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Thursday 

Mix it up: Planning a Cruise 

7-8 p.m. April 13. Public 

Library, 7851 Timber Drive. 

This event is for those who 

have questions about planning 

and booking a cruise. 

This course will offer insight 

into how to make a cruise a 

memorable vacation, what 

rooms are like, where cruises 

travel to and what to expect 

when onboard. This is 

an adult program. For more 

information, call (708) 532- 

0160. 

Monday 

Excel Basics: Operations and 

Functions 

6:30-8:30 p.m. April 17. 

Public Library, 7851 Timber 

Drive. Learn the fundamental 

of Microsoft’s spreadsheet 

application. For more 


0160 ext. 1. 

Tuesday 

Password Management 


Library, 7851 Timber Drive. 

Participants will learn how 

to protect their digital life. 

Learn how to create hard-tohack 

passwords. For more 


0160 ext. 1. 

LEGO Night: Grades 2-3 

4:30-5:30 p.m. April 18. 

Public Library, 7851 Timber 

Drive. This event is for 

all children in grades 2-3 

who love to build awesome 

creations with LEGOs. This 

program will be held in the 

youth services activity room. 

For more information, call 

(708) 532-0160 ext. 2. 

PowerPoint Basics 

6:30-8:30 p.m. April 18. 

Public Library. Participants 

will learn how to use the 

dynamic features of the software 

to create a well put together 

slide show. For more 


0160 ext. 1. 

Wednesday 

Alicia: My Story 


Library, 7851 Timber Dr. As 

part of Holocaust Remembrance 

Month, actress Betsey 

Means presents the story 

of Holocaust survivor Alicia 

Appleman-Jurman. Appleman-Jurman 

was a young 

Polish girl whose courage 

and heroism in a time of terrifying 

Nazi brutality saved 

many lives. For more information, 

call (708) 532-0610 

ext. 3. 

Upcoming 

Stitch Club 

11 a.m.- 1 p.m. Thursday, 

April 20. Public Library, 

7851 Timber Drive. This social 

group is open to anyone 

who wishes to meet, mingle 

and share tips on needlecraft 

projects. Participants must 

bring their own supplies, no 

registration required. This 

group will meet in the young 

adult program room. For 

more information, call (708) 

532-0160 ext. 1. 

Preschool Screenings Kirby 

School District 140 

Friday, April 21. Preschool 

screenings will be 

conducted by Kirby School 

District for children between 

the ages of three and five, 

who are not enrolled in kindergarten. 

Children must be 

three years old by the day 

of screening, and must be 

residents of District 140 or 

attending a parochial school 

within Kirby School District 

140 boundaries to be eligible 

for screening. The screening 

is an opening for parents to 

see how their child is progressing 

in various areas of 

development. Appointments 

may be made by calling the 

Department of Special Services 

at (708) 342-5525. 

Earth Day Celebration and 

Kite Fly 

11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, 

April 22. McCarthy 

Park, 16801 S. 80th Ave. 

Celebrate Earth Day with 

crafts and activities that aims 

to teach participants about 

Planet Earth! Learn about recycling, 

planting and about 

the importance of protecting 

the environment. Free crafts, 

activities and a nature walk 

will be available. 

Community Theater: ‘A 

Streetcar Named Desire’ 

7 p.m. Saturday, April 

22. Tinley Park Performing 

Arts Center, 16801 S. 

80th Ave. The Tinley Park- 

Park District and Covered 

Bridge Theaters presents “A 

Streetcar Named Desire.” 

The play follows the character 

of Blanche DuBois, a 

woman whose life has been 

undermined by her romantic 

illusions. Additional shows 

will be on 7 p.m. April 29, 

and 3 p.m. on April 23 and 

30. General admission tickets 

are $12 and will be available 

for purchase starting 

April 10. For more information, 

or to purchase tickets, 

call (708) 342-4200 or visit 

tinleyparkdistrict.org. 

Ribbon Cutting - The Primal 

Cut Steakhouse 

5:00-6:00 p.m. Tuesday, 

April 25. The Primal 

Cut Steakhouse, 17344 

S.Oak Park Ave. The Tinley 

Park Chamber of Commerce 

proudly welcomes 

The Primal Cut Steakhouse. 

Area residents are 

invited out to witness the 

ribbon cutting ceremony. 

For more information, contact 

the Chamber office at 

(708) 532-5700 or email 

info@tinleychamber.org. 

Tinley Park High School’s 

Drama Club: ‘Anne of Green 

Gables’ 

7 p.m. Friday, April 28. 

Tinley Park High School, 

6111 175th St. The drama 

club will present a performance 

of L. M. Montgomery’s 

‘Anne of Green 

Gables’. All residents are 

welcome. Additional performances 

will be held at 2 p.m. 

and 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 

29 and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, 

April 30. Tickets will be sold 

at the door, $5 for students, 

$8 for adults and children 

under the age of 6 are free. 

For more information, contact 

Melissa Heniff at (708) 

532-1900 ext. 3842. 

Tinley Court Open House 

1-3 p.m. Saturday, April 

29. Tinley Court, 16301 S. 

Brementowne Road. The 

open house will have refreshments 

and appetizers 

available for attendees after 

the tour of the facilities. Best 

Care Home Health Care will 

be in attendance as well. For 


532-7800. 

Run for Your Life Safety 5K 

8:30 a.m. Sunday, May 

7. 18001 80th Avenue. The 

Tinley Park Fire Department 

and Fire Prevention Bureau 

will host their 5th annual 

Run For Your Life Safety 

5K. All proceeds benefit the 

Illinois Fire Safety Alliance 

“Camp I Am Me” burn camp 

and prevention programs. 

Registration begins at 7 a.m. 

Pre-registration is $20 until 

April 28; $25 after April 28. 

Families of five can register 

for $60. All pre-registered 

participants will receive a 

T-shirt and commemorative 

fire patch. New this year – 1K 

Kid’s Dash and Food Drive 

benefitting Together We 

Cope. Pre-race packet pickup 

will be held on Saturday, 

May 6 from 9-11 a.m. at 

17355 68th Ct. For more information, 

or to registration, 

visit tinleypark.org/5k or 

racetime.info/events. 

Candlelight Bowl for MDA 

7 p.m. Saturday, May 13. 

Tinley Bowl, 7601 W. 183rd 

St. This event will support 

Muscular Dystrophy Association 

and is hosted by 

the National Association of 

Letter Carriers BR. 4016. 

Tickets are $25 per guest, 

$15 for dinner guests only. 

Tickets include a family 

style buffet dinner. Cosmic 

bowl will start at 8:30 p.m. 

and included two regular 

individual games with shoe 

rental with purchase of a full 

priced ticket. Pleas RSVP by 

Saturday, May 6. For more 


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ONGOING 

Tournament Tuesdays 

5-6 p.m. Tuesdays, Bettenhausen 

Recreation Center, 

8125 W. 171st St., Tinley 

Park. The recreation center’s 

teen staff is to organize an 

evening of tournaments with 

various games. 

Village Board Meetings 

7:30 p.m. the first and 

third Tuesdays of the month, 

Village Hall, 16250 S. Oak 

Park Ave., Tinley Park. 

For more information, visit 

tinleypark.org. 

Southside (net)Working 

Women 

11:45 a.m. Mondays, 

Siam Marina Restaurant, 

16846 Oak Park Ave. The 

Tinley Park chapter is a 

women in business networking 

group that meets every 

third Monday of the month. 

For more information, 

contact Julie Rodriguez at 

j u l i e @ s o u t h 

sidenetworkingwomen.org, 

or register at 

southsidenetworkingwom 

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the tinley junction | April 13, 2017 | 3 

Vandenberg named mayor of Tinley Park 

Concerned Citizens 

for Tinley Park sweep 

election 

F. Amanda Tugade, Editor 

On the evening of April 4, the 

Village of Tinley Park voted in a 

new mayor for the first time in 36 

years. 

Jacob Vandenberg, a two-year 

Village trustee, has been elected 

mayor, after claiming 53.43 percent 

(677) of the votes in Will 

County and 62.42 percent (4,763) 

in Cook County, according to the 

unofficial results from each of the 

county’s respective clerk’s websites. 

Incumbent Tinley Park Mayor 

Dave Seaman followed closely 

behind Vandenberg, as he captured 

46.57 percent (590) of the 

votes in Will but trailed in Cook, 

earning only 2,868 votes, or 37.58 

percent respectively. 

“I feel extremely humbled and 

excited for the future of what Tinley 

Park has in store,” Vandenberg, 

32, said of his win. 

What’s more is his slate, Concerned 

Citizens for Tinley Park, 

proved victorious in the election, 

starting with Kristin Thirion who 

ousted incumbent Village Clerk 

Patrick Rea. Thirion, too, won 

in both counties. In Cook, she 

received 61.36 percent (4,632) 

of the votes, while Rea counted 

38.64 percent (2,917). Will’s results 

were similar. Thirion seized 

666 votes (53.62 percent), leaving 

Rea with 576 (46.38 percent). 

Cynthia A. Berg, William P. 

Brady and Michael W. Glotz – 

who are all first-time candidates 

– also won the three open seats on 

the Tinley Park Village Board. 

Newly-elected Village trustees (left to right) Cynthia A. Berg; William P. 

Brady; Kristin Thirion and Michael W. Glotz stand beside Mayor-elect 

Jacob Vandenberg, as he gives his victory speech April 4 at Cavallini’s 

in the Park in Tinley Park. Bob Klein/22nd Century Media 

Berg led the way with 4,393 

votes (20.08 percent). Brady followed 

closely be with 4,379 votes 

(20.02 percent) and Glotz with 

4,230 (19.34 percent) in Cook. A 

similar make-up was seen in Will, 

as Berg counted 621 votes (17.44 

percent); Brady, 573 (16.10 percent) 

and Glotz, 531 (14.92 percent). 

Throughout its campaign, CCTP 

promoted trust and transparency 

as keys to rebuilding the relationship 

between residents and elected 

officials. 

Vandenberg and Thirion said 

that accountability remained at 

the forefront of their message as 

they strive to be the stewards of 

taxpayers’ funds. 

On election night, CCTP continuously 

stayed in the lead. Seaman 

and Rea – who were proponents 

of Tinley First and ran alongside 

incumbent Village Trustee Kevin 

Suggs and newcomers Mark 

Moylan and Jeff Ficaro – could 

not seem to grab hold of the race. 

“My feelings were ‘it’s not over 

until it’s over’–type of thing,” Vandenberg 

said, as he recalled of the 

tallied votes. “I was comfortable 

and confident in the fact that our 

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Election 2017 

Incumbents retain seats on Bremen High School D228 School Board 


Incumbents 

Larry Canning, 

Deborah 

A. Stearns and 

Evelyn Gleason 

are to retain 

their seats 

on the Bremen Canning 

High School 

District 228 Board of Education. 

With all 70 precincts 

in Cook County report- 

Gleason 

Stearns 

ing, Canning remained at 

the forefront of the race, 

claiming 4,230 votes (16.36 

percent), while Stearns followed 

closely behind with 

3,516 votes (13.59 percent) 

and Gleason with 3,309 

votes (12.79 percent) in 

a nine-way race for three 

seats. 

Canning led the Parents for 

Progress slate and ran alongside 

newcomers Tina Kessens, 

who received 2,891 votes 

(11.18 percent) and Edward 

P. Maggio, who earned 3,242 

votes (12.54 percent). 

“I’m very thankful for the 

supporters that supported 

me,” Canning said, on the 

evening of the April 4 Consolidated 

Election. “I’m disappointed 

that my running 

mates didn’t get in. The voters 

have spoken, and I can 

accept that. We can accept 

that.” 

Stearns and Gleason 

shared Canning’s sentiments, 

as the two — who are 

a part of Truth for 228 — ran 

alongside Della York, who 

fell short of securing a spot 

on the School Board. York 

totaled 2,934 votes (11.34 

percent). 

“We, of course, are disappointed,” 

Stearns said. 

“However, we’re excited to 

be able to continue working 

with the District.” 

Gleason – who has been 

a Board member since 1993 

– admitted she is “happy, excited 

and relieved” that election 

season has finally come 

to a close. “I’ve been on the 

board for a long time,” she 

said. “It’s what I do. It’s my 

passion. It’s my love – the 

people we work with and the 

difference we make.” 

Moving forward, Gleason 

looks to continue helping 

district high-schoolers 

achieve their academic, career 

and personal goals. As 

for now, the Board’s plans 

for construction, maintenance 

and updates on all 

four campuses – Bremen, 

Tinley Park, Hillcrest and 

Oak Forest – are in progress. 

Election results are not 

considered official until 

April 25. 

Election 

From Page 3 

campaign worked tirelessly 

to try and get to every resident 

and ask them their concerns 

and their questions. 

“I was confident that we 

were able to do the majority 

for that. I know that we 

prepared a very aggressive, 

grassroots campaign. We 

were canvassing on weekends, 

and we were trying to 

make ourselves available as 

much as possible for people. 

I was reflecting on all 

of that as the evening went 

on, and it was pretty clear as 

precincts were being closed 

that we were successful in 

that manner. We did. We 

went out, and we worked 

hard on that campaign. It 

was pretty clear that the residents 

have spoken.” 

“The people have spoken,” 

Seaman echoed, noting 

he was “a little disappointed” 

in the results. 

“It was a little surprising,” 

Rea added of the outcome. 

“It certainly was proof that 

the incumbency may not be 

at value at this time.” 

Seaman was first appointed 

to the Board in 1984, and 

in 2015, he took over as 

mayor after longtime mayor 

Ed Zabrocki resigned. For 

more than 40 years, Rea has 

served as an elected official 

and was the Village clerk 

for the past eight years. 

Suggs, Ficaro and Moylan 

were comparatively outpaced 

by CCTP’s Berg, Brady and 

Glotz. In Cook, the results are 

as follows: Moylan received 

2,639 votes (12.06 percent); 

Ficaro, 2,438 (11.14 percent) 

and Suggs, 2,356 votes 

(10.77 percent). 

Will’s tallied votes mirrored 

Cook’s, starting with 

Moylan’s 620 votes (17.42 

percent); Ficaro with 501 

votes (14.07 percent) and 

Suggs with 489 votes (13.74 

percent). 

While Seaman and Rea 

both extended their congratulatory 

remarks to Vandenberg 

and his team, they plan 

on lending a helping hand 

with the transitional period. 

“Over the next few weeks, 

One on one with Mayor-elect Vandenberg post-election 

The Junction: As you step into 

your new role, what do you hope 

people take away from your leadership? 

Jacob Vandenberg: During my 

victory speech, I made a statement 

that you may not always agree with 

the decisions that I make or that the 

Board may make, but there is a promise 

that I make to everyone is that I 

will always listen, and I will always 

have open lines of communication. I 

will always communicate the reasons 

why I made that decision. There’s 

nothing that I’m hiding agenda-wise 

for me. What I want people to know 

about me is that communication, to 

me, is the most important thing in 

our personal lives, and obviously in 

business life and certainly in politics. 

I want people to understand that 

even though you might disagree with 

me and I might disagree with some 

people and their opinion, at the end 

of the day, I look forward to continue 

to listen to people and what they want 

and what they believe in. And I will 

always extend the reasons why I believe 

in something as well. 

TJ: As an experienced elected 

official, what lessons have you 

learned along the way, and how do 

you plan to carry them out? 

JV: It touches on what exactly I 

just said. I’ve learned through politics 

and certainly as an elected official 

in governing is that everyone has an 

opinion, and their opinion is important. 

It’s our role as elected officials 

we’re going to be very, very 

busy making sure that we 

do everything that we have 

to do right and build bridges 

of understanding instantly 

between the parties,” Rea 

said. 

Vandenberg is to officially 

begin his position in early 

May. 

“I’d first like to extend 

my appreciation and gratitude 

– my being humbled 

as a person and being a 

resident in Tinley Park – it’s 

an absolute honor to have 

to listen to people’s opinions and actually 

consider them and take them 

into heart and ponder that question or 

that comment that they make. That’s 

something I learned very early on. 

I like to listen. I listen diligently, 

and how I want to continue to implement 

that is that I want to continue 

listening and have those open lines of 

communication. Oftentimes, people 

will throw around the terminology 

that I have an “open door policy.” 

That’s completely the truth. What I’m 

trying to convey there, I have made 

myself [step] out into the political 

world and saying that I’m running for 

something. Now, as a mayor-elect, I 

am available. 

neighbors and residents that 

you don’t know on a personal 

level put their trust 

and faith in you to govern 

their town, and I’m looking 

forward to fulfilling that,” 

Vandenberg said. “Politics 

are politics, but appreciation 

and gratitude for Dave 

Seaman and Pat Rea for 

their service to this town. I 

hope that’s one that won’t 

go unnoticed. They should 

be congratulated and much 

appreciation to their service 

to this Village, as well.” 

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Bremen High School 

D228 kicks off 

improvements to fields 

Brittany Kapa, Assistant Editor 

All four high schools in 

the Bremen High School 

District 228 will see capital 

improvements over the next 

seven years. 

The first project to get off 

the ground is the installation 

of artificial turf football 

fields at Tinley Park, Bremen, 

Oak Forest and Hillcrest. 

Construction began in 

mid-March, and it is funded 

through the American Recovery 

and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009. 

The program allows public 

schools to apply for a 

Qualified School Construction 

Bond, which grants 

schools up to $50 million 

for construction upgrades. 

District 228 was one 

of three districts in Cook 

County to receive the full 

amount of the bond. District 

228 fields were last upgraded 

10 years ago. 

“We have the need, and 

normally we wouldn’t have 

the finances for it,” Community 

Relations Coordinator 

Lori DeVos said. “With 

this opportunity, we’re able 

to get what we need for our 

kids.” 

Placing the artificial turf 

fields were a priority for 

District 228 schools, as 

weather ruins the natural 

fields. 

“The turf fields give us 

the playability that we can’t 

have with natural turf,” District 

Facilities Manager Terry 

Masterson said. “It gives 

the students more playing 

time. You can get on it regardless 

of the weather.” 

Artificial turf fields have 

presented concerns over 

safety in the past, but the 

District has planned for this 

detail as well. 

The District plan to use a 

Brock International shock 

pad and put it underneath 

the top surface, which is 

also known as the turf carpet. 

The pads will not only 

provide better drainage to 

the field but will act as a 

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8 | April 13, 2017 | The tinley junction ELECTION 2017 


Voters shake up Lincoln-Way Board of Education 

President Molinare, 

Secretary Kosel 

voted out 

Kirsten Onsgard 

Contributing Editor 

(From left to right) Julie Kirkeeng, Aaron Janik, Molly Janik, Joseph Kosteck, Joseph 

Kirkeeng and Megan Kosteck watch the votes come in April 4. Aaron Janik, Joseph 

Kosteck and Joseph Kirkeeng were all elected to the Lincoln-Way Community High School 

District 210 Board of Education. Photos by Amanda Stoll/22nd Century Media 

Voters opted to oust two 

of the longest-serving Lincoln-Way 

Community High 

School District 210 Board 

of Education members — 

including its president — 

as three recently appointed 

members and two newcomers 

were elected to the board 

Tuesday, April 4. 

With all 56 precincts reporting, 

Beth Janus-Doyle 

and Joseph Kirkeeng were 

elected to serve two twoyear 

terms, and Joseph 

Kosteck, Aaron Janik and 

Christopher Lucchetti were 

elected to three four-year 

terms from a pool of 13 total 

candidates. 

“It was a very emotional 

race,” Kirkeeng said. “There 

was a lot of passion, and I 

think now what we need to 

do is focus on the district as 

a unit, the district as a community 

district and we’ve 

now got to start to move toward 

continuing to keep the 

district great.” 

Results also show a rejection 

of a five-candidate 

slate of outsiders, Citizens 

for 210, which saw all of its 

members defeated: Karen 

Town, Lee Talley, Gus Yiakos, 

Ben Yomtoob and Catherine 

Vasilakis Pleasant. 

The slate ran on a platform 

of fiscal and cultural transparency 

in light of Lincoln- 

Way’s hundreds of millions 

in outstanding short- and 

long-term debt. Lack of 

funds and stagnant district 

growth resulted in the shuttering 

of Lincoln-Way North 

High School in 2015. The 

district has relied on shortterm 

tax anticipation warrants 

to operate this year. 

Yomtoob said that he intends 

to remain involved 

despite not earning a seat 

on the board. He added he 

supports the board members 

who were elected. 

“We need to reunite as 

a community and not be 

split into factions,” Yomtoob 

said. “And we need 

to rally around and support 

the board, but hold them accountable 

at the same time. 

“It obviously would have 

been great if we got some 

[of our slate] on the board, 

but it’s exciting that there’s 

going to be some new board 

members coming in. I’m 

excited for the future of the 

district. It’s clearly a big step 

that two of the longtime incumbents 

are not going to be 

on the board anymore, so it 

is a chance for the board to 

have a fresh start.” 

Yomtoob said he did not 

think anything went wrong 

with the Citizens for 210 

campaign; rather, the people 

voted for the more established 

candidates. 

“We were running as the 

underdog, and the folks that 

won all had a lot of endorsements,” 

he said. “So, we 

Candidates (from left to right) Aaron Janik, Joe Kosteck 

and Joe Kirkeeng celebrate at Gatto’s Italian Restaurant 

and Bar in New Lenox following the election. 

were the upstarts on this. 

And, ultimately, the community 

decided to go with a 

more establishment route.” 

Kirkeeng, Lucchetti and 

Kosteck were all appointed 

to the board following resignations 

around the time 

Lincoln-Way North closed 

and federal investigations 

were opened into potential 

misdeeds by former board 

president Lawrence Wiley. 

Despite maintaining that 

the district is heading in a 

positive direction, current 

School Board President Dee 

Molinare — who joined 

the board in 2011 — and 

Member Christopher Kosel 

— who was elected in 2005 

— both lost their bids for 

four-year spots on the board. 

In an emailed statement, 

Molinare urged “everyone to 

move forward to support the 

mission of the district.” 

“There will always be differences, 

but we must respect 

one another’s views 

and opinions,” Molinare 

said. “Let the Lincoln-Way 

Please see D210, 14 

How will you measure the success of the 

new Lincoln-Way Board of Education? 

“I feel we are making progress if we generate 

new sources of revenue; we continue to reduce 

operating expenses through cuts that are kept 

away from the classroom as much as possible; 

we continue to realize an annual surplus; 

we reduce the reliance on tax anticipation 

warrants; we generate new committees that are 

made up of community members from across 

the district; we read about these improvements 

in the newspapers instead of the articles that 

have been published that highlight negative 

events in the district.” 

Julie Belka — New Lenox resident 

“I will measure the success of the new [board] 

by changing the way things are done and 

mostly how much money they can save. 

Indicators that we are moving in the right 

direction will be [if] all class sizes, class 

availability and extracurricular activities are 

the same at all schools, no matter what number 

of schools we have.” 

Lisa Sebek — Frankfort Square resident 

“There should be of utmost importance to have 

a positive, ethical and honest connection with 

the public. The connection to the community 

opens a door to almost limitless resources. 

Listening and learning is a great way to be 

an informed representative of those who 

had enough faith in your judgement to elect 

you. ... Every decision must be made with the 

kids as our number one priority. Each item 

for discussion must be able to answer one 

question: How does this relate to our primary 

objective of providing the best education 

opportunities within our financial ability to 

our students?” 

Samantha Nekola — Tinley Park resident, 2010 graduate 

of Lincoln-Way North High School



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Election 2017 

Incumbents dominate 

Kirby D140 School Board 

First-time runner 

Kowalski elected to 

Board 


Three incumbents from 

Kirby School District 140 

won three of its four open 

seas. 

Secretary Carol DeMicheal 

and Board Members 

Thomas Martelli and Jacqueline 

Kelly-McHale were 

atop following an eight-way 

race for four seats, according 

to 30 precincts in Cook 

County that have reported. 

DeMicheal earned 2,401 

(15.99 percent), while Kelly-McHale 

received 2,053 

votes (13.67 percent) and 

Martelli with 2,060 votes 

(13.72 percent). 

“For me, this was about 

running again for the right 

reasons and continuing the 

work – and the great work 

that we’ve done together as a 

team – as well as continuing 

through the challenges and 

opportunities,” DeMicheal 

said, as she reflected on 

her win and working, once 

again, with Kelly-McHale 

and Martelli. 

DeMicheal – who has 

served three four-year terms 

on the Board – said what she 

enjoys most 

about her role 

is “helping 

to positively 

change and 

impact the 

lives of children,” 

and she Kowalski 

notes D140 

has grown 

throughout the 

years to include 

“the finest 

teachers,” 

who are enthusiastic 

about DeMicheal 

education and 

strive to pursue 

higher degrees. 

As for 

its curriculum, 

the District 

has continued 

to weave the 

latest technology 

into its McHale 

Kellycurriculum. 

“We’re in the business of 

educating kids,” she said. 

“They come first.” 

Kelly-McHale shared the 

same sentiment as DeMicheal, 

especially when it 

came to extending gratitude 

to voters. 

“I trust my community to 

do what they feel best for 

our school district,” Kelly- 

McHale said. “I’m happy I 

was elected.” 

First-time runner Deborah 

Kowalski rounded out the 

list of elected School Board 

members. In fact, Kowalski 

received 2,203 votes (14.67 

percent), and she fell right 

behind DeMicheal. 

“Was I expecting second 

place?” Kowalski said, adding 

she was surprised at how 

she finished in the race. “No. 

This is the first time I’ve run 

a campaign.” 

As for stepping into the 

role, Kowalski said she is 

“totally excited” and feels 

“very confident going into 

it,” as her previous campaigning 

efforts gave her the 

opportunity to reach out to 

community members, talk 

with them and learn more 

about their concerns. 

“I say, ‘Congratulations,’ 

and I’m very excited to work 

with them,” Kowalski said 

of the incumbents. “I can’t 

wait for them to mentor me a 

little bit. I think having fresh 

ideas coming in with experienced 

people makes a wonderful 

match. I’m excited. I 

can’t wait!” 



April 25. 

Contributed reporting by Brittany 

Kapa, Assistant Editor 

ELECTION 2017 

Two incumbents re-elected 

to Summit Hill D161 board 

Kirsten Onsgard 


Summit Hill School District 

161 Board of Education 

President Rich Marron 

and Secretary Dave Faber 

will retain their seats following 

the April 4 Consolidated 

Election. 

Faber and Marron, along 

with Joy Murphy and James 

Martin, overwhelmed the 

two write-in candidates: 

the surface, thus reducing 

injury. 

“We’ve experienced 

that over the years where 

we’ve had game situations 

for football and where the 

weather has been [bad], 

after one game on a natural 

turf field the thing just 

turned to mud,” Assistant 

Superintendent of Finance 

Tom O’Malley said. “It was 

pretty much shot for the rest 

of the football season. Playability 

is probably the biggest 

component, and there 

really isn’t a dollar measure 

that you can put to that.” 

Financially speaking, 

maintenance for the artificial 

turf is far less than a 

traditional turf field. De- 

Vos said the average cost 

Elizabeth Burghard and current 

board member Richard 

Ward. 

Together, Burghard and 

Ward received 20.21 percent 

of the vote, leaving final results 

unclear until unofficial 

total results were released 

by the Will County Clerk’s 

Office the afternoon of Friday, 

April 7. Burghard and 

Ward split the write-in total, 

receiving 954 and 988 votes 

— or about 10 percent each 

to maintain a grass field 

is $90 per hour compared 

to $25 for artificial. These 

fields are expected to last 

anywhere between 10 and 

12 years. 

“We’ll do an analysis of 

the fields to see how the 

turf is still holding up,” 

O’Malley said. “If the turf 

is still in good shape and the 

field is still testing at optimal 

performance, in terms 

of safety, then we can do a 

year-by-year analysis. We 

may be able to get 15 years 

out of these fields.” 

To note, only the carpet of 

the artificial turf will need 

to be replaced not the entire 

system. The District is aiming 

to have all fields placed 

by fall 2017. 

In addition, staff, students 

and families can expect other 

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eke out a victory over James 

Martin, who received 15.33 

percent of the vote, and 

Joy Murphy, who received 

15.99. The incumbents, 

Marron and Faber, received 

23.93 percent and 24.60 percent, 

respectively. 



April 25. 

the course of time. 

New light poles on the 

fields are planned for Tinley 

Park, Hillcrest and Oak Forest. 

Tinley Park’s parking 

lot will also be resurfaced. 

Oak Forest’s gym floor will 

be replaced. Tinley Park and 

Bremen will see expanded 

band rooms. Bremen and 

Hillcrest will both get a new 

roof, and Bremen will see an 

expanded cafeteria in their 

future. Field houses, fitness 

centers, training rooms and 

digital signs complete the 

list of improvements for the 

four high schools. 

DeVos said the estimated 

total cost of these improvements 

is $74 million and 

taxpayers can expect the 

D228 portion of their tax 

bills to decrease by 7 to 8 

percent. The QSCB bond 

will need to be paid back, 

but at a very low-to-none 

interest plan over 25 years. 

DeVos said every year, 

District 228 will re-evaluate 

its spending for these projects 

to ensure taxpayers are 

not financially burdened. 

“We’re very excited to 

provide this opportunity for 

our students,” she added. 

“Having it be a seven-year 

plan, we have more coming 

for them and we couldn’t be 

happier about that.”

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continuous support of Together We Cope 

Jennifer Wilberschied 

Freelance Reporter 

Local business owners 

Chuck and Donna Freiberg, 

who own CDE Collision 

Centers, were recently honored 

during Together We 

Cope’s annual dinner dance 

in March for their continued 

support of the south suburban 

homeless prevention 

agency. 

The Freibergs, of Homer 

Glen, donated $10,000 to 

the nonprofit’s annual event 

and have done so for the 

past four years. The generous 

couple was a sponsor at 

other levels for several years 

previously. 

“Support from local business 

is very important to us, 

as it permits us to continue 

in our mission of assisting 

families in temporary crisis,” 

said Marge Seltzner, 

director of communications 

at Together We Cope. “Having 

CDE Collision Centers 

support us so consistently is 

both a funding boost for us, 

as well as a sign of this company’s 

trust in our agency 

and the work we do in the 

community.” 

TWC serves 27 communities 

in the south suburbs including 

Tinley Park, Orland 

Park, Homewood and others. 

The agency helps the recently 

unemployed, elderly 

and disabled people on fixed 

incomes, victims of fire and 

other disasters, workers 

without benefits, among others 

in need. 

“Donations from the community 

are used to keep our 

food pantry stocked, where 

more than 1,400 families per 

month seek help with groceries,” 

explained Seltzner. 

“Donations also are used to 

help our clients most in need 

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or dental bill, emergency 

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directly, or through referral 

to another source that can 

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TWC, 92 cents goes directly 

to client services and programs. 

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has earned five consecutive 

four-star evaluations from 

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recognition granted to only 

seven percent of U.S. charities 

by this nonprofit rating 

agency. 

In the case of CDE Collision 

Center’s annual support 

of the dinner dance, their 

sponsorship helps defray the 

cost of the event, allowing 

Together We Cope to realize 

more profit on the event 

so the revenue can be turned 

back into client programs. 

Donna began her charity 

work with TWC as a volunteer 

in the food pantry 

for about two years before 

becoming a financial donor. 

“When I was a volunteer, it 

saddened me to see so many 

people in need of food in 

my own backyard, and I’m 

blessed enough to be able to 

help so that gave me great 

pleasure to do so,” Donna 

said. 

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Aside from Together We 

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and her husband’s efforts expand 

to contributing toward 

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“There are so many people 

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Tinley’s April Food Day rallies community, highlights issue of hunger in Chicago south suburbs 

Megann Horstead 


South-Southwest Suburban 

United Way set out 

to make a difference in the 

lives of others at its fifth 

annual April Food Day on 

April 7. 

The event, held at the Tinley 

Park Convention Center, 

serves as a food drive orchestrated 

to combat hunger in 

the south suburbs of Chicago. 

“We look forward to it every 

year now because we like 

to see it,” said Daniel Fitzgerald, 

managing director for 

the Tinley Park Convention 

Center. “Tinley Park’s one 

location, but this is the entire 

Southland that’s being affected 

by [hunger] and people 

from all walks of life. 

“So, it really creates a lot of 

kindred spirits – a lot of kinship 

– and it’s a very diverse 

group of people, which makes 

it very interesting as well.” 

Seven area food pantries 

benefitted from the collection, 

including Together We 

Cope in Tinley Park and 

Respond Now in Chicago 

Heights, as well as Catholic 

Charities and Restoration 

Ministries in South Holland. 

With the help of the Chicago 

Southland Convention 

and Visitors Bureau – which 

currently serves 27 hotels, 

park districts and municipalities 

– the two organizations 

branched out to gather 

as many donations as they 

could prior to its final push 

on April 7. 

Johanns Williams, of 

Homewood, is a board member 

for South-Southwest 

Suburban United Way. 

Williams said he recognizes 

people may have a tough 

time accessing resources 

that they need and it is United 

Way’s intent to close that 

gap and bring the community 

together to fully understand 

the issues of hunger. 

“What I’m trying to do is 

use our resources and our 

relationship to help people 

understand that food is love,” 

Williams said. “It’s probably 

one of the least amount of 

things that we can do to show 

people that we care about 

them and to help this whole 

issue with food insecurity.” 

“The need continues to increase,” 

he continued, “and 

what we find is that there’s 

a gap between what agencies 

and different folks who are 

trying to help provide and 

what’s needed.” 

In its first year, April Food 

Day brought in nearly 10,000 

pounds of food, and this year’s 

goal is to collect 115,000. 

“It’s grown over the 

years,” Fitzgerald said. 

“This year is going to be a 

record. Last year, we did 

over 90,000 pounds of food. 

One company, in particular, 

Pepsi Co. has already 

donated 43,000 pounds of 

Quaker products — oatmeal 

and grits and things like that. 

We had a nice start to this 

year with 43,000 [pounds], 

so we’re hoping to be well 

over [100,000 to] 120,000 

[pounds] this year.” 

Many believe food pantries 

face the most hardship 

in trying to reach those 

in need during the winter 

months, but that’s not the 

case. The need is typically 

higher in spring and summer 

when donations decrease 

and supplies diminish. 

“That’s the thing when you 

have a lot of satisfaction of 

hosting events such as this, 

but you wish that one day 

you could cure all ills and 

it really doesn’t,” Fitzgerald 

said. “We do have other 

events — food shows during 

the year. For instance, Dutch 

Farms does a food show in 

February. At the end of the 

food show, all of that food 

is donated and pantry trucks 

come and take that away for 

various different food pantries 

around the region.” 

Twice a year, Centrella, a 

brand used by Joliet-based 

Central Grocers Inc., hosts 

a food show also at the Tinley 

Park Convention Center. 

They, too, take their leftovers 

and donate them to local 

pantries. 

“The hunger issue in 

America is something that, 

I think, if everyone takes a 

little bit of responsibility for, 

we would be in a lot better 

situation,” Fitzgerald said, 

noting it is common for 

people to forget that this particular 

issue extends to even 

Chicago’s affluent suburbs. . 

“I think that people sometimes 

don’t realize the depravity 

of those around them, and 

that’s unfortunate and that is 

true,” Fitzgerald said. “The 

cost of living these days, it 

could be something that creates 

a family issue that could 

be a divorce or terminal issue 

that can create that ‘all of a 

sudden’ issue where trying 

to get a meal on the table is a 

very difficult thing. 

“So, there’s all those pitfalls 

and things that happen 

in life’s experience that can 

create that [struggle]. … It’s 

not just in the areas where 

you think it’s pervasive.” 

April Food Day is organized 

in different pockets all 

across the country. Williams 

said the event’s mission 

rings true for many. 

“We have people who 

have learned about April 

Food Day, understand the 

vision — which to me is 

pretty easy,” he said. “You 

want people to eat, and we 

go from there.” 

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little bit 

Submitted by Orland 

Township 

St. Elizabeth Seton Parish 

of Orland Hills recently 

partnered with the Knights 

of Columbus, C.C. Boyle 

Council #4698 to donate 

items for the Orland Township 

Food Pantry. On March 

24, representatives from the 

Knights of Columbus, C.C. 

Boyle delivered 903 pounds 

of food. Just days later, Century 

Gives, a committee 

from Century Junior High 

School in Orland Park, and 

Andrew High School’s student 

council delivered Easter 

baskets to the food pantry. 

The baskets are intended 

for boys and girls between 

the ages of 4 and 10. For 

more information on Orland 

Township or to learn of more 

opportunities to help, visit 

orlandtownship.org. 

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baskets to the food pantry. Photos Submitted 

Century Jr. High Teachers Maryrose Sloan (left) and Mary 

De Biasio (right) delivered the radiant, colorful baskets. 

Knights of Columbus’ Bill Bric (left to right), Jeff Johnson and Dave Skrzypiec delivered 

their collection of food donations to Orland Township. 

Local nonprofit to host 

trivia night at Tinley 

Park-Park District 

On my honor 

Tinley Park Girl Scouts donate toys, gift cards to Treasure Chest Foundation 

Staff Report 

The SouthWest Area Diaper 

Depository for Little Ends, a nonprofit 

diaper bank, invites the Tinley 

Park community to put their 

knowledge to the test for Trivia 

Night. 

The event will be held on from 

7 to 9 p.m. on Friday, April 21 at 

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lost in the two-year race. 

Janik, Kirkeeng and 

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district forward. 

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159 Board of Education. 

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we can have that dialogue 

back and forth.” 

The group also acknowledged 

the challenge of fixing 

the district’s finances. 

“The first order of business 

as we’re going into 

the end of April’s meeting 

is just to continue to work 

on next year’s budget,” 

Kosteck said. “The work 

has really just begun.” 

Janus-Doyle, a high 

school educator, expressed 

her thankfulness and said 

she did not expect to be 

elected. 

“I really do hope to be an 

advocate for students and a 

strong supporter of public 

education,” Janus-Doyle 

said. “I also really want to 

make sure that I work well 

with the other members, 

both the newly elected ones 

and the ones already on 

the board, and I absolutely 

plan to keep an open line 

of communication with the 

public.” 

Board of Education Vice 

President Christine Glatz 

expressed confidence in the 

new board members’ experience 

and expertise. 

Tim Conway, president of 

the district’s teachers union, 

the Lincoln-Way Educators 

Association, said in a statement 

the union is looking 

forward to working with 

new members. LWEA endorsed 

Janus-Doyle, Janik, 

Lucchetti and Molinare 

after hosting a forum last 

month. 

In the two-year race, Janus-Doyle 

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percent of the vote, and 

Kirkeeng received 28.12 

percent. 

In the four-year race, 

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percent of the vote, Janik 

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FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE 

Keith Pekau to be Orland 

Park’s next mayor; 

McLaughlin out after 24 

years 

Keith I. Pekau is to be 

the Village of Orland Park’s 

next mayor. 

After campaigns that got 

heated in the closing weeks, 

it all came down to Election 

Day. 

When the numbers were 

tallied Tuesday, April 4, Pekau, 

the Republican challenger, 

earned 6,958 votes 

(54.37 percent), while incumbent 

Mayor Daniel J. 

McLaughlin counted 5,840 

(45.63 percent), with 51 of 

51 precincts reporting across 

Cook and Will Counties, according 

to unofficial results 

from both county clerks’ offices. 

“It felt great,” Pekau said 

of seeing the results tallied. 

“I’m relieved. I’ve been on 

the go since 4 in the morning. 

It really hasn’t set in 

yet.” 

The decision by Orland 

Park taxpayers ended 

McLaughlin’s 24-year reign 

as mayor, after the Village 

Board recently voted to 

make the position full-time 

with a $150,000 salary for 

the next four years. 

“They clearly didn’t like 

what the mayor did,” Pekau 

said of residents’ response 

to the increase. “It’s wrong, 

and it shouldn’t be happening 

anywhere.” 

McLaughlin said he did 

not see it as something that 

impacted the decision. 

“I think most people 

thought the mayor was already 

full-time, so I don’t 

think that was it,” he said. 

In Cook County, Pekau 

earned 6,933 votes (54.43 

percent) to McLaughlin’s 

5,804 (45.57), with all 50 

precincts reporting. In Will 

County, McLaughlin earned 

36 votes (59.02 percent) to 

Pekau’s 25 (40.98 percent), 

with its one precinct reporting. 

Reporting by Bill Jones, Editor. 

For more, visit OPPrairie.com. 

FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT 

Ron Sly elected NL Township 

road commissioner 

Ron Sly knew he was facing 

an uphill battle to become 

the New Lenox Township 

road commissioner. 

His opponent, Dave 

Medema, was endorsed by 

the likes of State Rep. Margo 

McDermed, Mayor Tim 

Baldermann, Will County 

Board Members Ray Tuminello 

and Tom Weigel, and 

the New Lenox Township 

Board of Trustees. 

“I didn’t know where it 

was going to go, running 

against a Republican with 

New Lenox being a pretty 

Republican community,” 

Sly said. 

That skepticism turned 

into happiness, he said, after 

discovering his substantial 

win on election night. 

Sly secured 2,749 (59.95 

percent) of the 4,827 total 

votes, while Medema received 

2,078, according to 

unofficial results from the 

Will County Clerk’s Office. 

It was the only contested 

race for New Lenox Township. 

“I spent 37 years at the 

Village of New Lenox, so I 

got to meet a lot of people, 

work with them on a lot of 

their issues,” Sly said. “I 

think they knew who I was 

and appreciated that, and I 

appreciate them supporting 

me. 

“They just know I had the 

experience to deal with any 

of the issues that come up in 

the highway commissioner’s 

position. I really think that 

was the driving force. I’ve 

done most of this stuff before.” 

Reporting by James Sanchez, 

Editor. For more, visit 

NewLenoxPatriot.com. 

FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND 

Streit re-elected as Lockport 

mayor in landslide 

Incumbent Lockport mayor 

Steve Streit earned a decisive 

victory over challenger 

Joey Jeraminas, according 

to unofficial results from the 

Will County Clerk’s website. 

“We’re excited about having 

another opportunity to 

continue to work for the 

city of Lockport,” Streit said 

during a phone interview on 

election night. 

Much of Streit’s work will 

continue through the State 

Street construction project, 

Lockport Square retail center 

and Capital Improvement 

Plan. Those three projects 

accounted for much of the 

motivation for Streit to run 

for a second term, as previously 

reported by The Legend. 

The State Street project is 

set to take place during the 

summer of 2018, and Streit 

is determined to minimize 

the construction’s effect on 

local businesses. As for the 

Lockport Square retail center, 

Holiday Inn and Panera 

Bread have both signed contracts 

to build there, while 

more infrastructure projects 

are upcoming as part of the 

CIP. 

Streit, who will be entering 

his second term as 

mayor, received 2,369 votes 

(73.75 percent), while Jeraminas 

totaled 843 votes 

(26.25 percent). Streit held 

a lead through early voting, 

voting by mail and Election 

Day voting. 

“We’re very pleased, very 

excited to continue on with 

the work that we’ve been 

working on,” he said. 

Reporting by Max Lapthorne, 


LockportLegend.com. 

FROM THE HOMER HORIZON 

The 4 Homer Township slate 

sweeps on election night 

In the aftermath of a heated 

election season, 4 Homer 

Township reigned supreme. 

The 4 Homer Township 

slate swept the Feb. 28 

Consolidated Republican 

Primary, and it repeated its 

dominance in the April 4 

Consolidated Election, again 

seeing all of its candidates 

win. 

The group defeated the 

Homer Township Independent 

Party, led by supervisor 

candidate James Orban. In 

doing so, 4 Homer Township 

— which was all incumbents, 

save for the newly 

elected George Offord for 

trustee — showed its sway 

with voters. 

In the April 4 election, 

with all 18 precincts reporting, 

incumbent Homer 

Township Supervisor Pam 

Meyers tallied 2,219 votes, 

good for 58.97 percent. Orban, 

meanwhile, had 1,544 

votes for 41.03 percent, 

according to unofficial results 

from the Will County 

Clerk’s Office. 

Meyers and her group 

spent election night at Pelican 

Harry’s Bar & Grill in 

Homer Glen. The leader of 

4 Homer Township said she 

and her slate were thankful 

and grateful to supporters. 

“The election is over 

now,” she said. “It’s always 

been about our residents and 

our community. It’s time to 

put this all aside and bring 

everyone together again and 

move forward.” 

Orban — whose party 

ran on a platform of finding 

ways to streamline and 

consolidate the Township 

government to become more 

efficient to lessen costs for 

residents’ benefit — spent 

election night with his group 

at Davidson’s Bar & Grill in 

Homer Glen. 

“I think we made a good 

presentation on some new 

ideas,” Orban said. “What 

can you do?” 

Reporting by Thomas Czaja, 

Editor. For more, visit Homer- 

Horizon.com. 

FROM THE FRANKFORT STATION 

Frankfort Mayor Jim Holland 

re-elected 

Frankfort Mayor Jim 

Holland was re-elected to a 

fourth term April 4 during 

the first challenge to his seat 

in more than a decade. 

Please see NFYN, 19 

Police Reports 

Two charged with felony retail theft after allegedly stealing from Tinley Park Target 

Kewanda Harris, 34, of 

the 5600 block of South 

Michigan Avenue, Chicago, 

and Danielle Latrice Hackman, 

24, of the 400 block 

of Sherman Avenue, Aurora, 

were charged April 5 with 

felony retail theft at Target, 

7300 W. 191st St. in Tinley 

Park. According to the police 

report, the two allegedly 

stole numerous items totalling 

$899.02. While Hackman 

was also charged with 

misdemeanor of obstruction 

identification, the two were 

both issued trespass notices. 

April 5 

• A wallet containing three 

credit cards was reported 

stolen April 5 from a motor 

vehicle at the 8800 block of 

Meadowlark Drive in Tinley 

Park. 

April 4 

• A wallet containing $400 

in cash, a driver’s license 

and several credit cards was 

reported lost April 4 at the 

7400 block of 191st Street in 

Tinley Park. 

• Domonique Warnell, 28, of 

the 18200 block of Idlewild 

Drive, Country Club Hills, 

was charged April 4 with 

driving under the influence 

of alcohol; speeding over 

statutory limit and illegal 

transportation or possession 

of alcohol by driver at the 

6400 block of 167th Street 

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in Tinley Park. 

Editor’s note: The Tinley Junction’s 

police reports come from 

the Tinley 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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Accepting, working toward change 

F. Amanda Tugade 


One of my favorite 

shows that I used 

to binge-watch in 

college was “Parks and 

Recreation.” In case you’ve 

been living under a rock, 

the NBC TV show — which 

began in 2009 and ended 

in 2015 — focuses on city 

employee turned councilwoman 

Leslie Knope, 

played by “SNL” alum Amy 

Poehler. 

Now, the only thing you 

really need to know about 

Knope is that in her eyes, 

there is no place like Pawnee, 

Indiana. 

As the series unfolds, 

you’ll find Knope, along 

with her dedicated — oftentimes 

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NFYN 

From Page 18 

Holland won over former 

Village Trustee Todd Morgan 

by a wide margin of 

79.65 percent to 20.35 percent. 

Holland, who was first 

elected in 2005, received 

3,550 votes to Morgan’s 907. 

Surrounded by supporters 

at the event venue CD & ME 

in Frankfort, Holland expressed 

his thankfulness for 

Despite its comedic undertone, 

Knope and her team 

strive to put Pawnee and its 

people first by highlighting 

key areas of improvement, 

including economic development 

or communication with 

residents. 

A list of characters unravel 

throughout the story, 

revealing local government’s 

inner workings, 

and The Pawnee Journal 

— which Knope dubbed as 

the town’s own Washington 

Post — kept a close eye on 

what was happening. The 

park district, public library, 

police and fire departments 

and schools are all institutions 

that not only make up 

Pawnee —which, by the 

way, is a fictional town — 

but your neighborhood, as 

well. 

If you have made it this 

far into this week’s issue of 

The Junction, you know that 

the first few pages of the 

news section is chock-full 

of election results. 

The night of April 4, I 

was at my desk, eagerly 

watching the polls climb 

to see which candidates 

would be (re-)elected to 

their respective boards. It’s 

no secret that Tinley Park 

is to welcome a new set of 

leaders, as the Concerned 

Citizens for Tinley Park 

residents’ trust. 

“I want to assure them that 

this community will be run 

by the people,” Holland said. 

“It’s the people of our community 

that make Frankfort 

the great place it is to live.” 

During his campaign — 

which he announced this 

past September — Morgan 

pushed for term limits on 

elected officials, a measure 

he brought to the Village 

Board in January. 

Morgan, who stepped 

conquered the election. 

The five-member team 

includes Mayor-elect Jacob 

Vandenberg and newly 

elected Village Clerk Kristin 

Thirion and board members 

Cynthia Berg, William 

Brady and Michael 

Glotz. You’ll also see a few 

familiar faces on Bremen 

High School District 228, 

Lincoln-Way Community 

High School District 210 

and Kirby School District 

140’s boards of education. 

Win or lose, a common 

thread that brought all of 

the candidates together was 

this line: “The people have 

spoken.” 

The most crucial part of 

campaigning is identifying 

the community’s issues and 

seeing what can be done to 

resolve them. Promises are 

often combated with reality, 

and those running for a 

position are asked to think 

critically and responsibly. 

There’s an episode of 

“Parks and Rec” that gives 

a glimpse of the campaign 

process. It features Knope 

confronting contender Bobby 

Newport; the two were running 

against each other for a 

position on City Council. 

Newport starts off by 

telling Knope to take down 

an ad. The conversation 

takes a turn, and he tries to 

down from the Village 

Board in 2015, said he was 

proud that he was able to 

give a voters a choice. 

“My hope, though, is just 

to get a message out about 

Frankfort,” Morgan said. 

“I hope the community addresses 

some of the needs 

it’s facing.” 

Reporting by Kirsten Onsgard, 


FrankfortStation.com. 

convince her to drop out. To 

that effect, Knope stands her 

ground, and she leaves with 

these parting words, “I’m 

running for office because I 

want to improve the lives of 

the city that I love and the 

city that’s the greatest city 

in the world.” 

For those you have 

currently elected to serve, 

know that it is not easy taking 

care of a village that is 

home to over 50,000 people. 

But longtime elected 

official and former Village 

Clerk Patrick Rea — who 

reflected on his over 40-year 

service — deduced his time 

on the Board to “putting a 

fresh coat of paint on your 

house.” 

“It’s just as exciting,” 

he said. “It’s extra exciting 

when you did it with 

the people you were raised 

with.” 

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It’s no yolk 

Tinley Park’s Trinity 

Lutheran challenges 

children to 8,000-egg 

hunt, Page 28 

Souped-up 

ride Chef Mike 

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Lincoln-Way East 

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the Lincoln-Way East Music Boosters 

Bunny Breakfast. 

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In Memoriam 

David ‘Papa Wolf’ McEldowney 

David “Papa Wolf” McEldowney, 

69, of Tinley Park, 

died March 29. He is survived 

by former wife, Karen; 

children, Laura (Steve) 

Stronach, David (Christine) 

and Lisa (Michael) Davis; 

grandchildren, Regina 

(James) Williams, Brent 

Stronach, Andrea Stronach, 

Stephen Stronach, David 

Stronach, Katie (Jacob) 

Golick, Shane, Ryan, Collin, 

Joshua Davis, Alyssa 

Davis and Zachary Davis; 

great-grandson, Blake Golick; 

brother, Patrick (Dora) 

and niece and nephew, Debbie 

and Dennis (Mary). A 

visitation service was held 

at Brady-Gill Funeral Home 

in Tinley Park. Entombment 

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. 

Gamal George Elias 

Gamal George Elias, 58, 

of Tinley Park, died April 

2. He is survived by his 

wife, Mireille; children, 

Rita and Mary; siblings, 

Ashraf Sidawi and Nasser 

Sidawi; sister-in-law, Suzanne 

(Brian) O’Mahoney 

and Christine (late Fred) 

Sochacki and many nieces 

and nephews. Funeral and 

visitation services were 

held at Brady-Gill Funeral 

Home, while a Mass was 

held at St. George Church. 

Interment Good Shepherd 

Cemetery. 

Anne Freeburn 

Anne Freeburn (nee Sinise), 

89, of Tinley Park and 

formerly of Blue Island, 

died March 23. She is survived 

by children, Susan 

(Keith) Mavity and Chris- 

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tine (Ed) Pajeau; grandchildren, 

Jason, Tracy, Benjamin, 

Sarah and Jordan; 

great-grandmother, Marley, 

Hendrix and Penelope 

Rose; brother, Henry Sinise 

and many nieces and nephews. 

A funeral service was 

held at Vandenberg Funeral 

Home and St. Stephen Deacon 

& Martyr. Interment 

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. 

Timothy Fisher 

Timothy Fisher, 37, of 

Tinley Park, died March 19. 

He is survived by wife, Kathleen 

(nee Frossard); son, 

John Joseph; parents, John 

and Wanda; sibling, Lenee’ 

(Patrick) Hager; grandparents, 

Donald (Carol) Yunker 

and Catherine Yunker; parents-in-law, 

John and Mary 

Rita Frossard and many 

other family members. A 

visitation and funeral service 

was held at Lawn Funeral 

Home. A Mass was held at 

St. Stephen Deacon & Martyr 

Church. Interment Good 

Shepherd Cemetery. In lieu 

of flowers, donations can be 

made for his son John’s college 

fund. 

Michael Anthony Urlacher 

Michael Anthony Urlacher, 

73 of Tinley Park, 

died March 4. He was a veteran 

of the Illinois National 

Guard and a retired employee 

of the Metropolitan 

Water Reclamation District 

of Chicago. He is survived 

by wife, Nancy; children, 

Michael (Laura) and Melissa 

(Bill) and grandchildren, 

Kyle, Kassidy, Jonathan and 

Frank. Interment private. 

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a donation to the Abraham 

Lincoln Cemetery Memorial 

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First Baptist Church of Tinley Park (7025 

W. 179th St. Tinley Park) 

Prayer Time 

9 a.m. Sundays 

Bible Study 

9:30 a.m. Sundays 

Worship Service 


Wednesday Prayer Meeting 

7 p.m. 

Calvary Baptist Church (17430 94th Ave., 

Tinley Park) 

Sunday Services 

9:45 a.m. Sunday School 

followed by mass at 10:45 

a.m. An evening mass is also 

held every Sunday night at 6 

p.m. 

Wednesday Prayer, Bible 

Study and Sword Club 

6:45 p.m. every Wednesday 

Chicago Church of Christ (16530 Ridgeland 

Ave., Tinley Park) 

Sunday Service 

12-1:30 p.m. every week. 

Christian Hills Church (9001 W. 159th St., 

Orland Hills) 

U-Turn Youth Groups 

6:30 p.m. Wednesdays. 

Teens in grades 6-12 can 

participate, worship and 

learn about God. 

‘What on Earth Am I Here 

For?’ 

7 p.m. Wednesdays. New 

members can attend this 

class to learn more about 

faith teachings. The class is 

led by Deb Williams and is 

to take place in the church’s 

Connection Room. 

Romans Bible Study 

7 p.m. Wednesdays. 

Study the Book of Romans. 

The class is led by pastors 

Mike and Beth and Marilyn 

Hoyme. 

Joseph Bible Study 

7 p.m. Wednesdays. Families 

are invited to take part in 

this class led by Pastor Tiffany 

and Aida Maravillas the 

church’s Connection Room. 

Faith Christian Reformed Church (8383 W. 

171st St., Tinley Park) 


9:30 a.m. 

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Breakfast builds tradition, supports music 

Ryan Esguerra 


Sometimes it’s the little 

things that matter most. 

Whether it is having breakfast 

with family, or the 

memory of sitting on the 

lap of the Easter Bunny, it is 

the little details of the Easter 

Bunny Breakfast at Lincoln-Way 

East High School 

that make it so special for 

organizers and attendees. 

“Events like this are so 

special to be a part of,” said 

Holly Williams, volunteer 

organizer of the breakfast. 

“The older you get the more 

you look back on those little 

things that you may have 

taken for granted. You realize 

how traditions like these 

are really meaningful and 

cool. 

“This breakfast is one of 

those events where kids will 

look back and remember 

doing that with mom, dad, 

grandma, or grandpa and 

that, for me, is awesome to 

be apart of. 

The fundraising breakfast, 

held Saturday, April 8, 

supported the Lincoln-Way 

East music department and 

has been an annual event 

for families to attend for as 

long as the school has been 

in existence, Williams said. 

Last year, she said that the 

breakfast served 600 and 

raised nearly $3,000 for 

costs associated with the 

music program at East. 

“We are always looking for 

fundraisers to help us with all 

of the costs associated with 

running a successful music 

program. This one is especially 

good in that it is also 

fun,” said Williams, who is 

also a mother of a band student. 

“So while you are here, 

you really don’t feel like you 

are working because the kids 

are so cute; it’s like a big party 

all morning.” 

Adeline Johnson participates in the limbo Saturday, April 8, during the Lincoln-Way East 

Music Boosters Bunny Breakfast. Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

Morning festivities included 

a breakfast provided 

by the boosters, coloring 

stations, a DJ, paste-on tattoo 

stations and of course, 

the opportunity to meet the 

Easter Bunny. 

“We are always kind 

of looking to add a little 

something,” Williams said. 

“Obviously the big draw is 

getting a picture with the 

bunny, but we have been 

adding each year. 

“We just want to make 

sure we don’t get too complicated, 

so we try to stick 

with what works, but we always 

are looking.” 

A bake sale and raffle 

baskets filled with Easterthemed 

items were also at 

the event for people to purchase. 

Gerrianne Klomes and her 

husband, Bill Klomes, of 

Mokena, have been bringing 

their family to the Easter 

Bunny brunch for seven 

years. Seated at a table with 

children and grandchildren, 

Klomes said that she saw 

an ad for a bunny breakfast 

years ago and decided to attend. 

“We saw an ad in the paper 

for this breakfast so we 

decided to give it a try with 

our 15-month-old twins,” 

Klomes said. “We went, and 

we have continued to come 

back ever since. 

“This breakfast has turned 

into something that we can 

all do together, it’s such a 

great tradition that we have 

developed and we will continue 

to come.” 

Williams, who is in her 

third year of organizing the 

Bunny Breakfast, said she 

enjoys seeing families come 

back each year and see the 

kids that they bring grow 

right in front of her. 

“I love seeing the same 

families come back just 

as much as I like seeing 

new ones,” Williams said. 

“Watching their kids grow 

and get bigger each year is 

so neat from my perspective.” 

She went on to add that 

the breakfast is not only 

good for kids and their families 

but for the high school 

students involved with the 

program, pointing out that 

it gives them a chance to 

serve the community that 

supports them in their music. 

“The high school kids get 

a lot out of this as well because 

it gets them serving 

in the community that they 

represent,” Williams said. “I 

have had some moms come 

up and say to me, “I wanted 

my daughter to come so she 

can dance and interact with 

the high school kids.” 

Please see Bunny, 27 

Attendees Alice (left) and Benjamin Rigoni enjoy a pancake 

breakfast. 

Madison and William Janik color Easter-themed coloring 

sheets. 

Sue Steffy drops in a ticket for raffle prizes.

24 | April 13, 2017 | The tinley junction Life & Arts 


Community Theater to take on ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ 

Brittany Kapa, Assistant Editor 

“A Streetcar Named Desire” is 

one of those plays that director 

Daniel DeWalt has been wanting 

to tackle for a while now, and he 

will finally see that opportunity 

come to fruition. 

Amid making last minute changes 

to the cast and adapting the play 

to fit a smaller stage, DeWalt has 

had his fair share of complications 

prior to opening night. However, 

those complications come with the 

territory and have not phased the 

veteran director. 

“A theme that I come back to a 

lot has to do with injustice, bullying 

and things like that,” DeWalt 

said about the plays he choose to 

direct. “We have that in this particular 

play. I feel that it’s a great 

play for the community and the 

actors we work with.” 

“A Streetcar Named Desire” 

will be hosted by Tinley Park-Park 

District and DeWalt’s Covered 

Bridge Theater. The presentation 

will open to the public on Saturday, 

April 22 at the Tinley Park 

Performing Arts Center. 

“[Tennessee Williams] was a 

great playwright, but he micromanages 

within his script,” De- 

Walt said about the struggles of 

adapting the play for the space 

within the performing arts center. 

Williams’ famous play was 

adapted to the screen in 1951, but 

DeWalt said his version will vary 

from both the original play and the 

screen version. 

“I wanted to give [my actors] 

an opportunity to perform in roles 

that challenge them physically 

and emotionally,” he said. “I felt 

‘Streetcar’ would fill that.” 

Actress Sarah Denton plays 

Blanche DuBois. Denton said she 

is a complicated character and has 

had a tough time understanding 

DuBois. DuBois transforms into a 

wayward spirit after her husband 

dies and she loses her plantation 

to debt collectors. In the story, 

DuBois visits her sister, Stella, 

in New Orleans, and the drama 

unfolds. As Denton steps into Du- 

Bois’ mindset she began to think 

of her character’s sudden loss and 

how to visually convey that pain, 

‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ 

When: 7 p.m. on Saturday, 

April 22 and 29; 3 p.m. on 

Sunday, April 23 and 30 

Where: Tinley Park Performing 

Arts Center, 16801 80th Ave. 


TinleyParkDistrict.org. 

that desperation to the audience. 

“[DeWalt] is helping me understand 

that,” Denton said. “When 

you think about it, Blanche’s character 

is kind of pathetic. She will 

just do anything for somebody to 

love her – for her not to be alone. 

[DeWalt] keeps stressing that a lot.” 

What’s challenging for Denton, 

29, is that her bubbly personality 

clashes with DuBois. 

“It’s really difficult because 

I can not compare my life to 

Blanche’s in any way, shape or 

form,” she said. “I’m really trying 

to focus and think about how I 

would feel if I were in her shoes.” 

DuBois married at a young age, 

and the story takes another turn 

when she finds out her husband 

was a gay man. Denton falls into 

a habit of analyzing DuBois’ relationship. 

“I like doing it though because 

I like playing a character that is 

completely unlike me,” Denton 

added. 

Denton noted she previously 

studied at Second City Theater in 

Chicago and, up until now, she has 

primarily done comedies. This is 

Denton’s first dramatic role, and it 

is one she is excited for. 

“My last class at Second City 

we studied Tennessee Williams, so 

I was able to walk into this with a 

really good idea of Tennessee Williams’ 

personality,” Denton said. 

“That helps a lot because Tennessee 

Williams was crazy.” 

Originally written in 1947, Williams 

was known to create stories, 

themes and characters that pushed 

the envelope. “A Streetcar Named 

Desire” is also loosely based on 

Williams’ personal life. 

“One thing that I like about Tennessee 

Williams is that he doesn’t 

try and teach you a lesson or provide 

a moral to the story,” said actor 

Sam Tocci, who plays Stanley 

During a dress rehearsal held April 6, Eamon Tierney (left) practices a scene with Andrea Fleming for the 

production of “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Photos by Brittany Kapa/22nd Century Media 

The cast of “A Streetcar Named Desire” poses for a photo at a recent dress rehearsal. 

Kowalski. “This is just a glimpse 

into these people’s lives. We’re 

just telling the story.” 

Tocci explained Kowalski is an 

angry character, and it was his job 

to fully understand his emotions, 

intentions and interactions with 

others characters in the story. 

“Especially for community theater, 

we look for things that have 

more of an adult theme,” DeWalt 

said. “People will recognize ‘A 

Streetcar Named Desire’ because 

it’s one of the top plays from the 

last century.”



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Prayer Group 

6:30 p.m. Mondays 

Glory to God Evangelical 

Lutheran Church (18401 S. 

66th Ave., Tinley Park) 

Sunday School 

9:45 a.m. Students in 

grades pre-K-8 are invited. 

Knights of Harmony Chorus 

7:30 p.m. every other 

Thursday. The Knights of 

Harmony Chorus is the 

name of the Will-Cook 

Chapter of the Barbershop 

Harmony Society. They sing 

old favorites, patriotic and 

holiday songs in four-part 

harmony and welcome any 

man who likes to sing. For 

more information, call Hank 

King at (708) 614-8999. 

South Suburban Chinese Church (17100 S. 

69th Ave., Tinley Park) 

Worship 

1 p.m. Sundays. 

Women’s Bible Study 

9:30 a.m. every second 

and fourth Fridays of the 

month 

Bible Study 

7:30 p.m. every first and 

third Fridays of the month 

St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church (9300 

W. 167th St., Orland Hills) 

Holy Week, Easter Mass and 

Prayer Service 

Holy Thursday (April 13), 

7 p.m.; Good Friday, 3 p.m.; 

Holy Saturday, 7:30 p.m. 

The Mass for Easter Sunday 

is to take place at 7:15 a.m., 

8:30 a.m., 10 a.m. and 11:30 

a.m. 

H.O.P.E. Employment 

Support Ministry 

7 p.m. first Tuesday of 

the month in the Parish 

Hall. Helpful Outreach for 

People seeking Employment 

welcomes all faiths and denominations 

and offers support, 

fellowship, guidance 

and information for the employed, 

unemployed or those 

in a career transition. Every 

month, H.O.P.E. also provide 

a guest speaker to support 

those in transition. For 


403-0137. 

AA Meetings 

7:30 p.m. every Thursday 

in the O’Mara Hall. 

Rosary Prayer Group 

9:30 a.m. every Tuesday 

at Thursday. The Rosary 

Prayer Group gathers in the 

church after mass to offer 

intentions with the intercession 

of Mary, and pray the 

decades of the rosary while 

contemplating the scenes of 

our Lord’s life, death and 

resurrection. 

Weekday Service 

9 a.m. Monday through 

Friday. 

Saturday Service 

5 p.m. every week. 

Sunday Services 

7:15 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 10 

a.m. and 11:30 a.m. every 

week. 

St. Julie Billiart Roman Catholic Parish 

(7399 W. 159th St., Tinley Park) 

Weekday Mass 

8 a.m. Monday through 

Friday every week. 

Saturday Mass 

4:30 p.m. every week. 

Sunday Mass 

7:30 a.m., 9 a.m., 10:30 

a.m., 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. every 

week. 

St. Stephen Deacon & Martyr Catholic 

Church (17500 S. 84th Ave., Tinley Park) 

Daily Mass 

8 a.m. Monday thru Saturday 

Polish Mass 

6:30 p.m. first Friday of 

the month, 7 p.m. first Saturday 

of the month 

Sacrament of Reconciliation 

8:45-9:30 a.m. Saturday, 

bilingual English and Polish 


7 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m., 

11:30 a.m. 1 p.m. (in Polish), 

and 6:15 p.m. every week. 

Tinley Park Community Church (7939 W. 

167th St., Tinley Park) 


10:30 a.m. Fellowship and 

refreshment to follow afterward. 

Bible Study 

Noon. Every fourth Sunday 

of the month. Scripture 

lessons are taken from the 

New International version of 

the Bible. 

Tinley Park United Methodist Church 

(6875 W. 173rd Place, Tinley Park) 


9:30 a.m. Nursery care is 

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Bible Study 

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Tinley Park Food Pantry 

8 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Wednesdays. 

Learn ways to help by 

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Trinity Lutheran Church (6850 W. 159th 

St., Tinley Park) 

Reveal Worship 


Zion Lutheran Church (17100 S. 69th 

Ave., Tinley Park) 

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Danell Chmura at (630) 

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(708) 342-6820. 

Evening Prayer Service 

5 p.m. Saturdays 

Family Worship and Sunday 

School 


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10 a.m. 

Liturgical Worship 


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“The little ones look up 

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An egg-cellent tradition 

Easter Eggstravaganza returns to Trinity Lutheran Church, School in Tinley Park 

Audrey (left) and her mother Jamie partake in one of many 

games inside the school gym. 

Easter Eggstravaganza attendee Celene Kick (left to right) poses for a photo with Trinity Lutheran School Principal Jerry 

Gliege, the Easter bunny and The Rev. Paul Strand. Photos by Julie McMann/22nd Century Media 

ABOVE: Lexi Holcomb (left) shows off her collection of Easter eggs to 

her father. 

LEFT: William Walker reaches in for another cookie, as the event also 

offered snacks and other activities for children of all ages. 

Rosemary Williams poses for a photo with her basket full of 

Easter eggs at the annual Easter Eggstravaganza held April 

8 at Trinity Lutheran Church and School in Tinley Park.



a grand old time 

Families gather for Grandparents’ Day Tea Party at Tinley Park-Park District 

Sharon Yuhan (middle) poses for a photo op with her 

grandchildren, Ava Albino (left) and Skylar Kerwin. 

Barbara Shau helps her granddaughter Vivienne decorate a tea cup at the Tinley Park-Park District’s Grandparents Tea 

Party held March 29. Photos by F. Amanda Tugade/22nd Century Media 

Marv Leavitt (left) and his grandson Jax Bogdan enjoy a 

few snacks offered at the tea party. 

Tinley Park-Park District Recreation Supervisor Erin Cortilet takes a photo of attendees 

Pam Ellis (left) and her granddaughter Maya at the selfie photo station. 

Kathleen Dapkus (right) poses, while Eliana Patridge draws a picture of her.

30 | April 13, 2017 | The tinley junction Dining Out 


The Dish 

Submarine City not just another sandwich shop 

Late-night hours, 

diverse menu set 

restaurant apart 

from competition 

Max Lapthorne 


Back in 1978, late-night 

snackers had a tough time 

finding places open past 10 

p.m. not named White Castle. 

Then came Submarine 

City. 

Ted and Tom Gatses 

opened the first Submarine 

City location at 1130 S. State 

St. in Lockport in 1977 and 

expanded to a second restaurant 

at 9573 W. 144th Place 

in Orland Park just two years 

later. From the start, the restaurant 

was open late — 2 

a.m. on weekdays and 4 a.m. 

on weekends — and the reasoning 

behind it was simple. 

“We said we could make 

more money if we stay open 

more hours with the same 

rent,” Ted Gatses said. “So 

we stayed open late, and 

then we ended up becoming 

an after-the-bar place. 

It stayed with us from the 

first store, and we’ve never 

closed early in 39 years.” 

Ted was 28 years old and 

working at a Holiday Inn 

when he and his brother 

decided to open Submarine 

City. The idea for a sandwich 

shop came from Ted’s 

cousin, who helped bring the 

Mr. Submarine chain to the 

United States. 

“I wanted to do something 

on my own,” Ted said. “I 

looked at [the Mr. Submarine] 

operation, and I decided 

it wasn’t that difficult at 

that time.” 

Submarine City started by 

selling only sandwiches and 

chips, but it did not take long 

for Ted to decide they needed 

to separate themselves 

Submarine City 

Orland Park: 9573 W. 

144th Place 

Lockport: 1130 S. State 

St. 

Hours 

• 9 a.m.-2 a.m. Monday- 

Thursday 

• 9 a.m.-4 a.m. Friday- 

Saturday 

• 10 a.m.-2 a.m. Sunday 

For more information … 

Phone: Orland Park: 

(708) 349-4909, 

Lockport: (815) 838- 

2080 

Web: www. 

submarinecity.com 

from the increasing amount 

of competition in the sub 

sandwich market. The latenight 

hours helped them stay 

competitive, but in the late 

1980s, Submarine City added 

fryers and grills to gain 

even more of an advantage 

over the competition. 

“I don’t think any of the 

other places have fryers, as 

far as the sub franchise chains 

[go],” Ted said. “We wanted 

to give the customers an option 

if they wanted something 

else like French fries or onion 

rings or cheese sticks.” 

The gyros ($5.89) — 

served on pita bread with 

gyro sauce, tomato and onion 

— recently were added 

to the menu and have been 

popular with customers, as 

have as several other grilled 

items. The rib-eye steak 

($6.99) is served on French 

bread with grilled onion, 

while the Philly cheesesteak 

($6.59) consists of green 

pepper, mushroom, grilled 

onion and mozzarella cheese 

piled onto French bread. 

“We can get the same customer 

in the store more times 

now,” Ted said. “They might 

come in one day for a sub, 

and the next day they might 

The Depth Charge (prices vary by size) is one of Submarine City’s most popular menu items. 

Photos by Max Lapthorne/22nd Century Media 

want a meatball sandwich 

or a Philly steak. Instead of 

getting him once or twice a 

week, now maybe we’re getting 

him three times a week.” 

During the road construction 

project on LaGrange 

Road in Orland Park, many 

businesses struggled, but 

Submarine City has been 

able to survive, thanks in 

large part to its non-sandwich 

menu items, Ted said. 

“I think the grill saved us 

during those times, because 

we were getting new customers 

and old customers 

that really liked the variety,” 

he said. 

While the grill and fryer 

offers customers variety, the 

sub sandwiches are what put 

Submarine City on the map. 

The Torpedo (prices vary by 

size) and the Depth Charge 

are the most famous of the 

sandwiches. Ted even trademarked 

the names of the two 

soon after introducing them. 

A Torpedo is a ham lovers 

dream as it comes topped 

with ham, spiced ham and 

hard salami, as well as the 

lettuce, onion and tomato 

included on every sub. The 

Depth Charge gives a bit 

more variety, featuring a 

combination of beef, ham, 

turkey and cheese. 

The meat on every sandwich 

is sliced fresh. And all 

the bread is delivered daily, 

rather than being parbaked 

in store. 

“My main focus is quality 

on the food, [which] consists 

of the bread, the produce and 

the meats,” Ted said. “They 

have to be super-fresh.” 

Making sure every item on 

the menu is as fresh as possible 

is a main priority for 

Ted, but he also is conscious 

of the customer’s experience 

while visiting the restaurant. 

“The service you give the 

customer and the friendliness 

of the place … those are 

The gyros ($5.89) were introduced recently at Submarine 

City and have become a hit with customers. 

the things that [have] kept 

me in business for almost 40 

years,” he said. 

Whether it is staying open 

late for the post-bar rush or 

bucking convention by offering 

gyros and hamburgers, 

Submarine City is all 

about being outside of the 

box. Even the restaurant’s 

slogan “under 100 billion 

served” is a show of Submarine 

City’s departure from 

the beaten path as it plays 

off the popular McDonald’s 

slogan of “over 99 billion 

served.” But when it comes 

to maintaining a successful 

business over the course of 

nearly four decades, it is all 

about the basics for Ted. 

“If you don’t have the basics, 

you won’t stay in business,” 

he said.

tinleyjunction.com Dining Out 


The Dish 

Small space, big taste 

The Soup Guy offers 

homemade soups, 

cheesecake from 

mobile kitchen 

Amanda Stoll, Assistant Editor 

Seeing few places to 

get a good, homemade, 

belly-warming soup without 

breaking the bank, chef 

Mike Weckler decided to 

start serving his own recipes. 

He started a small catering 

business a few years back, 

offering various small dinners, 

pasta, homemade lasagna 

and soup, with quite 

a bit of success. He quickly 

found out, however, that 

people were gravitating toward 

his soup offerings. 

Following a nasty bout of 

tendonitis that left him with 

shooting, fire-like pains in 

his right arm and forced him 

to put his catering business 

on hold, Weckler decided to 

start again — this time with 

soup. 

He began doing research 

on food trucks, realizing the 

hefty $50,000 price tag attached 

to that dream. 

Even after an unsuccessful 

Kickstarter campaign, 

he continued looking for options 

and started looking into 

mobile kitchens. 

Before long, he found a 

man in Palatine selling a 

trailer. Weckler’s wife, Erika, 

suggested The Soup Guy 

name and the “souper good” 

tagline, and he was off and 

running. 

Weckler started selling 

soup from his mobile kitchen 

roughly six weeks ago, 

and business been trending 

in a positive direction. 

The first week brought 

with it approximately a dozen 

soup orders, then 20 and 

25, until he got 45 orders in 

one week and had to stop 

Tomato basil soup, topped with fresh chiffonade of basil, 

is made with hand-peeled and seeded tomatoes and basil, 

simmered together in chicken stock and puréed. 

taking orders. 

With health department 

regulations, Weckler is required 

to keep a commissary 

kitchen, where he rents a 

space for food storage, prep 

work and large orders. 

The rest of the simmering, 

steaming and serving happens 

the tiny mobile kitchen 

outside his house. 

Although small, he said 

the mobile kitchen works 

much the same as any other 

kitchen, with a sink, 100,000 

British thermal unit stove 

burners and LED work lights 

controlled with a remote. 

The trailer also came installed 

with outdoor LED 

lights and a sound system 

Weckler said will be especially 

good for the summer 

months. 

Weckler said people are 

shocked that he does as 

much work as he does in 

such a small space. 

“They don’t know what to 

expect,” Weckler said. 

Eventually, he plans to upgrade 

his mobile kitchen to 

be a little more workspacefriendly, 

because right now, 

with the configuration of the 

space, he is forced to move 

his shiny silver worktable 

back and forth when prepping 

and serving. 

He said he would like to 

some day grow into a food 

truck with more workspace 

or a second mobile kitchen, 

where he can hire a fellow 

chef to help him out. 

For his day job, Weckler 

works at Quest Food Management 

Services, as the 

executive chef and assistant 

food service director for the 

Orland Park School District 

135. But that job is only during 

the school year and on 

school days. 

While the time off is nice, 

it does not pay year-round, 

and Weckler said he was 

looking for something to do 

on the weekends and during 

the summer. He plans to 

bring his mobile kitchen to 

festivals and fairs in the area, 

Chef Mike Weckler — also known as The Soup Guy — serves tomato basil soup out of his 

mobile kitchen in New Lenox. Photos by Amanda Stoll/22nd Century Media 

The Soup Guy 

Food Trailer Owner: Mike 

Weckler 

Based In: New Lenox 

Active: By appointment, 

seven days a week 

For more information ... 

Web: www. 

thesoupguymike.com 

Phone: (815) 715-9163 

and serve hot and cold sandwiches 

and wraps, in addition 

to soups and homemade 

cheesecake. 

Until then, Weckler is taking 

soup and cheesecake orders 

through Facebook and 

by phone, with different offerings 

each week, based on 

popular vote from customers 

via The Soup Guy Facebook 

group. 

His current soup offerings 

change weekly, but they 

come in both pint ($5) and 

quart ($10) sizes. He offers a 

variety of cheesecake by the 

slice ($5), as well. 

Some of his recent soup 

offerings have included 

cream of chicken, cream of 

broccoli lemon orzo, tomato 

basil and loaded baked potato 

with thick-cut applewood 

Chef Mike Weckler’s new, double-crust cheesecake with 

smooth vanilla bean and Madagascar vanilla cheesecake 

layers between crunchy, sweet graham cracker crust 

provides a sweet, flavor-packed treat. 

smoked bacon. But Weckler 

said he has many more recipes 

planned for the future. 

For graham cracker crust 

lovers, his new, double-crust 

cheesecake — with smooth 

vanilla bean and Madagascar 

vanilla cheesecake layers between 

crunchy, sweet graham 

cracker crust — provides a 

sweet, flavor-packed treat. 

He also makes a cookies 

and cream cheesecake, with 

Oreo crust, topped with vanilla 

cream and a dusting of 

crushed cookies. 

The Soup Guy also offers 

a gluten-free crust ($5) for 

all of his cheesecakes, with 

homemade almond flour and 

crushed almonds. And customers 

can add a foot-long, 

freshly baked baguette ($4) 

or three freshly baked rolls 

($6) for a tasty tag-along to 

any soup order. 

Weckler offers expert 

knife-sharpening services 

for both serrated and flat 

edged knives ($4), using four 

different grit whetstones and 

three different honing steels.

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crosstown CROSSWORD & Sudoku 

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

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 

Across 

1. Bank that is the 

official partner of the 

Tinley Park District, 

goes with 9 down 

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15. Energy 

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convertible 

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surprise 

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matter 

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who won the title 

of Village president in 

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golf 

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thoughts 

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former band 

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Down 

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10. Indisposed 

11. Prepared (oneself) for 

action 

12. Pile up 

14. Klutzy type 

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21. Dangerous biters 

23. Open, say 

25. Sugar amt. 

26. Cabin announcement 

27. Cirque de Soleil 

equipment 

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29. German empire 

30. D-Day invasion code 

word 

34. Its theft is a privacy 

concern 

36. Negative vote 

37. Diving bird 

38. Grammy winner 

DiFranco 

39. Yangtze connector 

40. Purse bauble 

41. NFL pass 

42. Jet ___ 

43. Laughable 

44. Medieval disaster 

45. Fencing actions 

47. Semi 

48. “___ Heartbeat” 

(Amy Grant hit) 

49. Opposition 

52. Obfuscate 

53. Freedom from stress 

54. Deli bread 

56. Wading bird sacred to 

Egyptians 

57. A winning margin 

58. Moose 

61. Dangerous drug from 

the 1960s 

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(17731 Oak Park Ave., 

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■9 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

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■7 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Trivia 

■10 ■ p.m. Fridays: DJ 

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■9:30 ■ p.m. Saturdays: 

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Cuzins Bar 

(177th and Oak Park Ave., 


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■Wednesdays: ■ 

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Band Karaoke 

■Saturdays: ■ Live Music 

Durbin’s 

(17265 Oak Park Ave., 


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■9-11 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: 

Open Mic 

■9 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Karaoke 

■8-10 ■ p.m. Thursdays: 

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a.m. 

Ed & Joe’s Restaurant & 

Pizzeria 

(17332 S. Oak Park Ave., 


3051) 

■7:30 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: 

Team Trivia 

Intimo Lounge 

(7068 183rd St., Tinley 

Park; (708) 444-4470) 

■Wednesdays: ■ 

Live music 

featuring Justin Griffen 

JW Hollstein’s Saloon 

(17358 S. Oak Park Ave., 


7000) 

■9 ■ p.m. Mondays: Karaoke 

■7 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Trivia 

■8:30 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: 

Open Mic 

■8, ■ 9 p.m. Wednesday: 

Trivia 

■10 ■ p.m. Thursdays: Live 

DJ 

■11 ■ a.m. Fridays: Free 

pizza with drink purchases 

■10 ■ p.m. Fridays and 

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answers 

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Each sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that 

has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3x3 

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

box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9. 

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

With Lincoln-Way Schools at Prairie Trails in Manhattan 

Distinctive Home Builders provides homeowners the 

highest quality home on the market 

Distinctive Home Builders 

continues to add high quality 

homes to the Manhattan 

landscape at Prairie Trails; its 

latest new home community, 

located within the highly-regarded 

Lincoln-Way School 

District. Many families are 

happy to call Prairie Trails 

home and are pleased that 

Distinctive is able to deliver a 

new home with zero punch list 

items in 90 days. Before closing, 

each home undergoes an 

industry-leading checklist that 

ensures each home measures 

up to the firm’s high quality 

standards. 

“Actually our last average 

was 81 working days from excavation 

to receiving a home 

occupancy permit - without 

sacrificing quality,” said Bryan 

Nooner, president of Distinctive 

Home Builders. “Everyone 

at the company works 

extremely hard to continually 

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our homeowners. Our three 

decades building homes provides 

this efficient construction 

system. Many of our 

skilled craftsmen have been 

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, 

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New Single Family Homes from the Mid-$400’s 

Orland Park welcomes two new home communities in one year 

Renowned home builder, Beechen & Dill Homes 

is at it again. On March 23rd they kicked off the opening 

of their second new home community in Orland 

Park within the last year. 

Parkside Square, a 25-home community located 

on West Avenue immediately south of 151st Street, 

encompasses the convenience of urban life, with the 

rustic charm of the country. This community started 

development right on the heels of their Greystone 

Ridge neighborhood, also located in Orland Park, 

which opened in May of last year. 

“We believe both of these communities will greater 

serve the Village of Orland Park, and provide families 

with not just a new, well-built home, but an area 

where their children can attend great schools and enjoy 

the close proximity to parks and entertainment,” 

says Matt Dill, President of Beechen & Dill Homes. 

“Every one of our homes, regardless of location, 

comes with your personal touch and selections, it’s 

not ‘cookie cutter’. That’s something we take great 

pride in, and have for over four decades.” 

Altogether buyers can choose from eight favorable 

floor plans in Greystone Ridge and five distinctive 

floor plans in Parkside Square. Both communities 

bring equally unique elements to the area. Greystone 

Ridge, located on 139th Street, one quarter-mile west 

of Wolf Road, features 39 diverse homes sites nestled 

in a country-type setting, but not too far from Orland 

Park’s vibrant shopping and dining district. Close by, 

Parkside Square encompasses homes with a more 

coastal flair, and is walking distance to the Metra station 

and Orland Park’s Historic District. 

“When building Parkside Square, we wanted it to 

be different from Greystone Ridge. It was important 

we still kept the grand outdoor living spaces, but we 

were looking to open a new look for Beechen & Dill 

Homes. That’s when we created our newest coastal 

inspired plan, The Northport,” said Ed Kubiak, Vice 

President of Construction. 

The Northport is one of two new floor plans to come 

to Parkside Square. The first being The Hampton, 

which is featured as their model home/sales office. 

“Both homes exude a fresh, seaside charm you just 

don’t get anywhere else in our area,” added Kubiak. The 

Northport is a 3,177 square foot, 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath 

home that includes Beechen & Dill Homes’ 3-car garage 

option, large flex room, deluxe master bathroom, 

and standard vaulted ceilings in the master bedroom. 

The Hampton, which is now open to the public, ranges 

from 3,100-3,300 square feet, and has 4 bedrooms, 2.5 

baths, and a 3-car garage. Standard features include 9 

foot first floor ceilings, an island kitchen with a large 

walk-in pantry and chef’s office, a luxury master suite 

with dual walk-in closets and private bath, a second 

floor laundry, and a large mudroom. 

Definitive of a Beechen & Dill Home, before a home 

is deemed finished, it must obtain the stamp of approval 

from its third-party energy efficient testing partner, 

Environments for Living. Each home is assessed using 

a blower door test to ensure a tight building envelope, 

and a duct blaster test, to ensure all ductwork has been 

sealed properly. Due to the successful passing rate of 

this test, Beechen & Dill Homes is one of two homebuilders 

in the Southwest suburbs to earn Environments 

for Living’s Diamond level status for energy efficiency. 

It’s an accomplishment Dill takes very seriously, 

“We’re at the top of our game with sustainable, energy 

saving homes, and we’re not too shy to say that. It’s 

something that’s really going to blossom, especially as 

it’s in the forefront of the minds of millennials. They’re 

the next generation home buyer.” 

Lennan II large kitchen with oak cabinets and granite countertops. 

Recently completed Hampton model home in Parkside Square (above) 

As the next generation of families file into new, energy 

efficient, ‘smart homes’, Beechen & Dill Homes 

is mindful of the market, and how trends are everchanging. 

“We’re always attending seminars and webinars 

that display the latest technology and building standards; 

it’s how we stay current, and leading-edge,”says 

Dill. There’s no doubt, from Greystone Ridge to Parkside 

Square, both communities include an advancement 

in design trends, efficiency, and smart home 

technology. The duality of these Orland Park commu- 

nities are sure to meet the needs of a variety of families 

from all different generations and backgrounds. 

For more information on both communities and 

home pricing, please call (708) 770-9099 or visit their 

website, www.beechendill.com. The Parkside Square 

sales office is located on West Avenue immediately 

south of 151st Street and is open daily from 10:00 a.m. 

– 5:00 p.m. The Greystone Ridge sales office is located 

at the address, 13889 Creek Crossing Drive, Orland 

Park, IL 60467, and is also open daily from 10:00 a.m. 

– 5:00 p.m. 

The Beechen & Dill Homes staff gather at the grand opening of Greystone Ridge back in May of last 

year 

An artist’s rendering of Beechen & Dill Homes’ newest floor plan, The Northport

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SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ES- 

TATE of 8937 Glenshire Court, 

Tinley Park, IL 60477 (Single 

Family Residence). On the 20th 

day ofApril, 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: Deutsche Bank 

National Trust Company, as Trustee, 

intrust for Registered Holders 

of Soundview Home Loan Trust 

2007-WMC1, Asset-Backed Certificates, 

Series 2007-WMC1 

Plaintiff V. Sharon A. Remblake, 

Randall T. Remblake, Mortgage 

Electronic Registration Systems, 

Inc., as nominee for Bergin Financial, 

Inc., Unknown Owners, Generally, 

and Non-Record Claimants, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 13CH 3191 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. No 

judicial 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 in and 

to the residential real estate arose 

prior to the sale. All payments shall 

be made in cash or certified funds 

payable to the Sheriff of Will 

County. 

In the event the property is a condominium, 

in accordance with 735 

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

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

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

2701 Property for 

Sale 

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: 

KLUEVER AND PLATT, LLC. 

65 E. Wacker Place, Suite 2300 

Chicago, Illinois 60601 

P: 312-201-6765 

F: 312-236-0514 

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 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NA 

P l a i n t i f f , 

- v . - 

JENNY F. BERNAS A/K/A GENEVIVE F. 

BERNAS, JOE KIRK, UNKNOWN 

OWNERS AND NON-RECORD 

CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS 

D e f e n d a n t s 

16 CH 10268 

16819 FOREST VIEW DRIVE Tinley Park, IL 

6 0 4 7 7 

NOTICE OF SALE 

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that 

pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and 

Sale entered in the above cause on February 

6, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales 

Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 9, 

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 16819 FOREST VIEW 

DRIVE, Tinley Park, IL 60477 

Property Index No. 28-30-214-009-0000. 

The real estate is improved with a single 

family 

residence. 

The judgment amount was $239,327.08. 

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 


Sale 

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. 

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 other than a 

mortgagee shall pay the 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 

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, 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 16-080275. 

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 . 

I716041 


COUNTY, 

ILLINOIS 



NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK 


- v . - 

WILMA 

TUNICK 


16 CH 013273 

17845 TIPTON AVENUE HOMEWOOD, IL 

6 0 4 3 0 




Sale entered in the above cause on January 








Commonly known as 17845 TIPTON 


Sale 

AVENUE, HOMEWOOD, IL 60430 



family 

residence. 















































765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 















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 14-16-12161. 













I716127 


COUNTY, 

ILLINOIS 




Sale 

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC 


- v . - 

DIANE LEE, THOMAS LEE, BANK OF 

AMERICA, 

NA, 


16 CH 012944 

18433 LAKEVIEW CIRCLE WEST TINLEY 

PARK, IL 60477 












Commonly known as 18433 LAKEVIEW 

CIRCLE WEST, TINLEY PARK, IL 60477 



family 

residence. 















































765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 















foreclosure 

sales. 



ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH




Sale 


Sale 


Sale 


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I717524 


COUNTY, 

ILLINOIS 



US BANK TRUST NATIONAL 

ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE OF THE 

PRP II PALS INVESTMENTS TRUST 


- v . - 

SHERRIE L. ORDAZ, MORTGAGE 

ELECTRONIC 

REGISTRATION 

SYSTEMS, INC., THE HUNTINGTON 

NATIONAL BANK SUCCESSOR BY 

MERGER TO SKY BANK SUCCESSOR 

BY MERGER TO UNION FEDERAL BANK 

OF 

INDIANAPOLIS 


10 CH 000935 

6619 165TH PLACE TINLEY PARK, IL 

6 0 4 7 7 












Commonly known as 6619 165TH PLACE, 

TINLEY PARK, IL 60477 

Property Index No. 28-19-407-019. 


family 

residence. 















































765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 















foreclosure 

sales. 



















I717503 


COUNTY, 

ILLINOIS 



WELLS FARGO BANK NA; 


v s . 

MARY D. SMITH; ILLINOIS HOUSING 

D E V E L O P M E N T 

AUTHORITY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND 

N O N R E C O R D 

CLAIMANTS; 

Defendants, 

13 CH 13199 




Sale entered in the above entitled cause 

Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on 

Tuesday, April 25, 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. 31-01-110-005-0000. 

Commonly known as 3036 Hedgerow Lane, 

Homewood, Illinois 60430. 

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a 

single family residence. If the subject 

mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common 


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 The Sales Department at 

Plaintiff's Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg Oliver 

LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, 

Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. For 

Bidding instructions visit 

www.alolawgroup.com 24 hours prior to sale. 

F 1 3 0 5 0 0 5 9 

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES 

C O R P O R A T I O N 

Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 

I717599 


COUNTY, 

ILLINOIS 



LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC; 


v s . 

TERONSE V. MILLER AKA TERONSE 

VON 

CHARLES 

MILLER; DELORES MILLER; UNKNOWN 

OWNERS 

AND 

NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; 

D e f e n d a n t s , 

15 CH 4458 






Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at the hour of 11 a.m. 






P.I.N. 32-05-300-014-0000. 

Commonly known as 1451 187th Street, 

Homewood, Illinois 60430. 








A c t . 




for 

inspection. 

For information call The Sales Department at 

Plaintiff's Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg Oliver 

LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, 

Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. For 

Bidding instructions visit 

www.alolawgroup.com 24 hours prior to sale. 

F 1 5 0 1 0 2 2 2 




I717604 


COUNTY, 

ILLINOIS 



UNKNOWN SHORE FINANCIAL 

SERVICES, LLC DBA 

UNITED WHOLESALE MORTGAGE; 


v s . 

FEDA TBAILEH; HASSAN SALAMEH: 


16 CH 12650 






Friday, April 28, 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. 27-25-213-025-0000. 

Commonly known as 16707 Oleander Avenue, 

Tinley Park, IL 60477. 









A c t . 




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. 16-024489 

F 2 




I717643 


COUNTY, 

ILLINOIS 



NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC 


- v . - 

MICHAEL K. BOWMAN, KIMBERLY A. 

WASILKUS A/K/A KIMBERLY WASILKUS, 

UNKNOWN OWNERS AND 

NONRECORD 

CLAIMANTS 


15 CH 002082 

7618 W. 161ST PLACE TINLEY PARK, IL 

6 0 4 7 7 




Sale entered in the above cause on 

November 16, 2015, an agent for The 

Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM 

on April 27, 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 7618 W. 161ST PLACE, 

TINLEY PARK, IL 60477 

Property Index No. 27-24-106-030. 


family 

residence. 















































765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 















foreclosure 

sales. 



















I718141 


COUNTY, 

ILLINOIS 



FIFTH THIRD MORTGAGE COMPANY, 


v s . 

OAKLAND COURTS CONDOMINIUM 

A S S O C I A T I O N , 

UNKNOWN HEIRS OF SARAH GAMBLIN 

A/K/A SARAH A. 

GAMBLIN, JENNIFER STOVALL A/K/A 

J E N N I F E R 

WINKELBAUER, JASON WINKELBAUER 

AND 

GERALD 

NORDGREN AS SPECIAL 

REPRESENTATIVE, UNKNOWN 

TENANTS, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND 

N O N - R E C O R D 

CLAIMANTS, 

Defendants, 

16 CH 10042 


PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that 

pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure 

entered in the above entitled cause on 

February 9, 2017, Intercounty Judicial Sales 

Corporation will on Wednesday, May 10, 

2017, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 

120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, 

Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder 

for cash, the following described mortgaged 

real 

estate: 

P.I.N. 27-26-205-038-1007. 

Commonly known as 16832 81ST AVE., APT. 

1N, TINLEY PARK, IL 60477. 


condominium residence. The purchaser of 

the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the 


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

the Condominium Property Act 


balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. 


for 

inspection. 

For information call Mr. Ira T. Nevel at 

Plaintiff's Attorney, Law Offices of Ira T. 

Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, 

Illinois 60606. (312) 357-1125. Ref. No. 

1 6 - 0 2 1 1 6 





I718747 


COUNTY, 

ILLINOIS 



WELLS FARGO BANK NATIONAL 

ASSOCIATION 

AS 

INDENTURE TRUSTEE OF THE 

FIELDSTONE 

MORTGAGE 

INVESTMENT TRUST SERIES 2007-1 


v s . 

CHARLES D. MCWATERS; 

BUTTERFIELD CONDOMINIUM 

INC.; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES 

OF CHARLES D 

MCWATERS, IF ANY UNKNOWN 

OWNERS AND NONRECORD 

C L A I M A N T S ; 


16 CH 11712 






Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at the hour of 11 a.m. 






P.I.N. 32-08-200-009-1022. 

Commonly known as 1050 Holbrook Road, 

Unit B, Homewood, IL 60430. 


condominium residence. The purchaser of 

the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the 


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

the Condominium Property Act 




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 WA16-0602. 




I718738 

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ES- 

TATE of 7613 Brookside Glen 

Drive, TINLEY PARK, IL 60487 

(SINGLE FAMILY). On the 4th 

day ofMay, 2017 to be held at 

12:00 noon, at the Will County 



under Case Title: Nationstar Mortgage 

LLC Plaintiff V. KURT W. 

WESTBERG A/K/A KURT WIN- 

STON WESTBERG; LORI R. 

WESTBERG A/K/A LORI RAE 

WESTBERG A/K/A LORI 

ARCHER A/K/A LORI R. 

ARCHER; BROOKSIDE GLEN 

HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIA- 

TION; MORTGAGE ELEC- 

TRONIC REGISTRATION SYS- 

TEMS, INC.; Defendant. 

Case No. 16CH 1685 in the Circuit 

Court of the Twelfth Judicial 

Circuit, Will County, Illinois. 









other lienor acquiring the residen-




Sale 

q g 

tial real estate whose rights in and 





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 






the assessments required bysubsection 



Act. 













the State. 

For Information Please Contact: 

SHAPIRO KREISMAN AND AS- 

SOCIATES, LLC. 

2121 Waukegan Rd, Suite 301 

Bannockburn, Illinois 60015 

P: 847-770-4348 

F: 847-291-3434 










PURPOSE. 


COUNTY, 

ILLINOIS 



PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 


- v . - 

PHYLLIS WHITMAN AKA PHYLLIS M. 

WHITMAN, REGINA WHITMAN, 

MIDLAND FUNDING LLC 


16 CH 02710 

1420 Carson Ct Homewood, IL 60430 












Commonly known as 1420 Carson Ct, 

Homewood, IL 60430 



family 

residence. 

The judgment amount was $219,933.17. 







Sale 










































765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 















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. 













I716691 

Advertise your 

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in the newspaper 

people turn tofirst 

CALL US TODAY: 708.326.9170 


2703 Legal 

Notices 










PURPOSE. 

STATE OF ILLINOIS ) 

) SS. 

COUNTY OF WILL ) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF 

THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIR- 

CUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

Deutsche Bank National Trust 

Company, as Trustee, intrust for 

Registered Holders of Soundview 

Home Loan Trust 2007-WMC1, 

Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 

2007-WMC1 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Sharon A. Remblake, Randall T. 

Remblake, Mortgage Electronic 

Registration Systems, Inc., as 

nominee for Bergin Financial, Inc., 

Unknown Owners, Generally, and 

Non-Record Claimants, 

Defendant. 

No. 13 CH 3191 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that 

pursuant to ajudgment entered in 

the above cause on the 12th day of 

March, 2015, MIKE KELLEY, 

Sheriff of Will County, Illinois, 

will on Thursday, the 20th day of 

April, 2017 ,commencing at 12:00 

o'clock noon, at the Will County 



sell at public auction to the highest 

and best bidder orbidders the following-described 

real estate: 

LOT 55 IN FAIRFIELD GLEN 

UNIT TWO, BEING A SUBDIVI- 

SION IN THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 

OF SECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 35 

NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF 

THE THIRD PRINCIPAL ME- 

RIDIAN, ACCORDING TOTHE 

PLAT THEREOF RECORDED 

NOVEMBER 29, 2001 AS 

DOCUMENT NO. R2001 AS 

DOCUMENT NO. R2001-16131 

IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

Commonly known as: 

8937 Glenshire Court, Tinley Park, 

IL 60477 

Description of Improvements: 

Single Family Residence 

P.I.N.: 

19-09-10-405-025-0000 















County. 

In the event the property is acon- 

dominium, in accordance with 735 

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

2703 Legal 

Notices 

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

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

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









Act. 













the State. 

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE 

CONTACT: 

KLUEVER AND PLATT, LLC. 

65 E. Wacker Place, Suite 2300 

Chicago, Illinois 60601 

P: 312-201-6765 

F: 312-236-0514 

Plaintiff's Attorney 

MIKE KELLEY 

Sheriff of Will County 










PURPOSE. 

STATE OF ILLINOIS ) 

) SS. 

COUNTY OF WILL ) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF 

THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIR- 

CUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

Nationstar Mortgage LLC 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

KURT W. WESTBERG A/K/A 

KURT WINSTON WESTBERG; 

LORI R. WESTBERG A/K/A 

LORI RAE WESTBERG A/K/A 

LORI ARCHER A/K/A LORI R. 

ARCHER; BROOKSIDE GLEN 

HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIA- 

TION; MORTGAGE ELEC- 

TRONIC REGISTRATION SYS- 

TEMS, INC.; 

Defendant. 

No. 16 CH 1685 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that 

pursuant to ajudgment entered in 

the above cause on the 31st day of 

January, 2017, MIKE KELLEY, 

Sheriff of Will County, Illinois, 

will on Thursday, the 4th day of 

May, 2017 ,commencing at 12:00 

o'clock noon, at the Will County 



sell at public auction to the highest 

and best bidder orbidders the following-described 

real estate: 

LOT 834 IN BROOKSIDE GLEN 

P.U.D. UNIT 7, BEING A SUBDI- 

VISION IN THE NORTHWEST 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

VISION IN THE NORTHWEST 

1/4 AND THE NORTHEAST 1/4 

OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 35 

NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF 

THE THIRD PRINCIPAL ME- 

RIDIAN, ACCORDING TOTHE 

PLAT THEREOF RECORDED 

SEPTEMBER 26, 2003 AS 

DOCUMENT NO. R2003-240809, 

AND CERTIFICATE OF COR- 

RECTION RECORDED FEBRU- 

ARY 17, 2004 AS DOCUMENT # 

R2004-026642 ALL IN WILL 

COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

Commonly known as: 

7613 Brookside Glen Drive, TIN- 

LEY PARK, IL 60487 

Description of Improvements: 

SINGLE FAMILY 

P.I.N.: 

19-09-12-108-012-0000 















County. 

In the event the property is a condominium, 

in accordance with 735 

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

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

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









Act. 










obtains a court order for its distribution 



the State. 

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE 

CONTACT: 

SHAPIRO KREISMAN AND AS- 

SOCIATES, LLC. 

2121 Waukegan Rd, Suite 301 

Bannockburn, Illinois 60015 

P: 847-770-4348 

F: 847-291-3434 

Plaintiff's Attorney 

MIKE KELLEY 

Sheriff of Will County 

MORTGAGE 

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50 | April 13, 2017 | The tinley junction Sports 


Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

Titans make headway in Gulf Shores Classic 

Submitted by Tinley Park 

High School 

with Vivian Cui 

Vivian Cui is a senior at Andrew 

High School and plays 

for the varsity badminton 

team. 

How did you get started 

playing badminton? 

My friend Lexi, who plays 

tennis, asked our friend 

group to try out for badminton 

and we were all willing 

to do it. 

What is your favorite 

part about the sport? 

What don’t I like about 

the sport? You have everything. 

You have aggression, 

defense and you can play 

it competitively or you can 

play it for fun. Overall, you 

can just play with a bunch of 

new people. 

What is the most 

challenging part of the 

sport? 

The most challenging part 

I would have to say is overcoming 

hardship and being 

able to improve and get 

yourself out of tough situations. 

If you could trade places 

with a celebrity for a 

day, who would you 

choose? 

Emma Watson. She is 

trying to change the world 

based off of how people view 

women’s issues. She’s a very 

good actress, and she’s also 

in my favorite movie series, 

“Harry Potter.” 

If you could have dinner 

with anyone living or 

dead, who would you 

choose? 

I would have dinner with 

a drag queen named RuPaul. 

RuPaul is trying to change 

the LGBT community and 

allow for people to express 

themselves through drag. 

He’s making it more well 

known in a fun and informative 

matter. 

What are two things on 

your bucket list? 

Probably to play badminton 

in the Olympics is one and to 

meet one of the top badminton 

players from China. 

What is your biggest 

pet peeve? 

My biggest pet peeve is 

when people don’t finish all 

their food. 

If you could go 

anywhere in the world, 

where would you 

travel? 

Tokyo. A lot of things in 

Tokyo have games and game 

shows that I have watched, 

and overall it’s a beautiful 

city that I would like to go 

to. 


food? 

Steak. I just love it. 


television show? 

“Bones.” 

Interview by Assistant Editor 

Brittany Kapa 

TP nonprofit invites all to run in Cinco de Mile 

Staff Report 

Community Services 

Foundation, a Tinley Parkbased 

nonprofit, is to host 

its first 5K Walk/Run on 

Sunday, April 30. The event, 

named Cinco de Mile, is 

open to the public. Any 

proceeds collected from the 

event will benefit the foundation’s 

services, which 

helps children and adults 

with diverse disabilities. 

Cinco de Mile kicks off at 

the foundation’s corporate office, 

which is located at 6775 

Prosperi Drive in Tinley Park. 

Registration starts at 6:30 

a.m., while the 5K walk/run 

will begin at 7 a.m. Awards 

will be distributed at 9:30 

a.m. Participants will receive 

snacks, water, breakfast and 

a tote bag filled with goodies 

Brittany Kapa/22nd Century 

Media 

and an event T-shirt. Aside 

from the walk/run, there will 

be plenty of activities for children, 

including a hula hoop 

station, an obstacle course, 

a jump house, face painting 

and more. Those activities 

will begin at 8 a.m. The 

cost to participate is $30 for 

adults and $10 for children. 


cincodemile.myevent.com. 

Baseball practice during 

spring break was a rainy, 

cold experience for many 

high school players in the 

suburbs, but the Titans had 

a very different experience. 

The Titans varsity baseball 

team competed in the Gulf 

Shores Classic Tournament, 

which was held from March 

27-31 in southern Alabama. 

In the end, the team finished 

2-2 on the trip with wins 

over Morristown-Hamblen 

East High School from Tennessee 

and Shoals Christian 

School from Alabama. 

This Week In... 

Thunderbolts Athletics 

Baseball 

■April ■ 15 - at Richards, 11 

a.m. 

■April ■ 18 - hosts Lincoln-Way 

Central, 4:30 p.m. 

■April ■ 20 - at Lincoln-Way 


Boys Volleyball 

■April ■ 18 - at Providence 

Catholic, 6 p.m. 


East, 5:30 p.m. 

Softball 



■April ■ 15 - hosts Richards, 

11 a.m. 

■April ■ 17 - hosts Whitney 

Young, 4:30 p.m. 

■April ■ 18 - at Thornridge, 

4:30 p.m. 

■April ■ 19 - at Marian Catholic, 

4:30 p.m. 

■April ■ 20 - at Thornton, 4:30 

p.m. 

Boys Water Polo 

■April ■ 14 - at Sandburg Invite, 

4:30 p.m. 

■April ■ 15 - at Sandburg Invite, 

8 a.m. 

■April ■ 18 - at Bradley, 5 p.m. 

■April ■ 19 - hosts Lockport, 

5 p.m. 

The Tinley Park baseball team poses for a photo on the 

beach in Gulf Shores, Ala. during a recent tournament trip. 

Photo Submitted 

Girls Water Polo 

■April ■ 15 - at York Invite, 8 

a.m. 

■April ■ 18 - hosts Bradley, 5 

p.m. 

■April ■ 19 - at Lockport, 5 

p.m. 


East, 5 p.m. 

Badminton 

■April ■ 15 - at New Trier Invite, 

8:30 a.m. 

■April ■ 19 - at Homewood- 

Flossmoor, 4:30 p.m. 


East, 4:30 p.m. 

Girls Soccer 

■April ■ 13 - at Pepsi 

Showdown Invite, TBA 

■April ■ 15 - at Pepsi 

Showdown Invite, TBA 

■April ■ 17 - at Sandburg, 6:15 

p.m. 


West, 6:15 p.m. 

Boys Tennis 

■April ■ 15 - at Champaign 

Centennial Invite, 9 a.m. 

■April ■ 17 - hosts Illiana 

Christian, 4:30 p.m. 




West, 4:30 p.m. 

Titans Varsity Athletics 

Softball 

■April ■ 17 - at Eisenhower, 

4:30 p.m. 

■April ■ 18 - hosts T.F. South, 

4:30 p.m. 

■April ■ 19 - hosts Marist, 4:30 

p.m. 

■April ■ 20 - hosts T.F. North, 

4:30 p.m. 

Baseball 

■April ■ 14 - hosts Lowell, 7:40 

p.m. 

■April ■ 17 - at Bremen, 5 p.m. 

■April ■ 18 - hosts Bremen, 

4:30 p.m. 

■April ■ 19 - hosts Sandburg, 

4:30 p.m. 

■April ■ 20 - hosts Oak Lawn, 

4:30 p.m. 

Girls Soccer 

■April ■ 15 - at Bloom 

Township, 1:30 p.m. 

■April ■ 17 - at Eisenhower, 

4:30 p.m. 

■April ■ 19 - at Lemont, 6:15 

p.m. 

Boys Tennis 

■April ■ 17 - at Crete-Monee, 

4:30 p.m. 

■April ■ 18 - at Oak Lawn, 4:30 

p.m.

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Badminton 

From Page 54 

over junior Amber Massa. 

Another 3-set winner for 

the Griffins was Prestamer 

with a 21-14, 20-22, 21-10 

victory over Arce at No. 7. 

Senior Cynthia Jimenez defeated 

Rotondi 21-13, 21-13 

at No. 8. Senior Ana Huter 

won 21-9, 18-21, 21-11 over 

Giavanna Gomez at No. 9, 

and Elizabeth Tremblay defeated 

fellow junior Katherine 

Kedzior at No. 10 singles. 

“Give Lincoln-Way Central 

credit,” Terry said. 

“They are well-coached and 

battled us in numerous threeset 

matches, but our kids are 

picking each other up, jelling 

and really coming together. 

“Plus I want to give credit 

to my assistant coach, Steven 

Evenhouse. He’s helped a ton 

and really knows the details 

of badminton. He’s really 

helped me and the girls out.” 

A big win for Central was 

Baumgartner with a 21-19, 

21-13 victory over Wierzal 

at top singles. Baumgartner, 

a senior, spent her first three 

seasons at East, the past two 

on the varsity, and made it to 

state in singles last year. She 

faced Tremblay on March 25 

at the Knights Invite, but this 

was her first time playing 

Wierzal in an actual match. 

“I played her in some 

challenge matches at East,” 

Baumgartner said of Wierzal. 

“But I just wanted to get 

a victory over a [SWSC] Divisional 

school. 

Baumgartner, however, 

admitted it wasn’t a run-ofthe 

mill match. 

“It was weird walking in 

here, seeing people I know 

and facing off against them,” 

she said. “But when I got out 

there to play, it was pretty 

normal. The season has gone 

well. Sure I’d love to make 

it back to state, but my personal 

goal is to place at the 

conference meet. I didn’t do 

that last year.” 

Also winning in singles 

for the Knights was Smith 

at No. 6 with a 21-18, 16- 

21, 21-13 win over Blaney. 

Baumgartner also won in 

doubles at No. 3 as she and 

Nilsen had a 22-20, 21-9 

victory over Madeleine 

Tremblay and senior Brooke 

Dittmann. Also winning for 

Central was Underhill and 

senior Kendall Pignato with 

a 21-18, 21-15 victory at No. 

5 over Hunter and Jimenez. 

“It’s like Joe Maddon 

doesn’t wear his Tampa Bay 

Rays stuff now,” Pohlmann 

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joked about coming back to 

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“But it’s like competing with 

your brother or sister. You 

enjoy the time you had here. 

“There’s no lack of good 

competition. We’ve lost a 

lot of close dual meets in 

three sets. We’ve got to get a 

little better closing out tight 

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Boys water polo 

Lincoln-Way East charges with strong defense 

Frank Gogola 


Noah Schor, of Lincoln-Way East, defends the ball. 

Lincoln-Way East senior 

Shawn Shields thought his 

day in the goal was over at 

halftime. 

He and junior Collin Mc- 

Govern have split playing 

time this season, so when 

East built a 5-0 halftime 

lead against Homewood- 

Flossmoor he asked coach 

Ryan Lodes, almost reflexively, 

if McGovern would 

be entering for the second 

half. 

“I usually start the first period 

and second period, and 

then we’ll switch off third 

and fourth,” Shields said. 

“Even if I have a shutout or 

he has a shutout, we’ll still 

switch, so that’s why I was 

asking. I trust him 100 percent 

in goal.” 

Shields played the full 28 

minutes for one of the few 

times this season, and his 

strong play helped lift East 

to an 8-3 road win over H-F 

on April 7. 

He saved 14 of 17 shots 

on goal, including the first 

six he faced. He did not allow 

a goal until a shot was 

skipped past him with 2:09 

left in the third quarter and 

East up 6-0. 

“I went to go put my hand 

up, and I misjudged the 

hop,” Shields said. “It just 

hit me and went in. It was a 

good shot by them.” 

East (13-3, 6-1) did not allow 

Homewood-Flossmoor 

to score during six of seven 

ejections. Shields blocked 

or saved three of four shots 

he faced while his defense 

played a man down. The 

lone goal he allowed in that 

time came with the Griffins 

up 7-1 and 4:32 remaining 

in the game. 

“Our man-down defense 

today was phenomenal,” 

Lodes said. “It’s a testament 

to how hard the kids 

are working. There were 

mistakes with a couple guys 

getting in foul trouble, and 

that’s something we have to 

work on.” 

The Griffins’ active defensive 

led to deflected 

shots and steals. Andrew 

Brozovic paced East with 

three steals. Ryan Murphy 

added two steals and two 

blocks. Shields had one 

steal. 

East held H-F to eight 

shots on goal in the first 

three quarters before the 

Vikings went all out offensively 

in the fourth quarter 

and recorded nine shots on 

goal. The final goal Shields 

allowed went in off the hand 

of his outstretched left arm. 

“The guys were willing 

to help out in the middle,” 

Lodes said. “We pressed 

the right people. We played 

seven people on defense, 

instead of just individual defense. 

Our guys are picking 

up the idea of team defense, 

and they definitely showed.” 

While the defense continues 

to improve, Lodes 

has been pleased with the 

play of both his goalies. He 

called the goalie position 

“one of our strongest and 

deepest positions.” 

Shields started for Lincoln-Way 

North last season, 

while McGovern was East’s 

backup. Both have shown 

the drive and ability to play, 

which has forced Lodes to 

split their playing time nearly 

50-50. They each have 

played a full game in goal 

at least once, and the competition 

is still on for one to 

take over full time. 

“I would like both to continue 

to push one another,” 

Lodes said. “Really, it’s on 

a day-to-day basis. Performances 

like today, I expect 

out of Shawn and Collin. 

It’s really neck and neck, 

within a hair for both of 

them. We’re trying guys in 

different situations to see 

where we’re at.” 

The offense spread the 

ball as five players scored 

at least one goal. Tom Trojniar 

and Jason Parkinson 

Lincoln-Way East’s Tom Trojniar (left) looks to pass the ball off to a teammate during the 

game against Homewood-Flossmoor held April 7 at Homewood-Flossmoor High School. 

Photos by Bob Klein/22nd Century Media 

Lincoln-Way East’s Jonathan Limp is in possession of the ball and tries to spot an open 

teammate. 

led the way with two goals 

and one assist apiece. Jonathan 

Limp scored two goals, 

and his second goal – a shot 

from the middle of the pool 

to beat the second-quarter 

buzzer – put the Griffins up 

5-0 heading into the break. 

Murphy recorded one 

goal and an assist. Trevor 

Horn added one goal. 

It’s the Griffins’ third win 

against H-F this season. 

They won 12-7 and 8-4 in 

tournament play.



Boys volleyball 

T-Bolts secure win in second set of match 

A promising 

Pranckus, team 

chemistry stand out 

Jason Maholy 


A shorthanded Andrew 

boys volleyball team labored 

through a contest last 

week against Reavis but 

made enough timely plays 

to take the match in two 

games. 

The Thunderbolts slipped 

past the Rams 25-22 in the 

first game on April 5 in Tinley 

Park, then made a late 

run in the second to top the 

visitors 25-20. 

The win moved Andrew 

to 9-3 on the season. 

Andrew head coach Sean 

Carls said his team’s performance 

was not what he 

had come to expect from a 

squad that has been playing 

at a high level during 

the first half of the season. 

Andrew was without starting 

middle hitters Conrad 

Gadula and Brett Kozek, 

which altered the dynamic 

of the team’s defense, but 

the intensity with which the 

T-Bolts typically play was 

absent during the beginning 

of both games. 

“We squeaked by,” Carls 

said. “We’re happy with the 

win, we just need to play a 

little bit more aggressive all 

the time, and we have all the 

way up to this point through 

the season,” he said. “I’m 

glad we put a lot of pressure 

on them at the end of 

the game.” 

Andrew slogged through 

the first game but led 

throughout and never appeared 

to be in danger of 

losing. In the second contest, 

Reavis jumped out to 

a 9-5 lead and held a 17- 

15 advantage before the T- 

Bolts rolled to victory with 

a game-closing 10-3 run. 

Carls said the key to the 

team’s success, and what 

was lacking early on against 

Reavis, is staying mentally 

focused and keeping pressure 

on opponent’s throughout 

a game’s entirety. 

“We were only down 

a few points at most, but 

we’ve got to make sure 

we’re overtaking teams and 

going on those runs because 

those runs are so critical,” 

he said. “Volleyball’s all 

about runs. 

“The more you can get the 

other team out of system, 

the more free balls you’re 

going to get back, and the 

more opportunities you’re 

going to have to [score], so 

that’s what we try to do.” 

Junior outside hitter Danny 

Barlas and senior libero 

Jack Pranckus were consistent 

throughout the match. 

Both made big plays at crucial 

moments, particularly 

in the second game as Andrew 

slowly crawled back 

from an early deficit. 

“He’s been one of our 

powerhouses, as expected,” 

Carls said of Barlas. “I expect 

him to take the reins 

next year as the dominant 

outside hitter. He’s down a 

great job.” 

Pranckus – who Carls referred 

to as “an all-around 

stud” – made several digs 

on hard-to-handle kill attempts 

to give Andrew additional 

opportunities to 

score. He recently signed 

to play volleyball in college 

for Siena Heights University 

in Adrian, Michigan. 

“He’s an exceptional libero,” 

said Carls, who has 

coached Pranckus since his 

junior year. “He has literally 

worked his butt off from the 

beginning ... he has just excelled 

at his position.” 

Carls said Pranckus has 

seamlessly made the transition 

from setter to libero, 

and he is an instinctual 

player who processes information 

very quickly, and 

sees things on the court that 

many other players don’t. 

“He has the ability not 

only to read the defense on 

the other side, but he’s able 

to read our offense, which is 

so critical because not a lot 

of liberos do that,” Carls explained. 

“He’s able to read 

it and be on the same wavelength 

as our setter before 

the ball is set. He knows 

where the ball is going before 

the ball is going there, 

and it’s very difficult to do 

and it’s tremendous.” 

Carls is pleased with how 

the team has performed this 

season and said the chemistry 

the players have built 

through summer conditioning 

and club team ball is 

evident in their play. 

“They’re good,” he said. 

“They’ve been playing fantastic 

volleyball. We worked 

out all the kinks from last 

year, we figured out what 

we needed to do from last 

year through this year to really 

experience that growth 

that we needed.” 

andrew 

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ian Cui at No. 1 and senior 

Mara Maday at No. 2, Wettergren 

said. Maday had 

been playing with Valdez at 

No. 1 doubles, in addition to 

singles, but made the move 

to focusing on singles for 

the postseason ahead of the 

West matchup. 

West junior Haley Burns 

will be at No. 1 doubles, 

but her partner is yet to be 

determined. She and junior 

Raquel Chavez took second 

at the Hersey Invite, while 

she and senior Vanessa 

Zepeda placed second at the 

Joliet Invite. 

“They’re really about an 

equal team,” Thompson 

said. “We just have to decide 

which strategy we want 

to go with, with them.” 

The second doubles 

spot is open for Thompson. 

Swanberg and Trout, 

though, have impressed her 

with their 4-0 start in their 

first week together. 

Wettergren expects Paras 

and Valdez to be No. 1 

doubles, despite just the one 

game together. She is not 

decided on No. 2 doubles. 

Both teams will get better 

looks at their lineups in 

the coming weeks ahead of 

the SWSC tournament on 

April 26-27 and sectionals 

on May 4. West has the 

TF South Invite and the 

East Aurora Invite. Andrew 

plays in New Trier’s Featherfest 

Invite and the Hinsdale 

South Invite. 

“Those will be two very 

tough tournaments,” Wettergren 

said. “It’ll be a good 

test to see who can hang at 

the top with the best of the 

best. I’m excited to see how 

they do.” 

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Griffins boast depth in 

11-4 win over Knights 

RANDY WHALEN 


There was quite a bit of 

familiarity around when 

Lincoln-Way Central traveled 

to Lincoln-Way East for 

a SouthWest Suburban Conference 

badminton matchup 

last week. 

Not only are the two District 

210 schools located 

just a few miles away from 

each other, Central coach 

Ryan Pohlmann was the 

head coach at East for the 

previous three seasons. Plus, 

some of the Central players 

were competed at East last 

season before moving over 

to play for the Knights. 

So while everyone was 

happy to see each other, 

East was the one that was 

victorious. That was an 11-4 

win over the Knights in the 

opening SWSC Red Division 

matchup for both teams 

on April 6 in Frankfort. 

The Griffins (4-3, 3-3, 1-0 

in the Red) won a majority 

of the tight matches. Central 

(2-7, 1-4, 0-1 in the Red) had 

a nice win by former East 

player Jalyn Baumgartner at 

No. 1 singles. 

“We’re a young team with 

only four seniors,” East firstyear 

coach John Terry said. 

“I’m all about improvement, 

and that’s what we’ve been 

doing. The girls work hard in 

practice and that carries over 

to the matches.” 

One of the many juniors 

for the Griffins is Emily 

Ripp. She and senior Rebecca 

Ricker teamed up at No. 

1 doubles for a 21-13, 21- 

10 win over juniors Amber 

Massa and Cora Smith. Then 

in No. 3 singles, Ripp edged 

senior Haley Malok 23-21 in 

the third set. 

“Toward the end there was 

Lincoln-Way East’s Madeleine Tremblay reaches to make a 

return during the singles match against Lincoln-Way West 

held April 6. Julie McMann/22nd Century Media 

definitely nerves,” Ripp said 

of the 3-set singles win. I 

just wanted to make sure I 

didn’t make a mistake. They 

[the Knights] are a tough opponent, 

but we really wanted 

to beat them.” 

But Ripp likes playing 

doubles much better. She 

and Ricker went to state 

last season at Lincoln-Way 

North. Now the duo hopes to 

do the same at East. 

“We work well together 

and a key is we’re good 

friends out of school, too,” 

Ripp said of Ricker. “Making 

state last year was a really 

cool experience and our goal 

is to do it again.” 

Also winning doubles 

matches for East were juniors 

Savanna Watson and 

Veda Prestamer with a 21- 

15, 21-7 victory over Malok 

and junior Isabella Rotondi 

at No. 2, and sophomore 

Megan Blaney and junior 

Abby Wierzal with a 21-10, 

21-10 win over juniors Giavanna 

Gomez and Alyssa 

Arce at No. 4. 

Junior Madeleine Tremblay 

was victorious for East 

at No. 2 singles with a 21-5, 

21-7 win over junior Jessica 

Nilsen. At No. 4 singles 

it was Ricker with a 21-13, 

21-13 win over sophomore 

Gillian Underhill, and at No. 

5 singles it was Watson with 

a 21-15, 17-21, 21-17 win 

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fastbreak 

Badminton 

Andrew falls to LW West, refocuses for tournaments 

Bob klein/22nd Century MEdia 

1st and 3 

Short on hands, not on 

talent 

1. Shawn Shields 

The Lincoln-Way East 

goalie held Homewood-Flossmoor 

to 

just three goals on 

17 total shots in a 

recent away game. 

He played all 28 minutes 

in the bout. 

2. Defense-minded 

Despite being shorthanded, 

Lincoln-Way 

East managed to 

work together and 

keep Homewood- 

Flossmoor players 

on their toes with 

deflects and steals 

to gain possession 

of the ball and the 

game. 

3. Teamwork, All Day 

Lincoln-Way East 

united to keep 

Homewood-Flossmoor’s 

defense 

to only eight total 

shots during the first 

three quarters of the 

game. 

Frank Gogola 


Lincoln-Way West senior 

Cassie Ruettiger was 

pumped for the Warriors’ trip 

to Andrew. The first South- 

West Suburban Red game 

for both teams meant more 

meaningful matches since 

they would count towards 

seeding in the conference 

tournament, where results 

impact sectional seeding. 

“I felt really good today,” 

the three-time state qualifier 

said. “Not that there 

was added pressure, but just 

more like I have to focus in. 

Like this match counts for 

something, not just going 

out there and playing.” 

Ruettiger won both of her 

matches as West dominated 

in singles and doubles to 

beat Andrew, 12-3, on April 

6 in Tinley Park. Senior 

Lindsay Paras was the Thunderbolts’ 

lone winner in both 

singles and doubles. 

“We have a young team 

this year,” Andrew coach 

Mandee Wettergren said. 

“We graduated nine seniors 

from last year, so it’s been 

a bit of a rebuilding year, 

but the [five] seniors are 

definitely the leaders of the 

team.” 

West won eight out of 10 

singles matches and four out 

of five doubles matches. Ruettiger 

won her No. 1 singles 

match in straight sets (21-6, 

21-8), and mixing up serves 

– short, long and drives – 

was key for her. Senior Peyton 

Nielsen won almost as 

easily at No. 2 singles (21- 

10, 21- 11). The Warriors 

also had singles wins at Nos. 

4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10. Junior 

Sara Swanberg and senior 

Annelise Trout had West’s 

top doubles win at No. 2 

(21-12, 21-10). The Warriors 

also won at Nos. 3, 4 and 5. 

Paras and senior Lexi Valdez 

earned Andrew’s lone 

doubles win, at No. 1 (21-18, 

21-19). It was their first time 

playing together after just 

one day of practice as Wettergren 

shuffled the lineup. 

“It was weird, but I didn’t 

feel worried playing with 

her,” Paras said. “I was personally 

worried just playing 

No. 1 doubles. Once we 

started to play together, it 

went away.” 

Paras had one of two singles 

victories for Andrew, 

winning No. 3 (21-14, 21- 

16). Junior Kaylee Busse 

won at No. 9 (21-13, 21-17). 

As the season has turned 

to the second half, the focus 

for both teams is on preparing 

for the postseason and 

rounding out the two singles 

players and two doubles 

teams for sectionals. 

West coach Donna 

Thompson said Ruettiger 

and Nielsen are locked in 

at No. 1 and No. 2 singles, 

barring injury. Ruettiger 

has only lost twice this season. 

Nielsen, a Lincoln-Way 

Central transfer, has just 

three losses. 

Andrew’s singles are 

locked in with senior Viv- 

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Andrew junior Kaylee Busse returns the birdie during her singles match. 

Photos by brittany Kapa/22nd Century Media 

Andrew’s Mara Maday (left) and Vivian Cui play in a doubles match on April 6 against 

Lincoln-Way West. 

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“It’ll be a good test to see who can hang at the top with 

the best of the best. I’m excited to see how they do.” 

Mandee Wettergren — Andrew badminton coach, on her team’s upcoming 

tournaments 

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Griffins balance spirit, confidence to 

defeat ‘tough opponent,’ Page 54 

Lincoln-Way East’s Abby Wiezal, No. 1 singles player, jumps for the birdie in a 

recent match against Lincoln-Way Central. Julie McMann/22nd Century Media 

flashes of talent 

Thunderbolts’ boys volleyball team notes teamwork, focus in win 

against Reavis, Page 53 

committed to 

win 

Lincoln-Way East’s water 

polo team keeps Homewood- 

Flossmoor at bay for a 

commanding victory, Page 

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