tial real estate arose prior to the 






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

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

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









Act. 













the State. 


THE WIRBICKI LAW GROUP 

33 W. Monroe St. Suite 1140 

Chicago, Illinois 60603 

P: 312-360-9455 

F: 312-572-7823 










PURPOSE. 

2702 Public 

Notices 

Certificate No. 31161 was filed in 

the office of the County Clerk of 

Will on November 29, 2016 

wherein the business firm of Fast 

Lane Promotions located at 203 

Roberts Rd, New Lenox, IL 

60451 is registered and a certificate 

notice setting forth the following: 

Bryan Lane, 203 Roberts Rd, 


815-922-9989 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have 

hereunto set my hand and Official 

Seal at my office in Joliet; Illinois, 

this 29th day of November, 2016 

Nancy Schultz Voots 

Will County Clerk 

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) SS 

COUNTY OF WILL ) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF 

THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL 

CIRCUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

NOTICE 

There will beacourt date onmy 

Request to change my name from: 

Cassandra Lynn Lehnert to the new 

name of: Cassandra Lynn Triezenberg 

The court date will be held on 

January 3rd, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. at 

57 N. Ottawa Street, Joliet, IL, 

County of Will in Courtroom #236 

/s/Cassandra Lehnert 

Cassandra Lehnert 

2703 Legal 

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THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIR- 

CUIT 


Deutsche Bank National Trust 

Company, as Trustee for Morgan 

Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 

2006-WMC2 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Joe Vlastelica; Adrianne Pacione; 

First National Bank ofOmaha; Unknown 

Owners and Non-Record 

Claimants 

Defendant. 

No. 11 CH 1089 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that 

pursuant to ajudgment entered in 

the above cause on the 25th day of 

July, 2014, MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff 

ofWill County, Illinois, will on 

Thursday, the 15th day of December, 

2016 ,commencing at 12:00 

o'clock noon, at the Will County 

Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa 

Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, 

sell at public auction to the highest 

and best bidder orbidders the following-described 

real estate: 

LOT 101 IN SPRINGVIEW 

WEST SUBDIVISION UNIT 6 

PHASE 2, BEING ASUBDIVI- 

SION OF PART OFTHE NORTH 

1/2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 

OF SECTION 5,TOWNSHIP 25 

NORTH, RANGE 11, EAST OF 

THE THIRD PRINCIPAL ME- 

RIDIAN, ACCORDING TOTHE 

PLAT THEREOF RECORDED 

DECEMBER 24, 1998, AS 

DOCUMENT NUMBE R 

R98-156299, AND CERTIFI- 

CATE OF CORRECTION RE- 

CORDED FEBRUARY 2, 1999 

AS DOCUMENT R99-15392, IN 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

Commonly known as: 

3406 Avondale Lane, New Lenox, 

IL 60451 

Description of Improvements: 

Single Family 

P.I.N.: 

15-08-05-303-005-0000 


























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

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

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









Act. 













the State. 

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE 

CONTACT: 




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ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER 

LLC. 

1771 W. Diehl Rd. Suite 120 

NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS 60563 

P: 630-453-6960 

F: 630-428-4620 

Plaintiff's Attorney 

MIKE KELLEY 

Sheriff of Will County 










PURPOSE. 


) SS. 




CUIT 


First Midwest Bank, as successor 

in interest toGreat Lakes Bank, 

N.A., anational banking association 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

JOHN J. LUCAS A/K/A JOHN 

LUCAS; SHIRLEY M. LUCAS 

A/K/A SHIRLEY LUCAS; CHI- 

CAGO TITLE LAND TRUST 

COMPANY, SUCCESSOR 

TRUSTEE TO GREAT LAKES 

TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as 

trustee under the provisions ofa 

certain trust agreement dated 

8/6/06 a/k/a Trust No. 06054; 

STANDARD BANK AND 

TRUST COMPANY, as trustee 

u/t/a dated 5/31/01 a/k/a Trust No. 

16963; SUBURBAN BANK AND 

TRUST COMPANY, an Illinois 

banking corporation; UNKNOWN 

OWNERS and NON-RECORD 

CLAIMANTS, 

Defendant. 

No. 13 CH 3979 




the above cause on the 20th day of 

September, 2016, MIKE KELLEY, 

Sheriff of Will County, Illinois, 

will on Thursday, the 22nd day of 

December, 2016 ,commencing at 

12:00 o'clock noon, at the Will 



IL 60432, sell at public auction to 

the highest and best bidder orbidders 

the following-described real 

estate: 

The North 200 feet of the South 

537 feet of the East 181.5 feet of 

the Northwest Quarter of the 

Southwest Quarter of Section 23, 

in Township 35 North, and in 

Range 11 East ofthe Third Principal 

Meridian, New Lenox Township, 

the South Line ofsaid prop- 

erty being the North line ofthe 

North 200 feet of the South 337 

feet of the East 181.5 feet of the 

Northwest Quarter ofthe Southwest 

Quarter ofsaid Section 23, in 

Will County, Illinois. 


715 Spencer Rd., New Lenox, IL 

60451 


N/A 

P.I.N.: 

15-08-23-300-016-0000 


























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

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

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









Act. 













the State. 


CONTACT: 

Chuhak & Tecson 

30 S. Wacker Dr. Suite 2600 

Chicago, IL 60606 

P: 1-312-444-9300 

F: 1-312-444-9027 


MIKE KELLEY 

Sheriff of Will County



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CUIT 


Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Daniel P. Miranda; Sandra C. Miranda 

a/k/a Sandy C. Miranda; Eagle 

Estates Homeowners` Association; 

Unknown Heirs and Legatees 

of Daniel P. Miranda, if any; Unknown 

Heirs and Legatees of Sandra 

C. Miranda, if any; Unknown 

Owners and Non Record Claimants 

Defendant. 

No. 16 CH 0818 




the above cause on the 22nd day of 

September, 2016, MIKE KELLEY, 

Sheriff of Will County, Illinois, 

will on Thursday, the 29th day of 

December, 2016 ,commencing at 

12:00 o'clock noon, at the Will 



IL 60432, sell at public auction to 

the highest and best bidder orbidders 

the following-described real 

estate: 

LOT 29 IN EAGLE ESTATES 

SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUB- 

DIVISION OF PART OF THE 

NORTH HALF OFTHE SOUTH- 

EAST QUARTER OF THE 

SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF 

SECTION 23, TOWNSHIP 35 

NORTH, RANGE 11, EAST OF 

THE THIRD PRINCIPAL ME- 

RIDIAN ACCORDING TOTHE 

PLAT THEREOF RECORDED 

JULY 14, 1994, AS DOCUMENT 

NO. R94-69670, IN WILL 

COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 


1900 Eagle Circle, New Lenox, IL 

60451 


Single Family Home 

P.I.N.: 

15-08-23-409-006-0000 


























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

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

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









Act. 













the State. 


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Athlete of the Week 

Winter 

reading 

is here. 

10 Questions 

with Cetta Senese 

Cetta Senese is a sophomore 

swimmer on the Lincoln- 

Way Central girls swimming 

team. She was part of the 

school’s relay team that 

broke school records in the 

200- and 400-yard freestyle 

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How did you get started 

swimming? 

My sister [Beth] started 

swimming, and so I thought 

I’d just follow her lead because 

she seemed to be making 

a lot of friends and having 

a lot of fun, so I just decided 

to join because I figured if 

she’s having fun, I’ll have 

fun, too. 

Do you have any rituals 

or superstitions before a 

meet? 

I always do this one stretch 

where I put one arm across 

my body on the one side of 

the block and stretch my 

shoulder, and then I do the 

same thing with my other 

arm and just shake it out, and 

I have to do that before every 

race. I don’t know why, but it 

gets me in the zone. 

What are your goals for 

next year? 

Next year, I’m hoping to 

make finals at state. This 

year, we just tapered at sectional, 

so next year I’m hoping 

we can taper for state, and 

hopefully place. 

What do you plan 

to work on in the 

offseason? 

I’m going to be dong a lot 

more weight training, so I can 

build up some muscle and 

strength for swimming. And 

I just started club season, so 

swimming never ends. 

What do you like the 

most about swimming? 

I think the bonds that you 

form with your teammates, 

because you’re with them 

27/7, all day, every day. You 

become really close, and it’s 

really just a family. 

If you won the lottery, 

what would you buy 

first? 

If I won the lottery, I think 

I would buy one of those Michael 

Phelps training pools, 

one of those small, little ones. 

Who is your favorite 

professional athlete? 

I think my favorite professional 

athlete... I’ve always 

looked up to Rebecca Soni. 

She’s a huge motivator because 

she is a breaststroker, 

and so am I, so I’ve just always 

looked up to her. 

What are some items 

Carlos Alvarez/22nd Century Media 

you own that you could 

not live without? 

Probably my phone. I’m always 

on my phone. I couldn’t 

live without my phone and 

probably food. Just any food. 

If you could coach 

one celebrity in the 

breaststroke, who would 

you coach? 

Probably a comedian. I 

think Kevin Hart. I feel like 

he’d be really funny to coach. 

I think he’d have a good time; 

I don’t think he’d be good at 

it, but I think he’d have fun 

with it. 

What is your favorite 

subject in school? 

It kind of flip-flops between 

algebra and trigonometry, 

chemistry and sometimes 

AP U.S. history. I think right 

now, I’m going to go with AP 

U.S. history. I like all the stories 

that you learn about past 

times. I think it’s super interesting 

to hear about how people 

lived back then and how it 

relates to how it is now. 

Interview by Contributing Editor 

Tim Carroll

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Girls Gymnastics 

Deep Lincoln-Way gymnastics co-op overwhelms Sandburg-Stagg 

Frank Gogola 


Lincoln-Way co-op gymnastics 

coach Kim Lago believes 

this year’s squad is the 

deepest team she’s had in her 

four years leading the program. 

Lincoln-Way opened the 

season by beating Sandburg/ 

Stagg co-op 140.6-126.95 

Nov. 29 at Lincoln-Way East. 

Even without its top gymnasts 

competing in all events, 

that depth helped them overcome 

the performance of 

Sandburg junior Maddy Roe, 

a returning state qualifier, 

who won two events and tied 

for first in another. 

Lincoln-Way outscored 

Sandburg in all four events, 

despite having an individual 

win only one event outright. 

It won 35.1-30.2 on bars, 

34.95-30.9 on floor, 35.2-32 

on beam and 35.35-33.85 on 

vault. 

But when the team gets 

to full strength, Lago said 

she believes they have the 

depth of talent to get to the 

145-point mark she wants to 

see. 

“I told the girls that if they 

don’t get it done in practice, 

they’re not going to be out 

there,” Lago said. “The expectations 

are set a little higher 

this year because we have 

more talent than we have in 

the past, so I need them to 

step it up and produce the 

routines I want to see.” 

Junior Una Farrell finished 

tied for first on bars 

(9.1), second on vault (9.15) 

and third on beam (8.8), an 

event in which she placed 

28th at state last season. She 

will add floor as the season 

goes on, Lago said. 

Junior Gabby DeVito finished 

third on bars (8.8) and 

tied for fourth on vault (8.6). 

DeVito sat out the floor 

event, which she placed 26th 

in at state last season. 

Lincoln-Way West’s Gabby DeVito finished fourth on vault 

Nov. 29 during a meet against Sandburg-Stagg. 

Lincoln-Way Central’s Barb Belka performs her floor 

exercise routine. 

Junior Madi Flondor, who 

made her high school debut 

after competing in club gymnastics, 

finished second on 

beam (9.1) and floor (8.75) 

and tied for fourth on vault 

(8.6). Lago expects her to 

add bars. 

On floor, junior Barb 

Belka won (9.0) in her lone 

event, while sophomore 

Korina Jarosz placed third 

(8.65). Jarosz also took third 

on vault (9.0). 

Senior Kara Auchstetter, 

a sectional qualifier on 

beam, took fourth (8.7) in 

the event. 

Sandburg was led Roe, 

who won on beam (9.4) and 

vault (9.3) and tied for first 

on bars (9.1). Roe’s fifthplace 

finish on floor (8.35) 

was a team high. She said 

she “panicked” and “freaked 

out” when she forgot the 

floor routine she was performing 

for the first time 

after not cleanly pulling off 

her first landing. 

“It was a little improv,” 

Roe said. 

“She was a hot mess on 

the floor,” Sandburg assistant 

coach Krystyn Misheck 

said. 

Roe’s day started by crashing 

into coach Mike White, 

who was spotting her on bars. 

She transferred from the low 

bar to the high bar and hit 

White in the back of the thigh 

with her hip on the swing 

through. White ducked under 

the low bar to get to the other 

side of the high bar instead of 

going around. 

“I’ve never ducked under 

like that,” White said. 

“I just thought I could get 

there, and I was wrong. We 

both laughed it off and just 

Lincoln-Way West junior Una Farrell finished third on beam (8.8) in a meet Nov. 29 against 

Sandburg-Stagg. Photos by Mark Korosa/22nd Century Media 

Lincoln-Way West senior Kara Auchstetter dismounts the bars Nov. 29. Auchstetter was 

honored during Senior Night. 

moved on from there. A lot 

of kids would get shook and 

it would just turn their whole 

day off and nothing would 

go right the rest of the day.” 

Roe is coming off a season 

in which she placed eighth 

at state on vault and 11th on 

beam. She took ninth allaround 

at state after placing 

21st in all-around as a freshman. 

Outside of Roe, no other 

Sandburg gymnast placed 

in the top three in any event. 

Sandburg junior Toni Muzzo, 

a sectional qualifier last 

year, didn’t join the team 

this year, instead focusing on 

getting a scholarship in pole 

vaulting, Misheck said. 

“It’s hard with just two 

weeks and us not having 

a gym to practice over the 

summer, so they did pretty 

well for what we’ve been 

given,” Misheck said. “They 

surprised me on beam with 

how confident they looked. 

Floor and bars is endurance, 

so that’s just getting reps.” 

Lincoln-Way junior Jess 

Smith, a sectional qualifier 

on vault and beam, and senior 

Anjelica Werning were 

not ready for the season 

opener, Lago said. 

The team also recognized 

Auchstetter, Werning 

and Mika Adamson before 

the competition for Senior 

Night.



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Boys Basketball 

West’s late surge not enough in 55-45 loss to East 

RANDY WHALEN 


Just over six minutes into 

the Friday, Dec. 2 boys basketball 

matchup between a 

pair of District 210 rivals, 

Lincoln-Way East junior 

guard Zach Parduhn looked 

up at the scoreboard and saw 

his team leading Lincoln- 

Way West by 16 points. 

“Once I saw that, I was 

like, ‘wow, we have to keep 

it up,’” Parduhn said. “But 

we knew they were a tough 

team. We knew they would 

fight back.” 

West did fight back and 

had a two-point lead midway 

through the fourth quarter. 

But another big burst by 

East at the end proved to be 

the difference. The Griffins 

pulled away for a 55-45 victory 

in a SouthWest Suburban 

Conference crossover 

in Frankfort. 

East (4-1) had a balanced 

attack that was paced by 

Parduhn (14 points). Seniors 

Dorian Aluyi (13 

points) and Sam Shafer (12 

points, 5 rebounds) were 

also in double figures. 

Marco Pettinato (18 

points) led West (1-4) with 

a game-high 18 points and 

fellow senior guard Nolan 

Green added 13 points for 

the Warriors. 

But in a game of runs, 

the Griffins had an opening 

spurt of 18-2 and an ending 

spurt of 12-0 to come away 

with the win. 

West scored five straight 

points and took its first and 

only lead of the game at 45- 

43 on a pair of free throws 

by sophomore guard Nathan 

Clendenning with 4:13 to 

play in the game. But two 

straight layups by Aluyi, the 

second with 3:24 remaining, 

gave the Griffins the 

lead for good. 

“We talked all week about 

trying to get the ball to 

Dorian inside,” East coach 

Rich Kolimas said of the 

strategy at the end. “We told 

Dorian late in the game that 

we needed him to post up 

and stay in there. They were 

playing man-to-man on 

Dorian and giving up quite 

a few inches. They were 

fighting and battling, but 

we felt confident that if we 

could get the ball inside to 

Dorian he would score and 

he did.” 

The Shafer brothers — 

Sam and senior forward 

Max (7 points), combined 

to hit 2-of-4 free throws, 

and then Sam found Max 

on a nice pass underneath 

for a layup and a 51-45 lead 

with 1:56 to play. After both 

teams couldn’t convert on 

possessions, the Griffins 

clinched the win by hitting 

four straight free throws in 

the final 31.3 seconds. They 

were 7-of-10 from the line 

in the game. 

“Once we had the lead, 

everything was exactly 

where we wanted it to be,” 

West coach Brian Flaherty 

said. “Then one mistake 

here, one out of position 

mistake that leads to a lob 

under the basket there, and 

the next thing you know, 

our two-point lead goes to 

us chasing four points and 

us having to start fouling.” 

For a nearly 22 minute 

span in the middle of the 

game, West outscored the 

Griffins 43-25. Problem 

was at the start and end of 

the game the Warriors were 

blitzed 30-2. That left last 

season Class 3A state runner-up 

scratching its head. 

“Before the game, I 

leaned over to my assistant 

[Dick Mandella] and said, 

‘when’s the last time we 

had a lead to start a game?’” 

Flaherty said. “Right now, 

Warriors shooting guard Jay Bumstead shoots a corner 

three-pointer. 

we are just notorious for our 

slow starts. 

“I thought Nolan [Green] 

had his best game of the 

year. We’ll figure it out. I 

can’t fault the team’s effort 

because they came back and 

did what they had to do.” 

Aluyi had five points in 

the first quarter, including a 

three-pointer that gave East 

an 11-0 lead with 4:33 to 

play in the period. Parduhn 

had seven points in the first 

quarter, including a threepointer 

to open the game. 

An old-fashioned threepoint 

play by Sam Shafer 

Lincoln-Way West Marco Pettinato goes for a lay up 

surrounded by Lincoln-Way East defenders Friday, Dec. 

2, during a matchup between the two teams in Frankfort. 

Photos by Julie McMann/22nd Century Media 

made it 18-2 with 1:58 left 

in the period. The Griffins 

hit on 7-of-9 shots, including 

a trio of 3-pointers, in 

the first quarter. 

“We came out amped up, 

and we felt the crowd behind 

us,” Parduhn said. “We 

were ready to go. It was our 

first home game. We came 

out with the momentum and 

felt really good about ourselves.” 

Pettinato had seven points 

in the first quarter. Five of 

them, including a threepointer 

at the buzzer, came 

in a 9-0 run to end the opening 

quarter to close West 

within 18-11. The defenses 

settled in during the second 

quarter as the Griffins were 

only 2-of-9 from the field, 

but they still led 23-20 at 

halftime. 

The Warriors tied the 

game three times in the third 

quarter, the last one was at 

35-35 on a layup by Pettinato 

with just less than a minute 

left. But a three-pointer 

by Sam Shafer gave East a 

38-35 lead after three. 

Junior guard Joey Buggemi 

scored nine points for 

the Griffins. Senior guard 

Jay Bumstead added seven 

points for West, which was 

9-for-11 from the line in the 

game. 

“[West] is led by a great 

coaching staff,” Kolimas 

said. “We knew they weren’t 

going to let their team give 

up that early in the game. 

Then you have Marco. He’s 

such a smart high school basketball 

player who is hard to 

defend because he can do so 

many different things.”



Girls Basketball 

LW East wins big over familiar opponents at LW Central 

RANDY WHALEN 


Guard Colleen Barrett shoots a free throw. 

There was an “old-home” 

feel when Lincoln-Way 

Central traveled to Lincoln- 

Way East for an inter-district 

basketball matchup. 

After all Central, coach 

Dave Campanile was a 

lower-level girls basketball 

coach at East for 12 years, 

with the previous 10 seasons 

as the Griffins’ sophomore 

coach. Plus, because 

of the closure of Lincoln- 

Way North, there are eight 

players on the Central roster 

who played at East last 

season. 

There was a lot of familiarity 

between the teams. 

But when all was said and 

done, East was glad to not 

only get a victory over a 

group of familiar foes but to 

play better in all phases of 

the game. 

That happened as the 

Griffins pulled away early 

and went onto a 49-31 win 

over Central in a SouthWest 

Suburban Conference crossover 

Nov. 29 in Frankfort. 

Junior forward Lauren 

Hunter led East (4-3) with 

16 points and added 11 rebounds. 

The guard tandem 

of junior Carolyn Waleski 

(12 points, 4 rebounds) and 

senior Bailey Kramer (11 

points) also contributed for 

the Griffins. 

Only four players scored 

for Central (4-2). Senior 

forward Courteney Barnes 

(9 points, 13 rebounds), 

who was a key contributor 

on the Griffins’ regional 

title team last season before 

moving to Central this season, 

and senior guard Colleen 

Barrett (9 points) led 

the way for the Knights. 

Naturally, East was happy 

to defeat a team with former 

Griffins, but was even 

happier to put it all together 

after going .500 in the first 

six games, including a 56- 

37 loss to host Lyons Township 

on Nov. 26 in the final 

round of the Lyons Thanksgiving 

Tournament. 

“We were all ready for the 

game,” East junior forward 

Lily Hicks said. “Especially 

since we knew all those girls. 

But [against Central] we all 

mixed together as a team.” 

To open the game, the 

Knights, who came in holding 

teams to 29 points per 

game, won the tip and immediately 

slowed it down. 

That resulted in sophomore 

forward Abi Baumgartner 

(8 points) getting fouled and 

hitting a free throw about a 

minute into the game. 

But that would be the 

Knights only lead. They tied 

the game at 2-2 and then at 

4-4. But a layup by Hunter 

put East ahead for good at 

6-4. The Griffins led 11-5 

after one quarter and pulled 

away to a 27-10 advantage 

at halftime. 

Hunter was scoring inside 

for East and when she 

wasn’t, she was banging for 

rebounds. 

“A physical game is a 

good game,” Hunter said. 

“I think we played well as a 

team. I feel like we’re on a 

roll now. I feel we’ve come 

together and our getting 

closer to our potential as 

a team. We’ve been working 

hard and we definitely 

worked our butts off on defense.” 

Hunter and Waleski are 

two of the players that came 

from North. The familiarity 

helps. 

“With Lauren, her and I 

have been playing together 

as long as I can remember,” 

Waleski said. “We always 

work so well together. I 

know that when I pass it to 

her she’ll finish, and do the 

right thing.” 

The third quarter was a 

defensive one as the teams 

combined for 10 total 

points. The Griffins led 33- 

14 after three. 

The Knights trailed 41-19 

midway through the fourth 

quarter, but didn’t give up. 

A 10-2 burst was capped 

on a rebound basket by 

Baumgartner, which closed 

them within 43-29 with 

2:32 to play in the game. 

But that was as close as 

they would get. Leading 45- 

31, Kramer hit 4-of-6 free 

throws in the final 1:19 to 

clinch it. The Griffins had 

nine different players score, 

but six of them had two 

points or less. Senior guard 

Hayley Papoccia added five 

points for Central. 

“As soon as I got this 

job, I said ‘lets play each 

other,’” Campanile said of 

facing East. “We came in 

averaging 37 points, but 

were holding teams to 29. 

[Against East] we struggled 

to score, but played good 

defense. That’s a good 

team, and I’m happy to still 

hold them in the 40’s. 

“I told the girls that it was 

OK to say it was a big game. 

We embraced that. It was 

great to come back here and 

it was fun.” 

Lincoln-Way Central’s Abi Baumgartner shoots a jump shot 

with Lincoln-Way East guard Carolyn Waleski contesting 

Nov. 29 during an inter-district matchup between the two 

teams. photos by Julie McMann/22nd Century Media 

Jaylin Baumgartner (left) and Courteney Barnes (middle) 

wrestle for a loose ball with East forward Lauren Hunter.



Knights hand Warriors first dual loss of the season 

Freshman Nolan 

leads way with 435 

between two games 

RANDY WHALEN 


Usually bowling teams 

don’t look forward to dual 

meets as much as they look 

forward to the weekend 

tournaments. But last week 

there was an exception. 

That’s because it was a 

crosstown meeting of the 

schools from New Lenox 

as Lincoln-Way West faced 

host Lincoln-Way Central. 

Not only are the teams in 

the same town, they came 

into the dual meet with only 

one loss on the season between 

them. 

But on this night it was 

Central that was the better 

team. The Knights used a 

435 series from freshman 

Alex Nolan and a 422 series 

from sophomore Jack Davern 

to roll to a 1,922-1,710 

victory over the Warriors in 

a SouthWest Suburban Conference 

matchup on Nov. 29 

at Laraway Lanes in New 

Lenox. 

Central (7-1, 4-1) bowled 

a steady 981 in the opener 

and 941 in the second game. 

The Warriors (5-1, 3-1) also 

bowled steady with an 860 

and an 850. But that was 

not the type of steady they 

wanted as they were dealt 

their first dual defeat of the 

season. 

“It’s fun to play them and 

it’s fun to beat them,” Central 

coach Coley O’Connell 

said of West. “But this 

[competition] will also get 

us ready for tournaments 

later on in the year.” 

On the other side, the 

Warriors believe they will 

be ready for the tournaments 

too. 

“It wasn’t our day; we 

were off,” West coach Scott 

Ullian said. “But I’m confident 

in our guys in any sixgame 

tournament. Lincoln- 

Way Central is a good team 

and we still are one of the 

best on any given day, too. 

“No one shot average 

[against Central], but we 

can still run the table. I’m 

still confident.” 

Both teams have great 

reason to be confident. The 

Knights, however, were the 

ones that made more shots 

last week. 

“We’ve been doing it together 

and sharing roles,” 

said Nolan, who had games 

of 203 and 232. “No one has 

fallen off and if they do, we 

pick them up. It’s nice to 

Warriors top bowler Eric Ullian bowls during warmups. 

bowl my best games with 

[the Knights], it’s been unbelievable. 

“Against [West] we needed 

to be fired up. If we put 

our heads down, we’d go 

south. We didn’t.” 

There were no seniors in 

the Knights starting lineup. 

A trio of juniors rounded 

out the roster against West. 

They were Steven Plane 

(193, 184 – 377 series), 

Trevor Amir (185, 174 – 

359), and Ricky Wesel 164, 

165 – 329). 

“Consistency and attitude, 

that helps a lot,” Davern 

said. “We all have each 

others back and we have 

great attitudes, that’s important. 

We’re all good friends, 

so it’s fun and more competitive. 

“If we just go out and do 

our best, we will go far.” 

Senior Eric Ullian (208, 

186 – 394) led West. Junior 

Caleb Kirby (179, 197 

– 376), sophomore Mike 

Nork (169, 176 – 345), senior 

Nick Baber (170, 158 – 

328), and junior Alex Kubitz 

(134, 133 – 267) rounded 

out out the Warrior scores. 

Both teams are likely to be 

in the same regional, which 

is just over a month away, 

Lincoln-Way Central freshman Alex Nolan follows through 

on a roll during warmups before a crosstown matchup 

against Lincoln-Way West Nov. 29 in New Lenox. 

Paul Bergstrom/22nd Century Media 

and both have large rosters. 

O’Connell, who was the 

boys coach at Lincoln-Way 

North and took the Phoenix 

to a sixth place state finish 

two seasons ago, is very 

happy with the all aspects in 

his first season at Central. 

“We have 19 total kids in 

the program and had even 

more come out,” he said. 

“I’ve always had good assistants 

and do again here. I 

have Joe Infantino, who was 

previously the head girls 

coach coach at North, and 

Bob Clayton is our skills 

coach and has been great. 

“From the get-go, we’ve 

done well. We won the 

Plainfield North Baker 

Tournament [on Nov. 5 at 

Brunswick Zone in Woodridge] 

to open the season 

and Jack [Davern] threw a 

300 against Lockport [on 

Nov. 9 at Laraway Lanes].” 

Both Central and West 

will be at the Lincoln-Way 

East Invite this Saturday, 

Dec. 10 starting at 8 a.m. at 

Orland Bowl. 

Athlete of the Month 

Lockport swimmer earns state medal, November competition win 

Bill Jones, Managing Editor 

Lindsey Merk already has 

a great way to show just how 

talented a swimmer she is, 

after taking home the bronze 

medal in the 100-yard butterfly 

from this year’s Illinois 

High School Association 

State Swimming & 

Diving Finals. 

But in the event that she 

needs an insurance policy, 

she also now can call herself 

22nd Century Media Southwest 

Chicago’s Athlete of 

the Month for November, 

after earning the most votes 

to take home the honor. 

The Athlete of the Month 

competition pits featured 

Athlete of the Week selections 

from our south suburban 

newspapers against one 

another in an online voting 

contest. 

The next contest is to begin 

Saturday, Dec. 10. 

To vote, visit newlenox 

patriot.com, hover over the 

“Sports” menu tab and click 

“Athlete of the Month.” Readers 

can vote once per session 

per valid email address. Voting 

ends at 5 p.m. Dec. 25. 

All athletes featured in 

the November Athlete of the 

Week sports interviews are 

automatically entered into 

the contest. 

Lockport swimmer Lindsey Merk earned the most votes 

to be named 22nd Century Media Southwest Chicago’s 

November Athlete of the Month. 

22nd Century Media File Photo



fastbreak 

Wrestling 

Pins from Bohne, Schmidt, lead West past Sandburg 

Julie McMann/22nd Century 

Media 

1st-and-3 

Basketball 

standouts 

1. Courteney Barnes 

(ABOVE) 

The Lincoln-Way 

Central forward 

nearly notched 

another doubledouble 

to her season 

total, scoring 9 

points and nabbing 

13 rebounds in a 

loss against her 

former team Lincoln- 

Way East. 

2. Marco Pettinato 

The standout point 

guard did his best 

to keep the Warriors 

afloat, registering 

18 points, which 

accounted for 40 

percent of West’s 

scoring, against 

district rival Lincoln- 

Way east. 

3. Aaron Michalak and 

Chris Robinson 

The Knights’ 

backcourt duo 

combined for 35 

points in a loss 

against Bolingbrook. 

Dave Owen, Freelance Reporter 

Lincoln-Way West’s wrestling 

team is getting bigger, 

better and tougher. 

The Warriors’ impressive 

38-17 dual meet win over 

Sandburg on Dec. 1 featured 

domination at the lower 

weights and key wins on 

pins by middleweights Josh 

Bohne (160) and Trevor 

Schmidt (182). 

And maybe the biggest effort 

of all came from heavyweight 

Nick Skentzos, who 

battled through four overtime 

periods before a lastsecond 

escape earned him 

a 3-2 win over Sandburg’s 

Malik Scates. 

“Skentzos was huge beating 

a [2015] state qualifier 

[Scates],” said West coach 

Brian Glynn. “He’s a firstyear 

varsity kid who could 

never break into the lineup, 

one of the hardest working 

guys in the room, and last 

week he beats a really good 

kid and this week a state 

qualifier. It’s been maturity 

and his work ethic.” 

“I just work hard, try to be 

stronger and get the win,” 

Skentzos added. 

Skentzos’ win followed 

the matchup of the night – in 

a battle of state title contenders 

at 220 pounds, Sandburg’s 

Patrick Brucki impressively 

turned a 2-0 lead 

after one period into a 15-5 

major decision win over the 

Warriors’ Jake Dudeck. 

“Out of the gate Bohne 

got us going with a pin,” 

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“Against [West] we needed to be fired up. If 

we put our heads down, we’d go south. We 

didn’t.” 

Alex Nolan - Lincoln-Way Central freshman, on the boys bowling 

team’s mindset going into the crosstown dual against Lincoln- 

Way West 

TUNE IN 

Glynn said of the night’s first 

match. “And then the marquee 

matchup with Brucki 

– I know Dudeck lost, but it 

was closer than the score, for 

sure.” 

The team score was 

12-11 Warriors after the 

Brucki win, but Skentzos’ 

OT battle began a run of six 

West wins in the next seven 

matches. 

Wins by Garrett Geigner 

(4-1 decision at 106 pounds), 

Payton Geigner (8-2 at 113) 

and Chris Kennedy (10-2 

major at 120) were the opening 

salvos from a strong 

lightweight corps. 

“At 106 and 113 we have 

the freshmen [Geigner] 

twins, and they beat two 

really kids and also outtoughed 

them,” Glynn said. 

“After that I knew it was 

going to be good for us, because 

we have our hammers 

in a row [at lower weights]. 

I knew it was going to get 

ugly – in a good way.” 

Dominant major decision 

wins by seniors Gehrig Simon 

(19-4 major at 132) 

and Jake DiBenedetto (17-1 

major at 138) and a 7-3 win 

by senior Joey Schloegel at 

145 capped the night for the 

Warriors. 

West’s already formidable 

lineup became even better 

with the offseason arrival 

of former state qualifiers 

Dudeck from Lincoln-Way 

Central, and DiBenedetto 

from Lincoln-Way East. 

“It’s pretty similar,” 

DiBenedetto said of moving 

to West. “I have really 

good partners here, and everybody’s 

competing hard 

every day. It’s pretty awesome.” 

With former state medalist 

Tom Buell also in the 

lineup at 126, the Warriors 

are loaded. 

“Everyone pushes each 

other,” DiBenedetto said. 

“If you’re having a bad day, 

someone’s going to beat up 

on you. You better be ready 

to work.” 

The Warriors have the potential 

to be tough on a lot of 

foes this winter. 

“We don’t have any 

holes,” Glynn said. “We’re 

a very deep team. We don’t 

have any super superstars, 

Wrestling 

5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9 

• The Lincoln-Way Central wrestling team will host 

Andrew in a SouthWest Suburban Conference 

Matchup in New Lenox. 

Lincoln-Way West 145-pounder Joey Schloegel secures a double leg and gears for a 

takedown of opponent Tyler Foley, of Sandburg, during a dual between the two teams 

Thursday, Dec. 1 in New Lenox. Photos by Julie McMann/22nd Century Media 

Warriors 132-pounder Gehrig Simon secures top position 

over opponent Alex Abdellatif. 

but a lot of good guys. I’m 

excited to see where we go 

this year.” 

“Everyone’s working 

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46 – Athlete of the Month 

40 – Athlete of the Week 

hard and has the same goal 

in mind,” DiBenedetto said. 

“That’s what’s going to push 

everyone.” 

FASTBREAK is compiled by Editor James Sanchez. Send any 

questions or comments to james@newlenoxpatriot.com, or call 

(708) 326-9170 ext. 48.

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Lincoln-Way 

Central’s Ricky 

Wesel bowls Nov. 

29, during warmups 

before a crosstown 

matchup against 

Lincoln-Way West 

at Laraway Lanes. 

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Century Media 

Beating one of 

the best 

West wrestlers grind out 

win over competitive 

Sandburg unit, Page 47 

Knights and Warriors square off in a battle for New Lenox supremacy, Page 46 

Trying to 

rebound 

East holds off West in a 

competitive inter-district 

matchup, Page 44

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