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Booze news 

Village discusses changes regarding rules for 

businesses to obtain liquor licenses, Page 3 

Sharing is caring 

Sharefest takes community service efforts on 

the road in Lockport, Page 4 

For the festival-goers 

Proud American Days to maintain patriotic tribute 

but add new wrinkles, Page 9 

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THURSDAY 

Business After Hours 

5-7 p.m. July 20, Nurse’s 

Nook, Inc., 1314 N. Cedar 

Road, New Lenox. Join the 

New Lenox Chamber of 

Commerce for a BAH with 

Nurse’s Nook, which specializes 

in health care apparel 

and accessories for health 

care workers. For more information, 

call (815) 485-4241. 

FRIDAY 

Splash Mania 

Deadline to register is July 

21. Event will be held from 

10 a.m.-noon Friday, July 

28, Walker Country Estates 

Park, 299 Lenox St., New 

Lenox. Join the park district 

for some summer fun at the 

splash park, featuring interactive 

fountains and arches 

that spray. End the day with 

a nature walk by the pond 

and a hot dog lunch. Cost is 

$5 per person and includes 

splash pad entry, hot dog, 

chips and a drink. For more 

information and registration, 

call (815) 485-3584. 

Movie Mania 

10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Fridays, 

July 21 and July 28, 

New Lenox Public Library, 

120 Veterans Parkway, New 

Lenox. Bring the entire family 

for a free film on the big 

screen. No registration required. 

July 14 will feature 

“Sing”; July 21 will feature 

“Lady and the Tramp”; and 

July 28 will feature “The 

Lego Movie.” Snacks, blankets 

and pillows are welcome. 

This program is for 

ages 2-12. 

Food Truck Fridays 

4:30-7 p.m. Fridays, 21 

and 28, Hickory Creek Barrens 

Nature Preserve, 20733 

S. Schoolhouse Road, New 

Lenox. Join the Forest Preserve 

District of Will County 

for their new foodie experience. 

One truck will be 

parked at the location each 

week. The trucks will feature 

Latin American street food, 

empanadas, barbecue and 

gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches. 

District staff will be 

on site with different items 

for check out: binoculars, 

field guides, bags or activities 

to get you exploring the preserves 

and working off your 

food truck feast. For more details 

and other locations, visit 

ReconnectWithNature.org. 

Friday Night Flicks 

6 p.m. Fridays, July 21, 

and Aug. 18, New Lenox 

Park District’s Administration 

Building, 701 W. Haven 

Ave., New Lenox. Deadline 

to register is one week before 

the event. Friday Night Flicks 

are a great opportunity for 

parents to have a night out. 

Children will make a moviethemed 

craft, play games and 

enjoy pizza for dinner before 

watching a movie and having 

some popcorn. These programs 

are for children ages 

4-10. Cost is $12 per child. 

For more information, visit 

www.newlenoxparks.org or 

call (815) 485-3584. 

SATURDAY 

Sleeping Beauty 

Puppet Show 

10:30-11:30 a.m. July 22, 



Lenox. Stevens Puppets and 

their beautiful old world marionettes 

will bring the classic 

fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty 

to life. This program is for 

ages 2 - 12. For more information 

and registration, visit 

www.newlenoxlibrary.org. 

MONDAY 

Hoops for Hunger 

July 24-28, New Life 

Church, 500 S. Gougar Road, 

New Lenox. Boys and girls 

ages 6-17 are welcome to 

attend. Ages 6-11 will meet 

from 9-10 a.m., while ages 

12-17 will meet from 10- 

11 a.m. The camp is run by 

Jack Fitzgerald of the Miami 

Heat and Tim Schnyders, 

who has more than 20 years 

of college coaching experience. 

Cost is $5 per camper 

per day and one canned food 

item. Food items will be donated 

to local food pantries. 

There will be daily prizes 

including autographed Chicago 

Bulls items, VIP passes 

to Chicago Bears Training 

Camp, and many more. Register 

on the first day of camp. 

Zentangle & Coloring 

6:30-7:30 p.m. July 24, 



Lenox. Relax while decorating 

adult coloring pages or 

creating unique Zentangle 

patterns. Materials will be 

provided but participants are 

free to bring their own. 

Movie Screening 

6:30-8:30 p.m. July 24, 

Orland Park Public Library, 

14921 Ravinia Ave., Orland 

Park. South Suburban Moms 

Demand Action for Gun 

Sense in America is hosting a 

viewing of ‘Making a Killing: 

Guns, Greed and the NRA,’ 

an educational documentary. 

The film depicts the gun violence 

problem in America. 

There will be time at the end 

of the viewing for questions 

and discussion. Due to mature 

content, this documentary 

is not appropriate for those 

under 18 years of age. For 

more information, visit www. 

momsdemandaction.com. 

Village Board Meeting 

7 p.m. July 24 Village Hall, 


Lenox. The New Lenox Village 

Board meets the second 

and fourth Monday of each 

month. Meetings are open to 

the public and all citizens are 

invited to attend. For more information 

and meeting agendas, 

visit www.newlenox.net. 

WEdnesday 

Duct Tape & Paracord DIY 

5-7 p.m. July 24, New 

Lenox Public Library, 120 

Veterans Parkway, New 

Lenox. Use duct tape and 

paracord in assorted colors 

and patterns to create something 

unique. All supplies 

will be provided, including 

snacks, but teens are welcome 

to bring their favorite 

duct tape or paracord. 

Registration is requested. 

For more information and 

registration, visit www.new 

lenoxlibrary.org. 

UPCOMING 

Proud American Days 

Thursday, July 27-Sunday, 

July 30, 601 E. Lincoln 

Highway, New Lenox. The 

town’s largest annual event 

will feature performances 

on its main stage every day. 

There will also be a carnival, 

games and rides with special 

wristband deals. Other activities 

include a baby contest, 

craft fair, military tribute and 

more. For prices, the band 

list and more information, 

visit www.proudamerican 

days.org. 

S’more Fun for Everyone 

Deadline to register is 

Friday, July 28. Event will 

be held from 6:30-8:45 

p.m. Friday, Aug. 4, Hibernia 

Park Concession Stand, 

1664 Eagle Circle, New 

Lenox. Enjoy a night of fishing 

and a bonfire under the 

stars with s’mores. Bring a 

chair. An adult must accompany 

all children. Registration 

required. Cost is $4 per 

person. Register online at 

www.newlenoxparks.org. 

Daddy/Daughter Dance 

Deadline to register is Friday, 

July 28. Event will be 

held from 6:30- 8:30 p.m., 

Friday, Aug. 11 and 1-3 p.m. 

Saturday, Aug. 12, Lions 

Community Center, 1 W. 

Manor Drive, New Lenox. 

This event is for ages 3 and 

older. Join the New Lenox 

Park District for a Candy 

Land-themed dance. Register 

early because space is 

limited. Cost is $19 per child 

and $17 per adult. Register 

online at www.newlenox 

parks.org. 

Controlled Burn Cook Off 

8:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, 

July 29, 601 E. Lincoln 

Highway, New Lenox. Join 

the New Lenox Fire Protection 

District for their sixth 

annual Controlled Burn beef 

cook off at the Proud American 

Days. Cooking spaces 

are limited. Cost is $75 and 

includes a 13 pound roast. 

Teams are limited to three 

people including the “master 

chef.” After judging, the remaining 

beef will be donated 

to Morning Star Mission and 

proceeds from the contest 

will be used by the New 

Lenox Fire Foundation’s 

“Save a Life Program.” For 

more information and registration, 

call (815) 462-0023. 

Ben’s Bubble Show 

10:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, 

July 29, New Lenox 

Public Library, 120 Veterans 

Parkway, New Lenox. Join 

Ben, the bubble magician, as 

he creates bubble sculptures 

and does bubble tricks in this 

amazing interactive show. 

This program is for ages 3 

- 12. For more information 

and registration, visit www. 

newlenoxlibrary.org. 

ONGOING 

TOPS Club 

5:30-7 p.m. Thursdays, 

Guy A. Sell Building, 1090 

S. Cedar Road, New Lenox. 

Take Off Pounds Sensibly, 

TOPS, is a non-profit weight 

loss support group. For more 

information, call (815) 534- 

0701. 

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New Lenox Village Board 

Officials review Village rules on 

liquor license establishments 

Megann Horstead 

Freelance Reporter 

To ensure rules governing liquor license 

establishments in New Lenox can accommodate 

the potential for microbreweries and 

wineries to operate, the Board of Trustees 

are looking to amend Village codes. 

The measure was slated for a first read at 

the Village’s July 10 meeting, at which point 

the board discussed the matter. 

“When we were reviewing our liquor ordinances 

before, we thought we had [all potential 

uses] covered,” Mayor Tim Baldermann 

said. “The good thing is we don’t because 

people come with different ideas. Someone 

had come in to us and was interested in opening 

a microbrewery or winery, but it didn’t 

have the food component.” 

The Village is seeking to modify its rules 

regulating liquor license establishments to 

mirror another municipality’s codes. It will 

detail information regarding a food component. 

“This particular establishment won’t [have 

a food component,]” Baldermann said. “If, 

in fact, they move forward — but whether 

they do or not — it was kind of brought to 

our attention. Rather than giving variances, 

we thought we would just tweak it. So, this 

is just simply stating they don’t have to have 

that food component in order to have a microbrewery.” 

Trustee David Smith said the thought of introducing 

a microbrewery in town is enticing. 

“It’s a pretty good investment, too,” he said. 

“It’s not just like opening a bar. You build a 

microbrewery or a winery it’s not cheap. You 

have to come up with money up front for all 

the equipment.” 

Baldermann agreed, and went on to say the 

prospect of allowing such uses in Village limits 

is a commitment on both the part of the 

municipality and the prospective business 

owner. 

“Actually, this particular person that has 

spoken to us currently has one in another 

location that he’s operating,” he said. “He 

knows what he’s into. So, you’re right. It’s not 

anybody just… trying to open their business. 

He understands what it takes. It is expensive.” 

Also at that meeting, New Lenox officials 

rejected a bid for water tower antenna relocation 

as part of the Village’s plans to rehabilitate 

Ferro Water Tower. 

“If they can’t get it done in time, then we 

are not able to honor the scope of the bid work 

because we had [said] we wanted it done this 

year,” Baldermann said. 

The effort to secure a bid to a relocation for 

the antennas was a struggle for the Village, officials 

said. 

“It’s on us this time to reject the bids and 

go back out again,” Baldermann said. “I think 

it’s the proper thing to do because if we don’t 

and we don’t get it done this year, then obviously 

someone else that bids [says,’] Well, 

wait a minute. If I knew you were going to 

do it next year, perhaps I could have bid it at 

another number.’” 

New Lenox officials had discussed the 

prospect of pushing the project off until next 

year. 

“In the interest of transparency and doing it 

the right way, I’m asking that we reject the bid 

and go back out [for bids,]” Baldermann said. 

In a 5-0 vote, New Lenox officials rejected 

the low bid submitted by Horizon Brothers 

for antenna relocation. Trustees Douglas 

Finnegan and David Butterfield were absent. 

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ShareFest brings its ‘Love Thy Neighbor’ Road Trip to Lockport 

Laurie Fanelli 


“Love thy neighbor” is 

a concept as old as time itself, 

but it can sometimes 

be buried under the doom 

and gloom on the evening 

news and mean-spirited exchanges 

often found on social 

media. 

On July 8, ShareFest 

brought this golden rule 

back into the spotlight with 

its mobile event at Fairmont 

School in Lockport uniting 

non-profit organizations, 

churches, schools, elected 

officials, food banks and 

members of the community 

with the sole purpose of 

helping their fellow man. 

ShareFest organizer, Gary 

Cheney, is setting out to 

unite people in the community 

by making sure help is 

given to those in need. 

“Our mission statement 

is pretty clear,” he said. 

“We feed the hungry. We 

clothe the naked. We bring 

healing to the sick. We put 

on job fairs because people 

have a need for jobs and 

education and we’re huge 

on environmental impact 

issues.” 

By handing out free, donated 

groceries, at the “Love 

Thy Neighbor” Road Trip at 

Fairmont School, Cheney 

estimated that somewhere 

between 250-300 families 

were able to fill their cupboards 

with non-perishable 

items and stock their 

shelves with breads, fresh 

vegetables, and more. “ 

We’ll feed over 1,000 

people today,” he said. 

Volunteer and food coordinator, 

Mike Hilton, said 

ShareFest collected close to 

30,000 pounds of donated 

food. 

“I have whatever I could 

find which includes canned 

goods, chips – which are 

easy to get and last awhile 

– and bread,” he said. “Two 

Aldi stores gave me twoand-a-half 

pallets of bread 

in the last two days.” 

Along with taking care 

of people’s food needs, the 

ShareFest event at Fairmont 

also offered free books, free 

clothes, free health screenings 

and connected folks 

with businesses looking to 

hire workers. Orland Park 

Dental Services was also 

on-hand to provide free 

preventative dental care for 

children. 

Dr. Mary Cox explained 

that dental exams, cleanings 

and fluoride treatments 

were among the services offered 

at the event. 

“It’s important to have 

your routine preventative 

maintenance done,” 

she said. “We do a lot of 

these events throughout the 

school year and at health 

fairs so hopefully the children 

who are getting missed 

can find us and get those 

services done.” 

Romeoville resident, Lisa 

Abar, decided to check out 

the Road Trip after receiving 

a flyer and she was 

struck by how the community 

came together. 

“It’s helping people who 

really need it,” she said. 

MaryAnn Rivera, of Joliet, 

added that ShareFest 

shined a light on the real 

people behind the statistics. 

“You notice how many people 

are really in need,” she 

said. “It’s not just hearing 

stories.” 

One of the many strengths 

of ShareFest is the group’s 

ability to connect all of the 

human components it takes 

to organize volunteers, collect 

donations and coordinate 

efforts to make sure 

help is always within reach, 

whether someone needs assistance 

with home repairs 

or could use a hand paying 

this month’s bills. 

Will County Board Member, 

Pastor Herbert Brooks, 

Jr. from St. John Church 

in Joliet, is grateful that 

ShareFest organizer Gary Cheney helps carry boxes of food to a woman’s car at ShareFest’s “Love Thy Neighbor” event 

July 8 in Lockport. Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

ShareFest volunteer Mike Hilton replenishes the chip 

supply during the event. 

ShareFest provides somewhere 

for local people to 

turn. 

“All churches need a partner 

like ShareFest and Gary 

Cheney,” he said. “Sometimes 

we don’t have the 

ability – or the volunteers 

– to do the work that needs 

to be done. Thank God for 

Ryan Daimid organizes the books that were donated to 

ShareFest. 

ShareFest and all these volunteers 

that help us do our 

jobs so much better.” 

Upcoming “Love Thy 

Neighbor” Road Trips are 

scheduled for Aug. 9 in Romeoville 

and Sept. 16 in Joliet. 

More information can 

be found at www.sharefest 

willcounty.org.



Area unites for ailing NL woman at Hoedown for Hodgkin’s 



Kenneth Goings does a backflip on the bounce area. 

Russ and Mary Petrizzo look through the raffle items. 

Anyone who has battled 

cancer knows how crucial it 

is to have support. 

As such, the family of 

New Lenox resident Allison 

Bolhuis hosted a benefit 

dubbed Hoedown for Hodgkin’s 

July 9 for people across 

the area to help support her 

in her battle to beat Hodgkin’s 

lymphoma, a cancer 

of the body’s immune system 

that starts in the body’s 

white blood cells called lymphocytes. 

It was all part of 

an effort to help raise funds 

to pay for medical bills. 

Live entertainment, hayrides 

and Touch-a-Trucks 

were some of the activities 

setting the scene at Konow’s 

Corn Maze in Homer Glen. 

Bolhuis said the outpouring 

of support was unimaginable. 

“It’s so overwhelming,” 

she said. “I can barely keep 

it together. I can’t believe 

how much support and how 

wonderful everybody [is] in 

the community — people I 

don’t even know, people I’ve 

never met before.” 

But not everyone was 

a stranger. Bolhuis met a 

number of familiar faces she 

hadn’t seen in a long time, 

including her former gym 

teacher who taught her while 

enrolled in New Lenox 

schools. 

“That’s amazing that she 

would come out for this,” 

she said. 

Bolhuis’ sister, Lisa Kikkert, 

of Manhattan, said the 

display of support shown 

means everything to her. 

“This is like seriously one 

of the most emotional things 

I think anyone of us have 

ever seen,” she said, noting 

the generosity of the staff 

at Konow’s Corn Maze for 

hosting the benefit for them 

at no cost. “It’s overwhelming. 

It’s so nice.” 

A number of bands also 

donated their time to keep 

live tunes playing throughout 

the event. 

“We’re so fortunate people 

are being so gratuitous,” 

Kikkert said. 

The benefit saw an estimated 

200 people prepay for 

admission and Kikkert said 

they hear how attendance 

at events of this type could 

double by the day of. 

Kikkert said it’s important 

to note her sister is not alone 

in her battle to beat Hodgkin’s 

lymphoma. 

“I live less than five miles 

away from her,” she said. 

“Her kids are friends with 

my kids, so I try to help her 

out with her kids as much as 

possible. I sat through one of 

her chemo treatments with 

her, which again was like a 

super emotional thing ... We 

talked the whole time and it 

was a nice thing. She was 

very glad I was there, which 

was nice.” 

Bolhuis’ nurse made an 

appearance at the benefit, 

and Kikkert said it was a 

nice gesture. 

“She’s super great, and 

[the nurse and Allison] were 

friends in high school,” she 

said. “[The nurse] has a really 

good interest in making 

Ken and Allison Bolhuis sing July 9 during the Hoedown for Hodgkin’s fundraiser at 

Konow’s Corn Maze in Homer Glen. Photos by Adam Jomant/22nd Century Media 

Jim Peterik (left) and August Zadra perform together during the event to raise funds for 

Allison Bolhuis’ battle with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. 

sure everything goes well for 

[Bolhuis]. I mean, not that 

anybody ever wants to ever 

have this horrible disease, 

but she’s in a really good 

position. She’s got a lot of 

support from her doctors on 

down to all of us and strangers. 

It’s like you’re speechless. 

You don’t even know 

what to say.” 

Kikkert said she is glad to 

help Bolhuis in any way she 

can. 

“It’s just my baby sister,” 

she said. “I hate seeing her 

suffer, but I have a lot of faith 

that she’s going to be okay.”

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Freedom Ride benefits TLC Animal Shelter, runs through NL 

Event concluded at 

VFW Post 9545 with 

food, live band 



Every rider knows the best 

way to take to the streets is 

by motorcycle. So, when an 

opportunity arose to embark 

on a motorcycle run with a 

pack of bikers, who all share 

the same goals in mind to 

raise funds and bring greater 

awareness to TLC Animal 

Shelter, the rest was history. 

TLC Animal Shelter hosted 

its second annual Freedom 

Ride Sunday, July 9, in Lockport. 

It was all part of an effort to 

raise funds for the non-profit 

organization based in Homer 

Glen. The event coincided 

with the animal shelter’s car 

wash fundraiser, which took 

place that same weekend. 

“We’re hoping to raise a lot 

of money to help because it’s 

obviously a not-for-profit,” 

said Tracy Lesmeister, a volunteer 

for TLC Animal Shelter. 

“They get no assistance 

other than private donations. 

So, I like to do what I can 

to try and help raise a little 

money to offset the costs that 

incur in medicines for the 

animals.” 

The animal shelter racks up 

a number of different costs in 

the effort to stay open, Lesmeister 

said. 

“They take transports every 

week from high-kill shelters 

to give the animals a second 

chance to get adopted,” she 

said. “There’s all the standard 

utility bills that you would 

have in normal life and the 

upkeep of the building. We 

just had to get a brand-new 

air conditioner because ours 

went out. You know, it happens. 

Plus, you have to pay 

for the gas to go get the animals. 

Taking them to the vet 

and back is all money, and 

then the money for the vet 

Deacon George Goes, of New Lenox blesses the bikes of brothers, Corey and Denny 

Carter before they leave on the Freedom Ride on July 9. The Carter brothers are the sons 

of the founders that began TLC animal shelter in Lockport. Photos by Mary Compton/22nd 

Century Media 

bills and any medicines you 

know is just ongoing.” 

The programs offered at 

the shelter are important, said 

Jenna Marsh, an employee of 

TLC Animal Shelter. 

“We pull animals every 

Saturday out of transport out 

of Kentucky,” she said. “All 

the animals are all set to be 

euthanized. It doesn’t matter 

whether they’re old, sick, 

healthy, moms [or] puppies. 

They give them about two 

weeks to be adopted down 

there and then they have to 

put them to sleep because the 

shelter’s overrun.” 

Marsh said it is unfortunate 

to know the predicament animals 

sometimes face. 

“We get 25 [to] 30 animals 

every Saturday and they pull 

up I think about 200 for all the 

shelters up here [in the southwest 

suburbs of Chicago,]” 

she said. “It’s a big deal.” 

The Freedom Ride brought 

in about $5,000 last year, and 

organizers were hoping to 

top that figure again this time 

around. In its inaugural run, 

the event drew in more than 

100 riders and nearly 200 

people. 

“Everybody loved it last 

year, so I’m hoping they’ll 

all come back this year,” Lesmeister 

said. “They all had 

a great time. The after party, 

they loved my band. They’re 

called Fort Awesome and 

they’re based out of Lockport.” 

This year’s Freedom Ride 

started in Lockport at Jackie’s 

Pub and included four 

stops allowing participants 

to travel to places, such as 

Frankfort, Peotone, Manhattan 

and New Lenox. 

“It really raises awareness 

that the shelter is available, 

and it really I think spurs a 

sense of heartwarming attitudes 

toward the shelter,” 

Lesmeister said. 

The support shown by the 

many volunteers in the community 

is formidable, Lesmeister 

said. 

“I could not do this without 

their assistance,” Lesmeister 

said. “I started out about eight 

years or so ago doing different 

types of events for the shelter 

and it was all on me. So it was 

so difficult, but I enjoyed it. It 

[has] taken such a weight off 

my shoulders to have all these 

amazing friends and volunteers 

from the shelter come 

and help.” 

Dennis Theriault, of Joliet, 

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freedom 

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said he is glad he decided 

to participate in the Freedom 

Ride. As a dog owner, 

he wanted to show his support 

for TLC Animal Shelter 

through the ride and is considering 

adopting a pet through 

the organization as well. 

“I love dogs more than 

people,” he said, laughing. 

“...I have adopted a couple 

[dogs] out of shelters. In fact, 

I was just looking last night 

on their website [and] found 

one that I liked. I might 

adopt.” 

Theriault attends a lot of 

motorcycle runs in the area, 

and said his favorite part is 

the bikes. 

“You hear it all the time, 

the freedom,” he said. “It’s 

all about the freedom.” 

The festivities concluded 

with an after party at the 

Veterans of Foreign Wars 

Post 9545 in New Lenox. 

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a live band, food and 

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PAD to honor military, emergency services and feature new activities 

Adult games, outdoor 

yard activities new 

this year 

Amanda Stoll 

Assistant Editor 

Military tribute, food, entertainment, 

music, games, 

carnival rides, classic cars 

and cute babies — everything 


is all about. 

Again this year, New 

Lenox residents will be 

joined by festival-goers 

from around the area Thursday, 

July 27 through Sunday, 

July 30 for the 34th annual 

festival. 

Lauren Lotz, Recreation 

Supervisor at the New Lenox 

Community Park District, 

said the weekend-long event 

is a great opportunity for 

families, with lots of activities 

and entertainment for all 

ages. 

As in years past, she said 

the festival relies on sponsorships 

from local businesses, 

who this year include 

Silver Cross Hospital and 

Lakeshore Beverage. 

“We have a record number 

of businesses that have 

stepped up and have helped 

us by sponsoring the festival,” 

Lotz said. 

Festival-goers will not 

go hungry with a variety of 

food available from Beggars 

Pizza, Joey’s Red Hots, Parmesans 

Wood Stove Pizza, 

RS Concessions, Smokin’ Z 

BBQ, Tacos Maui, TCBY 

and the New Lenox Republicans. 

Although the festival is 

largely put on by the park 

district, Lotz said it’s not 

something they do for a 

profit but rather for the experience 

people get during the 

weekend. 

“We do it definitely for the 

community its not a money 

maker for us,” Lotz said. 

“I’m sure that everybody, 

families and so on, will find 

something to do.” 

On stage 

There will be entertainment 

every day during the 

festival, sponsored by Silver 

Cross Hospital, at the Main 

Stage with a $7, cash-only 

cover charge beginning at 

5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Friday 

and Saturday. 

The Millennials and One 

of these Nights will perform 

Thursday at 6 p.m. and 8 

p.m. respectively. Friday 

entertainment will feature 

Howl2Go Dueling pianos at 

7 p.m., followed by The Boy 

Band Night from 9:30 p.m.- 

midnight. 

On Saturday, All About 

Music Rock Band Camp 

will perform at noon, followed 

by Midlife Crisis at 

4 p.m., 4Cast at 6:30 p.m. 

and Hairbangers Ball from 9 

p.m.-midnight. 

Free entertainment from 

11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday 

will include Jerry Armstrong’s 

Legends of Las Vegas One 

Man Show, Rendition and 

Hillbilly Rockstarz. 


When: July 27-July 30 

Where: 601 E. Lincoln Highway, New Lenox — East of 

Walmart 

Website: www.proudamericandays.org 

Tribute to our heros 

Aside from the fun and 

games of the festival is a 

more serious time to honor 

military veterans as well as 

those in active duty. In addition, 

this year the tribute will 

honor first responders. 

“It gets a little bit bigger 

and better every year,” Lotz 

said about the military tribute. 

The tribute at 11 a.m. on 

Sunday is sponsored by 

Badda Bing’s Italian Beef 

& Sausage, HR Green, Inc., 

M&M Custom Flooring, Tabron’s 

Quality Plumbing and 

RCM Heating & Cooling, 

who is donating an air conditioning 

and heating unit, 

with installation, for one 

member of the military. 

U.S. Representative Bill 

Foster of Illinois’ 11th district 

will also be at the ceremony. 

Lotz said veterans and 

their families as well as active 

and inactive military 

and members of the public 

are encouraged to attend the 

ceremony and RSVP for the 

ceremony by emailing PAD- 

MilitaryTribute@newlenoxparks.org. 

Activities abound 

Thursday evening from 

7-11 p.m. the festival will 

kick off with a bags tournament 

for participants ages 

21 and older at the Games 

Tent. Cost is $10 per person 

and there will be cash prizes 

awarded. Registration for 

the bags tournament will begin 

at 6:15 p.m. 

New at the Games Tent 

this year, the festival will 

feature life-size outdoor 

games for adults including 

Jenga, Connect Four and 

Yardzee. 

Also new this year, there 

will be a mechanical bull to 

tempt the most adventurous 

and thrill-seeking attendees 

at the Entertainment Tent 

from 6-10 p.m. on Friday 

and Saturday. 

The Proud American 

Day’s Craft Show starts at 

8:30 a.m. on Saturday — 

rain or shine — and will 

continue until 3 p.m. 

Admission is free for 

shoppers, and the application 

deadline for those interested 

in selling is Wednesday, July 

26. Cost for vendors is $30 

for a single 10 foot by 18 

foot space. 

The ever popular baby 

contest, sponsored by New 

Lenox Friends of the Parks, 

Rocky Dellamano Country 

Financial and Town Center 

Bank, will be taking place 

from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. 

Babies up to 36 months 

old will be judged on cuteness, 

patriotic attire and personality. 

Cost to pre-register 

is $10 and due Friday, July 

22, while walk-up registration 

will cost $15 and will 

begin at 9 a.m. and end at 

9:45 a.m. the day of the contest. 

New this year, the children’s 

area at the Entertainment 

Tent, sponsored by Odyssey 

Fun World, will feature 

a petting zoo along with the 

other activities for the younger 

festival attendees from 2-4 

p.m. on Saturday. 

And for the young — or 

maybe just young at heart 

— the carnival will provide 

hours of entertainment with 

games and rides Thursday 

through Sunday. Tickets are 

$1 each and information on 

wristbands can be found on 

the Proud American Days 

website. 

Tickets for the annual New 

Lenox Lions Club raffle will 

be sold throughout the weekend 

for $10 per ticket. The 

$5,000 grand prize and other 

prizes will be drawn for on 

Sunday evening. To buy raffle 

tickets before the festival 

starts, call (815) 931-9394. 

“The annual raffle has always 

been a big hit,” said 

Lotz, who said the prizes are 

still being finalized for the 

raffle. 

After the military tribute 

on Sunday, the Classic Car 

Show at the Festival Site 

will begin at noon and run 

until 3 p.m. For those interested 

in registering a vehicle 

for the show, cost is $15 on 

the day of the benefit. Proceeds 

from the car show will 

benefit Misericordia, which 

Children enjoy one of the many attractions during last 

year’s Proud American Days festival in New Lenox. 22nd 

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supports children and adults 

with developmental and 

physical disabilities. 

The show is sponsored by 

Midwest Gear-Grinders and 

Turtle Wax, and trophies will 

be awarded for 10 categories 

as well as Best of Show. 

Cookin’ beef 

The New Lenox Fire Protection 

Foundation’s “Controlled 

Burn” Beef Cook-Off 

will be held in the Games 

tent, with cooking beginning 

around 8:30 a.m. 

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Comet is a 5-year-old Siberian Husky. Her owners 

took a lot of classes at New Lenox’s Stone City Kennel 

Club. As a result, Comet eventually came to compete 

in agility, scent work, rally and obedience. She is also 

a therapy dog at Silver Cross Hospital. She’s a very 

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Success calls for celebration. 

Congratulations to Sierra Cady for being [at 

the top of the] Lincoln-Way Central Class of 

2017! 

After attending Lincoln-Way East for three 

years, she [was a leader] at Lincoln-Way 

Central. 

Sierra will be attending Ohio State 

University in the fall, where she will study 

neuroscience and Spanish. Her older sister, 

Sedona, also attends OSU. 

Sierra’s accomplishments include being 

the saxaphone section leader in the 

marching band, the pitch piper in Madrigal 

Singers and earning the Seal of Biliteracy 

for Spanish. She also participates in vocal 

jazz, pit orchestra, pep band, honors band, 

honors choir and lifeguarding. 

Her family wishes her the best and is so 

proud of all that she has accomplished. 

Love, 

Grandma 

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furnace 

From Page 3 

my country, we’re doing this 

to show our appreciation for 

the people who sacrificed for 

our country,” Ward said. 

The tribute will be held at 

11 a.m. on Sunday, July 30 

at the Proud American Days 

Festival Grounds. 

With New Lenox as 

“Home of Proud Americans,” 

this special event features 

an opportunity for the 

area’s patriotism to shine. 

The Park District together 

with the cooperation of military 

organizations and auxiliaries, 

special guests and 

local veterans grows each 

year. A special addition to 

this year’s tribute will be the 

recognition of first responders. 

For more information regarding 

this event please 

visit www.proudamericandays.org 

or by calling the 

New Lenox Park District at 

(815) 485-3584.

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Police Reports 

New Lenox man allegedly 

punches driver several 

times following crash 

Ronald T. Hathaway, 56, 

of 2563 Molly Court in New 

Lenox, was charged with 

battery after he allegedly 

punched a driver following a 

traffic crash. 

Police said an altercation 

ensued after Hathaway was 

involved in a traffic crash 

on Vine Street and Manor 

Drive. 

Hathaway reportedly 

punched the victim several 

times. 

July 9 

• Bryan J. Kupres, 38, of 863 

Laurel Bay in New Lenox, 

was charged with driving 

under the influence of alcohol 

when he was stopped on 

Route 30 and Roberts Road 

for allegedly speeding. 

July 7 

• Power tools were reportedly 

stolen by two men at 

Lowe’s on the 2400 block of 

East Lincoln Highway. 

• A vehicle was damaged as 

it was reported that people 

were throwing objects at 

it while it was parked on 

the 2200 block of Jackson 

Branch Drive. 

July 4 

• A vehicle was reportedly 

damaged due to fireworks 

as it was parked on the 400 

block of South Pine Street. 

• A mailbox was reportedly 

damaged due to fireworks at 

a residence on the 200 block 

of West Joliet Highway. 

July 3 

• Nicole R. Zyla, 20, of 

11733 Stephanie Lane in 

Mokena, was charged with 

retail theft at Walmart on the 

500 block of East Lincoln 

Highway. Police said Zyla 

stole about $44 worth of 

goods from the store. 

July 2 

• Twenty bags of mulch were 

reportedly stolen from the 

Speedway gas station on the 

300 block of East Lincoln 

Highway. 

• Joshua F. Gessing, 20, of 

1913 Hosmer Lane in Crest 

Hill, was charged with driving 

under the influence alcohol 

when he was stopped on 

Lincoln Highway and Pine 

Street for allegedly speeding. 

In addition, Gessing was 

charged with illegal transportation 

of alcohol. 

July 1 

• Checking account information 

was reportedly stolen 

and used to make fraudulent 

purchases. 

• A vehicle was reportedly 

stolen while it was parked 

in a driveway at a residence 

on the 200 block of Sheridan 

Court. The car was later recovered 

in Chicago, police 

said. 

• Rose C. Johnson, 26, of 

316 N. Bluff in Joliet, was 

charged with driving under 

the influence of alcohol 

when she was stopped on 

Cedar Road and Haven Avenue 

for alleged reckless 

driving. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: The New 

Lenox Patriot’s Police Reports 

are compiled from official 

reports found online on the 

New Lenox Police Department’s 

website or releases 

issued by the department and 

other agencies. Anyone listed 

in these reports is considered 

to be innocent of all charges 

until proven guilty in a court 

of law. 

Park District announces arrival of fall 2017 catalog 

Submitted by New Lenox 

Community Park District 

The Fall 2017 Catalog for 

the New Lenox Community 

Park District will be delivered 

inside the July 27 issue 

of The New Lenox Patriot. 

For Park District residents 

who live outside of the 60451 

zip code where the newspaper 

is delivered, your catalog 

will be mailed via the post 

office. We do suggest that all 

New Lenox residents enroll 

to receive The Patriot. The 

US Postal Service requires 

that a subscription card be 

completed. For more information 

on how to receive 

the free weekly newspaper 

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From Page 9 

Entries will be judged in a 

blind taste test on things like 

flavor, texture and tenderness 

as well as appearance. 

“We eat with our eyes as 

well as our taste buds,” said 

Tim Hartnell, New Lenox 

Fire Protection District 

Foundation president. 

Hartnell, who works fulltime 

as a representative for 

Country Financial, said the 

cook-off was a tradition for 

many years at the Proud 

American Days festival, but 

the foundation brought the 

competition back six years 

ago. 

The fire foundation supports 

the fire department 

financially and uses funds 

raised to purchase equipment 

for the department, but 

Hartnell said they also take 

the opportunity to help out 

where they can. 

“We are always going to 

be about supporting our local 

community and giving back 

to our local community and 

really sharing a blessing with 

our local community,” he said. 

And, although there may be 

limited opportunities for tasting 

from non-competitiors, 

and to submit the required 

information, please visit 

www.22ndcenturymedia. 

com/req/np. 

If you do not receive your 

catalog, please contact the 

Park District at (815) 485- 

3584 to arrange to have one 

mailed to you or pick one 

up from the Administration 

Building, 701 West Haven 

Ave. in New Lenox. For those 

customers who are on the Park 

District’s catalog mailing list, 

your catalogs will be mailed 

out the week of July 31. 

Finally, if you are not within 

the New Lenox Community 

Park District boundaries, 

but would like to receive our 

Hartnell said the leftover food 

from the cookout is going to 

be donated to the Morning 

Star Mission in New Lenox. 

So, by participating, teams 

are not only supporting the fire 

foundation, they are helping to 

provide food to people in the 

community who are in need. 

“It reminds us of what New 

Lenox is about,” Hartnell 

said. “New Lenox is a community 

that gives back... This 

is an event that gives people 

the opportunity to make a difference.” 

Cost to register a team is 

$75 and includes the roast for 

catalog, feel free to provide 

your name and address and a 

catalog will be mailed to you 

each season. Please note that 

if you have already requested 

our catalog, there is no need 

to sign up again. 

This year’s Park District’s 

Fall Catalog features a wide 

assortment of both special 

and holiday events together 

with new recreational programs 

for all ages which offer 

new adult, fitness and athletic 

programs. 

Completed registration 

forms can be dropped off, 

faxed or mailed as soon as 

you receive your catalog with 

processing of registrations 

cooking on-site, but teams 

will be required to bring their 

own grill, spices, fuel source, 

utensils and anything else required 

to cook their roast. 

beginning on Saturday, Aug. 

12. Please note that all resident 

registrations received 

by Aug. 11 are assembled in 

a “lottery” whereby all registrations 

thus far received 

are randomly shuffled and 

processed to ensure residents 

are afforded an equal opportunity 

to be enrolled in the 

programs and events of their 

choice. 

Please note that the Park 

District does not accept registration 

over the telephone. 

The new Fall Catalog will 

be available on the Park District’s 

website at www.new 

lenoxparks.org beginning the 

week of July 24. 

Team size is limited to three 

people. Registrations will be 

accepted through the July 

25. To register a team for the 

cook-off, call (815) 462-0023. 

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studying? 

When I’m studying, I need to separate myself 

from any sort of distractions. Usually, 

that means wearing headphones to block out 

any noise around me and to keep me from 

procrastinating. 

What do you like to do when not in school or 

studying? 

When I’m not doing school-related activities, 

I like to play video games, watch movies, 

read, go to the barn I work at or hang out 

with my best friend. 

What is your dream job? 

My dream job is to be a chemical engineer, 

working with developing biodegradable 

plastics. 

What do you keep under your bed? 

Under my bed is basically a time capsule 

of my life. Besides my old band music, 

Legos and awards, it contains any random 

momento that I feel is important enough to 

keep. 

Whom do you look up to and why? 

I look up to my mom and dad because they 

are so supportive of my siblings and me. 

There is rarely a problem in the family that 

they can’t fix, and the fact that they always 

try is the most important part. 

Who is your favorite teacher? 

I have been fortunate to attend two great 

high schools, so I’ve met a lot of teachers. 

My favorites are teachers who always teach 

about life and how to be a good person along 

with math, history or science. If I had to 

name a few, I would like to acknowledge 

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Mr. Barry, Mr. Hopper, Dr. Baran and Mrs. 

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What is your favorite class? 

The best class I’ve ever taken in high 

school is Large Animal Science, taught by 

Mr. Gast. The class was so enjoyable because 

we did a lot of hands-on learning about 

practical life skills. 

If you could change one thing about school, 

what would it be? 

If I could change one thing about my 

school, it would be to make recycling less of 

an option and more of a requirement. 

What’s one thing that sticks out about your 

school? 

The absence of a bell tower from the campus 

is very obvious at Lincoln-Way West. 

What’s your best memory from school? 

If I had to pick one, it would be any of the 

bus rides coming from Lincoln-Way Marching 

Band events because the clarinet section 

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FROM THE FRANKFORT STATION 

Frankfort man wins taekwondo 

championship in special abilities 

division 

When Matthew Frame sets his 

mind to something, he gets it done. 

The 25-year-old Frankfort man 

recently kicked off summer by winning 

world championship titles for 

the third consecutive year at the 

American Taekwondo Association 

International’s Tournament of 

Champions, held June 20-25 in 

Little Rock, Arkansas. The competition 

pitted the Top 10 individuals 

against one another in each event 

for every age bracket and division. 

Frame, who has autism, competed 

in the men’s special abilities 

division, in the 18- to 29-year-old 

bracket. He won world championships 

in the Creative Forms and 

Sparring events, while placing second 

in the Weapons and Combat 

Sparring events. He placed third in 

the Traditional Forms event. 

“I’ve been training hard and 

staying focused, staying cool without 

losing control,” Frame, a thirddegree 

black belt, said July 6 while 

at the Frankfort Black Belt Academy. 

Frame trains at the academy 

twice a week. 

“I’ve been here for nine years,” 

he said. “I love competing and [setting] 

goals, and learning to defend 

myself.” 

Asked what makes her brother 

so successful at the sport, Christie 

Frame said it is Matthew’s perseverance. 

“He doesn’t take ‘no’ for an answer,” 

she said. 

Reporting by Jon DePaolis, Freelance 

Reporter. For more, visit Frankfort 

Station.com. 

FROM THE HOMER HORIZON 

Shady Oaks Camp celebrates its 

70th anniversary 

In 1947, some 50 parents of 

youths with cerebral palsy opened 

a camp in the woods of unincorporated 

Homer Township where their 

children could spend a few weeks 

together during the summer. 

Situated on 35 acres they had 

purchased for $18,000, Shady Oaks 

Camp for Individuals With Cerebral 

Palsy, as it was then known, was 

literally in the middle of nowhere. 

The camp provided a quiet, secluded 

place for the children to enjoy a 

camp experience at a time when few 

services of the sort were available to 

people with disabilities. 

Fast-forward 70 years, and 

Shady Oaks is regarded as a oneof-a-kind 

summer camp, where 

campers, staff and volunteers 

continue to return year after year. 

Today’s version of the non-profit 

camp serves people of all ages and 

with all disabilities, whether physical 

or intellectual, and operates 

on an annual budget of between 

$300,000 and $350,000. 

On Sunday, July 9, Shady Oaks 

held its 70th annual Open House on 

its property at 16300 Parker Road. 

Campers and their parents, along 

with staff members, donors and volunteers, 

took part in what was essentially 

an old-fashioned summer 

picnic under the oaks from which 

the camp gets its name. There was a 

DJ, a water balloon-tossing contest 

and a musical performance by staff 

members and campers. 

An estimated 250 people — a record 

crowd and roughly 100 more 

people than the typical turnout — 

attended the event, according to 

Shady Oaks Camp Executive Director 

Scott Steele. 

Reporting by Jason Maholy, Freelance 

Reporter. For more, visit HomerHori 

zon.com. 

FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE 

Police seeking help in identifying 

armed robbery suspects 

The Orland Park Police Department 

is seeking the public’s help in 

identifying two suspects from an 

armed robbery that reportedly took 

place this past weekend. 

Orland Park police were dispatched 

at 3:16 p.m. July 8 to the 

parking lot near Macy’s at Orland 

Square for a report of an armed robbery, 

according to a press release issued 

July 10 by the department. 

Two women reportedly returned 

to a vehicle after shopping together. 

One placed her purse in the backseat 

as she entered the car, when a 

male described as black and wearing 

a hood opened the rear door of 

the vehicle and removed the purse, 

police said. 

The man then entered the passenger’s 

side of a green Ford Mustang 

that was nearby and occupied by an 

additional male described as black, 

who was driving, according to the 

press release. One of the women 

yelled to the men to stop, at which 

time she saw that the man who took 

the purse was holding a handgun, 

police said. 

The Mustang had been reported 

stolen earlier that same morning 

out of Tinley Park. 

Both men were described as in 

their late teens or early 20s. Farrell 

added that both men were an “average 

build for the age range given” 

but that he had no further description 

of them available. 

The Orland Park Police Department 

is requesting that anyone who 

can help identify the suspects in 

this case to call (708) 349-4111. 

Reporting by Bill Jones, Editor. For 

more, visit OPPrairie.com. 

FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND 

Old-school barber shop brings clean 

cuts to Lockport 

There is a long pause as Angelo 

Roman Jr. thinks about which haircut 

he likes to style the most. 

“Let’s see,” said Roman — coowner 

of the new Barber Capital in 

downtown Lockport. “Probably — 

it’s one of the most popular cuts and 

I like doing it because you can style 

it — the comb over.” 

He begins to flip through stylebooks 

kept at the new barber shop, 

showing the different comb over 

haircuts and how they can be done. 

Mood music flows through the 

shop, which Roman and his wife, 

Brenda, own together and officially 

opened earlier this year. 

“We’ve thought about it for 

years,” Brenda continued. “It’s always 

been his dream since we met. 

… So, when the opportunity presented 

itself, we jumped on it.” 

Angelo grew up on the north side 

of Chicago, where his grandfather 

owned Luquillo’s Barber Shop in 

Humboldt Park. There, he started 

by sweeping the floors and later 

learned barbery, falling in love with 

the trade. 

“I had great respect for my 

grandfather,” Angelo said. “Everyone 

showed him so much love and 

respect. … I loved it. Every chance 

that I got, I wanted to be there [at 

Luquillo’s]. So, I was there all the 

time.” 

This love turned into a dream, 

and the dream turned into a reality, 

when Roman and his wife opened 

Barber Capital. The new barber 

shop keeps it “old-school” with 

antique decorations, and provides 

a full range of services for clients. 

“What separates me from a lot 

of the other, newer barber shops is 

that I try to keep the old-fashioned 

vibe with a new vibe, as well,” Roman 

said. 

Reporting by Editorial Intern Claudia 

Harmata. For more, visit LockportLe 

gend.com. 

FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION 

Annual lemonade stand makes 

sweet donation to local charity 

When Kiera Fitzmaurice was 

4 years old, she held a lemonade 

stand that made $75, but instead of 

keeping the money she decided to 

make her first donation to PAWS of 

Tinley Park. 

“Weirdly enough, it was Kiera’s 

idea,” said Liam Fitzmaurice, Kiera’s 

father. “She wanted to do 

a lemonade stand, but she didn’t 

want to keep the money.” 

Since then, Kiera, now 8, of Tinley 

Park, has continually enlisted 

the help of her two friends, Sophia 

and Colin Cescato, and held an annual 

lemonade stand to raise money 

for charity. 

“I think it’s awesome,” Liam 

said of his daughter’s ambition to 

help others. “Anything that she is 

into, I support.” 

Kiera, Sophia and Colin had the 

biggest success this year with their 

lemonade stand. The three raised 

$1,570 and recently presented the 

donation to Tinley Wish. 

Tinley Wish, similar in style to 

the national Make-A-Wish Foundation, 

raises money through community 

efforts and helps grant Tinley 

Park families’ wishes. 

“I think it’s great that the youth 

of the Village of Tinley Park has 

[gotten] involved in helping other 

citizens of the village,” said Ken 

Roemer, a captain with the Tinley 

Park Fire Department and a Tinley 

Wish board member. “One hundred 

percent of the money that is 

made goes to citizens in need.” 

Kiera said she feels proud of the 

lemonade stand and is looking forward 

to next year. 

“She does have a huge heart,” 

Liam said. “She is always making 

sure everyone is good and everyone 

has what they need.” 

Reporting by Assistant Editor Brittany 

Kapa. For more visit, TinleyJunction. 

com. 

FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER 

Trustees, chamber recognize Fourth 

of July parade organizer 

Mokena resident Cindy Gamboa 

may have been at the Village of 

Mokena Board of Trustees meeting 

July 10 to celebrate the accomplishments 

of those who participated 

in the annual Fourth of July 

parade. But her own accomplishments 

as the longtime chairwoman 

of the Mokena Chamber of Commerce 

parade were on the minds of 

others. 

Gamboa was recognized with a 

plaque from the chamber, as well 

as a proclamation by the Village 

Board that noted her 20 years of 

service to making the Fourth of 

July parade a continued success. 

After the proclamation was read, 

Mayor Frank Fleischer thanked 

Gamboa for her efforts and commented 

on how smoothly the parade 

is run each year. 

“That doesn’t happen by accident,” 

Fleischer said. “That’s the 

work that you put in, and you’ve 

done a heck of a job over the years. 

I thank you, as well as the Village 

Board thanks you, for all the time 

and work you’ve put in.” 

Gamboa said her love for the parade 

began when she was younger. 

“The parade has been around longer 

than any of us know,” she said. 

“It’s been around forever, and it’s a 

great memory from my childhood. 

That’s why my whole family gets 

involved and works on the parade. 

We hope that it is a great memory 

for the generations to come, even 

after all of us are gone.” 

Reporting by Jon DePaolis, Freelance 

Reporter. For more, visit MokenaMes 

senger.com.

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Why Haven’t Senior Homeowners 

Been Told These Facts? 

Keep reading if you own a home in 

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It’s a well-known fact that for many senior citizens in the 

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1 

Source: http://reversemortgagedaily.com/2016/06/21/seniors-home-equity-grows-to-6-trillion-reverse-mortgage-opportunity. 2 If you qualify and your loan is approved, a Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) must pay off any existing mortgage(s). 

With a HECM loan, no monthly mortgage payment is required. A HECM increases the principal mortgage loan amount and decreases home equity (it is a negative amortization loan). AAG works with other lenders and nancial institutions that offer 

HECMs. To process your request for a loan, AAG may forward your contact information to such lenders for your consideration of HECM programs that they offer. Borrowers are responsible for paying property taxes and homeowner’s insurance 

(which may be substantial). We do not establish an escrow account for disbursements of these payments. A set-aside account can be set up to pay taxes and insurance and may be required in some cases. Borrowers must occupy home as their primary 

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From the assistant editor 

How to stay safe in the hot New Lenox sun 

Amanda Stoll 

a.stoll@22ndcenturymedia.com 

After graduating 

from college, I 

was a merit badge 

instructor and rock climbing 

director at a Boy Scout 

summer camp in Central Illinois. 

It was a hot summer, 

and it was also a summer 

full of severe weather. 

I was required to take a 

first aid class before camp 

started, and I taught first 

aid to my merit badge 

scouts every week. Scouts 

are all about first aid and 

safety, after all, but I don’t 

think it’s ever bad to be reminded 

about those things. 

One of our biggest concerns 

during the summer 

was the heat, and I remember 

taking our two huge 

water coolers to the water 

spigot every morning — 

and sometimes going for a 

refill in the afternoon. 

Staying hydrated is one 

of the most important 

things in the summer heat, 

and can help prevent you 

from getting heat exhaustion 

or heat stroke. 

It’s an easy to forget 

about when you’re out 

running around at the park, 

hiking, boating or even just 

sitting by the pool with a 

foo-foo drink. Drinking alcoholic, 

sugary or caffeinated 

beverages might keep 

you from being thirsty, but 

it’s important to remember 

to be drinking water, as 

well. 

According to WebMD, 

the most common signs 

of heat exhaustion include 

dizziness, fatigue, headache, 

cramps, nausea and 

profuse sweating. Heat 

exhaustion also can cause 

pale skin and rapid heart 

rate. 

If you or someone else 

are experiencing the effects 

of heat exhaustion, you 

need to take action quickly 

to cool down and avoid 

the situation getting more 

serious. 

Start by getting indoors 

— somewhere with air conditioning 

— and out of the 

heat. If that isn’t an option, 

find a shady or breezy spot 

to rest and drink some water. 

Finding a fan or taking 

a cool shower or bath can 

make a huge difference, as 

well. 

If those things don’t start 

to lessen the effects within 

about 15 minutes, then it’s 

time to seek medical attention. 

Heat exhaustion can 

lead to heat stroke quickly, 

especially in young children 

or seniors. 

Us humans aren’t the 

only ones who have to 

worry about their safety in 

the heat. Pet owners and 

farmers also have to keep 

an eye on animals to make 

sure they’re doing alright. 

Heat exhaustion for 

animals can look different 

than for humans, so 

it’s important to know the 

signs to keep your pets safe 

in the heat, as well. 

According to PetMD, 

heat exhaustion in dogs 

can exhibit itself through 

panting, decreased urine 

production, lethargy, increased 

body temperature 

and irregular or rapid heart 

rate. It might seem strange, 

but excessive drooling 

also can be a sign of heat 

exhaustion. 

Dogs can be affected by 

heat stroke, as well, so if 

your dog is overheated, it 

is important to get them 

drinking water and cooled 

down. We all know those 

dogs who would chase a 

tennis ball until their legs 

fell off, but we also know 

exercise increases your 

body temperature. 

If your dog is not really 

the relaxing type, maybe let 

them take a quick dip in the 

pool, cool off in a lake or 

get out the hose and spray 

them down. I mean, what 

dog doesn’t love when you 

get out the garden hose? 

Cats that spend time in 

the outdoors can experience 

heat-related illness, 

as well, and some of the 

symptoms are the same, including 

panting, drooling, 

increased body temperature, 

lethargy, and rapid 

pulse and breathing. Other 

symptoms for cats can include 

excessive grooming, 

as well. 

Again, it’s important to 

get them cooled off and hydrated, 

but unless you have 

an unusual, water-loving 

cat, it might not be as easy 

as taking a dip in the lake 

to get them cooled off. 

Consider getting or 

making a cooling pad for 

them to lay on, which are 

basically like large ice 

packs that don’t freeze all 

the way. I know my cat 

likes to curl up next to the 

air conditioning vent on hot 

days, and I bet he’d love 

a cooling pad if I got him 

one of those. 

All in all, it’s really just 

about being smart and paying 

attention to how you 

and the people around you 

are feeling. 

Obviously, wear sunscreen 

and sun-protective 

clothing and a hat, as well. 

I know lots of people 

enjoy getting that summer 

“glow,” but it’s not worth 

getting burned and risking 

skin cancer. I was told by 

my dermatologist that sunscreen 

won’t prevent you 

from tanning, just burning 

— so wear it! 

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In Memoriam 

Richard A. Bledsoe 

Richard A. (Rock) Bledsoe, 

59, formerly of New 

Lenox, died July 12. He 

was a 1976 graduate of 

Lincoln Way High School 

in New Lenox. Throughout 

his life, he enjoyed music, 

dancing and karaoke. 

He loved his high school 

alumni get-togethers. His 

love of animals led him to 

be a warrior for homeless 

and abused animals. Most 

of all, he enjoyed serving 

his church, in which he was 

very active in family history, 

and volunteering at the 

Bishop’s Storehouse. Family 

received friends at The 

Church of Jesus Christ of 

Latter-Day Saints in Crystal 

Lake. Memorial gifts in 

Rich’s memory can be made 

to the Missionary Fund at 

his church at 480 N. Walkup 

Road in Crystal Lake, 

or to Save-A-Pet Adoption 

Center, P.O. Box 266, Grayslake, 

IL. 60030. 

Edward F. Russell 

Edward F. Russell, 72, 

of New Lenox, died July 9. 

He is survived by his wife 

Linda Fitzpatrick-Russell 

(Thompson); step-children 

Timothy Fitzpatrick and 

Shannon (Dave) Lykowski; 

siblings J. Kevin (Robin) 

Russell, Maureen Russell 

and Patricia (late Pete) 

Neff; grandchildren Jameson 

and Camden Lykowski; 

parents-in-law of Dave and 

Pat Thompson; and many 

godsons, nieces and nephews. 

Edward was a board 

member for the Will County 

Historical Society. Family 

received friends at Kurtz 

Memorial Chapel. Funeral 

service was held at St. Mary 

Catholic Church. Internment 

was private. 

Robert G. Novy 

Robert G. Novy, 69, of 

New Lenox, died July 4. He 

is survived by his wife of 40 

years, Phyllis (nee Joiner); 

step-children Deb, Ray, Sally, 

and Sue, whom he called 

his own; grandchildren 

Adam (Barb), Amy (Tracy), 

Andrew (Aimee), Joe 

(Mandy), Tina (Tyler), Lauren, 

Sean, Zoey and Kelsey; 

many great-grandchildren; 

siblings Pat (Rick), Pete 

(Mary), Tom (Phyllis); and 

many nieces and nephews. 

Robert was a retired captain 

of the LaGrange Fire Department. 

His other interests 

were building late model 

race cars to race at Santa Fe 

Raceway. He was a licensed 

pilot and owned several different 

small airplanes. Bob 

also enjoyed his role as a 

mechanic on the Hawk Sea 

Fury Racing Team at the 

Reno Air Races. 

Family received friends 

at Kurtz Memorial Chapel. 

Internment was private. In 

lieu of memorials, donations 

to (NASCAR) the Denny 

Hamlin Foundation (dennyhamlinfoundation.org) 

for 

the specific needs of children 

with cystic fibrosis would be 

appreciated. 

Have someone’s life you’d like 

to honor? Email Editor James 

Sanchez at james@newlenox 

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about a loved one who was a 

part of the New Lenox community. 

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FAITH BRIEFS 

Lincolnway Christian Church (690 E. 

Illinois Highway, New Lenox) 

Worship Services 

9 and 10:30 a.m. Sundays. 

Family Fusion 

Sunday, July 30 at both 

services. This program is 

designed for parents to bring 

their children, no matter 

what age. Experience worship, 

communion, preaching 

and offering in a way that 

resembles what children and 

students are accustomed to. 

Nursery and Preschool will 

be open. After the second 

service there will be a potluck 

dinner. Bring a dish to 

share. The church will provide 

meat and drinks. 

Grandparents Raising 

Grandchildren 

6:30-8:30 p.m. the fourth 

Thursday of each month. 

This support group for 

grandparents or other relatives 

age 55 or older raising 

a child in place of their 

parents provides social and 

emotional support and ideas 

to help you cope with the 

impact of this role on your 

health, emotional well-being, 

finances, and family. 

Social skills groups are also 

provided for children ages 

3-12 with a reservation. To 

reserve a spot, call Kimberley 

Tarcak at the Senior Services 

Center of Will County 

at (815) 740-4225. 

HERO Family Support Group 

7-8:30 p.m. every Tuesday. 

This group is open to 

anyone with a family member 

currently struggling with 

addiction, suspected addiction, 

or currently in recovery. 

Family support meetings 

provide helpful tools 

and information to better 

equip people to help their 

loved ones through their 

struggle. This group provides 

a supportive environment 

with others who have 

had similar experiences and 

an opportunity to meet and 

network with others. 

Cherry Hill Church of Christ (2749 

Lancaster Drive, Joliet) 

Sunday Services 

10:30 a.m. every Sunday; 

1 p.m. on the first Sunday of 

each month and 6 p.m. every 

Sunday except the first Sunday 

of each month. 

Worship and Bible Service 

7 p.m. every Wednesday. 

Bible Study 

9:30 a.m. Sundays. 

United Methodist Church of New Lenox 

(339 W. Haven Ave, New Lenox) 

Summer Worship Schedule 

9 a.m. services held outdoors, 

weather permitting; 

Please see faith, 21

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Pastor Column 

Using the term ‘hackers’ 

in a positive light 

22ND CENTURY MEDIA is looking 

for local FREELANCE REPORTERS 

and PHOTOGRAPHERS to cover events, 

meetings and sports in the area. 

The Rev. Dave Hedlin 

Peace Lutheran Church 

It used to be that a 

hacker was someone 

who coughed a lot. 

Now it means someone 

who invades a computer, 

smartphone, data base or the 

like – and usually not for a 

good purpose. 

Businesses, governments, 

individuals have all been 

hit. It doesn’t matter if 

you have experts trying to 

prevent hackers from succeeding; 

those bad guys are 

working overtime to find a 

vulnerable spot and get into 

your data. “How did they 

get through?” we wonder. 

Data files are not the only 

place in our life where we 

wonder how something or 

someone got through. More 

than one quarterback flat on 

his backside (not to mention 

the offensive linemen looking 

at him there) has wondered 

that. Hospitals, cruise 

ships and airlines spend 

huge amounts of money to 

prevent infections, but they 

still happen. Even people 

who are germaphobes, who 

wash their hands all the time 

and avoid touching “everything” 

still get sick. How 

does that happen? 

Sometimes how things 

get through is a mystery and 

sometimes we let them. On 

our computers, we willingly 

open an attachment – infected 

with malware. In the 

health world, simple precautions 

are neglected. 

In our relationships with 

God, we also get hacked. 

Sometimes it’s because we 

let our busy schedules or 

our obsession with money/ 

things or our over-riding 

desire for control or our 

appetite for pleasure come 

in and take over. Just like 

malware, it may come in 

innocently enough, but the 

damage is insidious. 

I recently found out to 

fix a hacked medical record 

costs an average of $459 for 

each one. What it costs us to 

have our relationship with 

God hacked is a loss of priorities, 

a short-sightedness 

in the face of problems, an 

impairment in drawing upon 

God’s support and comfort 

– and those are just some of 

the costs. 

It pays to stay alert and in 

constant contact with God. 

And if (when) we’ve been 

hacked in our relationship 

with God, we have God’s 

own assurance of forgiveness 

and God’s willingness 

to restore our settings. If 

only our electronics were 

that forgiving and restoring! 

The opinions expressed in this 

column are those of the author. 

They do not necessarily represent 

those of 22nd Century 

Media and its staff. 

faith 

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10:45 a.m. service will be 

held indoors. There is no 

contemporary worship service 

during the summer. 

Summer Activities 

8:30 a.m.-8:15 p.m. 

Tuesday, July 25, trip will 

be going to Raging Waves 

Water Park. Cost is $40. 

These summer events are 

for youth entering grades 

7-12. Permission slips can 

be found in the chapel. 

For more information, call 

(815)485-8271. 

Peace Lutheran Church (1900 E. Lincoln 

Highway, New Lenox) 

Vacation Bible School 

July 25-28. The theme will 

be”Come to Camp Peace.” 

With a camping background, 

we will draw on some great 

Bible stories to make our 

VBS as fun and attractive as 

ever. 

Church Services 

5 p.m. Saturdays; 8:30 

a.m. and 11 a.m. Sundays. 

The Journey Church (14414 W. Ford Drive, 

New Lenox) 

Worship Service 

10 a.m. Sundays. 

Reverberate Youth Group 

1-3 p.m. Every first Sunday 

of the month. The group 

meets to discuss a message 

geared toward junior and 

senior high school students. 

For more information, email 

youth@ourjourney.cc. 

Have something for Faith 

Briefs? Contact Assistant 

Editor Amanda Stoll at 

a.stoll@22ndcenturymedia. 

com or call (708) 326-9170 ext. 

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on Thursdays one week prior to 

publication. 

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22 | July 20, 2017 | The New Lenox Patriot life & Arts 


Science show redefines ‘cool’ at library program 

Laurie Fanelli 


Jerry Zimmerman demonstrates the science of cryogenics 

to the audience. 

What’s cooler than being 

cool? Cryogenics! 

Parents looking to prevent 

the summer slide often turn 

to the New Lenox Public Library 

to engage their kids in 

educational and entertaining 

programs. 

On July 8, the “coolest” 

event of them all took 

place outside the building as 

the Mr. Freeze Cryogenics 

Show displayed the science 

of making things really cold 

– also known as Cryogenics 

– on a warm sunny day. 

The demonstration was 

hosted by Jerry Zimmerman, 

a physicist at Fermilab 

– America’s particle physics 

and accelerator laboratory 

based in Batavia – who has 

been volunteering to teach 

kids about cryogenics as Mr. 

Freeze since 1997. 

“Fermilab supports science 

in classrooms and part 

of that is the Mr. Freeze Program. 

I go to area schools 

and do the cryogenics demonstration 

to promote science 

in the classroom,” he 

said. “It’s designed to get 

kids excited about science.” 

The program certainly succeeded 

in generating interest 

and excitement as young 

spectators sat with their 

mouths agape watching bags 

explode as they filled with 

gas to demonstrate the variance 

between the measurements 

of liquid versus those 

of gas. Zimmerman’s punfilled 

humor added laughter 

to the program and he further 

related with the audience by 

explaining that he is more of 

a “Leonard” than a “Sheldon,” 

referencing the popular 

science sitcom, “The Big 

Bang Theory.” 

The event was originally 

scheduled to be held inside a 

meeting room, but the beautiful 

weather allowed for it to 

be moved outdoors. Because 

of this, the library was able to 

accommodate all 50 pre-registered 

participants as well as 

everyone on the wait list. 

The day’s gorgeous sunny 

skies partnered with the compelling 

topic of cryogenics 

inspired New Lenox resident, 

Justin Goodwin, and 

his children Addison, Clark 

and Gwen to attend The Mr. 

Freeze Cryogenics Show. 

“We couldn’t have a better 

day for science and education,” 

Justin said. 

The family also stopped 

inside the library to checkout 

a few books while they 

were there. 

“I love reading,” said 

Addison with two “Nancy 

Clancy” books in hand. 

Lisa O’Gara, of New 

Lenox, also knew that her 

kids Maggie and P.J. – who 

couldn’t wait to see the cryogenics 

induced explosions – 

would get a kick out of the 

program. 

“They both really love 

Jerry Zimmerman, also known as Mr. Freeze, sharies the scientific principles of liquid 

nitrogen July 8 during the Mr. Freeze Cryogenics Show at the New Lenox Public Library. 

Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

New Lenox residents Justin Goodwin and his children (left to right), Clark, Gwen and 

Addison, watch the show. 

science so I thought this 

would be cool especially 

since there’s smoke, explosions 

and things like that,” 

she said. “It’s so nice that the 

library offers programs like 

this for free.” 

The Mr. Freeze Cryogenics 

Show was presented 

in conjunction with the library’s 

Summer Reading 

Program which keeps kids 

engaged with learning while 

they are off from school. 

“We’re focusing on 

STEAM programs right 

now – Science, Technology, 

Engineering, Art and Math – 

and we thought this program 

would fit in nicely and provide 

a fun experience for our 

patrons,” said youth service 

assistant, Carolyn Boyer 

Along with a variety of fun 

and educational programs, 

the library also hosts several 

clubs including groups focused 

on science, art, coding 

and more as well as the dropin 

program Mini Makers 

which is held every Thursday 

morning throughout the summer. 

Later this month, it will 

be presenting Ben’s Bubble 

Show on July 29 to highlight 

the subjects of art and science, 

respectfully. 

Zimmerman is always excited 

to share the Mr. Freeze 

program with young people 

in hopes to inspire future 

scientific and technological 

leaders. “We are all going to 

have to understand this stuff, 

and it’s only going to get 

more and more prevalent,” 

he said.

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Feelin’ jazzy 

New Lenox residents enjoy tunes at Frankfort’s Bluegrass Festival 

Milly Knierim (left), of New Lenox, and Jackie Smith pose for a photo at the event. 

Vito Grigola (New Lenox) looks at the hand-painted work of Bluegrass Fest vendor Phil 

Strods July 8 during Frankfort’s Bluegrass Festival. 

Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

Alicia Tooley, of New Lenox, and her nephew, Joaquin Albores, dance to the music.

24 | July 20, 2017 | The New Lenox Patriot life & Arts 


Area musicians bring harmony to Boys and Girls Club 

Amanda Stoll, Assistant Editor 

With hardly enough drumsticks 

and recorders to go 

around, fewer than a dozen 

junior-high-aged children 

met for a music lesson. 

Soon, however, their 

drumsticks will be practicing 

on a real drum set instead 

of the table. 

A drum set is just one of 

many things to come for 

the music program at The 

Boys and Girls Club in Joliet, 

where John F. Narcissi, 

a Mokena native, and Jeff 

Redmann, a New Lenox resident, 

are working to bring 

music to a place where it’s 

scarce. 

Narcissi and Redmann met 

through Providence Catholic 

High School in New Lenox 

where Narcissi was involved 

in numerous musical programs, 

including concert 

band, choir, jazz band, drum 

corps, marching band and the 

bagpipe corps while Redmann 

was teaching and helped 

start the pipe corps. 

After graduating high 

school, Narcissi pursued 

the study of music at Illinois 

Wesleyan University 

in Bloomington for a year 

and a half before attending 

Joliet Junior College, where 

he continues to study music 

with a focus on composition. 

The two recently met up 

again, but this time, as teaching 

partners. 

With experience teaching 

at five high schools and 

teaching private lessons 

throughout his music career, 

Redmann mainly takes up 

the teaching aspect of the 

class, but he said it’s very 

valuable to have Narcissi 

there to demonstrate and 

keep the children engaged. 

The two meet up at the 

Boys and Girls Club in Joliet 

two or three times a week for 

a small group music lesson 

with some of the boys and 

girls from the club. Sometimes 

their class times coincide 

with the normal club 

hours, however, sometimes 

they meet afterwards, which 

can pose some attendance 

challenges with pick up and 

drop off times. 

With time, Narcissi said 

he thinks attendance will 

become more consistent — 

once parents realize how 

much their children are enjoying 

the program and become 

as committed to their 

attendance. 

While the two don’t have 

much control over parent 

pick-up and drop-off consistency, 

what they do have 

control over is what material 

and activities they do during 

the hour-long classes each 

week. 

On July 12 the group met 

for once such class, where 

they covered music from 

vastly different genres and 

used different instruments 

— including their voices. 

“[Voice] is an instrument 

everybody is born with, 

and they carry it with them 

throughout their life,” Narcissi 

said. “Whereas a guitar 

or piano you can’t really 

carry around with you everywhere.” 

However, the children 

did get a chance to try their 

hand at the recorder, as 

they accompanied Narcissi, 

playing guitar, in a rendition 

of the theme song for 

Spongebob Squarepants, 

with Narcissi doing humorous 

back-and-forths of, “I 

can’t hear you” and “Aye, 

aye captain!” with the children. 

Also in the bag of supplies 

Redmann brought were 

about ten pairs of drumsticks, 

so the children could practice 

simple quarter, eighth and 

sixteenth notes and triplet 

rhythms on the table. 

During class, Redmann 

told them that they will soon 

have a real drum set to practice 

their bass drum beats, 

snare taps and high hat hits. 

Those, along with computers 

Children in the music class at the Boys and Girls Club of Joliet play with drum sticks during a gathering on July 12. The 

children will perform Aug. 11 at the Frankfort Country Market. Amanda Stoll/22nd Century Media 

for musical composition, are 

being provided through program 

sponsors Comcast and 

AT&T, which Redmann said 

have been generous in their 

donations to the class. 

The class also participated 

in singing “Here Comes the 

Sun” by The Beatles and 

“All Star” by Smash Mouth, 

both of which were popular 

with the children because of 

their appearances in movies 

like “The Bee Movie” and 

“Shrek.” 

“They’re getting a sense 

[that] there’s more music 

than what we’ve come to 

know just in our little area 

that we’re comfortable 

with,” Narcissi said. “We’re 

trying to expose them to 

older pieces of music and 

newer pieces of music that 

are outside of the R&B, rap 

and hip-hop sections. 

One of the biggest challenges 

– as far as the curriculum 

is concerned – is 

figuring out what will keep 

the children engaged, taking 

into account their tastes in 

music and the ever-changing 

popularity of some songs. 

“Figuring out who the 

kids are here and the typical 

kid that’s taking part of the 

Boys and Girls Club was the 

first thing I set out to do,” 

Redmann said. 

Once they started to see 

what the children enjoyed, 

he said they began tailoring 

the program to them and 

changing it constantly to 

keep up with their interests. 

For Narcissi, the class was 

an extension of outreach efforts 

he had done in the past 

by performing at area food 

banks and recently at the 

Boys and Girls Club in Joliet. 

He said taking the next 

step to teaching there was 

easy to get on board with 

from the beginning and he 

said he enjoys bringing music 

to children there. 

“Music has been my life 

since I was in first grade, 

so when it comes to music 

it’s literally in my blood,” 

Narcissi said. “It’s what I’m 

meant to do.” 

Eventually, he said he 

hopes the program they’re 

spearheading can become 

a national program through 

the Boys and Girls Clubs 

of America. Narcissi said 

besides being a great opportunity 

for fun and learning, 

it’s helping the children with 

their self-confidence. 

“It goes to show that not 

everybody is wired the same 

way, so we want to broaden 

the outlook of the Boys and 

Girls Club, as well,” he said. 

“I mean, kids will love to 

play games, kids will love 

to play video games, play 

basketball, swim, do arts 

and crafts and all that stuff, 

but what about those kids 

who have a genuine interest 

in music? And that’s what 

we’re trying to tap into.” 

For their first stage experience, 

Redmann said it was 

important that the children 

don’t perform in front of their 

peers, which could make the 

young performers nervous 

about the perceptions of their 

friends. Instead, the group 

will perform on stage at The 

Frankfort County Market 

on Aug. 11, where they will 

have the opportunity to perform 

for a friendly crowd. 

“Every musician is afraid 

of what are people thinking 

about me. I’m putting my 

heart and soul on my sleeve 

for people to judge me,” said 

Narcissi, who said although 

that can eventually help a 

musician grow and flourish, 

it can also initially be a negative 

influence for young artists. 

Redmann said he hopes 

the program, along with the 

mission of the Boys and 

Girls Club, can help students 

reach their potentials while 

continuing to give them positive 

role models and room 

to grow their dreams. 

“They’re all packed in 

here just growing up and 

having a good time with 

friends,” Redmann said.

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Old Plank Road Trail gets 20th anniversary present 

Submitted by Forest 

Preserve District of Will 

County 

The new Old Plank Road 

Trail Bridge over I-80 in 

New Lenox is up and running, 

and the old bridge has 

been removed just in time 

for the path’s 20th anniversary. 

The modern, more aesthetically 

pleasing bow truss 

bridge was installed in two 

phases this spring. The Illinois 

Department of Transportation 

replaced the old 

bridge, which dated back to 

1964, as part of its plan to 

improve and widen the I-80/ 

Route 30 interchange sometime 

in the future. 

The bridge will make trips 

on the Old Plank Road Trail 

more appealing to runners, 

hikers and bicyclists, said 

Ralph Schultz, chief operating 

officer for the Forest Preserve 

District of Will County, 

which owns and manages 

portions of the trail along 

with six other governmental 

agencies. 

The OPRT has been a 

popular path ever since the 

first 12-mile section opened 

two decades ago on July 19, 

1997. That first trail section 

stretched from Western Avenue 

in Park Forest to the 

Forest Preserve District’s 

Hickory Creek Preserve – 

Hickory Creek Junction in 

Mokena. Subsequent trail 

additions pushed the path 

west into New Lenox and 

Joliet. The most recent extension 

brought the trail a 

mile farther east to Chicago 

Heights for a total trail 

length of 22 miles. 

Plans for creating the path 

date back to the 1970s when 

the Forest Preserve worked 

These two photos show the previous Old Plank Road Trail Bridge, which dated back to 1964, and the new one, which was 

installed by the Illinois Department of Transportation over I-80 in New Lenox earlier this spring. Photos Submitted 

with 14 municipalities to 

try to gain ownership of the 

defunct Penn Central railroad 

line. It took around 20 

years for the group to get 

the funding necessary to 

buy the rail route and there 

was opposition by some 

along the way. But trail proponents 

persevered and the 

OPRT became a reality. 

Success with the OPRT 

paved the way for other regional 

trails and trail conversion 

projects, Schultz said. 

“The OPRT was our first 

regional trail, our first railto-trail 

conversion and our 

first project funded with 

federal transportation funding,” 

he said. 

The Forest Preserve went 

on to convert two other former 

rail lines into the Wauponsee 

Glacial Trail and the 

Joliet Junction Trail. But the 

OPRT project was the first in 

Will County to capitalize on 

a defunct rail line that dated 

back more than a century. 

“From 1855 until 1975 the 

Michigan Central Railroad 

ran freight and passenger 

trains along this route,” according 

to the trail’s website, 

www.oprt.org. “Before 

that, it was a plank road and 

part of the Great Sauk Trail 

that ran from Rock Island to 

Detroit.” 

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26 | July 20, 2017 | The New Lenox Patriot DINING OUT 


The Dish 

Dave & Buster’s pushes grill-style menu to ‘the next level’ 

Bill Jones, Managing Editor 

Despite Dave & Buster’s 

long-standing slogan to 

“Eat, Drink, Play (and watch 

Sports),” its Orland Park location 

has fielded bizarrely 

similar calls over the past 

five years, with many firsttimers 

not understanding 

why the “Eat” is actually 

first in the list of the entertainment 

center’s offerings. 

“You have pizzas or something, 

right?” 

As an arcade games-focused 

establishment, Dave 

& Buster’s tends to get 

lumped with others of its ilk 

under the assumption that 

its offerings will be limited 

to some thin-crust pizzas of 

questionable quality, maybe 

those soft pretzels with the 

bright “cheese” sauce, hot 

dogs that have been rolling 

around under a heat lamp for 

the better part of a day and 

something sticky for good 

measure, like cotton candy. 

The funny thing is, Dave 

& Buster’s does not even sell 

pizzas, unless you count the 

Carnivore Pizzadilla. And 

that is, technically speaking, 

not a pizza but a 12-inch 

quesadilla served pizza-style 

in eight slices. It is stuffed 

with manchego and cheddar 

cheese (a far cry from the 

neon ooze), pepperoni and 

Italian sausage, then topped 

with more pepperoni and 

Italian sausage, with some 

bacon, marinara, mozzarella 

and Parmesan cheese for 

good measure. 

“There’s a lot of surprise 

about the menu,” said Kylah 

Bishop, assistant general 

manager of the location. 

“They come in for the gaming, 

but they’re excited to 

see the menu.” 

They should be. Though 

the cover of D&B’s online 

menu may be “a little biased” 

in its claim of “our 

most amazing, innovative, 

high-quality, social-media 

worthy new chef-crafted 

food and drinks ever,” at 

least the spirit of that proclamation 

can be found in most 

everything over the course 

of its 17 pages. 

“It’s a lot of new, innovative 

menu items,” Bishop 

said. “We’re always rolling 

out something new.” 

Some of it is designed 

to fit themes, like the dynamite 

fried shrimp on the 

Catch the Surf portion of 

the menu. That item features 

large, crispy shrimp drizzled 

with spicy bang bang sauce 

and chile honey soy glaze, 

served with garlic-ginger 

mashed potatoes, tempura 

battered green beans and 

more spicy bang bang sauce 

for dipping. 

Others are simply interested 

in provided a well-rounded 

meal. The bang bang 

chicken with spicy Thai 

peanut noodles, for instance, 

features tender, crispy boneless 

chicken, tossed in spicy 

bang bang sauce, served on 

a bed of noodles tossed with 

Asian vegetables and spicy 

peanut sauce. 

But much of the menu’s 

over-the-top design plays 

to the atmosphere of Dave 

& Buster’s. The space is all 

about having a party — in 

many instances, literally — 

and the kitchen is designed 

to reflect what is happening 

on the other side of the building 

— again, sometimes 

literally, when menu items 

play to particular games or 

partnerships with which the 

company is involved. 

That effort to create an 

atmosphere includes Loco 

’ritas, with mini-bottles taking 

a “nosedive” into blends 

of liquor, fruit and ice; both 

alcoholic and non-alcoholic 

beverages featuring glowing 

cubes; Monster Isle punches 

(rum-based cocktails with 

commemorative sea monsters; 

and food like the 

Mountain O’Nachos, The 

Caveman Combo and the 

high-stacked crispy Nashville-style 

hot chicken plate 

all begging to be posted to 

Instagram. And that has become 

ever-important in today’s 

market, Bishop said. 

“People love to take pictures 

of what they’re eating,” 

she said. 

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more than happy to oblige 

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by creating photo-worthy 

presentations. The social 

media attention helps dispel 

that notion of flat pizzas and 

stale beer. And everything 

about the dynamic looks and 

tastes speaks to what Dave 

& Buster’s is all about. 

“You’re going to play 

games and have fun,” Bishop 

said of visiting D&B. 

“That fun doesn’t have to 

stop in the dining room.” 

In fact, the two regularly 

get paired together, with 

things like Dave & Buster’s 

Eat and Play menu, offering 

deals on select menu items 

and Power Play cards when 

purchased together. Though, 

the business also is happy to 

cater to any one interest, be 

it catching a game on one of 

the 32 televisions and grabbing 

a drink; working on 

national charity projects; or 

hosting big, corporate parties. 

April Koerber, the location’s 

special events manager, 

is in charge of the latter 

of those possibilities, and 

she said people often are 

surprised by what D&B can 

do. Sure, children’s parties 

with finger foods are par for 

the course, but the Orland 

Park spot also has catered 

to events by instituting full 

carving stations. It has set 

up fajita bars and nacho stations, 

as well as worked up 

mini-desserts and fondue. It 

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even hosted a wedding for 

a couple that met at Dave & 

Buster’s. 

All of that speaks to the 

diversity of D&B’s regular 

menu, too, which ranges 

from finger foods served in 

a hurry so people can get 

back to the games to New 

York strip steaks for a more 

relaxed, sit-down dinner. 

“We have something for 

everyone,” Koerber said. 

Bishop added, “We think 

outside the box. We go that 

extra mile.” 

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In that sense, Bishop and 

Koerber sometimes do not 

mind the misconceptions 

about Dave & Buster’s 

menu. It provides an opportunity 

to have some fun 

and surprise people with an 

experience they didn’t see 

coming. 

“It’s an American grill 

with new innovations,” 

Bishop said. “We try to put 

a fun spin on all of our menu 

items. It’s not reinventing 

the wheel; it’s taking it to the 

next level.”

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The Dish 

Quick-serve roadblock paved partner’s path to Burger 21 

Ed Karayanes 

opened Orland spot 

after decades in 

food service 

Bill Jones, Managing Editor 

When Ed Karayanes was 

just 17 years old, he got a 

job with a quick serve restaurant. 

And for years, that was the 

only chain for which Karayanes 

— now a 53-year-old 

resident of Elk Grove Village 

— ever worked, ultimately 

earning his way to partnership 

in eight locations. 

Then, he hit a roadblock. 

His partner was downsizing 

and making retirement 

plans. And despite more than 

three decades Karayanes invested 

in the company, the 

opportunities for advancement, 

at least on a local level, 

just were not there. 

That is when he started 

doing research and found 

Burger 21. 

“I just love their concept 

and their menu,” he said. “It 

was refreshing, what they 

were serving.” 

Burger 21 was born in 

November 2010, when 

the owners of The Melting 

Pot restaurants opened 

the burger chain’s first spot 

in Tampa, Florida, with a 

focus on high-quality, fastcasual 

burgers in a hip environment. 

The chain made a 

pledge to use always-fresh, 

never-frozen patties in what 

it proclaimed the “beyond 

the better burger” realm. 

“It’s like a scratch kitchen 

back there,” Karayanes said. 

The chain features chicken, 

turkey and seafood burgers 

for those looking to get away 

from red meat, if only for a 

night. It also offers a slate of 

decadent shakes — featuring 

Ghirardelli products and 

a proprietary ice cream — as 

The Bananas Foster signature shake is $4.49 for a small, 

$4.99 for a regular. 

well as nearly a dozen condiments 

(roughly half of them 

created in house) for the 

burgers and fries in Burger 

21’s famous sauce bar. 

The chain also features 

special washing stations on 

the main floor for children, 

so parents can keep an eye 

on them. And it actually encourages 

its employees to 

spend time talking to and 

learning about customers. 

Karayanes could not resist 

it. He and business partner 

Art Chimel first drove 

around the country, checking 

out many of Burger 21’s 

other locations. 

“We wanted to make sure 

it was the right decision,” 

Karayanes said. 

Karayanes reached out by 

email to explain his career to 

the owners and express his 

desire to work with them. He 

went through a six-month 

process that included writing 

an essay about himself, 

and ultimately was granted 

the opportunity to open the 

chain’s first and only existing 

Illinois spot, in Orland 

Burger 21 

14650 S. LaGrange 

Road in Orland Park 

Hours 

• 11 a.m.-10 p.m. 

Sunday-Thursday 

• 11 a.m.-11 p.m. 

Friday-Saturday 

For more information ... 

Web: www.burger21.com 

Phone: (708) 737-7952 

Park, with Chimel. 

It opened on Jan. 25, 2016, 

and Karayanes said Burger 

21 was “fortunate” to catch 

only the tail end of LaGrange 

Road’s massive construction 

project. The major thoroughfare’s 

high traffic counts have 

helped to make the location 

an immediate success. 

“I think it went very well,” 

Karayanes said of the opening. 

“And we’re going to 

continue to grow strong in 

this market. ... We’re happy 

with it.” 

Karayanes said Burger 21 

always has a strong contingent 

of regulars, but after 

The BBQ Bacon Burger ($7.99) at Burger 21 in Orland Park features applewood smoked 

bacon, cheddar cheese, onion strings, hickory BBQ sauce, a beef burger, lettuce and 

tomato on a brioche bun. It holds the honor of being the location’s most ordered burger. 

Photos by Bill Jones/22nd Century Media 

Kyle Palanca, of Tinley Park, torches sugar atop a cross section of a banana to caramelize 

it for the Bananas Foster signature shake at Burger 21 in Orland Park. 

a year and a half of getting 

comfortable with the new 

digs, and playing into the 

company’s culture by donating 

10 percent of proceeds 

on the 21st of each month 

to a local charity or school 

— so far, the Lions Club 

and Orland Township Food 

Pantry have been among the 

beneficiaries — Karayanes is 

ready to do more, especially 

on a local level. Burger 21 

has been getting involved 

with more area events and is 

to debut at the Taste of Orland 

Park this summer. 

“We think that’s really going 

to help us get our brand 

out there,” he said. “You 

hear from a lot of people 

who thought it was going 

to be ‘another burger place.’ 

It’s not.”

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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. Baseball bat wood 

4. Alain of Formula 

One 

9. Standout girls 

soccer player with 

Andrew, Brooke ___ 

14. Motor-oil can 

letters 

15. Hawaiian veranda 

16. “Dallas” matriarch 

17. Personal statement 

intro 

18. Distasteful 

20. Notes that are 

almost as easy as A, 

B, C 

22. Tablet 

23. Founded, abbr. 

24. Resting place 

27. Not without my 

__ 

29. Actor McKellen 

32. Set straight 

35. Resentment 

38. Oz greeting 

39. Corporation type 

42. Tinley Park summer 

event, goes with 

64 across 

44. Berlioz’s “Les 

nuits d’___” 

45. High school subj. 

47. Transplant 

48. Dixie drink 

50. Rough-hewn 

51. ___ slipper (orchid 

type) 

56. Qatar’s capital 

58. Purple-hued root 

59. Sainted Norwegian 

king 

62. Brickyard 400 

org. 

64. See 42 across 

69. Before, to a sonneteer 

70. Hedge plant 

71. Studio sign 

72. ___ quandary 

73. Gray roof piece 

74. Smart-mouthed 

75. “’Tis a pity” 

Down 

1. Digressions 

2. Fried turnover 

3. Robust 

4. Most desirable thing 

5. Indian queen 

6. ___ roll 

7. Seven-time NFL Pro Bowl 

tackle, Warren 

8. Dwelling, var. 

9. Person with a cause 

10. Expressing future intention 

11. 551, in old Rome 

12. Freudian article 

13. Fraternity party staple 

19. Common street name 

21. Time workers 

25. E-mail address ender 

26. Bad-mannered 

28. Heavenly body 

29. Interior 

30. Ghanaian port 

31. Not at all 

33. Finish off 

34. Hair coloring 

36. ___ Lingus (Irish airlines) 

37. ___ Speedwagon (“Keep on 

Loving You” band) 

39. White House initials of the 

1960s 

40. Lucy of “Charlie’s Angels,” 

2000 

41. Unresponsive 

43. Letters on a Cardinals cap 

46. DiCaprio, to fans 

49. One of the friends on 

“Friends” 

52. “Six-pack” muscles, briefly 

53. Cheating 

54. Desires 

55. Fashionable hair color 

splash 

57. State on the Gulf of 

Mexico, abbr. 

60. Admit frankly 

61. “___, vidi, vici” 

62. Ravel’s “Gaspard de la ___” 

63. High-altitude habitation 

64. Old spy grp. 

65. Ice hockey org. 

66. ___ la la 

67. Ending for a pizza chain 

68. A Turner 

FRANKFORT 

Pete Mitchell’s Bar & Grill 

(21000 Frankfort Square 

Road, Frankfort; (815) 

464-8100) 

■6-8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Free N’ Fun Bar Game. 

Free to play. 

■6 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Acoustic 

Avenue, Psychic 

night - second Tuesday 

every month. 

■9 ■ p.m. Thursdays: 

Karaoke 

■Fridays ■ and Saturdays: 

Live bands 

How to play Sudoku 

Each sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that 

has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3x3 

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

box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9. 

LEVEL: Medium 

NEW LENOX 

Little Joe’s Restaurant 

(1300 N. Cedar Road, 

New Lenox; (815) 463- 

1099) 

■5-8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: 

Piano Styles by Joe 

HOMER GLEN 

Mullets Sports Bar and 

Restaurant 

(14903 S. Bell Road, 

Homer Glen; (708) 645- 

7000) 

■7 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Trivia 

MOKENA 

The Alley Grill and Tap House 

(18700 S. Old LaGrange 

Road, Mokena; (708) 

478-3610) 

■9 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Karaoke 

Fox’s Restaurant and Pub 

(11247 W. 187th St., Mokena; 

(708) 478-8888) 

■6 ■ p.m. Thursdays, 

Fridays and Saturdays: 

Performance by Jerry 

Eadie 

Jenny’s Southside Tap 

(10160 191st St., Mokena; 

(708) 479-6873) 

LOCKPORT 

The Outpost Pub & Grill 

(14929 Archer Ave., Lockport; 

(815) 836-8893) 

■8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays and 

Thursdays: Live DJ and 

Karaoke 

Strike N Spare II 

(811 Northern Drive, Lockport; 

(708) 301-1477) 

■9:30 ■ p.m.-12:30 a.m. 

Mondays: Quartermania 

Fridays: Live bands 

To place an event 

in The Scene, email 

b.kapa@22ndcenturymedia. 

com. 

answers 

Sudoku by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan

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30 | July 20, 2017 | The New Lenox Patriot Local living 


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split foyer entry, formal living 

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great room, four bedrooms 

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CLASSIFIEDS 

Help Wanted · Garage Sales · Automotive 

Real Estate · Rentals · Merchandise 

Sell It 708.326.9170 | Fax It 708.326.9179 

Charge It | DEADLINE - Friday at 3pm 

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Professional company 

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looking for reliable 

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Competitive salary + 

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$52 4 lines/ 

7 papers 

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Hiring Event 

We are looking for 

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Casual Store & Store 

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(starting wage) 

Shift Manager-$17.50/hr 

first year when performing 

Manager duties. 

Please visit the following 

location on Wednesday, 

Aug 2, 2017 between the 

hours of 6 A.M. –6 P.M. 

to complete an application: 

ALDI 

16150 S. Harlem Ave. 

Tinley Park, IL 60477 

Tinley Park Safety Dept. 

looking for individuals to 

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driver applicants for 

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Will only consider application 

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Please DO NOT chase. 

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with any information. Any 

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splendor of heaven, blessed 

mother of the Son of God, 

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(make request) there are 

none that can withstand 

your power, oh show me 

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oh Mary conceived without 

sin, pray for us who have 

recourse tothee (3x). Holy 

Mary, Iplace this cause in 

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Oh most Beautiful Flower of 

Mt Carmel, Fruitful vine, 


mother of the Son of God, Immaculate 

Virgin, Assist mein 

this my neccessity, oh star of 

the sea help me and show me 

herein you are mymother. Oh 

holy Mary, Mother of God, 

Queen of Heaven and Earth, I 

humbly beeseach you from the 

bottom ofmyheart to succor 

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there are none that can 

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conceived without sin, pray for 

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holy Mary, Mother of God, 

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me in my necessity (make request) 

there are none that can 

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conceived without sin, pray for 

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Sale 

1052 Garage Sale 

Barn Sale 

Frankfort, 22919 Scheer Rd. 

7/20-7/22, 9-4p. Antiques, 

furn, tools, pool supplies, patio 

sets, piano, clothes: wm tall, & 

RC planes. 

Frankfort , 19847 S. Edinburgh 

Ln. 7/22 &7/23, 8-2p. 

Home decor, high fashion jewelry, 

name brand ladies clothing 

sz 2-4P, housewares. Don’t 

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Lockport , 312 Madison St. 

7/21-7/22, 9-3p. Tools, furniture, 

kid’s clothing, toys. Everything 

but the kitchen sink!! 

Lockport , 318 Geissler St. 

Bonnie Brae Sub. Sat 7/22, 

9-3p. Silk flowers, vases, ribbon, 

floral tape, & misc items! 

New Lenox 763 Belot 7/20 & 

7/21 8-2pm Furniture, Ladies 

&kids clothes, toys, household 

items, tools & more! 

New Lenox, 2835 Daniel 

Lewis Dr. 7/21-7/22, 8-3p. 

Clothes, kitchen ware, enesco, 

DVDs, video games, holiday, 

tools, golf, toys, home decor, 

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New Lenox, 745 Wisconsin 

Rd. 7/20-7/21, 8-3p. Furniture, 

home decor, dirt bike, records, 

electronics, baby & much 

more! 

Orland Park 17138 Deer 

Creek Dr 7/21-7/22 9-3pm 

Home decor, small furn, gently 

used household items & more! 

1052 Garage Sale 

Orland Park, 13361 108th 

Ave. Fri 7/21 -Sat 7/22, 9-2p. 

Yard/lawn equiptment, household 

items, kids items &toys. 

Moving! 

Orland Park, 15251 Narcissus 

Ct. July 21&22, 8-1p. Large 

selection of plus sz womens 

clothes & many other misc 

items! 

Tinely Park 17719 Flannagan 

Ct. 7/21-22, 8 a.m. Moving 

house after 15 yrs. One huge 

sale. Everything from furn, 

pictures, hshld, Xmas items, 

toys, games, clothing, garden 

pots, tools and more! 

1053 Multi Family 

Sale 

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SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ES- 

TATE of 950 Foxwood Court, 

New Lenox, IL 60451 (Single 

Family). On the 10th day of 

August, 2017 to be held at 12:00 

noon, at the Will County Courthouse 

Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, 

Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, under 

Case Title: Wells Fargo Bank, 

N.A. Plaintiff V. Thomas J. Bruno 

aka Thomas Bruno; Jamie M. 

Bruno aka Jamie Bruno; Nantucket 

Lakes Condominum Association; 

Unknown Owners and Non-Record 

Claimants Defendant. 

Case No. 16CH 2299 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 acon- 

dominium, in accordance with 735 

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

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

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

hereby notified that the purchaser 

of the unit, other than amortgagee, 

shall pay the assessments and legal 

fees required by subdivisions 

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

the assessments required bysubsection 

(g-1) of Section 18.5 of the 

Illinois Condominium Property 

Act. 

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 

(J) ifthere is asurplus following 

application of the proceeds of sale, 

then the plaintiff shall send written 

notice pursuant to 735 ILCS 

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

proceeding advising them of the 

amount ofthe surplus and that the 

surplus will beheld until aparty 

obtains acourt order for its distribution 

or, in the absence of an order, 

until the surplus is forfeited to 

the State. 

For Information Please Contact: 

ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER 

LLC. 

1771 W. Diehl Rd. Suite 120 

NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS 60563 

P: 630-453-6960 

F: 630-428-4620 

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. 

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IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT 

COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO 

COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY 

INFORMATION OBTAINED 

WILL BE USED FOR THAT 

PURPOSE. 

STATE OF ILLINOIS ) 

) SS. 

COUNTY OF WILL ) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF 

THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIR- 

CUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Thomas J. Bruno aka Thomas 

Bruno; Jamie M. Bruno aka Jamie 

Bruno; Nantucket Lakes Condominum 

Association; Unknown Owners 

and Non-Record Claimants 

Defendant. 

No. 16 CH 2299 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that 

pursuant to ajudgment entered in 

the above cause on the 23rd day of 

June, 2017, MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff 

ofWill County, Illinois, will on 

Thursday, the 10th day of August, 

2017 , commencing at 12:00 

o'clock noon, at the Will County 

Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa 

Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, 

sell at public auction to the highest 

and best bidder orbidders the following-described 

real estate: 

UNITS 950 IN NANTUCKET 

LAKES CONDOMINIUM, AS 

DELINEATED AND DEFINED 

IN SURVEY ATTACHED AS 

EXHIBIT "A" TO THE DECLA- 

RATION OF CONDOMINIUM 

RECORDED MAY 9, 2003 AS 

DOCUMENT R2003-108051, BE- 

ING ASURVEY OF LOTS 71, 72 

AND OUTLOTS A AND B IN 

WINDERMERE LAKES SUBDI- 

VISION UNIT 1, BEING A SUB- 

DIVISION OF PART OF THE 

WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTH- 

WEST 1/4 OF SECTION 33, 

TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 

11, EAST OF THE THIRD PRIN- 

CIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORD- 

ING TOTHE PLAT THEREOF 

RECORDED AS DOCUMENT 

R2001-31557 AND CERTIFI- 

CATE OF CORRECTION RE- 

CORDED JANUARY 23, 2004 

AS DOCUMENT R2004-13845 

TOGETHER WITH ITS UNDI- 

VIDED PERCENTAGE INTER- 

EST IN THE COMMON ELE- 

MENTS, ALL IN WILL 

COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

Commonly known as: 

950 Foxwood Court, New Lenox, 

IL 60451 

Description of Improvements: 

Single Family 

P.I.N.: 

00-08-33-301-048-1001 

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 acon- 

dominium, in accordance with 735 

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

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

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

hereby notified that the purchaser 

of the unit, other than amortgagee, 

shall pay the assessments and legal 

fees required by subdivisions 

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

the assessments required bysubsection 

(g-1) of Section 18.5 of the 

Illinois Condominium Property 

Act. 

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 

(J) ifthere is asurplus following 

application of the proceeds of sale, 

then the plaintiff shall send written 

notice pursuant to 735 ILCS 

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

proceeding advising them of the 

amount ofthe surplus and that the 

surplus will beheld until aparty 

obtains acourt order for its distribution 

or, in the absence of an order, 

until the surplus is forfeited to 

the State. 

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE 

CONTACT: 

ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER 

LLC. 

1771 W. Diehl Rd. Suite 120 

NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS 60563 

P: 630-453-6960 

F: 630-428-4620 

Plaintiff's Attorney 

MIKE KELLEY 

Sheriff of Will County 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF 

THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIR- 

CUIT 

WILL COUNTY-ILLINOIS 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSO- 

CIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVID- 

UAL CAPACITY 

BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF 

SW REMIC TRUST 2015-1 

PLAINTIFF 

VS. 

MARTIN VILLALOBOS A/K/A 

MARTIN VILLALOBOS JR., 

DENISE VILLALOBOS 

A/K/A DENISE M. VILLALO- 

BOS, BRUMUND, JACOBS, 

HAMMEL, DAVIDSON 

& ANDREANO, LLC, UN- 

KNOWN OWNERS, GENER- 

ALLY, AND NON-RECORD 

CLAIMANTS 

DEFENDANTS 

11CH 4158 

Property Address: 1400 Briarcliff 

Dr 


NOTICE OF PUBLICATION AS 

TO UNKNOWN OWNERS 

AND NON-RECORD CLAIM- 

ANTS 

The requisite affidavit for publication 

having been filed, notice is 

hereby given to: UNKNOWN 

OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND 

NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, 

Defendants in the above-entitled 

action, that aComplaint for Foreclosure 

and Other Relief has been 

commenced inthe Circuit Court of 

Will County, by said Plaintiff 

against you and other defendants, 

praying for the foreclosure of certain 

mortgages conveying the 

premises legally described as follows: 

THE PART OF LOT 16 IN WIN- 

DERMERE HEIGHTS, A SUBDI- 

VISION OF PART OF THE 

SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF 

SECTION 26, IN TOWNSHIP 35 

NORTH, AND IN RANGE 11 

EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCI- 

PAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING 

TO THE PLAT THEREOF RE- 

CORDED OCTOBER 19,1973, 

AS DOCUMENT NO. R73- 

31965, LYING SOUTHEAST- 

ERLY OF THE FOLLOWING 

DESCRIBED LINE COMMENC- 

ING AT THE NORTHEAST 

CORNER OF SAID LOT 16 

THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE 

EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 

16, ADISTANCE OF 4.29 FEET 

TO A POINT OF CURVATURE, 

THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY 

ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE 

OF SAID LOT 16, BEING A 

CURVED CONVEX SOUTH- 

WESTERLY HAVING A RA- 

DIOS OF 196.58 FEET AND ARC 

DISTANCE OF 83.07 FEET, 

THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY 

AND HAVING A RADIOS OF 

75.0 FEET AND ARC DIS- 

TANCE OF 164.68 FEET TO 

THE POINT OF BEGINNING, 

THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY 

TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH- 

WESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 

16 (ALSO BEING THE EAST- 

ERLY LINE OF LOT 1OF SAID 

WINDERMERE HEIGHTS SUB- 

DIVISION) WHICH LIES 57.33 

FEET NORTHWESTERLY OF 

THE SOUTHEAST CORNER AS 

MEASURED ALONG THE SAID 

EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 

1, ALL IN NEW LENOX TOWN- 

SHIP, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLI- 

NOIS. 

P.I.N.: 08-26-305-033-0000 

COMMON ADDRESS: 1400 Briarcliff 

Dr, New Lenox, IL 60451 

And which mortgages were made 

by Martin Villalobos a/k/a Martin 

Villalobos Jr. and Denise Villalobos 

a/k/a Denise M. Villalobos, as 

Mortgagor(s); and given to Mortgage 

Electronic Registration Systems, 

Inc. as nominee for Countrywide 

Bank, FSB as Mortgagee; to 

wit: that certain "Mortgage" dated 

August 20, 2007, and recorded as 

Document No.R2007134650, that 

Summons was duly issued out of 

said court against you as provided 

by law, and that the said Complaint 

is now pending for foreclosure of 

said mortgages and for other 

relief. 

Now, therefore, unless you UN- 

KNOWN OWNERS, GENER- 

ALLY, AND NON-RECORD 

CLAIMANTS, file your Appearance 

and Answer tothe Complaint 

in said action in the office of the 

Clerk ofthe Circuit Court of Will 

County, Chancery Division, on or 

before the August 14, 2017, default 

may be entered against you at any 

time after that day and ajudgment 

entered in accordance with the 

prayer for relief in said Complaint. 

CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT 

COURT 

Kluever & Platt, LLC 

65 E. Wacker Place, Ste. 2300 

Chicago, Illinois 60601 

(312) 201 6679 

Attorney No. 06187248 

Our File #: SFFX.0027 

I723815 

LEGAL NOTICE 

Prevailing Wage Notification 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN 

THAT THE BOARDS OF EDU- 

CATION OF SCHOOL DIS- 

TRICTS #17, #30C, #33C, #70C, 

#81, #84, #86, #88, #88A, #89, 

#90, #91, #92, #114, #122, #157C, 

#159, #161, #200U, #201U, #202, 

#203, #204, #205, #207U, #209U, 

#210, #255U, #365U, #525, #843, 

WILCO AREA CAREER CEN- 

TER, LOCKPORT SPECIAL 

EDUCATION COOPERATIVE, 

AND SOUTHERN WILL 

COUNTY COOPERATIVE FOR 

SPECIAL EDUCATION IN THE 

COUNTIES OF KANKAKEE, 

KENDALL, AND WILL, STATE 

OF ILLINOIS, THAT CHANNA- 

HON SCHOOL DISTRICT #17, 

TROY SCHOOL DISTRICT 

#30C, HOMER SCHOOL DIS- 

TRICT #33C, LARAWAY 

SCHOOL DISTRICT #70C, UN- 

ION SCHOOL DISTRICT #81, 

ROCKDALE SCHOOL DIS- 

TRICT #84, JOLIET ELEMEN- 

TARY SCHOOL DISTRICT #86, 

CHANEY-MONGE SCHOOL 

DISTRICT #88, RICHLAND 

SCHOOL DISTRICT #88A, 

FAIRMONT SCHOOL DISTRICT 

#89, TAFT SCHOOL DISTRICT 

#90, LOCKPORT SCHOOL DIS- 

TRICT #91, WILL COUNTY 

SCHOOL DISTRICT #92, MAN- 

HATTAN SCHOOL DISTRICT 

#114, NEW LENOX SCHOOL 

DISTRICT #122, FRANKFORT 

SCHOOL DISTRICT #157C, 

MOKENA SCHOOL DISTRICT 

#159, SUMMIT HILL SCHOOL 

DISTRICT #161, BEECHER 

SCHOOL DISTRICT #200U, 

CRETE-MONEE SCHOOL DIS- 

TRICT #201U, PLAINFIELD 

SCHOOL DISTRICT #202, EL- 

WOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT 

#203, JOLIET HIGH SCHOOL 

DISTRICT #204, LOCKPORT 

HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT #205, 

PEOTONE SCHOOL DISTRICT 

#207U, WILMINGTON SCHOOL 

DISTRICT #209U, 

LINCOLN-WAY HIGH SCHOOL 

DISTRICT #210, REED-CUSTER 

SCHOOL DISTRICT #255U, 

VALLEY VIEW SCHOOL DIS- 

TRICT #365U, JOLIET JUNIOR 

COLLEGE DISTRICT #525, LIN- 

COLN-WAY SPECIAL EDUCA- 

TION COOPERATIVE #843, 

WILCO AREA CAREER CEN- 

TER, LOCKPORT SPECIAL 

EDUCATION COOPERATIVE, 

AND SOUTHERN WILL 

COUNTY COOPERATIVE FOR 

SPECIAL EDUCATION HAVE 

PASSED RESOLUTIONS RE- 

GARDING THE GENERAL PRE- 

VAILING RATE OF HOURLY 

WAGES FOR THESE DIS- 

TRICTS AND THAT THE PRE- 

VAILING RATE SHALL BE THE 

RATE AS DETERMINED BY 

THE DEPARTMENT OFLABOR 

OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. 

THESE WAGE RATES ARE 

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT 

EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL 

SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICES. 

THESE RESOLUTIONS SHALL 

BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDI- 

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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT 

National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs 

Will County Regional Office of Education today announced on behalf of the Boards ofEducation ofSchool Districts #17, #30C, #33C, #70C, #81, #84, 

#86, #88, #88A, #89, #90, #91, #92, #114, #122, #157C, #159, #161, #200U, #201U, #202, #203, #204, #205, #207U, #209U, #210, #255U, #365U, and 

#843 in the counties ofKankakee, Kendall, and Will, State of Illinois, that Channahon School District #17, Troy School District #30C, Homer School 

District #33C, Laraway School District #70C, Union School District #81, Rockdale School District #84, Joliet Elementary School District #86, 

Chaney-Monge School District #88, Richland School District #88A, Fairmont School District #89, Taft School District #90, Lockport School District 

#91,Will County School District #92, Manhattan School District #114, New Lenox School District #122, Frankfort School District #157C, Mokena 

School District #159, Summit Hill School District #161, Beecher School District #200U, Crete-Monee School District #201U, Plainfield School District 

#202, Elwood School District #203, Joliet High School District #204, Lockport High School District #205, Peotone School District #207U, Wilmington 

School District #209U, Reed-Custer School District #255U, Valley View School District #365U, and Lincoln Way Special Ed. Cooperative #843 announce 

their policies for free and reduced price lunch, breakfast, and after school snack for those students unable topay the full price for meals and 

snacks under the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. The following household size and income criteria will be used for determining 

eligibility: 

ILLINOIS INCOME GUIDELINES 

(Effective from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018) 

Household Size FREE Household Size REDUCED-PRICE 

Annual Monthly Twice Per Every Two Weekly Annual Monthly Twice Per Every Two Weekly 

Month Weeks Month Weeks 

1 $15,678 $1,307 $654 $603 $302 1 $22,311 $1,860 $930 $859 $430 

2 21,112 1,760 880 812 406 2 30,044 2,504 1,252 1,156 578 

3 26,546 2,213 1,107 1,021 511 3 37,777 3,149 1,575 1,453 727 

4 31,980 2,665 1,333 1,230 615 4 45,510 3,793 1,897 1,751 876 

5 37,414 3,118 1,559 1,439 720 5 53,243 4,437 2,219 2,048 1,024 

6 42,848 3,571 1,786 1,648 824 6 60,976 5,082 2,541 2,346 1,173 

7 48,282 4,024 2,012 1,857 929 7 68,709 5,726 2,863 2,643 1,322 

8 53,716 4,477 2,239 2,066 1,033 8 76,422 6,371 3,186 2,941 1,471 

Each Additional 

Each Additional 

Family Member + 5,434 + 453 + 227 +209 + 105 Family Member + 7,733 + 645 + 323 + 298 + 149 

Children from households that meet Federal guidelines are eligible for free or reduced-price meal services. Complete one application per household for 

all children that attend the same school district. 

All meals served must meet the U.S.Department of Agriculture meal requirements. However, if achild has been determined by a doctor tohave adisability 

and the disability would prevent the child from eating the regular school meal, this school will make substitutions prescribed bythe doctor. If a 

substitution isneeded, there will be no extra charge for the meal. If you believe your child needs substitutions because ofadisability, please contact the 

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Lincoln-Way Central senior Peyton Nigro 

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during the 2017 season. He earned firstteam 

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I started playing football when I was, I 

think, [in] second grade, because we just 

moved to Mokena, and my dad’s best friend 

started to work the league. 

Before a game, do you have and 

rituals or superstitions? 

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would be I wear the same cutoff [T-shirt] 

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and then I eat the same sandwich every 

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think cucumbers. 

What are your goals for your senior 

season? 

My senior season goals would be, I would 

like to have 10 interceptions, [be] all-state 

and [have] my team make it to the state 

championship. 

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This year, I’m working on more of perfecting 

the run game. I think my pass game 

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connected with everyone. 

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My dream job would be an FBI agent. 

I’ve always been a huge law enforcement 

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I’m really into crime [prevention]. 

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44 | July 20, 2017 | The New Lenox Patriot SPORTS 


West alum earns scholarship, award for bowling prowess, grades 

RANDY WHALEN 


Eric Ullian had quite a senior 

bowling season at Lincoln-Way 

West. He was the 

individual champion at the 

Plainfield North Sectional 

and helped the Warriors to 

a ninth place finish in their 

first ever trip to the IHSA 

State Tournament. 

But before Ullian departs 

for college at St. Ambrose 

University, he got one more 

honor to cap his senior season. 

That came on June 30 

when Ullian was selected for 

the 2016-2017 Dexter/United 

States Bowling Congress 

High School All-American 

Team for his exceptional 

skills and dedication to his 

team. Only 10 bowlers in 

the US, five female and five 

male, are awarded this honor. 

Each recipient was required 

to have a minimum 

3.0 cumulative grade-point 

average as well as to submit 

their high school bowling 

accomplishments, a 

letter of recommendation 

and a 500-word essay. Each 

student-athlete selected will 

be awarded a $1,000 scholarship 

by the Dexter/USBC 


Team. 

“The Dexter/USBC All- 

American Team is a special 

program for me, personally,” 

said Dexter Bowling Vice 

President Bud Clapsaddle in 

a press release. “Each year 

is an opportunity to showcase 

young men and women 

who have shown talent on 

the lanes, dedication in the 

classroom and have given 

back to their communities. 

We appreciate the support 

of the IBC Youth team in 

helping to recognize these 

student-athletes.” 

Clapsaddle, who has overseen 

selection of the team 

for the last 12 seasons, will 

retire from Dexter at the end 

of the year. Ullian was very 

happy to be one of those he 

selected in his final season. 

“When I applied for it, I 

really didn’t think I’d get 

it,” Ullian said of the scholarship. 

“There’s only five 

boys and five girls that get it. 

When they called me I wasn’t 

home, so I had to call them 

back. I was really surprised 

since it’s really hard to get. 

But it’s pretty special.” 

Ullian was nominated by 

West Athletic Director, Ted 

Robbins. 

“We are extremely excited 

for Eric and his family that 

he was selected to the Dexter/USBC 

All-American 

Bowling Team,” Robbins 

Lincoln-Way West grad Scott Ullian was recently selected 

on the Dexter/USBC High School All-American Team. 22nd 

Century Media File Photo 

said. “Eric has been a leader 

in our boys bowling program 

for four years not only on the 

lanes, but also academically 

at Lincoln-Way West. We 

are going to miss him in our 

program but wish him the 

best of luck at St. Ambrose 

University as he will be on 

the men’s bowling team and 

study finance.” 

Ullian first got into bowling 

when his parents began 

taking him to their own 

leagues when he was very 

young. He started playing on 

his own league at age 7 and 

is happy that bowling gave 

him the opportunity to continue 

on to college. 

“Making school history 

to me makes me extremely 

happy because bowling can 

continue to be recognized 

more,” he said in a release. 

“Bowling helped make my 

decision for college because 

I knew I definitely wanted 

to go to a school that had a 

bowling team.” 

But Ullian does much 

more than bowl. He is also a 

National Honor Society and 

Mu Alpha Theta member 

and a VFW Voice of Democracy 

Scholarship recipient. 

He has also worked closely 

with Feed My Starving 

Children in an effort to help 

end starvation in children 

throughout the world. 

“A few years ago I used 

to do mission trips for my 

church at St. Jude in New 

Lenox,” Ullian said. “That’s 

how I started working with 

Feed My Starving Children.” 

A neat thing for Ullian is 

that he got to be coached by 

his dad - Scott Ullian, during 

his senior year. 

“For Eric winning the sectional 

and going to state for 

the first time is something 

he’ll never forget,” Scott 

Ullian said. “But this award 

is even better than winning 

sectional. It means more 

than any bowling achievement 

and is a good way to 

end his senior year. 

“I’m technically his coach, 

but also his father. This takes 

into account his community 

outreach and leadership. 

This is how you want your 

kid to grow up.” 

Each member of the Dexter/USBC 

High School All- 

American Team will receive 

their scholarship and be recognized 

on July 16 during 

the Opening Ceremony at the 

Junior Gold Championships 

in Cleveland. But Eric Ullian 

will be busy with bowling 

the entire month of July. He 

starts school at St. Ambrose 

in the final week of August. 

“I’m in Virginia now,” 

Eric Ullian said of being at a 

tournament in the first week 

of July. “The whole month 

of July is pretty full.” 

But a highlight will be 

receiving the Dexter-USBC 


Team award. 

There is one repeat selection 

from the previous year. 

The other nine recipients 

are all new and nine of them 

are seniors. The others in 

the nation that received the 

award are on the girls side: 

Ashley Channell from Hardin 

County High School in 

Morris Chapel, Tenn. - who 

is a repeat selection; Brittney 

Kinney from Columbia City 

High School in Columbia 

City, Ind.; Alexandra Ross 

from Greenwood Christian 

Academy in Greenwood, 

Ind.; Aimee Sherman from 

Jackson Memorial High 

School in Jackson, N.J.; and 

Crystal Singh, a junior from 

Coral Springs Charter in 

Coral Springs, Florida. 

The boys team consists 

of Kyle Bilawsky from 

Woodbridge High School in 

Fords, New Jersey; Jonathan 

Lovett from Cardinal Newman 

High School in Columbia, 

South Carolina; Carson 

Opela from The ASK Academy 

in Rio Rancho, New 

Mexico; Matthew Stephens 

from Egg Harbor Township 

High School in Egg Harbor 

Township, New Jersey, and 

Ullian. 

Tuminello 

From Page 46 

in the middle of the skill. 

She’s the type of person who 

would never give an excuse 

or a blame a situation for that 

happening. Instead, she bore 

that burden upon herself.” 

Duesing said it may have 

shook Tuminello’s confidence 

a bit at first. After noticing 

her hesitate a few times 

with the skill, Duesing asked 

Tuminello about it. Duesing 

told her not to doubt herself, 

because she didn’t have any 

doubts about Tuminello. 

“I never doubted her — I 

knew she could,” Duesing 

said. 

Tuminello said going 

through this past season, letting 

go of that misstep was 

difficult for her. 

“But once I went back out 

there at state, I felt that I was 

really able to redeem myself 

by landing it,” she said. 

And she did. And for her 

coach, that memory was particularly 

moving. 

“I actually have tears in 

my eyes hearing that story, 

because that is an exact 

example of who she is,” 

Duesing said. 

It definitely mattered to 

Tuminello. 

“Just getting over that fear,” 

Tuminello said. “I think going 

into college, knowing how to 

work back from a setback will 

help me a lot.” 

A bright future 

When it came time to 

start thinking about college, 

St. Norbert appealed 

to Tuminello for many reasons. 

For one thing, in addition 

to cheering for the 

school’s football and basketball 

teams, St. Norbert also 

serves as cheerleaders for 

the Green Bay Packers. 

“I love game day, so I 

thought that was really interesting,” 

she said. “Also, 

once I got [academic] scholarships, 

I knew I wanted to 

go there — even before I had 

made the cheerleading team.” 

After making the cheerleading 

team, the decision 

was finalized. But even 

though she is going to be 

rooting for the Packers next 

season, she said she still is a 

Bears fan at heart. 

At St. Norbert, she plans to 

study international business 

with a minor in Spanish. 

“I’ve always know that I 

wanted to do something in 

the business field,” she said. 

“Recently, especially this 

past year, I realized I wanted 

to do international business, 

because I really enjoyed taking 

Spanish in high school. 

I wanted to continue to take 

it [in college]. I also love to 

travel, so I feel this would be 

a good major for me.” 

As for what she is most 

looking forward to this fall, 

it extends beyond just being 

on the sideline or in the gym. 

“I’m really excited to 

cheer in the fall for [St. Norbert] 

and the Packers games, 

but I’m also really excited to 

meet new people and make 

new friendships that I’m 

sure I will have for a very 

long time,” she said “I’m 

also really excited to join 

some of the same clubs that 

I was in at Providence, and 

maybe branch out and try 

new clubs.” 

And if you ask her former 

coach what she thinks, 

Duesing said the sky is the 

limit for Tuminello. 

“I think that there is no 

stopping Natasha,” Duesing 

said. “Whatever goal she sets 

for herself, she accomplishes. 

I know she is very excited 

about cheering at the college 

level, and I think she is going 

to do a great job.”



Baseball 

Warriors fall in opening round of summer league regional 

West leaves with 

head start on what 

to prepare for next 

year 

James Sanchez, Editor 

Michael Kennedy isn’t a 

wide-eyed freshman anymore. 

With a year of varsity experience 

now under his belt, 

the Lincoln-Way West returning 

starter is coming into 

his sophomore campaign 

with noticeable confidence. 

Kennedy went 2-for-3 

with 3 RBI and a run scored 

to help the Warriors spark 

a rally that eventually fell 

short to the tune of a 7-5 loss 

to Joliet Catholic July 12 

during the IHSBCA summer 

league regional opener. Both 

of his hits came in 2-out scenarios. 

The first was a 2-RBI 

double in the fifth inning to 

cut the deficit to 5-3, and a 

RBI single in the final inning. 

His sound defense at multiple 

infield positions is what 

got him the call up to the 

varsity level, but for next 

spring, he’s looking to expand 

his role to be a force on 

the offensive side, as well. 

“Getting more at-bats 

against the varsity pitching 

level, I’m more comfortable 

now, for sure,” he said. 

The Warriors fell behind 

early due to a controversial 

call on an attempted double 

steal and a defensive blunder 

that led to back-to-back sacrifice-fly 

RBI. The Hilltoppers 

batted around their lineup 

and eventually jumped 

out to a quick 4-0 lead after 

the first. 

“Giving some extra outs 

by walks and errors, and not 

making simple fundamentals 

of the game kind of got us in 

a bad start,” said West head 

coach Jake Zajc. 

Warriors designated hitter 

Nick Andersen got the 

team’s spirits back up the 

following inning when he 

smashed a home run to leftcenter 

off of Notre Dame 

commit Aidan Tyrell. The 

incoming senior, who is in 

a position battle for catcher 

with Brendan Sturm and 

Kyle Waxweiler, said he was 

sitting on the fastball against 

the hard-throwing lefty. 

“I knew from the last inning 

he was throwing a lot 

of fastballs,” said Andersen, 

who hit his second home run 

in as many games against Joliet 

Catholic. “He mixed in a 

couple of curves, but I don’t 

think he was relying on his 

curve as much.” 

Incoming sophomore 

Sean Malpelli registered a 

pinch-hit, 2-out RBI single 

in the seventh inning before 

the Hilltoppers changed 

pitchers to record the final 

out. Starter Ben Gerl threw 

1 ⅔ innings, James Hatfield 

came in relief for three innings, 

and Jase McWilliams 

finished up the remainder of 

the game. 

“A lot of coaches will tell 

you, a lot on the mound is 

going to matter,” Zajc said. 

“We got some guys throwing 

some short stints just to 

see what they could do and 

how the batters react to their 

pitches.” 

Joe Gonzalez, Marcus 

Seguin and Kevin Davis 

also recorded a hit apiece, 

and Sturm and Ryan Mc- 

Williams, who missed last 

season with an injury, both 

reached base on walks in the 

loss. 

But regardless of the outcome, 

Zajc said any summer 

league season is a success 

because it gives players the 

opportunity for reps and for 

coaches to evaluate to prepare 

for the upcoming season. 

This summer league 

Lincoln-Way West starting pitcher Ben Gerl throws a pitch July 11 during the IHSBCA summer league opening round 

against Joliet Catholic in Joliet. Photos by James Sanchez/22nd Century Media 

Kevin Davis gets a lead off first base following a pitch. 

season gave Zajc a closer 

look at the sophomore team 

that went undefeated (12-0) 

in conference play. 

Gonzalez, an incoming 

junior, was a key contributor 

to that sophomore team, and 

his impression on coaches 

carried over into the summer 

season. 

“Joe Gonzalez had a really 

good summer program playing 

center and second,” Zajc 

said. “As our leadoff hitter, 

he had some good at-bats, 

and that stuck out to me. A 

lot of the young pitchers 

came out and also did well, 

but I know Joe had one the 

best summers of all our players.” 

The Warriors will return 

Designated hitter Nick Andersen, who hit a solo home run 

against Notre Dame commit Aidan Tyrell, swings at a pitch. 

two everyday starters (Kennedy, 

Anthony Lullo), their 

ace, Seguin, and 13 additional 

players who either 

started the year on varsity or 

were called up in the middle 

of the season. Including the 

successful sophomore team 

in the mix will make next 

spring another promising 

year, Kennedy said. 

“For summer ball, I don’t 

think we got to showcase 

all we had because we had 

guys in different positions,” 

Kennedy said. “But going 

into the season, I think we’ll 

do good with the [incoming 

sophomores and juniors] 

coming up.”

46 | July 20, 2017 | The New Lenox Patriot SPORTS 


Tuminello brings talent, leadership to St. Norbert 

Jon DePaolis 


Providence Catholic 

cheerleading coach Laura 

Duesing remembers the first 

time she met Natasha Tuminello. 

It was about four years 

ago, when the teenager tried 

out for the squad her freshman 

year. 

“She made an immediate 

impression on me, just by 

the way she handled herself,” 

Duesing said. “We 

were just really drawn to her 

personality. She was very 

kind and humble, but you 

could tell that this was a person 

who was grateful for the 

opportunities that she was 

going to have. And she made 

such good use out of those 

opportunities.” 

But before Tuminello 

would go on to those successes 

— including three 

Top 4 finishes at state and 

two sectional championships 

— Duesing just had a 

feeling about the New Lenox 

teenager. 

“I had no doubt,” Duesing 

said. “I knew when I saw 

her that this was going to be 

someone who would go on 

to do very well — not just 

athletically but in all aspects 

of her life.” 

The recently retired cheerleading 

coach couldn’t have 

been more right, as Tuminello 

— who just graduated 

from Providence in the 

spring — has committed to 

continue her cheerleading 

career at St. Norbert College 

in De Pere, Wisconsin. 

A presence on the sidelines 

Tuminello — the daughter 

of Raymond and Jennifer — 

has a deep love of her sport 

and her school. 

An honor roll student and a 

student ambassador, she also 

was a member of the National 

Natasha Tuminello will continue her cheerleading career next year at St. Norbert College. 

St. Norbert cheerleaders also have the opportunity to perform at Green Bay Packers’ home 

football games all season long. Photos by Burns Photography 

Honor Society, Spanish Honor 

Society, Habitat for Humanity, 

the Augustinian Youth 

Ministry and Student Council 

at Providence. But Tuminello 

really comes alive on the sidelines 

and on the mat. 

“I think the part about 

game day cheerleading that I 

love is getting the school and 

fans of the school involved 

within the sport,” Tuminello 

said. “Football or basketball, 

whatever you’re cheering 

for, I feel like we can participate 

more in them. And once 

you start to get the crowd 

excited, I think it gets [the 

players] excited and ready to 

play the game.” 

Duesing said Tuminello 

is a passionate person, who 

was great at interacting 

with the student section — 

dubbed Celtic Nation. 

“She loved being a Providence 

Catholic student and 

cheerleader,” Duesing said. 

“She took that love for being 

a Providence Catholic student 

to the sidelines [with her]. 

“She was really able to 

draw people in and raise 

the school spirit during the 

games. She would run one of 

the flags onto the field during 

the pregame. She actually 

would ask to do that, because 

she loved doing it. She 

would run flags after every 

touchdown. She ran the flags 

at school assemblies and 

basketball games, as well.” 

And on the mat during 

competition season, Tuminello 

displayed that same 

enthusiasm and energy. 

“Natasha was a dream to 

coach,” Duesing said. “She 

was very committed to her 

goals — both personal and 

team goals. She worked extremely 

hard not only during 

practices and games but also 

to put in individual time outside 

of our practices.” 

Duesing praised the former 

Celtics cheerleader, saying 

she was one of the strongest 

leaders the program has 

ever had. 

“She is not someone who 

has ever taken a shortcut,” 

Duesing said. “This is the 

type of student who went the 

extra mile. 

“She was someone who 

was friends with everyone 

on the team. She was a great 

speaker and motivator. She 

was an absolute joy to coach.” 

And while Tuminello said 

the team accomplished some 

amazing things during her 

four years at the school — 

including the team placing 

third at state in 2014 and 

second in 2016 — she pointed 

to the smaller moments as 

the ones she loved the most. 

“I really loved being at 

practice and bonding with the 

girls,” Tuminello said. “We 

did a lot of team bonding 

exercises and went to Irons 

Oaks. It was a camp, and it 

was team bonding all day doing 

fun activities. You really 

get to know your team.” 

She also loved participating 

in service activities with 

her teammates, such as serving 

meals at the Ronald Mc- 

Donald House, working with 

children from Down in the 

Southland, and donating and 

The four-year varsity cheerleader helped lead the 

Celtics to three Top 4 finishes at state and two sectional 

championships in her career. 

Jennifer Tuminello (left to right), Natasha and Raymond 

pose for a picture at Senior Night during one of 

Providence’s football games. 

wrapping gifts for those at a 

women’s shelter. 

“While doing those service 

activities, I was really 

able to get to know the people 

I was helping and talk to 

them,” Tuminello said. “It 

gave me a better outlook on 

life, especially now going 

into college.” 

And while being successful 

in the sport meant devoting 

a lot of time, Tuminello 

said it was all worth it. 

“When I was younger, it 

was hard,” she admitted. “I 

didn’t always want to go, but 

after accomplishing all those 

[state finishes], every hour 

and every camp was worth it.” 

Overcoming adversity 

Not everything went according 

to plan, however, for 

Tuminello. And while it was 

a moment of great adversity 

for her, Tuminello also listed 

it as one of her favorite memories 

she will take with her. 

It began her junior year, 

when she was unable to execute 

a double toe touch back 

tuck at state. She said she 

messed it up. Her coach remembers 

it slightly different. 

“It was a skill that was not 

something she even had to 

think about doing,” Duesing 

said. “But it was a situation 

where her shoe came off 

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fastbreak 

1st-and-3 

James Sanchez/ 

22nd Century Media 

Baseball storylines 

1. Nick Andersen 

The incoming senior 

blasted his second 

home run of the 

summer against JCA 

on July 11. He’s in 

a battle for catcher 

with Brendan Sturm 

and Kyle Waxweiler. 

Regardless, he will 

earn playing time at 

DH due to his quality 

hitting. 

2. Ben Gerl 

After losing lefty 

pitcher Connor Lowman 

to graduation, 

the incoming sophomore 

will be a key arm 

on the varsity roster 

in spring. The lefty 

started three times on 

the varsity level as a 

freshman. 

3. Michael Kennedy 

More known for his 

defensive prowess, 

Kennedy is looking to 

turn heads on the offensive 

side now. The 

incoming sophomore 

went 2-for-3 with 3 

RBI against JCI. 

Baseball 

Celtics lose late lead in quarterfinal thriller 

Provi registers 17 hits in 

game that combined for 

27 runs 

RANDY WHALEN, Freelance Reporter 

Providence baseball coach Mark 

Smith doesn’t always put a lot of 

stock into his teams summer baseball 

season. 

But with so many returners expected 

back from last season’s 

squad, which was the first season in 

four years the Celtics didn’t win the 

Class 4A state championship, Smith 

admitted that he was looking forward 

to seeing what the guys could 

do this summer. 

“I honestly thought we could 

make a run,” Smith said of the Illinois 

High School Baseball Coaches 

Association Baseball Tournament. 

Instead the Celtics saw their summer 

season end abruptly in a 14- 

13 loss to Minooka on July 11 in a 

quarterfinal game of the Lockport 

Township Regional. 

Providence (7-8) blew a 10-2 

lead in the loss, which ended in 

such a weird way that no one immediately 

caught the fact that the 

winning run scored was a runner 

that was forced out on the play. But 

Smith refused to blame that and instead 

focused on his teams inability 

to hold the lead. 

“It’s disappointing,” he said. “We 

just can’t let that happen.” 

Still what happened in the bottom 

of the seventh was, well strange. After 

a leadoff out, the Indians loaded 

the bases on a pair of walks sandwiched 

around a single. Cherokee 

Lebeau then hit a sharp ground 

ball to senior third baseman Dylan 

Gorski. He tagged third for a force 

out, but trying to complete a gameending 

double play, his throw to first 

sailed down the right-field line. 

Jack Stoner, who was on third, 

scored the tying run. But Hayden 

Laczynski (3-for-4, 2 RBI), who had 

been forced out, instinctively kept 

running and crossed the plate with 

what the umpires called the winning 

run. It happened so fast that neither 

Smith or Minooka coach Jeff Petrovic 

caught it. When informed of it 

afterward the coaches agreed that 

Luke Faifer (HR, sac fly, 4 RBI), 

who was on first, probably would 

have scored anyway. 

Gorski (3-for-4, double, RBI) had 

n RBI ground out in the top of the 

seventh to give the Celtics a 13-12 

lead. Providence seniors Logan Anderson 

(4-for 5, 3-run homer, double, 

5 RBI) and Nick Murphy (3-for- 

4, double, 3 RBI), along with junior 

Josh Mrozek (2-for-4) highlighted 

the Celtics’ 17-hit attack. 

Providence pitching, however, 

gave up nine walks. 

“We’ve got a lot of guys coming 

back and no matter how well we 

swing the bats, we can’t play defense 

or pitch the way we played [against 

Minooka],” Smith said. “This was 

a nightmare game. Our success in 

the past is because we pitched loose 

in games like this where there was 

pressure.” 

Anderson’s 3-run home run 

highlighted a 7-run third inning 

and made the score 10-2. Minooka 

closed within 10-6, but the Celtics 

scored a pair of runs in the sixth to 

go up by six. The Indians then tied it 

by scoring six runs in the bottom of 

the sixth. 

“The last time I was this disappointed 

in the result of a summer 

league game was in 2013,” Smith 

said. “We led Sandburg [1-0], and 

there were two-outs and none on for 

them in the top of the seventh. Then 

they just kept scratching out hits and 

ended up winning [4-1]. But look 

what happened after that, so hopefully 

we’ll be alright.” 

The Celtics won the first of their 

three straight state championships 

the following spring. 

The day before, July 10, Providence 

traveled to Tinley Park and 

defeated Andrew 5-1. It was the 

only first round Lockport regional 

game played that day. The other 

three were rained out and made up 

the next day. 

Ben Vitas was the key to the victory 

for the Celtics with a completegame 

pitching performance. Andrew 

(6-10) was also eliminated by 

the Celtics in the regional title game 

this spring and in the opening round 

of the summer regional last year. 

“Ben is going to be a sophomore 

and had a great outing against Andrew,” 

Smith said. “He’s a righty and 

made just 83 pitches. I expect him to 

be in the rotation next spring.” 

Minooka (12-4) blew its own big 

lead on July 12 in the semifinals. 

The Indians led 7-0 after one inning 

and were still on top 9-7 with two 

out in the top of the seventh. But 

Lincoln-Way East scored three runs 

to go ahead 10-7 and then held on 

for the victory by that score. 

In the regional title game, which 

was also on July 12, East defeated 

host Lockport 8-5 to win its first regional 

title since winning the summer 

league state title in 2008. The 

Griffins (6-1) weren’t even sure if 

they would enter a team in the tournament, 

but the IHSBCA waved the 

10 game requirement to play in the 

summer postseason. 

LW West AD 

highlights 2016- 

2017 school year 

Submitted by Lincoln-Way Community 

High School District 210 

With multiple successes and triumphs 

to be proud of, Ted Robbins, Director of 

Athletics at Lincoln-Way West, views 

this school year as another great one. 

The 2016-2017 school year was no different 

for Lincoln-Way West athletics 

with the teams, coaches and athletes 

representing LWW and their communities 

in regular season, conference and 

IHSA competitions and events. 

Robbins highlighted five outstanding 

team athletic achievements from 

the latest school year stressing how 

very proud and pleased the LWW 

Athletic Department is with all of its 

students, staff and supporters. 

In review, the LWW Wrestling team 

took third place in the state finals 

completing their most successful season 

ever. The team was (24-4) when 

they claimed their third place finish. 

West’s girls soccer team were sectional 

champions for the first time and 

advanced to the super sectional in their 

most-successful season in school history. 

Taking fourth in the IHSA state 

finals, LWW’s Competitive Dance 

team were back to back sectional 

champions and remained a consistent 

contender for the state title. 

The LWW baseball team ended their 

own victorious season claiming both 

conference and regional championships. 

Boys Bowling were first time state 

qualifiers as a team and finished in 

ninth place overall. 

“The students continue to experience 

outstanding team and individual 

success in all of their respective sports 

and contests,” Robbins said. “We will 

miss our seniors but are looking forward 

to welcoming our new incoming 

freshman in the fall of 2017.” 

LISTEN UP 

“Getting more at-bats against the varsity pitching 

level, I’m more comfortable now, for sure.” 

Michael Kennedy – Lincoln-Way West infielder, on gaining more confidence 

going into his sophomore campaign 

TUNE IN 

Girls Volleyball 

9 p.m. Thursday, July 20 

• Lincoln-Way West girls volleyball will play Lockport 

during the Palos Courts Summer League roundrobin 

tournament. 

INDEX 

43 – Athlete of the Week 

43 – Rebels’ 9U team photo 

FASTBREAK is compiled by Editor James 

Sanchez, james@newlenoxpatriot.com.

new lenox’s Hometown Newspaper | www.newlenoxpatriot.com | July 20, 2017 

New Lenox resident, Providence cheerleader to take cheer career 

to St. Norbert College, Green Bay Packers, Page 46 

A step ahead 

Warriors baseball answers 

many questions for 

spring, as summer season 

concludes, Page 45 

Among 

bowling’s best 

Former West bowler earns 

All-American recognition, 

Page 44 

Providence Catholic 

grad Natasha Tuminello 

will cheer collegiately 

at St. Norbert College in 

Wisconsin, where she 

also will perform for 

the Green Bay Packers. 

Burns Photography

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