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orland park’s Award-Winning Hometown Newspaper opprairie.com • March 9, 2017 • Vol. 11 No. 42 • $1 A Publication 

The Challenger 

Keith I. Pekau 

Age: 50 

Political Affiliation: Republican 

Occupation: Owner, GroundsKeeper Landscape 

Care; Partner, Fahrenheit Consulting Group 

Elected Political Experience: N/A 

Reigning Village President 

Daniel J. McLaughlin 

Age: 63 

Political Affiliation: First Orland Party 

Occupation: Executive Director, Builders Association 

Elected Political Experience: 1993-present, 

Orland Park Village President: 1983-1991, Orland Park 

Trustee 

As Orland Park prepares to transition to a full-time 

mayoral position with a $150,000 salary, The Prairie 

takes a multipart look at both candidates, Pages 4-5 

How do 

you like them 

apples? 

Century Jr. High Principal Brian 

Horn a Golden Apple 

finalist, Page 3 

What’s going 

on? 

Area organizations announce 

upcoming happenings, 

Pages 8-9 

What 

brings him to 

Orland? 

The Rev. Wes Modder talks 

award, move to Stone 

Church, Page 19 

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2 | March 9, 2017 | The orland park prairie calendar 

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Thursday 

2017 State of the Village 

Address 

6:30-8 p.m. March 9. 

Carl Sandburg High School 

Performing Arts Center, 

13300 S. LaGrange Rd. 

Mayor Daniel J. McLaughlin 

will deliver his state of the 

village address to those in 

attendance. The evening 

will include complimentary 

hors d’oeuvres and live 

music performed by the 


musician (708) 403-6399. 

Over There: The United 

States Enters World War I, 

1917 

7 p.m. March 9. Public 

Library, 14921 Ravinia Ave. 

A century ago, a terrorist 

attack in Bosnia triggered 

a devastating world war 

that still has an impact 

today. Although the United 

States tried to remain 

neutral, ultimately it was 

dragged into the war and 

onto the world stage as a 

global power. This talk will 

explain the events between 

1914 and 1917 that led to 

the deployment of more 

than 2 million American 

soldiers to France, Belgium, 

Italy and Russia. For more 

information, call (708) 428- 

5100. 

Friday 

Bring a Friend Night with 

The Connor Brown Band and 

Costco 

7:30-10:30 p.m. March 

10. The Bridge Teen Center, 

15555 S. 71st Court. Students 

are invited to come and play 

multiple partner-themed 

games and enjoy live music 

performed by The Connor 

Brown Band. Free food 

samples will be provided 

by Costco. This event if 

free for students in grades 

7-12. For more information 

call (708) 532-0500 or visit 

thebridgeteencenter.org. 

Saturday 

28th Annual Carl Sandburg 

Spring Craft Show 

9 a.m.-4 p.m. March 11. 

Carl Sandburg High School, 

13300 S. LaGrange Rd. This 

event will feature over 150 

crafters and vendors offering 

handmade jewelry, handcrafted 

gifts, wood crafts, 

iron work, food, clothing, 

handbags and more. Raffle 

prizes, food concessions and 

a bake sale will be at the 

event as well. Admission is 

$3 per person and children 

under 12 are free. All 

proceeds will benefit CSHS 

Music Boosters. The show 

will run Sunday, March 12, 

from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. For 

more information, email 

springcraftshowscshs@ 

gmail.com or email the 

CSHS Music Boosters at 

cshsmsuicboosters@gmail. 

com. 

Tuesday 

Brain Games & Pie 

4-5 p.m. March 14. The 

Bridge Teen Center, 15555 

S. 71st Court. Students 

are invited to celebrate Pi 

day with pie and fun brain 

games. This event if free for 

students in grades 7-12. For 

more information, call (708) 

532-0500. 

Wednesday 

Artillery Scout: Presentation 

by James Bilder 


Library, 14921 Ravinia 

Ave. Author James Bilder 

details a personal look at his 

grandfather’s experiences 

during World War I. From a 

hard life in Chicago, through 

training and into battle. 

The author’s grandfather 

had a front row seat as an 

artillery scout. Books will 

be available for purchase 

and autographing. For more 


5100. 

Upcoming 

Spring Senior Coffee 

9-11 a.m. Thursday, March 

16. Orland Park Civic Center, 

14750 Ravinia Ave. Join in 

this informative discussion 

with guest speakers 

Margaret Burns-Westmeyer 

and David Brainer. Burns- 

Westmeyer, horticulturist/ 

master gardener at the 

University of Illinois, will 

give a presentation and take 

questions at it’s conclusion. 

Brainer, center director of 

the Orland Park Health & 

Fitness Center, will speak 

on the center’s amenities. 

Seating is limited and 

reservations are on a first 

come basis. Registration 

will take place from Feb. 20 

through March 14. For more 

information or to register, 

call (708) 403-6133. 

Rules of the Road 

1-3 p.m. Thursday, March 

16. Public Library, 14921 

Ravinia Drive. Brush up on 

the rules of the road in this 

informative class. For more 


5100. 

Showcase: The U.S. in WWI, 

Seven Months that Changed 

the World 


Library, 14921 Ravinia 

Drive. Presenter Barry Cloyd 

will recount America’s vital 

role in this war through 

the use of GI’s stories and 

songs from the era. For more 


5115. 

Record Collectors Show 

9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, 

March 18. Comfort Inn- 

Georgios. 8800 W. 159th 

St. This event is for music 

lovers to wish to expand 

their collection. Cassettes, 

8-tracks, CD’s and vinyl 

records will be available 

for purchase from a variety 

of music categories. Most 

music genres from the 1950’s 

to 1990’s will be available. 

Working phonographs will 

be on site for customers 

to listen to records before 

purchase. General admission 

is $3, children 12 and 

under and free. For more 


6254. 

Garage Sale 

9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, 

March 25. Civic Center, 

14750 Ravinia Ave. This 

indoor garage sale will help 

raise funds for the Special 

Recreation program. Vendor 

tables are available for $30. 

Space is limited, so please 

register in advance. Vendor 

set-up will begin at 7 a.m. No 

businesses for the purpose 

of solicitation allowed. For 


403-6100. 

Comedy Improv: ‘No Limits 

Laughs’ 

8-10 p.m. Friday, March 

31. Cultural Center, 14760 

Park Ln. Residents are 

invited to the fun of an 

improv comedy night. For 


403-7275. 

ONGOING 

Give a Pint, Get a St. 

Patrick’s Day-Themed T-shirt 

Blood Drive 

March 5-19. LifeSource 

Donation Center, 11120 

W. 179th St. LifeSource is 

asking residents to donate 

blood; those who participate 

will receive a limited edition 

T-shirt, while supplies last. 

Appointments are suggested 

but walk-ins are welcome. 

The donation process takes 

an hour. Proper ID is required 

to donate. Donors must be 

18 years old, 16-and-17-year 

-olds may participate with 

parental consent. To make 

an appointment or for more 


3768 or visit LifeSource.org. 

American Legion Post: Boys 

State & Girls State 

The Orland Memorial 

Post #111 of the American 

Legion is sponsoring high 

school juniors who wish to 

take part in the Boys State 

or Girls State week-long 

program, which will be held 

at Eastern Illinois University. 

Participants must be a junior 

in high school, submit to an 

interview by the American 

Legion Post #111 and all 

paperwork completed 

by April 15. For more 

information or to receive an 

application, call Gene of the 

Orland Memorial Post #111 

at (708) 268-4363. 

Singles Group Meetings 

7 p.m. on the second 

Monday of every month. 

Papa Joe’s, 14459 S. La 

Grange Rd. Men and 

Women 55 and over get 

together to plan activities 

for the upcoming month, 

such as, dinners, sporting 

activities, cruises. For more 


4352. 

CJC Dance Club 

8-11 p.m. second and 

fourth Saturdays of the 

month. Elk Lodge, 4428 

Midlothian Turnpike, 

Crestwood. This dance 

club is seeking residents 

of Orland Park to join their 

dance inclusive club. The 

group dances a variety of 

styles. On Saturday, March 

11, a “Fancy Dress” theme 

dance will be held. This 

is not a formal event, but 

participants are asked to 

dress nicely, no jeans. Doors 

open at 7:30 p.m., and cost to 

attend is $7 for members and 

$12 for non-members. For 

more information, contact 

Barb at (630) 257-6479. 

Have an item for calendar? 

Deadline is noon Thursdays. 

To submit an item to the 

calendar, contact Assistant 

Editor Brittany Kapa at 

(708) 326-9170 ext. 11 or 

b.kapa@22ndcenturymedia. 

com.

Assistant Principal Beth 

Hayden and social worker 

Debra Tomlinson, too, 

shared McGarry’s senti- 

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The orland park prairie | March 9, 2017 | 3 

Century teacher selected finalist for Golden Apple award 

F. Amanda Tugade 

Contributing Editor 

According to Merriam- 

Webster, a teacher is defined 

as “one that teaches.” 

Simple enough. 

But a closer look at the 

word “teach” reveals something 

more: “to instruct by 

precept, example or experience.” 

And in Brian Horn’s eyes, 

a teacher’s responsibility is 

to always pursue, to always 

pay attention to the world 

that surrounds him. That 

world starts in his classroom, 

extends to his staff 

and ends with his students. 

Still today, Horn, a six-year 

principal at Century Junior 

High School, views himself 

as a teacher. 

“When people ask me 

what I do, I think of myself 

first and foremost as a 

teacher,” the Tinley Park 

IT’S 

resident said. “That’s where 

I love this job, where I love 

teaching, as well. I got my 

principal [license] and my 

master’s [degree] in my 

fourth year of teaching and 

had several opportunities at 

that time to move into a different 

role. 

“Most people, when they 

get their principal license — 

or how I just finished my superintendent 

license — it’s 

always like that’s the next 

step. 

“And to me, I stayed in 

the classroom for seven 

more years until an opportunity 

came about — until No. 

1, I was ready to make an 

impact on a broader scale, 

and there was a school 

and a district that fit my 

kind of philosophy, my pedagogy.” 

That summary shows 

only a glimpse of Horn’s 

passion for educating young 

minds, but a recent achievement 

puts his actions, his 

spirit and his character at 

the forefront. 

Out of 32 principals who 

were nominated, Horn was 

named a Top 10 finalist for 

the Golden Apple Stanley 

C. Golder Leadership 

Award. The winner of the 

award — which will be announced 

before May — is to 

receive $10,000. That money, 

according to the Golden 

Apple website, will be used 

toward the administrator’s 

professional development 

and to the school for a project. 

The recipient also will 

be honored at the Golden 

Apple Awards Gala. 

On March 4, Horn attended 

the 2017 Golden Apple 

Celebration of Excellence 

in Teaching & Leadership. 

The event was held at the 

Hilton Rosemont/Chicago-O’Hare 

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also are finalists for the 

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“It feels funny,” Horn said 

of being nominated and being 

selected. “I am the type 

of person that — maybe it’s 

being the middle child in 

me — I do not like to be the 

center of attention. I am not 

the type of person.” 

Older sister Amy Mc- 

Garry, a fifth-grade teacher 

at Meadow Ridge School, 

can attest to that. McGarry 

said on the same day 

Horn learned he had been 

nominated for the leadership 

award, she, too, found 

out that she was nominated 

for the Golden Apple 

Award. 

McGarry shared immediately. 

She called her mother 

Century Middle School Principal Brian Horn 

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to tell her the news. Horn, 

however, kept it to himself. 

“He is so humble and so 

modest,” she said, noting 

there is no one more deserving 

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4 | March 9, 2017 | The orland park prairie election 

opprairie.com 

No. 1 Contender: Keith I. Pekau 

The first part of The 

Orland Park Prairie’s 

look at the mayoral 

challenger 

Bill Jones, Editor 

Fiscal responsibility. Economic 

development. A livable 

community. 

Those are the three core issues 

on which Keith I. Pekau 

is running his campaign for 

mayor. But when it comes to 

his motivations for running, 

it really comes down to just 

one thing. 

“It was the pay raise and 

the associated pension increase, 

which I find unacceptable,” 

Pekau said, referring 

to a recent move by the 

Orland Park Village Board 

to make Village president a 

full-time job, with a salary of 

$150,000. “My first inclination 

was to find out who was 

running and support them. 

Nobody was. People pointed 

out I had a strong resume.” 

Though, that initial reaction 

led Pekau to find a second 

reason to run. 

“I did some more due 

diligence and I realized how 

much debt we have in town 

— up to $158 million in 

long-term debt,” he said, referring 

to the Village’s own 

2015 Comprehensive Annual 

Financial Report, which 

shows liabilities of that number 

due in more than one 

year. “I said, ‘This just can’t 

keep going on. It’s time for 

some ordinary citizens like 

myself to step up and run.’” 

Pekau, 50, grew up in 

Orland Park and attended 

Sandburg High School until 

the end of his junior year, 

when his family relocated 

to Arizona. He finished high 

school and college, and then 

joined the United States Air 

Force, ultimately serving for 

Keith I. Pekau is running this April to be mayor of Orland Park. Photo submitted 

nine-and-a-half years, flying 

McDonnell Douglas F-15E 

Strike Eagles in three tours 

over southern Iraq, in support 

of Desert Storm and 

Southern Watch. 

“My degree’s in aerospace 

engineering,” Pekau 

said. “Toward the end of my 

stint at Arizona State, the Air 

Force was looking for navigators, 

so I applied for Officer 

Training School and was 

accepted with a navigator 

slot. ... Like a lot of people 

that signed up at that time, I 

wanted to fly. That was the 

big motivator, but I quickly 

learned that being an Air 

Force officer was so much 

more than flying.” 

Following his service, Pekau 

got a job offer back in 

the Chicago area and moved 

back to Orland Park. He said 

the schools are what drew 

him home. 

“The school systems here 

accommodated me, pushed 

me ahead in subjects,” he 

said. “When they didn’t 

have programs for me, they 

pushed me ahead. Some of 

the programs they have today, 

with AP Calculus and all 

those, they didn’t have then. 

I was actually taught one-onone 

by some of the teachers 

there at that time. I knew I 

had some kids that were pretty 

bright, and I knew that the 

school system would accommodate 

them. Plus, it’s home. 

It’s where I grew up.” 

Pekau has since become 

the owner of GroundsKeeper 

Landscape Care in Mokena. 

He also serves as a partner 

in Fahrenheit Consulting 

Group in Wheaton. 

But despite his protests, 

if elected, Pekau — who is 

running in the election as a 

Republican and identifies 

himself as fiscally conservative 

— would earn the 

increased salary and be required 

to serve full-time 

for at the least the next four 

years. 

“I’ve already hired someone 

to run my business,” he 

said of potentially taking on 

the new role. “Hopefully, I 

hired the right person and 

they’ll do a good job running 

that. As far as the partnership 

in the consulting business, I 

would pretty much become 

an inactive partner in that 

business.” 

He said his goal is to make 

the best of the position, make 

some changes and then reassess 

in four years, if elected. 

“As far as the position of 

mayor, two things I really 

want to see happen,” he said. 

“I want to see all elected 

positions be term limited, 

which stops the ability to 

generate that big pension. 

Then, I’d like to see the position 

go back to part-time.” 

Pekau said beyond the 

money he thinks there are 

inherent problems with the 

structure of the new system. 

“Our form of government 

is a Village manager-council 

form of government, which 

means the council — which 

includes the trustees and the 

Village president — hires the 

Village manager, who is a 

professional Village manager 

who runs the Village,” Pekau 

explained. “He or she implements 

the policies for the 

board and the Village president. 

If you will, the Village 

president, you’re chairman 

of the board, if you want to 

compare it to the business 

world. You’re not the CEO; 

you’re the chairman of the 

board. Now, if the CEO, the 

Village manager, is not doing 

the job you want, they’re not 

implementing the policies, 

you replace that individual. 

That’s the role, as it should 

be. I don’t believe it’s functional 

to have two CEOs or 

have two Village managers. 

“Recognizing this is going 

to be a full-time position for 

four years, and there’s nothing 

I can do about that, what 

I’d like to do is work with 

the Village manager to help 

improve the cost structure 

of the Village, help us work 

within our budget. Then, I 

want to spend a lot of time 

working on the economic 

development things that are 

going to drive the engines of 

the Village. On top of that, 

performing the mayor’s role, 

which is to provide guidance 

to the Village manager on 

which direction we want to 

go.” 

Pekau added he thinks the 

Village has problems when 

it comes to getting diverse 

viewpoints, and that is exactly 

what he intends to deliver. 

“Frankly, the mayor has 

been pretty much unopposed 

most of his career,” 

Pekau said. “He’s been opposed 

by the same person 

twice since his first election. 

[The challenger] was a nice 

guy [but] I don’t even remember 

him ever reaching 

out to me on a campaign, so 

I don’t know how good of 

a campaign he actually ran 

against the mayor. When 

there’s no opposition, and 

that seems to be the case 

every year, there’s just not a 

whole lot of [viewpoints].” 

That creates a potential 

problem should he win the 

election. The Village Board 

has three trustees up for reelection, 

but all three are 

uncontested, meaning Pekau 

would face six trustees 

who often vote unanimously 

along with the current mayor. 

“That’s a potential challenge, 

for sure,” he said. “I 

knew that going in … recognizing 

that, yes, I could be 

outnumbered 6-1. 

“However, I’d like to think 

that the board wants to work 

together to improve Orland 

Park. I will bring ideas to 

the table that haven’t been 

brought to the table before. 

Hopefully, they’ll work with 

me. Certainly, they could 

work to stop me and say, 

‘We’re not going to let you 

do anything. We’re going 

to continue doing things the 

way we’ve been doing it.’ 

“If that’s the case, I still 

have the ability as the mayor 

to appoint commissioners 

and do those types of things; 

so, I do have some impact on 

that. I’ll make sure the voters 

stay informed of what’s 

going on, and in two years 

they’ll have another choice 

to make. We should be able 

to get some citizens to step 

up and have elections for the 

board members who are up. 

“I hope that they would like 

to work with me and improve 

Orland Park. I think one of 

the things we’re missing and 

have been missing for a long 

time is diversity of opinion 

on the boards, on the commissions. 

We’re not getting 

alternative ideas, and when 

you get alternative ideas and 

you have alternative viewpoints, 

you’re going to come 

to better conclusions.” 

A major portion of Keith 

Pekau’s campaign focuses on 

financial responsibility and 

economic development. The 

Prairie intends to delve deeper 

into those topics in the second 

article featuring the challenger 

in next week’s paper.

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The Titleholder: Daniel J. McLaughlin 

Part 1 of the The 

Orland Park Prairie’s 

discussion with the 

incumbent 


Daniel J. McLaughlin is set to run for re-election this April. 22nd Century Media File Photo 

When Daniel J. McLaughlin 

talks of a vision for the 

village, of ongoing business 

developments and of the 

challenges posed to his initiatives, 

it is clear he takes 

these things personally. 

How could he not? 

McLaughlin, 63, has 

spent, quite literally, the majority 

of his life in service to 

the Village of Orland Park. 

So, when people question 

the Village, the developments 

and the initiatives — 

at least those that have come 

about over the past few decades 

— they are, by and 

large, questioning him. 

“In my position, do you 

know how easy it would 

be to sit on my hands, how 

easy my job would be?” 

McLaughlin said while discussing 

projects like the 

Main Street Triangle, which 

has entertained controversy 

over the course of its development. 

“To be aggressive 

and take all the [criticism] 

that comes with it is pretty 

wearing, for whatever that’s 

worth. ... To be aggressive 

on the right types of developments, 

you need to if we’re 

going to make Orland Park 

successful in the future.” 

Those projects, despite 

the criticisms, are why 

McLaughlin said he wants 

another term. 

“First of all, I like it,” 

he said of being mayor. “I 

like getting things done and 

making Orland Park a better 

place. We’re in the middle of 

so many neat projects that 

I started, that I want to see 

completed, that I really never 

gave it a second thought, 

just expected I’d be running 

again to keep working on 

these majors projects.” 

McLaughlin, running for 

re-election under the First 

Orland Party — a slate that 

includes unchallenged incumbents 

Village Clerk John 

Mehalek, and Village Trustees 

Jim Dodge, Kathy Fenton 

and Dan Calandriello — 

has been mayor since 1993. 

Before that, he served as a 

Village trustee from 1983- 

1991. 

He grew up in Oak Lawn, 

got married and moved to 

Crestwood. In 1979, he 

moved to Orland Park. For 

21 years, he served as the 

executive director of the 

Plumbing Contractors Association 

of Chicago, and he 

currently works as the executive 

director of the Builders 

Association. 

If re-elected, McLaughlin 

said he will be giving up that 

job, a move necessitated by 

the Village Board’s recent 

decision to make the position 

of Village president a 

full-time one, albeit with the 

perk of a $150,000 salary. 

McLaughlin’s opponent and 

some residents have challenged 

the change as a deliberate 

move to increase the 

mayor’s municipal pension 

before retirement. While the 

numbers support the idea 

that his pension through the 

Illinois Municipal Retirement 

Fund would increase 

significantly with the salary, 

McLaughlin denies that the 

salary or pension were motivators 

for him or factored 

into the board’s decision. 

“I think people are comparing 

this to the occasional 

story, where you hear about 

a superintendent of schools 

that gets his salary jacked 

up for a year, just before he 

retires, just for that reason,” 

McLaughlin said. “I’ve never 

talked about retiring. I’m 

not jacking up my salary in a 

couple of years just to retire. 

I don’t know when I’m going 

to retire. Even if I only 

stayed this one term, that’s 

four years away. 

“I like being mayor and I 

like getting things done. My 

plans right now are not to 

retire. I’m not going to say 

never, but I don’t have plans 

to retire, and this certainly 

isn’t a move just to jack up 

my salary.” 

McLaughlin said the idea 

has been discussed since the 

previous mayor’s time, and 

that growth in the village finally 

necessitated the move. 

He cited a recent study that 

suggested the Village hire 

two people to focus on economic 

development and a 

second assistant Village manager, 

and noted he thought 

this was a better alternative. 

“I’m excited about the potential, 

and I do think it’s the 

right thing to do,” he said. 

“The Village Board saw this 

as a strictly business decision. 

We’re making business 

decisions at every meeting; 

this is one more business 

decision. Do you hire two of 

these new bureaucrats that 

are going to cost this much, 

or do you make the mayor’s 

job from part-time to fulltime? 

It was a business decision 

that saves somewhere 

between $700,000 and 

$750,000 over four years.” 

And McLaughlin actually 

has similar ideas to his challenger 

concerning how the 

system plays out in practice. 

“We don’t want to get rid 

of the Village manager form 

of government; that’s still a 

good form of government,” 

McLaughlin said. “The way 

I see the Village manager’s 

job is, he’s managing the internal 

operations. What the 

mayor is doing is managing 

the external operations 

— in other words, dealing 

with the public, constituent 

problems and issues, legislation 

in Springfield or county, 

going down and lobbying 

for issues or against stuff, 

against things that are potentially 

harmful, courting 

the right businesses for the 

[Interstate] 80 corridor or 

downtown.” 

McLaughlin not only 

thinks the move makes sense 

from an operational perspective, 

but also that he is the 

right person to do the job. 

“I definitely think I can,” 

he said. “I’ve had two businesses 

of my own. I have 

21 years as the executive 

director of the [Plumbing 

Contractors] Association 

downtown, last four years 

executive director of the 

Builders Association. I deal 

with some of the biggest developers 

and builders in the 

Chicago area. ... I have the 

people to call, if I have the 

time to do it, to call them and 

bring them out here.” 

That is the problem, in the 

eyes of some, who have contended 

that the very nature 

of making mayor a full-time 

job with specific qualifications 

could make it prohibitive 

for others to run or, 

worse, end up with someone 

in office who is not fit to perform 

those duties. 

McLaughlin said at least 

one trustee brought up those 

very concerns, which is 

why the Village Board has 

the option every four years 

to switch the spot back to 

part-time. And he thinks the 

qualifications are a call to 

better candidates, rather than 

prohibitory. 

“Hopefully, by making it 

a full-time job, you start attracting 

some people,” he 

said. “Orland Park is loaded 

with big CEOs, people 

that potentially are nearing 

the end of their careers that 

might want to do something 

like run for mayor and use 

their experience like I’m using 

my experience. Orland 

Park is loaded with some 

top-notch talent. I think it 

just opens the door to attract 

more talented candidates.” 

McLaughlin said he is 

not in favor of term limits, 

primarily because he thinks 

local elections serve as their 

own term limits. 

“You watch what’s going 

on, you decide if the guy’s 

doing the job, every four 

years there’s term limits,” 

he said. “I get why people 

say it, because you get some 

knuckleheads that are in office 

forever and they just 

don’t do the job. 

“On a local level, I think 

people know when you’re 

doing the job. When you’re 

not doing the job, you 

shouldn’t get re-elected. It 

would be hard for me to say 

I’m in favor of term limits, 

because I feel every four 

years there are term limits, 

if people got out and did the 

job and researched who’s 

doing what. I think people in 

Orland Park think I’m doing 

the job.” 

A major portion of The Prairie’s 

interview with Mayor Dan 

McLaughlin focused on the 

Main Street Triangle project 

and the Interstate 80 corridor. 

Next week’s follow-up article 

is to delve deeper into those 

projects and the challenges 

presented to them.

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The Village of Orland Park’s Spring 

Senior Coffee to take place March 16 

Submitted by Village of 

Orland Park 

Orland Park senior residents 

are invited to attend 

Mayor Dan McLaughlin’s 

Spring Senior Coffee, which 

is slated to take place from 

9-11 a.m. Thursday, March 

16, at the Orland Park Civic 

Center, 14750 Ravinia Ave. 

This year’s luncheon is to 

feature presentations on gardening 

and on the Village’s 

newest fitness facility, the 

Orland Park Health & Fitness 

Center. 

University of Illinois 

horticulturist and Master 

Gardener Margaret Burns- 

Westmeyer is scheduled to 

present on waking up a garden, 

and will answer any 

gardening questions or concerns. 

Residents also are 

slated to hear from David 

Brainerd, center director 

of Orland Park Health & 

Fitness Center. Brainerd 

will highlight the amenities 

offered at Orland Park’s 

newest fitness facility and 

raffle several free passes. 

Seating is limited, and 

reservations will be taken 

on a first-come basis. Residents 

may reserve their seat 

by calling (708) 403-6133 

through March 14. 

For more information, 

contact the Village 

Clerk’s Office at (708) 403- 

6150. 

Faith United Methodist to offer support with Veterans Voices event 

Submitted by Veterans 

Voices 

Faith United Methodist 

Church is to host a Veterans 

Voices event open to all veterans 

and families. 

The event is to take place 

from noon-4 p.m. Saturday, 

March 18, at the church’s 

Fellowship Hall, 15101 S. 

80th Ave. in ORland Park 

For more information, 

people can email faith@ 

faithumcop.org. 

Registration is recommended, 

and people can register by 

calling (708) 444-8560, but 

walk-ins also are welcome. 

The event is sponsored 

by Veteran Voices, a military 

veterans group, and 

Faith UMC. Its mission is to 

bring together area veterans, 

families and veteran support 

groups, and to provide information 

about available veteran’s 

benefits and services. 

The program schedule is 

as follows. 

• Noon-1 p.m. Lunch 

served to all. 

• 1-1:15 p.m. Welcome, 

opening prayer, color guard, 

national anthem. 

• 1:15-2:20 p.m. Guest 

Speaker – Sandra Davis 

(Topic: Agent Orange) Sandra 

is the chairperson for the 

Agent Orange Committee 

(Vietnow Group). 

• 2-2:45 p.m. Guest 

Speaker, Michael Le Buhn 

(Topic: PTSD) Michael is 

a U.S. Army veteran who 

served in Iraq 

• 2:45-4 p.m. Veterans and 

families are welcome to visit 

and interact with the many 

support groups attending. 

Those involved with a 

veteran support group that 

would like to attend and display 

its information, contact 

Darryl Wertheim at (708) 

923-0021 or darryl.wert 

heim@gmail.com 

A free will offering will 

be taken to help offset the 

event expenses and provide 

for veteran charitable contributions. 

Trustee Dan Calandriello 

brings St. Joseph’s Table 

back to Orland Park 

Attendees asked to 

bring nonperishables 

for Orland Township 

Food Pantry 

Submitted by Trustee Dan 

Calandriello 

A long-standing Italian- 

American tradition, St. Joseph’s 

Table is to be held 

Sunday, March 19, when 

Orland Park Village Trustee 

Dan Calandriello brings the 

event back to the Orland 

Park Civic Center, 14750 S. 

Ravinia Ave. 

The event begins at 3:30 

p.m. and ends at 5:30 p.m. 

All are welcome to attend. 

One of the most beloved 

saints among Italian-Americans, 

St. Joseph is the patron 

saint of workers and the 

protector of the family. He 

is honored with a feast day 

March 19. 

The St. Joseph Table tradition 

dates back to the Middle 

Ages, when there was 

a severe drought in Sicily. 

The people prayed to their 

patron, St. Joseph, asking 

for relief from the famine. 

When the rains returned, the 

people used their crops to 

give thanks and share their 

good fortune. 

In the tradition of the St. 

Joseph’s Table, attendees will 

be asked to bring nonperishable 

food items. The items 

will be donated to the Orland 

Township Food Pantry. 

The table is scheduled to 

start with a musical homage 

to St. Joseph, performed by 

members of the Sandburg 

band. There will be pasta, salad, 

bread and desserts served 

with pop, water and coffee. 

There are no tickets for 

this event. Those interested 

can simply come with a nonperishable 

food item. 

For more information, call 

(708) 699-5432. 

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From Page 3 

ments. 

“The climate here, the 

culture of the building,he’s 

a big part of why it’s such 

a positive place to be,” 

Hayden said. “He has a 

great relationship with the 

kids. I mean, we have 700 

kids here, and he knows 

probably all of them by 

name. When he’s walking 

by them in the hallway, 

they’ll all stop to say ‘hello’ 

or fist bump [him] or something.” 

Hayden said Horn has a 

way of making everyone — 

staff, students and parents 

— feel right at home, and 

his kindness, thoughtfulness 

and compassion are wellreceived. 

If one needs an 

example, Parents for Education 

President Christy Serdar 

said to look for alumni that 

attend events. 

“I think it says it all when 

a lot of freshman at Sandburg 

[High School] want to 

come back there,” Serdar 

said. “They come back to 

watch the kids play basketball 

and help the coaches 

and say ‘hi’ to teachers and 

principals,” Serdar said. 

“I don’t remember feeling 

that way when I was growing 

up.” 

‘What I love the best’ 

Surrounded by a family of 

educators, Brian Horn knew 

immediately he wanted 

to take on that career. His 

younger sister Bridget Welsh 

is also a teacher, and their 

father, Chuck, was a teacher 

and principal at Evergreen 

Park High School. 

“Education was always 

important to me and to my 

family,” he said. “We were 

always around a positive 

school community, and I 

had an awesome experience 

with school myself and 

knew that was a place I felt 

comfortable and wanted to 

make an impact on the lives 

of kids.” 

At first, he planned on being 

a high school English 

teacher, but after student 

teaching at Grissom Middle 

School in Tinley Park, he became 

fond of working with 

preteens. 

“When I taught at the middle 

school level, I realized 

how much I loved this age 

group,” he said. 

From there, he went on to 

teach English/language arts 

at Central Middle School 

in Evergreen Park, where 

he stayed for 11 years before 

heading to Century 

for an assistant principal 

position. 

While many parents have 

entrusted Horn to teach and 

work with their children 

for the past 17 years, he, 

himself, has never stopped 

learning. 

“I just turned 40 years 

old last month, and since I 

started school there hasn’t 

been a time in my life where 

I haven’t been [learning],” 

he said. 

After graduating from the 

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 

in 1999, 

with a bachelor’s degree in 

English education, he went 

on to get two master’s degrees 

— one for English education 

at Governors State 

University in 2000 and the 

other for educational leadership 

and administration 

from Saint Xavier University 

in 2004. By 2011, he 

became certified by the National 

Board of Professional 

Teaching Standards. 

“I just finished my doctorate 

[at National Louis 

University] in December,” 

Horn said. “And this summer, 

I’m continuing my 

coursework. I’ll be attending 

coursework at Harvard 

this July in a continuing 

education program for experienced 

principals.” 

Horn points to his enthusiasm 

and excitement as to 

what drives him to study, 

and he said he hopes to set 

an example for not only his 

students but his colleagues, 

as well. 

“It’s always about continuing 

to grow and continuing 

to learn, continuing 

to always be curious and 

find and seek new information, 

and just to collaborate,” 

Horn said. “I think 

one of the best things about 

going to school is the ability 

to learn from other people, 

too, from their experiences 

and all of those kinds of 

things. That’s what I love 

the best — being the student, 

being the teacher, being 

the principal.”

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Knowledge and Prayer program announces ‘Dare to Dialogue’ 

Submitted by Multi-Parish 

Respect Life Ministries 

The Multi-Parish Knowledge 

and Prayer Series recently 

announced its March 

2017 program, “Dare to 

Dialogue! Retrouvaille Can 

Renew Your Marriage.” 

Retrouvaille is a French 

word meaning rediscovery. 

This unique program 

offers the tools needed to 

rediscover a loving marriage 

relationship. It presents 

a technique of communication 

that enables 

you to take a good look at 

most areas of your relationship 

and provides practical 

tools for improving your 

marriage. 

It is not a spiritual retreat, 

marriage counseling or sensitivity 

training. It is a time 

for healing and rebuilding 

for the future. The ultimate 

goal is solely to help save 

marriages. 

An initial weekend session, 

at which couples hear 

34 hours of presentations, 

is followed by a series of 

six post–weekend presentations 

with an additional 

28 hours, as they continue 

to develop new skills and 

insights. 

Find out how Retrouvaille 

has helped thousands 

of couples headed for cold, 

unloving relationships 

or divorce successfully 

overcome their marriage 

problems by attending the 

program. Even if your marriage 

is perfect, the information 

participants get may 

be of interest to friends or 

relatives. 

Jan and Joyce Nahorski, 

community coordinators of 

Retrouvaille of Joliet, are 

scheduled to present the 

full story at 7 p.m. Monday, 

March 13, at St. Michael 

Church, 14327 Highland 

Ave. in Orland Park. 

The event is sponsored 

by the Multi-Parish Respect 

Life Ministries of St. 

Bernard, St. Francis of Assisi, 

St. Michael, Our Lady 

of the Woods and Annunciation 

Byzantine Catholic 

Parish. 

Business Briefs 

Orland Parker to compete in Liberty Mutual 

Insurance Invitational National Finals 

A foursome with local ties will compete 

starting March 8 and running through March 

12 in the Liberty Mutual Insurance Invitational 

National Finals at TPC Sawgrass in 

Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. 

Tom Brandstredt, of Saint Charles; Rudy 

Cecchi, of Chicago; Tony Del Ricco, of Orland 

Park; and Tony Ross of Lemont; will 

be among 240 amateur golfers who qualified 

for the national event by winning the Liberty 

Mutual Invitational, held in August 2016 at 

Seven Bridges Golf Club in Woodridge, in 

support of Habitat for Humanity. 

The Liberty Mutual Insurance Invitational 

National Finals are the culmination of a 

series of more than 75 charity golf tournaments 

around the country in 2016 hosted by 

Liberty Mutual, as well as local and national 

charitable organizations that raised more 

than $8 million for charity. 

Two-time U.S. Open Champion and World 

Golf Hall of Famer Curtis Strange, honorary 

chairman of the Liberty Mutual Invitational, 

was slated to interact with players during the 

four-day tournament. 

Marquette Bank announces March 18 Free 

Home Buyer Seminar 

Marquette Bank is to host a free Home Buyer 

Seminar at its location at 15959 108th Ave. 

in Orland Park. The seminar will cover homebuying 

basics, including owning versus renting, 

the benefits of using a real estate agent, the 

homebuying process, mortgage options, making 

an offer, the benefits of a home inspection 

and other options, including free grants and 

down payment assistance for qualified buyers. 

The seminar is to be held from 10:30 a.m.- 

noon and is open to the public. Seating is limited. 

Register by March 15 by emailing Larry 

Barber at lbarber@emarquettebank.com. 

Compiled by Editor Bill Jones, bill@opprairie. 

com. 

Police Reports 

Woman allegedly uses fake ID to apply for credit card in Orland 

Asonji N. Gamble, 34, of 4940 

W. Van Buren St. in Chicago, 

was charged Feb. 12 with identity 

theft, forgery and possession 

of a fraudulent driver’s license 

after she allegedly presented a 

license under a name that was 

not her own to apply for a credit 

card at a jewelry store at Orland 

Square Mall. Police reportedly 

found two counterfeit $100 bills 

in her purse, along with a credit 

card under a different name. 

Feb. 14 

• Nicole E. Welter, 32, of 4946 

Meade Ave. in Chicago, was 

charged with retail theft, unlawful 

possession of a theft-detection 

device and obstructing identification 

after she allegedly tried 

to take three video games valued 

at a total of $179.97 from a store 

in the 15800 block of LaGrange 

Road. She allegedly concealed 

the games, wrapped in aluminum 

foil, under her jacket. She 

gave a false name to an officer, 

police said. She also reportedly 

had a warrant from Chicago for 

a retail theft charge. 

Feb. 13 

• Jamie M. McAdams, 45, of 

11347 Exeter Drive in Orland 

Park, was charged with DUI, 

BAC .08 or greater, failure to 

reduce speed to avoid an accident 

and improper lane usage 

after she allegedly struck two 

trees while driving in the 14200 

block of Creek Crossing Drive. 

The airbags reportedly deployed 

in her vehicle after the crash. 

She had an odor of alcohol on 

her breath, and glassy and red 

eyes, police said. She allegedly 

showed signs of impairment in 

her field sobriety tests. 

Feb. 12 

• Patrick W. McPolin, 24, of 

17517 Mayher Drive in Orland 

Park, was charged with DUI-alcohol, 

failure to reduce speed to 

avoid a crash, leaving the scene 

of a property damage accident, 

failure to give information and 

failure to notify police of accident 

after he allegedly struck another 

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vehicle from behind while driving 

westbound on 143rd Street 

approaching Will-Cook Road. He 

fled the scene but was followed 

by the victim, police said. When 

stopped, he had a smell of alcohol 

on his breath and slurred speech, 

police said. He allegedly failed 

field sobriety tests. 

• Dawn M. Scott, 50, of 7600 

Stewart Ave. in Chicago, was 

charged with retail theft and 

possession of a theft detection 

shielding device after she allegedly 

tried to take seven fragrances 

valued at a total of $722 from 

a store at Orland Square Mall. 

She entered the store with two 

men, who placed the fragrances 

in a bag she was carrying, police 

said. The men left the store, and 

then Scott tried to leave the store 

before she was stopped, police 

added. The bag she was carrying 

was lined with foil, police said. 

Feb. 11 

• Tyneisha B. Wilson, 27, of 

7736 Winchester St. in Chicago, 

was charged with retail theft and 

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unlawful use of a weapon after 

she allegedly concealed five 

items valued at a total of $123 

from a store at Orland Square 

Mall. Police said she also was in 

possession of a stun gun. 

Feb. 10 

• Robert W. Woodrum, 46, of 

5834 W. 77th St. in Burbank, 

was charged with retail theft after 

he allegedly tried to take a 

shirt and a pair of boots valued 

at a total of $71.99 from a department 

store at Orland Square. 

He reportedly took the items to 

a fitting room, put on the boots 

and concealed the shirt under his 

jacket before he tried to leave 

the store without paying for the 

items. He was stopped outside 

after he left, police said. 

Editor’s note: The Orland Park 

Prairie’s police reports come from 

the Orland Park Police Department. 

Anyone listed in these reports 

is considered to be innocent of all 

charges until proven guilty in a 

court of law.


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FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT 

Humanitarian efforts lead 

dental family to Honduras 

Every year in May, Dr. 

Shane Sudman and his wife, 

Sara, of Atrium Family Dental 

in New Lenox, host a 

free dental care event for the 

community. 

Now, they are paying it 

forward more than 1,800 

miles from their Frankfort 

home. 

The couple traveled to 

Honduras Saturday, March 

4, with a group of other 

medical specialists and volunteers 

for a weeklong mission 

trip. It is a journey that 

hits home for Sara, who was 

born and raised in Honduras 

until she was 5 years old, 

before her family moved 

to the United States. It will 

be her first trip back to her 

home country since she 

moved. 

“I think it’s a very neat 

journey for Shane and I to go 

on, because he gets to know 

where I’m from, and most 

importantly apply what he 

loves to do the most,” Sara 

said. 

From the moment she 

found out about the trip 

through the Illinois State 

Dental Society, she said “I 

just knew we had to do it.” 

Sara is to serve as a translator 

and a second pair of 

hands to the doctors. Shane 

will be seeing a minimum 20 

patients a day, applying fillings 

or removing teeth that 

are not salvageable. 

“I enjoy what I do,” Shane 

said. “I’ve always wanted to 

[be a dentist]. Ever since I 

was 12, I told my mom that 

was what I was going to be. 

So, if someone’s in pain or 

someone’s got an infection, 

because people can die from 

teeth infections ... to help 

them, that’ll be so rewarding 

for me.” 

Reporting by James Sanchez, 

Editor. For more, visit 

NewLenoxPatriot.com. 

FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND 

Lockport Township High 

School set for St. Baldrick’s 

Lockport Township High 

School is to host its annual 

St. Baldrick’s Foundation 

event at 6 p.m. Thursday, 

March 16, at its Central Campus, 

1222 S. Jefferson St. in 

Lockport. 

The Porters are keeping 

with tradition, opening the 

night with a Special Olympics 

basketball game. After 

the game, hairstylists from 

the Lockport-based Studio 

305 salon are slated to bust 

out the buzzers for those 

willing to bravely shave their 

heads. 

LTHS math teacher and 

event organizer Ryan Visser 

said the school’s annual fundraising 

goal is $10,000, but 

he is hoping to surpass it, as 

they have in past years. 

“We kind of fluctuate; 

we’re always over that 

$10,000,” he said. “Our highest 

year, we’ve gotten up in 

$25,000. Last year, we were 

right around $13,000-14,000. 

It’s a pretty impactful event 

for the students.” 

In addition to the St. Baldrick’s 

event and the school 

held a fundraiser at Pop’s Italian 

Beef & Sausage, teachers 

are partnering up to scoop ice 

cream at Cold Stone Creamery 

Wednesday, March 15, to 

raise money to combat childhood 

cancer. 

“I really enjoy the support 

we get from the different 

athletics, activities and just 

the student body as a whole, 

as well as the shaving of the 

heads,” Visser said. “I think 

cancer is something that 

every student has [come in 

contact with] or will come in 

contact with. It’s especially 

important for us to do our 

part with all that.” 

All are welcome to join the 

Porters for their annual headshaving 

event. 

To register, visit www. 

stbaldricks.org/events/ 

mypage/7678/2017. 

Reporting by Erin Redmond, 

Assistant Editor. For more, visit 

LockportLegend.com. 

FROM THE HOMER HORIZON 

Petite Porter Preschool 

provides teaching experience 

for LTHS students 

Inside the halls of Lockport 

Township High School 

lies a school within a school. 

To an outsider, the bright 

classroom — decorated with 

multicolored handprints and 

stockpiled with toys — may 

seem out of place. But it is 

actually the home of future 

LTHS students and is known 

as the Petite Porter Preschool. 

The preschool is a program 

run by College and Career 

Applications teacher Regan 

Cronholm. She leads a class 

of LTHS students who for six 

weeks assume the roles of 

preschool teachers. 

Under Cronholm’s supervision, 

they plan lessons on 

an array of subjects suitable 

for their students ages 2-5. 

The pint-sized Porters are 

given 10-minute lessons on 

everything from music to science, 

all of which are planned 

by the high school’s teachers. 

On Thursday, March 2, 

the preschoolers were learning 

about colors. Their LTHS 

student-teachers arranged 

Skittles on a plate and asked 

the preschoolers what they 

thought would happen if they 

poured water over them. 

“They’re going to change 

colors and magic themselves,” 

3-year-old Devin 

Price answered zealously. 

And he was right. 

The preschoolers watched 

with wide eyes and gasped 

as the colors melted off the 

Skittles, forming a rainbow 

in the water. 

This, Cronholm said, is 

just one example of the creativity 

her student-teachers 

are showing this year. 

“I just monitor and make 

sure everything is going OK; 

they do all the planning, all 

the preparation for their lessons,” 

Cronholm said. 

Reporting by Erin Redmond, 

Assistant Editor. For more, visit 

HomerHorizon.com. 

FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION 

TPHS senior to join United 

States Naval Academy 

When Tinley Park High 

School senior Justin Morgan 

received his acceptance letter 

into the United States Naval 

Academy in Annapolis, 

Maryland, the news that he 

had been part of the institution’s 

9 percent acceptance 

rate did not feel real. 

The application process — 

on which Morgan had been 

working for over a year — 

ended with a selection into 

one of the most prestigious 

military academies for young 

men and women in the United 

States. 

“At first it was more of 

a dream,” Morgan said of 

his aspirations to attend the 

academy. “But after each part 

of the application was completed, 

I was starting to think 

to myself, ‘Hey, my numbers 

are kind of good. I have a 

chance at this.’ 

“When I got the acceptance, 

I really didn’t know 

what to do with myself. I had 

spent the last year applying 

for this, and when it came I 

just immediately thought, 

‘What’s next?’” 

After a yearlong, grueling 

application process that required 

him to pass a fitness 

test, group panel interviews 

and receive a nomination 

from a congressman or senator, 

Morgan was selected to 

be a part of the Class of 2021. 

Out of 17,000 applicants, 

only 1,200 candidates were 

chosen. 

His acceptance makes him 

the first Tinley Park student 

to be accepted into the program 

— and the third in the 

Village of Tinley Park’s history. 

“Thinking about how many 

people have come through 

Tinley Park High School and 

Tinley Park in general, and 

for me to be the first person 

to do this is amazing,” Morgan 

said. “I am a mixture of 

excited and nervous. There is 

a lot ahead of me, and I am so 

excited to get started.” 

Reporting by Ryan Esguerra, 

Freelance Reporter. For more, 

visit TinleyJunction.com. 

FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER 

Wife, colleagues reflect on 

life of former Lincoln-Way 

teacher, coach 

James R. High, 77, formerly 

a math teacher at 

Lincoln-Way Community 

High School District 210 for 

37 years and coach for 35 

years, died Feb. 14. He will 

remembered for inspiring 

countless former students, 

athletes and teachers. 

Sharon High, James’ wife 

of nearly 55 years, said the 

two were high school sweethearts, 

growing up in Momence. 

James was two years 

older than her, and he went 

to Illinois State University 

for college. When he graduated 

in spring 1964, they 

were married months later in 

August. Shortly thereafter, 

he started at Lincoln-Way 

for the 1964-1965 school 

year. 

Sharon said James began 

as a freshman coach for basketball 

and baseball. 

“He really liked that, because 

he felt he taught them 

the basics — that was their 

foundation,” Sharon recalled. 

He eventually began 

coaching basketball and 

baseball at the varsity level, 

and he saw early success. 

In 1965, per a letter from 

then-Superintendent A. 

Hunter Chapman, High led 

the basketball team to a 

SouthWest Suburban Conference 

championship. 

Chapman wrote, “You 

have provided all of us with 

basketball at its very best. 

Being the smallest conference 

school and jumping 

from the cellar to the top in 

one season is a real credit to 

the tremendous job you have 

done. You have made all of 

us so proud of our team and 

school.” 

High’s intensity and inspiring 

nature as a coach was 

matched only by his passion 

for teaching. 

He taught math classes at 

D210 for 37 years. 

Reporting by Jon DePaolis, 


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FROM THE FRANKFORT STATION 

Frankfort Library’s Fan Fest 

lets comic fans geek out 

Fan Fest at the Frankfort 

Public Library will feature 

activities, crafts and art for 

superhero and board game 

fans, as well as everything in 

between, starting at 10 a.m. 

Saturday, March 18. 

For Adult Services Librarian 

Lisa Moe Meierkort, it is 

a way to bring some of the 

excitement of large-scale 

conventions like Chicago 

Comic & Entertainment 

Expo to the library. 

“Obviously ours is on a 

much smaller scale, but I really 

wanted to try to get all 

of those aspects in.” 

The day will kick off with 

Artist’s Alley, featuring Chicago-area 

artists, as well as 

one local Frankfort artist, 

Doug Klauba, known for his 

work on the covers of “The 

Phantom” and “Project Superpowers” 

comic books. 

Three speakers are slated 

to discuss “Fear and the Origins 

of the Marvel Superheroes,” 

”Wondrous Women: 

Highlighting Great Women 

in Comics” and, “Superheroes: 

the History of the Outsiders.” 

Of course, no fan convention 

would be complete 

without a costume contest. 

So, the library is to end the 

day with a parade and contest, 

beginning at 3:30 p.m. 

Reporting by Amanda Stoll, 


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2016-2017 school year. First 

Honors are given to students 

whose academic average 

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Second Honors for those students 

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Orland Parkers who 

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Charles Kane and Nicholas 

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Carthage College 

Orland Parker participates in 

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Haley Tomchaney, of Orland 

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Clemson University 


earn places on dean’s list 

Orland Park students have 

been named to the dean’s list 

at Clemson University for 

the fall 2016 semester. They 

are Jennifer Marie Forkin, 

who is majoring in general 

engineering, and Matthea J. 

Wong, who is majoring in 

biochemistry. 

To be named to the dean’s 

list, a student achieved a 

grade-point average between 

3.50 and 3.99 on a 4.0 scale. 

Trinity Christian College 

Orland Park students among 

those named to dean’s list 

Jeremy Slager, of Orland 

Park, recently was named 

to the dean’s list at Trinity 

Christian College for the fall 

2016 semester. The dean’s 

list at Trinity is the highest 

academic honor for a 

semester, achieved only by 

students who have earned a 

3.5 grade point average for 

the semester. 

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What is one essential you 

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A quiet place, so that I can 

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I like all sports team logos. 

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My mom and dad. 

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A big library. 

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Making friends. 

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From the Contributing Editor 

When teachable moments become memories 

F. Amanda Tugade 

Contributing Editor 

A 

few weeks ago, I 

rewatched this movie 

with my dad. It’s 

called “One Eight Seven.” 

It originally came out in 

1997, and it stars Samuel 

L. Jackson. In it, he plays 

Trevor Garfield, a science 

teacher who worked at a 

New York High School. 

After facing an incident 

with a student, who also 

was a gang leader, Garfield 

later moves to Los Angeles. 

Eventually, he reprises his 

role as a teacher at another 

high school, but he comes 

across a similar set of 

troubles and fears. 

While the end of the 

movie is not what you 

would expect, the twohour 

film dives into the 

struggles that students 

and teachers face outside 

of the classroom, which 

ultimately has an affect on 

their relationships. Other 

school 

From Page 16 

films, like 1987’s “The 

Principal” with Jim Belushi, 

1995’s “Dangerous Minds” 

with Michelle Pfeiffer and 

2007’s “Freedom Writers” 

with Hilary Swank all hold 

the same premise: teachers 

and their students try to help 

each other and close the gap 

between them. 

While you know me today 

as a journalist, a little known 

fact about me was that I had 

planned to become a high 

school English teacher. In 

fact, I was a 2010 Golden 

Apple Scholar, and the 

reason why I wanted to be 

a teacher was for the simple 

fact that I was inspired by a 

few of my former teachers 

who took the time to get to 

know me and help me. 

I wanted to teach English 

because, as a first-generation 

immigrant, language 

— simply learning how to 

speak English, especially 

in a school setting — had 

such an impact on my life. I 

remember being pulled out 

of my kindergarten class 

and placed in another room 

to join others for an English 

as a Second Language 

session. I remember my 

mom plugging in a cassette 

tape that taught me — and 

her — how to pronounce 

words like “bag” and “cat,” 

and that “a, e, i, o, u” and 

sometimes, “y” are vowels. 

University of Alabama 


make president’s, dean’s lists 

A total of 11,758 students 

enrolled during the 2016 fall 

semester at The University of 

Alabama were named to the 

dean’s list with an academic 

record of 3.5 (or above) or 

the president’s list with an academic 

record of 4.0 (all As). 

The UA dean’s and president’s 

lists recognize fulltime 

undergraduate students. 

The lists do not apply to 

graduate students or undergraduate 

students who take 

less than a full course load. 

Among those named to the 

dean’s list from Orland Park 

were Kevin J. Fitzgerald, Alexandra 

Nicole Gary, Madeline 

J. Hirschfield, Patrick 

Quinn Roach, Kyle Daniel 

Struck, Thomas Alexander 

Trikolas, Matthew D. Trzesniewski 

and Kevin B. Casey. 

Among those from Orland 

I remember feeling some 

anxiety when a teacher had 

told me it was my turn to 

read the next paragraph out 

loud in class, because I was 

afraid someone would point 

out my accent. 

You see, for me, school became 

more than just a place 

where I learned about reading, 

writing and arithmetic. 

It’s a place where you learn 

to be an advocate for yourself 

with the help of your peers, 

your teachers, your counselors 

and your principals. It’s 

a place that never faults you 

for failing and allows you 

to celebrate success. It’s a 

place that shows you different 

roads to opportunities. 

In this week’s issue of 

The Orland Park Prairie, 

you’ll find a story about a 

Tinley Park resident and 

principal of Century Junior 

High School in Orland Park 

who has been named a Top 

10 finalist for the Golden 

Apple Stanley C. Golder 

Leadership Award (Page 3). 

Principal Brian Horn 

noted his father Chuck was 

a high school principal and 

teacher in Evergreen Park. 

His two sisters are also 

elementary school teachers. 

During my interview with 

him, he shared that because 

he “comes from an educator’s 

family,” it was only 

natural for him to pursue 

Park named to the president’s 

list were Curtis Julian Fortin, 

Casey B. Krzeczkowski, Sahiti 

Madireddy and Leah E. 

Warchol. 

University of Iowa 

Two from Orland Park 

named to president’s list 

Students named to the president’s 

list for the fall 2016 semester 

from Orland Park were 

Nora Bush and Angela Schab. 

Compiled by Editor Bill Jones, 

bill@opprairie.com. 

that career and to create a 

close-knit, positive learning 

environment for his staff 

and his students. 

Horn was not shy to say 

how much he loved to learn. 

That is really the only way 

he could lead, he said. 

More than anything, he 

enjoys interacting with his 

students. He enjoys being in 

the classroom, as opposed to 

managing it. 

“That’s what I love best 

— being the student, being 

the teacher, being the principal,” 

he said. 

More than anything, he 

stresses that looking through 

the lenses of his students 

and his colleagues is crucial 

to having a good, solid 

support system. In the story, 

you will see a bright, passionate, 

spirited man who 

continues to set his goals 

high, push and persevere. 

You will see a man who 

intends to leave his mark. 

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Sampling cultures 

Taste of Jerling International Night 

presents cuisine, talents from around 

the world, Page 23 

The Scene 

Find out what’s happening at Orland 

Park’s top hot spots over the next week, 

Page 26 

The Prairie profiles pastor who won award for controversial 

actions, came to Orland Park, Page 21 

The Rev. Wes 

Modder came to 

Orland Park’s 

Stone Church at 

the end of this past 

year, around the 

same time he won 

the 2016 Defender 

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Pastor Column 

Journeying through the desert 

The Rev. Michael Foley 

Our Lady of the Woods 

“In choosing a bare 

bones existence, 

we are enriched, 

and can redefine success as 

an internal process rather 

than an outward display of 

wealth and power.” - Kathleen 

Norris, “Dakota: A 

Spiritual Geography” 

One of my favorite writers 

— and a person I highly 

recommend for those who 

seek new perspectives — is 

Kathleen Norris. 

She is a Christian and 

she possesses a poet’s soul. 

These two aspects of her 

life in dialogue with each 

In Memoriam 

William L. Anderson 

William L. Anderson, 88, 

of Orland Park, died March 

2. He is survived by his 

wife, Marilyn; son, Randy 

(JoEllen); grandchildren, 

Doug Anderson, Megan 

(Craig) Harmon, Tiffany 

(Nate) Terry and Reid 

(Molly) Anderson; greatgrandchildren 

Cooper, Morgan 

and Madison Harmon, 

Bella Terry, Harper Terry, 

Finley Terry, Avery, Riley 

and Paisley Anderson; sister, 

Phyllis; and nephews, 

Michael and William Giambrone. 

Visitation was held 

at Lawn Funeral Home. 

Funeral services were held 

at Good Shepherd Lutheran 

Church. Entombment 

at Bethania Cemetery. In 

other often contain great 

wisdom. I find her especially 

insightful as we deal 

with Lent, which in the 

calendar of most Christians 

already has begun. 

In many ways, Lent is 

a particularly Christian 

experience. Its 40 days are 

rooted in the 40 years that 

the people of Israel wandered 

in the desert and the 

40 days the New Testament 

tells us Jesus wandered in 

the desert at the beginning 

of his public ministry. 

Other religious traditions 

have times which also 

offer an extended period of 

prayer, fasting and charitable 

commitment. Yet, in the 

Catholic Church, this time is 

forever linked to Easter and 

is meant to have something 

of a desert feel. 

Being is a desert — 

whether physical, psychological 

or spiritual — can be 

a scary place. It is a place 

of dryness. It is a place of 

struggle. It is a place of feeling 

alone. 

lieu of flowers, memorials 

to St. Jude Children’s Research 

Hospital, 262 Danny 

Thomas Place, Memphis, 

TN, 38105, or to the Alzheimer’s 

Association, 225 

N. Michigan Ave. Fl. 17, 

Chicago, IL, 60601. 

Frank J. Braccolino 

Frank J. Braccolino, 

96, of Orland 

Park, died Feb. 26. He 

was a United States Army 

veteran who served with the 

9th Armored Division during 

World War II. He is survived 

by his childr, Emily (Gary) 

Oostman; grandchild, Brian 

(Kultra) Oostman; greatgrandchildren, 

Jackson and 

Luciana Oostman; his brother, 

Alphonse (Margaret) 

Braccolino. Funeral services 

were private. 

Joseph J. Smoljan 

Joseph J. 

Smoljan, 86, formerly 

of Orland Park, died 

Feb. 25. He was a veteran of 

the Korean War. He worked 

for more than 30 years as an 

installer for Western Electric, 

AT&T and Lucent Technologies, 

before retiring in 1992. 

He graduated from S.S. Peter 

& Paul High School in South 

Chicago. He is survived by 

his wife, Delphine Patricia; 

children, Anton, Arthur 

(Dianna) and David (Michelle) 

Smoljan, and Jennifer 

(Moody) Younger; grandchildren, 

Aksel, Rachel (Toree) 

Sanders and her daughter 

Perhaps you have had the 

experience of actually being 

in a desert; and so you know 

that it is important to be 

prepared. I remember traveling 

through the desert in the 

Holy Land and feeling grateful 

for the water we carried. 

No wonder the Bible is 

filled with images of gardens 

and greenery, flowing 

rivers, and a land of milk 

and honey. For the people of 

the desert, such images must 

have offered great comfort. 

And yet there were those 

who sought the desert. In 

Jesus’ time, the Essenes, 

among others, looked for 

spiritual insight in the desert. 

John the Baptist lived in the 

desert. Even today, there 

are monasteries that dot the 

desert landscapes. And Jesus 

chose to enter the desert. 

The question is why? 

I suggest that the quote 

by Kathleen Norris provides 

insight as to why we enter 

the desert. It is to go inside 

of ourselves, to wrestle with 

who we are, without the distractions 

that so easily come 

into our consciousness. 

I suggest such is the gift 

of the 40 days of Lent. In 

many traditions, Lent is a 

time of deepening prayer, 

more generous almsgiving 

and physical discipline, 

such as fasting. 

Yet, these only are a 

means to an end. The real 

gift of Lent is venturing into 

the desert and having the 

courage to face our humanity, 

our sinfulness and our 

limitations. 

Whatever tradition we 

are, if we only concentrate 

on behaviors we too easily 

skim the surface. To go 

deeper is what transforms 

us. From a Christian perspective, 

this journey is one 

with and in Jesus, whose 

grace transforms us. We 

are invited to enter into the 

desert. 

The opinions of this column are 

those of the writer. They do not 

necessarily reflect those of The 

Orland Park Prairie. 

Jaelia, Michael (fiancée Annie 

Kinmann), Lindsay, Lauren, 

Kaitlyn, Jake, Cole and 

Courtney; sisters, Ann Yosue 

and Rose Smoljan,; and many 

nieces and nephews. Visitation 

was held at Shikany’s 

Bonita Funeral home in Bonita 

Springs, Florida. Funeral 

services were held at St. Leo 

the Great Catholic Church in 

Bonita Spring, Florida. Interment 

at Sarasota National 

Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, 

memorials to avowcares.org. 

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loved one who was a part of the 

Orland Park community. 

FAITH BRIEFS 

Faith United Methodist Church (15101 S. 

80th Avenue, Orland Park) 

Veteran’s Information 

Saturday 

Noon-4 p.m. Saturday, 

March 18. This meeting is 

for veterans and their family 

members who are in 

need of support groups or 

are looking for information 

about veteran’s benefits 

and services. This event is 

hosted by the church’s Veterans 

Voices prayer group. 

Two guest speakers will 

talk about important issues; 

Michael LeBuhn will talk 

about Post-traumatic stress 

disorder, and Sandra Davis 

will speak on Agent Orange. 

This event is free, but the 

a free will offering will be 

available for those that wish 

to make a donation. A free 

lunch will be provided from 

noon-1 p.m. For more information, 

call Darryl Wertheim 

at (708) 444-8560. 

Veterans Voices 

7 p.m. every third Tuesday 

of the month. This is a group 

for veterans. For information, 

contact Darryl Wertheim at 

(708) 923-0021 or Darryl. 

wertheim@gmail.com. 

Our Lady of the Woods Church (10731 W. 

131st, Orland Park) 

Eucharistic Adoration 

9 a.m.-7 p.m. Fridays. 

The church invites all to 

spend some quiet time with 

the Lord. Eucharistic adoration 

will be held in the Day 

Church. First hour is vocal 

prayer followed by silence. 

For more information, contact 

the front office at (708) 

361-4754. 

Christian Reformed Church (7500 W. 

Sycamore Dr., Orland Park) 

Palm Sunday Choral Cantata 

6 p.m. Sunday, April 9. 

The church invites all to enjoy 

a choir-led service entitled, 

“Remember: Where the 

Past Ends and Forever Begins.” 

Powerful words and 

beautiful music will be used 

to remember Christ’s sacrifice, 

celebrate His triumph 

and give Him praise. For 

more information, contact 

the church office at (708) 

532-4900. 

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church 

(15050 S. Wolf Road, Orland Park) 

A Call to “Reality” Living 

Mission 

7 p.m. Sunday through 

Tuesday, March 12-14. 

Mike Patin will present the 

parish mission during this 

three day event. The media 

has presented us with many 

television shows that are 

deemed, “reality TV”, but 

so often these do not reflect 

our everyday reality. This 

mission aims to show others 

how to re-examine aspects of 

daily life, and to make room 

for the ones who can give us 

life. For more information, 

call at (708) 460-0042 or 

visit sfaorland.org. 

Parkview Christian Church (11100 Orland 

Parkway, Orland Park) 

Parkview Senior Connections 

10:45 a.m.-1 p.m. Second 

Friday of the month. Join for 

a lunch and conversation at 

the Orland Park Campus. 

Program fee is $10. For more 

information or to RSVP, call 

(708) 478-7477 ext. 272 or 

email merry-o@att.net. 

Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church (14700 

S. 94th Ave., Orland Park) 

Lenten Series: At the 

Crossroads 

11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Thursdays 

in March and April 6. 

This series will talk about 

God’s presence in the critical 

crossroads of life – loss, 

transitions, choices, uncertainties 

and disappointments. 

All are welcome. 

AA Meetings 

7 p.m. Every Thursday 

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OP pastor discusses ‘crisis’ that led to award 

Brittany Kapa, Assistant Editor 

Stone Church recently 

welcomed a new pastor, who 

this past year was awarded 

for actions that came with a 

bit of controversy. 

This past December, the 

Rev. Wes Modder, a retired 

Navy chaplain, was honored 

by the Freedom Alliance 

in Washington, D.C., 

from which he received the 

2016 Defender of Freedom 

Award. 

The Freedom Alliance bestows 

the award upon an individual 

who, “in the face of 

adversity, exemplifies faith, 

courage and fidelity to the 

Constitution and the principles 

of freedom,” according 

to the Freedom Alliance’s 

description of the award. 

Modder had been counseling 

individuals within 

the Navy, but his methods 

did not coincide with those 

laid out by the United States 

Navy. Modder entered into 

a long legal battle after the 

Navy tried to fire him and 

strip him of his retirement. 

Tom Kilgannon, the president 

of the Freedom Alliance, 

said that the organization gets 

roughly 25-30 suggestions a 

year for who should be selected 

to receive the award. 

Kilgannon added that Modder’s 

particular ordeal was 

one that they wanted to recognize 

from the start. 

“We are doing a lot of 

work in this area of religious 

liberty in the military, 

and ensuring service members 

have the ability to practice 

their faith,” he said. 

In a struggle of changing 

societal views, and the acceptance 

of transgendered 

and homosexual individuals 

in the armed forces, Modder 

was tasked with counseling 

these individuals. 

“I’m the first military 

chaplain in the history of 

our country to be fired for 

doing my job,” Modder 

said, noting he ultimately 

retired in good standing. 

Modder added that the 

counseling sessions he had 

with individuals in the Navy 

always revolved around his 

religious beliefs, as he states 

was his job. 

“I don’t mind following 

policy, cutting my hair 

short and deploying,” said 

Modder, who has served 

nine deployments between 

his time in the Marines and 

the Navy. “It eventually got 

down to the chaplain level, 

where policies and procedures 

were then contradicting 

scripture. I found myself 

in a precarious position; 

I was either serving my creator 

or my commander.” 

Modder said he was not 

preaching intolerance to 

these individuals but simply 

carrying out beliefs in 

the words of his religious 

leader. 

“We were very impressed 

with his courage and his 

strength of character that he 

showed throughout the process,” 

Kilgannon said about 

the decision to choose Modder 

for the award. “We’re 

very impressed with his 

desire to stand up for principle, 

and the character and 

integrity with which he did 

that. We wanted to recognize 

that, and bring it to the 

public’s attention.” 

Modder admitted outright 

that compared to past winners 

he does not believe 

he deserves the award, but 

is “humbled and honored” 

nonetheless. 

“The crisis has made me 

better,” Modder said. “It 

has made me a better minister; 

it has made me a better 

husband. I cry easier and I 

preach better.” 

Meet the Modders 

After his departure from 

The Rev. Wes Modder. Photo submitted 

the Navy, Modder said he 

decided to let God lead 

him this time. He sent out 

multiple letters to different 

churches who were looking 

for a pastor. And after 

multiple rejections, Modder 

finally found a place to call 

home. 

“[Stone Church] actually 

turned us down, and I 

was like, ‘OK, another turn 

down. No problem,’” Modder 

said of the church’s initial 

rejection of his services. 

“I think people didn’t know 

what to do with me.” 

Modder said that he received 

another letter from 

Stone Church that said the 

congregation had reconsidered 

and offered Modder 

the position of pastor. 

Modder and his family 

touched down in Illinois 

this past October. Wes, his 

wife, Beth, and the couple’s 

four children — James, Julia, 

Joy and Jana — were 

welcomed with a small 

party thrown by the church 

upon their arrival. 

Modder talked about the 

generosity of the congregation 

and the church board 

members upon the family’s 

arrival. His youngest, 

Jana, turned 6 the day the 

family arrived in the area, 

and Modder said they were 

welcomed with a feast that 

looked similar to what one 

would find on Thanksgiving. 

The welcome party did 

not forget the cake for the 

youngest Modder, and that 

spoke volumes to Wes. 

“I have never been treated 

in all my years in the military, 

anywhere in my life, as 

well as I have been treated 

here at this church,” Modder 

said. 

The Modders closed on 

a house in Orland Park on 

Dec. 30 and officially became 

residents. But the 

family already has started 

extending its reach far beyond 

the village limits of 

Orland Park. 

“One of our goals is to be 

an outward-reaching church 

to the community, not just 

right here in Orland Park,” 

Beth said. “We support 

the Chicago City Church. 

So, we go there once a 

month and serve meals to 

whoever comes and give a 

message.” 

Both Beth and Wes are 

not blind to the problems 

plaguing Chicago. They believe 

that with outreach and 

faith in God, they can help 

others. 

“We can change it,” Wes 

said. “We can change the 

messaging.” 

Beth said she wants her 

family’s influence to “increase 

their footprint” 

throughout the community 

and the city. Beth said she 

plans on doing outreach 

through a variety of programs 

in association with 

the church. Trunk-or-treats 

for the children, and establishing 

a women’s group are 

just a few of her ideas. 

“I think a great thing we 

can do is acknowledge people,” 

Wes said. “I think the 

church has forgotten how to 

talk to people. Look at their 

face, even if they don’t look 

at you.” 

The couple is also planning 

to stay for the long 

haul and hopes to one day 

build Stone Church outward 

to include a school or perhaps 

a sanctuary. 

“I don’t think heroes see 

themselves as heroes,” Wes 

said about receiving the Defender 

of Freedom Award. 

“I just saw myself as being 

faithful to being a good 

chaplain.” 

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Saturday, 

March 11 

Submitted by Village of 

Orland Park 

The Orland Park Irish Music 

Trolleys are slated to be 

out in full force Saturday, 

March 11. 

This year, four trolleys will 

be out and about in Orland 

Park from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., 

traveling to six restaurants and 

pubs featuring live Irish entertainment 

at each location. 

First organized by the Village 

four years ago, Orland 

Park’s Irish Music Trolleys 

have become a pre-St. Patrick’s 

Day tradition in the 

community. 

This year’s participants 

include Brass Tap, 14225 S. 

95th Ave.; Fatties Pub, 14420 

John Humphrey Drive; Irish 

Patriot, 9875 W. 143rd St.; 

Mackey’s Pub at 9400 W. 

143rd St.; Paddy B’s, 11969 

W. 143rd St.; and Square 

Celt, 39 Orland Square Drive. 

The trolleys are free and 

offer a hop-on, hop-off route 

that does not require reservations. 

All pubs are to offer live 

musical entertainment, with 

starting times varying from 4 

p.m. to 5 p.m. 

Revelers hoping to hear 

bagpipes should hop on over 

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p.m. 

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CSHS Music Boosters announce 

the annual Spring Craft Show 

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Show is scheduled to be held 

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March 11, and 10 a.m.- 

3 p.m. Sunday, March 12, 

at Sandburg High School, 

13300 S. LaGrange Road in 

Orland Park. 

Sandburg High School offers 

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Submitted by Orland Park 

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Girl in the Park 

(11265 W. 159th St., 

Orland Park, IL; (708) 

226-0042) 

■7 ■ p.m. Mondays: Trivia 

■5:30 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: 

Live Music 

■8 ■ p.m. Thursdays: Bingo 

■8 ■ p.m. Fridays and Saturdays: 

Live Music 

The Brass Tap 

(14225 95th Ave. Suite 

400, Orland Park; (708) 

226-1827) 

■8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Trivia. 

Prizes awarded 


Live music 

Fox’s Restaurant and Pub 

(9655 W. 143rd St., 

Orland Park; (708) 349- 

2111) 

■6 ■ p.m. Tuesdays, 

Wednesdays and Thursdays: 

Live entertainment 


Live entertainment 

and face painter 

Papa Joe’s 

(14459 S. LaGrange 

Road, Orland Park; (708) 

403-9099) 

■5-9 ■ p.m. Thursdays: 

Gene Infelise and Francesca 

■6-10 ■ p.m. Fridays: The 

keyboard stylings of 

Roger Pampel 

Square Celt Ale House & 

Grill 

(39 Orland Square Drive, 


9600) 

■8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Acoustic 

Night/Open Mic 

Night 

■8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Free Trivia 

■8 ■ p.m. Thursdays: Country 

Night 

■10 ■ p.m. Fridays: Live DJ 

■10 ■ p.m. Saturdays: Live 

Music/Band 

■9 ■ p.m. Sundays: Karaoke 

Traverso’s Restaurant 

(15601 S. Harlem Ave., 


2220) 

■8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays and 

Saturdays: Karaoke 

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

With Lincoln-Way Schools at Prairie Trails in Manhattan 

Distinctive Home Builders provides homeowners the 

highest quality home on the market 

Distinctive Home Builders 

continues to add high quality 

homes to the Manhattan 

landscape at Prairie Trails; its 

latest new home community, 

located within the highly-regarded 

Lincoln-Way School 

District. Many families are 

happy to call Prairie Trails 

home and are pleased that 

Distinctive is able to deliver a 

new home with zero punch list 

items in 90 days. Before closing, 

each home undergoes an 

industry-leading checklist that 

ensures each home measures 

up to the firm’s high quality 

standards. 

“Actually our last average 

was 81 working days from excavation 

to receiving a home 

occupancy permit - without 

sacrificing quality,” said Bryan 

Nooner, president of Distinctive 

Home Builders. “Everyone 

at the company works 

extremely hard to continually 

achieve this delivery goal for 

our homeowners. Our three 

decades building homes provides 

this efficient construction 

system. Many of our 

skilled craftsmen have been 

working with our company for 

Recently closed Prairie Trails Arbor Model 

over 20 years. We also take 

pride on having excellent communicators 

throughout our 

organization. This translates 

into a positive buying and 

building experience for our 

homeowners and one of the 

highest referral rates in the industry 

for Distinctive.” 

In all, buyers can select 

from 13 ranch, split-level and 

six two-story single-family 

home styles; each offering 

three to eight different exterior 

elevations. The three- to 

four-bedroom homes feature 

two to two-and-one-half 

baths, two- to three-car garages 

and a family room, all in 

approximately 1,600 to over 

3,000 square feet of living 

space. Basements are included 

in most models as well. Distinctive 

also encourages customization 

to make your new 

home truly personalized to 

suit your lifestyle. 

Oversize home sites; brick 

exteriors on all four sides of 

the first floor; custom maple 

cabinets; ceramic tile or hardwood 

floors in the kitchen, 

baths and foyer; genuine wood 

trim and doors; granite countertops 

and concrete driveways 

can all be yours at Prairie 

Trails. All home sites at Prairie 

Trails can accommodate a 

three-car garage; a very important 

amenity to the Manhattan 

homebuyer, according 

to Nooner. 

“When we opened Prairie 

Trails we wanted to provide 

the best new home value for 

the dollar and we feel with 

offering Premium Standard 

Features that we do just that. 

So why wait? This is truly the 

best time to build your dream 

home!” 

Distinctive offers custom 

maple kitchen cabinets featuring 

solid wood construction 

(no particle board), have solid 

wood drawers with dove tail 

joints, which is very rare in the 

marketplace. “When you buy 

a new home from Distinctive, 

you truly are receiving custom 

made cabinets in every home 

we sell no matter what the 

price range,” noted Nooner. 

Nooner added that all 

homes are highly energy efficient. 

Every home built will 

have upgraded wall and ceiling 

insulation values with 

Recently closed Prairie Trails Arbor Model 

energy efficient windows and 

high efficiency furnaces. Before 

homeowners move into 

their new home, Distinctive 

Home Builders conducts a 

blower door test that pressurizes 

the home to ensure that 

each home passes a set of very 

stringent Energy Efficiency 

guidelines. 

Typically a wide variety of 

homes are available to tour 

that include ranch and twostory 

homes. 

Distinctive is also offering 

a brand new home, the 

Stonegrove, a 3,000 square 

foot open concept home with a 

split foyer entry, formal living 

and dining rooms, a two-story 

great room, four bedrooms 

and an upstairs laundry room. 

Distinctive also offers Appbased 

technology allowing its 

homeowners to be updated 

on the progress of their new 

home 24 hours a day, seven 

days a week at the touch of a 

button. 

Prairie Trails is also a beautiful 

place to live featuring a 

20-acre lake on site, as well 

as direct access to the 22-mile 

Wauponsee Glacial Prairie 

Path that borders the community 

and meanders through 

many neighboring communities 

and links to many other 

popular trails. The Manhattan 

Metra station is also nearby. 

Besides Prairie Trails, Distinctive 

Home Builders has 

built hundreds of homes 

throughout Manhattan in the 

Butternut Ridge and Leighlinbridge 

developments, as well 

as thousands in the Will and 

south Cook county areas over 

the past 30 years. 

Visit the on-site sales information 

center for unadvertised 

specials and view the numerous 

styles of homes being 

offered and the available lots. 

Call (708) 737-9142 for more 

information or visit us online 

at www.distinctivehomebuilders.com. 

The Prairie Trails 

new home information center 

is located three miles south 

of Laraway Rd. on Rt. 52. The 

address is 16233 Pinto Lane, 

Manhattan, IL, 60422. Open 

Daily 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 

Closed Wednesday and Thursday 

and 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.

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

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

When it comes to a preferred location, 

Peotone is a steadily growing 

suburb with a strong infrastructure 

and an irresistible small-town charm 

with a bright future—which is why Distinctive 

Home Builders chose the Will 

County village for its newest community 

of 38 single-family homes: Westgate 

Manor. 

“Peotone is a family-friendly village 

just south of Chicago and is one 

of the best kept secrets among new 

home seekers,” said Bryan Nooner, 

President of Distinctive Home Builders. 

“We expect to attract home shoppers 

from northwest Indiana and the 

south suburban Chicago marketplace. 

We will likely also see buyers from the 

Kankakee area because the Peotone 

school district is so desirable.” 

Several factors attracted Distinctive 

Home Builders to this hometown atmosphere 

community, not the least of 

which was its convenient location between 

Interstate 57 and Illinois Route 

50 and easy access to I-80. Commuters 

will enjoy several nearby train stations 

and a mere 35-minute drive to 

Chicago. 

“It’s a vibrant, growing community 

that benefits from ease of access to job 

centers in the west and southwest suburbs 

with impressive commercial and 

industrial growth that has followed the 

residential boom here,” said Nooner. 

“Affordable land prices in Peotone, 

combined with lower construction 

costs add up to savings when compared 

to a similarly-equipped home in 

the area,” added Nooner. 

Westgate Manor brick and frame 

homes offer (features vary per model) 

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

2-Story Great Room Prairie Model 

three to four bedrooms, two to threeand- 

a-half baths, full basement, 

formal dining room, vaulted, tray or 

nine-foot first-floor ceilings, a large 

kitchen with custom maple cabinets, 

family room or great room, and concrete 

driveways. Depending on the 

home selected, other standard amenities 

can include a living room, den, 

dinette, a tray or vaulted ceiling in 

the master bedroom, and dual-zoned 

heating and air conditioning. 

Distinctive Home Builders offers a 

wide variety of styles and selections— 

buyers can choose among 12 different 

designs—each available in three to 

eight different elevations at Westgate 

Manor, including two-story and ranch 

homes. Square footages span 1,600 to 

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

for two-story homes. 

“Most home shoppers feel there 

must be a trade off from getting what 

you need and what you want in a new 

home. With our new premium inclusions 

we have closed that gap significantly 

by including additional features 

that our buyers told us were most important 

to them,” said Nooner, who 

added that “now is the best time to buy, 

because you can still take advantage of 

preconstruction prices that range from 

the low $200s which makes this a terrific 

New home value.” 

Other premium standard features 

included at Westgate Manor are brick 

front exteriors on the first floor, free 

basements in most models, ceramic 

tile or hardwood floors in the kitchen, 

baths and foyer; and custom maple 

cabinets. Distinctive kitchen cabinets 

feature solid wood construction (no 

particle board), have solid wood drawers 

with dove tail joints, which is very 

rare in the marketplace. 

“When you build a new home with 

Distinctive, you truly are receiving a 

hand crafted home with custom made 

cabinets no matter what the price 

range,” noted Nooner. This year, Distinctive 

Home Builders is celebrating 

30 years building thousands of homes 

throughout the Will and south Cook 

county areas. 

Distinctive Home Builders, an industry 

leading innovator, offers the 

fastest build times (90 working days) 

with a “Zero Punch list” closing policy. 

Prior to closing, each home undergoes 

an industry leading 100-point checklist 

to insure the home measures up to 

our high quality standards. 

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

Exterior Prairie Model 

Customers stay connected to the 

progress of their home from start to 

finish through Distinctive’s unique construction 

portal. “Our customers simply 

download our Distinctive HomeBuilders 

app and they are in touch with their 

new home 24/7 from anywhere in the 

world. The app allows our customers 

to see the progress of their home and 

access their documents at any time,” 

Nooner explained. “Our customers really 

appreciate the integration of social 

media sites directly in our app allowing 

them to easily share photos and updates 

of their new home with family and 

friends,” he concluded. 

As a semi-custom builder, Distinctive 

Home Builders can modify any of 

its standard designs to cater to a customer’s 

tastes, which means that moving 

walls, adding extra windows or even 

extending the garage are all possible. 

Nooner added that “All our homes 

are highly energy efficient and will be 

built to the new National Energy Code 

guidelines. Every home we build has 

upgraded wall and ceiling insulation 

values with energy efficient windows 

and high efficiency furnaces. Before our 

customers take possession of their new 

home, we perform a blower door test to 

insure that each home passes a set of 

very stringent guidelines which insures 

that our homes are tight and energy efficient. 

Owning a more energy efficient 

means lower gas and electric bills for our 

customers each month.” 

Peotone was established in 1856 and 

offers tree-lined streets and a charming 

downtown area complete with diners, 

pizza parlors, cafes and pubs. In season 

there is a Farmer’s Market in front 

of the American Legion. Also the community 

has a popular Fall Fest in front 

of the famous Peotone Windmill; once 

a thriving flour mill that put Peotone on 

the map in the late 1800s. A Christmas 

in the Village Festival is another annual 

community event that concludes with a 

Lighted Parade at night. Peotone now 

has an estimated population of just over 

4,000. Metra rail service is nearby providing 

commuters easy access to downtown 

Chicago. 

Westgate Manor is conveniently located 

within walking distance of the 

esteemed Peotone High School. The 

Westgate Manor new home offsite Sales 

and Information Center is located in 

Manhattan three miles south of Laraway 

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

Manhattan, IL, 60422. Hours are daily 

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

Wednesday and Thursday and they are 

always available by appointment. 

Specials, prices, specifications, standard 

features, model offerings, build 

times and lot availability are subject to 

change without notice. Please contact 

a Distinctive representative for current 

pricing and complete details. For more 

information, call (708) 479-7700 or 

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



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WHAT: Fantastic oversized 

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updated kitchen with new 

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customization. Beautiful hardwood floors on the main level dining room and spacious 

living room. Lower level has fourth bedroom and large family room, with brick fireplace. 

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• 12133 Forestview 

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60467-1086 - Utz Trust 

to Joshua Runge, Kim 

Rusch, $290,000 

Jan. 26 

• 12558 Lake View Drive, 

Orland Park, 60467- 

1040 - Thomas Delise to 

Michael Fugate, Andra 

Fugate, $4,700,000 

Feb. 7 

• 15722 Deerfield 

Court 1 S, Orland Park, 

60462-5900 - Fioretti 

Trust to Richard D. Carter, 

$116,500 

• 16660 Liberty Circle 

1S, Orland Park, 60467- 

5712 - Bendell Trust to 

Scott Frost, L. Elizabeth 

Frost, $133,000 

• 15034 Hale Drive, 


3130 - David A. Larson 

to Kenneth Micks, Kristin 

Micks, $147,000 

• 17820 Cameron 

Parkway, Orland Park, 

60467-7546 - Patricia 

A. Klein to Jervis C. 

Chandler, Marcy M. 

Chandler, $176,000 

• 9858 Treetop Drive, 


4606 - Lindgren Trust 

to Michael S. Ellison, 

$179,000 

• 11851 Windemere 

Court 103, Orland Park, 

60467-1437 - King Trust 

to Diane M. Niehoff, 

$210,000 

• 18065 Owen Drive, 


8828 - Kundys Trust to 

Jason Budzinski, Tiffany 

Budzinski, $320,000 

Feb. 9 

• 9000 W. 140th St. 1D, 

Orland Park, 60462-2143 

- Thomas P. Sheehan 

to Steven A. Chatt Jr., 

$94,500 

• 8917 Briarwood Lane, 


1438 - Anthony Marotta 

to Vincent G. Marotta, 

$150,000 

• 15436 Sheffield Lane, 

Orland Park, 60462-6719 

- Biernat Trust to Jack 

Bredberg, Saly Bredberg, 

$290,000 

• 11090 Deer Haven 

Lane, Orland Park, 

60467 - Flaherty 

Builders Inc. to Tahira 

Yasmeen, Mamgedath 

Shihabudeen, $911,500 

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F/T exp preferred, valid 

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$12-14/hr. Office & routes 

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Ideal candidate should have 

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Outdoor work: F/T 

year-round Employment 

Potential for paid winters 

off. Benefits incl. health, 

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record a MUST. Starting 

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Part-time Telephone Work 

calling from home for 

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Must be reliable and have 

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LAWN TECHNICIAN 

Professional company 

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looking for reliable 

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plus, but not necessary. 

For interview call: 

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Res. cleaning, P/T days, T, W, 

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Reliable, hard workers only. 

Call 708.567.7103 

1003 Help 

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Small engine repair & 

maintenance and small 

machine maintenance 

person needed. Electrical 

background & experience 

with machine repair 

required. Call 

708.878.2016 

HVAC company looking 

for service technicians to 

fill positions immediately. 

Refrigeration & food 

service equipment 

experience a must. Please 

fax resumes to 

888.352.3928. 

Landscaping & Lawn 

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Experience needed. 

$12-18/hr. F/T, Immediate 

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landscaping.net 

Lookig for F/T & P/T 

Straight Truck Drivers. 

Class C license or better 

req. Duties may incl’d 

inside jobsite delivery. 

References req. Call 

708.878.2016 if interested. 

1005 Employment 

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Need help with your TV, 

computer or mobile device? 

Call J-Tech for local support 

that comes to you. 

Competitive pricing. 

Available evenings & 

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Caregiver Services 

Provided by 

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State Licensed & Bonded 

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Live-in/ Come & go. 

708.403.8707 

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2006 Basement Waterproofing 

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2BR, 2nd floor, freshly 

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SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ES- 

TATE of 12561 Anand Brook 

Drive, Orland Park, IL 60467 (Single 

Family Home). On the 16th 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: Central Mortgage Company 

Plaintiff V.Ahmad J. Zayyad 

a/k/a Ahmaad J. Zayyad; et. al. Defendant. 

Case No. 15CH 0735 in the Circuit 

Court of the Twelfth Judicial 

Circuit, Will County, Illinois. 

Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) 

at the time of sale and the balance 

within twenty-four (24) hours; 

plus, for residential real estate, a 

statutory judicial sale fee calculated 

at the rate of $1 for each 

$1,000 or fraction thereof of the 

amount paid bythe purchaser to 

the person conducting the sale, not 

to exceed $300, for deposit into the 

Abandoned Residential Property 

Municipality Relief Fund. Nojudicial 

sale fee shall be paid by the 

mortgagee acquiring the residential 

real estate pursuant to its credit bid 

at the sale or by any mortgagee, 

judgment creditor, or other lienor 

acquiring the residential real estate 

whose rights inand to the residential 

real estate arose prior to the 

sale. All payments shall be made in 

cash or certified funds payable to 

the Sheriff of Will County. 

In the event the property is acon- 

dominium, in accordance with 735 

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

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

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

hereby notified that the purchaser 

of the unit, other than amortgagee, 

shall pay the assessments and legal 

fees required by subdivisions 

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

the assessments required by subsection 

(g-1) of Section 18.5 of the 

Illinois Condominium Property 

Act. 

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 

(J) ifthere is asurplus following 

application of the proceeds of sale, 

then the plaintiff shall send written 

notice pursuant to 735 ILCS 

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

proceeding advising them of the 

amount ofthe surplus and that the 

surplus will beheld until aparty 

obtains acourt 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. 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK 

COUNTY, 

ILLINOIS 

COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY 

D I V I S I O N 

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC; 

P l a i n t i f f , 

v s . 

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF 

MARSHA L. 

HABINKA, DECEASED; CAPITAL ONE 

BANK 

(USA), 

N.A.; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON 

RECORD 

CLAIMANTS 

ORLAND GOLF VIEW CONDOMINIUM; 

BRIAN 

HABINKA; 

JULIE FOX, AS SPECIAL 

REPRESENTATIVE 

TO 

MARSHA L. HABINKA, DECEASED; 

D e f e n d a n t s , 

16 CH 5102 

NOTICE OF SALE 

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that 

pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and 

Sale entered in the above entitled cause 

Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on 

Monday, March 20, 2017 at the hour of 11 

a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison 

Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at 

public auction to the highest bidder for cash, 

as set forth below, the following described 

mortgaged real estate: 

P.I.N. 27-14-402-024-1060. 

Commonly known as 15723 Brassie Court 

1S, Orland Park, IL 60462. 

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a 

condominium residence. The purchaser of 

the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the 

assessments and the legal fees required by 

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

the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 

10% down by certified funds, balance, by 

certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. 

The property will NOT be open for inspection 

For information call Sales Department at 

Plaintiff's Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, 

LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, 

Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 15-030503 

F 2 

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES 

C O R P O R A T I O N 

Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 

I715100 


COUNTY, 

ILLINOIS 



FIFTH THIRD MORTGAGE COMPANY; 


v s . 

CHARLES K. HERRMAN; KELLIE A. 

L U C H E N E - H E R R M A N 


16 CH 10614 






Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at the hour of 11 

a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison 

Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at 

public auction to the highest bidder for cash, 

as set forth below, the following described 


P.I.N. 28-09-401-053-0000. 

Commonly known as 14832 Becky Court, Oak 

Forest, IL 60452. 


single family residence. If the subject 

mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common 

interest community, the purchaser of the unit 

other than a mortgagee shall pay the 

assessments required by subsection (g-1) of 

Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property 

A c t . 

Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, 

balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. 

No refunds. The property will NOT be open 

for 

inspection 

For information call Sales Department at 

Plaintiff's Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, 

LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, 

Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 16-020301 

F 2 




I715119 


COUNTY, 

ILLINOIS 



BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, FKA 

BANK OF NEW YORK 

AS TRUSTEE IN TRUST FOR THE 

R E G I S T E R E D 

HOLDERS OF ALTERNATIVE LOAN 

TRUST 

2006-43CB, 

MORTGAGE PASS THROUGH 

CERTIFICATES, 

SERIES 

2006-43CB; 

Plaintiff, 

v s . 

GERALD NORDGREN, AS SPECIAL 

R E P R E S E N T A T I V E 

FOR DAVID JOOST AND MARGARET 

O ' L E A R Y - J O O S T ; 

UNKNOWN HEIRS OF DAVID JOOST; 

UNKNOWN 

HEIRS 

OF MARGARET O'LEARY-JOOST; FIRST 

N A T I O N A L 

BANK OF EVERGREEN PARK; THOMAS 

HUINER; 

JUNE 

HUINER; BMO HARRIS BANK NATIONAL 

A S S O C I A T I O N ; 

CLEANING SPECIALISTS, INC.; 

UNKNOWN 

OWNERS 

GENERALLY, AND NON RECORD 

C L A I M A N T S ; 


16 CH 8530 




Sale entered in the above entitled cause on 

February 10, 2017 Intercounty Judicial Sales 

Corporation will on Friday, March 31, 2017 at 

the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West 

Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, 

Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest 

bidder for cash, as set forth below, the 

following described mortgaged real estate: 

P.I.N. 28-18-402-033-0000. 

Commonly known as 6609 Courtney Drive, 

Oak Forest, IL 60452. 








A c t . 




for 

inspection 

For information call Ms. Kimberly S. Reid at 

Plaintiff's Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 

East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. 

(312) 236-0077. File Number SMSX.0022 




I715499 


COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY 

DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION 

CITIZENS BANK NA F/K/A RBS CITIZENS 

NA SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO 

CHARTER ONE BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, 

- v . - 

JASON CHRIS LEONARD, JULIE 

CHRISTINE LEONARD, CITIZENS BANK, 

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, UNITED 

STATES OF AMERICA 

D e f e n d a n t s 

16 CH 011221 

10442 STONEHILL DRIVE ORLAND 

PARK, IL 60467 

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS 

HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a 

Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in 

the above cause on January 9, 2017, an agent 

for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 

10:30 AM on April 11, 2017, at The Judicial 

Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive 

- 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at 

public auction to the highest bidder, as set 

forth below, the following described real 

estate: Commonly known as 10442 

STONEHILL DRIVE, ORLAND PARK, IL 

60467 Property Index No. 

27-29-421-010-0000. The real estate is 

improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% 

down of the highest bid by certified funds at 

the close of the sale payable to The Judicial 

Sales Corporation. No third party checks will 

be accepted. The balance, including the 

Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential 

Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is 

calculated on residential real estate at the 

rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof 

of the amount paid by the purchaser not to 

exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire 

transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 

No 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 in and to the residential real 

estate arose prior to the sale. The subject 

property is subject to general real estate 

taxes, special assessments, or special taxes 

levied against said real estate and is offered 

for sale without any representation as to 

quality or quantity of title and without 

recourse to Plaintiff and in \"AS IS\" 

condition. The sale is further subject to 

confirmation by the court. Upon payment in 

full of the amount bid, the purchaser will 

receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle 

the purchaser to a deed to the real estate 

after confirmation of the sale. Where a sale of 

real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to 

that of the United States, the United States 

shall have one year from the date of sale 

within which to redeem, except that with 

respect to a lien arising under the internal 

revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or 

the period allowable for redemption under 

State law, whichever is longer, and in any 

case in which, under the provisions of section 

505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended 

(12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of 

section 3720 of title 38 of the United States 

Code, the right to redeem does not arise, 

there shall be no right of redemption. The 

property will NOT be open for inspection and 

plaintiff makes no representation as to the 

condition of the property. Prospective bidders 

are admonished to check the court file to 

verify all information. If this property is a 

condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at 

the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, 

shall pay the assessments and the legal fees 

required by The Condominium Property Act, 

765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this 

property is a condominium unit which is part 

of a common interest community, the 

purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale 


assessments required by The Condominium 

Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF 

YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR 

(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT 

TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 

DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF 

POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH 

SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS 

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You 

will need a photo identification issued by a 

government agency (driver's license, 

passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our




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building and the foreclosure sale room in 

Cook County and the same identification for 

sales held at other county venues where The 

Judicial Sales Corporation conducts 

foreclosure sales. For information, examine 

the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: 

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 

NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, 

BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 

Please refer to file number 14-16-10373. 

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION 

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, 

Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE 

You can also visit The Judicial Sales 

Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day 

status report of pending sales. CODILIS & 

ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH 

FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR 

RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: 

pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 

14-16-10373 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 

Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 

011221 TJSC#: 37-541 NOTE: Pursuant to 

the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you 

are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed 

to be a debt collector attempting to collect a 

debt and any information obtained will be 

used for that purpose. 

I714545 




U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS 

TRUSTEE FOR J.P. MORGAN 

MORTGAGE TRUST 2006-S4 Plaintiff, 

- v . - 

LAWRENCE OBERHEU AKA LAWRENCE 

OBERHEU, III AKA LAWRENCE W. 

OBERHEU, III, RONDEE OBERHEU AKA 

RONDEE M. OBERHEU, BMO HARRIS 

BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FKA 

HARRIS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 

EVERGREEN VIEW HOMEOWNERS 

A S S O C I A T I O N 


12 CH 36911 

8741 W. 141st St. Orland Park, IL 60462 




the above cause on February 9, 2015, an 

agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, 

will at 10:30 AM on April 10, 2017, at The 

Judicial Sales Corporation, One South 

Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 

60606, sell at public auction to the highest 

bidder, as set forth below, the following 

described real estate: Commonly known as 

8741 W. 141st St., Orland Park, IL 60462 

Property Index No. 27-02-312-011-0000. The 

real estate is improved with a single family 

residence. The judgment amount was 

$709,365.96. Sale terms: 25% down of the 

highest bid by certified funds at the close of 

the sale payable to The Judicial Sales 

Corporation. No third party checks will be 

accepted. The balance, including the Judicial 

sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property 

Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated 

on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for 

each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount 

paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in 

certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within 

twenty-four (24) hours. No 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 in and to the residential 

real estate arose prior to the sale. The 

subject property is subject to general real 

estate taxes, special assessments, or special 

taxes levied against said real estate and is 

offered for sale without any representation as 

to quality or quantity of title and without 





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after confirmation of the sale. The property 

will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff 

makes no representation as to the condition 

of the property. Prospective bidders are 

admonished to check the court file to verify all 

information. If this property is a condominium 

unit, the purchaser of the unit at the 

foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, 



















passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our 





foreclosure sales. For information, contact 

Plaintiff's attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & 

MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, 

DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719 If the 

sale is not confirmed for any reason, the 

Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to 

a return of the purchase price paid. The 

Purchaser shall have no further recourse 

against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or 

the Mortgagee's attorney. THE JUDICIAL 

SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker 

Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 

(312) 236-SALE You can also visit The 

Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com 

for a 7 day status report of pending sales. 

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 

East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 

422-1719 Fax #: (217) 422-1754 

CookPleadings@hsbattys.com Attorney 

Code. 40387 Case Number: 12 CH 36911 

TJSC#: 37-1605 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair 

Debt Collection Practices Act, you are 

advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to 

be a debt collector attempting to collect a 

debt and any information obtained will be 

used for that purpose. 

I715614 


COUNTY, 

ILLINOIS 



FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE 

ASSOCIATION (''FANNIE MAE''), A 

CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND 

EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 


- v . - 

FRANK S. SISON, JR., KRISTEN J. 

SISON, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC 

REGISTRATION SYSTEMS INC., AS 

NOMINEE FOR RBS CITIZENS, N.A. 


16 CH 13291 

16742 LE CLAIRE AVE. Oak Forest, IL 

6 0 4 5 2 




Sale entered in the above cause on February 

16, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales 

Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 29, 

2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One 

South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, 

IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest 

bidder, as set forth below, the following 

described real estate: 

Commonly known as 16742 LE CLAIRE 

AVE., Oak Forest, IL 60452 

Property Index No. 28-28-205-013 Vol.No 

0 3 4 . 

The real estate is improved with a single 

family 

residence. 

The judgment amount was $198,757.77. 

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by 

certified funds at the close of the sale payable 

to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third 

party checks will be accepted. The balance, 

including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned 

Residential Property Municipality Relief 

Fund, which is calculated on residential real 

estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or 

fraction thereof of the amount paid by the 

purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified 

funds/or wire transfer, is due within 















confirmation by the court. 

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the 

purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale 

that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the 

real estate after confirmation of the sale. 

The property will NOT be open for inspection 

and plaintiff makes no representation as to 

the condition of the property. Prospective 

bidders are admonished to check the court 

file to verify all information. 

If this property is a condominium unit, the 

purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, 

other than a mortgagee, shall pay the 

assessments and the legal fees required by 

The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 

605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a 

condominium unit which is part of a common 


at the foreclosure sale other than a 

mortgagee shall pay the assessments 


765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR 






MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. 

You will need a photo identification issued by 

a government agency (driver's license, 






foreclosure 

sales. 

For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: 

JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, 

LLC, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, 

Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 541-9710 Please 

refer to file number 16-04083. 

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION 

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, 

Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE 

You can also visit The Judicial Sales 

Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day 

status report of pending sales. 

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection 

Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's 

attorney is deemed to be a debt collector 

attempting to collect a debt and any 

information obtained will be used for that 

p u r p o s e . 

I715838 


COUNTY, 

ILLINOIS 



WELLS FARGO BANK NA AS TRUSTEE 

FOR 

THE 

CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF BANC OF 

A M E R I C A 

ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2004-4; 

MORTGAGE 

PASS 

THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 

2 0 0 4 - 4 ; 


v s . 

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF 

JOSE J. NEVAREZ 

YOLANDA A. NEVAREZ; BROOK HILLS 

H O M E O W N E R ' S 

ASSOCIATION; BROOK HILLS, PUD UNIT 

S I X 

HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION; 

CITIZENS 

COMMUNITY 

BANK OF ILLINOIS; PRAIRIE TRAIL 

CREDIT 

UNION; 

JOSE NEVAREZ, JR.; UNKNOWN HEIRS 

AND 

LEGATEES 

OF YOLANDA A. NEVAREZ, IF ANY; 

UNKNOWN 

OWNERS 

AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; 


10 CH 33517 






Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at the hour of 11 a.m. 

in their office at 120 West Madison Street, 

Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public 

auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set 

forth below, the following described 


P.I.N. 27-31-105-005-0000. 

Commonly known as 11744 Cranna Court, 

Orland Park, IL 60467. 








A c t . 




for 

inspection 

For information call the Sales Clerk at 

Plaintiff's Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 

33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 

60603. (312) 360-9455 W10-2893. 




I715886 




U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS 

TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST 

TO BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL 

ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, 

SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE 

BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS 

TRUSTEE FOR FIRST FRANKLIN 

MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2007-2, 

MORTGAGE 

PASS-THROUGH 

CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-2 


- v . - 

ELIZABETH REAL A/K/A ELIZABETH 

SAFIN, THOMAS REAL A/K/A THOMAS P. 

REAL, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC 

REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., 

BANKFINANCIAL, 

F.S.B. 


16 CH 12076 

10121 WEST 151ST STREET Orland Park, 

IL 60462 




the above cause on January 4, 2017, an agent 

for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 

10:30 AM on April 20, 2017, at The Judicial 

Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive 

- 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at 

public auction to the highest bidder, as set 

forth below, the following described real 

estate: Commonly known as 10121 WEST 

151ST STREET, Orland Park, IL 60462 

Property Index No. 27-16-105-002-0000. The 

real estate is improved with a single family 

residence. The judgment amount was 

$146,167.94. Sale terms: 25% down of the 

highest bid by certified funds at the close of 

the sale payable to The Judicial Sales 

Corporation. No third party checks will be 

accepted. The balance, including the Judicial 

sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property 

Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated 

on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for 

each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount 

paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in 

certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within 



















after confirmation of the sale. The property 

will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff 

makes no representation as to the condition 

of the property. Prospective bidders are 

admonished to check the court file to verify all 

information. If this property is a condominium 

unit, the purchaser of the unit at the 

foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, 
























foreclosure sales. For information, contact 

The sales clerk, SHAPIRO KREISMAN & 

ASSOCIATES, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN 

RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, 

(847) 291-1717 For information call between 

the hours of 1pm - 3pm. Please refer to file 

number 16-080625. THE JUDICIAL SALES 

CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 

24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial 

Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 

day status report of pending sales. 

SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, 

, 

LLC 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 

Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 291-1717 

E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File 

No. 16-080625 Attorney Code. 42168 Case 

Number: 16 CH 12076 TJSC#: 37-154 

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection 

Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's 

attorney is deemed to be a debt collector 

attempting to collect a debt and any 

information obtained will be used for that 

p u r p o s e . 

I715008 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR 

DEBT COLLECTION PRAC- 

TICES ACT YOU ARE AD- 

VISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM 

IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT 

COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO 

COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY 

INFORMATION OBTAINED 

WILL BE USED FOR THAT 

PURPOSE. 

STATE OF ILLINOIS ) 

) SS. 

COUNTY OF WILL ) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF 

THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIR- 

CUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

Central Mortgage Company 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Ahmad J. Zayyad a/k/a Ahmaad J. 

Zayyad; et. al. 

Defendant. 

No. 15 CH 0735 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that 

pursuant to ajudgment entered in 

the above cause on the 14th day of 

December, 2016, MIKE KELLEY, 

Sheriff of Will County, Illinois, 

will on Thursday, the 16th day of 

March, 2017 , commencing at 

12:00 o'clock noon, at the Will 

County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. 

Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet, 

IL 60432, sell at public auction to 

the highest and best bidder orbidders 

the following-described real 

estate: 

LOT 65 IN ANAND BROOK, BE- 

ING ASUBDIVISION IN SEC- 

TION 1, TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, 

RANCE 11, EAST OF THE 

THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, 

ACCORDING TO THE PLAT 

THEREOF RECORDED MACH 

9, 1989 AS DOCUMENT NO. 

R89-10665, IN WILL COUNTY, 

ILLINOIS. 

Commonly known as: 

12561 Anand Brook Drive, Orland 

Park, IL 60467 

Description of Improvements: 

Single Family Home 

P.I.N.: 

16-05-01-128-004-0000 

Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) 

at the time of sale and the balance 

within twenty-four (24) hours; 

plus, for residential real estate, a 

statutory judicial sale fee calculated 

at the rate of $1 for each 

$1,000 or fraction thereof of the 

amount paid by the purchaser to 

the person conducting the sale, not 

to exceed $300, for deposit into the


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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 

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In the event the property is a condominium, 

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

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

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

hereby notified that the purchaser 

of the unit, other than amortgagee, 

shall pay the assessments and legal 

fees required by subdivisions 

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

the assessments required bysubsection 

(g-1) of Section 18.5 of the 

Illinois Condominium Property 

Act. 

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 

(J) ifthere is asurplus following 

application of the proceeds of sale, 

then the plaintiff shall send written 

notice pursuant to 735 ILCS 

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

proceeding advising them of the 

amount ofthe surplus and that the 

surplus will beheld until aparty 

obtains a court order for its distribution 

or, in the absence of an order, 

until the surplus is forfeited to 

the State. 

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE 

CONTACT: 

Codilis & Associates, P.C. 

15W030 N. Frontage Road Suite 

100 

Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527 

P: 630-794-5300 

F: 630-794-9090 

Plaintiff's Attorney 

MIKE KELLEY 

Sheriff of Will County 

NOONAN & LIEBERMAN, 

(6193234) Attorneys 

105 W. Adams, 

Chicago, Illinois 60603 

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF 

WILL, ss ‚- In the Circuit Court for the 

12TH Judicial Circuit, WILL County, 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIA- 

TION, AS TRUSTEE FOR LEHMAN 

BROTHERS SMALL BALANCE 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE 

PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, 

SERIES 2007-3, Plaintiff, vs. MAHA L. 

AQEL et. al., Defendants, Case No. 

2017 CH 260. 

The requisite affidavit for publication 

having been filed, notice is hereby given 

to you Unknown Owners-Tenants and 

Non-Record Claimants, defendants in 

the above entitled suit has been commenced 

in the Circuit Court for the 

12TH Judicial Circuit, WILL County, 

by the said plaintiff against you and 

other defendants, praying for the foreclosure 

of a certain Mortgage conveying 

gg y g 

the premises described as follows, 

to-wit: 

THAT PART OFLOT 2INORLAND 

PARK BUSINESS CENTER PHASE 1, 

BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART 

OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE NORTH- 

EAST 1/4 AND PART OF THE EAST 

1/2 OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE 

NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 6, 

TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 12, 

EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL 

MERIDIAN ACCORDING TO THE 

PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JULY 

24, 2002 AS DOCUMENT NO. 

R2002-119510, DESCRIBED AS FOL- 

LOWS: 

COMMENCING AT THE NORTH- 

EAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 2; 

THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 43 

MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST 

137.08 FEET; THENCE SOUTHWEST 

ALONG THE ARC OF A CIRCLE 

CONVEX SOUTH AND HAVING A 

RADIUS OF 467.00 FEET FOR A DIS- 

TANCE OF 80.26 FEET (THE CHORD 

OF SAID ARC HAVING A BEARING 

OF SOUTH 83 DEGREES 47 MIN- 

UTES 44 SECONDS WEST AND A 

DISTANCE OF 80.16 FEET); 

THENCE SOUTH 78 DEGREES 52 

MINUTES 19 SECONDS WEST 

299.78 FEET; THENCE SOUTHWEST 

ALONG THE ARC OF A CIRCLE 

CONVEX SOUTH AND HAVING A 

RADIUS OF 533.00 FEET FOR A DIS- 

TANCE OF 91.60 FEET (THE CHORD 

OF SAID ARC HAVING A BEARING 

OF SOUTH 83 DEGREES 47 MIN- 

UTES 44 SECONDS WEST AND A 

DISTANCE OF 91.49 FEET); 

THENCE SOUTH 1 DEGREE 16 MIN- 

UTES 52 SECONDS EAST 111.03 

FEET; THENCE SOUTH 88 DE- 

GREES 43MINUTES 08 SECONDS 

WEST 57.45 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 

0DEGREES 02 MINUTES 46 SEC- 

ONDS WEST 64.00 FEET, TO THE 

POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE 

CONTINUING SOUTH 0DEGREES 

02 MINUTES 46 SECONDS WEST 

64.00 FEET, THENCE NORTH 89 DE- 

GREES 57MINUTES 14 SECONDS 

WEST 40.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 

0DEGREES 02 MINUTES 46 SEC- 

ONDS EAST 64.00 FEET; THENCE 

SOUTH 89 DEGREES 57 MINUTES 

14 SECONDS EAST 40.00 FEET, TO 

THE POINT OF BEGINNING, ALL IN 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PIN: 

19-09-06-203-032-0000. Commonly 

known as: 11528 W. 183rd Place, Unit 

7, Orland Hills IL, 60487, and which 

said Mortgage was made by MAHA L. 

AQEL, as Mortgagor(s) to Greenpoint 

Mortgage Funding, Inc., as Mortgagee, 

and recorded as document number 

R2007043977, and the present owner(s) 

of the property being MAHA L. AQEL, 

and for other relief: that summons was 

duly issued out of said Court against 

you as provided by law, and that the 

said suit is now pending. 

Now, therefore, unless you, the said 

above named defendants, file your answer 

to the Complaint inthe said suit or 

otherwise make your appearance 

therein, inthe office of the Clerk of the 

Circuit Court for the 12TH Judicial Circuit, 

WILL County located at Will 

County Court Annex, 57 N. Ottawa 

Street, Joliet, IL 60432, on or before 

APRIL 10, 2017 default may be entered 

against you at any time after that day 

and aJudgment entered in accordance 

g 

with the prayer of said Complaint. 

Dated, Joliet, Illinois, February 23, 

2017. 

Andrea Lynn Chasteen, Clerk. 

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT 

ADEBT PURSUANT TO THE FAIR 

DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES 

ACT, AND ANY INFORMATION 

OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR 

THAT PURPOSE. 

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Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Jake Vennetti 

Jake Vennetti is senior at 

Providence Catholic High 

School and is a forward on 

the varsity hockey team. 

When did you start 

playing hockey? 

I started skating when I 

was about three, and then I 

joined a team when I five. 

What do you love about 

the sport? 

There was always something 

to strive for, and there 

was always something I 

wanted to achieve — but not 

even personally, as a team. 

I’ve enjoyed that a lot. 

What is your biggest 

challenge in hockey? 

I would like to be a lot 

faster. I feel like that is 

something that holds me 

back a little bit. 

Who has been your 

biggest influence on the 

team? 

Coach Nick Iaciancio. 

I’ve known him since I was 

little. He has helped me transition 

well. Freshman year, 

he didn’t put me on varsity, 

but in the long run that was 

probably the best decision. 

It helped me get my scoring 

confidence back. 

Who is the biggest 

clown on the team? 

There’s a couple. Shane 

Horan and Cole Kaup. They 

just say dumb things, and it’s 

entertaining sometimes. 

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people do not know 

about you? 

I used to draw a lot when I 

was younger. 

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Bradley Cooper. He’s in a 

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I play golf, but it would be 

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Nicklas Bäckström on the 

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superhero, what would 

your superpower be? 

To fly. It would be sweet to 

just be flying around wherever. 

Instead of driving, you 

could just fly everywhere. 

Interviewed by Assistant Editor 

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Athlete of the Month 

Andrew grappler claims February victory 


Luc Valdez is only a 

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when voters helped him become 

22nd Century Media’s 

Southwest Chicago’s Athlete 

of the Month for February 

2017. He earned the most 

votes in a pool of Athlete of 

the Week candidates from 

January. 

The Athlete of the Month 

competition pits featured 

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contest. 

Andrew wrestler Luc Valdez earned the most votes to be 

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Eagles Varsity Athletics 

Girls Soccer 

■March ■ 13 - at Plainfield 

East, 4:30 p.m. 

Boys Water Polo 

■March ■ 14 - host Bremen, 

5 p.m. 

Girls Water Polo 

■March ■ 11 - at New Trier 

Invite, 12:30 p.m. 

■March ■ 14 - at Bremen, 

5 p.m. 

Badminton 

■March ■ 13 - at Downers 

Grove North Quad, 4:30 p.m. 

■March ■ 16 - host Joliet 

Central, 4:30 p.m. 

Girls Track and Field 

■March ■ 11 - at Whitney 

Young, 10 a.m. 

Girls Lacrosse 

■March ■ 13 - host Marist, 

7:30 p.m. 

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At the end of every girls basketball season, 22nd Century Media scours through stories, stat sheets and 

reporters’ notebooks to compile its Team 22 All-Star lineup. The team features student-athletes from 

Lincoln-Way Central, LW East, LW West, Providence Catholic, Andrew, Tinley Park, Lockport Township and 

Sandburg high schools. 

—Compiled by 22nd Century Media staff 

First team 

second team 

Forwards 

F: Courteney Barnes, senior, LW 

Central 

10.1 PPG, 7.4 RPG. Heading to Hope 

College. 

F: Abi Baumgartner, sophomore, LW 

Central 

9.8 PPG, 6.5 RPG. Surprise standout. 

Courtney O’Donnell, senior, LW West 

13.5 PPG, 6.8 RPG, 1.2 APG. Both a 

scoring and rebounding threat, despite 

giving up a few inches down low, the fouryear 

starter shot 50 percent in terms of 

field goals, 67 percent at the charity stripe. 

Ryann Ogarek, sophomore, Providence 

16.5 PPG, 9.5 RPG, 1.4 SPG, 1 BPG. The 

5-foot-10 forward was the Celtics’ leading 

scorer and rebounder, playing more like 

a seasoned veteran than a sophomore, 

absolutely dominating on offense. 

Burns phoTography 

Lauren Hunter, junior, LW East 

11.9 PPG, 6.4 RPG. She led her team in 

scoring average, led the team with 167 

rebounds, and earned MVP of the Medieval 

tournament and All-Tournament honors at 

the DeKalb MLK tournament. 

F: Taylor Hopkins, junior, Lockport 

13 PPG. Versatile shooter, great in 

clutch. 

G: Carolyn Waleski, junior, LW East 

11.4 PPG, 4 APG, 3.4 SPG. Led team 

in scoring. 

G: Taylor Gugliuzza, freshman, LW 

West 

11.3 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 3.5 APG, 2.6 SPG. 

A natural. 

Guards 

Honorable mentions: 

Emily Atsinger, senior, LW West 

10.8 PPG, 3 RPG, 3.3 APG, 2.4 SPG. 

The Lake Michigan College commit was 

a catalyst for the Warriors’ offense. 

Everything seemed to run through the fouryear 

starter, despite her battle with injuries. 

Claire Paciga, senior, Providence 

10.5 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 3.5 APG, 2 SPG. An 

all-around captain who did just about 

everything for her team. While Ryann 

Ogarek put up the big scoring numbers, 

Paciga was the team’s driving force. 

F: Treasure Thompson, freshman, 

Lockport 

•Amari Sims, junior, Andrew 

•Grace Bauer, senior, Sandburg 

•Vejune Sidaugaite, junior, Tinley Park 

•Isis Fitch, freshman, Andrew 

•Elena Woulfe, senior, Lockport 

•Erin Greenfield, junior, Sandburg 

•Nicole Poole, junior, Sandburg. 

G: Colleen Barrett, senior, LW Central 

•Mia Signore, freshman, Andrew 

•Kennedy Sabutis, senior, Sandburg 

•Tara Hastings, sophomore, LW West 

•Kayla Langowski, junior, Andrew 

•Bailey Kramer, senior, LW East 

•Morgan McAuliffe, junior, Sandburg



Boys Water Polo 

Eagles poised for success with trio of senior leaders 

Steve Millar 

Freelance Reporter 

Sandburg boys water polo 

coach Jim Caliendo sees the 

pieces in place for a strong 

season. 

It all starts with a trio of 

senior leaders. 

“We bring back the core 

of our team from last year,” 

Caliendo said. “Down the 

middle, we have a threeyear 

starter in goal in Nick 

Jackson. Ben Mars, our hole 

defender and point man, has 

just gotten better and better 

and is looking really strong. 

Then we have Marty Blake, 

a returning All-State player, 

in the hole for us. Those 

three seniors are going to 

lead the way.” 

Joey Jenkot, Josh Grella 

and Kyle Fox are juniors who 

got a good deal of varsity experience 

this past season. 

“We still have to find one 

more starter,” Caliendo said. 

“There’s a lot of kids that 

are equal that we’re going to 

watch and see who emerges. 

We should have a very solid 

starting lineup, and a good 

number of kids that can 

come off the bench and contribute.” 

The Eagles open the season 

March 14 at home against 

Bremen co-op. They hope to 

end it at state, a destination 

they’ve fallen short of the last 

two years. 

This past season, Sandburg 

was the No. 1 seed in 

the Lincoln-Way North Sectional 

but had its season end 

with a heartbreaking 5-4 loss 

to Lincoln-Way Central in 

the sectional semifinals. 

“That loss definitely motivated 

us to work harder for 

this year,” Jackson said. “We 

don’t want that to happen 

again. We really want to win 

sectional and get to state.” 

Blake is a big reason why 

the Eagles are optimistic they 

will meet that goal this year. 

He was a junior varsity 

player two years ago, but 

this past year moved right 

into the hole position, where 

most teams put their best 

scorer. 

Blake became one of the 

state’s top offensive players 

and was named All-State. 

“Going from JV to a varsity 

starter at the toughest position 

in the game was tough,” 

Blake said. “It taught me 

how to focus, and I learned 

the toughness that it takes to 

be successful. You’re getting 

beat up nonstop down there, 

and you have to have the 

right mindset. 

“Starting as a junior and 

getting that experience was a 

huge help. I’m very comfortable 

now. I know what I’m 

going to do this year.” 

Caliendo said he knows 

teams will shape their defense 

around Blake. So, the 

Eagles will have to find ways 

to work around that. 

“I think a lot of teams are 

going to key on Marty,” Caliendo 

said. “The key to our 

team is whether or not we’re 

able to execute an insideoutside 

game. If teams crash 

down on him, can we score 

from the outside? 

“I look where we are now, 

with the arms we have, and 

we’re way ahead of where 

we were this time last year. 

So, I’m excited about that.” 

Defensively, Sandburg 

figures to be strong, with the 

veteran presence of Jackson 

in the net. 

“Nick had a phenomenal 

swim season for us,” Caliendo 

said. “So, he’s coming 

in with more confidence than 

I’ve ever seen from him. He’s 

exuding confidence right 

now. When you have a goalie 

that’s as talented as him and 

excited about playing, that 

usually means good things 

are going to happen.” 

Jackson said he feels good 

about where he is at but is not 

resting on his laurels. 

“I know I have to work 

just as hard as previous years 

to produce good results,” 

he said. “I know I’m going 

to get a lot of help from my 

teammates. We have a lot of 

seniors and juniors, and we 

should be able to get far if we 

work together.” 

Caliendo said he expects 

Mars to make life easier for 

Jackson by providing strong 

defense on opponents’ top 

scorers. 

“Over the summer and offseason, 

I built a lot of endurance,” 

Mars said. “I learned a 

lot last year, and I’m looking 

forward to putting it all in action.” 

This will be the last season 

for Caliendo, who is retiring 

after 38 years of coaching, 

including the past 24 at Sandburg. 

Caliendo has led the Eagles 

to state five times and 

has won four state trophies. 

This group of players would 

like nothing more than to 

send him out with one more. 

“It definitely jacks up the 

enthusiasm knowing this is 

his last year,” Blake said. 

“We came up a little short 

two years ago. Last year was 

a heartbreaker. 

:Now, it’s coach Cal’s last 

season. And for us seniors, 

it’s our last season. We’re really 

determined to get to state 

and just win as much as we 

can for coach.” 

Hockey 

Providence recovers from slow start to best Brother Rice 

Brittany Kapa, Assistant Editor 

Providence entered the 

2017 Amateur Hockey Association 

of Illinois Blackhawk 

Cup High School Varsity Red 

Division series seeded No. 2 

but did not play like it. 

Providence suffered a 

post-Kennedy Cup daze during 

the first period of play 

against its 18-seed opponent, 

Brother Rice. The two teams 

battled March 1 at the Edge 

Ice Arena in Bensenville and 

Rice took full advantage of 

the team’s slow start. 

The Crusaders took an early 

1-0 lead against the Celtics 

to end the first period. The 

Celtics eventually bounced 

back for a 6-2 win and advancement 

to the next round 

of the series. 

It was the Crusaders’ Matt 

Moro who took advantage of 

the lull and scored Brother 

Rice’s first goal just 2 minutes 

and 25 seconds into the 

game. 

Jake Rott, of Orland Park; 

Josh Mooncotch; and Jake 

Vennetti, of Orland Park; attempted 

to work together to 

get something going at the 

end of the first period, but 

their efforts did not come 

with a reward. The trio found 

good looks within the last 2 

minutes of the first period but 

was unable to best Brother 

Rice’s goalie Josh Moro. 

Providence coach Nick 

Iaciancio pointed to sloppy 

passes, pinching in the offensive 

zone and not having a 

solid defense as contributing 

factors. He added the team 

needed to get “back down to 

fundamentals.” 

“I don’t lose it very often, 

and I kind of thought I 

needed to get their attention 

today,” Iaciancio said about 

his talk with the team during 

the first intermission. 

Forward Dylan Gorski 

said that Iaciancio’s words of 

wisdom were what the team 

needed to get refocused. 

“Coach came in after the 

first period,” Gorski said. 

“[Iaciancio] said, ‘We’re here 

for a reason; we’re 2 seed for 

a reason. We need to show 

who we are.’ That’s what we 

did. We came out and scored 

four goals in the second period.” 

Rott (2 goals, 1 assists) 

opened up the scoring onslaught 

during the second 

period. Rott was able to bury 

the puck 1:09 into the second 

period, with help from Vennetti 

(3 assists) and defensman 

Jake Lawler (1 assist). 

Two minutes later, Mooncotch 

(1 goal) was able to put 

the puck in the net while falling 

down, giving the team a 

one-goal advantage. The real 

momentum shift happened 

6:12 into the second period. 

“Timmy Kirkwood had 

the puck there at the blue 

line, and I wanted to take the 

mid-ice pass,” said Gorski, a 

junior, of picking off a pass in 

the neutral zone from Kirkwood. 

“So, I just put my stick 

there. He shot the puck, and I 

just picked it up, started skating 

forward and ... saw the 

hole 6 inches off the ice and 

shot the puck and I scored.” 

Gorski was awarded the 

unassisted goal, giving Providence 

momentum the team 

desperately needed. 

“His play is underrated, 

because he’s not this huge 

goal scorer,” Iaciancio said 

in reference to Gorski’s goal. 

“He’s been so dependable for 

us, and that was a situation 

where we’re down a guy, and 

we needed a little bit of momentum 

and stability. 

Iaciancio referred to Cole 

Kaup, who is currently out 

because of illness. 

The Crusaders struck back 

a minute after Gorski scored. 

Nick Schwandt bested Celtics’ 

goalie Ryan Iaciancio 

with help from Ryan Hanacek 

and Brett Bagus, making the 

score 3-2. 

Cam Cutler, another player 

who does not often make the 

score sheet, netted the team’s 

fourth goal of the period, 

with help from Kevin Horan, 

of Orland Park. 

The third period only saw 

two goals. Mike Massaro 

deflected Ryan Kaup’s shot 

from the point for the team’s 

fifth goal, and Rott netted a 

power-play goal late in the 

third period. 

“We can’t take nights off,” 

Nick Iaciancio said when 

asked about what the team 

would learn from this experience. 

“I thought we worked 

really hard; we just didn’t 

work really smart.”

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opprairie.com 

Lemont rains on Eagles’ playoff run hopes 

During severe 

storms, Sandburg’s 

offensive dry spell 

continues 

Randy Whalen 


Unfortunately for the Sandburg 

boys basketball team, its 

final game turned out to be a 

reflection of its season — not 

enough offense. 

The Eagles never led and 

had no players in double 

digits, as their season came 

to an end in a 51-35 loss to 

Lemont Feb. 28 in the second 

semifinal of the Class 

4A Sandburg Regional. 

Sandburg (13-14), which 

was seeded No. 8 in the 

Lincoln-Way East Sectional, 

had 15 games this season in 

which it scored 43 or fewer 

points. No. 9-seeded Lemont 

(16-11) advanced to the 

regional title game. 

“It was the story of the 

year,” Sandburg coach Todd 

Allen said of the loss. “Our 

defense was good all year; 

we just struggled to score. 

The kids battled and played 

hard. They do everything we 

ask, but this [game] was a 

microcosm of the season.” 

The Indians, who were led 

by a game-high 15 points 

from senior guard P.J. Pipes, 

jumped out to leads of 4-0 

and 10-2 with 2 minutes 

and 52 seconds left in the 

first quarter. Barlow Alleruzzo, 

who finished with 

a team-high nine points, hit 

a 3-pointer to help draw the 

gap for Sandburg to 10-7 after 

one quarter. 

In the second quarter, the 

Eagles cut the lead to one 

on three occasions. The 

second time was on a steal 

and a layup by senior guard 

Grant Glover to close the 

gap to 12-11 with 4:53 left 

Sandburg’s Jack McNulty drives to the hoop against 

Lemont Feb. 28 during a regional semifinal matchup. 

in the first half. The final 

time came on a 3-pointer 

by senior forward Jack Witt 

to make it 15-14 midway 

through the period. 

But Sandburg did not score 

again the rest of the quarter, 

and the Indians pulled out to 

a 21-14 halftime advantage. 

“I thought the turning 

point was that 3-pointer by 

Barlow that went halfway 

down and spun back out,” 

Allen said of Alleruzzo’s 

shot late in the first half. 

“Then, Lemont came down 

and scored.” 

Alleruzzo, a 6-foot-8 junior 

center who is versatile 

enough to play inside and 

out, was frustrated, as were 

his teammates. 

“We just couldn’t hit 

shots,” Alleruzzo said. “We 

had a lot of games like that 

this season. We had our 

ups and downs, but we just 

couldn’t maintain consistency. 

We couldn’t muster 

confidence. 

“We got down, but I love 

my guys. I thought we’d 

make a run, but it didn’t happen.” 

Junior center Paul 

O’Leary (9 points) scored 

four straight points for the 

Indians to start the second 

half. Sandburg never got 

closer than eight points the 

rest of the way. Leading 30- 

21, Lemont ended the third 

quarter on a 6-0 run to go 

ahead 36-21 after three. 

After scoring seven points 

in each of the first three 

quarters, the Eagles tallied 

eight in the first 1:37 of the 

fourth quarter. A 3-pointer 

by Alleruzzo with 6:23 to 

play in the game capped 

that and made the score 38- 

29. But that is as close as it 

would get. 

Pipes scored all nine 

points in a 9-0 run, as the 

Indians pulled out to a 47-29 

lead with 3:29 to play in the 

game. Sophomore forward 

Nate Ferguson (9 points) and 

junior forward Jerry Radomski 

(7 points) also contributed 

for Lemont. 

“Give Lemont credit,” 

Allen said. “They have a 

D-I talent in Pipes. We just 

didn’t make enough shots.” 

Junior guard Sami Ismail 

added six points for Sandburg. 

The Eagles only graduated 

four seniors, and all of them 

scored in the game. They are 

Glover (4 points), Witt (3), 

Edmond Mila (5) and Chris 

Toth (2). 

The loss was one of five 

straight to end the season 

Sandburg’s Edmond Mila (left) defends against Lemont Feb. 28, during a regional semifinal 

game in Orland Park. photos by Adam Jomant/22nd Century Media 

Sandburg’s Grant Glover takes a shot during the game Feb. 28 in Orland Park. 

for the Eagles, who fell below 

.500 for the only time 

all year. They had started the 

season with records of 3-0, 

5-1 and 8-2. Included in that 

stretch was a 54-48 win at 

Lemont Nov. 29. They also 

had victories over a 20-win 

Lincoln-Way East squad and 

at 18-game winner Stagg. 

“We have a lot of kids 

coming back,” Allen said. 

“Our sophomore team went 

13-10, and our freshman 

team was 17-8, so there’s talent 

coming up. I don’t think 

there was a game this season 

that we didn’t lose to a good 

team. I told the kids not to 

hang their heads, it was still 

a good year.”



fastbreak 

Girls Soccer 

Eagles looking to continue tradition of success 

22nd Century Media File 

Photo 

1st and 3 

More Sandburg 

sports starting soon 

1. Badminton 

After a year of 

second-place finishes 

in conference and 

sectional, the Eagles 

badminton squad is 

looking to use this 

past season’s experiences 

to excel on the 

court in 2017. 

2. Girls Water Polo 

While this week’s 

issues features a preview 

of the Sandburg 

boys water polo team 

on Page 45, the 

girls also start soon, 

though on the road 

in dangerous waters 

at New Trier for an 

invitational. 

3. On deck 

Despite tryouts having 

passed for both, 

baseball and softball 

start later in March 

than many of their 

spring sport counterparts. 

Fans can 

expect more preview 

coverage in next 

week’s edition of The 

Prairie. 

Jon DePaolis 


Katie O’Connell is entering 

her third season as coach 

of the Sandburg girls soccer 

team. And to say the Eagles 

have been successful under 

her leadership would be underselling 

it. 

Sandburg, which is slated 

to open the season Monday, 

March 13, on the road against 

Plainfield East, is 29-9-5 over 

the past two seasons, a .726 

winning percentage. 

“We’ve been very fortunate, 

and I have to give so 

much credit to these players,” 

O’Connell said. “They come 

in after working super-hard 

in the offseason. They are 

playing tons of club soccer, 

and they come in ready and 

excited for the Sandburg season.” 

In 2016, the Eagles went 

18-2-3, including 6-0 in the 

SouthWest Suburban Conference 

Blue, before falling in 

penalty kicks (2-1 recorded 

score) to Lincoln-Way North 

in the sectional title game. 

“I think anytime you lose a 

heartbreaker like that, it just 

motivates you more to get to 

that next level,” O’Connell 

said of this past year’s seasonending 

loss. “Give credit to 

North; they were a great team 

last year. [The Eagles] have 

kept working hard, and these 

seniors, I think, would like to 

go to the super-sectional [this 

season]. That’s always your 

goal every season — to make 

it one step further.” 

The Eagles lost nine players 

from that squad to graduation, 

but they are returning 

10 — the type of program 

depth that many teams covet. 

Chief among the returning 

players are senior midfielder 

and Purdue University recruit 

Kylie Hase (9 goals, 5 assists 

this past season) and senior 

defender Sydney Rudny (1 

goal, 1 assist in 2016). 

Hase was an All-State selection 

this past season, while 

Rudny earned All-Sectional 

honors. O’Connell said Rudny 

will be “the anchor” of 

Sandburg’s defense. 

“We have a lot of seniors 

this year, and most of them 

have played on varsity since 

at least their sophomore 

year,” O’Connell said. “They 

are an amazing group of kids, 

and we have an amazing 

group of parents who have 

been very supportive of the 

program.” 

Isabella Strolia, a junior, 

also will be returning this 

season on the back line. 

“We couldn’t have been 

happier with [Strolia] last 

year as a sophomore,” 

O’Connell said. “This year, 

with her being a year older, 

she’s taking on a little bit 

more of a leadership role. She 

will be a big asset for us.” 

Up top, returning players 

Paige Pappanastos (senior) 

and Maddie Manzke (sophomore) 

will lead the forwards. 

“We’re excited for Manzke 

this year,” O’Connell said. 

“She’s a year older, and she 

started [this past year] as a 

Five to Watch 

A closer look at five key matchups for Sandburg girls 

soccer 

4:30 p.m. Monday, March 13 – at Plainfield East 

The 2017 season kicks off with a nonconference clash, 

as the Eagles head northwest. 

6:15 p.m. Thursday, March 23 – hosts Tinley Park 

The Eagles return to Orland Park for their first home 

game of 2017, squaring off against a team that 

advanced to a Class 2A sectional final this past 

season. 

Noon Saturday, March 25 – hosts Wheaton North 

The Eagles host to a program that always is in the mix 

at the end of the year. 

6:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 4 – at Lincoln-Way East 

This conference clash is certain to be one of the most 

anticipated games of the season. 

6:15 p.m. Monday, April 17 – hosts Andrew 

In a Consolidated High School District 230 rivalry 

game, the Eagles take on an Andrew program that has 

been on a roll. 

freshman. Hopefully, she will 

have a very successful season 

for us.” 

Meanwhile, after losing 

two senior goalkeepers from 

this past season’s squad to 

graduation, a new duo has 

emerged: sophomore Courtney 

Hiler and senior Maria 

Marzullo. 

“It’s very nice to have these 

two coming in,” O’Connell 

said. “These two are battling 

every day for the starting 

spot.” 

O’Connell said she hopes 

her squad grows as a team 

each day. 

“We have 10 returning 

players, but that also means 

we have half of a new team 

coming in,” she said. “So, 

each day, we will be working 

on team bonding. By the end 

of the season, hopefully we 

will all be on the same cylinders, 

ready to go.” 

Competition should surely 

help the team grow, as well. 

In the past, O’Connell has 

scheduled perennial power 

Plainfield North early in the 

season. This year, the scheduling 

did not work out. But 

she still wanted to find a competitive 

team to play early. 

“We added Wheaton North 

at their place,” she said. 

“They are always a very 

strong team, so we’ll get a 

challenge right away, which I 

love. It will help us see where 

we’re at, what we need to improve 

on and things that are 

working for us.” 

The Eagles also are slated 

to play in the Naperville 

North Invite, which will pit 

them against the likes of 

Neuqua Valley. O’Connell 

said she thinks that by playing 

tough teams early, it helps 

prepare the Eagles for the 

level of competition they will 

see in the postseason. 

“You always want to see 

how you match up against 

some of the best teams in 

the state,” she said. “You 

also get to see what needs 

to be improved upon. Some 

of the things you may think 

are working, all of a sudden 

you see that you may need to 

switch some things up here 

or there. We do love playing 

the top teams. They give us a 

challenge.” 

And SWSC play should be 

competitive this year, as well. 

“I think it is up for grabs in 

this area,” she said. “I think 

anyone can take the sectional. 

Obviously, Lincoln-Way 

East will be a great team to 

watch, because now they 

have those North girls who 

were on a great team last year. 

I feel like Stagg and Andrew 

always come out strong. And 

you can never forget about 

Lockport. I think it’s a pretty 

equal playing field this year, 

so it will be an exciting season.” 

LISTEN UP 

“It was the story of the year. Our defense was good all year; we 

just struggled to score. The kids battled and played hard. They do 

everything we ask, but this [game] was a microcosm of the season.” 

Todd Allen — Sandburg boys basketball coach, on his team’s struggles in the regional 

semifinal 

What 2 Watch 

Badminton — 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 16 

• The Eagles open their 2017 season on 

the road, but they are slated to return 

to Orland Park next week to face Joliet 

Central. 

INDEX 

43 - Athlete of the Week 

43 - This Week In 

Compiled by Editor Bill Jones, bill@opprairie.com.

Orland Park’s Hometown Newspaper | www.opprairie.com | March 9, 2017 

Sandburg has 

a tough time 

getting the ball 

through hoop 

during regional 

semifinal, 

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Ready to kick-start season 

Sandburg girls soccer coach talks about the 

spring season ahead, Page 47 

Winning ways 

Providence Catholic hockey pushes 

through second round of playoffs, Page 45 

Sandburg’s Jack McNulty (right) goes up for 

a shot while Lemont tries to block him 

Feb. 28 during a regional semifinal game in 

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