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14 | April 6, 2017 | The New Lenox Patriot news newlenoxpatriot.com FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE Young Orland Park resident plays three roles in Visión Latino’s ‘Just Like Us’ Orland Park resident Dylan Cruz has spent 17 of his 22 years involved with acting. His latest project involved playing three characters in Visión Latino Theatre Company’s production of “Just Like Us” at Chicago Dramatists. The play follows the story of four Mexican girls — two documented, two undocumented — who are growing up in America. Overall, it explores the theme of what it means to be American, and shows what happens to the girls’ friendship when two of the four are granted different opportunities because of their status. Cruz said after reading the story, he knew he had to be part of the play. A graduate of Sandburg High School, Cruz took a brief break from studying communications and theater at Moraine Valley Community College to be part of the play. He knew one of the cofounders of Visión Latino — which aims to bring awareness to stories and issues of past, present and future Latinos through storytelling, Cruz explained — and after auditioning, he was told he got the role the next day. In the play, Cruz portrayed the roles of Julio, Ramiro and Mike McGarry. Cruz’s involvement in “Just Like Us” is the first time he has ever had to play multiple roles in one production. “I find it so intriguing and so surreal to be playing three very different individuals going through three different lives,” he said. “That’s a challenge in itself. I find it such a lively, amazing experience to go from documented to undocumented to someone who doesn’t even like immigrants.” Reporting by Meredith Dobes, Freelance Reporter. For more, visit OPPrairie.com. FROM THE FRANKFORT STATION Frankfort IHSA referee called up to Hall of Fame No one will second guess this call: longtime referee Bill Laude, of Frankfort, has been named to the National Federation of State High School Associations’ Hall of Fame. Laude will join 10 others who have been named to the Hall of Fame this year, making him the 27th member of the Illinois High School Association to be inducted. After graduating college, the Frankfort resident attended umpire school and got a job in the Appalachian League in the Virginia area in 1972. He later taught in Bremen High School District 228 for 30 years. And while his career in education blossomed, so did his second career in officiating. Laude soon started working three sports for the IHSA: baseball, basketball and football. He worked three state finals in baseball and basketball, as well as five IHSA State Championship games in football. He joked that he made officiating look easy. “But it’s not,” he said, laughing. “It’s funny, but because baseball is an American sport, all dads think they can umpire. They know where to stand when there is nobody on base. But once you put a man on base, they are lost. It’s that quick before they get befuddled.” Reporting by Jon DePaolis, Freelance Reporter. For more, visit FrankfortStation.com. FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND LTHS grad’s legacy kept alive through her children On July 4, 2016, Laura Manikas and her eldest daughter, Stephanie, went on a 3-mile trail run together. By the end of the month, Laura could barely walk. A lifelong resident of the Lockport and Homer Glen area found a small lump on her upper hip, which grew rapidly. A biopsy revealed Laura had a rare bone cancer called sarcoma. She died March 11. Stephanie, an oncology nurse at Elmhurst Hospital, said the cancer her mother had is so rare it is underresearched and virtually unknown, she said. But Stephanie and her sister Emily said they hope to change that. “She was a healthy, active person, and her whole life was flipped upside down within seven months of this stupid cancer,” Stephanie said. “I want to share my mom’s story, her fearlessness, her bravery throughout it.” Through their promise to live with truth and with joy and to spread awareness about their mother’s disease, Laura’s legacy will live on through her children. “Obviously, none of us wanted this to happen, but I think she was just so happy with the way she lived her life,” Emily said. “At the end, for her, it was really fulfilling, and I think she wanted us to just continue to live our lives for her.” Reporting by Erin Redmond, Assistant Editor. For more, visit LockportLegend.com. FROM THE TI<strong>NL</strong>EY JUNCTION Two schools from Kirby School D140 participate in St. Baldrick’s Six years ago, Jen Bittner, a fifth-grade teacher at Millennium Elementary School, had a student ask her to help honor his grandfather’s memory. That student wanted to shave his head, which he had planned to do before his grandfather had died, to show his support for the nonprofit foundation St. Baldrick’s. Millennium Elementary School has participated in the St. Baldrick’s head-shaving event since 2011 and had its most recent event March 24. The school has raised almost $104,000 for the nonprofit, with approximately 185 people having participated. On March 31, Prairie View Middle School — who is in the same district as Millennium, Kirby School District 140 — followed suit and held its own afternoon event. “It’s a lot of work and it’s time consuming, but it’s so rewarding,” Bittner said. The St. Baldrick’s Foundation asks participants to set a goal, and for that first year Bittner set a modest goal of $3,000. The school raised roughly $15,000 that year, and this year nearly $22,000. Millennium Principal Mary Jo Werbiansky said her students think of this particular event as a tradition. “You see kids around Christmastime, especially the boys — we’ve had four girls do it over the years, but mostly it’s boys — you see their hair get longer, and if you ask them they’ll say, ‘Well, I’m not getting it cut because I’m saving it for St. Baldrick’s,’” Werbiansky said. Reporting by Brittany Kapa, Assistant Editor. For more, visit TinleyJunction.com. FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER Noonan students create ‘A Whole New World’ with Disney’s ‘Aladdin Jr.’ March 31-April 2, students from the Noonan Elementary Academy Drama Club sang, danced and acted their way through a production of Disney’s “Aladdin Jr.” The show, which is an adaptation of the Disney film, featured many wellknown songs, like “Arabian Nights,” “Friend Like Me” and “A Whole New World.” Director Marta Koonce said the performances were an opportunity for students to get on stage and build confidence. “With acting, you really have to be vulnerable and put yourself out there,” Koonce said. Confidence, working as a team, working on something bigger than themselves and finding out more about themselves were areas in which she said the students gained experience, along with building their stage talent. The 2016-2017 school year is Koonce’s seventh directing at Noonan, but she has been directing at various theaters for more than 13 years. She is currently part of the board of Curtain Call Theatre in Mokena and recently started directing for productions at Lincoln-Way West. Please see nfyn, 16 Frankfort man dead after vehicular crash in New Lenox Township James Sanchez, Editor The Will County Coroner’s Office revealed Mark A. Nelson, 40, of Frankfort, was the victim in a fatal vehicular crash that occurred From MARCH 31 Friday, March 31 in New Lenox Township. Police responded to the crash on Schoolhouse Road, about one-third of a mile north of U.S. Route 30 at about 8:45 a.m. to discover a Chevy Silverado with a trailer attached in a ditch and Nelson’s Subaru facing southbound on Schoolhouse Road against a guardrail on the east side of the road, according to a press release from the Will County Sheriff’s Office. The coroner’s office stated Nelson’s vehicle struck the attached trailer of the truck. The New Lenox Fire Protection District removed Nelson, who was pinned in the driver’s seat and was pronounced dead at 10 a.m., the coroner’s office added. The driver of the Silverado, a 42-year-old male, and a 30-year-old male passenger were treated at the scene but signed refusals to seek further medical treatment. Initial reports indicate the driver of the Silverado lost control of the vehicle before the crash, the release added.
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