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Moving forward 

Walsh nods to jobs, growth in Will County address, Page 6 

Now playing 

Movie theater drawing back the curtains this month, Page 8 

Unwrapped 

Publisher announces prizes for holiday contest, Page 12 

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SATURDAY 

Santa Brunch 

10 a.m. and noon Saturday, 

Dec. 17, Dancing 

Marlin, 20590 S. LaGrange 

Road, Frankfort. Visit with 

Santa and Mrs. Claus and 

enjoy a brunch to benefit 

the KidsWork Children’s 

Museum. Pancakes, French 

toast, bacon, biscuits and 

gravy, potatoes, eggs and 

more will be served. Seating 

is limited. Cost is $40 

for adults and $25 for children 

ages 4-12. Children 

under 4 attend for free. 

Brunch includes a gift for 

each child. To make a reservation, 

visit kidswork 

santabrunch.eventbrite.com 

or call (815) 469-1199. Reservations 

may also be made 

in person at KidsWork Children’s 

Museum. 

MONDAY 

Polar Express Movie Night 

Deadline to register is 

Monday, Dec. 19. Event 

will be held from 6-8 p.m. 

Thursday, Dec. 22 at Founders 

Community Center, 140 

Oak Street, Frankfort. Wear 

pajamas and slippers. The 

elves are planning some 

reindeer games and holiday 

crafts along with the Polar 

Express movie. There will 

also be a very special guest 

in attendance for photos. A 

bedtime snack of cookies, 

popcorn and hot chocolate 

will be served. Cost is $5 

per child. 

Santa’s Little Helper 

6:15-8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 

19, Founders Community 

Center, 140 Oak St., Frankfort. 

While parents are out 

shopping for that one last 

gift, children ages 3 ½ - 9 

can be “Santa’s Little Helper”! 

Each child will be making 

a gift for that special 

someone and wrapping it 

up to surprise them. A light 

snack and drink will be provided. 

End the night with 

a Christmas movie. Cost is 

$22. For more information 

call (815) 469-9400 or visit 

www.frankfortparks.org. 

Aromatherapy for Finals 

Stress 

7-8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 

19, Frankfort Public Library, 

21119 Pfeiffer Road, 

Frankfort. Certified aromatherapist, 

Megan Shapiro, 

will teach about essential 

oils. Participants 

will make a stress-relieving 

aromatherapy take-away. 

This program is designed 

for high school students. 

For more information, call 

(815) 469-2423 ext. 132 or 

email sehlers@frankfortlibrary.org. 

Village Board Meeting 

7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 

19, Village Administration 

Building, 432 W. Nebraska 

St., Frankfort. The Village 

Board meets the first 

and third Monday of each 

month. For more information 

and agendas, visit 

www.villageoffrankfort. 

com. 

TUESDAY 

Therapy Dogs for Finals 

Stress 

4-5 p.m. and 7-8 p.m. 

Tuesday, Dec. 20, Frankfort 

Public Library, 21119 

Pfeiffer Road, Frankfort. 

Gracie will be at the library 

at 4, and Bandit will be at 

the library at 7 to help teens 

with stress relief during finals 

week. Take a quick 

study break to give them a 

snuggle. For more information 

call (815) 469-2423 

ext 132 or email sehlers@ 

frankfortlibrary.org. 

THURSDAY 

Plan Commission Meeting 

6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 

22, Village Administration 

Building, 432 W. Nebraska 

St., Frankfort. The 

Frankfort Plan Commission 

meets the second and fourth 

Thursdays of each month. 

For the agenda or more information, 

visit www.vil 

lageoffrankfort.com, or call 

(815) 469-2177. 

UPCOMING 

Chamber of Commerce 

Closures 

The Frankfort Chamber 

of Commerce will be closed 

Friday, Dec. 23 through 

Monday, Dec. 26 for the 

Christmas holiday. 

Library Closures 

The Frankfort Public Library 

will be closed Saturday, 

Dec. 24, Sunday, Dec. 

25 and Monday, Dec. 26 for 

the Christmas holiday. 

Village Office Closures 

The Frankfort Village office 

will be closed Sunday, 

Dec. 25 and Monday, Dec. 

26 for the Christmas holiday. 

Township Office Closures 

The Frankfort Township 

office will be closed Monday, 

Dec. 26 for the Christmas 

holiday. 

Holiday Hoops Camp 

12:30-3 p.m., Dec. 27-29. 

Founders Community Center, 

140 Oak St., Frankfort. 

Don’t miss out on this camp 

for all levels of players 

who are looking to improve 

their skills. Play games, 

participate in contests and 

win prizes. The camp is for 

ages 6-14 and costs $59. For 

more information and registration, 

visit www.frank 

fortparks.org or call the 

Park District office at (815) 

469-9400. 

Drive-in Movie 

Deadline to register is 

Friday, Dec. 30. The event 

will be held Tuesday, Jan. 3 

from 2-4:30 p.m. at Founders 

Community Center, 140 

Oak St., Frankfort. Join 

the Frankfort Park District 

for a kid’s drive-in movie. 

A large cardboard box and 

all the decorations to make 

your “vehicle” to watch the 

movie will be provided, as 

well as pizza and punch. 

Please bring a pillow and 

blanket to relax with during 

the movie. This program is 

designed for children ages 

4-10. Cost is $7. 

Shooting Camp 

12:30-2:30 p.m. Jan., 3-4, 

Founders Community Center, 

140 Oak St., Frankfort. 

Sign-up for this 2-day camp 

where players will improve 

and work on shooting skills. 

Work on shooting off the 

dribble, coming off screens 

and spot up shooting. The 

camp is for ages 6-14 and 

costs $30. For more information 

and registration, visit 

www.frankfortparks.org or 

call the Park District office 

at (815) 469-9400. 

ONGOING 

Finals Study Space 

Tuesday, Dec. 13 through 

Wednesday, Dec. 21 at the 

Frankfort Public Library, 

21119 Pfeiffer Road, Frankfort, 

the large meeting room 

will be open to high school 

students studying for finals 

during varying times. Eating 

is allowed — only in the 

meeting room — during this 

time. For a complete schedule 

of open study times, visit 

www.frankfortlibrary.org. 

Winter Reading Program 

Thursday, Dec. 1 through 

Tuesday, Jan. 31 at the 

Frankfort Public Library 

District, 21119 S. Pfeiffer 

Road, Frankfort. Readers in 

8th grade and under, pick up 

a winter reading game card 

from the Youth Services 

desk, and win prizes when 

you read. Only books read 

between Dec. 1 and Jan. 31, 

2017 may be counted. Call 

(815) 534-6178 for more information. 

Read for a Lifetime... and 

Win! 

Thursday, Dec. 1 through 

Tuesday, Jan. 31 at the 

Frankfort Public Library 

District, 21119 S. Pfeiffer 

Road, Frankfort. Readers in 

grades 9-12, read any book 

from the 2016-2017 Read 

for a Lifetime list and enter 

to win. Begins Dec. 1 and 

ends Jan. 31, 2017. Call 

(815) 534-6178 for more information. 

Mobile Workforce Center 

9:30 a.m. - noon on Fridays 

in December, Frankfort 

Public Library District, 

21119 S. Pfeiffer Road, 

Frankfort. The Mobile 

Workforce Center of Will 

County will be at the library 

to help residents with resume 

development, cover 

letters and job applications. 

The center contains 11 

computers and offers keyboarding 

lessons, as well 

as resume and job search 

assistance. This service is 

offered at no cost to Will 

County residents. For more 

information, visit www. 

jobs4people.org 

Hot Power Hour Yoga 

6-7 a.m. Wednesdays, 

Yoga 360 Studio and Spa, 

91 Bankview Drive, Frankfort. 

Get moving to an uptempo, 

energizing and fun 

class, which includes upbeat 

and invigorating music. 

Each class is both aerobic 

and challenging, and incorporates 

both basic and intermediate 

poses which include 

inversions and balancing 

postures, building into a 

strong Vinyasa sequence and 

ending in relaxation. To register 

and for more information, 

visit www.yoga-360. 

com or use the Yoga 360 

app. 

To submit an item to the 

printed calendar, contact 

Amanda Stoll at (708) 

326-9170 ext. 34, or email 


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Annual auction empowers women 

Brenden Moore 

Freelance Reporter 

When New Lenox real 

estate agent Cheryl Colanto 

pondered going back to 

school a decade ago, it was 

a $500 scholarship from a 

local women’s organization 

that made it a done deal. 

“I think it’s great, women 

helping other women and 

just the whole sisterhood 

behind it is very rewarding,” 

Colanto said. 

The group, the Lincoln- 

Way Area Women’s Business 

Organization (LWAWBO), 

has for years awarded multiple 

$500 and $1,000 scholarships 

to female high school 

graduates from Lincoln-Way 

Community High School 

District 210, Providence 

Catholic High School and 

to adult women returning to 

school to continue their education. 

The LWAWBO held their 

annual holiday auction Dec. 

7, continuing a decades-long 

effort to support a scholarship 

fund for Lincoln-Way 

area women. 

As the major funding 

source of these scholarships, 

the success of the auction is 

crucial in determining how 

many will be awarded. Last 

year, the group raised a record 

$15,000, resulting in 16 women 

receiving scholarships. Applicants 

must be from the Lincoln-Way 

area, be in the top 

half of their graduating class 

and have a record of service in 

the community. 

The group appeared on 

track to do well, as more 

than 250 women, a sellout, 

packed the New Lenox Harry 

E. Anderson VFW Post 

9545 to show their support. 

“As you see, this place 

is going to sell out, we’re 

packing the entire room,” 

said organization president 

Michelle Kerfin. “Women 

love to get together and have 

a night away or just have a 

night like this where they 

can give back to the community 

and also hang out with 

some friends.” 

Founded in 1971, the 

LWAWBO lists its main 

goals as supporting the interests 

and networking of 

businesswomen in the workplace, 

extending opportunities 

to local business women 

through education, and helping 

area women continue 

their education. 

“A lot of girls really didn’t 

get much in scholarships,” 

said longtime LWAWBO 

member Charlene Carpenter. 

“We needed to have more of 

a focus on women because, 

excuse me, the men have always 

had some sort of scholarship. 

So this helps.” 

With the group formed to 

support local businesswomen, 

this only made sense, 

according to Colanto, who 

is now the scholarship committee 

chair. 

“In the 1970s, women 

weren’t really in business, 

so in the community, there 

was a small group of businesswoman 

and they wanted 

a club to get together and 

network, share their ideas 

and their stories and stuff 

like that,” Colanto said. “So 

then, it kind of morphed 

Longtime friends Laurie Smith of Frankfort (left) and Audrey Newton of Manhattan pose for a photo at the auction Dec. 

7. The Lincoln-Way Area Women’s Business Organization's annual auction raises money for scholarships for women 

seeking post high school education. Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

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And it was decided that they 

wanted to help girls and older 

ladies to get going on their 

careers.” 

Some members, like Sue 

Wolf, have been with the 

organization from the very 

Please see LWAB, 8 

Jill Ames of Coal City (left), Stacy Miller of Manhattan and 

Lynore Taylor of New Lenox look at some of the auction items. 

Cahryssa Coldwater of Elwood, Kathy Wilda of Manhattan, Sandy Guendling of Elwood 

and Lindy Keller of Wilmington talk during the event.

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Walsh pushes progress in post-election 

Kirsten Onsgard, Editor 

Will County Executive 

Larry Walsh emphasized 

economic vitality and political 

cooperation during the 

annual State of the County 

address Dec. 7 hosted by 

the Joliet Area Chamber of 

Commerce and Industry. 

The speech came days after 

Walsh was sworn in for his 

fourth term as Will County 

executive, a position he has 

held since 2004. The Democrat 

overcame Republican 

challenger Laurie McPhillips 

in the November election. 

Walsh praised his former 

opponent and other Will 

County politicians for running 

respectful campaigns, and 

urged collaboration among 

officials going forward to fulfill 

a vision marked by capital 

projects and infrastructure 

overhauls in the rapidly growing 

county. Will County’s 

population increased 34 percent 

from 2000 to 2010 and is 

among the 100 largest counties 

in the country, according 

to the US Census Bureau. 

To about 50 chamber 

members, officials and 

residents, Walsh reiterated 

many of his campaign platforms 

— such as economic 

development, health, capital 

projects and infrastructure 

investment — and projects 

detailed in the county’s 2011 

master plan while looking 

to the past and future of the 

county. 

That included the launch 

and continuation of overhauls 

of aging county buildings, 

such as a $29.5 million Joliet 

public safety office to replace 

the “dilapidated” Sheriff’s 

Office. Ground broke on the 

85,000-square-foot facility 

on Laraway Road in October 

after a 2013 confirmation. 

The facility could be completed 

by the end of 2017. 

Construction is set to 

begin on a 10-story, $195 

million judicial complex — 

which will include county 

departments and 28 courtrooms 

— by spring 2018. 

Walsh praised these projects 

as helping to “streamline 

county government 

operations,” and in the case 

of the judicial complex, increase 

safety by better moving 

visitors and detainees. 

The county has also been 

investing heavily in transportation 

infrastructure and 

road spending, to the tune of 

about $30 million per year, 

Walsh said. 

The County Board is expected 

to approve a new 

Please see County, 8 

Will County Executive Larry Walsh is sworn in for a fourth term Dec. 5. Photo submitted 

County-wide transit plan nears approval 


Will County is months 

away from approving a plan 

that would serve as a road 

map for transit projects for 

the next 20 years. 

Following more than two 

years of assessments and 

gleaning public concerns, 

the Will County Board will 

determine if it will adopt the 

strategic plan, known as Will 

Connects 2040, in February 

2017 after public comment 

closes Dec. 15. 

The long-range plan accounts 

for $418.6 million in 

updates, expansions and preservations 

to major system arteries 

and public transit. Will 

Connects 2040 is a mandated 

update to the previous 2030 

plan, and serves as a blueprint 

for system-wide county 

needs and projects. 

It comes after the county’s 

largest interstate project in 

years — the Illiana, a controversial 

50-mile, Indiana-Illinois 

thoroughfare totalling 

more than $1 billion — was 

left in limbo following an 

environmental lawsuit and 

lack of support from Gov. 

Bruce Rauner during the 

State’s budget crisis. 

Given the interstate’s uncertainty, 

the plan offers projections 

for both what it calls 

“greatly enhanced” connectivity 

if it is eventually approved, 

and solutions to ease 

east-west traffic without it. 

“We don’t know if or 

when the Illiana is ever going 

to get built, but because 

it’s still on the shelf, we have 

to plan for it,” said Christina 

Kupkowski, Phase I Project 

Manager at the Will County 

Department of Highways. 

“There is a possibility someday 

in the future — it could 

be 10 years from now, it 

could be 15 years from now 

— somebody at the State 

might decide to pull that set 

of plans of the shelf, blow 

off the dust, and all the sudden, 

this is our little project 

and we have to deal with it.” 

But with or without the 

Illiana, the plan anticipates 

the transit strain on a county 

expected to add more than 

a half million residents and 

nearly as many workers by 

2040, according to the Chicago 

Metropolitan Agency 

for Planning. Roadways 

serve the bulk of commuters, 

83 percent of whom drive 

alone to work and 4 percent 

who use transit, according to 

the Will County Department 

of Transportation. 

Increased freight was a 

concern to many residents 

who spoke with the DOT 

during its 10 open houses 

and through online surveys, 

Kupkowski said. 

“We’ve got people who are 

afraid to go out on the roadway 

network now because 

there are so many trucks,” 

Kupkowski said. “We need to 

figure out what the next steps 

are in that regard.” 

Those improvements include 

a $254 million expansion 

of Laraway Road to 

four lanes from US 52 near 

Joliet to Harlem Avenue 

near Frankfort, which Kupkowski 

said is already in its 

preliminary phases. 

Other priority projects 

include extending lanes 

on I-55 from County Line 

Road in Burr Ridge to Airport 

Road in Lockport; reconstructing 

Division Street 

from Briggs Street to Cedar 

Road in Lockport; widening 

I-80 to six lanes from Ridge 

Road to US 30; and countywide 

transit and freight studies. 

Kupkowski also said alternative 

transit options were a 

primary concern among residents. 

“We heard over and over 

again that there is a population 

of folks who have little 

or no access to transit,” she 

said. “If they can’t drive or 

don’t have access to a car, 

they have little to no way of 

getting around unless they 

can find a family member or 

have a neighbor who is willing 

to take them places.” 

Metra and Pace system 

rehabilitations are also included, 

and last month the 

Will County Forest Preserve 

approved an expansion 

to the county bikeway 

network. Those bike paths 

are pending project approval 

from individual municipalities. 

While the county has more 

than $1.3 billion in unmet 

transit financing needs according 

to the DOT, the 

plan’s financially constrained 

model assumes there will be 

no growth in revenue over 

the next 20 years. Dozens 

of other projects will be financed 

if additional revenue 

becomes available. 

“We have a whole list of 

needs in the county,” Kupkowski 

said. “Every so often 

we get to check one off, but 

there’s so much more that 

needs to get done.” 

The Will County Board is 

scheduled to adopt the 2040 

Long Range Transportation 

Plan at its Feb. 12 meeting.

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Frankfort Village Board 

Neighbors urge shut down 

of parties at Frankfort house 


About a dozen neighbors 

pushed the Village to address 

what they said are up 

to hundreds attending parties 

at a home on their block. 

During the Village Board's 

regular meeting Dec. 5, Tizoc 

Landeros said he and his 

Plank Trail Estates neighbors 

have been “held hostage” 

by tenants at a house 

in the 21000 block of Plank 

Trail Drive who, he said, 

have been throwing largescale 

parties advertised on 

social media, creating a nuisance 

and attracting alleged 

illegal activity. 

“That’s part of the problem: 

the noise, the traffic, 

waking us up at night, waking 

up my kids in the middle 

of the night,” he said. “But 

then the aftermath is what 

we have to deal with." 

According to Frankfort 

Police reports, a 34-yearold 

tenant at the address 

was issued a notice to appear 

in court Nov. 6 after 

police received multiple 

complaints from neighbors. 

The 3,400-square-foot Plank 

Trail Drive property is foreclosed, 

and an order for 

possession was filed in Will 

County Circuit Court Oct. 

24. 

Mayor Jim Holland said 

the behavior described was 

“at best inappropriate activity, 

if not illegal activity.” 

Landeros said it has 

caused safety concerns 

among neighbors. He said 

police have issued citations, 

but the parties and other alleged 

illegal behavior has 

continued, and urged the 

board to “get creative” with 

proactive solutions. 

“We have neighbors who 

are scared to come out and 

Round it up 

A brief recap of action and discussion from the Monday, Dec. 5 meeting of the 

Frankfort Village Board 

• Award nomination forms for the Holiday Beautification Award are available on the 

Village website for residential, commercial and industrial buildings, Holland said. 

Nominations will be accepted through Dec. 16. 

• The Village Board also approved a levy aimed at raising funds for the Sandalwood 

Lake Community. The tax, which has been in place for several years, amounts to 

$11,406 and will be divided on a per-lot basis among residents. 

get their mail once it’s dark,” 

he said. 

Police Chief John Burica 

said the parties have been 

ongoing for about eight 

months, but that the department 

“needs to respect the 

rights of everyone,” with 

regards to Fourth Amendment 

search and seizure 

rights. The department has 

been working with Village 

Attorney George Mahoney, 

the State’s attorney and the 

neighborhood’s homeowners 

association, he said. 

“You have to walk that 

fine line of making sure 

that we are trying to do our 

job, while doing it in a legal 

way,” Burica said. 

Holland agreed that police 

“can’t issue tickets based on 

something you see on Twitter,” 

but also urged Mahoney 

to look into other possible 

violations. 

For example, if money is 

changing hands at the door 

as alleged, then the house is 

operating as an illegal home 

business, he said. In the past, 

Holland said that in the past, 

he suggested restricting 

street parking to deter gatherings. 

“I grew up here in the late 

1980s, and this stuff wasn’t 

going on,” Landeros said. “I 

came back and I brought my 

kids so they could experience 

what I did. This is what 

I brought them to. I don’t 

like it. I’m going to get involved 

so that it stops, and 

I’m asking for your help.” 

Tax levy approved 

Frankfort’s tax rate is anticipated 

to dip slightly in 

2017 thanks to millions in 

new growth. The levy was 

approved unanimously by 

Village Board trustees Dec. 

5. 

Village Finance Director 

Jenni Booth said a $15 

million increase in property 

value will allow the Village 

to up its tax collection while 

effectively maintaining last 

year’s tax rate. The 2016 

estimated tax rate of 0.3387 

is 0.0001 lower than last 

year’s tax rate, though the 

village will collect nearly 

5 percent more in revenue 

for an estimated $2.8 million 

levy. Those figures are 

based on preliminary valuation 

figures from the Will 

County Assessor. 

But property taxes are 

only a small chunk of total 

revenue for the Village, 

and the Village’s collection 

is a small portion of a resident’s 

tax bill, the majority 

of which funds local school 

districts, Holland said. 

Property taxes comprise 

about 16 percent of the Village’s 

fiscal year 2017 budget, 

and sales tax is its largest 

revenue source, funding 

26 percent of the Village’s 

$22 million in estimated income. 

Sales tax revenue in September 

dipped to about 

$17,000 less than 2015, Holland 

reported. He urged residents 

to continue to shop local 

to support Frankfort. 

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Business Briefs 

Silver Strand Boutique opens 

in former Fringe location 

A new clothing and jewelry 

boutique opened last 

month in the space once occupied 

by Fringe Boutique. 

Silver Strand Boutique, 

27 Ash Street in Frankfort, 

opened Nov. 21 under owner 

Pam Pivaronas and her 

partner Bill Shanklin. The 

shop offers artisan-made 

adult jewelry and clothing, 

Pivaronas said. 

It’s an endeavor that has 

always been on her bucket 

list, and one that pays homage 

to a beach in the San 

Diego area that is one of her 

favorite places, she said. 

Pivaronas, who has lived 

in the Frankfort area for 

25 years, was previously a 

banker who has also been 

involved with the Frankfort 

Chamber of Commerce. 

It’s also a move that 

happened quickly: Silver 

Strand Boutique moved in 

as Fringe exited, and made 

its debut days later on 

Small Business Saturday, 

Nov. 26. 

Finding vendors to fill orders 

quickly was her biggest 

challenge, she said. But her 

goal is to support American 

workers by purchasing from 

other small businesses and 

avoiding bulk purchases. 

She said products will be 

“nicer, but still affordable,” 

targeted towards adults age 

35 and older. 

Silver Strand Boutique 

is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 

Mondays; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. 

Tuesdays; 10 a.m.-7 p.m. 

Wednesdays-Fridays; 11 

a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays; and 

11 a.m.- 3 p.m. Sundays. 

For more information, call 

(815) 469-0607. 

Frankfort movie theater set 

to open 

Frankfort’s new 

75,000-square-foot luxury 

movie theater is scheduled to 

open some of its auditoriums 

for holiday showings. 

Six of Emagine Frankfort’s 

10 screens will open 

for the first time on Friday, 

Dec. 23 to show three films. 

The Michigan-based 

Emagine Entertainment announced 

its renovation of 

an old Dominick’s grocery 

store, at 19965 S. LaGrange 

Road, earlier this year and 

broke ground in August. The 

Frankfort theater is the company’s 

first in Illinois and 

10th total. It will be the only 

movie theater in the village. 

Emagine Frankfort’s 10 

auditoriums will be decked 

with leather recliners and 

seats that can be reserved in 

advance online or through 

a mobile application. Each 

will hold between 80 and 

200 guests, according to an 

Emagine spokeswoman. 

The theater will also include 

a bar with local craft 

beer and wine, with cocktail 

service to patrons’ seats on 

Fridays and Saturdays from 

6 p.m. to close. Food will include 

stone-oven pizza and 

snacks such as nachos, olive 

oil popcorn, quesadillas and 

fries. 

On Dec. 23, the theater 

will screen “Rogue One: A 

Star Wars Story,” “Sing!” 

and “Passengers” beginning 

in the afternoon. Tickets will 

range in cost from $6-$12. 

Emagine Frankfort will 

open all 10 auditoriums Jan. 

20. 

Business Briefs are compiled 

by Editor Kirsten Onsgard, 

kirsten@FrankfortStation.com. 

County 

From Page 6 

blueprint for transportation 

spending, Will Connects 

2040, early next year, in addition 

to studying how the 

county should respond to increased 

freight traffic. 

“While this increase in 

traffic is a major factor in 

our economic growth, we 

must address the effects on 

our county’s overall safety 

and quality of life,” he said. 

In addition to responding 

to the burden of a population 

expected to reach nearly 1.2 

million residents by 2040, 

Walsh emphasized job creation, 

skills training and 

resident health. 

Several large-scale distribution 

centers will soon call 

Will County home, pointing 

to what he said is its attractive 

business environment. 

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to a variety of business sectors,” 

he said. 

Amazon announced it will 

open three new warehouses 

in Romeoville, Monee and 

a second Joliet location this 

year. Other brands, such as 

IKEA and grocery chain 

Fresh Thyme have distribution 

centers planned. 

"Eighteen months ago, 

Amazon did not have a presence 

in Will County," Walsh 

said. "Today, through its four 

locations, Amazon has created 

more than 6,000 jobs." 

In the midst of an ongoing 

opiate epidemic, Walsh 

pushed for increased school 

and community education 

in response to a county with 

the highest number of overdose 

deaths outside of Cook 

County in the state last year. 

Students in Lincoln-Way 

and Wilmington schools will 

begin anti-drug education 

following a pilot program 

elsewhere in the county, 

thanks to a federal grant. 

“Research has shown that 

kids are smart, and if we give 

them the information we 

need, they will make educated 

choices,” he said. “It’s an extremely 

wise investment to 

keep our children away from 

heroin and ensuing consequences, 

both legal and fiscal, 

that occur with drug abuse.” 

The county began training 

police in the administration of 

the heroin antagonist Narcan 

in 2015, which saved 19 people 

from overdoses this year, 

he said. Seventy-two people 

died from overdoses this year, 

he said, up from 53 last year, 

according to data from the 

Will County Coroner. 

Looking forward, Walsh 

acknowledged the work to 

be done in public health, and 

nodded towards the continuation 

of ongoing and forthcoming 

capital projects in 2017. 

“Many of you have experienced 

firsthand the effects 

of the rapid growth that our 

county has experienced over 

the past decade,” he said. 

“We have grown from a rural 

farming community to 

a significant player in the 

global marketplace. We have 

acknowledged many times: 

with this growth comes substantial 

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“We just wanted to be a 

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Police Reports 

Dec. 4 

• Miscellaneous change was 

reported stolen from a vehicle 

in the 7300 block of W. 

Woodlawn Drive. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Frankfort 

Station’s Police Reports 

are compiled from official 

reports found online on the 

Frankfort Police Department’s 

website or releases issued 

by the department and other 

agencies. Individuals named 

in these reports are considered 

innocent of all charges until 

proven guilty in a court of law. 

From dec. 8 

Driver killed 

in head-on 

crash 


One driver was killed and 

another critically injured after 

a head-on crash Dec. 8. 

Two cars occupied by 

single drivers crashed in 

a “head-on type accident” 

near the 23000 block of 

South LaGrange Road at 

about 2 p.m., Frankfort Fire 

Department Assistant Chief 

Sean Fierce said in a statement. 

Both drivers needed 

to be extricated from their 

vehicles. 

One driver, 37-year-old 

Rebecca Schatz of Kankakee, 

was transported by ambulance 

to Silver Cross Hospital 

in New Lenox where 

she was pronounced dead at 

2:56 p.m., according to the 

Will County Coroner. 

The second, Taylor Potete, 

20, of Joliet was transported 

by air to Good Samaritan 

Hospital in Downers Grove. 

Illinois State Police is investigating. 

FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER 

A critter carol: Mokena 

music school supports local 

animal shelter 

As the snow gently fell 

outside the afternoon of Dec. 

4, students of Mokena’s All 

About Music & Children’s 

Theatre embraced the spirit 

of the winter wonderland 

outside, performing a variety 

of holiday tunes for their 

friends and family at this 

year’s Caroling for Critters 

music recital. 

The event celebrated the 

holidays with music and 

puppies at the Christian 

Community Center at Saint 

John’s United Church of 

Christ in Mokena. 

The third official Caroling 

for Critters holiday recital 

hosted by All About Music 

this was the second year in a 

row that the event also benefitted 

Cache Creek Animal 

Rescue in New Lenox. 

“We’re big animal people,” 

said Todd Beebe, coowner 

of All About Music 

with his wife, Connie Johnson. 

“We don’t have kids 

of our own, so our dogs are 

like our babies. … There’s 

so many dogs that need a 

home at shelters. So, it’s 

good to bring some attention 

to them.” 

Each year, All About Music 

presents its holiday recital 

as a benefit to an animal 

shelter. In addition to taking 

donations of pet care supplies, 

volunteers from Cache 

Creek were on site with three 

dogs available for adoption. 

“The reason we like 

Cache Creek is because they 

let you adopt today,” Beebe 

said. “We like the idea that 

people can leave with an animal 

today.” 

Reporting by Amanda 

Del Buono, Freelance 

Reporter. For more, visit 

MokenaMessenger.com. 

FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT 

Village celebrates Nelson 

Road extension with ribbon 

cutting 

Hosting ribbon cuttings 

for road openings are uncommon, 

according to New 

Lenox Mayor Tim Baldermann, 

but he thought a ceremony 

for Nelson Road’s 

extension was necessary. 

The finished project is 

expected to be vital in benefiting 

vehicle traffic flow 

throughout town, which is 

why Baldermann and other 

Village officials came together 

Dec. 2 for a ribbon 

cutting upon its completion. 

“This is something we’ve 

told the community that we 

were going to do and wanted 

for decades, quite frankly,” 

Baldermann said. “This 

is something they’ve wanted 

for a long time because 

we have limited north-south 

travel.” 

The extension is to provide 

less congestion for the 

north-south roadways of 

Cedar Road and Gear Drive. 

It connects Nelson Road 

from Haven Avenue to Illinois 

Highway, which is approximately 

a mile strip. 

“It doesn’t seem like 

much, but it really is quite a 

bit,” Baldermann said. “It’s 

more about giving alternate 

routes for people to get 

north and south in town.” 

Construction for the 

roadway started early in 

the summer, after financing 

was approved in April. 

Baldermann said the extension 

“was more than just 

building a road.” Years of 

negotiations between the 

Village and property owners 

to acquire the land necessary 

kept the project from 

being done sooner. It also 

needed additional approvals 

because of a gas pipeline in 

the construction area. 

“I’m just really grateful to 

our staff that works so hard 

out there,” Baldermann 

said. “We worked with our 

firm and construction; everyone 

did a wonderful job 

getting this done and open 

on time. This will be helpful 

to the residents in many 

ways.” 

Reporting by James Sanchez, 

Editor. For more, visit 

NewLenoxPatriot.com. 

FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND 

Schilling dedicates buddy 

bench to late third-grader 

Tristan Grabner’s time on 

this earth may have been 

short, but his legacy will 

stand the test of time. 

On Dec. 2, a bright blue 

bench bearing the name of 

“Tristan’s Buddy Bench” 

was unveiled on the playground 

of Schilling School 

in honor of the third-grader 

who died overnight on Sept. 

6. The bench is a testament 

to the 8-year-old’s largerthan-life 

personality, Schilling 

School principal Candis 

Gasa said. 

“We’ve been trying to do 

something that’s very personal 

to him and to who he 

was,” Gasa said. “We want 

to continue his spirit here, 

and we felt the Buddy Bench 

was perfect, considering 

who he was to the students 

and how many lives he 

touched of the staff.” 

It was an emotional ceremony 

for Grabner’s parents, 

Nicole Bolda and Jim 

Grabner, who held Tristan’s 

2-year-old sister Aubrey. 

Bolda fought back tears 

while unveiling the bench to 

the entire Schilling School 

student body. It is painted in 

a shade of Cubs’ blue for her 

son’s favorite team. 

“When you’re outside 

here at recess and you feel 

like you need a friend, come 

sit on the Buddy Bench,” 

Gasa said. “And those of 

you who see a friend sitting 

at the Buddy Bench, please 

join that friend. We all want 

to be an amazing friend, just 

like Tristan was.” 

Reporting by Erin Redmond, 

Assistant Editor. For more, visit 

LockportLegend.com. 

FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION 

Vogt Visual Arts Center 

hosts annual dollhouse show 

Everyone knows the saying, 

“There’s no place like 

home.” 

And in Julie Dekker’s 

eyes, that saying comes to 

life for the artists who participated 

in the Vogt Visual 

Arts Center’s annual Gingerbread 

Houses, Dollhouses 

& Miniatures Show. 

The exhibition — which 

began Dec. 3 and runs until 

Jan. 21 — features 26 tiny 

houses. A train set and a 

small display of fairy-sized 

furnitures, wood carvings 

and stained glass pieces 

complete the showcase. 

Each piece revealed its 

artists’ dedication to detailing 

and reimagining life on 

a smaller scale, and it is evident 

that these rooms were 

put together carefully. 

One home, in particular, 

had a boy’s bedroom. His 

baseball uniform, which 

was neatly on his bed — a 

stark contrast to an assortment 

of toys scattered all 

over the floor. 

Dekker, the gallery director 

at the center, pointed 

to a large toy mansion that 

rested on the edge of a display 

table. That mansion 

— which she described as 

a must-see attraction — is 

owned by Oak Lawn resident 

Linda Sterns. 

“Every year, people come 

to see this one,” Dekker 

said, noting its ornate, vintage-style 

decorations that 

range from what appear to 

be a dining table to floralprinted 

couches. “It’s really 

beautiful.” 

Reporting by F. Amanda 

Tugade, Editor. For more, visit 

TinleyJunction.com 

FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE 

History Museum’s first 

Homemade for the Holidays 

event a hit 

As snow gently fell outside 

of the Orland Park 

History Museum Sunday, 

Dec. 4, area residents gathered 

for some early holiday 

cheer and giving. 

The Orland Park History 

Museum Foundation hosted 

the Homemade for the Holidays 

Wreath Silent Auction 

& Holiday Open House at 

the museum, 14415 Beacon 

Ave., from 1-3 p.m., as dozens 

turned out to show their 

support and bid, despite the 

snowy, less-than-ideal driving 

conditions. 

There were 17 wreaths 

decorated and donated by 

various Orland Park businesses 

and organizations, 

with the suggested starting 

prices set at $40. 

“When we looked around 

online and saw some of the 

wreaths that you can buy, 

this is actually quite a steal,” 

said Elizabeth Christofylakis, 

chairperson of the museum 

and development advisory 

board. “All of them 

are really gorgeous.” 

Reporting by Jon DePaolis, 

Freelance Reporter. For more, 

visit OPPrairie.com. 

United Methodist Church of New Lenox 

presents a 

LIVING NATIVITY 

Sunday, December 18th, 4:00-7:00 p.m. 

339 W. Haven Avenue, New Lenox 

This is a free event open to the public 

Celebrate the joy of Christmas as you drive through the church grounds 

to see live actors and animals portraying the Christmas Story. Please 

use the entrance off of Route 30. Stay and join us for hot cocoa, cookies 

and hymns inside. Food donations will be appreciated for local pantries. 

FOR MORE INFORMATION: WWW.UMCNL.COM

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School news 

Lincoln-Way committee 

discusses strategic plan 

Lincoln-Way community 

members gleaned key findings 

from a resident survey 

to create a strategic plan that 

will guide a district marked 

by financial struggles going 

forward. 

The 107-person Long 

Range Strategic Planning 

Committee met Dec. 2-3 for 

a special board meeting to 

develop recommendations 

expected to be adopted by 

the Board of Education. 

Committee volunteers 

broke into groups to create 

priorities in six focus areas, 

mirroring those studied in 

the survey: finance, building 

and grounds, community 

and public relations, 

curriculum and assessment, 

human resources and technology. 

Each group narrowed 

their focus to their 

top five most significant 

goals. 

More than 3,000 responses 

were recorded from that 

survey, which revealed that 

respondents did not want 

programs cut, and instead 

favored looking into alternative 

revenue streams such 

as sponsorships, according 

to a district statement. 

The district borrowed $20 

million at the beginning of 

the academic year to operate, 

and plans to sell more 

than $5 million in property 

® 

in early 2017. At the Board 

of Education’s last meeting 

in November, Director of 

Finance Kelly Luzzo said 

the district is on-track to 

maintain a $2 million budget 

surplus this year. 

Respondents also pushed 

for an increase in technology 

education, but believed 

students to be well-prepared 

for college, the district said. 

The strategic planning 

initiative was facilitated by 

volunteer and educational 

consultant Robert Madonia, 

who worked with board 

members to develop the survey 

in October. 

The Lincoln-Way District 

210 Board of Education is 

expected to formally adopt 

the recommendations of the 

Long Range Strategic Planning 

Committee in January. 

Frankfort students honored 

by Kiwanis 

The Kiwanis Club of 

Frankfort recognized two 

students Dec. 1 for their accomplishments 

both in and 

out of the classroom. 

Lincoln-Way East High 

School senior Destiny 

Henning and Mia Adeja of 

Summit Hill Junior High 

received the Kiwanis student 

of month recognition 

award, which includes a 

certificate and scholarship 

money. 

Lincoln-Way East senior 

Contact 

Dana Anderson 

Destiny Henning was recognized 

for her leadership 

role in assisting Lincoln- 

Way North students in feeling 

more at home at Lincoln-Way 

East. Henning is a 

member of Key Club, a peer 

helper, member of Griffin 

Crew/Link Crew and Scholastic 

Bowl. She is an AP 

Scholar with honors with a 

4.59 GPA, and is a member 

of the National Honor Society, 

Mu Alpha Theta, Pi 

Sigma Pi and Science National 

Honors. 

Summit Hill student Mia 

Abeja was recognized for 

being a leader among her 

peers. Abeja is an active 

member of the Student 

Council and National Honor 

Society. Abeja enjoys education 

and is always willing 

to volunteer and contribute 

to the learning community 

at Summit Hill. She maintains 

an “A” grade point 

average. 

Candidates for consideration 

are identified through 

their school administration, 

and names are presented to 

the Kiwanis Club of Frankfort 

for recognition during 

the club’s meeting held on 

the third Thursday of each 

month at 7:30 a.m. at Lincoln-Way 

High School. 

School News is compiled 

by Editor Kirsten Onsgard, 

kirsten@FrankfortStation.com 

Ext. 17 

708.326.9170 

d.anderson@22ndcenturymedia.com 

Prizes announced for 2016 

Holiday Card Contest 

Entries must be 

received by Christmas 

Eve 

Bill Jones, Managing Editor 

You know Sizzles and Sky 

Zone and White Street and 

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Chesdan’s, Laraway and 

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But do you know why 

We have listed here this 

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For Holiday Card Contest 

And if you were to win it 

You would find this stuff 

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This past week, publisher 

22nd Century Media’s Southwest 

Chicago branch announced 

the return of its annual 

Holiday Card Contest. 

We also threatened you 

with more holiday songs 

turned poor excuses for poetry 

if we did not feel loved 

enough by this week. And 

while some of you have already 

sent us plenty of holiday 

cheer, we still felt like it 

wasn’t quite enough. 

That is why we are giving 

you one more week to make 

things right and appease the 

editorial staff. 

We also are announcing 

(in the accompanying sidebar) 

the full collection of 

prizes we have been unveiling 

via social media over the 

past week, in case you needed 

further enticement. 

And here is a quick refresher 

on the details, for those of 

you saying to yourselves, 

“What Holiday Contest?” 

We want to see your 

beautiful Christmas cards: 

custom designs, engaging 

words, pretty pictures, colorful 

envelopes. We also want 

to read your year-end letters 

(like a card, but with more 

words for people to read). 

The Prizes 

A breakdown of the packages that await two lucky 

winners in 22nd Century Media Southwest’s 2016 

Holiday Card Contest. 

Best in Show 

• A $25 gift card to The 

Open Bottle, 7101 W. 

183rd St. in Tinley Park 

• Christmas Wreath 

Mosaic Candle, courtesy 

of Marley Candles, 12525 

W. 187th St. in Mokena 

• A gift certificate valued 

at $20 for White Street 

Café, 11 S. White St. in 

Frankfort 

• A gift certificate valued 

at $25 for Chesdan’s 

Pizzeria & Grille, 15764 S. 

Bell Road in Homer Glen 

Funniest 

• Four passes each good 

for one hour of jumping, 

We want holiday photos: in 

front of the tree, on a holiday 

getaway, with your pets. 

Whatever it is you do for 

the people you love during 

the holidays (PG-13, please), 

simply address these things to 

Managing Editor Bill Jones, 

and mail them to 11516 W. 

183rd St. Unit SW Office 

Condo 3, Orland Park, IL, 

60467. Make sure the items 

somewhere include a name 

and a phone number at which 

we can reach you, should you 

happen to win the contest, as 

well as your hometown. 

We will accept submissions 

through 5 p.m. on 

Christmas Eve (this year a 

Saturday, every year Dec. 

24). They must be received 

(not postmarked) by that 

day, so please make sure to 

give yourself enough time 

for holiday mail service. 

The entries will be evaluated 

by our editorial staff and 

judged in two categories — 

along with a $30 gift 

card good for purchase 

of anything in the park, 

food from Fuel Zone, 

merchandise, Sky Socks, 

Sky Climb or additional 

jump time at Sky Zone, 

66 Orland Square Drive in 

Orland Park 

• Two hours of free 

bowling for up to six 

people, including shoe 

rentals, along with a 

pizza and pitcher of pop, 

at Laraway Lanes, 1009 

W. Laraway Road in New 

Lenox 

• A $25 gift card for 

Sizzles, 571 E. Division St. 

in Lockport 

Best in Show and Funniest. 

We will pick one winner in 

each of the categories from 

across all seven of the towns 

covered by 22nd Century Media’s 

Southwest office: Orland 

Park, Tinley Park, Frankfort, 

Mokena, New Lenox, Lockport 

and Homer Glen. 

In addition to awarding 

prizes, we plan to publish 

images or transcripts of our 

winners in print, along with 

a few of our other favorites. 

We do have three important 

rules to follow. 

• We are only allowing 

one entry per household for 

this contest. 

• The entry must be from 

this holiday season. 

• Electronic entries are 

accepted and can be sent to 

bill@opprairie.com. 

So send us those entries 

lickety split. Remember: 

This is your last chance to 

bring an end to these wretched 

“poetic” creations.

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Top Web Stories 

From FrankfortStation.com as of Friday, 

Dec. 9 

1. Driver killed in Frankfort head-on crash 

2. Lincoln-Way East graduate and Marine killed 

in Naperville crash 

3. Pickwick Society Tearoom closes as former 

owner looks to the future 

4. Frankfort Christkindl weekend nods to 

German roots 

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child with rare disease 

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From the assistant editor 

Consider adopting a pet during the holidays 

Amanda Stoll 


Are you thinking 

about bringing home 

a new pet during the 

holiday season? Have you 

looked into buying one? 

Would you consider adopting 

one? 

Each year, as many as 

7.6 million pets around the 

country enter shelters and 

are in need of loving homes 

where they will be treated 

well and cared for. 

Locally, hundreds of dogs 

and cats are available for 

adoption, and there’s no better 

time to bring one home 

than during the holidays. 

One once-homeless dog, 

Darla, is currently being 

trained by a Frankfort business 

to become a service 

dog for veterans. Darla 

was at an event earlier this 

month raising money for 

PAWS of Tinley Park with 

dogs up for adoption. 

Adoption benefits the animal 

you’re adopting, but it’s 

not just the pet’s life you’re 

changing — it’s yours too. 

While many people, 

including myself, can hardly 

handle the cuteness of puppies 

and kittens, they don’t 

stay that way for long. 

Older, adult dogs and cats 

are many times a better option 

for families with young 

children because they tend 

to be calmer and less excitable, 

as well as for older 

prospective “pet parents” 

because they pose less of a 

tripping hazard. 

Adopting pets is much less 

expensive than traditional 

pet stores, and most shelters 

vaccinate, spay/neuter and 

microchip pets during their 

stay. Those things on their 

own can be quite costly 

otherwise, and the adoption 

cost you pay helps support 

the shelter financially. 

Shelters do their best to 

make pets comfortable, but 

animals are unavoidably 

stuck in a very stressful situation. 

Darla, too, is anxious, but 

that serves to her advantage. 

She will not want to leave a 

veteran's side if she becomes 

a service dog. 

Many shelter dogs, in 

Local animal shelters 

Cache Creek Animal Rescue 

1005 Star Lane, New 

Lenox 

www.facebook.com/ 

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NAWS Humane Society 

9981 190th St., Mokena 

www.nawsus.org 

TLC Animal Shelter 

13016 West 151st St., 

Homer Glen 

fact, are already housetrained, 

and volunteers work 

with them individually on 

leash training and basics, 

like sitting and staying. 

Shelters get animals from 

various places including 

animal control, owner surrenders, 

and other shelters. 

Adopting a pet from a local, 

no-kill shelter allows them 

to save more animals from 

kill shelters. 

Supporting shelters 

indirectly helps combat 

puppy mills by creating less 

demand for those animals. 

If you’re not in a position 

to adopt but want to 

help anyway, then consider 

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another listed below — or 

volunteering your time. 

There are many needs at 

shelters, and chances are 

you could fill some of those 

needs. 

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Another round for Orland 

spot In the wake of Rokwelz, area couple 

opens Girl in the Park, Page 18 

Old dog, new tricks 

Frankfort businesses train rescue dog 

for service, Page 19 

New Lincoln-Way symphony performs in sync, Page 17 

Stacy Williams-Jackson conducts the Lincoln-Way Symphony 

during its debut at the annual Vespers Holiday Concert Dec. 4. 

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16 | December 15, 2016 | The frankfort station Faith 


Faith Briefs 

Winter 

reading 

is here. 

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (177 

Luther Lane, Frankfort) 

Christmas Eve Candlelight 

Worship 

6:15 and 11 p.m. Dec. 24 

Christmas Day Worship 

9 a.m. Dec. 25 

Divine Worship Service 

8-9 a.m. Sundays. 

Contemporary Service 

10:46 a.m. Sundays. The 

service blends the best of 

both ancient tradition and 

modern music and instruments 

Adult Bible Class and 

Children’s Sunday School 

9:30 Sundays 

Weight Watchers 

9:30-10:30 a.m. Mondays 

Alcoholics Anonymous 

10 a.m.-Noon Saturdays 

St. Anthony Catholic Church (7659 Sauk 

Trail, Frankfort) 

St. Anthony W.O.W. 

Meetings 

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. 

every second Friday of the 

month. The St. Anthony 

WOW group is a social 

gathering for widows and 

widowers. There will be a 

short meeting, followed by 

entertainment and refreshments. 

All newcomers are 

welcome. For more information, 

call (815) 469-4351. 

Teen Gathering 

6:30-8 p.m. Wednesdays, 

Padua Center. Teens in 

grades 8-12 are invited to 

join. There is a gathering every 

Sunday evening with the 

exception of holiday weekends. 

Students in grades 5-8 

are welcome every Wednesday 

evening. Gatherings are 

held in the Padua Center’s 

Youth Ministry room located 

behind St. Anthony’s. For 

more information, contact 

sophie@stanthonyfrankfort. 

com or call (815) 469-3750. 

Mass Service 

5 p.m. Saturdays, 7:30 

a.m., 9 a.m., noon, 6:30 p.m. 

Sundays. 

Reconciliation 

4-4:50 p.m. Saturdays 

Knights of Columbus 

Meetings 

7:30 p.m. every second and 

fourth Tuesday of the month 

in St. Anthony Hall. The 

Knights help at parish functions 

such as the church picnic 

and their pancake breakfast. 

Pro-Life Rosary Group 

7 p.m. every first Monday 

of the month in the Padua 

Center. This group prays for 

the Rosary of Life for the 

unborn. If interested in joining, 

call (815) 464-0875. 

Bereavement Support 

7 p.m. once a month at 

the Padua Center. For more 

information, call (815) 469- 

3750. 

Youth Ministry (YM Rock) 

Sunday evenings at the 

Padua Center. The group 

is for teens in grades six 

through 12. For more information, 

contact Jade & Art 

Fojas at YM.ROCK@stanthonyfrankfort.com. 

To have your church’s events 

included in Faith Briefs, 

email them to Amanda Stoll at 


or call (708) 326-9179 ext. 34. 

Deadline is noon Thursdays 

one week prior to publication. 

In Memoriam 

Margaret McDowell 

Margaret “Peggy” Mc- 

Dowell (nee Collins), 69, 

of Frankfort died Nov. 30. 

McDowell is survived by 

her mother Margaret Lutz; 

daughters Holly Horst and 

Meg (Tom) Hearne); grandchildren 

Kiel (Alyssa) Horst, 

Ryan and Finley Hearne; her 

great-grandchild Huntley; 

and her sisters Norah Mulcahy 

and Raelene Nikolic. Services 

were held Monday at 

the Hickey Memorial Chapel 

in New Lenox. 

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Dolores Ziarko 

Dolores Ziarko, 89, of 

Frankfort and formerly of 

Berwyn, died Dec. 1. Ziarko 

was a member of the Frankfort 

Seniors. She is survived 

by her son Karl (Sue) Ziarko 

and grandchildren Karl, Amber, 

Jason, Zachary and Cassandra. 

Services were held 

Dec. 6 at St. Mary Catholic 

Church in Mokena. In lieu 

of flowers, donation to the 

American Diabetes Association 

would be appreciated. 

Thomas Zager 

Thomas Zager, 64, of 

Frankfort and formerly of 

Chicago Heights, died Dec. 

4. Zager was the vice president 

of JDM Steel Company 

and a member of Crete Masonic 

Lodge #763. He loved 

sports, and especially the 

Chicago Cubs. Zager is survived 

by his wife Pamela 

(nee) Scott; his daughter 

Maggie (Dane) Elles; his 

sons Thomas (Lindsey) Zager, 

Michael Anthony Zager; 

his brother Louis; nephew, 

Vincent Zager; and his 

grandchildren Gavin James 

Elles, Mina Louise Elles and 

Caroline Jean Zager. Services 

were held Dec. 10 at St. 

Anthony Catholic Church in 

Frankfort. In lieu of flowers, 

the family would appreciate 

donations to Toys for Tots 

for Christmas. 

Have someone’s life you’d 

like to honor? Email kirsten@ 

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about a loved one who 

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frankfortstation.com Life & Arts 


Lincoln-Way 210 Symphony debuts at annual Vespers show 

Ryan Esguerra 


The Lincoln-Way Music 

Department debuted a brand 

new music program when 

it hosted its annual Vespers 

show Dec. 4 in New Lenox. 

The concert featured the 

newly formed Lincoln-Way 

210 Symphony, as well as 

musicians and vocalists from 

Lincoln-Way Central and the 

Lincoln-Way Central/West 

Guitar Studio to ring in the 

holidays with music, cookies 

and charity. 

“This was our second year 

putting all of the Lincoln- 

Way ensembles on one 

stage,” said symphony director 

Stacy Williams-Jackson, 

who also serves as the music 

department chair at Central. 

“We tried to make it a little 

more special this year by creating 

the cookie party, which 

was graciously provided for 

us by our boosters.” 

The two-act Vespers featured 

various performances. 

The band, chorus, chamber 

and symphony performed 

Christmas favorites such 

as “Sleigh Ride,” “Still 

Nacht,” also known as “Silent 

Night,” and various 

themes of “Fa La La.” Also, 

at this year’s Vespers show, 

was a tribute to family, 

friends, and Lincoln-Way 

staff and alumni who served 

in the armed forces. A slide 

show with their photos 

played while the audience 

sang along to the holiday 

classic “White Christmas.” 

The price of admission 

to the show was one nonperishable 

food donation. 

The LWC Music Department 

also held a mitten 

drive, as well as a clothing 

drive. Donations from the 

show would be given to local 

food banks and shelters 

from around the area. 

“Everyone did such a 

great job getting everything 

Alex Karnezis warms up 

before the show. 

together this year,” said Ann 

Boyle, president of the LWC 

music boosters. “It brings the 

community together, which 

is nice. You see grandparents 

and extended family out here 

supporting the kids, and that 

is why we do it.” 

Performing for the first 

time in front of a live audience 

were the 98 members 

of the Lincoln-Way 

210 Symphony, which 

performed a rendition of 

“The Polar Express.” The 

group, which is comprised 

of students from all three 

Lincoln-Way high schools, 

chose to keep their first performance 

light and festive 

in honor of the season. 

“We had students from 

East, West and Central together 

on stage in front of 

everyone, playing for the 

first time,” Williams-Jackson 

said. “We will transition 

to more classical pieces 

next semester, but we wanted 

to start out with something 

fun.” 

Williams-Jackson added 

that the addition of the new 

group will give dedicated 

Stacy Williams-Jackson conducts the Lincoln-Way Symphony Dec. 4. The group combines musicians from all three 

Lincoln-Way schools. Photos by Julie McMann/22nd Century Media 

Haley Cepek looks over her music before the show Dec. 4 

at Lincoln-Way Central. 

students a chance to focus 

on and develop their individual 

skills. 

“The kids love it, they 

get the chance to be more 

independent and refine their 

skills,” Williams-Jackson 

said. “Instead of having 

seven, eight people per part, 

there is one, two people per 

part. So, there is a lot of solo 

opportunities to be had.” 

Williams-Jackson, who 

helped pioneer the new program 

at District 210, said 

that decision to start a symphony 

ensemble was a long 

time coming. 

Christopher Mroczek directs the Lincoln Way Central Band 

at the annual Lincoln-Way Central Vespers Concert Dec. 4. 

The symphony will be 

performing next on Sunday, 

Feb. 26 in New Lenox and 

will focus on works from 

classical artists, such as 

Rodrigo, Mussorgsky and 

Powell 

“It was time for the district 

to have an upper-level, 

extracurricular symphony 

for those students who want 

to do more than just play 

regular orchestra during the 

day.” Williams-Jackson said. 

“I think the hallmark of any 

music program in the Chicago 

suburbs is to have an 

extracurricular orchestra.”

18 | December 15, 2016 | The frankfort station Dining Out 


The Dish 

Girl in the Park offers beer, bourbon, burgers 

Brittany Kapa, Assistant Editor 

For Jayme and Robert 

Parker, their new restaurant 

is as much about family as it 

is the food. 

It also is about the best 

bourbon, burgers and beer 

the couple could locally 

source. 

Jayme, 31, brings her culinary 

education from Robert 

Morris University, her 

studies in Italy and her family’s 

love of cooking into 

her newest creation. An Orland 

Park local, Jayme has 

created a menu that is as 

much about the food as it is 

the area. It strives for quality 

and flavors patrons could 

expect to find in a restaurant 

in Chicago, but places 

those elements in their own 

backyard. 

Girl in the Park is the 

couple’s brainchild, a dream 

Jayme thought would not 

happen until much later in 

their lives. 

“When we were dating, 

we would talk about when 

we retired,” Jayme said. 

“We’d probably open up a 

little tiki hut on the beach in 

Key West, Florida, with a really 

small kitchen with only 

two things.” 

MONDAY 

• Denver Omelette 

• Pork Tenderloin 

• Stuffed Peppers 

TUESDAY 

• Bacon & Cheese 

Omlette 

• Meat loaf 

• Hot Turkey 

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• Chopped Steak FRIDAY 

& Eggs 

• Potato Pancake 

• Corn Beef 

Combo 

& Cabbage 

• Roast Chicken 

• Chicken & Parmesean • 1/2 Slab Ribs 

The couple never expected 

this opportunity to fall into 

their laps. The Parkers took 

over Rokwelz, the restaurant 

that previously occupied the 

space, in September, and officially 

opened the space as 

Girl in the Park on Nov. 3. 

The couple’s desire to provide 

a family-friendly dining 

experience in Jayme’s 

hometown played a major 

role in not only the design 

of the restaurant but also the 

food offered, as well. 

One of the most important 

thing’s for Jayme is that the 

ingredients be top quality. 

All of the restaurant’s meats 

are antibiotic and hormone 

free. The food is locally 

sourced, as much as possible, 

and the seafood is wild 

caught, never farm raised. 

“The concept of us being 

local was more than just my 

wife being from the area,” 

Robert said. “It’s Orland being 

a great family community 

that it is, but it is also a 

very corporate area.” 

Keeping everything local 

even means carrying 

Brickstone Brewery’s APA 

from Bourbonnais. Another 

key factor is the extensive 

small-batch bourbon list and 

house-infused vodka that 

WEDNESDAY 

• Pork Chop & Eggs 

• Fried Chicken 

• Pot Roast 

SATURDAY 

• Biscuits & Gravy 

• Chop Steak 

• Veal Parmesan 

SUNDAY 

• Waffle Combo 

• Roast Chicken 

• Roast Turkey 

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creates some of the restaurant’s 

unique drinks. That 

local theme also carries over 

to the high-top tables in the 

bar area, which are made 

from reclaimed barn wood 

from a Jones Dairy Farm in 

Wilmington. 

“It fits our decor without 

having to spend the money 

for some type of mass-manufactured 

or foreign wood 

that we didn’t know where it 

came from,” Robert said. 

Perhaps what is more impressive 

is that the couple 

never closed the restaurant 

that occupied the space 

before Girl in the Park, 

Rokwelz. All of the construction 

was done at night, 

or sections of the restaurant 

were closed off for a day or 

two at a time. 

The menu 

Jayme could not create a 

menu without including her 

92-year-old nana’s meatballs. 

The meatballs are 

handmade daily, and everything 

from the bread crumbs 

to the sauce is made from 

scratch. It is a recipe that 

means a lot to her personally, 

and it was something 

she wanted to share with her 

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“Growing up cooking with 

my mom, and cooking with 

my nana — she’s first generation 

from Italy — she’s 

had the same sauce recipe 

from when she started cooking,” 

Jayme said. “I wanted 

to bring that family aspect 

to it.” 

The Dirty Frank ($13.50) 

burger, another dish that is 

close to Jayme’s heart, as it 

is named after her beloved 

Italian Mastiff, Frank. The 

burger’s name was inspired 

by her dog’s love of all 

things messy. In order to socialize 

a young Frank, Jayme 

would bring him to her softball 

games in the summer. 

She would also bring a bone, 

to keep Frank busy during 

the game. 

“Every time I brought him 

a bone, he would never eat 

it,” Jayme said. “He’d bury 

it in the sand. Every time 

you look over at him, his 

face is covered in sand. My 

friend’s husband would say, 

‘Man, Frank, you’re dirty. 

I’m calling you dirty Frank 

from now on!’” 

The name stuck, and it is 

the perfect name for a burger 

that has shredded beef atop 

an over-easy egg (free range, 

of course), and the “Step 

Brothers”-inspired fancy 

sauce of ketchup and mayonnaise. 

Get napkins and ask 

for extra, because this burger 

is Frank’s twin. 

Never wanting to leave 

anyone out, Jayme created a 

menu that can cater to anyone’s 

dietary needs. Realizing 

the need for healthy menu 

options, Jayme has provided 

meals that will not kill calorie 

counts but still aim to please 

when it comes to taste. 

“We brought in some 

healthier foods,” Robert 

said. “With the Sportsplex 

being next door that was a 

big market that Rokwelz 

didn’t hit well.” 

The Dirty Frank ($13.50) burger at Orland Park’s Girl in 

the Park features a house-made burger mix with cheddar 

cheese, an over-easy egg, bacon, fancy sauce and 

shredded beef. The burgers is served with Parmesan and 

truffle oil fries, and pairs well with Brickstone Brewery’s 

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One of their healthy option 

meals is the WOK It Out 

BOWL ($9), which features 

as a base brown rice, sautéed 

broccoli, carrots, snow peas, 

water chestnuts, mushrooms 

and onions. 

“We like all different kinds 

of music, and that comes 

from an old-school hip-hop 

song,” Jayme said, explaining 

that the dish’s name is 

a play on words for UNK’s 

“Walk it Out.” 

The dish can be customized 

to the patron’s tastes 

with a choice of teriyaki 

spicy stir-fry (“Pain is 

Good”) sauce. The customer 

can leave the bowl as is, or 

add shrimp, salmon, pulled 

beef or chicken to the bowl 

for extra charges. 

The extras 

For those looking for a 

unique drink experience to 

match the culinary one, Girl 

in the Park has thought of 

that, too. Bar manager Christopher 

Krause goes the extra 

mile for his customers by 

infusing his vodka and bourbon 

in house. 

Girl in the Park 

11265 W. 159th St. in 

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Hours 

10 a.m.-2 a.m. daily 

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Web: www.girlinthepark. 

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Phone: (708) 226-0042 

His newest invention will 

include Jayme’s caramelized 

candied bacon to complement 

— and offset — the 

sweet breakfast cocktail, 

made with bacon-infused 

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squeezed orange juice and 

maple syrup. 

The menu at Girl in the 

Park is expected to see 

changes in the future. Jayme 

said once they figure out 

what customers like and 

what they do not, the menu 

will reflect those opinions, 

as well as the season. 

“We are family owned,” 

Jayme said. “We want to 

make sure our customers 

feel that, and know that 

they’re special.”



Rescue dog to serve veterans 

Jason Maholy 


Where Darla came from 

or why she was wandering 

in traffic is purely a matter 

of speculation, but the young 

stray was given a new lease 

on life after being rescued 

when a passerby saw her on 

the Dan Ryan Expressway 

near 95th Street. 

By early next year, the 

friendly pooch, who prefers 

people to her fellow canines, 

might be a service dog for a 

war veteran who suffers from 

post-traumatic stress disorder. 

If Darla successfully completes 

her training, it would 

be a turn of events for a oncehomeless 

dog with a serious 

case of separation anxiety. 

She also has the potential to 

be a life-saving presence for 

the veteran with whom she 

could eventually be paired. 

But training the dog – described 

by Orland Park resident 

and K9s for Veterans 

volunteer John Greenan as 

likely parts beagle, pit bull 

and Labrador retriever – to 

work as a service dog is an 

expensive proposition. The 

full course of schooling can 

cost between $15,000 and 

$20,000, and there is no guarantee 

the training will work, 

given Darla’s unknown history 

and anxieties. 

A few area businesses, 

however, stepped up to help 

reduce the cost K9s for Veterans 

will pay to put Darla 

through service dog training. 

K9 Tailshakers and Chew on 

This, both in Frankfort, and 

I’ll Be Doggone in Mokena 

offered to contribute services 

and funds that will cut the bill 

roughly in half, said Greenan. 

K9s for Veterans is a Chicago-based 

nonprofit that pairs 

service dogs with veterans 

who suffer from post-traumatic 

stress disorder. Greenan 

saw the potential in Darla and 

helped orchestrate the costsaving 

plan that could change 

her and a veteran’s life. 

“I have a bleeding heart, 

especially for animals with 

separation anxiety, so I said 

‘let’s give her a shot at K9s 

for Veterans,’” Greenan said. 

“I talked to my CEO and 

got together with some local 

businesses, and they will help 

out with expenses.” 

K9 Tailshakers began 

working with Darla last 

week to ease her separation 

anxiety, which Greenan described 

as “about a three” on 

a 10-point scale – toward the 

mild end of the spectrum, but 

severe enough that she cost 

nearly $10,000 at the kennel 

that was housing her after her 

rescue. She also tried to escape 

from the facility at least 

twice, Greenan added. 

Darla would undergo 

more extensive, specialized 

training at K9s for Veterans. 

Service dogs perform two 

primary functions: “blocking,” 

or putting themselves 

between the veteran and other 

people or situations; and 

“searching,” literally searching 

a room to ease the traumatized 

veteran’s anxieties 

that someone may be hiding 

in his home, Greenan said. 

Non-specialized benefits service 

dogs provide companionship 

to veterans, by reducing 

their heart rate, loneliness 

and suicidal ideation. 

Darla was one of dozens of 

dogs at International Subaru 

in Tinley Park on Sunday, 

Dec. 4 to celebrate the dealership’s 

7th annual “Share the 

Love” event. Darla was not 

up for adoption, but about 30 

other dogs and several cats 

were up for adoption through 

PAWS, which is benefiting 

from the two-month national 

fundraiser. 

The $10 cost visitors paid 

to have their pets’ photos taken 

with Santa went to PAWS, 

and for every vehicle sold during 

November and December, 

International Subaru is contributing 

$250 to the charity of 

the buyer’s choice. The local 

charity, and the one to which 

most buyers choose to donate, 

is PAWS. Over the past two 

years, the dealership raised 

$88,000 for the animal shelter, 

said to International Subaru 

controller Vicki Renier. 

The idea to make PAWS 

the local beneficiary was Renier’s. 

“My boss asked me if I had 

any ideas and ideas and I said 

Fundraiser attendees pose with Darla, a rescue dog that 

will be trained to serve veterans, Dec. 4 at International 

Subaru in Tinley Park. Photo courtesy of Greg Babush 

‘yes, the homeless animals,’ 

because that’s my passion,” 

she said. “We do [the photos 

with Santa] just for fun, it’s 

not mandatory, but we’ve had 

such success so why not?” 

Greenan said the money 

raised through Share the 

Love will eventually be used 

to build a new PAWS shelter. 

Though Darla might be a 

tough case, her separation 

anxiety is one of the reasons 

why she may make a good 

service dog. While the training 

is intended to reduce it, 

it would not necessarily be a 

problem if she is not totally 

rehabilitated. Service dogs 

are rarely if ever separated 

from their veteran companions, 

Greenan said. 

“We can use that to our 

advantage because that dog 

never wants to leave you, he’s 

always focusing on you,” he 

explained. “And for veterans, 

that’s what we want, because 

the dog is with them everywhere 

they go.” 

Lincoln-Way Area Chorale makes Carnegie Hall premiere 

Amanda Stoll, Assistant Editor 

Exhausted and exhilarated, 

members of the Lincoln- 

Way Area Chorale returned 

from their Carnegie Hall 

performance. 

Thanksgiving weekend 

marked the much-anticipated 

annual performance of 

Handel’s “Messiah,” where 

69 singers from the LWAC 

joined voices with people 

from seven countries and 

five continents. 

“For most of the people in 

the choir, this is probably a 

once in a lifetime shot,” said 

Greg Day, the LWAC’s artistic 

director. “That’s what 

made it so special.” 

Day sang alongside his 

chorale members during the 

performance — something 

he doesn’t usually get to do. 

Although he had performed 

at Carnegie Hall in 

the past as part of the Augustana 

College choir, Day said 

this was a totally different 

experience for him. 

“I was a member of the 

choir [the first time], and 

now I’m the artistic director 

of a totally different kind of 

choir,” said Day. “I felt like 

there was a lot more responsibility 

this time around.” 

During the performance, 

LWAC members were 

spread throughout the larger 

choir group — which also 

shared the stage with an orchestra 

and multiple soloists. 

“Greg really prepared us 

well,” said LWAC member 

Andrea Thompson, who 

noted the extra work put in 

during summer rehearsals. 

The conductor for the Carnegie 

Hall performance was 

Jonathan Griffith, a renowned 

conductor who is also the cofounder 

and artistic director 

of Distinguished Concerts International 

New York — the 

organization that brought the 

LWAC to New York. He was 

responsible for simultaneously 

conducting the choir, orchestra 

and soloists on stage. 

Chorale members said they 

learned a lot from Griffith, 

who reinforced many of the 

same techniques — such as 

breathing and pronunciation 

— that Day works with them 

on in rehearsals back home. 

“He really hammered 

[those points] home,” said 

LWAC president and chorale 

member Ken Reed. “Many 

times he was like an instructor 

as much as a conductor.” 

In addition to lengthy practices 

Friday and Saturday with 

Griffith, chorale members 

packed as much sightseeing 

into their visit as they could. 

Thompson said she and 

her husband, Bill, spent time 

walking in Central Park and 

Times Square and went to 

see a production of “Beautiful” 

on Broadway. 

Other members of the 

chorale took a group trip to 

Radio City Music Hall to 

see the Rockettes’ famous 

“Christmas Spectacular.” 

While some members’ had 

family and friends join them 

for the trip, others were able 

to watch the sold-out performance 

live on Facebook. 

“I am so proud of them 

and they know it,” said Day. 

“The other thing I’m very 

proud of is the amount of 

work that went into [the performance] 

on everyone’s behalf... 

fundraising, musical 

preparation... I’m very, very 

proud of them for all of that” 

Day said their performance 

at Carnegie Hall is 

“going to open up a lot of 

doors both domestically 

and worldwide” for the 

group, however, that will not 

change their priorities. 

“We are first and foremost 

a community choir that is 

loyal to the Lincoln-Way 

area. That will never change 

no matter what.” 

For now, the choir members 

are ready for a long 

break before they resume rehearsals 

mid-January. Then 

they will start preparing for 

the spring program, which is 

scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday, 

April 30 at Lincoln-Way 

West High School.

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Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 

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■8 ■ p.m. Fridays and Saturdays: 

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400, Orland Park; (708) 

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Prizes awarded 

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Live music 

TINLEY PARK 

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(17731 Oak Park Ave., 

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■10 ■ p.m. Fridays: DJ 

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Cuzins Bar 

(177th and Oak Park Ave., 


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Band Karaoke 

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Ed & Joe’s Restaurant & 

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(17332 S. Oak Park Ave., 


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JW Hollstein’s Saloon 

(17358 S. Oak Park Ave., 


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Saturdays: Live entertainment 

■9 ■ p.m. Mondays: Karaoke 

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com. 

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Lunch With Santa 

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RIGHT: Ryan Kehoe of 

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Aubrey Nance of Frankfort tells Kelsey the Elf what she 

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SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ES- 

TATE at 10703 Nebraska Street, 

Frankfort, IL 60423 (Single Family 

Home). On the 5th day ofJanuary, 

2017 to be held at 12:00 noon, at 

the Will County Courthouse Annex, 

57 N. Ottawa Street, Room 

201, Joliet, IL 60432, under Case 

Title: U.S. Bank National Association, 

as Trustee for Lehman XS 

Trust Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 

Series 2007-15N Plaintiff 

V. Tracey E. Barney; et. al. Defendant. 

Case No. 15CH 0470 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: 

Codilis & Associates, P.C. 

15W030 N. Frontage Road Suite 

100 

Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527 

P: 630-794-5300 

F: 630-794-9090 

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. 

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PURSUANT TO THE FAIR 

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TICES ACT YOU ARE AD- 

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IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT 

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COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY 

INFORMATION OBTAINED 

WILL BE USED FOR THAT 

PURPOSE. 

STATE OF ILLINOIS ) 

) SS. 

COUNTY OF WILL ) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF 

THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIR- 

CUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

U.S. Bank National Association, as 

Trustee for Lehman XS Trust 

Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 

Series 2007-15N 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Tracey E. Barney; et. al. 

Defendant. 

No. 15 CH 0470 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that 

pursuant to ajudgment entered in 

the above cause on the 13th day of 

July, 2016, MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff 

ofWill County, Illinois, will on 

Thursday, the 5th day of January, 

2017 , 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 78INCARDINAL LAKE - 

UNIT 3, BEING A SUBDIVI- 

SION OF PART OFTHE WEST 

1/2 OFTHE WEST 1/2 OF THE 

NORTHEAST 1/4, AND PART 

OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF 

THE NORTHWEST 1/4, AND 

PART OF THE EAST 1/2 OF 

THE SOUTH 1/2 OF THE 

NORTHWEST 1/4 OFSECTION 

29, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, 

RANGE 12 EAST OF THE 

THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, 

ACCORDING TO THE PLAT 

THEREOF RECORDED OCTO- 

BER 21, 2003 AS DOCUMENT 

NUMBER R2003-265288, IN 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

Commonly known as: 

10703 Nebraska Street, Frankfort, 

IL 60423 

Description of Improvements: 

Single Family Home 

P.I.N.: 

19-09-29-206-007-0000 

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: 

Codilis & Associates, P.C. 

15W030 N. Frontage Road Suite 

100 

Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527 

P: 630-794-5300 

F: 630-794-9090 

Plaintiff's Attorney 

MIKE KELLEY 

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Obama &Hillary Clinton 

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door &side shelves 40x22H 

$45. Fireplace tools, antiques, 

brass w/ log holder $30 for all. 

630.272.3800 

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Boys Nike coat sz 10/12 $15. 

Black dress shoes sz 5 $12. 

Tony Hawk shoes sz 5 $8. 

Snow pants sz 14-16 $10. All 

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Cast iron bacon pig press $8. 

Rug floor mats for Chevy 

Malibu $25. Barbie doll 

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curca 1998 $25. Dimmer 

switch for floor lamp $12. 

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Children’s wooden table - 2 

chairs $30. Christmas train set 

$40. Easy share camera printer 

$25. 815.463.0282 

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sauer kraut or use as planter. 

815.348.2884 

Complete weight set come with 

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708.466.9907 

Conair steamer with attachments 

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Decorative hallway/bathroom 

mirrow. Approx 3ft tall, 17 

inches wide. $40. 

708.478.8976 

Designer SQ cocktail table 

wood with glass inserts 

46”x46”x16”H. $65. Fireplace 

brass log holder with logs $25. 

630.272.3800 

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DTV converter box DTX9950 

$20. New supr soft beautiful 

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$35. 708.466.9907 

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Disney princess mirror $15. 

Barbie computor $10. Princess 

disc player radio $10. Princess 

bedspread twin $15. Blanket 

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Dremel upright shoeshinner 

“The Regent” 3 ft high for 

black or brown shoes $40. 

Portable bar: brown leather 

with utensils, brass keys and 

locks 12x12x4 $40. 

815.806.0556 

Evans drums, 3toms, one bass 

drum $100. 815.469.8289 

Five 6ftnew steel posts $5 ea. 

19 -8”steel shelf brackets $19. 

Sears USA 12 pc wrench set, 

new $30. 19” new black tool 

box $12. 708.460.8308 

Five large pink non-break tree 

ornaments, made USA $5. 

Windshield de-icer 32 oz $4 

mini snow shovel, steel 

blade/handle $8. 708.760.8308 

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stand. Good condition $10. 

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For Sale: Big 9ft. Christmas 

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For Sale: Red flyer ride and 

grow 3wheel tricycle. New, 

assembled with box $20. 

708.478.7110 

For sale: wrought iron decorative 

wall sconce, 3 lites, 30” L 

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swag lite $25. 708.633.7780 

FREE Sony 36” FS Trinitron 

Vega TV w/ remote 

708.460.1885. Ask for Jim. 

Gold club collector 4 pc 

Macgregor custom VIP, 70 

vintage clubs $50. Toy collector 

5pc Hess original trucks all 

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Golf cart charger, works great, 

lestermatic 36V, 30 amps, 60 

cycle single phase $50 obo. 

Fishing rods and reels $10, 

lures $1. 708.214.4022 

Hallmark keepsake enterprise 

orn. 1991 year, prime condition. 

Great Xmas gift! $85. 

708.532.2806 

Handle for kitchen drawers & 

doors, brass w/ backing plate 

55 for $2 each or $90 for all. 

708.460.5001 

Heavy duty vintage car/truck 

engine stand $65. Digital 

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Ladies stuff: black shoes, sz 8 

$6. Petite wedding dress $39. 

New leather change purse $12. 

Snuggly sox $4 each. 

Woman’s magazines .50 cents 

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Loveseat, floral pattern by 

Flexsteel $35. 708.448.9237 

Men’s Depend pull-up underwear, 

size small (waist 28-40) 

54 count sealed box. $20 each. 

708.942.9636 

Men’s stuff: New ski gloves, 

XL $5. New rubber totes, 

XXL, MSRP $25, $20, New U 

of Iblue sweatshirt XL $15. 

708.460.8308 

Mr. Santa Claus in rocking 

chair. Excellent condition $10. 

708.873.1245 

Nascar Danica Patrick white 

hoodie with tages, embroidery 

on sleeve. Med $50. 

708.670.5590 

Never used, GBG electric 

power washer, 2,000 PSI peak 

pressure $65. 815.838.8340 

New Go Pro 9000, auto focus, 

HD video, microphone, 30 

frames/sec video, quick cam 

software, works with windows 

live, yahoo, aol. $35 obo. 

708.214.4022 

Oak head board 61” x 42” $10. 

Green Bay Packers jacket $50. 

Coleman tailgate cooler $5. 

Kitchen table & chairs $10. 

708.448.8920 

Old antique desk. Excellent 

condition. $80. 708.921.8505 

Ping pong table, Stiga regulation 

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balls, e-z storage. Very good 

condition. $90. 815.464.0205 

Roll/bread wicker basket, make 

with metal fruit/floral decor 

images surrounding the circumference 

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Holidays $20. 708.466.9907 

School house clock. Light oak. 

Daniel Dakota Quartz. Westminster 

chime melody onthe 

hour $50. 708.460.7185 

Simmons pillowtop full size 

mattress. Nearly brand new. 

Used only 2months for stay 

over guests. Stored in plastic 

overwrap $100. 708.301.9187 

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The Frankfort Station’s 

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hardwood flooring, large pantry, island 

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room. Large 3-1/2 car heated garage. 

Spectacular wooded yard includes mature 

landscaping, a huge deck, Pergola with 

new retractable awning backs to creek. 

Price: $549,000 

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• 20113 S. Greenfield Lane, Frankfort, 

60423-8923 - Anthony Munoz To 

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• 20035 S. Graceland Lane, Frankfort, 

60423-8929 - Jeffrey D. Hassell To Kyle 

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60423-8523 - Jayison J. Mccorkle Sr. 

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Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Claire Roth 

Roth is a Lincoln-Way East 

junior on the high school’s 

competitive dance team. 

This is her second year on 

the varsity team. 

How did you get started 

with dance? 

My sister was on the poms 

team when she was in high 

school, so that really pushed 

me to start poms. 

What’s your favorite 

part? 

My favorite part is just being 

with all the girls on the 

team. It’s been interesting 

with the combining of the 

schools, but I feel like we’ve 

been getting along really 

well. 

What is the hardest 

part about dance? 

The hardest part would 

definitely be the competitions, 

because at the competition, 

each style of dance 

gets judged the same way. 

It’s harder to beat other 

teams who might have a hip 

hop or jazz dance. 

What have you learned 

from your coach? 

Definitely teamwork and 

team building. It helps us 

with combining and getting 

together and getting along 

with everyone. 

What’s one thing people 

might not know about 

competitive dance? 

I feel like people don’t 

understand how difficult it 

may be to dance. They think 

of it as just a movement. It’s 

much more, where you have 

to be spot on with everyone, 

you have to be on time and 

very precise. 

Do you plan to continue 

in college? 

Yes I do. I plan to take regular 

dance classes or at least 

join the dance team. 

What’s your dream job? 

Something along the lines 

of psychology or working 

with kids. 

Who is your role model? 

My role model is my 

Photo submitted 

brother Michael. He’s always 

been there for me, he’s 

been my biggest supporter 

along with my sister, too. It’s 

nice to have someone out 

there for you. 

Who is your favorite 

dancer? 

Bob Fosse He kind of created 

jazz, it was very unique 

at the time. 

What is your favorite 

television show? 

“Ghost Adventures.” 

Interview by Kirsten Onsgard, 

Editor. 

This week in... 

Boys basketball 

■Dec. ■ 17 at Bremen, 2 p.m. 

Boys bowling 

■Dec. ■ 16 at Lincoln-Way 

Central, 5:30 p.m. 

■Dec. ■ 17 at Lincoln-Way Cup, 

9 a.m. 

Boys swimming 

■Dec. ■ 16 at Neuqua Valley 

Invite (diving), 5:30 p.m. 

■Dec. ■ 17 at Neuqua Valley 

Invite, 9 a.m. 

Boys wrestling 

■Dec. ■ 16 host Lincoln-Way 

West, Stagg, 5 p.m. 

■Dec. ■ 17 at Ralph W. Krupke 

Classic, 9 a.m. 

Girls bowling 

■Dec. ■ 15 at Stagg, 4:15 p.m. 

■Dec. ■ 17 at Lincoln-Way Cup, 

9 a.m. 

Girls gymnastics 

■Dec. ■ 17 at Homewood- 

Flossmoor Invite, noon 

Cheerleading 

■Dec. ■ 18 at Joliet West Invite 

Boys basketball 

East rebounds in win vs. Lyons 

Randy Whalen 


Coming off a tough twopoint 

loss the night before, 

the Lincoln-Way East boys 

basketball team could have 

had every excuse to fold up 

when playing a very good 

opponent the next afternoon. 

But not this season. 

Dorian Aluyi poured in 

a game-high 24 points, and 

fellow senior forward Max 

Shafer scored eight straight 

points in the fourth quarter 

— including the go-ahead 

basket, as East rallied to topple 

Lyons Township 71-61 

in a nonconference clash on 

Saturday, Dec. 10 in Frankfort. 

Junior guards Sam Shafer 

(14 points, eight rebounds) 

and Zach Parduhn (10 

points) also contributed, as 

the Griffins (5-2) had four 

players in double digits. Senior 

forward Connor Niego, 

who has committed to playing 

at Division 1 Holy Cross 

in college, scored 22 points 

and added nine rebounds 

for the Lions (4-3), who lost 

their third straight. 

East was coming off a 47- 

45 loss at undefeated Homewood-Flossmoor 

(6-0, 1-0) 

in the SouthWest Suburban 

Conference Blue opener for 

both teams. 

"I'm so proud of the way 

we bounced back," East 

coach Rich Kolimas said. 

"We came up a little short 

against H-F, but came in 

[against Lyons] and said, 

'Let's get after it.' 

"Dorian Aluyi was scoring 

almost effortlessly, and 

Max Shafer had an outstanding 

game. Connor Niego 

is a great player who is going 

to Holy Cross. He got 

his points, but Max [who is 

6-foot-4] gave up four inches 

on him and still did a nice 

job guarding him." 

Max Shafer (16 points total) 

also took over down the 

stretch with 10 points in the 

fourth quarter. He had the 

highlight play of the game 

in the middle of his eight 

straight points when he 

swooped in, rebounded his 

brother's missed shot, put it 

back for a score at an awkward 

angle, was fouled and 

completed the 3-point play. 

That gave the Griffins a 59- 

57 lead with 4:34 to play in 

the game. 

"Sam shot that one and I 

got tangled up with one of 

their guys," Shafer said of 

his rebound basket. "There 

was a foul called, and actually, 

it was a lucky play." 

But first, Lyons tied the 

game one last time at 59-59 

on a rebound basket by Niego 

with 4:20 remaining. Max 

Shafer, however, drained a 

3-pointer from just to the left 

of the top of the key 29 seconds 

later to give the Griffins 

the lead for good. Aluyi followed 

with an old-fashioned 

3-point play, as East went on 

a 12-0 run. 

Two free throws by sophomore 

guard Nolan Niego 

(10 points), who is Connor's 

younger brother, with 13.9 

seconds left ended the run 

and accounted for the final 

score. But East had put the 

game away by then. 

"We were pretty tired from 

[the night before], but we talked 

about how we needed to 

bounce back and get it done," 

Max Shafer said. 

East led 35-31 at halftime, 

but the second half 

was highly contested until 

the end. There were four 

ties and eight lead changes 

in the first 12 minutes of the 

second half. The Lions had 

their largest lead at 51-46 

on an old-fashioned 3-point 

play by senior forward Noah 

Niego, who is a cousin to the 

Niego brothers, with 2:33 

left in the third quarter. 

But a 3-pointer by Aluyi, 

who had seven rebounds in 

the game, just before the 

buzzer tied the score at 52- 

52 after three. 

In the loss to the Vikings 

the night before, East only 

scored three points in the 

first quarter and trailed 25- 

11 at halftime before making 

it a battle down the stretch. 

"I had to take over, I didn't 

want us to fall behind like 

we did against H-F," Aluyi 

said. "That loss hit us hard, 

and we came back strong."

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Competitive Dance 

East dancers finding their beat in Queen hit 

Frank Gogola 


Lincoln-Way East girls 

competitive dance gave 

Queen’s 1976 hit “Somebody 

to Love” a contemporary 

jazz-style reboot 40 

years later. 

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performance of the song after 

an early mix of hip-hop 

and compilation songs from 

other schools on Dec. 11 at 

the Bremen Invite. It finished 

ninth out of 13 teams. 

“Picking a song, playing 

up on the musicality and rising 

to the occasion with the 

skill — for me, that’s how 

we take something old and 

make it new,” co-head coach 

Kristina Bloom said. “A routine 

you would have seen 

done to the song in the 1970s 

would be very much different 

from what you would see 

today and the level of ability 

with the girls.” 

Bloom and co-head coach 

Karina Casey had been itching 

for their team to perform 

an old-school classic after 

doing “In the Air” by Angela 

McClusky last year and 

a compilation of songs from 

2012 to 2014. They started 

discussing this season’s song 

in late January after East finished 

29th in the Class 3A 

state preliminaries. 

“We’ve been dying to do 

a retro song to keep it fresh, 

keep it interesting and engage 

a lot of different audiences 

and tastes,” Casey 

said. 

Musicality – or mirroring 

the choreography with the 

lyrics and notes – was a key 

component for Bloom and 

Casey in selecting “Somebody 

to Love.” Musicality 

is one of 10 categories 

judges score. The others 

are choreography, difficulty, 

technique, group execution/ 

synchronization, formations/ 

staging, transitions, spacing, 

showmanship and overall visual 

effect. 

“Somebody to Love" traces 

an unnamed person going 

through depression. 

The layered song provides 

opportunities for groups or 

an individual to do a skill or 

progression of moves that 

matches a musical component. 

Flowing lyrics sung by 

Members of the Lincoln-Way East competitive dance team perform “Somebody to Love” by 

Queen Dec. 11 during the Bremen Invite. photos by bob Klein/22nd Century Media 

The team wore red instead of its school colors to better 

match the themes of the song. 

Freddie Mercury, a gospelchoir 

background sound, 

subtle piano keys, a guitar 

solo and a rising drumbeat 

toward the end are a few of 

the musical components to 

punctuate. 

“With a piece of music 

like this with all of that musicality, 

especially with actual 

instruments versus some 

of the newer songs you hear, 

which are a little bit more 

electronically produced, 

there’s a lot of opportunity 

there,” Bloom said. “Ultimately, 

what we’re trying to 

do is bring the song to life 

through the choreography 

and with the dancers.” 

In the past, East has remained 

near its school color 

scheme with blue and white, 

blue and black, and solid 

black uniforms. This year’s 

red uniforms were a change 

because of how they complement 

the song. 

“We felt with the idea of 

love (and it) being a very 

powerful song, a very emotional 

song, we felt that red 

stood out,” Casey said. 

East will focus on improving 

its routine before its next 

competition on Jan. 8. Spacing 

and lifts were two areas 

Casey saw for improvement 

at the Dec. 11 invite. In November, 

the team pulled 

out a competition because 

it didn’t feel ready with its 

choreography. 

East’s rosters includes 10 

dancers with varsity experience. 

Returners who competed 

for East last season include 

Kara Bouck, Riley Clarey, 

Catie O’Connor, Mia Pranckus, 

Claire Roth and Maggie 

Scott. Among transfers from 

North are Julia Bennett, Angelina 

Jardine, Julia Legno 

and Michelle Pretto. 

But there are also are 10 

dancers who are new to the 

varsity level. Leah Beran, 

Alyssa Bernal, Ashley Bullock, 

Alexa Mikrut, Brooke 

Mittler, Stephanie Nolasco 

and Kara Rogien were on the 

junior varsity or freshman 

teams last season. Chloe 

Gunkel, Olivia Nilsson and 

Shelby Stajszczak are freshmen. 

“One thing that we really 

pride ourselves on with our 

team is that the girls take 

ownership of the routine,” 

Casey said. “We’re asking 

for their feedback and their 

thoughts in terms of creative 

direction for our routine 

as we progress through 

the season.” 

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Griffins rout former teammates at LW Central 

Frank Gogola 


Lincoln-Way East swimmer 

Andy Grever stepped 

up on the platform for his 

first race, the 200-yard freestyle. 

To his left was senior 

Mason Maze and to his 

right, junior Tim Murphy, 

both former East swimmers 

now competing for Lincoln- 

Way Central. 

He noticed not the color of 

their trunks, but their faces 

as friends who have competed 

with one another over 

the years, and had joked 

throughout the Dec. 8 meet 

at Central — despite being 

competitors. 

“We were family, but 

we’re still family,” Grever 

said. “It doesn’t matter what 

color we wear. We’re all 

friends.” 

Grever beat his former 

teammates on a day when 

East, loaded with former 

Lincoln-Way North swimmers 

and divers after North’s 

closure, showcased its depth 

in a 135-45 win over Central. 

“I coached some of (the 

Central swimmers) for three 

years, so it was fun to see 

them,” East coach Kelly 

Byrne said. “Our outlook today 

was, ‘Let’s just go have 

a good meet with them.’ 

They’re teammates, they’re 

friends still. It’s good, 

friendly competition. You 

could see that camaraderie. 

It just holds from the time 

they were freshman to now.” 

East won 10 of the 11 races 

and took the diving competition 

because Central did not 

have any competitors. East’s 

Matt Hennessy beat out 

teammate Cole Chojnacki, 

both former North divers, to 

win that competition. 

Seven different Griffins 

won an individual race: 

Grever won the 200 freestyle, 

Mason Rhode won 

the 200 individual medley, 

Mason Rhode swims for Lincoln-Way East against Central. 

Eric Stelmar finished first 

in the 50 freestyle, Trevor 

Horn won the 100 freestyle, 

Colin Brady won the 500 

freestyle, Bryce Wyma took 

first in the 100 backstroke 

and Dante Smith won the 

100 breaststroke. 

The three relay teams that 

won for East each had a mix 

of different swimmers, as 

well. 

Wyma, Brady, Rhode 

and Jonathan Limp won the 

200 medley relay. Grever, 

returning state qualifier 

Kellen Bachler, Horn and 

Limp took first in the 200 

free relay. Limp, Grever, 

Stelmar and Wyma won the 

400 free relay. 

“I’m glad they’re doing 

good, because some of those 

kids I coached for a long 

time (at North),” Central 

coach Pat Shaughnessy said. 

“I told the boys ‘(East is) 

good, but we’re not comparing 

ourselves to them. We’re 

going to swim what we want 

to swim and swim how we 

want to swim. That’s what 

we’re going to focus on.’” 

Lincoln-Way East’s Jared Bruni (left) and Central’s Mason Maze (right) compete in the 

200 yard freestyle Dec. 8 in a meet. East beat Central 135-45. Photos by Julie McMann/22nd 

Century Media 

Jared Bruni swims in the 200 freestyle Dec. 8. 

As a team, East finished 

1-2-3 in four of the 11 races: 

the 200 medley relay, 

200 individual medley, 50 

freestyle and 100 freestyle. 

Byrne said she was happy 

with the finishes, but it’s 

improvement of individual 

times that will become more 

important than places as the 

young season progresses toward 

the postseason. 

“The depth makes for a 

more competitive team, because 

they’re going to be 

racing each other for a sectional 

spot or racing each 

other for a conference spot,” 

Byrne said. “So really, it just 

raises the bar for our team. It 

just makes everybody faster. 

Central’s lone win came 

from sophomore Danny 

O’Brien, who swam for East 

last year. O’Brien won the 

100 butterfly (58.51) by 2.17 

seconds. 

Murphy, a former East 

swimmer, missed winning 

the 100 backstroke (58.18) 

by 1.08 seconds. He also 

finished second (1:55.99) in 

the 200 freestyle, 5.9 seconds 

behind Grever, a state 

qualifier and his former 

teammate. 

O’Brien, Murphy, Maze 

and senior Dylan Sterling 

took second in the 200 freestyle 

relay and third in the 

400 freestyle relay. Maze was 

a state qualifier for East last 

season, while Sterling qualified 

for state for Central. 

“We’ve only been together 

as a team for three weeks,” 

Shaughnessy said. “I was 

coaching girls (swimming) 

in the fall, so I didn’t see the 

boys in the offseason. We’re 

still coming together as a 

team, and I’m learning about 

the boys. I’m just happy the 

transition is going well.”

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fastbreak 

Girls Basketball 

Atsinger scores 28 to lead Warriors past Griffins 

22nd Century Media File 

Photo 

1st-and-3 

East’s top players of 

the week 

1. Carolyn Waleski 

(ABOVE) 

Waleski logged 18 

points — including 

four three-pointers — 

and eight rebounds 

in a tight match up 

against the Warriors 

last week. 

2. Lauren Hunter 

Hunter has been 

averaging 18 points 

per game this 

season, including 

27 points Dec. 1 at 

Bradley-Bourbonnais. 

She landed nine 

against West. 

3. Riley Gaynor 

Gaynor, a former 

Lincoln-Way North 

student, also hit nine 

points against West. 

Dave Owen, Freelance Reporter 

Winning despite an earlyseason 

injury to star player 

Emily Atsinger made Lincoln-Way 

West’s girls basketball 

team accustomed to 

overcoming adversity. 

That ability to endure was 

tested Dec. 6 by an overwhelming 

early challenge at 

Lincoln-Way East. 

The host Griffins (4-5) exploded 

to a 15-2 lead – a run 

that included a pair of threepointers 

by Sam Nair and 

six points by power forward 

Lauren Hunter. 

But the Warriors (8-0) 

closed the quarter on a 10-0 

run to rapidly close the big 

gap, then used clutch play 

down the stretch to turn a 

tight tug-of-war into a 70- 

61 win. 

“They just calmed down 

a little bit,” said West coach 

Ryan White of his team’s 

early deficit. “Most of our 

girls are pretty good shooters. 

Once they took that deep 

breath and relaxed, they 

were able to chip back. And 

once they got to where ‘OK, 

we’ve made it a game,’ they 

went from there.” 

Atsinger led the Warriors 

with 28 points, including 26 

in the final three quarters. 

“She got hurt early in 

the year and missed four 

games,” White said. “This 

is the first time she’s got her 

legs back, and she just took 

control like you would expect 

from a four-year starter. 

“She was in control, she 

made the right passes, she 

made shots – she did a little 

bit of everything.” 

Courtney O’Donnell (18 

points, 12 in the first half), 

Stephanie Athanasoulis (13 

points) and Tara Hastings 

(six points) also made key 

contributions. 

“I thought we were all 

meshing with each other,” 

Atsinger said. “We were 

encouraging each other on 

defense, and we didn’t step 

out of our zones. We were 

very disciplined tonight on 

defense.” 

That discipline and Athanasoulis’ 

clutch shooting 

were vital at crunch time. 

After West led 50-47 

through three quarters, East 

rallied to take a 55-54 lead 

with 5:10 left on a threepointer 

by Riley Gaynor. 

But Athanasoulis answered 

with a trifecta at 

the other end of the floor to 

put West back ahead 57-55, 

which started a 13-4 Warriors 

run over the next 3:15 

during which she scored 

eight points. 

“It’s my teammates and 

positive reinforcement from 

my coach,” Athanasoulis 

said. “I’m just here to score 

and be a good teammate, and 

thankfully I was able to do 

that tonight.” 

An O’Donnell layup off a 

Taylor Gugliuzza steal made 

it 61-55 Warriors with 3:20 

to play. The Griffins never 

drew closer than four again, 

as consecutive threes by 

Athanasoulis and Gugliuzza 

(five points) built an insurmountable 

67-59 lead. 

Two minutes later, West’s 

perfect 2016-17 record was 

intact. 

“It’s positivity, playing together 

as a team, passing up 

a good shot for a great shot, 

and I feel like that’s what has 

saved us so far and kept us 

going,” Athanasoulis said. 

“And we have the best bench 

ever.” 

East coach Jim Martin 

summed up his team’s 

32-minute roller coaster ride. 

“We had the momentum 

going,” Martin said. “And 

then we tried to do too much, 

gave up some easy layups 

and let them right back in. 

And then the second half, 

Emily just took over. 

“Then Stephanie got hot 

and hit a couple of threes – 

they’re a really good shooting 

basketball team.” 

The Griffins had their own 

sharpshooters, led by Carolyn 

Waleski’s 18 points and eight 

rebounds, nine points each 

from Gaynor and Hunter and 

seven by Delani Grayer. 

East hit 11 three-pointers 

in the game, including four 

by Waleski and three by 

Gaynor. Bailey Kramer and 

Nair added six points each. 

“Carolyn is really good, 

Bailey is handling the point 

well, and it was nice to see 

Riley Gaynor shoot the ball 

like that tonight,” Martin said. 

Hunter entered the night 

averaging 18 points per 

game, including 27 Dec. 1 at 

Bradley-Bourbonnais. 

“Lauren Hunter’s played 

really well,” Martin said. 

“She’s been pounding it inside 

– they took her away 

Lauren Hunter, pictured in an earlier game, scored nine 

points Dec. 6 for East. Julie mcmann/22nd century media 

a little bit tonight, and we 

didn’t get her the ball the 

way we should have. 

“We have some good kids 

and talent, but we just have 

to do a better job on the defensive 

end.” 

East has faced major early-season 

adjustments, as 

Waleski, Hunter, Gaynor, 

Grayer, Nair and Lily Hicks 

are among the many newcomers 

from Lincoln-Way 

North. 

“It’s hard coming in to 

a new coach and program, 

and we’re in the learning 

phase right now,” Martin 

said. “We’re hoping to get 

better and continue to bond, 

but I think we’re good, and 

we’ll get better as the year 

goes on. We just have to 

play a little better defense all 

around.” 

East provided a major challenge 

to a Warriors team that 

had won five of its first seven 

games by 19 points or more. 

“Playing another Lincoln- 

Way has always gotten us 

fired up,” Atsinger said. “It 

was just a really exciting 

game the whole way.” 

“[The Griffins] are a really 

good team,” White added. 

“We knew this would be our 

big test to see where we’re 

at as far as some of the elite 

teams in the area. 

“Our seniors stepped up, 

our young kids did what they 

needed to do, and our bench 

was phenomenal providing 

energy. It was just a great 

team effort.” 

Listen Up 

“It’s hard coming in to a new coach and program, and we’re in the 

learning phase right now. ” 

Jim Martin - Lincoln-Way East girls basketball coach, on creating a new team from 

North and East players 

TUNE IN 

Girls and Boys Bowling 

9 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 17 

• Girls and Boys Bowling compete at 

Laraway Lanes during the Lincoln-Way 

Cup. 

Index 

34 – Athlete of the Week 

34 – This Week In 

FASTBREAK is compiled by Editor Kirsten Onsgard. 

Send any questions or comments to kirsten@frankfortstation.com, 

or call (708) 326-9170 ext. 14.

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East bounces back from loss 

to beat Lyons, Page 34 

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