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Keeping history alive New Lenox Area Historical Society 

aims to preserve local landmark from being demolished, Page 5 

Dinner for donors Lincoln-Way Foundation 

Gala brings residents together for a good cause, Page 6 

And the winners are... Winners from 

22CM’s Halloween contests revealed, Page 10 

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Denise White (left), of Shorewood, and Valerie Skarbek pose for a photo Saturday, Nov. 4, during the Lincoln-Way High School Class of 

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FRIDAY 

Art Attack! 

4:30-5:30 p.m. Nov. 10, 

New Lenox Public Library, 

120 Veterans Parkway, New 

Lenox. Imagination mixes 

with art in this art club just 

for tweens. This session, 

particpants will create selfportrait 

blocks and learn to 

draw themselves on found 

objects. For more information 

and registration, visit 

www.newlenoxlibrary.org or 

call (815) 485-2605. 

SATURDAY 

Veterans Day Memorial 

9:30 a.m. Nov. 11, Village 

Commons, 1 Veterans Parkway, 

New Lenox. VFW Post 

9545 and American Legion 

Post 1977 will team up to host 

a Veterans Day ceremony at 

the Commons. For more information, 

call (815) 462-6400. 

Library Closure 

The New Lenox Public 

Library will be closed Nov. 

11 for the Veterans Day holiday. 

Pancake Breakfast 

8-10 a.m. Nov. 11, New 

Lenox Fire Protection District, 

Station 1, 261 E. Maple Street, 

New Lenox. Join the New 

Lenox Fire Protection District 

Foundation for a pancake 

breakfast. For more information, 

call (815) 462-0023. 

St. Jude Holiday Craft Show 

9 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 11, St. 

Jude School, 241 W. Second 

Ave., New Lenox. The event 

will include over 80 exhibitors 

including handcrafted items, 

raffle prizes, kids make-andtake 

craft workshop and face 

painting. There will be a performance 

by St. Jude Music 

Ministry at 11 a.m. and concessions. 

Admission is $2 and 

there is no cost for children 

age 12 and under. For more information, 

email stjudecrafts 

how@gmail.com. 

Schmuhl School Open House 

10 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 11, 

Schmuhl School - Hickory 

Creek Preserve, 20733 S. 

Schoolhouse Road, New 

Lenox. Experience what 

school was like in a oneroom 

school in the 1930s. At 

New Lenox Area Historical 

Society, history is fun. For 

more information, call (815) 

485-5576. 

MONDAY 

Village Board Meeting 

7 p.m. Nov. 13, Village 

Hall, 1 Veterans Parkway, 

New Lenox. The New 

Lenox Village Board meets 

the second and fourth Monday 

of each month. Meetings 

are open to the public and all 

citizens are invited to attend. 

For more information and 

meeting agendas, visit www. 

newlenox.net. 

Survivors of Suicide Support 

7 p.m. Nov. 13, New Lenox 

Village Hall, 1 Veterans Parkway, 

New Lenox. “Healing 

Hearts” provides a safe place 

where family and friends who 

have lost loved ones can share 

their stories, experiences, and 

work through their grief. For 

more information, contact 

Dan Martin, Safe Community 

Coordinator, Village of New 

Lenox, at (815) 462-6493 or 

dmartin@newlenox.net or the 

Healing Hearts Facilitator at 

HealingHeartssssg@gmail. 

com. 

TUESDAY 

LWABWO Meeting 

6-8 p.m. Nov. 14, Gatto’s 

Restaurant, Route 30 & 

Schoolhouse Road, New 

Lenox. The Lincoln-Way 

Area Business Women’s Organization 

is a non-profit club 

formed in 1971 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. 

WEdnesday 

Homemade Wreaths 

6-7 p.m. Nov. 15, New 

Lenox Public Library, 120 

Veterans Parkway, New 

Lenox. Make a scrap wreath 

using different types of patterns 

out to create a wreath. 

Registration is required. 

For more information and 

registration, visit www.new 

lenoxlibrary.org. 

Overdose Awareness Clinic 

7 p.m. Nov. 15, 336 W. 

Maple Road, Unit #4, New 

Lenox. Join AVP Counseling 

& DUI Services and 

“get in the know and know 

how to help.” The clinic will 

cover heroin, fentanyl and 

prescription drugs. Refreshments 

will be served. Registration 

is requested. For 

more information and registration, 

call (815) 463-1234. 

Park District Meeting 

6 p.m. Nov. 15, Village 

Hall, 1 Veterans Parkway, 

New Lenox. The Community 

Park District meets the 

third Wednesday of each 

month. For more information 

and meeting agendas, 

visit www.newlenox.net. 

UPCOMING 

Drop-In Craft 

5-7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 

16, New Lenox Public Library, 

120 Veterans Parkway, 

New Lenox. Drop-in 

upstairs in Adult Services 

and make a simple Thanksgiving 

Turkey Nut craft. 

Business After Hours 

5-7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 

16, Bella Fiori Flower Shop, 

1820 E. Lincoln Highway, 

New Lenox. Join the New 

Lenox Chamber of Commerce 

for a Businss After 

Hours at Bella Fiori Flower 

Shop and enjoy the beautiful 

holiday decorations, refreshments 

and networking. 

RSVP to the Chamber office 

at (815) 485-4241. 

Gobbler Gauntlet 5K 

8-11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 

18, Sanctuary Golf Course, 

485 N. Marley Road, New 

Lenox. All participants will 

receive one free drink in the 

clubhouse upon finishing the 

race. Medals will be awarded 

to 1st and 2nd place finishers 

in each age category, 

top male and female as well 

as male and female winners 

from New Lenox. Cost is 

$30 when registering online 

before 5 p.m. on Nov. 10 or 

mail/walk-in postmarked by 

Nov. 15. Cost is $40 day-of 

registration, which begins at 

7 a.m. All net proceeds will 

benefit the NLCPD Scholarship 

Program. Register online 

at www.thtiming.com. 

Lil’ Gobbler 50 Yard Dash 

9:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 

18, Sanctuary Golf Course, 

485 N. Marley Road, New 

Lenox. This run is for children 

ages 2-7. All participants 

will receive a participation 

ribbon. Participants 

may sign up on the day of the 

run. No need to pre-register. 

Trolls! 

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

Nov. 18, New Lenox 

Public Library, 120 Veterans 

Parkway, New Lenox. Calling 

all Trolls fans: join the 

library for a “hair-raising” 

good time. Celebrate Poppy 

and her pals with stories, 

crafts, and more. For more 

information and registration, 

visit www.newlenoxlibrary. 

org or call (815) 485-2605. 

Senior Care Seminar 

11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 18, 

Old Plank Trail Community 

Bank, 20012 Wolf Rd., Mokena. 

Join Old Plank Trail 

Community Bank, in partnership 

with Home Instead 

Senior Care, for a senior care 

seminar to discuss planning 

for elder home care, helping 

aging parents with finances 

and dealing with the stress 

that comes with this transition. 

For more information, 

visit www.oldplanktrail 

bank.com. 

Thanksgiving Dinner 

Register by Sunday, Nov. 

19. Event will be held from 

noon-3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 

23, Peace Lutheran Church, 

1900 E. Lincoln Highway, 

New Lenox. Enjoy turkey 

with all the trimmings and 

heart-warming fellowship at 

this free dinner. To reserve a 

spot, call (815) 485-5327 or 

email peacechurch@peacenewlenox.org. 

Transportation 

will be available, as well as 

deliveries to the homebound. 

LWAC Holiday Concert 

3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19, 

Lincoln-Way East High 

School, 201 Colorado Ave., 

Frankfort. The Lincoln-Way 

Area Chorale will be presenting 

their Holiday Concert, 

“Best Loved Holiday Favorites.” 

Tickets are $17 for 

adults, and $15 for seniors 

and students. Tickets are 

available at www.lwac.com, 

from any Chorale member, 

or by calling (708) 479-1863. 

ONGOING 

Coloring Contest 

Ongoing through Wednesday, 

Nov. 22, Lions Community 

Center, 701 W. Haven 

Ave, New Lenox. Come to 

the Park District Office and 

pick up a coloring sheet for 

the Gobble, Gobble, Gobble 

Coloring Contest. Please no 

glitter. Winners will be notified 

by Tuesday, Nov. 28. 

To submit an item to the printed 

calendar, contact Assistant 

Editor Amanda Stoll at (708) 

326-9170 ext. 34, or email 

a.stoll@22ndcenturymedia. 

com. Deadline is noon 

Thursdays one week prior to 

publication.

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the New Lenox Patriot | November 9, 2017 | 3 

Lincoln-Way High School alumni have 25-year reunion 

Laurie Fanelli 

Freelance Reporter 

The year was 1992. On the 

radio, Billy Ray Cyrus sang 

about his “Achy Breaky 

Heart,” while in theaters, 

Jack Nicholson told Tom 

Cruise, “You can’t handle 

the truth.” Social media 

was, well, non-existent, and 

phones were simply devices 

for talking to your friends 

and family. 

On Saturday, Nov. 4, 

Lincoln-Way High School 

Class of ’92 revisited those 

long-lost glory days during 

the “Casual Knight Out” 

event at The Alley Grill & 

Tap House in honor of their 

25-year high school reunion. 

The reunion was designed 

as a low-pressure, no-ticket, 

fun and friendly evening for 

life-long friends and former 

(Left to right) Jim Nelson of Athens, Ill., Kelly Timmerman, 

of New Lenox, and Matt Goines, of Chicago, pose for a 

photo at the reunion. 

classmates to catch-up on 

the past five years since their 

20th reunion. 

Former class president 

Valerie Skarbek led the 

planning committee and 

was looking forward to 

meeting-up with fellow 

Class of ’92 graduates. 

“There’s a couple of people 

I haven’t seen since high 

school, so it’s been 25 years, 

and I’m also looking forward 

to seeing the friends that I’m 

Please see Anniversary, 4 

Lincoln-Way High School Class of ’92 graduates Lorraine Patel (left) and Virginia Nordwall 

revisit their old yearbook Saturday, Nov. 4, during the Lincoln-Way High School Class of 

1992 reunion at The Alley Grill & Tap House in Mokena. 

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District 81 reimburses portion of property tax for second straight year 

Submitted by Union School 

District 81 

Continuing their fiscally 

conservative practices, the 

Union 81 School Board of 

Education will reimburse 

homeowners a portion of 

their property taxes for the 

second straight year. 

For the fourth straight 

year, Union School District 

81 received the highest financial 

rating possible in the 

State (Recognition). After 

closing out the books in June 

of this year, Union School 

District 81 saw an unexpected 

surplus due to receiving 

additional funding and budgeted 

expenditures coming 

in less than anticipated. 

“We are pleased to be able 

to reimburse homeowners 

nearly 17 percent of the property 

taxes they paid to the 

school district,” said Superintendent 

Tim Baldermann. 

“Although we are not legally 

required to do so, we believe 

this money should be returned 

to the taxpayers. Additionally, 

our families pay no 

registration fees, we provide 

one to one technology for our 

students and they all receive 

free breakfast and lunch.” 

“The Superintendent and 

Board of Education are 

pleased to provide a great 

education for our students 

while providing fiscal responsibility 

to our taxpayers,” 

added Board President 

Patrick Sweeney. 

Union School District 81 

serves parts of New Lenox 

and Joliet. 

Police Reports 

Orland Hills man charged 

for cannabis possession 

Jaime A. Villegas, 21, of 

9107 Pepperwood Trail in 

Orland Hills, was charged 

with possession of cannabis 

when he was stopped 

at Woodlawn Road and 

Churchill Drive for allegedly 

speeding. 

Villegas reportedly caught 

with less than 10 grams of 

cannabis, which is a Class B 

misdemeanor. 

Oct. 28 

• Caryn A. Obis, 51, of 19544 

Kirkstone Way in Mokena, 

reportedly was charged with 

retail theft at the 500 block 

of East Lincoln Highway. 

Obis reportedly concealed 

items in her purse and tried 

to leave the store without 

paying for them. 

• The soccer field on the 200 

block Kingston Drive reportedly 

was damaged when 

a vehicle drove through the 

grass. 

Oct. 27 

• Personal information reportedly 

was stolen and used 

to apply for a loan. 



to obtain a credit card and 

make fraudulent purchases. 

Oct. 26 

• A former employee at 

Walmart on the 500 block 

of East Lincoln Highway reportedly 

was activating gift 

cards and giving it to customers 

for little or no payment 

in return. 



to open a Verizon account 

and make fraudulent purchases 

through the account. 

Oct. 25 

• A stolen vehicle out of 

Crest Hill reportedly was recovered 

at CVS on the 2000 

block of Nelson Road. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: The New 

Lenox Patriot’s Police Reports 

are compiled from official 

reports found online on the 

New Lenox Police Department’s 

website or releases 

issued by the department and 

other agencies. Anyone listed 

in these reports is considered to 

be innocent of all charges until 

proven guilty in a court of law. 

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Anniversary 

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in touch with on a regular basis,” she 

said. “It’s hard to get together, so it’s 

great to see everyone. Life is short, and 

we have to take these moments and get 

together.” 

As is always the case in the passing of 

a quarter century, so much has changed 

in the world, both in people’s personal 

lives and in regards to technology. 

“I was talking to my niece who is 

17, a senior at Lincoln-Way East, about 

various situations in 1992 where we 

didn’t have a cellphone, like going to 

the Taste of Chicago with millions of 

people and getting lost or wanting a guy 

to call you, but he’d have to call your 

house phone and your parents could 

answer,” Skarbek said with a smile, 

noting that there was, of course, a callwaiting 

work-around to ensure that you 

were the one to answer the phone. 

Frankfort resident Bob Janeliunas 

also took time to examine the technological 

advances of the past 25 years. 

“Things change so fast nowadays,” 

he said. “You never thought you’d have 

this. We thought pagers were cool when 

we were in high school. The biggest 

thing I wonder about is what are our 

kids gonna have? It really is crazy.” 

When you start high school as a 

freshman, it feels like a long slog to 

graduation. As you finally don that cap 

and gown and receive your diploma, it 

is hard to imagine that it may be another 

25 years before you see some of your 

classmates again. 

Former class treasurer and member 

of the reunion planning committee Lorraine 

Patel (maiden name Martorelli) 

shared a little advice for Lincoln-Way’s 

Class of 2017 graduates. 

“Stay in touch with people,” she 

said. “Read the yearbook messages. I 

just read a few of mine for the first time 

as I was looking through my yearbook 

– 25 years later – from teachers who 

Old school Lincoln-Way High School memorabilia was on display Saturday, Nov. 

4, during the Lincoln-Way High School Class of ’92 reunion at The Alley Grill & 

Tap House in Mokena. Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

wanted to stay in touch and from classmates 

which was very touching. Even 

though high school is only four years 

long, you can make friends for a lifetime, 

so my advice would be to be open 

minded and grow with friends through 

the years. It’s a really beautiful thing. 

I’m happy now at 25 years later that I 

still have these connections.” 

2022 will be here before we know 

it and the Lincoln-Way High School 

Class of ’92 is seeking volunteers to 

help them organize the next event. 

“We’re looking for some new blood 

to head up the planning for the 30-year 

reunion and anyone interested can send 

an email to lwhs1992@gmail.com,” 

Skarbek said. 

Until then, flip through your old 

yearbook and remember to “stay cool,” 

“keep in touch” and “have a great summer 

(winter, fall and spring).”

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Historical society works to save century-old train station 

Guest speaker 

reminisces about 

‘Cruisin’ the Loop’ 

during meeting 

Amanda Stoll, Assistant Editor 

A turn of the century railroad 

station located at the 

corner of Cedar Road and 

Route 30 in New Lenox is 

slated to become a victim of 

time with the construction of 

a new pharmacy. 

Members of the New 

Lenox Area Historical Society 

are hoping to save the 

building from demolition, 

and many of them signed a 

petition to do just that during 

their regular meeting Thursday, 

Nov. 2. 

“It’s urgent that we move 

this along,” said Lori Lindberg, 

a New Lenox Area 

Historical Society board 

member. “… If [The Village 

is] going to let us move it or 

save it they want to know 

what we want out of it before 

they demolish it. 

“…We want to get the petition 

together and we want 

to let them know why it’s 

important.” 

Lindberg said the historical 

society could repurpose 

the building to be used as 

a meeting space for large 

groups, including their 

growing membership. 

“And, that is the ultimate 

recycling, isn’t it? When you 

take a building that’s old and 

then you repurpose it for a 

good use.” 

If they are able to save 

the building, Lindberg said 

they would like to have it 

designated as a historical 

landmark, like they did with 

Schmuhl School in 2006. 

The historical society is 

interested in preserving any 

landmarks in the New Lenox 

area that are at risk of being 

demolished, many of which 

can be used for education, 

Lindberg said. 

More than 50 people attended 

the Nov. 2 meeting, 

many of whom signed the 

petition. For those who were 

not there but are interested 

in signing, email the historical 

society at newlenoxhis 

tory@aol.com. 

Also at the meeting, historical 

society members and 

guests were treated to a presentation 

by guest speaker 

Dr. Robert Sterling, a longtime 

resident of the Joliet 

area, former history teacher 

at Joliet Junior College, local 

author and historian. 

“While living and working 

in Joliet, I spent many 

years researching and writing 

about the history of the area,” 

Sterling told the group. 

“The presentation is in 

New Lenox, [but] cruising 

the loop in Joliet might be of 

interest to some of you who 

actually did that back then,” 

Sterling said. 

Sterling presented the 

group with a picture slideshow 

accompanied by a 

narration of historic interest 

sprinkled with humor. 

His dialogue throughout 

switched between an explanation 

of the photos and a 

fictional story of he and his 

high school buddies touring 

the downtown of Joliet in the 

1950s and 1960s. 

“As we drive along and 

look at various places in 

the downtown area, they’ll 

be needling each other and 

so there will be some comments 

between these friends 

during the narration.” 

The group reminisced 

throughout about old favorite 

hangouts and landmarks 

like Silver Fross, the A&W 

with Pete and Ice, Oakwood 

Cemetery, Highland Park, 

the old courthouse and the 

drive-in theater. 

“The parking lot, as I recall 

it, down at Silver Fross 

was always full of kids, 

some cruising, some looking 

to go out on a country road 

and see who had the fastest 

car,” Sterling said. 

Meeting attendees enjoyed 

each of the photographs, 

which took them 

back on a trip in time while 

Sterling solicited trivia answers 

about the area from 

them. 

Throughout the presentation, 

exclamations of “Oh, 

I remember that” or laughs 

could be heard from all-tooknowing 

attendees about the 

teenage troublemaking that 

sometimes went on while 

cruising the loop. 

Guest speaker Dr. Robert Sterling reminisced with members of the New Lenox Area 

Historical Society Thursday, Nov. 2, while presenting a program titled “Cruisin’ the Loop” 

where he took the group on a photographic tour of downtown Joliet and the surrounding 

area in the 1950s and 1960s. Amanda Stoll/22nd Century Media 

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‘It’s a huge success no matter what’ 

LW Foundation’s 

Dinner Gala aims 

to benefit students’ 

academic success 

Jason Maholy 


The Lincoln-Way Education 

Foundation has raised 

more than $4.2 million 

geared toward improving 

the academic opportunities 

in Lincoln-Way Community 

High School District 210 

since its inception in 1994. 

The foundation looked 

to add to that total at its annual 

Dinner Gala, which 

has become the nonprofit 

organization’s largest annual 

fundraiser over the past 

decade-plus. The Gala was 

held Oct. 28 at the new-look 

Odyssey Country Club in 

Tinley Park. 

The Gala typically raises 

between roughly $30,000 

and $50,000, depending on 

how many people attend, according 

to Foundation Executive 

Director Bob Kennedy, 

a longtime foundation board 

member who was named to 

his current position in September. 

The event featured 

dinner, dancing, silent and 

live auctions, and music provided 

by band students from 

the Lincoln-Way East jazz 

ensemble. 

The foundation was created 

as the fundraising arm 

for District 210, and exists 

for the sole purpose of generating 

funds that go toward 

helping students achieve 

academic success, Kennedy 

explained as guests filed into 

the renovated banquet hall. 

The foundation has provided 

funds for electronic message 

boards and Wi-Fi at all three 

high schools, and software 

that enables students to compose 

music on their Mac- 

Books, among numerous 

other things in its 23 years of 

Nick Forlenza, a member of the Lincoln-Way East jazz 

combo ensemble, plays the keyboard during the Lincoln- 

Way Education Foundation’s dinner-dance fundraiser. 

existence, Kennedy said. 

“We’re not buying football 

uniforms, we’re not buying 

cheerleading outfits,” he 

added. “Our moneys are being 

used to help kids achieve 

academic success, and bring 

kids up the highest academic 

level at all three schools.” 

Until this year, the Gala 

had been traditionally held 

every February around 

Valentine’s Day, under the 

theme “The Love of Lincoln- 

Way.” With the host venue 

undergoing renovations 

early this year and the banquet 

hall being unavailable, 

the foundation moved the 

event to October. The event 

is some years has drawn as 

many as 400 people, in other 

years for various reasons it 

draws less, Kennedy said, 

and noted about 160 were 

expected this year. 

“It doesn’t mean it’s not a 

success – it’s a success assuming 

we can raise some 

money and give it back to 

these kids to help them academically,” 

Kennedy said. 

“It’s a huge success no matter 

what.” 

Kennedy served on the 

foundation’s board of directors 

for 12 years, and got 

involved after seeking opportunities 

to for community 

volunteerism. The concept 

of raising money to aid students’ 

education – he has 

two children who have since 

graduated from District 210 

– was perfect. 

“I can’t think of anything 

better than to go ask 

businesses and individuals 

‘would you like to buy a 

raffle ticket, or would you 

come to a dinner gala and 

come bid on stuff’ knowing 

that money has helped my 

kids and everybody’s kids 

in the community,” Kennedy 

said. “The appeal was that it 

wasn’t for me personally, it 

was helping other people. It 

was something to give back, 

something positive.” 

Kennedy emphasized the 

focus of the foundation is 

on the students, and in that 

spirit the Gala this year provided 

a means to showcase 

the talents of student band 

(Left to right) Lincoln-Way Education Foundation Executive Director Bob Kennedy, Lincoln- 

Way Community High School District 210 Superintendent Scott Tingley and Foundation 

President Dave Zang pose in the lobby of Odyssey Country Club, where the foundation held its 

annual gala fundraiser on Oct. 28. Photos by Jason Maholy/22nd Century Media 

members. A jazz ensemble 

composed of youths from 

all three schools entertained 

guests before dinner, and a 

string ensemble provided the 

mood music during the meal. 

“We believe music and 

academics, the arts, is all 

tied together,” Kennedy 

said. “It helps these kids get 

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background music. It’s really 

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planning and organizing the 

Gala is a major undertaking, 

but one in which the entire 

Lincoln-Way community 

comes together to make possible. 

Nearly 100 businesses 

contributed prizes for the 

raffle drawings and auctions. 

“It’s one of those things 

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communities, in any case,” 

Viebach said, referring to 

Mokena, Frankfort, New 

Colin Curatolo performs with the jazz ensemble. 

Lenox, Manhattan and Tinley 

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District 210. “We have so 

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communities who donate to 

us and make sure we have 

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auctions, and people work 

their tails off to ask businesses 

for contributions and 

to collect the items. 

“It’s a ton of work, but we 

have a beautiful event. [The 

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goes to show how much our 

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schools and the students.” 

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LW Central opens its 

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Halloween Knight 

T.J. Kremer III 

Contributing Editor 

Aubrey 

“Harley Quinn” 

Jackson, 8, 

and her brother 

Thomas “The 

Sloth” Jackson, 

12, both of 

New Lenox, 

show off their 

costumes. 

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 on Oct. 28, 

for tiny trick-or-treaters. 

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 elbow-to-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-turnedbig-screen-iconic-stars 

were 

aplenty among the boys. 

“I love it,” said New 

Lenox native Cindy Jackson, 

who was in attendance 

with her family: children 

Aubrey “Harley Quinn”, 8, 

Lily Decosta, 5, and Gianna Betourney, 5, both of Mokena, get their faces painted Oct. 29, 

during Lincoln-Way Central’s Halloween Knight. Photos by TJ Kremer III/22nd Century Media 

Cherly “Twistina” Wolf creates balloon animals for children during Lincoln-Way Central’s 

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“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 

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stopped for a rest. 

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Lincoln-Way Central 

was raising for the New 

Lenox food pantry, Jonathan 

said: “That’s great. It’s always 

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out the community and have 

fun at the same time.” 

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Spooky, creative and carved entries 

Publisher 22CM 

announces winners 

of 2017 Halloween 

contests 

Bill Jones, Managing Editor 

We called for entries; you 

answered. 

It’s too bad the call was 

coming from inside the 

house! Whahahaha! 

Seriously, though, the 

community response was 

great for 22nd Century Media’s 

annual Halloween contests, 

which called for both 

costumes and carved pumpkins 

this season. 

Without further adieu, the 

winners are as follows. 

• Best Adult Costume- 

Scary: Mike and Barb Obrzut, 

of Orland Park, for 

Frankenstein’s Monster and 

Bride of Frankenstein. They 

won a gift certificate valued 

at $25 for Chesdan’s Pizzeria 

& Grille, 15764 S. Bell 

Road in Homer Glen, as well 

as four 9-hole Rolling Hills 

walking passes from Silver 

Lake Golf, 14700 S. 82nd 

Ave. in Orland Park. 

• Best Adult Costume- 

Creative: Allison Bitten, of 

Lockport, for her homemade 

cupcake, topped with both 

light-up and red velvet-flavored 

sprinkles. She won a 

one-hour massage (valued at 

$65) from Aura Bella Salon 

& Day Spa, 20491 S. La- 

Grange Road in Frankfort, 

as well as a gift certificate 

valued at $25 to Sizzles, 571 

E. Division St. in Lockport. 

• Best Children’s Costume: 

Grace Weisner, 13, of 

Lockport, for her Roy Lichtenstein-inspired 

pop art girl. 

She won an 11-week recreational 

gymnastics session 

starting Jan. 22 ($15 registration 

fee not included) to 

Gym-Kinetics Gymnastics, 

19220 Ridge Drive in Mokena, 

as well as four unlimited 

Please see Contest, 11 

Best Adult Costume-Scary: Mike and Barb Obrzut, of 

Orland Park. Photos submitted 

Best Adult Costume- 

Creative: Allison Bitten, of 

Lockport. 

Best Adult-Crafted 

Pumpkin: Ashley Galassini, 

19, of Tinley Park. 

Best Children’s Costume: 

Grace Weisner, 13, of 

Lockport. 

Best Child-Crafted 

Pumpkin: Neil Shastri, 13, of 

Orland Park.

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NLFPD gears 

for Toys for 

Tots initiative 

New Lenox honorable mentions 

Halloween contest submissions from New Lenox residents come up short in voting 

Collection goes 

through Dec. 6 at all 

four fire stations 

Submitted by New Lenox Fire 

Protection District 

The New Lenox Fire Protection 

District is now collecting 

items for Toys for 

Tots. Area residents will be 

able to drop off new, unwrapped 

toys at each of the 

four fire stations. 

Collection dates will be 

through Dec. 6. Any toys 

collected after that date will 

be delivered to the New 

Lenox Township and Silver 

Cross Hospital. 

“We are happy to once 

again support the U.S. Marine 

Corps Reserve with 

their Toys for Tots Program,” 

stated NLFPD’s Fire 

Chief, Adam Riegel. “Last 

year we were able to collect 

several hundred toys for less 

fortunate children in our area 

with the help of our district’s 

residents.” 

The mission of the U. S. 

Marine Corps Reserve Toys 

for Tots Program is to collect 

new, unwrapped toys 

during October, November 

and December each year, 

and distribute those toys as 

Christmas gifts to less fortunate 

children in the community 

in which the campaign 

is conducted. 

New Lenox’s Emaline Schuler, 4, dressed as Mary Poppins, 

was among entrants to 22nd Century Media’s Halloween 

Costume Contest. Photos Submitted 

Rhett Schuler, 18 months, dressed as Jon Snow from 

“Game of Thrones” for Halloween and for the contest. 

Contest 

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play Power Cards for Dave 

& Buster’s, 49 Orland Park 

Place; and one free pizza at 

Nancy’s Pizza, 19803 S. La- 

Grange Road in Mokena. 

• Best Adult-Crafted 

Pumpkin: Ashley Galassini, 

19, of Tinley Park, for a face 

carved in a pumpkin. Galassini 

won two one-hour racquetball/volleyball 

passes 

for Silver Lake Golf, 14700 

S. 82nd Ave. in Orland Park, 

as well as two hours of free 

bowling for up to six people, 

including shoe rentals, along 

with a pizza and pitcher full 

of pop, at Laraway Lanes, 

1009 West Laraway Road in 

New Lenox. 

• Best Child-Crafted 

Pumpkin: Neil Shastri, 13, 

of Orland Park, for a wolf 

howling at the moon. Shastri 

won a gift certificate valued 

at $25 from Odyssey Fun 

World, 19111 Oak Park Ave. 

in Tinley Park, as well as 

four unlimited play Power 

Cards for Dave & Buster’s, 

49 Orland Park Place, and 

one free pizza at Nancy’s 

Pizza, 19803 S. LaGrange 

Road in Mokena. 

Entries were judged by 

22nd Century Media’s editorial 

staff, with winners being 

chosen based on creativity, 

successful execution of an 

idea, quality of craftsmanship 

and consideration of the 

holiday/season, in all categories. 

Publisher 22nd Century 

Media would like to thank 

all of its readers who entered 

this year’s Halloween 

contests, as well as the local 

businesses that sponsored 

prize packages for them. 

Runners-up from New Lenox 

are featured on this page. 

Hailey Gryga (left) and Tanner Blokel dressed as characters 

from the 2005 movie “Corpse Bride.” 

Juliana DeBoer, 9, entered the contest dressed as an 

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the Village of Tinley Park. “[I] 

love the idea of all the families 

coming out and enjoying [them].” 

Many area businesses ran 

booths, which they used to pass 

out candy to trick-or-treaters. 

Framke said it always has been 

a family-focused event. 

“Interestingly, it almost reminds 

me a little of how you were 

little and you had the fun fairs at 

school,” Framke said. “It’s a blend 

of that and trick-or-treating, and 

then entertainment, too, but all 

in our really cool, downtown setting.” 

A DJ was on hand to entertain 

the crowds with music. Concessions 

and beverages also were 

available throughout the event for 

people to purchase. 

Grace Hernandez said her children 

had been prepared for Boo 

Bash to roll around again. 

“They’ve been asking me every 

day to go,” she said. “They don’t 

want to leave.” 

The event featured a costume 

contest, with entrants signed up to 

compete in one of five categories. 

Prizes were awarded to participants 

for having the scariest, cutest, 

best homemade, best baby and 

best family/group costumes. 

“What I think is that people 

have that creativity,” Framke said. 

“It really is [huge] for this type of 

thing.” 

Reporting by Megann Horstead, 

Freelance Reporter. For more, visit 

TinleyJunction.com. 

FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER 

Mayor responds to vandalism as 

more cases appear 

Another round of vandalism 

was discovered in Mokena Oct. 30 

at Hecht Park, 9310 Birch Ave., 

the same day Mokena officials 

issued a press release to address 

prior vandalism from Oct. 22. 

In an emailed statement issued 

Oct. 30, Mokena Mayor Frank 

Fleischer responded to graffiti 

discovered Oct. 22 on four public 

traffic signs and one private business 

sign. The private business 

sign additionally was tagged with 

a satanic numeric reference. In 

theses cases, swastikas were spray 

painted on the signs. 

In what originally was described 

as “what appears to be an 

isolated case,” Fleischer expanded 

on comments he made during the 

Oct. 23 Board of Trustees meeting, 

in which he would not 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 at the 

time. 

In the Oct. 30 press release, 

Fleischer said, “I’ve never felt it 

appropriate to attribute undue attention 

to cowardly acts such as 

this that are generally performed 

for that very reason: to give the 

promulgator of the act his or her 

two seconds of fame. That having 

been said, let me be very clear: 

The Board of Trustees, the Village 

Clerk and I in no way condone or 

accept this type of behavior.” 

Reporting by T.J. Kremer III, Editor. 

For more, visit MokenaMessenger. 

com. 

FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE 

Police say senior citizen robbed 

Orland bank on Halloween 

morning 

A man described as in his late 

60s to early 70s allegedly demanded, 

received and left an Orland 

Park bank with an undisclosed 

amount of money the morning of 

Oct. 31. 

Officers responded at 10:31 

a.m. to a holdup alarm at the Fifth 

Third Bank at 15330 Harlem Ave., 

according to a press release issued 

the same day by the Orland Park 

Police Department. 

The man reportedly entered 

the bank, handed a teller a note 

demanding money, received cash 

from the teller and exited. He never 

displayed a weapon, and no one 

was injured, police said. 

He was described as white, with 

gray hair, and between 5-foot-10 

and 6-foot-2. 

Orland Park police reportedly 

are investigating the bank robbery 

in conjunction with the FBI. 

Anyone with information about 

the alleged offender is asked to 

contact Orland Park police at 

(708) 349-4111. 

Security cameras captured images 

of the man who allegedly 

robbed the bank. The photos can 

be seen at OPPrairie.com. 

Reporting by Bill Jones, Editor. For 

more, visit OPPrairie.com. 

From THE FRANKFORT STATION 

Griffins fall to RedHawks at 

sectional semifinal 

As advertised. 

The Lincoln-Way East girls volleyball 

team found out the hard 

way that Marist is every bit as 

good as any team in the state — 

and practically any team in the 

nation. The Griffins saw an otherwise 

very good season end with 

a 25-16, 25-18 loss to Marist Oct. 

30 in the opening semifinal of the 

Class 4A Andrew Sectional. 

The top-seeded RedHawks (37- 

1) advanced to the sectional final 

on Nov. 1. There, they played 

Marian Catholic, a 25-21, 25-21 

winner over Sandburg in the second 

semifinal, for the title. 

East (26-11) completed an otherwise 

very good season with its 

second straight regional title and 

first SouthWest Suburban Conference 

championship in 11 years, 

when it captured the Blue Division. 

“The difference in the match 

was, at the end, they were digging 

us and getting right back into system,” 

East coach Kris Fiore said 

of Marist. “They brought an aggressive 

attack out of that, and we 

couldn’t match that.” 

East setter Madi Corey agreed. 

“They’re ranked No. 3 in the 

country, and they come at you 

with a lot of intensity,” Corey 

said. “They have a lot of skill level 

and can bring it back when it looks 

like they’re out of system.” 

The two teams played earlier 

this season. That was Sept. 29 at 

the prestigious ASICS Challenge. 

There, Marist won 25-15, 25-15. 

Reporting by Randy Whalen, 


FrankfortStation.com. 

FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND 

Lockport track and field star to 

take his talents to Ann Arbor 

John Meyer still remembers the 

day his father, who is also named 

John, suggested to him in sixth 

grade to try out for the track and 

field team at Richland Jr. High 

School in Crest Hill. 

“My dad said, ‘Why don’t you 

go out for track and try shot and 

discus?’” Meyer recalled. “I did, 

but I didn’t expect anything out 

of it.” 

Well, Meyer has certainly gotten 

something out of it. The Lockport 

Township senior, who is the 

Class 3A two-time defending 

champion in shot put, announced 

on his Twitter page Oct. 31 he will 

be continuing his track and field 

career at the University of Michigan. 

Meyer has gone from not knowing 

anything about the sport to 

winning national championships 

in it. Now, he plans to continue at 

one of the most prestigious universities 

in the United States. 

“When I was in eighth grade, I 

thought maybe I could get a small 

D-I scholarship or something,” 

Meyer said. “But then I started 

working with [Lockport throwing] 

coach [Wally] Shields; I thought, 

Maybe I can go a little farther with 

this.’” 

The biggest thing that Meyer 

has improved on is his strength. 

“At first, it was a little rough 

at the beginning,” Meyer said of 

starting with the shot and discus. 

“But you usually don’t lift weights 

in middle school. I’m probably not 

the strongest guy, but I’ve lifted a 

lot now and see a lot of improvement. 

But I have a lot more to go.” 

Reporting by Randy Whalen, 


LockportLegend.com. 

FROM THE HOMER HORIZON 

Hadley students lead donation 

drive for troops 

It’s peanut butter jelly time at 

Hadley Middle School. 

Approximately 120 students, 

part of six homerooms designated 

as the Blue Team, are spearheading 

a donation drive with the goal 

of collecting 1,000 jars of peanut 

butter and jelly to send to troops 

via Operation Care Package. 

“That’s the two things they 

can’t get is peanut butter and jelly,” 

sixth-grader Trinity Muszynski 

said of the troops stationed 

overseas. “[The Blue Team] is 

sponsoring it, and then the whole 

school is bringing in jars of peanut 

butter and jelly, because our 

goal is 1,000 jars.” 

The donation drive began Nov. 

6 and is to run through Nov. 17. 

All the members of the Blue 

Team were placed in different 

committees, each with its own 

set of tasks to help the donation 

efforts, according to Blue 

Team teacher Jennifer Donahue. 

Muszynski and fellow sixthgrader 

Bre Schultz decided on a 

unique way to spread the word 

of the donation drive beyond the 

walls of Hadley. 

“We’ve decided to get it in the 

newspaper and try to put it out 

there to reach our goal,” Muszynski 

said. 

But contacting The Homer Horizon 

is not the only way the Blue 

Team is promoting its peanut 

butter and jelly collection. Some 

students have been mentioning 

the drive during the morning announcements 

at school; some 

have decorated the collection 

boxes; others have made up flyers 

to be sent home to parents, and a 

group designed posters to hang 

in the hallways. There also may 

be some students making appearances 

in peanut butter and jelly 

costumes throughout the school. 

Reporting by Max Lapthorne, 

Contributing Editor. For more, visit 

HomerHorizon.com.

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From the editor 

Holding on to the last bit of 

fall sports before winter starts 

James Sanchez 

james@newlenoxpatriot.com 

In my two-and-a-half 

years working in New 

Lenox, the 2017 fall 

season of high school sports 

has been the most successful 

to date. 

Most recently, you got 

the Lincoln-Way Central 

boys and girls cross country 

team both making a state 

competition appearance. 

The Central girls swimming 

team is heading into the Saturday, 

Nov. 11 Homewood- 

Flossmoor Sectional with 

high hopes with a stacked, 

deep team that blew out the 

competition at the conference 

meet. 

Central girls tennis 

doubled the number of state 

qualifiers, while Lincoln- 

Way West qualified a pair 

after having zero a year ago. 

Providence girls volleyball 

won yet another 

regional title, while Central 

had a turnaround year, and 

West earned big wins in an 

injury-plagued season. 

Also, West soccer was 

minutes away from winning 

a regional title. 

And I almost forgot to 

mention all three New 

Lenox high school football 

teams made the playoffs and 

took care of business in the 

first round. And this whole 

sports frenzy started in October 

when the Central girls 

and boys golf teams both 

made it down to state. 

I’m not saying I’m not excited 

for winter sports. Basketball 

is my favorite sport, 

and I look forward to seeing 

how West and Central’s 

teams respond after losing 

key senior leaders, but 

I’m not looking forward to 

the end of the fall seasons, 

especially when it comes to 

football. 

Each football program 

had its own storyline. 

My thoughts on Knights’ 

football last year was that 

they were a solid team, but 

not quite there yet because 

they were young and still 

getting acclimated to coach 

Jeremy Cordell’s system 

and culture. Now, with 

almost all starters returning, 

they’re taking care of business. 

I feel they didn’t get 

any respect from the IHSA 

with their No. 9 playoff 

seed after their only loss 

came against the top 8A 

team in the state. Two 8-1 

teams were seeded better 

than Central. One is East 

St. Louis and the other is 

Hersey, who they played 

last Friday. This winning 

culture Cordell has instilled 

has brought respectability to 

this program, and I expect 

more seasons like this for 

years to come. 

Cordell is looking to be 

that winning program that 

Ernst has brought to West 

all these years. 

For the Warriors, I 

thought they were going to 

have a great year last year, 

but it didn’t materialize, 

and I came into this season 

questioning how they could 

rebound with most of the 

2015 state runner-up team 

members graduated. However, 

with the remaining 

handful of members of that 

2015 team back this year, 

they have rallied the troops 

and had a bounce back 

year. This is a team full of 

coachable players, and some 

of the seniors, like Ryan 

Robbins and Kevin Davis, 

were unselfish by moving 

from offense to defense for 

the benefit of the team. 

The defense is stout, as 

always, and the accurate 

arm of Anthony Senerchia is 

allowing pass catchers Alex 

Croft and Evan Weygandt to 

shine. Sophomore running 

back Caleb Marconi has 

answered the call following 

the injury of junior starter 

Donte Barber. There will 

be a new quarterback under 

center next year, but with a 

solid stable of backs returning, 

I believe West is in for 

another solid year after this. 

For the Celtics, it’s just 

about getting that 5-4 record 

to make it to the dance. 

With the grueling schedule 

they play week to week, 

they come into the playoffs 

already battle tested. They 

accomplished that this year, 

and despite the record on 

paper, they are the biggest 

threat in 6A after having 

played the likes of East St. 

Louis (7A), Loyola Academy 

(8A), and Missouri state 

champs St. John Vianney in 

the regular season. The backfield 

threat of Kalinowski 

at quarterback and De’Shon 

Gavin at running back will 

give defenses fits, and the 

offense is no slouch either. 

With all three schools 

winning this past week, 

this adds on to New Lenox 

football being an amazing 

ride, and seeing all three 

schools come back with 

even better years has been a 

joy to watch. 

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Halloween happiness 

Senior Cottages of New Lenox hosts 

trick-or-treating at its facility, Page 24 

Moving to mokena 

Balagio brings Italian traditions started from Homewood to Mokena, 

Page 25 

Pictured is (clockwise from top left) Schmuhl 

School’s Class of 1927 in front of the original 

frame building, a class photo from 1933 in 

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which opened that same year, and the 

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20 | November 9, 2017 | The New Lenox Patriot Faith 


FAITH BRIEFS 

Trinity Lutheran Church (508 N. Cedar 

Road, New Lenox) 

Sunday School and Living 

Lutheran 

9:15 a.m. Sundays. For 


485-6973. 

Adult Bible Study 

8:30 a.m. Wednesdays 

Teen Catechesis 

6 p.m. Wednesdays 

St. Jude Catholic Church (241 W. Second 

Ave., New Lenox) 

Called To Holiness 

7-8:30 p.m. every first 

Monday of the month. This 

is a new young adult faithsharing 

group for Catholics 

in their 20s or 30s in the Chicago 

Southland area. Its purpose 

is to grow in our faith 

through scripture, discussion 

and prayer. For directions 

to the meeting location and 

more information, contact 

Jennifer at calledtoholinessgroup@gmail.com. 

United Methodist Church of New Lenox 

(339 W. Haven Ave, New Lenox) 

Worship Schedule 

Traditional worship is at 

9 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. on 

Sundays, and contemporary 

worship is at 10:20 a.m. every 

first and third Sunday of 

the month. 

Cookie Donations 

Deadline to drop off 

sweets is 10 a.m. Sunday, 

Dec. 10. Home-made cookies 

or candy marked “shutins” 

can be delivered to the 

church kitchen. A group will 

be going caroling and delivering 

cookies from noon 

to 3 p.m. that day. For more 

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Christmas Community Sing 

Along 

7-8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17, 

Join the United Methodist 

Church of New Lenox for 

traditional Christmas carols, 

choruses from Handel’s 

“Messiah,” a live orchestra 

and narration. There is no 

cost to attend but there will 

be an opportunity to offer 

a monetary gift to support 

Women and Family Recovery 

Center at the Morningstar 

mission in Joliet. For 


485-8271. 

Musical Opportunities 

Join the vocal choirs, bells 

choirs, or praise team. There 

are opportunities for children, 

teens, and adults. Rehearsals 

are on Wednesday 

or Thursday evenings. For 


485-8271. 

Mom Heart Group Book Club 

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

This group will meet on 

the first Thursday of every 

month to study “The Lifegiving 

Home: Creating a 

place of belonging and becoming” 

by Sally and Sarah 

Clarkson. The group will 

meet in the Fellowship Hall 

and is open to the public. For 


485-8271. 

Wildside 

7-8:30 p.m. Thursdays. 

This group is for students in 

grades 7-12. For more information, 

call (815) 485-8271. 

Cool Christians Club 

5-6:30 p.m. Sundays. Enjoy 

food, fun and fellowship. 

This group is for students in 

3rd through 6th grade. 

Lincolnway Christian Church (690 E. 

Illinois Highway, New Lenox) 

Worship Services 

9 and 10:30 a.m. Sundays. 

Discover Lincolnway 

9 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 12. 

Attend the Discover Lincolnway 

Class to learn more 

about the church. Meet with 

Pastor Jeff over breakfast as 

he discusses all things Lincolnway. 

Register at lincolnway.org. 

Second Saturday 

5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11. 

All are welcome to join in 

this fun event. There will be 

chili and dessert cook-offs 

and a game night. 

HERO Family Support Group 

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

This group is open to 

anyone with a family member 

currently struggling with 

addiction, suspected addiction, 

or currently in recovery. 

Family support meetings 

provide helpful tools 

and information to better 

equip people to help their 

loved ones through their 

struggle. This group provides 

a supportive environment 

with others who have 

had similar experiences and 

an opportunity to meet and 

network with others. 

Grandparents Raising 

Grandchildren 

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

Thursday of each month. 

Are you a grandmother/ 

grandfather/aunt/uncle or 

other relative age 55 or older 

raising a child in place of 

their parents? This support 

group will assist with social 

and emotional support and 

ideas to help you cope with 

the impact of this role on 

your health, emotional wellbeing, 

finances, and family. 

Social skills groups are also 

provided for children ages 

3-12 with a reservation. To 

reserve a spot, call Kimberley 

Tarcak at the Senior Services 

Center of Will County 

at (815) 740-4225. 

Cherry Hill Church of Christ (2749 

Lancaster Drive, Joliet) 

Sunday Services 

10:30 a.m. every Sunday; 

1 p.m. on the first Sunday of 

each month and 6 p.m. every 

Sunday except the first Sunday 

of each month. 

Worship and Bible Service 

7 p.m. every Wednesday. 

Bible Study 

9:30 a.m. Sundays. 

Cornerstone Church (1501 S. Gougar 


Please see Faith, 21

newlenoxpatriot.com Faith 


Pastor Column 

Poetry Corner 

Water the flowers 

The Rev. Dave Hedlin 

Peace Lutheran Church 

In terms of rain, we have 

entered another dry 

spell (at least at the time 

I’m writing this.) For all of 

us who have outdoor flowers, 

just about the time we 

thought we could put the 

hose on background status, 

along comes the question 

of watering the plants. (We 

know perfectly well that 

if you water the flowers, 

you’re also giving water 

to the weeds, which do not 

seem to care if there’s rain 

or not.) 

I saw an anonymous 

quote from the Hazelden 

organization the other day 

In memoriam 

Marc Allen D’Amico 

Marc Allen D’Amico, 26, 

formerly of New Lenox, 

died Oct. 31. He is survived 

by his parents Mark and 

Shelley D’Amico; brothers 

Matthew D’Amico 

(Grace Delgado) and Joseph 

D’Amico (Autumn 

Woods); nephew Quentin; 

niece Selena; and numerous 

aunts, uncles and cousins. 

He was a 2009 Lincoln-Way 

Central graduate and for the 

past few years worked in 

the landscaping industry, a 

job he loved. Family will 

receive friends at Robert 

J. Sheehy & Sons Funeral 

Home. Memorial visitation 

that uses those images as 

a metaphor for how our 

lives go sometimes: “Stop 

watering the weeds in your 

life and start watering the 

flowers.” It makes perfect 

sense to stop watering 

the weeds, right? And 

yet we spend a lot of our 

time watering our weeds. 

You probably know very 

well which weeds you’ve 

watered in your life. How 

about behaviors that are 

counter to what you want, 

and yet you hang around 

them and keep them close 

at hand (almost setting 

yourself up to keep doing 

them)? Or how about the 

amount of time we spend 

re-living our mistakes? Or 

how about how sometimes 

we are consumed by worry 

(and then worry about 

our worrying?) Negative 

thoughts and negative 

people are allowed an inside 

track to our brain, and 

the opinions are dismissed 

of people who would point 

out the irrationality of some 

is to take place 2-7 p.m. 

Saturday, Nov. 11 at Robert 

J. Sheehy & Sons Funeral 

Home in Orland Park, 9000 

W. 151st St. Marc requested 

that during the memorial 

visitation and service that 

everyone dress casually. He 

especially preferred that no 

one wear a tie. Internment 

will be private. 

Rae J. Naegel 

Rae J. Naegel 59, of New 

Lenox, died Oct. 30. She 

is survived by her husband 

Robert “Skip” Naegel; stepchildren 

Ryan and Lindsey 

Naegel; siblings Laura 

“Laurie” Williams, Leslie 

of that thinking. The result? 

Weeds are watered. 

Why not follow God’s 

lead and water the flowers. 

What if you taught yourself 

to match every negative 

thought about yourself (or 

someone else or something 

else), with a positive one? 

What if the critique of 

someone toward us were a 

trigger to accept what’s true 

in what was said, without 

making it universally true 

in all cases? One way to 

avoid watering the weeds is 

to get rid of them. Another 

way is to so overwhelm the 

weeds with flowers, they 

don’t have room to grow 

and spread. 

The goal in all this is not to be 

naïve or blind to the weeds in 

the world or our own lives. The 

goal is to minimize watering 

the weeds, and to augment, 

notice and celebrate how God 

looks at us and sees flowers 

first! Forgiveness, new life, 

self-giving are some great ways 

to water the flowers. 

Jr. “Butch” (Ann) Sparrey, 

Susan (Todd) Fischer, David 

(Joy) Sparrey; “her person” 

Alexandria Lach; and 

numerous nieces and nephews. 

Rae gave the gift of 

life to others through organ 

donation. Family received 

friends at Kurtz Memorial 

Chapel. Interment was private. 

Have someone’s life you’d like 

to honor? Email Editor James 

Sanchez at james@newlenox 

patriot.com with information 

about a loved one who was a 

part of the New Lenox community. 

Julie Sanders 

New Lenox resident 

One beer follows another 

Yet the taste still remains 

A longer ride to oblivion 

The master’s grip unrestrained. 

No balance between family 

And alcohol, that is my god 

Addiction spurned pursuit 

By the vitality of the crowd. 

Became a forger of lies 

Caught in the mundane 

Cycles back around 

Explosive collapse remains. 

Pathology is critical 

In this perishable storm 

Though widely ignored 

Stir echoes, but no reform. 

Faith 

From Page 20 

Men’s Bible Study 

6-7:30 a.m. every Friday. 


(815) 462-7700. 

Junior and Senior High Bible 

Study 

6:30-8:30 p.m. every 

Wednesday. 

Christ Mission Church (22811 S. Cedar 


Celebrate Recovery 

7-9 p.m. every Tuesday. 

For anyone struggling with 

hurts, habits, or hang-ups. 


Deb at (708) 516-6318. 

St. Luke Orthodox Chapel (112 Church 

Street, New Lenox) 

Orthodox Divine Liturgy 

10-11:30 a.m. every Sunday. 

Missio Dei Church (123 W. Wood St., New 

Lenox) 

Women’s Study 

6:30-8 p.m. Tuesdays and 

9-10:30 a.m. Saturdays. 

Study materials will cost 

OUT OF FOCUS 

Mental state out of focus 

Priorities point to tragedy 

A defector from family life 

Cryptic waves, in a menagerie. 

Symptoms of malignancy 

Toxic waste so unstable 

Pervaded moments of tolerance 

Shielded favor, now disabled. 

Deep displeasure takes root 

Fear escalates execution 

Spoken with indifference 

Fall into destitution. 

Promises are but temporal 

Level of life, just solitary 

Whirlpool of hate collides 

Myself, my worst adversary. 

Begging for rest in this 

$10.50, and books will be 

distributed before the study 

begins. Payments will be 

collected on the first class. 

Pay by cash or make checks 

payable to Missio Dei 

Church. 

Elder-led Prayer 

7-8 p.m. second Tuesday 

of every month, 123 W. 

Wood St., New Lenox. For 

more information, visit mdchurch.us. 

New Life Church (500 Gougar Road, New 

Lenox) 

Intro to New Life 

Church staff offers a oneday 

Intro to New Life workshop, 

which will provide the 

opportunity for attendees 

to engage in an in-depth 

dialogue about the church’s 

mission, beliefs and approach 

to ministry. To register, 

sign up at newlifenewlenox.org 

or call the church 

office at (815) 462-0202. 

Parkview Christian Church (2121 S. 

Schoolhouse Road, New Lenox) 

Worship Services 

trouble 

The seduction to finally ease 

The trigger sites anarchy 

This stronghold not be appeased. 

Oh God, merciful Father 

Lost everyone that I loved 

You are God Almighty 

Bring power from above. 

I have sinned greatly 

Not only in this addiction 

My past life, utter chaos 

Even in gospel, conviction. 

Focus clear, I now see 

I’m a sinner, a lost soul 

Beg forgiveness, I repent 

Please restore, make me 

whole. 

To submit a poem, email 

james@newlenoxpatriot.com. 

5 p.m. Saturdays; 9 a.m., 

10:30 a.m. and noon Sundays. 

Peace Lutheran Church (1900 E. Lincoln 

Highway, New Lenox) 

Adult Class 

9:55 a.m. Sundays. The 

adult class usually meets in 

the back of the sanctuary to 

discuss a different topic each 

week. 

Peace Women’s Group 

The Peace Women’s 

Group is open to all women 

18 and older. We invite all 

interested to join us for our 

next events. For more information, 

contact Jan Stoller at 

(815) 530-2786. Please use 

the sign-up slip in the bulletin 

and indicate which events 

you would like to attend. 

Have something for Faith 

Briefs? Contact Assistant 

Editor Amanda Stoll at 

a.stoll@22ndcenturymedia. 

com or call (708) 326-9170 ext. 

34. Information is due by noon 

on Thursdays one week prior to 

publication.

22 | November 9, 2017 | The New Lenox Patriot Life & Arts 


‘It is good to know where you came from’ 

Schmuhl School 

open houses provide 

a blast from the past 

Jon Depaolis 


New Lenox isn’t that far 

removed from a time when 

students would walk two 

miles in the morning to go 

to a one-room schoolhouse. 

But 70 or so years has made 

a world of difference – both 

in terms of school building 

construction and the geography 

of the Village. 

But those enamored by history 

and the way things used 

to be can still experience life 

pre- and post-World War II 

by visiting Schmuhl School. 

The next Schmuhl School 

open house is 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 

Saturday, Nov. 11, at its current 

location on the Hickory 

Creek Barrens property near 

Route 30 and Schoolhouse 

Road. Open houses are typically 

held the second Saturday 

of each month, with 

some exceptions. 

“There are people from 

the historical society that are 

there to answer questions 

and talk a little bit about the 

school,” said Carla Koepke, 

a member of the New Lenox 

Area Historical Society’s 

board of directors. 

Koepke is a retired teacher 

who volunteers and helps organize 

the field trip program 

at the school, which she said 

also gathers a lot of traffic to 

the Will County landmark. 

A history of Schmuhl School 

Koepke said one-room 

schoolhouses began in the 

late 1800s. 

“Our government … 

thought it was important for 

all people to learn how to 

read and write, especially 

children,” she said. “There 

were schools in cities, but 

Pictured are (left to right) Pearl Skoin, Florence Sherlin, 

Gladys Schmuhl, Margaret Schroeder and Edna Schmuhl in 

front of Schmuhl School. The first Schmuhl School was a 

frame building, and it had serious damage from a fire. The 

brick Schmuhl School that is still standing today was built 

and reopened in 1932-1933. 

not necessarily for the farm 

children. So, they devised 

a program where they were 

building one-room schoolhouses 

for the farm kids.” 

Koepke said the government 

asked farmers to give 

or rent some land for the 

schools to be built on. 

“That’s what happened at 

the corner of Route 30 and 

Schoolhouse Road,” she 

said. “The schoolhouse was 

[originally] at the location 

where the Walgreen’s is now. 

That particular farmer was 

Henry Schmuhl — he owned 

a big chunk of farmland on 

the south side of Route 30. 

He let them build a school 

there, therefore, they called 

it Schmuhl School.” 

New Lenox Area Historical 

Society President Diane 

Wilson, also one of the organizers 

of the field trip 

program at Schmuhl School, 

said the current building was 

constructed in 1932. 

“However, there was a 

Schmuhl School before 

that,” she said. “Prior to that, 

it was a wooden frame building. 

Unfortunately, in about 

1930, there was a fire, and 

that building burned down. 

But they felt that it was important 

to have a school, 

so they decided to rebuild 

Schmuhl School on that 

same corner where the original 

school was.” 

When the new school was 

constructed, Wilson said it 

was considered “very modern.” 

“It had a basement that 

had heat,” she said. “They 

also had electricity in the 

building. The light fixtures 

in there currently are replicas 

of what we believe they 

were at that time. It also had 

bathrooms in it.” 

Prior to that, most oneroom 

schoolhouses had outhouses, 

she said. The building 

also was made of brick, 

not wood. A typical class 

had about 15 students with 

all grades in the one room. 

According to the New Lenox 

Historical Society, a teacher’s 

salary was $80 a month 

with $5 being contributed 

to the teacher pension fund. 

Please see schmuhl, 23 

Pictured are students at their desks inside Schmuhl School during the 1930s. 

Photos provided by New Lenox Area Historical Society 

New Lenox Area Historical Society Board Member Carla Koepke (left) talks to a group 

of homeschooled students about kick the can – a game students played during the 

Depression – while Board President Diane Wilson listens during a Nov. 1 presentation. 

Photos by James Sanchez/22nd Century Media

newlenoxpatriot.com Life & Arts 


Schmuhl 

From Page 22 

Koepke said students who 

lived closest to Schmuhl 

School had the responsibility 

of arriving early to chop 

wood for the furnace. 

After World War II, Wilson 

said the population in New 

Lenox was growing. As such, 

space inside Schmuhl School 

was becoming scarce. 

“So, fortunately, because 

Schmuhl School had a basement, 

they were able to divide 

the classrooms,” she said. 

“The first- through fourthgraders 

were upstairs with 

a teacher, and then the fifththrough 

eighth-graders were 

downstairs with a teacher.” 

Schmuhl School remained 

a two-room schoolhouse until 

about 1956, Wilson said. 

“Again, New Lenox was 

continuing to grow and grow, 

so, at that time, they decided 

to add three classrooms onto 

the back of Schmuhl School,” 

Wilson said. 

But with the area growing 

at such a frenzied pace, eventually 

Arnold J. Tyler School 

was built and students from 

Schmuhl School were sent 

there. Schmuhl School became 

a kindergarten center 

for a time afterward. 

Koepke said once more 

schools were built, the land 

the school was located on 

was sold. 

“Walgreen’s obviously 

didn’t want the school — 

they just wanted the corner 

[of land],” Koepke said. 

That is when the historical 

society stepped in, according 

to Wilson. 

“We were able to obtain 

the building itself with the 

stipulation that it needed to 

be moved,” Wilson said. 

The historical society did a 

lot of fundraising to cover the 

costs of moving the school. 

But it also needed land to put 

it on. So, it reached out to the 

Will County Forest Preserve 

District — and aimed for the 

land directly across the street. 

“It was a close move, but 

there were some legal things 

that had to be taken care of 

Liliana Jabaay, 12, of Frankfort, plays ball-in-a-cup, which 

was one of the toys students played with during recess in 

the 1930s. 

Schmuhl School is located at 20733 S. Schoolhouse Road 

in New Lenox. Open houses take place every second 

Saturday of the month from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 

before that,” Wilson said. 

“[Former State Rep.] Renee 

Kosel helped us out a 

lot with that, because at the 

time, forest preserves were 

not able to take buildings 

onto their property. Kosel 

went to Springfield and 

helped us get permission to 

put our building on that forest 

preserve property.” 

Wilson said the relationship 

between the historical 

society and the forest preserve 

district has been great, 

and with the plan worked 

out, the building was moved 

in April 2000. 

Preserving local history 

“We had our grand opening 

in 2006, but it wasn’t until 

2009 that we started doing 

field trips,” Koepke said. “A 

group of retired teachers — 

and we thank the New Lenox 

school district for supporting 

this — got together and 

we built a curriculum for 

Grades 1-6, and children can 

come for the day and pretend 

they are farm kids from the 

1930s.” 

The field trips include 

books and recess toys from 

the 1930s, as well as lessons 

in science focusing on forest 

preserves and history lessons 

on the schoolhouse. 

“It’s really a lot of fun,” 

Christopher Dutkiewicz (left), 7, of Lockport, and Matthew Pattara, 7, of Mokena, listen in 

on the presentation while sitting in the desks that students from the 1930s used. 

Photos by James Sanchez/22nd Century Media 

(Left to right) Heath Sisk, 9, of Monee, Alyse Meents, 11 of New Lenox, and Jonathan 

Pattara, 11, of Mokena, recite an old version of the Pledge of Allegiance that was created in 

1923 before it was revised in 1954. Before 1954, the pledge read, “I pledge allegiance to the 

Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, 

indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” The revised version in 1954 added “under God.” 

Koepke said. “A lot of the 

kids come dressed as a 1930s 

farm child.” 

She said New Lenox 

first-graders — and secondgraders 

from Arbury Hills 

in Mokena — visit Schmuhl 

School once a year. 

“At the end of our history 

lesson, we do some compare 

and contrasting of how this 

is like schools [now] and 

how it is different,” Koepke 

said. “Our goal is for kids to 

enjoy history and to embrace 

the school.” 

She also said the current 

stewards of the area’s history 

won’t be around forever, 

so it’s important to share 

the enjoyment of the local 

landmarks so others can take 

care of it in the future. 

“And I always think it is 

good to know where you 

came from,” she said. 

For more on Schmuhl 

School, visit www.new 

lenoxhistory.org/schmuhl/ 

schmuhlmain.html.

24 | November 9, 2017 | The New Lenox Patriot Life & Arts 


Age is just a number 

Senior citizens, children all get involved in Halloween festivities 

Stacha Young, a caregiver at The Cottages, poses for a photo with her dog, Diamond, 

during the festivities. 

Colleen Rizich, of New Lenox, dressed as Belle from “Beauty and the Beast” collects 

candy from residents Oct. 31 during a trick-or-treat event at The Cottages of New Lenox. 

Photos by Amanda Stoll/22nd Century Media 

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ABOVE: The Kledzik children 

pose for a photo while trickor-treating 

at The Cottages of 

New Lenox. Pictured are (left 

to right) Stephanie, dressed as 

a vampire princess, Jennifer, 

dressed as a vampire sheep, 

Amanda, dressed as a jester, 

and Walter and Emily, dressed 

as Halt O’Carrick and Will 

Treaty from the “Ranger’s 

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Ruzich, Julie Golobic and Julie 

Ruzich pose for a photo.

newlenoxpatriot.com Dining Out 


The Dish 

Family recipes, atmosphere and ownership drive Mokena’s Balagio 

Menu boasts 

traditional, 

homemade and 

fresh Italian fare 

Amanda Stoll, Assistant Editor 

With a large selection 

of pasta, fish and chicken 

items, along with a madeto-order 

mentality, there is 

something for everyone at 

the new Balagio location in 

Mokena, which opened in 

March. 

The single-page menu 

provides a variety of traditional 

Italian recipes for 

a range of taste buds and 

diets, including vegetarian 

and gluten-free options. Additionally, 

the bar selection 

provides plenty of cocktails 

and wines. 

“I opened up my first 

Balagio [in Homewood] in 

1997, and we try to bring 

the Chicago atmosphere to 

the [southwest suburbs] with 

the dining,” Mike Galderio 

Sr. said. “Cooking with my 

grandmother all the years, 

[I] learned a lot of recipes.” 

He said many of the menu 

items have come from employees, 

as well, including 

homemade pastas and bread. 

“We got pretty lucky when 

a couple local restaurants 

closed and all the Italian ladies 

came on board with us,” 

Galderio said. “It’s all fresh 

ingredients, and we try to 

stay with that, because that’s 

probably the key to our success. 

We’ve been doing it for 

a long time.” 

Galderio Sr., who is a 

Frankfort resident, runs the 

two restaurants with his son 

Mike Galderio Jr., and the 

two of them split their time 

between the Homewood and 

Mokena locations. 

“It’s definitely a tough industry; 

I’m not going to lie,” 

said Galderio Jr., who studied 

hospitality management 

The chicken Romano ($18) at Balagio in Mokena is made 

with artichoke hearts, white wine, Romano cheese and 

roasted potato. 

at Eastern Illinois University 

while working summers and 

weekends at the Homewood 

location, which opened in 

1997. “I really don’t know 

what I’m going to get day to 

day, so it’s always a surprise. 

It’s a good surprise, too,” 

Previously, the family was 

a partner in Ciao Ristorante 

& Bar in Matteson. 

“I was 8 years old when 

we first [opened Ciao], peeling 

potatoes and stuff like 

that,” Galderio Jr. said. “So, 

I just kind of grew up in it 

... bartending, bus boy, I’ve 

probably done every job in 

this except for cook.” 

He said he loves the look 

of the Mokena location, with 

modern touches, natural 

lighting and a sophisticated, 

sleek bar. The Mokena location 

is not as large as the 

Homewood location, making 

the dining area more 

intimate ,while still having 

space for group gatherings. 

Balagio in Mokena hosts 

groups of 40-50 people for 

luncheons, parties and showers. 

Galderio Sr. said patrons 

have been excited about the 

Balagio 

9716 West 191st St. in 

Mokena 

Hours 

• 11 a.m.–9 p.m. 

Tuesday–Thursday 

• 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday 

• 4–10 p.m. Saturday 

• 3–8 p.m. Sunday 

For more information ... 

Phone: (708) 719-3370 

Website: www.balagiorestaurant.com 

recently completed patio at 

Balagio, with seating for 60 

people around cafe tables 

and covered, cabana-style 

seating, where people can 

tune in to a game on a TV. 

Large, sliding glass doors 

open between the bar area 

and the patio for an extended, 

outdoor seating space. 

“I’ve been doing this for 

32 years,” Galderio Sr. said. 

“It’s a passion of mine, and 

it’s good to see the look on 

people’s faces when they’re 

happy about something — 

especially the food.” 

And good food makes 

people happy. 

The salmon ($21) entrée at Balagio in Mokena is served with garlic lemon aioli, house 

potato and vegetables. Photos by Amanda Stoll/22nd Century Media 

Frutti di mare ($21) — featuring shrimp, calamari, mussels, chopped clams, linguini and 

spicy marinara — is one of Balagio’s many pasta options. Gluten-free and whole wheat 

pasta are available upon request. 

The eggplant marinara 

($9) appetizer is a customer 

favorite, with lightly breaded 

and fried eggplant, ricotta 

cheese and marinara sauce. 

The appetizer menu also 

features steamed mussels 

($11) with fresh tomato 

sauce, basil and crostini; 

fried calamari ($12) with 

tangy cocktail sauce and 

fresh lemon; and baked 

goat cheese ($9) with black 

olive, marinara sauce and 

toasted crostini. 

Pasta dishes are at the core 

of the menu, with owner 

favorites being the shrimp 

francese ($21) with egg-battered 

shrimp, angel hair pasta 

and lemon butter sauce; 

and the country-style rigatoni 

($15) featuring Italian 

sausage, tomato, mushroom, 

red pepper and garlic cream. 

Other entrée items include 

a veal piccata ($24) with 

tender medallions, lemon, 

capers, roasted potato and 

vegetables; chicken Romano 

($18) with artichoke hearts, 

Roma tomatoes, white wine, 

Romano cheese and roasted 

potato. 

Although Galderio Sr. said 

Balagio is not a steak house, 

he knows steak is a go-to for 

some people, so the menu 

includes a 12-ounch New 

York strip ($29), served with 

bell pepper, smashed red potato 

and vegetables.

26 | November 9, 2017 | The New Lenox Patriot Puzzles 


crosstown CROSSWORD & Sudoku 

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

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 

Across 

1. N.Y.C. gallery 

5. Bit of smoke 

9. Like fairy-tale dragons, 

in the end 

14. Final bio 

15. Objecting to 

16. Notches 

17. Early Briton 

18. Worship object 

19. Completely lost 

20. Pitcher and right 

fielder for Lincoln-Way 

West 

23. Egyptian peninsula 

24. Mideast canal 

25. Business degree 

28. Water barrier 

30. Eagle houses 

32. You can bank on it 

35. Clark and Tracy 

38. S. American tubers 

39. Falsifiers 

41. Goes with dot 

42. Approximately 

43. Richard of “Chicago” 

44. Parkinson’s treatment 

46. German physicist with 

a law named after him 

47. Capital of Texas 

50. Short plastic type of 

worm 

52. N.T. book 

53. Final Four grp. 

56. Water pots 

59. Lincoln Way East 

alum who played outside 

linebacker for the 

Patriots 

62. People of southern 

Africa 

66. You might add it to 

the pot 

67. “Me neither” 

68. Philosophies 

69. Fat in some steamed 

English puddings 

70. Intake 

71. Bungle 

72. Curious “Sesame 

Street” character 

73. Jacuzzi effect 

Down 

1. Faux 

2. Listens to 

3. Music’s ___ Vanilli 

4. Be there 

5. Oahu beach 

6. __china 

7. Quits 

8. Rice 

9. Sharp 

10. Fired up 

11. Temperature controls, 

briefly 

12. Cold War president, 

familiarly 

13. Government security 

agency, abbr. 

21. Busts 

22. What follows a 

bee? 

25. Phone or scope 

preceder 

26. Tanning area 

27. NE India state 

29. Book after Proverbs: 

Abbr. 

31. French king? 

32. Bits of plankton 

33. Entanglement 

34. Swamp 

36. Decked 

37. LA cloud 

40. Finished working, 

briefly 

42. Seal the deal 

45. Frequently exhibiting, 

by nature 

48. Pouring in 

49. Sgt. Snorkel, for 

one 

51. One who’s fair 

54. Put down, in a way 

55. Cancel out 

57. Bypass 

58. Fathered 

60. Agenda entry 

61. Part of N.Y.C. 

62. Chest protector 

63. Goings-on 

64. Volleyball obstacle 

65. Tic-___-toe 

NEW LENOX 

Little Joe’s Restaurant 

(1300 N. Cedar Road, 

New Lenox; (815) 463- 

1099) 

■5-8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: 

Piano Styles by Joe 

MOKENA 

The Alley Grill and Tap 

House 

(18700 S. Old LaGrange 

Road, Mokena; (708) 478- 

3610) 

■9 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Karaoke 

Fox’s Restaurant and Pub 

(11247 W. 187th St., Mokena; 

(708) 478-8888) 

■6 ■ p.m. Thursdays, 

Fridays and Saturdays: 

Performance by Jerry 

Eadie 

Jenny’s Southside Tap 

(10160 191st St., Mokena; 

(708) 479-6873) 

■6 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Acoustic 

Avenue, Psychic 

night - second Tuesday 

every month. 

■9 ■ p.m. Thursdays: 

Karaoke 

■Fridays ■ and Saturdays: 

Live bands 

LOCKPORT 

Port Noir 

(900 S. State St., Lockport; 

(815) 834-9463) 

■4-7 ■ p.m. Monday-Friday: 

Happy Hour 

■8-10 ■ p.m. Thursdays: 

Comedy Bingo 

■8-11 ■ p.m. Fridays and 

Saturdays: Live Band 

■7-11 ■ p.m. Sundays: 

Open Mic Night 

ORLAND PARK 

Girl in the Park 

(11265 W. 159th St., 

Orland Park, IL; (708) 

226-0042) 

■7 ■ p.m. Mondays: Trivia 

■5:30 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: 

Live Music 

■8 ■ p.m. Thursdays: Bingo 

■8 ■ p.m. Fridays and Saturdays: 

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The Brass Tap 

(14225 95th Ave. Suite 

400, Orland Park; (708) 

226-1827) 

■8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Trivia. 

Prizes awarded 

■9 ■ p.m. Fridays and Saturdays: 

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15400 S. LaGrange Rd 


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15400 S. LaGrange Rd 


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Sox Outlet-Register & Floor 

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Thanksgiving, Christmas, 

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FOR SALE 

2 Lots at St. John’s 

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Novena 

Holy Spirit thou who make mesee 

everything and show me the way to 

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the wrong that is done to me 

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1052 Garage Sale 

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11, 8-5p. Abbey Glen Estates 

Sub. Furniture, wall decor, 

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New Lenox 310 Garfield Ave 

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1058 Moving Sale 

New Lenox, 2Honey Lane, 

Sat. Nov 11th, 11-3pm. Bookcases, 

computer cabinet, sewing 

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July 31 

• 2101 Oakview Court, New Lenox, 

60451-1318 - Jack R. Hobbs to James J. 

Yep, Renee C. Yep $510,000 

• 251 Pottawatomie Lane, New 

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to Christopher Wolf, Bethany Wolf 

$280,000 

• 2791 Amy Court, New Lenox, 60451- 

4025 - First Bank Of Manhattan Truste 

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• 415 E. 4th Ave., New Lenox, 60451- 

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• 751 Mallard Drive, New Lenox, 

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60451-4824 - Nicholas D. Forneris to 

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1225 Apartments 

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2701 Property for 

Sale 

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ES- 

TATE of 2321 Peregrine Dr., New 

Lenox, IL 60451 (Residential). 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: 

DITECH FINANCIAL LLC FKA 

GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC, 

Plaintiff V. WILLIAM D. HOW- 

ELL; BELINDA J. HOWELL; 

CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), 

N.A.; TERRY WEBER; MID- 

LAND FUNDING LLC; COL- 

LECTION PROFESSIONALS, 

INC.; UNITED STATES OF 

AMERICA; STATE OF ILLI- 

NOIS; Defendant. 

Case No. 16CH 1197 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: 

JOHNSON, BLUMBERG AND 

ASSOCIATES 

230 W. MONROE, SUITE 1125, 

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606 

P: 312 541-9710 

F: 312 541-9711 

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. 

2702 Public 

Notices 

Certificate No. 31862 was filed in 

the office of the County Clerk of 

Will onOctober 18, 2017 wherein 

the business firm ofBest Carpet 

Cleaning Pro located at 4425 Timber 

Ridge Ct, Joliet, IL 60431 is 

registered and a certificate notice 

setting forth the following: 

Marian Lukacisin, 4425 Timber 

Ridge Ct, Joliet, IL 60431 

708-945-0832 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have 

hereunto set my hand and Official 

Seal at my office in Joliet; Illinois, 

this 18th day of October, 2017 

Nancy Schultz Voots 

Will County Clerk 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

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 

DITECH FINANCIAL LLC FKA 

GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

WILLIAM D. HOWELL; 

BELINDA J. HOWELL; CAPI- 

TAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A.; 

TERRY WEBER; MIDLAND 

FUNDING LLC; COLLECTION 

PROFESSIONALS, INC.; 

UNITED STATES OF AMER- 

ICA; STATE OF ILLINOIS; 

Defendant. 

No. 16 CH 1197 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that 

pursuant to ajudgment entered in 

the above cause on the 14th day of 

August, 2017, 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 orbidders 

the following-described real 

estate: 

LOT 243, IN LARAWAY RIDGE 

UNIT 4, BEING A SUBDIVI- 

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Athlete of the Week 

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meetings and sports in the area. 

10 Questions 

with Michael Nork 

Michael Nork is one of the top players on 

the Lincoln-Way West bowling team. The 

team finished in first place at the Plainfield 

North Invite on Saturday, Nov. 4. 

How did you get into bowling? 

My older sister decided that when she 

started high school that she would bowl, and 

so when she started, I decided I wanted to 

start, too, to give her some competition. 

What’s the best part about the sport? 

The best part about the sport is probably 

trying to make your high score every time, 

and just bowling with the team and making 

new friends. 

What are your goals this year? 

Our goal make it to state just like last 

year and to place even higher than last year 

(ninth). Personally, I want to bowl my first 

300 and focus on my spares more. 

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What’s the biggest lesson you’ve 

learned from coach Scott Ullian? 

When you make a bad shot, just let it go 

and focus on the next shot. 

What’s your greatest memory in 

bowling besides making it to state? 

I think my greatest memory in bowling 

was when our team won the regional championship 

for the first time in school history. 

We all got along and battled to win that 

championship against Minooka, and it was 

just a fun experience. 

If you won the lottery, what’s the 

first thing you’d buy? 

I would probably open up an animal shelter 

for all the dogs that are in need of care. 

What’s something most people don’t 

know about you? 

Something most people don’t know is that 

I really enjoy studying chemistry. Last year, 

when I took chemistry, I really liked it, and I 

might want to major in chemistry when I’m 

older. 

What’s the story behind the team 

wearing the orange pants during 

meets? 

A couple of years ago, one of the bowlers 

who graduated (state qualifier Anthony Castaneda), 

he decided to wear orange pants one 

time, and it kind of just became a tradition 

now. 

What is your spirit animal? 

A lion because they seem friendly on the 

outside, but they’re fighters on the inside. 

If you could customize your own 

bowling ball, what would it look like? 

It would be blue green and orange mixed 

because those are my three favorite colors, 

and it’d probably have my initials on it. 

Interview by Editor James Sanchez. 

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At the end of every boys soccer season, 22nd Century Media scours through stories, stat 

sheets and reporters’ notebooks to compile its Team 22 All-Star lineup. 

The team features student-athletes from Lincoln-Way Central, Lincoln-Way East, Lincoln- 

Way West, Providence Catholic, Andrew, Tinley Park, Lockport Township and Sandburg 

high schools. 

Compiled by 22nd Century Media staff 

Forwards 

Silvio Gkizas, senior, 

Providence 

35 goals, 28 assists. All- 

Sectional, All-CCL. Gkizas 

had the ability to create 

something out of nothing, 

proving to be a gamechanging 

player who put up 

video game numbers. 

MidFielders 

Kyle Seymour, senior, LW 

West 

17 goals, 6 assists. 

All-SWSC. The Warriors’ 

captain was the most 

explosive offensive threat 

for his team and seemed to 

be involved in every play. 

deFenders 

First team 

Vasili Vouris, senior, 

Sandburg 


Sectional, All-SWSC. Vouris 

helped shut down offensive 

lines this season, combining 

with keeper Connor Baker 

to allow only 13 goals. 

second team 

Forward 

Dan Repa, junior, Andrew 


All-Sectional Honorable 

Mention. 

Jordan Abbasi, senior, LW 

East 


Sectional, All-SWSC. 

David Flores, junior, LW West 


Goalie 

Scott Slocum, senior, 

Providence 


Sectional, All-CCL. Slocum 

showed the ability to find 

the back of the net regularly, 

working to be a great leader 

for his team over the course 

of the season. 

Brett Hudak, junior, Tinley 


Sectional, All-SSC. Hudak 

repeated and improved 

upon everything great 

about his sophomore 

season, scoring two more 

goals than last season and 

adding three assists. 

Connor Baker, junior, 

Sandburg 

9 shutouts, .72 goals 

against average. Baker 

was fast at reading the 

field and helped give 

Sandburg a chance all 

season long. 

Jimmy Margas, senior, 

Sandburg 


Sectional, All-SWSC. Fast 

and versatile, Margas played 

with a lot of heart, proving 

to be a driving force in the 

Eagles’ offensive attack. 

Luke James, senior, LW 

West 


SWSC. One of the Warriors’ 

most consistent defenders, 

James dished out great 

passes all season, sparking 

the West offense. 

Nick Kowalczyk, junior, 

Lockport 

15 goals, All-SWSC. There 

is a reason Kowalczyk 

was named Player of the 

Year for the SouthWest 

Suburban Conference Blue 

Division. 

Frank Dicosola, senior, 

LW East 


All-Sectional, All-SWSC. 

Dicosola proved to 

be East’s fantastic 

counterpart to forward 

Jordan Abbasi this season. 

Justin Biela, junior, 

Lockport 

All-SWSC. The defender 

was an anchor for the 

Porters’ defense this 

season and possessed 

the ability to create 

scoring chances. 

Honorable mentions: 

F: Brock Krohe, senior, LW West; Leonardo Rodriguez, 

senior, Tinley. 

M: Jose Mendoza, junior, Lockport. 

D: Dan Kaleciak, senior, Sandburg; Charlie Gainer, 

junior, Sandburg; Connor Kettleson, senior, LW West; 

Bobby Valiska, senior, LW West; Tim Lange, senior, LW 

West; Tim Moriarty, junior, Tinley. 

G: Dominic Wistocki, senior, Lockport; Victor Porada, 

junior, LW East; Andres Aguilar, senior, Andrew. 

MidFielder 

Austin Keate, senior, Andrew 



Alex Trujillo, senior, Andrew. 

1 goal, 6 assists. All-SWSC. 

Nolan McGrath, junior, LW 

West 

11 goals, 1 assist. All- 

SWSC. 

Luke Baumgartner, senior, 

LW Central 


Sectional. All-SWSC. 

deFenders 

Jake Purvis, junior, 

Providence 


Ben Zuraitis, senior, LW 

Central 

All-Sectional Honorable 

Mention. All-SWSC. 

Josh Davis, senior, LW 

Central 

2 goals, 1 assist. All- 


Goalie 

Connor O’Shaughnessy, 

junior, LW West 

6 shutouts. All-SWSC.



Girls Cross Country 

Allen steps up with Brownrigg under the weather at state 

Knights place 20th, 

many runners 

returning next year 

Tim Cronin, Freelance Reporter 

Merrigan Allen is a freshman 

at Lincoln-Way Central 

and is diminutive enough to 

get lost in the hallways between 

classes. 

Put her on a cross-country 

course and she stands out. 

Allen led the way for the 

Knights in Saturday’s IHSA 

3A championship race, finishing 

the three-mile test in 

a career-best 17:58, eight 

seconds ahead of ailing 

Mackenzie Brownrigg, and 

setting the Knights up for a 

20th-place finish in the 25- 

team field. 

It also sets them up for a 

better showing next year, 

when Allen will be a sophomore, 

Brownrigg will be a 

senior, and three others who 

ran at Detweiller Park – junior 

Rachel Baumgartner, sophomore 

Lexy Sams and freshman 

Colleen Erdman – will 

return. 

“I started out really far behind, 

because I’m really bad 

at starting,” Allen said. “Later, 

I found all my teammates.” 

And passed them. 

The swirl of the state 

championship was, of 

course, new to Allen. 

“There’s just so many 

people to push you, every 

part of the race. Everyone’s 

cheering for you,” she said. 

“It’s a really different experience.” 

Allen’s timing, 16 seconds 

better than the time 

she posted at the sectional 

in Granite City the previous 

weekend, placed her 72nd 

in the 210-runner field. The 

runners were so packed at 

that juncture that if she was 

six seconds faster, she would 

have been 54th. 

Brownrigg was one of 

several elite area runners to 

have the misfortune of being 

under the weather for the 

weekend. She still gutted out 

an 18:06 clocking – just over 

six minutes a mile – good for 

86th. 

“For her to push through 

that is impressive,” Knights 

coach Jack Young said. 

The outcome sets up 

Brownrigg and Allen as coleaders 

for next year’s squad. 

“It’s weird, because I 

never even thought I was going 

to make the varsity this 

year,” Allen said. 

“Merrigan came through 

and picked off what I was 

lacking, so I’m really proud of 

her,” Brownrigg said. “I definitely 

expected to break 18 

(minutes). I could feel a little 

off, but didn’t want to think 

about it too much. I came at it 

with a positive mind. 

“The start felt good, but I 

felt a little heavy. And as the 

race progressed, the heaviness 

progressed.” 

Central scored 497 points, 

one less than Oswego East. 

Naperville North, with three 

of the first 10 team finishers, 

won the title with 87 points, 

upsetting Yorkville (117). 

Lyons Township (184) took 

third. 

Baumgartner was 108th 

overall in 18:16, with seniors 

Gretchen Zirgaitis 166th in 

18:46 and Dana Boucher 

191st in 19:15. 

“I’m proud of their efforts,” 

Young said. “We were 

shooting for Top 20 overall.” 

They hit that on the number. 

While the times of Sams 

(193rd, 19:16) and Erdman 

(199th, 19:23) didn’t count, 

they finished close behind 

Boucher and will be counted 

on in the future. 

“Next year our goal is going 

to be Top 15 or Top 10,” 

Young said. “We’re only losing 

three of our Top 12.” 

Lincoln-Way Central’s Mackenzie Brownrigg (right) ran 86th in the 3A cross-country championship Saturday, Nov. 4, in 

Peoria, fighting a cold all the way. Photos by Tim Cronin/22nd Century Media 

Central’s Merrigan Allen (1661) led the Knights in Peoria 

with a time of 17:58. 

Central sophomore Lexy Sams ran in 19:16 in the 3A crosscountry 

final.

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Boys Cross Country 

Taylor: ‘It’s a whole different world’ 

Knights hungry 

for next year after 

struggle at state 

Tim Cronin, Freelance Reporter 

Lincoln-Way Central’s 

boys team went into the 3A 

cross country championship 

with high hopes coming 

off a fifth-place finish 

in the sectional at Granite 

City. A motivational text 

by Dave Walters, Lincoln- 

Way’s 1973 state champion 

and a world-class agegroup 

runner to this day, 

added to the anticipation. 

The hopes were dashed 

on a wet, muddy day at Detweiller 

Park. The Knights 

placed 24th in a 25-team 

field, beating only Lockport 

Township. 

“They ran well, pretty 

much finished like they did 

last week as far as our order 

goes,” Knights coach John 

Taylor said. “It’s something 

special for them to be here, 

to perform under pressure.” 

Sophomore Jared Kreis’ 

time of 15:32 paced the 

Knights. Partly because of 

the conditions, it was about 

14 seconds off his eighthplace 

time in Granite City. 

But sectional and the 

state title race are completely 

different animals. 

“It’s a whole different 

world,” Taylor said. 

Danny Kilrea of Lyons 

Township won Saturday’s 

individual race, running 

the three-mile test in 14:08. 

Kreis was 84 seconds behind 

in 111th place, indicating 

how far he has to go 

in the next two years to join 

the state’s elite. 

“It wasn’t my best race,” 

Kreis said. “I came in looking 

for a PR on the final day 

of the season. I was close.” 

Kreis, the 18th fastest 

sophomore in the field, was 

Lincoln-Way Central’s Jared Kreis (2057, middle right) looks for running room on the edge of the pack in the 3A championship race, Saturday, Nov. 4, in 

Peoria. Photos by Tim Cronin//22nd Century Media 

followed by junior Andrew 

Englert (145th, 15:45), 

senior Nate Rittenbacher 

(172nd, 15:56), senior Zak 

Hutchinson (193rd, 16:14), 

and senior Justin Hearne 

(198th, 16:21) in scoring 

positions. Junior Jackson 

Burriss (199th, 16:23) and 

senior Kern Rodrigues 

(201st, 16:25) were right 

behind. 

“We’ve got to fill in the 

middle next year,” Taylor 

said. “It’s exciting to see 

the next couple of years 

here. I’m looking forward 

to coming back here next 

year.” 

For Kreis, the experience 

was everything. 

Lincoln-Way Central’s Zak Hutchinson (2055, left) and 

Lockport Township’s Ross Cronhom (2006, right) race 

during the 3A championship. 

“At least we got here, 

and got to experience this 

as a team,” Kreis said. “It’s 

exciting, a totally different 

experience. The atmosphere 

is crazy. I was pretty 

Andrew Englert (2053) comes to the finish of the 3A 

championship race. 

nervous, honestly. 

“It turned into more of an 

individual race than a team 

race. It’s hard to find your 

guys. Ten seconds can be 

25 spots.”



Girls Volleyball 

Normal’s size too much for Celtics in sectional semifinal 

Coach Muys 

continues winning 

culture in debut 

season with Celtics 

RANDY WHALEN 


Providence girls volleyball 

coach Lisa Muys wasn’t 

the least bit surprised that 

Normal University captured 

the title at the Class 3A Pontiac 

Sectional. 

That came when the Pioneers 

defeated Manteno 25- 

20, 25-17 on Nov. 1 to win 

their first sectional championship 

since 2011. Normal 

U-High (27-10) faced the 

host Titans in the Tinley 

Park Supersectional on Friday, 

Nov. 3. 

“That Normal team is 

a good team,” Muys said. 

“They are tall, physical, and 

they are good. I don’t mind 

being beaten by a team that 

is good.” 

Unfortunately for Muys 

and the Celtics, that’s what 

happened. They were defeated 

by Normal U-High 

25-16, 25-16 on Oct. 30 in 

the semifinals of the Pontiac 

Sectional. 

“It was a tough matchup,” 

said Muys of facing 

the Pioneers. “We didn’t 

know them, but they were 

much bigger than us. They 

also have a good setter, who 

has very good hands. The 

matchup was just tough for 

us.” 

The loss ended the campaign 

for Providence (21- 

17) in the sectional semifinals 

for the third straight 

season. The Celtics last 

played for a sectional title 

in 2005 in Class AA. They 

last won one when they 

captured the second of two 

straight in 2001. 

Still this season they won 

a regional for the third consecutive 

year after winning 

one (2010) in the previous 

nine seasons. The three 

straight regional championships 

is the first time since 

2000-02 that Providence 

has captured three in a row. 

“We had a good season,” 

Muys said. “We finished 

third at the Rich East Tournament 

[on Sept. 23] and 

third in the Oak Lawn Invite 

[on Sept. 16]. We beat Lincoln-Way 

West early in the 

season, but lost to Lincoln- 

Way Central. We defeated 

Loyola, which was a nice 

win. We had some really 

good matches in going three 

with some teams like JCA 

[Joliet Catholic Academy] 

and Wheaton St. Francis. 

“We had a team of five seniors, 

all of which started at 

some point, 10 juniors and a 

sophomore. We had a lot of 

defensive players and only 

one girl that is 6-foot.” 

The Celtics graduate five 

seniors. They are: middle 

blocker/right side hitter Rachael 

Dion, libero Megan 

Kulpinski, libero/outside 

hitter Olivia Smagala, setter/right 

side hitter Keely 

Tess and outside hitter 

Emma Urchell. But the 10 

juniors and a sophomore are 

expected back. 

Tess, who is the only 

6-footer on the team, and 

sophomore outside hitter 

Izabela Gorys made All- 

Conference in the GCAC 

for Providence. 

Muys, who worked as a 

pediatric nurse for many 

years, has four children 

who all played volleyball at 

Sandburg as well as the club 

and collegiate levels. She 

graduated high school from 

Andrew in 1982. Then she 

embarked on an outstanding 

volleyball career at DePaul 

University, where she still 

holds records and was inducted 

in the schools Hall 

of Fame in 2006. 

She’s coached at the club 

level for years, but hadn’t 

coached high school since a 

lower level coaching stop at 

Andrew in 1988. 

“It was interesting and 

different she said of coaching 

at the high school varsity 

level. Because of the 

amount of matches you play, 

you play every other day on 

average. So the speed of the 

season goes by fast with 

the amount of matches you 

play. I wish there was a little 

bit more practice time to 

work on some things.” 

Despite the time and season 

flying by, Muys certainly 

enjoyed it. 

“It was a lot of fun,” she 

said. “The girls were awesome. 

We had a great team 

bond. Also my assistant 

coach, Kyle Klaver [who is 

the Providence boys volleyball 

coach] was a huge help 

to me. Really everyone was 

so helpful, positive and supportive. 

I look forward to 

being back next season.” 

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Football 

Meyer’s major effort helps ensure quarterfinal appearance 

Celtics coast past 

Normal West, will 

play at St. Laurence 

2 p.m. on Saturday 

Chris Walker 


Steven Meyer’s initials 

are “S.M.” so perhaps it 

makes sense that he played 

like “Super Man” during 

Providence’s Saturday, Nov. 

4 Class 6A second round 

game against Normal West 

in New Lenox. 

During a game in which 

the Celtics offense found 

ways to move the chains and 

put points on the scoreboard, 

Meyer did his part to ensure 

that the Wildcats did little of 

the same as the Celtics rolled 

to a 33-7 victory. 

They advance to this Saturday’s 

quarterfinal game 

against St. Laurence (8-3) 

which beat Hinsdale South 

the same day. 

Meyer had the trifecta of 

big-time defensive plays, 

blocking a field goal, making 

a last-second tackle 

that saved a touchdown and 

then intercepting a pass in 

the end zone on that same 

drive. He did just about 

everything. Plus, he did 

this after intercepting two 

passes and scoring a touchdown 

the previous week in 

the playoff opener against 

Richards. 

One has to wonder if even 

kryptonite can stop Meyer. 

“It’s been a good time to 

put everything together,” 

Meyer said. “In the regular 

season you’re working on 

techniques and everything, 

and then you get pumped up 

for the playoffs and if you do 

the little things the big plays 

are easy to make.” 

Providence (7-4) took a 

rare 2-0 lead less than three 

minutes into the game when 

Steven Meyer (right) celebrates with a Providence coach 

following a big play. 

Logan Anderson and Peter 

Spesia made a tackle in the 

end zone on a mishandled 

snap for a safety. The play 

came after Anderson’s brilliant 

53-yard punt that was 

downed at the Normal West 

1-yard line. 

“That was a great punt by 

Logan and you could feel the 

momentum,” Meyer said. 

“You could see from their 

sideline that their mood had 

dropped and we had them 

right where we wanted them, 

especially at home with the 

crowd going crazy and feeding 

off their energy.” 

The Celtics established 

their running game early 

and jumped ahead 16-0 on 

touchdown runs of 6 yards 

and 4 yards from quarterback 

Caden Kalinowski (17 

carries, 101 yards, 2 TDs; 

8-of-11 passing, 87 yards). 

“I have gotten more comfortable 

as the season has 

gone on,” Kalinowksi said. 

“But it also has to do with 

the type of season De’Shon 

has had.” 

Normal West (8-3) finally 

broke through the Providence 

defense on Adriel 

Fussell’s 11-yard touchdown 

run with 2:31 left in the first 

half, and the Wildcats looked 

to get an even closer with 

a field goal seconds before 

the break, but Meyer’s block 

protected Providence’s lead 

at 16-7. 

“We were just one or two 

plays away from making this 

a whole different ballgame,” 

Normal West coach Darren 

Hess said. “It’s a game of 

one play here or there that 

could cost you. That’s what 

we experienced.” 

The Celtics wouldn’t allow 

the Wildcats any gamechanging 

plays the rest of 

the afternoon, nor would 

they surrender any more 

points. In its seven victories, 

Providence is allowing less 

than 11 points per game. 

Providence continued to 

Celtics quarterback Caden Kalinowski churns for extra yardage while being smothered by 

Wildcats tacklers Saturday, Nov. 4, during a Class 6A second round playoff game in New 

Lenox. Photos Submitted 

increase its lead in the second 

half, getting a 32-yard field 

goal from Eduardo Favela 

midway through the third 

quarter and then an 80-yard 

touchdown run from De’Shon 

Gavin (21 carries, 160 yards) 

with 4:05 left in the quarter to 

make it a 26-7 game. 

“When you have a weapon 

like De’Shon, the defense 

has to respect that,” Providence 

coach Mark Coglianese 

said. “Big plays are 

huge, especially this time of 

year.” 

Providence’s defense was 

in lockdown mode throughout 

the second half. 

“We had made a lot of 

mistakes in the first half and 

we were beating ourselves 

with mental mistakes,” Meyer 

said. “Coach Cogs said it 

comes down to playing with 

heart. He said we were up 

on the scoreboard but we 

should be up more so we 

played with more heart and 

De’Shon Gavin generates space from a would-be tackler. 

came out victorious.” 

The Celtics added a 1-yard 

touchdown run from Jake 

Magurany with 2:40 remaining 

in the game to complete 

their scoring. 

Providence hasn’t played 

its next opponent, St. Laurence, 

since beating them 

38-0 in 2012, although many 

of the seniors played them 

when they were freshmen. 

The teams shared three opponents 

this year with both 

earning lopsided victories 

against Chicago Hope. The 

Celtics also beat St. Rita 

and St. Ignatius, while the 

Vikings lost to those two 

teams.



‘Knight Train,’ ‘Hit Squad’ strike again 

LW Central’s 

Morgan goes for 

156, 3 scores as ‘D’ 

notches 5 sacks 

Jason Maholy 



coach Jeremy Cordell hasn’t 

shaved his face in more than 

two weeks, and he’s hoping 

not to touch a razor again 

until after Thanksgiving. 

If the Knights keep playing 

like they have through 

the first two rounds of the 

postseason, there is an excellent 

chance he’ll get his 

wish. 

Central running back 

Mike Morgan rushed for 156 

yards, a swarming defense 

held yet another opponent to 

a single touchdown, and the 

Knights beat Hersey 21-7 

to advance to the quarterfinals 

of the IHSA Class 7A 

playoffs. Central (10-1) is 

in the quarterfinals for the 

first time in 17 years — before 

what was once known 

as simply Lincoln-Way split 

into distinct Central and East 

high schools. 

The Knights will defend 

their home field this week 

when they host Benet, which 

advanced to the quarterfinals 

by dismantling Hononegah 

— the top seed in Class 7A 

— 23-0. The Redwings are 

battle-tested, having played 

several teams still alive this 

postseason, including Marist 

(lost 38-24), Nazareth (lost 

24-14) and St. Laurence 

(won 49-28) 

The usually clean-shaven 

Cordell, who began growing 

a playoff beard after the 

Knights final regular season 

game, has the Knights on 

the cusp of returning the 

program to the glory days 

it enjoyed prior to the split. 

After finishing runner-up in 

1996, the Knights won the 

state title in 1997, then advanced 

to the semifinals in 

1999 and 2000. 

“It feels good,” Cordell 

said of the Knights getting 

into the quarterfinals for 

the first time since 2000. “I 

told the boys to enjoy this. 

We’ve worked extremely 

hard as a program, as players 

and coaches, and we 

need to enjoy this moment 

and celebrate just being 

great teammates and brothers 

to each other, and just 

enjoy the journey. It’s been 

an 11-month journey and, 

obviously, we’re not close 

to being done, but just enjoy 

the moment.” 

The Knights’ formula 

for playing in DeKalb in 

late November is to hitch 

the Knight Train offense to 

Morgan, and allow their Hit 

Squad defense to pulverize 

opponents. Morgan carried 

the ball 40 times and accounted 

for Central’s three 

touchdowns, all on runs of 

two yards. The Knights ran 

71 offensive plays — 61 of 

them runs — to Hersey’s 44, 

as the Knights continually 

moved the chains and controlled 

the clock. 

“It’s fun going out there 

and getting the ball a lot, 

it was easier for me to get 

into to the game,” Morgan 

said. “And the offensive 

line did great job opening 

holes all game.” 

Morgan also caught two 

passes for 38 yards. Central 

senior quarterback Sam 

Pipiras completed 6-of-10 

passes for 140 yards, including 

a 66-yarder to running 

back Justin Ellis that helped 

set up Morgan’s second 

touchdown. The 21 points 

the Knights scored were the 

most Hersey (9-2) had allowed 

this season. 

The Central defense, 

meanwhile, continued to 

make its case that it is among 

the best in the state. Hersey 

entered the contest unbeaten 

at home and averaging more 

than 36 points per game, and 

had been held to fewer than 

21 points only once. The 

Knights’ front seven sacked 

Huskies quarterback Owen 

Goldsberry five times and 

continually harassed the senior 

signal-caller. 

“We want our defense to 

play fast, physical and free,” 

Cordell said. “We knew we 

were going to have to disrupt 

[Goldsberry] and disrupt 

their game plan a little 

bit, and we did that. Kudos 

to him. He got out on some 

runs and made some nice 

plays, but it was disruptive.” 

Granberry acknowledged 

Goldsberry’s athleticism and 

said the Knights were focused 

on keeping him from 

making plays. 

“Our main thing this week 

was just to stop No. 11,” 

said senior linebacker Matt 

Granberry, who had one 

sack and an interception. 

“We know he’s a key player, 

we know when things hit 

the fan they’re going to go 

to him for everything, and 

if we shut down No. 11 the 

game is over.” 

Morgan said advancing 

beyond the second round 

— in which the Knights 

lost to Rolling Meadows a 

season ago — is huge for 

the program, especially the 

seniors who were part of 

last year’s team. 

“We wanted this really 

bad,” he said. “Last year it 

hurt to lose in the playoffs … 

We didn’t want to feel that 

again, so we came out hungry 

and wanted to get this 

win. Coach keeps telling us 

to create a legacy, and, clearly, 

today I think we did.” 

Lincoln-Way Central senior linebackers Peyton Nigro (left) and Matt Granberry celebrate 

after Granberry’s interception Saturday, Nov. 4, against Hersey. The Knights went on to win 

21-7. Photos by Jason Maholy/22nd Century Media 

Knights senior linebacker Nick DeGregorio lays down the hammer on a Hersey player. The 

defense held Hersey to under 21 points for only the second time this season. 

The Knights were a young 

team last year, and their progression 

since the seasonending 

loss is evident on the 

field and in the attitude of 

players who expect victory. 

“It’s been many years 

since we’ve been in [the 

quarterfinals], and finally 

we’re here now, and we have 

a really good grasp on this,” 

Granberry said. “Our goal 

going forward is to hit the 

ground running against any 

opponent that’s in our way, 

and we’re going to keep rolling. 

Put the foot on the gas 

pedal and keep going.”



fastbreak 

Football 

West’s ground and pound leaves Alton no chance 

22nd Century Media File 

Photo 

1st-and-3 

Girls basketball 

underway 

1. Abi Baumgartner 

(above) 

With the Knights’ 

season opener 

Tuesday, Nov. 14, at 

home against Joliet, 

forward Baumgartner 

will look to lead the 

way as a go-to inside 

scorer. 

2. Taylor Gugliuzza 

The Warriors open 

their season Monday, 

Nov. 13, at Plainfield 

North. As a freshman, 

she turned 

heads with her ability 

to score and slash. 

Now she looks to be 

one of the leaders. 

3. Ryann Ogarek 

The Celtics open 

the season Tuesday, 

Nov. 14, against St. 

Laurence. Two-year 

starter Ogarek has 

the abilities to be effective 

as an athletic 

two-way forward. 

Warriors to play No. 

4-seeded Batavia 1 

p.m. Saturday, Nov. 

11 in New Lenox 

RANDY WHALEN 


Lincoln-Way West football 

coach Dave Ernst knew 

he had a lot of returning 

players back for this season’s 

team. What he also 

knew is he had a lot of leadership. 

That leadership was on 

display last weekend as the 

Warriors had some veteran 

players step up and lead 

them to 42-13 victory over 

Alton in the second round 

of the Class 7A football 

playoffs on Saturday, Nov. 

4, in Alton. 

With the win, the Warriors 

(9-2) advanced to 

the state quarterfinals this 

Saturday where they will 

host Batavia (10-1) a 20- 

17 overtime winner against 

PRESSBOX PICKS 

Our staff’s predictions for 

the top games in Week 12 

Providence Catholic (7-4) at St. Laurence (8-3) 

Lincoln-Way East (11-0) hosts Oswego (10-1) 

Lincoln-Way Central (10-1) hosts Benet Academy (8-3) 

Lincoln-Way West (9-2) hosts Batavia (10-1) 

visiting Wheaton North. 

It’s the fourth time in the 

past six seasons, but first 

since finishing as Class 5A 

state runner-up two years 

ago, that West has made it 

at least as far as the quarterfinals. 

In doing so it shut 

down the Redbirds (6-5) on 

their home field. Alton was 

limited to nine first downs 

and 189 total yards. 

In the meantime the West 

offense was clicking as it 

racked up 190 of its 285 

yards on the ground, was 

10-of-14 in third down conversions, 

only punted once 

and finished with 18 first 

downs. Factor in that the 

Warriors jumped out to a 

21-0 lead and it all added up 

to a great day. 

“It was our first long bus 

ride of the season, so to 

come out and start quick 

was great,” Ernst said. 

“These kids take things seriously, 

so I’m not surprised 

at all by what they did. 

“It’s the leadership. We 

have four guys who are 

44-10 

Tim Carroll | Sports Editor 

• Providence 35, St. Laurence 17. St. 

Laurence has the better record, but 

the Vikings have not faced the same 

level of competition. 

• LW East 

• LW Central 

• Batavia 

3-year starters. They tell everyone 

what to expect and 

they set the standard for everyone 

else to live up to.” 

Those seniors, all defensive 

players, are Matt 

Murphy, Jake Price, Ryan 

Robbins and Nick Skentzos. 

They helped lead a defense 

that registered seven 

quarterback sacks and had 

a trio of interceptions - all 

of which led to touchdown 

drives. The interceptions 

were by Kevin Davis, Anthony 

Lullo and Jordan 

Telez, who are all returning 

senior starters. 

Telez led in the defense 

with nine tackles and five 

assists, Skentzos had eight 

tackles and seven assists 

and Robbins contributed six 

tackles and six assists. 

Not every key contributor 

was a senior though. The 

offense was led by sophomore 

running back Caleb 

Marconi, who finished with 

119 yards on 28 carries and 

scored touchdowns on runs 

of 2, 5, 1 and 9 yards. His 

44-10 

Tom Czaja | Contributing 

Editor 

• Providence 35, St. Laurence 21. 

Formidable schedule of Celtics has 

team well-prepared to continue 

playoff run to semifinal. 

• LW East 


• Batavia 

score from a yard out put 

the Warriors up 28-7 at halftime, 

and his 9-yard TD run 

made it 35-7 early in the 

third quarter. 

“Caleb Marconi really 

came back strong,” Ernst 

said. “He had a rough game 

last week [against Jacobs] 

with fumbles. But [against 

Alton] he protected the ball 

well and played real well. 

We knew once we scored on 

our first possession of the 

second half that we were in 

good shape. 

“Our offensive line 

played great. Our offense 

going against their defense, 

our line controlled the 

game. We wanted to run the 

ball, control the clock, and 

we did that.” 

Junior running back Anthony 

Izzarelli (16 carries, 

58 yards) scored from 

4-yards out to make it 14-0 

at the end of the first quarter. 

Senior quarterback Anthony 

Senerchia (7 of 11 

passing for 95 yards, 2 INT) 

didn’t have to throw much. 

42-12 

Joe Coughlin | Publisher 

• Providence 34, St. Laurence 24. 

Like many Chicago Catholic League 

teams, the Celtics are built for this. 

• LW East 


• LW West 

Senior tight end Weygandt 

(3 receptions, 34 yards) 

and senior wide receiver 

Alex Croft (2 receptions, 

40 yards, including one for 

30 yards) were the Warriors 

leading receivers. 

Junior Greyson Grimm 

plowed in from a yard out 

for the final TD of the game 

in the fourth quarter for 

West. Senior Brock Krohe 

connected on all six of his 

extra point attempts. 

With Lincoln-Way Central 

winning 21-7 over host 

Hersey in the second round 

of the Class 7A playoffs, 

the village of New Lenox 

is alive with a lot of “what 

if” talk this week. That’s 

because if Central, which 

hosts Benet Academy this 

weekend, wins and West 

wins, the two New Lenox 

schools will face off against 

each other in the semifinals 

for the right to play in the 

state championship game. 

But Ernst cautions against 

that talk. 

“We’ve got to take care of 

[this] week or the one after 

that won’t matter,” he said. 

“If we just stay focused our 

kids will be fine.” 

All three New Lenox 

schools continue their 2017 

playoff runs. At this point 

last year, every school was 

eliminated. Providence 

failed to make the playoffs, 

West was eliminated in the 

first round, and Central lost 

in the second round.. Now, 

they all have the chance to 

make it to the semifinals. 

LISTEN UP 

“We wanted to run the clock, control the ball, and 

we did that.” 

Dave Ernst – Lincoln-Way West head coach, on the second-round 

win against Alton on Saturday. 

TUNE IN 

Girls Swimming and Diving 

Saturday, Nov. 11 

• Lincoln-Way West and Lincoln-Way Central swimmers 

and divers look to make a statement at the 

Homewood-Flossmoor Sectional for a chance to make 

it to the state competition. 

INDEX 

41 – Team 22: Boys Soccer 

40 – Athlete of the Week 

FASTBREAK is compiled by Editor James Sanchez, 

james@newlenoxpatriot.com.

new lenox’s Hometown Newspaper | www.newlenoxpatriot.com | November 9, 2017 

Lucky No. 13 13-seed Celtics take care 

of business in second round, moves on to 

quarterfinals, Page 45 

Battling more than good competition 

Brownrigg battles it out at girls cross country state race, despite not 

being 100 percent, Page 42 

Power running, stout defense key 

Knights to win, Page 46 

Lincoln-Way Central’s senior running back Mike Morgan plows in for one of his 

three touchdowns Saturday, Nov. 4. Central took down Hersey High School 21-7 and 

move on to the third round of the IHSA Playoffs. Jason Maholy/22nd Century Media 

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