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Do you want to build a snowman 

with Princess Anna and Princess Elsa? 

Of course you do! Princess Anna and Princess Elsa will be at both of our branches to build a snowman 

with you at our after-school Dino-Mite parties. We will make a snowman craft, enjoy snacks, drinks, and 

winter-themed story-telling. An adult must accompany children at all times. 

You do not need to be a Town Center Bank customer to participate in our Dino-Mite Kids Club 

events, but you’ll need to reserve your child’s place by calling 815-463-7029 by February 20th. 

Wednesday, February 22 

4 - 5 pm at New Lenox branch 

‘Teamwork, precision’ push East Air Force 

JROTC in armed drill and exhibition, Pages 4-5 

Thursday, February 23 

4 - 5 pm at Frankfort branch 

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THURSDAY 

Retro Gaming Club 

6-7 p.m. Thursdays, Feb. 

16-March 23, Founders 

Community Center, 140 

Oak Street, Frankfort. Hang 

out with friends and experience 

the early years of gaming 

in 8-bit, 16-bit and 64- 

bit format. Play on different 

old school Nintendo game 

systems, like the Game and 

Watch, the original Nintendo 

Entertainment System, 

the Super NES and N64. 

Feel free to bring along any 

handheld Nintendo game 

systems, link devices and 

play with other gamers. 

Also feel free to bring along 

a WiFi device to look up 

facts and share info about 

your favorite games with 

others. This program is for 

ages 10-16 years. Cost is 

$39. 

Frankfort Area Women’s 

Night 

Deadline to register is 

Feb. 16. Event will be held 

from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, 

Feb. 23, Emagine Theatres, 

19965 S. LaGrange 

Rd., Frankfort. Enjoy red 

carpet photos, cocktails, appetizers, 

desserts, raffles, 

a movie, networking and 

more. Clean, gently used, 

professional attire on hangers 

will be collected and donated 

to Dress for Success, 

a non-profit organization 

whose mission is to empower 

women to achieve economic 

independence. Proceeds 

from the event will 

also be donated to Dress 

for Success. Tickets are $35 

for Frankfort Chamber of 

Commerce members and 

$40 for non-Chamber members. 

To purchase tickets for 

FAWN, visit www.frankfort 

chamber.com and click on 

events. 

Frankfort Square Park 

District Board Meeting 

7:30 p.m. Feb. 16, 7540 

W. Braemar Lane, Frankfort. 

The Frankfort Square 

Park District Board meets 

on the third Thursday of 

each month. For more information 

and meeting agendas 

visit www.fspd.org. 

SATURDAY 

Discovery Lab 

10 a.m.-noon Feb. 18, 

Frankfort Public Library 

District, 21119 S. Pfeiffer 

Road, Frankfort. Feel the 

need for speed this month 

and explore ramps and race 

cars. Walk-in registration. 

For more information, call 

(815) 534-6178. 

Daddy/Daughter Dance 

6-8 p.m. Feb. 18, Community 

Center, 7540 W. 

Braemar Lane, Frankfort. 

Join the Frankfort Square 

Park District for a daddy/ 

daughter dance. Cost is $15 

per person. Registration required. 

For more information 

and registration, call 

(815) 469-3524. 

MONDAY 

Snowman Party 


Monday, Feb. 20. Event 

will be held from 4-5 p.m. 

Thursday, Feb. 23, Town 

Center Bank, 20181 South 

La Grange Road, Frankfort. 

Build a Snowman with Princess 

Anna and Princess Elsa 

during this free after-school 

Dino-Mite party. Make 

a snowman craft, enjoy 

snacks, drinks, and winterthemed 

story-telling. For 

more information and registration, 

call (815) 463-7029 

by February 20th. 

DIY Runners Tutu 

6:30-8 p.m. Feb. 20, 

Founders Community Center, 

140 Oak Street, Frankfort. 

Create a runner’s tutu 

to wear for St. Patrick’s Day 

fun-run/walks, parades and 

parties. Materials and instruction 

provided. Feel free 

to bring extra own bits and 

pieces to make a one-of-akind 

tutu. No sewing skills 

necessary. This program is 

for ages 16 and older. Cost 

is $29. 

Library Closure 

The Frankfort Public 

Library will be closed on 

Monday, Feb. 20 for the 

President’s Day holiday. 

Village Office Closure 

The Frankfort Village Office 

will be closed Monday, 

Feb. 20 for the President’s 

Day holiday. 

TUESDAY 

Jr. Jedi Academy 

6-7:30 p.m. Feb. 21, 

Founders Community Center, 

140 Oak St., Frankfort. 

Don some Jedi robes for a 

Star Wars adventure. Design 

a lightsaber, master 

the powers of the force, and 

participate in the Jedi trials. 

No need to bring a lightsaber, 

every Jedi-in-training 

will receive one. Younglings, 

PadaWans and Aliens 

welcome; no droids please 

— we don’t serve their 

kind around here. Cost is 

$25. For more information, 

call (815) 469-9400 or visit 

www.frankfortparks.org. 

Village Board Meeting 

7 p.m. Feb. 21, 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.villageof 

frankfort.com. 

WEDNESDAY 

Paint with Art-A-La-Carte 

4-5 p.m. Feb. 22, Founders 

Community Center, 

140 Oak St., Frankfort. 

Participants will create a 

masterpiece in this step-bystep 

class with artists from 

Art-A- La-Carte. They will 

guide participants through 

all the steps of painting a 

picture on a 12-inch by 12- 

inch canvas. Wear clothes 

that can get messy. All materials 

are included. This 

class is for ages 5-12. Cost 

is $20. For more information, 

call (815) 469-9400 

or visit www.frankfort 

parks.org. 

UPCOMING 

Coaches’ Clinic 

8 a.m.-noon, Saturday, 

Feb. 25, Lincoln Way East 

field house, 201 Colorado 

Avenue, Frankfort. Lincoln- 

Way East baseball will 

host their annual free clinic 

where coaches will be provided 

with practice organization 

ideas and drills that 

have been successful in the 

Lincoln-Way East Baseball 

Program. For more information, 

email pbabcock@ 

lw210.org. 

Wellness Fair 

8:30 a.m.-noon Saturday, 

Feb. 25, Founders Community 

Center, 140 Oak St., 

Frankfort. Join the Frankfort 

Park District and the 

Village of Frankfort for a 

free wellness fair. There will 

be health screenings, educational 

information, demonstrations, 

refreshments, 

giveaways and more sponsored 

by Franciscan Health. 


(815) 469-9400 or visit 

www.frankfortparks.org. 

Jumpfest 

1-6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 

25, Linoclnway Special 

Recreation Association, 

1900 Heather Glen Drive, 

New Lenox. Enjoy a gym 

full of inflatables and multiple 

LuLaRoe vendors while 

helping to raise money for 

Lincolnway Special Recreation 

Association. The cost 

is $10 per child payable at 

the door. This is a family 

event open to the community 

and all children must 

be accompanied by an adult. 

For more information, visit 

www.LWSRA.org/jumpfest 

or email kreczek@lwsra. 

org. 

Chili Cook-Off 


Feb. 28. Event will be held 

at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, 

March 4, Lincoln-Way East 

High School Cafeteria, 201 

Colorado Ave, Frankfort. 

The Lincoln-Way Athletic 

Boosters will host a Chili 

Cook-Off. The first prize 

winner will receive $100.00, 

the second prize winner will 

receive $50.00, and the 

third prize winner will receive 

$25.00. Only 30 contestants 

will be permitted to 

compete, so those interested 

should register early. Registration 

cost Feb. 9-18 is $20. 

Registration cost after Feb. 

18 is $25. For more information, 

rules and registration, 

visit www.lweastathletic 

boosters.com. 

Ongoing 

Fish Fry 

5-8 p.m. every Friday, 

Frankfort Memorial VFW 

Post 1493, 22057 S. Pfeiffer 

Road, Frankfort. A Lenten 

menu will be available starting 

Feb. 20. For more information, 

call (815) 469-1493. 

Frankfort Women’s Club 

7 p.m. Founders Center, 

140 Oak St., Frankfort. All 

women in the area are welcome 

to attend the monthly 

meeting, which occur on 

the third Thursday of every 

month. For more information, 

contact Peggie Hughes 

at (815) 469-4693, or email 

nanapeg800@comcast.net. 

To submit an item to the 

printed calendar, contact 

Amanda Stoll at (708) 

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Thursdays one week prior to 

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the frankfort station | February 16, 2017 | 3 

Swimsuit cost at center of LW 

sex discrimination complaint 

Kirsten Onsgard, Editor 

A complaint alleges that 

Lincoln-Way Community 

High School District 210 

treated female students unequally 

by charging them 

more for swimsuits than 

boys. 

The U.S. Department of 

Education’s Office for Civil 

Rights notified the district in 

a Jan. 23 letter that it is investigating 

whether “charging 

[female students] more 

than male students for required 

physical education 

swimsuits” violated Title IX 

regulations, which prohibits 

discrimination on the basis 

of sex. 

The complaint also alleges 

that Lincoln-Way does 

not properly communicate 

nondiscrimination policies 

or how to contact the district’s 

Title IX coordinator. 

“The District does not 

widely disseminate a Notice 

of Nondiscrimination 

that meets the requirements 

of Title IX, including referring 

inquiries to the Title 

IX coordinator or to OCR, 

and notifying all of its students 

and employees of the 

contact information for the 

District’s ‘Title IX Coordinator,’” 

according to the 

complaint. 

Schools, colleges and universities 

that receive federal 

funding must comply with 

Title IX and similar policies 

— such as those prohibiting 

discrimination based on 

race, age, national origin 

and disability — and must 

notify students of these policies. 

The district requires all 

freshmen to take swimming 

for one quarter. While they 

are not required to purchase 

the swimsuits the district offers, 

boys suits are sold for 

$25 and girls suits for $40, 

lower than the retail prices 

Superintendent R. Scott Tingley says Lincoln-Way charges 

girls more than boys for swimsuits because girls swimsuits 

cost the district more. 22nd Century media file photo 

of $38 and $65, respectively, 

according to Superintendent 

R. Scott Tingley. 

The price of girls swimsuits 

is higher because they 

cost the district more to purchase, 

he said. 

“The selling of swimsuits 

is not designed to generate 

profit for the district,” 

Tingley said in a statement 

through a district spokeswoman. 

In response to the second 

complaint, Tingley pointed 

to Title IX information 

published in the district’s 

parent-student handbook, 

policy manual and website. 

A search of the district’s 

website found at least a 

dozen nondiscrimination 

notices, including board 

meeting packets, employee 

applications and the 2016- 

2017 handbook. 

The issue was initially 

brought to Title IX Coordinator 

Rob Schiffbauer on 

Sept. 10, 2016, Tingley said. 

The person “was agreeable 

to our response,” Tingley 

said, but filed a complaint 

with the Office for Civil 

Rights. 

District 

spokeswoman 

Taryn Atwell said Tingley 

had “no recollection” of 

other Title IX complaints 

brought against the district, 

and could not find any record 

of a complaint. An attorney 

and representatives 

from the U.S. Department 

of Education’s Office for 

Civil Rights did not immediately 

return a request for 

comment. 

If the Office for Civil 

Rights finds the district discriminated 

against female 

students, it will attempt to 

find a resolution with the district 

to remedy the violation. 

Lincoln-Way was required 

to explain why it charges 

more for girls swimsuits and 

how it communicates nondiscrimination 

protocol in 

a response to the Office for 

Civil Rights. 

Atwell said the district 

believes it is in compliance 

with the law. 

“We are disappointed that 

it has come to this point, as 

we have addressed all concerns 

of the complaint, and 

this has never been an issue 

in the past,” Tingley said in 

a statement. 

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Griffins finish first in three competitions 

East tops armed 

events at Central Air 

Force JROTC meet 

Frank Gogola 

Freelance Reporter 

Lincoln-Way Central senior 

Vincent Senese wasn’t 

going to let his final home invite 

go by without displaying 

the skill he had been working 

on since his junior year. 

Senese wowed the crowd, 

fellow competitors and 

judges when he closed out 

his armed solo routine by 

performing with a rifle and a 

saber simultaneously for the 

first time ever in competition. 

“This being my home 

meet, I had to give it my absolute 

all because you’re representing 

your school at your 

own school,” said Senese, the 

lone solo or duet competitor 

to use a saber. “You have to 

bring your best. That’s what I 

intended on doing.” 

His performance was one 

of two event victories for 

Central, which earned its first 

first-place finish of the season 

at the four-team South- 

West Suburban Conference 

invite Feb. 6 in New Lenox. 

Central, a combined team 

of students from Central 

and Lincoln-Way West, led 

all teams with 6,342 points. 

Lincoln-Way East was right 

behind at 6,322 and Lockport 

placed third with 5,893 

points. 

This was the final tune-up 

before the SWSC championship 

meet in a season that has 

been a learning process for 

both the instructors and the 

teams. There were originally 

eight SWSC teams, but that 

number dropped from six last 

year to four this season. 

The teams now have only 

two regular-season conference 

invites instead of four. 

The championship meet had 

“It’s all about 

teamwork, 

precision and 

concentration.” 

Sgt. Dale Steen — 

East’s JROTC instructor, 

on what makes a successful 

team 

included points earned during 

the conference season, 

but this year’s champion will 

be decided by who is the best 

at the one-day event. The 

SWSC championship meet 

will be Feb. 25 at Bolingbrook. 

“It’s a totally different 

ballgame,” said Maj. Steve 

Brown, Lockport’s JROTC 

instructor. “You used to come 

to each school, accumulate 

points to make a difference. 

Now, it’s getting your teams 

experience and comfortable 

with routines to be razor 

sharp for that one day.” 

“We treat these meets as 

competitive practices for the 

conference championship,” 

said retired Col. George 

Ramey, Central’s JROTC 

instructor. “Through all of 

these events, the JROTC 

drills develop unity, teamwork 

and discipline.” 

The varsity teams compete 

in nine events: unarmed infantry 

drill regulation (IDR), 

armed IDR, unarmed exhibition, 

armed exhibition, color 

guard, inspection, unarmed 

duet, armed solo and armed 

duet. In armed events, competitors 

use approved performance 

weapons, mainly 

rifles. In IDR events, competitors 

all perform the same 

specific routine, while teams 

in exhibitions get to create 

their own routines. 

The SWSC decided not to 

host armed inspection and 

Lincoln-Way East’s Armed Infantry Drill Regulation (IDR) team (left to right) Gus Morales, James Ingram and Tim Lutz 

perform Feb. 6 during a meet at Lincoln-Way Central. Photos by Adam Jomant/22nd Century Media 

unarmed color guard this 

year. It did add unarmed duet 

after Joliet Central and Joliet 

West left the conference, 

because the four remaining 

teams are all Air Force 

JROTC programs. 

“We’re doing that because 

since we’re all Air Force and 

want to get to (AFJROTC) 

Nationals, and we don’t 

want to have a separate set of 

SWSC rules and sequences,” 

Ramey said. 

Having all AFJROTC 

teams streamlines the scoring 

because each service branch 

drills, marches and executes 

commands differently. 

“It’s all about teamwork, 

precision and concentration,” 

said Sgt. Dale Steen, East’s 

JROTC instructor. 

Senese highlighted Central’s 

first-place finish by 

winning the armed solo 

Please see JROTC, 5 Lincoln-Way East’s Armed IDR team won the Feb. 6 drill meet.

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JROTC 

From Page 4 

event. His 727 points were 

21 more than second-place 

Kenny Smith (706) from 

East. 

Senese closed his routine 

by switching a rifle and saber 

between hands while simultaneously 

spinning the mixed 

weapons around his body 

near chest level. 

“The real trick is the 

weight difference,” Senese 

said. “One of the main 

benefits I have is I’m ambidextrous, 

so I have separate 

control over each arm. Being 

able to use that to determine 

which hand has the lighter 

object and also the different 

balance points. The saber 

balance point is closer to the 

handle. The rifle is in the exact 

middle. You have to determine 

how you’re going to 

throw it before you even get 

it into your hand.” 

“Whenever I think I’ve finally 

seen it all with him, he 

steps it up another level,” Ramey 

said. 

Central also won the color 

guard event. 

The Knights placed second 

in armed infantry drill regulation, 

unarmed exhibition, 

unarmed IDR and inspection. 

They took third place in 

armed exhibition. Chris Kuczero 

and Matt Butler were 

third in armed duet with 599 

points, finishing 82 points behind 

second-place Lockport 

(681) and 27 points ahead 

of fourth-place Bolingbrook 

(572). 

The unarmed duet of senior 

Maddy Willson and Jade 

Espinoza was fourth in the 

event with 547 points. It finished 

36 points behind thirdplace 

East (583). 

East senior cadet colonels 

Tim Lutz and Kenny Smith 

highlighted the Griffins’ 

three first-place finishes, the 

most by any team at the invite. 

Lutz and Smith overcame 

a pair of rifle drops to win 

the armed duet by 5 points 

over Lockport seniors Noah 

Frandsen and Antonio Lange. 

They went directly after Senese 

put his rifle and saber performance 

on display. 

“Watching that, and trying 

to go up against that, it’s difficult 

to keep to nerves down 

because everybody’s expecting 

you to be that good,” 

Smith said. 

“It definitely wasn’t our 

best performance,” Lutz 

added. 

The duo agreed it was the 

most difficult routine of the 

four they had performed this 

season. Even with the drops, 

they plan to up the difficulty 

for the conference championship 

meet. 

“We have a couple things 

to add to up the difficulty, 

polish up a few things,” Lutz 

said. “Just work on that difficulty, 

bring something new 

(and) unexpected to each 

competition to give us the 

edge.” 

“We’ve been trying to 

amp it up every time,” Smith 

added. 

The Griffins also won the 

armed exhibition and armed 

infantry drill regulation. 

Smith placed second in 

armed solo with 706 points. 

He finished 21 points behind 

first-place Senese (727) and 

12 points ahead of thirdplace 

Edgar Cana (694) of 

Lockport. 

East took third in unarmed 

infantry drill regulation and 

unarmed duet. It was fourth 

in color guard, unarmed exhibition 

and inspection. 

For Lockport, junior Edgar 

Cana finished in third 

place in armed solo in what 

appeared to be the most competitive 

event of the day. His 

694 points were 12 behind 

East senior cadet colonel 

Kenny Smith, who was second 

with 706 points. 

“I don’t think he deserved 

to be third place,” 

said Brown, the Lockport 

JROTC instructor. “He 

should have finished in a 

higher place. I know the 

scoring is subjective, but he 

operates at national-level 

speed. … This is my 18th 

year (coaching), and his is 

the toughest routine I’ve 

The four Air Force JROTC teams fill Lincoln-Way Central’s gymnasium for the awards ceremony. JROTC students learn 

leadership and skills pertinent to their line of service. 

Lincoln-Way East’s Armed Exhibition team reports in prior to performing their routine. The team would go on to win the 

meet. 

seen by one of my guys.” 

Cana’s highlights included 

blind catches and flips behind 

his back, although a drop did 

hurt him. 

Central’s Senese, who won 

the event, praised Cana, who 

won armed solo at last year’s 

Air Force Junior ROTC National 

Drill Competition. 

“I have to congratulate 

my friend Edgar Cana from 

Lockport. I’m surprised he 

didn’t place higher. He did 

absolutely phenomenal,” 

Senese said. 

In other events, Lockport 

won the unarmed IDR and 

inspection. 

The Porters took second in 

color guard. The armed duet 

on seniors Noah Frandsen 

and Antonio Lange, and the 

unarmed duet of Patrick Mc- 

Mahon and Lange were both 

second. 

“This was their (Frandsen 

and Lange’s) first competition 

of the season because 

they had been helping freshmen,” 

Brown said. “They 

had a few rusty moves, but 

I have no doubt they’ll be 

ready for conference.” 

Lockport placed third in 

armed IDR and unarmed exhibition, 

and did not compete 

in armed exhibition. 

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Homeowners association plans Village forum 


The first contested mayoral 

election in more than a 

decade spurred a Frankfort 

homeowners association to 

host a candidate forum later 

this month. 

The Old Town Homeowners 

Association, which 

represents residencies in 

Frankfort’s historic downtown 

district, will sponsor a 

Village Candidates Night on 

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downtown district. Some 

downtown developments 

have been questioned over 

the past few years by the 

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When Adam Pleasant 

learned about the Regeneron 

Science Talent Search — a 

nationally-recognized science 

research competition 

that stands as one of the nation’s 

most prestigious for 

high school seniors — he had 

little time to show his love 

and passion for science and 

take it to the next level. 

Pleasant — who will attend 

Loyola University in the fall 

and plans to study biophysics 

to be a pediatrician — 

found an interest in science 

and particularly medicine at 

a young age when caring for 

his grandfather. 

“I was first drawn to medicine 

when my grandfather 

was sick when I was about 

4 years old,” Pleasant said. 

“Always being with him at 

his hospital visits and when 

he needed help. I want to go 

into medicine so I can help 

people like I did with my 

grandfather.” 

“Not only that, but science 

is so interesting because it 

makes up everything around 

us, and I want to know how 

and why everything around 

me is happening.” 

Over the course of those 

two weeks, Pleasant worked 

tirelessly with his advisor and 

physics teacher, Wes Cooley, 

to develop a research topic 

and submit it to competition. 

Normally, students would 

have months to prepare for 

submission. 

“Adam was in class before 

school, after school and 

during advisory working on 

his research,” Cooley said. 

“He possesses an enthusiasm 

for science and a thirst for 

knowledge that you appreciate 

as a teacher.” 

Pleasant, who is also 

the acting president of the 

Lincoln-Way East Science 

Club, devoted his research 

to measuring the growth of 

chia seeds — a health food 

and the key ingredient in the 

popular novelty sprouting 

Lincoln-Way East senior Adam Pleasant (right) demonstrates an experiment with magnetic fields Feb. 8 to junior Ryan 

Witt. Pleasant entered an experiment testing the effects of magnets on chia seed growth into a national contest earlier this 

year. Photos by Kirsten Onsgard/22nd Century Media 

figurines — when they were 

exposed to different magnetic 

fields. He said that he 

chose chia seeds in order to 

prepare himself for college. 

“My spring semester of 

my freshman year at Loyola, 

I have an entire coursed 

dedicated to researching a 

topic of my choice,” Pleasant 

said. “So, this chia seed 

research was an attempt to 

get a leg up as it pertains to 

my project.” 

“After six days of tending 

to them and watering them, 

I observed how much each 

seed grew in what magnetic 

field and recorded my findings.” 

The Science Talent Search 

reviews applicant research 

projects from all over the 

country and selects a group 

of finalists based on their 

scientific rigor and worldchanging 

potential. Pleasant 

entered the competition with 

over 1,700 applicants nationwide. 

Despite not making it into 

the semi-final round of the 

competition, Pleasant was 

proud of the quality of his 

research in the short amount 

of time that he had to prepare. 

“The earlier you start, the 

better off you will be in a 

competition like that,” Pleasant 

said. “I was happy and 

proud of how my research 

went with the amount of time 

that I had.” 

With his high school experience 

almost complete, 

Pleasant intends to spread 

word of the competition to 

the younger students at East 

in order to better prepare 

them to enter themselves. 

He said that he has already 

begun working with a freshman 

student in developing a 

research topic. 

“I have a freshman now 

who I am taking under my 

wing and working with in 

order to generate a research 

topic idea of her own,” 

Pleasant said. “As far as I 

know, I am the first one in 

our school to do the competition, 

so I want to be a part 

of getting others involved.” 

“I want to help the younger 

students so that they can have 

the most advantage possible 

in the competition if they decide 

to apply.” 

Cooley said that he appreciates 

all of Pleasant's work 

in his attempt to further the 

science department at the 

school, and offered a helping 

hand to anyone looking to 

follow in his footsteps. 

“He has been a great ambassador 

to the program,” 

Cooley said. “You encourage 

your students to see course 

content outside of the classroom, 

but not everyone has 

that time with all of the things 

that they do.” 

“If someone chooses science, 

however, we will give 

them all the support we can 

to help them in any way possible.” 

Adam Pleasant (center) worked on his experiment with the support of Lincoln-Way East 

teacher Wes Cooley (right).



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School news 

Carthage College 

Frankfort students study 

abroad 

Gina Sipka and Thomas 

Gaertig of Frankfort spent 

weeks abroad while studying 

at Carthage College. 

Sipka was immersed in 

the French Caribbean culture 

of Guadeloupe, and Gaertig 

studied music and mythology 

in Japan. 

Sipka’s “Experiencing the 

Franco-Caribbean Culture of 

the Guadeloupe” study tour 

aimed to immerse students in 

the culture of Guadeloupe and 

to learn about its art and history. 

Before leaving for the trip, 

she learned how to live and 

get around in Guadeloupe, 

along with basic greetings in 

French and Creole. 

While there, she observed 

the daily way of life, including 

greetings, table manners, 

shopping, family behavior and 

friendship. She also learned 

about the area’s history as it 

explains the development of 

various places, institutions, 

venues and monuments. 

While in Japan, Gaertig, a 

member of the Carthage Wind 

Orchestra, discussed the use 

of mythological figures and 

storytelling within the history 

of ancient Japan. His twoweek 

course looked at centers 

of Japanese culture, such as 

Kyoto, Miyajima and Nara, 

along with more modern centers 

of historic importance 

such as Osaka and Hiroshima. 

The orchestra was in residence 

at the Sakuyo University 

in Kurashiki. 

Illinois State University 

Two residents earn degrees 

Two area residents earned 

bachelor’s degrees from Illinois 

State University after the 

fall semester. 

Pat Evans and Bridget Eileen 

Tamme both earned their 

bachelor of science. 

Six Frankfort residents named 

to dean’s list 

Six residents were honored 

by Illinois State University for 

their academic achievement. 

Ashley Chandler, Carly 

Feldmeier, Sarah Foote, 

Conor Hughes, Kaitlin Mc- 

Watters and Lauren Pedraza 

were named to the fall 2016 

dean’s list. 

University of Minnesota - 

Crookston 

Pearson graduates with 

bachelor’s degree 

Stephanie Pearson of 

Frankfort graduated with her 

bachelor’s degree after the fall 

semester. 

Pearson received her bachelor 

of science in accounting 

and finance at the state university, 

which enrolls 1,800 fulltime 

students. 

School News is compiled 

by Editor Kirsten Onsgard, 

Kirsten@FrankfortStation.com 

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Student for his academic excellence. 

What is one essential you must have when 

studying? 

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when I study, it’s late at night, so I need 

something so I can stay awake. 

What do you like to do when not in school or 

studying? 

I like hanging out with my friends and going 

to their sporting events and cheering them 

on. Also, I play lacrosse, so I practice for that 

often. 

What is your dream job and why? 

A physician’s assistant. I’ve always wanted 

a job in the medical field because I wanted 

a job where I could help someone. And this 

was the most practical option. 

What is one thing people don’t know about 

you? 

I moved to Illinois from Maryland in 

eighth grade. 

Whom do you look up to and why? 

My grandpa, because he served in Vietnam 

and then came back and got his college 

degree. He has been through a lot but 

he doesn’t show it. He’s determined and 

humble. 

Who is your favorite teacher and why? 

This year, Mr. Thompson. He is probably 

the funniest teacher I’ve ever had. Also, he 

loves fishing and talking about sports, so I 

can relate to him about that. 

What is your favorite class and why? 

My favorite class I’ve ever taken was AP 

Government junior year with Ms. Graham. 

She was so passionate about what she was 

teaching and politics have always interested 

me. So that combination sealed the deal. 

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What is one thing that stands out about 

your school? 

Coming over from North this year, I was 

happily surprised that we united together so 

quickly. I believe it was mainly due to uniting 

around our football team and rooting for 

them Friday nights. 

If you could change one thing about school, 

what would it be? 

To be able to go out to eat during lunch or 

advisory. With all these restaurants around, 

it would be awesome to be able to go to Culver’s 

or Buffalo Wild Wings during lunch. 

What is your favorite thing to eat in the 

cafeteria? 

Mac n’ cheese bites or mozzarella sticks. 

Mrs. Vieni makes those, and I feel like they 

taste better every time I eat them. 

What is your best memory from school? 

Being a super fan for football games this 

year [by] painting myself and then running 

around with a flag after we scored a touchdown, 

and getting the crowd excited so we 

can help our team gain momentum. 

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Burning love 

Frankfort Boy Scouts and Rotary Club close Winter on the Green 

series with hot chocolate and treats for Valentine's Day event 

(Left to right) Paul Lyons from the Rotary Club serves fondue for Frankfort residents 

Judy Singer and Lee Redemske Saturday, Feb. 12, at Breidert Green during Winter on the 

Green's Valentine's Weekend. Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

ABOVE: Frankfort Boy 

Scout Troop 270 members 

(left to right) Ben Malcolm 

and Michael Mysliwiec 

serve cobbler. 

RIGHT: Boy Scout Reese 

Bell checks on the hot 

cobbler cooking in a dutch 

oven. The event included 

hot chocolate, cobbler and 

fondue, in addition to a 

blood drive. 

Village Board 

Frankfort celebrates Mokena fire 

department’s 100th anniversary 


The Village of Frankfort 

celebrated the Mokena Fire 

Protection District’s century-long 

history during the 

board’s regular meeting Feb. 

6. 

Frankfort Village Board 

approved a ceremonial proclamation 

acknowledging 

the 100-year anniversary of 

the Mokena Fire Protection 

District, which also serves 

areas of Frankfort, Orland 

Park and Homer Glen. Fire 

Chief Howard Stephens — 

who has served as chief for 

five years and has been a 

member of the MFPD for 26 

years — was presented with 

a plaque by Frankfort Mayor 

Jim Holland. 

“We enjoy a great working 

relationship with the Village 

of Frankfort, and we look 

forward to continuing that 

relationship, as well as continuing 

our relationship with 

the residents of the Village 

of Frankfort,” Stephens said. 

The Mokena Fire Department 

started in 1917 with 30 

members, Holland said, and 

25 members joined the first 

volunteer fire department in 

1932. In 1933, a used, 1929 

Model A Ford frame previously 

used as a coal truck 

was purchased for $75. The 

truck is still driven today 

during Mokena’s Fourth of 

July parade. 

The fire district was established 

in 1962, and today 

covers 17,500 people over 

12 square miles in Cook and 

Will County. 

Mokena Fire Protection 

District will celebrate its 

100th anniversary during 

its annual Fourth of July parade, 

Stephens said. 

Wastewater treatment 

project spending approved 

Round it up 

A brief recap of action and discussion from the Monday, Feb. 

6 meeting of the Frankfort Village Board 

• Deputy Police Chief Kevin Keegan and Village 

Administrator Jerry Ducay warned about IRS and police 

scams targeting area residents. 

• The Annual Homeowners and Townhome Association 

meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Feb. 15 at the 

Frankfort Administrative Building. Frankfort has about 

50 homeowners associations, which “speak with a 

unified voice” on neighborhood issues, Holland said. 

• Several Village officials offered their condolences to 

the family of Terri Rossi, who died Feb. 4. Rossi was a 

longtime Lincoln-Way employee and the wife of former 

mayor Ray Rossi. 

The board approved $1.9 

million in construction and 

engineering work on the Village’s 

wastewater treatment 

project. 

Trustee Cindy Heath said 

the Village has spent $7.3 

million so far on the 20-year, 

$54 million project to consolidate 

the north, west and 

regional wastewater treatment 

plants into the regional 

facility. 

Payments approved Monday 

included $1.2 million 

in work on the west and 

north pumping stations, 

$500,000 on the laboratory 

and $200,000 in design engineering 

costs. 

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Second-graders 

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for 100th day 

Submitted by Summit Hill 

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Those Frankfort Square 

School second-graders sure 

grow up quickly. 

For the 100th day of 

school on Feb. 1, the students 

dressed up as centenarians 

and participated in 

challenges. 

Students visited 10 different 

stations, each with a different 

task to complete. The 

students tried to complete 

as much of the challenge as 

possible within 100 seconds. 

All second-graders took part 

in the 100th Day Challenge. 

Frankfort Square School second graders (front row left to 

right) Evan Dunn, Jayden Hartford (back row left to right) 

Allison Reece, Dylan Jacobson, Olivia King and Grade 

Goldberg dress as 100-year-olds Feb. 1 for the 100th Day 

Challenge. Photo Submitted 

Grand Prairie students share what they 'can' 

Students donate 

hundreds of items to 

area food pantry 

Submitted by Frankfort 

School District 157-C 

Grand Prairie Elementary 

School students donated 

several shopping carts 

worth of canned to the food 

pantry in an effort to teach 

students about helping those 

in need. 

Grand Prairie incorporated 

its second-ever food 

drive into its annual Guiness 

World Record cup 

stacking event, asking students 

to bring in a non-perishable 

food item to “share 

what they can” and “stack 

the pantry.” 

Second grade teacher Ann 

Curran, who coordinated 

the program, said in a statement 

that she explained to 

the students that if each student 

brought one can, they 

would have 821 cans of 

food to donate to the pantry. 

The students far exceeded 

expectations. 

The Hickory Creek Middle 

School Student Council 

had several carts filled 

with food — organized into 

boxes by Grand Prairie students 

— to deliver to the 

Frankfort Township Food 

Pantry. 

Administrators and staff 

members also hosted their 

own food drive alongside 

a “Souper Bowl” meal: a 

How I came to find my forever family 

Olyvia Ryle 

Student Reporter 

Hi. My name is Olyvia. I 

am going to tell you how I 

got my family — my forever 

family. I am very grateful for 

them because before I came 

to the United States, I lived in 

an orphanage in China. 

This is where my story begins. 

I was born on October 27, 

2006 in Guangzhou, China. 

My mom and dad in China 

could not care for me. They 

made a very unselfish decision. 

They left me at the 

gates of a very sacred place 

in hopes that I would find my 

forever family. 

My parents prayed for a 

child. One day, they went on 

an airplane and flew all the 

way to China in hopes of becoming 

a mom and dad. My 

mom says that I kissed her 

the minute my China mom 

handed me to her. We were 

meant to be. Now, I have a 

sister, a brother and other 

sisters from China. I see my 

sisters from China one time 

per year. 

I am so grateful that I have 

two moms, two dads and siblings. 

I think this is how our 

story is supposed to be. 

My dad said that one day, 

he would take me to China. 

Maybe I will find my other 

mom and dad in China. I 

hope I have more sisters and 

Grand Prairie Elementary School second-graders (From left to right) Jordyn Sigg, 

Josephine Kawa, Brayden Swiech and Tanner Golaszewski stand in front of boxes filled 

with donations for the Frankfort Township Food Pantry. Photo submitted 

brothers waiting to meet me 

there. I am the happiest girl 

in the world. I love my mom 

and dad so much. 

This is the story of how I 

found my forever family. If 

you are thinking of adopting 

a baby, I think it is the best 

decision in the world. Thank 

you mom and dad. I love you. 

The opinions in this column 

are those of the writer. They 

do not necessarily reflect those 

of 22nd Century Media and 

its staff. 

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All three Frankfort 

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Lynette Greco is continuing 

her family’s history in 

the restaurant business with 

Sorriso Ristorante, 9500 W. 

Lincoln Highway, which 

opened Feb. 9 in Frankfort. 

Greco is the oldest daughter 

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Chamber hosts women’s 

night 

The Frankfort Chamber of 

Commerce will host its annual 

women’s night later this 

month. 

The Frankfort Area Women’s 

Night will take place 

from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Feb. 23 

at Emagine Frankfort, 19965 

S. LaGrange Road. 

The networking event will 

include red carpet photos, 

cocktails, appetizers, desserts, 

a raffle and a movie. 

The Chamber of Commerce 

is also collecting 

clean, gently-used professional 

clothing on hangers 

for Dress for Success, a nonprofit 

that empowers women 

by providing support and 

development tools to help 

women in the workplace and 

in life. 

Sponsorship opportunities 

are also available for area 

businesses. 

Tickets are $35 for Chamber 

members and $40 for 

nonmembers and may be 

purchased on the Chamber’s 

website. For more information, 

visit www.frankfort 

chamber.com/events/fawn. 

Village welcomes new 

service-oriented businesses 

The Frankfort Village 

Board welcomed four new 

businesses to the village during 

its regular meeting: 

• Bob King Auctions, 

11185 W. Lincoln Highway 

• Caring Senior Service of 

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LaGrange Road 

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Services, 20855 S. 

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New Lenox to become villagewide 

obstacle course 

The New Lenox Community 

Park District took the term “obstacle 

course” and turned it up 

a notch. 

For the past several years, the 

park district hosted The Amazing 

Race Challenge, similar 

to the television show “The 

Amazing Race” — in which 

teams go to different locations 

— but on a local scale, to complete 

challenges that lead to the 

finish line. 

But for this year’s event, 

competitors will have to take 

on a more calculated approach. 

Each station will be worth a different 

amounts of points to divert 

it from being a race. 

“It was automatically given 

who the winners were when 

people got back in the order 

they came in,” said NLCPD 

Recreation Supervisor Tracy 

Wrase. “The way we’re doing 

it now, there will be different 

points at different stations, so 

teams won’t know when they 

get back right away who the 

winner is. It’ll be a more suspenseful 

thing.” 

Now named the Road Rally 

Adventure, the event is set to 

take place from 5:30 p.m.-midnight 

Saturday, March 11 (Feb. 

24 being the soft deadline to 

register). Roughly four hours 

will be spent finishing challenges 

all over the New Lenox 

village limits. Then, teams are 

to enjoy food, games, open bar, 

a photo slideshow of the night 

and an awards ceremony. 

The cost is $260 per team of 

four. All must be 21 or older. 

The winners will get their money 

back, along with a trophy. 

“This is something different,” 

she said. “It’s not your average 

scavenger hunt.” 

Reporting by James Sanchez, 

Editor. For more, visit 

NewLenoxPatriot.com. 

FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION 

Tinley Park officials opt out of 

Cook County ordinance to raise 

minimum wage, offer paid sick 

leave 

The Village of Tinley Park 

will not be implementing Cook 

County’s ordinance that looks 

to raise minimum wage and offer 

paid sick leave for employees. 

At the Feb. 7 regular board 

meeting, Tinley Park officials 

voted unanimously to opt out 

of the county’s recently passed 

ordinance, but they plan to still 

uphold minimum wage laws set 

by the State and federal government. 

In October 2016, Cook County 

adopted the “Earned Sick 

Leave” Ordinance. This measure 

allows employees to earn 

an hour of paid sick time for every 

40 hours worked. Employees 

also have the opportunity 

to earn up to 40 hours of paid 

sick leave per year. Using the 

county’s measure, employees 

are to see an increase in minimum 

wage to $10 by July 1 and 

$13 by 2019. 

“This particular ordinance, I 

see problems for our Village,” 

Trustee Michael Pannitto said, 

noting the ordinance is “too aggressive” 

and would drive businesses 

out of Tinley. 

Because Tinley Park shares a 

border with Will County, Pannitto 

said he was concerned that 

business owners would have to 

raise their prices to account for 

the increased financial burden. 

“It would have put the business 

in our Village at a disadvantage,” 

Pannitto said. “There 

would be less jobs, and it 

would hurt everybody. If there 

was a sick leave [ordinance] 

that didn’t mandate so much, 

I might be for it, but this one 

wasn’t the right one for our 

community.” 

Reporting by Brittany Kapa, 

Assistant Editor. For more, visit 

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FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND 

Lockport Resource Center looks 

to expand in fifth year 

Cean Magosky stands next 

to a shelf full of trinkets at the 

Lockport Resource Center and 

Thrift Shop, phone to his ear, 

while Anne Magosky sits across 

from him, scrolling through the 

contact list on her phone. 

The pair is racking their 

brains to figure out how to help 

a Lockport resident in need of 

finding an affordable place to 

live, so that her 15-year-old 

daughter can stay in the Lockport 

Township High School 

district. This effort is just one 

example of the variety of services 

provided by the Lockport 

Resource Center. 

The LRC was to celebrate its 

fifth anniversary Tuesday, Feb. 

14, and since its opening the 

organization has made a significant 

impact in the community. 

But Cean, the president of the 

LRC Board of Directors, and 

Anne — his wife, a board member 

and thrift store director — 

want to expand the LRC’s reach 

even further. 

“What we’re trying to do 

as we go into our fifth year, is 

break away from [being] just 

a thrift shop, because so many 

people see us as just the thrift 

shop,” Cean said. 

The LRC offers emergency 

relief loans for car repairs, rent 

and home repairs as well as a 

scholarship called the Transformation 

Scholarship. The organization 

also works as a referral 

source to the Will-Grundy 

Medical Clinic. Those efforts 

are funded through the thrift 

store, which is the “face” of the 

organization, Cean said. 

Reporting by Max Lapthorne, 

Editor. For more, visit 

LockportLegend.com. 

FROM THE HOMER HORIZON 

Homer Glen resident receives 

proclamation ahead of 100th 

birthday 

In 1917, the United States 

declared war on Germany 

in World War I, the Chicago 

White Sox won their second 

World Series championship and 

Eugenie Lenc was born. 

The third event on that list occurred 

on Feb. 20, 1917. Soon, 

the Homer Glen resident is to 

celebrate her 100th birthday. 

Lenc’s milestone was recognized 

during the Feb. 8 Village 

Board meeting, where she 

was given a proclamation from 

Mayor George Yukich and the 

Board of Trustees designating 

her birthday as Genie Lenc Day 

in Homer Glen. 

“Feb. 20, 2017 is your day,” 

Yukich said, wrapping one arm 

around Lenc. “Enjoy your special 

day.” 

Lenc uttered a simple “thank 

you” and received a thunderous 

round of applause upon 

receiving the proclamation. 

She posed for pictures with the 

mayor and welcomed celebratory 

hugs from her daughter, 

Mary Thompson; son-in-law, 

Mark; and caregiver, Theresa 

Przygoda. 

“It was a thrill; I was very excited,” 

Lenc said. “[My family] 

shares everything with me — 

the good and the bad.” 

The proclamation was organized 

by her longtime friend, 

Judy Friebel. She said she could 

not let Lenc’s birthday pass 

without her receiving proper 

recognition. 

“I knew she was turning 

100,” she said. “So, I wanted to 

do something special for her.” 

Lenc’s greatest joy, she said, 

comes from spending time with 

her family. 

“It was a special evening, 

and now I can talk about it to 

my friends and relatives,” Lenc 

said. 

Reporting by Erin Redmond, 

Assistant Editor. For more, visit 

HomerHorizon.com. 

FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER 

Library patrons get a sweet 

treat 

The Mokena Community 

Public Library District decided 

to treat its guests to something 

special during a recent weekend 

program. 

On Feb. 5, the library hosted 

Mokena resident Sue Peltzer, 

owner and demonstrator at 

Delicious Creations, located 

in Hickory Hills. Delicious 

Creations is a full retail candy 

Please see NFYN, 19 

Police reports 

Women allegedly 

rob store, attempt 

to return items 

Two women allegedly robbed a Frankfort 

store and were caught after attempting 

to return the items to another store on Feb. 

1. 

Diana Clark, 29, of 138 W. 113th St. in 

Chicago and Krystal Frazier, 28, of 256 W. 

Marquette Road in Chicago were issued notices 

to appear in court after allegedly stealing 

from Kohl’s and Bed Bath & Beyond in 

the 11100 block of Lincoln Highway. According 

to Frankfort Police, the stolen items 

were worth approximately $230 total. 

Orland Park Police were notified after the 

two women attempted to return the items to 

Bed Bath & Beyond in Orland Park. The 

alleged offenders were detained and identified 

by Frankfort Police. 

Feb. 1 

• Kathleen Hoffner, 59, of 526 Moorfield 

Road in Matteson, was cited on South Harlem 

Avenue for improper use of registration, 

expired registration and operating an 

uninsured motor vehicle. 

• Anthony Burris, 21, of 8061 Parkview 

Lane in Frankfort, was cited at 108th Avenue 

and Swallowtail Lane for speeding and 

driving with a suspended license. Burris was 

released on bond. 

• Tyler Woods, 20, of 20463 Graceland 

Lane in Frankfort, was cited at Lincoln- 

Way Lane at South LaGrange Road for improper 

lighting and driving with a suspended 

license. Woods was released on bond. 

Feb. 6 

• The exterior of a building construction 

site in the 22300 block of Majestic Lane 

was reported damaged. 

Feb. 7 

• Katherine Rogers, 24, of 4514 Saratoga 

Road in Richton Park, was cited at Harlem 

Avenue and Lincoln Highway for speeding 

and driving with a suspended license. Rogers 

was released on bond. 

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.

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Raise your hands 

for the teachers 

Kirsten Onsgard 

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You know the teachers. 

The motherly 

second grade teacher 

who nudged you to break out 

of your shell and explore the 

stars. 

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teacher who made studying 

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Strong teachers are evident, 

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Reading these stories is a 

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shop, open to the public 

with a made-to-order bakery 

specializing in candy 

making and cake decorating. 

“We do demonstrations 

like this at a lot of the libraries 

and churches around the 

area,” Peltzer said. 

“The librarian was looking 

for people to come and 

do demonstrations when 

she saw my shirt. ... And 

she asked what Delicious 

Creations was, and it went 

from there.” 

The class — which was 

inspired by a Valentine’s 

Day theme — was open 

to people 18 or older who 

were looking to make special 

treats with someone 

special. In front of the 

group, Peltzer demonstrated 

the process of melting 

her specialty chocolate, as 

well as a step-by-step process 

that taught the class 

how to use chocolate to 

make candy. 

With a light-hearted approach, 

Peltzer led a lively 

class in the creation of 

chocolate-covered caramel 

turtles, peanuts, raisins, 

pretzels, white chocolate 

orange crunch bark and 

chocolate-dipped marshmallows 

with sprinkles. 

Participants were allowed 

to take all of their creations 

home after the program. 

“This was a good group 

of people to work with,” 

Peltzer said. “I love the 

fun classes that are loud, 

communicative and make 

a little trouble with each 

other.” 

Reporting by Ryan Esguerra, 

Freelance Reporter. For more, 

visit MokenaMessenger.com. 

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Valentine’s Day contest winners 

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Some sage advice 

The Dish looks at the complex flavor profile 

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Remembering a Frankfort first 

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In memoriam 

Kathleen Doherty 

Kathleen Doherty (nee 

Broda), 60, of Frankfort and 

formerly Evergreen Park 

died Feb. 1. Doherty was 

an early childhood educator 

and a member of the Roman 

Catholic Church. She is survived 

by her husband James 

M. Doherty; her children 

Katherine R. Doherty, Elizabeth 

A, (Matthew) Kurnat, 

James P. “Jimmy” Doherty 

and Michael J. Doherty; her 

grandchildren Ryan and Daniel 

Kurnat; her siblings Janice 

(James) Keane, Andrew 

(Karen Pierson) Broda and 

Mary T. Helinski; and numerous 

nieces, nephews and 

many friends. Visitation was 

held Feb. 4 at the Kurtz Memorial 

Chapel in Frankfort, 

and services were held Feb. 6 

at St. Jude Catholic Church. 

Agnes Houdek 

Agnes Houdek (nee Vito), 

90, of Frankfort died Feb. 3. 

She is survived by her children 

Debra Hansen, Donna 

Marzano, Linda (late Ken) 

Miner, Sandee Vermaas, 

Robert (Pam) Putman and 

John (Dee) Houdek; and her 

grandchildren. Services were 

private. 

Terri Rossi 

Terri Rossi, 63, of Frankfort 

died Feb. 4. Rossi was 

a longtime member of the 

Lincoln-Way community 

and an honorary captain of 

the Lincoln-Way East High 

School football team. Rossi 

is survived by her husband, 

Raymond “Ray” Rossi; her 

children, Amanda (Michael) 

Marshall, Brandon (Kristin) 

Rossi, Carmen Rossi, Drake 

Rossi; her siblings, Sharon 

(Dave) Pavletich, Floyd (Patti) 

Wilson, Scott (Jane) Wilson; 

and her grandchildren, 

Brock Marshall, Chase Marshall, 

Gianna Marshall, Gage 

Marshall, Miabella Marshall, 

Madeline Rossi and Tyler 

Rossi. Visitation was held 

Feb. 10 at the Kurtz Memorial 

Chapel in Frankfort, and services 

were held at St. Anthony 

Catholic Church in Frankfort. 

Charles Eaheart 

Charles “Chuck” Eaheart, 

73, died Feb. 6. He was a 

“jack of all trades” who retired 

from Electro Motive Division 

after 36 years and collected 

locomotives that he helped 

build throughout the years. 

He enjoyed attending school 

functions for his grandchildren, 

in addition to spending 

time outdoors, traveling, 

watching golf, comedy and 

western movies and the Chicago 

Cubs. He is survived by 

his wife of more than 52 years 

Margaret (nee Goga); his 

daughter Tricia (Daryl) Gunter; 

his sons Chuck Jr. (Kim), 

Steve (Dana) and Keith (Sarah); 

his grandchildren Kelsey, 

Kyle, Taylor, Ryleigh and 

Aidan; and his brothers Harry 

(Theresa) and John (Ellyn). 

Visitation was held Feb. 9-10 

at the Gerardi Funeral Home 

until services at St. Stephen 

Deacon and Martyr in Tinley 

Park. In lieu of flowers, donations 

to the family for a cancer 

charity of their choice would 

be appreciated. 

Dolores Surma-Petralia 

Dolores “Dee Dee” Surma-Petralia 

(nee Maher), 

84, of Frankfort, died Feb. 7. 

She is survived by her husband 

Bobby Petralia, children 

Gerry (Marilu) Surma, 

Cathy (Joseph CPD) Tyrcha, 

Sheryl (Charles) Cronin, 

Louise (Tom) Tabisz, 

John (Dawn) Surma,Kathi 

(Chuck) Livingston, Debbie 

(Larry) Olson and Glenn 

(Katie) Petralia; 20 grandchildren 

and 29 great-grandchildren. 

Visitation was held 

at Kurtz Memorial Chapel. 

Funeral service was held at 

St. Jude Catholic Church. Internment 

was private. 

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24 | February 16, 2017 | The frankfort station Life & Arts 


Brass band seeks 

music scholarship 

applicants 

Submitted by the Frankfort 

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Now in its second year, 

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graders through high school 

seniors, and four $500 scholarships 

for anyone going 

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The Frankfort Brass Band 

has roots in the 19th century 

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Frankfort children 

send love to 

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bill Jones, Managing Editor 

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l.healy@22ndcenturymedia.com 

Winners 

of The 

Frankfort 

Station’s 

Valentine’s 

Day 

Coloring 

Contest 

included 

3-yearold 

CJ 

Brenzek 

(right), 

8-year-old 

Laurel 

Svehla 

(bottom) 

and 

7-year-old 

Addison 

Mazur 

(left). 

Images 

submitted 

Given the opportunity 

once again this year, area 

children did not hesitate to 

show their love and appreciation 

for America’s armed 

forces. 

Publisher 22nd Century 

Media Southwest Chicago’s 

Valentine’s Day Coloring 

Contest for weeks asked area 

children to download a blank 

heart entry form and color it, 

with all of the entries to be 

sent through an area organization 

to active military personnel 

and veterans. When 

all was said and done Feb. 8, 

the seven newspapers across 

the branch collected a total 

of 557 entries. 

The Frankfort Station’s 

staff judged the entries across 

three age categories based on 

creativity and neatness. 

The three Frankfort children 

who rose to the top of 

the pile were C.J. Brenzek, 

Addison Mazur and Laurel 

Svehla. 

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It is often those behind the 

scenes who do not receive the recognition 

or the awards for the vital 

work they contribute. 

Terri Rossi, a longtime athletic 

secretary in Lincoln-Way Community 

High School District 210 

and former First Lady of Frankfort, 

could be categorized as someone 

whose work was primarily done 

behind the scenes, but her caring, 

charismatic personality radiated 

out for the Lincoln-Way community 

to see. 

Today, her personality is what 

many remember her for. 

Rossi, 63, of Frankfort, died 

Feb. 4 at the Joliet Area Community 

Hospice House in Joliet. She 

leaves behind a legacy in both the 

high school district and the Frankfort 

communities. 

“We were so fortunate to have 

had Terri Rossi in our lives and 

in the Lincoln-Way East football 

family for over 15 years,” said Rob 

Zvonar, East football head coach. 

“Terri leaves a legacy of selflessness 

and kindness that will never 

be forgotten. She constantly put the 

needs of others before herself and 

did everything she could to help the 

coaches, student-athletes, parents, 

faculty and administration have a 

better experience at Lincoln-Way.” 

Rossi started her career at the 

school district as a financial secretary 

at East, transferred to the role 

of athletic secretary at Lincoln- 

Way Central and finished as the 

athletic secretary at East. She retired 

in 2015 and was an honorary 

captain of the East football team. 

Her colleagues remember her as 

a great friend who would always 

put others first and go out of her 

way to help. 

“She took care of everybody,” 

said Brian Papa, former East girls 

soccer head coach. “There was not 

a time I met her she wasn’t willing 

to help. If I didn’t know something, 

and she didn’t know it, she’d find 

it out for me. … She was an awesome 

person — a good, good person.” 

Terri Rossi, who was a honorary captain of the Lincoln-Way East football team after she retired from the district in 2015, flips the coin for one of the 

Griffins’ football games. Photo Submitted 

Rossi also had an impact on 

students’ lives at Lincoln-Way. 

She worked to organize and start 

the Lincoln-Way East bookstore, 

Frankfort Mayor Jim Holland said. 

“There’s hardly a student-athlete 

at East who didn’t know Terri Rossi 

over the last probably 10 years 

or so,” Holland said. “She was 

outgoing, friendly and well-liked. 

... The memory of her that I will 

take away is the positive impact 

she had on the students and staff at 

Lincoln-Way East High School.” 

Holland said he remembered 

first meeting Rossi when she was 

involved in planning a Save the 

Water Tower Ball in the 1990s in 

Frankfort — an effort to maintain 

the historic water tower near the 

Frankfort Chamber of Commerce 

building. 

Rossi’s husband, Ray Rossi, was 

the mayor of Frankfort from 1993- 

2005. 

“I don’t think I’ve ever heard 

anybody say anything negative 

about Terri, and that speaks volumes 

about who she was,” Papa 

said. 

In addition to helping out when 

needed at East and demonstrating 

kindness to students and staff 

alike, Rossi kept things organized 

and paid attention to all of the little 

details that made things easier for 

everyone else, he added. 

Some of Papa’s favorite memories 

of Rossi are moments he 

would come to her with concerns 

or frustrations, and she would listen 

and tell him that everything 

would work out. 

“People just remember her,” he 

“Terri leaves a legacy of selflessness and 

kindness that will never be forgotten.” 

Rob Zvonar — Lincoln-Way East High School Football coach, 

on his memory of Terri Rossi 

said. “I know how I’ll remember 

her and the fond memories I have 

of how she helped me get through 

instances. It’s usually the people 

behind the scenes who don’t get 

the accolades, and she’s one of 

those people behind the scenes.” 

Zvonar added that Rossi made 

the athletic office at East a better 

place and made everyone who entered 

feel welcomed. 

“Terri had a genuine love, care 

and concern for those whom she 

was around,” he said. 

Rossi is survived by husband 

Raymond “Ray” Rossi; children 

Amanda (Michael) Marshall, Brandon 

(Kristin) Rossi, Carmen Rossi 

and Drake Rossi; siblings Sharon 

(Dave) Pavletich, Floyd (Patti) 

Wilson and Scott (Jane) Wilson; 

and grandchildren Brock Marshall, 

Chase Marshall, Gianna Marshall, 

Gage Marshall, Miabella Marshall, 

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Four Lincoln-Way orchestras perform fiddle ditties and festival 

pieces at Winter Strings Extravaganza 

Julianna Borgia (left) and Jordan Bruni perform with the 

Lincoln-Way East orchestra Feb. 7. The event opened with 

a performance by a Scottish fiddler. 

The Beginning Orchestra, stands for applause Feb. 7 after performing at the Winter Strings Extravaganza at Lincoln-Way 

East High School. Four area festival orchestras performed in total. Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

Ryan McGonagle, a student at Hickory Creek Jr. High, 

warms up before playing with the Beginning Orchestra. 

McGonagle is one of more than 200 students involved 

with strings groups through Lincoln-Way Community High 

School District 210 and its feeder schools. The orchestras 

are directed by Michelle Freeland, who has grown the 

program from 19 students five years ago. 

Members of the Beginning Orchestra stand for applause 

Members of the Beginning Orchestra (Back from left 

to right) Alizahy Silva, Hailey Grabinski, Obi Onyeobia, 

Emileigh Belitz, (front from left to right) Hannah Ardagh and 

Ellie Freeland pose for a photo before the show.

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The Dish 

Vegan Cafe freed its owner from corporate shackles 

Lockport spot keeps 

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extensive menu 

Erin Redmond, Assistant Editor 

Roughly 10 years ago, 

Marguerite Baltages-Ruminski 

was staring death in 

the face. 

Her corporate job, she told 

her husband, was going to 

kill her emotionally, spiritually 

or physically. 

She knew she had to get 

out. So, she traded her cubicle 

for kitchenware and 

started her own catering 

business, Healthy Sins. 

Fast-forward five years to 

the night the Homer Glen 

resident and her husband 

dropped into the Vegan 

Cafe, 928 S. State St. in 

Lockport, for dinner. As she 

was dining, a light bulb went 

off in Baltages-Ruminski’s 

head. She found out the cafe 

offered classes and decided 

to take a few as a way to expand 

her catering business. 

But when she found out the 

cafe was volunteer-based, it 

was game over. 

“I love to volunteer,” 

Baltages-Ruminski said. 

“I started volunteering so 

much that [then owner] Laurie 

Sloan approached me and 

said, ‘Do you want to buy 

it?’ I looked at her and said, 

‘Are you nuts?’ 

"Next thing I knew, I was 

signing the [paperwork].” 

Baltages-Ruminski still 

had her doubts, though. As 

she waited for Sloan to arrive 

the morning on Sept. 1, 2013, 

she asked her late father, who 

also owned a restaurant when 

she was growing up, for a 

sign she was doing the right 

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train whistle. 

“It’s 9 o’clock in the 

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was a half-block from 

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the morning. It blew its horn, 

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bought it that she did not 

want to change much — but 

she had to put her spin on it. 

The artwork on the walls and 

some of the traditional recipes 

remain the same, but she 

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or $13 as a lunch special), 

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is simply cashews, lemon 

juice, olive oil, garlic, herbs 

and traditional yeast, which 

gives it the cheesy flavor. 

As the owner of a vegan 

restaurant, Baltages-Ruminski 

said she is often 

faced with apprehension. 

Because of that, she tries to 

have something for everyone. 

When carnivores stroll 

through her door and take a 

seat at the leaf-shaped tables, 

she recommends the nachos. 

The taco “meat” is three 

simple ingredients: almonds, 

sun-dried tomatoes and Mexican 

seasoning. It is piled 

high atop corn chips made in 

house. Guacamole is made 

from organic avocados, with 

a nacho drizzle — made from 

sunflower seeds and turmeric 

— that gives a yellow hue. A 

cashew, lemon juice and olive 

oil blended sour “cream” 

sauce ties it all together. 

The Salisbury “steak” ($17.95) at the Vegan Cafe in 

Lockport is made from walnuts, mushrooms, pumpkin 

seeds and onions, with a cascading mushroom gravy on 

top. The lunch special ($13), seen here, also comes with a 

garden salad and brownie bites. 

Erin Redmond/22nd Century Media 

“This is the healthiest 

you will eat anywhere, any 

time,” Baltages-Ruminski 

said. “I tell people to be 

open-minded and try it. I’ve 

had people go, ‘I’m afraid,’ 

and I go, ‘It’s food; there’s 

nothing to be afraid of.’ It’s 

not for everybody, and I 

know that. That’s OK.” 

And Baltages-Ruminski 

will not let customers leave 

with trying dessert. Hearty 

but healthy, Baltages-Ruminski 

offers desserts such 

as brownies, macaroons and 

the cafe’s signature almond 

butter pie ($8 per slice), 

made from almond butter 

that is ground on site and 

mixed with bananas and cinnamon, 

stuffed into a date 

and pecan crust, and slathered 

with chocolate ganache. 

On a mission 

Baltages-Ruminski’s interest 

in healthy foods did 

not happen by accident, and 

her mission is twofold — get 

healthier and give back. 

She was diagnosed with 

multiple sclerosis nearly 20 

years ago, and when her doctor 

told her that her numbers 

were “off the charts,” she 

knew it was time to make a 

change. 

She admits that she is still 

a “transitioning” vegan. She 

also has a nut allergy. So, 

sticking to her new diet can 

be tricky at times. Her restrictive 

eating requirements 

have inspired new dressings 

— such as the pumpkin seed 

cheese, made from pumpkin 

seeds, cilantro, garlic and 

ginger — so that others like 

her can enjoy what the restaurant 

has to offer. 

“As soon as I decided to 

go into this wholeheartedly, I 

feel so much different and so 

much better,” she said. 

The Vegan Cafe was a nonprofit 

when she bought it, and 

while she tried to uphold its 

status, Baltages-Ruminski 

said she’s doing “the next 

best thing.” All employees 

went from volunteers to paid 

employees, but she does not 

collect a salary. Instead, everything 

goes back to charities 

such as MorningStar 

Mission to help the homeless 

and animal rescues like TLC 

Animal Shelter. 

“Honestly, that’s why I 

do it,” Baltages-Ruminski 

said. “I got to a point in my 

life where I’m like, ‘Let’s 

have some fun,’ and it is. I 

love this. ... I wake up in the 

morning with a purpose.”

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The Dish 

Bonefish fashions four-flavor drink in pomegranate and sage martini 

Bill Jones, Managing Editor 

When it comes to flavor 

profiles, drinks usually lean 

toward sweet, sour, bitter or, 

on rare occasions, savory. 

But instead of committing 

to just one, the latest 

cocktail at Bonefish Grill 

in Orland Park tries to capture 

all four in one blend for 

something that also plays to 

the hopefully soon-to-come 

spring season by being 

“light and refreshing,” according 

to managing partner 

Nicholas Kapellas. 

The pomegranate and 

sage martini ($9.10) — unlike 

some of the restaurant’s 

seasonal repeats, a 

completely new offering 

— combines Reyka smallbatch 

vodka, fresh sage simple 

syrup, POM Wonderful 

100 percent pomegranate 

The pomegranate and sage martini ($9.10) at Bonefish Grill 

in Orland Park features Reyka small-batch vodka, a hint 

of sage, pure pomegranate juice and lemon juice, finished 

with a fresh sage leaf. Bill Jones/22nd Century Media 

juice, Cointreau, freshlysqueezed 

lemon juice and 

Angostura bitters, as far as 

the franchise-wide recipe 

goes, though Orland Park in 

particular makes use of Art 

in the Age’s Sage liqueur. 

“The pomegranate juice 

is a hot thing right now, 

with all of the antioxidants 

Bonefish Grill 

15537 S. LaGrange 

Road in Orland Park 

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Monday-Thursday 

• 11 a.m.-11:30 p.m. 

Friday and Saturday 

• 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday 

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Phone: (708) 873-5170 

in it,” Kapellas explained. 

“We try to use the freshest 

products.” 

The cocktail also may 

use the optional addition 

of pasteurized egg whites, 

Please see The Dish, 32 

Modern Pomegranate 

Martini Recipe 

Bonefish Grill shares 

the secrets to making 

a martini similar to its 

recent addition, the 

pomegranate and sage 

martini. 

Ingredients 

• 1.5 ounces vodka 

• 1 ounce sage simple 

syrup 

• 1 ounce POM 

Wonderful 100 percent 

pomegranate juice 

• .25 ounces Cointreau 

or similar orange-flavored 

liqueur 

• 1 ounce freshly 

squeezed lemon juice 

• 2 dashes Angostura 

bitters 

• .5 ounces pasteurized 

egg whites (optional) 

Method 

• Pack a pint glass or a 

martini shaker with ice. 

• Combine all ingredients 

in a shaker tin and shake 

until icy cold. 

• Strain into a frozen 

martini glass. 

• Garnish with fresh sage 

leaf for garnish. 

Making a fresh sage simple 

Syrup 

Bring 6 cups of water 

to a rolling boil. Add 4 

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(for richer texture) or 

superfine sugar and stir 

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leaves and let boil for 

two minutes. Turn off 

heat and let cool. Cover 

and refrigerate for 24-48 

hours. 

Note: The sage needs 

time to infuse throughout 

the simple syrup, so the 

longer you infuse, the 

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The Fit 

Love yourself, care for your health 

In step 

Dads and daughters bond at Sock Hop Dance 

Arlene Santiago 

Contributing Columnist 

In the month of February, 

we think often think 

about love. We show 

love in different ways: gifts, 

kind words or grand gestures. 

We often forget about 

someone extremely important 

— ourselves. One of 

the best and most forgotten 

ways to honor the people 

we love is to take care of 

ourselves. Selflessness, although 

admirable, can leave 

others feeling guilty and 

often, you can be exhausted 

and sometimes resentful. 

Those who love you want 

to see you happy. They 

would love nothing more 

than seeing you take care of 

yourself. This includes your 

health. If you are not happy 

and healthy, you are no good 

to anyone else. For example, 

when a flight attendant goes 

through the emergency 

procedures on a plane, we 

are told to put on our mask 

first before assisting others. 

Same principle applies here 

for your health. It can be 

difficult and you might feel 

guilty, but the people who 

truly care will support you. 

How heartbreaking is it 

to see someone you love in 

a preventable state of poor 

health? Why would you 

want to do this to others? 

Your loved ones want you 

around for a long time and 

want you to be able to enjoy 

all life has to offer. 

Making changes does not 

have to be expensive or time 

consuming. 

Make small, realistic 

commitments 

Walk 10 minutes a day 

and work your way up. Skip 

a snack or say no mayonnaise 

on a sandwich. It may 

not seem like much but it 

adds up. Nickle and dime 

your way to good health. 

Sleep is underrated 

Not getting enough sleep 

can affect everything from 

our mood and skin problems 

to our productivity. Try 

avoiding large meals close to 

bedtime, as well as caffeine, 

nicotine and alcohol because 

digestion can disrupt sleep. 

Also, avoid bright electronic 

screens before bed. If we 

don’t have those devices 

close to us in bed, it is unlikely 

we will use them. This 

will equate to better sleep. 

Nourish your body 

Treat your body well and 

it will take care of you. Fuel 

your body with nourishing 

foods. It’s amazing how 

wonderfully the body responds. 

Start by increasing 

your water intake by a glass 

every day and work your 

way up to half your body 

weight in ounces. Water 

helps flush out the toxins 

and waste from the body. 

Get support 

Find a friend who wants 

to make changes and support 

one another from healthy 

eating, sharing tips or 

exercising together. Join a 

weight loss program offering 

meetings and support group. 

This is also a great way to 

meet new people who share 

similar goals. You can also 

hire a personal trainer and/ 

or nutrition coach who can 

custom tailor a program to 

help meet your goals. 

Short on cash? 

The Frankfort Park District 

and Frankfort Township 

offer inexpensive group 

fitness classes. Check out exercise 

DVDs at the Frankfort 

Public Library — it’s free. 

Many health insurance 

providers and employers offer 

healthy living programs 

for little to no cost. It may 

include discounted or free 

gym memberships, sessions 

with dietitians and health 

screenings. Often, participation 

in such programs 

comes with a discount on 

your insurance premiums. 

If you don’t want to make 

healthy changes, don’t do 

it for you. Do it for loved 

ones. Give the gift of extended 

years of good health 

to yourself this February. 

I’m sure your loved ones 

will appreciate it much 

more than a stuffed frog 

singing, “Come on Baby 

Light My Fire.” 

Arlene Santiago is a certified 

personal trainer and nutrition 

coach. She teaches various 

classes in the Frankfort area. 

She is also A Matter of Balance 

Coach, Fit and Strong Instructor 

and Beachbody Coach. 

Arlene can be contacted at 

arlenesfitness@gmail.com with 

any comments or questions. 

Dan Knieriem dances with his daughter, Lyla, during the 

Daddy/Daughter Dance at the Frankfort Park District held 

Feb. 3-4. Photos submitted 

Ryan Petrow dances with his daughters Harper and Carsyn. 

The Dish 

From Page 31 

which are designed to act 

as a flavor enhancer, bringing 

the pomegranate to the 

forefront and balancing the 

complexity of the flavors in 

the mix. 

“It also adds that frothy 

top to it,” Kapellas said. 

The finished mix is topped 

with a sage leaf not only for 

the sake of presentation, but 

also to add to the aroma of 

the cocktail. 

The pomegranate and 

lemon hit the sour taste 

buds, while the orange liqueur 

and syrup strike the 

sweet ones. The sage offers 

the savory element, while 

the bitters live up to their 

namesake. 

While the pomegranate 

and sage martini offers diners 

something undoubtedly 

new, it was inspired, in part, 

by the great success of the 

restaurant’s long-standing 

Bonefish Pomegranate Martini, 

a house-made infusion 

with Fris vodka, pomegranate 

and fresh mango. 

“That’s a huge hit, but we 

wanted to take a little swing 

on it,” Kapellas said. “Sage 

is a great fresh ingredient 

that has a lot of flavor.” 

The timing could not be 

better, either, for of-age 

guests looking to give it a 

try. The cocktail is already 

on the menu and plans to be 

around until May 1. Before 

then, however, Bonefish is 

running a “Martini Mondays” 

promotion through 

March 20, so diners looking 

to try the latest offering on 

the cheap can get it for $5 

instead of the regular price 

by visiting on a Monday. 

Best paired with ... 

While diners typically 

think food, then what 

matches it well for a drink, 

it is not out of bounds to 

handle that choice in the 

other direction. 

For anyone just dying 

to try the new pomegranate 

and sage martini, and 

then wondering what best 

pairs with the drink, Kapellas 

recommends Bonefish’s 

most-prized appetizer, the 

Bang Bang Shrimp. 

That said, with the complexity 

of the drink itself, 

diners looking for something 

new to accompany 

it are free to let their eyes 

wander across the menu. 

Prefer bubbles? 

For those with a preference 

for things like Bellinis, 

mimosas or blackberry sangria, 

Sunday would be the 

day of choice at Bonefish 

Grill. 

Among the restaurant’s 

offerings from 10 a.m.-2 

p.m. on a special brunch 

menu is the “Endless Bubbles 

Brunch” ($19.90), 

which gives the diner his or 

her choice of eggs Benedict, 

Brunch Favorite or omelet, 

as well as an endless supply 

of one of the three aforementioned 

drinks. 

“Brunch is one people 

don’t realize we have,” Kapellas 

said. 

Endless Bubbles also are 

available for $6 by the glass 

or $12 with any entrée. 

Readers are reminded to 

brunch responsibly.

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6. Mister 

9. Forgo 

13. Center of activity 

14. Port 

16. Cash register part 

17. Open and observable 

18. Prince Charles’ sport 

19. Priests’ robes 

20. Tinley Park HS 

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22. Ink stain 

23. Towel holder 

24. Canary colors 

26. Stew ingredient 

30. ___ if I care! 

31. Dry Spanish libation 

32. Paella pot 

34. Cement 

38. Muslim religious 

leader 

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41. Distinctive air 

42. Australian cockatoo 

44. Prayer ending 

45. Chinese dynasty 

46. Heart 

48. Tinley Park bar 

and grill 

50. Shacks 

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inspector 

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56. U.S. composer, 

Arnold 

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64. Motherless calf 

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68. NBA team 

69. 76 product 

70. Work areas 

Down 

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2. Monetary unit of 

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5. Dionysian attendants 

6. Tropical evergreen 

that is the source of 

chicle gum 

7. Show won by Jordin 

Sparks in 2007, familiarly 

8. Track event 

9. Horse’s neighbor 

10. Hunting call 

11. Guitar stroke 

12. Cozy homes 

15. Hour, canonical 

21. Things you don’t do 

25. Floral necklace 

26. Type of cotton 

27. Detail-oriented, to 

say the least 

28. Italians’ capital 

smelling apparatuses 

29. Vertical 

31. Whit 

33. Phone-number intros 

35. Uplift 

36. Coastal raptors 

37. U.N. Secretary-General 

Hammarskjold 

40. Shoot from a distance 

43. Temporary beach 

residence 

47. “Garden of Earthly 

Delights” artist 

49. Hit the dirt? 

50. Light measure 

51. Accustom (to) 

52. Fess up to 

53. Scrawny person 

57. Maui dance 

58. Foreshadow 

59. Athena’s shield 

60. Star-crossed lover in 

‘’Casablanca’’ 

61. Accumulates 

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(21000 Frankfort Square 

Road, Frankfort; (815) 

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Free N’ Fun Bar Game. 

Free to play. 

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 

■8 ■ p.m. Thursdays: Bingo 

■8 ■ p.m. Fridays and Saturdays: 

Live Music 

The Brass Tap 

(14225 95th Ave. Suite 

400, Orland Park; (708) 

226-1827) 

■8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Trivia. 

Prizes awarded 


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(9358 171st St., Orland 

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■Thursdays: ■ Friday and 

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2220) 

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Build and Move into Your New Home from the low $200s 

With Lincoln-Way Schools at Prairie Trails in Manhattan 

Distinctive Home Builders provides homeowners the 

highest quality home on the market 

Distinctive Home Builders 

continues to add high quality 

homes to the Manhattan 

landscape at Prairie Trails; its 

latest new home community, 

located within the highly-regarded 

Lincoln-Way School 

District. Many families are 

happy to call Prairie Trails 

home and are pleased that 

Distinctive is able to deliver a 

new home with zero punch list 

items in 90 days. Before closing, 

each home undergoes an 

industry-leading checklist that 

ensures each home measures 

up to the firm’s high quality 

standards. 

“Actually our last average 

was 81 working days from excavation 

to receiving a home 

occupancy permit - without 

sacrificing quality,” said Bryan 

Nooner, president of Distinctive 

Home Builders. “Everyone 

at the company works 

extremely hard to continually 

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our homeowners. Our three 

decades building homes provides 

this efficient construction 

system. Many of our 

skilled craftsmen have been 

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Recently closed Prairie Trails Arbor Model 

over 20 years. We also take 

pride on having excellent communicators 

throughout our 

organization. This translates 

into a positive buying and 

building experience for our 

homeowners and one of the 

highest referral rates in the industry 

for Distinctive.” 

In all, buyers can select 

from 13 ranch, split-level and 

six two-story single-family 

home styles; each offering 

three to eight different exterior 

elevations. The three- to 

four-bedroom homes feature 

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baths, two- to three-car garages 

and a family room, all in 

approximately 1,600 to over 

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space. Basements are included 

in most models as well. Distinctive 

also encourages customization 

to make your new 

home truly personalized to 

suit your lifestyle. 

Oversize home sites; brick 

exteriors on all four sides of 

the first floor; custom maple 

cabinets; ceramic tile or hardwood 

floors in the kitchen, 

baths and foyer; genuine wood 

trim and doors; granite countertops 

and concrete driveways 

can all be yours at Prairie 

Trails. All home sites at Prairie 

Trails can accommodate a 

three-car garage; a very important 

amenity to the Manhattan 

homebuyer, according 

to Nooner. 

“When we opened Prairie 

Trails we wanted to provide 

the best new home value for 

the dollar and we feel with 

offering Premium Standard 

Features that we do just that. 

So why wait? This is truly the 

best time to build your dream 

home!” 

Distinctive offers custom 

maple kitchen cabinets featuring 

solid wood construction 

(no particle board), have solid 

wood drawers with dove tail 

joints, which is very rare in the 

marketplace. “When you buy 

a new home from Distinctive, 

you truly are receiving custom 

made cabinets in every home 

we sell no matter what the 

price range,” noted Nooner. 

Nooner added that all 

homes are highly energy efficient. 

Every home built will 

have upgraded wall and ceiling 

insulation values with 

Recently closed Prairie Trails Arbor Model 

energy efficient windows and 

high efficiency furnaces. Before 

homeowners move into 

their new home, Distinctive 

Home Builders conducts a 

blower door test that pressurizes 

the home to ensure that 

each home passes a set of very 

stringent Energy Efficiency 

guidelines. 

Typically a wide variety of 

homes are available to tour 

that include ranch and twostory 

homes. 

Distinctive is also offering 

a brand new home, the 

Stonegrove, a 3,000 square 

foot open concept home with a 

split foyer entry, formal living 

and dining rooms, a two-story 

great room, four bedrooms 

and an upstairs laundry room. 

Distinctive also offers Appbased 

technology allowing its 

homeowners to be updated 

on the progress of their new 

home 24 hours a day, seven 

days a week at the touch of a 

button. 

Prairie Trails is also a beautiful 

place to live featuring a 

20-acre lake on site, as well 

as direct access to the 22-mile 

Wauponsee Glacial Prairie 

Path that borders the community 

and meanders through 

many neighboring communities 

and links to many other 

popular trails. The Manhattan 

Metra station is also nearby. 

Besides Prairie Trails, Distinctive 

Home Builders has 

built hundreds of homes 

throughout Manhattan in the 

Butternut Ridge and Leighlinbridge 

developments, as well 

as thousands in the Will and 

south Cook county areas over 

the past 30 years. 

Visit the on-site sales information 

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specials and view the numerous 

styles of homes being 

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Call (708) 737-9142 for more 

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The Prairie Trails 

new home information center 

is located three miles south 

of Laraway Rd. on Rt. 52. The 

address is 16233 Pinto Lane, 

Manhattan, IL, 60422. Open 

Daily 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 

Closed Wednesday and Thursday 

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subject to change without notice. 

Please contact a Distinctive 

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Outstanding new home values in Peotone can be yours At Westgate Manor 

Distinctive Home Builders is building new homes from the low $200s 

When it comes to a preferred location, 

Peotone is a steadily growing 

suburb with a strong infrastructure 

and an irresistible small-town charm 

with a bright future—which is why Distinctive 

Home Builders chose the Will 

County village for its newest community 

of 38 single-family homes: Westgate 

Manor. 

“Peotone is a family-friendly village 

just south of Chicago and is one 

of the best kept secrets among new 

home seekers,” said Bryan Nooner, 

President of Distinctive Home Builders. 

“We expect to attract home shoppers 

from northwest Indiana and the 

south suburban Chicago marketplace. 

We will likely also see buyers from the 

Kankakee area because the Peotone 

school district is so desirable.” 

Several factors attracted Distinctive 

Home Builders to this hometown atmosphere 

community, not the least of 

which was its convenient location between 

Interstate 57 and Illinois Route 

50 and easy access to I-80. Commuters 

will enjoy several nearby train stations 

and a mere 35-minute drive to 

Chicago. 

“It’s a vibrant, growing community 

that benefits from ease of access to job 

centers in the west and southwest suburbs 

with impressive commercial and 

industrial growth that has followed the 

residential boom here,” said Nooner. 

“Affordable land prices in Peotone, 

combined with lower construction 

costs add up to savings when compared 

to a similarly-equipped home in 

the area,” added Nooner. 

Westgate Manor brick and frame 

homes offer (features vary per model) 

The Fahan II, a split level 3-4BR luxury townhome at Brookside Meadows. 

2-Story Great Room Prairie Model 

three to four bedrooms, two to threeand- 

a-half baths, full basement, 

formal dining room, vaulted, tray or 

nine-foot first-floor ceilings, a large 

kitchen with custom maple cabinets, 

family room or great room, and concrete 

driveways. Depending on the 

home selected, other standard amenities 

can include a living room, den, 

dinette, a tray or vaulted ceiling in 

the master bedroom, and dual-zoned 

heating and air conditioning. 

Distinctive Home Builders offers a 

wide variety of styles and selections— 

buyers can choose among 12 different 

designs—each available in three to 

eight different elevations at Westgate 

Manor, including two-story and ranch 

homes. Square footages span 1,600 to 

2,500 for ranches and 1,800 to 3,000 

for two-story homes. 

“Most home shoppers feel there 

must be a trade off from getting what 

you need and what you want in a new 

home. With our new premium inclusions 

we have closed that gap significantly 

by including additional features 

that our buyers told us were most important 

to them,” said Nooner, who 

added that “now is the best time to buy, 

because you can still take advantage of 

preconstruction prices that range from 

the low $200s which makes this a terrific 

New home value.” 

Other premium standard features 

included at Westgate Manor are brick 

front exteriors on the first floor, free 

basements in most models, ceramic 

tile or hardwood floors in the kitchen, 

baths and foyer; and custom maple 

cabinets. Distinctive kitchen cabinets 

feature solid wood construction (no 

particle board), have solid wood drawers 

with dove tail joints, which is very 

rare in the marketplace. 

“When you build a new home with 

Distinctive, you truly are receiving a 

hand crafted home with custom made 

cabinets no matter what the price 

range,” noted Nooner. This year, Distinctive 

Home Builders is celebrating 

30 years building thousands of homes 

throughout the Will and south Cook 

county areas. 

Distinctive Home Builders, an industry 

leading innovator, offers the 

fastest build times (90 working days) 

with a “Zero Punch list” closing policy. 

Prior to closing, each home undergoes 

an industry leading 100-point checklist 

to insure the home measures up to 

our high quality standards. 

Single-family 2-3BR townhome - The Lennan II, at Brookside Meadows. 

Exterior Prairie Model 

Customers stay connected to the 

progress of their home from start to 

finish through Distinctive’s unique construction 

portal. “Our customers simply 

download our Distinctive HomeBuilders 

app and they are in touch with their 

new home 24/7 from anywhere in the 

world. The app allows our customers 

to see the progress of their home and 

access their documents at any time,” 

Nooner explained. “Our customers really 

appreciate the integration of social 

media sites directly in our app allowing 

them to easily share photos and updates 

of their new home with family and 

friends,” he concluded. 

As a semi-custom builder, Distinctive 

Home Builders can modify any of 

its standard designs to cater to a customer’s 

tastes, which means that moving 

walls, adding extra windows or even 

extending the garage are all possible. 

Nooner added that “All our homes 

are highly energy efficient and will be 

built to the new National Energy Code 

guidelines. Every home we build has 

upgraded wall and ceiling insulation 

values with energy efficient windows 

and high efficiency furnaces. Before our 

customers take possession of their new 

home, we perform a blower door test to 

insure that each home passes a set of 

very stringent guidelines which insures 

that our homes are tight and energy efficient. 

Owning a more energy efficient 

means lower gas and electric bills for our 

customers each month.” 

Peotone was established in 1856 and 

offers tree-lined streets and a charming 

downtown area complete with diners, 

pizza parlors, cafes and pubs. In season 

there is a Farmer’s Market in front 

of the American Legion. Also the community 

has a popular Fall Fest in front 

of the famous Peotone Windmill; once 

a thriving flour mill that put Peotone on 

the map in the late 1800s. A Christmas 

in the Village Festival is another annual 

community event that concludes with a 

Lighted Parade at night. Peotone now 

has an estimated population of just over 

4,000. Metra rail service is nearby providing 

commuters easy access to downtown 

Chicago. 

Westgate Manor is conveniently located 

within walking distance of the 

esteemed Peotone High School. The 

Westgate Manor new home offsite Sales 

and Information Center is located in 

Manhattan three miles south of Laraway 

Rd. on Rt. 52. at 16233 Pinto Lane, 

Manhattan, IL, 60422. Hours are daily 

from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., closed 

Wednesday and Thursday and they are 

always available by appointment. 

Specials, prices, specifications, standard 

features, model offerings, build 

times and lot availability are subject to 

change without notice. Please contact 

a Distinctive representative for current 

pricing and complete details. For more 

information, call (708) 479-7700 or 

(708) 737-9142 or visit www.distinctivehomebuilders.com.

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The Frankfort Station 

2701 Property for 

Sale 

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ES- 

TATE of 20007 SOUTH FRANK- 

FORT SQUARE ROAD, FRANK- 

FORT, IL, IL 60423 (1 story home 

with attached garage). On the 2nd 

day ofMarch, 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: JPMORGAN 

CHASE BANK, NATIONAL AS- 

SOCIATION Plaintiff V. AARON 

DUSZKA; MAGDA DUSZKA, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 12CH 1712 in the Circuit 

Court of the Twelfth Judicial 

Circuit, Will County, Illinois. 

Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) 

at the time of sale and the balance 

within twenty-four (24) hours; 

plus, for residential real estate, a 

statutory judicial sale fee calculated 

at the rate of $1 for each 

$1,000 or fraction thereof of the 

amount paid bythe purchaser to 

the person conducting the sale, not 

to exceed $300, for deposit into the 

Abandoned Residential Property 

Municipality Relief Fund. Nojudicial 

sale fee shall be paid by the 

mortgagee acquiring the residential 

real estate pursuant to its credit bid 

at the sale or by any mortgagee, 

judgment creditor, or other lienor 

acquiring the residential real estate 

whose rights inand to the residential 

real estate arose prior to the 

sale. All payments shall be made in 

cash or certified funds payable to 

the Sheriff of Will County. Judgment 

amount is $325,242.01 plus 

interest, cost and post judgment advances, 

if any. 

In the event the property is a condominium, 

in accordance with 735 

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

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

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

hereby notified that the purchaser 

of the unit, other than amortgagee, 

shall pay the assessments and legal 

fees required by subdivisions 

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

the assessments required by subsection 

(g-1) of Section 18.5 of the 

Illinois Condominium Property 

Act. 

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 

(J) ifthere is asurplus following 

application of the proceeds of sale, 

then the plaintiff shall send written 

notice pursuant to 735 ILCS 

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

proceeding advising them of the 

amount ofthe surplus and that the 

surplus will beheld until aparty 

obtains a court order for its distribution 

or, in the absence of an order, 

until the surplus is forfeited to 

the State. 

For Information Please Contact: 

PIERCE AND ASSOCIATES 

1 N. Dearborn Suite 1300 

Chicago, Illinois 60602 

P: 312-346-9088 

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P: 312 346 9088 

F: 

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. 

2702 Public 

Notices 

Certificate No. 31326 was filed in 

the office of the County Clerk of 

Will on February 3, 2017 wherein 

the business firm of JMJ Home 

Repair located at 20639 S. Frankfort 

Sq. Rd., Frankfort, IL 60423 

is registered and a certificate notice 

setting forth the following: 

Joseph Johnson, 20639 S. Frankfort 

Sq. Rd., Frankfort, IL 60423 

815-274-8725 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Ihave 

hereunto set my hand and Official 

Seal at my office in Joliet; Illinois, 

this 3rd day of February, 2017 

Nancy Schultz Voots 

Will County Clerk 

Certificate No. 31334 was filed in 

the office of the County Clerk of 

Will on February 8th, 2017 

wherein the business firm of MJ 

Interior Cleaning Services located 

at 20239 Jonquil Ln., 

Frankfort, IL 60423 is registered 

and acertificate notice setting forth 

the following: 

Michael Mercier, 20239 Jonquil 

Ln., Frankfort, IL 60423 

708-417-6167 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Ihave 

hereunto set my hand and Official 

Seal at my office in Joliet; Illinois, 

this 8th day of February, 2017 

Nancy Schultz Voots 

Will County Clerk 

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 

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2703 Legal 

Notices 

CUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, 

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

AARON DUSZKA; MAGDA 

DUSZKA, 

Defendant. 

No. 12 CH 1712 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that 

pursuant to ajudgment entered in 

the above cause on the 15th day of 

November, 2016, MIKE KELLEY, 

Sheriff of Will County, Illinois, 

will on Thursday, the 2nd day of 

March, 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 4 OF BLOCK 54 IN 

FRANKFORT SQUARE UNIT 

NO. 15, BEING ASUBDIVISION 

OF PART OF THE NORTHWEST 

1/4 OFSECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 

35 NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST 

OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL 

MERIDIAN, LYING SOUTH OF 

THE INDIAN BOUNDARY 

LINE, ACCORDING TO THE 

PLAT THEREOF RECORDED 

AUGUST 30, 1979, AS DOCU- 

MENT NO. R79-32134, IN WILL 

COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

Commonly known as: 

20007 SOUTH FRANKFORT 

SQUARE ROAD, FRANKFORT, 

IL, IL 60423 

Description of Improvements: 

1 story home with attached garage 

P.I.N.: 

19-09-13-132-004-0000 

Terms ofSale: ten percent (10%) 

at the time of sale and the balance 

within twenty-four (24) hours; 

plus, for residential real estate, a 

statutory judicial sale fee calculated 

at the rate of $1 for each 

$1,000 or fraction thereof of the 

amount paid bythe purchaser to 

the person conducting the sale, not 

to exceed $300, for deposit into the 

Abandoned Residential Property 

Municipality Relief Fund. Nojudicial 

sale fee shall be paid by the 

mortgagee acquiring the residential 

real estate pursuant to its credit bid 

at the sale or by any mortgagee, 

judgment creditor, or other lienor 

acquiring the residential real estate 

whose rights inand to the residential 

real estate arose prior to the 

sale. All payments shall be made in 

cash or certified funds payable to 

the Sheriff of Will County. Judgment 

amount is $325,242.01 plus 

interest, cost and post judgment advances, 

if any. 

In the event the property is a condominium, 

in accordance with 735 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

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: 

PIERCE AND ASSOCIATES 

1 N. Dearborn Suite 1300 

Chicago, Illinois 60602 

P: 312-346-9088 

F: 

Plaintiff's Attorney 

MIKE KELLEY 

Sheriff of Will County 

NOTICE OF DISPOSAL OF 

PROPERTY 

Notice is hereby given that pursuant 

toSection 4of the Self-Storage 

Facility Act, State ofIllinois, Becubed 

Frankfort, LLC will dispose 

of entire contents of the leased unit 

specified below by on-line auction 

on 06-March 2017 At 9:00 am 

CST at www.storagetreasures.com. 

The leased units to be auctioned in 

accordance herein and tenant of record 

are: 357 Vincent C Bowen 

BID NOTICE 

The Village ofFrankfort is accepting 

bids for the supply and replacement 

of parkway trees located 

throughout the Village. Bid packets 

may be obtained online at 

http://www.villageoffrankfort.com/ 

work/do-business-with-thevillage,or 

acopy can be picked up 

at the front desk of the Village Hall 

located at 432 West Nebraska, 

Frankfort, Illinois 60423. All bids 

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of Frankfort by 10:00 AM on February 

27, 2017. 

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Circle One: 

Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Barbara Belka 

Belka is a sophomore on the 

Lincoln-Way co-op gymnastics 

team. 

How long have you 

been doing gymnastics, 

and how did you get 

started? 

[I’ve been doing gymnastics] 

since I was 3 years old. 

My mom was a gymnast and 

so was my grandma, so naturally 

my mom just put me in 

gymnastics. 

Did your mother and 

grandmother influence 

you? 

They really pushed me 

into gymnastics, because 

they were kind of like my 

role models, and I wanted 

to be like them. I focused 

on my gymnastics so I could 

do well, so I could live up 

to how well they did. [My 

mom] knows all the skills 

and all the events, so I can 

talk to her about my gymnastics. 

What did you do before 

joining the Lincoln-Way 

co-op? 

I did club gymnastics, so 

it was really intense. I just 

wanted a change and wanted 

to be with some friends, so I 

joined the high school team. 

What has been your 

biggest accomplishment 

this season? 

My biggest probably winning 

floor at regionals. It was 

really a confidence booster 

for me, and I just felt more 

confident going into sectionals, 

now that I won floor. 

What have you learned 

from your teammates or 

your coach? 

That really, if you put your 

mind to anything, you can 

accomplish it. You start off 

doing a skill and it’s really 

hard. But your teammates 

and your coaches encourage 

you, and you can get those 

skills you’ve been working 

for your whole gymnastics 

career. 

What are your plans for 

after high school? 

I am most likely going 

to focus on my education. I 

have been focused on gymnastics 

my whole life, and 

I just want to focus on my 

academic career now. I want 

to do something with math, 

because it’s my favorite subject, 

but I don’t know exactly 

what job yet. 

How do you stay calm 

and focused at meets? 

Before a meet, I listen to 

normal music and get in the 

zone. I make sure my whole 

team is encouraging me the 

whole time. That’s how I do 

well: I just focus with my 

team. 

Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

What is one memorable 

moment that occurred 

outside of a meet this 

year? 

We’ve had a lot of pasta 

parties. It’s a lot of fun because 

we all hang out and 

play fun games. The pasta 

parties are definitely my favorite 

because we all have a 

fun time and we don’t have 

to thing about gymnastics 

for a bit. 

Who is your favorite 

athlete? 

Aly Raisman is my favorite 

athlete because she’s 

been to the Olympics twice, 

and her gymnastics really 

inspires me. It was awesome 

[watching her at the Olympics] 

because she went the 

first time, and her second 

time was even better. I just 

felt she worked so hard to 

get there, and she just encouraged 

me to do better. 

What is your favorite 

TV show? 

“Pretty Little Liars.” 

Interview by Kirsten Onsgard, 

Editor.


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Hockey 

Celtics moving on up to Kennedy Cup Finals 

Providence sweeps 

St. Rita in semifinals 

Brittany Kapa, Assistant Editor 

St. Rita’s fan section came 

in strong, loud and like a scene 

from “Braveheart,” complete 

with blue face paint. 

The team’s fans would 

leave quieter and much more 

reserved than they entered. 

On Thursday, Feb. 9, the 

No. 1-seeded Providence 

Celtics took on the No. 

4-seeded St. Rita Mustangs 

in the semifinal round of the 

Kennedy Cup. St. Rita hosted 

Providence at Southwest Ice 

Arena in Crestwood for the 

second game of the series. 

Providence proved victorious 

by the end of the night with a 

2-0 win, and the Celtics swept 

the series with back-to-back 

shutouts. 

Providence’s Ryan Iaciancio, 

of Tinley Park, kept his 

undefeated streak alive in the 

Chicago Catholic Hockey 

League with a 25-save performance 

en route to the team’s 

Thursday night victory. 

“I knew it was an elimination 

game for them, so I knew 

that they were going to bring 

everything that they had,” Iaciancio 

said. 

Iaciancio finished the game 

with a few memorable saves, 

one of which had him well out 

of the safety of the blue paint. 

Senior forward Josh Mooncotch 

scored the lone fullstrength 

goal with 2 minutes 

and 10 seconds left in the 

second period. Mooncotch 

was fed a pass from Jake Vennetti 

that got St. Rita’s goalie 

moving and allowed enough 

space for Mooncotch to bury 

the puck in the net off a quick 

wrist shot. Jake Rott picked 

up the secondary assist on that 

play. 

Mooncotch cited Iaciancio’s 

performance as one of 

the main reasons his team was 

so successful during the night. 

“He stood on his head,” 

Mooncotch said. “He’s been 

playing great the last two 

games. He kept us in and had 

two shutouts.” 

Providence’s second goal 

came at the very end of the 

third period after St. Rita had 

pulled goalie Mike Iwaniec 

in an attempt to even up the 

score. 

Kevin Horan made sure 

that did not happen with a 

buzzer beater goal into St. Rita’s 

empty net with less than a 

second to go. 

A common theme throughout 

the night for Providence 

was the team’s aggressiveness 

on the puck and its willingness 

to make good plays. 

Defensively, Jake Lawler, of 

Frankfort, was able to keep 

Providence’s offensive zone 

time up with a series of good 

keeps at the blue line. 

“We try and be as aggressive 

as we can, and if [we] 

get beat, we’re at least going 

to make you make a great 

play to beat us,” head coach 

Nick Iaciancio said. “Sometimes 

we have a tendency to 

go too hard and lose our discipline 

in there.” 

The team’s aggressiveness 

did result in four penalties 

throughout the game. Despite 

being a man short, the team 

was always able to have control 

of the game. Mooncotch 

was called on a crosscheck 

violation during the second 

period, and Providence was 

able to keep St. Rita from 

even getting a shot on net. 

“Our fourth line dominated 

play for a good portion of the 

time, which was a huge leg 

[up] for us to give everyone 

else a break, especially when 

you’re killing penalties,” 

Nick Iaciancio said of his 

team’s multiple successful 

penalty kills. 

The coach said he does 

not generally like to assign 

numbers to his lines, but 

he cited fourth-liners Cole 

Kaup, of Mokena; Cam Cutler, 

of Shorewood; and Shane 

Horan, of Orland Park, as the 

essential pieces in the success 

of killing those penalties. 

The team celebrated its 

victory after the game, but 

the players know that their 

next challenge looms ahead. 

Providence is preparing to 

take on Fenwick in the Kennedy 

Cup finals, and no one 

wants to lose focus before 

then. 

“We know we’re playing 

Fenwick in the finals, and we 

know they’re going to bring 

everything they have,” Ryan 

Iaciancio said. “We know 

that this final, anything can 

happen, so we have to bring 

our ‘A’ game.” 

Senior forward Tom Dickason (left) of Frankfort looks for the puck Feb. 9 in Providence 

Catholic High School’s win over St. Rita’s. Julie McMann/22nd Century Media 

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Boys basketball 

■Feb. ■ 17 host Bolingbrook, 6:30 p.m. 

■Feb. ■ 21 at Lockport, 7 p.m. 

■Feb. ■ 17 at IHSA state 


Girls basketball 

■Feb. ■ 16 at IHSA regional 

Boys swimming 

■Feb. ■ 18 at IHSA sectional 

Girls bowling 



Wrestling 

■Feb. ■ 16 at IHSA regional 

Girls gymnastics 


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Alumni Spotlight 

East grad closes curtain on competitive cheer career 

Van Gennep, Grand 

Valley State team 

gearing up for 

national competition 

Ryan Wallace 


Not long after completing 

four years of competitive 

cheer at Lincoln-Way East, 

Rachael Van Gennep could 

already sense a void in her 

life. 

She’d been competing 

since she was 5 years old, 

and she wasn’t ready to give 

it up. 

“Something was missing,” 

Van Gennep said. “I couldn’t 

miss out on a chance to compete 

in college … I had to try 

out.” 

Now, the 21-year-old 

is in the stretch run of her 

competitive cheer career at 

Grand Valley State University, 

a Division II school in 

Michigan, and is looking to 

go out on a high note. 

Van Gennep’s final performance 

will take place 

April 5-9 at the Division II 

National Cheerleaders Association 

Collegiate National 

Championship in Daytona 

Beach, Florida. 

Van Gennep, who is a 

senior leader for the Grand 

Valley State team, said there 

was not a singular moment 

that made her realize cheering 

was her calling. Rather, 

it was the pursuit of meeting 

personal challenges and the 

electric feeling she felt after 

a strong performance that fueled 

her love. 

“I’ve just had a passion 

for cheerleading,” she said. 

“Watching older people perform, 

I just knew this is what 

I wanted to do. I love the energetic 

atmosphere and being 

able to go out on the floor 

and show people what we’ve 

been working so hard for.” 

Van Gennep said the sensation 

upon executing a near 

flawless routine is like no 

other. 

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to do because you’ve built 

up the muscle memory, and 

you’re just in cruise control,” 

she said. “You don’t 

hold back, and you keep 

pushing though, and at the 

end you want to cry because 

you hit it.” 

Laying the foundation 

Van Gennep’s first foray 

into competitive cheer came 

at Lincoln-Way East. 

Her high school teams 

competed in seven competitions 

each year, which included 

conference, sectional 

and state competitions. Each 

year, the team would attempt 

to perfect one routine. 

While in high school, Van 

Gennep also competed on a 

Super All-Star travel squad 

consisting of cheerleaders 

from a collection of high 

schools in Illinois. The Super 

All-Stars twice competed 

in a national competition 

in Orlando. 

Van Gennep said the program 

at Lincoln-Way East 

was just starting to build 

some traction during her 

four years. 

“It wasn’t as elite as it 

is now,” she said. “But the 

coaches said we laid the 

foundation.” 

East won state championships 

in 2013-14, 2014-15 

and most recently again this 

season. 

Motivated for last shot 

Upon joining the Grand 

Valley State competitive 

cheer team, Van Gennep had 

to make some adjustments. 

The first thing she tackled 

was becoming a better tumbler. 

“In high school you didn’t 

have to tumble, and when I 

started, I was a slow tumbler, 

and that can’t fly in college,” 

she said. “I had to constantly 

push myself until, eventually, 

it got easier.” 

She also liked that fact 

that competitions were drastically 

different. In high 

school, there was music and 

vocalization. But in college, 

it is all music, and the cheerleader 

just focuses on the 

routine. 

The Lakers cheer squad is 

in the midst of preparing for 

the national championships. 

While the team is working 

on its routine, the cheerleaders 

are also keeping themselves 

busy cheering at basketball 

games. 

Grand Valley State has 

experienced its share of 

ups and downs in Daytona 

Beach, but Van Gennep said 

the team is motivated to 

bring home a title, especially 

after a disappointing performance 

last year. 

“We’re had a mixture of 

both,” she said about the 

team’s finishes. “My freshman 

year, I think we were 

just excited to be there. Our 

second year, we had to change 

our whole routine, and it 

worked out for the better. 

“Last year was horrible. 

We had felt we could win, 

it was all in our hands, and 

we choked on the floor. Honestly, 

we are so ready for this 

year. We were disappointed, 

and last year’s routine still 

stings, but we’re ready to 

bring back a title at Nationals. 

We’re working hard, and 

we have great leaders.” 

As one of the senior leaders, 

Van Gennep said her 

role is to be there for teammates 

whenever needed and 

to run the practices. 

“We’re there to motivate 

because we all want what’s 

best for the team.” 

Grand Valley State coach 

Brandy Skantze said Van 

Gennep is exactly the kind 

of competitor her program 

wants. 

“Rachael is a huge leader 

on our team,” Skantze said. 

“A motivator both verbally 

Rachael Van Gennep, a Mokena native and Lincoln-Way 

East graduate, goes through her routine with her Grand 

Valley State cheer teammates. Photo Submitted 

and by example, and she is 

always willing to do extra 

reps and stay in the gym longer. 

She really pushes her 

teammates to do better. 

“She is a great asset to our 

program, and because of her 

and a few other girls, we’ve 

started looking to the Chicago, 

Illinois, area as far as recruiting 

goes because we’ve 

had such amazing athletes 

from that area.” 

Van Gennep said the entire 

experience at Grand Valley 

State has been beyond 

enriching. While her days 

as a competitor are winding 

down, she knows the people 

she has around her aren’t going 

anywhere. 

“I can honestly say because 

of this experience I’m 

going to come away with 

my best friends,” she said. 

“We get along so well and 

we hang out together everywhere. 

We all share the same 

passion, but yet we’re all so 

different. I think that’s why 

it works.” 

Van Gennep said she’s on 

track to graduate next fall 

with a degree in hospitality 

and tourism, with a specialty 

in meeting and events management. 

As for her future in 

competitive cheer, she’s not 

closing the door entirely. 

“This is it, unless I plan 

to get into coaching,” she 

said. “And that all depends 

on where I am and what I’m 

doing.”



Competitive Cheer 

Celtics maintain winning culture 

with fourth-place state finish 

Randy Whalen 


While East came away 

with the state title in the large 

school division Feb. 4, it was 

a memorable year for Frankfort 

resident, senior Madison 

Watson’s last run with Providence 

cheer. 

Providence, which was 

second in the large school division 

last season, just missed 

another trophy, there were no 

regrets for the Celtics either. 

Their fourth-place finish was 

their sixth in the past seven 

seasons. They won the title in 

2013 and were third in 2011 

and 2014. 

“The kids were very 

pleased with their performance 

on both days,” said 

Providence coach Laura 

Duesing, who has been head 

coach the past seven seasons. 

“It’s great that our surrounding 

area is so strong. 

We are all there to challenge 

each other and there’s a good 

camaraderie,” Duesing said. 

In the preliminary round 

the Celtics (87.16) were fifth. 

So they moved up a spot and 

barely missed out on third. 

But there were no regrets in 

finishing fourth. 

“Our goal was to get in the 

Top 10 and on technique and 

grips,” Duesing said. “On 

day two we didn’t feel any 

pressure out there. We just 

had fun and performed. The 

kids felt that they had their 

best two performances of the 

season [at state] weekend. It 

was a great way to finish the 

season.” 

Frankfort cheer teams finish first and second in state 

staff report 

Two cheerleading teams 

from Frankfort-area middle 

schools finished first and 

second in state competition. 

The Hickory Creek Middle 

School cheerleading 

team finished first (87.3) and 

Summit Hill cheerleading 

finished second (81.04) in 

the IESA large team routine 

cheerleading state competition 

in Peoria last month. 

Some of their older cheerleading 

counterparts at Lincoln-Way 

East High School 

were named state champions 

earlier this month. 

The win marks Hickory 

Creek’s second-straight state 

championship win, with 14 

eighth-graders earning their 

second state title. Earlier this 

season, the team won the Lincoln-Way 

East/North Pole 

Invitational and first place 

at the Lincoln-Way Central 

Hickory Creek Middle School cheerleaders (right) and Summit Hill Jr. High cheerleaders 

won first and second, respectively, in IESA state competition. Photos submitted 

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Katie Ellinghaus. 

Summit Hill’s season began 

in May of last year with tryouts, 

followed by practice and 

two camps during the summer. 

The team is coached by 

Lisa Strzykalski and Amanda 

Baske. 

Hickory Creek cheerleaders 

include seventh graders 

Miriam Azeez, Sophia Barnard, 

Emma Blau, Emily 

Caruso, Jenna Casey, Alexis 

Chiuccariello, Frankie Corso, 

Kate Guderjan and Loralei 

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Jackie Brown, Nicole Caruso, 

Hannah Collins, Mia 

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Jane Evans, Tiffani Gergely, 

Alyssa Goodman, Halle Guderjan, 

Gabby Judd, Devyn 

Mangin, Alison Pomerantz, 

Lexi Reaume, Kendall Reh, 

Lexy Selvaggio, Kelly Teach 

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Jessica Barkauskas, Geena 

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Wrestling 

Diehl heads to second-straight bout at state 

Randy Whalen 


This is the time of the season that 

the Lockport Township wrestling 

team had been aiming for. 

Through an undefeated (25-0) 

dual meet season and back-to-back 

trips to a pair of the best tournaments 

in the nation, the Porters 

moved up to be the top-ranked 

team in the state and No. 24 nationally. 

But through it all, they had a goal 

to be at their best in the postseason. 

They lived up to those expectations 

Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Class 3A 

Normal Community Sectional. 

There, the Porters established program 

records with 12 state qualifiers 

and five sectional champions. 

The Lockport dozen, along with 

other area qualifiers, will compete 

at the individual state tournament 

finals, this Thursday-Saturday, 

Feb. 16-18, at the State Farm Center 

in Champaign. 

"We wrestle a really good schedule 

and we're ready to compete 

when it's time to compete," Lockport 

coach Josh Oster said. "Twice 

before, we had seven people get to 

state and once before had four [sectional] 

champions. We know we're 

not going to win every one, but if 

you compete well then good things 

will happen." 

Qualifying 13 people out of their 

own regional on Feb. 4, the Porters 

had 12 of them place in the sectional. 

They will be represented at 

state in every weight class except 

195 and 220. 

Brendan Ramsey was not one of 

the Lockport sectional champions. 

But despite having 15 losses (22- 

15), he epitomized the Porter spirit 

by finishing third at 126 with a 3-1 

win over fellow senior Jevon Pargo 

from Collinsville. 

"It's a great day and I'm proud of 

all my teammates," Ramsey said. 

"When your teammates are winning 

and you see it, it pumps you 

up, too." 

Capturing titles for Lockport 

were seniors Abdullah Assaf (132), 

Brandon Ramos (138) and Trevell 

Timmons (160), along with sophomores 

Baylor Fernandes (145) and 

Ronald Tucker Jr. (285). 

Garnering second for the Porters 

were sophomore Matt Ramos 

(106), freshman James Pierandozzi 

(120), junior Zach Reese (152) and 

senior Nicholas Dado (170). Placing 

third were sophomore Anthony 

Molton (113), Ramsey (126) and 

senior Payton Fernandes (182). 

"Team-wise, with all of the qualifiers, 

that was just amazing,” Timmons 

said. “Everybody’s pushing 

along, and I feel like every week 

we’re getting tougher and tougher. 

A lot of guys knew that if you 

move on from this, you go to state, 

so there was a lot of pressure on 

some guys." 

Timmons, who defeated senior 

Michial Foy (18-1) of Crete- 

Monee 4-2 to improve to 36-4 and 

win his second straight sectional 

title, has his eyes set on the prize 

this weekend. 

"I definitely want to do it and 

don't want to get injured again," 

said Timmons, who finished fifth 

in 2015 and sixth last year after being 

injured, both at 152 pounds. "I 

feel I've worked way too hard not 

to take [the state title] this year." 

So does Assaf, who was third 

at 113 two years ago and fifth at 

120 last season. He improved to 

24-2 with an 8-3 victory over junior 

Carlos Champagne from Marian 

Catholic in the title bout. But 

it didn't come without a worrisome 

moment to start as Assaf had to 

take an injury timeout. 

"My knee popped, and I kind of 

freaked out a bit, but it was nothing," 

he said. "I've been waiting 

for this week. I think we can bring 

home 12 placers at state. We feel 

confident. We're hungry and we 

looked really good." 

Brandon Ramos (37-5), who 

won his first sectional title after 

finishing third the past three years, 

agreed. 

"This is exactly what I wanted," 

said Brandon Ramos, who defeated 

fellow senior Luke Smiley from 

Plainfield North 8-1 to win the 

sectional title. "But I can't be satisfied 

with just moving on. All of us 

will be pushing each other to get a 

medal or better." 

Baylor Fernandes (36-8), who 

defeated fellow sophomore Juan 

Bazaldua from Providence 5-2 in a 

local matchup, had to push through 

to even compete. But there was no 

way he was going to miss out. 

"I hadn’t practiced once this 

week because I had the flu, so I 

just gave it all that I had and ended 

up on top,” Baylor Fernandes said. 

"I’ve never been this tired before. 

Our whole team did really good 

with guys beating people who are 

better ranked than them, which 

just shows how hard they’ve been 

working all year." 

The heavyweight bout also featured 

an all-local matchup. There, 

Tucker improved to 26-2 in toppling 

Lincoln-Way East senior 

Sammy Diehl (35-3) 5-0 in the 

first meeting of the season between 

two of the top heavyweights in the 

state. 

"It felt good to wrestle him and 

get the win that I deserve," Tucker 

said of defeating Diehl. "We didn't 

have any letdown and wrestled 

great. To have a guy like Brandon 

Ramsey [ with a lot of losses] make 

it to the podium is kind of heartwarming." 

Despite his loss to Tucker, Diehl 

— who was the SouthWest Suburban 

Blue heavyweight champion 

and is making his second-straight 

trip to state — hopes to be on the 

podium this weekend. 

"He did very well, especially on 

shot defense," Diehl said of Tucker. 

"But I definitely still want to be 

on the podium [at state]." 

Cole Smith from Providence 

was on top of the podium at 152 

pounds in the sectional. He didn't 

even have to wrestle a title match 

as fellow junior Zach Reese had to 

injury default after reaggravating a 

shoulder injury that kept him out of 

action for the month leading up to 

the regionals, in the semifinals. 

Reese is expected back for 

Lockport at state this weekend. 

Lincoln-Way East wrestler Sam Diehl, shown here earlier this season 

wresting Lincoln-Way Central's Lucas Korte, qualified for the individual 

state tournament. 22nd century media file photo 

But Smith (40-4) was very happy 

for the win, as it keeps him in the 

opposite bracket as three-time defending 

state champion Austin 

O'Connor from St. Rita. 

"I was really looking forward to 

winning this, since I knew that if I 

did, I’d be on the opposite side of 

O’Connor, and could see him in the 

finals," said Smith, who has lost to 

O'Connor three times this season. 

"I feel pretty good, but I’m still not 

where I’d like to be." 

In total, Providence advanced 

five guys to state, tying O’Fallon 

for second most behind the Porters. 

Also placing in the sectional for the 

Celtics was sophomore Juan Bazaldua 

— second at 145 — while 

sophomore Jacob Lindsey (106), 

junior Dominick Ambrose (138) 

and freshman Trevor Swier (170) 

took third. 

"I had a pretty good draw, I got 

it down and made it through," Ambrose 

said of advancing to state. 

"This is my second year in a row 

and I also had older brothers make 

it down. One of my goals now is to 

place. I'm capable of it." 

Lincoln-Way West has a sectional 

champion in senior Jake Dudeck. 

He defeated fellow senior Alex 

Andrews from Rock Island 5-2 to 

improve to 32-5 and win the title 

at 220 pounds. That was special for 

Dudeck, who placed second in the 

sectional the past two seasons. 

"This was one of my senior 

year goals since I had never won 

this tournament," Dudeck said. "I 

worked twice as hard in the past 

year. I wanted to win this tournament, 

so now my goal is to make 

the semis at state, since I wasn’t 

there last year. I’ll be happy for a 

little bit but then it will be about 

what I need to do to get to that 

semifinal match." 

The Warriors also received 

fourth-place finishes from state 

qualifiers freshman Payton Geigner 

(113) and junior Kyle Quinn (170). 

"All my teammates were telling 

me that I could do it," said Quinn, 

who rebounded from a dislocated 

right elbow injury that kept him out 

for four weeks in January to make 

it to state. "After I came back from 

my injury I gained confidence and 

was able to fight through." 

Lincoln-Way Central qualified 

senior Jason Stokes (34-11), who 

placed fourth at 132 pounds. He 

also went to state as a sophomore at 

Lincoln-Way East, but missed out 

on a trip last season before moving 

to Central when the district was redone 

at the start of this school year. 

"I'm glad to make it and going 

back to state was my motivation," 

Stokes said. "Going into the season 

I had to pick myself up and make it 

happen again."



Girls bowling 

Young Griffins step up, miss state qualifier 

East's Juskie nearly 

misses state bid 

Frank Gogola 


For the first time this postseason, 

things weren’t coming 

easy for Lockport. 

The state’s No. 1 ranked 

team according to Illinois- 

Bowling.net had been in 

second place the majority of 

the day at the Andrew Sectional 

on Feb. 11 at Orland 

Bowl. As other teams started 

to fade late in the day, strong 

play from junior Bailey Delrose 

and a lineup change 

helped the Porters win the 

sectional title and earn their 

fifth consecutive trip to state. 

“It’s been a fantastic run, 

especially these last three 

years,” Lockport coach Art 

Cwudzinski said. “You don’t 

see girls with this ability this 

often, and all on the same 

team. It’s been a pleasure to 

watch them work and mature. 

They’ve accepted both the 

good and bad breaks.” 

Lockport was the only 

area school to advance to 

state as a team. Andrew’s 

Noelle Doody and Danielle 

Stefanski qualified for state, 

as did Sandburg’s Emily 

Schrader. Sandburg’s Sophia 

Jablonski advanced to state 

in the wheelchair division. 

Lincoln-Way West, Lincoln-Way 

East, Lincoln- 

Way Central and Tinley Park 

didn’t qualify any individual 

bowlers. The lowest individual 

advancing score was 

a 1,259. 

The four highest-scoring 

teams and five top-scoring 

individuals who didn’t advance 

with a team moved 

on to state. The state finals 

are scheduled for Friday and 

Saturday at Cherry Bowl 

Lanes in Rockford. 

Lincoln-Way East sophomore 

Angela Juskie closed 

the afternoon session on a 

high note but missed qualifying 

for state as an individual 

by one spot as the team 

settled for an eighth-place 

finish. 

“We had a rough start,” 

East coach Carlie Premo 

said. “We just talked about 

having fun and they were relaxed 

after that. We hit one 

of our goals of getting 1,000 

pins. We also wanted to stay 

above 900 each game but 

didn’t do that twice.” 

Juskie bowled a 1,241 

to finish sixth among individuals 

without an advancing 

team. She was 18 pins 

behind Yorkville’s Hannah 

Jaros for the final individual 

spot. Her 1,241 was 189 pins 

better than her 1052 at regionals. 

She followed up a 579 in 

the morning session with 

a 662 in the afternoon. Her 

221, 225 and 242 in the third, 

fourth and sixth games, respectively, 

were her three 

best games across the conference 

championship, regionals 

and sectionals. 

As a team, the Griffins 

finished in eighth place with 

a 5,528. They finished 249 

pins behind fourth-place Oswego 

(5,777). 

They bowled a 2,842 in 

the afternoon session after 

going for 2,686 in the morning. 

Their 1035 in game four 

was a season high and their 

first game of 1,000 or more 

pins this season. 

The 5,528 was better than 

their 4,792 at the conference 

championship and 5,170 at 

regionals. 

“It’s been a reverse bell 

curve type of season,” Premo 

said. “We started strong, 

had a lull in the middle and 

kicked it up when we needed 

to these past few weeks. 

Sophomore Sydney Tyler 

bowled an 1,176. Senior 

Olivia Heppeler rolled a 

1,081. Senior Mary Toman 

had a 1,017. Freshman Katelynn 

Adamitis put up a 623 

in four games, while junior 

Cheyanne Sanchez had a 

390 in two games. 

The Griffins will return 

five bowlers, losing starters 

Heppeler and Toman and 

substitute Maritza Sanchez. 

It was a bit of a learning season 

for Premo and the Griffins 

as Tyler was in her first 

year bowling, and the rest of 

the bowlers came over from 

Lincoln-Way North. The 

team’s score of 5,528 was 

794 pins better than North’s 

last-place finish (4,734) at 

last year’s sectional. 

“It’ll be a decently young 

team, but there should be 

some good talent,” Premo 

said of next year. “We have 

to work on staying relaxed 

and having fun. When they 

get in their own heads, they 

tend to get down on themselves.” 

East has never advanced 

to state as a team. 

Girls basketball 

East looks toward nabbing 20th win after defeating Lockport 

Randy Whalen 


As far as a game goes, last 

week’s matchup between 

Lincoln-Way East and Lockport 

Township will not be 

put in a time capsule. 

In the last regular season 

game for both teams, East 

emerged victorious with a 

38-28 win over the Porters in 

a SouthWest Suburban Blue 

matchup before a senior 

night crowd on Tuesday, 

Feb. 7, at Lockport Central. 

While the Griffins (18- 

10, 7-3) missed too many 

shots and Lockport (16-12, 

4-6) turned the ball over too 

many times, both teams took 

something out of the game. 

East reached the 18-win 

mark for the 10th straight 

season and hopes to reach 20 

victories for the ninth time 

in that span with another regional 

title as the Class 4A 

playoffs open this week. 

“A win is a win,” East senior 

guard Sam Nair said. 

“We all have off nights. We 

have time off [until the regional] 

and we just have to 

keep practicing and work 

hard. We have to tighten 

things up.” 

East shot 16-of-51 (31 

percent) from the field and 

3-of-8 (38 percent) from the 

line in the game. Griffins 

coach Jim Martin chalked it 

up to one of those nights. 

“It was just one of those 

things,” Martin said of his 

team’s shooting. “We didn’t 

shoot well in our last two 

games [including a 56-37 

loss to Marist on Feb. 4]. 

We’ve got to get better and 

put the ball in the hole.” 

Junior guard Carolyn 

Waleski (11 points), Nair (10 

points) and senior forward 

Anna Power (9 points) led 

East, which jumped out to 

a 7-0 lead midway through 

the first quarter and led the 

entire way. Ahead 8-5 after 

the first quarter, Waleski 

scored six points in the second 

quarter as the Griffin led 

20-11 at halftime. 

Nair scored five points in 

the third quarter including a 

layup for a 31-17 lead with 

3:20 left. The Griffins led 31- 

21 after three. Lockport committed 

30 of its 37 turnovers 

in the first three quarters. 

“When we pressure the 

ball, we’re really good at it,” 

Nair said. 

Power scored on a layup 

with 6:09 to play for a 38-23 

lead. But East, which committed 

eight of its 17 turnovers 

in the fourth quarter, 

didn’t score again. 

Lockport — which lost to 

the Griffins 52-51 on Jan. 17 

in the teams’ first meeting this 

season — had their last victory 

over East with a 60-51 win 

on Dec. 15, 2005. The Porters 

are guaranteed to finish with 

at least their most wins since 

going 16-11 in the 2010-2011 

season. But they also wanted 

to advance to a regional title 

game for the first time in a 

decade this week. 

“I was proud of how everyone 

played and showed 

how much they care about 

each other,” Lockport coach 

Dan Kelly said. “That’s one 

of our core values, and it was 

great to see everyone sacrifice 

for each other. 

“I don’t care what the scoreboard 

said [last week against 

East]. We were winners.” 

Before the game the Porters, 

honored their seven seniors: 

Melissa Calvo, Kayla 

Janssen, Madalyn Kennedy, 

Laurel Kucharski, Hailey 

Ledbetter, Kaleigh Schmutzler 

and Elena Woulfe. 

But even after the seniors 

were honored, the team 

made a special presentation 

to Kucharski, who was on 

the varsity all four years. 

“Laurel sacrificed a starting 

position, and they wanted 

to thank her for everything,” 

said Kelly, who started an allsenior 

lineup. “I was proud of 

the energy we brought.” 

Kucharski, who has committed 

to play next season 

at the University of Mary 

in North Dakota and missed 

a month this season with 

strained ligaments in her 

right thumb, was surprised 

at the gesture. 

“They gave me some 

flowers, and I didn’t expect 

that,” Kucharski said. “That 

was really nice. We all wanted 

the seniors to get in, and 

coach [Kelly] said how we 

wanted everyone to play.” 

Five of the Porter seniors 

started and played most of 

the first quarter. Five of them 

ended up scoring, including 

Schmutzler, Janssen, Kennedy, 

and Ledbetter in the fourth 

quarter. Kucharski (8 points, 7 

rebounds) led the Porters. 

Martin credited Kelly and 

Lockport. 

“Dan does a great job and 

it was a special night for their 

seniors,” Martin said. “[Kelly] 

has turned it around here.”



Lincoln-Way handily wins sectional to advance to state 

Frank Gogola 


Lincoln-Way co-op and 

Sandburg co-op girls gymnastics 

dominated at the Oswego 

Sectional in their own 

ways. 

Lincoln-Way’s depth 

helped it win the sectional 

championship despite the 

team having its worst scoring 

performance of the 

postseason Thursday, Feb. 

9, at Oswego High School. 

Junior Una Farrell qualified 

for state as an individual in 

all five events, while junior 

Gabby DeVito, sophomore 

Barb Belka and freshman 

Korina Jarosz qualified in 

one event each. 

“I’m just proud of the girls 

and proud of the season,” 

said Lincoln-Way coach Kim 

Lago. “They’ve fought so 

hard this season. We had a 

huge injury (junior Maddie 

Flondor) in December, and 

the girls just kept fighting 

through and came together as 

a team. It just was amazing.” 

After finishing second at 

sectional the past two years, 

Lincoln-Way won its first 

sectional title since the 2005- 

06 season. The program will 

be making its first state appearance 

as a team since the 

2007-08 season. 

“I can’t wait,” Farrell 

said of going to state with 

the team after qualifying as 

an individual the past two 

seasons. “It’s going to be so 

much fun just because everybody’s 

going to be there. 

We’re one big, happy family. 

I’m just so happy I get 

to experience this with all of 

them.” 

Lincoln-Way’s 144.075 

points were 3.875 points better 

than second-place Downers 

Grove South’s 140.200. 

Lincoln-Way posted the best 

team score in vault (36.625), 

floor (36.275), bars (35.800) 

and beam (35.375). 

The 144.075 is a drop 

from its regional-winning 

score of 145.475, which was 

down from a season-high 

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Lincoln-Way’s sectional title is the team’s first since the 

2007-2008 season. 

West Suburban Conference 

championship. It is also the 

lowest score of the four sectional 

winners: DeKalb put 

up a 148.575, Prairie Ridge 

posted a 147.850 and Glenbrook 

South had a 145.450. 

The second-half run has 

continued without Flondor, 

who suffered a season-ending 

knee injury in December. 

She was in her first season 

competing for Lincoln-Way 

after coming over from club 

gymnastics, and she was expected 

to be an all-arounder. 

“She would show up to 

practices and push us and 

make sure that we were 

working hard,” Farrell said. 

“We needed to make sure 

that we wouldn’t let her 

down because she worked so 

hard for us.” 

Farrell took third in allaround 

(36.475), finishing 

0.025 points behind the firstplace 

tie (36.500) between 

Sandburg’s Maddie Giglio 

and Lyons Township’s Olivia 

Kalata. She placed fourth 

on beam (9.075), tied for 

fourth on floor (9.200), took 

fifth on bars (8.925) and tied 

for fifth on vault (9.275). 

Last year, Farrell placed 

28th at state on beam. She 

finished 32nd on vault as a 

freshman. 

“This is finally her moment 

to shine,” Lago said. 

“She knows what to expect, 

having been at the state series 

for two years. For her, 

this is the big part of the season, 

this is her exciting part, 

where for others it’s a lot of 

nerves.” 

Junior Gabby DeVito 

placed fourth on vault 

(9.300) to advance to state 

for the second straight season. 

She finished 26th on 

floor at state last season. 

Sophomore Barb Belka 

earned her first trip to state 

with a second-place finish 

on floor (9.300). It’s her first 

year competing for Lincoln- 

Way after she spent last year 

on a club team. 

Freshman Korina Jarosz 

will also be making her state 

debut after taking second 

on bars (9.325). Jarosz, the 

SWSC all-around champion, 

finished 11th in all-around 

(34.800). 

“We have yet to have a 

meet where we hit five-forfive 

routines,” Lago said. 

“That’s really our goal at 

state is to show everybody 

that hey, Lincoln-Way is a 

great program, and we’re 

somebody that everybody’s 

going to have to watch out 

for.” 

Lincoln-Way’s Barb Belka performs her floor routine 

Thursday, Feb. 9, during the Oswego Sectional. 

Photos by Mark Korosa/22nd Century Media 

Una Farrell, who will make her third consecutive trip to 

state, competes in the vault. 

Sandburg, the only other 

area team at the sectional, 

had a gymnast win all five 

events, but the top-heavy, 

young Eagles finished fifth 

out of six as a team. Freshman 

Maddie Giglio won the 

all-around title, and she and 

junior Maddy Roe qualified 

for state as individuals in 

four events each. 

“The two of them together 

give us a great 1-2 punch,” 

Sandburg coach Mike White 

said. 

He added: “This is valuable 

experience, especially 

for those younger ones who 

had some falls tonight. We 

had seven falls last week, 

so I said, ‘Let’s try and cut 

it in half,’ and we had eight 

on the first event on beam. 

That made it easier for me 

to lighten the load and say, 

‘Let’s have a little fun with 

this, let’s work on what we 

need to work on.’” 

The highest-scoring team 

and top five individuals automatically 

qualified for 

state. At-large advancers 

will be announced on the 

IHSA website.



fastbreak 

Boys basketball 

With a breakaway dunk, Shafer leads Sandburg blowout by 20 points 

Mark korosa/22nd century 

media 

1st-and-3 

Top Lincoln-Way co-op 

gymnasts to watch at 

state competition 

1. Korina Jarosz (above) 

The freshman SWSC 

all-around champion 

took second on bars 

(3.925) at sectional 

Thursday, Feb. 9, 

taking her to her first 

bout at a high school 

state competition. 

2. Una Farrell 

Farrell, a junior, is 

a veteran of state 

competition with 

two years under her 

belt. This year, she 

qualified individually 

in five events and 

took third in the allaround 

at sectional. 

3. Gabby DeVito 

The junior's fourthplace 

finish on vault 

at sectional was 

enough to earn 

her a second shot 

at individual state 

competition. 

Jon DePaolis 


As Lincoln-Way East junior 

guard Sam Shafer stole 

the ball and stormed down 

the court Tuesday, Feb. 7, 

heading toward the basket 

alone, he was reminded of 

a similar moment that happened 

just a few weeks ago. 

“The first game [against 

Sandburg in January], I had 

a steal and a breakaway 

dunk [chance], and I missed 

it,” Shafer said. “I don’t 

know what happened. But 

tonight, I had to get it back. 

I got the steal, and I knew 

right when I stole it, I was 

going to slam it.” 

Shafer leaped into the air, 

ball in hand, and slammed 

it through the basket to give 

the Griffins a 50-32 lead 

with just four minutes left to 

play. He brought the Frankfort 

crowd to its feet. 

Shafer said it is all instinct 

once he’s in the air. 

“I just feel like I’ve got to 

get up there, and everything 

else will take care of itself,” 

he said. 

Shafer scored 22 total 

points in the game — 15 in 

the second half — and the 

Griffins blew out the Eagles 

56-36 in a SouthWest Suburban 

Conference matchup. 

Shafer also had five rebounds, 

two steals and an 

assist in the game. 

“The first time we played 

them, I took them really 

lightly,” Shafer admitted, as 

the Griffins fell to Sandburg 

in a close contest earlier in 

the season. “I didn’t think 

we were going to have a 

problem, and then they came 

out and showed us what they 

had — and they beat us. In 

this game, I just wanted to 

show them what we’re made 

of, and I knew what we were 

capable of.” 

But while the Griffins’ 

scoring was prolific against 

Sandburg, their defense 

was the biggest factor of the 

game. The stingy Griffins 

forced Sandburg to try and 

work inside, as the constant 

rotation and height of the 

Frankfort squad left few opportunities 

past the arc. 

“We were very prepared,” 

Shafer said. “We didn’t let 

them get as many outside 

shots. We wanted them to 

score inside. When they 

drove, they didn’t have 

much height. So, we blocked 

it or got a rebound.” 

East coach Rich Kolimas 

said the defensive effort was 

the difference. 

“The story of tonight was 

our defense,” Kolimas said. 

“We just put the clamps on 

[the Eagles]. There were 

some possessions where 

they held onto [the ball], and 

they were trying to score for 

45 seconds. But they still 

couldn’t score. They wound 

up shooting a three, and 

a couple times they made 

them, but I was delighted 

with our defensive effort. 

“We are developing some 

pride in our defense. You 

take a lot of comfort in that, 

because you’re not going 

to shoot the ball well every 

night. But you can play defense 

every night.” 

Despite the score differential 

at the end of the game, 

Sandburg was very much in 

control for most of the first 

quarter. The Eagles got off to 

an 8-2 lead through the first 

three minutes of the game 

thanks to a game-opening 

3-pointer by senior Edmond 

Mila and five points from junior 

Barlow Alleruzzo. But 

the Griffins battled back to 

take an one-point lead before 

a 3-pointer by Sandburg’s 

Sami Ismail ended the first 

quarter, giving the Eagles a 

small 15-13 advantage. 

Then, after tying the game 

at 15 early in the second 

quarter, the Griffins rotated 

in bench players and began 

to run a perimeter offensive. 

The results were immediate, 

as senior forward Dan 

Mulhollan hit a two-point 

jumper, and junior forward 

Brandon Petkoff drained 

back-to-back 3-pointers to 

give East a 23-15 lead midway 

through the quarter. 

“We thought it was the 

guys off the bench that really 

helped us,” Kolimas said 

of the second quarter surge. 

“Brandon Petkoff and Dan 

Mulhollan — those two guys 

really contributed. Then, we 

got a little rhythm going offensively. 

We moved the ball 

a bit better and got some 

good looks.” 

With 28.7 seconds left in 

the first half, Shafer hit a 

3-pointer from the right side 

to give the Griffins a 28-19 

lead going into the break. 

It may as well have been a 

dagger, as Shafer would score 

early and often in the second 

half to completely take the 

Eagles out of the game. 

“They stifled [Shafer] a 

little bit in that first half, and 

he came out fired up in the 

second half,” Kolimas said. 

Sandburg coach Todd Allen 

also credited the Griffins 

defense after the game. 

“They are really good, 

and they are playing really 

well right now,” Allen said 

of the Griffins. “I knew they 

were going to be ready to go 

against us, and I think we 

stole one from them [in January]. 

Sam Shafer was very 

good tonight, and he carried 

them. He’s a good player, 

and I thought he really came 

to play tonight. 

Leading the way for 

the Eagles was Mila, who 

scored 15 points and had two 

rebounds. 

“Edmond played really 

well against them the first 

time, too,” Allen said. “He 

shot the ball well, and he’s 

been struggling a little — so 

it was good to see.” 

Alleruzzo finished with 

eight points and five rebounds, 

while Jason Pygon added four 

assists and two steals. Chris 

Toth and Max Winans each 

scored two points. 

“Unfortunately, 36 points 

is not going to beat a good 

Lincoln-Way team,” Allen 

said. “Defensively, I didn’t 

think we were very good in 

the second half. We’ve got to 

keep the game in the 40s for 

us to have a chance. We just 

weren’t able to do that tonight, 

and give credit to Sam 

Shafer and [the Griffins].” 

But the Eagles also 

showed team unity late in 

the game when reserves got 

in, with Sandburg’s starters 

cheering on their teammates 

voraciously. 

“We have a good group 

of kids, and I enjoy coaching 

them,” Allen said of that 

team unity. “It’s good to get 

those kids some playing time, 

because they bust their butts 

just like everybody else for 

six months during the season. 

It’s unfortunate it had to be in 

this type of situation, but it’s 

good to get them in.” 

Lincoln-Way East improved 

to 17-9 overall and 

4-3 in the conference with 

the win. The Griffins played 

Stagg on Friday night in what 

Kolimas called “an important 

ballgame,” because the playoff 

seeds were to come out 

the following week. 

East was on a very nice 

win streak, with victories 

over tough programs like 

Lockport Township and 

Homewood-Flossmoor. 

“This team is a joy to 

coach,” Kolimas said. 

“They are competitive and 

get along with one another. 

They work hard, and so it 

is really fun to coach them. 

We’ve seen steady improvement 

throughout the year, 

and hopefully we peak at the 

right time.” 

Listen Up 

“That’s really our goal at state is to show 

everybody that hey, Lincoln-Way is a 

great program, and we’re somebody that 

everybody’s going to have to watch out for.” 

Kim Lago — Lincoln-Way gymnastics co-op coach on looking 

ahead to state competition 

TUNE IN 

Girls gymnastics 

Friday, Feb. 17 

• A deep LIncoln-Way co-op gymnastics team 

sends both newcomers and older competitors 

to state. 

Index 

53 — Girls Basketball 

47 — Athlete of the Week 

Compiled by Editor Kirsten Onsgard, kirsten@frankfortstation. 

com.

Frankfort’s Hometown Newspaper | www.frankfortstation.com | February 16, 2017 

Chilling 

effect 

Providence 

hockey shuts 

out competition, 

Page 49 

Air time 

East 

overwhelms 

Sandburg, 

lands slam 

dunk, Page 55 

After a sectional win, Lincoln-Way 

gymnastic co-op eyes state title, 

Page 54 

Lincoln-Way co-op gymnast Korina Jarosz dismounts from 

the parallel bars Feb. 9 at the sectional meet. After a balanced 

effort, the team will go on to compete at state. 

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