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Providence begins 

construction on 

21,000-squarefoot 

addition, 

air-conditioning 

installation, Page 5 

(Left to right) Will County 

Executive Larry Walsh, Capital 

Campaign Chairman Steve 

Morrissette, Bev Welsch, Dorothy 

Brown and The Rev. Richard 

McGrath pose for a photo during 

the ceremonial ground breaking 

at Providence Catholic High 

School on Sept. 19. Amanda 

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Fixing finances 

D122 discusses approved tentative budget, 

Page 3 

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D210 board approves FY18 budget as well as the 

estimated $65.5M tax levy for 2017, Page 6 

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FRIDAY 

Vision Screening 

10 a.m.-noon Sept. 29, 

New Lenox Public Library, 

120 Veterans Parkway, New 

Lenox. The New Lenox Lions 

Club will be conducting 

free vision screening for 

children ages 6 months to 6 

years old. Lions Club conducts 

the screening with a 

mobile vision screener that 

provides immediate results. 

A parent permission form is 

required and can be picked 

up at the children’s reference 

desk and must be brought 

with on the day of screening. 

No appointment necessary. 

Gamers Unplugged 

4:30-5:30 p.m. Sept. 29, 


120 Veterans Parkway, New 

Lenox. Join the library for 

board games. There will be 

chess, classics, and some 

new games. Participants 

may also bring in their own 

game to challenge others. 

No registration is required. 

This program is for ages 

6-12 and will be held in the 

Makerspace. 

5th Quarter 

Sept. 29; and Oct. 13 and 

20, Cornerstone Church, 

1501 S. Gougar Road, New 

Lenox. The church will host a 

5th Quarter event after every 

Lincoln-Way West regular 

season home football game. 

There will be free pizza, a 

bonfire, games and professional 

athlete speakers. Henry 

Domercant, who played 

in the European league for 

9 years and now plays for 

the Salt Lake City Stars will 

be speaking at the Sept. 22 

event. There will also be a 

free raffle for an autographed 

ball each event. All students 

and parents are invited. 

SATURDAY 

Park Clean Up 

9 a.m.-noon Sept. 30, Old 

Plank Road Trail at Constitution 

Road, New Lenox. Clear 

brush, remove invasive species 

or harvest seeds for woodland 

and prairie restoration 

during an upcoming volunteer 

workday hosted by the Forest 

Preserve District of Will 

County. A District representative 

will be at each workday to 

coordinate the day’s activities. 

Registration is required. For 

more information and registration, 

visit (815) 722-7364 

or email rgauchat@fpdwc. 

org. Dress for the weather and 

outdoor work. 

Candlelight Bowl 

6:30 p.m. Sept. 30, Laraway 

Lanes, 1009 W. Laraway 

Road, New Lenox. 

Join the Lincolnway Special 

Recreation Association for 

a bowling fundraiser event. 

Cost is $30 per person or 

$160 for a lane of six bowlers 

and will include bowling, 

shoe rental and dinner. 

For more information, visit 

www.lwsra.org/bowling or 

call (815) 320-3507. 

MONDAY 

The Science Club 

4:30-5:30 p.m. Oct. 2, 


120 Veterans Parkway, 

New Lenox. Participate in 

cool experiments and learn 

a little something along the 

way. This event’s theme 

is “Spooky Science.” This 

program is for children in 

grades 3-6. For more information 

and registration, visit 

www.newlenoxlibrary.org. 

TUESDAY 

Colors of the Youth 

4-5 p.m. Oct. 3, New Lenox 

Public Library, 120 Veterans 

Parkway, New Lenox. Colors 

Of The Youth, G.S.A. (Gay 

Straight Alliance) Group is designed 

to help teens discover 

who they are, talk about their 

experiences, both positive and 

negative, meet new people, 

engage in conversations that 

help them better understand 

others and themselves. This 

group is meant to provide a 

safe, respectful environment 

where young teenagers can 

freely express who they are. 

Registration requested. For 

more information and registration, 

visit www.newlenox 

library.org. 

WEdnesday 

Adult Coloring Night 

6-7:17 p.m. Oct. 4, New 

Lenox Public Library, 120 

Veterans Parkway, New 

Lenox. Studies have shown 

over and over again that coloring 

has a positive effect 

on the adult mind. Coloring 

also helps promote wellness 

and positivity. Registration 

required. For more information 

and registration, visit 

www.newlenoxlibrary.org. 

UPCOMING 

Drop-In Bike Clinic 

1-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, 

Hickory Creek Preserve – La- 

Porte Road Access, 10537 W. 

La Porte Road, Mokena. The 

Forest Preserve, in partnership 

with FnA Outdoors, will offer 

bicycle safety demonstrations, 

general bike checks, a flat-tire 

clinic and information about 

bike accessories. Registration 

is not required for this free, 

all-ages program. 

Marching Band Invitational 

4:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 

7, Lincoln-Way East High 

School, 201 Colorado Ave., 

Frankfort. The Lincoln-Way 

Marching Band will host 

12 competing bands from 

Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. 

Proceeds from the event 

will benefit the marching 

band program and are used 

to purchase instruments, 

uniforms, props, sound 

equipment, transportation as 

well as instructional guidance. 

Gates open at 3:45 

p.m. Cost is $10 for adults, 

$7 for students and seniors 

and $30 for a family with 

two adults and two children. 

For more information, email 

Woock525@comcast.net or 

call (815) 931-2074. 

Cheer Clinic and Food Drive 

9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Monday, 

Oct. 9, Providence Catholic 

High School, 1800 W Lincoln 

Highway, New Lenox. 

Individuals and teams are 

welcome. The cost is $40 per 

participant, which includes a 

PC cheerleading tee shirt and 

a pass to regular PCHS home 

athletic events for the 2017-18 

season. A light snack will be 

provided during the clinic, but 

asked to bring their own water 

and a non-perishable breakfast 

item to donate to a local food 

pantry. Parents are invited to 

watch their child perform a 

special routine at noon. Registration 

is suggested, but walkins 

are welcome. For more 

information and registration 

forms, visit http://il.8to18. 

com/providence/activities/ 

cheerleading/g or email tstan 

ish@providencecatholic.com. 

BSA Open House 

7-8:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 

9, VFW post 9545, 323 Old 

Hickory Road, New Lenox. 

Troop 49 New Lenox will be 

hosting an open house for all 

boys in fifth grade and older 

who are interested in learning 

more about Boy Scouts and 

Troop 49. No previous scouting 

experience needed and no 

commitment expected. 

Oktoberfest Dinner 

4-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 

11, Harry Andersen VFW, 

323 Old Hickory Road, New 

Lenox. Join the New Lenox 

Area Historical Society for 

a homemade, traditional 

German dinner and a silent 

auction to support Schmuhl 

School. Cost is $15 for 

adults, $5 for children under 

10 years, and there is no 

cost for children under three. 

Carry-outs available. To purchase 

tickets, visit the historical 

Society’s office at 205 W. 

Maple, call (815) 485-5576 

or get them at the door. 

Senior Social 

1-3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 

12, VFW Post 9545, 323 Old 

Hickory Road, New Lenox. 

Join in the fun for a hoedown 

where the 2 best country 

dressed people will receive 

gift cards. The Ole Time 

Country Players will be providing 

entertainment. Cost is 

$5 and participants are asked 

to bring a snack to share and 

a canned goof for the food 

pantry. For more information, 

call (815) 462-0686. 

Active Aging - An Expo for 

Ages 50+ 

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

Oct. 21, Tinley Park Convention 

Center, 18451 

Convention Center Drive. 

Join 22nd Century Media, 

publisher of The Frankfort 

Station, for its third annual 

expo, complete with vendor 

booths, entertainment, 

bingo and more. Free admission 

and free parking. For 

more information, call (708) 

326-9170 ext. 16 or visit 

www.22ndcenturymedia. 

com/aging. 

ONGOING 

Donations for Hurricane 

Harvey Victims 

Ongoing through September. 

New Lenox Dental 

Group, 1600 West Lincoln 

Highway, New Lenox. New 

Lenox Dental Group will be 

accepting donations of nonperishable 

foods, baby supplies 

(formula/food, wipes, 

bottles, clothes), hygiene 

products (shampoo, body 

wipes, hand sanitizer, feminine 

products, razors ect.) 

and plus-size adult clothing. 

Refrain from donating water/ 

beverages, candy, perishable 

food and toys. Drop Off Times 

are Mondays, Tuesdays and 

Thursdays from 3-6 p.m. 

To submit an item to the printed 

calendar, contact Assistant 

Editor Amanda Stoll at (708) 

326-9170 ext. 34, or email 

a.stoll@22ndcenturymedia. 

com. Deadline is noon 

Thursdays one week prior to 

publication.

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New Lenox School District 122 

Officials adopt fiscal year 2017-2018 budget 

Megann Horstead 

Freelance Reporter 

The New Lenox School 

District 122 Board of Education 

adopted its fiscal 

year 2017-2018 budget at its 

Sept. 20 meeting. 

The tentative budget recently 

approved by officials 

had been on display at the 

district’s office since Aug. 

17. It includes nine different 

funds in which money is accounted 

for. 

Business Manager Robert 

Groos said D122 has “a lot 

of good news” to share financially, 

especially as a school 

district in the State of Illinois. 

Staff typically examines 

the district’s funds for operations 

and maintenance, 

education, transportation, Illinois 

Municipal Retirement 

Fund and working cash to 

determine how much is accounted 

for in the fund balance 

reserves. 

Consequently, D122 started 

the current school year 

with roughly $29.9 million, 

which is more than 58 percent 

of its operating expenditures. 

The minimum fund 

balance reserves recommended 

by the State of Illinois 

is 25 percent. 

Groos said they are well 

over the minimum, and the 

public will see that reflected 

well in the fiscal year 2016- 

2017 audit. 

D122 presented a budget 

for the year showing a deficit 

of $116,739 in the debt 

service fund. Typically, the 

district sees a break-even 

fund in terms of the money 

that comes in through property 

taxes to pay off bonds. 

Groos tried to lessen the 

concern people raise for the 

budget. 

“With some of our capital 

leases that we have in place 

now for the technology plan 

that we rolled out over the 

past couple years—with all 

our new iPads and our 2-to- 

1 and 1-to-1 goals that we’re 

trying to reach—we have 

been leasing a lot of technology, 

and based on our most 

recent audit, there’s a specific 

way to account for that,” 

Groos said. “I just want to 

bring this example because 

you see it in the education 

fund and the debt service 

fund, in terms of this [monetary] 

transfers in.” 

Groos said it is important 

to couple the slight deficit 

and transfers in to determine 

if D122 is actually incurring 

a surplus or deficit. 

“I would say even though 

revenue versus expenditure 

shows a slight deficit, we 

have that transfers in, and we 

see the fund balance actually 

increase,” Groos said. 

The debt service fund, 

for example, features a 

$116,739 deficit that transfers 

in $583,253 to account 

for lease payments. That 

makes for a surplus. 

The same effect holds true 

for D122’s education fund, 

which shows a $1.8 million 

surplus, a transfers in 

of $466,318 and a transfers 

out of $583,253. That money 

coming out goes toward the 

debt service fund to pay for 

lease payments, as well. 

Groos said it may be a 

little difficult for people to 

examine the district’s current 

and past budgets for 

comparison purposes, but 

the new technology leases 

require use of the new accounting 

procedure. 

Another transfer of note 

involves roughly $3 million 

out of the capital projects 

fund and $880,763 that transfers 

out. That money flows 

out to pay for summertime 

improvements across the district. 

D122 has a history of 

keeping its expenditures lower 

than its revenues each year 

to create a surplus that can 

account for various projects. 

This past summer, the 

district completed improvements 

to parking lots, 

replaced roofing at two 

schools, painted several 

buildings and worked on 

other renovations. 

The repairs and maintenance 

to buildings are usually 

paid for using funds in 

D122’s operations and maintenance 

fund, which is a rare 

occurrence for a school district, 

Groos said. 

“Usually, school districts 

have to go out to the taxpayers, 

sell more bonds, get 

more debt, so they can do 

these special projects,” he 

said. “We’re trying to do that 

with our own existing money 

within our existing budget.” 

Since the board took action 

Aug. 16 to approve the 

district’s tentative budget, 

additional revenue dollars 

were added. 

Gross explained that with 

the recent passing of the 

new school funding formula, 

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Groundbreaking marks start of $6M project 

Commons space, airconditioning 

in the 

works for Providence 

Amanda Stoll, Assistant Editor 

What started as an idea 

more than two years ago is 

on its way to being a shiny, 

new addition to a nearly 

100-year-old school. 

Providence Catholic High 

School announced its capital 

campaign to raise $6 million 

in funds for a project that 

would entail a new commons 

and cafeteria area, as 

well as air conditioning in 

the classrooms. 

On Sept. 19, that idea got 

a little closer to reality at the 

school’s ceremonial groundbreaking 

ceremony. 

Faculty, staff, donors, parents 

and students all gathered 

in the parking lot — and future 

foundation — between 

the school building and the 

athletic facilities, enduring 

the sun and heat to make 

time for prayer and gratitude 

surrounding the project. 

“Don’t think of it as an 

expense, think of it as an investment 

for the future and 

investment for our children,” 

Larry Walsh, PCHS parent 

and Will County executive, 

said during the ceremony. 

“And, what better investment 

[than to] invest in our 

children and education at the 

same time.” 

The Rev. Richard Mc- 

Grath, Order of Saint Augustine 

and the school’s 

president, offered his vision 

of the new commons and 

cafeteria area for the school, 

calling it the “Grand Central 

Station” for the school. 

“It’s about seeing what’s 

not here, seeing what the 

possibilities are, what can 

be, what might be,” Mc- 

Grath said. 

The addition, which is to 

be called the LaVerne and 

Dorothy Brown Student 

Commons, is the largest portion 

of the project, which 

also includes installing air 

conditioning in the classrooms. 

“The Browns have helped 

us realize our dreams of creating 

a wonderful space for 

students, parents and alumni 

together,” McGrath said during 

the ceremony. “It’s going 

to be the kids’ Grand Central 

Station, open almost day and 

night, around the clock, and 

around the calendar with lots 

of glass, lots of nice windows, 

unlike the [current] 

Providence cafeteria, which 

has none. It’s going to be 

nice and light, and bright 

and positive and warm and 

welcoming.” 

He thanked Dorothy “Dotty” 

Brown for her contributions, 

as well as the Kaminski 

family, who were also 

major donors for the project, 

and noted that more than 600 

people had donated to the 

project so far. 

Although the construction 

is projected to cost $6 million, 

Providence continues 

to fundraise as part of the 

capital campaign, which has 

so far brought in $5.5 million 

in support. 

“This building will be 

used by every student, every 

day as their gathering 

place, a place of light, peace, 

welcome and comfort,” Mc- 

Grath said. 

After the ceremony, in remarks 

to The Patriot, Campaign 

Chairperson Steve 

Morrissette said the project 

had “strong support” from 

the beginning, and getting 

input from the Providence 

community was an important 

part of the planning process. 

“It was very loud and clear 

that the community thought 

what we needed was a good 

student center with better 

Capital Campaign Chairman Steve Morrissette speaks during the Sept. 19 ceremonial 

groundbreaking at Providence Catholic High School. Amanda Stoll/22nd Century Media 

eating space,” Morrissette 

said, “so the students could 

have a gathering space.” 

He also noted that the 

new 21,800-square-foot 

space will allow Providence 

to consolidate the school’s 

current four lunch periods, 

making more time for other 

academics during the day. 

The project has so far 

gone smoothly, according 

to Morrissette, but every undertaking 

of such magnitude 

still has its challenges. 

“It’s always a challenge to 

design a building of this size 

and complexity,” he said. 

“... Construction is a challenge. 

This is still a working 

school. It will take a year to 

a year-and-a-half to build 

the building, so we’ve got to 

keep the school running at 

the same time we’re building 

the building.” 

The biggest challenge, 

according to McGrath, has 

been fundraising. He said 

with construction costs being 

so high, it shows how 

much people believe in the 

school and it’s mission that 

they are willing to put so 

much towards the project. 

“I think people are very 

pleased with the product that 

Providence has produced 

over these last 100 years,” 

McGrath said following the 

ceremony. “And, therefore, 

they are willing to support it 

for future generations.” 

Since the cafeteria and 

commons space will be 

an addition to the school, 

Morrissette said the day-today 

operations will not be 

largely impacted, aside from 

parking and traffic, which 

will have to be adjusted in 

light of the construction. 

In addition to the aesthetic 

aspect of the addition, with 

its large windows and bright 

atmosphere, Morrissette said 

the building project is about 

more than just providing a 

better place for students to 

eat their lunch. 

“It’s important in our 

Christian community to 

have a sense of gathering 

and community, and we 

wanted the space to encourage 

gathering and community,” 

he said. “We think 

the space will be used [for] 

more than just student dining. 

It will be used for evening 

events ... We wanted a 

space where [the students] 

could study after school, be 

with friends, if necessary get 

some nourishment, and so 

that sense of gathering space 

and welcoming.” 

Donors Charlie and David 

Kaminski, residents of 

Frankfort and parents of two 

PCHS graduates, echoed 

those sentiments and said the 

school and students are “deserving” 

of the project. 

“[Our sons] loved it, we 

loved it and it was something 

that we just wanted 

to do, and give to, give our 

time, our treasure, and I’m 

so excited even though our 

kids are never going to enjoy 

it,” Charlie Kaminski said. 

“Everyone loves Providence. 

It’s a family, it’s a 

community and I always tell 

people, when they ask me if 

I love Providence? Yes, and 

I love the faculty and the 

staff, but more, I love the 

kids,” she said. “Because 

when I come here, and I do 

things with the kids or walk 

down the hall, it just makes 

me warm inside. ... That just 

goes to show the effect that 

Providence has on the students, 

and that’s the most 

important thing.” 

David Kaminski said the 

friendships his children 

formed while at Providence 

are lasting friendships, and 

those friends have become 

an extension of their family. 

In addition to the numerous 

donors and supporters, 

New Lenox Mayor Tim Baldermann 

and the Rev. Joseph 

Siegel, auxiliary bishop 

with the Diocese of Joliet, 

attended and spoke during 

the ceremony. 

Though McGrath highlighted 

that he would like to 

see the project completed by 

the beginning of the 2018- 

2019 school year, he noted 

that could be a lofty goal. 

The project is expected to 

take between a year and a 

year and a half to complete. 

“We believe and know that 

Jesus Christ is the reason for 

our school. We continue to 

thrive here in New Lenox 

by making a difference in 

the lives of all the students 

with whom we are in touch,” 

McGrath said during the ceremony. 

“... Our mission is: 

“Providence Catholic High 

School embraces the gospel 

of Jesus Christ and an 

atmosphere of acceptance, 

respect and love.”

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Lincoln-Way High School D210 Board of Education 

FY 2018 budget, 2017 tax levy 

pass with full board approval 

Meredith Dobes 


The Lincoln-Way Community 

High School District 

210 Board of Education 

unanimously approved the 

district’s fiscal year 2018 

budget, as well as the district’s 

2017 tax levy, at the 

board’s Thursday, Sept. 21 

meeting. 

Board Member Christine 

Glatz was absent. 

The meeting was the first 

to follow news that Lawrence 

Wyllie, the district’s 

former superintendent, was 

indicted on fraud charges 

for allegedly misappropriating 

district funds. 

A few members of the 

community were present 

to address the board about 

the indictment. One resident, 

Karen Town, asked 

the School Board members 

to remember the district’s 

history so that they may 

provide sufficient oversight 

going forward. 

The FY 2018 budget 

includes approximately 

$104.2 million in revenue 

and approximately $101.9 

million in expenditures, with 

a projected surplus of $2.3 

million across all funds. 

Assistant Superintendent 

of Business Brad Cauffman 

said the budget was 

created without factoring 

in additional money from 

the State, but he expects the 

district could receive an additional 

$28,000 or as much 

as an additional $3.1 million 

from the State. He said the 

amount will depend on if 

the State pays what it owes 

the district from FY 2017 as 

well as fully funds FY 2018. 

The School Board set 

a goal for the district to 

achieve at least a 3 percent 

surplus in its operating 

funds every year to rebuild 

fund balances. 

Revenues for FY 2018 

are projected to increase 

by 3.49 percent, and expenditures 

are projected to 

increase by 4.14 percent, 

Cauffman said. He added 

that the increases in expenditures 

are primarily for 

capital projects, and salaries 

and benefits. 

Board Member Christopher 

Lucchetti said he 

thought the district is being 

conservative with the 

budget this year, and he is 

comfortable planning on the 

more conservative side. 

The district plans to levy 

$65,519,000 in taxes for 

2017. Cauffman said the 

district used a high estimate 

for new property growth in 

the district, but the actual 

numbers will be calculated 

by Will and Cook Counties 

around March. 

At previous meetings, it 

was discussed that the School 

Board needed to approve the 

tax levy earlier than most 

other districts this year because 

of the district’s need 

for tax anticipation warrants. 

The board is expected 

to vote on $27 million in 

TAWs at its Oct. 19 meeting. 

Cauffman said the 

estimated bimonthly payments 

on the TAWs will be 

$317,700, and those payments 

are built into the district’s 

cash flow. 

He explained that the district’s 

low point is expected 

to be negative $23 million, 

but the $27 million will be 

required in case a projected 

land sale does not close when 

expected. He added that the 

cash flow includes repayment 

of previous TAWs. 

Surface Shields property 

tax abatement 

The School Board approved 

a four-year, 50 percent 

property tax abatement 

for Surface Shields, a business 

interested in moving its 

manufacturing and distribution 

operations from Orland 

Park to Tinley Park, within 

the district’s boundaries. 

Patrick Hoban, economic 

development manager at 

the Village of Tinley Park, 

presented the request to 

the board and said the Village 

would like to prevent 

the company from moving 

to Indiana because of the 

roughly 35 jobs it would 

bring to Tinley Park. 

Lucchetti said since this 

is something the district has 

not done before, the district 

needs more information before 

moving forward. 

“It’s hard for us, at this 

point when we have negative 

cash balances, to move right 

into being an economic development 

engine,” he said. 

“How we have to provide for 

growth is to make sure our 

schools are in the best shape, 

attracting people to the area.” 

Board Member Beth Janus-Doyle 

asked the CEO of 

Surface Shields, Jamey Behringer, 

if she would be willing 

to offer internships to D210 

students. Behringer said she 

would be happy to formalize 

a program that would add 

value to the district. 

Lucchetti voted “no” on 

the abatement, and the rest 

of the board voted “yes.” 

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Employee scholarship created to honor Silver Cross president 

Submitted by Silver Cross 

Hospital 

Along with the Silver 

Cross Medical Staff, the 

hospital’s volunteer organizations, 

Childerguild, the 

Advisory Board, and the 

Will County Union of King’s 

Daughters and Sons, recently 

honored Paul Pawlak for his 

27 years of service as President 

and CEO by creating the 

Paul Pawlak Scholarship to 

fund the continuing education 

of Silver Cross Hospital’s 

employees. Together 

the three auxiliaries and the 

Silver Cross Medical Staff 

contributed $100,000 to begin 

this fund. 

“It’s our privilege to set 

up this fund, so that Paul’s 

legacy at Silver Cross will 

be remembered for decades 

by the Silver Cross employees,” 

said Peggy Maruszak, 

Childerguild President. “As 

a great advocate for advancement, 

Paul believes in improving 

every employee’s 

abilities. This fund will provide 

opportunities for members 

of the Silver Cross family 

to contribute their talents 

to the hospital in new, meaningful 

ways.” 

After almost three decades 

at the helm of Silver Cross 

Hospital and its parent company, 

Silver Cross Hospital 

and Health System, Paul 

Pawlak, President and Chief 

Executive Officer, will retire 

from the organization on 

Sept. 30, 2017. 

“We greatly appreciate 

Paul’s 27 years of visionary 

leadership and unwavering 

support that he continually 

provided to the employees 

and physicians,” said Corinne 

Nawrocki, D.O., family practice 

physician and Chief of 

Staff at Silver Cross Hospital. 

“Through this scholarship, 

his outstanding legacy will 

be forever honored.” 

During his tenure, Pawlak 

has overseen a strong period 

of growth, culminating in the 

opening of a $362 million replacement 

hospital in 2012. 

The New Lenox campus has 

over one million square feet 

of buildings with outpatient 

services and physician offices 

and is one of the largest 

employers in Will County. 

Over the past four years, 

more than 600 new health 

care jobs were added at Silver 

Cross. 

Under Pawlak’ s direction, 

partnerships were developed 

with the country’s leading 

academic institutions including 

the University of Chicago 

Medicine for oncology 

services, The Rehabilitation 

Institute of Chicago (Shirley 

Ryan Ability Lab), Lurie 

Children’s Hospital for pediatric 

services, Northwestern 

Medicine for the neurosciences 

and US Healthvest for 

a new behavioral health hospital 

opening in 2019. These 

partnerships made it possible 

for the people of Will County 

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(Left to right) Scott Paddock, member of Silver Cross 

Hospital Board of Directors; Peggy Maruszak, president 

of Childerguild; Paul Pawlak, president and CEO of Silver 

Cross Hospital; Karla Farr and Rita Larson, co-presidents 

of Will County Union of King’s Daughters and Sons; and 

Sandy Alaimo, immediate past president of the Advisory 

Board, pose for a picture. Photo Submitted 

D122 

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D122 updated its numbers 

for the final budget presented 

to the board. 

The budget works with 

the assumption that one 

state-mandated categorical 

payment comes in during the 

2017-2018 academic year. 

D122 intends to be conservative 

in that respect. 

Groos said the main reason 

that D122 can expect 

more revenue than they project 

comes down to one main 

factor: the state’s new school 

funding formula. 

“The way the new formula 

works is that it takes last 

year’s general state aid, plus 

last year’s [two] special education 

mandated categorical 

amounts, and rolls it all into 

one amount, and then sets 

a base funding minimum 

of ‘You will get the same 

amount that you got last year 

for those three things.” 

At that point, the formula 

is computed to account for 

additional dollars. 

Prior to the passing of the 

new school funding formula, 

D122 was projecting a decrease 

in revenue. Now, the 

district anticipates receiving 

two categorical payments on 

time. That puts D122 in a position 

to get the two installments 

owed from the previous 

school year, plus all four 

categorical payments for the 

2017-2018 academic year. 

During the public hearing, 

one constituent approached 

the school board with questions 

regarding changes 

exhibited in the fiscal year 

2018 budget. 

“It looks like the [operating 

expenses are] up over 

the FY ’17 actual by a little 

over 6 percent, and it’s [accounting 

for] low inflation 

— 2 percent less the last few 

years — and [there is also] 

flat, or slightly declining, 

enrollment,” said Steven 

Wahlert. “Could you explain 

the 6 percent increase?” 

Groos said the increase was 

warranted, and it all comes 

down to the contracts secured 

with teachers and all other 

staff members, retirement 

contracts afforded to employees, 

higher salaries extended 

to professionals with advanced 

degrees, and increased 

health insurance costs. 

Generally, salaries and 

benefits serve as the district’s 

biggest expenditures. 

Groos stressed that while 

the budget for salaries and 

benefits increased, expenditures 

are actually dropping 

within the operations and 

maintenance fund in total. 

“Some of the budgets are 

spending less, [and] some 

of the budgets are spending 

more,” Groos said. 

School board accepts 2016- 

2017 audit report 

Also at the meeting, the 

Board of Education was presented 

a report on the district’s 

audit. 

MPS Certified Public Accountants 

had tested transactions, 

performed inquires, 

examined documents and 

formed an opinion. 

“I’m pleased to say in that 

letter that there were no significant 

findings, no difficulties, 

no disagreements with 

management,” said Edward 

McCormick, a principal for 

MPS. 

Appreciation and longterm 

debt were taken into 

account to provide some 

perspective. 

“In that case, you still 

have a net deficit of a little 

more than $7.8 million,” he 

said. “Over this past year, 

it did decrease. You actually 

had … an increase of 

$485,000, which also included 

$3.2 million dollars 

of depreciation, which is not 

a cash outcome. Long-term 

perspective, it’s still a deficit, 

but it’s going in the right 

direction.” 

McCormick noted the district’s 

effort to provide supplementary 

documentation 

to provide a nice snapshot 

of the district and said it was 

helpful to see this information 

supplied to the firm. 

McCormick concluded 

the report and went on to 

say that “We feel these statements 

are provided appropriately.” 

D122 officials will have a 

final copy of the audit published 

and presented to them 

before Oct. 15. 

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Sharefest’s Community Work Day connects volunteers with nature 



Community member of all 

ages set out to roll up their 

sleeves the morning of Sept. 

16. 

Dick Thomas, like dozens 

of volunteers, rose to 

the task of lending a helping 

hand during a Community 

Work Day put on by the Forest 

Preserve District of Will 

County and ShareFest. 

The group met at Hickory 

Creek Preserve — Hickory 

Creek Junction on Old Plank 

Road Trail to take part in an 

event aimed at supporting 

ongoing maintenance efforts 

on site. Volunteers were provided 

a safety talk and they 

went on to do their part in 

one of the assigned roles. 

“The huge thing about the 

weekend workdays is where 

you can come out and really 

start helping restore 

areas back to their native 

habitats,” said Jason Buss, 

natural resource management 

crew leader/volunteer 

liaison for Forest Preserve 

District of Will County. 

Volunteers handled the 

chainsaws and hauled material 

over to the controlled 

fire. 

“Today, I’m herbiciding,” 

Thomas said. “They cut, and 

then if you don’t spray it 

with a poison, herbicide, it’ll 

re-sprout and grow again.” 

Thomas said he considers 

himself to be a “big advocate” 

for the environment 

and felt compelled to set 

aside time to put in what he 

called “sweat equity.” 

“We’re glad to see that 

there are people that appreciate 

[our work,]” he said. 

“We see bicyclists riding and 

skateboarders and all kinds 

of things like that are enjoying 

[the trails and the nature 

preserve,] but we appreciate 

that there are people willing 

[to put in hard work.]” 

The Forest Preserve District 

holds Community Work 

Days all throughout the year. 

“We had little bit of a cold 

spell in August,” Buss said. 

“Today, it’s going to be up to 

80 [degrees,] so we’re trying 

to get stuff burned up right 

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Richard Wachenheim tames the fire Sept. 16 during Community Work Day hosted by Sharefest and the Forest Preserve 

District of Will County at Hickory Creek Junction. Photos by Megann Horstead/22nd Century Media 

Volunteer Nathan Hambrick gathers branches. 

away in the morning.” 

Burning on site is a means 

to keep the nature preserve 

cleaner. 

“A lot of that carbon and 

nutrients from the trees once 

we burn it, it gets back into 

the soil,” Buss said. “It’s like 

a big cycle.” 

Buss said it is nice to see 

the native grasses come in 

and went on to say the unfortunate 

thing is that honeysuckle, 

which is an invasive 

brush species, tends to 

sprout in the area. “[It’s a] 

nasty evader,” Buss said. 

“Nothing grows under honeysuckle, 

except for more 

honeysuckle. It’s one of 

those that once it gets into 

an area, it is an invasive species.” 

Every year, honeysuckle 

greens up first and stays 

green longer. They suck up 

the sunlight and nutrients 

preventing other types of 

vegetation from growing. 

“Hickory Creek Junction 

has gotten a lot [of maintenance] 

over the last, I’d say, 

five years,” Buss said. “It’s 

been a continuous battle. 

Invasive species is a neverending.” 

The Hickory Creek system 

occupies 1,541 acres of 

land. Currently, the site is in 

the midst of the initial cut, or 

the first stage. Getting seed 

is the second phase and once 

the grasses to start to grow in 

the area, burning can begin. 

“It’s just a multi-prong, 

multifaceted approach to 

restoration,” he said. “It’s 

never-ending work. We’re 

probably halfway through 

this restoration. We got a 

burn last year, and that really 

helped a lot with some of our 

native species. Our cream 

gentian — which is a nice, 

late bloomer that just blew 

up this year with how much 

cream gentian — really responded 

to the fire.” 

Typically, the Community 

Work Days bring in 20 to 25 

volunteers. 

Buss said the Forest Preserve 

District is very lucky 

to have site stewards and 

volunteers to help manage 

the land. 

“Hickory Creek is special, 

and the managers like it, and 

I like it because it’s centralized,” 

Buss said. “All the 

Lincoln-way high schools 

— if they aren’t doing anything, 

they’re out. We have a 

bunch of those students. We 

have a bunch of Providence 

Catholic [High School] students 

doing work out today. 

There’s a couple Lewis [University] 

students finishing up. 

So, Hickory Creek is really 

centralized, and we can utilize 

a lot of those walk-ins.” 

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upcoming Community Work 

Days, visit www.reconnec 

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Water Summit aims to address water supply challenges 



Having water is a value 

commodity that history 

shows can be eroded by a 

lack of accessibility and 

challenges imposed by internal 

and external challenges. 

However, it can be strengthened 

through water reuse, 

aquifer storage and recovery, 

desalination of the Mount 

Simon sandstone aquifer, a 

switch to shallow aquifers, 

access to Lake Michigan and 

conversion to river water. 

Will County Environmental 

Network and The Will- 

South Cook Soil & Water 

Conservation District came 

together Sept. 14 to host a 

Water Summit. The program 

was meant to identify and 

bring awareness of groundwater 

priorities, as well as 

pinpoint what is needed by 

business, industry, farmers, 

citizens and government. 

“[The issue is] really important 

to all of us,” said 

Jim Robbins, chairman of 

The Will-South Cook Soil & 

Water Conservation District. 

“It’s something we take for 

granted [and] might not be 

there in the future.” 

Keynote speakers included 

Neil Pellmann, a resource 

conservationist with Will- 

South Cook Soil & Water 

Conservation District; and 

Walt Kelly, groundwater 

geochemist and head of the 

Groundwater Science Section 

at the Illinois State Water 

Survey headquartered in 

the Prairie Institute at the 

University of Illinois. 

Kelly said that while 

northeastern Illinois is a 

“water rich” region, water 

supply planning remains 

crucial in the region. 

Sandstone aquifers represent 

the primary source of 

water in northeastern Illinois, 

to date. Research conducted 

by experts show that 

current water supplies become 

less of a viable option 

in the next 15 to 25 years. 

The first wells dug in the 

region date back to 1863. 

Previous to that, the water 

came from outside the area 

in question. 

The pressure put on the 

aquifers long ago positioned 

water to run from wells 

without pumping. Over the 

years, the water levels have 

remained steady in much of 

the region, but they fell in 

northwest Will County. 

In 2014, Kelly and other 

experts identified more 

than 600 sandstone wells 

in northern Illinois by conducting 

a synoptic waterlevel 

measurement, which 

is a special type of indicator 

providing a snapshot of an 

aquifer. Typically, these examinations 

are run every five 

to 10 years, depending on 

resources. At that point, the 

data from the wells is plotted 

on a topographic map to 

measure the depths of water. 

The levels of water in 

northeastern Illinois have 

dropped approximately 800 

to 900 feet since the start of 

pumping in 1863. Kelly likened 

the diminishing water 

supply levels to a cone of 

depression, or the low point 

of water depth, and said that 

makes for what he thinks is 

the largest drop in the world. 

Data shows that between 

1959 and 2014, there was a 

lot of water use in DuPage 

and Cook counties out of the 

sandstone aquifers. 

History shows that experts 

grew concerned for the rise 

in water use in DuPage and 

Cook counties. Around the 

1970s, two counties went off 

the deep sandstone aquifer 

and switched to Lake Michigan 

water. Since that time, 

water levels have fallen off 

in communities in the south 

and in the west. 

“You can see the cone 

of depression getting bigger 

and bigger right centered 

around Joliet there,” 

Kelly said. “This is actually 

deeper than the cone of depression 

we had back in the 

70s and early 80s, and it’s 

focused just in the one area 

now, instead of more than 

one area. You can see that 

we rebounded up here in the 

DuPage-Cook county area, 

although we’re not back to 

where we started from. 

“... We’ll never get back 

to where we started from unless 

we all disappear for a 

few hundred years.” 

There are a number of 

problems with communities 

seeking access to Lake 

Michigan water. A 1966 Supreme 

Court ruling limits 

how much water the State 

of Illinois can remove each 

day to 3,200 cubic feet per 

second, which makes for a 

little more than two billion 

gallons a day. 

“For many years, [the City 

of Chicago was] actually at 

or above that limit, but they 

currently are now under that 

limit,” Kelly said. “They’ve 

done a good job of conservation, 

the recession helped, 

raised their water rates — 

that helped — replacing a lot 

of leaky water mains.” 

“... There’s actually quite 

a bit of water available from 

the Lake Michigan allocation 

that could be used in places 

like suburbs out here.” 

Several people in attendance 

for the meeting spoke 

of the need to address the 

water supply issue not only 

at the local level through village 

boards and city councils 

but regionally. That’s where 

organizations like the Chicago 

Metropolitan Agency 

for Planning come in. 

Regional water supplying 

is meant to ensure there are 

adequate and viable supplies 

of water available at a reasonable 

cost for all users. 

Kelly stressed that water 

supply planning never stops 

and said work continues 

in the region to address the 

looming crisis. 

In Will County, experts 

say 12 million gallons of 

water is an acceptable pumping 

level for which the aquifers 

can handle. Right now, 

the area in question is using 

three times that amount. 

The effort to gain access to 

the Lake Michigan water is 

an expensive option for correcting 

the issue, Kelly said. 

Still, the region can benefit 

greatly from getting as many 

communities off groundwater 

supplies as possible. 

Kelly stressed that if a 

community is switching to 

surface water, they continue 

to need a backup source and 

said sandstone aquifers remain 

a necessity. 

The Water Summit brought 

in a number of business professionals, 

farmers, government 

staff and local citizens. 

Sharon Bruma, of Naperville, 

said she is glad she decided 

to drop in. 

“I’m interested in water 

quality issues, and I know 

Naperville went through these 

same questions,” she said. 

“I’m interested to know what 

options are out there, and if 

the problems are similar.” 

Bruma acknowledged that 

when she moved to Naperville, 

she did not know anything 

of the water supply issues 

that existed there. Since 

that time, she has tried her 

hand at building a rain garden 

outside her home and incorporated 

native plantings 

to do her part in improving 

water quality. 

Bruma went to school for 

three years studying fresh 

water and said she found the 

Water Summit to be very relevant. 

“A lot of this I learned 

about [in school,] and I do 

go to a whole variety of different 

water-related seminars,” 

she said. “There are a 

lot of them available.” 

Bruma said she learned of 

many potential ways to resolve 

water supply issues by 

sitting in on the presentation. 

“There’s more options than 

what I expected,” she said. 

Silver 

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care in their local community. 

As the hospital’s longest 

serving CEO, Pawlak led 

Silver Cross to be recognized 

nationally for outstanding 

customer service, effective 

cost management, and superior 

clinical quality winning 

the prestigious 100 Top 

Hospitals National Award 

for seven consecutive years. 

In addition, Silver Cross has 

been recognized as one of 

America’s Friendliest Hospitals 

by the American Alliance 

of Healthcare Providers for 

several years and with an “A” 

Hospital Safety GradeSM by 

The Leapfrog Group. 

“It has been my honor to 

serve this great hospital and 

our community, and I have 

been privileged to work with 

many wonderful colleagues 

throughout my tenure,” Pawlak 

said. “Because we have always 

believed strongly in attracting 

and retaining the best 

and the brightest workforce, I 

am quite confident of Silver 

Cross’ continued success.” 

In addition to expanding 

clinical services, Pawlak has 

demonstrated a strong commitment 

to the community. In 

2008, the Healthy Community 

Commission was developed 

to improve the quality 

of life in east Joliet under the 

leadership of Margie Woods. 

“Paul has kept every promise 

made to the community 

when the hospital relocated,” 

Woods said. “Over $2 million 

has been distributed to community 

agencies and to individuals 

for training in healthcare 

jobs or attending college 

via the Commission.” 

In addition to serving on 

the Board of Directors at 

Silver Cross Hospital, Pawlak 

has held the positions of 

Chairman of the Will County 

Center for Economic Development 

and Chairman of the 

United Way of Will County 

Annual Campaign. He is a 

member of the Illinois Hospital 

Association and served on 

the Board of Directors. 

Pawlak earned his undergraduate 

degree at the University 

of Cincinnati and received 

his master’s degree in hospital 

and health administration degree 

from Xavier University 

in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 2010, 

he received an honorary doctorate 

degree in humanities 

from Lewis University in Romeoville. 

In addition, he received 

the Silver Cross Board 

of the Directors Chairman’s 

Award and the Silver Cross 

Sehring Medal of Excellence, 

which recognizes the accomplishments 

of an outstanding 

individual for service to the 

health care profession. 

To make a donation to the 

Paul Pawlak Scholarship, visit 

www.silvercross.org or call 

the Silver Cross Foundation at 

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Tinkergarten class brings outdoor play to New Lenox 

Fall classes start 

Sept. 30 at Hickory 

Creek Preserve 


Simone Davisson plays in the mud. 

“Go Outside and Play” 

read one boy’s shirt at the 

first day of Tinkergarten, a 

class led by Mokena resident 

Amanda Knittel Herman to 

encourage outdoor learning 

for youngsters. 

“In general I think this is 

a great program and everybody 

should have a chance 

to experience it,” Herman 

said. 

Herman started the process 

of becoming a teacher 

after hearing about the program 

from a friend who also 

teaches Tinkergarten classes. 

“It just really spoke to me 

because this is really what 

I think education should be 

about,” Herman said. 

During her first class on 

Sept. 13 at Francis Field 

Youth Foundation in New 

Lenox, Herman had six attendees 

and four adults — 

parents and caregivers — in 

attendance along with herself. 

The children’s ages ranged 

between 18 months and 5 

years, which Herman said 

provides a unique challenge 

for her as the instructor, but 

it also creates an environment 

for students to interact 

with children of other ages. 

Tinkergarten curriculum 

is designed for children as 

old a eight, and some classes 

do span the entire age range, 

such as her Saturday class in 

Mokena scheduled to start at 

the end of the month. 

“Believe it or not, there 

is a way to tailor [the class] 

to a seven-year-old and an 

18-month-old,” Herman 

said. 

Making mud was the main 

activity during the first class, 

where participants started 

by collecting nature “treasures” 

like leaves, acorns, 

and sticks in buckets. Herman 

also read a story about 

the five senses and led songs 

about the fall season. 

After pouring water on 

bare ground to turn it to 

mud, the children explored 

and played with the mud, 

touching it, poking it with 

sticks and splashing around 

in it. 

“It doesn’t look like 

they’re learning while 

they’re playing,” Herman 

said. “But, they really are, 

which is how they should be 

at this age.” 

Since some of the children 

didn’t want to touch the 

mud, Herman found a different 

way for them to still experience 

the sensory activity 

without getting their hands 

dirty by scooping the mud 

and putting it on a large rock 

instead. 

“It’s a little awkward 

when there’s some lulls in 

their play ... and that is actually 

normal,” Herman said. 

“And, they say parents are 

scared to let their kids get 

bored. My kids are bored all 

the time, and I just tell them 

to go outside. It really sparks 

creativity. It’s okay to let 

them get bored and it’s okay 

if there’s lulls in play.” 

Robyn Ryan, a Tinley Park 

resident who brought her 

2-year-old son, Max, to the 

class said it was an opportunity 

for them to spend time 

learning outside in a different 

way than they are used to. 

“I think I was more excited 

about playing in the mud 

than he was,” she said laughing. 

“We don’t really do a lot 

of that at home, to be honest. 

“We play outside, but it’s 

always at a playground or 

something. It’s not digging 

through leaves and picking 

up acorns and looking at 

worms. So I think, for him, 

he definitely discovered a 

little more nature.” 

She said she is looking 

forward to other kinds of discovery 

and spending more 

time focusing on the five 

senses during the upcoming 

weeks in Tinkergarten. 

This week, the students 

learned about empathy while 

playing with crafted gnomes 

— each of which have their 

own personalities. 

The eight week classes 

run each season, with the fall 

Alex Herman, Instructor Amanda Herman’s son, shows off his muddy hands after playing 

in the mud during Tinkergarten at Francis Youth Field in New Lenox. His shirt reads “Go 

outside and play.” In the background, Simone Davisson, who was at the class with her 

mother, Susan Davisson, jumps in the mud puddle the students created. Photos by Amanda 

Stoll/22nd Century Media 

Alex Herman (left) and Simone Davisson investigate a large orange mushroom at the base 

of a tree at Francis Field Youth Foundation. 

session in Mokena starting 

at 10 a.m. on September 30 

at Hickory Creek Preserve, 

LaPorte Road Access in 

Mokena. Cost for the course 

is $140 per student, with a 

discount for additional siblings, 

and the curriculum is 

designed for children ages 

18-months to 8 years old. 

“If you’re somebody who 

likes to schedule in classes, 

but still really very much 

appreciates having that outdoor 

time then this is a really 

great fit because you still 

have that outdoor, child-led 

play but you still have it 

scheduled into the week,” 

Herman said. 

To learn more about Herman’s 

Tinkergarten classes, 

visit tinkergarten.com/lead 

ers/amanda.knittelherman.



NL man suffers ‘life-threatening 

injuries’ from three-car crash 

James Sanchez, Editor 

From Sept. 20 

22ND CENTURY MEDIA is looking 

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and PHOTOGRAPHERS to cover events, 

meetings and sports in the area. 

A 70-year-old man from 

New Lenox is in serious 

condition following a vehicular 

crash involving three 

cars in New Lenox Township 

Tuesday, Sept. 19. 

The incident reportedly 

occurred around 9 p.m. at 

the intersection of Laraway 

Road and Spencer Road, according 

to a Sept. 20 release 

from the Will County Sheriff’s 

Office. 

Police reported that the 

New Lenox man, who was 

driving a Hyundai Sonata 

heading southbound on 

Spencer, ran a stop sign and 

struck the driver’s side of a 

Volvo semi-tractor trailer 

traveling eastbound on Laraway, 

police reported. 

The driver of the semi 

– a 40-year-old man from 

Richton Park – lost control 

of his vehicle and went off 

the roadway and rolled into 

a ditch, the release said. Following 

the crash, a third car 

– a Toyota Sienna driven by 

a 56-year-old woman – traveling 

westbound on Laraway 

was unable to stop and 

struck the Hyundai Sonata. 

The 70-year-old man reportedly 

was extricated from 

his car and is currently listed 

in serious condition. Silver 

Cross Hospital staff believes 

that he may have experienced 

a medical condition 

prior to the crash. 

The two other drivers involved 

in the incident were 

also transported to Silver 

Cross, but both were treated 

and discharged, according to 

police. 

No tickets have been issued 

at this time. 

For more on this and other 

breaking news, visit New 

LenoxPatriot.com. 

Pictured is the aftermath of a vehicular crash involving a 

Hyundai Sonata that a New Lenox man was driving and a 

Toyota Sienna. Photos by Scott Carlos 

The New Lenox man reportedly ran a stop sign and struck a 

semi-tractor trailer, causing it to go off the roadway and roll 

into a ditch. It was reported that the New Lenox man may 

experienced a medical condition prior to the crash. 

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Christina Bohne (right) of Oak Forest, talks with Nicole 

Donahue (center) and Tyffany Baylis, HR assistants with 

WSI, while looking for a job at the ShareFest job fair. 

Feeding the hungry and 

filling local food pantries 

aren’t the only things that 

ShareFest stands for. It also 

helps people get jobs. 

Gary Cheney, founder of 

ShareFest, said it’s about 

connecting job seekers with 

people looking to fill jobs. 

The concept seems simple, 

but Cheney said that’s 

not always the case. 

“The problem is, they’re 

not reaching the people who 

need a job,” Cheney said. 

The unemployment rate 

in Will County was 4.4 percent 

in April according to the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics, 

which is down from 6.3 percent 

in January, but there are 

still plenty of people looking 

for employment. 

And, looking for employees, 

according to Cheney. 

“These employers are begging 

for ways to get in touch 

with people,” said Cheney, 

so ShareFest also invites 

employers to its larger Love 

Thy Neighbor events. 

“It makes sense to us to 

invite our employers out to 

these big events, where we 

get [200-500] families coming 

to them, or to come into 

Jolane Gervasi (right), of Orland Park, talks with Shirley Draper, HR recruiter with Macy’s 

Logistics, during the ShareFest job fair on Sept. 13 at the Frankfort Township building. 

Macy’s is currently hiring seasonal warehouse associates and offering retention incentives 

up to $150. Photos by Amanda Stoll/22nd Century Media 

a food pantry where people 

need food,” he said. 

By bringing employers 

to people who are already 

in need of food or clothing, 

Cheney said ShareFest 

might be able to connect 

them with people who are 

also looking for a job, which 

in turn could help them feed 

themselves. 

ShareFest, which was 

started in 2007, serves Will 

County through food donations, 

clothing donations, 

health care services, job and 

career resources and helping 

to protect the environment. 

“ShareFest as a whole, we 

have close to 200 partners,” 

Cheney said. “Sixty of them 

are employers. The rest 

of them are state, county, 

schools, churches, you name 

it.” 

Cheney said usually more 

than 100 people attend 

ShareFest’s smaller job fairs, 

like the recent job fair at the 

Frankfort Township building 

in Frankfort, which had 19 

employers present. 

There were part-time, fulltime 

and seasonal opportunities 

available, and not just 

from the 19 companies in attendance. 

Pam Mlinarcik, of New Lenox, talks with Cleopatra Cook, 

a business service representative with Employment and 

Employer Services, about job opportunities during the 

Sept. 13 ShareFest job fair. Nineteen employers met with 

job seekers at the Frankfort Township building as part of 

ShareFest’s mission. 

For those employer partners 

who were not in attendance, 

Cheney said he collects 

resumes to connect job 

seekers with as many opportunities 

as possible. 

“We have banks, manufacturing, 

of course staffing 

agencies work with a lot of 

different companies, social 

services like Catholic Charities, 

insurance,” he said. “It’s 

a pretty wide range of jobs.” 

Finding a job can be a 

daunting task, but the atmosphere 

at the ShareFest job 

fair was one of positivity and 

hope, with smiles and laughter 

a common occurrence. 

Cheney himself greeted 

many people at the door, 

took their resumes, offered 

encouragement and talked to 

them again before they left. 

“We want to care, and we 

want to share and we want to 

have compassion for people 

in need,” Cheney said. 

“That’s what ShareFest is 

— we’re the good news.” 

For more information 

about ShareFest, and its upcoming 

events, visit www. 

sharefestnewlenox.com.

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Lincoln-Way Foundation 

appoints new executive director 

Submitted by Lincoln-Way 

Community High School 

District 210 

The Lincoln-Way Foundation 

for Educational Excellence 

recently appointed 

Robert (Bob) J. Kennedy as 

the new Executive Director 

in charge of leading the 

group’s fundraising efforts. 

Kennedy has been a part 

of the Foundation for 12 

years serving as Board Director 

for two terms, as well 

as volunteering. He comes to 

the Foundation with a wealth 

of fundraising knowledge 

and an extensive banking 

background having worked 

with local businesses for 

over 30 years. 

“I am elated about this 

opportunity to expand my 

role with the Foundation,” 

Kennedy said. “The current 

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“My goal is simple: to 

grow and expand our successful 

fundraising efforts; 

solidify our current partnerships; 

and explore new opportunities 

and partnerships 

that will have a positive contribution 

and impact to our 

mission.” 

Kennedy and his wife, 

Erin, are Frankfort residents 

and both of his children are 

graduates of Lincoln-Way 

East. He is currently an 

elected trustee in the Village 

of Frankfort with prior experience 

as the Village Clerk. 

Kennedy’s prior board 

experiences include serving 

for Heritage Bank, Frankfort 

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The Lincoln-Way High 

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has also previously recognized 

Kennedy with an 

Extra Effort award in 2015 

for serving the Lincoln- 

Way Foundation for over 10 

years. 

Bob is a graduate of 

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as well as the Kelley School 

of Business at Indiana University 

in Bloomington. 

The Foundation has an 

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Since 1994, the Foundation 

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music while studying. I’m one of those people. 

To really focus and get productive studying 

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What do you like to do when not in school or 

studying? 

You can probably find me nose deep into a 

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with my friends. 

What’s your dream job? 

My dream job is to run a Fortune 500 

company. Having that much authority is appealing 

to me, but I’m more excited for the 

process to get there. I would say I’m always 

looking up to new heights, and I want to 

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a band for all seasons. 

What is one thing people don’t know about 

you? 

It’s actually quite hard for me to make 

decisions. especially about small, harmless 

things, like deciding how to answer this 

question, for example. 

Whom do you look up to? 

I look up to anyone who has the courage 

to be unapologetically themselves while 

also not putting others down. Specifically, 

I look up to Katherine Johnson, a physicist 

and mathematician who played a key role 

in sending an American into space for the 

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What is your favorite teacher? 

Mr. Hooper was my sophomore AP US 

History teacher. He’s one of the first teachers 

who made me feel confident in my arguments. 

He would take a smart student and 

make them support and back up their arguments. 

And of course, he made a potentially 

dry topic very engaging and interesting. 

What extracurricular do you wish your 

school had? 

I wish we had a competitive mock trial 

program. I got to be a part of mock trials, and 

it was an amazing experience. I wish more 

high school students could be a part of that. 

What’s one thing that stands out about your 

school? 

Other than that our school color is bright 

orange, Principal Dr. Schmitt is an amazing 

leader that actually cares about the student 

body, and it shows. 

What’s your best memory from school? 

The time I spent doing theater productions 

and madrigal performances are my favorite 

times of the year. 

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FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE 

Orland man, 76, reportedly 

dies after being shot inside 

Alsip business 

A 76-year-old Orland Park 

man was identified Sept. 20, 

after he reportedly was shot 

to death the day before in an 

incident at an Alsip towing 

business. 

Mohamed F. Salhia, of 

the 17200 block of Pointe 

Drive, was pronounced dead 

at 2:05 p.m. Sept. 19 at Advocate 

Christ Medical Center 

in Oak Lawn, according 

to the Cook County Medical 

Examiner’s case ledger from 

Sept. 20. The official cause 

of death was listed as a gunshot 

wound to the chest and 

the manner homicide. 

Salhia was one of two men 

shot around 1:09 p.m. p.m. 

Sept. 19 inside Ray’s Towing 

& Recovery Service, 4340 W. 

127th St., according to a press 

release issued the same day by 

the Alsip Police Department. 

Salhia and the other shooting 

victim — a 43-year-old 

male — both were transported 

to Advocate Christ, police said. 

The other man was listed as 

being in stable condition, as of 

4:40 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21. 

Brian Garcia, 33, whose 

last known address was in 

Carpentersville, was subsequently 

charged with one 

count of first-degree murder 

and one count of attempted 

first-degree murder, according 

to an update issued at 4:40 

p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21, by 

Alsip police. He reportedly 

appeared in court the same 

day and was being held without 

bond in Cook County Jail. 

Police said the shooting 

took place during an attempted 

robbery. 

Reporting by Bill Jones, Editor. 

For more, visit OPPrairie.com. 

FROM THE FRANKFORT STATION 

Book Club Booktalks brings 

new novels to community 

Book lovers can look forward 

to an evening of literary 

discussion — followed 

by many more days spent 

poring through recently released 

novels — thanks to 

a brand-new event at the 

Frankfort Public Library. 

The library’s first Book 

Club Booktalks, scheduled 

for 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2, 

will include a presentation on 

more than two dozen new and 

upcoming books, along with 

refreshments and free “swag”, 

such as bookmarks, tote bags 

and buttons. Attendees will 

also be able to take home free 

copies of some of the books. 

“The event is for anybody,” 

Adult Services librarian 

Lisa Meierkort said. “Our 

target audience is people who 

are members of book clubs. 

We have four different book 

clubs that operate through the 

library. We have a bunch of 

community book clubs that 

order their books through us 

… really, it’s open for anybody 

who just wants to know 

what’s going to be new and 

big coming out.” 

Several different genres 

of books will be represented 

at the event, including nonfiction, 

historical fiction, 

contemporary fiction and 

speculative fiction, which 

encompasses science fiction 

and fantasy, Meierkort said. 

One book Meierkort said 

she especially is excited to 

discuss is “An American 

Family” by Khizr Khan. 

“He was one of the speakers 

at the Democratic National 

Convention in 2016,” 

Meierkort said. “He’s the 

one who held up his pocket 

Constitution... it’s one I’m 

really excited about, for myself 

at least. It should be a really 

good memoir.” 

Reporting by Nuria Mathog, 

Editor. For more, visit 

FrankfortStation.com. 

FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER 

D159 receives parental input 

for superintendent search 

The search for the next 

superintendent of Mokena 

School District 159 is moving 

forward. 

A community forum held 

Sept. 18 allowed parents to 

provide input on the process. 

School officials recently 

awarded a contract to the national 

search and consulting 

firm School Exec Connect to 

find its next superintendent. 

Since that time, efforts have 

focused on interviewing 

board members and focus 

groups, providing an online 

survey and holding an open 

forum for staff. 

The meeting, led by Tom 

Madden, a partner for School 

Exec Connect, brought in a 

number of parents. 

Discussion questions 

sought input on the strengths 

of the district, issues and challenges 

that will face the new 

superintendent, and qualities 

and characteristics the public 

want to see in the next individual 

who assumes the role. 

Madden said these questions 

are essential in finding 

the best-fit person for the job. 

“There are some superintendents 

of high quality [and] 

great skill sets that work well 

in Rockford [and] that work really 

well in East St. Louis but 

wouldn’t be the right fit here,” 

Madden said. “What I’ve been 

spending the time talking to 

people about in these three areas 

helps me understand what 

a good fit means.” 

Several people in attendance 

for the meeting cited 

interest in superintendents 

that possess a solid understanding 

of finances. 

Reporting by Megann 

Horstead, Freelance Reporter. 

For more, visit www. 

MokenaMessenger.com. 

FROM THE HOMER HORIZON 

Homer Glen craftsman 

makes handmade pens 

When many people think 

of a pen, they likely think of 

a simple, nondescript writing 

utensil. 

When Homer Glen resident 

Gene Benes thinks of a 

pen, he thinks of it as a piece 

of art. The craftsman has been 

making pens in his basement 

workshop for years, turning 

his passion into a business 

called Pens by Gene. He attends 

12-13 craft shows a 

year to sell his products. 

“All I’m doing is pens,” 

Benes said. “I’ve sold 5,300 

and given a number away to 

different people.” 

What makes that number 

more impressive is the amount 

of time Benes puts in each 

pen. Depending on the materials 

and intricacy involved, a 

pen can take anywhere from 

45-50 minutes to five hours, 

spread over three days to complete 

properly, he said. 

He crafts everything from 

ballpoint to rollerball to 

fountain pens, with prices 

ranging from $30-$150 — 

again dependent upon materials. 

He uses wood, resin, 

metal and other materials to 

craft distinct pens. 

The most recent event for 

him was the 13th Annual 

Lakeview East Festival of the 

Arts, held earlier this month. 

About to turn 74 next 

month, the pen-maker said 

he maintains a passion for 

making each individual 

product, giving customers 

something they will not see 

somewhere else. 

“My intention is to keep 

doing it as long as I can 

physically do it,” he said. 

“It’s a lot of fun.” 

Reporting by Thomas Czaja, 

Editor. For more, visit Homer 

Horizon.com. 

Please see NFYN, 17 

Police Reports 

Speedway employee allegedly steals more than $100 from store 

Celeste M. Pagliuca, 34, 

of 1126 Grandview Drive 

in New Lenox, was charged 

with theft Sept. 14 after she 

allegedly stole from her employer 

Speedway gas station 

located on 800 West Maple 

Street. 

Police said Pagliuca stole 

approximately $165 over 

a period of time as an employee. 

Sept. 16 

• David A. McLaughlin, 32, 

of 12842 S. Orchard Lane 

in Alsip, was charged with 

driving under the influence 

of alcohol when he was 

stopped on Nelson Road and 

Joliet Highway for allegedly 

speeding. 

Sept. 14 

• Personal information reportedly 

was stolen and used 

to fraudulently purchase 

used car parts. 

• Mail that was designated 

to be sent out reportedly was 

stolen from a mailbox at a 

residence on the 1900 block 

of East Lincoln Highway. 

• Personal information reportedly 

was stolen, and the 

unknown person gained access 

to his or her bank account, 

which was used to 

pay off debt and make fraudulent 

purchases. 

• Miscellaneous items reportedly 

were stolen from an 

unlocked vehicle parked at 

the 200 block of East Haven 

Avenue. 

• Max D. Ciesla, 26, of 330 

McClure Ave. in Manhattan, 

was charged with possession 

of a controlled substance after 

he was stopped on Nelson 

Road and Joliet Highway 

for allegedly speeding. 

Upon the stop, police said 

they discovered Ciesla to 

be in possession of heroin. 

In addition, he was charged 

with possession of drug 

equipment. 

Sept. 11 

• Kiara R. Galvan-Ingram, 

18, of 2000 Finborough Circle 

in New Lenox, and Andres 

D. Rojas, 19, of 2072 

Edgeview Drive in New 

Lenox, were charged with 

retail theft at Walmart on the 

500 block of East Lincoln 

Highway. The pair reportedly 

stole DVDs, jewelry, 

a phone charger, sunglasses 

and a costume mask from 

the store. 

• Two cartons of cigarettes 

reportedly were stolen from 

Walgreens on the 400 block 

of Nelson Road. 

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.

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programs of the American Diabetes 

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mission to prevent and cure diabetes and 

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From the Assistant Edtior 

The benefits of being outside 

Amanda Stoll 

a.stoll@22ndcenturymedia.com 

NFYN 

From Page 16 

FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION 

Practical Magic opts for 

alternative healing 

There is something intriguing 

about the way that Tara 

Lewis talks about the act of 

healing. 

She gravitates toward words 

like “purpose” and “intention,” 

as she walks around her newly 

opened shop in downtown Tinley 

Park and picks apart a few 

of her favorite things. 

Handmade candy-colored 

soaps, candles and jewelry 

are displayed on small tables 

and short shelves outlining 

“Go play outside,” 

is something 

I’m sure many 

of us heard time and time 

again when we were children. 

But, studies throughout 

the years have shown that 

outdoor play has been declining 

for children — and 

I’d venture to say the same 

is probably true for adults. 

The decline has been 

linked to a rise in anxiety, 

depression, sensory issues 

and mental health problems 

among children under 18. 

I can’t speak from experience 

on that aspect, because 

as a child I was always outside 

playing, but as an adult 

I know I feel a decrease in 

stress and anxiety when I 

spend time outside. 

Anyone who knows me, 

or has read some of my 

editorials, knows that I 

try to spend as much time 

outdoors as I can. Even just 

eating my lunch outside or 

taking a quick break in the 

afternoon to walk around 

the block makes me feel 

better. 

In a society where 

electronics, stress and tight 

schedules are the norm, I 

think it’s important. 

When was the last time 

you or your children went 

and hiked a trail, collected 

leaves or just sat in a park 

and paid some real attention 

to nature? 

Recently, I attended a 

Tinkergarten class in New 

Lenox with Instructor 

Amanda Herman, a Mokena 

resident, and it was wonderful. 

I loved seeing the push 

to get children outside and 

learning again through the 

group, which has classes in 

the perimeter of her store. 

A collection of crystals and 

sage complete the mix. 

These items, Lewis said, 

are packed with herbs and 

oils, and they are built with 

sincerity, an aim to help people 

find comfort or clarity. 

“Everything is 100 percent 

natural,” she said of the products 

inside Practical Magic 

All Natural Bath & Body Essentials, 

which was birthed 

out of a simple anecdote. 

“We call it ‘Practical Magic’ 

because it’s practical, and 

it works like magic. It’s not 

cooked with anything; you 

know what I mean?” 

For the past five years, 

Lewis and her daughter, 

Taniyah Meyers, have spent 

time perfecting the recipes of 

their soap creations. 

“Everything here we formulated 

ourselves,” Lewis 

noted, which are held “under 

lock and key.” 

But one thing is for certain. 

The scents from the mother-daughter 

duo’s bath supplies 

reveal a blend of fruits, 

vegetables, mints, milk, honey 

and more. 

“This is the place where 

you find what it is that you 

need to rejuvenate your life 

and situation,” Lewis said. 

Reporting by F. Amanda 

Tugade, Editor. For more, visit 

TinleyJunction.com. 

48 states and estimates they 

have reached more than 

70,000 children through 

their outdoor, child-led 

learning initiative. 

An article published in 

June by National Geographic 

titled “Doctors Are Prescribing 

Park Visits to Booth 

Patient Health” outlined 

what doctors in places such 

as South Dakota, Baltimore 

and Albuquerque are doing 

to combat the decrease in 

outdoor time for adults. 

It’s exactly as you’d expect 

from the title: They’re 

literally prescribing people a 

day at the park and handing 

out prescriptions that give 

the patient a free entry to a 

state park. 

Now, don’t get me wrong. 

I love the idea. Historically, 

doctors prescribed patients 

to sit in their garden or to 

go on a holiday to get some 

fresh air. Now, that has 

scientifically been shown to 

improve people’s lives. 

I do think it’s a bit sad 

that a doctor has to tell 

people to go outside for 

their health. I’m not a doctor, 

but I would recommend 

some serious outdoor time 

to anyone feeling down, 

lonely or stressed. 

If everyone was already 

spending time in nature, 

then maybe we wouldn’t 

have so many problems in 

our society. Being in nature 

is cheap therapy that can 

help with a lot of things. 

I would be amiss if I 

didn’t say that going outside 

can’t cure everything, so if 

you are experiencing serious 

mental illness please go to 

your doctor. 

In other cases, maybe 

consider taking a long walk 

in the park or a weekend 

camping trip without being 

connected to the internet 

and see how you feel afterwards. 

And, for goodness sake, 

send the little ones outside 

to play in the great outdoors, 

too. 

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Pastor Column 

Try to do this assignment 

The Rev. Dave Hedlin 

Peace Lutheran Church 


To the credit of many 

schools these days, 

students are required 

to have an assignment 

notebook – that some students 

don’t use it or use it 

effectively is a given. 

But it represents a great 

habit: to see what’s due 

tomorrow and to have in 

mind something yet to 

come. One of the challenges 

of going to college 

is that no one is looking 

over your shoulder or telling 

you exactly what is on 

your to-do list. 

If you’re in a math or science 

based class you might 

well get a daily assignment. 

But if you’re in a humanities 

class, many times you 

will get a syllabus at the 

beginning of the term and 

hints along the way about 

due dates. 

In our daily life, most 

people don’t make us fill 

out an assignment notebook. 

God doesn’t either. 

God’s directions for our 

lives turn out to be more 

like a syllabus at the beginning 

of a semester than 

a daily “now do this by 

tomorrow.” So how do I 

know if what I’m doing today 

is in keeping with what 

God wants? 

Certainly, we can follow 

some general principles: 

love God with all your 

heart and your neighbor 

as yourself, for example. 

Or, treat others the way 

you want to be treated. But 

what about those times 

when we are looking for 

direction about what to do 

with our lives, or what the 

right thing to do or think 

or believe is when it comes 

to some specific decision? 

How do I know if what I’m 

deciding today is in keeping 

with what God wants? 

Over time, God seems 

to invite people to turn 

(return) to some tried-andtrue 

methods, like prayer. 

Ask for guidance. (After 

all, Jesus invited us to ask, 

seek and knock, with the 

assurance God wants to 

respond.) 

Another idea is to talk to 

other people who are able 

to listen as well as give you 

feedback. Another idea is 

to read scripture and inspirational 

resources. 

Keep open to hearing 

from God in anything – 

God has used more than 

one dream or advice 

column or movie or piece 

of nature, etc. to give our 

subconscious a clue. If you 

get an idea of what seems 

to be God’s direction, then 

follow through. (God does 

not equip us or empower us 

to go in a wrong direction – 

that happens on our own.) 

The good news is that 

even when we get the assignment 

wrong, God is 

not done with us. Unlike 

school, God’s unlimited 

willingness to let us have a 

re-do is matched by God’s 

ability to turn things around 

and help us try again! So, 

no matter how many times 

we aren’t sure what God’s 

daily assignment is, we 

have the freedom to try. 

(Plus, you can’t go wrong 

by loving God and others 

and treating them as Jesus 

did!) 

The opinions expressed in this 

column are those of the author. 

They do not necessarily represent 

those of 22nd Century 

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In memoriam 

Gerard J. Pomykalski 

Gerard J. Pomykalski, 

87, formerly 

of New Lenox, died 

Sept. 12. He is survived 

by his wife Ann Pomykalski 

(nee Vontorcik), children 

Cindy Pomykalski and Cathy 

Pomykalski; grandchildren 

Robbie , Melissa and Tiffany; 

and great-grandchildren 

Emily, Lily,Ethan, Robert 

IV, Gavin, Riley and Finnley. 

Pomykalski was an Air Force 

veteran of the Korean War. 

Family received friends at St. 

Jude Church in New Lenox. 

Internment at Abraham Lincoln 

National Cemetery. 

Gene R. Krohn 

Gene R. Krohn, 

90, of New Lenox, died Sept. 

10. He is survived by his 

wife of 69 years Helen (nee 

Riemer); children Jane (Paul) 

Majewski, Susan (Michael) 

Kunce, JoAnn (John) Kneynsberg 

and Gary R. (Mary 

Fran nee Blum); 11 grandchildren; 

five great-grand 

children; and siblings Wade 

(Evelyn, deceased), Dale 

(Delores), Glen (Doris) and 

Carol (Marty Terlep). Gene 

was a life long resident of 

New Lenox, 50-year member 

of Trinity Lutheran Church, 

member of Immanuel Lutheran, 

past member of the 

New Lenox Lions Club, and 

28-year veteran of the New 

Lenox Volunteer Fire Department 

(retired Assistant 

Chief). He also served in the 

US Army Corps in World 

War II. He took pleasure in 

woodworking, camping and 

motorcycle riding for countless 

years. His smile was 

broad and bright, his laughter 

genuine, and his willingness 

to help others limitless. 

Gene was blessed to have 

had a long retirement, enjoy 

a winter home in Clearwater, 

Florida, been a supporter of 

the New Lenox Historical 

Society, and participate in the 

73rd Veterans Honor Flight 

from Chicago in 2016. Internment 

was private. In lieu 

of donations, memorials to 

Honor Flight Chicago at 938 

W. Montana St. Chicago, IL 

60614 or www.honorflightchicago.org/donate 

would be 

appreciated. 

Howard E. Teeter, Sr. 

Howard E. Teeter, 

Sr., 86, of New Lenox, 

died Sept. 9. Loving husband 

of Marlene (Oostman) 

Teeter; father of Howard 

(Stacy) Teeter, Jr., James 

(Susanne) Teeter; brother 

of the late Gordon (Dorothy) 

Teeter, late Earl (Alice) 

Teeter, Keith Teeter, Joyce 

(late John) Banik, Loyd 

(Helga) Teeter, Dale (Annetta) 

Teeter and June (Al) 

Hellstrom; grandfather of 

Alison, Joshua, Michael, 

Natalie, Jessica and Rachel; 

great-grandfather of three 

and uncle to many nieces 

and nephews. Teeter served 

in the US Army in Korea. Interment 

at Skyline Memorial 

Park. In lieu of memorials, 

donations to the Joliet Area 

Community Hospice would 

be appreciated. 

Have someone’s life you’d like 

to honor? Email Editor James 

Sanchez at james@newlenoxpatriot.com 

with information about 

a loved one who was a part of 

the New Lenox community. 

FAITH BRIEFS 

Trinity Lutheran Church (508 N. Cedar 

Road, New Lenox) 

Craft and Vendor Fair 

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

Oct. 14. The church is seeking 

crafters and vendors for the 

9th Annual Craft and Vendor 

Fair. Cost for vendors is $25 

for an 8-foot table and $10 for 

an extra table. Admission is 

free for shoppers. Registration 

forms can be picked up at the 

church office or online at www. 

trinitynewlenox.org/craft-fair. 

html. For more information, 

call (815) 723-7642. 

St. Jude Catholic Church (241 W. Second 

Ave., New Lenox) 

Luncheon and Craft Show 

10 a.m.-2 p.m. for craft 

show, and 11:30 a.m.-1:30 

p.m. for lunch, Thursday, 

Oct. 26. St. Jude Council of 

Cahtolic Women is sponsoring 

the church’s annual luncheon 

and craft show at Franciscan 

Hall. The lunch features 

julienne/taco salad bar and 

homemade desserts. There 

will also be raffles and prizes 

available. Tickets are $10 per 

person, but ther is no cost for 

children under 5 years old. 

For tickets in advance, call 

(815) 485-3511 or stop by the 

parish office. Carryout boxes 

are available. 

United Methodist Church of New Lenox 

(339 W. Haven Ave, New Lenox) 

Mom Heart Group Book Club 

6:30-7:30 p.m. starting 

Thursday, Oct. 5. This 

group will meet on the first 

Thursday of every month to 

study “The Lifegiving Home: 

Creating a place of belonging 

and becoming” by Sally and 

Sarah Clarkson. The group 

will meet in the Fellowship 

Hall and is open to the public. 

For more information, call 

(815) 485-8271. 

Central Presbyterian Church (1101 S. 

Gougar Road Road, New Lenox) 

An Afternoon with Eleanor 

2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1. 

Join the church for a living 

history portrayal of Eleanor 

Roosevelt by Actress Leslie 

Goddard. A suggested 

donation of $5 will go towards 

mission work by the church. 

For more information, call 

(815) 485-5152. 

Church Service 

10:30 Sundays. For more 

information, call the church 

at (815) 485-5152. 

Lincolnway Christian Church (690 E. 

Illinois Highway, New Lenox) 

Second Saturday 

4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 

14. Join the church for a 

tailgate party complete with 

football, grill out, pumpkin 

decorating for the children, 

and s’mores for everybody. 

Hot dogs will be provided, 

but participants are welcome 

to bring something else to 

grill if they choose. 

A Matter of Balance Classes 

9:30-11:30 a.m. Thursdays, 

Sept. 28-Nov. 16. A Matter of 

Balance is designed to reduce 

the fear of falling and increase 

activity levels among older 

adults. Participants learn 

to set realistic goals change 

their environments to reduce 

fall risk factors, and learn 

simple exercises. For more 

information and registration, 

call (815) 462-6493 or email 

dmartin@newlenox.net. 

Worship Services 

9 and 10:30 a.m. Sundays. 

Cornerstone Church (1501 S. Gougar 

Road, New Lenox) 

5th Quarter 

The church will host 

a 5th Quarter event after 

every Lincoln-Way West 

regular season home football 

game: Sept. 29, Oct. 13 and 

Oct. 20. There will be free 

pizza, a bonfire, games and 

professional athlete speakers. 

All students and parents are 

invited. 

Worship Service 

8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. 

every Sunday. 

New Life Church (500 Gougar Road, New 

Lenox) 

Maker Fest 

6-8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 

13. Maker Fest is a fall 

festival of creativity that 

will be held in the New 

Life Church gymnasium. 

Enjoy tinkering, inventing, 

doodling, and creating 

while learning how the 

creative Master Maker 

made each person for a 

unique purpose. For more 

information and registration, 

email dvanderwell@ 

newlifenewlenox.org or 

visit https://vbspro.events/p/ 

events/newlifemakerfest. 

Worship Services 

10 a.m. Sundays. For 

more information, call (815) 

462-0202. 

Have something for Faith 

Briefs? Contact Assistant 

Editor Amanda Stoll at 

a.stoll@22ndcenturymedia. 

com or call (708) 326-9170 ext. 

34. Information is due by noon 

on Thursdays one week prior to 

publication. 

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Central crowns special education student as homecoming queen 

Schiller chosen 

by student body 

with overwhelming 

support 


When senior Morgan 

Schiller told her mother, 

Michelle, that she wanted to 

run for homecoming queen, 

Michelle said she was a bit 

nervous. 

“There’s always the 

chance that you’re not going 

to win,” said Michelle Schiller, 

who said she wanted to 

make sure her daughter was 

prepared for whatever might 

happen — win or lose. 

It provided her an opportunity 

to talk with Morgan 

about the possible outcomes, 

and Morgan persisted — 

making the decision to run 

for homecoming court her 

senior year at Lincoln-Way 

Central. 

Morgan was diagnosed 

with Williams Syndrome 

as an infant, and is part of 

the special education class 

at Central. There, she participates 

in and serves as the 

special education coordinator 

in the Best Buddies organization 

that brings together 

students with and without 

intellectual or developmental 

disabilities for various 

activities and events, as well 

as physical education classes 

throughout the school year. 

Williams syndrome is 

characterized by the National 

Institutes of Health 

as “mild to moderate intellectual 

disability or learning 

problems, unique personality 

characteristics, distinctive 

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in individuals who were 

born missing a gene on the 

seventh chromosome. 

In Morgan’s case, she is 

affected by some health issues 

and is highly sensitive 

to sounds. It has also given 

her the gift to be able to play 

piano by ear — meaning she 

can hear something and play 

it, and she is able to identify 

pitches of all sorts of sounds. 

Morgan’s mom, Michelle 

Schiller, said Morgan’s personality 

is naturally outgoing 

and bubbly, making her “the 

life of the party.” She doesn’t 

shy away from conversation 

or social situations, putting 

the race for homecoming 

queen right up her alley. 

After completing all the 

required paperwork and getting 

signatures on her petition, 

Morgan had officially 

thrown her hat into the ring 

for homecoming court, but 

getting there wasn’t easy. 

“[The process], I think, 

was harder for her than most 

kids because it’s harder for 

her to keep all that information 

together,” Michelle 

said. 

Being in the special education 

classroom means 

that Morgan doesn’t spend 

as much time with many 

other seniors at the school 

on a day-to-day basis, so the 

Schillers had to be creative 

with how to get her required 

signatures. 

They took to Instagram, 

where they requested fellow 

seniors meet Morgan before 

school. 

“Sure enough, they all 

showed up, and within a few 

minutes she had all her signatures,” 

Michelle said. 

On Sept. 15, the day of the 

homecoming game and one 

day before the dance, all the 

students were gathered for 

the announcement. 

Michelle, who is an English 

teacher at Lincoln-Way 

West, took a few hours off in 

the afternoon to go support 

Morgan and said it was very 

emotional for both of them 

when Morgan’s name was 

announced. 

“When the announcement 

was made, it was pretty special,” 

Michelle said. “Not 

only did the kids vote for 

her, but she cried when they 

announced it. And the entire 

student population gave her 

a standing ovation, which 

pretty much melted my heart 

because it just shows me 

what great kids we have at 

the school. 

“Being that I teach there 

I already kind of know that 

but seeing that they’ve embraced 

my child who’s a 

little bit different from most 

Lincoln-Way Central student Morgan Schiller poses for a 

picture during the school’s homecoming game Sept. 15 when 

she was recognized as homecoming queen. Photo Submitted 

with such compassion, it just 

was a joy.” 

Morgan was announced at 

the football game and went 

out on to the field, where her 

fellow students cheered her 

name, which Morgan said 

made her feel proud of herself 

for deciding to run for queen. 

The fun continued with 

the dance, which Morgan attended 

with her boyfriend, 

AJ Joss, and more than a 

dozen of her classmates. 

Every year, the special 

education students get together 

before the dance to 

take pictures before the festivities 

begin, and this year 

they went to Gatto’s Italian 

Restaurant afterward for an 

exclusive dining experience. 

As part of their pre-vocational 

program at the school, 

the students work at Gatto’s 

for an hour each Friday, but 

for homecoming the students 

came dressed in their best 

clothes and sat in the atrium 

under a lighted pergola at 

their own private table for a 

continuation of the evening. 

“The food there is awesome,” 

Morgan said of the 

restaurant. 

The title and the crown 

certainly made Morgan feel 

on top of the world, but Michelle 

said it is even bigger 

than that. She said it is a 

testament to the school, students 

and families. 

“The heart of this school 

is the community that we 

live in,” Michelle said. “The 

parents who teach their kids 

good values, the kids who 

then take that and make 

great decisions and think 

about the bigger picture 

knowing that this probably 

would have meant the world 

to my daughter, but would 

have been just one of many 

accomplishments for another 

child. It’s the whole picture. 

I think that the school 

culture supports that, which 

is emphasized at home and 

then it just all comes around 

full circle.”

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New Lenox businesses take part in Mokena’s annual health fair 

Amanda Del Buono 


Tammy Spatola and Kris 

Geigner, co-owners of 

Health Nutz, are dedicated 

to helping others fulfill their 

personal health-and-wellness 

goals. After purchasing 

Health Nutz health food 

store in Mokena just a few 

years ago, the two are committed 

to embracing the local 

community. 

As part of their efforts to 

bring health-and-wellness 

products to the community, 

Spatola and Geigner began 

the store’s health fair last 

year, which they hope to 

make an annual community 

event, Geigner said. 

On Saturday, Sept. 9, they 

hosted the second annual 

health fair. A large white tent 

filled the parking lot outside 

of the store, which is located 

at 19844 LaGrange Road. 

Under the tent, more than 

50 vendors were on location 

displaying their products 

and services with community 

members from Mokena 

and nearby communities. 

“Our goal is to have available 

all different [types of] 

health products because people 

are at different places in 

their health journey. … We 

want to make sure people 

know that there are people 

and products in our community 

to help them reach 

their goals,” Geigner said. 

“We hope that every year 

[the heath fair] continues to 

grow.” 

Expanding on the event 

this year, five speakers were 

present, offering educational 

lectures about several healthrelated 

topics. The speakers 

included Dr. Ashly Ochsner, 

who presented “The Real 

Silent Killer – Stress”; Bev 

Clark, who spoke about inflammation; 

Gina Moss, 

a registered dietitian and 

holistic nutrition expert, 

discussed naturally achieving 

digestive health; Dan 

Chapman, founder and chief 

executive officer of Redd 

Remedies, talked about pain 

relief; and Natural Nurse 

Robyn and Dr. Paul Stoetzel 

offered a lecture about keeping 

children healthy during 

the school year. 

“This year is the first year 

we’re having the lectures,” 

Geigner said. “That was an 

amazing addition.” 

Those in attendance appreciated 

the variety of products 

and services that were 

available. 

“It’s so nice because it’s 

accessible and it’s free,” 

said Corrie Ninkovic, a Justice 

resident who attended 

the health fair on Saturday. 

“It’s nice to explore different 

things, test products and see 

the vendors in person.” 

Shopping through the natural 

skin care products available 

from New Lenox-based 

Bee&You, Ninkovic also 

said she enjoyed the unique 

vendors that were present on 

Saturday. 

Bee&You, which recently 

made its national debut and 

introduced all new packaging, 

offered a display of its 

bees at the health fair, offering 

the opportunity for 

attendees to see and learn 

about the insects, according 

to Mike Nastepniak, president 

of the company. 

Families also embraced 

the opportunity to learn more 

about and find new products 

that support their health and 

wellness. Philip Bohren and 

his wife Jennifer Bohren 

brought along their four children 

— Beckett, 5; Owen, 8; 

Olivia, 10; and Emma, 12 — 

to the health fair. 

“We just want to learn 

more about what’s going 

on in the health industry. 

We’re trying to be more organic 

and not medicinal, and 

there’s a lot going on here,” 

Philip said. “It’s very educational 

and there’s a lot of different 

products.” 

For the vendors, the health 

fair offered the opportunity 

to meet face-to-face with 

consumers, share products 

and help others. 

Among them, Dr. Tony 

D’Angelo, of Tranquil Cloud 

Temple in New Lenox, 

shared the benefits of Medical 

Qigong, a form of traditional 

Chinese medicine — a 

practice which he learned 

while studying in China — 

with those who attended. 

“I want to deliver the message, 

getting out to people 

what Medical Qigong can do 

to help their mental, spiritual 

and physical well-being,” 

D’Angelo said. “We do a lot 

of international work … and 

work with people all over the 

country. … Now, I’m trying 

to build in my backyard.” 

Tina Hogan, of Frankfort’s 

Beads Galore And 

More, said that the event 

helps the company to get 

the word out, especially in a 

time when many bead stores 

are not doing well. 

“It’s really been a big help 

to get the word out there and 

stay up with what people are 

looking for,” Hogan said. 

At the store’s booth, event 

attendees were invited to 

make their own beaded 

bracelets using lava rocks 

that act as diffusers for essential 

oils. 

Geigner and Spatola plan 

to continue the health fair, 

with hopes to continue to 

grow the event each year. 

Next year, they hope to add 

more children’s activities 

and educational opportunities, 

Geigner said. 

Philip Bohren (middle) and his sons Owen, 8, and Beckett, 

5, make essential oil diffusing bracelets during the Health 

Nutz Health Fair on Sept. 9, in Mokena. Photos by Amanda 

Del Buono/22nd century media 

Health Fair attendees check out products from more than 

50 vendors from across the area. 

VENDORS WANTED 

Vendors are needed to offer seniors and baby 

boomers everything they need to know about 

health and wellness, fitness, financial planning, 

shopping and entertainment, assisted living, real 

estate, travel and more for the 3rd annual Active 

Aging—An Expo for Ages 50+. 

DATE: 

Saturday, October 21 

TIME: 

9 a.m. – 1 p.m. 

PLACE: 

Tinley Park 

Convention Center 

Space is limited — DEADLINE: Oct. 4 

For More Information 

Call: 708.326.9170 ext. 16 

Email: h.warthen@22ndcenturymedia.com

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Top Arthritis Painkiller 

is a Cream Not a Pill 

New cream works faster and is more targeted than oral medications. Key ingredients penetrate the skin 

within seconds to relieve joint arthritis pain. Users report significant immediate relief. 

By Robert Ward 

Associated Health Press 

BOSTON – Innovus Pharmaceuticals has introduced 

a new arthritis pain relief treatment that 

works in seconds. 

Sold under the brand name Apeaz, the new 

pain relief cream numbs the nerves right below 

the skin. 

When applied to an arthritic joint, or a 

painful area on the body, it delivers immediate 

relief that lasts for hours and hours. 

The powerful painkilling effect is created by 

the creams active ingredient, a special medical 

compound. 

Anesthetics are used in hospitals during 

surgery. They block nerve signals from the brain 

so that patients don’t feel pain and they work fast. 

The anesthetic found in Apeaz is the 

strongest available without a prescription. 

The cream form allows users to directly target 

their area of pain. It works where it is applied. 

The company says this is why the product is so 

effective and fast acting. 

“Users can expect to feel relief immediately 

after applying,” explains Dr. Bassam Damaj, 

President of Innovus Pharmaceuticals. 

“There will a pleasant warming sensation 

that is followed by a cool, soothing one. This is 

how you know that the active ingredients have 

reached the infected joint and tissue.” 

Works In Seconds 

For arthritis suffers, Apeaz offers impressive 

advantages over traditional medications. 

The most obvious is how quickly it relieves 

discomfort. 

The cream contains the maximum approved 

dose of a top anesthetic, which penetrates the 

skin in a matter of seconds to numb the area 

that’s in pain. This relief lasts for several hours. 

Additional ingredients in the cream help suppress 

inammation around tissues and joints. 

Published pre-clinical studies have shown that 

the ingredients in Apeaz can also prevent further 

bone and cartilage destruction. 

There are also no negative side effects from 

the oral medication. Apeaz delivers its ingredients 

through the skin. Oral medications are 

absorbed in the digestive tract. Overtime, the 

chemicals in pills can tear the delicate lining of 

the stomach, causing ulcers and bleeding. 

When compared to other arthritis medications, 

Apeaz is a fraction of the cost. At less than $2 a day, 

the cream quickly is becoming a household name. 

Those with terrible arthritis in their hands 

and ngers, love how easy Apeaz is to open. 

The jar ts in the palm of the hand, which 

makes it much easier to use. 

Instant Pain Relief 

Without a Prescription 

Many Apeaz users report signicant improvements 

in daily aches and pain. Many more report 

increased exibility and less stiffness. They are 

moving pain free for the rst time in years, like 

Henry Esber, and early user of Apeaz. 

Apeaz is an FDA drug with approved claims for the 

pain relief of the following conditions: 

• Arthritis pain • Simple back pain 

• Strains 

• Sprains 

• Athletic injuries • Muscle stiffness and pain 

• Wrist, elbow, shoulder, hip, knee, ankle, foot, muscle or joint 

pain 

“I’ve tried more pills than I can count. I’ve 

also had a handful of cortisone shots. Nothing 

is as effective as this product. With Apeaz, I 

get relief right away. I rub a little on my knees 

and some through my hands. It keeps the pain 

away. It also prevents the pain from getting 

really bad. It’s completely changed my life.” 

How It Works 

“Apeaz contains the highest, non-prescription 

dose of a medical compound that ghts 

pain on contact. When applied to the skin it 

goes to work within seconds by penetrating 

Apeaz: Quick Acting Pain and Arthritis Cream is Now Available Without a Prescription 

right to the source of your pain, numbing the 

nerve endings.” 

“This is why Apeaz is so effective for 

people with arthritis. It reduces pain while 

adding an additional layer of joint protection,” 

explains Damaj. 

A New Way 

to Treat Pain 

Although Dr. Damaj and his team say that 

their cream is the fastest and most effective way 

to relieve arthritis pain, they believe there is still 

a reason to take joint pills. The most effective 

are those which help to further strengthen 

and support the joints. 

That’s why every container of Apeaz comes 

with ArthriVarx, a breakthrough pill that’s taking 

on joint support in an entirely new way. 

ArthriVarx works on your joints, making it 

the perfect companion to Apeaz. 

“ArthriVarx contains special compounds 

published to lubricate the joints and connective 

tissues that surrounds them. With daily use, 

they improve joint health and can give an extra 

cushion,” explains Dr. Damaj. 

“When combined with Apeaz, it becomes 

the perfect system to tackle arthritis. While the 

anesthetic component of Apeaz is working on 

the outside, relieving pain on contact, Arthri- 

Varx is working on the inside, adding cushioning 

to the joints”’ 

A Powerful Combination 

For Arthritis and Joint Pain 

With daily use, Apeaz plus ArthriVarx 

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You can now enjoy an entirely new level of 

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also extremely effective, especially if nothing 

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How to Get Apeaz 

in Illinois 

This is the ofcial public release of Apeaz. 

As such, the company is offering a special 

discounted supply to any joint-pain arthritissufferer 

who calls within the next 48 hours. 

A special hotline number and discounted pricing 

has been created for all Illinois residents. Discounts 

will be available starting today at 6:00AM and will 

automatically be applied to all callers. 

Your Toll-Free hotline number is 

1-800-443-7142 and will only be open for the 

next 48 hours. Only a limited discounted supply 

of Apeaz is currently available in your region. 

Consumers who miss out on our current 

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The company advises not to wait. Call 

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THESE STATEMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN EVALUATED BY THE FDA. THIS PRODUCT IS NOT INTENDED TO DIAGNOSE, TREAT, CURE, OR PREVENT ANY DISEASE. RESULTS MAY VARY. 

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newlenoxpatriot.com Dining Out 


The Dish 

Burger 21’s third-quarter specials soon to be swapped 

Southern Lucy 

burger, s’mores 

shake available till 

Oct. 21 change 

Bill Jones, Managing Editor 

Burger 21’s longtime hits 

usually stick around on the 

proverbial setlist (in food 

terms: menu), but like any 

rock band touring on a new 

album, the Orland Park spot 

always finds room to swap in 

a few tracks from the latest 

release. 

Lately, those changes take 

place once a quarter, as one 

featured burger and shake depart 

this mortal coil (or take 

an indefinite hiatus until their 

inevitable reunion tour) on 

the 21st of a month, as another 

burger and shake take 

their respective places. And 

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 

Burger 21 also seems to have 

a penchant for bringing back 

an old favorite on one side 

while introducing something 

completely new on the other. 

Case in point: July 21, the 

chain welcomed back the 

famed s’mores shake. But 

with that came its first go with 

the Southern Lucy burger, 

featuring Angus beef, stuffed 

with American and Swiss 

cheeses, topped with crispy 

On Deck 

A brief look at what’s right around the corner for Burger 21 

Burger 21 in Orland Park tends to swap its featured 

burgers and shakes once a quarter. And with the 

Southern Lucy burger and s’mores shake having 

debuted July 21, they are not long for this world. 

That leaves the question: What can fans expect Oct. 

21, when the featured menu is expected to change 

once again? 

Here’s the inside scoop. 

The Burger: An old favorite is set to return with the 

establishment’s pizza burger seeing the light of day 

once again. 

The Shake: Something old, something new, they say. 

Burger 21’s featured shake is to be a new recipe, offering 

the chain’s take on the wedding cake, in shake form. 

onion strings and bacon aioli, 

along with a tomato jam, all 

on a toasted brioche bun. 

“It’s a big hit,” partner Ed 

Karayanes said. “It’s a great 

burger. The flavor’s just totally 

different. The cheese 

and the meat give it — it’s 

two different flavors you 

don’t get anywhere else.” 

Karayanes said the key to 

its success is that both the tomato 

jam and the bacon aioli 

— like many of Burger 21’s 

Burger 21’s new Southern Lucy burger features Angus 

beef, stuffed with American and Swiss cheeses, topped 

with crispy onion strings and bacon aioli, along with a 

tomato jam, all on a toasted brioche bun. Bill Jones/22nd 

Century Media 

sauces — are made in house. 

As for the shake, there 

is little explanation needed 

as to why customers love a 

blend of vanilla ice cream, 

Ghirardelli chocolate sauce 

and graham crackers, topped 

with a toasted marshmallow, 

graham crackers and more 

Ghirardelli chocolate sauce. 

Fans were simply ready and 

waiting for an encore. 

Upcoming Events at Hanover Place 

October 12th 

Lunch and Learn 12 noon 

October 19th 

Oktoberfest Lunch & entertainment by Mike Pleska 12pm 

October 27th 

Breakfast Bingo 9:00 am

28 | September 28, 2017 | The New Lenox Patriot Puzzles 


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. Jewish teacher 

6. Close with a bang 

10. Honeycomb chamber 

14. 2000s symbol of 

corporate financial misconduct 

15. Narc’s find, perhaps 

16. More as well 

17. Smart people’s club 

18. “Smart” one 

19. Bergman in “Casablanca” 

20. Mokena pet parade 

22. Top 

23. Flightless bird 

24. Florida or Alicia? 

26. Bien’s opposite 

29. Wise man 

32. Made frost free 

36. Pulitzer winner 

James 

38. Native American tent 

40. Do penance 

41. Goodwill to toward 

others 

44. Replayed song 

45. Numbers game 

46. ___ gin fizz 

47. Six instrument group 

49. Armored vehicle 

51. Snapper’s choice, 

briefly 

52. Baltic Sea feeder 

54. Dah’s Morse code 

counterpart 

56. ___ favor (please, in 

Spanish) 

58. Mokena college 

63. Wireless medium 

64. Upstart 

65. Does in, in the Bible 

67. ___ Minor 

68. Krabappel on “The 

Simpsons” 

69. Code word 

70. Abbr. in many org. 

names 

71. Dark loaves 

72. Footnote abbr. 

Down 

1. “Losing My Religion” 

rock group 

2. Over 

3. City SE of Prague 

4. Like a close buddy 

5. Dazed and confused 

6. Singing type 

7. “___ And Stitch” 

8. Smart ___ 

9. Ridiculed 

10. In phone company 

lingo, they are now referred 

to as towers 

11. Decorative case 

12. Get, a part in a movie, 

for example 

13. Legal scholar’s deg. 

21. Fry quickly, little fat 

25. Right on! 

26. Some sharks 

27. Quick-witted 

28. Imparts 

30. Peril 

31. Unexpected sports 

outcome 

33. Barbecue fuel 

34. Volunteer 

35. Check 

37. Paper opinion 

39. Hebrides island 

42. Must have 

43. Ballet leg bend 

48. More concise 

50. Romeo’s request 

53. Brother of Janet 

Jackson 

55. Letter-shaped opening 

56. Leaning tower 

57. “What ___?” 

59. Loudness measure 

60. C.E.O.’s may have 

them 

61. Rabbit ___ 

62. Trading letters 

63. Showing fatigue 

66. The following, for 

short 

NEW LENOX 

Little Joe’s Restaurant 

(1300 N. Cedar Road, New 

Lenox; (815) 463-1099) 

■5-8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: 

Piano Styles by Joe 

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) 

■6 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Acoustic 

Avenue, Psychic 

night - second Tuesday 

every month. 

■9 ■ p.m. Thursdays: 

Karaoke 

■Fridays ■ and Saturdays: 

Live bands 

LOCKPORT 

Port Noir 

(900 S. State St., Lockport; 

(815) 834-9463) 

■4-7 ■ p.m. Monday-Friday: 

Happy Hour 

■8-10 ■ p.m. Thursdays: 

Comedy Bingo 

■8-11 ■ p.m. Fridays and 

Saturdays: Live Band 

■7-11 ■ p.m. Sundays: 

Open Mic Night 

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) 

■8-11 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Quartermania 

■7-10 ■ p.m. Fridays and 

Saturdays: Cosmic Bowl 

HOMER GLEN 

Mullets Sports Bar and 

Restaurant 

(14903 S. Bell Road, Homer 

Glen; (708) 645-7000) 

■7 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Trivia 

To place an event 

in The Scene, email 

b.kapa@22ndcenturymedia. 

com. 

answers 

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 

Sudoku by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan



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Customer Satisfaction through the Roof at Prairie Trails in Manhattan 

Excellent Communications translates into positive home buying and building experience 

Distinctive Home Builders continues 

to add high quality homes 

to Manhattan at Prairie Trails; 

its latest new home community, 

located within the highly-regarded 

Lincoln-Way School District. 

Many families are thrilled to call 

Prairie Trails home and couldn’t 

be happier. 

“Homes are one of the last truly 

hand made major purchase there 

is,” said Bryan Nooner, president 

of Distinctive Home Builders. 

“Many of our skilled craftsmen 

have been working with our company 

for over 20 years. We also 

take pride on having excellent 

communicators throughout our 

organization. This translates into 

a positive buying and building 

experience for our homeowners 

giving us one of the highest referral 

rates in the industry.” 

“But don’t take our word for it ask 

our homeowners,” urges Nooner. 

Nancy Schueler and her husband 

Jim purchased an Ashley ranch at 

Prairie Trails last year. “We raised 

four sons in a large five-bedroom 

home in Mokena. We knew and 

liked the area but could not find 

what we were looking for in New 

Lenox or Mokena. We went a little 

further to Manhattan and saw 

this home on an oversize lot with 

pond views, met with Bryan and 

Lynne and liked what we heard. 

Bryan sat down with us and allowed 

us to make changes we 

thought we might like such as 

enlarging the width of the home 

to accommodate a larger kitchen 

and we bumped out a three car 

garage because my husband likes 

to woodwork and needed the extra 

space,” said Nancy Schueler. 

“The building process was 

great,” continued Schueler. “We 

had a picture of a home we wanted 

to buy in Colorado and Bryan 

customized the facade of our new 

home to replicate it. We also liked 

the fact that Bryan lived locally 

and that we worked with a family 

company. He had a good handle 

on what we were looking for even 

making suggestions about things 

that we didn’t even think of. It was 

overwhelming but we would do it 

all over again. Everything Distinctive 

said they would do they did. 

If anything wasn’t kosher with us, 

they changed it. Distinctive was 

so willing to make us happy, was 

always present to walk us through 

our home under construction and 

answer any questions.” 

Karie and Jason Emerson recently 

built a Prairie model at 

Prairie Trails. “Our experience 

with Distinctive Home Builders 

could not have gone more 

smoothly,” said Karie Emerson. 

“Everyone says building a home is 

one of the most stressful experiences 

but ours could not have been 

better. Our initial home search 

was for a resale home with not 

much luck, then we saw an article 

in the newspaper for new homes 

in Manhattan. We went there and 

met Lynne and we were SOLD. 

“We found a great lot, a perfect 

model for us and worked closely 

with Lynne and Bryan on the 

design and without their help we 

would not have been able to build 

such a beautiful home,” continued 

Emerson. “We made a lot of modifications 

to the standard Prairie 

model which was never a problem. 

We loved that we were able to see 

the progress on their client portal 

and Distinctive delivered our 

home in the time frame promised. 

All of the subcontractors treated 

the building of our home as if it 

was their own. Thank you Bryan, 

Josh, Lynne, Jeff and everyone 

that we came into contact with 

at Distinctive Home Builders you 

gave us our Dream Home.” 

Tony and Nikki Uranin lived on 

the other side of Manhattan and 

wanted a new home they could 

grow into with their two young 

children ages 2 and 4 – with more 

space and new trees. Nikki was 

born and raised in Manhattan 

and was previously a teacher in 

the Manhattan school system. 

They also have a lot of family 

living nearby. 

“We checked out many builders 

in the area and Distinctive 

had the floor plan and upgrades 

we were looking for within our 

price range,” said Nikki Uranin. 

“From the moment we met with 

Lynne we were connected - our 

kids loved her and she was not 

pushy. The key decision were the 

layouts compared to what else was 

out there. We even had a home to 

sell and they held our lot for us.” 

“There was also great communication 

throughout the process,” 

she added. We met with Bryan, 

the owner, and reviewed designs 

and wanted to extend our loft 

upstairs. Bryan worked on the 

floor plan with us and we were 

able to do it! 

“There is even an App on your 

phone where they posted building 

progress. Everything went 

smoothly. It was a breeze making 

selections with the vendors - they 

told us that Distinctive was great 

to build with. Distinctive was very 

responsive after we moved in 

when we had a leak from a storm. 

They came out the next day and 

took care of the issue right away.” 

Harold and Molly Hewitt lived in 

New Lenox the last 20 years and 

initially had no interest in building. 

“We then put a deposit down 

with another builder and soon 

after had to cancel,” explained 

Harold Hewitt. “When we came 

back to them we lost all of our 

incentives. We found out that 

Distinctive Home Builders offered 

incentives and after meeting with 

Lynne; who took us through many 

different homes, we put down a 

deposit.” 

The Hewitts built a Foxgrove 

model and took advantage of the 

customization from Distinctive 

Home Builders. “We did three 

custom changes: We moved the 

master suite from the front of 

the house to the back so we could 

enjoy the lake views, made the 

loft bigger and added a bathroom 

downstairs. Our old house lacked 

natural light so we added additional 

larger windows throughout 

our new home,” said Hewitt. 

“The building process went 

fast for us because the weather 

was on our side and we moved 

in last May,” Harold continued. 

“Lynne explained all of our options 

and she and Bryan went 

over everything at a later date 

pretty much seamlessly. We knew 

what we wanted and appreciated 

Lynne’s suggestions and accessed 

the online portal for construction 

updates and pictures. We have one 

child, age 16 still living at home 

currently attending Lincoln Way 

West, a fine school.” 

Frazer and Linda Gulli closed 

eight months ago on an Arbor 

ranch. Two of their grown children 

live across the street in another 

subdivision and a third not 

too far from there. “When Distinctive 

opened up we were curious,” 

said Linda Gulli. “We wanted to 

be close enough to help with the 

kids but not too close. We built 

a ranch, made custom changes 

and have plenty of room for us. 

We modified the master bath and 

replaced the second closet with 

a walk-in shower. We also added 

a lot of canned lighting; so far 

we have been told that we have 

the most canned lighting in the 

subdivision! 

“We previously built a townhome 

so we were familiar with building,” 

Gulli continued. The process 

was fine with Distinctive, they 

were accommodating and willing 

to meet us after work. Distinctive 

also has a web site where we 

logged in to check progress and 

pictures as our home was being 

built. Even though we drove by 

often it was a nice convenience 

and understand how some people 

who live further away can appreciate 

it. Lynne and Josh are so nice 

and helpful! We appreciate all the 

help throughout the whole process 

from both of them! Everyone at 

Distinctive is nice and even now 

that we are moved in they still 

wave to us when they drive by! We 

can see the lake from our home, 

the neighbors are very friendly 

and we absolutely love the fact 

that the Wauponsee Glacial Trail 

is so close for us to just hop on 

with our bikes.” 

There are 13 ranch, split-level 

and six two-story single-family 

home styles to choose from each 

offering three to eight different 

exterior elevations. The three- to 

four-bedroom homes feature two 

to two-and-one-half baths, twoto 

three-car garages and a family 

room, all in approximately 1,600 

to over 3,000 square feet of living 

space. Basements are included in 

most models as well. Distinctive 

also encourages customization 

to make your new home truly 

personalized to suit your lifestyle. 

Oversize home sites; brick exteriors 

on all four sides of the first 

floor; custom maple cabinets; 

ceramic tile or hardwood floors 

in the kitchen, baths and foyer; 

genuine wood trim and doors 

and concrete driveways can all 

be yours at Prairie Trails. All 

home sites at Prairie Trails can 

accommodate a three-car garage; 

a very important amenity to the 

Manhattan homebuyer, according 

to Nooner. 

Prairie Trails is also a beautiful 

place to live and raise a family 

featuring a 20-acre lake on site, as 

well as direct access to the 22-mile 

Wauponsee Glacial Prairie Path 

that borders the community and 

meanders through many neighboring 

communities and links to 

many other popular trails. The 

Manhattan Metra station is less 

than a mile away. 

Besides Prairie Trails, Distinctive 

Home Builders has built 

homes throughout Manhattan 

in the Butternut Ridge and Leighlinbridge 

developments, as well as 

in the Will and south Cook county 

areas over the past 30 years. 

Visit the on-site sales information 

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specials and view the numerous 

styles of homes being offered 

and the available lots. Call 

Lynne Rinck at (708) 737-9142 for 

more information or visit www. 

distinctivehomebuilders.com. 

The Prairie Trails new home information 

center is located three 

miles south of Laraway Rd. on 

Rt. 52. The address is 24458 S. 

Rt. 52, Manhattan, IL. 60422. 

Open Daily 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 

Closed Wednesday and Thursday 

and always available by appointment. 

Specials, prices, specifications, 

standard features, model 

offerings, build times and lot 

availability are subject to change 

without notice. Please contact a 

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and Shift Managers for the 

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Homer Glen, Lemont, 

Lockport & Romeoville. 

Casual Store & Store 

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when performing Manager 

duties. 

Please visit the following 

location on Monday, Oct 

2, 2017 between the hours 

of 7 A.M. –6 P.M. to 

complete an application: 

ALDI 

16060 S. Farrell Rd. 

Lockport, IL 60447 

Inventory Associate 

Day-to-day inventory mgmt. 

2 yrs prior exp, Certified Fork 

Lift Driver, able to lift 50lbs, 

computer skills req. F/T. 

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Now Hiring Oil Change 

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E. Xpress Lube 

7800 W. Lincoln Hwy 

Frankfort, IL 

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Hiring Desk Clerk (3-11 

p.m & 11 p.m.-7 a.m.), 

Maintenance 

(9a.m.-3p.m.) & 

Housekeeping (Morning) 

Needed at 

Super 8 Motel 

Apply within: 

9485 W. 191st St, Mokena 

No Phone Calls 

School Bus Drivers Wanted 

Safe, caring drivers needed in 

Homer CCSD 33C, Homer 

Glen, IL. FULL BENEFITS, 

regular & favorable hours, 

work days based on student 

calendar. Opportunity for 

overtime. Call 708.226.7625 

or visit homerschools.org & 

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complete application. 

Senior Living Community 

looking for reliable, 

compassionate & 

responsible individuals for 

the following positions: 

Cook-Part-time; Dining 

Room Waitstaff. Must 

apply in person: 16301 S. 

Brementowne Rd, Tinley 

Park, IL 60477 

Homer Glen-Home Office 

adding to permanent office 

staff. Mon-Fri, 9am-3pm. Exp 

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Lawn Care 

Looking for responsible 

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1003 Help 

Wanted 

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Sleep Inn 

18420 Spring Creek Dr. 

Tinley Park 

Chef or cook needed to join 

our team! Little exp needed; 

we will train you. We will 

work around class schedules. 

elwoodalehouse@gmail.com 

779/324-5589 

6 Elwood St, Frankfort 

Hamilton’s Pub Lemont 

Now hiring Cooks. Apply 

at 14196 McCarthy Rd, 

Lemont, IL. 630.754.7718 

Days & Weekends 

Construction Laborer 

Wanted. Must have 

driver’s license & 

transportation. Will train. 

Call 708.373.4135. 

1004 Employment 

Opportunities 

PAID IN ADVANCE! Make 

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from home! No exp. req. 

Helping home workers since 

2001! Genuine opportunity. 

Start immediately! 

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Provided by 

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State Licensed & Bonded 

since 1998. Providing 

quality care for elderly. 

Live-in/ Come & go. 

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Novena 

Oh most Beautiful Flower 

of Mt Carmel, Fruitful vine, 

splendor of heaven, blessed 

mother of the Son of God, 

Immaculate Virgin, Assist 

me in this my neccessity, oh 

star of the sea help me .Oh 

holy Mary, Mother of God, 

Queen ofHeaven and Earth, 

I humbly beeseach you 

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to succor me in my necessity 

(make request) there are 

1037 Prayer / 

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sity (make request) there are 

none that can withstand 

your power, oh show me 

herein you are mymother, 

oh Mary conceived without 

sin, pray for us who have 

recourse tothee (3x). Holy 

Mary, Iplace this cause in 

your hands (3x). Say this 

prayer for three consecutive 

days, you must publish it 

and it will be granted to 

you. JR 

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Frankfort , 115 Pueblo Ct. 

Sept 29 &30 9-4p. Tools, lawn 

mower, ladders, yard tools, 

furn, & more! 

Frankfort, 7701 Lakeside Dr. 

9/29 &9/30, 9-3p. Furn, holiday 

dec, art, dishes, home accessories. 

Good quality items! 

Homer Glen 13253 Oakwood 

Dr 9/29-30, 9-3pm Clothes, 

games, tools, fans, household, 

baby stuff &much more! Tons 

of brand new, still packaged 

items, great for Christmas gifts. 

Don’t miss! 

Homer Glen, 14641 West Abbott 

Rd. 9/30-10/1, 8-3p. Avon 

products, nic-nacs, clothes, 

shoes & much more! 

Tinley Park 7421 W. 161st St. 

9/29, 9-1p. Table saw, power 

&hand miter saws, sockets & 

wrenches, bookcase, chest of 

drawers, wall mirror, woodlathe, 

asst tools &hardware, 

power planer, Christmas lawn 

decorations, Earth boxes. 

Tinley Park 16917 Sayre Ave 

9/30 8-5pm Tools, clothes, 

household items, electronics & 

more! Don’t miss this one! 

1053 Multi Family 

Sale 

Homer Glen, 14930-36 Cog 

Hill Ln. 9/29 & 9/30, 9-3p. 

Multi-Moving Sale. 

Wedding gowns/Prom, tools, 

china, patio set, misc. furn, 

hshld items, games, holiday 

decor, women/men clothes. 

All must go! Priced to sell! 

New Lenox, 1391 West Maple 

Rd. 9/30 & 10/1, 9-4p. 3+ 

Families. Baby furn, exercise 

eqpt & much more! 

Lockport Pine Valley Town 

homes (Austrian Pine St & 

Parkview). 9/29-30, 9-3. Come 

check us out! Don’t miss this 

one! 

1057 Estate Sale 

Orland Park, 10651 Buck Dr. 

Sat 9/30, 9-2p ONLY. Collectibles, 

china, furniture, &kids 

clothing. 

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Running Or Not 

from 1950 - 2014 

Top Dollar Paid !!! 

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Locally Located 

708 205 8241 

1061 Autos Wanted 

1058 Moving Sale 

Homer Glen 12710 W. Hank 

Ct. 9/29-30, 9-3. Moving. Everything 

must go. Something for 

everyone! 

New Lenox 246 W. Otto Dr. 

9/29-30, 9-3. Yammaha organ, 

furn, tools, sm. appliances, 

misc. Cash & carry. Everyting 

must go! 

Automotive 

Don’t Junk 

Your Vehicle! 

$$CASH$$ Paid 

Vehicles Running or Not 

Cars, Trucks, Vans etc. 

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1074 Auto for 

Sale 

2002 Mazda Protege 

Runs Excellent! 

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2480 Furniture 

Dining room set 8 pcs incls 

hutch & 3 leafs, extends 

to 102 in. Pecan color. 

$375 CASH (708)261-1529 

Thomasville (Made in USA) 

China cab, table +6chairs &2 

leaves. Like new. $500/obo. 

708.460.5624 

2489 Merchandise Wanted 

Metal Wanted 

Scrap Metal, Garden 

Tractors, 

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Appliances, Etc. 

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Gutter Cleaning 

Power Washing 

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2490 Misc. Merchandise 

Desks $95, Sofa bed $100 like 

brand new, Wall wine racks 

$36, Ice buckets $15, Beautiful 

framed paintings $10-45, Tons 

of jewelry under $20, Lots of 

books under $4. May’s Home 

Decor. 1950’s yellow metal table 

&4chairs $250. Wood pub 

table &4stools $150 &More 

10850 Laraway in Frankfort 

815-806-7728. We custom 

paint furniture just for you! 

Electric Hospital Bed 

4 yrs old, Excellent Condition! 

$250 or Best Offer 

Call (708)599-6796 

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$13 

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4 lines/ 

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$30 

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Notice of Self Storage Sale 

Please take notice Red Dot Storage 

14 –New Lenox located at 10 Ford 

Dr., New Lenox, IL 60451 intends 

to hold anauction of the goods 

stored inthe following units in default 

for non-payment ofrent. The 

sale will occur asan online auction 

via www.storagetreasures.com on 

10/17/2017 at 11:00AM. Unless 

stated otherwise the description of 

the contents are household goods 

and furnishings. Karen Dodoer 

Unit #009; Thomas Edmundson 

Unit #092; Shauna Wilson Unit 

#111. All property isbeing stored 

at the above self-storage facility. 

This sale may be withdrawn at any 

time without notice. Certain terms 

and conditions apply. See manager 

for details. 

2900 

Merchandise 

Under $100 

1960 lazy susan, complete set, 

prestine $35. Boxed champagne 

glasses or green wine 

glasses $15. Men’s magazines 

$1 ea. 708.460.8308 

2antique milk cans $50 each. 

Metal dog kennel 24x18 -20 

1/2 high $20. 708.479.7480 

2 black jackets XL for $50 

each or best offer. Call for Bob 

815.464.0708 5pm-7pm. 

2 panel of wood horizontal 

blinds, Hunter Douglas, 52 

width x84 length, oak color, 

very good condition. $100 

firm. 708.403.5569 

24 ft aluminum ladder, like 

new $100. 708.301.5849 

3Ralph Lauren mens scarves, 

lambs wool, make inEngland, 

brand new with tags $20 ea. 

708.403.2473 

5HP shop vac, like new $40. 

8.25 compound meter saw $45. 

708.448.9597. 

8 ft. artifical fica tree with 

green decorative planter $50. 

Must pick up. Call 

708.638.4140 

Assorted variety of wood cigar 

boxes. Can beused for storage 

of small house hold items $1 

ea. 708.349.3161 

Beautiful Schnadig love seat, 

excellent condition, perfect for 

condo, apartment, $50. Oval 

coffee table with heavy beveled 

glass top $35. Call 

708.301.0249. Leave message 

for Sharon. 

Beautiful schnading loveseat. 

Excellent condition! Perfect for 

condo, apartment $50. Oval 

coffee table w/ heavy beveled 

glass top $35. 708.301.0249. 

Leave message for Sharon. 

Burgundy queen size duel control 

electric blanket, $30. Powder 

blue full size single control 

electric blanket $25. 

708.429.3291 

Counter chairs, 36” high gray 

plush, good condition $50 for 

all 4. Must see! Modern style 

with chrome! Call 

708.633.5065 

Craftman drill press bench 

mount 36 in. high. 1/2 in. 

chuck, 1/2 HP motor hold, 

down guide $100. 

708.349.3142 

Dog pen, open top, wood 

frame with fencing sides, 

measures 30”W x70”L x48”H 

$50. Air hockey table, like new 

$50. 815.464.1804 

Gold clubs, bag & accessories, 

used tiwce $100. See it to believe 

it! 708.601.1947 

Golf clubs, bag & accessories. 

Used twice. Asking $100. See 

it to belive it! 708.601.1947 

Grandmother’s crib (2014) 

rarely used crib & mattress 

$50. Excellent condition! 

708.301.5071 

Green triangle nut or candy 

dish (probably depression era) 

with acorn & leaf pattern $6. 

Green pedestal candy dish 

(same era) with leaf pattern $6. 

708.638.4140 

Grill & tank $20. 100 ft. rubber 

hose $10. 4cream dining room 

chair covers, 4 for $20. 

815.478.3870 

Halloween collection, big box, 

no junk, all good clean stuff. 

708.349.6433 

Halloween new doormat $9. 

Mohawk runner rug $10. Black 

2ft. x3ft. new floormats $5. 

New marble rolling pin $15. 

708.460.8308 

Helpemup X-Large dog harness, 

paid $125, used 2days 

$100 obo. 815.463.9556 

Hooker entertainment center, 

walnut finish, center unit, base 

unit, 2 end curio cabinets, will 

hold 45 in TV, 8 ft long, like 

new $100. 708.429.9311 

Karcher pressure washer 1800 

PSI-13AMP 12OV runs great. 

$85. Call Tom 815.464.5232 or 

815.600.1023 

Kellar ladder, great condition, 

must sell $20 obo. Paul 

708.403.2525 

Microwave shelf unit with 

butcher block top $35. Parrot 

stand, jungle wood, 3.5 ft tall 

$50. 708.479.7480 

New, in box, black Jumbo Joe 

premium Weber, paid $70, asking 

$40, cash or offer. Lockport. 

815.588.1214 

Old-fashioned looking phone 

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Athlete of the week 

10 Questions 

with Taylor Miron 

Taylor Miron is a senior at Lincoln-Way 

Central who is on the girls golf team 

How did you get started in golf? 

I started golf when I was about 6 or 7 

years old because my parents played and my 

grandpa played. So I started going out with 

them. From that point, I started group lessons, 

and then I started continued onto private 

lessons more seriously in seventh grade. 

Do you have any rituals or 

superstitions on the course? 

Whenever I know I’m about to go out 

and play, when I’m on the range warming 

up before, on my last shots I like 

to hit three drivers because usually you 

start off with a driver on the course, 

so I want my last shots on the range to 

mimic my next shots on the course. 

What are your plans for college? 

I am currently in the application process 

now. I’m looking at about 10 schools and I 

love all of them. So, I’m just trying to figure 

out what would fit best for me academically 

… I’m looking to study something in 

the health sciences because in the future I’d 

like to continue on the physician’s assistant 

school. 

What do you like most about the 

game? 

Whether it’s in high school or practicing 

on my own in the summer, is the amount of 

people you get to meet. You get to learn how 

different people play and their techniques, 

and I think that’s helped me. 

What’s the hardest part of the game? 

The hardest part for me is the mental part 

of the game. When you hit a bad shot, you 

can’t let it get to you. You really have to 

work on your mentality and moving forward 

so that you can have success going on in 

your round. 

What would you buy first if you won 

the lottery? 

I would probably buy a plane ticket for me 

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and my family to go around all of Europe. 

What’s your ideal post-round meal? 

A cheeseburger, some french fries and an 

Arnold Palmer. 

What item do you own that you 

couldn’t live without? 

For my golf game, my range finder, because 

that helps me with my every single 

shot, whether it’s drives or wedge shots, I 

always use my range finder. 

Who would be on your dream 

foursome for a scramble? 

Me, Rory McIlroy because he’s always 

been my favorite golfer, my grandpa because 

I’ve always loved playing golf with him and 

my swing coach Mike, who I’ve been getting 

private lessons from for three years. 

Do you have a nickname? 

My parents and some of my immediate family 

call me Rosie because my middle name is 

Rose, named after one of my grandmas. 

Interview by T.J. Kremer III, Contributing Editor 

This Week In… 

Knights varsity 

athletics 

Football 

■Sept. ■ 29 - at Stagg, 7:15 p.m. 

Girls volleyball 

■Sept. ■ 28 - at Oak Forest, 

5:30 a.m. 

■Oct. ■ 3 - hosts Bradley- 

Bourbonnais, 6 p.m. 

Boys golf 

■Sept. ■ 28 - hosts Schuman 

Cup, 3:45 p.m. 

Girls golf 

■Sept. ■ 30 - at Rosary 

Invitational, 8 a.m. 

Girls tennis 

■Sept. ■ 29 - at Lockport 

Invitational, 3:30 p.m. 



■Oct. ■ 2 - hosts Aurora 

Central, 4:30 p.m. 

Boys soccer 

■Sept. ■ 28 - at Thornton, 4:30 

p.m. 

■Oct. ■ 3 - hosts Andrew 

(Senior Night), 5:45 p.m. 

Girls swimming 

■Sept. ■ 28 - hosts Andrew, 5 

p.m. 

■Sept. ■ 29 - at Sandburg 

Invitational (Diving) 5 p.m. 

■Sept. ■ 30 - at Sandburg 

Invitational (Swimming) 11 a.m. 

Boys cross country 


Soccer 

From Page 44 


Girls cross country 

■Sept. ■ 30 - at St. Charles 

North Invitiational, 8 a.m. 

Warriors Varsity 

Athletics 

Football 

■Sept. ■ 29 - hosts Sandburg, 

7:30 p.m. 


■Sept. ■ 28 - hosts Thornwood, 

5:30 p.m. 

Boys golf 

■Sept. ■ 28 - hosts Schuman 

Cup, 3:45 p.m. 

Girls tennis 

■Sept. ■ 28 - at Homewood- 

Flossmoor, 4:30 p.m. 





Boys soccer 

■Sept. ■ 30 - at Lockport, 10 

a.m. 

■Oct. ■ 3 - at Stagg, 6:15 p.m. 

Girls swimming 

■Sept. ■ 28 - at Bradley- 

Bourbonnais, 5 p.m. 





■Oct. ■ 3 - at Will County Invite, 

5 p.m. 

Celtics Varsity 

Athletics 

Football 

by the time the postseason 

comes around.” 

The Griffins, who won 

their one-and-only SWSC 

title in the Blue Division 

in 2012, had one last long 

shot with 2:25 to play. But 

sophomore defender Jacob 

Dirienzo saw his arching shot 

from about 40 yards land into 

Kedzior’s hands. The final 

moments got a bit chippy 

with a couple of yellow cards 

issued in the final 30 seconds. 

Fahey credited his sophomore 

starters: midfielder 

Jake Camaioni, Kedzior, 

defender Dylan Leonard 

and Willner. He also credited 

the play of his defense 

with senior Josh Davis and 

Erickson in the center and 

Leonard and Zuraitis are the 

outside players in the back. 

“We’ve got a bunch of 

young kids out there making 

plays,” Fahey said. “We have 

four sophomores out there 

contributing. We’ve also 

been fortunate that we’ve had 

two goalies alternate the spot 

[junior Brenden McCarthy 

is the other one]. They have 

■Sept. ■ 29 - at Hope Academy, 

7 p.m. 


■Sept. ■ 28 - hosts St. Ignatius, 

6 p.m. 

Boys golf 

■Sept. ■ 28 - at CCL 

Championships, 7 a.m. 

■Sept. ■ 30 - at Lemont 

Shootout, 9 a.m. 

■Sept. ■ 30 - at Edwardsville - 

Arnie’s Cup, 11 a.m. 

Girls golf 

■Sept. ■ 28 - at GCAC 

Championships, 9 a.m. 

Boys soccer 

■Sept. ■ 28 - at De La Salle, 

4:30 p.m. 

■Sept. ■ 29 - at De La Salle, 

6 p.m. 

■Sept. ■ 30 - at Illiana 

Christian, 11 a.m. 

■Oct. ■ 2 - at Minooka, 4:30 p.m. 

■Oct. ■ 3 - at St. Francis- 

Wheaton, 6 p.m. 

Girls tennis 





■Oct ■ 3 - hosts Plainfield 

North, 4 p.m. 


■Sept. ■ 30 - at Lisle 



■Sept. ■ 30 - at Lisle 


both come up big for us.” 

It’s been a good season for 

Central so far. The Knights 

haven’t won a SWSC title 

since they captured the first 

three between 2005-07 when 

the league was combined. 

“It’s still a big game,” Willner 

said of facing East. “We’re 

7-2 [through Sept. 20] and we 

[were] ready for Lockport [on 

Sept. 21] and the title game in 

the PepsiCo Tournament [on 

Sept. 24]. We’ve played really 

well and we’re ready.” 

Both teams are in the 

Class 3A Reavis Sectional, 

which begins next month.



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Boys soccer 

Willner, Knights defense down Griffins 

Randy Whalen 


The margin between success 

and failure in soccer can 

be very thin. 

That was evident last week 

as Lincoln-Way East traveled 

to take on the Lincoln-Way 

Central boys soccer team in a 

SouthWest Suburban Conference 

crossover on Tuesday, 

Sept. 19, in New Lenox. 

There the host Knights 

scored in the 14th minute 

and, despite numerous opportunities, 

East couldn’t get the 

equalizer as Central held on 

for a 1-0 victory. The Knights 

were able to turn the table on 

East after being shutout 2-0 

in last year’s matchup. 

The two teams are on opposite 

ends of the SWSC this 

season after both being in the 

Red Division the last couple 

of years. Central (7-2) is still 

in the Red Division this season 

while the Griffins (4-7) 

moved to the bigger school 

Blue Division. 

“I actually forgot the switch 

happened,” Central coach 

Sean Fahey said of East moving 

to the SWSC Blue. “But 

it’s still Central and East. It’s 

an emotional game that can 

get the best of you.” 

Nick Willner made the 

best of an opportunity for 

the Knights. The sophomore 

midfielder took a pass from 

junior defender Connor Erickson, 

met it in the middle of 

the field from about 25 yards 

out, got junior keeper Victor 

Porada to move up to try to 

cut off the angle and put it top 

shelf with 26:22 to play in the 

first half for what proved to 

be the game’s only goal. 

“Connor Erickson just 

bounced a perfect pass right 

over the defender,” Willner 

said of the start of the play. 

“That was perfectly set up. I 

got a foot on it [and I thought 

the kick] was going to be too 

high, but it went right over 

the goalie and went in.” 

East had many chances to 

get back in the game. One of 

the best came with 11 minutes 

to play in the opening 

half. Sophomore midfielder 

Cory Pitlik let a shot go from 

a tough angle on the left side. 

The ball flew past sophomore 

keeper Adam Kedzior and 

glanced off the right post. 

About six minutes later senior 

forward Jordan Abbasi 

had one of his many opportunities 

tipped out by Kedzior. 

“Every game has been like 

that,” a frustrated Abbasi 

said of the close games for 

the Griffins. “We just play to 

win and obviously we didn’t 

win. We just need to figure 

our way back. With the players 

we have we shouldn’t be 

losing the games that we are. 

We’re beating ourselves and 

we need to figure it out.” 

Abbasi had a couple of 

more opportunities to open the 

Lincoln-Way Central’s Connor Erickson (right) dribbles 

past Lincoln-Way East’s Jordan Abbasi Sept. 19 during 

a game between the two teams in New Lenox. Julie 

McMann/22nd Century Media 

second half, too. He also had a 

corner kick from the right side 

with just under 15 minutes to 

play in the game. That started 

a nearly two minute span 

where East had numerous set 

pieces, including another corner 

kick and a throw-in, but 

couldn’t convert. 

Central had an opportunity 

to put the game away when 

the Griffins were ruled for a 

foul in the box. That gave senior 

defender Ben Zuraitis, a 

4-year varsity player, a penalty 

kick. But his blast was 

tipped out by Porada, who 

dove to his right to make the 

great save with 7:08 to play 

in the game. 

“That was his seventh save 

of the season on a PK or 

shootout goal,” East coach 

Ryan Decker said of Porada. 

“He’s one of the best line 

goalkeepers I’ve seen and his 

play has been really good.” 

While disappointed with 

the loss, Decker looked at 

the positives of the game and 

his team. 

“I thought we all played 

well,” he said. “We allowed 

a goal that was controllable, 

but overall I thought our run 

of the play was good. We had 

opportunities on set pieces, 

and Central’s goalie was 

very good and made good 

saves. We absorbed a lot of 

pressure too [on defense]. 

“It’s frustrating because 

this group is good. We’ve 

done a good job in a lot of 

areas. We will figure it out 

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Boys soccer 

Knights get looks, can’t convert in PepsiCo loss 

Steve Millar 


Lincoln-Way Central did 

a good job shaking off the 

early goal it gave up in Sunday’s 

PepsiCo Showdown 

LUNGevity Bracket championship 

game. 

The Knights responded, 

and pushed hard for the equalizer. 

It never came, however, 

and when St. Edward scored 

again, it proved to be too 

much to overcome as Lincoln- 

Way Central fell 3-0 at Triton 

College in River Grove. 

“It’s hard to win when you 

dig a little hole,” Central 

coach Sean Fahey said. “St. 

Edward was organized, athletic 

and strong and I’ve got 

to give them a ton of credit. 

“We’re usually the team 

that outworks the other team 

and when we do that for 80 

minutes, good things happen. 

That’s how we win games. 

We don’t win by being so 

much better than the other 

team. We have to stay organized 

and grind it out and it 

just didn’t happen today.” 

The Knights (7-3-1) topped 

Riverside-Brookfield, Francis 

Parker and Garcia over 

the last two weeks to reach 

the championship game, but 

could not keep up with Class 

1A power St. Edward, which 

improved to 18-0. 

The Green Wave put central 

behind early, converting 

off a corner kick in the 13th 

minute as Will Gaston headed 

in Josh Johansen’s cross. 

The Knights fought back 

and generated a good number 

of chances in the latter 

stages of the first half. 

Mitchell Allen had a shot 

saved by St. Edward goalkeeper 

Evan Saitar and later fired 

wide on a good look. Luke 

Baumgartner sailed a free kick 

just over the crossbar. 

Down 1-0 at halftime, 

Central came out of the 

locker room fired up and attacked 

relentlessly early in 

the second half. 

Just 45 seconds in, Allen 

took a cross from Jake Camaioni 

and ripped a shot off 

the crossbar. 

Camaioni and Connor Erickson 

each fired high in the 

following minutes. 

“We were the best team 

the last 10 to 15 minutes of 

the first half and we came out 

grinding at the start of the second 

half,” Baumgartner said. 

“You’ve got to be able to put 

those away, though, and we 

just couldn’t come through.” 

Momentum would shift to 

St. Edward for good during a 

two-minute span. 

With 27:30 to go, the 

Knights got another good look 

as Baumgartner fell down in 

the box, but regained his footing 

just in time to collect a pass 

right in front of the net. Saitar, 

though, denied him front pointblank 

range, deflecting his shot 

out for a corner kick. 

On the ensuing corner, St. 

Edward broke up the play and 

quickly countered. Star forward 

A.J. Franklin got behind 

the Knights defense and scored 

to make it 2-0 with 26:41 left. 

Nick Willner nearly got 

the Knights within one three 

minutes later, but Saitar got 

enough of his shot to deflect 

it off the crossbar. 

Franklin capped the scoring 

for the Green Wave with 

just 27 seconds left. 

Adam Kedzior made five 

saves for the Knights. 

Despite the loss, senior defender 

Ben Zuraitis said the 

tournament run helped the 

Knights build confidence. 

“It was great to make it to 

the championship,” he said. 

“We’ve been doing well as a 

team. We’ve got to put this one 

behind us, keep playing our 

game, and go win conference.” 

The Knights’ record is 

even more impressive considering 

15 seniors were lost 

from last year’s team. 

For Baumgartner, the solution 

is to keep working hard. 

“Everyone told us we 

weren’t going to be good 

again,” he said. “We put last 

year in our rearview mirror, 

and we’ve worked harder 

than anyone.

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Football 

West offense slows down against 7A powerhouse 

Jason Maholy 


“Big, strong and fast... and 

a couple of guys who are just 

a nightmare to block.” 

Those are the words Lincoln-Way 

West head coach 

Dave Ernst used to described 

Homewood-Flossmoor’s 

swarming, smothering defense 

after the Vikings topped 

the Warriors, 28-9, on Friday, 

Sept. 22 in New Lenox. The 

Vikings’ prevention corps appeared 

to be all of the above 

as it limited the West offense 

to just 80 yards from scrimmage 

and three first downs 

while remaining unbeaten 

through five games. 

The Warriors’ inability to 

move the chains on offense 

contributed to a six-minute 

deficit in time of possession 

and an overworked defense 

that gave an inspired effort. 

The Vikings came into the 

evening averaging more than 

50 points a game, and hadn’t 

scored fewer than 43 in any 

of its first four contests. 

West senior defensive 

tackle Nick Skentzos had 

one-and a half sacks, and 

senior defensive back Jake 

Price recorded a safety. 

“We had opportunities 

where we had field position 

and couldn’t get it done on 

offense... I thought the defense 

played great,” Ernst 

said. “They were out there, 

I don’t know how many 

snaps, but it was a lot.” 

The Vikings ran 52 offensive 

plays to the Warriors’ 

43, and held the ball for 

more than 27 minutes. 

“And it wasn’t because we 

couldn’t get off the field,” 

Ernst said. “We made them 

punt more (three times) than 

they’ve punted in the rest of 

their games, combined. We 

just couldn’t get anything 

going on offense. But we’ll 

get it fixed.” 

West sophomore running 

back Caleb Marconi found 

little room to run against a 

defense that played as if it 

had more than 11 guys on the 

field. Holes closed almost as 

soon as they opened, and 

when Marconi did manage 

to find one he was mobbed 

within a yard or two of the 

line of scrimmage. He finished 

with 22 carries for 62 

yards and a touchdown. 

“They had five [guys] in the 

box and we had seven blocking 

five, and still couldn’t run 

the ball,” Ernst said, referring 

to Homewood-Flossmoor’s 

defensive scheme. 

The Warriors couldn’t 

pass, either, with senior 

quarterback Anthony Senerchia 

completed just 4-of-18 

passes for 23 yards and two 

interceptions. Some of that 

was because of the Vikings’ 

team speed, which quickly 

closed off passing lanes and 

allowed few West receivers 

to get open. 

The contest was tight for 

most of the first half. Homewood-Flossmoor 

opened the 

scoring when sophomore 

quarterback Dominick Jones 

found running back Justin 

Hall streaking down the 

right sideline about 20 yards 

down-field. Hall eluded one 

defender, cut back toward the 

middle of the field and made 

two more defensive backs 

miss before reaching the end 

zone on a 51-yard play. 

West knotted the score 

at seven when, after Aidan 

Tyk recovered a fumbled 

punt deep in Viking territory, 

Marconi bulled in from six 

yards out. The burly running 

back hit a defender at the line 

of scrimmage and bounced 

to the outside, then ran over 

two Homewood-Flossmoor 

defenders as he stretched the 

ball over the goal line. 

The Vikings scored twice 

in the second quarter to take 

a 21-7 halftime lead. The 

Warrior defense provided 

some hope in the third quarter 

when Price tackled Hall 

in the end zone for a safety 

to bring West within 12; but 

the offense, despite starting 

the ensuing drive near midfield, 

could do nothing. 

“They’re good. I think it’s 

the best team we’ll play all 

year,” Ernst said. “We had 

our chances and we’ll keep 

getting better. We still feel 

good about our team. We 

lost to a better team tonight.” 

Boys soccer 

Warriors win five straight, take home PepsiCo crown 

Steve Millar 


Lincoln-Way West was 

fired up heading into Sunday’s 

PepsiCo Showdown 

Lurie Children’s Hospital 

Bracket championship game. 

Last year, the Warriors 

reached the championship 

game, but fell 1-0 to Huntley. 

“That’s what was fueling 

us in this game,” West coach 

Matt Laude said. “It was getting 

so close to the goal last 

year and falling short. We 

wanted to mentally push ourselves 

to pull this one out.” 

The Warriors would not be 

denied this time around. Junior 

midfieler David Flores 

scored twice to spark West to 

a 4-1 win over St. Patrick at 

Triton College in River Grove. 

“This feels great,” Flores 

said. “This team is amazing. 

Our chemistry is great. 

We’re playing really well 

together.” 

It was the fifth straight win 

for the Warriors (7-4-1). 

West struck first six minutes 

in off a long throw-in from 

Luke James. Kyle Seymour 

got his head on the throw and 

flicked it toward Flores, who 

sprinted in and blasted his 

shot into the back of the net. 

The goal gave the Warriors 

early momentum. 

“When you score that 

early, that’s huge,” Laude 

said. “It completely changes 

the complexion of the game. 

From there, you can dictate 

the pace of the game and just 

keep pushing.” 

St. Patrick (9-4-2), though, 

responded as Christopher 

Modrzejewski tied the game 

just past the midway point of 

the first half. 

It was still 1-1 at halftime, 

but the second half belonged 

to West. 

The Warriors again struck 

early in the half. Brock Krohe 

slipped a pass to Nolan 

McGrath, who was charging 

down the middle of the field. 

McGrath sped past a defender 

and scored the go-ahead 

goal with 36:07 to go. 

“Momentum is so important 

in soccer,” McGrath said. 

“After that, their heads were 

down, we were all over them 

and we felt like we could score 

as many goals as we wanted.” 

In addition to momentum, 

the Warriors also seemed to 

have a little bit of luck on 

their side as Flores scored 

one of the strangest goals 

of his career to give West a 

two-goal cushion. 

Flores took a corner kick 

and sent it toward the middle 

of the box, but the pass 

didn’t connect with any of 

his teammates and wasn’t 

cleared by a defender. Instead, 

the ball landed untouched 

near the goal, took 

a strange hop off the turf, 

and tucked neatly inside the 

far post to make it 3-1 with 

27:13 to go. 

West continued to attack 

and left no doubt about the 

outcome when senior Will 

Best scored off a Krohe pass to 

make it 4-1 with 11:35 to go. 

Connor O’Shaughnessy 

made three saves for West. 

After the victory, the Warriors 

got to partake in the 

traditional PepsiCo Showdown 

celebration: the “Pepsi 

Spray”, in which players spray 

Pepsi on each other similar to 

pro athletes spraying champagne 

in the locker room after 

winning championships. 

They also spent plenty of 

time posing with, and drinking 

out of, the Stanley Cuplike 

trophy. 

“We wanted this bad,” 

McGrath said. “After only 

losing 1-0 last year, we had a 

lot of motivation. This team, 

we work hard like crazy and 

we never give up. We’re just 

looking for good results every 

day and we’ve been getting 

them lately.” 

Football 

From Page 46 

outcoached, outplayed — 

the whole deal — in the first 

half.” 

Zvonar took the blame for 

the first half, saying he made 

some bad decisions on going 

for it on the two fourth-down 

attempts that led to Central 

points. 

“All of a sudden, it’s 14- 

0, and they had all the momentum,” 

Zvonar said. “But 

getting the ball and getting 

the big play by A.J. in the 

second half really energized 

us.” 

Central coach Jeremy 

Cordell said both teams 

made adjustments at halftime, 

but ultimately it came 

down to one thing. 

“The bottom line is this … 

I don’t feel that we matched 

the intensity in the second 

half,” Cordell said. “You 

have to finish all four quarters. 

We’re going to learn a 

lesson from this, and we’re 

going to continue to get better.” 

Cordell said the game was 

emotional for a lot of reasons. 

“There are some close ties 

[between the teams] and everything 

else,” he said. “And 

especially, us having the 

lead the first half and having 

control of the game, that is 

what hurts more. 

“But I can’t take away 

anything from [East]. They 

scored 28 straight in the 

second half, and we did not 

match their intensity on offense 

or defense. I take my 

hat off to them.” 

But Cordell said the 

Knights will take something 

from the game moving forward 

the rest of the way. 

“I told our guys after 

the game that this doesn’t 

change the way I feel about 

them or change the way the 

coaches feel about them,” 

he said. “We’re going to 

learn a lesson from this, 

and we’re going to get better. 

[The coaches are] going 

to own just as much of this 

as the players. We’re all in 

this together. We’re going 

to get right back to work tomorrow, 

and we’re going to 

come back super hungry.”



Griffins put it together in second half comeback 

Jon DePaolis 


Trailing 14-0 at the half 

and in enemy territory Friday, 

Sept. 22, Lincoln-Way 

East sophomore A.J. Henning 

knew his team needed a 

big moment to start the second 

half against sister school 

Lincoln-Way Central. 

“I knew on the first play, 

I was getting it, and I had to 

make a statement,” Henning 

said. “That was the play.” 

After the kickoff, the Griffins 

began the second half at 

their own 37-yard line. On 

the first play, Henning got 

the ball on an end-around 

and burned past the Central 

defense for a 63-yard score. 

“We came out flat in the 

first half a little, and coach 

definitely lit a spark under us 

at halftime,” Henning said. 

“He said we had to come out 

and be ready to play. That is 

exactly what we did.” 

The play sparked the No. 

1-ranked Griffins (5-0) in 

all three phases, and they 

mounted a comeback, scoring 

28 unanswered points to 

defeat Central (4-1) 28-14 in 

New Lenox. 

On East’s second possession 

of the second half, starting 

at its own 6, Ryan Scianna 

(13 rushes, 42 total yards) 

began with runs of 4, 5 and 

2 yards. Then, on a firstand-10 

from the 17, the Griffins 

used Henning as a decoy 

on another end-around, and 

senior quarterback Brendan 

Morrissey shot up the gut 

through an open seam and 

raced away for an 83-yard 

touchdown run to tie the 

game at 14 with 5:19 to play 

in the third quarter. 

What was racing through 

his mind as he kept a foot in 

front of two chasing defenders? 

“Just don’t get caught,” 

Morrissey said. “That was 

it.” 

On the second play of 

the fourth quarter, things 

continued to snowball for 

the Knights, as senior quarterback 

Sam Pipiras was 

intercepted at the Central 

15-yard line by East’s Max 

Cesario. Morrissey followed 

with a 7-yard run, and then 

Henning (6 rushes, 97 total 

yards) capped it off with an 

8-yard touchdown run to the 

front left corner of the end 

zone — leaping while taking 

contact to get in for the score 

to make it 21-14 East. 

Then, after a three-and-out 

by the Knights, East put the 

nail in the coffin. On a thirdand-9 

from the East 49, Morrissey 

threw a pass that went 

through the outstretched 

Lincoln-Way Central linebacker Liam Markham (left) wraps 

up Lincoln-Way East running back Ryan Scianna Friday, 

Sept. 22, during an intradistrict matchup between the two 

teams in New Lenox. Julie McMann/22nd Century Media 

arms of the Central defensive 

back to Henning, who 

streaked past and caught the 

ball with his fingertips while 

in motion. Henning bolted to 

the end zone for a 51-yard 

score to make it 28-14 with 

7:05 left. 

“We definitely work a lot 

on those drills during practice 

— distraction drills 

and defenders putting their 

hands up, but still keeping 

focused on the ball,” Henning 

said. “I just owe it all 

to the drills we do in practice 

and coaching.” 

Morrissey finished the 

game 4-of-7 passing for 86 

yards. He also rushed the 

ball 13 times for a total of 

137 yards. 

“I think, offensively, we 

executed in the second half, 

as opposed to the first half,” 

Morrissey said. “We weren’t 

finishing plays, and we 

couldn’t keep drives going. 

“But it’s really a testament 

to our team and our bond. We 

knew it was only 14 points, 

and we were never out of 

it. We were saying we were 

one play away from making 

it a game. Obviously, on 

that first play [of the second 

half], we made it a game.” 

After the game, East 

coach Rob Zvonar credited 

Morrissey and Henning — 

as well as the defense — for 

the comeback. Asked about 

what the ceiling could be for 

Henning, he had high praise. 

“I don’t know, but I think 

it’s called the NFL on Sundays, 

maybe if that’s a ceiling,” 

Zvonar said of the special 

sophomore talent. “But 

right now, he’s just going to 

worry about being the best 

player he can be for us.” 

Zvonar said Henning is a 

great student off the field, as 

well. 

“He’s a high honors student 

and has great character,” 

Zvonar said. “It’s fun to have 

a kid like that on your side.” 

But before the heroics of 

Henning, the game appeared 

to be trending toward an upset, 

as the No. 7-ranked team 

in Class 7A, Lincoln-Way 

Central, was capitalizing on 

every East mistake in the 

first half — including the 

Knights recovering a fumbled 

snap by the Griffins on 

East’s first offensive possession 

of the game. 

But it wasn’t until East’s 

next possession that the 

Knights got on the scoreboard. 

On a fourth-and-inches 

from their own 41-yard line, 

the Griffins went for it. But 

Scianna was stopped 2 yards 

shy of the line of scrimmage, 

turning the ball over 

on downs. 

Central followed with a 

4-yard run by senior Mike 

Morgan. Then, on the very 

next play, Morgan got the 

ball again and burst through 

the East defensive line for a 

35-yard score. 

History repeated itself 

early in the second quarter. 

On a fourth-and-7 from 

the Central 42, the Griffins 

faked a punt attempt with 

Henning in the backfield. 

But Central’s defense was 

not confused, stopping the 

sophomore for a 3-yard loss. 

After a 3-yard run by 

Morgan to start the ensuing 

Knights drive, Pipiras (8- 

of-18, 78 yards) connected 

with senior Matt Pollack (4 

receptions, 41 yards) for a 

36-yard gain. 

Morgan followed with 

runs of 4, 7 and 5 yards — 

the last of which was for a 

touchdown to make it 14-0 

with 7:15 left in the half. 

Morgan finished with 11 

rushes for 68 total yards. 

Zvonar called Central’s first 

half against East “special.” 

“We weren’t playing terribly; 

they were just playing 

really well,” he said. “Any 

little breakdown we had, 

they exposed it. We were 

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high school highlights 

The rest of the week in high school sports 

Girls Tennis 

Lincoln-Way Central 5, 

Lincoln-Way West 2 

Emma Rimkunas, Kiana 

Sikich and Ani Smentek – 

the Knights’ Top 3 singles 

players, respectively, all won 

their matches and the four 

doubles teams split to lead a 

win Sept. 19 over crosstown 

rival Lincoln-Way West. The 

Knights’ doubles winners 

were Danielle Miko/Micaela 

Cesta and Karleen Meding/ 

Lily Malas. For the Warriors, 

the No. 1 doubles team 

of Meghan Maynard/Natalie 

Singh won, as well as No. 

4 doubles pairing Ann Coddington/Kate 

King. 

Boys Golf 

Lincoln-Way Central 157, 

Stagg 181 

Sean Curran and EJ 

Charles, the Knights’ No. 1 

and No. 2 golfers, respectively, 

tied for medalist honors 

with a 3-over 38 during a 

Sept. 19 meet against Stagg 

at Midlothian Country Club. 

Ryan Nolan was right behind 

with a 39, and Dylan Gordan 

was the fourth posted score 

with a 40. 

Boys Cross Country 

Lincoln-Way Central places 

11th at Minooka Flight 

Invitational 

Andrew Englert and Jared 

Kreis both earned medalist 

honors during the Sept. 16 

competition. 

Girls Cross Country 

Lincoln-Way Central places 

eighth at Richard Spring 

Invite 

Mackenzie Brownrigg finished 

with the best time on 

the team with 18:01 to finish 

seventh overall Sept. 16 during 

the race in Peoria. Merrigan 

Allen took 32nd (18:38), 

Gretchen Zirgaitis placed 

72nd (19:12), Abby Gamble 

placed 102nd (19:27) and 

Dana Boucher placed 166th 

overall (20:02) during the 

race at Detweiller Park to 

help boost the Knights to finish 

eighth as a team against a 

field of 64 other schools and 

433 competitors. 

Lincoln-Way West places 

29th out of 64 schools at 

Richard Spring Invite 

Jenna Fiore led the way 

for the Warriors, finishing 

79th (19:13) out of 433 racers 

Sept. 16 at the Richard 

Spring Invite in Peoria. Isabelle 

Gryga was second on 

the team and 122nd overall 

with a time of 19:39. Marie 

Moore (20:12) was third on 

the team and 182nd overall. 

High School Highlights is compiled 

by Editor James Sanchez, 

james@newlenoxpatriot.com.

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fastbreak 

Julie McMann/22nd Century 

Media 

1st-and-3 

Soccer studs 

1. Nick Willner (above) 

The sophomore 

starter is playing like 

a seasoned vet. He 

provided the Knights 

with their lone goal 

early on in the first 

half, and it turned 

out to be the winning 

goal, as the defense 

shut out the Griffins 

1-0 on Sept. 19. 

2. Connor Erickson 

The Knights defender 

registered the assist 

on Willner’s goal. 

And on the back 

end, Fahey credited 

Erickson and the 

other defenders for 

their shutout effort 

against the Griffins. 

3. Fountain of youth 

Despite a young 

roster with four starting 

sophomores, 

Lincoln-Way Central 

is 7-2 on the season 

(as of Sept. 20). The 

team is looking for its 

first SWSC title since 

2007. 

Football 

Provi scores late touchdown to best Brother Rice 

Sophomore wide 

receiver catches 

deciding toss 

Chris Walker 


Neither team could afford 

to lose. 

Caden Kalinowski made 

sure that Providence didn’t. 

With the game against 

Brother Rice going down to 

the wire and less than two 

minutes remaining in regulation, 

the Celtics quarterback 

kept his poise with the score 

tied at 16-16, moved to his 

left — envisioning opportunities 

downfield — and located 

5-foot-9 sophomore wide 

receiver Jerrell Wright for a 

touchdown and a 22-16 win. 

“This was a great victory,” 

Providence coach Mark Coglianese 

said. “We weren’t 

perfect, and we still have 

things to work out, but we 

picked up a huge CCL Blue 

road win against a very good 

PRESSBOX PICKS 

Our staff’s predictions for 

the top games in Week 6 

Lincoln-Way East (5-0) at Homewood-Flossmoor (5-0) 

Tinley Park (2-3) at T.F. South (3-2) 

Providence Catholic (3-2) at Chicago Hope Academy (4-1) 

Sandburg (2-3) at Lincoln-Way West (3-2) 

Lockport (1-4) at Bolingbrook (4-1) 

Brother Rice team.” 

There’s just something 

about the Chicago Catholic 

League Blue that one doesn’t 

likely see in the other conferences 

in the state. And especially 

in the past few years, 

Providence has found itself 

in the middle of nail-bitertype 

games that are difference 

makers in whether or not they 

reach a Week 10. Now, they’re 

winning some huge games, 

and Wright was yet another 

one who was a part of it. 

“I ran by the safety and 

was all alone,” Wright said. 

“I watched the perfect pass 

from Caden right into my 

arms. I did not want to drop it. 

To be a sophomore and catch 

the game-winning pass in this 

huge win is just so exciting.” 

Kalinowski had no fear in 

putting the game-winning 

play into the hands of a teammate 

who isn’t going to graduate 

until 2020. 

“That was his first touchdown 

on varsity, and only his 

third play in the game,” Kalinowski 

said. “He may only 

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Tom Czaja | Contributing 

Editor 

• H-F 31, LW East 28. Vikings won’t 

be intimidated by Griffins, beating 

them for a third straight year in 

front of a boisterous home crowd. 

• Tinley Park 

• Providence 

• LW West 

• Bolingbrook 

be a sophomore, but we have 

trust in everyone out there. 

He’s gotten his practice in, so 

the coaches aren’t hesitant to 

put him in the game just because 

he’s a sophomore.” 

Right now, the Celtics are 

really clicking because everyone 

is stepping up. 

“It takes a lot of different 

people to step up and make 

an impact for a team,” Kalinowski 

said. “I think that variety 

is big difference. We’ve 

been playing as a team, and 

that has been working really 

well for us. We’re fortunate to 

be able to able to rely on each 

other and trust people next to 

us to make great plays.” 

Last season, Brother Rice 

ruined Providence’s homecoming, 

breaking open a 

game that was tied at 14-14 at 

halftime and winning 45-21. 

This time, the Celtics (3-2, 

2-0) prevailed, and after getting 

revenge against St. Rita 

two weeks ago from last year 

and a win against St. Ignatius 

last week, they’re riding a 

three-game winning streak. 

17-8 

Max Lapthorne | 

Contributing Editor 

• LW East 28, H-F 24. Griffins 

face a tough road test, but have 

enough talent to prevail in the 

battle of unbeatens. 

• T.F. South 


• LW West 


The Celtics struck first with 

2:09 left in the first quarter on 

a 30-yard run from DeShon 

Gavin and Eduardo Favela’s 

successful PAT. Favela’s 

kicking efforts would prove 

to be huge, and the PAT was 

just the start of special teams 

coming up big. 

After a turnover, Favela 

booted a 30-yard field goal 

with 7:50 remaining in the 

second quarter for a 10-0 lead. 

Brother Rice bounced 

back, though, getting a 10- 

yard touchdown pass from 

John Bean to Anthony Arquilla 

midway through the 

second quarter, but Favella’s 

44-yard field goal kept the 

Celtics ahead 13-7 at the half. 

The Crusaders tied the 

game on a 51-yard punt return 

from Jayshon Means in 

the opening minutes of the 

third quarter. Once again, 

special teams played a huge 

role for the Celtics, as they 

blocked the PAT to keep the 

score tied at 13-13. 

Then, it briefly came down 

to being a game of the kickers. 

17-8 

Tim Carroll | Sports Editor 

• LW East 27, H-F 20. I just cannot 

pick against the Griffins. They’re too 

good, and that defensive line limits 

the Vikings. 



• LW West 


16-9 

Joe Coughlin | Publisher 

• LW East 45, H-F 35. Hard to stop 

Vikings, so Griffins just outscore 

them. 

• T.F. South 


• LW West 


Favela nailed his third field 

goal of the night, this one from 

24 yards to give Providence 

a 16-13 lead late in the third 

quarter, but John Richardson’s 

34-yarder, with coincidentally 

34 seconds left in the third 

quarter, tied the game. 

“Special teams are often 

taken for granted, but they 

can make a huge difference 

in games,” Kalinowski said. 

“We made this game closer 

than it needed to be and 

couldn’t finish out drives, but 

we were lucky to be able to 

settle for some field goals. 

We still need to get better and 

away from the mistakes that 

are causing us to pull away in 

these games. I think on two of 

three drives where we settled 

for field goals, we should’ve 

had touchdowns.” 

The final fields goals all set 

the stage for the frantic finish 

after neither team could do 

much in the early going of 

the fourth quarter. 

The Celtics head to undefeated 

Chicago Hope Academy 

this Friday. 

16-9 

Heather Warthen | Chief 

Operating Officer 

• H-F 21, LW East 14. This is going 

to be a hard-fought battle, but 

the Vikings win at home. 


• Chicago Hope Academy 

• LW West 


LISTEN UP 

“We’ve got a bunch of young kids out 

there making plays.” 

Sean Fahey – Lincoln-Way Central boys soccer coach, on the team’s 

season success 

TUNE IN 

Boys Golf 

TBA, Tuesday, Oct. 3 

• The Sanctuary Golf Course in New Lenox will host a 

IHSA regional, which Lincoln-Way West, Lincoln-Way 

Central, Lincoln-Way East and Providence will all be 

competing in. 

INDEX 

42– This Week In 

42– Athlete of the Week 

FASTBREAK is compiled by Editor James Sanchez, 

james@newlenoxpatriot.com.

new lenox’s Hometown Newspaper | www.newlenoxpatriot.com | September 28, 2017 

Knights lose momentum in second half, while 

Griffins rally from 14 down to win, Page 46 

Must-win 

mode 

Providence 

football looks for 

third straight win 

in gauntlet of a 

schedule, Page 47 

Gaining 

momentum 

After defeating 

district rivals, 

Knights boys 

soccer gets stiff 

test at PepsiCo 

Showdown 

championship, 

Page 44 

Lincoln-Way Central quarterback Sam Pipiras (left) drops back to pass while Lincoln-Way East defensive lineman Ben Ravetto is in pursuit for the sack Friday, 

Sept. 22, during a game between the two teams in New Lenox. Julie McMann/22nd Century Media

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