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District Black History Month event comes to Fairmont, Page 9 

Protecting dragonflies Utility poles, lines 

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THURSDAY 

Lockport Women’s Club 

Meeting 

6:30 p.m., Feb. 16, Gladys 

Fox Museum, 231 E. 9th 

St., Lockport. A soup and 

salad supper will be served, 

followed by a presentation 

called “Keeping Fit” by Toni 

Moran, a Lockport Township 

Park District instructor. 

Guests are welcome. Please 

call (708) 997-8524 to make 

a reservation. 

LTHS Choir Performance 

7 p.m. Feb. 16, Ozinga 

Chapel Auditorium, 66601 

W. College Dr., Palos 

Heights. The Lockport Township 

High School choir will 

perform in Trinity Christian 

College’s 2017 WorldView 

series. The event is free. Visit 

www.trnty.edu/worldview 

for more information. 

FRIDAY 

1836 Event 

6-9 p.m. Feb. 17, Public 

Landing Restaurant, 200 W. 

8th St., Lockport. Mainstreet 

Lockport’s annual fundraiser. 

The event will be hosted by 

Walt Willey from “All My 

Children” and includes a 

raffle, live auction, one drink 

ticket, Hors d’oeurves, dessert, 

music and more. Cost 

is $50 for advance tickets, 

$60 at the door. Go to 

www.visitlockport.com, 

email mainstreetlockport@ 

yahoo.com or call (815) 834- 

0700 for more information. 

SATURDAY 

High School and College 

Student Job Fair 

11 a.m.-2 p.m. Feb. 18, 

White Oak Library District 

Lockport Branch, 121 

E. 8th St., Lockport. Teens 

and young adults looking 

for a part-time or seasonal 

job will meet lots of potential 

employers at the job 

fair. Bring copies of your 

resume. Contact Flannery 

Crump at fcrump@whiteoaklibrary.org 

for more information. 

Lockport Lions Annual 

Spaghetti Supper 

4:30 p.m.-7 p.m. Feb. 18, 

St. Dennis Parish, 1214 S. 

Hamilton St., Lockport. The 

32nd annual Spaghetti Supper. 

Tickets are $9 for adults, 

$6 for children 12 and under; 

tickets will be available 

at the door. Carry-out 

is available and all are welcome. 

For questions, contact 

Jerry Richards at (815) 

838-0516 or Ron Cornolo at 

cornolo829@aol.com. 

HGJWC Bingo Fundraiser 

5:30 p.m. Feb. 18, Lockport 

Moose Lodge 1557, 

118 E. 10th St., Lockport. 

The Homer Glen Junior 

Woman’s Club is hosting 

its third annual Take a 

Chance for Change Bingo 

Fundraiser, which includes 

Bingo, Split the Pot and 

raffles. Food will be available 

for purchase. Must 

be 18 or older to play. 

Tickets cost $25 in advance 

and can purchased at 

www.homerglenjuniors.org 

or by contacting Jody at 

(708) 301-9397. 

SUNDAY 

5th Annual Wild Fest 

10 a.m-4 p.m. Feb. 19, 

Lockport Township High 

School East Campus, 1333 

E. 7th St., Lockport. The 


School Foundation presents 

the 5th annual Wild 

Fest, featuring wild animals 

such as wolves, pythons 

and more. There will be 

educational presentations, 

concessions, vendors, photo 

and petting opportunities 

with proceeds benefiting 

student scholarships and animal 

rescue programs. Admission 

is $8 for adults, $5 

for children 12 and under as 

well as students with valid 

school I.D. 

Venturing Crew 63 Chili 

Cook-off Fundraiser 

4-8 p.m. Feb. 19, Veterans 

of Foreign Wars Post 5788, 

1026 E. 9th St., Lockport. Do 

you think you have the best 

chili recipe? Bring your best 

and see if it wins. Entry fee 

is $15 and the winner takes 

half of all the entries. Attendees 

can eat and vote for their 

favorite chili for $3 per bowl. 

Entry fees are due by Feb. 

11. Contact Chris at ckcarber 

ry@ameritech.net for more 

information. 

TUESDAY 

State of the City Address 

11 a.m.-2 p.m. Feb. 21, Broken 

Arrow Golf Club, 16325 

Broken Arrow Dr., Lockport. 

An annual address presented 

by the Mayor of Lockport 

and hosted by the Lockport 

Chamber of Commerce. 

For more information, visit 

www.lockportchamber.com. 

WEDNESDAY 

Ward 1 Town Hall Meeting 

7 p.m. Feb. 22, Central 

Square boardroom, third 

floor, 222 E. 9th St., Lockport. 

Alderman Jim Petrakos 

and Alderman Kris Capadona, 

representing Ward 1 

in the City of Lockport. All 

residents are welcome. They 

will be discussing city-wide 

accomplishments in 2016, as 

well as plans for 2017, focusing 

on Ward 1 specifically. 

UPCOMING 

Harry Potter Wands for Teens 

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

23, White Oak Library District 

Lockport Branch, 121 

E. 8th St., Lockport. Create 

beautiful magic wands 

just like in Harry Potter. 

Hot glue will be used, so 

this event is only open to 

teens in grades 7 and up. 

Registration encouraged. 

Contact Flannery Crump at 

fcrump@whiteoaklibrary.org 

or call (815) 552-4255 for 

more details. 

Chili Cookoff 

6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, 

St. Joseph School, 529 Madison 

St., Lockport. St, Joseph 

School is seeking cooks for 

its inaugural chili cookoff. 

The event is sponsored by the 

Holy Name Society. Cooks 

report at 4 p.m. to heat up 

their chili and decorate their 

booths. Cooks must be 21 or 

older. Tickets for the event 

are $7 at the door. For more 

information, contact Dan 

Howard at (815) 931-8356 

or dhoward1225@yahoo. 

com or Dave Londos at (630) 

863-3706 or dlondos1310@ 

gmail.com. 

Casino Night 

6:30-11 p.m. Saturday, 

Feb. 25, American Legion- 

Lockport, 15052 Archer 

Ave., Lockport. Will County 

District 92, the Foundation 

for Educational Excellence 

and the Parent Faculty Association 

host Casino Night. 

The event costs $30 per person 

and includes appetizers, 

desserts, cash bar, silent 

auction and $25 in gaming 

money for Black Jack, Roulette 

and Craps. Proceeds 

benefit D92 students. For 

more information, contact 

Anmarie Miller at anmariemiller123@gmail.com 

or 

Trish Tabor at tabortrish@ 

gmail.com. 

Little Learners Preschool 

Open House 

5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, 

Feb. 28, William E. Young 

School, 16240 S. Cedar 

Road, Homer Glen. Tour 

the Little Learners’ wing 

and see if Homer 33C’s prekindergarten 

program is right 

for you and your family. Call 

708-226-7649 for more information. 

March Coffee 

Thursday, March 2, Montessori 

School of Lemont 

16427 W. 135th St., Lemont. 

Any prospective parents are 

invited to attend this information 

session. RSVPs are 

requested and can be sent 

to info@lemontmontessori. 

com. For more information 

visit www.lemontmontessori. 

com. 

Cub Scout Pack 64 Annual 

Pancake Breakfast 

7 a.m.-noon Sunday, 

March 5, Lockport VFW 

Post 5788, 1026 E. 9th St., 

Lockport. The cost is $7 per 

person — children 3 and under 

are free — and includes 

pancakes, scrambled eggs, 

bacon, sausage, coffee, orange 

juice and milk. 

ONGOING 

HGJWC 2017 Scholarship 

The Homer Glen Junior 

Woman’s Club will present 

a $1,000 Scholarship 

Award to a graduating high 

school senior who has demonstrated 

a commitment to 

volunteerism in his or her 

community. Applications 

are being accepted now 

through March 1. For more 

information and to download 

the application, visit 

www.homerglenjuniors.org. 

For more information, contact 

Lisa Johnson at (708) 

301-5405 or LsJohnson5@ 

aol.com. 

Free Jazzercise Classes 

The Lockport Jazzercise 

Fitness Center, 102/104 

MacGregor Road, Lockport. 

Through a program dubbed 

GirlForce, free classes are 

being offered to girls ages 

16-21 in an effort to empower 

young women, give them a 

place to get fit, learn healthy 

habits and find a place they 

belong in their communities. 

Call (815) 370-3751 for more 

information. 

Have an item for calendar? 

Deadline is noon Thursdays 

one week prior to publication. 

To submit an item to the 

calendar, contact Assistant 

Editor Erin Redmond at (708) 

326-9170 ext. 15 or email 

e.redmond@22ndcenturymedia. 

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Love your 

body! 

Run into 

Challenge Fitness 

this February 

and start on the 

new you! 

Lockport Air Force Junior ROTC cadets (left to right) William Candia, Patrick McMahon and 

Antonio Lange report out after completing their routine Feb. 6 during the SWSC invite at 

Lincoln-Way Central in New Lenox. Adam Jomant/22nd Century Media 

Lockport AFJROTC finishes 

in third place at SWSC invite 

Challenge Fitness is a facility of the Lockport Township Park District 

Cadets demonstrate 

discipline with 

routine at invite 

Frank Gogola 

Freelance Reporter 

Lincoln-Way Central senior 

Vincent Senese was not 

going to let his final home 

invite go by without putting 

on display 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 hosted the 

event and earned its first 

first-place finish of the season 

at the four-team South- 

West Suburban Conference 

drill 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. 

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 Maj. 

Steve Brown, the Lockport 

Air Force Junior ROTC 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 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 

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Mentoring teams honored for hard work, dedication 

Submitted by Homer 33C 

Hard work and dedication 

were honored recently as 

Homer School District 33C 

hosted a mid-year celebration 

for its mentoring teams. 

Teachers gathered in the 

Multi-Purpose Room at 

Hadley Middle School on 

Jan. 31 to reflect on their 

accomplishments and share 

examples of their innovative 

work. 

When the district hires a 

new teacher or staff member, 

the new employee is 

immediately teamed up 

with a mentor who offers 

guidance, support and assistance 

throughout the school 

year and beyond. 

The mentoring teams 

meet weekly, discussing 

everything from goal setting 

and lesson planning to 

classroom management and 

communicating with staff, 

students and families. The 

mentoring teams meet regularly 

for two years, but often 

continue to collaborate 

on a less frequent basis as 

their careers progress and 

challenges arise. 

Additional support is 

offered at each school 

through head mentors, who 

serve as the backbone to 

the district’s mentoring 

program. 

The district’s head mentors 

are: Kim Littmann at 

Homer Junior High; Wendy 

Pangrazio at Hadley 

School; Sandy Parus at Butler 

School; Daniel Gilbert 

at Goodings Grove School; 

Chrissy Murphy at Schilling 

School; and Ellen Buckley 

at Young School. 

RIGHT: Homer 33C teachers 

discuss the accomplishments 

of the mentoring 

program Jan. 31 at Hadley 

Middle School. 

Photo submitted 

AFJROTC 

From Page 3 

year’s AFJROTC National 

Drill Competition. 

“I have to congratulate 

my friend Edgar Cana from 

Lockport,” Senese said. 

“I’m surprised he didn’t 

place higher. He did absolutely 

phenomenal.” 

In other events, Lockport 

won the unarmed infantry 

drill regulation and inspection. 

The Porters took second in 

color guard. The armed duet 

of seniors Noah Frandsen 

and Antonio Lange, and the 

unarmed duet of Patrick Mc- 

Mahon and Lange were both 

second. 

“This was [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 infantry drill regulation 

and unarmed exhibition 

and did not compete in 

armed exhibition. 

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 

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,” Brown said. 

“You used to come to each 

The teams fill the gym for the awards ceremony after completing the competition. Adam 

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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 AFJROTC 

instructor. “Through all 

of these events, the [AF] 

JROTC drills develop unity, 

teamwork and discipline.” 

The varsity teams compete 

in nine events: unarmed 

infantry drill regulation, 

armed infantry drill regulation, 

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 infantry drill regulation 

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 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 AFJROTC 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 AFJROTC instructor.

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103-year-old Lockport resident remembered 

Involvement in 

community spanned 

65 years 

Erin Redmond, Assistant Editor 

Marie Cook 

always wanted 

to know what 

would happen 

next. Staying 

curious, it 

seems, was her 

elixir for longevity. 

Cook 

Her curiosity led her down 

several different and diverse 

paths. Having spent 103 

years on this earth, she had 

plenty of time to explore and 

leave her mark on each one. 

Her impact was so great, in 

fact, that it helped shape the 

fabric of both Lockport and 

Homer Glen. 

The Lockport legend died 

Jan. 22 at the Sunny Hill 

Nursing Home in Joliet. 

Leaving home 

Cook was born on Jan. 18, 

1914 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. 

When she was just 16 

years old, Cook — who was 

known as Marie Irwin then 

— left her family behind and 

headed west to attend College 

of St. Francis in Joliet, 

graduating with a Bachelor of 

Arts in Latin in 1935. It was 

during her time at the college 

that her ties to Lockport and 

Homer Glen began, as she 

met her future husband, Farrell 

Cook, the stepson of the 

prominent Lockport businessman 

William P. Voltz. 

Marie and Farrell took over 

the family business, working 

hand-in-hand operating 

Voltz News Agency. This 

was the first of five different 

businesses Marie would own 

over a 65-year span. 

“Those were the days 

when people came to town... 

everybody went to Voltz 

News Agency,” said Audrey 

Manley, one of Marie’s closest 

friends. “If you needed a 

card for anything, you went 

to Voltz News Agency. It was 

a beehive of activity. 

“Every kid in Lockport ... 

they all worked for Marie as 

one of her newsboys. Every 

man in Lockport in their 60s 

or 70s was a newsboy for 

Marie Cook.” 

Passion for Fashion 

With Marie on board, it 

didn’t take long for her to 

influence the agency’s operations. 

The lifelong fashionista 

added jewelry and purses 

to the shop, a precursor to 

what her future would hold. 

The couple also helped run 

the Voltz Hotel at 10th and 

State Street as well as the 

Voltz Gift Shop before Marie 

began to move out of her inlaws’ 

shadow and embrace 

her entrepreneurial side. 

She pursued her passion for 

fashion and opened Cookie’s 

Clothing on State Street in 

the early 1960s. Years later, 

the couple relocated the boutique 

into Lockport’s historic 

district and renamed it 

Worldly Things. Farrell continued 

to run the news agency 

out of an office in the back, 

allowing them to work sideby-side 

each day. 

She attended trade shows 

at the Merchandise Mart in 

downtown Chicago, of which 

she was a Charter Member, 

and around the country in 

Dallas and New York. She 

used her eye for fashion to 

bring unique styles to her 

boutique, which often turned 

heads. 

“A lot times we’d go out 

and I’d wear something I 

bought [at Worldly Things] 

and I can’t tell you how many 

times people would stop us 

and say ‘where do you ladies 

shop?’ And we’d say ‘Worldly 

Things,’” Manley recalled 

fondly. 

Marie sold the boutique a 

few years after her husband’s 

death in 1985, which was 

around the same time she met 

Manley. The store changed 

hands four times and Marie 

worked for each of the new 

owners until she finally retired 

at age 91. 

Leaving her mark 

Marie’s curiosity and passion 

to help local business 

owners led her down a political 

path. She served on the 

Lockport Planning and Zoning 

Commission for 42 years 

and it was here she cemented 

her legacy in Lockport. 

“She was a mentor,” said 

Jay Ozbolt, who served on 

the commission alongside 

Marie during the mid-to-late 

90s. “She guided us until we 

got a firm idea of what in the 

world was going on and what 

was expected of us. 

“She was very businessminded. 

She was the one 

who wanted to see downtown 

Lockport succeed with 

her efforts to help the business 

people be successful... 

She was very knowledgeable 

at what she did.” 

Her impact expanded beyond 

the borders of Lockport, 

too. Marie was on the 

commission when the boundaries 

of Homer Glen were established. 

She helped decide 

what parts of Homer Township 

would remain in Lockport 

and what would become 

incorporated into the village. 

And before developers 

could set up shop in Lockport, 

they had to go through 

Marie first. 

“She was very good with 

quizzing the developers when 

they came in,” Ozbolt said. 

“She asked a lot of pertinent 

questions that were very well 

taken and she was not afraid 

to put them on the spot and 

have them tell the planning 

commission exactly what 

they were doing and what 

they weren’t going to do.” 

Small, but mighty 

Manley described her late 

friend as a “very tiny lady,” 

who had an endless supply of 

energy. 

Even in late 90s, Marie 

enjoyed shopping, getting 

her hair and nails done and 

dining with friends. Manley 

said her outings with Marie 

would often wear her out, despite 

being 25 years younger 

than her. 

Manley said she and Marie’s 

friendship began on a 

somber note, commiserating 

over the death of her father 

and Marie’s husband, who 

died around the same time. 

But their 30-plus years together 

were filled with more 

good times than bad, Manley 

said, and she will never forget 

her quick-witted friend or 

her Irish sense of humor. 

“She had a quip for everything,” 

Manley said. “When 

we would go out, I would 

laugh — it was always a 

good time. My daughters, 

who are now in their 30s and 

40s, I would take them with 

us and they loved going out 

with Marie.” 

Marie’s spirit of curiosity 

will live on through Manley. 

The 78-year-old said she was 

influenced by Marie to return 

to the classroom, where she 

spent her career. She is currently 

supervising six student 

teachers and is striving to 

stay on top of the ever-changing 

educational landscape. 

“I’m back because I love 

to learn. I can’t tell you how 

excited I was,” Manley said. 

“I learned so much already. 

There’s still things happening 

all the time and that’s how 

[Marie] was. There was new 

things happening and going 

on all the time, especially in 

politics and she said ‘I just 

want to hang around and see 

what’s going to happen.’ She 

wanted always to keep up 

things and see how this was 

going to turn out.” 

Aunt Marie 

Marie never had any children, 

yet she was a motherfigure 

to many. 

During World War II, she 

helped raise her friends’ children 

while their husbands answered 

the call of war. Dorothy 

Farnsworth, Marion Dorr 

and Kathryn Meyers — her 

three closest friends — had 

13 children between them 

and Marie was instrumental 

in all of their upbringings. 

Though they had no blood 

connection, they affectionately 

referred to her as “Aunt 

Marie.” 

The children are all grown 

now with families of their 

own. They are scattered 

around the country, but several 

returned home to bid 

their final farewells to Marie 

during an intimate ceremony 

Feb. 10 at St. Dennis Church. 

“I love Aunt Marie as all 

of her 13 God Children [sic] 

would agree,” wrote Frankie 

Dorr on Marie’s obituary 

page. “One of the greatest 

ladies from the Greatest Generation 

... She showed us all 

how to live ... Love,Laugh, 

[sic] and to be faithful to 

our hearts ... May she rest in 

peace!” 

Lockport Library gets artsy with upcoming events 

Staff Report 

The White Oak Library 

District’s Lockport branch 

will be tapping into resident’s 

artsy sides with its 

creative upcoming events. 

It will host a wand-making 

program for both children 

and teens at 6 p.m. 

Thursday, Feb. 23. The 

event is part of the library’s 

month-long The Great Read 

program, which is celebrating 

the 20th anniversary of 

Harry Potter. The children’s 

portion for ages 7 and older 

will meet in Meeting Room 

B, while the teens — open 

to seventh graders and 

older — will be in Meeting 

Room A. Unlike the children, 

the teens will be using 

hot glue guns. Registration 

is strongly encouraged for 

both programs. 

On Tuesday, Feb. 21 and 

28, The Artist Guild of 

Lockport founder Ed Smith 

will lead a hands-on series 

of cartooning classes for 

children and teens. These 

are the final two classes in 

his four-part series. A donation 

of $5 to TAGOL for 

supplies will be collected. 

The library will celebrate 

St. Patrick’s Day with a 

Paint and Sip event from 

6-8 p.m. Tuesday, March 

7. Attendees will create 

their own St. Patrick’s Day 

acrylic painting while enjoying 

two glasses of wine. 

This event costs $15 and is 

open to those ages 21 and 

older. Registration and a 

photo ID is required. Registration 

fees are due by 

March 5. 

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Schilling students take time out of school 

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Lockport ranks among America’s safest cities 

Neighborhood Scout 

ranks Lockport as 

56th safest city in 

United States 

Max Lapthorne, Editor 

The City of Lockport was 

recently named one of the 

safest cities in America for 

2017. 

Neighborhood Scout released 

its annual rankings of 

the safest cities in America, 

and Lockport came in at 

number 56. The rankings 

are based on the number 

of violent crimes per 1,000 

residents among cities with at 

least 25,000 residents. 

The latest available crime 

data provided to the FBI is 

used — which is currently 

the 2015 data — and crimes 

included in the calculation 

are: burglary, larceny-theft, 

motor vehicle theft, murder, 

rape, armed robbery and aggravated 

assault. Lockport 

has a crime index of 72, 

meaning it is safer than 72 

percent of qualifying cities in 

the United States. 

Lockport Police Chief 

Terry Lemming was pleased 

when he heard about the ranking, 

but knows there are more 

factors that earned Lockport 

this ranking than just the work 

of his police force. 

“It has a lot to do with a 

lot of things going on in the 

city,” Lemming said. “The 

city’s very involved in economic 

development.” 

The data from 2016 won’t’ 

be submitted and vetted until 

later this year, which is why 

the 2015 data is used. And that 

data shows Lockport with 241 

crimes that fall into the aforementioned 

categories, with 

231 of them being property 

related (burglary, theft). 

The annual crimes per 

1,000 residents is 9.57, with 

that number plummeting to 

just 0.4 if only crimes such 

as murder, rape, robbery 

and assault are considered. 

The odds of becoming a victim 

of one of those violent 

crimes in Lockport is one 

in 2,518, while those same 

odds for the state of Illinois 

are one in 261. 

Lockport has made the list 

one other time in the past 

five years, coming in at 71 

in the 2015 rankings. The 

continuing effort to build up 

the downtown area played a 

significant role in Lockport’s 

ranking, Lemming said. 

“If you have a healthy, 

prospering community development 

program, it’s 

usually good for controlling 

crime,” he said. 

The police department 

does take certain measures 

to prevent crime as opposed 

to just reacting to it, such as 

aggressive patrolling and an 

aggressive traffic program, as 

well as the no parking from 

3-6 a.m. policy in the city. 

“[An] aggressive traffic 

program has proven to lower 

the crime rate,” Lemming 

said. “Even though aggressive 

traffic enforcement is 

not popular, it is necessary, 

because the alternative is a 

child getting hit by a car.” 

Something small like an 

officer closing a resident’s 

garage door while on patrol 

during the night can make a 

difference to reduce crime, 

Lemming said. And although 

some of the strict traffic enforcement 

is not popular 

among residents, it is worth it 

to make the city a safer place, 

Lemming said. 

“I know it’s the right thing 

to do for the city,” he said. 

“[It is] a proven way to lower 

crime.” 

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Park district president elected 

trustee of statewide association 

Submitted by Illinois 

Association of Park 

Districts 

Jeff Rigoni has served as the president of the Lockport 

Township Park District Board for the last three years and 

was recently elected to the Illinois Association of Park 

Districts’ Board of Trustees. Photo submitted 

Jeff Rigoni, president of 

the Lockport Township Park 

District, was recently elected 

to the Illinois Association of 

Park Districts’ (IAPD) Board 

of Trustees. 

As an IAPD trustee, Rigoni 

will assist the association 

with its mission of advancing 

Illinois park districts, 

forest preserves, conservation, 

recreation and special 

recreation agencies in their 

ability to preserve natural 

resources and improve the 

quality of life for all people 

in Illinois. He will work 

with the 19-member board 

to advise the association in 

providing service, research, 

advocacy, public awareness 

and educational programs to 

its membership of 359 park, 

recreation and conservation 

agencies and more than 100 

affiliated business partners. 

Rigoni serves on the IAPD 

Program Committee and 

the IAPD/Illinois Park and 

Recreation Association Joint 

Legislative Committee. 

He was elected to the 

Lockport Township Park 

District board in 1997, serving 

10 years as vice president 

and for the past three years as 

president. He was instrumental 

in bringing two successful 

public-private partnerships 

to the park district, Legacy 

Paintball Park and Hellsgate 

Haunted House. 

Rigoni served eight years 

on the Lockport Zoning 

Board of Appeals, four as its 

Chairman. He received a degree 

in political science from 

Lewis University. 

IAPD was established in 

1928 and is the oldest state 

association for parks, recreation 

and conservation in 

America. The association 

serves more than 2,100 elected 

park, recreation and forest 

preserve district board members 

who govern nearly 360 

agencies employing 40,000 

individuals. 

IAPD strives to improve 

Illinois’ quality of life 

through park districts, forest 

preserves, conservation 

and recreation agencies by 

establishing grants and other 

new revenue streams for park 

land, facilities and services; 

educating the public about 

the positive effects parks and 

recreation have on communities; 

and meeting the problem 

of decreasing open space in 

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Lockport Resource Center looks to expand in fifth year 


Cean Magosky stands 

next to a shelf full of trinkets 

at the Lockport Resource 

Center 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 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 celebrated 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. 

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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. 

The Rev. Bob Dealy, a 

former pastor at Shepherd 

of the Hill Lutheran Church, 

came up with the idea for local 

churches to combine their 

discretionary ministry funds 

in the hope they could accomplish 

more together than they 

could separately. Thus, the 

eight members of the Lockport 

Homer Area Ministerial 

Alliance (LHAMA) banded 

together to create the LRC. 

To help get the organization 

going, partnerships were 

forged with the Lockport/ 

Homer FISH Food Pantry 

and Lockport Love. Those 

relationships have been instrumental 

in the LRC’s mission 

to help the community, 

but the help offered at the 

LRC is different from that of 

the other organizations. 

“We serve the same clientele 

as both groups, but on a 

much more daily, granular 

basis,” Cean said. 

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The Lockport Resource Center Thrift Shop sells a variety of items ranging from blankets to 

watches to toys. Max Lapthorne/22nd Century Media 

comes into the thrift store 

in need of clothes to wear 

to a job interview, LRC will 

give them the clothes free of 

charge. All the volunteers at 

the LRC Thrift Shop have the 

authority to give away anything 

in the store if someone 

is in need, Cean said. 

“We’re not about profit, 

we’re about helping others 

and showing God’s love 

through our own lives and 

what we do,” said Sharon 

Bolerjack, an LRC volunteer 

who has been with the organization 

since its inception. 

While the LRC is always 

willing to help those who are 

in need for one reason or another, 

the organization also 

aims to work to help “break 

the cycle” of local families in 

poverty. This goal of preventing 

future generations from 

needing the LRC and FISH 

Food Pantry’s assistance was 

born at what Cean refers to as 

the Brownie Summit. 

The Brownie Summit was 

a meeting that took place 

about a year ago between 

Cean, Mayor Steve Streit, 

Lockport Police Chief Terry 

Lemming and Jim Naylor 

from the FISH Food Pantry. 

It got its name because Lemming’s 

daughter had baked 

brownies that day, but more 

importantly, it marked the 

beginning of the Transformation 

Scholarship. 

“So we sat in his office 

and talked about how we can 

work together, and the things 

we can do and what we’re 

seeing in the community,” 

Cean said. 

So far, two local students 

have earned the $1,000 

Transformation Scholarship, 

Matt Becker and Priscilla 

Alvarez. Preference for 

the scholarship is given to 

students who are the first in 

their family to attend college, 

and those who are attending 

a short-term program like a 

welding course or nurses assistant 

program. 

Becker, a 2015 LTHS 

graduate, earned the first 

scholarship back in January 

of 2016. He is in his second 

year at Joliet Junior College 

where he is studying physics. 

He was not sure of his major 

going into JJC, but the scholarship 

have him an extra push 

to make a decision. 

“Getting it from here motivated 

me to search for an 

actual major because I was 

undecided going into JJC,” 

Becker said. 

After this year, Becker is 

looking to transfer to an Ivy 

League school or University 

of Maryland to study atomic 

or quantum physics. But for 

now he is only enrolled in 

one class at JJC, so he’s decided 

to lend his spare time to 

the LRC. 

“They gave me money, so I 

might as well give them some 

of my time,” he said. 

With the scholarship program 

off the ground, the 

LRC has new goals in mind 

for 2017. Their goal of separating 

the thrift store from 

the overall organization in 

the minds of the community 

is atop the list. In an attempt 

to do that, the LRC will be 

announcing a rebranding on 

Saturday, Feb. 18, at an organizational 

luncheon. This 

will include changing the 

name of the thrift shop to the 

Pass it on Thrift Store at the 

Lockport Resource Center. 

Anne uses #Passiton in all 

of the LRC’s posts on social 

media, so they figured it 

would be an ideal name for 

the store. 

“[We’re] passing on a 

feeling, efforts, time, talents 

and stuff to the community,” 

Anne said. 

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Park district event celebrates Black History Month 

Residents gather at 

Fairmont Community 

Center to learn 

about black history 

Mary Stroka 


“I enjoy knowing my heritage. … 

When I teach it, I learn it as well.” 

Mary Fort — Crest Hill resident, on learning about 

black history 

About 35 people came out 

to celebrate Black History 

Month in Lockport on the 

afternoon of Saturday, Feb. 

11, with an event at the Fairmont 

Community Center 

that included music, history 

lessons and a luncheon. 

The Lockport Township 

Park District arranged the 

annual event, and several 

volunteers from the Fairmont 

Community Food 

Pantry and the Silver and 

Gold seniors club participated. 

“Younger black people 

don’t seem to be as involved 

in black history,” said Dora 

Brown, director of the Fairmont 

Community Food 

Pantry. 

“They teach [black history] 

very little now in school. 

[Younger black people] 

should know their history. 

… They take it for granted 

what their foreparents went 

through,” Brown said. 

Brown said she worked in 

cotton fields in Mississippi 

before she moved to the Chicago 

area in 1966. 

Mary Fort, a volunteer at 

the food pantry from Crest 

Hill, spoke about various 

black public figures who 

were less famous than Martin 

Luther King, Jr. One of 

the people she presented on 

was Diahann Carroll, the first 

African-American actress to 

star in a TV show, “Julia,” 

in a role other than a domestic 

worker. Fort also led the 

group in playing trivia games 

about famous black people 

throughout history and a 

word search she had created. 

“I enjoy knowing my heritage. 

… When I teach it, I 

learn it as well,” Fort said. 

Rosie Seals presented 

“Black History Tidbits,” in 

which she told the stories 

of the women featured in 

the film “Hidden Figures,” 

including John Glenn’s reliance 

on NASA mathematician 

Katherine Johnson. 

Former president Barack 

Obama presented Johnson 

with the Presidential Medal 

of Freedom on Nov. 24, 

2015. 

Fort’s grandchildren made 

a presentation entitled “It’s 

All about Black History” on 

several inventors who were 

black. 

“The younger people 

can teach the older people 

new things and that’s really 

cool,” said Diaymond Trotter, 

14. 

“Maybe all the older 

grown-ups forgot about the 

inventions and the kids still 

need help learning about the 

inventors,” said Amarion 

Bradley, 8. 

The event also included a 

“hat parade” fashion show, 

in which nine women wore 

fancy hats and the audience 

cheered for their top picks. 

Edna Kucharz of Lockport 

won the fashion show 

with her straw hat that was 

adorned with a blue feather. 

Kucharz came to the event 

last year and belongs to the 

Silver and Gold Club. 

“Everyone was very welcoming,” 

she said. 

She added that the event 

was “very informative,” and 

she learned about the many 

inventors were black people, 

including Garrett Morgan, 

who invented one of the first 

models of the traffic signal. 

“We forget those people,” 

she said. 

Katie Ulmer, chairwoman 

of the black history programs 

of the Silver and Gold 

Club, emceed the event. 

“I want other people to be 

aware of [black history and 

know] as much as I know or 

maybe more. … Everyone’s 

welcome to speak. 

“There’s a lot that I still 

don’t know. I’m still learning,” 

Ulmer said. 

She said that she had not 

known about the women 

whose stories are told in the 

movie “Hidden Figures,” for 

example. 

Deacon Willie Seals, from 

Shiloh Missionary Baptist 

Church, said the invocation 

and benediction for the 

event. 

“I love it, coming together,” 

he said about the event 

and the other programs of 

the Silver and Gold Club. 

“[The Silver and Gold 

Club] is a very informative 

source,” he said, as their 

programming includes presentations 

from organizations 

including the AARP, as 

well as “nice luncheons for a 

low price.” 

Melody Williams led the 

group in songs including 

“We’ve Come This Far by 

Faith” and “Victory in Jesus.” 

The Silver and Gold seniors 

club meets the first 

Monday of each month, September 

through May, at noon 

for a meeting and lunch at 

the Fairmont Community 

Center, which is located at 

525 Barry Ave. in Lockport. 

The Black History Month 

event is held the second Saturday 

of February each year. 

Nine contestants participated in a hat fashion show Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Black History 

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Sydney Thies was chosen as Standout 

Student for her academic excellence. 

What is one essential you must have 

when studying and why? 

One essential that I must have when 

studying is either a study guide or 

flashcards to help me memorize. 

What do you like to do when not in 

school or studying? 

I like to watch Netflix, hang out with 

friends and spend time with my family. 

What is your dream job? 

My dream job is to be a doctor for 

children or to be a third grade teacher. 

What are some of the most played 

songs on your iPod? 

Some of my most played songs are 

“Jar of Hearts” by Christina Perri and 

“Treat you Better” by Shawn Mendes. 

What is one thing people do not know 

about you? 

One thing that people don’t know 

about me is that I love skiing. 

Whom do you look up to and why? 

I look up to my parents because they 

try their best at everything and they always 

find time for family. 

What do you keep under your bed? 

Under my bed is my flute, pillows 

and a mermaid tail I had gotten a couple 

years ago. 

Who is your favorite teacher and why? 

My favorite teacher is Mrs. Soulian 

because I love that she likes to laugh but 

she still gives structure to her classroom. 

What is your favorite class and why? 

My favorite class is art because I 

love being creative and exploring the 

world of art. 

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What is one thing that stands out 

about your school? 

One thing that stands out about my 

school is that my school always tried 

its best to stop the bullying that is going 

around in our school. 

What extracurricular(s) do you wish 

your school had? 

One extracurricular that I wish my 

school had is show choir. 

What is your morning routine? 

When I wake up I brush my teeth, 

brush my hair, make my bed, put on a 

little make up, then get dressed and eat 

breakfast. 

If you could change one thing about 

school, what would it be? 

If I could change one thing in my 

school, I would have more activities in 

class than sitting and listening. I personally 

have a hard time paying attention 

when I am just listening. 

What is your favorite thing to eat in 

the cafeteria? 

My favorite thing to eat in the cafeteria 

is the pizza. 

What is your best memory from 

school? 

My best memory from school is that 

in third grade a bird’s nest was outside 

our window and we were able to watch 

the baby birds grow up over the year. 

Standout Student is a weekly feature 

for The Lockport Legend. Nominations 

come from Lockport area schools. 

School News 

Carthage College 

Lockport students named to 

dean’s list 

Miranda Gort and Michael 

Regotti, both of Lockport, were 

named to the dean’s list at Carthage 

College for the fall 2016 

semester. Students who earned 

at least a 3.5 GPA and took 

at least 14 credit hours were 

named to the dean’s list. 

Southeast Missouri State University 

Two Lockport residents named 

to dean’s list 

Lockport residents Caleb and 

Rebecca Yaeger earned a GPA of 

at least 3.75 on a 4.0 scale while 

taking at least 12 credit hours to 

be named to the fall 2016 dean’s 

list at Southeast Missouri State 

University. 

Ashland University 

LTHS grad named to dean’s list 

Kayla Pfeiffer, a 2014 LTHS 

graduate and Lockport native, 

was named to the fall 2016 

dean’s list at Ashland University. 

Dean’s list students must 

earn at least a 3.5 GPA. Pfeiffer 

is majoring in supply chain 

management. 

University of Dayton 

Lockport resident earns dean’s 

list honors 

Collin Russell, of Lockport, 

was named to the fall 2016 dean’s 

list at Unviersity of Dayton. Russell 

earned at least a 3.5 GPA to 

be considered for the honor. 

Saint Mary’s College 

Lockport student named to 

dean’s list 

Lockport native Ashley Hovorka 

was named to the dean’s 

list at Saint Mary’s College for 

the fall 2016 semester. Students 

must earn a GPA of at least 3.6, 

take at least 12 credit hours, 

have no incompletes and no 

grades lower than a “C.” 

Lockport Township High School 

LTHS announces high honor roll 

for first semester of 2016- 

2017 school year 

Members of the graduating 

class of 2017 who earned high 

honor roll included: Yasmeen 

Abdallah, Vianca Patrice Abistado, 

Dana Ackerson, Robert 

Adamski, Jessica Aguirre, Alexandrea 

Albright, Kristupas Aleknavicius, 

Alejandro Almazan, 

Mohamed Alsalahi, Joseph Ancel, 

Melanie Anderson, Christopher 

Andrade, Laura Arencibia, 

Nicholas Argianas, Reem Atieh, 

Taylor Balcaitis, Brandon Barber, 

Tyra Barlow, Jake Barnes, 

Morgan Barney, Bret Bateman, 

Kristin Baugh, Jorie Beaumont, 

Jacob Beavers, Kevin Becker, 

Timothy Behland, Ethan Beissel, 

Benjamin Belczak, Steven 

Berry, Julia Bisbikis, Monika 

Bitneryte, Adam Blaszkiewicz, 

Catherine Bochenek, Michael 

Bodenhagen, Cameron Bolden, 

Morgan Bollinger, Justin Bordenaro, 

Ryan Borowiak, Hunter 

Bourassa, Natalie Brasen, Alexis 

Brown, Mary Buchheit, Thomas 

Calderaro, Melissa Calvo, 

Monika Caplikaite, Cody Carberry, 

Gianna Carbone, Cynthia 

Cardenas, Anthony Carollo, 

Grace Carpenter, Emmett Chan, 

Alex Chomiak, Paige Christian, 

Emily Clark, Joseph Colarelli, 

Arlene Coleman, Monica Colon, 

Sarah Conger, Serena Connelly, 

Benjamin Contreras, Claire 

Cooper, Cassidy Cronholm, Justin 

Cruz, Daniel Czaja, Nicholas 

Dado, Emily Daly, Catherine 

Davidson, Kevin Davis, Marisa 

DeMasi, Miranda DeMasi, Rachel 

Derickson, Adrian Diaz, 

Staci DiCristofano, Jenna Di- 

Vita, Emily Dlugosz, Ashley 

Dominici, John Downey, Mallory 

Drake, Joshua Drogemuller, 

Alexis Duda, Andrew Dugan, 

Wyatt Dumroese, Amanda Dunagan, 

Alana Dunne, Dalton Dwyer, 

Emily Dybas, Ashley Dykas, 

Sandra Dzukey, McKenzie Ebel, 

Samantha Eberly, Christine 

Edenburn, Rebecca Elsen, Robert 

Elwood, Sydney Engberg, 

Brennan Ephgrave, Jake Erickson, 

Stephanie Espinosa, Lauren 

Estes, Niklas Evans, Taylor Feldman, 

Katelyn Ferrin, Joseph Fill, 

Amy Fleszewski, Emily Floramo, 

Noah Frandsen, Hannah 

Frank, Jenna Franzen, Jessica 

Frederick, Lydia Fris, Katherine 

Fritz, Alexa Gajda, Krystian Gajdzis, 

Emily Galfano, Rodrigo 

Garcia Cardenas, Robert Gerritsen, 

Nolan Gilbertsen, Stephen 

Gillaspie, Kylie Glinski, Krystian 

Glowacz, Sierra Goldstein, 

Mia Gomora, Thaddeus Gontarz, 

Kassidy Graf, Kaitlyn Gray, Jaclyn 

Greci, Madeline Guzman, 

Mitchell Halaska, Jamie Hansen, 

Jake Harris, Kelly Hartford, 

Mashal Hassan, Aaron Hazlett, 

Margaret Healy, Lauren Helenthal, 

Julie Heniff, Victoria Hennessey, 

Andrew Hensen, Laura 

Hernandez, Mariana Hernandez, 

Aaron Herrera, Jaylinn Herrera, 

Michael Hippleheuser, Daniel 

Houlihan, Luke Ignell, Thomas 

Inczauskis, Deanna Isa, Carley 

Ives, Madeleine Jadron, Hope 

James, Brooke Janeczek, Kayla 

Janssen, Merelin Jaramillo, 

Dominik Jaskowski, Kacie Johnson, 

Kaylee Johnson, Serene 

Jones, Eric Jungheim, Meghan 

Karbarz, Andrew Keefe, Meghan 

Kelly, Katelyn Kendziora, Madalyn 

Kennedy, Casey Kirkland, 

Adam Klein, Joshua Knize, Sylvia 

Kordaczka, Alana Korzonas, 

Makayla Kraus, Kristen Krupinski, 

Carrie Kruse, Ashley Krzeczkowski, 

Laurel Kucharski, 

Michael Kucharski, Elizabeth 

Kuhn, Patrick Kunst, Rachel 

Lallky, Austin Langheld, Kyle 

Langheld, Joshua Lantow, Angel 

Latham, William Lavery, Aubrey 

Rose Lazarz, Hailey Ledbetter, 

Joseph Lee, Austin Lenzi, Benjamin 

Ligacki, Amanda Likas, 

Drew Litynski, Olivia Loeffler, 

Erica Long, Jilleeanne Lorenz, 

Cassidy Loughran, Michael 

Lowery, Janusz Lukasik, Alexander 

Luna, Stephanie Luna, Tyler 

Lyczak, Leah Macey, Rachel 

Maida, Anna Malfeo, Saif Malik, 

Scott Manhart, Dominique 

Mannerino, Tomi Mansell, Amy 

Markham, Rachel Martin, Madilyn 

Martus, Jonathan Mattingly, 

Sara Mazrimas, Sean McCarthy, 

Kelly McClusky, Jacklynn Mc- 

Donald, Amanda Meder, Jose 

Mendoza Murillo, Maxwell 

Mensinga, Ryan Michet, Alex 

Middleton, Bret Miller, Shannon 

Moore, Megan Moran, Abby 

Morgan and Samantha Morgan. 

School News is compiled by Editor 

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Muggles enjoy treats during Food Tasting of Harry Potter event 

Butterbeer, 

chocolate frogs 

among items on 

magical menu 


For one night, the White 

Oak Library District Lockport 

Branch Library was 

transformed into Hogwart’s 

Great Hall, complete with 

all the delicacies Harry Potter 

and his magical friends 

dined on — all it was 

missing was the floating 

candles. 

About 40 muggles of all 

ages felt as if their invitation 

to Hogwarts finally arrived 

as they enjoyed a feast 

of chocolate frogs, jelly 

slugs, mint toads and Mandrake 

pots before washing 

it all down with Butterbeer 

and pumpkin juice Thursday, 

Feb. 9, at the Food 

Tasting from the World of 

Harry Potter event. 

The tasting was held as 

part of the library’s The 

Great Read program, which 

runs through the end of February 

and is honoring the 

20th anniversary of Harry 

Potter this year. 

The idea for the event 

was a collaborative effort 

between the various White 

Oak Library branches, Teen 

Librarian Flannery Crump 

said. And for Crump, the 

night was extra magical. 

“I definitely read the 

books as a kid,” she said. 

“I was at the perfect age, 

where I was growing up 

with Harry. It was fantastic 

to see so many people here 

and that everything went so 

smoothly.” 

It was the first event 

Homer Glen residents May 

Chudoba, 11, and her sister 

Sophia, 9, had attended 

at the White Oak library. 

Dressed in their Hogwarts 

best, the duo looked as if 

they had stepped right out 

of the pages of Harry Potter. 

May said they had taken 

a test — the closest thing to 

the Sorting Hat they could 

find — to discover which 

house they belonged to. 

And with curls that would 

make Hermione jealous and 

hair that matched the Malfoys, 

it was appropriate that 

May and Sophia ended up 

in Gryffindor and Slytherin, 

respectively. 

While neither of them had 

finished the series yet, both 

sisters said they couldn’t 

pass on the chance to sample 

the same treats their favorite 

characters eat. 

“[My favorite part of the 

books] is the adventure and 

all the villains, how [Harry 

Potter] has to handle them,” 

May said while taking a 

bite of her chocolate frog. 

“There’s always something 

happening in each and every 

book.” 

It wasn’t the first time 

11-year-old Jada Akroush 

had sampled the magical 

menu items, however. She 

recently returned from a 

trip to Universal’s Wizarding 

World of Harry Potter, 

where she sipped on Butterbeer, 

pumpkin juice and 

Gillywater. And when she 

saw her local library would 

have some of her favorite 

fan fare foods, she brought 

her cousin, 12-year-old Ava 

Akroush and friend 11-yearold 

Kasia Lehnr along to try 

them, too. 

“There’s a ton of stuff,” 

she said, dipping her spoon 

in to the “Mandrake Pots” 

made of chocolate pudding 

and mint leaves. “The chocolate 

frogs are really good, 

but Butterbeer is probably 

my favorite. I had it in the 

Wizarding World and it was 

just so good.” 

The food tasting was the 

second of three events the 

library is hosting in honor 

of “The Chosen One.” At 6 

p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23, 

it will host a wand-making 

Sophia Chudoba (left) and her sister May dine on chocolate frogs and jelly slugs Thursday, Feb. 9, during the Food Tasting 

from the World of Harry Potter event at the White Oak Library District Lockport Branch Library in Lockport. Photos by 

Erin Redmond/22nd Century Media 

Mandrake pots, made of chocolate pudding, chocolate 

“dirt” and a mint leaf, were among the desserts served at 

the Food Tasting from the World of Harry Potter event. 

event, which both the Chudoba 

sisters and Jada and 

her friends said they would 

attend, too. 

The Great Read series 

continues all month long 

with a Horcrux Scavenger 

Hunt and Harry Potter Fan 

About 40 people turned out to sample to the magical menu 

at the event. 

Art Contest. The series will 

be capped off with a special 

Harry Potter-themed magic 

show at which the winners 

of the art contest will be announced. 

It’s slated for 6-8 

p.m. Feb. 28 at the Fountaindale 

Public Library, 300 

W. Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook.



LTHS grad adds open MRI to his outpatient imaging center 

Mary Stroka 



School graduate Naseem 

Khalil, owner of Homer 

Glen Open MRI and Imaging, 

added a GE Sigma highfield 

closed MRI at his facility 

on Jan. 1. 

MRI stands for magnetic 

resonance imaging and gives 

doctors the information they 

need to know to do surgeries 

and other procedures. 

An open MRI helps patients 

who have claustrophobia but 

a closed MRI provides better 

images. 

Khalil opened in the center 

in 2007. The facility has 

X-ray, closed MRI, open 

MRI, and CT scan services. 

“I love Homer. I love 

where I’m from, and the 

community is great. I just 

wish we had our own high 

school,” he said. 

Khalil’s path toward opening 

an imaging center was 

somewhat unconventional. 

Khalil attended Hadley 

Junior High and Lockport 

Township High School and 

grew up playing a lot of 

sports on teams such as the 

Homer Stallions and the 

Homer Athletic Club. He 

then wrestled at Mount St. 

Clare College in Clinton, 

Iowa, for two years. 

Khalil then told his mom 

he thought he was done with 

wrestling, he said. 

“What are you going to do 

with yourself?” she asked 

him, and he wasn’t sure, he 

said he thought he might go 

to community college and 

figure it out from there. 

But then his sisters 

stepped in. 

Rosie Salah and Reema 

Harp took action and signed 

him up for X-ray tech school 

without him even knowing. 

“I never even knew what 

it was, and I got into it from 

there,” he said. 

“If it wasn’t for them, I 

wouldn’t have graduated 

high school. … Whenever I 

started to veer off [the path] 

they’d ‘slap’ me and get me 

right back on track,” he said. 

After finishing the X-ray 

tech program, he worked 

for Rehabilitation Institute 

of Chicago for a few years 

as an X-ray tech in the early 

2000s. 

“[They were] a bunch of 

physiatrists who treated me 

like an equal,” he said. 

He added that they pushed 

him to better himself. 

Khalil went back to school 

so he could run some new 

equipment the Institute was 

considering, and he ended 

up opening the outpatient 

center in Homer Glen in 

2007. 

Khalil seeks to treat each 

patient like he would treat 

his mom, he said. 

“People come in here for 

an exam, they’re already 

thinking the worst. If I’m 

scanning someone’s brain, 

they’re thinking they have 

a tumor. If I scan someone’s 

back, they’re thinking 

they’re going to have back 

surgery and be out of [commission],” 

he said. 

“If you can make it a little 

pleasant for them, just to get 

them through it, let them 

forget about it. … if you can 

get their mind off it for 40 

minutes, 30 minutes, you did 

good for the day,” he said. 

Khalil advises his patients 

to contact their doctors the 

next day for their results 

instead of hesitating to find 

out, since he often is able to 

get the results to the doctor 

within 24 hours. 

“Don’t wait. If you can 

seize the day to line up outside 

on Black Friday, go 

seize the day for your own 

body,” he said. 

Khalil said the rates at the 

outpatient center are much 

cheaper than at hospitals and 

he is often able to get his patients 

same-day or next-day 

appointments. 

“I’m not competing 

BEFORE 

Homer Glen 

Open MRI 

& Imaging 

owner Naseem 

Khalil stands 

beside the 

new GE Signa 

high-field 

closed MRI 

machine that 

was installed 

last month 

at his business. 

Mary 

Stroka/22nd 

Century Media 

against the hospital because 

our rates are so much different. 

When I had just the 

open MRI, I could see why 

doctors would say go to the 

hospital and have the closed 

MRI, it’s better. But now I 

have the closed MRI at such 

a great, great reduction in 

rate that there’s no choice 

[but] for patients to come 

here,” he said. 

“I want doctors and my patients 

to know that I did everything 

in my power to get 

those images. They might not 

be the best images because of 

the patient’s status, but I want 

everyone to know when they 

walk out with imaging from 

my facility, it’s the best, best 

possible that could have happened,” 

he said. 

Lisa Rivera of Orland Park 

had two MRI procedures 

done within a week in December 

2016. The top of her 

foot and her ankle were examined 

in the procedures. 

“I never have a bad experience 

and I’ve been there several 

times,” she said about the 

facility. 

Rivera said she had told 

them she should have “frequent 

flyer miles” she has 

been there so often. 

“It’s a pleasurable experience. 

They’re friendly and 

it’s pretty quick,” she said. 

David Wallace of Plainfield 

has worked at the outpatient 

center as an MRI technologist 

for about two weeks, 

he said. He has been doing 

MRI since 2003, he said. 

“Naseem treats [patients] 

like family. …The value he 

provides his patients for the 

price and quality of the images 

is phenomenal,” Wallace 

said. 

Homer Glen Open MRI and 

Imaging is located at 14833 

Founders Crossing in Homer 

Glen. To learn more, visit the 

website at homerglenimaging. 

com or call (708) 301-4664. 

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Staff Report 

The Lockport Chamber of 

Commerce will host the annual 

State of the City address 

Tuesday, Feb. 21. 

The event, presented by 

Mayor Steve Streit, will be 

held at Broken Arrow Golf 

Club, 16325 Broken Arrow 

Drive, Lockport. The mayor 

will discuss a wide array of 

topics regarding the City of 

Lockport. 

Registration and networking 

begins promptly at 11 

a.m., followed by seating at 

11:45 a.m. The luncheon and 

presentation is slated for noon 

until 2 p.m. 

The cost is $45 for Chamber 

members, $60 for non-members. 

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or by calling (815) 838-3357. 

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Lockport Prairie preservation project wraps up 

ComEd in final 

stages of project 

to preserve 

endangered habitat 


ComEd is in the final 

weeks of a project meant to 

help preserve local endangered 

wildlife at the Lockport 

Prairie Nature Preserve. 

Since Nov. 1, ComEd has 

been working to remove utility 

poles in the LPNP in an 

effort to lessen the impact on 

the habitat of the endangered 

Hine’s emerald dragonfly, 

as well as a number of other 

federally and state endangered 

species. The only three 

areas where the Hine’s emerald 

dragonfly can be found 

are the LPNP, Wisconsin and 

Missouri, and it was thought 

to be extinct in the early 

1900s before resurfacing in 

the late 1980s. 

The LPNP is an especially 

sensitive area because it isn’t 

just the dragonfly itself that 

needs to be preserved. 

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“I would say that it’s 

unique because this area has 

a critical habitat for [dragonfly],” 

said Sara Race, a Senior 

Environmental Compliance 

Specialist with ComEd. 

“Conducting normal maintenance 

was difficult.” 

This project had been in 

the works for many years, according 

to Race, and the decision 

to move forward with 

it came because ComEd estimated 

it would be worth the 

investment for both the company’s 

service reliability and 

the preservation of the habitat. 

The location of the lines 

made it difficult for workers 

to get to them, and as a result, 

ComEd had not been able to 

do regular maintenance on 

them, Race said. 

“It will remove a major 

impediment in the 320-acre 

preserve,” said Andrew 

Hawkins, director of planning 

and development for the 

Forest Preserve District of 

Will County. 

ComEd has already built 

a replacement line west of 

Route 53, so the residents in 

the area will continue to re- 

Workers look on as a helicopter assists in removing the poles from the Lockport Prairie Nature Preserve. Photos submitted 

ceive service, as previously 

reported by The Legend. 

Workers completed the 

removal of the utility poles 

last week, which was done 

by airlifting them out via 

helicopter. In certain areas 

where access was difficult, 

workers were lowered down 

by helicopter to cut the 

poles, and then lifted back 

out along with the pole. Normally 

for this type of project, 

they would lay out mats 

and simply drive over them 

to get to the poles, but in this 

case, that was not the best 

option. 

“A lot of the area is very 

The project needed to be done during the winter in order to have the smallest impact on 

wet, so in order to not damage 

that habitat, [and] to 

the habitat. 

avoid any impacts it was the ald dragonfly and improve the onfly, and is why it was important 

Preserve, according to 

best way, and probably the 

only way, they could have 

gotten out without having an 

incidental impact on one of 

service ComEd can provide to 

the community, Race said. 

The Hine’s emerald dragonfly 

only lives in marshes 

to preserve the LPNP. 

“It’s such a sensitive area 

for reliability and environmental 

impact,” Race said. 

Hawkins. He hopes for the 

program to be started in the 

next year, to help preserve 

the habitats. 

these species,” Hawkins said. or meadows with dolomite There is also a $200-plus “Invasive species have 

As it nears its conclusion, 

the project has been successful 

in its attempt to preserve 

the habitat of the Hine’s emer- 

bedrock beneath them. The 

specificity of those conditions 

is why there are only three 

known habitats for the drag- 

million project in the works 

to enhance and restore the 

habitats in the LPNP and 

the nearby Prairie Bluff 

come in, and we want to 

make sure there isn’t further 

degradation of those critical 

habitats,” Hawkins said.

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Police Reports 

Lockport resident charged with DUI 

Charles Davis, 56, of the 

19000 block of Briggs Street 

in Lockport, was charged with 

driving under the influence of 

alcohol and driving with a 

revoked license by Lockport 

police on Feb. 5 after being 

stopped for improper lane 

usage in the area of Briggs 

Street and South Street. 

Lockport Police Department 

Feb. 4 

• Guadalupe Lara-Arguello, 

37, of the 13000 block of 

Francis Road in Mokena, 

was charged with driving 

without a drivers license and 

driving under the influence of 

alcohol after his vehicle was 

stopped for improper lane 

usage near the intersection 

of State Street and Northern 

Drive in Lockport. 

Will County Sheriff’s Office 

Feb. 1 

• Linzi K. Viscum, 29, of 216 

Madison St. in Joliet, was 

cited for driving with a suspended 

license, operating an 

LRC 

From Page 8 

The LRC will also be looking 

for more businesses in the 

community to partner with. 

They have a strong relationship 

with Sizzles owner Mervet 

Nolte, but would like to 

expand further to open larger 

fundraising opportunities 

such as paint nights, dining 

out events, a block party or a 

band performance. 

“The resources to put those 

things together are kind of 

big,” Cean said. 

Cean admits that procuring 

larger business partners 

is a tall task, and they may 

need additional volunteers 

from the community to make 

it happen. The Magoskys are 

more than happy with the 

volunteers the LRC currently 

has, but getting more help 

uninsured motor vehicle and 

driving with an expired registration 

after being stopped 

in the area of Grandview Avenue 

and E. Division Street in 

Lockport. 

Feb. 4 

• Laurencio Ruiz Sanchez, 36, 

of 603 Landau Ave. in Joliet, 

was cited for driving with a revoked 

license, failure to signal 

and operating an uninsured 

motor vehicle after being 

stopped near the intersection 

of S. Broadway Street and W. 

Renwick Road in Lockport. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Lockport 

Legend’s Police Reports 

are compiled from official 

reports found online on the 

Will County Sheriff’s Office or 

Lockport Police Department’s 

website or releases issued by the 

department and other agencies. 

Individuals named in these 

reports are considered innocent 

of all charges until proven guilty 

in a court of law. 

from people with social media, 

marketing, networking 

and promotions backgrounds 

would be a boon to their efforts, 

Anne said. 

“We have a good core 

group, many of whom have 

been with us since the start,” 

she said. “That’s absolutely 

wonderful, we keep them 

with us, but we still need 

more. We’re always looking 

for new volunteers.” 

The Lockport Resource 

Center has outlasted three 

other thrift stores in Lockport 

and has helped numerous 

people in the community in 

its five years of existence, but 

Cean and Anne are not content, 

as they see a vast array 

of other opportunities to help 

the Lockport area. 

“We’ve got the longevity, 

but now we need to grow,” 

Cean said “We need to take 

that next step.” 

FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT 

New Lenox to become 

village-wide 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 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 New- 

LenoxPatriot.com. 

FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE 

Eagles boys basketball 

shows unity in tough loss to 

Lincoln-Way East 

Lincoln-Way East’s Sam 

Shafer scored 22 total 

points — 15 in the second 

half — to lead the Griffins 

Feb. 7 in blowing out the 

Eagles 56-36 in a South- 

West Suburban Conference 

matchup. 

But the Eagles found a 

moment of team unity late 

in the game, when reserves 

got in, with Sandburg’s 

starters voraciously cheering 

on their teammates. 

“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.” 

Beyond that moment, the 

Eagles also found something 

to talk about in the 

performance of Edmond 

Mila. 

Mila scored 15 points and 

had two rebounds for Sandburg. 

“Edmond played really 

well against them the first 

time, too,” Allen said. 

Barlow 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.” 

Reporting by Jon DePaolis, 

Freelance Reporter. For more, 

visit OPPrairie.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 

TinleyJunction.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 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.

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Erin Redmond 


Not too long ago, I 

was playing with my 

niece. I was asking 

her — as you do — how 

old she is and how old her 

siblings are, all questions 

she answered with pinpoint 

accuracy. 

Then she looked at me 

with her big blue eyes, raised 

one tiny eyebrow and asked 

“How old are you, Auntie 

Erin?” 

“How old do you think I 

am, Mairead?,” I replied. 

“100!” she exclaimed, 

beaming with certainty. 

OK, I hadn’t slept much 

the night before, but I don’t 

think that added 70-plus 

years to my age. So at the 

time her answer was not 

what I was hoping for, but 

she’s not quite 3 yet, so I 

forgive her. 

This week, however, I 

realized just how lucky I 

would be if I ever met this 

milestone. 

I had the opportunity to 

interview Genie Lenc, a 

Homer Glen resident, during 

the Feb. 8 Homer Glen Village 

Board meeting. Born in 

1917, Lenc will celebrate her 

100th birthday on Feb. 20 

and she’s still as sharp as a 

tack. She’s lived through two 

World Wars and 17 different 

presidents. She survived the 

Great Depression, watched 

the first Space Shuttle launch 

and remembers when the 

internet was just a fantasy. 

And that’s just the cliff 

notes. I can’t even begin to 

imagine what else she’s seen. 

We also have a story memorializing 

the life of Lockport 

legend Marie Cook, 

who passed away on Jan. 

22, just a few days after her 

103rd birthday. Her friends 

credit her curiosity, her 

hunger to always know what 

was going to happen next, as 

her secret to a long life. 

As I was writing her story, 

I couldn’t help but feel a 

pang of regret that I didn’t 

get to speak with her before 

she died. She lived her life to 

the fullest. 

Cook owned and operated 

businesses in Lockport for 

65 years and didn’t retire until 

she was 91 years old. That 

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She was a committed 

woman. Her curiosity to see 

things through to the end led 

to her serving on the Lockport 

Planning and Zoning 

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shape the fabric of what is 

modern day Lockport and 

Homer Glen. 

She lived through two 

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She stepped up to help her 

friends raise their children 

and stayed in touch with 

them until the very end. 

There is a reason they 

call this group the Greatest 

Generation. 

I’ve only been on this 

earth a short time compared 

to these two women, but I 

am honored to be able to tell 

their stories. In doing so, it 

makes me think about my 

own life and what sort of 

legacy I’ll leave behind. 

Furthermore, I can’t wait 

to see what the future holds. 

We’re right in the middle 

of history right now. All the 

decisions being made at the 

top levels of government — 

whether I agree with them 

or not — will undoubtedly 

shape our future. Like Cook, 

I’m just curious to see what 

impact it will all have. 

One hundred years. 

It’s hard to fathom. But I 

promise if I’m lucky enough 

to stick around that long, I 

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won’t waste a single second 

of it. That’s a lesson we can 

all learn from these two 

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20 | February 16, 2017 | The Lockport Legend FAITH 


faith briefs 

St. Dennis Church 

(1214 S. Hamilton St., Lockport) 

Financial Peace University 

(FPU) 

7-9 p.m. Thursdays in February 

in Stalzer Room. FPU 

is a nine week biblically 

based class that teaches how 

to handle money God’s way. 

You learn practical steps to 

get rid of debt, manage your 

money, spend and save wisely. 

Cost is $100; scholarships 

available. Adults only. Call 

Ed Ellis at (708) 528-8666 or 

partzguy1@comcast.net. 

Weekend Worship 

4:30 p.m. Saturdays 

7:30 a.m., 9:15 a.m. and 

11 a.m. Sundays. All are welcome. 

Healing Prayer 

Following weekend services, 

4:30 p.m. Saturdays, 

9:15 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sundays. 

All are welcome. Contact 

Parish Secretary at secretary@saint-dennis.org 

or 

call (815) 838-2592 for more 

information. 

Assumption Greek Orthodox Church 

(15625 S Bell Road, Lockport) 

Sunday Services 

8:15 a.m. Orthros; 9:30 

a.m. Divine Liturgy; 10 a.m. 

Sunday School. For more 

information, call (708) 645- 

0652. 

THRIVE Church 

(1605 Washington St, Lockport) 

Sunday Service 

10:15 a.m. coffee; 10:30 

service meeting at Taft 

School. 

For more information 

email info@encounterthrive. 

com or call (608) 772-6806 

Shepherd of the Hill Lutheran Church 

(925 E. 9th St., Lockport) 

Worship Services 

5 p.m. Saturdays 

9 a.m., 10:35 a.m. Sundays 

Sunday School 

10:35 a.m. 

Bible Study 

9:30 a.m. Wednesdays 

Preschool Registration 

Parents can call 815-838- 

0708 to schedule an appointment 

to visit the school and 

meet the staff. 

Weight Watchers 

6-7 p.m. Tuesdays in the 

church basement. Weigh-in 

at 5:30 p.m. 

Mexican Train Dominoes 

9 a.m. Fridays 

First Baptist Church of Lockport 

(800 Thornton St., Lockport) 


9:30 a.m. Sunday School; 

10:45 a.m. Morning Worship 

Wednesday Night AWANA 

Clubs 

6:15-8 p.m. for children 3 

years old through sixth grade 

Angel Food House Food 

Pantry 

12:15-1 p.m. Sundays and 

6-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays. 

Open to the public. 

First United Methodist Church of Lockport 

(1000 S. Washington St., Lockport) 

Souper Soup Supper 

4-7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25. 

A variety of soups will be offered, 

along with crackers, 

rolls, dessert, and beverages. 

The cost is $7 for adults, 

$3.50 for children (3-12), under 

age 3 are free. Carry-outs 

available. 

Sunday Worship 

9 a.m. Sunday School 

10:25 a.m. Worship 

Circle of Love 

9 a.m. Wednesdays. Circle 

of Love provides diapers, 

feminine and incontinence 

products to clients who are 

qualified to use the local 

FISH Food Pantry. For more 

information, call (815) 838- 

1017. 

Communion 

First Sunday of the month. 

First Congregational United Church of Christ 


Greet & Meet over Treats 

10:30 a.m. Sundays. 

Children’s Sunday Mornings 

9:45 a.m. Second through 

fourth Sundays. Stories with 

Puppets. 

Contemplative Evening 

Worship 

6:30 p.m. second and 

fourth Wednesdays. Casual 

blend of music & meditation 

over scripture. 

First Class Kids Preschool 

Registration 

To register children for 

openings, call (815) 838- 

8361 

Dartball 

7 p.m., first, third and 

fourth Tuesdays of the 

month. 

Contemplative Worship 

6:30 p.m., second and forth 

Wednesday of the month. Includes 

prayer, scripture and 

music. 

Worship 

9:30 a.m. Sundays. 

Treats and Talk 

10:30 a.m. Sundays. Fellowship 

time. 

Voices 

9:45 a.m. Sundays. Children’s 

program which helps 

them discover the Messiah 

through stories, drama and 

crafts. 

Grace Baptist Church 

(501 N. State St., Lockport) 

Sunday Schedule 

9:30 a.m. Sunday school; 

10:45 a.m. Morning service; 

6 p.m. Night service. 

Cross Point Church of Lockport 

(17530 W. Fox Hollow Drive, Lockport) 


10 a.m. For more information, 

call (815) 838-9105. 

Joliet Seventh-Day Adventist Church 

(21514 W. Division St., Lockport) 

Saturday Services 

9:30 a.m. Sabbath school; 

10:45 a.m. Worship Hour. 

Prayer Meeting 

7:30 p.m. Wednesdays. Attendees 

can share their praise 

reports and prayer requests. 

The call-in number is (530) 

881-1200. When prompted 

enter the access code: 

761835 then the # key. The 

prayer line is free, and there 

is no additional cost beyond 

regular phone charges. 

St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church 


Holy Eucharist 

8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sundays. 

For more information, 

call (815) 834-1168 or email 

office@stjohns-lockport-il. 

org. 

Wednesday Services 

9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. 

Wednesdays. 

12 Step Meetings 

8 p.m. Mondays, 7 p.m. 

and 11:59 p.m. Fridays. 

Christ United Methodist Church 

(224 Bruce Road, Lockport) 

Holy Communion 

First Sunday of the month. 

For more information, email 

pastorchristumclockport@ 

gmail.com. 


10:30 a.m. Sundays. For 

more information, call (815) 

726-1041. 

Bible Study 

10 a.m. Wednesdays. 

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church 

(1500 S. Briggs St., Lockport) 

Divine Worship 

5:30 p.m. Saturdays and 9 

a.m. Sundays with Fellowship 

to follow at 10 a.m. 

Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church 

(18101 W. Oak Ave., Lockport) 


8:30 a.m. Sunday school; 

10 a.m. Morning worship, 

Nursery ministry (ages infant 

to 4) and Youth church (ages 

5-12); 12 p.m. Adult Bible 

Study. 

New Life Community Church 

(14832 W. 163rd St., Lockport) 


5:30 p.m. Saturdays. For 

more information, call (815) 

838-1416. 

Kids Zone Ministry 

10 a.m. Sundays. Children 

up to fifth grade can participate 

in games, singing, 

take part in interactive Bible 

teaching and participate in 

hands-on crafts. Participants 

should arrive 5-10 minutes 

prior to the service to sign 

children up for the group. 

For more information, call 

(815) 838-1416. 

Women’s Ministry 

9:30 a.m. Fridays. Bible 

study for women of all ages. 

Prayer Meeting 

10 a.m. Tuesdays. Participants 

can study biblical 

teaching of prayer and 

spend time lifting up prayer 

requests. For more information, 

call the church at (815) 

838-1416. 

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Briefs? Contact Assistant 

Editor Erin Redmond at 

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media.com or call (708) 326- 

9170 ext. 15. Information is due 

by noon Thursday one week 

prior to publication. 

In Memoriam 

Olga L. Mares 

Olga L. Mares (Nee: 

Wilke), 75, of Lockport 

died Feb. 5 at her home surrounded 

by her family. She 

was born in Chicago and 

resided there until moving 

to Lockport in 1997. She 

was a member of Shepherd 

of the Hill Luthern Church, 

volunteering many hours 

at the Shepherd of the 

Hill Resource Center. She 

was an avid reader, Blackhawks 

fan and gardener 

who adored her children 

and grandchildren. Mares 

is survived by her children 

Anthony (Ann) Mares of 

Springfield and Priscilla 

(John) Plebanek of Lockport; 

grandchildren Victoria 

and Nicholas Mares, 

Bethany, Sabrina and Ashton 

Plebanek; brother Edward 

(Maryann) Wilke; two 

nieces and numerous first 

cousins. In lieu of flowers, 

memorials to Shepard of 

the Hill would be appreciated. 

Services for Mares 

were held Feb. 9. 

Lawrence Bebej 

Lawrence “Bosco” Bebej, 

66, of Lockport, died Feb. 4. 

He is survived by his wife 

Sue Bebej (Richie), children, 

Jennifer (Ray) Mazeika, 

Jeff (Christy) Bebej, Melissa 

(Ed) Kuzia, siblings, 

Thomas (Bernie) Bebej, Judi 

(Gary) Harold, Papa of Catherine 

Mazeika, Jacob Mazeika, 

Brett Bebej, Kyle Bebej 

and Kalyn Bebej. He was a 

member of Ingalls Park AC 

in Joliet, and of the IBEW 

Local 336. He retired from 

Ameritech after 30 years of 

service and was also a mail 

courier for Will County. Services 

were held Feb. 11. 

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John Lane Farm fundraiser aims to restore barn 

Holiday Sweetheart 

Dance serves as 

first-ever John Lane 

Farm fundraiser 

Amanda Del Buono 


Historical John Lane Farm 

Inc., a not-for-profit organization 

dedicated to the restoration 

of John Lane Farm, 

hosted The Holiday Sweetheart 

Dance, its first-ever 

fundraiser in support of the 

restoration of the farm’s barn 

on Saturday, Feb. 11. The 

event took place at the Veterans 

of Foreign Wars (VFW) 

Post 5788, located at 1026 E. 

9th St. in Lockport, and attracted 

community members 

from Lockport and nearby 

communities. 

“Our Board of Directors, 

we kicked ideas around and 

decided this would be the 

first event we would try,” said 

Sylvia Ziekle-Kuffel, president 

of the Board of Directors 

for the organization. “… 

We’d just like to fill the room 

and sell every ticket we have, 

about 200, and that would 

help us a great deal. It’s not 

a lot, but it would be a start.” 

The event featured live 

music from Classique Rock 

Band, a Geneva, Ill.-based 

band, and food was offered 

by New Lenox’s Smokin’ Z 

BBQ. Additionally, a silent 

auction was offered featuring 

items donated by a several local 

merchants. 

“We’ve been really blessed 

with a lot of donations,” 

Ziekle-Kuffel said. “… A lot of 

wonderful merchants out there 

were happy to help, and we 

were very surprised. We certainly 

want to thank them all.” 

Along with the fun, the 

event was a reminder of 

Lockport’s history. At its 

heart was maintaining the 

history of Historic John Lane 

Farm, the location where the 

first steel plow is said to have 

been invented, according to 

Ziekle-Kuffel. She has been 

working with the organization 

to restore the original 

barn and create a community 

center. 

Although the organization 

has made advancements in 

its efforts, there still is much 

work to be done to the barn 

before it can become the 

community center Ziekle- 

Kuffel is envisioning. 

“It’s a huge piece of history 

we have here, and we don’t 

want to lose it,” she said. 

Among those present was 

Joan Reeves, the great-greatgreat 

granddaughter of John 

Lane. Reeves has been supportive 

of the organization 

and said that she’s happy to 

see the farm being restored. 

“I think it’s awesome they 

have taken on this project 

to preserve the history,” she 

said. “… I just wish my parents, 

grandparents and greatgrandparents 

were here to see 

this.” 

Reeves added that she was 

enjoying the fundraiser and 

was happy to see people having 

fun and supporting the 

cause. 

Ziekle-Kuffel also saw 

much support from her 

friends. Among them, Karen 

and Tom Hartford, life-long 

Lockport residents, were 

happy to help the cause and 

support their friend. 

“I just got out of the hospital 

yesterday, but I wanted 

to come because I wanted to 

support Sylvia,” Karen said. 

While for a good cause, 

many in attendance were 

those who simply enjoyed 

dancing. Joanne Pitulla and 

Larry Claffy, Lockport residents, 

dance at the VFW often 

and were encouraged to 

come for another opportunity 

to dance. However, while 

there, the couple learned 

about the organization and 

the history of the farm. 

“It’s for a good cause,” 

Claffy said. 

Mike and Sandy Vidmar, 

Joliet residents, dance at the 

VFW often as well, but were 

happy to support the organization 

at Saturday’s event. 

“They’re keeping history 

alive,” Mike said. “It’s a 

good thing.” 

The organization will host 

its Historic John Lanes Days 

event at the farm July 8-9, 

with rain days scheduled for 

July 15-16. The organization 

is currently looking for volunteers 

for the festival. 

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Valentine’s 

Day Coloring 

Contest draws 

hundreds of 

entries 

Three Lockport winners 

picked from pool of 113 


Given the opportunity once again 

this year, area youths 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 for 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, as well as veterans. 

When all was said and done Feb. 

8, the seven newspapers across 

the branch collected a total of 557 

entries, with 113 of those coming 

from Lockport. 

The Lockport Legend’s staff 

judged the entries across three age 

categories based on creativity and 

neatness. 

The winner in the age 3-5 

category was five-year-old Riann 

Cullen, whose neatly designed 

heart featured a layering of different 

colors, each of which reflected the 

Valentine’s Day season. Mckenna 

Leahy, 7, took home first prize in 

our 6-8 age range with a patriotic 

American flag design featuring the 

words “Thank you” in the center. 

Our 9-12 age range was hotly 

contested, but it was 10-year-old 

Gianna Frieri’s drawing of a soldier 

featuring a “Happy Valentine’s 

Day” greeting that stood above the 

rest. 

Each of the three winners are 

to receive a certificate for a free 

Kids’ Meal at Culver’s Tinley Park, 

18248 Sayre Ave. 

Ten-year-old Gianna Frieri’s drawing of a soldier earned her first place in our 9-12 age range. Images submitted 

Mckenna Leahy, 7, was the winner in our 6-8 age range for her American 

flag drawing. 

Riann Cullen, 5, took home first prize for the age 3-5 category for this 

vibrant design.



LTHS Variety Show brings performing arts to center stage 

Megann Horstead 


The annual Lockport 

Township High School Variety 

Show hit the stage at 

East Campus on Feb. 7 and 

Thursday, Feb. 9, featuring 

more than 30 acts. 

The event intends to 

serves as a fundraiser for 

the theatre department, but 

is also a way for students to 

have an outlet for their creativity. 

“There’s not many 

opportunities for the 

students who sing or kind 

of have unique talents to 

display them,” said Kristen 

Donnelly, assistant choir 

director and assistant 

theatre director at LTHS. 

“We have a student playing 

bagpipes, we have like a 

hula hoop routine.” 

Students performed individually 

or in groups to 

a crowd filled with parents 

and classmates as part of 

the two-day affair. Spectators 

settled in to get seats 

for the latter show as the 

curtains were drawn and the 

show started with a live performance 

by the LTHS jazz 

band. 

From the classic tunes of 

Elvis Presley to the popular 

sounds of Destiny’s Child, 

the variety show pulled out 

all the stops to entertain this 

year. 

The event even served 

as a space for students to 

showcase original compositions. 

LTHS student Brian 

Stapelton performed a live 

rendition of “Superego.” 

LTHS senior Melina Pluta 

said she was looking forward 

to getting involved in 

this year’s production. 

“I feel like they let everyone 

in who auditioned, so 

it’s really nice that everyone 

gets to participate,” she 

said. 

This year was Pluta’s second 

time participating in the 

variety show, and she said 

Andrew Beckwith leads a performance of the LTHS jazz band Thursday, Feb. 9, during the 

LTHS Variety Show at East Campus. Photos by Megann Horstead/22nd Century Media 

her favorite part was “definitely 

the bagpipes”. 

“I loved it,” she said. 

“They’re so good.” 

Pluta performed an original 

song called “Hurricane” 

as part of this year’s show. 

“I think a lot of people 

have passions that they’re 

passionate about,” she said. 

“It’s nice that they get to 

show everyone their talents.” 

LTHS senior John York 

was watching the variety 

show with a group of his 

friends. 

“It was like fun because 

we had a lot of our friends 

here,” he said. “It was a fun 

environment.” 

York is involved in the 

music department at LTHS 

through the symphonic band 

and wind symphony. Apart 

from performing in the variety 

show, his favorite part 

was seeing his classmates 

perform, he said. 

“I really liked Melina’s 

original song,” he said. 

Audiences enjoyed singing, 

dancing, skits, and instrumental 

performances 

covering a breadth of what 

the Lockport Township High 

School theatre department 

and drama club aim to offer. 

“The students are really 

“I think, for kids to come to sing, and 

[performing is] something that’s already 

kind of scary to do. Performing is scary. 

The audience is always really receptive 

and supportive.” 

Kristen Donnelly — assistant choir director and 

assistant theatre director at LTHS, on students performing 

at the variety show 

supportive of their friends 

or the groups that go,” 

Donnelly said. “It’s really 

a safe place, I think, for 

kids to come to sing, and 

[performing is] something 

that’s already kind of scary 

to do. Performing is scary. 

The audience is always 

really receptive and supportive.” 

Typically, the show brings 

in 200 spectators each night. 

“We’re hoping to perhaps 

move it to a different 

time of year in the future,” 

she said. “For now, we’re 

happy with the turnout… 

We’re hoping maybe in 

the future to put it more 

towards homecoming or 

something where people 

are going to events.” 

On average, the fundraiser 

brings in roughly $1,300, 

and the money raised will 

help fund a number of theatre 

department needs, 

Aubrey Rose Lazarz uses her voice to put on a show. 

including rental fees for Broadway Cares/Equity 

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h G Noonan Dba We have a conference room! 

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holidays. 

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AT 11:00AM 

Banquets 

FOR UP TO 120 GUESTS 

BEAUTY 

Barber _______________________________ 

Beauty School _________________________ 

Day spa ______________________________ 

Hair Salon ____________________________ 

Mani/Pedi ____________________________ 

Massage ____________________________ 

Tanning Salon _________________________ 

HEALTH 

Assisted Living ________________________ 

Chiropractor __________________________ 

Dentist ______________________________ 

Doctor _______________________________ 

Emergency Room _______________________ 

OFFICIAL RULES 

SPONSOR: 22nd Century Media, 11516 W. 183rd Place. 3SW, Orland Park, IL 60467. 

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER: Complete a 2017 Southwest Choice Awards Official Entry Ballot in the February editions of 22nd Century Media’s southwest publications (includes The Frankfort Station, The 

Homer Horizon, The Lockport Legend, The Mokena Messenger, The New Lenox Patriot, The Orland Park Prairie and The Tinley Junction). At least 50 categories must be filled in on the Entry Ballot in order to be eligible 

for the Prize. Mail entries to: “Southwest Choice Awards c/o 22nd Century Media, 11516 W. 183rd Place 3SW, Orland Park, IL 60467. Hand-delivered entries and online entries will be accepted. No photocopies or 

mechanical reproductions. The sweepstakes begins Feb. 2, 2017, and ends Feb. 28, 2017. Entries must be received by no later than 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, 

mutilated, incomplete, illegible, stolen, or postage-due mail or otherwise undeliverable entries. The winner will be selected in a random drawing from all eligible entries received on or about March 15, 2017. The 

winner will be notified by phone within 15 days of drawing. A voucher for the prize will be awarded within 30 days after the winner has been notified and chosen. For a copy of the Official Rules, send a self-addressed 

stamped envelope to “Southwest Choice Awards” c/o 22nd Century Media, 11516 W. 183rd Place 3SW, Orland Park, IL 60467. All entries become the property of the Sponsor. 

CONDITIONS: Sponsor is not responsible for printing, production, typographical or other errors or omissions. Prize winner may be required to complete and return an affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release 

before receiving Prize. If affidavit and release are not returned within seven (7) days of the Prize drawing, or if the Prize winner is ineligible, the Prize may be forfeited and an alternate Prize winner may be randomly chosen 

from among all eligible entrants. Winner will be required to provide proof of insurance at the time of delivery. • All taxes associated with the Prize are the sole responsibility of the winner. By entering, participants 

agree to be bound by the official rules (and the Sponsor’s interpretation thereof) and consent to the use of their name, photograph, and/or likeness for advertising/publicity without further consideration, except where 

prohibited by law. Sponsor may prohibit entrants from participating in the Sweepstakes and disqualify entries if they attempt to enter the Sweepstakes through means not described in the rules, attempt to disrupt the 

Sweepstakes or circumvent the rules, act in an unsportsmanlike manner or with an intent to annoy or harass any other entrant or Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or suspend the Sweepstakes should 

unauthorized human intervention or other causes beyond the control of the Sponsor corrupt the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper operation of the Sweepstakes. In the event Sponsor terminates 

Sweepstakes due to unauthorized human intervention or other causes beyond the control of the Sponsor, Sponsor shall award the Prize in a random drawing of all entrants to one eligible participant, based upon the 

rules of eligibility. All decisions are final. • Odds of winning depend upon the number of entries received. Possible entries are unlimited in number and only one prize will be awarded. A purchase will not improve 

of your home this Spring 

18445 Thompson Court 

Tinley Park, Illnois 60477 

Hearing Clinic _________________________ 

Home Health Care ______________________ 

Hospital ______________________________ 

OB/GYN ______________________________ 

Orthodontist __________________________ 

Orthopedic ___________________________ 

Pediatrician ___________________________ 

Physical Therapy _______________________ 

Place to have a Baby ____________________ 

Podiatrist _____________________________ 

Senior Living __________________________ 

Urgent Care ___________________________ 

Vision Center __________________________ 

Weight Loss Center _____________________ 

DININg 

Asian fusion ___________________________ 

Bakery ______________________________ 

Barbecue _____________________________ 

Beer Garden __________________________ 

Breakfast ____________________________ 

Brewery _____________________________ 

Brunch ______________________________ 

Buffet _______________________________ 

Burger _______________________________ 

Business Lunch ________________________ 

Candy/Popcorn ________________________ 

Carry-Out ____________________________ 

Caterer ______________________________ 

Chicken Wings _________________________ 

Thank you for voting us 

Best Place to Buy 

Windows and Doors 

Family owned & operated since 1959 

708.342.0900 

www.schaafwindow.com 

Chinese food __________________________ 

Coffee Shop ___________________________ 

Date night spot ________________________ 

Deli/Sub sandwiches ____________________ 

Doughnuts ____________________________ 

Family-owned restaurant _________________ 

Fine Dining ___________________________ 

Fried Chicken _________________________ 

Greek Restaurant _______________________ 

Gyros _______________________________ 

Happy Hour ___________________________ 

Hibachi Grill ___________________________ 

Hot Dogs _____________________________ 

Ice Cream ____________________________ 

Irish pub _____________________________ 

Italian Restaurant _______________________ 

Juice/Smoothies _______________________ 

Mexican Restaurant _____________________ 

New Restaurant (Feb. 2016-present) _________ 

Outdoor Dining ________________________ 

Pizza ________________________________ 

Pizza - Chicago-style ____________________ 

Pizza - Most creative ____________________ 

Pizza - Thick Crust ______________________ 

Pizza - Thin crust _______________________ 

Ribs ________________________________ 

Seafood - Fast Food _____________________ 

Seafood - Fine Dining ____________________ 

Soup ________________________________ 

Industry-leading professionals, 

ready to make your experience as 

rewarding as it is relaxing. 

20821 S. LaGrange Rd., Frankfort 60423 • 815-469-0660 

15194 S. LaGrange Rd, Orland Park 60462 • 708-364-0660 

1243 S. State St., Lemont 60439 • 630-243-0660 

Sports Bar ____________________________ 

Steakhouse ___________________________ 

Sushi Restaurant _______________________ 

Thai Restaurant ________________________ 

EDUCATION 

Private K-8th Grade School _______________ 

Private High School _____________________ 

Preschool ____________________________ 

FITNESS & RECREATION 

Art Studio ____________________________ 

Bowling Alley _________________________ 

Casino ______________________________ 

Country Club __________________________ 

Dance Studio _________________________ 

Driving Range _________________________ 

Family Entertainment Center ______________ 

Gaming Center ________________________ 

Golf Course ___________________________ 

Fitness Center/Gym _____________________ 

Hotel _______________________________ 

Live Entertainment Venue ________________ 

Movie Theater _________________________ 

Music Lessons ________________________ 

Personal Trainer _______________________ 

Wedding Venue ________________________ 

Weekend Destination Spot ________________ 

Yoga ________________________________ 

PETS 

Pet Boarding __________________________ 

All vacations are approved on a promotional basis and are subject to availability. Blackout dates do 

apply. Travel dates are final and will not be extended. Travel is not permitted during holiday periods 

including both five days prior to and after. Trips are non-transferable and cannot be exchanged for 

cash. Apple Vacations reserves the right to substitute the vacation with another of equal value, equal 

Apple rating or within the same hotel chain should any unforeseen circumstance occur. Hotel to be 

determined by Apple Vacations. Trips are valid for two adults ONLY per room and do not include any 

special promotions. NO room upgrades. Winner must be at least 21 years old or traveling with a legal 

guardian. Employees of participating companies and its properties, sponsors, vendors and their immediate 

families are not eligible to win. 

PRIZE: One three-night trip for two (2) adults to Riu Caribe in Cancun, Mexico, provided by Apple Vacations. 

The trip includes three-night accommodations, round-trip nonstop air from Chicago O’Hare, 

ground transfers to/from the airport and hotel, all meals and drinks in the resort and the assistance of 

a resort Apple Representative. Trip is valid for travel through Nov. 1, 2017. Taxes, insurance, any applicable 

baggage fees, and additional expenses (such as optional excursions, spa treatments, phone calls 

and souvenirs) are the sole responsibility of the winner. Approximate retail value of the trip is $2,000. 

ELIgIBILITY: Open to legal U.S. residents of Illinois, 21 years of age or older on the day of entry. Winner 

must be 21 years old and have a valid passport. At least 50 categories must be filled in on the Entry 

Ballot in order to eligible for the Prize. Employees of 22nd Century Media and its affiliates, subsidiaries, 

advertising agencies and promotional suppliers, as well as the immediate families of such employees, 

are not eligible. Void where prohibited or restricted by law. 

A One Stop Shop 

for all of your 

decorating or home 

improvement needs. 

815-552-2491 

info@interiorsbydianedecero.com 

Located in Historic Downtown Lockport! 

www.interiorsbydianedecero.com 

Pet Groomer __________________________ 

Pet Shop _____________________________ 

Pet Walker ____________________________ 

Veterinarian __________________________ 

SERvICES 

Auto Repair ___________________________ 

Bank ________________________________ 

Butcher ______________________________ 

Car Wash _____________________________ 

Carpet/Flooring ________________________ 

Credit Union __________________________ 

Day care _____________________________ 

Electrician ____________________________ 

Financial advisor _______________________ 

Florist _______________________________ 

Funeral Home _________________________ 

Handyman Service ______________________ 

Heating/Cooling ________________________ 

Home Builder __________________________ 

Home Improvement _____________________ 

Insurance agent ________________________ 

Kitchen/Bath Remodeling _________________ 

Landscaping __________________________ 

Law Firm _____________________________ 

Lawn Care ____________________________ 

Oil Change ____________________________ 

Pest Control ___________________________ 

Photographer __________________________ 

Plumber _____________________________ 

Pools/Spas ___________________________ 

Real Estate Agent _______________________ 

Real Estate Brokerage ___________________ 

Roofing ______________________________ 

Tax Services/Accountant _________________ 

Towing Company _______________________ 

Travel Agency _________________________ 

Windows/Doors ________________________ 

SHOPPINg 

Antiques _____________________________ 

Appliance Store ________________________ 

Boutique _____________________________ 

Bridal Shop ___________________________ 

Consignment Shop ______________________ 

Furniture Store ________________________ 

Garden Center or Nursery _________________ 

Grocery Store _________________________ 

Jewelry Store _________________________ 

Liquor Store ___________________________ 

Shoe Store ___________________________ 

Tire Store ____________________________ 

vEHICLES/RECREATIONAL vEHICLES 

Auto Dealer - Domestic __________________ 

Auto Dealer - Imports ____________________ 

Motorcycle Dealer ______________________ 

RV Dealer ____________________________ 

VoTE onlinE now 

22ndcenturymedia.com/swchoice 

Entry Ballot Must Be Received By 

5 p.m. Feb. 28, 2017 

At least 50 categories must be completed for ballot to be counted. 

Name ________________________________________ Age___________ 

Address _____________________________________________________ 

City ________________________________________________________ 

State _________________________________________ Zip___________ 

Phone ______________________________________________________ 

E-mail ______________________________________________________ 

Mail Entries To: 

“Southwest Choice Awards” • c/o 22nd Century Media 

11516 W. 183rd Place 3SW, Orland Park, IL 60467 

Your neighborhood bank. 

Over 55,000 free ATMs, online/mobile banking 

and friendly, personal service. 

Helping neighbors, 

since 1945! 

1-888-254-9500 emarquettebank.com 

Member FDIC 

STEAKS • CHOPS • PRIME RIB 

SEAFOOD • CHICKEN • RIBS 

A CLASSIC 

apple AMERICAN apple 

STEAKHOUSE 

SERVING THE 

SOUTH SUBURBS 

SINCE 1922 

708.687.2331 

147th & Oak Park Ave. 

Oak Forest, IL 60452 

17050 South Oak Park Ave. Tinley Park, IL 60477 

tpkitchenandbath.com 708.429.6601 

VOTE FOR US 

in this years Southwest Choice Awards 

LoCAl Gardening 

and Landscaping 

HEADQUARtErS! 

JIM MELKA LANDSCAPING & GARDEN CENTER 

11606 179 TH ST. (708) 349-6989 ext. 3 

MOKENA jimmelkalandscaping.com 

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708-897-9192 773-884-0355 

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00 

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Please indicate all changes legibly, then sign & date and return by mail to: 

Small party or gathering? 

Limit 1 Coupon per Table. 

h G Noonan Dba We have a conference room! 

Not good with other offers or on 

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holidays. 

Dex Media • Attn: Graphics • 10200 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street North • St. Petersburg, chance FL of 33716 winning. Prize is not transferable. No prize substitution except by Sponsor, who reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value. Each winner is responsible for all federal, state and local 

taxes as well as all departure taxes, insurance, fees and fuel surcharges (approximately $350-$415 per person, subject to change) will be advised by Apple Promotional Bookings and must be paid by the traveler to 

Pay special attention to phone numbers, addresses, business name, internet addresses (case sensitive), spelling/typographical 

errors, placement of text in the Product, photos/artwork and the publications in which you 

Apple 

want the 

Vacations 

Product 

prior to departure. These taxes include airport departure taxes, airport arrival taxes, airline fuel surcharges and tour-guard insurance. 

to appear. Dex Media will not accept any change in illustration, size or color. The clarity/color and size of the published 

Product may vary slightly from this proof. If the proof is not signed and returned the product will print as is. Please 

remember that this Product is subject to the terms and conditions of your Marketing Services Agreement. I 

APPROVE THIS PRODUCT LIVE FOR ENTERTAINMENT 

PUBLICATION. Increase the value 

SIGNATURE 

DATE 

Open Daily 

AT 11:00AM 

Banquets 

FOR UP TO 120 GUESTS 

BEAUTY 

Barber _______________________________ 

Beauty School _________________________ 

Day spa ______________________________ 

Hair Salon ____________________________ 

Mani/Pedi ____________________________ 

Massage ____________________________ 

Tanning Salon _________________________ 

HEALTH 

Assisted Living ________________________ 

Chiropractor __________________________ 

Dentist ______________________________ 

Doctor _______________________________ 

Emergency Room _______________________ 

OFFICIAL RULES 

SPONSOR: 22nd Century Media, 11516 W. 183rd Place. 3SW, Orland Park, IL 60467. 

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER: Complete a 2017 Southwest Choice Awards Official Entry Ballot in the February editions of 22nd Century Media’s southwest publications (includes The Frankfort Station, The 

Homer Horizon, The Lockport Legend, The Mokena Messenger, The New Lenox Patriot, The Orland Park Prairie and The Tinley Junction). At least 50 categories must be filled in on the Entry Ballot in order to be eligible 

for the Prize. Mail entries to: “Southwest Choice Awards c/o 22nd Century Media, 11516 W. 183rd Place 3SW, Orland Park, IL 60467. Hand-delivered entries and online entries will be accepted. No photocopies or 

mechanical reproductions. The sweepstakes begins Feb. 2, 2017, and ends Feb. 28, 2017. Entries must be received by no later than 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, 

mutilated, incomplete, illegible, stolen, or postage-due mail or otherwise undeliverable entries. The winner will be selected in a random drawing from all eligible entries received on or about March 15, 2017. The 

winner will be notified by phone within 15 days of drawing. A voucher for the prize will be awarded within 30 days after the winner has been notified and chosen. For a copy of the Official Rules, send a self-addressed 

stamped envelope to “Southwest Choice Awards” c/o 22nd Century Media, 11516 W. 183rd Place 3SW, Orland Park, IL 60467. All entries become the property of the Sponsor. 

CONDITIONS: Sponsor is not responsible for printing, production, typographical or other errors or omissions. Prize winner may be required to complete and return an affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release 

before receiving Prize. If affidavit and release are not returned within seven (7) days of the Prize drawing, or if the Prize winner is ineligible, the Prize may be forfeited and an alternate Prize winner may be randomly chosen 

from among all eligible entrants. Winner will be required to provide proof of insurance at the time of delivery. • All taxes associated with the Prize are the sole responsibility of the winner. By entering, participants 

agree to be bound by the official rules (and the Sponsor’s interpretation thereof) and consent to the use of their name, photograph, and/or likeness for advertising/publicity without further consideration, except where 

prohibited by law. Sponsor may prohibit entrants from participating in the Sweepstakes and disqualify entries if they attempt to enter the Sweepstakes through means not described in the rules, attempt to disrupt the 

Sweepstakes or circumvent the rules, act in an unsportsmanlike manner or with an intent to annoy or harass any other entrant or Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or suspend the Sweepstakes should 

unauthorized human intervention or other causes beyond the control of the Sponsor corrupt the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper operation of the Sweepstakes. In the event Sponsor terminates 

Sweepstakes due to unauthorized human intervention or other causes beyond the control of the Sponsor, Sponsor shall award the Prize in a random drawing of all entrants to one eligible participant, based upon the 

rules of eligibility. All decisions are final. • Odds of winning depend upon the number of entries received. Possible entries are unlimited in number and only one prize will be awarded. A purchase will not improve 

of your home this Spring 

18445 Thompson Court 

Tinley Park, Illnois 60477 

Hearing Clinic _________________________ 

Home Health Care ______________________ 

Hospital ______________________________ 

OB/GYN ______________________________ 

Orthodontist __________________________ 

Orthopedic ___________________________ 

Pediatrician ___________________________ 

Physical Therapy _______________________ 

Place to have a Baby ____________________ 

Podiatrist _____________________________ 

Senior Living __________________________ 

Urgent Care ___________________________ 

Vision Center __________________________ 

Weight Loss Center _____________________ 

DININg 

Asian fusion ___________________________ 

Bakery ______________________________ 

Barbecue _____________________________ 

Beer Garden __________________________ 

Breakfast ____________________________ 

Brewery _____________________________ 

Brunch ______________________________ 

Buffet _______________________________ 

Burger _______________________________ 

Business Lunch ________________________ 

Candy/Popcorn ________________________ 

Carry-Out ____________________________ 

Caterer ______________________________ 

Chicken Wings _________________________ 

Thank you for voting us 

Best Place to Buy 

Windows and Doors 

Family owned & operated since 1959 

708.342.0900 

www.schaafwindow.com 

Chinese food __________________________ 

Coffee Shop ___________________________ 

Date night spot ________________________ 

Deli/Sub sandwiches ____________________ 

Doughnuts ____________________________ 

Family-owned restaurant _________________ 

Fine Dining ___________________________ 

Fried Chicken _________________________ 

Greek Restaurant _______________________ 

Gyros _______________________________ 

Happy Hour ___________________________ 

Hibachi Grill ___________________________ 

Hot Dogs _____________________________ 

Ice Cream ____________________________ 

Irish pub _____________________________ 

Italian Restaurant _______________________ 

Juice/Smoothies _______________________ 

Mexican Restaurant _____________________ 

New Restaurant (Feb. 2016-present) _________ 

Outdoor Dining ________________________ 

Pizza ________________________________ 

Pizza - Chicago-style ____________________ 

Pizza - Most creative ____________________ 

Pizza - Thick Crust ______________________ 

Pizza - Thin crust _______________________ 

Ribs ________________________________ 

Seafood - Fast Food _____________________ 

Seafood - Fine Dining ____________________ 

Soup ________________________________ 

Industry-leading professionals, 

ready to make your experience as 

rewarding as it is relaxing. 

20821 S. LaGrange Rd., Frankfort 60423 • 815-469-0660 

15194 S. LaGrange Rd, Orland Park 60462 • 708-364-0660 

1243 S. State St., Lemont 60439 • 630-243-0660 

Sports Bar ____________________________ 

Steakhouse ___________________________ 

Sushi Restaurant _______________________ 

Thai Restaurant ________________________ 

EDUCATION 

Private K-8th Grade School _______________ 

Private High School _____________________ 

Preschool ____________________________ 

FITNESS & RECREATION 

Art Studio ____________________________ 

Bowling Alley _________________________ 

Casino ______________________________ 

Country Club __________________________ 

Dance Studio _________________________ 

Driving Range _________________________ 

Family Entertainment Center ______________ 

Gaming Center ________________________ 

Golf Course ___________________________ 

Fitness Center/Gym _____________________ 

Hotel _______________________________ 

Live Entertainment Venue ________________ 

Movie Theater _________________________ 

Music Lessons ________________________ 

Personal Trainer _______________________ 

Wedding Venue ________________________ 

Weekend Destination Spot ________________ 

Yoga ________________________________ 

PETS 

Pet Boarding __________________________ 

All vacations are approved on a promotional basis and are subject to availability. Blackout dates do 

apply. Travel dates are final and will not be extended. Travel is not permitted during holiday periods 

including both five days prior to and after. Trips are non-transferable and cannot be exchanged for 

cash. Apple Vacations reserves the right to substitute the vacation with another of equal value, equal 

Apple rating or within the same hotel chain should any unforeseen circumstance occur. Hotel to be 

determined by Apple Vacations. Trips are valid for two adults ONLY per room and do not include any 

special promotions. NO room upgrades. Winner must be at least 21 years old or traveling with a legal 

guardian. Employees of participating companies and its properties, sponsors, vendors and their immediate 

families are not eligible to win. 

PRIZE: One three-night trip for two (2) adults to Riu Caribe in Cancun, Mexico, provided by Apple Vacations. 

The trip includes three-night accommodations, round-trip nonstop air from Chicago O’Hare, 

ground transfers to/from the airport and hotel, all meals and drinks in the resort and the assistance of 

a resort Apple Representative. Trip is valid for travel through Nov. 1, 2017. Taxes, insurance, any applicable 

baggage fees, and additional expenses (such as optional excursions, spa treatments, phone calls 

and souvenirs) are the sole responsibility of the winner. Approximate retail value of the trip is $2,000. 

ELIgIBILITY: Open to legal U.S. residents of Illinois, 21 years of age or older on the day of entry. Winner 

must be 21 years old and have a valid passport. At least 50 categories must be filled in on the Entry 

Ballot in order to eligible for the Prize. Employees of 22nd Century Media and its affiliates, subsidiaries, 

advertising agencies and promotional suppliers, as well as the immediate families of such employees, 

are not eligible. Void where prohibited or restricted by law. 

A One Stop Shop 

for all of your 

decorating or home 

improvement needs. 

815-552-2491 

info@interiorsbydianedecero.com 

Located in Historic Downtown Lockport! 

www.interiorsbydianedecero.com 

Pet Groomer __________________________ 

Pet Shop _____________________________ 

Pet Walker ____________________________ 

Veterinarian __________________________ 

SERvICES 

Auto Repair ___________________________ 

Bank ________________________________ 

Butcher ______________________________ 

Car Wash _____________________________ 

Carpet/Flooring ________________________ 

Credit Union __________________________ 

Day care _____________________________ 

Electrician ____________________________ 

Financial advisor _______________________ 

Florist _______________________________ 

Funeral Home _________________________ 

Handyman Service ______________________ 

Heating/Cooling ________________________ 

Home Builder __________________________ 

Home Improvement _____________________ 

Insurance agent ________________________ 

Kitchen/Bath Remodeling _________________ 

Landscaping __________________________ 

Law Firm _____________________________ 

Lawn Care ____________________________ 

Oil Change ____________________________ 

Pest Control ___________________________ 

Photographer __________________________ 

Plumber _____________________________ 

Pools/Spas ___________________________ 

Real Estate Agent _______________________ 

Real Estate Brokerage ___________________ 

Roofing ______________________________ 

Tax Services/Accountant _________________ 

Towing Company _______________________ 

Travel Agency _________________________ 

Windows/Doors ________________________ 

SHOPPINg 

Antiques _____________________________ 

Appliance Store ________________________ 

Boutique _____________________________ 

Bridal Shop ___________________________ 

Consignment Shop ______________________ 

Furniture Store ________________________ 

Garden Center or Nursery _________________ 

Grocery Store _________________________ 

Jewelry Store _________________________ 

Liquor Store ___________________________ 

Shoe Store ___________________________ 

Tire Store ____________________________ 

vEHICLES/RECREATIONAL vEHICLES 

Auto Dealer - Domestic __________________ 

Auto Dealer - Imports ____________________ 

Motorcycle Dealer ______________________ 

RV Dealer ____________________________ 

VoTE onlinE now 

22ndcenturymedia.com/swchoice 

Entry Ballot Must Be Received By 

5 p.m. Feb. 28, 2017 

At least 50 categories must be completed for ballot to be counted. 

Name ________________________________________ Age___________ 

Address _____________________________________________________ 

City ________________________________________________________ 

State _________________________________________ Zip___________ 

Phone ______________________________________________________ 

E-mail ______________________________________________________ 

Mail Entries To: 

“Southwest Choice Awards” • c/o 22nd Century Media 

11516 W. 183rd Place 3SW, Orland Park, IL 60467 

Your neighborhood bank. 

Over 55,000 free ATMs, online/mobile banking 

and friendly, personal service. 

Helping neighbors, 

since 1945! 

1-888-254-9500 emarquettebank.com 

Member FDIC 

STEAKS • CHOPS • PRIME RIB 

SEAFOOD • CHICKEN • RIBS 

A CLASSIC 

apple AMERICAN apple 

STEAKHOUSE 

SERVING THE 

SOUTH SUBURBS 

SINCE 1922 

708.687.2331 

147th & Oak Park Ave. 

Oak Forest, IL 60452 

17050 South Oak Park Ave. Tinley Park, IL 60477 

tpkitchenandbath.com 708.429.6601 

VOTE FOR US 

in this years Southwest Choice Awards 

LoCAl Gardening 

and Landscaping 

HEADQUARtErS! 

JIM MELKA LANDSCAPING & GARDEN CENTER 

11606 179 TH ST. (708) 349-6989 ext. 3 

MOKENA jimmelkalandscaping.com 

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26 | February 16, 2017 | The Lockport Legend life & arts 


Students put their 

heart into craft project 

Students from Walsh School and Oak Prairie painted pillowcases Feb. 8 to be sent to 

soldiers in the hospital. Photos submitted 

Homer 33C students 

raise money for 

American Heart 

Association 

Submitted by Homer 33C 

Goodings Grove fourthgraders 

showed their support 

for the American Heart 

Association last week by 

making scarves from heartshaped 

pieces of cloth. 

Students were given an 

opportunity to purchase 

the kits for $5. Each kit 

was assembled by a team 

of teachers, staff members, 

bus drivers and parents who 

cut, counted and organized 

the uniform pieces of fleece 

from yards of fabric. 

The kits were labeled 

with clever names, such as 

“Sunny Days Ahead” (for 

a kit of yellow and orange 

fabric), “Bumble Bee” (for 

a kit with yellow and black 

cloth) and “Can You Bear 

It” (for a kit containing the 

Chicago Bears’ famous orange 

and blue). 

Proceeds from the kit sales 

will benefit the American 

Heart Association. Last year, 

the school raised more than 

$11,000 for the organization 

through a variety of activities. 

This year, they hope to 

raise even more. 

D92 students paint pillowcases for soldiers 

Art work sent to 

soldiers in hospital 

Submitted by Will County 

District 92 

District 92 pairs students 

from Walsh School (early 

childhood though first grade) 

and Oak Prairie (sixtheighth 

grade) to promote 

leadership, social skills, and 

friendship. 

The students have taken 

several field trips, and for 

this one they decorated pillowcases 

and Valentine’s to 

be given via Operation Care 

Package to injured troops 

who are in the hospital. 

At the first trip for Walsh, 

they searched for and decorated 

pumpkins from a 

teacher-made patch. The 

second trip was to the Lockport 

Library to decorate a 

Christmas tree and have the 

older students read to the 

younger students. 

The district has been 

amazed and proud of the 

older students and the leadership 

roles they have taken 

with the younger students at 

Walsh. 

D92 students Sean Pierson (left) and Ryan Rusnak show off 

the American flag pillowcase they made. 

Students Zach Dankert (left) and Dale Reese have a laugh 

while painting pillowcases. 

Goodings Grove fourth-graders and Principal Ann Christie show off the scarves they made 

from heart-shaped pieces of cloth. Photos submitted 

Students chose from a variety of different colored kits to make their scarves from.

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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 small-batch vodka, 

fresh sage simple syrup, 

POM Wonderful 100 percent 

pomegranate juice, 

Cointreau, freshly-squeezed 

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 

in it,” Kapellas explained. 

“We try to use the freshest 

products.” 

The cocktail also may use 

the optional addition of pasteurized 

egg whites, 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 

Bonefish Grill 

15537 S. LaGrange Road in Orland Park 

Hours 

• 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday 

• 11 a.m.-11:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday 

• 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday 

For more information ... 

Web: www.bonefishgrill.com/locations/il/orland-park 

Phone: (708) 873-5170 

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 mostprized 

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. 

Hurry, before it’s gone! 

On Bonefish Grill’s special 

menu — but only until 

it changes again Feb. 28 

— is a black cod with miso 

($24.90) entrée, featuring 

what Kapellas calls a “melt 

in your mouth” fish featuring 

a house-made misoyaki 

sauce, served with fingerling 

potatoes, fresh baby bok 

choy and pickled ginger. 

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 

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 cups 

of sugar in the raw (for 

richer texture) or superfine 

sugar and stir until sugar is 

dissolved. Add 10-15 fresh 

sage 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 

brighter your flavor will be. 

Helpful hints 

• The orange liqueur 

(Cointreau or similar) 

is going to add a bit of 

balance to the martini 

but not a ton of flavor, 

so tweak the flavor of 

cordial that you use to 

best accommodate the 

flavors that you love. For a 

richer flavor, use a liqueur 

like Grand Marnier. For a 

sweeter orange flavor, use 

Cointreau. For something 

different, try Solerno 

blood orange liqueur. 

• For an alternate to 

orange liqueur, use 

St.-Germain elderflower 

liqueur or Domaine de 

Canton ginger liqueur. 

• Without the egg 

whites, pull back slightly 

on the pomegranate 

juice, depending upon 

sweetness desired. 

• Do not forget the bitters. 

It’s a key element to the 

perfect balance in this 

martini. 

• For perfect aromatics, 

clap the fresh sage 

between your hands 

before garnishing the 

martini. This will release 

the oils and bring the 

aroma to the forefront.

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crosstown CROSSWORD & Sudoku 

The crosstowns: Frankfort, Homer Glen, Lockport, Mokena, New Lenox, Orland Park, Tinley Park 

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 

Across 

1. “Wanted” poster word 

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 

women’s basketball star 

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 

39. Says indistinctly 

41. Distinctive air 

42. Australian cockatoo 

44. Prayer ending 

45. Chinese dynasty 

46. Heart 

48. Tinley Park bar and 

grill 

50. Shacks 

54. Money records 

inspector 

55. Reverse 

56. US composer, 

Arnold 

62. Flowers, for short 

63. Gunky buildup 

64. Motherless calf 

65. Canal 

66. In fine fettle 

67. Decree 

68. NBA team 

69. 76 product 

70. Work areas 

Down 

1. Run ___ (go wild) 

2. Monetary unit of 

Bulgaria 

3. Summer coolers 

4. Small field 

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 

LOCKPORT 

The Outpost Pub & Grill 

(14929 Archer Ave., 

Lockport; (815) 836-8893) 

■8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays and 

Thursdays: Live DJ and 

Karaoke 

Strike N Spare II 

(811 Northern Drive, 

Lockport; (708) 301-1477) 

■9:30 ■ p.m.-12:30 a.m. 

Mondays: Quartermania 

■Fridays: ■ Live bands 

HOMER GLEN 

Mullets Sports Bar and 

Restaurant 

(14903 S. Bell Road, 

Homer Glen; (708) 645- 

7000) 

7 p.m. Wednesdays: Trivia 

ORLAND PARK 

Girl in the Park 

(11265 W. 159th St., 

Orland Park, IL; (708) 226- 

0042) 

■7 ■ p.m. Mondays: Trivia 

■5:30 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Live 

Music 

■8 ■ p.m. Thursdays: Bingo 

■8 ■ p.m. Fridays and Saturdays: 

Live Music 

TINLEY PARK 

Ed & Joe’s Restaurant & 

Pizzeria 

(17332 S. Oak Park Ave., 

Tinley Park; (708) 532- 

3051) 

■7:30 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: 

Team Trivia 

FRANKFORT 

Pete Mitchell’s Bar & Grill 

(21000 Frankfort Square 

Road, Frankfort; (815) 

464-8100) 

■6-8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Free N’ Fun Bar Game. 

Free to play. 

MOKENA 

The Alley Grill and Tap 

House 

(18700 S. Old LaGrange 

Road, Mokena; (708) 478- 

3610) 

■9 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Karaoke 

NEW LENOX 

Little Joe’s Restaurant 

(1300 N. Cedar Road, New 

Lenox; (815) 463-1099) 

■5-8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Piano 

Styles by Joe 

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in The Scene, email 

b.kapa@22ndcenturymedia. 

com. 

answers 

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Each sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that 

has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3x3 

squares. To solve the puzzle, each row, column and 

box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9. 

LEVEL: Medium 

Sudoku by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan

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Getting to know Dana Buxbaum 

creative chat 


Buxbaum is a 

member of The 

Artist Guild of 

Lockport 

What media 

do you work Buxbaum 

with the 

most? 

It kind of varies. I do a lot 

of — for the fine art — I do 

acrylic and I actually started 

using tea and coffee on watercolor 

paper. It’s usually 

either acrylics or the tea and 

coffee paintings. And then, I 

also make dreamcatchers for 

craft shows and take orders 

for those. It’s kind of all over 

the place. 

How did you get into art? 

My mom is a very creative 

person. For my birthday parties 

and such, she always 

had crafts and stuff going. I 

think a lot of it was from her. 

How did you start doing 

such a variety of art? 

I’ve always been more 

crafty than artistic, so the 

paintings are really more of 

a new thing for me. I want to 

start trying new mediums. I 

tried a little bit of water color, 

I tried to do pottery once 

but it did not work out well. 

I’ve always been more crafty 

than anything. Someone I 

used to be really close with 

was really into painting, so 

we would have paint nights, 

and I would just paint really 

terrible things, not good at 

all. So, I just wanted to try 

to do that more and focus on 

that a little bit and try and get 

that a little better. 

Do you do other crafts 

besides dreamcatchers? 

The dreamcatchers are the 

focus, [but] there’s also... I 

get the wood picture frames 

and I’ll decorate those and 

sell those at craft shows too, 

but it’s mostly the dream 

catchers. 

How did the idea of using 

tea and coffee in your 

painting come about? 

It was inspired by one of 

the other artist guild members, 

Kate Doser. She was 

posting her tea paintings, 

and I always thought it was 

really cool, but they were always 

brown tone. One day, I 

was drinking a pomegranate 

green tea and it stained my 

napkin and the paper it was 

on, and I was like “I wonder 

about the colored teas, how 

would that work?” So, for 

the Rhythm and Hues show 

with the artist guild, I chose 

“The Java Jive” by the Ink 

Spots for my song inspiration, 

and I painted that with 

two different strengths of 

coffee and six different 

types of tea to get the different 

colors and blends in 

there. 

Do you have any hobbies 

other than art? 

I dance. I’m really into 

blues and swing fusion, 

which is when you take traditional 

styles of dance like 

swing and salsa and combine 

it with nontraditional music 

that you wouldn’t really 

dance those styles to. 

Are there any other local 

artists who you admire? 

There’s so many. I really 

enjoy Mary Ehrler’s work. 

Her art reflects her personality; 

it’s very vibrant and exciting. 

And then Kate Doser 

inspired me with the tea and 

her style is really cool, I love 

her ink drawings. Amanda 

Grabenhofer’s photography 

is just stunning. I always 

like the different things that 

she does. Sometimes she’ll 

do a landscape or focus on 

people, but then she’s been 

working a lot with photographing 

metals and that was 

amazing. 

What is the hardest part of 

art for you? 

Subject matter. I always 

have a hard time coming up 

with an idea, which is why I 

really like the themed shows 

the artist guild does, because 

it really gives me something 

to focus on. Otherwise, it’s 

just constant “What do I 

draw? What do I paint?” I 

have a really hard time finding 

something to focus on if 

there’s no theme or requirement. 

Where do you usually get 

your inspiration for your 

subject matter? 

It varies, with the painting 

a lot of it comes from the 

theme [of the shows]. Like 

with the next show coming 

up, Fables, Folklore and 

Fairytales, I did a lot of digging 

into the grim fairytales. 

I read a whole anthology of 

grim fairytales retellings, 

so I get a lot of it from that. 

And with my dreamcatchers, 

I prefer doing orders because 

then the person ordering the 

dreamcatcher gives me a 

concept. 

What are your future goals 

for your art? 

To sell it. It’s always nice 

when people want what I 

create. That’s how I got into 

dreamcatchers, I did one for 

a charity event with Soderworld 

Wellness, and somebody 

liked my dreamcatcher 

and bought it. I was like 

“What, people are going to 

buy these things? Cool!” 

Why did you initially decide 

to stick with art? 

I have a lot of creative and 

artistic friends, and having 

the creativity around me has 

driven me to try and be more 

creative. 

What is your favorite part 

of art? 

The finished product — 

usually. Everyone is their 

own worst critic, but my favorite 

part of it is seeing it 

done, up on the wall. When 

people will buy my art or my 

dreamcatcher, I love having 

them send me a picture of 

it up in there home, in their 

room, in their car whatever. 

I like seeing it out there, it’s 

really cool. 

What is your favorite piece 

you’ve made? 

The “Java Jive” coffee and 

tea one is a favorite, Amanda 

Grabenhofer actually bought 

Dana Buxbaum often works with acrylic paint; this is one of 

her favorite paintings she has done. Photo submitted 

that one. I did a mixed media 

piece, it was a “Dark Side of 

the Moon” album cover with 

acrylics, melted crayons and 

a broken cd. That one was a 

lot of fun. There were a couple 

more silhouette paintings 

that I did...A girl on a swing 

with the moon in the tree. 

Interview by Editor Max Lapthorne 

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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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2703 Legal 

Notices 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ES- 

TATE of 524 South Street, Lockport, 

IL 60441 (Single Family 

Home). On the 23rd day ofFebruary, 

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: Nationstar Mortgage LLC 

Plaintiff V.Gerald M.Kuyper; et. 

al. Defendant. 

Case No. 16CH 0943 in the Circuit 

Court of the Twelfth Judicial 

Circuit, Will County, Illinois. 

Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) 

at the time of sale and the balance 

within twenty-four (24) hours; 

plus, for residential real estate, a 

statutory judicial sale fee calculated 

at the rate of $1 for each 

$1,000 or fraction thereof of the 

amount paid bythe purchaser to 

the person conducting the sale, not 

to exceed $300, for deposit into the 

Abandoned Residential Property 

Municipality Relief Fund. Nojudicial 

sale fee shall be paid by the 

mortgagee acquiring the residential 

real estate pursuant to its credit bid 

at the sale or by any mortgagee, 

judgment creditor, or other lienor 

acquiring the residential real estate 

whose rights inand to the residential 

real estate arose prior to the 

sale. All payments shall be made in 

cash or certified funds payable to 

the Sheriff of Will County. 

In the event the property is a condominium, 

in accordance with 735 

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

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

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

hereby notified that the purchaser 

of the unit, other than amortgagee, 

shall pay the assessments and legal 

fees required by subdivisions 

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

the assessments required bysubsection 

(g-1) of Section 18.5 of the 

Illinois Condominium Property 

Act. 

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 

(J) ifthere is asurplus following 

application of the proceeds of sale, 

then the plaintiff shall send written 

notice pursuant to 735 ILCS 

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

proceeding advising them of the 

amount ofthe surplus and that the 

surplus will beheld until aparty 

obtains a court order for its distribution 

or, in the absence of an order, 

until the surplus is forfeited to 

the State. 

For Information Please Contact: 

Codilis & Associates, P.C. 

15W030 N. Frontage Road Suite 

100 

Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527 

P: 630-794-5300 

F: 630-794-9090 

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR 

DEBT COLLECTION PRAC- 

TICES ACT YOU ARE AD- 

VISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM 

IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT 

COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO 

COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY 

INFORMATION OBTAINED 

WILL BE USED FOR THAT 

PURPOSE. 

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ES- 

TATE of 917 Sherwood Court, 

LOCKPORT, IL 60441 (SINGLE 

FAMILY). On the 2nd day of 

March, 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: Wells Fargo Bank, 

N.A. Plaintiff V. ALLAN J. 

LILLY; SUSAN R. 

KOPECKY-LILLY A/K/A SU- 

SAN R. LILLY; Defendant. 

Case No. 16CH 1173 in the Circuit 

Court of the Twelfth Judicial 

Circuit, Will County, Illinois. 
























In the event the property is acon- 

dominium, in accordance with 735 

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

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

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









Act. 










obtains acourt order for its distribution 



the State. 

For Information Please Contact: 

SHAPIRO KREISMAN AND AS- 

SOCIATES, LLC. 

2121 Waukegan Rd, Suite 301 

Bannockburn, Illinois 60015 

P: 847-770-4348 

F: 847-291-3434 










PURPOSE. 

2703 Legal 

Notices 










PURPOSE. 

STATE OF ILLINOIS ) 

) SS. 

COUNTY OF WILL ) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF 

THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIR- 

CUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

Nationstar Mortgage LLC 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Gerald M. Kuyper; et. al. 

Defendant. 

No. 16 CH 0943 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that 

pursuant to ajudgment entered in 

the above cause on the 14th day of 

September, 2016, MIKE KELLEY, 

Sheriff of Will County, Illinois, 

will on Thursday, the 23rd day of 

February, 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 19 AND 22 (EXCEPT THE 

WEST 86.5 FEET THEREOF) 

ALSO LOTS 20 AND 21 (EX- 

CEPT THE EAST 86 FEET 

THEREOF) IN BLOCK 1OF SIS- 

SON'S ADDITION TO LOCK- 

PORT, IN SECTION 26, TOWN- 

SHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 10, 

EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCI- 

PAL MERIDIAN, IN WILL 

COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

Commonly known as: 

524 South Street, Lockport, IL 

60441 

Description of Improvements: 

Single Family Home 

P.I.N.: 

11-04-26-201-022-0000 
























In the event the property is acon- 

dominium, in accordance with 735 

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

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

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









Act. 










obtains acourt order for its distribution 



the State. 

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE 

CONTACT: 

Codilis & Associates, P.C. 

15W030 N. Frontage Road Suite 

100 

Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527 

P: 630-794-5300 

F: 630-794-9090 

Plaintiff's Attorney 

MIKE KELLEY 

Sheriff of Will County 










PURPOSE. 

STATE OF ILLINOIS ) 

) SS. 

COUNTY OF WILL ) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF 

THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIR- 

CUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

ALLAN J. LILLY; SUSAN R. 

KOPECKY-LILLY A/K/A SU- 

SAN R. LILLY; 

Defendant. 

No. 16 CH 1173 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that 

pursuant to ajudgment entered in 

the above cause on the 10th day of 

November, 2016, MIKE KELLEY, 

Sheriff of Will County, Illinois, 

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high school 

highlights 

The rest of the week in 

high school sports 

BOYS BASKETBALL 

Lockport 24, Sandburg 20 

Patrick Cooper, Matt Smietanski 

and John Meyer each 

posted six points for the 

Porters Feb. 11 at Sandburg. 

Lockport trailed 17-5 at halftime. 

The win gives them an 

11-13 overall record, 2-6 in 

SouthWest Suburban Blue. 

basketball 

From Page 45 

“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.” 

In the postseason this 

week, the Griffins — who 

hold out hope that junior 

forward Lauren Hunter 

(high left ankle sprain) 

might return to the lineup 

— opened up with Richards 

Tuesday, Feb. 14, in the 

Stagg Regional. 

Lockport is the No. 10 

seed in the Aurora East Sectional. 

The Porters played 

host to No. 7-seeded Plainfield 

East Tuesday, Feb. 14. 

If Lockport won that contest, 

it would likely play 

No. 2-seeded Oswego East 

Thursday, Feb. 16, at 7 p.m. 

for the regional title. 

Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Izzy Van Kuiken 

Izzy Van Kuiken is a senior at Lockport 

Township High School. 

How did you start cheerleading? 

I started in sixth grade because my big sister 

[Jessie] was always a cheerleader, and I 

just looked up to her. She got me into it. 

What do you like about it? 

I love going to competitions and just competing 

in front of such big crowds of people. 

It just gives me a feeling I can’t describe. 

Speaking of big crowds, what was 

the state meet like? 

Being a senior, it was sad because it was 

the last time I’m ever going to go out there. 

But it was happy because I loved spending it 

with my team and coach. 

Do you have pre-competition rituals? 

Usually, I listen to music, and I always eat 

the same thing: pretzels and a banana. 

What is your favorite memory from 

your time with the Porters? 

My sophomore year, we won sectionals, 

and we got second at state. That’s definitely 

one of my favorite memories because we 

were just such a good team, and winning 

sectionals was such a good feeling. 

Who is your role model? 

Both my parents [mother, Lisa; father, Jerry] 

I would consider my role models because 

they always encourage me to do my best, and 

they’re just so hard working. 

If you could have any superpower, 

what would it be? 

I think I’d want to be able to mind read. 

I think it’d be cool to see what other people 

are thinking. 

When you are not in school or cheering, 

what do you do for fun? 

I hangout with my family and my friends. 


I love to go camping and just go to the beach. 

If you could go anywhere in the 

world, where would you go? 

Bora Bora. It just looks really pretty there, 

and I’ve always wanted to go there. 

What are your plans for after graduation? 

I plan on becoming a teacher, probably a 

math teacher. 

Interview by Assistant Editor Erin Redmond 

This Week In... 

Lockport Township 

High School Varsity 

Athletics 

Boys Basketball 

■Feb. ■ 17 host Stagg, 7 p.m. 

■Feb. ■ 21 host Lincoln-Way 

East, 7 p.m. 

Boys Swimming 

■Feb. ■ 17 host IHSA Sectional, 

5 p.m. 

■Feb. ■ 18 host IHSA Sectional, 

9 a.m. 

Spartan seniors 

Six players from Lockport honored at 

Spartans Hockey Club senior night 

Seniors who were honored Feb. 4 at senior night were (left 

to right) Lemont resident Michael Cottrell, and Lockport 

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Schilling student finishes third at national wrestling tournament 

Khalil, 6, brings 

home iconic eagle 

wrestling trophy 


At 6 years old, wrestling in 

a prestigious national tournament 

can be intimidating — 

unless you’re Ameer Khalil, 

that is. 

The Schilling School student 

took third in his 22-man 

bracket at the 2017 FloWrestling 

Tulsa Nationals tournament 

held Jan. 20-21 in Tulsa, 

Oklahoma. Khalil’s only 

loss came in the semifinals 

and was his first in 20-plus 

matches. 

A finals berth was just 

within reach for Ameer. The 

Homer Glen wrestler threw 

his opponent on his back, 

tying the match a 2-2 in the 

second period. But his opponent 

was able to roll out and 

then pinned Ameer, making 

his pursuit of the podium that 

much harder. 

“Honestly, it was a mistake 

and that’s why it broke 

his heart because he knew he 

had him,” his father Naseem 

Khalil said. “He’s been undefeated; 

he broke down big 

time ... but he had to bounce 

back because his next match 

was in like 10 minutes. He 

had to wipe the tears and 

come right back — and then 

he won the next three.” 

“It was good; I beat them 

and I was happy,” said 

Ameer, who is nicknamed 

“The Hulk” by his teammates. 

Ameer has been successful 

in Illinois, but it was the first 

national tournament for the 

young wrestler. He and his 

brother, 13-year-old Mohammad, 

wrestle for the Martinez 

Elite club team out of Aurora, 

which sent several of its 

older athletes to the tournament. 

When it was suggested 

that Ameer make the trip, his 

father thought it would be a 

good opportunity for him to 

gain some experience. 

Ameer took on wrestlers 

from all over the country, 

beating competitors from 

Texas and Oklahoma — just 

to name a few. While the objective 

was simply to gain 

experience on the national 

stage, Naseem knew his son 

had the potential to bring 

home one of the iconic eagle 

trophies. 

“You talk to any kid that 

wrestles and they always talk 

about the eagle,” Naseem 

said. “Our whole goal was 

we’re going to fight for the 

Ameer Khalil, a 6-year-old Schilling School student, 

proudly holds his third place trophy from the 2017 FloWrestling 

Tulsa Nationals tournament held Jan. 20-21 in Tulsa, 

Oklahoma. Photo submitted 

eagle and I’m happy we got 

an eagle. 

“He’s very confident. I 

don’t think he realizes ‘oh, 

this kid’s from another state’ 

and that’s the greatest.” 

Ameer and Mohammad 

both started wrestling when 

they were 4 years old, carrying 

on the family tradition. 

Naseem, a Homer Glen native, 

wrestled throughout 

elementary school and at 


School, where he wrestled 

alongside current Porters 

coach Josh Oster. He went 

on to wrestle in college at 

Mount St. Clare in Clinton, 

Iowa. So when it was time 

for his sons to get involved 

with sports, wrestling was 

the natural choice. 

“It’s in our family,” Naseem 

said. “My uncles, my 

cousins and my brothers, 

everybody wrestles. It’s just 

something in us, but we’ve 

never really traveled [to 

wrestle] to a national tournament 

— it was pretty big.” 

Naseem said the sport 

has changed a lot since he 

donned a singlet. In order to 

stay competitive, wrestlers 

must train and compete yearround 

— and that’s exactly 

what his boys plan to do. 

Mohammad used to play 

baseball in the summer, but 

this year both brothers will 

devote it to wrestling instead. 

Naseem said they plan on 

competing in various national 

tournaments around the 

Midwest, while continuing to 

practice with their club team 

four to five days a week. 

The boys log extra time 

with the Lemont Bears and 

their head coach Tom Ambrose. 

While neither wrestles 

for the team, Naseem said 

Ambrose has been instrumental 

to their success. 

“Coach Ambrose is a huge 

help to this kid. He’s not 

even his dedicated coach, but 

he welcomes him with open 

arms,” Naseem said. “ ... he 

always opens up the door for 

both my boys to go in there 

and get extra workouts in. 

Obviously his club, Martinez 

Elite, does everything 

for him, but this guy is right 

there, too.” 

Ameer currently vying for 

the Illinois Kids Wrestling 

Federation’s Future Finalists 

belt, which is broken down 

by age group with only the 

Top 3 in each winning the 

belt. The wrestlers must win 

four tournaments in Illinois 

in order to qualify. Ameer already 

has two down, capturing 

his second Future Finalist 

victory Feb. 3 in Lemont. He 

also went 3-0 Feb. 4 at a tournament 

in Wisconsin. 

Ameer took fifth the Bantam 

Championship Feb. 12 

at Bolingbrook High School. 

This tournament, Naseem 

said, was tougher as it’s divided 

up by weight and not 

age, meaning he could wrestle 

competitors up to two 

years old than him. 

“He’s the man at his weight, 

at his age, but now when you 

add two years to that same 

weight, those kids are a little 

bit stronger, a little bit more 

mature,” Naseem said. 

Ameer won his first match, 

but lost the next two by 

fall. He bounced back and 

notched an 8-0 major decision 

over Elijah Wilson of 

the Will County Warriors in 

the fifth place match. 

Homer Jr. High cheerleaders end successful season third at state 

Submitted by Homer 

Community Consolidated 

School District 33C 

Hard work and perseverance 

have paid off for 

the Homer Jr. High School 

cheerleading team. 

On Jan. 23, the team 

took third at the highly 

competitive IESA State 

Championship. 

Homer Community 

Consolidated School District 

33C Athletic Director 

Amanda Monahan said 

the cheerleaders performed 

“an amazing routine” and 

worked through various 

setbacks and obstacles, also 

noting the tough and competitive 

division the team is 

in. 

The team is coached by 

Kelly Klosak and Morgan 

Curry. In the course of the 

successful season, Homer 

Jr. High earned second at 

Bradley-Bourbonnais High 

School, fourth at Lincoln- 

Way East High School, third 

at Andrew High School and 

first at Oak Forest High 

School. 

Monahan added Homer 

has some of the most talented 

athletes in the state. 

She pointed to the fact the 

school scored in the Top 3 

at state for eight consecutive 

years, with the team 

working hard throughout 

the year and making a 

big time commitment to 

achieve the success. 

The team is comprised of 

sixth-graders Mary Bresnahan, 

Gianna Kosi, Megan 

Mecher, Emma Soderberg 

and Keila Vasylionis; seventh-graders 

Hayley Barron, 

Hannah Boetscher, Shelby 

Gloss, Emma Mackin, 

Emma Motykowski, Brinda 

Parikh and Bianca Stillo; 

and eighth-graders Isabella 

Giertuga, Emma Harris, Fiona 

Heeney, Emily Jungheim, 

Morgan Lavery, Abbi Lewis, 

Marissa Pasco and Kaycee 

Siears. 

RIGHT: The Homer Jr. High 

cheerleading team came in 

third last month at state — 

its eighth consecutive finish 

in the Top 3 there — to wrap 

up another season. Photo 

submitted



Homer Glen man bowls perfect 900 series in Lockport 

Becomes only second 

bowler in IL, 32nd in 

country to achieve mark 


Strike and Spare II was packed 

with bowlers Feb. 3, yet it was so 

quiet you could hear a pin drop — 

10 of them actually. 

The silence was deafening for 

26-year-old Sam Esposito as he 

stepped up the lane for his 36th 

and final frame. With two perfect 

games under his belt already 

and the series of “Xs” lighting up 

the monitor overhead, he took a 

deep breathe, reeled back and, to 

his horror, watched his ball veer 

slightly right. 

But the bowling gods smiled 

upon him, and his ball curved 

back to hit dead on for the strike, 

causing him to fall to the ground 

in celebration and relief. That 

final strike made Esposito just 

the second person in Illinois 

and the 32nd in the country to 

bowl three consecutive perfect 

games for a 900 series, according 

to the United States Bowling 

Congress. 

“You know all those eyes are 

looking at you and you’re just 

trying not to mess up,” the Homer 

Glen resident said. “The 36th 

one for 900 was ... one that I was 

really worried about because I 

got it a little right off my hand 

and I was lucky enough that it 

came back and it struck and it 

carried.” 

With the ever-changing lane 

conditions, Strike and Spare II 

General Manager Mike Gorman 

said it takes a lot talent — and a 

dash of luck — to achieve what 

Esposito did. He said he was 

thrilled to have such a historic 

event occur in his bowling alley 

and that Esposito was the one to 

do it. 

“It’s a rare occurrence and we’ll 

probably never see it again in this 

bowling alley,” Gorman said. “It’s 

unbelievable, really. You’ve got 

guys that are shooting 800 series 

and that’s rare air, but to shoot a 

900, that’s amazing. 

Sam Esposito poses for a picture 

after bowling a 900 series Feb. 3 

at Strike and Spare II in Lockport. 


“It happened to a great kid; it 

couldn’t have happened to a nicer 

guy.” 

But Esposito’s perfect night almost 

didn’t happen. 

After being swamped at work 

Friday, he didn’t think he’d make 

it to the alley on time for the start 

of his Friday night league. He 

caught a lucky break, however, 

and was even able to squeeze in 

a few practice shots before kicking 

off what he thought would be 

a routine night of bowling. 

Esposito, who has been bowling 

since he was 12, already held two 

sanctioned 300 games prior to his 

900 series, but had struggled to 

repeat perfection in recent years. 

So when he was closing in on his 

first 300 game of the night, he had 

to tell himself to keep calm. 

“Probably about the eighth or 

ninth frame of the first game, I 

looked up and I had all strikes,” 

Esposito recalled. “It was like 

‘don’t screw up again on 300.’ After 

the first one, I just started bowling 

the second game and started to 

chit-chat. I looked up again and it 

was eighth or ninth frame again 

and I was like ‘am I going to do 

this twice in the same night?’ 

“After I got the second one, 

I was like ‘let’s just get the first 

couple and just shake some of the 

nerves.’ From there, every time I 

threw the ball and it struck, I just 

took a deep breathe and just said 

‘thank God.’” 

While bowling a 900 series was 

always a goal for Esposito, he 

never believed it would come to 

fruition. In fact, he and his buddy 

once joked they would retire from 

the sport if it ever happened, but 

Espositio said he’s not ready to 

hang up his bowling shoes just 

yet. 

“[My friend] text me the Saturday 

morning after it happened and 

said ‘are you quitting now?’ But 

no, I enjoy the sport too much,” he 

said. “I’m just going to keep doing 

it because I love it.” 

Esposito isn’t expecting to bowl 

a 900 series again anytime soon, 

but was hoping to tally at least 

600 pins at his next league game 

— but he might need someone to 

pinch him first. 

“I can’t believe it,” Esposito 

said. “I never thought it would 

happen. I’m still actually waiting 

to wake up from a dream. I’m still 

on Cloud 9.” 

Girls basketball 

Lockport plays with heart, energy in final regular season game 

Seven seniors applauded 

prior to loss against 

Lincoln-Way East 

Randy Whalen, Freelance Reporter 

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 Feb. 7 at LTHS’s Central 

Campus. 

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 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, and the Griffins 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, 

did not score again. 

Lockport — which lost to the 

Griffins 52-51 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 all-senior 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. 

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46 | February 16, 2017 | The Lockport Legend SPORTS 


Porters overcome Oswego 

East to win Andrew Sectional 

Girls bowling 

team earns fifth 

consecutive trip to 

state finals 

Frank Gogola 


For the first time this 

postseason, things were not 

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 Saturday, 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 [has] 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 did not qualify any 

individual bowlers. The 

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with a team moved on 

to state. The state finals are 

scheduled for Friday, Feb. 

17, and Saturday, Feb. 18, 

at the Cherry Bowl in Rockford. 

Lockport senior Paige 

Reiter and Delrose put together 

two of the top three 

scores in the afternoon 

session to help the Porters 

complete a comeback and 

beat Oswego East 6,334- 

6,264 for the sectional title. 

The Porters were in second 

place or lower until the end 

of the fifth game. 

Reiter bowled an afternoon 

session-high 700 

across three games. She finished 

87 pins better than senior 

Marissa Ramirez, who 

she replaced after the morning 

session, to help the Porters 

finish 70 pins ahead of 

second-place Oswego East. 

Reiter knew she was going 

to be bowling in the 

afternoon but just did not 

know who she would go in 

for. She replaced Ramirez 

in the lead spot, where she 

set the tone by bowling a 

229, 245 and 226. 

“I always start; I love it,” 

Reiter said. “There’s nothing 

better than the pressure 

of being the first one to 

bowl.” 

Delrose finished in fifth 

place with 1,319 pins. Her 

684 pins across the final 

three games were the third 

most in the afternoon session. 

Her 232 and 247 in 

Games 5 and 6, respectively, 

were her best scores of 

the day. 

The Porters were second 

after the first game (1,084) 

and dropped to fourth after 

a 930, their worst score 

of the day, in the second 

game. They responded with 

a 1,135, their best score of 

the day, to move into second 

place after the morning session. 

Lockport trailed Oswego 

East by 48 pins after three 

games but dropped to 118 

pins back after they were 

outscored 1,115-1,045 in 

Game 4. 

That led to a team huddle. 

“Before Game 5, we huddled 

and talked about getting 

our stuff in order, fix 

our focus, don’t get down 

on ourselves and don’t let 

one bad shot carry over,” 

Reiter said. 

The Porters out-bowled 

Oswego East 1,088-961 in 

Game 5 to take a nine-pin 

lead into the final game. They 

rolled a 1,052 to Oswego 

East’s 991 in the sixth game 

to secure the win. 

“The girls put their minds 

to it today,” Cwudzinski 

said. “The team was in a 

good frame of mind. Our 

spare shooting was down, 

though. But this is a veteran 

team that [has] been 

through wars before and 

didn’t let the struggles make 

them lose focus.” 

Senior Dana Ackerson 

bowled a 1,270. Senior 

Grace Karraker rolled a 

1,226. Senior Monica Colon 

had a 1,206. Ramirez, a senior, 

bowled a 613 in three 

games. 

The Porters finished 

fourth at state in 2013, 11th 

in 2014, first in 2015 and 

third last season. 

RIGHT: Monica Colon refines 

her throw with a practice 

shot for the Porters. 

Lockport’s Marissa Ramirez warms up at the Andrew 

Sectional before her team won the title Saturday, Feb. 11, at 

Orland Bowl. Photos by Bob Klein/22nd Century Media



fastbreak 

Wrestling 

Program-record 12 Porters qualify for state finals 

Bob Klein/22nd Century Media 

1st and 3 

LTHS girls bowlers 

hope for another 

top state finish 

1. Taking care of 

business 

The Lockport girls 

bowling team won 

the Andrew Sectional 

Saturday, Feb. 11. 

LTHS had trailed 

Oswego East, but the 

team surpassed them 

in the final two games. 

2. Coming back for the 

crown 

Lockport bowlers 

Paige Reiter and Bailey 

Delrose put together 

two of the top three 

scores in the afternoon 

session to help their 

team take first with a 

final score of 6,334. 

3. History of 

achievements 

The Porters advanced 

to state for the fifth 

consecutive time. 

They finished fourth 

at state in 2013, 11th 

in 2014, first in 2015 

and third last year. 

Lockport has five 

sectional champions 

in dominant showing 

Randy Whalen 


This is the time of season 

that the Lockport Township 

wrestling team has 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 topranked 

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 certainly 

showed they were 

on Saturday, Feb. 11, in 

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 for at the 

individual state tournament 

finals, which is held this 

Thursday through Saturday, 

February 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 was sophomore 

Matt Ramos (106), freshman 

James Pierandozzi 

(120), junior Zach Reese 

(152) and senior Nicholas 

Dado (170). Placing third 

was 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 Michael 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 it [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 Brendon Ramsey [with 

15 losses] make it to the podium 

is kind of heart warming.” 

Despite his loss to Tucker, 

Diehl, who is 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 regional in the 

semifinals. 

Reese is expected back for 

Lockport at state this weekend. 

But Smith (40-4) was 

very happy for the win as 

it keeps him in the opposite 

bracket as Lockport resident 

and 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.” 

LISTEN UP 

“You don’t see girls with this ability this 

often, and all on the same team.” 

Art Cwudzinski — Lockport girls bowling coach, on his team after 

winning the Andrew Sectional 

Tune In 

Girls Bowling 

Big cherry on top — Friday, Feb. 17 and Saturday, Feb. 18, 

at the Cherry Bowl in Rockford 

• The Lockport girls bowling team travels north to state 

hoping to come back with another title. 

Index 

43 - Athlete of the Week 

43- This Week In 

FASTBREAK is compiled by Contributing Editor Thomas 

Czaja, tom@homerhorizon.com.

lockport’s Hometown Newspaper | www.lockportlegend.com | February 16, 2017 

State Bound 

Twelve LTHS wrestlers 

qualify for individual 

state finals, five win 

sectional titles, Page 47 

Perfection Area 

bowler tallies second 

900 series in Illinois 

history at Strike and 

Spare II, Page 45 

Top-ranked Lockport girls bowling team 

emerges victorious by 70 pins over secondplace 

finisher at sectional, Page 46 

Lockport’s Dana Ackerson shoots a practice shot 

Saturday, Feb. 11, at Orland Bowl. She bowled a 1,270 on the day to help the Porters 

advance to state. Bob Klein/22nd Century Media 

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