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Mark of courage
Firefighter honored for heroic, life-saving act,
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Suspected murderer caught
Lockport man suspected of Jan. 13 murder picked up
in Georgia, Page 5
Shop with a cop
Lockport police officers shop with children,
families in need, Page 6
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Police Chief Terry Lemming hands off a present to James Novak Saturday, Dec. 17, during the Lockport Love giveaway event. Adam Jomant/22nd Century Media

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THURSDAY
Tabletop Game Night
6-8 p.m. Dec. 22, White
Oak Library District
Lockport Branch, 121 E
8th St, Lockport. Play
tabletop games the likes
of Dungeons and Dragons,
dice and more. Role-play
in another world or play a
new game from the libraries
selection. No registration
required. Contact Flannery
Crump at fcrump@
whiteoaklibrary.org or call
(815) 552-4255 for more
information.
FRIDAY
Ho-Ho-Holiday Film Series
1:30-4 p.m. Dec. 23,
White Oak Library District
Lockport Branch, 121 E 8th
St, Lockport. The library
will show “It’s A Wonderful
Life,” starring James Stewart
and Donna Reed. Snacks
will be provided. For more
inforamtion, contact Jaci
Kohn at jkohn@whiteoaklibrary.org
or by calling (815)
552-4260.
MONDAY
Drop in Crafts
1-3 p.m., White Oak
Library District Lockport
Branch, 121 E 8th St,
Lockport. Stop in the children’s
department to make
some crafts. All the supplies
are provided. Contact
Jane Gardner at jgardner@
whiteoaklibrary.org or call
(815) 552-4265 for more
information.
TUESDAY
BSA Troop 65 Electronics
Overnight Campout
4 p.m. Dec. 27-9 a.m.
Dec. 28,Lockport American
Legion Post 18 Pavilion,
15052 Archer Ave., Lockport.
Boy Scout Troop 65
invites boys age 11-16 and
their parents interested in
learning about Scouting,
to its annual Electronics
Overnight Campout. It’s
free to visit or $5 per person
for food and to stay
overnight. For more information
contact Scoutmaster
John Szpicki at
(708) 275-7570.
UPCOMING
Countdown to Noon Year
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 31, White
Oak Library District Lockport
Branch, 121 E 8th St,
Lockport. There will be
games, crafts and a toast at
noon to ring in 2017. Children
of all ages are invited;
registration required. For
more information, contact
Jane Gardner at jgardner@
whiteoaklibrary.org or call
(815) 552-4265.
New Years in the Clubroom
8 p.m.-2 a.m. Saturday,
Dec. 31, John Olson American
Legion Post 18, 15052
S. Archer Ave., Lockport. A
member’s celebration will
be held in the club room.
Bring a dish to pass. Visit
www.alegion18.org for
more information.
Teen Movie Night: The 5th
Wave
6-8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5,
White Oak Library District
Lockport Branch, 121 E 8th
St, Lockport. Four waves of
increasingly deadly attacks
have left most of Earth in
ruin. Against a backdrop
of fear and distrust, Cassie
is on the run, desperately
trying to save her younger
brother. As she prepares
for the inevitable and lethal
fifth wave, Cassie teams
up with a young man who
may become her final hope
— if she can only trust him.
Rated PG13. Contact Flannery
Crump at fcrump@
whiteoaklibrary.org or call
(815) 552-4255 for more information.
Creative Writing Group for
Teens & Adults
6-7 p.m. Monday, Jan.
9, White Oak Library District
Lockport Branch, 121
E 8th St, Lockport. A club
for experienced and inexperienced
writers to share
their work, learn new tips
and tricks and meet other
writers. Run by a Lewis
University graduate with a
Bachelor’s degree in creative
and professional writing.
Registration required.
For more information,
contact Flannery Crump at
fcrump@whiteoaklibrary.
org or call (815) 552-4255.
Book Club: Hotel on the
Corner of Bitter and Sweet
10:30 a.m.-noon, White
Oak Library District Lockport
Branch, 121 E 8th St,
Lockport. This month, the
book club discusses “Hotel
on the Corner of Bitter and
Sweet” by Jamie Ford. Registration
is required. Pick
up a copy of the book at the
reference desk. For more
information, contact Adult
Services staff at pjarog@
whiteoaklibrary.org or call
(815) 552-4260.
Mason Jar Luminaries
6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday,
Jan. 11, White Oak Library
District Lockport Branch,
121 E 8th St, Lockport.
Decorate large mason jars
with lace fabric, burlap and
ribbon, add tea lights and
turn them into shimmering
beacons of light. All materials
provided. For ages
13 and up. Registration
required, opens Dec. 1 at 8
a.m. Contact Deborah Lullo
at dlullo@whiteoaklibrary.
org or call (815) 552-4260
for more information.
January Coffee
Thursday, Jan. 12, Montessori
School of Lemont
16427 W 135th St., Lemont.
An informational coffee
session will be held for prospective
parents. To attend,
RSVP to info@lemontmontessori.com
to ensure the
school has materials for
them. More information at
www.lemontmontessori.
com.
Moments in Time – A
TAGOL Photography Show
6-9 p.m. Saturday, Jan.
14, The Flower of Life Art
Gallery, 1601 S. State St.,
Lockport. The Artist Guild
of Lockport presents “Moments
in Time” — a photography
show by its guild
members. Guild members
will be present during opening
reception. Show runs
through March 4th. For
more information contact
theartistguildoflockport@
gmail.com or visit the organization’s
website at
www.tagolshow.com.
DIY Flower Pens
6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Jan.
19, White Oak Library District
Lockport Branch, 121
E 8th St, Lockport. Make
bright flower pens to help
cure the winter blues. Each
patron will make two pens;
materials provided. Registration
is required. Contact
Jaci Kohn at jkohn@
whiteoaklibrary.org or call
(815) 552-4260 for more information.
University of Young Parent
Night
6:40-7:10 p.m. and 7:15-
7:45 p.m. Thursday, Jan.
19, Young School, 16240 S.
Cedar Road, Homer Glen.
Young School parents invited
to to learn more about
the district’s Reading Wonders
and My Math online
programs and how they can
help support their child’s
education. Hosted by Young
School PTO and Young
School. Call (708) 226-
2010 for more information.
ONGOING
Fish Fry
5-7:30 p.m. Fridays.
American Legion Post #18,
15052 Archer Ave., Lockport.
Dine in or carry out.
For more information, call
(815) 838-4515.
CARE Monthly Meeting
6-7:30 p.m. third Monday
of the month, White
Oak Library District Lockport
Branch Library, 121
E. 8th St., Lockport. Citizens
Against Ruining the
Environment is a nonprofit
organization and meetings
include discussions of environmental
and health-related
issues in Will County and the
surrounding areas. For more
information, contact Mary
Burnitz at bmerrigold@ya
hoo.com or (708) 204-6924.
Senior Cards
1-3 p.m. Mondays and Fridays,
Gladys Fox Museum,
231 E. 9th St., Lockport. The
senior Pinochle Club meets
twice per week and does not
require registration or fees.
Bingo
9-11 a.m. Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays,
Gladys Fox Museum, 231
E. 9th St., Lockport. There
is to be refreshments served.
There is no registration or
fee required.
Moose Lodge Bingo
10 a.m. Mondays, 7 p.m.
Wednesdays, Lockport
Moose Lodge 118 E. 10th
Street, Lockport. Specials,
raffles, jackpots and video
gaming are scheduled to
take place. For more information,
visit www.lockportmoose.com.
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Lockport Love helps families
Amanda Del Buono
Freelance Reporter
The spirit of the holiday
season was alive and well on
Saturday Dec. 17 as a result
of Lockport Love’s third annual
giveaway.
Early in the morning,
members of Lockport Love,
firemen, police officers and
the M-n-M Rider’s Club met
at Iron Horse Saloon before
traveling in a procession
led by Santa Claus in a fire
truck to five Lockport homes.
The procession stopped at
each home to give gifts to
Lockport Love children
and families. This year, the
procession stopped at five
homes, but helped roughly
a dozen families in various
ways, said Barbara Jo Ferry,
Lockport Love treasurer and
administrator at the Lockport
Police Department.
Lockport Love is a nonprofit
organization created to raise
funds throughout the year
in an effort to give back to
community families in need.
Police Chief Terry Lemming
and Ferry spearhead the organization.
Lockport Love hosts
two large fundraising events
during the year and accepts
donations in order to provide
assistance to families during
the holidays, Ferry said.
“We raised quite a bit of
money this year, and every
penny we raise goes to the
people,” she said. “So, the
needy people of Lockport
benefit from all of the money
we raise.”
According to Ferry, each
year the organization takes
nominations of families in
need from school social workers
and churches. Ferry and
Lemming visit each family
and assess their needs and
how Lockport Love can assist
them, which can be through
children’s gifts, home repairs,
or even an instance when the
organization purchased a used
Isabella Radovanovic sits in one of the fire trucks during
the event.
vehicle for a single mother
who needed transportation in
order to get a job.
The families are kept anonymous
to everyone except
the individual who chooses
to sponsor the family, and
that sponsor receives an allotted
amount of money to
make purchases to help the
family they chose.
After assuming his position
as Chief of Police, Lemming,
with the help of a few friends,
started Lockport Love, which
was modeled after Tinley
Park’s 21-year-old Tinley
Wish, which was started by
Illinois State Police Lt. Rich
Kozik and Dennis Mahony.
“I enjoy helping,” Lemming
said. “I think what is
unique about our organization
is we have people truly
in need, but it’s neighbors
helping neighbors, and some
of the neighbors we help one
year will help [someone else]
the next year.”
Ferry said the organization
also builds unique and lasting
friendships between the community
members involved.
For example, Denny Reiter,
branch manager at the
Lockport PNC Bank, has
connected in a special way
with the families she has
given to through the organization
throughout the years,
Ferry said.
Reiter said she is happy
to be a part of an organization
like Lockport Love.
Emotionally impacted by the
families, she reaches out with
more than just gifts.
“It’s just a lasting relationship,
it’s not a one-day
thing,” she said. “If we get
snow tonight like we’re supposed
to, I have a kid lined up
to go shovel … It’s above and
beyond the gifts today.”
Lemming said the organization
is kept alive through
the efforts of local businesses
and community members.
“The business community
really comes out for us,” he
said. “B.J. Ferry, we couldn’t
do this without her. She does
a lot of the behind-the-scenes
work — she really is the base
of the organization.”
Kozik attended the Annual
Giveaway on Saturday morning
in support of Lemming
and Lemming’s commitment
to his community, he said.
“I would have to say without
question [I’m] proud,
not of the project itself, but
the community involvement
and Chief Lemming being
involved in the entire community,”
he said.
He added that the giveaways
bring out the best in
community members as they
reach out to help one another.
“[You] find the spirit of being
human because there’s no
better way to live than outside
yourself,” Kozik said.
Santa Claus
meets with
James and
Allison
Novak Saturday,
Dec.
17 during
the Lockport
Love
giveaway
event. Photos
by Adam
Jomant/22nd
Century
Media

4 | December 22, 2016 | The Lockport Legend news
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Lockport firefighter receives Firemark Award
Hutto now in running
for national honor
after heroic rescue
Erin Redmond
Assistant Editor
The night of Oct. 11, Lockport
firefighter Phil Hutto
wasn’t at his regular station.
Yet, he was exactly where he
was supposed to be.
Hutto risked his life to enter
a burning townhouse in
Romeoville that night to save
the life of a Nicor employee
who was trapped under a
section of collapsed roof. His
actions earned him the Liberty
Mutual Insurance Heroic
Firemark Award, which
was presented Dec. 13 at the
Lockport Township Fire Protection
District’s Station 6.
“It’s very overwhelming,
more so when it’s set in,”
Hutto said. “I really appreciate
that they thought this was
one of those calls where recognition
was required. Do I
feel that way? I don’t know. I
think a lot of it comes down
to we do what we do and we
do something different the
next day. I won’t say it’s routine
because obviously this
call wasn’t routine.”
Hutto was working at
Lockport Township Fire
Protection District’s Station
3 on Oct. 11 as the acting
lieutenant when a call
came through about a gas
explosion at 91 Strawflower
Ct., Romeoville. He and the
Engine 3 crew arrived to a
heavily damaged two-story,
five-unit townhouse on a
street that was impassible because
of debris. Hutto started
to perform a 360 — a quick
size-up of all four sides of a
structure — when he noticed
Nicor employee Tom Smith
trapped under a large section
of collapsed roof.
In an instant, Hutto
dropped his air pack, entered
the area and made it to
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Smith, who was face down.
Hutto rolled Smith over, who
was blue and gasping for air.
With the fire encroaching,
Hutto and two other Nicor
employees removed Smith
from under roof to save his
life.
“There really are no
words,” said Sandy Smith,
Tom Smith’s sister-in-law.
“How do you thank somebody
for saving a life? Our
world would be very different
today if it wasn’t for him
and the other people who
helped Tom.”
Hutto’s actions were the
culmination of his lifelong
training. The son of retired
Woodridge firefighter Jim
Hutto, Phil often took trips to
visit his dad at the firehouse
when he was as young as 5
years old.
From that point, Phil
soaked up all things firefighting.
He often rode on the
firetruck with his father and
co-workers and saw the firehouse
as a second home — to
the point where he gave his
parents a fright.
“One day when [Phil] was
in first grade, he decided not
to go to school,” Jim recalled
with a chuckle. “Ruth [his
mother] dropped him off,
and as soon as Ruth drove
away, he decided he didn’t
feel good, so he came down
to the firehouse. We were
worried because he walked
down the block by himself to
the firehouse.”
Not a moment Phil spent
at the firehouse was wasted.
Ruth said when we went
there, he wanted to learn
something — a trait he still
carries with him today. The
Lockport firefighter undergoes
constant training, so
much that his mother jokingly
asks him if “there’s anything
more” he needs to train
for, but knows his passion
for knowledge will never be
snuffed out. Because of that,
Ruth and Jim say they don’t
Lockport Township Fire Protection District firefighter Phil
Hutto (right) accepts the Liberty Mutual Heroic Firemark
Award Dec. 13 from Senior Sales Representative Tim Fallon
at Station 6 in Lockport. Erin Redmond/22nd Century Media
worry for their son’s safety.
“To watch him go through
[the fire service] and succeed
at every level, it’s more
than a gift from God — and
he’s doing it for the right
reasons,” Ruth said. “To say
he’s living his dream is probably
the best way to describe
him.”
Humble is another way to
describe Phil, who credited
the success of that fateful
call to his co-workers and the
other two Nicor employees
who helped him pull Smith
free. He even downplayed
the award to his wife, Lisa,
telling her that it is “no big
deal.”
But Lisa knew better and
was there to support her
husband, along with their
3-year-old daughter Raegan
and 6-year-old son Caleb,
who wore his grandfather’s
old firefighter hat. While it’s
been more than two months
since that call, the ceremony
stirred up the emotions Lisa
felt that night while she waited
to hear if her husband was
safe.
“It was nerve wracking
and I was communicating
with [Ruth] because I knew
she would want to be on top
of it,” she said. “It was probably
like 2 in the morning
when he text me and said
‘I’m fine. I’m back.’ It was a
huge relief. I was nervous the
whole night.”
Phil is now in the running
for Liberty Mutual Insurance’s
National Heroic Firemark
Award. If chosen, he
will be flown to New York
City and receive a $10,000
grant for the LTFPD.
“I’ve always kind of wanted
to do what I do and make
people proud of the way I do
it...There was never really
any question what I was going
to do,” Phil said. “It’s at
that point now where I want
to be just as good as [my
father] was. I took a lot of
lessons out of his book, I’ve
worked with a lot of great
people here.
“I don’t know if I’d be in
the same place if it wasn’t
for those kinds of people. I’d
like to keep progressing and
keep getting better. I’m very
thankful.”

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the Lockport Legend | December 22, 2016 | 5
A holiday classic
Goodings Grove third graders perform “Nutcracker” Dec. 16 in
school gymnasium.
The Nutcracker
battles with
the Mouse
King during
the Dec. 16
performance
of “The
Nutcracker”
by Goodings
Grove
third-graders.
Photo
submitted
Structure fire leaves one in critical condition
Max Lapthorne, Editor
One person reportedly is in
critical condition following
a structure fire in unincorporated
Lockport.
Lockport Township firefighters
responded overnight
Dec. 12 to a structure fire
on the 1000 block of Mc-
Cameron Avenue, according
From DEC. 3
to a press release issued the
morning of Dec. 13. by the
Lockport Township Fire Protection
District.
Upon arrival, firefighters
discovered the homeowner
already had extinguished
the fire, but one resident
had severe burns and was
transported to Silver Cross
Hospital in critical condition,
then later transferred
to the Loyola Medicine’s
Burn Center.
The cause of the fire has
been determined to be accidental
from smoking in bed,
according to the fire district.
For more on this and other
Breaking News, visit
LockportLegend.com.
Lockport murder suspect arrested in Georgia
Max Lapthorne, Editor
A murder
suspect from
Lockport has
been picked
up in Norcross,
Georgia.
Tariq J. Pinnick,
20, of Pinnick
Lockport was
arrested at a residence in
Georgia after the Crime Stoppers
of Will County received
a tip about his possible whereabouts,
according to a press
release issued Dec. 14 by the
Will County Sheriff’s Office.
From DEC. 14
Pinnick is a suspect in
the Jan. 13 murder of Dylan
Somma, 22, which took place
on the 200 block of Barry Avenue
in Lockport Township,
according to the release.
An arrest warrant reportedly
was issued Jan. 14 for
Pinnick.
Crime Stoppers of Will
County received the tip Nov.
30, and Pinnick was taken into
custody Dec. 8, according to
the release. Pinnick reportedly
is in custody in Georgia
on unrelated felony obstructing
justice charges. Following
those court proceedings,
he will return to Will County
and face first-degree murder
charges, police said.
Sheriff’s detectives think
that Pinnick shot Somma
during a dispute over a drug
purchase. Somma was found
unresponsive, with a single
gunshot wound to the chest,
and was transported to Silver
Cross Hospital, where he
later died, police said.
A $5,000 reward is to be
given to the person who submitted
the tip that led to Pinnick’s
arrest.

6 | December 22, 2016 | The Lockport Legend NEWS
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‘Shop With A Cop’ inspires children, brings joy to Lockport families
Amanda Del Buono
Freelance Reporter
Five-year-old Xavier Ingram
was a little bit timid
when Deputy Chief Ron
Huff knelt in front of the boy
to introduce himself. But,
excited to be spending time
with a police officer and
shopping for the holidays for
the first time, Xavier wasn’t
shy for long.
Xavier’s mother, Ashley
Ingram, and father, Lamar
Brown, were appreciative
that their son was given this
opportunity, and were happy
to see the joy on his face.
“He loves police officers;
that’s what he wants to be
when he gets older,” Ashley
explained.
“It’s good for the kids and
it’s the Christmas season,”
Brown added. “When we
were growing up we didn’t
have anything like this. …
It’s good to keep the kids out
of trouble, and great that the
officers do this.”
On the morning of Dec.
10, 22 police officers volunteered
to shop with children
from families in need
for the holidays. The event
took place at the Wal-Mart
located at 16241 S. Farrell
Road in Lockport. Roughly
20 Lockport children participated
in the event this year
and gift cards were donated
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to use to shop, said Officer
Marty Hamilton, who organized
the event.
“We have a wonderful
sponsor who donates gift
cards,” he said.
The event also included
a complementary buffet at
Iron Horse, located at 1225
E. Ninth Street in Lockport.
Owners Nathalie and Mark
Fiebig were present at the
Wal-Mart while the kids
were shopping to encourage
the families to spend a little
more time with the police
officers at lunch.
“We do the luncheon after
because it further reinforces
the children and families
getting together with the
cops that the see every day,
but might not interact with
every day,” Nathalie said.
“It’s about community involvement
for us, especially
this time of year.”
She said that they also
want to help bring the
children together with the
police officers to give them
positive role models and
make them feel that they also
are a part of the community.
While the children are
particularly excited, the participating
police officers also
are happy to be a part of the
event, Hamilton said.
“Any time you see kids
smile and have a great time,”
he said. “And the kids are
excited to see us. It’s great
to help each other, [and]
it’s really cool to do this
especially when kids are the
happiest this time of year.
“We contacted the families
about a week ago to
make sure they’re OK with
this, [and] overwhelmingly
families are thrilled.” Hamilton
continued. “… It’s not
easy to ask for help, we’re
just honored to be a part of
making someone’s day and
holiday season.”
Families participating
in the event were very
appreciative and excited at
Lockport Deputy Chief Ron Huff helps Xavier Ingram scan an item Dec. 10 during the
Shop With A Cop event at Wal-Mart in Lockport. Photos by Adam Jomant/22nd Century Media
the opportunity.
“This is a great thing
they’re doing,” said Gilly
Suarez, who accompanied
her grandson eight-yearold
Brandon Galvan. “My
grandson aspires to be a cop
now.”
Sharing his opportunity
with his family, Galvan also
shopped for his younger sister
and brother.
“He couldn’t sleep he was
so excited,” Suarez said.
Each year, several officers
also bring their families
to shop alongside them.
Melissa Huff, who shopped
with her husband and Xavier
Ingram, said that she attends
the event every year with her
husband.
“I think Christmas is all
about kids. … I like doing it
to see the look on the kids’
faces when they get to shop
with a cop — it’s great,” she
said.
Stephanie Piper and her
son Drew Piper, 11, accompanied
Detective Joe Piper,
and have done so every year,
Stephanie said.
Lockport Police officer Adam Schreiner helps Connor Ryan
pick out a Nerf gun during the Shop With A Cop event.
“We love coming; we do
this every year with him,”
she said. “I think it shows us
how blessed we truly are and
gets us in the holiday spirit
for sure, and there isn’t a
better lesson for the officers’
kiddos than being here.”
For all of the seven years
of the event, the Wal-Mart
on S. Farrell has hosted
the police officers and participating
families. For the
store, the event provides an
opportunity to connect with
and help the local community,
said Erik Mossell, asset
protection manager at the
store.
“I’ve got kids of my own,
and we all have friends and
see people in need, and it’s
nice to help. You never want
to have kids wake up on
Christmas morning and have
no presents.” Mossell said.
“… I’m glad that we do it.
I don’t know that all of the
stores do it, so I’m glad ours
does.”

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the Lockport Legend | December 22, 2016 | 7
FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT
TRIAD celebrates growth at
holiday gathering
Kathie Johnson, New Lenox
Township’s director of family
services directed, as pairs and
trios each sang parts of “The
Twelve Days of Christmas,”
during the TRIAD Christmas
Celebration Party held Dec.
14.
It started slow — muffled
voices, hesitant participation.
But midway through the carol,
the enthusiasm picked up. And
by the end — starting from 12
days and going on down —
each group finished their parts
in volume-packed fashion.
“By the time they get going,
they have fun, and it kind of
rouses them up,” Johnson said.
That sequence describes
how TRIAD started in the
New Lenox-Manhattan area
roughly 10 years ago when
Dawn Burkhalter, public education
officer of the Manhattan
Fire Protection District, became
part of the organization.
When she first started, she
said only a handful of people
would come to the monthly
meetings. Now, it has grown
immensely, with up to 40 people.
The Christmas party was
more than a holiday gathering
with familiar faces. It also
was a way to celebrate how far
TRIAD has come.
“This is the time to say
‘thank’ you to everybody for
coming and investing in their
safety and security [with TRI-
AD],” Burkhalter said.
The party, which was held at
the Harry E. Anderson VFW
Post 9545, also featured a
cookie exchange, trivia games
and door prizes.
Reporting by James Sanchez,
Editor. For more, visit
NewLenoxPatriot.com.
FROM THE HOMER HORIZON
Father, daughter injured in
home explosion
A father and daughter
were injured during a home
explosion the afternoon of
Thursday, Dec. 15, in Homer
Glen, according to the Will
County Sheriff’s Office.
The source of a natural
gas leak that began that afternoon
was found by Nicor
Gas crews after working
overnight following the
home explosion, according
to Nicor.
The gas leak was tapped
and under control before 11
p.m. that evening, according
to Will County Sheriff’s
Office spokeswoman Kathy
Hoffmeyer.
Nicor said the area is safe,
and the company had its
crews continue to work into
the next morning to make
repairs and safely restore
natural gas as quickly as
possible.
The home that exploded
at 4:12 p.m. was located on
the 14100 block of S. Parker
Road, Hoffmeyer said. The father
and daughter inside were
rushed to Silver Cross Hospital
with burn injuries and
later transferred to the Loyola
Medicine Burn Center.
After the explosion, a robocall
was sent to all residents
within a half-mile radius
of the residence that
exploded, telling them to
evacuate.
Northwest Homer Fire
Protection District firefighters
and other responding
emergency personnel went
door to door, making sure
residents left the area, which
had a strong smell of gas in
the air, according to Hoffmeyer.
Some residents left
the area to stay with relatives,
while others went to
Village Hall to wait until it
was safe to return home.
Reporting by Thomas Czaja,
Editor. For more, visit
HomerHorizon.com.
FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE
Village’s annual Tree Trim
remains a hit, despite
inclement weather
Centennial Park is a hub
of activity for three seasons
a year.
From baseball and softball
tournaments to concerts to
Orland Park’s annual Independence
Day Celebration,
the Village’s largest public
recreation area is consistently
well-populated and
utilized.
Some 10 years ago, Village
officials moved toward
making the 192-acre expanse
a wintertime destination.
Today, tucked into the
southwest part of the park is
an ice skating rink and accompanying
warming house
that sits among several stillyoung
evergreens.
It is here the Village holds
its annual Tree Trim, where
Dec. 11 people decorated the
20-foot trees for the holiday
season, and perhaps laced on
some skates, warmed up with
a cup of hot chocolate and enjoyed
a s’more by the campfire.
The event also featured
visits with Santa Claus, who
kept cozy in the warming
house, as a snow fell steadily
but gently on the park.
Among the attendees,
which numbered around 100
at any one time, were Orland
Park resident Susan Petraitis
and her daughter Haley, the
latter of whom went ice skating
for the first time. The
4-year-old girl bundled in a
pink coat, scarf and gloves,
and wore a white crash helmet.
She at first used an
aluminum aid to help her
keep her balance, but rapidly
gained confidence and discarded
the contraption.
“We’ve seen a lot of
shows and books with it,
so she’s been looking forward
to it,” Petraitis said of
ice skating while taking a
break in the warming house.
“She’s picked it up really
quickly. She’s doing better
than me. She wants to go
back out. She just wanted to
warm up.”
Reporting by Jason Maholy,
Freelance Reporter. For more,
visit OPPrairie.com.
Still time to enter Holiday Card Contest digitally
Readers have until
5 p.m. on Christmas
Eve to submit
entries
Bill Jones, Managing Editor
We get it.
The holidays are a busy
time of the year. You have a
lot to do, and you simply let
the 2016 Holiday Card Contest
slip your mind until this
very moment.
But there are only a few
days left before the Christmas
Eve deadline, and the
U.S. Postal Service — wonderful
as they are — might
not be able to get those cards
to our office in time.
Fret not, we also accept entries
digitally.
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 by that day.
The entries will be evaluated
by our editorial staff
and judged in two categories
— Best in Show and Funniest.
We will pick one winner
in each of the categories
from across all seven 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.
We do have three important
rules to follow.
• We are only allowing one
entry per household.
• The entry must be from
this holiday season.
• Electronic entries are
accepted and can be sent to
bill@opprairie.com.
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,
DEC 26.
BOXING DAY
SPECIALS
The Pass It On Thrift
Shop at Lockport
Resource Center will be
open for a special
holiday shopping event.
Bring a box to fill for
only $5. Or take our $25
Santa Bag Challenge!
Open 10 - 2!
JAN 31.
YEAR-END
INVENTORY BLOWOUT
Stop by for a New Year’s
toast and shopping
specials including 2-for-1
bags, half-price on
tagged items, Santa
Bag Challenge and
Carry-it-away
Christmas! Store hours
10 - 2
Tom M. Ross D.D.S.
- 2nd Generation of Family Dentistry -
• Adults • Children • Crowns
• Bridges • Cosmetic • Bleaching
• Restore Implants
1002 S. State St.
(next to Tallgrass Restaurant)
815-838-7174
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
944 N. State St.
Lockport, IL
815.838.9615
Tue, Wed Fri:
10a-4p
Thur: 12-6p
Sat: 10a-2p
Closed: Sun-Mon

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From the Assistant Editor
A very special night
Erin Redmond
e.redmond@22ndcenturymedia.com
I
don’t know if you know
this about me, but I kind
of have a thing for sports.
I fall asleep to SportsCenter
and I scroll through the top
stories on my ESPN app before
ever leaving the comfort
of my bed each morning.
I’ve covered sports at
every level from pee wee
football to the pros, but
there’s a particular group
who I always love to talk to:
Special Olympics athletes.
I got the opportunity to
attend the Lockport Township
High School Special
Olympics holiday basketball
Letters to the Editor
Saying thank you to an
angel
I am a WWII veteran,
91 years old and yesterday
I met an angel for just a
few minutes at Walmart
in Lockport. Last year
at the VFW, the lead bar
manager “Michell” gave
me a nice warm cap with
“World War II Veteran”
and “Merry Christmas” was
embroidered on the cap.
Yesterday, I wore the cap
to the Walmart store and
purchased a lot of gifts and
groceries. The angel I met
was checking out just ahead
of me using her Visa card.
When the clerk handed her
back her card, she happened
to read the WWII Veteran
logo on my cap, and handed
the card back to the clerk
and said, “I’m paying for
this vets groceries also.” I
was so shocked as nobody
has ever paid for my
purchases before. I just
scrimmage this week. From
the moment I walked into the
gym at the Central campus,
my heart swelled with joy.
These children truly embody
the spirit of the game.
The Special Olympics
team is an all-inclusive, coed
squad that simply loves to
play ball. They don’t have
set positions, but I think
it’s better that way. No one
hogged the ball, and everyone
blocked for each other. It
was teamwork at its finest.
The Special Olympics
team played against its classmates,
student volunteers
from LTHS, many of whom
are Porters athletes, too. The
student volunteers played
with a hand behind their
backs, but that doesn’t mean
they went easy out there.
And the Special Olympics
athletes reveled in the competition.
I interviewed one of the
athletes during the game,
junior Sean Knobbe, and
he said it best: the Special
Olympics are about opportunity.
It provides these
incredibly special people
with a chance to be part of
a team and to learn valuable
skills like teamwork. And
best of all, it helps them feel
included, which I think we
all know is something every
high schooler wants.
Special credit is due to
the coaches, Kelly Urbanski
and Patrick Wolf, who
have spent the last 12 years
dedicating their nights and
weekends to this team. Also,
big props to the student
volunteers who give their
time for the betterment of
their classmates. You’re all
a huge inspiration.
I’ll be the first to admit
that I am a pretty emotional
person. I cry at sad commercials.
I’m still reeling over
the ending over “Where the
Red Fern Grows.” So it’s no
surprise that I teared up a bit
during this game, too.
It was a low scoring contest,
with both teams putting
up shots that just weren’t
falling. But midway through
thought it must be some
joke as I didn’t know this
angel. I’m sure I must have
said “Thank You.” She gave
me a hug and said, “none of
us would be here if it wasn’t
for the WWII vets.” I don’t
know her name and I hope
she reads this letter if you
print it. Thank you, thank
you, thank you, you are an
angel.
John Lonergan
Lockport Resident
the second quarter, one of
the Special Olympics players
shot the ball up, missed,
caught the rebound and tried
again. And this time, it was
nothing but net. Players on
both teams erupted, and the
fans went nuts. You could’ve
turned off the lights in the
gym and that athlete’s smile
would’ve lit the whole place
up. (And here I am, trying
very hard not to cry all over
again.)
Having the opportunity
cover things like this remind
me why I love my job so
much. Now if you’ll excuse
me, I think I have something
in my eye.
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Where you want to be seen
Check out local events in The Scene, Page 15
A hearty tradition
Mickey’s owners stay true to past, Page 16
LTHS choirs cap 2016
performances with holiday
concert, Page 13
Olivia Kuncis
performs
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the Bel
Canto Choir
Thursday,
Dec. 15, at the
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12 | December 22, 2016 | The Lockport Legend faith
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faith briefs
St. Dennis Church
(1214 S. Hamilton St., Lockport)
Children’s Christmas Eve
Mass
4 p.m., Saturday, Dec.
24 in the Parish Center
gym. Children’s Mass with
Angel Choir, Jubilation
Choir, Kid’s Chime
Choir and the Children’s
Living Nativity. All are
welcome; free to attend.
Contact Patti Johnson at
pjohnson@saint-dennis.org
or call (815) 474-6851 for
more inforation.
Christmas Eve Mass
6 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. in
the church.
Christmas Mass
7:30 a.m., 10 a.m., Sunday,
Dec. 25. All are welcome.
Contact Parish Secretary
at (815)838-2592 or
secretary@saint-dennis.org
for more information.
THRIVE Church
(1605 Washington St, Lockport)
Sunday Service
10:15 a.m. coffee;
10:30 service meeting
at Taft School. For
more information email
info@encounterthrive.com
or call (608) 772-6806
Christmas Program
10:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec.
18.
Christmas Eve Service
4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 24
Shepherd of the Hill Lutheran Church
(925 E. 9th St., Lockport)
Christmas Day Service of
FUNERAL SERVICES DIRECTORY
Lesson and Carols
10:35 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 25
First Baptist Church of Lockport
(800 Thornton St., Lockport)
Christmas Eve Service
6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 24
Christmas Morning Worship
10:45 a.m. Sunday, Dec.
25
First United Methodist Church of Lockport
(1000 S. Washington St., Lockport)
Christmas Eve Service
10 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 24.
Christmas Day Service
10:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec.
25.
First Congregational United Church of
Christ
(700 E. 9th St., Lockport)
Preschool Christmas Craft
Party
10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 22
Christmas Eve
5 p.m. Family Worship;
10:30 p.m. Christmas Concert;
11 p.m. Carols and
Candlelight, Saturday, Dec.
24.
Christmas Day
9:30 a.m., Sunday, Dec.
25. Casual family worship.
days. For more information,
call (815) 834-1168 or email
office@stjohns-lockport-il.
org.
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church
(18101 W. Oak Ave., Lockport)
Christmas Baskets
Dec. 22-23. Time to be determined.
St. John’s Espiscopal Church
(312 E. 11 St., Lockport)
Christmas Eve Service
4:00 p.m. Family Service
with music, the Nativity
pageant and Holy Communion.
11:00 p.m. Midnight Service
with music and Holy
Communion.
Kim O’Neil Golob
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Contemplative Worship
6:30 p.m., second and
forth Wednesday of the
month. Includes prayer,
scripture and music.
Joliet Seventh-Day Adventist Church
(21514 W. Division St., Lockport)
Saturday Services
9:30 a.m. Sabbath school;
10:45 a.m. Worship Hour.
St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church
(312 E. 11th St., Lockport)
Holy Eucharist
8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sun-
In Memoriam
Michaela Calabrese
Michaela Calabrese (Nee
Pignato), 83, of Lockport,
died Dec. 11 with her family
at her side. She was born in
Caltanissetta/Villarose, Sicily
before moving to the U.S. in
1960. She was a member of
St. Dennis Church in Lockport.
Calabrese is survived
by her children Joanne Trefil,
Cateno (Ann) Calabrese and
Maria (James) Banich, all of
Lockport, as well as her two
grandchildren, Eric and Bianca
Banich. Services were held
Dec. 14.
Erwin C. Klopfstein
Erwin C. Klopfstein,
Christmas Day:
10:30 a.m. Quiet, contemplative
service with Holy
Communion. All are welcome.
Have something for Faith
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86, of Lockport, died
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3, 1930 in Terre Haute,
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Choir Holiday Concert warms guests with holiday tunes
Laurie Fanelli
Freelance Reporter
More than 200 singers
graced the stage at Lockport
Township High School’s
East Auditorium Thursday,
Dec. 15 to perform a selection
of holiday tunes for
family, friends and all in attendance.
Before the concert began,
the entire auditorium was
electric with celebratory
energy. From the volunteers
selling spirit wear and raffle
tickets to guests awaiting
the show to the performers
warming up backstage, everyone
was eager to enjoy a
night full of holiday cheer
and beautiful songs.
“You come to a live performance
to not only hear the
music, but so you can also
feel that energy that’s there
between the performer and
the ensemble and that communication
that takes place
from the audience to the
ensemble,” said Director of
Choirs Chad Goetz beforehand.
Several months of rehearsals
went into preparation for
the holiday concert, with students
learning various compositions
in that time.
“These students put in
hours and hours and hours to
make themselves better and
better and better,” Goetz said.
“None of the students that
are currently here started out
how they sound today.”
The hard work of the vocalists
could be heard in each
group, especially among the
more challenging pieces of
music.
“In each one of the ensembles,
there’s going to be one
song that stands out a little
bit, so it’s going to be something
that the students have
grown with and that they’ve
grabbed a hold of,” Goetz
added.
Each individual choir
— including the Freshmen
Choir, Grace Notes, Concert
Choir, Bel Canto Choir,
Men’s Ensemble, A Cappella
Choir and Mixed Choir —
sang a variety of numbers
that highlighted various
styles of singing, but all of
the groups came together to
sing the grand finale, “Noel.”
Goetz said the ending has
always stood out to him.
“Probably my favorite
thing that we end up doing
on this concert is our closer,
which we’ve done every
single year for the past 12
years,” he said.
The students also love the
experience of everyone singing
together.
“It sounds amazing when
we all get the opportunity to
all perform together,” said
Mixed Choir member Hunter
Walker, a sophomore at the
school.
While “Noel” was a highlight
of the Choir Holiday
Concert program for many,
the entire evening was a festive
celebration of song.
“I love all of it,” said
Della Bejlovec, whose son,
Dwight, is a member of the A
Capella Choir.
Assistant Director Kristen
Donnelly was on hand to lead
several songs throughout
the night, and Michael Oldham
provided the evening’s
piano accompaniment. Several
students stepped to the
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was featured during the Bel
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“Ceremony of Carols.”
Freshman Choir members
Treasure Thompson and
Trevor Shingler were likewise
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Lockport Township High School Director of Choirs Chad
Goetz directs the Freshman Choir Thursday, Dec. 15, at the
Choir Holiday Concert at East Campus.
Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media
the Bleak Midwinter.”
Although frigid weather
and below zero temps waited
outside the doors of the East
Auditorium, inside audience
members basked in the
warmth of the true meaning
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exemplified by the gifted,
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crosstown CROSSWORD & Sudoku
The crosstowns: Frankfort, Homer Glen, Lockport, Mokena, New Lenox, Orland Park, Tinley Park
Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur
Across
1. Puts two and two
together
5. Well-known Chicago
sports radio host, Terry
10. Russell of film
13. Scrap
15. Bit of high jinks
16. Repeats 5 times for
an Abba song
17. The lowest point
18. ___ and desist
19. Swift gift
20. Flirtatious flutterer
22. Present
24. Elusive one
25. Dither
26. Serpent
29. Black-ink item
32. Continent of huge
economic growth
36. “It’s ___ real!”
38. Focal point for New
Lenox entertainment
40. Total
42. Goof up
43. Buenos ___
44. Tough tissues
47. Some injections
48. Protrusion
49. Glacier made ridge
50. It’s often sloppy
51. Supports
53. Tide movement
56. Route through New
Lenox
59. What many women
look for
63. Soft plug
64. Draw forth
67. À la King
68. Upset
69. Stable parents
70. Propelled
71. Drink
72. Graceful woman
73. Prepare cherries for
cooking
Down
1. Clearasil target
2. A sled
3. Fellow
4. Indicator of happiness
5. Middle name Sebastian
6. Solitary
7. Greek letter
8. Rice with cheese dish
9. Public row
10. Chinese gooseberry
11. Polish
12. School girl communication
14. “Braveheart” hillside
21. Bed support
23. Hindu religious teachers
25. Mystical
26. Sternward
27. Alternative to a convertible
28. Pitcher Martinez
30. Clippers
31. Twilled fabric
33. Abrasions
34. Sluggish
35. Put to trial
37. Snickers or Baby
Ruth, e.g.
39. Tea Party state
41. ‘Life of __’ (2012
movie)
45. Nickname for Billie
Holiday
46. Mind reader
52. List components
54. Partner of born
55. Coffin stands
56. Foolish fellow
57. Fast-moving creature
58. Brain wave
59. Netting
60. Cavern
61. Bee’s place
62. Swarm
65. Website abbreviation
66. Prized mushroom
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squares. To solve the puzzle, each row, column and
box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9.
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answers
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(14929 Archer Ave.,
Lockport; (815) 836-8893)
■8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays and
Thursdays: Live DJ and
Karaoke
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(811 Northern Drive,
Lockport; (708) 301-1477)
■9:30 ■ p.m.-12:30 a.m.
Mondays: Quartermania
■Fridays: ■ Live bands
HOMER GLEN
Mullets Sports Bar and
Restaurant
(14903 S. Bell Road,
Homer Glen; (708) 645-
7000)
■7 ■ p.m. Wednesdays:
Trivia
ORLAND PARK
Girl in the Park
(11265 W. 159th St.,
Orland Park, IL; (708)
226-0042
■7 ■ p.m. Mondays: Trivia
■5:30 ■ p.m. Tuesdays:
Live Music
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■8 ■ p.m. Fridays and Saturdays:
Live Music
Square Celt Ale House &
Grill
(39 Orland Square Drive,
Orland Park; (708) 226-
9600)
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■10 ■ p.m. Saturdays: Live
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Traverso’s Restaurant
(15601 S. Harlem Ave.,
Orland Park; (708) 532-
2220)
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Saturdays: Karaoke
Zante Lounge
(8888 W. 159th St.,
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The Dish
Mickey’s offers good portions, prices after 30 years in business
F. Amanda Tugade
Contributing Editor
A few framed photographs
hang from one of Mickey’s
walls. The collage’s before
and after pictures depict how
much the Tinley Park fast
food restaurant has changed.
Before its major remodeling
in 2003, Mickey’s was smaller
and offered little seating
for its patrons.
But what brought and still
brings people into the establishment
is Mickey’s oldfashioned,
over-the-counter
service. So despite some of
the other changes, getting
rid of that format was not
up for negotiation for owners
Andy Bezener and Karol
Kruszecki.
By 2003, the pair already
had owned Mickey’s for 18
years. At that point, what
they were looking to do was
expand — to make Mickey’s
bigger and better.
“We decided we needed to
upgrade the business,” said
Kruszecki, 57, of Orland
Park. “Because of the lifestyle
change, people like better
places.”
That lifestyle to which
Kruszecki referred involves
the changing trends of fast
food across the United States.
From McDonald’s to Culver’s
to gas stations equipped
with food, he and Bezener
saw the need to keep up with
the competition.
The end result was a reinvented
Mickey’s, which
transformed into a place for
locals, couples, friends and
families to sit down and to
share a meal.
Bezener, 55, also of Orland
Park, pointed to a large
Featured is Mickey’s co-owner Andy Bezener’s favorite
menu item: grilled chicken on a pita bread ($7.19).
F. Amanda Tugade/22nd Century Media
mural of a steam engine train
painted near the entrance.
That train — which signifies
Tinley’s strong history tied to
the railroads — curls up and
stretches over onto the wall
above the counter, leading to
a menu of Mickey’s specials.
Peeking through a medium-sized
kitchen window,
five enormous slabs of gyros
slowly stand in an upright
position on a vertical broiler
and slowly rotate.
Those gyros — which
come in chicken, beef or
lamb — are a Mickey’s
mainstay.
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“We have excellent ribs
here, but I think people come
for the gyros,” Bezener said.
And the deal is as follows:
a gyros plate ($8.19) is served
with two pieces of pita bread
and complemented by a hefty
serving of fries. The chicken
gyros plate follows suit but is
a dollar extra. Small slices of
tomato and onion embellish
the dish.
Those orders come with
“extra meat,” which is enough
to make two sandwiches for
two people, Kruszecki added.
Other dishes not to miss
• The grilled chicken
wrapped in a warm pita bread
($7.19) is one of Bezener’s
favorite items on the menu.
Fries and a large drink are
served with the meal.
• The Big Mickey is another
filling dish. Big Mickey
is a double cheeseburger,
doused in grilled onions, and
topped with mustard, ketchup
and pickles. Prices vary with
combo meals.
• Customers with a sweet
tooth can slurp on milkshakes
or malts. While the malts
stick to the classics — chocolate,
strawberry and vanilla
— the milkshakes also come
in flavors like Oreo cookie,
Irish mint and banana. Prices
vary by drink size.
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2703 Legal
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2703 Legal
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SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ES-
TATE at 334 Hughes Avenue,
Lockport, IL 60441 (Single Family
Home). On the 29th day of December,
2016 to be held at 12:00 noon,
at the Will County Courthouse Annex,
57 N. Ottawa Street, Room
201, Joliet, IL 60432, under Case
Title: Kondaur Capital Corporation,
as Separate Trustee of
Matawin Ventures Trust Series
2015-2 Plaintiff V. Curtis Cooper
a/k/a Curtis Cooper Jr.; Nicole
Mccauley; Unknown Heirs and
Legatees of Curtis Cooper, if any;
Unknown Heirs and Legatees of
Nicole Mccauley, if any; Unknown
Owners and Non Record Claimants
Defendant.
Case No. 12CH 5184 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:
THE WIRBICKI LAW GROUP
33 W. Monroe St. Suite 1140
Chicago, Illinois 60603
P: 312-360-9455
F: 312-572-7823
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.
SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ES-
TATE at 14012 South Kickapoo
Trail, Lockport, IL 60491 (Single
Family ). 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: Champion Mortgage Company
Plaintiff V.The Private Bank
s/b/m toFounders Bank, asTrustee
of Trust Agreement dated June 25,
2007 and known asTrust Number
7068; Unknown beneficiaries of
trust agreement dated June 25,
2007 and known asTrust Number
7068; Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development; Renee Koppit;
Unknown Owners and
Non-Record Claimants Defendant.
Case No. 15CH 2339 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 acon-
dominium, in accordance with 735
ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and
(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and
765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are
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) if there isasurplus 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 acourt order for its distribution
or, in the absence of an order,
until the surplus is forfeited to
the State.
For Information Please Contact:
ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER
LLC.
1771 W. Diehl Rd. Suite 120
NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS 60563
P: 630-453-6960
F: 630-428-4620
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR
DEBT COLLECTION PRAC-
TICES ACT YOU ARE AD-
VISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM
IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO
COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED
WILL BE USED FOR THAT
PURPOSE.
SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ES-
TATE at 16628 W. Aspen Court,
Lockport, IL 60441 (Residential).
On the 5th day of January, 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: FED-
ERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE
ASSOCIATION (â! œFANNIE
MAEâ! ›), A CORPORATION
ORGANIZED AND EXISTING
UNDER THE LAWS OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMER-
ICA, Plaintiff V. DANI L.
BLOCK; ILLINOIS HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY;
MAPLE HILL HOMEOWNERS
ASSOCIATION; PORTFOLIO
RECOVERY ASSOCIATES LLC;
UNITED STATES OF AMER-
ICA; Defendant.
Case No. 15CH 2614 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 acon-
dominium, in accordance with 735
ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and
(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and
765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are
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 acourt order for its distribution
or, in the absence of an order,
until the surplus is forfeited to
the State.
For Information Please Contact:
JOHNSON, BLUMBERG AND
ASSOCIATES
230 W. MONROE, SUITE 1125,
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606
P: 312 541-9710
F: 312 541-9711
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.
2703 Legal
Notices
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.
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) SS.
COUNTY OF WILL )
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIR-
CUIT
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Kondaur Capital Corporation, as
Separate Trustee ofMatawin Ventures
Trust Series 2015-2
Plaintiff,
vs.
Curtis Cooper a/k/a Curtis Cooper
Jr.; Nicole Mccauley; Unknown
Heirs and Legatees of Curtis Cooper,
ifany; Unknown Heirs and
Legatees ofNicole Mccauley, if
any; Unknown Owners and Non
Record Claimants
Defendant.
No. 12 CH 5184
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
Public notice ishereby given that
pursuant to ajudgment entered in
the above cause on the 22nd day of
September, 2016, MIKE KELLEY,
Sheriff of Will County, Illinois,
will on Thursday, the 29th day of
December, 2016 ,commencing at
12:00 o'clock noon, at the Will
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 86, 87 AND 88 IN DELL-
WOOD HIGHLANDS, A SUBDI-
VISION OF PART OF THE
SOUTH HALF OFSECTIONS 26
AND 27, IN TOWNSHIP 36
NORTH, RANGE 10 EAST OF
THE THIRD PRINCIPAL ME-
RIDIAN, ACCORDING TOTHE
PLAT THEREOF RECORDED
MAY 16, 1923 AS DOCUMENT
NO. 354881, IN WILL COUNTY,
ILLINOIS.
Commonly known as:
334 Hughes Avenue, Lockport, IL
60441
Description of Improvements:
Single Family Home
P.I.N.:
11-04-26-302-017-0000
LOT 86, 87 AND 88 IN DELL-
WOOD HIGHLANDS, A SUBDI-
VISION OF PART OF THE
SOUTH HALF OFSECTIONS 26
AND 27, IN TOWNSHIP 36
NORTH, RANGE 10 EAST OF
THE THIRD PRINCIPAL ME-
RIDIAN, ACCORDING TOTHE
PLAT THEREOF RECORDED
MAY 16, 1923 AS DOCUMENT
NO. 354881, IN WILL COUNTY,
ILLINOIS.
P.I.N.:
11-04-26-302-018-0000
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 acon-
dominium, in accordance with 735
ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and
(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and
765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are
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 acourt order for its distribution
or, in the absence of an order,
until the surplus is forfeited to
the State.
FOR INFORMATION PLEASE
CONTACT:
THE WIRBICKI LAW GROUP
33 W. Monroe St. Suite 1140
Chicago, Illinois 60603
P: 312-360-9455
F: 312-572-7823
Plaintiff's Attorney
MIKE KELLEY
Sheriff of Will County
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.
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) SS.
COUNTY OF WILL )
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIR-
CUIT
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Champion Mortgage Company
Plaintiff,
vs.
The Private Bank s/b/m to Founders
Bank, as Trustee of Trust
Agreement dated June 25, 2007
and known asTrust Number 7068;
Unknown beneficiaries of trust
agreement dated June 25, 2007 and
known as Trust Number 7068; Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development;
Renee Koppit; Unknown
Owners and Non-Record
Claimants
Defendant.
No. 15 CH 2339
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
Public notice ishereby given that

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2900 Merchandise Under $100
pursuant to ajudgment entered in
the above cause on the 17th day of
June, 2016, MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff
of Will 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 10 IN BLOCK 4IN BRASH-
LER AND KALL'S FIRST ADDI-
TION TO CHICKASAW HILLS,
A SUBDIVISION IN SECTION 2,
IN TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, AND
IN RANGE 11, EAST OF THE
THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN,
ACCORDING TO THE PLAT
THEREOF RECORDED OCTO-
BER 26, 1966 AS DOCUMENT
NUMBER R66-16205, AND CER-
TIFICATE OF CORRECTION
RECORDED APRIL 28, 1967 AS
DOCUMENT NUMBE R
R67-5310, AND RECORDED
SEPTEMBER 6, 1967 AS DOCU-
MENT NUMBER R67-12900, IN
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
Commonly known as:
14012 South Kickapoo Trail,
Lockport, IL 60491
Description of Improvements:
Single Family
P.I.N.:
16-05-02-307-011-0000
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 acon-
dominium, in accordance with 735
ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and
(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and
765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are
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 acourt order for its distribution
or, in the absence of an order,
until the surplus is forfeited to
the State.
FOR INFORMATION PLEASE
CONTACT:
ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER
LLC.
1771 W. Diehl Rd. Suite 120
NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS 60563
P: 630-453-6960
F: 630-428-4620
Plaintiff's Attorney
MIKE KELLEY
Sheriff of Will County
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.
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) SS.
COUNTY OF WILL )
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIR-
CUIT
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
FEDERAL NATIONAL MORT-
GAGE ASSOCIATION
(â! œFANNIE MAEâ! ›), ACOR-
PORATION ORGANIZED AND
EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS
OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
vs.
DANI L. BLOCK; ILLINOIS
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY; MAPLE HILL
HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIA-
TION; PORTFOLIO RECOVERY
ASSOCIATES LLC; UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA;
Defendant.
No. 15 CH 2614
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
Public notice ishereby given that
pursuant to ajudgment entered in
the above cause on the 3rd day of
October, 2016, MIKE KELLEY,
Sheriff of Will 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 32 INCLUSIVE IN THE
â! œFINAL PLATâ! ›OF MAPLE
HILL SUBDIVISION, BEING A
SUBDIVISION OF PART OF
THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER
OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 36
NORTH, RANGE 11 EAST OF
THE THIRD PRINCIPAL ME-
RIDIAN, RECORDED NOVEM-
BER 2, 2005 AS DOCUMENT
NO. R2005-191866, CERTIFICA-
TION OF CORRECTION RE-
CORDED JANUARY 3, 2006 AS
DOCUMENT NO. R2006-473, IN
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
Commonly known as:
16628 W. Aspen Court, Lockport,
IL 60441
Description of Improvements:
Residential
P.I.N.:
16-05-18-303-028-0000
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
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The Lockport Legend’s
of the
WEEK
Once a week is weak.
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The current owners
relocated out of state so
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What: 4 bedroom
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Karen Springs.
Where: 16627 Pinecreek
Drive, Lockport
Amenities: Custom
residence that is filled with
natural sunlight throughout
is a blend of classic
architecture and timeless
appointments. Features
of this home located in
popular Karen Springs
include: dramatic two story
foyer; formal living and
dining room with decorative
ceiling and custom pillars;
inviting oversized family
room with cozy fireplace
surrounded by a custom
mantle; double door entry
to office/library; gourmet
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• 15711 Mueller Way,
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Brian Wille Construction
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$417,575
• 16725 W. Natoma
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6234 - Christopher
Chin To Trent Munson,
$173,000
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• 15787 Mueller Way,
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Brian Wille Construction
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Jonikas Inc To Joseph R.
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• 1022 Cove Ave.,
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28 | December 22, 2016 | The Lockport Legend SPORTS
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Athlete of the Week
Oak Prairie seventh-grade girls
basketball finishes fourth at state
Submitted by Will County
School District 92
10 Questions
with Sean Knobbe
Sean Knobbe is a member
of LTHS Special Olympics
Basketball.
When did you start
playing basketball?
My freshman year in
2014.
What do you like about
it?
I like to get out and play
on the court.
What is your favorite
song?
“Song 2” by Blur. It
makes me get all cheered up
and pumped up.
What is your favorite
color?
I like red because red is a
passionate color.
How does it feel when
you score a basket?
It’s kind of OK.
Erin Redmond/22nd Century Media
What is your favorite
position to play?
I like to play under the net
so I can help block off the
guys who are trying to make
a basket.
Do you like traveling to
other schools?
Yes, I do. To see different
schools is very cool and
very unique.
What is your favorite
sport?
I mostly love baseball.
What is your favorite
team?
The Chicago White Sox
What is the No. 1 thing
on your Christmas list
this year?
An NHL 17 video game.
Interview by Assistant Editor
Erin Redmond
It was a very exciting
week for the Oak Prairie
Junior High Lady Bulldogs
Basketball Team that began
Dec. 1, when the Bulldogs
faced A.Vito Martinez Middle
School in the sectional
championship game in Joliet.
These two teams also
faced each other in October,
when the Bulldogs lost
a close, hard-fought battle.
The sectional game did not
start well for the Bulldogs,
as they found themselves
down 15-4 after the first
quarter.
That is when Bulldogs
Coach Emily Korienek made
an adjustment and called
for a full press on defense.
Point guard Dania Sweis had
three steals in a matter of
minutes and converted them
all to baskets. The Bulldogs
suddenly found themselves
tied 17-17 at halftime.
They continued their defensive
press in the second
half and won an exciting
game 29-24 to win the sectional
championship, earning
a trip to the state tournament
in downstate Normal.
In the first game of
the state tournament, the
Bulldogs got a tough draw
and faced the undefeated
Flossmoor’s Parker Junior
High. The starting lineup
for the Bulldogs was Sweis
at guard, Charlotte Fahrner
at guard, Eileen Ferriter at
This Week In...
Lockport Township
High School Varsity
Athletics
Boys Basketball
■Dec. ■ 22 at Rock Island,
The Oak Prairie Junior High Lady Bulldogs Basketball Team recently finished in fourth
place at the 4A State Tournament. Photo submitted
forward, Paige Rannells
at forward and Delaney
O’Brien at center.
Similar to the sectional
championship game, the
Bulldogs found themselves
trailing 16-10 at halftime.
They again mounted a ferocious
comeback and won a
thrilling game 27-23. The
Bulldogs were led by Ferriter
with nine points and
Fahrner with six points.
In the semifinal round,
the Bulldogs took on the
reigning state champions,
who proved to be a little too
much for the Bulldogs, as
the team fell 41-23. Sweis
7:30 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 28 at Pontiac Tournament,
TBD
Girls Basketball
■Dec. ■ 26 at Hillcrest Tournament,
TBD
was the leading scorer with
seven points, while Fahrner
and Ferriter each had five.
The Bulldogs played the
Mokena Meteors Dec. 9 for
third place. The game started
off as a defensive battle, with
the Bulldogs up 3-2 after
the first quarter and behind
10-5 at halftime. The shots
just were not falling for the
Bulldogs in the second half,
and Mokena went on to win
30-12.
The Bulldogs had a
remarkable season, with
every player making a
contribution to the team
which finished with a 19-7
■Dec. ■ 27 at Hillcrest Tournament,
TBD
■Dec. ■ 28 at Hillcrest Tournament,
TBD
Girls Bowling
■Dec. ■ 28 at Harlem Invite at
record and fourth place in
the 4A State Tournament.
The girls made history
by being the first Oak Prairie
Girls Basketball Team to
place in state competition.
The Bulldogs team
was comprised of: Dania
Sweis, Kailyn Mitchell,
Jami Herman, Charlotte
Fahrner, Danielle Sulich,
Abby Kreczmer, Eileen
Ferriter, head coach Emily
Korienek, Isabella Bozen,
Vanessa Scialabba, Paige
Rannells, Delaney O’Brien,
Emma Schmutzler, Cameryn
Deblecourt and assistant
coach Ryan Gold.
Forest Hills, 9:30 a.m.
Wrestling
■Dec. ■ 22 host Dekalb, 5:30
p.m.
■Dec. ■ 23 host Stagg, 4:30
p.m.

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the Lockport Legend | December 22, 2016 | 29
Special Olympics team hosts annual holiday scrimmage
Porters face off
in friendly contest
against classmates
Erin Redmond, Assistant Editor
Even before walking into
the gym at the Lockport
Township High School Central
Campus Dec. 13, you
could hear laughter.
Upon entering, students in
Santa hats and “ugly sweaters”
chased each other up and
down the basketball court.
There was no score being
kept, no fouls being called. It
was just a friendly game with
one simple purpose: to have
fun.
The “Santas” were comprised
of LTHS Special
Olympics basketball players,
while the “elves” were
student volunteers, most of
whom play for other Porters’
sports teams. The holiday
scrimmage game is an annual
tradition for the Special
Olympics team, which provides
a night of lighthearted
fun amongst both special and
general education students.
“We just get a little silly
out there,” Special Olympics
co-coach Kelly Urbanski
said, who was wearing a festive
sweater of her own.
Urbanski and co-coach
Patrick Wolf took over the
Special Olympics program
12 years ago, growing it
from one that taught basic
skills to a full-fledged,
competitive team. The coed
squad includes special needs
students of all skill levels,
and welcomes anyone who
wants to play.
“It kind of feels like a
magical experience to me,”
said junior Special Olympics
player Sean Knobbe. “I like
to come out here and play.
Special Olympics is really
great for school. It helps give
people opportunities.”
Knobbe joined Special
Olympics his freshman year.
He said he has developed new
friendships and learned new
skills, such as sportsmanship,
which are the team’s two
main goals.
“They’re a population
that’s typically a little more
isolated,” Urbanski said.
“I have to say though that
the Porters come and cheer
them on. In March we have
St.Baldrick’s and it’s a
packed house. It’s amazing
how the GenEd kids support
our Special Olympics.”
The Porters team plays
between 16 and 18 games
a season against other local
Special Olympics teams
from schools like Stagg, the
Lincoln-Ways and Plainfield.
And with each contest, there’s
improvement and surprises.
“It’s just an immense
amount of fun when the kids
are able to do something
they haven’t been able to
do before — score a basket
or whatever — it just gives
them such a thrill and such a
sense of satisfaction,” Wolf
said.
Regardless of skill level,
Urbanski and Wolf agreed
that all the Special Olympic
team members have one
thing in common: they’re
great kids.
“It is pretty rewarding
when they see someone lose
a ball and they go and get it
and give it back to the other
team — they’re just sweet,”
she said.
Lockport Township High School Special Olympics basketball
player Brendan Lempicki (51) puts up a shot while
teammate Yazeed Farhud (20) during a Dec. 13 scrimmage
game against student volunteers (from left) Tyler Lempicki
and Aidan Galeher at the Central campus.
Erin Redmond/22nd Century Media
Boys Basketball
Lockport runs past Joliet Catholic in overtime at Central Campus
Familiar faces return
at alumni night
throwback game
Randy Whalen
Freelance Reporter
On a night when the Lockport
Township boys basketball
team honored its alumni
in the second and final throwback
game of the season in
“The Pit,” there was no better
opponent than Joliet Catholic
Academy.
From the mid 1960s until
the 1981-1982 season,
the two teams squared off in
many battles in the old Illini 8
Conference.
In the end, playing on the
same court as they did back in
those old days, there was no
better result for the Porters.
Lockport rallied from eight
points down with just over
Lockport’s Chase Travis puts the ball up while swarmed
by multiple defenders Saturday, Dec. 17, during a game
against Joliet Catholic at LTHS’s Central Campus.
Adam Jomant/22nd Century Media
two minutes to play in regulation
and seven down with less
than 35 seconds left to stun the
Hilltoppers 51-47 in overtime
Saturday, Dec. 17, before an
alumni night crowd at Lockport’s
Central Campus.
All of the Porters (5-4) wins
this season have come by five
points or less, and now three
of those have been in overtime.
To add even more spice
to the night, JCA is coached
by Joe Gura, who was head
coach at Lockport for 11 seasons.
The Hilltoppers (3-6),
who have suffered their six
losses by a combined total of
30 points, matched their total
number of losses from last
season (21-6).
“Both teams played tough,
and both teams played hard,
but the grit that our kids
showed; that displays all there
is to say about them,” Lockport
coach Brett Hespell said
of his team. “They are fantastic.
“We could have folded the
tent after [JCA] went on a run,
and after what happened at Joliet
West the other night [a 74-
45 loss Dec. 13], but [against
JCA] there was no quit in us.”
Especially down the
stretch. One of the Porters
seven fourth quarter turnovers
was converted into a layup by
senior guard Brandon Wills (4
points), and JCA took a 43-36
lead with 52 seconds remaining
in regulation.
But, displaying the “grit”
their coach talked about and
perhaps drawing from the
Porters of the past, Lockport
came back. Junior guard Nathan
Barthel (6 points) hit a
3-pointer at the 32-second
mark to cut the lead to four.
The Hilltoppers than missed
both ends of a two-shot foul,
and senior guard Patrick Cooper
(team-high 12 points)
gave a preview of things
to come when he nailed a
3-pointer with 19 seconds left
to cut Lockport’s deficit to 43-
42.
Senior forward Pete Ragen,
who had a game-high
19 points and added seven
rebounds, then hit a pair of
free throws with 17 seconds
remaining to make it 45-
42. Cooper came down and
missed a 3-pointer.
In a scramble for the ball,
Cooper came in and tied up
Ragen for the rebound. The
old court once again smiled
on the Porters, as they kept the
ball on alternating possession.
Lockport inbounded the ball
and went right back to Cooper
from the same spot at the top
of the key.
This time, his shot found
nothing but the bottom of the
net with three seconds left to
tie the score at 45-45. A last
desperation heave by Joliet
Catholic was off target, and
the game went to overtime.
At halftime, Lockport introduced
many alumni that were
present. Former players from
as far back as the 1950s were
in attendance.
“This was an awesome
night,” said Hespell, who
graduated from Lockport in
2001. “It was great to have
all the old-timers back ... We
want to connect with our history
as much as possible.”

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Lockport maintains
unblemished mark,
establishes itself as
state favorite
Randy Whalen
Freelance Reporter
Brian Glynn put it best.
“Lockport’s in a league of
[its] own,” the Lincoln-Way
West wrestling coach said.
The Porters established
that as they dismantled a very
good West team last week. In
a special event entitled “Singlets
on the Stage,” No. 2
Class 3A state ranked Lockport
Township came away
with a 41-18 win over the No.
5 ranked Warriors Dec. 13 on
the auditorium stage at West.
In winning 10 of the 14
bouts, the Porters remained
undefeated. It was the largest
margin of defeat for West (9-
3) on the season.
“This was something that
coach Glynn emailed me
about early in the school year
and said they did it with Lincoln-Way
Central last year
and were interested in doing it
again,” Lockport coach Josh
Oster said. “They thought it
would work with us, if we
wanted to do it. I’m glad that
they gave that opportunity
since it was a fun event and
he does a great job of getting
everything put together.
“The score doesn’t really
indicate how good they are,
because they’re really good. I
think we have 24 or 25 kids
who have wins already on the
varsity level and we’ve been
relatively healthy this year.
It’s just that all of those kids
are ready to be out on the varsity
mat, so we get them in
when we can.”
With a lineup that doesn’t
have many holes, if any, the
Porters showed that in a dual
team format they are going to
be tough to beat.
Lockport’s Chandler Proszek celebrates Dec. 13 after
defeating Lincoln-Way West’s Robert Noga in a 195-pound
match at West. Julie McMann/22nd Century Media
“We expect to win,” Lockport
senior Payton Fernandes
said. “We’ve been doing great
this year. We’re all very close,
even outside of the wrestling
room. Other teams are looking
up to us and that’s exciting.”
Fernandes (17-0) was involved
in one of the exciting
matches of the night, and it
was the opener at 182 pounds.
He got a takedown with 16
seconds left, and finished off
a 3-2 win over senior Trevor
Schmidt (10-2) to remain undefeated
on the season.
“I’d been looking forward
to this for awhile,” Fernandes
said of the bout with Schmidt,
who came in ranked No. 10 in
the state. “This was the first
ranked kid that I’ve wrestled
this year. At the beginning
of the match I tried to be as
tough as I could and be aggressive
and set the tone.”
In another all-senior battle
at 195, Lockport’s Chandler
Proszek (5-1) picked up a 5-1
victory over Robert Noga (7-
5) to put the Porters up 6-0.
With the score tied at 6-6,
the Porters took charge.
Sophomore Ronald Tucker,
Jr. (8-0), who came in ranked
No. 2 in the state and No. 20
in the nation, got a pin in 1:18
over junior Nick Skentzos
(11-1) in a battle of unbeatens
at heavyweight.
Then, Lockport got a pair
of major decisions as two of
its wrestlers remained undefeated.
Those were sophomore
Matt Ramos (17-0)
with a 12-0 win over freshman
Garrett Geigner (8-4) at
106, and sophomore Anthony
Molton (16-0) who earned
a 16-3 victory over Payton
Geigner (9-3) at 113.
Ramos is ranked No. 6 in
the state and No. 19 in the nation,
while Molton came in
ranked No. 8 in the state.
The Lockport lead grew to
26-6 as freshman Jimmy Pierandozzi
(13-3) had a fall in
2:45 over sophomore Chris
Kennedy (6-4), who came in
ranked No. 10 in the state and
finished fifth in Class 2A at
106 last season.
“We went in thinking that
we were going to win since
we’re number two and we did
what we came here to do,”
said Pierandozzi, who entered
with an honorable mention
ranking in the state. “It was
nice to be able to wrestle under
the lights like this. Everyone
is performing really well
and it’s good to work with
people who are winning. I
like the coaches and the good
practice partners that we have
on this team. We’re just going
to have to keep working hard
and training hard.”
A big boost for the Porters
is getting two-time state
placewinner Abdullah Assaf
back. Assaf, who suffered a
partial tare in the ligament of
his right thumb on the opening
day of practice on Nov. 7,
placed third at 113 pounds in
2015 and fifth at 120 in Class
3A last season.
Against West Assaf, who
is ranked No. 3 in the state,
defeated fellow senior Gehrig
Simon by a 17-6 major decision
at 132 in just his second
match (2-0) of the season to
give the Porters a 30-9 advantage.
Simon (9-3), who came
in ranked No. 10 in the state,
placed sixth in the state at 126
in Class 2A last season.
One of the best matchups
of the night on paper did not
disappoint. That was at 138
where Lockport’s Brandon
Ramos used a takedown early
in the third-period and held
on to edge fellow senior, Jake
DiBenedetto 3-2. Ramos (15-
0) came in ranked No. 6 in the
state and DiBenedetto (9-3)
entered ranked eighth.
The final two Lockport victories
came by Zach Reese
(12-2), with a 5-0 victory over
fellow junior Jake Price (6-
6) in a battle of state ranked
honorable mentions at 152,
and Trevell Timmons at 160.
Timmons (11-0), who entered
ranked No. 1 in the state and
No. 12 in the nation, placed
fifth in the state in 2015 and
sixth last season at 152 in
Class 3A, won by technical
fall (24-9) in 5:50 over fellow
senior A.J. Patterson (0-2).
Just like Lockport, the Warriors
have a tough schedule,
but right now no team looks
tougher than the Porters.
“We’ve seen some of the
top competition already this
year, but Lockport’s in a
league of their own,” Glynn
said. “...it’s Lockport and everyone
else, at this point, and
they proved that [against us],
which is okay.”

lockportlegend.com SPORTS
the Lockport Legend | December 22, 2016 | 31
fastbreak
Girls Bowling
LTHS takes step toward winning conference by beating rival Sandburg
Julie McMann/22nd Century
Media
1st and 3
Lockport boys
basketball gets
throwback win at
Central Campus
1. Taking the stage
The Lockport
Township wrestling
team traveled Dec.
13 to Lincoln-Way
West and beat the
Warriors 41-18 in
a match dubbed
“Singlets on the
Stage,” which took
place in the school’s
auditorium.
2. Winning matches
Lockport won 10 of
14 bouts to take the
contest and remain
undefeated after the
match at 17-0.
3. Getting back to full
strength
Porters wrestler
Abdullah Assaf took
part in his second
match since returning
from injury, winning a
17-6 major decision
at 132 pounds to
help give his team
a 30-9 overall
advantage at the
meet.
Randy Whalen
Freelance Reporter
Lockport girls bowler Bailey Delrose begins her windup at a match against
Sandburg Thursday, Dec. 15, at Orland Bowl.
Photos by Julie McMann/22nd Century Media
Paige Reiter warms up for the Porters before taking on the Eagles.
The past three seasons have been
very good for the Lockport Township
girls bowling team.
The Porters have made the final day
at state each of those years, including
winning the state championship two
seasons ago and finishing third this
past one.
But there is one thing they have not
done in that span: win the SouthWest
Suburban Conference.
Lockport, however, took a step to
do that this season by toppling Sandburg
1,961-1,855 on Thursday, Dec.
15, at Orland Bowl.
With the win, the Porters (11-1, 5-0)
remained undefeated in the league.
Sandburg (4-2, 3-2) entered last week
undefeated league play, but they
slipped to third with its second loss in
as many days.
“In both games, especially the second
one, we sort of sleepwalk through
the first five games,” Lockport coach
Art Cwudzinski said of his team’s
play against Sandburg. “In the second
game, we shot 452 through the first
five frames, but then we were lights
out the last five with a 551. That’s
showing their experience there.”
The opening game was close
throughout, but the Porters pulled it
out at the end by a 958-934 count.
The second game score was 1,003-
921.
“It was a little more intense,” Lockport
senior Grace Karraker said of
facing Sandburg. “We couldn’t find
the line at first; everything was going
left.”
Karraker (193, 214 -407 series) led
Lockport. Seniors Dana Ackerson
(212, 184 -396), Monica Colon (185,
180 - 365), and Marissa Ramirez (165,
192 - 357) followed. Senior Paige Reiter
(203) rolled the first game, while
junior Bailey Delrose (233) subbed in
the second for the Porters, who had
defeated Andrew 2,071-1,739 Dec.
13 at Strike ‘N Spare II.
“It’s just been us working together,”
Karraker said of Lockport’s success.
“We are picking up spares and
know the strikes will come. We’ve all
had our turn bowling the high game
and know that anyone can be that on
any given day. That’s what makes
champions.”
For Sandburg, which shared the
SWSC with the Porters in the 2007-
2008 season, Emily Schrader was
the individual champion of the night.
The junior, who was 10th in the state
last season, has continued her excellent
bowling and had a 213 and 236
for a 449 series for the Eagles against
Lockport.
“It’s been going really good so far;
I just have to keep a good attitude,”
Schrader said. “We’ve done well this
season and had a 1,045 score [in a
1,945-1,565 victory Dec. 8 against
Lincoln-Way Central], so I’m really
proud of the team.
“It’s a big match whenever we play
Lockport, so yeah, we were just trying
to make our shots. I’d like to get back
to state but want the team to make it,
too. We’re more than capable of it.”
Sophomores Alyssa Novak (198,
176 - 374), Karlie Colbert (196, 157 -
353), Jill Richmond (169, 182 - 351),
and senior Courtney Casteel (158, 170
- 328) rounded out the Eagle scores.
“We lost by two (1,757-1,755) to
Andrew,” Sandburg coach Joe Geiger
said of his teams result Dec. 14. “But
the season has been good. We’ve got
some depth and had different people
like Courtney [Casteel] step up and
move into the lineup.”
The SWSC Tournament is slated
to be held Saturday, Jan. 21. The
Porters, who have won or shared
the league title seven times since it
formed in 2005-2006, will not have
to worry about losing out to Joliet
West this season. That is because the
Tigers have switched conferences to
the Southwest Prairie.
Lockport, however, soundly
defeated Joliet West 3,679-3,272 when
the teams met in a nonconference
clash Nov. 29 at Strike ‘N Spare II.
The Porters also finished first with
a 5,914 score at the Plainfield North
Strike Fest Dec. 10 at Town & Country
Lanes in Joliet. Ackerson (1,272),
Ramirez (1,252) and Delrose (1,248)
all averaged over 200 in helping the
Porters defeat Harlem by 199 pins.
“At Strike Fest, we were tenacious,”
Cwudzinski said. “We kept charging,
and to win by the margin that we did is
a testament to the girls’ ability.”
LISTEN UP
“We’ve seen some of the top competition
already this year, but Lockport’s in a league
of their own.”
Brian Glynn — Lincoln-Way West wrestling coach, after his team lost
to the Porters 41-18
Tune In
Wrestling
Maintaining intensity — 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 22, vs.
DeKalb
• The Porters hope to pin their next opponent in what
is shaping up to be a memorable season.
Index
28 - Athlete of the Week
28 - This Week In
FASTBREAK is compiled by Contributing Editor Thomas
Czaja, tom@homerhorizon.com.

lockport’s Hometown Newspaper | www.lockportlegend.com | December 22, 2016
One step closer LTHS Girls Bowling
closing in on conference crown, Page 31
A special night LTHS Special Olympics team,
student volunteers play in holiday scrimmage, Page 29
Lockport’s Matt Ramos
(right) works to pin
Lincoln-Way West’s
Garrett Geigner Dec. 13
during their matchup at
Lincoln-Way West.
Julie McMann/22nd
Century Media
Lockport
wrestling stays
undefeated
with dominant
win over
LW West in
‘Singlets on
the Stage’
event, Page 30