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Pioneer Grove Education Center hosts first Trunk-Or-Treat for its students and their families, Page 3 

Halloween 

contest 

winners 

announced 

There were tough choices, 

but we picked the winners 

for our annual Halloween 

contest, Page 4-5 

Party like it’s 

1992 Lincoln-Way East 

holds 25-year reunion, 

Page 6 

More 

vandalism 

found Police are 

investigating a second 

wave of vandalism in the 

village, Page 8 

Dylan “The Sheriff” 

Konstanty (left), 14, 

of Frankfort, gets 

a treat from Parker 

“The Hulk” Triemstra 

(middle), 3, and 

Lauren “Wonder 

Woman” Triemstra, 

of Manhattan, during 

Pioneer Grove 

Education Center’s 

Trunk-Or-Treat Oct. 

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THURSDAY 

Veterans Day Breakfast 

9:30 a.m. Nov. 9, Frankfort 

Township, 11000 W. 

Lincoln Highway, Frankfort. 

The Frankfort Township is 

hosting a free Veterans Day 

Celebration for Veterans and 

their families. Veterans Assistance, 

Inc. will be on site 

to provide information about 

available benefits. RSVP to 

(815) 806-2766. 

Ribbon Cutting 

5-7 p.m. Nov. 9, Big Bull, 

18305 S. La Grange Road, 

Tinley Park. Join the Frankfort, 

Mokena and Tinley Park 

Chambers of Commerce for a 

ribbon cutting and reception 

at Big Bull restaurant. 

FRIDAY 

Frankfort Township Closure 

The Frankfort Township 

office will be closed Nov. 10 

in observance of the Veterans 

Day holiday. 

St. Anthony WOW 

7 p.m. Nov. 10, Frankfort 

Township Building, 11000 W. 


This non-denominational social 

group for widows or widowers 

will gather for a short 

meeting, entertainment and 

refreshments. New faces are 

welcome. For more information, 

call Mary (815) 469-4351 

or Bill at (708) 478-6118. 

SATURDAY 

Library Closure 

The Mokena Public Library 

District will be closed 

Nov. 11 for Veterans Day. 

Stockings for our Troops 

9 a.m.-noon Nov. 11, The 

Oaks Recreation & Fitness 

Center, 10847 W. La Porte 

Road, Mokena. Make this 

holiday season a memorable 

one for you, your family, 

and our troops. Everyone is 

invited to decorate a holiday 

stocking for our troops 

overseas. Stockings and 

craft supplies are provided. 

Donations of small “stocking 

stuffer” items such as 

protein bars, gum, trail mix, 

deodorant, shampoos, cards, 

razors, toothpaste, etc. will 

also be accepted. “Operation 

Care Package” will send all 

completed stockings and donations 

to the troops. 

Veteran’s Day at the VFW 

10 a.m. Nov. 11, Pioneer 

Ceremony at Wolf Road and 

Denny St., Mokena. Join the 

WM Martin VFW Post 725 

and the Village for a Veterans 

Day ceremony, where the 

Army M5 anti-tank gun will 

return to Pioneer Cemetery. 

Following the ceremony, veterans 

and community members 

are invited back to the 

post for light refreshments. 

MONDAY 

Women’s Club Meeting 

6:30-9 p.m. Nov. 13, Mokena 

Community Public 

Library District, 11327 W. 

195th St., Mokena. A speaker 

will share ideas for holiday 

gift wrapping. Guests 

are welcome, and light refreshments 

will be available. 

For more information, call 

(708) 751-0114. 

Village Board Meeting 

7 p.m. Nov. 13, Mokena 

Village Hall, 11004 Carpenter 

St., Mokena. The Mokena 

Village Board is scheduled to 

meet. For more information, 

meeting agendas and minutes 

visit www.mokena.org. 

Frankfort Township Meeting 

7 p.m. Nov. 13, Frankfort 

Township Office, 11000 W. 


The Frankfort Township 

Board meets the second 

and fourth Monday of each 

month. For more information, 

agendas and meeting 

minutes visit www.frankforttownship.com. 

TUESDAY 

Become a Successful 

Homeowner 

6-8 p.m. Nov. 14, Mokena 

Community Public Library 

District, 11327 W. 195th St., 

Mokena. Carla Dumas will 

share her knowledge of what 

it takes to be a successful 

homeowner. She will cover 

the advantages of buying vs. 

renting, down payment assistance 

programs for first 

time homebuyers, insuring 

your investment, and the legal 

aspects of home buying. 

Dumas will also be providing 

valuable information 

for current property owners 

including how to prepare 

a home for sale, attracting 

buyers and improving curb 

appeal. For more information 

and registration, call 

(708) 479-9663 or visit 

www.mokenalibrary.org. 

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 

Senior Outing 

9:30 a.m. Nov. 15, trip 

departs from the Frankfort 

Township building, 11000 


Enjoy a day of shopping at 

Chicago Ridge Mall. Cost is 

$5 and the bus is available 

for $4. For more information 

and registration, call (815) 

806-2766. 

Pinecone Turkey Decoration 

6:30-8:30 p.m. Nov. 15, 

Mokena Community Public 


195th St., Mokena. Make 

a whimsical turkey to incorporate 

into floral centerpiece, 

or use it as a party 

favor. Join Kathleen Obirek, 

floral designer and educator, 

in the fun of making a Pinecone 

Turkey for this festive 

holiday. Bring a pair of sharp 

scissors. This program is limited 

to 20 adults. To register, 

call (708) 479-9663 or visit 

www.mokenalibrary.org. 

Board of Education Meeting 

7-8:30 p.m. Nov. 15, 

Board Room, Mokena Elementary 

School, 11244 Willow 

Crest Lane, Mokena. 

The Mokena D159 Board 

of Education meets the third 

Wednesday of each month. 

For more information and 

meeting agendas, visit www. 

mokena159.org. 

UPCOMING 

Family Reading Night 

7-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 

16, Mokena Community Public 


195th St., Mokena. Join State 

Representative, Margo Mc- 

Dermed at the library for Family 

Reading Night under the 

glow of the stars. Enjoy stories 

and a s’mores snack around a 

campfire. Children are encouraged 

to wear their pajamas and 

bring their sleeping bags. Each 

child that participates will receive 

a free gift. For more information 

and registration, call 

(708) 479-9663 or visit www. 

mokenalibrary.org. 

Pictures with Santa 

Make an appointment by 

Friday, November 17. Event 

will be held from Noon- 3 

p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19, The 

Oaks Recreation & Fitness 

Center, 10847 W. La Porte 

Road, Mokena. Santa will 

make a special appearance at 

Mokena Park District. A professional 

photographer will 

be available to take children’s 

photos with the Jolly Old Elf. 

Cost is $8 per picture and includes 

a professional 5”x7” 

photograph and a visit with 

Santa. For more information, 

call (708) 390-2401 or visit 

www.mokenapark.com. 

Christmas Fest 

10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 18, 

various locations, Mokena. 

Kick off the holiday season 

with the annual Christmas 

Fest, hosted by the Mokena 

Chamber of Commerce. Activities 

include children’s 

crafts, lunch and pictures 

with Mr. & Mrs. Claus, a 

lighted parade, Village Tree 

Decorating and the family 

dance. For a full list of activities, 

visit the calendar 

section at www.mokena.org. 

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. 

oldplanktrailbank.com. 

ONGOING 

Donations Needed 

Ongoing through Nov. 11, 

Mokena Park District administration 

Center at Main Park, 

10925 La Porte Road, Mokena. 

Donations of supplies for 

The Mokena Park District’s 

contribution to “Operation 

Care Package” such as fabric, 

craft items, and old Christmas 

cards are appreciated. Donations 

will be accepted at the 

Administration Center. For 

more information, call (708) 

390-2401 or visit our website 

at www.mokenapark.com. 

To submit an item to the 

printed calendar, contact 

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 Mokena Messenger | November 9, 2017 | 3 

‘This event was a win’ 

Pioneer Grove 

Educational Center 

hosts Trunk-Or-Treat 

T.J. Kremer III, Editor 

Sometimes we have 

trouble expressing complex 

emotions and feelings. We 

struggle to find the right 

words, or convey the right 

tone, to match what’s inside. 

But the students at Pioneer 

Grove Education Center had 

joy radiating around them 

like a beacon on Halloween, 

as they participated in the 

school’s first Trunk-Or-Treat. 

“There’s an excitement in 

the air just because it’s Halloween, 

but having the opportunity 

to provide something 

new — they always expect 

a parade or some type of an 

activity, but this is something 

new for them — so they knew 

something big was coming,” 

said Principal Sue Kaczmarczyk. 

“I think we have a winner 

here for sure.” 

Families and staff greeted 

the students as they made 

their way out to the parking 

lot, where more than a dozen 

vehicles were decorated in 

elaborate fashions ranging 

from wonderous to spooky 

themes. 

There were treats along 

each stop for the students. 

There was music coming 

from some of the vehicles. 

There was even sunshine 

on that day, which was a 

welcome change to the preceding 

week full of rain and 

gloomy weather. 

“We were looking to create 

an event that could appeal 

to all the students in 

the building,” said Jessica 

Pascarella, District 843 behavior 

consultant. “We have 

students as young as 3 and as 

old as 21. We have students 

who are nonverbal and communicate 

with [augmentative 

and alternative communication] 

devices, students 

with visual impairments, 

difficulties with motor planning, 

sensory processing disorder 

and limited, restricted 

diets, and we wanted to be as 

accommodating as possible 

to make sure every student 

had a wonderful time.” 

Pioneer Grove Educational 

Center is a part of 

Lincoln-Way Area Special 

District 843 that provides 

services for the school districts 

of Manhattan Dis- 

Liam Brya, 8, of Frankfort poses in his bobblehead pumpkin costume during Pioneer 

Grove Education Center’s first Trunk-Or-Treat Oct. 31. T.J. Kremer III/22nd Century Media 

trict 114, Frankfort District 

157C, Mokena District 159, 

Summit Hill District 161 and 

Lincoln-Way Community 

High School District 210. 

All 52 students at the 

school participated in Trunk- 

Or-Treat, Pascarella said. 

In total, 13 families volunteered 

to come and decorate 

their trunks for the event, 

and another 10-15 families 

came to be there to trunkor-treat 

with their children, 

which adds up to more than 

half of all the families of 

the students came out to support 

the event. 

“We wanted to try something 

different, we wanted 

to keep it in the spirit of 

Halloween and we wanted 

to provide an activity that 

would allow our special 

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Spooky, creative and carved talent abounds 

Publisher 

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. LaGrange 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 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. 

• Best Adult-Crafted 

Pumpkin: Ashley Galassini, 

19, of Tinley Park, for 

a face carved in a pumpkin. 

Galassini won two onehour 

racquetball/volleyball 

passes for Silver Lake Golf, 

Please see Halloween, 5 

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

Orland Park. Photos submitted 

Best Children’s Costume: Grace Weisner, 13, of Lockport. 

Best Adult Costume-Creative: Allison Bitten, of Lockport.

mokenamessenger.com NEWS 


Halloween 

From Page 4 

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. La- 

Grange 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. 

Honorable Mokena mentions 

Although these weren’t the winners, we thought these 

costumes were worth a mention. 

ABOVE: Chris and 

Bridget Barron as 

Peg and Al Bundy 

from “Married with 

Children.” photos 

submitted 

LEFT: Charlotte 

Barron as Ursula from 

“The Little Mermaid.” 

Best Child-Crafted Pumpkin: Neil Shastri, 13, of Orland 

Park. 

Best Adult-Crafted Pumpkin: Ashley Galassini, 19, of Tinley 

Park. 

EVENT 

From Page 3 

all of their senses,” Kaczmarczyk 

said. “We do have 

students here with significant 

needs, and we thought 

Trunk-Or-Treat would be a 

nice opportunity to get them 

out and experience movement 

and sounds and tastes 

and all kinds of visuals. So, 

it was a nice opportunity to 

engage them in that way.” 

Pascarella agreed. 

“Trunk-or-treating allowed 

students to really engage in 

a multi-sensory experience,” 

she said. “Students could see 

the beautiful decorations, 

they could feel the different 

textures, they could hear the 

music playing and they could 

also work on saying ‘trick or 

treat’ and ‘thank you’ using 

their [augmentative and alternative 

communication] devices. 

The smiles on the faces 

of students, staff and families 

was the proof we needed to 

know that this event was a 

win. 

“I really think it was a 

feel-good event for everyone 

who attended.” 

Parker “The Hulk” Triemstra, 3, of Manhattan, gets a treat 

from his mother, Lauren “Wonder Woman” Triemstra. 

T.J. Kremer III/22nd Century Media

6 | November 9, 2017 | The Mokena Messenger NEWS 


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The year was 1992. On the 

radio Billy Ray Cyrus sang 

of 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 Nov. 4 Lincoln-Way 

High School Class of ’92 

revisited these 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 lowpressure, 

no-ticket, fun and 

friendly evening for lifelong 

friends and former classmates 

to catch up on the past 

five years since their 20th reunion. 

Former Class President, 

Valerie Skarbek, of Frankfort, 

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 

in touch with on a regular basis. 

It’s hard to get together 

so it’s great to see everyone,” 

she said. “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, in people’s personal 

lives and especially 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 

Lincoln-Way High School Class of ’92 members celebrate 

their 25th reunion Nov. 4 with a “Casual Knight Out” at 

The Alley Grill & Tap House in Mokena. Laurie Fanelli/22nd 

Century Media 

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 call-waiting workaround 

to ensure that you 

were the one to answer the 

phone. 

Frankfort resident Bob 

Janeliunas also took time out 

to examine the technological 

advances of the past 25 years. 

“Things change so fast 

nowadays. You never 

thought you’d have this,” he 

said holding his cellphone. 

“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 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).”

mokenamessenger.com school 


Noonan students take high 

Academic Bowl honors 

Submitted by Noonan 

Elementary Academy 

17TH 

ANNUAL 

Open 

Holiday 

House 

Noonan Elementary 

Academy, an independent 

Catholic school in Mokena 

serving preschool through 

eighth grade, would like to 

congratulate their seventhand 

eighth-grade students 

who represented Noonan 

on Oct. 14, at Providence 

Catholic High School’s annual 

Academic Bowl. 

The Academic Bowl consisted 

of two hundred and 

fifty seventh- and eighthgrade 

students hailing from 

16 different public and private 

schools. The students 

competed individually and 

Students from Noonan Elementary Academy pose with 

their trophies after winning multiple academic categories 

Oct. 14 at Providence Catholic High School’s annual 

Academic Bowl. Photo submitted 

as a team in the following 

areas: language arts, social 

studies, science, mathematics 

and geography. 

“I could not be prouder as 

I watched Noonan Academy 

receive eight trophies for 

the day,” said Joseph Dunn, 

principal of Noonan Acad- 

LW Central Interact Club collects socks for homeless 

Submitted by Lincoln-Way 

Community High School 

District 210 

During the month of 

October, students at Lincoln-Way 

District 210 

participated in philanthropic 

opportunities to 

celebrate “Make a Difference 

Month.” Lincoln-Way 

Central Interact Club collected 

socks for “Socktober,” 

which were donated 

to Morning Star Mission in 

New Lenox. Morning Star 

Mission will provide these 

socks to those in need during 

the holiday season. 

This was the LW Central 

Interact Club’s third annual 

charity event, and with the 

help of the English department, 

1,014 pairs of socks 

were collected for the homeless. 

This was the first year 

the club broke 1,000 donations. 

“The Lincoln-Way Central 

Interact Club is a club that 

gives back to the community. 

The members really worked 

hard getting as many socks 

as possible. I am very proud 

of all of them,” said Interact 

Club sponsor Steve Proutsos. 

“Not only does it show the 

dedication of all our members, 

but also how caring and 

thoughtful our students and 

teachers here at Central are to 

donate and help so much for 

a good cause.” 

The Interact Club members, 

and especially the 

Knights of the President’s 

Interact Club Table — which 

consists of Izzy Rotondi, 

Emma Burton, Lauren Kraft, 

Grace Kadubek and Jake 

Blount — worked to help 

promote Socktober. 

“Socktober is such a great 

charity event that Interact 

Club does [it] every year at 

Lincoln-Way Central. It is 

so important to help others 

in need, and Emma Burton, 

Lauren Kraft, Grace 

Kadubek, Jake Blount and 

I really wanted to help in 

every shape and form,” Rotondi 

said. 

Please see Noonan, 10 

(Back row, left to right) 

Lincoln-Way Central 

Presidents of the Knights 

of the President’s Interact 

Club Table Jacob Blount, 

Emma Burton, Lauren 

Kraft, Grace Kadubek 

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D161 official suggests reduction in extracurricular fees 

Megann Horstead 


A Summit Hill District 

161 official is looking to 

reduce extracurricular fees 

assessed to families to encourage 

greater student participation. 

“[Superintendent Barb] 

Rains was adding some fee 

information comparing our 

district to other districts 

around us concerning fees 

for all our different activities,” 

Board President Rich 

Marron said. “I wanted to 

propose something a little 

different and a little bit out 

of the norm as opposed to 

just approving our fees.” 

Marron wanted this item 

on the agenda to open up 

discussion during the Oct. 

30 meeting. 

“I tie [this proposal] directly 

back to how we spend 

tax dollars,” he said. 

District 161 currently collects 

extracurricular fees 

valued at $50, while Marron’s 

suggestion aims to 

reduce the amount to a $10 

maximum. 

History shows that fees 

have increased over the 

years, with uncertainty created 

over State of Illinois 

funding. 

“However, given the activities 

of the school board 

and the district from 2003 

— and I’m referring to 2003 

because that’s the last time 

we had the referendum — 

the school district is in a 

pretty good financial place, 

whether you agree with how 

we got here or not [is] not really 

relevant,” Marron said. 

“We’re in a pretty good financial 

place.” 

Marron said there is no 

extracurricular activity he 

can think of where parents 

are not already burdened by 

costs or time management. 

District 161, for example, 

does not provide transportation 

for students who are 

involved in after-school activities. 

“Given our financial condition 

[and] given the tremendous 

value that’s here, I 

think that it’s time we get rid 

of the fee-based boundaries 

from kids joining these activities,” 

Marron said. 

Board member Patricia 

Martin said she appreciates 

the thought Marron has put 

into the proposal. 

“I just think there’s a lot 

of kids who are doing it for 

whatever reason,” she said. 

Research shows there a 

Round it up 

A brief recap of action and discussion from the Oct. 30 

regular meeting of the Summit Hill District 161 Board 

of Education: 

•Officials accepted the 

2017-2018 improvement 

plans for the schools and 

the district. 

•District staff has met 

with representatives 

from Tria Architecture 

to begin planning some 

summer 2018 projects. 

That includes boiler 

replacements for Hilda 

number of benefits to extracurricular 

activities, including 

greater bonds between 

students and staff, higher 

continuance of education 

through college years, and 

helps with academics, lowers 

dropout rates and builds 

self-esteem. 

“While the fee structure 

appears to be extremely 

clear that we have right now, 

it is as clear as mud,” Marron 

said. “There are ways 

the fees can be waived, but 

it involves the parents having 

to talk to the superintendent 

and, of course, there is a 

certain amount of pride to go 

Walker Intermediate 

School and chillers at Dr. 

Julian Rogus School. The 

projects aim to address 

air quality and promote a 

comfortable environment 

for students, faculty and 

staff. Outside of these 

projects, the district 

intends to complete some 

repairs and renovations 

of roofs. 

[through the process.]” 

Last year, District 161 

collected approximately 

$100,000, excluding P.E. 

uniforms, to make up less 

than 0.25 percent of the 

2017 operating budget. 

Marron said this is a lot 

of amount money generated, 

but in the context of a $40 

million budget, it is not. 

The district spent roughly 

$450,000 on extracurricular 

activities last year, which 

makes for 1-1.3 percent of 

its budget, depending if one 

looks at it operationally or 

overall. 

Please see D-161, 11 

Mayor responds 

to vandalisms 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 

Oct. 30, Mokena Mayor 

Frank Fleischer responded 

to graffiti that was discovered 

Oct. 22 on four public 

traffic signs and one private 

business sign. The private 

business sign was additionally 

tagged with a satanic 

numeric reference. In theses 

cases, swastikas were spraypainted 

on the signs. 

In what was originally 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 wouldn’t comment 

directly on the matter of hate 

symbols being drawn on Village 

signs, because he did not 

want to give the perpetrators 

“their two minutes of fame.” 

“I’m not going to talk about 

some of the stuff because it 

is so stupid, it doesn’t even 

deserve comment,” Fleischer 

said 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.” 

Mokena officials did not 

immediately respond to a 

request for comment on the 

Oct. 30 vandalism. 

Mokena Police Chief Steven 

Vaccaro said he does not 

believe the two incidents are 

connected; however, police 

are investigating and ask 

anyone with information 

to notify police by calling 

(708) 479-3912. 

Read the full press release 

issued by Mokena officials on 

Page 17. 

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LW East students to perform at ILMEA All District Festival 

Submitted by Lincoln-Way 

Community High School 

District 210 

On Oct. 18, the Lincoln- 

Way East High School music 

department learned that 51 

students were selected as part 

of the Illinois Music Education 

Association All District 

Festival. These students were 

selected in the areas of: band, 

choir, orchestra, instrumental 

jazz and vocal jazz. 

The selected students were 

chosen from an audition of 

2,000 entries across 60 participating 

high school music programs 

in District 1 of ILMEA. 

The students will perform 

with selected students 

from other ILMEA district 

1 schools. They will also 

rehearse with professional 

conductors and perform in a 

concert in November. 

The Jazz Festival concert 

will take place at 4 p.m. Nov. 

11 at Thornton Fractional 

South High School in Lansing. 

The Concert/Choir/Orchestra 

Festival will be held 

at 4 p.m. Nov. 18 at Elmhurst 

College in Elmhurst. 

LW East students chosen to 

participate in the ILMEA All 

District Festival for Band include: 

seniors, Evan Curatolo, 

Madilyn Diaz, Matthew Fritsch, 

Megan Greenburg, David 

Sedivy and Dominic Tagler; 

juniors Elise Clayton, Alex 

Guzzo, and Madelyn Schafer; 

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Veterans benefits focus of Congressman Bobby Rush forum 

Megann Horstead 


For one day, Veterans Day 

is observed annually by the 

nation’s people to honor the 

many men and women who 

have served. So often veterans 

do not get the credit they 

deserve for their sacrifices 

the remaining days of the 

calendar year. What’s more 

is the freedom people are afforded 

comes at a cost to the 


have served. 

With Veterans Day approaching, 

U.S. Rep. Bobby 

Rush invited veterans, community 

leaders from various 

veterans’ non-profit organizations 

and governmental agencies 

to take part in his Friday, 

Nov. 3, event, dubbed “Thank 

You for Your Service—Veterans 

Benefits Forum.” 

The event, held at Pipe 

Fitters’ Training Center Local 

Union No. 597 in Mokena, 

provided an opportunity 

for veterans to learn and 

ask questions of benefits and 

support services offered by 

governmental agencies and 

non-profit organizations. 

Several veterans in attendance 

for the forum shared 

frustrations with the process 

of gaining access to various 

forms of assistance. 

From competition between 

medical centers to 

perception problems concerning 

the Veterans Affairs 

and unseen resources 

to manpower, there are a 

number of challenges for 

organizations and agencies 

supporting the needs of the 


have served. 

Rush—who serves as a 

member on the congressional 

veterans job caucus, in which 

he works with others to try to 

introduce legislation, educate 

of members of Congress and 

serve as a public advocate 

for the issues they support— 

could not be in attendance for 

the forum, but some representative 

from his office were 

on hand. 

“We know these issues are 

tough,” said Robyn Wheeler 

Grange, district director for 

Congressman Bobby Rush. 

“I would never dream of 

speaking for these wonderful 

service members—but 

I think that the frustration 

you’re hearing has nothing 

to do with [the agencies and 

non-profit organizations,] 

but it has a lot to do with the 

structures and the systems. 

We want to be partners with 

you in any way that we can. 

Please utilize our office. Just 

as much as we want you the 

vets to utilize our office, we 

hope that the agencies will 

utilize us, as well, for anything 

that you might need.” 

Rick Fox—who serves 

as public affairs officer for 

Edward Hines, Jr. Veterans 

Administration Hospital— 

wanted people to know a 

number of changes have 

been implemented at the facility 

under the leadership of 

Steve Braverman, the new 

hospital director. 

Access to care had commonly 

served as an issue turning 

away people who called 

in and experienced long wait 

times. Prioritizing a reduction 

has given Edward Hines, Jr. 

VA Hospital staff the ability 

to assist more veterans. 

“[Braverman’s] come in, 

and he’s put together a strategic 

plan, and our strategic 

plans aligns with five priorities 

that [U.S. Secretary of 

Veterans Affairs] Dr. [David] 

Shulkin has in place,” 

Fox said. “A couple of those 

other priorities include 

choice, so in addition to just 

getting in on time, it’s going 

to be your choice.” 

Congress has a new piece 

of legislation to vote on, in 

which Dr. Shulkin is backing 

to give people greater 

options in terms of access 

to care. That measure, if approved, 

will remove the 40- 

mile radius one must live 

from a facility and the 30- 

day wait period for living 

outside those limits. 

Will James—who serves 

as acting director of Jesse 

Brown Veterans Affairs 

Medical Center—acknowledged 

the issues the organization 

faces and took a moment 

to clear up the notion 

that veterans do not get the 

respect they are owed for 

sacrificing their lives, unless 

it is Veterans Day. 

“It’s Veterans Day every 

day,” he said. “Don’t let nobody 

tell you it’s one day out 

of the year.” 

The Jesse Brown Veterans 

Affairs Medical Center 

serves as one of the largest 

healthcare systems providing 

a variety of supports, 

ranging from medical, surgical, 

neurological, mental 

health and long-term care 

services. 

James said obtaining public 

input is key to improving 

the assistance they offer. 

“Some of our input needs 

to come from you,” he said. 

“We [don’]t have all the issues 

that’s going on when 

you’re just talking to yourself 

[and] complaining, and 

you don’t let us know. We 

don’t know how to fix it. 

This is your [Veterans Affairs,] 

not our [Veterans 

Affairs.] The directors implemented 

a new program. 

Every Thursday, we have 

a open-door policy for employees 

and veterans.” 

Wheeler Grange wanted to 

thank Erica Jeffries, director 

of Illinois Department of Veterans’ 

Affairs; Rick Fox, public 

affairs officer of Edward 

Hines, Jr. Veterans Administration 

Hospital; Will James, 

acting associate director of 

Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs 

Medical Center; Ruthie Grezlik, 

veterans service center 

manager of Veterans Affairs 

Regional Office Chicago; 

Kristina McNichol, superintendent 

of Will County Veterans 

Assistance Commission; 

Vicki Bunn, manager of veterans 

advancement services 

of Volunteers of America; 

and David Brown, veterans 

outreach specialist of Chicago 

Vet Center. 

“On behalf of the congressman, 

we really appreciate 

you,” she said. 

Wheeler Grange presented 

a letter on congressional letterhead 

in recognition of every 

veteran in attendance for 

the forum. 

“I just want you to know 

the congressman, though he 

could not be here, he wanted 

you to leave knowing that he 

really wanted to be here,” 

she said. 

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Police Reports 

Police: Suspect nabbed for 

stolen vehicle, retail theft 

Austin M. Roth, 35, of 

11662 197th St. in Mokena, 

was arrested Oct. 20 and 

charged with motor vehicle 

theft. 

According to police reports, 

an officer responded 

Oct. 15 to the 19200 block 

of South Wolf Road on a report 

of a motor vehicle theft. 

The victim allegedly told police 

he left his keys and cellphone 

in the vehicle as he 

went inside the store. When 

he came out, the vehicle 

was gone. Surveillance footage 

from the store showed a 

white male suspect enter the 

vehicle and drive off. 

On Oct. 16, an officer reviewed 

the footage and identified 

the suspect as Roth. 

Also on that day, Orland 

Park police located the vehicle 

and contacted Mokena 

Police Department, who sent 

an officer out to collect fingerprints 

from the vehicle 

and notify the owner that the 

vehicle had been recovered. 

A Mokena officer was able 

to confirm the man’s identity 

based on a still-shot from the 

surveillance footage. 

Later that day, Mokena 

police received a call from 

Munster, Indiana police notifying 

Mokena that the stolen 

vehicle had been identified 

in a retail theft incident 

in Munster, and that the suspect 

appeared to be the same 

as the one seen on the original 

surveillance footage. 

A warrant was obtained 

for Roth Oct. 20. Later that 

day, a Mokena officer allegedly 

received a call from Roth 

wishing to turn himself in. 

Mokena police went to Roth’s 

location, 15551 W. 143rd St., 

in Homer Glen, where he was 

then arrested and Orland Park 

police were notified Roth was 

in Mokena’s custody. 

According to reports, 

Roth refused to speak with 

either Mokena or Orland PD 

and was transferred to Will 

County Adult Detention Facility 

to await his court date. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Mokena 

Messenger’s police reports 

come from the Mokena Police 

Department. Anyone listed in 

these reports is considered to 

be innocent of all charges until 

proven guilty in a court of law. 

D-161 

From Page 8 

“Other activities, especially 

at the K-4 level, we 

do collect fees on activities 

and the stipends are paid 

by the [School Community 

Organizations,] so that really 

doesn’t make any sense 

because we’re collecting 

fees for something we didn’t 

even pay for,” Marron said. 

Marron wants the district 

to start focusing on what value 

school officials, students 

and the curriculum get from 

extracurricular activities, 

talk about where the board 

wants to invest its dollars, 

work to do activity selection, 

encourage alignment 

and progression across the 

schools, address scheduling 

to encourage participation 

and promote use of extracurricular 

activities with overall 

school programs concerning 

Positive Behavior Interventions 

and Supports, academics 

and discipline. 

“We are the center of the 

District 161 community,” 

Marron said. “At one point 

in time, Lincoln-Way North 

was there. Now, that kind of 

became the de-facto center 

of the community, rightly 

so, but again, you’ve got 

3,000 students in our care 

and we’ve become again the 

center of Frankfort Square, 

Tinley Park, Frankfort, Mokena 

neighbors.” 

The extracurricular fees, if 

approved, would go into effect 

next year. 

Marron has an eighthgrader 

in the district this 

year, meaning the proposal, 

as presented, has no bearing 

on him and his family. 

Board member George 

Leonard questioned the proposal 

and said if officials are 

going to consider the idea 

presented, why not remove 

the fee altogether. 

Marron said the fee, 

whether the maximum 

amount is lesser or greater 

than $10, is meant to encourage 

families to examine their 

student’s intent to participate 

in extracurricular activities. 

The Board of Education 

came to a consensus to 

table the measure until the 

board’s Nov. 8 meeting and 

move the proposal forward 

to administration to establish 

guidelines, procedures 

and processes to reinvest 

into extra- and co-curricular 

activities any funds collected 

from district activity 

fees, gate fees, ticket sales 

or other funds generated by 

groups. That is not to take 

into account regular team, 

club or group dues beyond 

the $10 district fees, which 

may include fundraising 

and/or special assessments 

for equipment, activities or 

gifts.

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Honoring our 

veterans on Nov. 11 

Mokena veterans 

slated to serve in 

celebration activities 

Submitted by Founders 

Crossing Chapter of the 

Daughters of the American 

Revolution 

On Nov. 11, the Village of 

Mokena, William F. Martin 

VFW Post 725 of Mokena 

and the Founders Crossing 

Chapter NSDAR will join 

in observance of the national 

holiday, honoring veterans, 

the history of Mokena, and 

the Revolutionary War service 

of one of its founding 

fathers, Charles Denny. 

The event will take place 

at Pioneer Cemetery, located 

alongside Wolf Road at Denny 

Avenue. An area north of 

the cemetery will be available 

for guest parking. Events at 

the cemetery begin at 11 a.m. 

and include the rededication 

of a restored World War II M5 

artillery piece and the cemetery 

flagpole by the VFW and 

the Village, along with rededication 

of the grave and memorial 

of Denny by the Founders 

Crossing Chapter Daughters 

of the American Revolution. 

The artillery piece will be 

marched to the cemetery at 10 

a.m. from 191st Street south 

on Wolf Road for its installation 

at the cemetery events. 

According to the Veterans 

Administration, Veterans Day 

has been observed since President 

Dwight D. Eisenhower 

signed a law in 1954 proclaiming 

this day of national 

observance a “celebration to 

honor America’s veterans for 

their patriotism, love of country, 

and willingness to serve 

and sacrifice for the common 

good.” The choice of the date 

— Nov. 11 — was originally 

to commemorate the Armistice 

signed on Nov. 11, 1918, 

officially ending World War 

I and giving the name Armistice 

Day to the observance. 

Later, 1938 legislation stated 

that Armistice Day, a legal 

holiday, was to be a day dedicated 

to the cause of world 

peace. 

Service to country and 

community will be the highlights 

of the Mokena Veterans 

Day event, which is open 

to both Mokena residents and 

guests. Questions regarding 

the day’s activities may be 

directed to VFW Commander 

James Hogan at (708) 479- 

8342. 

A look inside the Mobile Workforce Center, which will be at the Mokena Community Public Library on Friday, Nov. 17. 

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Mobile Workforce Center schedules Mokena stops 

Submitted by Will County 

Executive Larry Walsh 

Workforce Services Division 

of Will County has announced 

the Mobile Workforce 

Center’s November 

schedule, with stops in six 

communities. 

On Friday, Nov. 17, it will 

be at Mokena Community 

Public Library, 11327 W. 

195th St., from 1:30-3:30 

p.m. 

The mobile unit travels 

throughout Will County to 

help residents with resume 

development, cover letters 

and job applications. The 

workforce center contains 11 

computer stations, internet 

access, and offers keyboarding 

lessons, as well as resume 

and job search assistance using 

online listings including 

jobs4people.org and Illinois 

workNet. 

Will County Executive 

Larry Walsh encourages job 

seekers to take advantage of 

the service, which is offered 

at no cost to County residents. 

Workforce Services 

is under the County Executive’s 

office and is led by 

Administrative Manager Susan 

Flessner. 

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as well as sophomores Alex 

Dejardins and Ela Eames. 

Students chosen to participate 

in the ILMEA All District 

Festival for Orchestra 

were: senior Kevin Meaux, 

junior David Alexander, and 

sophomores Alicia Pearson 

and Chris Pregmon. 


in the ILMEA All 

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include: seniors Emily Baker, 

Rachel Dal Bianco, Samantha 

Grobmeier, Amber Lemmons, 

Alexandria Marchert, 

Brendon McCray, Christopher 

Patterson, Tara Tischer, 

Ashley Williams and Melanie 

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The ILMEA All District 

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juniors Rachel Dal Bianco, 

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FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT 

Schmuhl School open house 

provides a blast from the 

past 

New Lenox is not that 

far removed from a time 

when students would walk 

2 miles in the morning to 

a one-room schoolhouse. 

But roughly 70 years has 

made a world of difference, 

both in terms of building 

construction and the geography. 

Those enamored by history 

and the way things used 

to be can still experience life 

circa 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 at 20733 S. 

Schoolhouse Road in New 

Lenox. Open houses typically 

are held the second Saturday 

of each month. 

“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 

Board of Directors. 

The field trips include 

books and recess toys from 

the 1930s, as well as history 

lessons on the schoolhouse. 

“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 

will not be around forever, 

so it is important to share the 

enjoyment of the local landmarks 

so that others can take 

care of it in the future. 

“And I always think it is 

good to know where you 

came from,” she said. 

Reporting by Jon DePaolis, 

Freelance Reporter. For more, 

visit NewLenoxPatriot.com. 

FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION 

Halloween spirit abound at 

annual Kiddie Boo Bash 

Families took to the 

streets of Tinley Park for an 

early chance to get into the 

Halloween spirit during the 

Village’s annual Downtown 

Tinley Kiddie Boo Bash 

Oct. 29. 

With games, crafts and 

animals, plenty of activities 

were available. 

“All the events in the 

downtown are for the 

community,” said Donna 

Framke, marketing director 

for 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-ortreaters. 

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 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 OP 

Prairie.com. 

Reporting by Bill Jones, Editor. 

For more, visit OPPrairie. 

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, 

Freelance Reporter. For more, 

visit 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 sixth-grader 

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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Last week I wrote 

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opportunity to tell people’s 

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I honestly wish many 

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This is where you come 

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Mokena officials respond to graffiti incident 

Submitted by the Village of 

Mokena 

Mokena officials responded 

recently to what 

appeared to be an isolated 

case of vandalism in and 

around the southwest suburban 

community’s downtown 

area. 

The vandalism, which 

was discovered by Mokena 

Police around 6 a.m. Oct. 

22 involved one or more 

suspects spray painting 

swastikas on four public 

traffic signs and one private 

business sign. The private 

business sign was additionally 

tagged with a satanic 

numeric reference. 

Staff from Mokena’s 

Public Works Department 

promptly removed and replaced 

the affected public 

traffic signs. 

In his comments at the 

Mokena Village Board’s Oct. 

23 meeting, Mayor Frank 

Fleischer acknowledged 

the incident and thanked 

Public Works Director Lou 

Tiberi for his crew’s quick 

response. More recently, he 

further clarified his thoughts 

regarding the matter. 

“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.” 

The incident remains under 

investigation; however, 

no suspects have been identified 

at this time. Anyone 

with potential information 

regarding the incident is encouraged 

to contact Mokena 

Police at (708) 479-3912. 

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Dinner for 

donors 

LW Education Foundation 

hosts annual gala, Page 21 

New York by way of Florida Fort 

Lauderdale’s Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza brings Brooklyn 

ovens, Italian traditions to Orland Park, Page 25 

Local high-schoolers put works on display throughout November, Page 22 

High school students 

from Andrew, Lincoln- 

Way West, Lincoln-Way 

East and Lincoln-Way 

Central joined forces 

for a compelling exhibit 

at the Vogt Visual Arts 

Center in Tinley Park 

Saturday, Nov. 4. 

Laurie Fanelli/22nd 

Century Media

20 | November 9, 2017 | The Mokena Messenger FAITH 


Faith Briefs 

St. John’s United Church of Christ (11100 

Second St., Mokena) 

Christmas Craft Fair 

9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, 

Dec. 2. The Christmas Craft 

Fair will feature local vendors 

and crafters, free activities 

for the kids, and a 

raffle. All proceeds to benefit 

St. John’s Christian Preschool. 

Traditional Service 

8 a.m. traditional mass, 

9:45 a.m. contemporary & 

traditional music in a service 

of praise and reverence. Supervised 

childcare available. 


(708) 479-5123. 

Marley Community Church (12625 W. 

187th St., Mokena) 

Church Service 

10 a.m. Sundays. Childcare 

is provided 

Sunday School 

9-10 a.m. 

Men’s Group 

6 p.m. Sunday nights in 

the church basement. All 

men are welcome. 

Mokena United Methodist Church (10901 

LaPorte Road, Mokena) 

Service and Sunday School 

10:15 a.m. Sundays. 

Church service and children’s 

Sunday School will 

be held. For more information, 

call (708) 479-1110. 

Bible Study 

7 p.m. Mondays. Call 

(708) 479-1110 for more 

info. 

Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church 

(10731 W. La Porte Road, Mokena) 

Fall Festival and Beef Dinner 

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10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, 

Nov. 11. The all-day bazaar 

will be held in Heritage Hall 

and will include needlecrafts, 

gift items, baked goods 

and holiday decorations. 

There will also be a Pet Corner 

and a selection of gift 

baskets, stocking stuffers 

and unique teacher-hostessfriend-child-boss-coworker 

gifts. Strollers are welcome 

and admission to the craft 

show is free. A light luncheon 

will be served from 11 

a.m. to 1 p.m., and a roast 

beef dinner, with all the 

Contact Jessica Nemec 

@708.326.9170 ex.46 


trimmings, will be served 

from 4-6:30 p.m. to 6:30 

p.m. Cost is $12 for adults, 

$4 for children ages 6-12. 

The is no cost for children 

5 and younger. Carry-outs 

are available. Dinner tickets 

will be sold at the door and 

the public is invited. The 

event is a fund-raiser for 

the church’s Ruth Society, 

which provides altar service, 

volunteer help and financial 

support to Immanuel. For 


479-5600. 

Contemporary Worship 

5 p.m. Saturday 

Worship 

9 a.m. Sunday 

God’s Kids Club 

10:15 a.m. Sundays. This 

club is open to those between 

the ages of 4-17. 

Adult Bible Study 

10:15 a.m. Sunday 

Mokena Baptist Church (9960 W. 187th 

St., Mokena) 

Sunday Services 

11 a.m. and 5 p.m. For 


350-2279. 

Sunday School 

10:15 a.m. Sundays. Mokena 

Baptist offers Sunday 

School classes for all ages. 


(312) 350-2279. 

St. Mary’s Catholic Church (19515 115th 

Ave., Mokena) 

Church Service 

5 p.m. Saturdays; 8 a.m, 

9:30 a.m., 11 a.m. and 6: 

p.m. Sundays 

In Memoriam 

Gary Lee Aldridge 

Gary Lee Aldridge, 73, of 

Mokena, died Oct. 25. 

Aldridge is survived by 

his wife Sherry (Marbeth) 

Aldridge; daughter Samantha 

(Carl); sons Jason 

(Michelle), Derrick (Brandee), 

Cole and Jesse; and 

Adoration 

Wednesdays following 

8:00 a.m. Mass in the Chapel 

until 6:45 p.m. 

Holy Rosary 

7:30 a.m. daily; 7 p.m. 

Tuesday evenings 

Parker Road Bible Church (18512 Parker 

Road, Mokena) 

Worship Service 

10:30 a.m. Sundays. Be 

sure to arrive early for our 

Sunday Worship Service to 

enjoy a hot, complimentary 

cup of coffee every week at 

the church. After 10:15 a.m., 

all beverages can be found 

just outside the sanctuary. 

Grace Fellowship Church (11049 LaPorte 

Road, Mokena) 

Narcotics Anonymous 

7-9 p.m. Mondays. All those 

struggling or who have struggled 

with a narcotics addiction 

are welcome. All meetings are 

confidential. For more information, 

call (708) 479-0300. 

Spanish Church 

12:30 p.m. every Sunday 

Worship Service 

10 a.m. every Sunday. All 

are welcome. 

Women’s Bible Study 

8:45-9:45 a.m. every Sunday 

and 2-3 p.m. every Tuesday 

Have something for Faith 

Briefs? Contact Assistant 

Editor Amanda Stoll at 


or call (708) 326-9170 ext. 34. 

Deadline is noon Thursday one 

week prior to publication. 

nine grandchildren. 

Do you have someone’s life you’d 

like to honor? Email Editor T.J. 

Kremer III at tj@mokenamessen 

ger.com with information about a 

loved one who was a part of the 

Mokena community.

mokenamessenger.com life & arts 


Getting wild on stage 

All About Music 

set to perform 

‘Madagascar’ 

Thursday, Nov. 16-19 


Things are about to get 

wild at St. John’s Community 

Center Nov. 16-19: Mokenabased 

All About Music and 

Children’s Theatre is scheduled 

to launch its production 

of the Disney hit, “Madagascar.” 

The 65-person cast, split 

into two groups so everyone 

has a chance to participate 

in the production, will 

dance, sing, tell a few jokes 

and entertain audiences in 

a fur-filled theatrical production 

of the animated movie. 

“[The show] is almost all 

animals,” said All About Music 

Co-owner and Creative 

Director Connie Johnson- 

Beebe. “It’s different types of 

animals: There’s animals that 

know what people are, and 

animals — what they call ‘in 

the wild’ in the show ‘Madagascar’ 

— that don’t know 

what people are, what lions 

are, because they’ve been on 

an island their whole lives. 

Costuming-wise, I think this 

is the first show where there’s 

only been five people characters; 

the rest are all animal 

characters.” 

Johnson-Beebe said they 

chose “Madagascar” for the 

upbeat and contemporary 

music, and because the production 

features lots of parts 

for all ages and genders for 

kids. 

The cast includes children 

who range from kindergarten 

to seniors in high school. 

With all the roles come a 

lot of costumes, something 

If you’re going… 

When: Cast A: Thursday, Nov. 

16, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 17, 7:30 

p.m.; Nov. 18, 11:00 a.m. 

Cast B: Nov. 18, 3:30 p.m.; 

Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 19, 

1:00 p.m. 

Where: St. John’s 

Community Center, 11100 

2nd St. in Mokena 

Tickets: Tickets can be 

purchased at All About 

Music & Children’s Theatre, 

19108 Wolf Road in 

Mokena. Tickets are $12 

for adults, $11 for kids 12 

and younger and seniors. 

Tickets purchased at the 

door will be $14 — cash 

only. 

For more information: Call 

AAMCT, (708) 479-0440 

that was a group effort to pull 

off, Johnson-Beebe said. 

“We have a lot of really 

crafty moms and support 

from all the parents. All the 

parents volunteer their time 

to help in whatever capacity 

they’re capable.” 

Todd Beebe, co-owner 

and filling in as lighting and 

sound technician for this production, 

said the costumes 

might make things a little 

more difficult than usual for 

the children to get around the 

stage in, but that hasn’t hampered 

the energy level of the 

actors. 

“It’s been off the chart,” 

Beebe said. “You can feel 

that every week you come in 

the energy is getting bigger 

and bigger for the anticipation 

for it. You can definitely 

tell they’re getting ready for 

[the production].” 

Ava Briscoe, 12, of Mokena, 

is set to play Maurice the 

lemur. Briscoe has been in 13 

performances with All About 

Music, and said the productions 

might change, but many 

(Left to right) Shannon Weiss, of Orland Park, Rosie 

Wesselhoff, of New Lenox, and Hayden Valecek, of Mokena, 

rehearse Nov. 5 for All About Music’s production of 

“Madagascar,” set to run at St. John’s Community Center 

in Mokena Thursday, Nov. 16-19. Weiss is slated to play 

Marty the Zebra, Wesselhoff as Mason the Monkey and 

Valecek as Alex the lion. T.J. Kremer III/22nd Century Media 

things remain the same show 

after show. 

“It’s different because I 

don’t think we’ve had a show 

where we’ve had mostly animals 

before, and it’s pretty 

funny,” Briscoe said. “But, 

it’s the same because everyone 

always does a good job 

with their part and is supportive.” 

Annie O’Brien, 15, of 

Tinley Park, is slated to play 

Melman the giraffe, and said 

audience members of all ages 

can appreciate the show. 

“There’s humor for all 

ages,” O’Brien said. “There 

are little jokes for the younger 

audience members to get 

and little references for the 

adults to get. There’s a nice 

‘Silence of the Lambs’ reference 

in there.” 

LW Foundation’s Dinner Gala benefits students’ success 

Jason Maholy 


The Lincoln-Way Education 

Foundation has raised 

more than $4.2 million 

geared towards improving 

the academic opportunities 

in Lincoln-Way Community 

High School District 210 

since its inception in 1994. 

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. 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, Foundation 

Executive Director Bob 

Kennedy explained as guests 

filed into the renovated banquet 

hall. The Foundation has 

provided funds for electronic 

message boards and WiFi at 

all three high schools, and 

software that enables students 

to compose music on 

their MacBooks, among numerous 

other things in its 23 

years of 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.” 

The spirit the Gala this 

year provided a means to 

showcase the talents of student 

band 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 a real advantage 

and be well-rounded, 

and we thought it was really 

appropriate to have these kids 

come and entertain and provide 

some background music. 

It’s really all about the 

students.” 

Foundation External Vice 

President Jamie Viebach said 

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 

that take a village – or five 

communities, in any case,” 

Viebach said, referring to 

Mokena, Frankfort, New 

Lenox, Manhattan and Tinley 

Park – which comprise District 

210. “We have so many 

wonderful businesses and 

individuals in these communities 

who donate to us and 

make sure we have incredible 

silent and live auctions, and 

people work their tails off to 

ask businesses for contributions 

and to collect the items. 

Frankfort residents Jennifer 

and Carlos Chillon are the 

parents of two District 210 

(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 for a picture in the 

lobby of Odyssey Country Club, where the Foundation held 

its annual gala fundraiser on Oct. 28. Jason Maholy/22nd 

Century Media 

graduates and have another at 

Lincoln-Way East. 

“They offer so much,” Jennifer 

said of the Foundation. 

“Our kids get so much above 

and beyond what they would 

get without the support of the 

Foundation.”

22 | November 9, 2017 | The Mokena Messenger life & arts 


Show and tell: Young artists display work at VVAC 

Laurie Fanelli 


Inspiration and creativity 

pulsed throughout the Vogt 

Visual Arts Center in Tinley 

Park on the afternoon 

of Saturday, Nov. 4, as local 

students from Andrew, 

Lincoln-Way East, Lincoln- 

Way West and Lincoln-Way 

Central high schools, along 

with family and friends, attended 

the ninth-annual 

High School Fine Art Exhibit 

Reception. 

Photography, pen and pencil, 

graphic design, etching 

and many more media highlighted 

the diverse talents of 

these aspiring artists. 

“This year, we have a real 

mix of inspirations and a 

good showing from all the 

schools,” Gallery Director 

Julie Dekker said. “There 

are more digital images than 

usual this year, a lot of photography 

and a little less 

acrylic painting — which 

is always close to my heart 

— and there’s also a lot of 

mixed medium and a lot of 

illustration.” 

Illustrator Collin Baker, 

a student at Lincoln-Way 

West, has a striking symmetrical 

design hanging in 

the show. 

“This is really different 

from what I usually 

do, which is make comic 

books,” he said. “We were 

told to make a design with 

kind of a blob-morphous 

shape, and I decided to make 

it go into one point.” 

Lincoln-Way Central artist 

Kylie Kose also stepped 

outside of her box and 

dove into abstract art with 

her featured piece. 

“Normally, I like to draw 

people a lot, but when I took 

design and illustration, which 

is all about fonts, I wanted 

to do things that I normally 

wouldn’t do and that I’m usually 

not good at,” she said. 

“I wanted to try the hardest 

thing I could and make it 

look the best it could be.” 

Art is a wonderful way to 

connect with the world without 

saying a word, yet Lincoln-Way 

East junior Nicole 

Zralka’s colorful marker 

piece clearly spoke of beauty 

and rebirth. 

“It just kind of came to 

me,” she said of her image of 

a woman donning a crown of 

leaves adorned with a perfect 

egg. “I draw a lot of people. I 

like that they’re all the same, 

but they’re all different.” 

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Family and friends come out to the Vogt Visual Arts Center 

to see the talented young artists of the High School Art 

Exhibit. 

Photography is typically 

a popular art form at the 

VVAC’s high school show, 

and 2017 was no different, 

with landscapes, portraits, 

nature and more serving as 

inspiration for the next generation 

of photographers. 

Andrew High School junior 

Sierra Murray has been interested 

in taking pictures 

since she received her first 

camera in eighth grade, and 

she is currently studying 

techniques to capture images 

on black-and-white film. 

“For this project, we were 

focusing on lights and shadows, 

so I went around and 

found stuff that I thought 

would have a cool shadow,” 

Murray said, describing her 

piece. “I liked how the bike’s 

shadow was appearing on 

the ground, so I played 

around with the angles.” 

As these young artist 

move forward with their 

lives toward graduation, college 

and careers, Dekker encouraged 

them to keep creativity 

close to their hearts. 

“I know that the rest of 

their lives can interfere with 

their art as they enter their 

careers,” she said. “At that 

time, art often gets put on 

the back burner. But just 

because it’s been put on the 

back burner — which has 

happened to all of us — it 

doesn’t mean you’re done. 

It never means you’re done. 

Art never leaves you, and 

you will come back to it and 

find places in your life to use 

it. Don’t give it up.” 

Following the high school 

exhibit — which can be seen 

at the Vogt Visual Arts Center, 

located at 17420 S. 67th 

Court through Nov. 25 — a 

display of trains and miniatures 

will run from Dec. 

1-Jan. 20. The gallery’s next 

open house is scheduled for 

Dec. 2 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. 

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What would fall 

be like without 

sweet potatoes? 

I don’t even want to know 

the answer to that! 

Oh, I know some people 

don’t like sweet potatoes, 

but I just don’t understand 

that. 

When done right — even 

when done very simply — 

sweet potatoes are delicious 

and so nutritious. There are 

plenty of tasty recipes out 

there and lots of research to 

prove how fantastically full 

of nutrients these tubers 

are. 

Today’s recipe is more 

a method than a complex 

recipe to follow. Sweet 

Potato Hash was first made 

for me and my kids by my 

BFF Julie as a hearty 

breakfast meal before we 

all had a fun, full day on 

Rock Lake at her cottage 

in Wisconsin. Julie got the 

idea from her sister-in-law 

Karen. 

And if you do a search 

online, you’ll get lots of 

ideas for this simple dish, 

too. In fact, I’ve already 

tweaked Julie’s version by 

adding some onion to it, by 

request of my hubby and 

daughter. 

As a breakfast or a dinner 

option, if you’re a fan of 

sweet potatoes, you’ll love 

this hearty hash. 

Beth Krooswyk’s fall-inspired hearty sweet potato hash is 

pictured. beth krooswyk/22nd century media 

Hearty Sweet Potato Hash 

Ingredients 

•4 or 5 sweet potatoes* 

•Olive oil 

•Sea salt 

•1 pound savory pork breakfast sausage* 

•1 medium onion, diced (optional) 

Directions 

Scrub sweet potatoes; pat dry. 

Poke several holes into each with a fork, then rub with 

olive oil and some sea salt. 

Bake in a dish at 375 for 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 

minutes, or until done and easily pierced with a fork. 

(They can also be baked and refrigerated ahead of 

time.) 

Peel and cut into slices or chunks. 

Brown sausage with onion in a skillet; drain excess oil. 

Add sweet potato chunks to skillet and heat 

throughout. 

Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste. 

Note: You can use packaged pork breakfast sausage, 

but to avoid the additives, here’s a homemade version 

from the August 2013 Munchies column: Mix together 

and brown 1 pound ground pork, 1/4 teaspoon ground 

sage, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon thyme, 1/2 

teaspoon black pepper, 1/2 teaspoon onion powder, 

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder, 1/4 teaspoon allspice, 1 

pinch cayenne pepper.

mokenamessenger.com dining out 


The Dish 

Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza comes to Orland Park 

Franchise made 

famous by Florida 

focuses on Italian, 

New York traditions 

Bill Jones, Editor 

Chicago-area folks can be 

particular about their pizza. 

We like sausage and green 

peppers, on everything. Pepperoni 

is allowed. But start 

talking about shrimp or pineapple 

and you better have a 

solid exit strategy. 

We give props reluctantly 

to the Windy City’s elite 

counterpart in New York, 

but the very notion that other 

places in the nation may 

have figured out how to replicate 

the culinary wonders 

of the pie is like telling us 

a Loch Ness Monster really 

was spotted in the latest 

blurry photograph. 

“Yeah, OK.” 

And when it comes to 

pizza from the lower half of 

either of the coasts, no one in 

their right mind should even 

try to start that conversation. 

With that, I present to you 

Orland Park’s latest: an Italian-inspired 

pie by way of 

Brooklyn’s coal-fired ovens 

from a company started in 

Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 

Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza 

opened its doors Oct. 30 

at Orland Park Crossing, its 

walls lined with both New 

York icons and Dan Marino, 

who is involved with the business 

and sees his name appear 

alongside two eggplant dishes 

on the menu. Its slogan, a simple 

pun: Pizza well done. 

While the company started 

in Florida, Brett Damato, 

a regional manager for Anthony’s 

and a Long Island 

native, said what it offers is 

“authentic to Italian roots” 

modified by the Brooklyn 

style of coal ovens that 

founder Anthony Bruno 

Large meatballs with ricotta cheese, bathing in a tomato 

sauce, are served in orders of two, four or a bucket of 13 on 

the Anthony’s Originals portion of the menu. 

grew to love in New York. 

“We’re bringing our roots 

here,” Damato said of the 

chain. 

And Anthony’s is sticking 

to what made it famous on 

the East Coast. Patrons will 

not find a cheap imitation of 

Chicago deep dish inside of 

its walls. 

“It’s not what we do,” 

General Manager Annie 

Schwartz said. “Thin crust. 

Well done.” 

The method is key. Anthony’s 

uses an oven that 

burns coal — nothing more, 

nothing less. And its cooks 

constantly move the pizzas 

to create a deeply dark crust. 

“It’s got such a color underneath,” 

Schwartz said. 

Anthony’s flies in its tomatoes 

from Italy for its 

sauce, after Bruno finds a 

farm he likes and buys it out 

for the entire year. It uses 

only Grande mozzarella, 

buys only the full wheels of 

pecorino Romano and Filippo 

Berio olive oil. Meatballs 

are always hand-rolled. And 

those ingredients are applied 

with balance, rather than 

quantity, in mind. 

The Anthony’s Originals 

portion of the menu offers 

just two franchise staples: 

coal oven-roasted chicken 

wings, served with caramelized 

onions and focaccia 

bread, and meatballs 

with ricotta cheese, slowly 

cooked in a tomato sauce. 

“The wings, I think 

they’re life-changing,” 

Schwartz said, noting they 

are marinated for 24 hours 

and baked, rather than fried. 

Anthony’s Classic Italian 

Salad comes in two sizes, 

with an option of cheese, but 

with only a house dressing. 

The Italian Soul Food features 

three items, and diners 

also have three sandwich 

options, but only one choice 

for dessert: New York-style 

cheesecake (obviously). 

“We have a very simple 

menu,” Schwartz said. 

“There’s not pastas or any 

of that. Simplicity is how we 

do it. ... Less is more here. 

“This menu is Anthony’s 

culture. These meatballs are 

Anthony’s mother’s.” 

The meatballs and ricotta pizza is one of the specialty pies offered at Anthony’s Coal Fired 

Pizza in Orland Park. Photos by Bill Jones/22nd Century Media 

Anthony’s Coal Fired 

Pizza 

14205 S. LaGrange 

Road in Orland Park 

Hours 

• 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m. 

Sunday-Thursday 

• 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m. 

Friday-Saturday 

For more information ... 

Web: acfp.com 

Phone: (708) 873-7900 

Anthony’s is proud of its 

Floridian roots, and Miami 

Dolphins Hall-of-Famer 

Dan Marino lends his name 

to both the eggplant Marino 

as well as a specialty pizza 

made with the same thinly 

sliced eggplant, layered with 

tomato sauce and grated Romano 

cheese. The catering 

packages even play on Marino’s 

jersey number, with 

a package priced at $13 per 

person. And a bucket of 13 

meatballs at Anthony’s is 

fondly referred to as a “Dan 

Marino dozen.” 

“He’s actually been with us 

since we opened the second 

The cooking space at Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza reaches 

800 degrees. 

Anthony’s,” Schwartz said, 

noting Marino was a regular 

of Bruno’s Runway 84 restaurant 

before that. “A lot of the 

menu items stem from there.” 

Schwartz started with the 

company eight-and-a-half 

years ago, while in college, 

in Florida, and said research 

led to the 65th store in the 

franchise opening in Orland 

Park, making it the first of at 

least three spots planned for 

Illinois. 

“I think they needed 

something like this out 

here,” Schwartz said of the 

concept. “It’s nice to be in 

another end of the world.” 

The Orland Park spot has a 

bar and roughly 20 tables in 

its 3,000-square-foot space, 

allowing it to feel cozy, 

“like home,” according to 

Schwartz. And Damato said 

he hopes that is what Orland 

Park becomes for Anthony’s 

and its roughly 50 employees. 

“We felt like Orland was a 

great town to be in,” he said. 

If Orland Park is wise, it 

might just want to swallow 

its Chicago pizza pride along 

with a slice at Anthony’s.

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crosstown CROSSWORD & Sudoku 

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

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 

Across 

1. 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 Central 

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 

MOKENA 

The Alley Grill and Tap 

House 

(18700 S. Old LaGrange 

Road, Mokena; (708) 478- 

3610) 

■9 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Karaoke 

Fox’s Restaurant and Pub 

(11247 W. 187th St., Mokena; 

(708) 478-8888) 

■6 ■ p.m. Thursdays, 

Fridays and Saturdays: 

Performance by Jerry 

Eadie 

Jenny’s Southside Tap 

(10160 191st St., Mokena; 

(708) 479-6873) 

■6 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Acoustic 

Avenue, Psychic 

night - second Tuesday 

every month. 

■9 ■ p.m. Thursdays: 

Karaoke 

■Fridays ■ and Saturdays: 

Live bands 

FRANKFORT 

Pete Mitchell’s Bar & Grill 

(21000 Frankfort Square 

Road, Frankfort; (815) 

464-8100) 

■6-8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Free N’ Fun Bar Game. 

Free to play. 

LOCKPORT 

Port Noir 

(900 S. State St., Lockport; 

(815) 834-9463) 

■4-7 ■ p.m. Monday-Friday: 

Happy Hour 

The Outpost Pub & Grill 

(14929 Archer Ave., Lockport; 

(815) 836-8893) 

■8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays and 

Thursdays: Live DJ and 

Karaoke 

Strike N Spare II 

(811 Northern Drive, 

Lockport; (708) 301- 

1477) 

■8-11 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Quartermania 

■7-10 ■ p.m. Fridays and 

Saturdays: Cosmic Bowl 

HOMER GLEN 

Mullets Sports Bar and 

Restaurant 

(14903 S. Bell Road, 

Homer Glen; (708) 645- 

7000) 

■7 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Trivia 

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Excellent salary and fringe 

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15400 S. LaGrange Rd 


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www.darvin.com 

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15400 S. LaGrange Rd 


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Sox Outlet-Register & Floor 

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Conducive to college student. 

Employee receives 15% 

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Thanksgiving, Christmas, 

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Close @ 3pm Christmas 

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Relocating January 2018 

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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 

and who are in all instances of my 

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The Mokena Messenger’s 

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Three nicely sized upper 

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SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ES- 

TATE of 19450-19464 S. La- 

Grange Road, Mokena, IL 60448 

(Commercial Retail/Warehouse 

space, totaling 71,362 sf). On the 

16th day of November, 2017 to be 

held at 12:00 noon, at the Will 

County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. 

Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet, 

IL 60432, under Case Title: HAR- 

RIS N.A. Plaintiff V. 

GERONIMO, LLC; PAUL 

KNIERIM; NORTH STAR 

TRUST COMPANY, AS SUC- 

CESSOR TRUSTEE TO HARRIS 

BANK OF JOLIET N.A. AS 

TRUSTEE UNDER LAND 

TRUST#HTJ 8072; THE GREAT 

LAKES TRUST COMPANY, 

N.A., AS SUCCESSOR TRUS- 

TEE TO FIRST NATIONAL 

BANK OF BLUE ISLAND, AS 

TRUSTEE UNDER TRUST 

AGREEMENT DATED JUNE 28, 

1996 AND KNOWN ASTRUST 

NUMBER 96037; AMERICAN 

TOWER DEPOSITOR SUB LLC; 

PRICE WATERHOUSE COO- 

PERS LLP; UNKNOWN OWN- 

ERS; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS; 

UNKNOWN TENANTS; AND 

NON- RECORD CLAIMANTS 

Defendant. 

Case No. 10ch 5883 in the Circuit 

Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, 

Will County, Illinois. 

Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) 

at the time of sale and the balance 

within twenty-four (24) hours. No 

judicial sale fee shall be paid by 

the mortgagee acquiring the residential 

real estate pursuant to its 

credit bid at the sale or by any 

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or 

other lienor acquiring the residential 

real estate whose rights in and 

to the residential real estate arose 

prior to the sale. All payments shall 

be made in cash or certified funds 

payable to the Sheriff of Will 

County. 

In the event the property is acon- 

dominium, in accordance with 735 

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

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

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

hereby notified that the purchaser 

of the unit, other than amortgagee, 

shall pay the assessments and legal 

fees required by subdivisions 

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

the assessments required 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: 

Chapman and Cutler LLP 

111 W. Monroe Street 

Chicago, IL 60603 

P: 1-312-845-3407 

F: 1-312-516-1907 


Sale 

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR 

DEBT COLLECTION PRAC- 

TICES ACT YOU ARE AD- 

VISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM 

IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT 

COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO 

COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY 

INFORMATION OBTAINED 

WILL BE USED FOR THAT 

PURPOSE. 


TATE of 8400, 8450-8500 W. 

191st Street, Mokena, IL 60448 (2 

commercial properties totaling 

79,605 sf.). Onthe 16th day of November, 

2017 to be held at 12:00 

noon, at the Will County Courthouse 

Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, 

Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, under 

Case Title: HARRIS N .A. Plaintiff 

V. GERONIMO, LLC; PAUL 

KNIERIM; NORTH STAR 

TRUST COMPANY, AS SUC- 

CESSOR TRUSTEE TO HARRIS 

BANK OF JOLIET N.A. AS 



LAKES TRUST COMPANY, 

N.A., AS SUCCESSOR TRUS- 

TEE TO FIRST NATIONAL 

BANK OF BLUE ISLAND, AS 

TRUSTEE UNDER TRUST 

AGREEMENT DATED JUNE 28, 

1996 AND KNOWN ASTRUST 



PRICE WATERHOUSE COO- 

PERS LLP; UNKNOWN OWN- 

ERS; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS; 

UNKNOWN TENANTS; AND 

NON- RECORD CLAIMANTS 

Defendant. 

Case No. 10CH 5883 in the Circuit 

Court of the Twelfth Judicial 

Circuit, Will County, Illinois. 















County. 



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

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

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









Act. 










obtains acourt order for its distri- 


Sale 

bution or, in the absence of an order, 


the State. 





P: 1-312-845-3407 

F: 1-312-516-1907 










PURPOSE. 


TATE of 11405 191st Street, Mokena, 

IL 60448 (White vinyl siding, 

two story single family home with 

attached three car garage). Onthe 

16th day of November, 2017 to be 

held at 12:00 noon, at the Will 



IL 60432, under Case Title: The 

Money Source, Inc. Plaintiff V. 

KHALEEL SALEH Defendant. 


















County. Judgment amount is 

$216,158.90 plus interest, cost and 

post judgment advances, if any. 



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

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

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









Act. 













the State. 


PIERCE AND ASSOCIATES 

1 N. Dearborn Suite 1300 

Chicago, Illinois 60602 

P: 312-346-9088 

F:




Sale 


Sale 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

2703 Legal 

Notices 










PURPOSE. 


TATE of 18804 Meadowview 

Drive, MOKENA, IL 60448 (SIN- 

GLE FAMILY). On the 30th 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: Wells Fargo 

Bank, N.A. Plaintiff V. JOHN M. 

HANANIA; MARGARET T. 

HANANIA; FNBC BANK AND 

TRUST AS SUCCESSOR IN IN- 

TEREST TO MOKENA STATE 

BANK; PNC BANK, N.A., SUC- 

CESSOR IN INTEREST TO NA- 

TIONAL CITY BANK; Defendant. 


















County. 



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

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

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









Act. 













the State. 


SHAPIRO KREISMAN AND AS- 

SOCIATES, LLC. 

2121 Waukegan Rd, Suite 301 

Bannockburn, Illinois 60015 

P: 847-770-4348 

F: 847-291-3434 










PURPOSE. 


TATE of 9525 Birch Avenue, 

Mokena, IL 60448 (Single family). 

On the 30th 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: Freedom Mortgage Corporation 

Plaintiff V. Rocco Cesario; 

Darlene T. Cesario; Defendant. 


















County. 



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

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

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









Act. 













the State. 


ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER 

LLC. 

1771 W. Diehl Rd. Suite 120 

NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS 60563 

P: 630-453-6960 

F: 630-428-4620 










PURPOSE. 

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT 

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT 

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS 

LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A 

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING 

TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY 

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL 

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 

STATE OF ILLINOIS ) 

) SS. 

COUNTY OF WILL ) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

HARRIS N.A. 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

GERONIMO, LLC; PAUL KNIERIM; 

NORTH STAR TRUST COMPANY, 

AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO HAR- 

RIS BANK OF JOLIET N.A. AS 



LAKES TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS 

SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO FIRST 

NATIONAL BANK OF BLUE IS- 

LAND, AS TRUSTEE UNDER 

TRUST AGREEMENT DATED JUNE 

28, 1996 AND KNOWN AS TRUST 



PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPERS 

LLP; UNKNOWN OWNERS; UN- 

KNOWN OCCUPANTS; UNKNOWN 

TENANTS; AND NON- RECORD 

CLAIMANTS 

Defendant. 

No. 10 ch 5883 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant 

toajudgment entered in the above 

cause on the 18th day of June, 2015, 

MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will 

County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the 

16th day of November, 2017 ,commencing 

at 12:00 o'clock noon, at the 

Will County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. 

Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 

60432, sell at public auction tothe highest 

and best bidder orbidders the following-described 

real estate: 

PARCELÂ 1: LOTÂ 1INNORMAL 

TOWERS INDUSTRIAL PARK UNIT 

NUMBER TWO, A SUBDIVISION OF 

THE EAST 1/2 OF SECTIONÂ 9, 

TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 12 

EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL 

MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE 

PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JANU- 

ARYÂ 21, 1977, AS DOCUMENT 

NUMBER R77-2328 AND CITY OF 

CHICAGO RECORDED JANUARYÂ 

11, 1979, AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 

R79-2430, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLI- 

NOIS, ALSO DESCRIBED AS THAT 

PART OFTHE EAST 1/2 OFSEC- 

TIONÂ 9, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, 

RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD 

PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MORE SPE- 

CIFICALLY DESCRIBED AS FOL- 

LOWS: BEGINNING AT THE POINT 

OF INTERSECTION OF THE NORTH 

LINE OF WILLOW LANE HERETO- 

FORE DEDICATED IN NORMAL 

TOWERS INDUSTRIAL PARK UNIT 

NO.Â ONE, A SUBDIVISION OF 

PART OFTHE EAST 1/2 OFSEC- 

TIONÂ 9, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, 

RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD 

PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, WITH THE 

WESTERLY LINE OF MANNHEIM 

ROAD (U.S. ROUTE NO.Â 45) AS 

WIDENED BY DOCUMENT NO.Â 

R68-3158 RECORDED MARCHÂ 5, 

1968; THENCE WEST ALONG SAID 

NORTH LINE OF WILLOW LANE A 

DISTANCE OF 570.50 FEET TO A 

POINT, SAID POINT BEING 119.38 

FEET WEST OFTHE SOUTHEAST 

CORNER OF LOTÂ 5IN AFORE- 

SAID NORMAL TOWERS UNIT NO. 

ONE; THENCE NORTH A DIS- 

TANCE OF 307.00 FEET TO A POINT 

ON A LINE DRAWN PARALLEL 

WITH AND 307.00 FEET NORTH OF 

AFORESAID NORTH LINE OF WIL- 

LOW LANE, SAID POINT BEING 

168.20Â FEET NORTH OF AFORE- 

SAID LINE OF NORMAL TOWERS 

INDUSTRIAL PARK UNIT NO. ONE; 

THENCE EAST ALONG SAID PAR- 

ALLEL LINE A DISTANCE OF 

570.00 FEET TO THE AFORESAID 

WEST LINE OF MANNHEIM ROAD 

(U.S. ROUTE NO.Â 45) AS WID- 

ENED; THENCE SOUTH 00 DE- 

GREES 05MINUTES 34 SECONDS 

EAST ALONG THE SAID WEST 

LINE OF MANNHEIM ROAD ADIS- 

TANCE OF 307.00 FEET TO THE 

POINT OF BEGINNING; IN WILL 

COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCELÂ 2: 

EASEMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF 

PARCELÂ 1 FOR SEWER LINE 

PURPOSES TOGETHER WITH THE 

RIGHT OF INGRESS AND EGRESS 

TO MAINTAIN SAME AS CREATED 

BY AGRANT DATED FEBRUARYÂ 

15, 1983 AND RECORDED APRILÂ 

6, 1983 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 

R83?08807 BY MARQUETTE NA- 

TIONAL BANK, AS TRUSTEE UN- 

DER TRUST NO.Â 1876 TO AMERI- 

CAN NATIONAL BANK AND 

TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE 

UNDER TRUST NUMBER 38921, IN 

OVER AND ACROSS THAT PART 

OF LOTÂ 5IN NORMAL TOWERS 

INDUSTRIAL PARK UNIT NO.Â 

ONE, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF 

THE EAST 1/2 OF SECTIONÂ 9, 

TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 12 

EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL 

MERIDIAN, IN WILL COUNTY, IL- 

LINOIS, BOUNDED AND DE- 

SCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGIN- 

NING ATTHE SOUTHWEST COR- 

NER OF LOTÂ 1IN NORMAL TOW- 

ERS INDUSTRIAL PARK UNIT 

NO.Â TWO, A SUBDIVISION OF 

PART OF SAID EAST 1/2 OFSEC- 

TIONÂ 9; THENCE WEST 10.00 

FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF 

195TH STREET; THENCE NORTH 33 

DEGREES 41Â MINUTES 24 SEC- 

ONDS EAST 18.03 FEET TO THE 

WEST LINE OF SAID LOTÂ ONE; 

THENCE SOUTH 15.00 FEET TO 

THE POINT OF BEGINNING, IN 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

Commonly known as: 

19450-19464 S. LaGrange Road, Mokena, 

IL 60448 

Description of Improvements: 

Commercial Retail/Warehouse space, 

totaling 71,362 sf 

P.I.N.: 

19-09-09-202-003-0000 

Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the 

time of sale and the balance within 

twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale 

fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring 

the residential real estate pursuant 

to its credit bid at the sale or by any 

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other 

lienor acquiring the residential real estate 

whose rights in and tothe residential 

real estate arose prior to the sale. All 

payments shall be made in cash or certified 

funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will 

County. 

In the event the property is acondomin- 

ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS 

5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765 

ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 

605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified 

that the purchaser of the unit, other than 

amortgagee, shall pay the assessments 

and legal fees required by subdivisions 

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

required by subsection (g-1) 

of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium 

Property Act. 

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J) 

if there is asurplus following application 

ofthe proceeds of sale, then the 

plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant 

to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties 

to the proceeding advising them of 

the amount ofthe surplus and that the 

surplus will beheld until aparty obtains 

acourt order for its distribution or, in 

the absence of an order, until the surplus 

is forfeited to the State. 

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON- 

TACT: 




P: 1-312-845-3407 

F: 1-312-516-1907 

Plaintiff's Attorney 

MIKE KELLEY 

Sheriff of Will County 

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLEC- 

TION PRACTICES ACT YOU ARE AD- 

VISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM IS 

DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR 

ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT ADEBT AND 

ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL 

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 


) SS. 


IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 


HARRIS N .A. 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

GERONIMO, LLC; PAUL KNIERIM; 

NORTH STAR TRUST COMPANY, AS 

SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO HARRIS BANK 

OF JOLIET N.A. AS TRUSTEE UNDER 

LAND TRUST#HTJ 8072; THE GREAT 

LAKES TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS SUC- 

CESSOR TRUSTEE TO FIRST NATIONAL 

BANK OF BLUE ISLAND, AS TRUSTEE 

UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED 

JUNE 28, 1996 AND KNOWN ASTRUST 

NUMBER 96037; AMERICAN TOWER DE- 

POSITOR SUB LLC; PRICE WATER- 

HOUSE COOPERS LLP; UNKNOWN OWN- 

ERS; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS; UN- 

KNOWN TENANTS; AND NON- RECORD 

CLAIMANTS 

Defendant. 

No. 10 CH 5883 


Public notice ishereby given that pursuant to a 

judgment entered in the above cause on the 

18th day of June, 2015, MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff 

of Will County, Illinois, will on Thursday, 

the 16th day of November, 2017 ,commencing 

at 12:00 o'clock noon, at the Will County 

Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, Room 

201, Joliet, IL 60432, sell at public auction to 

the highest and best bidder or bidders the following-described 

real estate: 

PARCELÂ 1: THE SOUTH 390 FEET OF 

THAT PART OFTHE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF 

THE SOUTH EAST 1/4 OFSECTIONÂ 2, 

TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST 

OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, 

(EXCEPT THAT PART THEREOF CON- 

VEYED TOTHE COMMONWEALTH EDI- 

SON COMPANY, AN ILLINOIS CORPORA- 

TION, BYWARRANTY DEED RECORDED 

MAYÂ 6, 1966 AS DOCUMENT NO.Â 

R66-6872, AND THAT PART THEREOF 

CONVEYED TO CHICAGO TITLE AND 

TRUST COMPANY, AN ILLINOIS CORPO- 

RATION, AS TRUSTEE UNDER TRUST 

AGREEMENT DATED APRILÂ 26, 1965, 

AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 45553, 

BY WARRANTY DEED IN TRUST RE- 

CORDED MAYÂ 12, 1966, AS DOCU- 

MENT NO.Â R66-6871, AND ALSO EX- 

CEPT THAT PART THEREOF DEDICATED 

FOR ROAD PURPOSES BY DOCUMENT. 

NO.Â 736566, AND KNOWN AS 191ST 

STREET), DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BE- 

GINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF 

THE WEST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 

OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SEC- 

TIONÂ 2,WITH THE NORTH LINE OF 

SAID 191ST STREET, THENCE EAST 

ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID 191ST 

STREET, ADISTANCE OF 337.25 FEET, 

THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG A LINE 

PARALLEL WITH THE WEST LINE OF 

THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OFTHE SOUTH- 

EAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTIONÂ 2 TO A 

POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF THE 

SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 

OF SAID SECTIONÂ 2, SAID POINT BE- 

ING 337.25 FEET EAST OF THE NORTH- 

WEST CORNER THEREOF, THENCE 

WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF THE 

SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 

OF SAID SECTIONÂ 2,ADISTANCE OF 

337.25 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST COR- 

NER OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OFTHE 

SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTIONÂ 2, 

THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE WEST LINE 

OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF THE SOUTH- 

EAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTIONÂ 2, TO THE 

POINT OF BEGINNING, AND EXCEPTING 

FROM THE TRACT DESCRIBED ABOVE 

LAND CONVEYED TO THE COUNTY OF 

WILL BY DEED RECORDED DECEM- 

Â 

BERÂ 28, 1994 AS DOCUMENT 

R94-114856 IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 


8400, 8450-8500 W. 191st Street, Mokena, IL 

60448 


2 commercial properties totaling 79,605 sf. 

P.I.N.: 

19-09-02-400-019-0000 

PARCEL 2: UNIT 1IN BLACKHAWK IN- 

DUSTRIAL CONDOMINIUM I, AS DE- 

LINEATED ON A SURVEY OFTHE FOL- 

LOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE: 

THAT PART OFTHE EAST 1/2 OFTHE 

EAST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF 

THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 2, 



(EXCEPT THAT PART THEREOF DEDI- 

CATED FOR ROAD PURPOSES BY DOCU- 

MENT NO. 736566 AND KNOWN AS 

191ST STREET AND FURTHER EXCEPT- 

ING THAT PART DEDICATED FOR ROAD 

PURPOSES BY DOCUMENT NO. 

R90-67290), WHICH SURVEY IS AT- 

TACHED ASEXHIBIT “A” TOTHE DEC- 

LARATION OF CONDOMINIUM RE- 

CORDED AS DOCUMENT NO. 

R98-115887 AND CERTIFICATE OF COR- 

RECTION RECORDED AS DOCUMENT 

NO. R98-116887 TOGETHER WITH ITS 

UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN 

THE COMMON ELEMENTS, AS 

AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, IN 


P.I.N.: 

19-09-02-301-001-1001 















PURPOSES BY DOCUMENT NO.Â 




CORDED AS DOCUMENT NO.Â 








P.I.N.: 

19-09-02-301-001-1002 



























P.I.N.: 

19-09-02-301-001-1003 




















98 11 88 A C CA O CO



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Notices 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

2703 Legal 

Notices 








P.I.N.: 

19-09-02-301-001-1004 












MENT NO.Â 736566 AND KNOWN AS 










NO.Â R98-116887 TOGETHER WITH ITS 





P.I.N.: 

19-09-02-301-001-1005 



























P.I.N.: 

19-09-02-301-001-1006 



























P.I.N.: 

19-09-02-301-001-1007 



























P.I.N.: 

19-09-02-301-001-1008 

PARCEL 10: THE SOUTH 390 FEET OF 

THE EAST 1/2 OFTHE EAST 1/2 OFTHE 

SOUTHEAST 1/4 OFTHE SOUTHWEST 1/4 



MENT NO. 736566, AND KNOWN AS 




R90-67290) OF SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP 35 

NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD 

PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN WILL 

COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

P.I.N.: 

19-09-02-301-002-0000 

Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the time of 

sale and the balance within twenty-four (24) 

hours. Nojudicial sale fee shall be paid by the 

mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate 

pursuant to its credit bid atthe sale or by any 

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor 

acquiring the residential real estate whose 

rights in and tothe residential real estate arose 

prior to the sale. All payments shall be made in 

cash or certified funds payable to the Sheriff of 

Will County. 

In the event the property isacondominium, in 

accordance with 735 ILCS 

5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765 ILCS 

605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you 

are hereby notified that the purchaser of the 

unit, other than amortgagee, shall pay the assessments 

and legal fees required bysubdivisions 

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

required bysubsection (g-1) of Section 

18.5 of the Illinois Condominium Property 

Act. 

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J) ifthere 

is asurplus following application ofthe proceeds 

of sale, then the plaintiff shall send written 

notice pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) 

to all parties to the proceeding advising them 

of the amount of the surplus and that the surplus 

will be held until aparty obtains acourt 

order for its distribution or, in the absence of 

an order, until the surplus is forfeited to the 

State. 

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 




P: 1-312-845-3407 

F: 1-312-516-1907 


MIKE KELLEY 











PURPOSE. 


) SS. 


IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF 

THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIR- 

CUIT 


The Money Source, Inc. 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

KHALEEL SALEH 

Defendant. 

No. 16 CH 1941 


Public notice ishereby given that 

pursuant to ajudgment entered in 

the above cause on the 30th day of 

May, 2017, MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff 

ofWill County, Illinois, will on 

Thursday, the 16th day of November, 

2017 ,commencing at 12:00 

o'clock noon, at the Will County 



sell at public auction to the highest 

p 

g 


real estate: 

THE NORTH 300.00 FEET OF 

LOT 85 IN ROBERT 

BARTLETT'S SUNNY ACRES, A 

SUBDIVISION OF THE EAST 

1/2 OFTHE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF 

SECTION 6, EXCEPT THE 

NORTH 14 ACRES THEREOF, 

ALSO THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF 

SAID SECTION 7 AND THE 

SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF THE 

NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SAID SEC- 

TION 7, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, 

RANGE 12, EAST OF THE 

THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, 

ACCORDING TO THE PLAT 

THEREOF RECORDED 

AUGUST 1, 1946 IN PLAT 

BOOK 26, PAGE 70 AS DOCU- 

MENT NUMBER 610822, IN 



11405 191st Street, Mokena, IL 

60448 


White vinyl siding, two story single 

family home with attached 

three car garage 

P.I.N.: 

19-09-07-200-018-0000 















County. Judgment amount is 

$216,158.90 plus interest, cost and 

post judgment advances, if any. 



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

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

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






the assessments required by subsection 



Act. 













the State. 

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE 

CONTACT: 

PIERCE AND ASSOCIATES 

1 N. Dearborn Suite 1300 

Chicago, Illinois 60602 

P: 312-346-9088 

F: 


MIKE KELLEY 











PURPOSE. 


) SS. 




CUIT 


Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

JOHN M. HANANIA; MARGA- 

RET T. HANANIA; FNBC BANK 

AND TRUST AS SUCCESSOR 

IN INTEREST TO MOKENA 

STATE BANK; PNC BANK, 

N.A., SUCCESSOR IN INTER- 

EST TO NATIONAL CITY 

BANK; 

Defendant. 

No. 17 CH 0255 




the above cause onthe 23rd day of 

May, 2017, MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff 

ofWill County, Illinois, will on 

Thursday, the 30th day of November, 

2017 ,commencing at 12:00 

o'clock noon, at the Will County 



sell at public auction to the highest 


real estate: 

LOT 88 IN CREEKVIEW UNIT 

TWO, BEING A SUBDIVISION 

IN THE SOUTH 1/2 OF SEC- 

TION 6, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, 

RANGE 12, EAST OF THE 



THEREOF RECORDED SEP- 

TEMBER 8, 1988 AS DOCU- 

MENT NO. R88-42503, IN WILL 

COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 


18804 Meadowview Drive, MOK- 

ENA, IL 60448 


SINGLE FAMILY 

P.I.N.: 

19-09-06-407-002-0000 















County. 



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

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

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

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









Act. 













the State. 


CONTACT: 

SHAPIRO KREISMAN AND AS- 

SOCIATES, LLC. 

2121 Waukegan Rd, Suite 301 

Bannockburn, Illinois 60015 

P: 847-770-4348 

F: 847-291-3434 


MIKE KELLEY 











PURPOSE. 


) SS. 




CUIT 


Freedom Mortgage Corporation 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Rocco Cesario; Darlene T. Cesario; 

Defendant. 

No. 17 CH 0354 




the above cause onthe 18th day of 

August, 2017, MIKE KELLEY, 

Sheriff of Will County, Illinois, 

will on Thursday, the 30th day of 

November, 2017 ,commencing at 

12:00 o'clock noon, at the Will 



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Claire Stec is a senior on 

the Lincoln-Way East girls 

tennis team. 

How long have you been 

playing tennis, and how 

did you get started? 

I started playing tennis 

this summer, going from 

freshman year, and I really 

liked it and never stopped. 

And I got started because at 

the time I was playing basketball 

and I really wanted 

to have another sport. So, I 

decided to try out for tennis. 

What do you enjoy most 

about the sport? 

My favorite thing about 

the sport is getting to play 

with some of my best 

friends. I tried out with my 

best friends and met a lot 

of new people along the 

way, especially after North 

closed. I get to meet all the 

new East people. 

What was it like getting 

to compete at state this 

year? 

It was pretty stressful, but 

I was just really excited that 

my partner and I qualified. 

Our first match was really 

tough ... and even though 

we lost, I was really excited. 

I thought we played really 

well, so I was okay with it. 

What are your thoughts 

on how the season went 

overall? 

It was a big transition for 

me because I went from JV to 

varsity, and there was so much 

talent, so it was pretty difficult. 

But overall, as the season 

went on, I got really used to 

it, and my partner and I, we 

started to work really well together. 

It was just really fun. 

Do you plan to continue 

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I would like to play an intramural 

in college and just 

play for fun, but I wouldn’t 

do it really seriously. 

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I would say my ability to 

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I sit down, and breathe and 

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against Lincoln-Way Central 

for doubles. We lost the first 

set, so it was really exciting 

when we came back and 

won and qualified for state. 

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and helps me overcome 

my challenges. 

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My freshman and sophomore 

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I would like to live by the 

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because I love the beach and 

I love the hot weather and I 

wish it was summer all year 

long. 

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9, 2017 | 37 

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.

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Boys Cross Country 

‘It’s a whole different world’ 

Knights struggle at 

state, hungry for 

next year 

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 age-group 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 

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 

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

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

during the 3A championship. 

sophomore in the field, was 

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. 

“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 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 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 

Lincoln-Way Central’s Mackenzie Brownrigg ran 86th in the 

3A cross-country championship Saturday, Nov. 4, in Peoria, 

fighting a cold all the way. Tim Cronin/22nd Century Media 

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 

co-leaders 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.”

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Girls volleyball 

Griffins’ season ends at sectional 

Randy Whalen 


The Lincoln-Way East 

girls volleyball team found 

out the hard way that Marist 

is every bit as good as, not 

only any team in the state, 

but 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 Red- 

Hawks (37-1) advanced to 

the sectional final 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 South- 

West 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. 

But in last week’s sectional 

semifinal it was the 

Griffins who first reached 

15 points in the second set. 

They had a stretch of six 

straight points earlier in the 

set, which turned a 6-4 deficit 

into a 10-6 lead. All half 

dozen of those points came 

via East attacks, too. Corey 

(10 assists, 3 aces) started it 

with a kill, junior right side 

hitter Molly Skoda smashed 

a kill, Corey floated an ace, 

senior outside hitter Hanna 

Lesiak (5 kills) and senior 

middle hitter Kaelyn Daniel 

deposited blocks, and senior 

outside hitter Molly Hackett 

(3 kills) hammered a kill to 

send the Griffins into a frenzy 

with a 10-6 lead. 

But back came Marist 

with a 5-1 run to tie the score 

at 11-11. East trailed 14-13, 

but took one last lead on a 

kill by senior middle hitter 

Haley Hart (6 kills) and a 

block by Corey. 

The RedHawks showed 

their might by responding 

to that with a 10-2 blitz. A 

pair of 5-0 runs bookend 

around two points from 

East, put them ahead 24-17. 

Senior outside hitter Savannah 

Thompson, who had 

a match-high 12 kills, had 

three of them and a block in 

the big burst. 

Lesiak saved a match 

point for the Griffins, but 

senior setter Molly Murphy 

(27 assists), who will attend 

Memphis next year, put 

down a tip to end it. Senior 

outside hitter Maggie Meyer 

(5 kills, 12 digs) also contributed 

for the RedHawks. 

“It was mostly seniors on 

the court at the end,” Corey 

said of seeing the final point 

drop. “We just sort of looked 

at each other and said, 

‘That’s a wrap.’ It’s the last 

time we’ll play with each 

other. We matched our potential 

though. We won the 

conference and a regional.” 

Fellow senior Emily Ripp, 

who played libero, also 

thought it was a good season. 

But the RedHawks were 

too strong. 

“Marist is an all-around 

team,” Ripp said. “They 

have two good outsides that 

find the seams, and a good 

setter. 

“I’m going to remember 

the coaches and players. 

They always made us feel 

like a family. I’m not going 

to play in college, so this 

was my last match. I wish it 

could have turned out better, 

but we did our best.” 

East, which also graduates 

senior Kate Bruder, 

scored the first point of the 

first set. But the RedHawks 

came back with five straight, 

including two aces by senior 

libero Grace Green to 

take a 5-1 lead. The Griffins 

closed within 7-5, but 

Marist went on a 9-3 burst 

for a 16-8 advantage. Trailing 

17-9, Hart had a pair 

of kills in a 5-1 run as East 

closed within 18-14. Lesiak 

later had kills to make it 19- 

15 and 21-16. 

But the RedHawks 

showed their might as 

Thompson thumped a kill, 

Meyer mashed one, sophomore 

right side hitter Camryn 

Hannah hammered one 

and Thompson ended the 

opener with another kill. 

“You have to be really 

great,” Fiore said of anyone 

beating Marist. “We won the 

conference and a regional. 

I’m happy that we developed 

a new culture and set the bar 

high here. We had an awesome 

senior class.” 

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State qualifiers Hallie Hoger (left) and Gerry Cushing (back) relax with teammates. Photo 

submitted 

Summit Hill runners impress 

at state championship meet 

Submitted by Summit Hill 

Junior High 

The 2017 Spartan cross 

country runners ran the whole 

season with just one date 

on their minds: the 3A Sectional 

Oct. 7 at Apollo Park 

in Homewood. Knowing that 

the faster they ran meant the 

quicker they would finish, 

two Spartans were able to 

punch their ticket to the state 

championship. 

Hallie Hoger and Gerry 

Cushing both ran their best 

races of the season to qualify 

for the state championship: 

Hoger for the third consecutive 

year and Cushing for 

the first time. Hoger took 

12th at Apollo Park with a 

time of 13:08, while Cushing 

cruised to 9th in his very 

first year as a cross country 

runner. Both were able to 

take that success and hard 

work down to Parkside Junior 

High in Normal for the 

state championship Oct. 14. 

Unfortunately for Hoger, 

her final race as an eighth 

grader wasn’t a memorable 

one; she took a tumble in the 

first half mile, but was able to 

recover and finish strong. Although 

she did not get the result 

she wanted, finishing with 

a 12:58, she was still impressive 

in the middle of the pack. 

Cushing scored one of the 

best times ever for a Summit 

Hill runner at state, crossing 

the line in 66th place with a 

time of 11:25. Not too shabby 

in a field of 235. 

Although the season has 

come to the finish line, the 

coaching staff is looking forward 

to 2018. The team had 

its highest number or participants 

in years, with almost 

a third of them coming out 

for the first time. And, if 

next year’s team can follow 

the grit and determination 

of these two runners, then 

maybe some fellow Spartans 

can qualify for the next trip 

down Interstate 55 for the 

state championships.

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Football 

‘We know we’ve got a lot of fight’ 

Late field goal, 

interception secure 

victory for LW East 

Jon DePaolis 


Lincoln-Way East was 

down — possibly out. 

After giving up a touchdown 

to St. Charles East that 

made it 14-12 Saints with 

1:17 left in the game Saturday, 

Nov. 4, in St. Charles, 

it’s not hyperbole to say 

people were penning the final 

sentences of the Griffins’ 

2017 season. 

But, as has been the case 

all season, the No. 1-ranked 

team in the state and top seed 

in the Illinois High School 

Association Class 8A playoffs 

needed just one play, one 

spark, to ignite their team. 

Enter sophomore A.J. Henning, 

who fielded the ensuing 

kickoff near the 5-yard line. 

Henning began running up 

the middle, but after getting a 

huge block from a teammate, 

he cut to his left and raced 

up the sideline past several 

defenders before getting 

knocked out of bounds. 

By the end of the run, 

Henning had made it to the 

Saints’ 43-yard line for a return 

of more than 50 yards. 

It was the spark the Griffins 

needed. With just 1:07 

left in the game, on the first 

play from scrimmage, East 

senior quarterback Brendan 

Morrissey (9-of-13, 

121 yards) looked deep and 

found senior Mason Keenan 

(4 receptions, 88 yards), who 

caught the pass in traffic for a 

32-yard gain to put the ball at 

the Saints’ 9-yard line. 

“Obviously, AJ with that 

spark … when they went up 

with a minute left, it would 

have been easy to hang your 

head,” Morrissey said. “But 

we got that spark with AJ. 

Then, Mason beat his guy … 

and he made a huge play. 

“We know we’ve got a lot 

of fight. We’ve had a few 

games like this now where 

we’ve had to come back and 

make plays when we have 

to. We know we’re going to 

fight.” 

But St. Charles East wasn’t 

ready to throw in the towel, 

either. After a hard-fought 

game in which the Saints had 

led virtually the whole way, 

the Saints snuffed out East’s 

next play, a 1-yard run by 

Morrissey. East quickly used 

a timeout to pause the game 

with 43 seconds left. 

A false start then moved 

the Griffins back to the 

Saints’ 13. But Morrissey 

fired a pass to Henning for a 

5-yard gain, getting it back 

to the Saints’ 8. Then, East 

took another timeout with 

34.6 seconds remaining. On 

the third-and-goal attempt, 

Morrissey was stopped for a 

run of no gain, prompting the 

final timeout from East. 

Onto the field jogged East 

sophomore kicker Dominic 

Dzioban, who set up at the 

Saints’ 15. On a wet, muddy, 

grass field, the snap came out 

perfect. 

“Honestly, it was just blank 

mind, focus on making that 

kick. That’s all I was thinking 

of, nothing else,” Dzioban 

said. 

The sophomore booted the 

ball through the uprights for 

a successful 25-yard kick, 

giving East (11-0) the 15-14 

lead with 23 seconds remaining. 

After his teammates on 

the field finished mobbing 

him, Dzioban savored the 

moment, jogging off the field 

with both hands up in the air. 

“It’s crazy,” Dzioban said. 

“I’ve dreamt of this day for 

many years. It finally came. I 

love it. I live for these. 

“That just shows what kind 

of an amazing group we have 

here, being able to get over 

all the attrition. That’s a big 

word in our program. I think 

that showed tonight.” 

On the final play of the 

game, a St. Charles East pass 

was stripped in the air from 

the receiver’s hands by East 

senior defensive back Dugan 

Bolsoni, icing the game and 

giving the Griffins the Round 

2 victory. 

“We saw [adversity] late 

in the Bolingbrook game, 

so nobody flinched,” East 

coach Rob Zvonar said. “As 

long as there was time left 

on the clock, we were going 

to battle. At the same time, it 

wasn’t looking real promising. 

But again, they probably 

felt like they kicked it to the 

wrong kid deep, and [Henning] 

did what he does. In my 

opinion, he’s as good a sophomore 

skill player as there is 

in the state, and [Dzioban] is 

as good a sophomore kicker 

as there is in the state. I’m 

glad they play for us.” 

But Zvonar also was quick 

to compliment St. Charles 

East. 

“The gritty, amazing effort 

that they had today; toe to toe 

the whole way, they probably 

deserved to win the game, 

making that play and going 

up [late],” Zvonar said. 

He also pointed to two 

early special teams gaffes the 

Griffins made that could have 

been the difference between 

winning and losing. 

The first of those mistakes 

came on the opening kickoff, 

as Saints’ senior Nicholas 

Garlisch fielded the ball 

past the 5-yard line and shed 

several tacklers early before 

busting down the sideline for 

a 95-yard touchdown 13 seconds 

into the game. 

After the Griffins’ offense 

stalled on their opening drive, 

the defense came up big. On 

a third-and-5 from the Saints’ 

own 12, the Griffins forced 

a fumble, with senior Dylan 

Shelton falling on top of the 

loose ball. 

Lincoln-Way East’s senior tight end Turner Pallissard (four receptions, 28 yards) gets the 

late touchdown Saturday, Nov. 4, against St. Charles East. The Griffins narrowly won the 

game, 15-14 on a late field goal by sophomore kicker Dominic Dzioban. 

Julie McMann/22nd Century Media 

After three failed shots 

at scoring, the Griffins sent 

out Dzioban — but it was a 

ruse. East senior Matt Judd 

received the snap, got up and 

ran in a 10-yard touchdown 

with 5:44 left in the first quarter. 

But on the extra-point attempt, 

the kick by Dzioban 

went wide to the left, meaning 

the Saints held the lead at 

7-6. 

“There are two special 

teams errors to start the day 

that got you down and could 

have cost you the ballgame,” 

Zvonar said. “But we persevered, 

fought back and took 

the lead late.” 

Despite the impressive 

defensive performance by 

East in the first half, which 

included a sack by Jaden Hacha 

and a fumble recovery by 

Brendan Gallagher, the Griffins 

weren’t able to put any 

additional points on the board 

in the first half. 

It wasn’t until the fourth 

quarter that the offense got 

going again, and it came 

courtesy of great field position. 

The Saints opted to go for 

it on a fourth-and-1 from 

their own 35. But their rushing 

attempt by Justin Jett was 

stopped for no gain at the 

line, turning the ball over on 

downs. 

From there, Morrissey had 

three straight runs of 9, 3 and 

7 yards, followed by a pass 

to senior Turner Pallissard 

(4 receptions, 28 yards) for a 

6-yard gain to set the offense 

up at the Saints’ 10. But after 

a run for no gain, a false start 

penalty and a 1-yard gain, the 

Griffins faced a third-andgoal 

from the Saints’ 14. 

The Griffins opted to use 

a play they had practiced all 

week, Pallissard said. 

“We knew the safeties 

would go out wide and the 

linebackers would step up, 

because B-Mo is such a versatile 

quarterback,” Pallissard 

said. “They were [respecting] 

his running ability. 

I saw them step up and just 

saw the opening, so I ran to 

the back of the end zone. 

B-Mo threw a perfect pass.” 

Morrissey connected with 

Pallissard over the middle, 

and Pallissard reached up 

over his shoulders to haul 

in the score in the end zone. 

East had its first lead of the 

day at 12-7 with 6:07 left in 

the game. 

The Griffins tried for two 

but came up short. 

Then, the Saints fought 

back. With the following 

drive starting at their own 35, 

the Saints started converting 

big plays. That included 

a fourth-and-7 from the East 

39, when quarterback Clayton 

Isbell connected with 

Matthew Goetsch for a 16- 

yard play. Then, on a thirdand-12 

from the East 25, Isbell 

dropped back and lofted 

the ball to the left corner of 

the end zone. Despite having 

two East defenders on him, 

St. Charles East junior Ronan 

Macaluso dove for it and 

completed the catch for the 

touchdown to make it 14-12 

with 1:17 left. 

“Probably a lot of people 

thought it was over,” Zvonar 

said. “I’m glad our players 

didn’t.” 

In many ways, memories 

of last season may have 

played a part in the Griffins’ 

comeback. 

“Us seniors know how it 

feels to lose in the playoffs,” 

Pallissard said. “After last 

year, we came together and 

said, ‘That’s not happening 

again.’ No matter what’s left 

on the clock or what the score 

is, we are ready to come back 

and keep fighting.” 

After the thrilling victory, 

Zvonar said it could have 

easily gone the other way. 

But at this stage of the game, 

it’s survive and advance. 

“Whether it was 35-7 or 

15-14 on a last-second field 

goal, I guess we’re going to 

advance,” Zvonar said. “I’m 

just proud of our kids. We 

talk about it being a 48-minute 

game, and we had to play 

about 47 [minutes] and 30- 

plus seconds to get what we 

needed to get.” 

Now, for the second 

straight season, the Griffins 

will play in the Class 

8A quarterfinals. They will 

host Oswego, who defeated 

Glenbard West 24-20 in the 

second round.

46 | November 9, 2017 | The Mokena Messenger sports 


‘Knight Train,’ ‘Hit Squad’ strike again 

Morgan goes for 

156, 3 TDs, as ‘D’ 

notches 5 sacks, 

pick in 21-7 win 

Jason Maholy 


Lincoln-Way Central 

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 

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) 

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. 

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 

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 2 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 

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 

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 

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 

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 

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.” 

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.”

mokenamessenger.com sports 


fastbreak 

Girls swimming 

LW East finishes second in SWSC Blue division 

22nd Century Media File 

Photo 

1st-and-3 

Win or go home 

1. Lincoln-Way Central 

(above) 

The Knights (10- 

1) won its second 

round game as the 

No. 9 seed in the 

Class 7A football 

playoffs and will 

host No. 17 ranked 

Benet Academy 

(9-1) in the quartefinals. 

2. Lincoln-Way East 

The Griffins (11- 

0) won its second 

round game as the 

No. 1 seed in the 

Class 8A football 

playoffs and will 

host No. 9 Oswego 

(10-1) in the quarterfinals. 

3. Other notables 

Lincoln-Way West 

(9-2) won its second 

round game as a No. 

12 seed in Class 7A 

and will host No. 4 

Batavia (10-1) in the 

quarterfinals. 

Jason Maholy 


The Sandburg girls’ swimming 

team tuned up for the 

postseason by winning the 

SouthWest Suburban Blue 

conference title in its home 

pool. 

The Eagles finished the 

meet, held Oct. 28 at Sandburg 

High School, with 288 

points, edging runner-up 

Lincoln-Way East, which finished 

with 275 points. Lockport 

placed fourth out of five 

schools with 208 points. 

Individual champions 

for Sandburg were Isabella 

Wrobel, 200-yard freestyle 

(1:58.66) and 500- 

yard freestyle (5:20.15); 

Madison Stuursma, 50-yard 

freestyle (24.85); and Erin 

Falsey, 100-yard backstroke 

(1:01.66). The Eagles’ 200- 

yard freestyle relay team 

of Stuursma, Natalie Barkowski, 

Ashley Asiddao and 

Wrobel took first with a time 

of 1:39.98, as did the 400- 

yard freestyle relay team of 

Falsey, Tara Maher, Stuursma 

and Wrobel (3:39.59). 

Lincoln-Way East competitors 

who won championships 

were Makayla Varga, 

100-yard butterfly (58.79) 

and diver Alyssa Rudsinski, 

who took the 1-meter 

title with a score of 348.35. 

The Griffins’ 200-yard medley 

relay team of Varga, 

Reis Parkinson, Braelyn 

Binkowski and Kristina 

Winter placed first with a 

time of 1:53.41. 

Other individual medalists 

from East were Varga, second 

in the 50-yard freestyle 

(25.45); Braelyn Binkowski, 

second in both the 100-yard 

butterfly (1:00.09) and 500- 

yard freestyle (5:24.65); 

Winter, second in the 100- 

yard backstroke (1:02.07); 

Abbey Piech, third in the 

200-yard freestyle (2:02.90); 

and Jordan Bruni, third in the 

500-yard freestyle (5:25.39). 

The Griffins’ 200-yard relay 

team of Binkowski, Parkinson, 

Piech and Alicia Pearson 

finished second with a 

time of 1:43.13, as did the 

400-yard freestyle relay 

team of Piech, Pearson, Varga 

and Winter (3:41.23). 

East coach Kate Gabey 

was pleased with her team’s 

performance and believes 

the girls are primed for a 

strong showing at sectionals. 

The Griffins are scheduled to 

compete in the Homewood- 

Flossmoor Sectional on Saturday, 

Nov. 11. 

“We’re right where we 

want to be at this time of the 

season, when they’re still 

tired, they’re still beat up, and 

we’re getting ready for the 

sectional meet in two weeks,” 

Gabey said. “I’ve been 

thrilled with all of the girls 

who will be swimming at sectionals. 

They’ve all had their 

moments, they’ve all stepped 

it up at times and I think it 

will be exciting to have them 

all step up at the same meet, 

which is what we’re hoping 

for at sectionals.” 

Other Sandburg individual 

Swimmers dive off the starting block Oct. 28 at the 

SouthWest Suburban Blue conference meet. Julie 

McMann/22nd Century Media 

medalists were Jenna Falsey, 

second in the 200-yard IM 

(2:12.82) and third in the 

100-yard butterfly (1:01.98); 

Erin Falsey, third in the 

200-yard IM (2:19.25); and 

Stuursma, third in the 100- 

yard freestyle (55.37). The 

Eagles’ 200-yard medley 

relay team of Erin Falsey, 

Asiddao, Jenna Falsey and 

Barkowski placed third with 

a time of 1:54.60. 

Sandburg coach Anna Mc- 

Bride was encouraged by her 

team’s performance, particularly 

the two relay teams that 

won titles while turning in 

season-best times. 

“It was a tough meet and 

it was very competitive with 

Lincoln-Way East all the 

way up to the end,” McBride 

said. “I’m most proud of our 

relays, they stepped up to 

win those race, which helped 

a lot points-wise.” 

McBride believes her 

squad, the seniors in particular, 

are in a good place 

as sectional competition approaches. 

The Eagles will 

compete Saturday, Nov. 11, 

in the Lockport Sectional, 

which will feature the always 

competitive host school as 

well as Stagg, which finished 

third at the SouthWest 

Suburban Blue meet. 

“Mentally, they’re more 

ready than I’ve seen them,” 

McBride said. “This group 

of seniors has a lot of experience 

at sectionals, but this 

is the most prepared they’ve 

been in their four years. 

They’re excited about their 

times, and I think they’re 

ready to rest well and have 

fun at sectionals.” 

Lockport’s Lindsey Merk, 

who placed first in the 100- 

yard freestyle with a time of 

54.68, was the only Porter 

to take home an individual 

title. Other individual medalists 

for Lockport were 

Emily Johnson, third in the 

50-yard freestyle (25.61), 

and Oliwia Wolek, third in 

the 100-yard breaststroke 

(1:11.72). The Porters’ 400- 

yard freestyle relay squad of 

Johnson, Alexis Webb, Molley 

Gerches and Wolek took 

third with a time of 3:51.55. 

Lockport coach Grant Ferkaluk 

said his team is gearing 

up for the Lockport Sectional, 

which will be held Saturday, 

Nov. 11 in the Porters’ home 

pool. Sandburg and Stagg, 

which finished second and 

third, respectively, at conference, 

will be among the 

schools in the 14-team field. 

“We did okay,” Ferkaluk 

said of his team’s performance 

at conference. “We’re 

working through some tired 

swimmers. We worked hard 

all week. Our focus is on 

the sectional in two weeks, 

and we’ll have two schools 

there that finished ahead of 

us here, so we really want to 

focus on making that a different 

outcome in the end.” 

The Porters will be bringing 

an experienced and accomplished 

squad to the 

sectional competition, and 

Ferkaluk wasn’t overly concerned 

with the fourth-place 

finish at conference. 

“They’re (mentally) very 

positive,” he said of the girls. 

“They’re excited to swim in 

their home pool, and they’ve 

been there before — we’ve got 

a lot of experience with this 

team. The girls will be ready to 

go when they need to be.” 

Listen Up 

“Put the foot on the gas pedal and keep going.” 

Matt Granberry – Lincoln-Way Central football linebacker, on 

the teams’ attitude moving forward in the IHSA Playoffs 

TUNE IN 

Football 

1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 

• The Knights will compete in the quarterfinals of the IHSA 

Class 7A Playoffs 

Index 

43 – Cross country 

42 – Athlete of the Week 

FASTBREAK is compiled by Editor T.J. Kremer III, 

tj@mokenamessenger.com.com.

mokena’s Hometown Newspaper | www.mokenamessenger.com | November 9, 2017 

Swimming to sectional 

LW East girls swimming finishes 

second in conference, Page 47 

Nail biter East football 

edges St. Charles East by 

slimmest of margins, Page 45 

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 to move on to the 

quarterfinals of the IHSA playoffs. Jason Maholy/22nd Century Media

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