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FRIDAY
School House Rock Live Jr.
Nov. 3-5, Summit Hill Jr.
High School, 7260 W. North
Ave., Frankfort. Join Curtain
Call theatre for the 2017 Fall
Young Performers’ Program
presentation of School House
Rock Live Jr. Cost is $10 per
ticket with general admission.
Doors open 30 minutes
before performance. To order
tickets, visit www.ccctheatre.
com or call (708) 607-2281.
SATURDAY
LWHS Class of ‘92
7:30 p.m. Nov. 4, The
Alley Grill & Tap House,
18700 Old LaGrange Road,
Mokena. This Casual Knight
Out will celebrate 25 years
for the Lincoln-Way High
School graduating class of
1992. This is a ticketless
event, and attendees will
only need to pay for their
own food and drink. RSVP
at evite.me/mcYdQt7FuV.
For more information, email
lwhs1992@gmail.com.
SUNDAY
Ladies Knight Out
10 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 5,
Lincoln-Way Central High
School Field House, 1801
E. Lincoln Highway, New
Lenox. Get in a little pre-
Christmas shopping at this
craft and vendor fair hosted
by the Lincoln-Way Central
Cheerleading Program. All
proceeds will benefit the
cheer program at Central.
Ladies Shopping Day
10 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 5, Providence
Catholic High School,
1800 W. Lincoln Highway,
New Lenox. Join the Providence
Catholic High School
Women’s Club for a Ladies
Shopping Day with raffle prizes
and 40 local crafters and
vendors. Admission is free.
MONDAY
CPR Classes
6-9 p.m. Mondays, Nov.
6 and Nov. 20, Mokena Fire
Station #1, 19853 S. Wolf
Road, Mokena. The Mokena
Fire Protection District offers
monthly CPR classes for the
public. The cost covers books,
materials and instructor fees.
Students are instructed in
adult, child and infant CPR
and AED. Cost is $35 for community
members and $40 for
healthcare providers. Register
online at www.mokenafire.org
or in person at Fire Station #1.
UPCOMING
Veterans Day Breakfast
9:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov.
9, Frankfort Township, 11000
W. Lincoln Highway, Frankfort.
The Frankfort Township
is hosting a free Veterans Day
Celebration for Veterans and
their families. Veterans Assistance,
Inc. will be on site
to provide information about
available benefits. RSVP to
(815) 806-2766.
Stockings for our Troops
9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Nov.
11, The Oaks Recreation & Fitness
Center, 10847 W. La Porte
Road, Mokena. Make this holiday
season a memorable one
for you, your family, and our
troops. Everyone is invited to
decorate a holiday stocking for
our troops overseas. Stockings
and craft supplies are provided.
Donations of small “stocking
stuffer” items such as protein
bars, gum, trail mix, deodorant,
shampoos, cards, razors,
toothpaste, etc. will also be accepted.
“Operation Care Package”
will send all completed
stockings and donations to the
troops.
Veteran’s Day at the VFW
10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11,
Pioneer Ceremony at Wolf
Road and Denny St., Mokena.
Join the WM Martin
VFW Post 725 for a Veterans
Day ceremony, where the
Army M5 anti-tank gun will
return to Pioneer Cemetery.
Following the ceremony, veterans
and community members
are invited back to the
post for light refreshments.
Pictures with Santa
Make an appointment by
Friday, November 17. Noon-
3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19, The
Oaks Recreation & Fitness
Center, 10847 W. La Porte
Road, Mokena. Santa will
make a special appearance
at Mokena Park District. A
professional photographer
will be available to take children’s
photos with the Jolly
Old Elf. Cost is $8 per picture
and includes a professional
5”x7” photograph and
a visit with Santa. Additional
packages will be available
for purchase. Appointments
are recommended. Walk-ins
accepted as space allows.
Personal cameras/camera
phones will not be allowed.
For more information, call
(708) 390-2401 or visit www.
mokenapark.com.
Breakfast with Santa
Deadline to register is Friday,
Nov. 24. Breakfast will
be held from 9-10:30 a.m.
Saturday, Dec. 2, Aurelio’s
Restaurant, 9901 W. Lincoln
Highway, Frankfort. Enjoy
breakfast with the Jolly Old
Elf. Other special guests are
sure to bring smiles to parents
and kids alike. Cost includes
plated breakfast, entertainment
and a special gift. All
children must be accompanied
by an adult. Children
younger than one year old are
admitted free (does not include
breakfast, treats or gift).
All attendees must be pre-registered
through Mokena Park
District. Registration will not
be accepted at the restaurant.
Early bird registration fee before
Nov. 3 is $15. For more
information and registration,
call (708) 390-2401 or visit
www.mokenapark.com.
Park Clean Up
8 a.m.-noon Saturday, Nov.
25, Hickory Creek Barrens
Nature Preserve, Brightway
Drive, Mokena. 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.
CPR Class
6-9 p.m. Monday, Dec.
4, Mokena Fire Station #1,
19853 S. Wolf Road, Mokena.
The Mokena Fire Protection
District offers monthly CPR
classes for the public. The cost
covers books, materials and
instructor fees. Students are
instructed in adult, child and
infant CPR and AED. Cost is
$35 for community members
and $40 for healthcare providers.
Register online at www.
mokenafire.org or in person at
Fire Station #1.
ONGOING
Donations Needed
Ongoing, Mokena Park
District administration Center
at Main Park, 10925 La
Porte Road, Mokena. Donations
of supplies for The
Mokena Park District’s contribution
to “Operation Care
Package” such as fabric, craft
items, and old Christmas
cards are appreciated. Donations
will be accepted at the
Administration Center. For
more information, call (708)
390-2401 or visit our website
at www.mokenapark.com.
Women’s Club Scholarships
Applications must be postmarked
by Feb. 15. The General
Federation of Women’s
Clubs Illinois is offering
scholarships, through the
GFWC Mokena Woman’s
Club sponsorship, for students
planning on enrolling in
an Illinois college, university,
trade or vocational school
for the Fall Semester 2018.
Applicants are not limited to
current high school seniors.
Applications are available
on the Lincoln-Way High
Schools, Providence Catholic
High School, Mokena Public
Library and Frankfort Public
Library websites. Mail applications
to: Judy Rader, 132
11th St., Lincoln, IL 62656.
LWABWO Meetings
6-8 p.m. on the third Tuesday
of each month Sept.
through June, Little Joe’s Restaurant,
1300 N. Cedar Road,
New Lenox. The Lincoln-Way
Area Business Women’s Organization
is a non-profit club
formed in 1971. Their main
focus is to provide scholarship
funds to graduating female
high school seniors and adult
women for the purpose of
continuing education. We are
always looking for new members.
For more information,
visit www.LWABWO.org.
My Joyful Heart
9981 W. 190th St., Suite
I-J, Mokena. My Joyful Heart
is collecting coats, gloves and
hats for the upcoming winter
season. Donations can be
dropped off at the Ministry
Center. My Joyful Heart is a
charity that provides personalized
assistance and encouragement
for children in need.
As a faith-based organization,
My Joyful Heart endeavors
to be a positive influence to
children in need by remembering
them with basic life
essentials, school supplies,
clothing, toys, and encouragement
throughout each year.
For more information, visit
www.myjoyfulheart.org or
call (815) 806-1700.
To submit an item to the
printed calendar, contact
Amanda Stoll at (708)
326-9170 ext. 34, or email
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Thursdays one week prior to
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Tony Bronzell, Frankfort resident and owner of Domino’s Pizza in Mokena, poses with/rides
the bike he plans to use for a 2,400+ mile trip across the country to try and raise $100,000
for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. T.J. Kremer III/22nd Century Media
Pedaling a trip of a lifetime
DAVID J COBB
708.205.COBB(2622)
T.J. Kremer III, Editor
St. Augustine, Florida, to
San Diego, California: Most
people would take a plane
or drive. Not Tony Bronzell,
franchisee owner of
Domino’s Pizza in Mokena
and Frankfort resident. He’s
riding his bicycle through
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Texas, New Mexico,
Arizona and finally California.
According to Google
Maps, the trip is 2,461.4
miles via Interstate 90 West.
But this trip isn’t about
Bronzell: He’s making the
journey to raise money for
St. Jude Children’s Research
Hospital and hopes to raise
$100,000.
“This is something I’ve
wanted to do for a long
time,” Bronzell said.
It all started when Bronzell
first became a manager
at Domino’s about 15 years
ago and saw the way the
company supported St. Jude,
and the cause quickly resonated
with him, too.
“A little kid, they haven’t
had a chance to — they’re
innocent — they haven’t had
a chance to experience life,
and when they lose something,
that stinks.
“I grew up without my
parents, and so knowing
what that’s like, and having
a kid alone — a kid who has
cancer, he’s alone, man —
and [St. Jude] allows a family
to stay with him all time;
they pay for everything, and
it’s like, ‘Wow, man.’”
Bronzell’s store raised
more than $10,000 last year
toward St. Jude and was invited
to the hospital. It was
during that time when the
bike across the country idea
occurred to him.
“Because we were the No.
1 store for raising money, we
were in St. Jude’s over the
summertime, brainstorming
ideas of how to do a better
job, and I just got to thinking
this might be a good way
to promote it. [The bike ride
is] an intense activity, it’s
not something that people
regularly do. After going to
the hospital and seeing what
they’re doing, I was like,
‘Man, I got to figure out a
way I want step it up a little
bit.’ It’s a combination of life
challenge/helping out a good
cause.”
Prior to training for his
trip, the farthest Bronzell
had travelled on a bike was
about 50 miles. Now he has
been training to travel about
65 miles per day during
his trek across the country,
which he hopes will be finished
by Christmastime so
he can be back with his wife
Jennifer and their three children:
Brody, 8; Haley, 6; and
Jack, 3.
Bonzell anticipates running
into bad weather and,
since his planned route takes
him through Florida and
Texas, he’s also planning to
run into flooded out bridges
and other obstacles related to
the recent hurricanes there.
“What I intend to do is,
now that I have my route
mapped, over the next couple
of days I’m going to find
out where some Domino’s
Pizza stores are and cycle
into them and visit and then
keep on my way.”
Bronzell will depend on
the kindness of strangers,
but he expects that he might
be invited to stay with locals,
or rent a hotel room once in
Please see dominos, 5
Veterans and Family Members of Veterans
VFW POST 725
WANTS YOU
ON VETERANS DAY,
NOVEMBER 11, 2017
THE ARMY M5 ANTI-TANK GUN RETURNS TO PIONEER
CEMETERY, WOLF RD. AND DENNY ST. IN MOKENA
10:00AM
The Refurbished Anti-Tank Gun Arrives
11:00AM
Veterans Day Ceremonies By VFW Post 725
Following the ceremony, veterans and
members of the community are invited
to the post for light refreshments
VETERANS
Tell the bartender
where you served
and your unit and the
FIRST DRINK
IS ON US
Post 725 Is Your Post – Your Membership Is Our Strength
WM. MARTIN VFW POST 725, 19852 WOLF ROAD MOKENA 708-479-5022
22-VFWPOST725-110217
Phone: 815.485.5500 • david@davidjcobb.com

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Village of Mokena Board of Trustees
Board weighs several options for 2017 tax levy
Jon DePaolis
Freelance Reporter
A Village of Mokena
Board of Trustees work session
discussion on the 2017
tax levy proposal led to a
nearly hourlong conversation
Monday, Oct. 23, on the
Village’s overall budget and
taxing processes.
Mokena Finance Director
Barb Damron presented
to the board members the
three options trustees had to
choose from regarding the
tax levy. The three limiting
rate options would have different
impacts on homeowners
in Mokena. Factoring in
an average home value of
$300,000:
•Option 1, which was “no
change” from last year’s
tax levy, a limiting rate of
.2400, would save an average
homeowner about $4.80;
•Option 2, which factored
in levying only for new
growth, a limiting rate of
.2447, would cost an average
homeowner an estimated 6
cents;
•Option 3, which factored
in levying for new growth
and the consumer price index,
a limiting rate of .2498,
would cost an average homeowner
an estimated $5.34.
The five present trustees
— Trustee John Mazzorana
was absent — indicated
they were in favor of Option
2, but a lengthier discussion
followed on how the
levy and budget processes
are handled at the staff and
board levels.
“I realize we live within
this taxation system in Illinois,
but it seems to me
that our approach to this is
sort of backwards,” Trustee
Joseph Budzyn said. “This
board does not say, ‘How
much money do we need
for the next year?’ And then
[we] base our assessment or
our factor on that. Instead,
we look at how much did we
get last year, how much can
we get this next year, based
upon a few different options
… and so, if we continue to
operate in that manner, there
is no way we could ever reduce
the tax burden on our
residents.”
Budzyn said he gets frustrated
by the process.
“I believe our next meeting
is ... Nov. 13, is it not?”
he said. “So, we’re presented
with this information and
are asked to make a decision
that is our paramount
responsibility — budgeting
is our paramount responsibility
as elected officials
— and yet we are asked to
make a decision here in five
or 10 minutes. This is insanity,
in my opinion. I would
like to see this process move
forward where each department
submits a budget, and
we as elected officials make
those hard decisions. Do we
need to replace vehicles every
two years? Do we need
to replace them every three
years? What are our staffing
needs? What are our
equipment needs? All those
things.”
Damron said the timing
for determining the rate and
submitting for approval is
very difficult.
“Numbers aren’t even
available to me as far as what
possible changes we might
see in [equalized assessed
value] until after the end
of August,” Damron said.
“That is when the township
submits them to Will County
for the first time. There will
still be changes between now
and the end of the year, so
the best I can do is my best
guess, which, after 30 years,
I’m getting pretty good at
figuring that now. You also
have exemptions coming off
of that ... and I don’t know
Round it up
A brief recap of action and discussion from the Mokena
Board of Trustees’ Oct. 23 regular meeting:
•Trustees voted 5-0 to approve a special use permit to ABC
Supply for outdoor storage of materials (with exceptions) that
will allow the construction of a 50,000-square-foot building
in the Corporate Corridors North Business Park. The permit
also will allow for the assignment of existing sales tax rebate
incentives to ABC Supply.
•Mayor Frank Fleischer was appointed to the Chicago
Southland Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Directors
by a 5-0 vote. Fleischer will replace outgoing Mokena
representative Ed Jancauskas, who recently asked to step
down from the position.
•William F. Martin Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 725 Cmdr.
Jim Hogan updated the Village Board on the status of the
refurbishment of the Pioneer Cemetery cannon during the
Discover Mokena segment of the meeting, as well as giving
out information about the Nov. 11 Veterans Day event to be
held at the cemetery.
•During the work session, the trustees voiced support for
adopting the Illinois “Cupcake Law,” which allows individuals
to sell baked goods to the public out of their homes without
needing a health department permit. The law factors
in certain conditions, such as monthly gross sales not
exceeding $1,000.
what that’s going to be. This
has to be in place and adopted
before those numbers
are final, which puts us in a
bad place to be estimating
these.”
She also said staff always
has the residents’ best interest
in mind when putting together
these proposals.
Budzyn later clarified that
his comments were more for
the board members, not the
staff. He said he’d like to
see more long-term planning
and cost analyses being conducted
to inform the budget
process.
Mayor Frank Fleischer
said he believes Village staff
knows what they need to operate
during the budget process.
“These people out here
aren’t doing it on a whim,”
Fleischer said. “They know
what they need. Each one
of these departments know
what they need, and it goes
up a certain percentage every
year. They are not just
asking for money because
they want to increase what
we’re giving them. The fact
of the matter is that things
are going to change.”
Fleischer said there is inflation
over time for everything.
“We have to be sure that
we raise things accordingly,”
Fleischer said. “I understand
what you’re saying, and it
does get frustrating, but that
fact of the matter is that this
is the cost of doing business,
whether we like it or not. We
are the lowest in Will County
when it comes to taxes taken
out by municipality.”
Fleischer said he’s also
afraid of what will happen
if more issues out of Springfield
effect the Village.
“The one thing I do know
is that we can always give
it back down the road,”
Fleischer said. “But getting
it through referendum ...
people just aren’t going to
vote for that anymore. And
if Springfield keeps playing
these games, and they
pull it again where they take
another percentage away
from us, and we don’t raise
the levy when we can, then
we’re hurting ourselves and
our residents. We can always
give it back in a rebate later
on, like other communities
do.”
Trustee Joseph Siwinski
said he would go along
with the higher limiting rate
if they did start rebate programs,
but he was in favor of
generally not raising the rate
if it wasn’t necessary.
“I don’t believe that ... just
because we can increase it
every year that we should,”
Siwinski said.
As for the budget process,
Trustee George Metanias
said it is the trustees’ responsibility
to speak out if they
disagree with something
staff put forward.
“If we don’t agree with it,
or we don’t like something,
we have that opportunity to
say, ‘No, we don’t agree,’ or,
‘Explain it to us,’” Metanias
said. “We’re policymakers.
We’re not here to tell staff
how to do their jobs. They
do their jobs to the best of
their ability, and I think they
do a great job. Present it to
us. If we don’t agree with it,
that’s our prerogative.”
He also said he’s more
worried about his taxes going
up thousands of dollars
because of other, non-Mokena
issues.
“We’re sitting here arguing
about 6 cents,” Metanias
said.
After the discussion
ended, Fleischer polled the
trustees and Option 2 was
the direction to staff. Damron
said the next step will be
to formalize and announce
the tax levy proposal at the
Nov. 13 meeting in order to
adopt it by the Dec. 11 meeting.
Annexation put on hold
Also during the meeting,
trustees voted 5-0 to recess a
public hearing pertaining to
the proposed annexation of
10724 W. 191st St. into the
Village of Mokena.
“We were directed at the
work session at the end of
September to initiate the unilateral
annexation process
for this property,” said Kirk
Zoellner, assistant village
administrator. “Accordingly,
we did publish a notice in the
local newspaper on Oct. 5 to
meet the statutory requirements.
In the interim period,
we have had some discussions
with the property owner
and his attorney. Legal
counsel and staff’s opinion
is that we are close to having
a face-to-face meeting with
the two of them to discuss
ways in which we might
mutually move forward with
something on this property,
as opposed to just doing the
action and worrying about
the details later.”
Zoellner said it was staff’s
recommendation to recess
the public hearing until Dec.
11 in order to allow for the
meeting with the homeowner
and continue to work toward
a solution.
No comment on swastikas
During his comments
at the end of the meeting,
Fleischer said he wouldn’t
comment directly on the
matter of hate symbols being
drawn on Village signs,
because he did not want to
give the perpetrators “their
two minutes of fame.”
“I’m not going to talk
about some of the stuff
because it is so stupid, it
doesn’t even deserve comment,”
Fleischer said.
Fleischer did, however,
thank Village staff for
promptly taking care of the
issue earlier in the day.

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LW cadets earn top recognition
Submitted by Lincoln-Way Community
High School District 210
On Oct. 12 the AFJROTC board met
to score cadet candidates for Cadet of
the Quarter.
Cadet of the Quarter recognizes
cadets who have excelled in the AF-
JROTC program. After students are
nominated, they complete a nominee
package questionnaire — worth
a maximum of 45 points— and then
meet the board in person for another
possible 55 points. The nominee package
questionnaire asks the cadets eight
questions pertaining to their involvement
in AFJROTC, the school, the
community and demonstration of leadership
skills. Upon completion, the cadets
turn in the questionnaire and meet
with the board. Cadets who meet the
board are issued study guides that will
help them prepare for potential questions
from board members.
The board is chaired by the cadet
group commander. The board members
consist of the cadet deputy group
commander and three cadet squadron
members. These cadets are Jared
Bachman, Elizabeth Ihrke, Arick
Hauschild and Angelo Minetti, and
are referred to as “The Top Five.” The
board evaluates the applicants through
an inspection of their uniform, a drill
command performance and a series of
questions. Once the scoring is complete,
the board recommends a winner
in each category to Colonel George
Ramey based on the cadet’s year in
AFJROTC.
“The cadets who met with the board
[Clockwise from top left} Anthony
Grande, Lincoln-Way West senior,
third year cadet; Magan Martinez,
Lincoln-Way Central sophomore,
second year cadet; Marcus McCarty,
Lincoln-Way Central freshman, first
year cadet; and Austin Wills, Lincoln-
Way Central senior, fourth year cadet.
Photo submitted
have really excelled. This quarter the
competition was extremely close. As
little as 1 or 2 points separated the
winner from the runner up in multiple
categories,” Ramey said.
Winners of the competition were
announced Oct., 13. The winners for
Cadet of the Quarter by year in AF-
JROTC are:
1st Year Winner: Marcus J. McCarty
2nd Year Winner: Magan Martinez
3rd Year Winner: Anthony V. Grande
4th Year Winner: Austin M. Wills
All winners will have their official
unit photo displayed and each will
receive the Superior Performance
Ribbon at the semester awards
ceremony.
LW East student joins U.S. Army All-
American Marching Band
Submitted by Lincoln-Way Community
High School District 210
On Oct. 10, Lincoln-Way East senior
Kendal Pitlik was inducted to
the 2018 U.S. Army All-American
Marching Band. Members of the
Army and sponsor American Family
Insurance welcomed Pitlik on
stage as her parents and mentors
surrounded her.
Pitlik will join an elite group of
marching band members who will perform
during halftime at the U.S. Army
All American Bowl at the Alamodome
in San Antonio, Texas. She was chosen
as one of only 125 high school
senior marching band musicians and
color guard members from across the
nation.
In her speech, she credited her family,
friends, instructors and teachers
with her success.
“Kendal has been an exceptional
member of our program, we are so
proud of her accomplishment,” said
Music Department Chairman Dr. Bert
Johnson.
For more information and details
about the U.S Army All American Band
please visit nafme.org/programs/u-s-ar
my-all-american-marching-band.
Pop-up fire safety
house at St. Mary
Catholic School
Mokena FD uses
inflatable fire safety
house for education
Amanda Stoll, Assistant Editor
On first glance, it might
appear as a bounce house,
but the inflatable house in
the gym at St. Mary School
Oct. 24 wasn’t all fun and
games.
The inflatable fire safety
house looks like a tiny
house on the outside, and
is complete with a living
room with a fireplace and a
kitchen with inflatable appliances.
“The kids like it. At first
— especially the first graders
— they’re disappointed
that it’s not a bouncy
house,” said Fire Marshall
Mark Sickles. “...Each firefighter
will go through with
them through the house and
go over kitchen fire stuff
and living room and then
what to do in case they get
trapped in their bedroom:
escape out the window
[and] go to their meeting
place.”
For the last part of the
students’ inflatable, safety
experience they get the opportunity
to exit the house
through the window: rolling
and landing safely on an inflatable
target.
In the past, the Mokena
Fire Department owned a
Please see firehouse, 8
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From Page 3
awhile to get a bed and a
shower. But, for the most
part, Bronzell — whose wife
would not allow him to make
the trip by himself, so he’ll
be joined by his friend, Dan
Matlack — will be at Mother
Nature’s mercy as he camps
out under the stars at night.
“I don’t know anything
about that landscape. There’s
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and cactus and desert, so
it’s going to be pretty interesting.”
The route he’s chosen has
several stretches where there
are 100 miles or more of areas
not near any other kind
of civilization.
“If something happens in
those [areas], there’s nothing
I can do. Basically, I’d
be by a road hoping a car
comes by, because you’re
not getting any mobile service.
You’re in nothing
land.”
Does that concern Bronzell?
“Of course. But, getting
in my car concerns me,”
he said, noting that tens of
thousands of people every
year are killed in car accidents.
Whatever obstacles and
challenges Bronzell faces
— and there are sure to be
more than a few — it will
all have been worth it if he
can help the children at St.
Jude and inspire others, especially
his own children,
to give back when and how
they can.
“What I have, I owe to
somebody else, otherwise I
wouldn’t have that. So, you
try and point that out to the
kids and teach them so that
they can see. I’m lucky. I
am.”
Those who are interested
in making a donation to St.
Jude in honor of Bronzell’s
cross-country bike trip may
do so at tonysridestjude.
com, where people can also
keep track of his progress
and watch videos of his trip.
Customers who donate $10
or more on that website will
receive a free medium, onetopping
pizza at Domino’s in
Mokena, 19310 S. La Grange
Road. Customers at Bronzell’s
store can also donate $5
in-store and get a free pizza.

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Red Ribbon Week includes visit from DEA, local law enforcement
T.J. Kremer III, Editor
Students line up for a chance to get inside Will County
Sheriff’s SWAT vehicle, “The Bearcat.”
A throng of students from
Mokena Junior High eagerly
stare up into the cloudy
sky Oct. 25. They can hear
the tiny dot of a Drug Enforcement
Agency helicopter
over the horizon, and
their excitement builds as
the vehicle gets closer and
closer, finally buzzing only
a few hundred yards or so
over their heads and landing
on the grass of the school’s
outdoor track.
No sooner had the helicopter
touched down did
the children rush across the
grassy infield to see the DEA
chopper and pilot up close.
The experience was
part of Red Ribbon Week
at the junior high, a week
of themed spirit days and
culminating in teaching
the students about the dangers
associated with illegal
drug use, according to
Kim Klappauf, an eighth
grade history teacher at the
school.
The day started with a
presentation from Tom Asselborn,
a DEA agent and
father of one of the students.
There was also a demonstration
by a DEA dog and children
had an opportunity to
try on some of the gear that
agents use during raids.
Although the DEA’s helicopter
was the star of the
show, other local law enforcement
groups got their share of
buzz from the students, too.
Students at Mokena Junior High School swarm a DEA helicopter Oct. 25 during Red
Ribbon Week. Photos by T.J. Kremer III/22nd Century Media
The Will County Sheriff’s
Department brought
its SWAT truck, “The
Bearcat,” and gave students
the chance to climb in and
see what the huge, heavily
armored vehicle looked like
from the inside and a view
from the roof through a
hatch that allows officers to
get an over-the-top perspective
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Firefighter/Paramedic Stewart Romadka from the Mokena Fire Department speaks with
children from Becky Maly’s first grade class at St. Mary Catholic School in Mokena during a
fire safety presentation. The children learned about fire hazards throughout the home inside
the fire department’s inflatable fire safety house. photos by Amanda Stoll/22nd Century Media
firehouse
From Page 5
Fire Marshall Mark Sickles (left) helps St. Mary Catholic
School students Nolan Puralewski (front) and Tommy
Hadley (back), who are in Lauren Simon’s first grade class,
exit the bedroom window of the fire safety house during a
fire safety presentation with the Mokena Fire Department
last Tuesday.
two-level trailer that was
used for fire safety education,
and Sickles said it
provided a more interactive
experience but also
posed some difficulties with
weather and security. In the
event of rain, the escape
ladder would be slippery
and too dangerous to use,
and with class after class
of students going though
the floor would turn into a
muddy disaster.
The fire department purchased
the inflatable safety
house a few years ago
and has been using it ever
since to teach children in
the first and second grades
about fire safety in the
home.
“They get a lot out of it,”
Sickles said. “There’s a lot
of information that’s thrown
at them in a very short period
of time. But, first and
second graders, they’re
sponges, and they pick it up
pretty quick.”
Sickles said it also provides
an opportunity for
interaction between the
firefighters and the children,
which can help them
recognize friend from foe.
All in all, the Mokena
Fire Department spends
about six weeks each fall
visiting each of the schools
in town and reviewing the
fire safety programs with
students each year.
Depending on the age
group, he said the department
has different, age-appropriate
programs for students
in preschool through
the eighth grade.
Preschool and kindergarten
students learn the stop,
drop and roll technique and
play dress-the-firefighter. In
third grade, students learn
about emergency escape
plans, and the fire safety education
gets more in-depth
with topics like smoke detector
maintenance as students
get older.

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MCPD to offer
Mokena Eagle Scout builds bat houses in Will Co. forest preserve
new activities
Submitted by Mokena
Community Park District
Mokena Park District is
offering “Critter-classes: Lizards”
from 5:30–6:30 p.m.
on Tuesdays beginning November
7-28 at the Program
Center, 10925 La Porte Road.
Children will learn the
classes and types of lizards,
what they eat, their habits
and the importance of these
creatures to the environment.
Children will be able to meet
real geckos, iguanas, monitors
and others.
Classes are taught by the
experts from Crosstown
Exotics. Some classes may
take place outdoors, so
dress accordingly; no open
toed shoes, please. Classes
are open to children ages
7-12.
For more information,
call Mokena Park District
at (708) 390-2401, or go to
www.mokenapark.com to
register online.
Stockings for Our Troops
The Oaks Recreation & Fitness
Center is scheduled to
host Stockings for Our Troops
from 9 a.m.-noon Nov. 11.
Make this holiday season
a memorable one for you,
your family and our troops.
Everyone is invited to join us
on Veterans Day to decorate
a holiday stocking for our
troops overseas.
Stockings and craft supplies
are provided. Cards, paper,
pens and crayons will be
available for you to write a letter
of thanks and appreciation
to include in your stocking.
We will also be accepting
donations of small “stocking
stuffer” items, such as protein
bars, gum, trail mix, deodorant,
shampoos, cards, razors,
toothpaste and other small
items. Operation Care Package
will send all completed
stockings and donations to
the troops.
Donations of supplies
for this event — such as
fabric, craft items and old
Christmas cards — are appreciated.
Donations are accepted
at the Administration
Center at Main Park, 10925
La Porte Road. For more information,
call Mokena Park
District at (708) 390-2401,
or visit our website at www.
mokenapark.com.
Residents advised leaf
burning unnecessary
Submitted by Frankfort
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Residents of unincorporated
Frankfort Township
need only put their leaves
to the curb. Leaf burning is
prohibited for residents of the
Village of Frankfort, Village
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Tinley Park, and residents are
asked to check with their local
villages for leaf programs.
Unincorporated Will
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Submitted by Forest Preserve District
of Will County
Two Eagle Scouts have installed
three bat houses at the Forest Preserve
District of Will County’s Kankakee
Sands Preserve in Custer Township.
Austin Miles Danielewicz, a member
of Troop 40 in Mokena, installed
two bat houses this summer. In 2015,
the first bat house was installed by
Kenny Parise, a member of Troop 258
in Joliet. The houses are designed to
provide alternative roosting habitat for
a colony of big brown bats that lived at
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Mokena keeps
history alive on
Veterans Day
Submitted by Founders
Crossing Chapter of the
Daughters of the American
Revolution
At 11 a.m. Nov. 11, Veterans
Day, the Village of Mokena
and William F. Martin
VFW Post 725 invite residents
and visitors to Pioneer
Cemetery to remember
those who have come
before, served their country
and made history.
This event will recall
Mokena’s earliest veteran,
Charles Denny, who served
in the American Revolution,
and include reinstallation of
the World War II M5 artillery
piece recently restored
by volunteers at the Veterans
Garage.
Additionally, 2017 is the
100th anniversary of the Armistice
ending World War
I, which gave Veterans Day
its original name: Armistice
Day.
While graves of community
founders and pioneers
may not be unusual in the
Midwest, it is remarkable
that Pioneer Cemetery includes
the grave of Denny.
He fought in the American
Revolutionary War while
still a resident of New York.
He and his family migrated
to the Illinois Territory after
the war and established
the beginnings of Mokena.
The Founders Crossing
Chapter of the National
Society Daughters of the
American Revolution will
participate in the Veterans
Day event by rededicating
the memorial marker of
Denny’s grave.
“We celebrate Charles
Denny as a Patriot and are
honored to be included in
this special event,” said
Christina Bannon, Regent
of the Founders Crossing
Chapter. “The DAR holds
patriotism, historic preservation
and education as our
society’s goals, and we recognize
the efforts of the Village
of Mokena to further
all of them.”
Founders Crossing has
received the approval of the
National Society to present
Mokena resident and historic
preservation activist Matt
Galik with its highest award
for historic preservation.
The presentation is tentatively
scheduled to take
place at the Mokena Village
Board’s regular meeting
Dec. 11.
Pioneer Cemetery has
been an interest of Galik
since childhood. Captivated
by the presence of such
important history in his
hometown, Galik began to
research the place and the
burials contained within it.
Curiosity, scholarship and
a natural passion for historic
preservation to the
subject of Mokena history
became motivating forces
in his life.
“Images of America:
Mokena” by Galik was
published in 2011. Galik, a
frequent contributor to The
Mokena Messenger, has devoted
much of his focus to
Pioneer Cemetery restoration
and preservation.
The procession bringing
the restored WW II
M5 artillery piece south
on Wolf Road from 191st
Street begins at 10 a.m.
and will include WW II
re-enactors.
Matt’s Old Mokena
Mokena responds early in Great War
Matt Galik
Contributing Columnist
As part of a continuing
series, this
column will explore
the 100th anniversary of
Mokena’s role in World
War I.
After nearly three years of
bloody conflict and stagnant
trench warfare in Europe, the
United States entered World
War I in April 1917. In the
last column of this series, we
saw our community’s reaction
to the outbreak of war
that spring, first as the far-off
conflict surfaced on the periphery
of secure Mokenian
life, then ultimately as local
men volunteered for military
service and an uncertain
future on the battlefront. Our
community was active on the
home front as well; Mayor
George Hacker ordered a
flagpole erected on Front
Street, as the citizenry immediately
established a local
unit of the Red Cross. As the
fighting tore Europe apart,
Mokena moved into her first
autumn at war.
The conversion of
America’s small, peacetime
military into one on war
footing continued, as did
the mass mobilization of the
nation’s new soldiers. Due to
the herculean effort thereof,
it remained months until the
first of Mokena’s men in arms
reached French soil. Nevertheless,
by early October
1917 several townsmen were
already war bound. On the
fifth of that month, the village
witnessed its first large-scale
going away party for new
soldiers. On a Friday evening,
George Aschenbrenner, Jake
Hostert, Leon Tonn and
Gilbert Voss, all young men
on their way to Camp Dodge
in Iowa, were feted at Front
Street’s Mokena Hall by the
local unit of the Red Cross.
The Hall was strewn with
bunting and American flags,
and the Joliet Herald-News
noted that “Mokena is sending
her soldiers away with a
smile” and detailed an event
with speechifying, patriotic
musical selections, and the
presentation of comfort kits
to the men.
Later that month, Karl
Kraus, the 24-year-old son of
the town barber, found himself
at Fort Benjamin Harrison
near Indianapolis, where
he optimistically stated that
he rather liked army life
and being stationed with the
quartermaster’s department.
The citizens of the village
looked out for their own who
newly found themselves part
of the military, and keeping
up the morale of his Mokena
buddies in the military, local
railroad worker Charles
Rinke made the trek out
to Iowa’s Camp Dodge to
personally pay them a visit
during the second week of
October.
On the home front, the
village’s Red Cross unit was
extra busy, having decided
in October to bump up their
meetings to twice a week instead
of once. The venue for
their meetings was switched
from the Mokena Hall to a
space within John A. Hatch’s
general store, where local
volunteers made bandages
and did knitting, among
other patriotic duties. Town
residents found the group and
its work absolutely worthy of
support, as selfless donations
to them continued unabated.
The last village baseball
game of the 1917 season, one
which the town’s married
men won against the Mokena
Ravens, netted $10 in proceeds
which were promptly
handed over to the Red
Cross. At the end of October,
the Mokena Men’s Club also
did some fundraising for the
group by holding a benefit
dance at their open-air pavilion
just south of town.
An oft forgotten part of
home front history is the
mass registration of American
women that occurred
in November 1917. While
around 33,000 women served
in United States military as
medical and support staff
during the war, this registration
was to be a huge
cataloguing of the special
abilities of American women,
such as bookkeeping, nursing
and teaching, as well
as more precise skills like
knowledge of certain foreign
languages and piloting. That
autumn, 1600 fliers flooded
Will County breaking down
the registration’s specifics.
On Nov. 5, 1917, 80 local
women appeared at Front
Street’s new village hall and
enrolled themselves before
registrars Carrie Brinckerhoff,
Kate Knox, Cora Maue,
Mabel McGovney and a Mrs.
Young. The total number for
the first day alone is an impressive
one, as Mokena only
counted around 400 residents
at the time.
While local soldiers were
for the time being out of
harm’s way, and village
residents safe thousands of
miles from the front, adverse
effects of the war started
to be felt. A coal shortage
reared its head that autumn,
one in which many residents
resorted to using plain
firewood for fuel. Local
commuters using the Rock
Island Railroad were also hit
hard with an extra war tax
that went into effect Nov. 1,
causing fares to jump by 8
percent.
The village had found
itself in the midst of World
War I for a little over half a
year, and already contributed
a lot in terms of material,
funds and time. While no
one could call our town folk
slackers, the conflict itself
still faced an uncertain outcome.
Would those Mokenians
already in arms return
with life and limb intact?
The thoughts and opinions expressed
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of the author. They do not necessarily
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Police Reports
Police: Driver’s BAC .313
David P. Gausselin, 64, of
132 E. Circle Drive in New
Lenox, was charged Oct. 17
with DUI-alcohol, improper
lane usage and illegal transportation
of alcohol.
According to police reports,
an officer was dispatched
to the area of 191st
Street on a report of a reckless
driver. Gausselin was
eventually stopped at South
Wolf Road and Plattner
Drive, at which point officers
reportedly smelled a
strong odor of alcohol coming
from Gausselin’s breath.
Gausselin allegedly wanted
to exit his vehicle and required
assistance from officers,
who contacted Mokena
Fire Department to
evaluate Gausselin. He was
transported to Silver Cross
Hospital, where his blood
alcohol content was allegedly
.313. Gausselin was
then placed under arrest
before later being released
from Silver Cross.
Oct. 13
• Naiall J. Canavan, 47, of
2431 Helmar Lane in Joliet,
was charged with failure to
reduce speed to avoid an accident,
failure to avoid an
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BAC over .08 and being involved
in an accident with
property damage.
•According to police reports,
an officer on patrol
in the 11600 block of West
195th Street observed a vehicle
parked on the grass
and curb while the vehicle
was still running. The officer
observed extensive
front end damage, including
a missing front bumper.
When the officer approached
the vehicle, the
report reads, Canavan was
discovered asleep in the
driver’s seat with the vehicle
still in drive. Upon waking
Canavan, the officer
alleged there was a strong
smell of alcohol coming
from Canavan’s breath.
The police report also indicated
Canavan failed four
of five field sobriety tests.
Canavan’s bumper was later
discovered and identified
by his license plate at 191st
Street and Wolf Road, along
with damage to a tree and
a business sign. He was arrested
and allegedly had a
BAC of .136.
Oct. 10
• Timothy J. Ignowski, 26,
of 18821 Dilber Bay in
Mokena, was charged with
possession of a controlled
substance.
•According to police reports,
an officer was dispatched
to the 19100 block
of South Wolf Road for a
report of a possible accident.
Upon arrival, the officer
discovered Ignowski
asleep in a vehicle with
heavy front end damage.
According to the report,
the officer woke Ignowski,
searched the vehicle, and
discovered four pills that
were later discovered to be
Alprazolam and six baggies
containing fentanyl.
Ignowski was transferred
to Silver Cross Hospital for
an involuntary committal.
He was released Oct. 17
and then arrested for the
possession of a controlled
substance that occurred on
Oct. 10.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Mokena
Messenger’s police reports
come from the Mokena Police
Department. Anyone listed in
these reports is considered
to be innocent of all charges
until proven guilty in a court
of law.
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health, safety and welfare
of residents. Leaf smoke
contains many dangerous
chemicals such as carbon
monoxide and benzopyrene.
The smoke from
burning leaves can irritate
the eyes, nose and throat
of healthy adults, small
children, the elderly and
people with asthma, emphysema
or other lung or heart
diseases.
The Frankfort Township
Highway Department fall
leaf pickup service will start
as leaves begin to fall and
will end at the first measurable,
or plowable, snowfall.
Residents are asked to
rake their leaves into piles
Will County Code of Ordinances
The following information pertains to leaf burning in will county
Section 93.017 Permit
required
• Waste materials of any
nature shall not be
disposed of by burning
on the premises or in
the immediate vicinity
without having obtained
a permit from the state
E.P.A.
Section 93.018 Location of
fires
• Fires shall be located not
less than 50 feet, unless
otherwise specifically
provided for herein,
from any neighboring
structure with adequate
provision made to
prevent spreading of
the fire. Legitimate
recreation fires shall
be located not less
than 50 feet from any
neighboring structure.
Burning in right-of-way is
strictly prohibited.
• Fires contained in a
“patio wood-burning
unit”, being a chimney,
patio warmer or other
portable wood burning
device used for outdoor
recreation and/or
heating shall be at
least 15 feet from any
neighboring structure.
Section 93.0185
Recreation fires
• Recreation fires, being
fires used to entertain
or cook, may burn
sticks, limbs, logs,
charcoal, cooking or
camping fuel only.
Recreation fires may
not exceed an area
dimension of six feet by
six feet. In conformance
with Section 93.017
above, waste materials,
including, but not
limited to garbage,
trash, refuse, lumber,
building materials or
tires shall not be burned
in recreation fires.
Section 93.019 Fires to be
attended
• All fires shall be
constantly attended
by a competent
person until the fire
is extinguished. This
person shall have a
hose connected to a
water supply or other
fire extinguishing
equipment ready for
use. This person
shall be responsible
for notifying the local
fire fepartment before
starting the fire.
along the road edge or curb.
Leaves put into bags or any
type of container will not be
picked up. Trucks will be
out on a daily basis when
needed, but every street in
the Township will not be
picked up every day. Leaf
pickup for the Frankfort
Township Highway Department
will not pick up leaves
in the spring.
Section 93.020 Exceptions
• Section 93.017
does not apply to
the burning of dry
leaves, branches or
bushes originating
on owner’s property.
Section 93.017 also
does not apply to
controlled burns for
agricultural purposes,
habitat reclamation or
firefighter training.
Section 93.021 Neighboring
structure
• Neighboring structure
means any and all
buildings of adjacent
land owner(s), whether
structured on a
foundation or mobile,
including but not limited
to houses, garages,
sheds, pole barns.
Section 93.022 Waste
material
• Waste material means
all substances liquid,
semi-solid or solid other
than leaves, sticks,
logs, branches and
bushes originating on
the owner’s property,
charcoal and cooking or
camping fuel.
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FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT
New Lenox Scouts Food
Drive enters 15th year of
filling food pantries
The New Lenox Scouts
Food Drive is aiming to build
off its historic mark from last
year.
Since 2011, chairman Bill
Thomson had the goal of
donating 50,000 items. It
reached 51,100 items at last
year’s food drive, and that
accomplishment caught the
attention of Berkot’s to become
a sponsor going into
the drive’s 15th year running.
Berkot’s is to provide the
bags that local Scouts will
drop off to approximately
12,000 New Lenox homes
through Tuesday, Nov. 7, for
residents to fill with nonperishable
food items.
Scouts will pick up the
bags between noon and 12:30
p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12, and
the goods will be taken to a
facility to be sorted, boxed
and delivered to local food
pantries. Hundreds of area
Scouts take part in the largest
yearly food collection in
town.
Despite the bigger undertaking,
Thomson has been
running this event for so
long that it has become refined
process. With more
area Scouts getting involved
every year, he said the hardest
part is figuring out a role
for all of the volunteers. But
at the same time, seeing all
of them participating is what
keeps Thomson excited going
into his 12th year running
the event.
“We’re helping out a lot of
people in our community, and
the kids have such a great time
doing this, and that’s what really
motivates me,” he said.
“They’re so excited to be involved
with something that’s
so important to the community.
Every year, we’re getting
more Scout ... that are new
and want to join.”
Reporting by James Sanchez,
Editor. For more, visit New
LenoxPatriot.com.
FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE
Police: Man who tried
selling ecstasy to officer had
cocaine, weapons in vehicle
A Bridgeview man was arrested
Oct. 24 after he tried to
sell ecstasy to an undercover
officer, and police found
more drugs and packaging
inside his vehicle, according
to a press release issued Oct.
25 by the Orland Park Police
Department.
Muadh Anan Al-Karmi,
29, of 7214 W. 83rd St.,
was charged with one count
each of possession of a controlled
substance with intent
to deliver (MDMA - Class X
felony), possession of a controlled
substance with intent
to deliver (cocaine - Class
X felony) and possession of
cannabis with intent to deliver
(Class 4 felony).
Sometime in October,
police reportedly received
information regarding a
Bridgeview resident selling
ecstasy to people in the Orland
Park area and initiated
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On Oct. 24, Al-Karmi
drove to Orland Park, where
he met an undercover Orland
Park police officer for
the purpose of selling 20 ecstasy
pills, police said. Upon
his arrest, police reportedly
found inside Al-Karmi’s
2017 Chrysler 300 113 ecstasy
pills, approximately 27 individually
packaged grams of
cocaine and cannabis weighing
roughly 27 grams.
Police also found a digital
scale and packaging bags, according
to the press release.
A stun gun and expandable
baton reportedly were located
next to the driver’s seat
inside the vehicle.
Al-Karmi also was charged
with two Class A misdemeanor
counts of unlawful
use of a weapon.
Orland Park Police Cmdr.
Tony Farrell said police also
seized approximately $1,500
in cash and the vehicle. He
added the arrest took place
in the business district along
Harlem Avenue.
Reporting by Bill Jones, Editor.
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FROM THE HOMER HORIZON
Lockport football player
recalls traumatic break,
comes back stronger
Porters wide receiver Nick
Ward had a moment of déjà
vu during his sophomore
year on the football team.
During practice one fall
day in 2015, Ward was working
on kick returns when
he was tackled from an odd
angle. He went down, and the
impact of the tackle, mixed
with how he was running,
broke his lower right leg.
“I feel like I jinxed myself,
though, when I broke my
leg,” Ward said. “It’s kind of
weird. I told my mom about
this. That day, or that morning,
I had a dream that I broke
my leg … and then it turned
out I snapped my leg that day.
I was weirded out by that.”
Ward, who just finished up
his senior season at Lockport
Township High School, still
remembers the moment and
what he was doing vividly.
“It was during practice, we
were doing kick returns, and
I caught a return and took it
back for a touchdown the
play before,” he said. “Coach
[Dan Starkey] was like, ‘Do
the same thing, but fake it if
it goes on the other side.’ So I
made it look like a fake, and
then I got tackled, and my leg
just snapped, and it broke out
of two spots.”
Ward said his recovery
was faster than the doctors
expected.
“My doctor was saying that
usually people start walking
within 2-3 months,” he said.
“I was already walking in one
[month] in my boot.”
Reporting by Brittany Kapa,
Assistant Editor. For more, visit
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From THE FRANKFORT STATION
Frankfort family decks out
yard for spooky holiday
It is hard to miss the Malecki
home during the Halloween
season, because it is
dressed to the nines — in a
scary sense.
Each year, the lawn on
Chamomile Drive is literally
crawling with the dead, who
appear to be rising from the
grave and heading toward
the sidewalk.
The tradition was started
by Josephine Malecki’s husband
and picked up by Josephine’s
son, Ted, after her
husband got sick.
As many of these types
of projects go, the display
has been growing year after
year, Ted Malecki said. The
decorating really has taken
off in the last three years,
though.
Josephine said it all began
years ago, when she had
“happy ghosts” in the yard.
“As you can see, it took
a different turn,” she said
about the current display,
which is much scarier.
Without hesitation,
though, she said her favorite
decoration is a motionactivated
scarecrow that sits
on the front porch, holding a
bowl of candy and jumping
out at trick-or-treaters.
For Ted Malecki, it is the
werewolf that has become
part of the miniature haunted
house he puts together for
neighborhood children to enjoy.
The haunted house starts
with an inflatable tunnel,
complete with spooky music
and lights, and leads the
children through a display of
animatronic creatures
Reporting by Amanda Stoll,
Assistant Editor. For more, visit
FrankfortStation.com.
FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND
Costumes, candy fuel
inaugural township trunkor-treat
It is impossible to have too
much of a good thing when it
is Halloween season and that
thing is candy. On Thursday,
Oct. 26, Lockport Township
officials, staff and volunteers
gave families the opportunity
to stock up on their sugar
supply with its inaugural
trunk-or-treat event.
Cars — each decorated
in a creative theme inspired
by everything from a 1950s
jukebox to “The Wizard
of Oz” to a spiders’ lair —
lined the parking lot of the
Lockport Township offices,
as costumed greeters waited
for local superheroes, princesses,
goblins and ghouls
to make their way through
the sweet event. Township
Assessor Debbi Mason explained
that she and her colleagues
were hoping that the
trunk-or-treat will grow into
an annual tradition.
“We’ve been in this building
since December of last
year, so we thought we
would try something new
this year,” she said. “We put
the trunk-or-treat on outside
this time around, and, hopefully,
if this works out, we’re
going to move the event into
the inside and have a whole
trick-or-treat alley in 2018.”
Candy-givers were not
limited to any type of theme
when it came to decorating
their trunks, and their creativity
was on display across
the parking lot.
“We have people here who
have decorated their trunk
like ‘Finding Nemo,’” Mason
said. “I was inspired by
a gumball machine, and we
even have a Candy Land station.
What everyone came
up with is great.”
Reporting by Laurie Fanelli,
Freelance Reporter. For more,
visit LockportLegend.com.
FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION
Southwest Chicago Christian
student to compete in
national karate competition
Grace Goodfellow is racking
up quite the list of accomplishments.
The eighth-grader at
Southwest Chicago Christian
School in Tinley Park is
on the honor roll. She is active
in her church and at her
school.
She also is a black belt in
karate, and now a member of
Team USA, gearing up for
the World Karate Championships
in November.
Earlier this year, Grace’s
sensei, Juan Hernandez,
made a challenge to her: to
try and make Team USA for
the World Karate Championships
later this year.
After training in the winter
and spring, Grace advanced
to the qualifying event in
Dearborn, Michigan. At the
Michigan event, Grace qualified
for Team USA in traditional
forms, musical forms
and creative weapons.
“On Nov. 4-11, I get to
go to Orlando, Florida, and
compete against 28 other
countries, including my own
at the World Karate Championships,”
Grace said. “It’s
like the Olympics for karate.”
Reporting by Jon DePaolis,
Freelance Reporter. For more,
visit TinleyJunction.com.

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About the only thing
I dislike about my
job is how, from
time to time, I’m forced
to report on negative and
truly reprehensible things.
I dislike doing this for a
couple of reasons: First, it
gives attention to people
whose agenda is clearly
against the foundations of
what a community ought to
be; secondly, it forces me to
take out of our newspaper
another story that shows the
positive effects members of
our community have on the
village and on each other.
Last week, one such
negative occurrence happened
in our village, and
I was forced to report on
it. Someone, or group of
someones, spraypainted
swastikas on multiple signs
throughout the village.
Perhaps the most audacious
was located next to St.
Mary Cemetery.
My initial response was
one of disgust and discouragement.
I wondered what,
exactly, is wrong with some
people that they would
think an act such as tagging
public property with
a symbol of hate would be
viewed by any reasonable
person as anything but hateful
and disrespectful. If the
offenders thought what they
did was “cool” or “rebellious,”
then they were sorely
mistaken.
And it was in that moment
knowing what a
terrible mistake the person
or persons made that I
realized maybe some of the
responsibility is on the rest
of us to; maybe we, collectively,
are not doing enough
to teach the importance of
diversity and the proper way
of involving oneself in civil
discourse. Maybe this could
be a teachable moment for
us all.
I’m sure many of us
want nothing to do with
those who espouse views
of intolerance and hatred.
Many of us would prefer
to simply walk away from
that conversation and not
dignify such anti-American
rhetoric. We’d rather go
back to our own corners
of our own safe places and
choose to not acknowledge
that troublesome behavior
of those fringe elements of
our society.
But, does turning a blind
eye help anyone? Or, to
the other extreme, does
expressing pure outrage
and demanding some sort
of justice do anything to
curb the type of behavior
we collectively disapprove
of?
Now, to be clear, I’m not
advocating in any way that
we should tolerate signs
and symbols of hatred. We
should, when given the opportunity,
speak out against
such things collectively and
loudly; however, fighting
hatred with more hatred
doesn’t seem to provide any
better solution.
We can and should be
disgusted by those swastikas.
They are a reminder of
how people can be manipulated
into action, even when
that action carries with it a
tremendous amount of loss
of freedom and life.
What we should not do is
allow ourselves to be drawn
into an argument of hate.
We cannot expect to change
the minds of those who live
by fundamental hatred of
others by expressing hatred
toward them; that only
serves to reinforce their “us
against them” mentality.
So, how should we
respond to those people?
I know what I’m about to
suggest is going to seem
absurd and naive to some
of you, but I suggest we
engage those people in
meaningful dialogue; we allow
their voices to be heard,
whether we agree with them
or not and no matter how
repulsive their ideals may
be to us.
Why should we bother
to listen? Why should we
attempt to make any kind
of sense of what appears to
be an inherently flawed way
of thinking? Because, if we
don’t, then we’re missing
out on an opportunity to
help another discover that
there is another way of
living.
Many of the people who
live these lives of hatred do
so because they feel marginalized,
they feel that it is
us who hates them and they
are left with no other option
than to fight us with more
hatred. It’s a vicious circle
that will only end when we
can try to understand each
others frustrations.
Again, I do not condone
the symbol of hatred that
reared its ugly head in
our community. I am only
suggesting that perhaps we
wouldn’t see so much of
this in the world today if
we made more of an effort
to show with our words
and our actions that we are
willing to engage people in
a non-violent, non-hateful
manner and, by doing so, set
an example of how hatred
has no place in our society.
We do not have to agree
with each other, and people
who commit violent acts
against others should face
the punishments we as a
society have deemed appropriate
under law. But,
before we allow a situation
to get to a place of violence,
it might be worth it to try
to resolve our differences
through dialogue. We have
an opportunity to teach others
another way other than
hate, and we have an opportunity
to learn why some
people feel so much hatred.
It might be worth the effort
to try rather than perpetuate
a polarizing climate of “us
versus them.”
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Kiss and tell
Mokena-based wedding
videographer writes behindthe-scenes
book, Page 21
Finding their place
mats Robert Morris University culinary
students launch pop-up restaurant on Orland
Park Campus, Page 25
Lincoln-Way Central hosts indoor Halloween party, Page 22
Lily Decosta, 5, and Gianna Betourney, 5, both of Mokena, get their faces painted Saturday, Oct. 29, during Lincoln-Way Central’s Halloween Knight. T.J. Kremer III/22nd Century Media

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mokenamessenger.com
‘Schoolhouse Rock Live
Jr.’ to run this weekend
T.J. Kremer III, Editor
Those of us of a certain
age remember growing up
with now familiar and iconic
tunes, courtesy of the ABC
show, “Schoolhouse Rock.”
Conjunction Junction, I do
know your function, thank
you; and Capitol Hill Bill, I
know your struggles.
The legacy carries on for
a new generation this weekend
as Mokena-based Curtain
Call Theatre presents
its live version of the animated
show at Summit Hill
Junior High.
“We picked this show
because — actually it was
one of the first youth programs
they did here at Curtain
Call. It was a good 15
years ago, so it just seemed
time to resurrect it,” said
Stage Director Ann Kotze
of Frankfort.
“What I have found is
[“Schoolhouse Rock”] is
timeless. The kids love it,
just like we loved it when
we were kids watching it
on tv on saturday morning.
They all come in singing the
songs. It’s adorable.”
The stage version runs
about 45 minutes, packed
with high-energy singing,
choreographed dancing and
props that the children helped
make. All that effort might
tire some of us out, but these
children are ready to go.
Karoline Corning, 13, of
Tinley Park — will play
the parts of Dina for the
number, “Elbow Room,”
and Geraldine for, “Interjections”
— said she’s excited
to be a part of something
that’s already so well
known by her classmates.
“I grew up with the DVDs
[of “Schoolhouse Rock],”
Corning said. “I learned
how to count up to the 30s
with them.”
The cast of Curtain Call Theatre’s production of
“Schoolhouse Rock Live Jr.” rehearse “Conjunction
Junction” Oct. 25. The show runs Friday, Nov. 3 through
Sunday, Nov. 5. T.J. Kremer III/22nd Century Media
Joe Kotze, 13, of Frankfort
and Ann’s son — who
will play Joe for, “Conjunction
Junction” — agreed.
“This is “Schoolhouse
Rock:” It’s not just music
you’ve heard in your car if
your parents are into musical
theater. It’s stuff they
play in school, it’s stuff you
hear to learn, and it’s the
stuff to help you remember
what you’re learning. And I
think it’s really fun that the
whole cast has taken on this
persona of not only knowing
their stuff, but sort of,
you know, enjoying learning.”
To that end, 12-year-old
Brian Cummins of New
Lenox — who plays Louis
from Louis and Clark fame
in the number, “Elbow
Room” — said the show
has given him an ace up his
sleeve:
“And with that, I am
definitely going to pass this
Constitution test next semester,”
Cummins said.
And Riley Knoop, 12, of
Mokena — who plays Shulie
for, “Interplanet Janet,”
and is now on her 10th show
with Curtain Call — added
that she enjoys the bonds
If you’re going…
What you need to know
What: “Schoolhouse
Rock Live Jr.”
Where: Summit Hill
Junior High, 7260 W.
North Avenue, Frankfort
When: Friday, Nov. 3 and
Saturday, Nov. 4 at 7
p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 5, at
2 p.m.
Tickets: Online at
ccctheatre.com. Tickets
are $10.
the cast makes with each
other.
“I love how — and this
goes for every show — it’s
like a family; everyone’s
there to support each other,
and it’s really hard to leave
because you become so
close throughout the show
because you’re with each
other all the time. And that’s
really what I love about theater,”
Knoop said.
“Schoolhouse Rock Live
Jr.” runs Friday, Nov. 3,
through Sunday, Nov. 5, at
Summit Hill Junior High in
Frankfort, with shows at 7
p.m. Friday and Saturday,
and 2 p.m. Sunday.
Murder, mystery, gangsters
Lincoln-Way Theatre
Guild to present
interactive murdermystery
show”
Amanda Stoll, Assistant Editor
Theater enthusiasts are in
for a not-so-normal show this
coming weekend with the
Lincoln-Way Theatre Guild’s
production of “Funeral for a
Gangster.”
Instead of being mere onlookers,
attendees themselves
will be part of the show in the
interactive experience. The
production is also a dinnertheater
event, so there will be
dinner, dessert and a cash bar.
“Funeral for a Gangster”
is just that — a funeral.
CD&ME will be set up like
a funeral parlor at attendees
will be guests at the theatrical
funeral.
Those same guests will be
responsible for solving the
mystery surrounding Vito
Marzetti’s untimely death.
“They’re in for a treat,”
said Tim Casey, of Alsip, who
is playing the part of Joey
Marzetti, the son of the deceased.
Casey said he is especially
excited to interact with the
audience.
“I’m going to make sure all
these folks have a great time,”
Casey said. “... I want them to
really have a good time and
enjoy themselves from getting
involved in the show.”
Casey’s wife, Eileen, is
also involved in the production,
playing the part of Ruby,
the daughter of the deceased.
Both have been involved
with theater since a young
age and met doing just that
in a production of “Bye Bye
Birdie.”
Eileen said she is looking
forward to the interactive aspect
as well, and is enjoying
the murder-mystery aspect of
the show.
“I’ve never done a murdermystery
before,” she said. “...
David Knezz (left) acts as Father Francis, and Timothy Casey
plays Joey “The Lump” Marzetti during the rehearsal for the
Lincoln-Way Theatre Guild’s upcoming show “Funeral for a
Gangster” on Nov. 3-4. Adam Jomant/22nd Century Media
It’s fun. I like the 1920s and
there’s really fun characters
to play. We’re having a good
time.”
With fuel from the audience,
the actors will guide
the show along, and director
Cassie Dawe, of La Porte, Indiana,
said the outcome could
change between the Friday
and Saturday shows.
“This is interactive, and
the audience is going to
figure out the ending,” said
Dawe, adding the show
plays up the 1920s gangster
stereotypes, and the atmosphere
will be completed
with audience members
dressing up as well.
To encourage audience participation
in both the investigation
and the dress of the
era, there are prizes for the
best costume and for those
who figure out whodunit.
Mike Goeppener, of Matteson,
who will play the part of
an FBI agent in the show said
this production is his first as a
main character.
He said his experience with
the theater group has been a
positive one, and he said he is
learning a lot from his fellow
actors.
“There’s a lot of talented
people here,” Goeppner said.
“...They’ve been real helpful
and encouraging, so I’m
just hoping to get better each
time.”
Playing the part of another
of the sons is David
“Funeral for a Gangster”
When: Saturday, Nov.
3 and Sunday, Nov. 4.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m;
buffet dinner at 7 p.m.;
show at 8 p.m.
Where: CD&ME, 23320
S. Lagrange Road in
Frankfort
Cost: $40
For more information ...
Web: www.lincolnwaytheatreguild.com
Phone: (815) 671-1616
Knezz, who will play the
part of Frankie. The character
switches personalities
constantly, which Knezz said
makes it a fun part to play.
“I’m doing all the actions
that I know probably all in
the same show in the different
characters, and overacting
and hamming it up,” Knezz
said. “Every actor I think
loves to overact sometimes
for comedy.”
He got involved with theater
after taking improv classes
as a hobby, and “Funeral
for a Gangster” is an opportunity
for him to use his improvisational
experience.
“We don’t know what to
expect from our audiences,
especially after they have a
few drinks,” he said laughing.
“The fact that they’re going to
dress up... [and] be in character
for this, that will be a lot
of fun.”

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Wedding secrets revealed in book
F. Amanda Tugade
Contributing Editor
Jason Drake has been
to more weddings than he
can count. The 46-year-old
Drake, of Mokena, is a wedding
videographer, and he
takes pride in being the eyes
and ears of this particular
celebratory occasion.
It is no secret that Drake
is devoted to capturing every
moment. He is committed
to documenting
couples’ love stories, as
they unfold from every
soft-spoken vow and sealed
with the clink of champagne
glasses.
But these picture-perfect
scenes in his final cut are
an edited version of the real
event, Drake said.
The thing is Drake works
behind the scenes, and he
knows everything that happens
in between.
His collective experience
as the honorary wedding
guest is what compelled
him to pen his book, “You
Stay Classy Wedding People:
A Memoir of a Professional
Videographer (And
‘What Not to Do’ for Future
Newlyweds).”
Drake writes with a sheer
sense of humor, as he dives
into tales of mishaps and
meltdowns.
The Mokena Messenger
went one-on-one with
Drake to learn more of the
inspiration behind his memoir,
to talk of memorable
wedding high jinks, and
to offer advice for future
brides and grooms to make
the best of their day.
The Mokena Messenger:
How did you get your start
in wedding videography?
Jason Drake: Well, I just
needed a job, and I needed
money.
Things happen at a wedding.
You think people just
get dressed up and spend
a ton of money and that
brings out the best in you. It
tends to bring out the worst
in people sometimes.
Each wedding I would
have dinner with the other
vendors. That’s the time
where everyone would
share stories, and the more
I would do this, the more
stories I would have. Each
time, I would tell my story
they would laugh because
a lot of the stories on their
own are interesting. So
then, just me and my own
natural personality, I would
add jokes because I like to
try to be funny.
It doesn’t always work
out with the story, but I always
try. I can do impressions
and voices and stuff.
I’d always stretch it out to
make people laugh more
and you know, as everyone
talks about the stories,
somebody would always
say, “Somebody should
write a book.”
And after awhile, [I
thought,] “You know
what? That’s a good idea. I
should.” So once I decided
to write a book, as I’m telling
my stories, I would now
be testing the material. …
[My memoir] is not just a
regurgitation of my stories.
This book is achieving a
lot of things [like] comedy,
and it’s also a “what not to
do” for future brides. I’m
hoping they can learn from
this, so their day is not ruined.
It’s a vehicle for me to
try to be funny, as well.
So, it’s not just me telling
a story, but I’m adding
things in. There’s a ton of
pop culture references because
that’s just the way I
am.
If a situation happens and
it reminds me of a movie or
something, I always bring
that in or just do an impression
from a movie [character]
to kind of go with the
story. That’s just my natural
personality, and I always
do that. My mother-in-law
says that when she read it, it
sounded like I was standing
over her shoulder and talking.
MM: Can you share one
of your favorite stories from
the memoir?
JD: Me and a photographer
are seated at a table
with other guests. I mean
that happens sometimes
when they don’t have
enough [tables]. … Anyways,
we’re at this place,
and it’s family style. So,
everyone gets served, and
this photographer looks at
everybody and is like, “Hey,
did everybody get enough?”
We’re like “Oh, that’s
kind of nice of him.
Thanks.” And we’re like,
“Yeah, we did get enough.”
He says, “OK,” and
then he grabs a bag on the
floor and pulls out several
Tupperware containers.
And he starts filling up
his plate with food. We’re
all sitting there with like a
shocked look on our face —
you know like if someone
said that [Chicago rapper]
Kanye West was a musical
genius. That kind of look
where we’re like “Wow,
OK.”
And then the server
comes over, and she’s like,
“Is everybody OK? Do you
guys need anything?”
And he goes, “Yeah, one
more plate of each.” And
he proceeds to dump all
those in his Tupperware
container. I mean you know
what the saying is: In for an
ounce, in for 12 pounds of
chicken and mashed potatoes,
right?
We’re like, “Wow, OK.”
A lot of times I get yelled
at for taking an appetizer
from the hall manager …
here’s this guy bagging up
everything like a semi-allyou-can-eat.
I told this story
to one of the other photographers,
and you know [he
goes], “That’s classy.”
And he didn’t even know
I was writing a book, like
“Yes, it is.” That’s kind of
where the title [of the book]
came from. I’m a big “Anchorman”
fan, but that’s
also the natural response.
People are like, “Wow. I
can’t believe he did that.”
MM: What did you enjoy
most about writing?
JD: I like trying to be
clever. I think I’m pretty
funny on my own or witty
off the top of my head coming
up with jokes and stuff.
One thing I like about
writing is you can refine it
... I like being able to refine
it.
I really like to overanalyze
stuff. You know, “Maybe
I shouldn’t use ‘and’;
I should use ‘or.’” Stupid,
little stuff like that. I kind
of like that process of trying
to refine it and make it better.
This is funny, but let me
make it better.
MM: Anything that you
found challenging?
JD: Same thing. As much
as I like being witty and
refining it, it did become a
challenge.
I do like challenges, and
this was fun and challenging
at the same time. How
do I make this better? How
do I make this into something
that everybody is going
to like, not just me or
my brother?
For example, there might
be 37 jokes about Kanye
West in my book. In my
opinion, he’s a one-joke
person. So how do you find
a different way to not say
the same thing 37 times? I
had to keep finding ways
to make fun of a one-dimensional
person, in my
opinion. That was kind of
challenging. Another thing
is I break the fourth wall a
lot. …
When I try to do something
obvious, I will call
myself out on it, but it still
gets the laugh, which is the
Jason Drake, a Mokena resident, is the author of “You Stay
Classy Wedding People,” a memoir of his experiences at
weddings. Image submitted
whole point of it. The one
thing that allows me to do
this is that my mom didn’t
get any of the jokes. She’s
much older. And so what I
did was I have a reference
index.
I reference so many things
that not even most people
that have seen it don’t even
get it. So, I have a reference
index in the back that
explains what each reference
is. And that gives me
another opportunity to make
another joke.
MM: So, who’s worse:
the bride or the groom?
JD: Oh that’s an equal
opportunity offender, and
I actually make a point
of that. Everyone says,
“bridezilla” but there are
now “groomzillas.” I have a
special “Zilla” chapter.
MM: What’s a message
that you’d like to leave your
readers about your book?
JD: I like to entertain. I
like to be funny, and I like
to make people laugh. The
thing that I would like is
for people to have read it to
go, “Wow, that was funny!”
What I don’t want you to
say is, “That was the stupidest
thing I’ve ever read.
Where is my receipt?”
I want to be funny, and I
want people to laugh. And
like I said also, [I’d like
people] to learn from something,
like “Oh, OK! Don’t
schedule 15 minutes from
Congress Hotel to Irving
Park Road.” I mean, I’ve
seen brides get into tears
about something that happens
that they have no control
over because of some
idiot.

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Haunted High School
LW Central opens its
doors to children for
Halloween Knight
T.J. Kremer III, Editor
Some students think high
school is a literal nightmare.
And, while the spookiness
factor was toned down a
bit for the younger crowd,
Lincoln-Way Central did its
best to abide during its Halloween
Knight Saturday,
Oct. 28, for tiny trick-ortreaters.
The event was hosted for
children ages 11 and younger
and their families to come
inside, where the climate
was considerably warmer
than the mid-30s, drizzly
day outside.
Children and families
poured in from across the
Lincoln-Way area to participate
in games, activities
— such as face painting and
a woman who made balloon
animals — and even
a spooky walk through the
high school’s hallways.
Admission to the event
was free, but donations of
canned goods, which went
to the New Lenox food pantry,
were requested.
From the time the doors
opened at 10 a.m. until the
festivities ended at 1 p.m.,
the game room and hallways
were packed elbowto-elbow
with miniature
princesses, superheroes and
monsters of every variety.
D.C. Comic’s Wonder
Woman, which made its
theatrical debut earlier this
year, was certainly a crowd
favorite among the girls;
and Super Man, Iron Man,
Spider Man and other comic-book-turned-big-screeniconic-stars
were aplenty
among the boys.
“I love it,” said New
Cherly “Twistina” Wolf creates balloon animals for children
during Lincoln-Way Central’s Halloween Knight Saturday,
Oct. 29. Photos by T.J. Kremer III/22nd Century Media
Abigel Tehako, 6, of New Lenox tries her hand at a ring-toss
game.
Lenox native Cindy Jackson,
who was in attendance
with her family: children
Aubrey “Harley Quinn”, 8,
and Thomas “The Sloth”,
12; husband Wayne “No
Costume”; and father-inlaw
Wayne “Left his costume
in Arlington Heights”
Sr.
“The kids get to come in
and see where they’ll be
going to high school. They
decorated the entire high
school and let us come in
and walk around,” Cindy
said.
With all the walking
around and activities, some
families needed a timeout.
The Bosley family of
Frankfort took advantage of
a coloring station set up for
children to get some quiet
time and munch on some
candy while they colored,
which is where 19-monthold
Theo “Super Man” Bosley
and his father Jonathan
stopped for a rest.
When asked about the donations
Lincoln-Way Central
was raising for the New
Lenox food pantry, Jonathan
said: “That’s great. It’s
always good to try and help
out the community and have
fun at the same time.”
Last year, Halloween
Knight brought in more than
1,000 cans of goods for the
pantry.

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Faith Briefs
St. John’s United Church of Christ (11100
Second St., Mokena)
Annual Turkey Dinner
4-7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4,
St. John’s United Church of
Christ Christian Community
Center, 11046 Second St.,
Mokena. Join St. John’s for
their annual turkey dinner.
Cost is $12 for adults, $5 for
children ages 5-11 and $2 for
children ages 2-4. Carry-outs
are available at the church.
Christmas Craft Fair
9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday,
Dec. 2. The Christmas Craft
Fair will feature local vendors
and crafters, free activities
for the kids, and a raffle.
All proceeds to benefit St.
John’s Christian Preschool.
Traditional Service
8 a.m. traditional mass,
9:45 a.m. contemporary &
traditional music in a service
of praise and reverence. Supervised
childcare available.
For more information, call
(708) 479-5123.
Mokena United Methodist Church (10901
LaPorte Road, Mokena)
Service and Sunday School
10:15 a.m. Sundays. Church
service and children’s Sunday
School. For more information,
call (708) 479-1110.
Bible Study
7 p.m. Mondays. Call
(708) 479-1110 for more
info.
Marley Community Church (12625 W.
187th St., Mokena)
Church Service
10 a.m. Sundays. Childcare
is provided
Sunday School
9-10 a.m.
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church
(10731 W. La Porte Road, Mokena)
Fall Festival and Beef Dinner
10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday,
Nov. 11. The all-day bazaar
will be held in Heritage Hall
and will include needlecrafts,
gift items, baked goods and
holiday decorations. There
will also be a Pet Corner and a
selection of gift baskets, stocking
stuffers and unique teacher-hostess-friend-child-bosscoworker
gifts. Strollers are
welcome and admission to the
craft show is free. A light luncheon
will be served from 11
a.m. to 1 p.m., and a roast beef
dinner, with all the trimmings,
will be served from 4-6:30
p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Cost is $12
for adults, $4 for children ages
6-12. The is no cost for children
5 and younger. Carryouts
are available. Dinner tickets
will be sold at the door and
the public is invited. The event
is a fund-raiser for the church’s
Ruth Society, which provides
altar service, volunteer help
and financial support to Immanuel.
For more information,
call (708) 479-5600.
Contemporary Worship
5 p.m. Saturday
Worship
9 a.m. Sunday
St. Mary’s Catholic Church (19515 115th
Ave., Mokena)
Church Service
5 p.m. Saturdays; 8 a.m,
9:30 a.m., 11 a.m. and 6:
p.m. Sundays
Adoration
Wednesdays following
8:00 a.m. Mass in the Chapel
until 6:45 p.m.
Holy Rosary
7:30 a.m. daily; 7 p.m.
Tuesday evenings
Parker Road Bible Church (18512 Parker
Road, Mokena)
Worship Service
10:30 a.m. Sundays. Be
sure to arrive early for our
Sunday Worship Service to
enjoy a hot, complimentary
cup of coffee every week at
the church. Following the
Christian Education Hour
(9:15 - 10:15 a.m.), all beverages
can be found just outside
the sanctuary.
Grace Fellowship Church (11049 LaPorte
Road, Mokena)
Narcotics Anonymous
7-9 p.m. Mondays. All
those struggling or who have
struggled with a narcotics
addiction are welcome. All
meetings are confidential.
For more information, call
(708) 479-0300.
Spanish Church
12:30 p.m. every Sunday
Worship Service
10 a.m. every Sunday. All
are welcome.
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In lieu of flowers, the
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The Dish
Regal Eagle testing ground for students, taste of the future for diners
Bill Jones, Managing Editor
There is a certain level of
cool always associated with
getting in on the ground
floor of a phenomenon.
Whether it was seeing that
band at small clubs around
town before they got big, or
knowing an actress before
she got famous, scene cred is
often directly proportional to
how close to “first” one was.
Area residents now have
a rare opportunity to get an
up-close look at the work of
some of the folks who could
be the next big things in the
food industry, and the price
of admission is only $10.
Between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
on Tuesdays from now until
Nov. 28, the culinary program
at Robert Morris University’s
Orland Park Campus is offering
a three-course meal
(starter, entrée and dessert)
for $10 — including tip, taxes
and a beverage — at its 2017
student-run pop-up restaurant,
Regal Eagle.
Another pop-up restaurant
runs on Thursday’s at the
university’s Chicago campus,
but “the concepts are
completely different,” according
to Brad R. Hindsley,
the culinary faculty member
overseeing the program.
Both are run in a similar
manner, though. The culinary
program at Robert
Morris offers an Associate
of Applied Science in Culinary
Arts degree, as well as
a bachelor’s degree in hospitality
management, Hindsley
explained. So, at Orland
Park’s Regal Eagle, eight
sophomores run the kitchen,
prepping foods, working stations
and finalizing dishes
before they hit the tables.
“That’s what they’ll do
all quarter,” Hindsley said.
“They’ll run the kitchen.”
Meanwhile, four seniors
were given 20 minutes in
The honey glazed salmon, rice and vegetables are one of
the three entrée choices at the Regal Eagle in Orland Park.
Lauren Coughlin/22nd Century MEdia
the planning stages to come
up with a name and vision
for the restaurant, as well
as a menu that might fit the
theme. Then, they worked
with a design team to create
print materials, like the
menus and comment cards
and place mats. They also
settled on uniforms and
much, much more, and on
Tuesdays they work as both
hosts and servers.
“They really do manage
the entire operation,” Hindsley
said.
The Regal Eagle had a soft
opening four weeks into the
class, and Weeks 5-10 it is
open to the public. And for
its inaugural run, the group
decided on an Americana
theme, offering choices that
range from chicken and
waffles to a honey glazed
salmon.
“All of the foods come
from different regions in
the United States,” Hindsley
said. “They did a really good
job of picking food items
from all over the country.”
Senior Erik Winningham,
of Justice — who boasted the
creation of a blueberry-peach
lemonade offered to customers
outside of the water, coffee
and hot chocolate options
— said the “upscale” version
of the Americana on offer
Regal Eagle
82 Orland Square Drive
in Orland Park
Hours
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesdays
until Nov 28
was an easy choice when
considering the group expects
to often find itself serving
staff and fellow students.
“We just wanted to go
with something everyone
understood,” he said.
Senior Kimberly Bell, of
Bolingbrook, said she enjoyed
the design and plating
aspects of preparing for the
restaurant, calling it “two
weeks of trial and error.”
Senior Amanda Augustyniak,
of Mokena, added, “It’s
really fun to get a glimpse of
the front-of-the-house operations.”
She said she always has
wanted to open a diner, and
she also harbors ambitions
of being a food critic. She
said getting to say she successfully
ran a pop-up restaurant
at the completion of
the program will give her a
“leg up” professionally.
“In the culinary industry,
experience is more valuable
than a degree,” she said.
Winningham said he
hopes to one day become an
The team behind the Regal Eagle at Robert Morris University’s Orland Park campus
includes (left to right) Dede Means, Chris Vasquez, Amanda Augustyniak, Raymond
Benson, Erik Winningham, Mitch Harris, Kimberly Bell and professor Brad Hindsley. Bill
Jones/22nd Century Media
On the menu
The Regal Eagle’s menu is divided into three sections.
For $10, diners get to pick one item from each of the
three sections. Here are the choices.
Beginning
• Grilled cheese and
tomato soup
• Grilled lemon garlic
chicken wings
• Butternut squash
soup
• Roasted beet and goat
cheese salad
executive chef, as well as a
consultant for struggling restaurants.
The senior was presented
with a unique challenge on
opening day: he had to seat
and serve his own mother,
Sue, and brother Nick, who
stopped by for lunch. Luckily,
the reviews were rave.
“It’s great,” Nick said of
the restaurant. “I love the
food. The chicken and waffles
was great.”
Sue added, “It was so sentimental
it brought tears to
my eyes that my son was
able to help put this together.
I’m so proud.
“When he was little, he
would always cook and add
little extra flavors to things.
This doesn’t surprise me.”
In the kitchen, Chris
Vasquez said he was “having
fun with this,” and liked the
opportunity to tweak some
of the recipes the seniors
presented. Raymond Benson
said he most enjoys working
on the desserts, as he is hoping
to open a bakery one day.
For sophomore Mitch
Harris, the program at Robert
Morris is a step toward a
personal goal. Harris is from
California, having served in
the military. He moved to the
area to be closer to his wife’s
family. But Harris ultimately
wants to keep connected to
his service, with plans to
cook for a VA hospital. With
at least one in every state, he
said there is “constant opportunity”
and it is a way to
stay close to his brothers in
arms. He also simply enjoys
cooking.
“It’s cool to balance ideas
off each other to be creative,”
he said.
Middle
• Chicken and waffles
• Roasted vegetable mac
and cheese
• Honey glazed salmon,
rice and vegetables
End
• S’mores
• Apple pie tart
At the Regal Eagle, seating
is communal, and menu items
are first come, first served.
The RMU restaurant marks
the first year such a restaurant
has existed in Orland Park,
while it is the second year for
the Chicago Campus.
The seniors in the program
are Augustyniak, Bell, Winningham
and Adam Klingenberg.
The sophomores
involved with the program
are Benson, Harris, Vasquez,
Ethan Hardiman, Andre
Holden, Marysa Magliano,
Dede Means and Christin
Stanton.

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crosstown CROSSWORD & Sudoku
The crosstowns: Frankfort, Homer Glen, Lockport, Mokena, New Lenox, Orland Park, Tinley Park
Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur
Across
1. Blouse
4. ___ Strauss jeans
8. Concurred
14. Three noted in education
15. Martinique et Guadeloupe
16. Marathon competitor
17. “What a good boy
___!”
18. Approaching
19. Platforms
20. Ceremonial splendor
22. Predominant
24. Perpendicular
26. Homer Glen festival,
goes with 49 across
29. Cold War initials
30. It’s just between us
33. Supermarket section
35. Rent-___
36. The nation’s first
community college:
services New Lenox
40. Port city of Denmark
42. Privy to
43. Russian writer of
plays and novels and
short stories
46. Positive energy
49. See 26 across
53. Lined up the shot
54. Insults
56. Break in friendly
relations
57. No Doubt lead
singer Stefani
58. Two-seater
62. Suited perfectly
66. Recent
67. First U.S. space
station
68. German river
69. Part of some e-mail
addresses
70. Oscar winner for
“Scent of a Woman”
71. Owner’s acquisition
72. Q followers
Down
1. “The Sound of Music”
name
2. Gold-imitating alloy
3. Camping equipment
4. 2012 NBA breakout
Jeremy
5. Manning from NY
6. Relax
7. Third word of “Moby-
Dick”
8. Show up
9. African gulf
10. ICU staffers
11. Compass dir.
12. Ballad’s end?
13. Hosp. workers
21. Abbreviated afternoons
23. Museo display (Italian
word)
25. Scot’s “hill”
26. City map abbr.
27. White dwarf
28. The T of MIT: Abbr.
31. Greek ‘’T’’
32. TV drama settings
34. Tech dept.
36. Dance
37. Musician Yoko
38. Cabbage
39. ___-China
40. Anchorage locale,
abbr.
41. Boosts
43. Tennis girl, Steffi
44. Left out
45. Sheep-like memory?
47. People of an Asian
country
48. Like some arms
50. H.S. class
51. It’s a bore
52. Hightails it
55. Nose
58. Recipe amt.
59. Alias preceder
60. Wall Street locale
61. Sixth-century date
63. Bullring cheer
64. 16th President
65. Turner of TV channels
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
FRANKFORT
Pete Mitchell’s Bar & Grill
(21000 Frankfort Square
Road, Frankfort; (815)
464-8100)
■6-8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays:
Free N’ Fun Bar Game.
Free to play.
■10 ■ p.m. Fridays: DJ
Dance Party
■9:30 ■ p.m. Saturdays:
Live Music
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
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
To place an event in The
Scene, email bill@opprairie.
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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the Mokena Messenger | November 2, 2017 | 27
Distinctive Home Builders Introduces New Craftsman Home Series
At Prairie Trails in Manhattan and WestGate Manor in Peotone!
Two new designs (with more to follow) are a direct result of buyer feedback
Two refreshing designs mark
the beginning of a new series
of Craftsman-style homes
available from Distinctive Home
Builders at its latest new home
communities: Prairie Trails;
located in Manhattan within the
highly-regarded Lincoln-Way
School District and at WestGate
Manor in Peotone within
the desirable Peotone School
District.
“Craftsman homes were
introduced in the early 1900s
in California with designs
based on a simpler, functional
aesthetic using a higher level
of craftsmanship and natural
materials. These homes were a
departure from homes that were
mass produced from that era,
“according to Bryan Nooner,
president of Distinctive Home
Builders.
“The Craftsman design has
made a comeback today for
many of the same reasons it
started over a century ago. Our
customers want to live in a home
that gets away from the “mass
produced” look and live in a
home that has more character. As
a result of our daily interaction
with our homeowners and their
input, we are excited to introduce
these two homes, with additional
designs in the works.”
Nooner, who meets with
each homeowner prior to
construction, has been working
on these plans for a while and felt
that the timing was ideal for the
debut. “Customers were asking
for something different and
simple with less monotony and
higher architectural standards.”
The result was the Craftsman
ranch and the Prairie twostory,
now available at Prairie
Trails and WestGate Manor.
The Craftsman ranch features
an open floor plan with Great
Room, three bedrooms, two
baths and a two-car (optional
three-car) garage. The Prairie
features a two-story foyer and
Great Room, three bedrooms
and one and one-half baths, a
convenient Flex Room space
on the main level and a two-car
(optional three-car) garage. The
Craftsman architectural elements
on both homes include brick and
stone exteriors with cedar shake
accent siding, low-pitched gabled
bracket roofs, front porches with
tapered columns and stone piers,
partially paned windows, and a
standard panel front entry door.
Distinctive Home Builders
offers a Craftsman-style trim
package offering trim without
ornate profiles and routers. The
trim features simplicity in design
with rectangles, straight lines and
layered look trims over doors for
example. The front entry door
will have the standard Craftsman
panel style door. Distinctive has
also created a Craftsman color
palate to assist buyers in making
coordinated choices for the
interior of their new Craftsman
home. Colors, cabinet styles and
flooring choices blend seamlessly
with the Craftsman trim package
and are available in gray tones
package and earth tones.
Distinctive offers custom maple
kitchen cabinets featuring solid
wood construction (no particle
board), have solid wood drawers
with dove tail joints, which is
very rare in the marketplace.
“When you buy a new home
from Distinctive, you truly are
receiving custom made cabinets
in every home we sell no matter
what the price range,” noted
Nooner.
Distinctive Home Builders
works to achieve a delivery goal
of 90 days with zero punch list
items for its homeowners. “Our
three decades building homes
provides an efficient construction
system,” said Nooner. “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
and one of the highest referral
rates in the industry.”
Nooner added that all homes
are highly energy efficient. Every
home built will have upgraded
wall and ceiling insulation
values with energy efficient
windows and high efficiency
furnaces. Before homeowners
move into their new home,
Distinctive Home Builders
conducts a blower door test that
pressurizes the home to ensure
that each home passes a set of
very stringent Energy Efficiency
guidelines.
With the addition of these two
new designs, there are now 15
ranch, split-level and six twostory
single-family home styles to
choose from each offering from
three to eight different exterior
elevations at both communities.
The three- to four-bedroom
homes feature one and one-half
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 and WestGate Manor.
Most all home sites at Prairie
Trails and WestGate Manor
can accommodate a three-car
garage; a very important amenity
to the Manhattan homebuyer,
said Nooner.
“When we opened Prairie
Trails and WestGate Manor we
wanted to provide the best new
home value for the dollar and
we feel with offering Premium
Standard Features that we do
just that. So why wait? This is
truly the best time to build your
dream home!”
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.
Distinctive Home Builders
chose the Will County village
of Peotone for its newest
community of 38 single-family
homes at WestGate Manor
within walking distance of the
esteemed Peotone High School.
Its convenient location between
Interstate 57 and Illinois Route
50 provide easy access to I-80
and commuters enjoy several
nearby train stations and a
35-minute drive to Chicago.
Visit the on-site sales
information center for
unadvertised specials and view
the numerous styles of homes
being offered and the available
lots. Call Lynne Rinck at (708)
737-9142 or (708) 479-7700 for
more information or visit www.
distinctivehomebuilders.com.
The Prairie Trails and WestGate
Manor 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 Distinctive representative for
current pricing and complete
details.
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28 | November 2, 2017 | The Mokena Messenger Classifieds
mokenamessenger.com
Help
Wanted
1003 Help Wanted
P/T Store Warehouse Associate
We’re looking for a customer-oriented individual who is
responsible, well-organized and dependable. Duties incl’d:
load customer merch; merch preparation; special event
assignments; handling special projects. Will also assist w/
display furniture handling and other duties throughout the
store. You will have the ability to work independently, and
as a team, and possess good interpersonal skills as you will
interact w/ customers and coworkers in areas throughout
the company. We will train you, if you are: detail oriented;
have proficiency w/ computers & solid data entry exp;
some inventory exp a plus; must be able to work a flexible
schedule to accommodate special sales events.
Darvin Furniture
15400 S. LaGrange Rd
Orland Park, IL 60462
Fax: 708.460.4142
www.darvin.com
In-Home Service - Post Delivery Associate F/T
Responsibilities incl’d addressing customer service
inquiries via phone calls and email interaction w/ clients,
service order entry and processing, factories and a variety
of associates to ensure customer satisfaction & appropriate
resolution of issues, concerns and inventory. Pay is
commensurate w/ exp; we will train the right, motivated
person. Strong communication, problem solving skills, and
PC proficiency (ability to use Word, Excel & email)
needed. We offer an outstanding benefits package.
Darvin Furniture
15400 S. LaGrange Rd
Orland Park, IL 60462
Fax: 708.460.4142
www.darvin.com
Inside Sales, Embroidery,
and Screen Printing
Experience preferred.
Please apply in person:
Same Day Tees
112 S. First St, Peotone
Relocating January 2018
to 9525 Laraway Rd,
Frankfort.
AMERICAN SCHOOL
BUS
WE ARE NOW HIRING
GREAT HOURS
GREAT PAY
CALL TODAY:
708.349.1866
Bartender Needed. Must be
over 21. Will train. All
Stars Frankfort.
708.612.5040
Part-time Telephone Work
calling from home for
AMVETS. Ideal for
homemakers and retirees.
Must be reliable and have
morning &evening hours
available for calling.
If interested,
Call 708 429 6477
M-F, 10am - 1pm Only!
P/T Cashier: Main Office
Car dealership, phone &
cashier. 3 nights/wk &
some Saturdays. Willing to
train. Apply in person.
Currie Motors-Frankfort
9423 W. Lincoln Hwy
Frankfort, IL 60423
HELP WANTED!
Oy’s Thai Cuisine, New
Lenox is hiring Cooks,
Assistant Cooks, & Wait Staff.
Call 708-638-3194
1003 Help
Wanted
INDUSTRIAL SALES
SW Suburban (Tinley Park)
Manufacturing Company
seeks a person with
experience in B2B Sales of
industrial products
(non-chemical).
This is an inside,
consultative Sales position
which will focus on new
product sales development
and existing product sales.
This sales/marketing
function selects and targets
decision makers to discuss the
product features relative
to the prospect’s existing &
potential needs.
Successful candidates
should be proactive and have
strong sales experience.
Excellent salary and fringe
benefits.
Annual performance bonus
potential.
It is NOT an outside sales,
telemarketing, nor a
commission paid position.
Send resume to:
AERO Rubber Company, Inc.
jkasman@aerorubber.com
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
Immediate openings
for house cleaners in
SW suburbs.
P/T wkdays. No
evenings/weekends.
815.464.1988
Guest Service Rep.
FT & PT. All shifts.
Basic computer skills &
weekends required.
Email resume to
bpatel7000@yahoo.com
or apply in person.
Sleep Inn Hotel
18420 Spring Creek Dr.
Tinley Park
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1021 Lost &
Found
Lost Cockatiel
Name: Cookie
5” Tall, Yellow Head/Belly,
Grey/White Accents &
Red/Orange Cheeks.
Missing Since 10/12/17 in
Tinley Park. He’s human
friendly, will land on hand or
shoulder. Reward for his safe
return. Please call/text Janelle
(708)228-2385
Lost Dog - Lola
Missing July 14, 2017
White Chihuahua with brown
spots. Last seen Breckenridge
Town Homes 183rd & Wolf
Rd. Orland Park. Reward
Available! Email:
alandgraf5@yahoo.com
LOST CAT- “Bella”
Female tortoise shell. Last
seen 10/19 around Woodbine
Subdivision in Homer
Glen. Call 815.919.4337
1023 Caregiver
Caregiver Services
Provided by
Margaret’s Agency Inc.
State Licensed & Bonded
since 1998. Providing
quality care for elderly.
Live-in/ Come & go.
708.403.8707
1037 Prayer /
Novena
Oh most Beautiful Flower
of Mt Carmel, Fruitful vine,
splendor of heaven, blessed
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easy mi, minor paint damage
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July 26
• 12428 Palmira Court,
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- First Midwest Bank
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• 21336 Saddle Lane,
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• 13158 185th St.,
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John G. Mahalick Trustee
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Janine Henschel $81,000
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8591 - John G. Mahalick
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• 19757 Durham Court,
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Kevin B. Curran to Brian
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Rawlins $725,000
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• 19434 Midland
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1119 - Jason Nape to
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Williamson $240,000
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- Simon Beemsterboer
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- Kenneth J. Cosenza to
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exterior of this home has a
new roof, a three-car garage,
covered front porch and a
huge backyard with patio.
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dining room, family room
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Asking Price: $399,900
Listing Agent: Lincoln-Way Realty, Joseph Siwinski, managing broker and owner, (708)
479-6355 or jsiwinski@lincolnwayrealty.com
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SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ES-
TATE of 19450-19464 S. La-
Grange Road, Mokena, IL 60448
(Commercial Retail/Warehouse
space, totaling 71,362 sf). On the
16th day of November, 2017 to be
held at 12:00 noon, at the Will
County Courthouse Annex, 57 N.
Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet,
IL 60432, under Case Title: HAR-
RIS N.A. Plaintiff V.
GERONIMO, LLC; PAUL
KNIERIM; NORTH STAR
TRUST COMPANY, AS SUC-
CESSOR TRUSTEE TO HARRIS
BANK OF JOLIET N.A. AS
TRUSTEE UNDER LAND
TRUST#HTJ 8072; THE GREAT
LAKES TRUST COMPANY,
N.A., AS SUCCESSOR TRUS-
TEE TO FIRST NATIONAL
BANK OF BLUE ISLAND, AS
TRUSTEE UNDER TRUST
AGREEMENT DATED JUNE 28,
1996 AND KNOWN ASTRUST
NUMBER 96037; AMERICAN
TOWER DEPOSITOR SUB LLC;
PRICE WATERHOUSE COO-
PERS LLP; UNKNOWN OWN-
ERS; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS;
UNKNOWN TENANTS; AND
NON- RECORD CLAIMANTS
Defendant.
Case No. 10ch 5883 in the Circuit
Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit,
Will County, Illinois.
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%)
at the time of sale and the balance
within twenty-four (24) hours. No
judicial sale fee shall be paid by
the mortgagee acquiring the residential
real estate pursuant to its
credit bid at the sale or by any
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or
other lienor acquiring the residential
real estate whose rights in and
to the residential real estate arose
prior to the sale. All payments shall
be made in cash or certified funds
payable to the Sheriff of Will
County.
In the event the property is acon-
dominium, in accordance with 735
ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and
(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and
765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are
hereby notified that the purchaser
of the unit, other than amortgagee,
shall pay the assessments and legal
fees required by subdivisions
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and
the assessments required by subsection
(g-1) of Section 18.5 of the
Illinois Condominium Property
Act.
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03
(J) ifthere is asurplus following
application of the proceeds of sale,
then the plaintiff shall send written
notice pursuant to 735 ILCS
5/15-1512(d) to all parties to the
proceeding advising them of the
amount ofthe surplus and that the
surplus will beheld until aparty
obtains acourt order for its distribution
or, in the absence of an order,
until the surplus is forfeited to
the State.
For Information Please Contact:
Chapman and Cutler LLP
111 W. Monroe Street
Chicago, IL 60603
P: 1-312-845-3407
F: 1-312-516-1907
2701 Property for
Sale
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR
DEBT COLLECTION PRAC-
TICES ACT YOU ARE AD-
VISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM
IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO
COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED
WILL BE USED FOR THAT
PURPOSE.
SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ES-
TATE of 8400, 8450-8500 W.
191st Street, Mokena, IL 60448 (2
commercial properties totaling
79,605 sf.). Onthe 16th day of November,
2017 to be held at 12:00
noon, at the Will County Courthouse
Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street,
Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, under
Case Title: HARRIS N .A. Plaintiff
V. GERONIMO, LLC; PAUL
KNIERIM; NORTH STAR
TRUST COMPANY, AS SUC-
CESSOR TRUSTEE TO HARRIS
BANK OF JOLIET N.A. AS
TRUSTEE UNDER LAND
TRUST#HTJ 8072; THE GREAT
LAKES TRUST COMPANY,
N.A., AS SUCCESSOR TRUS-
TEE TO FIRST NATIONAL
BANK OF BLUE ISLAND, AS
TRUSTEE UNDER TRUST
AGREEMENT DATED JUNE 28,
1996 AND KNOWN ASTRUST
NUMBER 96037; AMERICAN
TOWER DEPOSITOR SUB LLC;
PRICE WATERHOUSE COO-
PERS LLP; UNKNOWN OWN-
ERS; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS;
UNKNOWN TENANTS; AND
NON- RECORD CLAIMANTS
Defendant.
Case No. 10CH 5883 in the Circuit
Court of the Twelfth Judicial
Circuit, Will County, Illinois.
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%)
at the time of sale and the balance
within twenty-four (24) hours. No
judicial sale fee shall be paid by
the mortgagee acquiring the residential
real estate pursuant to its
credit bid at the sale or by any
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or
other lienor acquiring the residential
real estate whose rights in and
to the residential real estate arose
prior to the sale. All payments shall
be made in cash or certified funds
payable to the Sheriff of Will
County.
In the event the property is acon-
dominium, in accordance with 735
ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and
(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and
765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are
hereby notified that the purchaser
of the unit, other than amortgagee,
shall pay the assessments and legal
fees required by subdivisions
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and
the assessments required by subsection
(g-1) of Section 18.5 of the
Illinois Condominium Property
Act.
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03
(J) ifthere is asurplus following
application of the proceeds of sale,
then the plaintiff shall send written
notice pursuant to 735 ILCS
5/15-1512(d) to all parties to the
proceeding advising them of the
amount ofthe surplus and that the
surplus will beheld until aparty
obtains acourt order for its distri-
2701 Property for
Sale
bution or, in the absence of an order,
until the surplus is forfeited to
the State.
For Information Please Contact:
Chapman and Cutler LLP
111 W. Monroe Street
Chicago, IL 60603
P: 1-312-845-3407
F: 1-312-516-1907
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR
DEBT COLLECTION PRAC-
TICES ACT YOU ARE AD-
VISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM
IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO
COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED
WILL BE USED FOR THAT
PURPOSE.
SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ES-
TATE of 9524 Birch Avenue,
Mokena, IL 60448 (Single Family
Residence). On the 9th day ofNovember,
2017 to be held at 12:00
noon, at the Will County Courthouse
Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street,
Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, under
Case Title: Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A. Plaintiff V. Jay Carrig; Linda
M. Carrig; The United States of
America, Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development Defendant.
Case No. 16CH 1652 in the Circuit
Court of the Twelfth Judicial
Circuit, Will County, Illinois.
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%)
at the time of sale and the balance
within twenty-four (24) hours. No
judicial sale fee shall be paid by
the mortgagee acquiring the residential
real estate pursuant to its
credit bid at the sale or by any
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or
other lienor acquiring the residential
real estate whose rights in and
to the residential real estate arose
prior to the sale. All payments shall
be made in cash or certified funds
payable to the Sheriff of Will
County.
In the event the property is acon-
dominium, in accordance with 735
ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and
(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and
765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are
hereby notified that the purchaser
of the unit, other than amortgagee,
shall pay the assessments and legal
fees required by subdivisions
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and
the assessments required by subsection
(g-1) of Section 18.5 of the
Illinois Condominium Property
Act.
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03
(J) ifthere is asurplus following
application of the proceeds of sale,
then the plaintiff shall send written
notice pursuant to 735 ILCS
5/15-1512(d) to all parties to the
proceeding advising them of the
amount ofthe surplus and that the
surplus will beheld until aparty
obtains acourt order for its distribution
or, in the absence of an order,
until the surplus is forfeited to
the State.
For Information Please Contact:
Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC
One East Wacker Suite 1250
Chicago, IL 60601
P: 1-614-220-5611
F:
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR
2701 Property for
Sale
DEBT COLLECTION PRAC-
TICES ACT YOU ARE AD-
VISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM
IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO
COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED
WILL BE USED FOR THAT
PURPOSE.
SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ES-
TATE of 11405 191st Street, Mokena,
IL 60448 (White vinyl siding,
two story single family home with
attached three car garage). Onthe
16th day of November, 2017 to be
held at 12:00 noon, at the Will
County Courthouse Annex, 57 N.
Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet,
IL 60432, under Case Title: The
Money Source, Inc. Plaintiff V.
KHALEEL SALEH Defendant.
Case No. 16CH 1941 in the Circuit
Court of the Twelfth Judicial
Circuit, Will County, Illinois.
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%)
at the time of sale and the balance
within twenty-four (24) hours. No
judicial sale fee shall be paid by
the mortgagee acquiring the residential
real estate pursuant to its
credit bid at the sale or by any
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or
other lienor acquiring the residential
real estate whose rights in and
to the residential real estate arose
prior to the sale. All payments shall
be made in cash or certified funds
payable to the Sheriff of Will
County. Judgment amount is
$216,158.90 plus interest, cost and
post judgment advances, if any.
In the event the property is acon-
dominium, in accordance with 735
ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and
(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and
765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are
hereby notified that the purchaser
of the unit, other than amortgagee,
shall pay the assessments and legal
fees required by subdivisions
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and
the assessments required by subsection
(g-1) of Section 18.5 of the
Illinois Condominium Property
Act.
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03
(J) ifthere is asurplus following
application of the proceeds of sale,
then the plaintiff shall send written
notice pursuant to 735 ILCS
5/15-1512(d) to all parties to the
proceeding advising them of the
amount ofthe surplus and that the
surplus will beheld until aparty
obtains acourt order for its distribution
or, in the absence of an order,
until the surplus is forfeited to
the State.
For Information Please Contact:
PIERCE AND ASSOCIATES
1 N. Dearborn Suite 1300
Chicago, Illinois 60602
P: 312-346-9088
F:
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR
DEBT COLLECTION PRAC-
TICES ACT YOU ARE AD-
VISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM
IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO
COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED
WILL BE USED FOR THAT
PURPOSE.

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Sale
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SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ES-
TATE of 19300 WOLF RD., UNIT
3, , MOKENA ,IL 60448 (Condominium
).Onthe 9th day of November,
2017 to be held at 12:00
noon, at the Will County Courthouse
Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street,
Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, under
Case Title: OLD SECOND NA-
TIONAL BANK, Plaintiff V.
ABRI CREDIT UNION, THE
WOLF POINT CONDOMINI-
UMS OF MOKENA ASSOCIA-
TION, INC., STEVEN L. WIL-
SON AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE
UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT
DATED JANUARY 22, 2010
AND KNOWN ASTHE JENA C.
NYLEC TRUST, UNKNOWN
TENANTS, UNKNOWN OWN-
ERS AND NON-RECORD
CLAIMANTS, Defendant.
Case No. 17CH 0652 in the Circuit
Court of the Twelfth Judicial
Circuit, Will County, Illinois.
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%)
at the time of sale and the balance
within twenty-four (24) hours. No
judicial sale fee shall be paid by
the mortgagee acquiring the residential
real estate pursuant to its
credit bid at the sale or by any
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or
other lienor acquiring the residential
real estate whose rights in and
to the residential real estate arose
prior to the sale. All payments shall
be made in cash or certified funds
payable to the Sheriff of Will
County.
In the event the property is acon-
dominium, in accordance with 735
ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and
(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and
765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are
hereby notified that the purchaser
of the unit, other than amortgagee,
shall pay the assessments and legal
fees required by subdivisions
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and
the assessments required bysubsection
(g-1) of Section 18.5 of the
Illinois Condominium Property
Act.
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03
(J) ifthere is asurplus following
application of the proceeds of sale,
then the plaintiff shall send written
notice pursuant to 735 ILCS
5/15-1512(d) to all parties to the
proceeding advising them of the
amount ofthe surplus and that the
surplus will beheld until aparty
obtains acourt order for its distribution
or, in the absence of an order,
until the surplus is forfeited to
the State.
For Information Please Contact:
Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel LLC
175 N Franklin Suite 201
Chicago, Illinois 60606
P: 312-357-1125
F: 312-357-1140
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR
DEBT COLLECTION PRAC-
TICES ACT YOU ARE AD-
VISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM
IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO
COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED
WILL BE USED FOR THAT
PURPOSE.
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT
COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT
YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS
LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A
DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING
TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) SS.
COUNTY OF WILL )
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE
TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
HARRIS N.A.
Plaintiff,
vs.
GERONIMO, LLC; PAUL KNIERIM;
NORTH STAR TRUST COMPANY,
AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO HAR-
RIS BANK OF JOLIET N.A. AS
TRUSTEE UNDER LAND
TRUST#HTJ 8072; THE GREAT
LAKES TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS
SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO FIRST
NATIONAL BANK OF BLUE IS-
LAND, AS TRUSTEE UNDER
TRUST AGREEMENT DATED JUNE
28, 1996 AND KNOWN AS TRUST
NUMBER 96037; AMERICAN
TOWER DEPOSITOR SUB LLC;
PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPERS
LLP; UNKNOWN OWNERS; UN-
KNOWN OCCUPANTS; UNKNOWN
TENANTS; AND NON- RECORD
CLAIMANTS
Defendant.
No. 10 ch 5883
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
Public notice ishereby given that pursuant
toajudgment entered in the above
cause on the 18th day of June, 2015,
MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will
County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the
16th day of November, 2017 ,commencing
at 12:00 o'clock noon, at the
Will County Courthouse Annex, 57 N.
Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL
60432, sell at public auction tothe highest
and best bidder orbidders the following-described
real estate:
PARCELÂ 1: LOTÂ 1IN NORMAL
TOWERS INDUSTRIAL PARK UNIT
NUMBER TWO, A SUBDIVISION OF
THE EAST 1/2 OF SECTIONÂ 9,
TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 12
EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL
MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE
PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JANU-
ARYÂ 21, 1977, AS DOCUMENT
NUMBER R77-2328 AND CITY OF
CHICAGO RECORDED JANUARYÂ
11, 1979, AS DOCUMENT NUMBER
R79-2430, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLI-
NOIS, ALSO DESCRIBED AS THAT
PART OFTHE EAST 1/2 OFSEC-
TIONÂ 9, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH,
RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD
PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MORE SPE-
CIFICALLY DESCRIBED AS FOL-
LOWS: BEGINNING AT THE POINT
OF INTERSECTION OF THE NORTH
LINE OF WILLOW LANE HERETO-
FORE DEDICATED IN NORMAL
TOWERS INDUSTRIAL PARK UNIT
NO. ONE, A SUBDIVISION OF
PART OFTHE EAST 1/2 OFSEC-
TIONÂ 9, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH,
RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD
PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, WITH THE
WESTERLY LINE OF MANNHEIM
ROAD (U.S. ROUTE NO. 45) AS
WIDENED BY DOCUMENT NO.Â
R68-3158 RECORDED MARCHÂ 5,
1968; THENCE WEST ALONG SAID
NORTH LINE OF WILLOW LANE A
DISTANCE OF 570.50 FEET TO A
POINT, SAID POINT BEING 119.38
FEET WEST OFTHE SOUTHEAST
CORNER OF LOTÂ 5IN AFORE-
SAID NORMAL TOWERS UNIT NO.
ONE; THENCE NORTH A DIS-
TANCE OF 307.00 FEET TO A POINT
ON A LINE DRAWN PARALLEL
WITH AND 307.00 FEET NORTH OF
AFORESAID NORTH LINE OF WIL-
LOW LANE, SAID POINT BEING
168.20Â FEET NORTH OF AFORE-
SAID LINE OF NORMAL TOWERS
INDUSTRIAL PARK UNIT NO. ONE;
THENCE EAST ALONG SAID PAR-
ALLEL LINE A DISTANCE OF
570.00 FEET TO THE AFORESAID
WEST LINE OF MANNHEIM ROAD
(U.S. ROUTE NO. 45) AS WID-
ENED; THENCE SOUTH 00 DE-
GREES 05MINUTES 34 SECONDS
EAST ALONG THE SAID WEST
LINE OF MANNHEIM ROAD ADIS-
TANCE OF 307.00 FEET TO THE
POINT OF BEGINNING; IN WILL
COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCELÂ 2:
EASEMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF
PARCELÂ 1 FOR SEWER LINE
PURPOSES TOGETHER WITH THE
RIGHT OF INGRESS AND EGRESS
TO MAINTAIN SAME AS CREATED
BY AGRANT DATED FEBRUARYÂ
15, 1983 AND RECORDED APRILÂ
6, 1983 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER
R83?08807 BY MARQUETTE NA-
TIONAL BANK, AS TRUSTEE UN-
DER TRUST NO. 1876 TO AMERI-
CAN NATIONAL BANK AND
TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE
UNDER TRUST NUMBER 38921, IN
OVER AND ACROSS THAT PART
OF LOTÂ 5IN NORMAL TOWERS
INDUSTRIAL PARK UNIT NO.Â
ONE, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF
THE EAST 1/2 OF SECTIONÂ 9,
TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 12
EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL
MERIDIAN, IN WILL COUNTY, IL-
LINOIS, BOUNDED AND DE-
SCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGIN-
NING ATTHE SOUTHWEST COR-
NER OF LOTÂ 1IN NORMAL TOW-
ERS INDUSTRIAL PARK UNIT
NO. TWO, A SUBDIVISION OF
PART OF SAID EAST 1/2 OFSEC-
TIONÂ 9; THENCE WEST 10.00
FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF
195TH STREET; THENCE NORTH 33
DEGREES 41Â MINUTES 24 SEC-
ONDS EAST 18.03 FEET TO THE
WEST LINE OF SAID LOTÂ ONE;
THENCE SOUTH 15.00 FEET TO
THE POINT OF BEGINNING, IN
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
Commonly known as:
19450-19464 S. LaGrange Road, Mokena,
IL 60448
Description of Improvements:
Commercial Retail/Warehouse space,
totaling 71,362 sf
P.I.N.:
19-09-09-202-003-0000
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the
time of sale and the balance within
twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale
fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring
the residential real estate pursuant
to its credit bid at the sale or by any
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other
lienor acquiring the residential real estate
whose rights in and tothe residential
real estate arose prior to the sale. All
payments shall be made in cash or certified
funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will
County.
In the event the property is acondomin-
ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS
5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765
ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS
605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified
that the purchaser of the unit, other than
amortgagee, shall pay the assessments
and legal fees required by subdivisions
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments
required by subsection (g-1)
of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium
Property Act.
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J)
if there is asurplus following application
ofthe proceeds of sale, then the
plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant
to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties
to the proceeding advising them of
the amount ofthe surplus and that the
surplus will beheld until aparty obtains
acourt order for its distribution or, in
the absence of an order, until the surplus
is forfeited to the State.
FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON-
TACT:
Chapman and Cutler LLP
111 W. Monroe Street
Chicago, IL 60603
P: 1-312-845-3407
F: 1-312-516-1907
Plaintiff's Attorney
MIKE KELLEY
Sheriff of Will County
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR
DEBT COLLECTION PRAC-
TICES ACT YOU ARE AD-
VISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM
IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO
COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED
WILL BE USED FOR THAT
PURPOSE.
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) SS.
COUNTY OF WILL )
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIR-
CUIT
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Plaintiff,
vs.
Jay Carrig; Linda M. Carrig; The
United States of America, Secretary
ofHousing and Urban Development
Defendant.
No. 16 CH 1652
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
Public notice ishereby given that
pursuant to ajudgment entered in
the above cause on the 7th day of
August, 2017, MIKE KELLEY,
Sheriff of Will County, Illinois,
will on Thursday, the 9th day of
November, 2017 ,commencing at
12:00 o'clock noon, at the Will
County Courthouse Annex, 57 N.
Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet,
IL 60432, sell at public auction to
the highest and best bidder orbidders
the following-described real
estate:
Lot 3in Arbury Hills, being asubdivision
of the Southwest 1/4 of
the Northwest 1/4 ofSection 10,
Township 35 North, Range 12,
East ofthe Third Principal Meridian,
according tothe Plat thereof
recorded May 20, 1960, as Document
No. 902677, as corrected by
Certificate of Correction July 5,
1960 as Document No. 907124, in
Will County, Illinois.
Commonly known as:
9524 Birch Avenue, Mokena, IL
60448
Description of Improvements:
Single Family Residence
P.I.N.:
19-09-10-102-002-0000
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%)
at the time of sale and the balance
within twenty-four (24) hours. No
judicial sale fee shall be paid by
the mortgagee acquiring the residential
real estate pursuant to its
credit bid at the sale or by any
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or
other lienor acquiring the residential
real estate whose rights in and
to the residential real estate arose
prior to the sale. All payments shall
be made in cash or certified funds
payable to the Sheriff of Will
p y
County.
In the event the property is acon-
dominium, in accordance with 735
ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and
(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and
765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are
hereby notified that the purchaser
of the unit, other than amortgagee,
shall pay the assessments and legal
fees required by subdivisions
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and
the assessments required bysubsection
(g-1) of Section 18.5 of the
Illinois Condominium Property
Act.
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03
(J) ifthere is asurplus following
application of the proceeds of sale,
then the plaintiff shall send written
notice pursuant to 735 ILCS
5/15-1512(d) to all parties to the
proceeding advising them of the
amount ofthe surplus and that the
surplus will beheld until aparty
obtains acourt order for its distribution
or, in the absence of an order,
until the surplus is forfeited to
the State.
FOR INFORMATION PLEASE
CONTACT:
Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC
One East Wacker Suite 1250
Chicago, IL 60601
P: 1-614-220-5611
F:
Plaintiff's Attorney
MIKE KELLEY
Sheriff of Will County
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR
DEBT COLLECTION PRAC-
TICES ACT YOU ARE AD-
VISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM
IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO
COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED
WILL BE USED FOR THAT
PURPOSE.
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) SS.
COUNTY OF WILL )
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIR-
CUIT
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
OLD SECOND NATIONAL
BANK,
Plaintiff,
vs.
ABRI CREDIT UNION, THE
WOLF POINT CONDOMINI-
UMS OF MOKENA ASSOCIA-
TION, INC., STEVEN L. WIL-
SON AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE
UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT
DATED JANUARY 22, 2010
AND KNOWN ASTHE JENA C.
NYLEC TRUST, UNKNOWN
TENANTS, UNKNOWN OWN-
ERS AND NON-RECORD
CLAIMANTS,
Defendant.
No. 17 CH 0652
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
Public notice ishereby given that
pursuant to ajudgment entered in
the above cause on the 11th day of
July, 2017, MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff
ofWill County, Illinois, will on
Thursday, the 9th day of November,
2017 ,commencing at 12:00
o'clock noon, at the Will County
Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa
,
Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432,
sell at public auction tothe highest
and best bidder orbidders the following-described
real estate:
UNIT 19300-3 TOGETHER
WITH ITS UNDIVIDED PER-
CENTAGE INTEREST IN THE
COMMON ELEMENTS IN
WOLF POINT CONDOMINI-
UMS OF MOKENA, AS DE-
LINEATED AND DEFINED IN
THE DECLARATION OF CON-
DOMINIUM RECORDED AS
DOCUMENT NUMBE R
R98-018603, AS AMENDED
FROM TIME TO TIME, IN THE
NORTHEAST QUARTER AND
THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER
OF THE NORTHWEST QUAR-
TER OF SECTION 7, ALL IN
TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE
12, EAST OF THE THIRD PRIN-
CIPAL MERIDIAN IN WILL
COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
Commonly known as:
19300 WOLF RD., UNIT 3, ,
MOKENA , IL 60448
Description of Improvements:
Condominium
P.I.N.:
19-07-07-207-032-1003
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%)
at the time of sale and the balance
within twenty-four (24) hours. No
judicial sale fee shall be paid by
the mortgagee acquiring the residential
real estate pursuant to its
credit bid at the sale or by any
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or
other lienor acquiring the residential
real estate whose rights in and
to the residential real estate arose
prior to the sale. All payments shall
be made in cash or certified funds
payable to the Sheriff of Will
County.
In the event the property is acon-
dominium, in accordance with 735
ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and
(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and
765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are
hereby notified that the purchaser
of the unit, other than amortgagee,
shall pay the assessments and legal
fees required by subdivisions
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and
the assessments required bysubsection
(g-1) of Section 18.5 of the
Illinois Condominium Property
Act.
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03
(J) ifthere is asurplus following
application of the proceeds of sale,
then the plaintiff shall send written
notice pursuant to 735 ILCS
5/15-1512(d) to all parties to the
proceeding advising them of the
amount ofthe surplus and that the
surplus will beheld until aparty
obtains acourt order for its distribution
or, in the absence of an order,
until the surplus is forfeited to
the State.
FOR INFORMATION PLEASE
CONTACT:
Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel LLC
175 N Franklin Suite 201
Chicago, Illinois 60606
P: 312-357-1125
F: 312-357-1140
Plaintiff's Attorney
MIKE KELLEY
Sheriff of Will County

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Notice is hereby given that the belongings
of Bill &Diana Skistimas
consisting of boxes, bags, and misc
items currently stored at Mokena
Storage located at 19134 S. 104th
Ave, Mokena, IL will be disposed
of after November 8, 2017 unless
payment is received in full bythat
date.
PURSUANT TOTHE FAIR DEBT COLLEC-
TION PRACTICES ACT YOU ARE AD-
VISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM IS
DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR
ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT ADEBT AND
ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) SS.
COUNTY OF WILL )
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
HARRIS N .A.
Plaintiff,
vs.
GERONIMO, LLC; PAUL KNIERIM;
NORTH STAR TRUST COMPANY, AS
SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO HARRIS BANK
OF JOLIET N.A. AS TRUSTEE UNDER
LAND TRUST#HTJ 8072; THE GREAT
LAKES TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS SUC-
CESSOR TRUSTEE TO FIRST NATIONAL
BANK OF BLUE ISLAND, AS TRUSTEE
UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED
JUNE 28, 1996 AND KNOWN ASTRUST
NUMBER 96037; AMERICAN TOWER DE-
POSITOR SUB LLC; PRICE WATER-
HOUSE COOPERS LLP; UNKNOWN OWN-
ERS; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS; UN-
KNOWN TENANTS; AND NON- RECORD
CLAIMANTS
Defendant.
No. 10 CH 5883
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
Public notice ishereby given that pursuant to a
judgment entered in the above cause on the
18th day of June, 2015, MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff
of Will County, Illinois, will on Thursday,
the 16th day of November, 2017 ,commencing
at 12:00 o'clock noon, at the Will County
Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, Room
201, Joliet, IL 60432, sell at public auction to
the highest and best bidder or bidders the following-described
real estate:
PARCELÂ 1: THE SOUTH 390 FEET OF
THAT PART OFTHE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF
THE SOUTH EAST 1/4 OFSECTIONÂ 2,
TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST
OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN,
(EXCEPT THAT PART THEREOF CON-
VEYED TOTHE COMMONWEALTH EDI-
SON COMPANY, AN ILLINOIS CORPORA-
TION, BYWARRANTY DEED RECORDED
MAYÂ 6, 1966 AS DOCUMENT NO.Â
R66-6872, AND THAT PART THEREOF
CONVEYED TO CHICAGO TITLE AND
TRUST COMPANY, AN ILLINOIS CORPO-
RATION, AS TRUSTEE UNDER TRUST
AGREEMENT DATED APRILÂ 26, 1965,
AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 45553,
BY WARRANTY DEED IN TRUST RE-
CORDED MAYÂ 12, 1966, AS DOCU-
MENT NO. R66-6871, AND ALSO EX-
CEPT THAT PART THEREOF DEDICATED
FOR ROAD PURPOSES BY DOCUMENT.
NO. 736566, AND KNOWN AS 191ST
STREET), DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BE-
GINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF
THE WEST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4
OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SEC-
TIONÂ 2,WITH THE NORTH LINE OF
SAID 191ST STREET, THENCE EAST
ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID 191ST
STREET, ADISTANCE OF 337.25 FEET,
THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG A LINE
PARALLEL WITH THE WEST LINE OF
THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OFTHE SOUTH-
EAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTIONÂ 2 TO A
POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF THE
SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4
OF SAID SECTIONÂ 2, SAID POINT BE-
ING 337.25 FEET EAST OF THE NORTH-
WEST CORNER THEREOF, THENCE
WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF THE
SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4
OF SAID SECTIONÂ 2,ADISTANCE OF
337.25 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST COR-
NER OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF THE
SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTIONÂ 2,
THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE WEST LINE
OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF THE SOUTH-
EAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTIONÂ 2, TO THE
POINT OF BEGINNING, AND EXCEPTING
FROM THE TRACT DESCRIBED ABOVE
LAND CONVEYED TO THE COUNTY OF
WILL BY DEED RECORDED DECEM-
BERÂ 28, 1994 AS DOCUMENT
R94-114856 IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
Commonly known as:
y
8400, 8450-8500 W. 191st Street, Mokena, IL
60448
Description of Improvements:
2 commercial properties totaling 79,605 sf.
P.I.N.:
19-09-02-400-019-0000
PARCEL 2: UNIT 1IN BLACKHAWK IN-
DUSTRIAL CONDOMINIUM I, AS DE-
LINEATED ON A SURVEY OFTHE FOL-
LOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE:
THAT PART OFTHE EAST 1/2 OFTHE
EAST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF
THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 2,
TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST
OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN,
(EXCEPT THAT PART THEREOF DEDI-
CATED FOR ROAD PURPOSES BY DOCU-
MENT NO. 736566 AND KNOWN AS
191ST STREET AND FURTHER EXCEPT-
ING THAT PART DEDICATED FOR ROAD
PURPOSES BY DOCUMENT NO.
R90-67290), WHICH SURVEY IS AT-
TACHED ASEXHIBIT “A” TOTHE DEC-
LARATION OF CONDOMINIUM RE-
CORDED AS DOCUMENT NO.
R98-115887 AND CERTIFICATE OF COR-
RECTION RECORDED AS DOCUMENT
NO. R98-116887 TOGETHER WITH ITS
UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN
THE COMMON ELEMENTS, AS
AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, IN
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
P.I.N.:
19-09-02-301-001-1001
PARCEL 3: UNIT 2IN BLACKHAWK IN-
DUSTRIAL CONDOMINIUM I, AS DE-
LINEATED ON A SURVEY OFTHE FOL-
LOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE:
THAT PART OFTHE EAST 1/2 OFTHE
EAST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF
THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 2,
TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST
OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN,
(EXCEPT THAT PART THEREOF DEDI-
CATED FOR ROAD PURPOSES BY DOCU-
MENT NO. 736566 AND KNOWN AS
191ST STREET AND FURTHER EXCEPT-
ING THAT PART DEDICATED FOR ROAD
PURPOSES BY DOCUMENT NO.Â
R90-67290), WHICH SURVEY IS AT-
TACHED ASEXHIBIT “A” TOTHE DEC-
LARATION OF CONDOMINIUM RE-
CORDED AS DOCUMENT NO.Â
R98-115887 AND CERTIFICATE OF COR-
RECTION RECORDED AS DOCUMENT
NO. R98-116887 TOGETHER WITH ITS
UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN
THE COMMON ELEMENTS, AS
AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, IN
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
P.I.N.:
19-09-02-301-001-1002
PARCEL 4: UNIT 3IN BLACKHAWK IN-
DUSTRIAL CONDOMINIUM I, AS DE-
LINEATED ON A SURVEY OFTHE FOL-
LOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE:
THAT PART OFTHE EAST 1/2 OFTHE
EAST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF
THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 2,
TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST
OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN,
(EXCEPT THAT PART THEREOF DEDI-
CATED FOR ROAD PURPOSES BY DOCU-
MENT NO. 736566 AND KNOWN AS
191ST STREET AND FURTHER EXCEPT-
ING THAT PART DEDICATED FOR ROAD
PURPOSES BY DOCUMENT NO.Â
R90-67290), WHICH SURVEY IS AT-
TACHED ASEXHIBIT “A” TOTHE DEC-
LARATION OF CONDOMINIUM RE-
CORDED AS DOCUMENT NO.Â
R98-115887 AND CERTIFICATE OF COR-
RECTION RECORDED AS DOCUMENT
NO. R98-116887 TOGETHER WITH ITS
UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN
THE COMMON ELEMENTS, AS
AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, IN
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
P.I.N.:
19-09-02-301-001-1003
PARCEL 5: UNIT 4IN BLACKHAWK IN-
DUSTRIAL CONDOMINIUM I, AS DE-
LINEATED ON A SURVEY OFTHE FOL-
LOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE:
THAT PART OFTHE EAST 1/2 OFTHE
EAST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF
THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 2,
TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST
OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN,
(EXCEPT THAT PART THEREOF DEDI-
CATED FOR ROAD PURPOSES BY DOCU-
MENT NO. 736566 AND KNOWN AS
191ST STREET AND FURTHER EXCEPT-
ING THAT PART DEDICATED FOR ROAD
PURPOSES BY DOCUMENT NO.Â
R90-67290), WHICH SURVEY IS AT-
TACHED ASEXHIBIT “A” TOTHE DEC-
LARATION OF CONDOMINIUM RE-
CORDED AS DOCUMENT NO.
R98-115887 AND CERTIFICATE OF COR-
RECTION RECORDED AS DOCUMENT
NO. R98-116887 TOGETHER WITH ITS
C AG S
UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN
THE COMMON ELEMENTS, AS
AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, IN
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
P.I.N.:
19-09-02-301-001-1004
PARCEL 6: UNIT 5IN BLACKHAWK IN-
DUSTRIAL CONDOMINIUM I, AS DE-
LINEATED ON A SURVEY OFTHE FOL-
LOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE:
THAT PART OFTHE EAST 1/2 OFTHE
EAST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF
THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 2,
TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST
OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN,
(EXCEPT THAT PART THEREOF DEDI-
CATED FOR ROAD PURPOSES BY DOCU-
MENT NO. 736566 AND KNOWN AS
191ST STREET AND FURTHER EXCEPT-
ING THAT PART DEDICATED FOR ROAD
PURPOSES BY DOCUMENT NO.
R90-67290), WHICH SURVEY IS AT-
TACHED ASEXHIBIT “A” TOTHE DEC-
LARATION OF CONDOMINIUM RE-
CORDED AS DOCUMENT NO.Â
R98-115887 AND CERTIFICATE OF COR-
RECTION RECORDED AS DOCUMENT
NO. R98-116887 TOGETHER WITH ITS
UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN
THE COMMON ELEMENTS, AS
AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, IN
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
P.I.N.:
19-09-02-301-001-1005
PARCEL 7: UNIT 6IN BLACKHAWK IN-
DUSTRIAL CONDOMINIUM I, AS DE-
LINEATED ON A SURVEY OFTHE FOL-
LOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE:
THAT PART OFTHE EAST 1/2 OFTHE
EAST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF
THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 2,
TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST
OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN,
(EXCEPT THAT PART THEREOF DEDI-
CATED FOR ROAD PURPOSES BY DOCU-
MENT NO. 736566 AND KNOWN AS
191ST STREET AND FURTHER EXCEPT-
ING THAT PART DEDICATED FOR ROAD
PURPOSES BY DOCUMENT NO.Â
R90-67290), WHICH SURVEY IS AT-
TACHED ASEXHIBIT “A” TOTHE DEC-
LARATION OF CONDOMINIUM RE-
CORDED AS DOCUMENT NO.Â
R98-115887 AND CERTIFICATE OF COR-
RECTION RECORDED AS DOCUMENT
NO. R98-116887 TOGETHER WITH ITS
UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN
THE COMMON ELEMENTS, AS
AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, IN
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
P.I.N.:
19-09-02-301-001-1006
PARCEL 8: UNIT 7IN BLACKHAWK IN-
DUSTRIAL CONDOMINIUM I, AS DE-
LINEATED ON A SURVEY OFTHE FOL-
LOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE:
THAT PART OFTHE EAST 1/2 OFTHE
EAST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF
THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 2,
TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST
OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN,
(EXCEPT THAT PART THEREOF DEDI-
CATED FOR ROAD PURPOSES BY DOCU-
MENT NO. 736566 AND KNOWN AS
191ST STREET AND FURTHER EXCEPT-
ING THAT PART DEDICATED FOR ROAD
PURPOSES BY DOCUMENT NO.Â
R90-67290), WHICH SURVEY IS AT-
TACHED ASEXHIBIT “A” TOTHE DEC-
LARATION OF CONDOMINIUM RE-
CORDED AS DOCUMENT NO.
R98-115887 AND CERTIFICATE OF COR-
RECTION RECORDED AS DOCUMENT
NO. R98-116887 TOGETHER WITH ITS
UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN
THE COMMON ELEMENTS, AS
AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, IN
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
P.I.N.:
19-09-02-301-001-1007
PARCEL 9: UNIT 8IN BLACKHAWK IN-
DUSTRIAL CONDOMINIUM I, AS DE-
LINEATED ON A SURVEY OFTHE FOL-
LOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE:
THAT PART OFTHE EAST 1/2 OFTHE
EAST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF
THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 2,
TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST
OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN,
(EXCEPT THAT PART THEREOF DEDI-
CATED FOR ROAD PURPOSES BY DOCU-
MENT NO. 736566 AND KNOWN AS
191ST STREET AND FURTHER EXCEPT-
ING THAT PART DEDICATED FOR ROAD
PURPOSES BY DOCUMENT NO.
R90-67290), WHICH SURVEY IS AT-
TACHED ASEXHIBIT “A” TOTHE DEC-
LARATION OF CONDOMINIUM RE-
CORDED AS DOCUMENT NO.Â
R98-115887 AND CERTIFICATE OF COR-
RECTION RECORDED AS DOCUMENT
NO. R98-116887 TOGETHER WITH ITS
C AG S
UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN
THE COMMON ELEMENTS, AS
AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, IN
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
P.I.N.:
19-09-02-301-001-1008
PARCEL 10: THE SOUTH 390 FEET OF
THE EAST 1/2 OFTHE EAST 1/2 OFTHE
SOUTHEAST 1/4 OFTHE SOUTHWEST 1/4
(EXCEPT THAT PART THEREOF DEDI-
CATED FOR ROAD PURPOSES BY DOCU-
MENT NO. 736566, AND KNOWN AS
191ST STREET AND FURTHER EXCEPT-
ING THAT PART DEDICATED FOR ROAD
PURPOSES BY DOCUMENT NO.Â
R90-67290) OF SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP 35
NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD
PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN WILL
COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
P.I.N.:
19-09-02-301-002-0000
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the time of
sale and the balance within twenty-four (24)
hours. Nojudicial sale fee shall be paid by the
mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate
pursuant to its credit bid atthe sale or by any
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor
acquiring the residential real estate whose
rights in and tothe residential real estate arose
prior to the sale. All payments shall be made in
cash or certified funds payable tothe Sheriff of
Will County.
In the event the property isacondominium, in
accordance with 735 ILCS
5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765 ILCS
605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you
are hereby notified that the purchaser of the
unit, other than amortgagee, shall pay the assessments
and legal fees required bysubdivisions
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments
required bysubsection (g-1) of Section
18.5 of the Illinois Condominium Property
Act.
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J) ifthere
is asurplus following application ofthe proceeds
of sale, then the plaintiff shall send written
notice pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d)
to all parties to the proceeding advising them
of the amount of the surplus and that the surplus
will be held until aparty obtains acourt
order for its distribution or, in the absence of
an order, until the surplus is forfeited to the
State.
FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Chapman and Cutler LLP
111 W. Monroe Street
Chicago, IL 60603
P: 1-312-845-3407
F: 1-312-516-1907
Plaintiff's Attorney
MIKE KELLEY
Sheriff of Will County
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR
DEBT COLLECTION PRAC-
TICES ACT YOU ARE AD-
VISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM
IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO
COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED
WILL BE USED FOR THAT
PURPOSE.
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) SS.
COUNTY OF WILL )
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIR-
CUIT
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
The Money Source, Inc.
Plaintiff,
vs.
KHALEEL SALEH
Defendant.
No. 16 CH 1941
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
Public notice ishereby given that
pursuant to ajudgment entered in
the above cause on the 30th day of
May, 2017, MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff
ofWill County, Illinois, will on
Thursday, the 16th day of November,
2017 ,commencing at 12:00
o'clock noon, at the Will County
Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa
Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432,
sell at public auction to the highest
and best bidder orbidders the following-described
real estate:
THE NORTH 300 00 FEET OF
lowing described real estate:
THE NORTH 300.00 FEET OF
LOT 85 IN ROBERT
BARTLETT'S SUNNY ACRES, A
SUBDIVISION OF THE EAST
1/2 OFTHE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF
SECTION 6, EXCEPT THE
NORTH 14 ACRES THEREOF,
ALSO THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF
SAID SECTION 7 AND THE
SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF THE
NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SAID SEC-
TION 7, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH,
RANGE 12, EAST OF THE
THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN,
ACCORDING TO THE PLAT
THEREOF RECORDED
AUGUST 1, 1946 IN PLAT
BOOK 26, PAGE 70 AS DOCU-
MENT NUMBER 610822, IN
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
Commonly known as:
11405 191st Street, Mokena, IL
60448
Description of Improvements:
White vinyl siding, two story single
family home with attached
three car garage
P.I.N.:
19-09-07-200-018-0000
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%)
at the time of sale and the balance
within twenty-four (24) hours. No
judicial sale fee shall be paid by
the mortgagee acquiring the residential
real estate pursuant to its
credit bid at the sale or by any
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or
other lienor acquiring the residential
real estate whose rights in and
to the residential real estate arose
prior to the sale. All payments shall
be made in cash or certified funds
payable to the Sheriff of Will
County. Judgment amount is
$216,158.90 plus interest, cost and
post judgment advances, if any.
In the event the property is acon-
dominium, in accordance with 735
ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and
(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and
765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are
hereby notified that the purchaser
of the unit, other than amortgagee,
shall pay the assessments and legal
fees required by subdivisions
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and
the assessments required bysubsection
(g-1) of Section 18.5 of the
Illinois Condominium Property
Act.
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03
(J) ifthere is asurplus following
application of the proceeds of sale,
then the plaintiff shall send written
notice pursuant to 735 ILCS
5/15-1512(d) to all parties to the
proceeding advising them of the
amount ofthe surplus and that the
surplus will beheld until aparty
obtains acourt order for its distribution
or, in the absence of an order,
until the surplus is forfeited to
the State.
FOR INFORMATION PLEASE
CONTACT:
PIERCE AND ASSOCIATES
1 N. Dearborn Suite 1300
Chicago, Illinois 60602
P: 312-346-9088
F:
Plaintiff's Attorney
MIKE KELLEY
Sheriff of Will County
NOTICE OF HEARING
BEFORE PRIVATE THE
ZONING BOARD
OF APPEALS
VILLAGE OF MOKENA
Notice is hereby given that apublic
hearing will beheld onNovember
16, 2017, at the meeting of the
Zoning Board of Appeals of the
Village ofMokena, Illinois, at the
hour of 7:00 P.M., or as soon
thereafter as the agenda permits, at
the Village Hall at 11004 Carpenter
Street, Mokena, Illinois, at
which time and place the following
will be considered:
Regarding the property located at
10939 Bryant Road, apetition for a
variation has been filed. If approved,
avariation from the first
floor masonry requirement would
be granted. The following applicant
has filed this petition: Donna
Phalen, of 20344 Old Castle Drive,
Mokena, IL 60448. The property
owner is Kim Beitel, 570 Coster
Place, Hinckley, IL 60520.
The property isdescribed as follows:
LOT 3,INFIRST ADDITION TO
PIONEER MEADOWS, BEING A
SUBDIVISION OF PART OF
THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OFTHE
NORTHWEST 1/4 OFSECTION
8, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH,
RANGE 12 EAST OF THE
THIRD PRICINPAL, ACCORD-
ING TOTHE PLAT THEREOF
RECORDED MARCH 30, 1984,
AS DOCUMENT NUMBER
R84-08750 IN WILL COUNTY,
ILLINOIS.
PIN #: 19-09-08-110-015-0000
Any interested person may attend
and provide comments or ask questions,
orally, in writing, or both.
Any individual requiring special
accommodations as specified by
the Americans with Disabilities
Act is requested to notify the Village
ofMokena-ADA Compliance
Coordinator at (708) 479-3912 at
least 24 hours in advance ofthe
meeting date.
Dated this 2ND day ofNovember,
2017
Planning Commission
By: Doug Heathcock
Chairman
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RENTAL
PROPERTY
in the newspaper
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NOTICE OF HEARING BEFORE PRIVATE
THE PLANNING COMMISSION
VILLAGE OF MOKENA
Notice is hereby given that apublic hearing will beheld onNovember 16,
2017, at the meeting ofthe Planning Commission of the Village ofMokena,
Illinois, at the hour of 7:00 P.M., orassoon thereafter as the agenda
permits, at the Village Hall at 11004 Carpenter Street, Mokena, Illinois, at
which time and place the following will be considered:
Regarding the Special Use Permit for a PUD has been submitted for property
that is commonly known as 19600 Schoolhouse Road. The following
applicant has filed this petition: Matt Ebert, owner of Crash Champions,
290 E. Lincoln Highway, New Lenox, IL 60451. The property owner is
Janray, Inc., Raymond Zarack, 290 E. Lincoln Highway, New Lenox, IL
60451.
The property is described as follows:
Common Address:
19600 Schoolhouse Rd.
Mokena, IL 60448
PIN: 19-09-08-319-007-0000
PARCEL 1
THAT PART OFTHE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 8,TOWNSHIP
35 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERID-
IAN DESCRIBED AS COMMENCING AT THE CENTER OF SAID
SECTION; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 00 MINUTES WEST
502.60 FEET ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF SAID SECTION TO THE
SOUTHERLY RIGHT OFWAY LINE EXTENDED OFTHE CHI-
CAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILROAD, 70 FEET EQUI-
DISTANT FROM THE CENTER LINE OF THE WESTBOUND TRACK
OF SAID RAILROAD; THENCE SOUTH 61 DEGREES 27 MINUTES
WEST 28.47 FEET ALONG SAID RIGHT OFWAY EXTENDED TO
THE WEST LINE OFSCHOOLHOUSE ROAD AND TO THE POINT
OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG AEXTENSION
OF THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE 121.25 FEET; THENCE
SOUTHEASTERLY 80.00 FEET AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID
RIGHT OFWAY LINE EXTENDED; THENCE NORTH 61 DEGREES
27 MINUTES EAST 77.50 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF SAID
ROAD, THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 00 MINUTES EAST ALONG
THE WEST LINE OF SAID ROAD TOTHE POINT OF BEGINNING,
EXCEPTING THEREFROM COAL, OIL, GAS, CASINGHEAD GAS
AND ALL ORES AND MINERALS OF EVERY KIND AND NATURE
UNDERLYING THE SURFACE, TOGETHER WITH ALL RIGHT TO
EXPLORE, OR DRILL FOR AND TOPROTECT, CONSERVE, MINE
AND REMOVE THE SAME, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
PARCEL 2
THAT PART OFTHE EAST HALF OFTHE SOUTHWEST QUARTER
OF SECTION 8,TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE
THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COM-
MENCING ATACENTERPOINT 171.00 FEET SOUTH OFTHE CEN-
TER LINE OF THE CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAIL-
ROAD RIGHT OF WAY AND 25.00 FEET WEST OF THE NORTH
AND SOUTH CENTERLINE OF SAID SECTION 8; RUNNING
THENCE IN ASOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION ALONG ALINE
PARALLEL WITH THE CENTER LINE OF SAID RAILROAD RIGHT
OF WAY FOR ADISTANCE OF 77.50 FEET; THENCE IN A NORTH-
WESTERLY DIRECTION AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID CENTER
LINE OF SAID RIGHT OFWAY, FOR ADISTANCE OF 80.00 FEET;
THENCE IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION, ALONG ALINE
PARALLEL WITH SAID RAILROAD RIGHT OFWAY FOR ADIS-
TANCE OF 183 FEET; THENCE INASOUTHEASTERLY DIREC-
TION AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID CENTERLINE OF SAID RAIL-
ROAD RIGHT OF WAY FOR A DISTANCE OF 130.00 FEET;
THENCE IN ANORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION ALONG ALINE
PARALLEL WITH SAID RAILROAD RIGHT OFWAY FOR ADIS-
TANCE OF 233.25 FEET; THENCE INANORTHERLY DIRECTION
ALONG ALINE 25FEET WEST OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE
NORTH AND SOUTH CENTERLINE OF SAID SECTION 8, FOR A
DISTANCE OF 57 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, IN WILL
COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
Common Address:
10810 Walnut Lane
Mokena, Illinois 60448
PIN: 19-09-08-319-015-0000
LOT 1
LOT 1IN WALNUT LANE INDUSTRIAL PARK, BEING ASUBDIVI-
SION IN THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 8,TOWNSHIP 35
NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN,
ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED FEBRUARY 14,
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ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED FEBRUARY 14,
1990, AS DOCUMENT R90-08311, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
Common Address: 10836 Walnut Lane
Mokena, Illinois 60448
PIN: 19-09-08-319-014-0000
LOT 2
LOT 2,INWALNUT LANE INDUSTRIAL PARK, BEING ASUBDIVI-
SION IN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP
35 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERID-
IAN, ACCORDING TOTHE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED FEBRU-
ARY 14, 1990 AS DOCUMENT NO. R90-08311, IN WILL COUNTY,
ILLINOIS.
EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS FOR THE BENEFIT OF
PARCEL 4OVER THE SOUTHEASTERLY 35 FEET OF LOTS 1, 3, 4,
5 AND 6, AS NOTED AND SHOWN ONTHE PLAT OF THE WAL-
NUT LANE INDUSTRIAL PARK, BEING A SUBDIVISION IN THE
SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH,
RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AC-
CORDING TOTHE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED FEBRUARY 14,
1990 AS DOCUMENT NO. R90-08311 AND CREATED BY DEED RE-
CORDED AS DOCUMENT NO. R90-12623, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLI-
NOIS.
Any interested person may attend and provide comments or ask questions,
orally, in writing, or both.
Any individual requiring special accommodations asspecified by the
Americans with Disabilities Act isrequested to notify the Village ofMokena-ADA
Compliance Coordinator at (708) 479-3912 at least 24 hours in
advance of the meeting date.
Dated this 2nd day of November, 2017
Planning Commission
By: Doug Heathcock
Planning Commission Chairman
Buy It!
FIND It!
SELL It!
in the CLASSIFIEDS
708.326.9170
per line 2900 Merchandise Under $100
4pc living room set. Beautiful
sofa, coffee table, two end tables
with shelves & drawer. All
excellent condition! Perfect for
condo, apt. $90. Will separate.
708.301.0249. Leave Message.
Antique wood rocking chair
with upholstered seat. Pet free
environment $20.
708.448.9237
Bookcase -light oak, 4ft. x
4ft. $30. Baby changing table,
walnut frame $35. Excellent
condition Avon blinking Santa
$25. 708.645.4245
Brand new ladies bicycle.
Light weight. Color blue. Asking
$60 or best offer. Call Bob
708.522.8338
Cat, club house, scratch post &
sleep area $10. Pet car booster
seat, look out, new $12.
773.552.7850
Ceramic 7” pumpkin with lid,
new, boxed $12. Heavy duty
Halloween door mat, new $9.
Women’s magazines only .50
ea. 708.460.8308
China set $50, gold plated flat
wave $50. George Forman
mini rotisserie $25. Dining rm
chair covers 4 $20.
815.478.3870
Coffee table, light oak with
glass top, excellent condition
$50. 708.479.6997
Collection of 80 unique shot
glasses. Varied size, shapes,
each with adifferent design.
Great for aman cave, bar display
orgifts. $40 for the whole
collection. Call 708.349.6433
Entertainment center (TV) side
& bottom shelves w/ glass
doors $100. Call Debbie
815.534.5273
Green Christmas tree, 7.5 ft.
white lights, orginial $30. $50.
708.479.1702
Hosta perennial plants
green/white $2ea. Potted birch
tree $25. Ladies 3/4 length
black coat, size S $12. Long
black coat w/ hood, size 8P,
$25. 708.460.8308
Just in time for Christmas! Musical
train, copper color, plays
Toyland $25. Call
708.403.2473. Great for train
collectors!
King sized head board, wood
and metal, frame included.
Paid $250, asking $100.
815.735.4002
Mens stuff: black rubber totes
XXL, $20. New black/gray
jacket, zipper front, XL $15.
Mopar cars shirt, new, XL $15.
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Girls volleyball
Lincoln-Way East 25, 25 TF South 20, 12
Haley Hart (10 kills), Molly Hackett (9
kills) and Madi Corey (24 assists) led the
way for the Griffins Oct. 24.
This Week In…
Knights varsity
athletics
Football
■Nov. ■ 4 - IHSA Football
Playoffs, Round 2, at Hersey
High School, 1 p.m.
Girls volleyball
■Nov. ■ 4 - IHSA Super-
high school highlights
The rest of the week in high school sports
Sectional, TBD
Boys soccer
■Nov. ■ 3 - at IHSA State Final,
TBD
■Nov. ■ 4 - at IHSA State Final,
TBD
Boys cross country
■Nov. ■ 4 - IHSA State Final,
TBA
swimming
From Page 44
ing out the Central sweep
of the top two events was
the 100-yard backstroke.
There junior Isabelle Dutka
(1:03.24) beat out Signorelli
(1:04.71), who placed second.
West freshman Kasey
Fris (1:06.11) took third.
The two other individual
events won by the
Knights were the 200-
yard Individual Medlay
where Sense (2:15.64) won
by 13 seconds over Fris
(2:28.72). Freshman Ella
Lim (2:32.31) from Andrew
was third. Also the 500-yard
freestyle where freshman
Keara McGowan (5:26.53)
defeated West junior Delaney
Janosek (5:30.28) by
less than three seconds.
Bulger (5:43.50) was third.
Central captured all three
relays. In the 200 medley
relay it was McGowan,
Senese, Signorelli and Jager
(1:53.99) finishing first.
The West foursome of Fris,
Janosek, freshman Teagan
Zack, and freshman Lea
Moeller (2:00.31) took second
and the Bradley team
of Bassett, junior Megan
Schroeder, sophomore Connie
Vi, and senior Amanda
Hinderliter (2:05.80) placed
third.
In the 200-yard freestyle
relay it was Dutka, Bulger, Signorelli,
and Jager (1:44.51)
with the winning time. The
Andrew foursome of sophomores
Brooke Wang and
Claudia Mietus, along with
Lim and Murphy (1;51.25)
edged the West team of Zack,
junior Julia Mindy, sophomore
Madi McGann, and
sophomore Alex Dorencz
(1:51.72) for second.
Then in the 400-yard freestyle
relay, the Knight group
of McGowan, Maze, Bulger,
and Senese (3:54.96)
with a close victory over
West’s team of Dellamano,
Fris, Janosek, and Moeller
(3:56.71).
“We didn’t drop a lot of
time, we mainly swam well
and held,” Shaughnessy
said of his teams times. “We
really want to do well at the
sectional and at state. That
is what we’re going for.
But we’ve never won it
Lincoln-Way East 25, 25 Richards 13, 20
Haley Hart (6 kills), Hanna Lesiak (6
kills), Madi Corey (19 assists) and Kaelyn
Daniel (3 kills, 3 blocks) all contributed in
the win Oct. 26.
Girls cross country
■Nov. ■ 4 - IHSA State Final,
TBA
Boys bowling
■Nov. ■ 4 - at Plainfield North
Invitational, 9 a.m.
■Nov. ■ 6 - at T.F. South,
4:30 p.m.
■Nov. ■ 9 - at Thornridge,
4:30 p.m.
[conference] until the last
two years. We have a very
good group of girls.”
West won a pair of varsity
events. Those were the
diving, which took place on
Friday, Oct. 27. There senior
Erica Dice (338.35) had
the highest score. Elizabeth
Noble (326.95) from Bradley
was second, and Central
sophomore Rebekkah Schimick
(324.15) was a close
third. In the 50-yard freestyle
Moeller was seeded third for
the Warriors. But the speedy
freshman won it with a time
of 25:24 seconds.
Moeller edged top-seeded
McGowan (25.39) and
second seeded Schroeder
(25.92) in the event.
The 100-yard breaststroke
was won by Schroeder
(1:07.44). Central had the
second and third place finishers
in Jager (1:11.39) and
freshman Mallory Brownrigg
(1:13.49).
Andrew, Central and
West, along with the rest of
the SWSC Red are all at the
same sectional. That will be
on Nov. 11 at Homewood-
Flossmoor.
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Athlete of the Week
10 Questions
with Lucy Chesla
Lucy Chesla is a senior on the Lincoln-Way
Central girls volleyball team
How’d you get started in volleyball?
I first started playing volleyball back in
grade school in fifth grade. I never really
thought about playing volleyball, but as
soon as I started I just fell in love with the
sport, and I dropped all of the sports except
volleyball. I’ve been playing travel and
school volleyball ever since.
Do you have any rituals or
superstitions on the court?
Me and some of my teammates have a few
handshakes we like to do before the game,
just to hype each other up.
What are your plans for college?
I’m going to go to a big, four-year university
to study nursing. I haven’t decided
which one yet, though. I’m not going to
play for the school’s [volleyball] team, because
I do want to focus on school, but I’m
going to try and be involved in intramurals
or a club team so I can still actively play
volleyball.
What do you like most about
volleyball?
I think I just like the team aspect, because
volleyball’s a sport where you need
everyone together. It’s really not just one
person who can carry the team but me
and my good friends working together
to win.
What’s your spirit animal?
I guess I would have to say a dog, because
dogs are very good companions and they’re
always there to support everyone else.
If you won the lottery, what would
be the first thing you’d buy?
I would definitely pay off college, that’s
for sure. But, after that, I’d probably go and
visit my best friend in Europe.
Burns photography
What’s your ideal post-game meal?
Probably going home and having some
chicken noodle soup and ice cream. That’s
my favorite.
What item do you currently own that
you couldn’t live without?
This sounds like a bad answer, but probably
my phone just for the sake of listening
to my music.
Who would be your dream partner in
a beach volleyball game?
My ideal partner would be Kerri Walsh
[Jennings] because she’s an Olympian and
she’s amazing. And she’s more of a tall, powerhouse,
and I think we’d work well together
because I’m more of a short, passer girl.
If you could own any exotic pet, what
would it be?
I would definitely own a giraffe because I
think that would be so much fun.
Interview conducted by T.J. Kremer III, Editor
Athlete of the Month
Lockport tennis player Kaitlyn
Graves wins October competition
Bill Jones, Managing Editor
Kaitlyn Graves is used to
being No. 1.
The senior and her junior
doubles partner Bri
Hillock make up the Porters’
top girls tennis team,
and the duo won two this
year at the Illinois High
School Association’s state
tournament.
Now, Graves is 22nd Century
Media’s Southwest Chicago
Athlete of the Month
after winning the October
competition.
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competition pits featured
Athlete of the Week selections
from our south suburban
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another in an online voting
contest.
football
From Page 45
and four touchdowns. He
also rushed seven times for
29 yards.
“We’ve been more of a
running team, so to be able to
throw the ball is good,” Morrissey
said. “You need to be
able to do both in the playoffs.”
East head coach Rob
Zvonar agreed.
“You’ve got to be balanced
in 8A football, especially this
time of year,” Zvonar said.
“To settle down and complete
a few balls was nice to see
some guys step up and make
some nice plays. We’re doing
some nice things without A.J.
Henning and Kwaku Appiah,
who will certainly be ready to
play now. So that will give us
a boost coming up.”
And despite the slow start,
Zvonar had confidence in
Morrissey adjusting in-game
Kaitlyn Graves, a senior tennis player at Lockport, won
the October Athlete of the Month competition for publisher
22nd Century Media’s Southwest Chicago branch. 22nd
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to get the offense going.
Even after Morrissey and
some starters on offense left
the game, the Griffins continued
to score. With 22.3 seconds
left in the third quarter,
a running attempt by Joliet
West was brought down in
the end zone by Brennan Flaherty
for a safety. On the ensuing
possession by the Griffins,
Jordan Corbett (9 rushes,
72 yards) ran the ball five of
the six plays — capping it off
with a 3-yard touchdown to
make it 44-0.
The defense held on for
the shutout — East’s first of
the season. Contributing to
the effort were Dylan Shelton
and Adrian Wilson, who
each had a sack in the second
half. But it was a group effort
to keep Joliet West off the
board.
“I love it — it’s the funnest
football I’ve ever played
in my life,” O’Rourke said
after the game. “Everyone
session per valid email address.
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just flies around, and you can
trust everyone on that defense,
no matter what. That’s
the best thing about it.”
As far as strategy goes
against a good passing attack
like Joliet West’s, Zvonar
said the coaching staff knew
they needed to be able to drop
as many guys into coverage
as they could. As such, they
relied on a defensive line that
has kept teams on their heels
all year.
Meanwhile, given the Griffins
saved their first shutout
of the season for the first
week of the playoffs, is there
a ceiling for a defense that
has only given up 89 total
points this season through 10
weeks?
“There is no ceiling,”
O’Rourke said. “I think we
can still keep getting better.
Every day, we work as
hard as we can. I don’t think
there’s a ceiling.”

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Girls Volleyball
Knights scrappiness, defense, not enough in regional title loss
Erin Redmond
Freelance Reporter
Sandburg’s Erica Staunton
was well aware of what was
at stake.
With a regional title on
the line and her team in
the midst of a double-digit
win streak, the junior outside
hitter brought everything
she had into the Class
4A Orland Park Regional
Championship.
And it paid off.
Staunton led the Eagles
with 10 kills, helping them
down Lincoln-Way Central
in straight sets 25-14, 25-
19 Thursday, Oct. 26, to
capture the regional crown
and extend their streak to 14
games.
“It’s good to keep the
streak going,” she said.
“[Lincoln-Way Central is] a
really good team, so I think
we really executed well to
come out with the win.”
After dropping a tough
first set, the Knights seemed
to find their rhythm in the
second. They jumped out to
a 10-6 lead, thanks to a pair
of kills from both Kyle Kulinski
and Cassidy Wyman,
as well as an ace from Michelle
Burk before Sandburg
called a timeout.
The brief pause was just
what the Eagles needed as
they went on a 9-2 run to
take the lead at 16-12 — a
lead they wouldn’t give
back.
“Honestly, I don’t know
if it was jitters or what,
but we couldn’t pass the
ball,” Lincoln-Way Central
coach Mary Brown said. “I
changed the lineup slightly,
switched my setters’ positions
— that helped — also
we started passing the ball.
Once we pass the ball,
we’re in it.”
Abigail Stefanon powered
the rally, finding the gaps in
Lincoln-Way Central’s defense
to knock down two
kills and an ace. Staunton
also added two kills in the
run, including one that tied
the game at 12-all.
Stefanon, who tallied
seven kills and an ace for
Sandburg, slammed the
Knights’ players (from left) Cassidy Wyman, Layne Stevens
and Hannah Stacy go up for the block during the Class 4A
Orland Park Regional Thursday, Oct. 26, at Sandburg. Erin
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ball to the opposite side of
the court to score the match
point for the win, sending
the Eagles’ bench into a
frenzy.
“We were making sure we
execute one point at a time
and that’s how you get those
big leads,” Sandburg coach
David Vales said. “… The
second set, we saw Lincoln-
Way Central spread the ball
out, start to pass better and
made us have to work a little
bit harder.
“[I told them go] back
to the whole one point at
a time [mentality], don’t
overdue it. We were making
little errors and I told them
to ‘play your game and if all
six people do that, you’re
going to win.’”
With exception of the
brief deficit in Set 2, Sandburg’s
synchronized mentality
was on display all
game. The Eagles soared
out to a 7-point lead in the
first set, jumping ahead
11-4 early on as they hammered
the Knights at
the net.
Two aces from senior
Maureen Imrie paired
with kills from Stefanon
and Staunton, respectively,
put their team
ahead 5-1.
The Eagles tacked on
five more kills — two from
Staunton, two from Madison
Hart and another from
Stefanon — before the
Knights could score one of
their own.
Megan Barry knocked
down a point and Kulinski
chipped in with another moments
later to cut the lead in
half at 12-6. Unfortunately
for Lincoln-Way Central,
its offense wasn’t able to
find a groove, scoring just
two points — an ace from
Kulinski and a kill from
Wyman — for the remainder
of the game, getting its
other points off Sandburg
errors.
Wyman led the Knights
with six kills, while Kulinski
had five with
an ace.
“I’m just really proud of
my girls. It’s been a rough
year,” Brown said. “We
haven’t had any big hitters,
so we just had to learn
to play defense and play
scrappy. I feel like we did
that all year. We play with
heart, we never give no
matter who we’re playing.
Sandburg had us beat at
the net big time. Serving
is what really killed us; we
couldn’t pass.”
Girls Swimming
Central wins nine of 12 events to win SWSC Red title
Jager wins 100-yard
freestyle, Bulger
captures 200
RANDY WHALEN
Freelance Reporter
How deep is the Lincoln-
Way Central girls swimming
team?
The SouthWest Suburban
Red Conference meet Saturday,
Oct. 28 told exactly
how much depth the team
has.
“If you took the our top
two swimmers on the varsity
in the 100-yard freestyle
and top two swimmers
on the JV in the meet in the
100-freestyle, we’d have
the top four times for the
entire meet,” Central coach
Patrick Shaughnessy said.
“Our JV girls could be varsity
girls on most any other
team.”
That host Knights showed
off their depth and more as
they captured the title at
Lincoln-Way Central.
It was the second straight
conference title for the
Knights, who hadn’t won
one in the SWSC until last
season. Central (339 points)
captured nine of the 12
events to topple crosstown
rival Lincoln-Way West
(270). Bradley-Bourbonnais
(225) was third, followed
by Andrew (203) and
Thornwood (69).
On the JV side the
Knights were even more
dominating. They won every
event, scored 328 points
and defeated second place
West (243) by 85 points.
In fact, Shaughnessy
wanted to recognize his JV
team, since it was their last
race and they swam alongside
the varsity all season.
“We all worked really
hard and pushed hard,” junior
swimmer Megan Cales
said. “Everyone wants to
make or beat their goal, We
always push each other to
be better.”
Cales was part of the 100-
yard freestyle foursome as she
won the JV event with a time
of 58.10 seconds. Alex Perns
(59.24) was second on JV.
“It’s such a positive
team,” sophomore JV
swimmer Abby Malone
said. “Our goal was to win
conference and we did that
by building each other up.”
In the aforementioned
100-yard freestyle, sophomore
Madi Jager easily
won the varsity race with
a time of 55.83 seconds.
Sophomore Sierra Maze
(59.04) was second and junior
Bailey Murphy (59.72)
from Andrew was third. It
was one of four individual
events in which Central had
the top two swimmers.
The other three events
were the 200-yard freestyle
where senior Kiera
Bulger (2:07.63) took first
and Maze (2:12.43) placed
second, while sophomore
Colleen Bassett (2:14.64)
from Bradley was third.
In the 200-yard butterfly it
was senior Julia Signorelli
(100.96) edging out junior
teammate Cetta Senese
(1:02.03). Freshman Amelia
Dellamano (1:05.69) from
West placed third. Round-
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Football
Griffins post first shutout, rout Joliet West 44-0
Jon DePaolis
Freelance Reporter
It’s not how you start, it’s
how you finish.
Lincoln-Way East, the
overall No. 1 seed in the
Class 8A playoffs, took that
to heart Friday, Oct. 27, overcoming
a slow start on offense
to steamroll Joliet West
44-0 in the first round of the
playoffs in Frankfort.
On a cold night, with the
temperature in the 30s, the
Griffins (10-0) failed to score
in the first quarter. Luckily
for them, the punishing East
defense continued to dominate,
holding Joliet West to -4
yards in the first quarter.
Then, midway through the
second quarter, the Griffins
offense began to click. On
a second-and-9 from the Joliet
West 22-yard line, East
quarterback Brendan Morrissey
lofted a pass to Evan
McDermed (3 receptions, 35
yards) in the left corner of the
end zone for a touchdown.
On Joliet West’s next offensive
snap, a fumble at the
line led to East senior defensive
end Devin O’Rourke
falling on top of the ball for
the turnover.
“My teammate had [the
running back] wrapped up,
and then I came in and hit
him, and I saw the ball come
loose,” O’Rourke said of the
play.
With the ball at the Joliet
West 22, Morrissey found
Matt Judd over the middle
on a passing play and Judd
waltzed in for the score to
make it 14-0.
Later, with 54.1 seconds
Lincoln-Way East running back Jordan Corbet gets a big
block from offensive lineman Jake Tencza during the first
round of the IHSA Class 8A Playoffs Friday, Oct. 27. Julie
McMann/22nd Century Media
left in the half, East senior
running back Ryan Scianna
(17 rushes, 85 yards) scored
from 6 yards out.
On the next possession, Joliet
West quarterback Jaxon
Aubry was sacked on the
first play from scrimmage
by O’Rourke — one of two
sacks on the night for the All-
American — for an 8-yard
loss. East took its first timeout.
On the next play, a pass
from Aubry yielded a loss of
another 2 yards. East took it
second timeout. Then, on a
third-down pass from Aubry,
the East defense gave up
11 yards. East used its final
timeout of the half.
On the ensuing punt attempt,
the snap was fumbled,
and East swarmed for the
tackle — giving the Griffins
the ball at the Joliet West 7
with 21 seconds left in the
half. After a 4-yard run by
Morrissey to the sideline, the
East quarterback floated one
high in the air to the back left
corner of the end zone, where
Jackson Ritter was able to
haul it in with a defender on
his shoulder for the score
with 8.4 seconds left in the
half to make it 28-0.
After the game, Morrissey
said the biggest differences
between the first and second
quarters were play execution
and penalties.
“In the first quarter, we just
had a lot of penalties,” he
said. “Those were setting us
back. [But] even with a slow
start on offense, we were able
to come back and put points
on the board. And, obviously,
with the shutout by the defense,
that’s always a great
thing to see.”
Morrissey struck one more
time, completing a 15-yard
touchdown pass to Turner
Pallissard (4 receptions, 39
yards) along the left sideline
to make it 35-0 with 8:34 left
in the third quarter. He was
then replaced by backup Jack
Baltz.
Morrissey finished the
game 13-of-16 for 170 yards
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Turning up the heat
LW Central rolls
in first round of
playoffs, wins 58-0
over Rockford East
Jason Maholy
Freelance Reporter
On the coldest night thus
far of the 2017 football season,
Lincoln-Way Central
brought the heat.
The Knights’ defense
held Rockford East to -31
yards, the offense piled up
452, and Central turned in
its most dominant effort of
the season, as the Knights
rolled to a 58-0 victory over
the E-Rabs in the first round
of the IHSA Class 7A playoffs
on Friday, Oct. 27, in
New Lenox.
Both the defensive yards
allowed and the 56 points
scored by the offense were
season bests for the Knights
(9-1).
Central, with the victory,
advanced to the Round of
16 for the second consecutive
year, and will travel to
Arlington Heights this week
to face No. 8 seed Hersey.
The game-time temperature
at kickoff against
Rockford East was 38 degrees,
with a wind chill of
31, but the Knights had no
problem warming up, as
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Lincoln-Way West (8-2) at Alton (6-4)
they stormed to a 23-0 firsthalf
lead. Mike Morgan
opened the scoring with a
9-yard run with 4:37 to go
in the first quarter, and Matt
Pollack ran in from 6 yards
out two minutes later to
push the lead to 14.
Morgan, a senior fullback,
finished with 21 carries
for 200 yards and three
touchdowns. It was the third
time in the past four games
Morgan set a personal record
for rushing yards in a
game.
“It was cold, but I kind of
just went with it and didn’t
let it get to me, and they
kept feeding me, so I just
gave it my best and got out
there and ran hard,” Morgan
said. “I knew [the E-Rabs]
were going to be soft up
the middle. I saw that they
weren’t that aggressive, so
I kind of took advantage
of that and just plowed my
way through.”
As he frequently does,
Morgan racked up yardage
in chunks — 5 yards here,
11 yards there — as he and
the Knights offensive line
wore out and demoralized
the opposing defense. Then,
a minute and 30 seconds
into the second half, Morgan
busted free for a 40-
yard romp to give Central a
30-0 lead.
The Knights began to
40-10
Tim Carroll | Sports Editor
• Lincoln-Way Central 27, Hersey 21.
The Knights have too many offensive
weapons and too strong a defense to
be out in Round 2.
• Providence
• LW East
• LW West
lean on Morgan the latter
half of the regular season,
and he has in his past four
games rushed for 581 yards
and eight touchdowns.
“Mike’s our workhorse,”
said Central head coach
Jeremy Cordell. “Every
game, the more carries he
gets, the stronger he gets.
He’ll get his yards, he’ll
get his carries, but then he
eventually wears people
down and he starts to pick
up steam. It’s a testament
to him and his work ethic,
and what he’s done in the
offseason and being a great
teammate.”
The Knights continued to
pour it on during a second
half in which they scored
35 points, not that they
needed it with the defense
pitching its fourth shutout
of the season. The seniorheavy
prevention corps recorded
five sacks, contributed
to the scoring with a
safety, and held Rockford
without a first down until
midway through the third
quarter.
Senior linebacker Matt
Granberry had two of those
sacks and was seemingly involved
in every play as he
motored around the field.
Granberry said the Knights’
culture and preparation
were keys to the dominant
performance.
40-10
Tom Czaja | Contributing
Editor
• LW Central 30, Hersey 17. Huskies
haven’t given up more than 20
points in one game; Knights are
more than capable of ending that.
• Providence
• LW East
• LW West
38-12
Joe Coughlin | Publisher
• LW Central 42, Hersey 21. Knights
are on fire and putting everyone
on notice.
• Providence
• LW East
• LW West
Lincoln-Way Central senior running back Matt Pollack finds
a wide-open hole during the first round of the playoffs
Friday, Oct. 27, against Rockford East. Pollack ended the
night with three touchdowns and the Knights took the
game 58-0. Photos by Jason Maholy/22nd Century Media
Knights’ senior quaterback Sam Pipiras surveys the field
with plenty of protection from his O-line. Pipiras finished
the game 8-of-15 for 114 yards and two scores.
“Every day, coach
[Cordell] stresses we’re going
to run, hit, tackle, and
that’s just what we do,”
he said. “We scout our opponents,
we watch film on
them like it’s going out of
style the next day.”
After finishing the season
with three solid and
ultimately effective, but
uneven, efforts, the defense
was locked in from the
opening snap and never lost
its intensity. Granberry said
the Week 9 win over Thornton,
in which the defense allowed
a long scoring drive
early in the contest, was a
wake-up call.
“We learned from our last
game not to take our opponent
lightly, so right from
the get-go we were ready,”
he said. “We were laying
the wood early on, and we
just kept going with it. I
felt really good tonight, this
weather didn’t get to me,
this is actually what I’ve
been waiting for.”
Cordell said Rockford’s
run-heavy offense played
right into Central’s hands.
“We knew they were going
to come in running the
ball, and we like to play
against teams that run the
ball because we think we’re
a pretty good run-stopping
defense,” he said. “We had
a good week of preparation,
and we played fast and
physical.”
Central has taken this
season one game at a time,
with the goal of being 1-0 at
the end of the night; but as
a team with the lofty aspiration
of playing for a state
36-14
Max Lapthorne |
Contributing Editor
• Hersey 24, LW Central 20. The
Knights run out of gas, as their
impressive season comes to
an end.
• Providence
• LW East
• Alton
title, the Knights have been
looking forward to the start
of the postseason.
“They were ready,”
Cordell said of his team.
“They were ready for a
home playoff game, and
they were ready to just do
what they do. It all goes
back to just their preparation
and their energy and
their will to be 1-0 tonight.”
Pollack, a senior running
back, had 11 touches for 71
yards and three touchdowns
(one rushing, two receiving),
and senior quarterback Sam
Pipiras completed 8-of-15
passes for 114 yards and two
scores. Sparingly used senior
running back A.J. Katzmann,
listed at 5-6, 118 pounds,
scored on a 40-yard run.

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fastbreak
22nd Century Media File
Photo
1st-and-3
Win or go home
1. Lincoln-Way Central
(above)
The Knights (9-1)
won its first round
game as the No. 9
seed in the Class 7A
football playoffs and
will travel to Arlington
Heights to face No. 8
ranked Hersey (9-1)
in Game 18 of the
second round.
2. Lincoln-Way East
The Griffins (10-0)
won its first round
game as the No. 1
seed in the Class
8A football playoffs
and will travel to
St. Charles to face
No. 17 East (8-2)
in Game 17 of the
second round.
3. Other notables
Lincoln-Way West (8-
2) won its first round
game as a No. 12
seed in Class 7A and
will travel to Alton to
face No. 28 Senior
(6-4) in Game 20 in
the second round.
Cross Country
Knights boys, girls fill cards for state final
Tim Cronin, Freelance Reporter
Cross-country scoring
can be like bingo. You can
have four squares covered,
but the fifth one in line that
is often elusive.
Lincoln-Way Central
covered all five squares in
Saturday’s 3A sectional in
Wilson Park to advance
to this weekend’s IHSA
championship in Peoria.
And that fifth runner to
come through, senior Justin
Hearne, was critical to the
Knights’ cause.
“When the race was over,
our top four were solid,”
Central coach John Taylor
said. “That fifth one
was the key. He was coming
on strong in the last
mile.”
Hearne finished 52nd at
16:08.59 among team qualifiers,
high enough to give
the Knights an eight-point
margin over Minooka to
grab the fifth and final qualifying
place.
“We expected it,” Taylor
said of the advancement.
“The guys have been running
great in workouts and
practice. They were doing
the times. We weren’t going
to win it, but we had that legitimate
opportunity to get
that fifth spot.”
Racing team chemistry is
a funny thing. Sometimes
teams grow apart during the
season. The Knights came
together, paced by sophomore
Jared Kreis, whose
15:17.51 timing was eighth
in the 141-man field, and
junior Andrew Englert, 18th
in 15:31.16.
“It’s exciting, big. It’s
a milestone we wanted to
hit all year,” Kreis said. “I
wanted to go out with the
leaders and hang on as long
as I could, give our team the
best shot, and it turned out
pretty good. I could have
been a couple places higher,
but I guess it doesn’t matter
since we got to state.”
Yorkville won the race
with 84 points, with Lockport
Township second at 94.
Edwardsville (111) and
O’Fallon (112) were next,
followed by the Knights.
Nate Rittenbacher (31st,
15:41.18) also figured in
the points for Central, with
Jackson Burriss (62nd,
16:18.14) and Kern Rodrigues
(72nd, 16:33.07)
farther back.
Lincoln-Way East took
seventh with 163 points,
boosted by the third-place
finish of sophomore Brett
Gardner. His 15:10.83 run
was a career best, thanks to
kicking much earlier than
usual.
“I felt a little slow, so I
was trying to push as best I
could, kind of hold on and
run at the front,” Gardner
said. “Then I saw some
people I knew I was faster
than, so I really pushed it
that second mile, and I was
almost at full stride there for
a while.”
That was eventual winner
Andrew O’Keefe of Granite
City and Lucas Capistrant
of O’Fallon, who finished
four-hundredths of a second
behind O’Keefe’s winning
time of 14:56.34.
Gardner was the first individual
qualifier for the 3A
final.
“I’m happy, but I wish I
would have run faster. But
we did the best we can, and
it was a good year.”
Gardner was followed
by seniors Mike Trost
(29th, 15:40.77), Jeremy
Stajkowski (37th, 15:54.40),
Matt Jung (51st, 16:06.06)
and junior A.J. Pulido (60th,
16:12.99) in the points, followed
by senior Anthony
Iozzo (67th, 16:23.21) and
freshman Robert Macie
(69th, 16:26.31).
“When you have every
single guy under 16:40, you
can’t complain, but we got
beat by a better team,” East
coach Ross Widinski said.
“We thought we had a shot,
but we knew at the two-mile
mark we had a lot of work
to do.”
Girls results
Average time for a crosscountry
team’s runners is
often a misleading statistic.
For Lincoln-Way Central’s
girls squad, Saturday’s
times told the story of how
the Knights advanced to the
IHAS’s 3A championship.
The times of the five leading
Central runners in the
sectional on Granite City’s
winding layout totaled a
second short of 72 minutes.
That was 17 seconds
faster than the top five from
O’Fallon, running a few
Lincoln-Way East sophomore Brett Gardner took third at
the 3A Granite City sectional Saturday, Oct. 28, in 15:10.83
and will represent the Griffins at the state final.
Tim Cronin/22nd Century Media
miles from home, who totaled
1:32:16.
The Knights will move
on to the state final race as a
team for the first time since
2015.
“From that point forward,
almost the whole calendar
year, our goal was to get
the team downstate,” said
Central coach Jack Young,
leading a team to the finals
for the first time. “And they
added Lockport to our sectional,
which added to the
challenge. I like the competition.
I want the best teams
to get downstate.
“It made our kids work
harder. They worked their
butts off all year.”
Central’s fleet five was
led by junior Mackenzie
Brownrigg, whose careerbest
17:45.75 was good
for 10th place. She was
followed by point-scoring
freshman Merrigan Allen
(19th, 18:14.18), sophomore
Rachel Baumgartner (21st,
18:17.29), senior Dana
Boucher (34th, 18:44.56),
all of whom recorded career
bests, and senior Gretchen
Zirgaitis (43rd, 18:57.62).
Sophomore Lexy Sams
(50th, 19:11.99) and freshman
Colleen Erdman (51st,
19:13.00) weren’t far behind,
and indicate the depth
of the squad.
Lincoln-Way East junior
Jenna Couwenhoven just
missed the last of the seven
spots available to individuals,
running in 18:33.20,
good for 32nd overall. Pekin’s
Alex Bassen, in 31st,
was No. 7 at 18:31.77.
“I was happy with my
time,” said Couwenhoven,
who missed four weeks in
mid-season with injuries.
“This race is so much more
important than last week’s
(regional), I said to myself
I’ve got to go as hard as I
can, no matter how much it
hurts.”
Couwenhoven led the
Griffins’ pack, with Makenna
Hamilton (35th, 18:45.72),
Jordan Jacobucci (52nd,
19:15.16), Lindsey Ball
(55th, 19:19.33) and Ashley
Mills (56th, 19:21.27) bringing
them in seventh with 221
points, well off the pace.
Listen Up
“Every day coach [Cordell] stresses we’re going to run,
hit, tackle, and that’s just what we do”
Matt Granberry – Lincoln-Way Central football linebacker, on the
teams’ mental preparation for each game.
TUNE IN
Football
1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4
• The Knights will compete in the second
round of the IHSA Class 7A Playoffs
Index
42 – Athlete of the Month
42 – Athlete of the Week
FASTBREAK is compiled by Editor T.J. Kremer III,
tj@mokenamessenger.com.com.

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Tone setter Griffins ‘D’ shuts out
Joliet West en route to 44-0 win, Page 45
just short LW Central girls volleyball
comes away without regional title, Page 44
Lincoln-Way Central
defensive players celebrate
after a safety Friday, Oct.
27, in the first round of the
IHSA Class 7A Playoffs
against Rockford East. Jason
Maholy/22nd Century Media
Knights obliterate E-Rebs 58-0 in first round of playoffs, Page 46