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Getting in on the fun 

Lockport Police Department decorates cars for 

Halloween, hands out candy, Page 6 

A special seed 

Lockport chosen to host Will County’s Johnny Appleseed tree 

descendent, Page 7 

Costume champions 

Publisher 22CM announces winners 

of Halloween contests, Page 8 

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Jim Naylor (right), president of the Lockport FISH Food Pantry, gives a tour of the newly opened Lockport Fish Food Pantry to United Sertoma members Wayne Ratay (left) and Charlie 

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THURSDAY 

Lockport TAG: Teen Advisory 

Group 

4:30-5:30 p.m. Nov. 9, 

White Oak Public Library, 

121 E. 8th St. This event allows 

teens to share their take 

on what should happen at the 

library and what programs 

would be a good addition to 

the Lockport branch. Pizza 

will be available and games 

will be played. This event 

is for teens in grades 7-12. 

Registration is required at 

the Adults Services desk or 

by calling (815) 838-0755. 

Autumn Mason Jar 

Luminaries 

6:30-8 p.m. Nov. 9, White 

Oak Public Library, 121 E. 

8th St. Make a pretty autumn 

lantern that adds a decorative 

touch at Thanksgiving 

time. Participants will learn 

how to decorate mason jars 

with silk leaves in fall colors 

and add a tea light for a 

festive glow. All materials 

provided. This event is for 

adults and teens, ages 13 and 

up. For more information, 

call (815) 552-4250. 

FRIDAY 

Sip and Shop 

7-10 p.m. Nov. 10, Lockport 

Veterans of Foreign 

Wars, 1026 E. 9th St. The 

Sip and Shop is to feature 

unique vendors including 

artists, crafters, clothing, 

jewelry, skin care, personalized 

gifts, baby items, 

home décor, books, kitchen 

gadgets, and gourmet food. 

Admission is $5 per person. 

A portion of all proceeds 

will benefit To Write Love 

On Her Arms and Homer 

Glen’s own Kidz Play. For 

more information, visit 

www.homerglenjuniors.org 

or email fundraisinghomer 

glenjuniors@gmail.com. 

SATURDAY 

Veterans Day Ceremony 

10:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Nov. 

11, Lockport Veterans of 

Foreign Wars, 1026 E. 9th 

St. There is to be a ceremony 

open to the public starting at 

11 a.m. An evening party is 

to start at 4 p.m. and include 

Smokin’ Z BBQ serving a 

family style dinner. Veterans 

eat free, and dinner is 

$5 for the public. RSVP is 

requested via sign-up sheet. 

There is to be raffle baskets 

and a 50/50 drawing as well 

as a Royal Polynesian Revue 

at 7 p.m. 

Tuesday 

100+ Women Who Care Will 

County Meeting 

6-7 p.m. Nov. 14, P.B. 

Mulligan’s Restaurant & 

Bar, 19433 Renwick Road, 

Crest Hill. Members of 100+ 

Women Who Care choose to 

make a difference for a local 

charity or group. Attendees 

at the group’s November 

meeting can see how simple 

it is. Anyone who feels that 

their voice is too quiet, or 

their dollar amount is too 

small, is encouraged to attend 

and help the group become 

100+ Women Who 

Care. For more information, 

visit www.100wwc-will.org 

or find the group on Facebook. 

Upcoming 

Stormed In: A Venturing 

Crew Escape Room 

Experience 

6-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 

16, White Oak Public Library, 

121 E. 8th St. Venturing 

Crew will put participants 

in a situation to see if 

they can work together to get 

out of a tricky situation. The 

goal is to escape by thinking 

outside of the box and using 

teamwork. Fun and danger 

await. This event is for 

teens. For more information, 

call (815) 552-4250. 

Christmas in the Square 

1-4:30 p.m. Saturday, 

Nov. 25, Central Square 222 

E. 9th St., Lockport. All ages 

are invited to celebrate the 

holidays with Santa and his 

workshop. Children’s crafts, 

special treats and entertainment 

will be available. The 

tree lighting ceremony will 

begin at 4:30 p.m. on the 

front lawn of Central Square. 

For more information, visit 

lockportpark.org. 

9th Annual Christmas Tea 

1-2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 

26, Gladys Fox Museum, 

231 E. 9th St., Lockport. 

All adults 50 years old and 

older and invited to sip tea, 

eat sandwiches, cookies in a 

beautifully decorated Gladys 

Fox Museum. There will be 

a chance to win an elegant 

tea pot and a homemade 

Christmas quilt. Registration 

is required. Tickets are $25 

for residents, $30 for nonresidents. 

Breakfast with Santa 

8:30-10 a.m. Saturday, 

Dec. 2, Prairie Bluff Golf 

Club Banquet Room, 19433 

Renwick Road, Lockport. 

Families are invited to a 

holiday breakfast with Santa. 

Registration is required. 

Children 2-11 years old are 

$13, children and adults 12 

years and older are $18. For 

more information, visit lock 

portpark.org. 

Brunch with Santa and 

Friends 

11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, 

Dec. 2, Prairie Bluff 

Public Golf Club Banquet 

Room, 19433 Renwick 

Road, Lockport. Families 

are invited to dine on a 

brunch buffet while visiting 

with Santa. Crafts will be 

available. Registration is required. 

Children 2-11 years 

old are $18 and children and 

adults 12 and older are $25. 

For more information, visit 

lockportpark.org. 

ONGOING 

NaNoWriMo Come Write In 

1:30-4:30 p.m. Sundays in 

November; 4-8 p.m. Mondays 

in November, White 

Oak Public Library, . This 

event will give writers a 

place to get words flowing 

for National Novel Writing 

Month (NaNoWriMo). Personal 

computers are strong 

encouraged to bring as well 

as pen or pencil and notebook. 

This event will give 

participants time to complete 

a 50,000-word novel 

by the end of the month. Wi- 

Fi, coffee and snacks will be 

provided. All ages welcome. 

For more information, call 

(815) 552-4250. 

Santa Claus is Coming to 

Town 

Saturday, Dec. 9; Friday- 

Saturday, Dec. 15-16. The 

Lockport Park District is 

offering special opportunity 

for residents to schedule a 

meet-and-greet at home with 

Santa Claus. Twenty-minute 

home visits can accommodate 

up to 10 children. For 

more information, visit lock 

portpark.org or call (815) 

838-1183 ext. 208. 

Citizens Against Ruining the 

Environment 

6-7:30 p.m. every third 

Monday of the month, White 

Oak Library, 121 E. 8th St., 

Lockport. CARE, a nonprofit 

all-volunteer organization, 

to discuss environmental 

and health related issues in 

Will County and the surrounding 

areas. Community 

service hours also available. 

Challenge Fitness Court 

Rentals 

Challenge Fitness, 2021 

S. Lawrence Ave., Lockport, 

offers court rentals for 

tennis and racquetball/wallyball 

courts when Lockport 

Township Park District programs 

are not running. Tennis 

courts are rented on a per 

hour basis, with rates beginning 

at $14 an hour during 

the summer. Racquetball/ 

wallyball courts begin at $3 

an hour and have a two-hour 

limit. Individuals who are 

not members of Challenge 

Fitness are subject to guest 

fees. For more information 

on rates and court availability, 

please call (815) 

838-3621, ext. 0 or visit 

www.lockportpark.org. 

Vintage Hats, Will County in 

War exhibits 

Noon-4 p.m. Wednesdays 

through Sundays, Will 

County Historical Museum 

and Research Center, 803 S. 

State St., Lockport. A new 

exhibit “Vintage Hats” is 

on display as well as a 19th 

century Doctor’s Office, 

“Will County in War” and 

early textiles. Group tours 

available by reservation. For 

more information or tours 

call (815) 838-5080 or visit 

www.willcohistory.org 

Fish Fry 

5-8 p.m. Fridays. American 

Legion Post #18, 15052 

Archer Ave., Lockport. Dine 

in or carry out. For more 

information, call (815) 838- 

4515. 

CARE Monthly Meeting 

6-7:30 p.m. third Monday 

of the month, White 

Oak Library District Lockport 

Branch Library, 121 

E. 8th St., Lockport. Citizens 

Against Ruining the 

Environment is a nonprofit 

organization and meetings 

include discussions of environmental 

and health-related 

issues in Will County and the 

surrounding areas. For more 

information, contact Mary 

Burnitz at bmerrigold@ya 

hoo.com or (708) 204-6924. 

Moose Lodge Bingo 

10 a.m. Mondays, 7 p.m. 

Wednesdays, Lockport 

Moose Lodge 118 E. 10th 

Street, Lockport. Specials, 

raffles, jackpots and video 

gaming are scheduled to take 

place. For more information, 

visit www.lockportmoose. 

com. 

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one week prior to publication. 

To submit an item to the 

calendar, contact Editor Max 

Lapthorne at (708) 326-9170 

ext. 19 or email max@lock 

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the Lockport Legend | November 9, 2017 | 3 

FISH Food Pantry celebrates reopening 

Lockport FISH Food 

Pantry finds new 

home in Lockport 

Township building 

Jason Maholy 

Freelance Reporter 

The Lockport FISH Food 

Pantry has been somewhat 

transient in its more than 30 

years of existence, having 

been housed in a number of 

buildings as it was forced to 

move from place to place for 

one reason or another. 

The volunteer organization, 

which each month helps 

feed approximately 1,000 

people from 250 to 300 families 

who live in Lockport and 

Homer townships, now has a 

space it can truly call home. 

The pantry, after being out 

of service for nearly a month, 

re-opened Oct. 30 in its new 

digs at Lockport Township 

Hall, 1463 S. Farrell Road. 

The 2,200-square-foot space 

was carved out of a room in 

the new town hall, which was 

formerly Parkview Christian 

Church’s Lockport campus. 

An army of volunteers in 

five weeks performed demolition, 

built walls, installed 

new flooring, ran electrical 

wiring and painted, among 

other work, to transform a 

vacant space into what is 

the pantry’s permanent location. 

United Sertoma donated 

funds that paid for three 

glass-front coolers and two 

large stainless steel freezers, 

greatly expanding the pantry’s 

capacity to store refrigerated 

and frozen foods. 

The distinct smell of new 

interior construction still 

lingered in the air when the 

pantry introduced its new 

home to the public at an open 

house held Thursday, Nov. 2. 

The room is smaller than the 

pantry’s space at the Christian 

Ministry Center, but the 

layout is more open and conducive 

to easier browsing. 

Pantry President Jim Naylor 

noted the space the pantry 

now occupies had been set 

aside when Lockport Township 

purchased and moved its 

headquarters into the former 

church building. The Township 

moved into the structure 

in January. 

“Township Supervisor 

Ron Alberico always envisioned 

the food pantry being 

here, so when they moved 

into the building he left the 

space for us,” said Naylor, 

a Homer Glen native who 

now lives in Lockport. “The 

Township was wonderful 

enough to say, ‘we have a 

space here, you guys can 

come here.’ And then the 

need came when we did have 

to get in here, so it worked 

out.” 

That need arose in September 

when the Christian 

Ministry Center, 604 E. 9th 

St., sold the building that 

had housed the pantry for the 

past 15 years. The pantry was 

founded in the early 1980s as 

a one-woman operation in 

the basement of a Lockport 

church. 

The food pantry is an entirely 

volunteer organization, 

and depends on donations 

of time, money, food and 

resources to function. Six 

volunteers on the morning 

of the open house unloaded 

258 boxes containing six 

tons of food collected by Konow’s 

Farm in Homer Glen. 

Volunteers take inventory, 

stock shelves and will, at the 

new location, escort clients 

through the pantry and help 

them pick out goods. They’ll 

even take food to the homes 

of people who are unable to 

visit the pantry because of 

medical issues or other situations. 

“We couldn’t do it without 

them, the volunteers are what 

keep us going,” said pantry 

volunteer coordinator Elaine 

Nyquist. 

The volunteers who unpacked 

the load from Konow’s 

— which had been 

collecting donations since 

mid-September during its 

annual Corn Maze autumn 

festivities — hustled for 90 

minutes running boxes from 

an 18-foot trailer into the 

building. One of the volunteers 

used his truck to tow the 

trailer from the farm, which 

is at the southeast corner of 

167th Street and Cedar Road, 

to the township building. 

“They do whatever they 

can to help,” Nyquist said of 

the pantry’s 45 or so regular 

volunteers. 

Two of those people who 

have lent their time and effort 

to the pantry are George 

Guglas Jr. and his son, 

George. In addition to both 

of them helping with the 

renovation work — the elder 

is a construction worker 

and skilled tradesman — the 

younger George earned his 

Eagle Scout badge by directing 

a project to build five relatively 

large shelving units 

for the pantry. 

George is a member of 

Boy Scout Troop 50, which 

has for many years conducted 

an annual donation drive 

that supplies the pantry with 

about 1,500 pounds of food. 

One day last year, while at 

the pantry delivering donations, 

he noticed the existing 

shelves were inadequate for 

storing the pantry’s heavier 

items. 

“I said [building new 

shelves] would be a good 

idea for a service project, and 

it transformed into an Eagle 

project,” he said. 

Guglas directed about 25 

other workers, including fellow 

scouts and professional 

carpenters, to build, assemble 

and paint the approximately 

300-pound units. Each can 

support thousands of pounds, 

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Volunteers (left to right) 

Debbie Price, Elaine Nyquist 

and Christina Dabrowski, 

all of Lockport, bring back 

donations that guests 

dropped off during the open 

house. 

a fact the boys learned by 

laying and standing on the 

shelves to test their strength. 

“He comes from a long 

lineage of tradesman,” said 

George Jr. “I’ve brought him 

on numerous jobs around the 

neighborhood... He works 

with his hands. I told my 

sons since an early age: If I 

can teach you to work with 

your hands, you’ll never go 

hungry.” 

Guglas put his Eagle Scout 

project on hold for roughly 

a year to coincide with the 

pantry’s anticipated move 

out of the Christian Ministry 

Center. The project’s purpose 

was more important to him 

than earning his Eagle badge. 

“This is something bigger,” 

he said. “This is helpful 

to the community, this helps 

our neighbors.” 

The two Georges have 

signed on to continue their 

volunteer efforts at the pantry, 

and will help stock shelves 

and perform other tasks. 

“It felt good giving back to 

the community,” George Jr. 

said. “That’s what it should 

be about.” 

Lockport FISH Food Pantry volunteer Linda Jones, of 

Lockport, demonstrates how she packs a bag for clients 

Thursday, Nov. 2, at an open house event. 

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Bre Schultz (left) and Trinity Muszynski show off the peanut butter and jelly costumes that 

are to be used to promote the peanut butter and jelly drive for Operation Care Package. 

Max Lapthorne/22nd Century Media 

students lead 

donation drive for troops 

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Max Lapthorne, Editor 

It’s peanut butter jelly time 

at Hadley Middle School. 

About 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 Legend 

isn’t 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. 

“We’re going to also put 

boxes [around] and put flyers 

in the teachers’ mailboxes,” 

Schultz said. 

During the two-week collection, 

there are to be boxes 

in every homeroom for students 

to drop off their donations. 

At the end of each day, 

Schultz and Muszynski will 

empty the donation boxes 

and tally up how many jars 

each homeroom collects, and 

at the end of the donation 

drive, the winning homeroom 

will be awarded a prize. 

With nearly 1,000 students 

and about 80 faculty members, 

the goal of 1,000 jars 

in two weeks is attainable if 

they get donations from everyone, 

Muszynski said. 

“I think if everybody 

brings in a few jars and we 

get donations, I think [we can 

reach the goal],” she said. 

While there is a prize on 

the line for students at Hadley, 

anyone looking to donate 

peanut butter and/or jelly is 

welcome to do so as well. 

Donations can be brought 

to the main office at Hadley 

Middle School. Glass jars 

cannot be accepted. 

Muszynski and Schultz 

agreed on their favorite part 

of being involved with the 

peanut butter jelly drive. 

“Meeting our goal, and 

making our soldiers happy,” 

Schultz said.

lockportlegend.com NEWS 


Lockport City Council 

Review of 2017 property tax levy shows $17 million of growth 

Megann Horstead 


Officials took steps to review 

their 2017 property tax 

levy Nov. 1 during a Lockport 

City Council Committee 

of the Whole meeting. 

The numbers, as presented, 

aim to keep the city’s operation 

going in various ways 

through street repairs, the 

police department and debt 

payments. 

Finance Director Lisa Heglund 

said the numbers she 

and city staff have are based 

on trying to capture what 

they can by using preliminary 

information. 

“We don’t have final numbers, 

and we won’t have final 

numbers until the spring,” 

she said. 

The calculations do not 

take into account some of 

the new warehouses and 

planned-unit developments 

coming online. Will County 

is responsible for determining 

the assessed values of 

properties, and preliminary 

estimated numbers were provided 

to city officials in August. 

A presentation on the property 

tax levy noted that Lockport’s 

new growth was valued 

at $42 million. Last year, the 

City had $17 million of new 

growth. Heglund said that is 

a big deal for Lockport. 

This year, the consumer 

price index, or the rate of 

inflation, is 2.1 percent. Reviewing 

last year’s numbers, 

the CPI amounted to 0.7 percent. 

“We’re estimating the 

[equalized assessed valuation] 

to be up at $2,008,” Heglund 

said. “You can see that 

for the last four years we’ve 

been on the rise, which is a 

good thing for us.” 

Property taxes make up 40 

percent of the City of Lockport’s 

revenues. 

History shows that the 

school districts make up 60 

percent of the average property 

tax bill, with other costs 

stemming from services for 

fire and the City amounting 

to 11 and 9 percent, respectively. 

Due to a rise in the equalized 

assessed valuation, 

Lockport officials are looking 

to lower the tax rate by 

4.2 percent. That decrease 

could make for the City’s 

fourth consecutive drop. 

Lockport officials are proposing 

to levy for a total of 

$6.31 million for 2017. 

This year, the City seeks 

to capture an amount high 

enough to give officials 

enough room to collect the 

growth and CPI. That means 

a house valued at $250,000 

last year is to pay $7.96 less 

toward the city’s portion of 

property taxes in 2018. 

The council will hold a 

public hearing at its next 

Committee of the Whole 

Meeting slated for Nov. 16. 

That same measure is to be 

considered by officials at 

their Dec. 6 meeting to provide 

time for the City to submit 

documentation to Will 

County detailing the property 

tax levy before the end of December. 

Potential reduction in school 

facilities impact fees 

Also at the meeting, City 

Administrator Ben Benson 

presented information to the 

Lockport City Council on a 

measure to reduce school facilities 

impact fees by 50 or 

100 percent and remove the 

annual fee escalator. 

The measure, if approved, 

would take effect Jan. 1, 

2018, by basing the council’s 

action on New Lenox and 

Homer Glen having applied 

reductions. 

The City of Lockport established 

a policy in 2014 for 

local school districts to collect 

funds based on a set of 

conditions for which the area 

sees as it experiences growth. 

An initial fee schedule for 

elementary and high school 

districts was previously adjusted 

by 4 percent in 2009, 

and it is to increase every 

year thereafter through 2025. 

“This really affects new 

homebuilders in the City of 

Lockport,” Benson said. 

The school facilities impact 

fees are meant to provide 

school districts with funds for 

new buildings, additions and 

improvements, so as to the 

extend money to make up 

for any shortfalls faced in the 

event of residential growth. 

When the economy experienced 

a downturn in 2008, 

the City continued to collect 

fees. 

Benson shared data during 

the meeting that shows the 

City’s fees totaling amounts 

higher than those of New 

Lenox and Homer Glen. 

The council came to a consensus 

providing direction 

to Benson to present information 

at their next meeting 

that will lower the cost by 

80-90 percent, remove the 

annual fee escalator and require 

accounting from school 

districts when and if fees are 

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Creepy cruisers 

Lockport Police Department decorates police 

cruisers for Halloween, hands out candy 

The police cars were adorned with a number of Halloween 

decorations. 

The Lockport Police Department decorated two squad cars for Halloween and passed out candy to children in Lockport. 

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A number of children dressed in all sorts of costumes 

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lockportlegend.com NEWS 


Johnny Appleseed sapling planted in Lockport 

Jessie Molloy 


The State of Illinois started 

its 200th birthday celebration 

a little early this fall by 

giving each of its counties a 

gift: a sapling bred from the 

last known original Johnny 

Appleseed apple tree. 

As part of the state’s bicentennial 

celebration, which 

will begin on the state’s 99th 

birthday on Dec. 3, The Illinois 

Historical Society and 

the state arborist acquired 

102 juvenile trees — one 

for each county in the state 

— grown from a cutting of 

the last known Johnny Appleseed 

tree in Nova, Ohio 

and matured in a nursery in 

southern Illinois. 

John Chapman, commonly 

known as Johnny 

Appleseed, was an eccentric 

pioneer who travelled 

throughout parts of Pennsylvania, 

Ohio, Indiana, 

Illinois, and Ontario planting 

millions of apple tree 

seeds over the course of 

fifty years. The Ohio tree is 

believed to be the last survivor 

of an orchard Chapman 

planted for a friend in 

1830. 

“When you move out to 

the prairie as a pioneer, one 

of the first things you would 

do is plant trees, especially 

trees that are useful to you, 

and we all know apples are 

a very versatile fruit,” said 

Sandy Vasko, executive 

president of the Will County 

Historical Society. 

Will County’s tree, a fourfoot 

tall sapling nicknamed 

Johnny, was planted in its 

new home at Lockport’s 

Heritage Village on Oct. 29. 

“Since we have a whole 

village of historical buildings 

from the 19th century 

which were saved from being 

torn down, we thought 

this would be a good place to 

put it and that it could help 

teach about life in that time,” 

Vasko said. 

A sapling from a tree planted by Johnny Appleseed was recently planted at Lockport’s 

Heritage Village. Photo submitted 

Members of the historical 

society, Lockport officials, 

and Bishop Robert Daniel 

Conlon of the Diocese of 

Joliet came out for the ceremonial 

planting of the tree 

and, of course, mugs of hot 

apple cider. 

“The bishop gave a nice 

blessing for the tree and 

hopefully now it will be able 

to grow and flourish there 

and become a part of the 

community,” Vasko said. 

Although it will likely be 

several years before Johnny 

is producing its own fruit, 

the historical society has a 

number of special bicentennial 

events planned for next 

year at Heritage Village, in 

conjunction with events that 

will be held all around the 

state. 

“Although the anniversary 

isn’t until next year, 

the state wanted the counties 

to have the trees now 

because this is a good time 

for planting and this way 

we could have them ready 

for the commemorative 

events,” Vasko explained. 

“So next year we’ll all 

be able to look in on how 

Johnny is doing.” 

The City of Lockport is 

in charge of maintaining 

Heritage Village and will be 

taking special measures to 

care for the new tree. Vasko 

says that in the next year or 

two the historical society 

will be planting at least one 

more apple tree in the site’s 

grounds so the trees can 

cross pollinate and produce 

fruit. 

Collecting coats 

for those in need 

Insurance agency 

spearheads coat 

drive for Lockport 

Resource Center 

Submitted by Allstate 

Gamache Insurance 

Group, a 12-year Lockport 

Allstate Insurance Agency, 

is leading a coat drive for the 

Lockport Resource Center. 

Winter is around the corner 

and no one should be cold 

this winter, especially when 

there is a possibility that there 

may be a gently used coat in 

the closet that might benefit 

someone else. If a coat is no 

longer being used, it can be 

donated to the coat drive. 

The collection is currently 

underway and will be going 

until Nov. 20. Coats can be 

brought to local participating 

churches or Gamache 

Insurance Group, 16614 W. 

159th St. #302 Creekside 

Centre, from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. 

Monday through Friday. 


(815) 834-2700 or visit www. 

lockportresource.org. 

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Publisher announces 

winners of 2017 

Halloween contests 

Bill Jones, Managing Editor 

We called for entries; you 

answered. 

It’s too bad the call was 

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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. 

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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 

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registration fee not included) 

to Gym-Kinetics Gymnastics, 

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in Mokena, as well as four 

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Orland Park Place; and one 

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Mokena. 

• Best Adult-Crafted 

Pumpkin: Ashley Galassini, 

19, of Tinley Park, for 

a face carved in a pumpkin. 

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passes for Silver Lake Golf, 

14700 S. 82nd Ave. in Orland 

Park, as well as two 

hours of free bowling for 

up to six people, including 

shoe rentals, along with a 

pizza and pitcher full of 

pop, at Laraway Lanes, 

1009 West Laraway Road in 

New Lenox. 

• Best Child-Crafted 

Pumpkin: Neil Shastri, 13, 

of Orland Park, for a wolf 

howling at the moon. Shastri 

won a gift certificate 

valued at $25 from Odyssey 

Fun World, 19111 Oak 

Park Ave. in Tinley Park, 

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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.

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SPOOKY 

From Page 8 

Best Adult-Crafted Pumpkin: 

Ashley Galassini, 19, of 

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, 


Mokena. 

Entries were judged by 

22nd Century Media’s editorial 

staff, with winners 

being chosen based on creativity, 

successful execution 

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. 

“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 

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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. 

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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 ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE 

Police say senior citizen 

robbed Orland bank on 

Halloween morning 

A man described as in his 

late 60s to early 70s allegedly 

demanded, received 

and left an Orland Park bank 

with an undisclosed amount 

of money the morning of 

Oct. 31. 

Officers responded at 

10:31 a.m. to a holdup alarm 

at the Fifth Third Bank at 

15330 Harlem Ave., according 

to a press release issued 

the same day by the Orland 

Park Police Department. 

The man reportedly entered 

the bank, handed a 

teller a note demanding 

money, received cash from 

the teller and exited. He 

never displayed a weapon, 

and no one was injured, police 

said. 

He was described as 

white, with gray hair, and 

between 5-foot-10 and 

6-foot-2. 

Orland Park police reportedly 

are investigating the 

bank robbery in conjunction 

with the FBI. 

Anyone with information 

about the alleged offender is 

asked to contact Orland Park 

police at (708) 349-4111. 

Security cameras captured 

images of the man who allegedly 

robbed the bank. 

The photos can be seen at 

OPPrairie.com. 

Reporting by Bill Jones, Editor. 

For more, visit OPPrairie. 

com. 

FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER 

Mayor responds to 

vandalism as more cases 

appear 

Another round of vandalism 

was discovered in Mokena 

Oct. 30 at Hecht Park, 

9310 Birch Ave., the same 

day Mokena officials issued 

a press release to address 

prior vandalism from Oct. 

22. 

In an emailed statement 

issued Oct. 30, Mokena 

Mayor Frank Fleischer responded 

to graffiti discovered 

Oct. 22 on four public 

traffic signs and one private 

business sign. The private 

business sign additionally 

was tagged with a satanic 

numeric reference. In theses 

cases, swastikas were spray 

painted on the signs. 

In what originally was 

described as “what appears 

to be an isolated case,” 

Fleischer expanded on comments 

he made during the 

Oct. 23 Board of Trustees 

meeting, in which he would 

not comment directly on the 

matter of hate symbols being 

drawn on Village signs, 

because he did not want to 

give the perpetrators “their 

two minutes of fame.” 

“I’m not going to talk 

about some of the stuff, because 

it is so stupid it doesn’t 

even deserve comment,” 

Fleischer said at the time. 

In the Oct. 30 press release, 

Fleischer said, “I’ve 

never felt it appropriate to 

attribute undue attention to 

cowardly acts such as this 

that are generally performed 

for that very reason: to give 

the promulgator of the act 

his or her two seconds of 

fame. That having been 

said, let me be very clear: 

The Board of Trustees, the 

Village Clerk and I in no 

way condone or accept this 

type of behavior.” 

Reporting by T.J. Kremer 

III, Editor. For more, visit 

MokenaMessenger.com. 

Police Reports 

Felon charged 

with weapon 

possession 

Michael Breashears, 35, of 

Calumet City, was charged by 

Lockport police with possession 

of a weapon by a felon 

Oct. 28 after a vehicle he was 

a passenger in was stopped 

for no headlights. Breashears 

had open alcohol in the back 

of the vehicle, and when officers 

patted him down, they 

discovered a stolen loaded 

handgun, police said. 

Lockport Police Department 

Oct. 28 

• Michele E. Jaworowski, 

38, of the 30000 block of 

Frontage Road in Wilmington, 

was charged with retail 

theft after she was stopped 

by Walmart Loss Prevention 

for the theft of $80 worth of 

merchandise, police said. 

Oct. 30 

• Alexander Lambert, 20, of 

the 600 block of 3rd Street in 

Joliet, was charged with possession 

of drug paraphernalia, 

driving without a valid driver’s 

license and not having 

a front license plate after his 

vehicle was pulled over in the 

area of 13th and State Streets. 

Nov. 1 

• Sheila C. Jones, 56, of the 

100 block of W. 37th Place in 

Steger, was charged with driving 

with a suspended driver’s 

license and speeding after being 

pulled over at 9th and 8th 

Street for going 51 mph in a 

35 mph zone, police said. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Lockport 

Legend’s Police Reports are 

compiled from official reports 

found online on the Will County 

Sheriff’s Office or Lockport 

Police Department’s website or 

releases issued by the department 

and other agencies. Individuals 

named in these reports 

are considered innocent of all 

charges until proven guilty in a 

court of law.



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From the Editor 

Restoring faith with a PB&J 

Max Lapthorne 

max@lockportlegend.com 

At The Legend we 

cover a variety of 

fundraisers and 

donation drives throughout 

the year, but one collection 

effort piqued my interest 

this past week. 

More than 100 students 

at Hadley Middle School 

are working to collect jars 

of peanut butter and jelly 

to be sent to United States 

troops stationed overseas. 

The donation is going 

through Operation Care 

Package, and I have covered 

some donation efforts 

for that organization in the 

past, but none so specifically 

geared toward certain 

items. 

I mean, who doesn’t love 

a good PB&J sandwich? 

But it just seemed like a 

random choice of items to 

be sending overseas. As it 

turns out, there was a specific 

reason peanut butter 

and jelly were chosen, and 

you can read more about 

it on Page 4 in this week’s 

issue. 

I had the opportunity 

to speak with a couple of 

students and teachers 

involved in the donation 

drive, and their enthusiasm 

for the cause was one of 

the highlights of my week. 

I learned they were pulling 

out all the stops for the 

PB&J collection effort, 

including promoting it by 

wearing some peanut butter 

and jelly costumes around 

school. 

In addition to satisfying 

my own curiosity, writing 

that story served as a 

reminder that there are tons 

of people out there trying 

to do good and help others. 

Another example of this is 

a coat drive for the Lockport 

Resource Center that 

you can read more about on 

Page 7. 

We can sometimes get 

lost in a sea of hopelessness 

when it seems there 

is a tragedy somewhere in 

the world everywhere you 

turn. And lately, it seems 

like there has been even 

more of that than usual. 

And even though a peanut 

butter and jelly drive won’t 

solve all the world’s problems, 

it does much more 

than provide our troops 

with sandwich ingredients. 

It reaffirms what we all 

know deep down, but often 

forget: there is a lot of good 

in the world. 

I don’t consider myself 

overly idealistic, and I 

realize the ridiculousness 

of boiling people down to 

the simple distinction of 

good and bad, but I do truly 

believe that the good in the 

world vastly outnumbers 

the bad. Sometimes I just 

need a little reminder. 

“Halloween Senior Picnic and Hayride 

was a great time! A little bit of cold weather 

couldn’t stop us. Apple cider, a bonfire 

with s’mores and blankets provided by 

AARP kept everyone cozy. TRICK OR 

TREAT!” 

Lockport Township Park District, from Oct. 

31 

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“Our groups did a great job teaching 

the class about ecosystems and 

God’s beauty in all that He created. 

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Lockport Police Department’s trivia night at American Legion benefits 

Special Olympics Illinois, Page 17 

‘Thriller’ day 

Flash mob from Lockport dance studio 

performs Michael Jackson hit, Page 18 

New York by way of Florida 

Fort Lauderdale’s Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza brings Brooklyn 

ovens, Italian traditions to Orland Park, Page 20 

The team named “I thought this was speed dating” discusses 

the answer to a question, Saturday, Nov. 4, during the Special 

Olympics Illinois Trivia Mania event at John Olson American 

Legion Post 18. Adam Jomant/22nd Century Media

16 | November 9, 2017 | The Lockport Legend FAITH 


FAITH BRIEFS 

First Baptist Church of Lockport (800 

Thornton St., Lockport) 

God and Country night 

10:30 a.m. Nov. 19 at the 

church. Retired Navy Seal 

Commander Michael Imhof 

and the Joliet American Legion 

Band Ensemble are to 

be at the event, which is a 

day for patriotism and worship 

of God. 

Sunday Services 

9:30 a.m. Sunday School; 

10:45 a.m. Morning Worship 

Wednesday Night 

AWANA Clubs 

6:15-8 p.m. for children 3 

years old through sixth grade 

Angel Food House Food 

Pantry 

12:15-1 p.m. Sundays and 

5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays. 

Open to the public. 

First Congregational United Church of 

Christ (700 E. 9th St., Lockport) 

First Class Kids Preschool 

Registration 

To register children for 

openings contact Sue, call 

(815) 838-8133. 

Greet & Meet over Treats 

10:30 a.m. Sundays. 

Children’s Sunday Mornings 

9:45 a.m. Second through 

fourth Sundays. Stories with 

Puppets. 

Contemplative Evening 

Worship 

6:30 p.m. second and 

fourth Wednesdays. Casual 

blend of music & meditation 

over scripture. 

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7 p.m., first, third and 

fourth Tuesdays of the 

month. 

Worship 

9:30 a.m. Sundays. 

Communion 

First Sunday of the month. 

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Voices 

9:45 a.m. Sundays. Children’s 

program which helps 

them discover the Messiah 

through stories, drama and 

crafts. 

St. Dennis Church (1214 S. Hamilton St., 

Lockport) 

Teen Mass 

4:30 p.m. Oct. 21 

Daily Mass Times 

8 a.m. Monday, Tuesday, 

Thursday 

8:15 a.m. Wednesday 

8 a.m. Friday with communion 

service 

Healing Prayer 

Following the Saturday 

mass and 9:30 a.m. and 

11:15 a.m. Sunday mass. All 

are welcome. Contact Parish 

Secretary at secretary@ 

saint-dennis.org or call (815) 

838-2592 for more information. 

Assumption Greek Orthodox Church 

(15625 S. Bell Road, Lockport) 


8:15 a.m. Orthros; 9:30 

a.m. Divine Liturgy; 10 a.m. 

Sunday School. For more 

information, call (708) 645- 

0652. 

Shepherd of the Hill Lutheran Church (925 

E. 9th St., Lockport) 

In Memoriam 

Brady Powers 

Brady C. Powers, 74, formerly 

of Lockport, died at 

his home Oct. 23. A United 

States Navy Veteran, Brady 

was a great cook, loved 

baseball and was an excellent 

horseshoe pitcher. He 

will be deeply missed by all 

who knew and loved him. 

Powers is survived by his 

wife Marsha, Marsha’s children, 

his sons William (Liz) 

Thomas and Randy (Leigh) 

Powers, one daughter Rhonda 

Lynne (John) Langley; 

a sister Brenda (Bill) Ward 

and sister-in- law Wanda 

Sundays Service 

9 a.m. and 10:35 a.m. 

Bible Study 

9:30 a.m. Wednesdays 

Weight Watchers 

5:30 p.m. Tuesdays 

weigh-in, meeting starts at 

6 p.m. 

Alcoholics Anonymous 

6:30 p.m. Wednesdays for 

beginners 

7:30 p.m. Wednesdays for 

established members 

All meetings are “closed 

door” 

Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church (18101 

W. Oak Ave., Lockport) 


8:30 a.m. Sunday school; 

10 a.m. Morning worship, 

Nursery ministry (ages infant 

to 4) and Youth church 

(ages 5-12); 12 p.m. Adult 

Bible Study. For more information, 

contact (815) 774- 

1016. 

Have something for Faith 

Briefs? Contact Editor Max 

Lapthorne at max@lock 

portlegend.com or call (708) 

326-9170 ext. 15. Information 

is due by noon Thursday one 

week prior to publication. 

Powers. His cherished 

grandchildren, nieces, nephews 

and many dear friends 

also survive. 

Cremation Rites have 

been respectfully addressed. 

A celebration of Brady’s 

life is to be held Sunday, 

Nov. 12, at the American Legion 

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Trivia Mania benefits Special Olympics Illinois 

Amanda Del Buono 


Community members, 

leaders, families and friends 

tested their knowledge Saturday, 

Nov. 4, at the Lockport 

Police Department’s 

sixth annual Trivia Mania 

trivia night benefitting Special 

Olympics Illinois. 

“We put together this 

event because we want to 

raise money and awareness 

for Special Olympics,” said 

Debbie Schenk, patrol officer 

for the Lockport Police 

Department who organized 

the event. 

Trivia Mania is just one of 

several fundraising events in 

which the Lockport Police 

Department participates to 

benefit the Special Olympics, 

Schenk said. 

“We do a lot of things. We 

do the Culver’s event where 

we wait tables, we sit on the 

roof top of Dunkin’ Donuts,” 

she said. “… We’re on pace 

to raise about $22,000 this 

year.” 

Kicking the evening’s 

festivities off, 23-year-old 

Special Olympics medalist 

Rikki Kirsch, of Shorewood, 

gave a presentation about the 

Special Olympics and its relationship 

with the Lockport 

Police Department. 

Then, 13 teams competed 

in this year’s trivia challenge, 

the most teams to participate 

in the event, Schenk said. 

The competition consisted 

of 10 rounds, each with 10 

questions. Lockport Sgt. Brian 

Phelan acted as the emcee 

for the evening. 

Although some of the 

teams were made up of regular 

trivia players, others were 

excited to try something 

new. Andrew Kahn, a Homer 

Glen resident, attended the 

trivia benefit night for the 

first time on Saturday. 

“It’s my first time. I had 

some friends who told me 

about it and it sounded like 

fun,” he said. “… It’s for a 

good cause, and I thought it 

would be neat to support the 

cause and have a good time 

doing it.” 

In addition to trivia, the 

event included dinner and 

several raffles, which featured 

items donated by local 

businesses and community 

members; however, the 

cause remained at the core of 

the event. 

“It’s important to me that 

residents, police, everybody 

understands the importance 

of what Special Olympics 

is about,” Schenk said. “It’s 

a fun event, but also is for a 

good cause. … And the great 

thing is, because of all of the 

donations, everything goes 

to [Special Olympics].” 

Among those who attended 

were several community 

leaders. State Rep. John 

Connor said he’s attended 

the trivia benefit every year 

since it began. 

“This is a wonderful 

event,” he said. “For me 

what’s significant this year is 

I’m playing against my former 

trivia teammates from 

the State’s Attorney’s Office. 

I’ve attended the Special 

Olympics trivia contest and 

donated since it started.” 

Also in attendance were 

Superintendent of Taft 

School District 90 Pamela 

Kibbons and her husband 

Shawn Collins. 

“I’m here because benefitting 

children and supporting 

their opportunities [to further 

their] education is at the 

heart of what we do in education,” 

Kibbons said. 

Collins, battalion chief 

at the Buffalo Grove Fire 

Department, added: “Obviously, 

I came to support my 

wife, and the Special Olympics 

is a great cause. Coming 

to support them is a great opportunity.” 

Jim Phelan writes an answer for his team Saturday, Nov. 4, During the Special Olympics Illinois Trivia Mania at John Olson 

American Legion Post 18. Photos by Adam Jomant/22nd Century Media 

Debbie Schenk (left) and Rikki Kirsch discuss the fundraiser.

18 | November 9, 2017 | The Lockport Legend LIFE & ARTS 


An unexpected ‘Thriller’ 

Allegro Dance Academy stages ‘Thriller’ flash mob 

The haunting theme of “Thriller” fit in well with the Halloween season. 

About 50 students at Allegro Music & Dance Academy in Lockport took part in a “Thriller” 

flash mob Oct. 28. Photos by Steve Zywica 

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20 | November 9, 2017 | The Lockport Legend 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, Managing 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 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 

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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 

The meatballs and ricotta pizza is one of the specialty pies 

offered at Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza in Orland Park. Bill 

Jones/22nd Century Media 

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.” 

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 

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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Tanning, 1203 E. 9th St. 

Lockport, IL. 

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2702 Public 

Notices 

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ES- 

TATE of 16935 LILAC LANE, 

LOCKPORT, IL 60441 (SINGLE 

FAMILY HOME WITH AT- 

TACHED 3CAR GARAGE.). 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: PEN- 

NYMAC LOAN SERVICES 

Plaintiff V. GRACE HINES; 

PARKSIDE ESTATES HOME- 

OWNERS ASSOCIATION Defendant. 

Case No. 14CH 1842 in the Circuit 

Court of the Twelfth Judicial 

Circuit, Will County, Illinois. 

Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) 

at the time of sale and the balance 

within twenty-four (24) hours. No 

judicial sale fee shall be paid by 

the mortgagee acquiring the residential 

real estate pursuant to its 

credit bid at the sale or by any 

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or 

other lienor acquiring the residential 

real estate whose rights in and 

to the residential real estate arose 

prior to the sale. All payments shall 

be made in cash or certified funds 

payable to the Sheriff of Will 

County. Judgment amount is 

$373,495.17 plus interest, cost and 

post judgment advances, if any. 

In the event the property is acon- 

dominium, in accordance with 735 

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

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

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

hereby notified that the purchaser 

of the unit, other than amortgagee, 

shall pay the assessments and legal 

fees required by subdivisions 

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

the assessments required bysubsection 

(g-1) of Section 18.5 of the 

Illinois Condominium Property 

Act. 

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 

(J) ifthere is asurplus following 

application of the proceeds of sale, 

then the plaintiff shall send written 

notice pursuant to 735 ILCS 

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

proceeding advising them of the 

amount ofthe surplus and that the 

surplus will beheld until aparty 

obtains acourt order for its distribution 

or, in the absence of an order, 

until the surplus is forfeited to 

the State. 

For Information Please Contact: 

PIERCE AND ASSOCIATES 

1 N. Dearborn Suite 1300 

Chicago, Illinois 60602 

P: 312-346-9088 

F: 

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 

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TATE of 14443 WEST ETCH- 

INGHAM DRIVE, LOCKPORT, 

IL, IL 60441 (SINGLE FAMILY 

HOME WITH ATTACHED 3 

CAR GARAGE.). 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: PENNYMAC 

LOAN SERVICES, LLC Plaintiff 

V. THOMAS ZAHARA A/K/A 

THOMAS W ZAHARA; 

CHERYL ZAHARA A/K/A 

CHERYL L ZAHARA; Defendant. 























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. 





P: 312-346-9088 

F: 










PURPOSE. 


TATE of 511 Ames Street, Lockport, 

IL 60441 (Single Family 

Residence ).Onthe 16th day of 

November, 2017 to be held at 

12:00 noon, at the Will County 



under Case Title: U.S. Bank National 

Association, asTrustee for 

Asset Backed Funding Corporation 

Asset Backed Certificates, Series 

2006-HE1 Plaintiff V.Joseph R. 

Fracaro, AKA Joseph Fracaro; Jennifer 

K. Fracaro, AKA Jennifer 

Fracaro; First Midwest Bank; 

Lloyd M. Flatt, III; Ford Motor 

Credit Company LLC 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. 


Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 

One East Wacker Suite 1250 

Chicago, IL 60601 

P: 1-614-220-5611 

F: 










PURPOSE. 

Reach over 83% 

of prospective employees 

in your area! 


TATE of 15420 Sulky Drive, 

Lockport, IL 60491 (Residential). 

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. Michael J. Westberg; 

et. al. 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. 


Codilis & Associates, P.C. 

15W030 N. Frontage Road Suite 

100 

Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527 

P: 630-794-5300 

F: 630-794-9090 










PURPOSE. 


TATE of 16020 Weber Road, 

Lockport, IL 60441 (Single family). 

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: U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as 

Trustee for LSF10 Master Participation 

Trust Plaintiff V.Unknown 

Heirs and Legatees of Peter J.Horvath; 

Amanda Horvath; Kevin 

Horvath; Todd Horvath; Jonathan 

Womack Special Representative; 

Unknown Owners and Non-Record 

Claimants 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. 

Advertise 

your 

RENTAL 

PROPERTY 

in the 

newspaper 

people turn 

to first CALL US TODAY: 708.326.9170 


Certificate No. 31895 was filed in 

the Office of the County Clerk of 

Will onNovember 3, 2017 wherein 

the business firm ofLorenzo Properties, 

located at 626 E 3rd Street, 

Lockport, IL 60441 is registered 

and acertificate notice setting forth 

the following: 

Michael J. Lorenzo, 502 Bethany 

Drive, Shorewood, IL 60404 

630-253-3568 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have 

hereunto set my hand and myOfficial 

Seal at my office in Joliet; Illinois, 

this 3rd day ofNovember, 

2017 

Nancy Schultz Voots 

Will County Clerk 

2703 Legal 

Notices 










PURPOSE. 

STATE OF ILLINOIS ) 

) SS. 

COUNTY OF WILL ) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF 

THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIR- 

CUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

GRACE HINES; PARKSIDE ES- 

TATES HOMEOWNERS ASSO- 

CIATION 

Defendant. 

No. 14 CH 1842 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that 

pursuant to ajudgment entered in 

the above cause onthe 4th day of 

October, 2016, 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 



IL 60432, sell at public auction to 

the highest and best bidder orbidders 

the following-described real 

estate: 

LOT 25IN PARKSIDE ESTATES 

SUBDIVISION-PHASE 1, BEING 

A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF 

THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OFSEC- 

TION 29, TOWNSHIP 36 

NORTH, RANGE 11, EAST OF 

THE THIRD PRINCIPAL ME- 

RIDIAN, ACCORDING TOTHE 

PLAT THEREOF RECORDED 

NOVEMBER 4, 2004 AS DOCU- 

MENT NO. R2004-202534, IN 


Commonly known as: 

16935 LILAC LANE, LOCK- 

PORT, IL 60441 

Description of Improvements: 

SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH 

ATTACHED 3 CAR GARAGE. 

P.I.N.: 

16-05-29-105-002-0000



2703 Legal 

Notices 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

2703 Legal 

Notices 




















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. 

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE 

CONTACT: 




P: 312-346-9088 

F: 

Plaintiff's Attorney 

MIKE KELLEY 

Sheriff of Will County 










PURPOSE. 


) SS. 




CUIT 


PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, 

LLC 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

THOMAS ZAHARA A/K/A THO- 

MAS WZAHARA; CHERYL ZA- 

HARA A/K/A CHERYL L ZA- 

HARA; 

Defendant. 

No. 15 CH 1821 




the above cause on the 19th day of 

April, 2016, MIKE KELLEY, 










estate: 

LOT 264, IN VICTORIA CROSS- 

INGS EAST UNIT 6,BEING A 

SUBDIVISION OF PART OF 

THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER 

OF SECTION 21 AND PART OF 

THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER 

OF SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 36 

NORTH, RANGE 11 EAST OF 


RIDIAN ACCORDING TOTHE 


AS DOCUMENT NO. 

R2001058918, IN WILL 

COUNTY, ILLINOIS 


14443 WEST ETCHINGHAM 

DRIVE, LOCKPORT, IL, IL 

60441 


SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH 

ATTACHED 3 CAR GARAGE. 

P.I.N.: 

16-05-21-406-007-0000 


















In the event the property is a condominium, 

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 









Act. 










obtains a court order for its distribution 



the State. 


HIRE LOCALLY 



CALL TODAY 708-326-9170 

CONTACT: 




P: 312-346-9088 

F: 


MIKE KELLEY 











PURPOSE. 


) SS. 




CUIT 


U.S. Bank National Association, as 

Trustee for Asset Backed Funding 

Corporation Asset Backed Certificates, 

Series 2006-HE1 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Joseph R. Fracaro, AKA Joseph 

Fracaro; Jennifer K. Fracaro, AKA 

Jennifer Fracaro; First Midwest 

Bank; Lloyd M. Flatt, III; Ford 

Motor Credit Company LLC 

Defendant. 

No. 16 CH 1198 




the above cause on the 14th day of 

August, 2017, MIKE KELLEY, 










estate: 

PARCEL 1: That part of Lot 4,in 

Block 37, in the Town (Now City) 

of Lockport, lying Easterly of a 

Line 150 feet Easterly of, Normally 

Distant from and Parallel 

with the Centerline ofthe Original, 

Now Eastbound Main Tract of the 

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 

Railroad, in Will County, Illinois. 

PARCEL 2: That part of Lot 1,in 

Block 37, in the Town (Now City) 

of Lockport, Lying Easterly of the 

Easterly Line ofAtchison, Topeka 

and Santa Fe Railroad, in Will 

County, Illinois. 


511 Ames Street, Lockport, IL 

60441 


Single Family Residence 

P.I.N.: 

11-04-23-111-004-0000 















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. 


CONTACT: 

Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 

One East Wacker Suite 1250 

Chicago, IL 60601 

P: 1-614-220-5611 

F: 


MIKE KELLEY 











PURPOSE. 


) SS. 




CUIT 


Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Michael J. Westberg; et. al. 

Defendant. 

No. 16 CH 1270 




the above cause on the 3rd day of 

May, 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 County 



sell at public auction to the highest 

and best bidder orbidders the following-described 

real estate: 

LOT 73IN FARM VIEW HILLS 

UNIT NO. 3, A SUBDIVISION 

OF PART OFTHE SOUTH 1/2 

OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF 

SECTION 14, TOWNSHIP 36 

NORTH, RANGE 11 EAST OF 


RIDIAN, ACCORDING TOTHE 


DECEMBER 21, 1990 AS DOCU- 

MENT R90-70351, IN WILL 

COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 


15420 Sulky Drive, Lockport, IL 

60491 


Residential 

P.I.N.: 

16-05-14-153-008-0000 















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. 


CONTACT: 

Codilis & Associates, P.C. 

15W030 N. Frontage Road Suite 

100 

Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527 

P: 630-794-5300 

F: 630-794-9090 


MIKE KELLEY 











PURPOSE. 


) SS. 




CUIT 


U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee 

for LSF10 Master Participation 

Trust 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Unknown Heirs and Legatees of 

Peter J.Horvath; Amanda Horvath; 

Kevin Horvath; Todd Horvath; 

Jonathan Womack Special Representative; 

Unknown Owners and 

Non-Record Claimants 

Defendant. 

No. 17 CH 0328 




the above cause onthe 15th day of 

September, 2017, MIKE KELLEY, 










estate: 

THE SOUTH 132 FEET OF THE 

NORTH 924 FEET OF THE 

EAST 330 FEET OF THE 

NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 

19, TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, 

RANGE 10 EAST OF THE 

THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, 

EXCEPT THE EAST 50 FEET 

DEEDED TO THE STATE OF IL- 

LINOIS BY DOCUMENT RE- 

CORDED JANUARY 5, 1983, AS 

DOCUMENT NO. R83-364, AND 

EXCEPT THE WEST 20 FEET 

OF THE EAST 70 FEET DEDI- 

CATED TO THE WILL 

COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF 

HIGHWAYS BY DOCUMENT 

RECORDED MAY 26, 2011, AS 

DOCUMENT NO. R2011050076, 

IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 


16020 Weber Road, Lockport, IL 

60441 


Single family 

P.I.N.: 

11-04-19-200-012-0000 















County. 

In the event the property is a condominium, 

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 







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Circle One: 

David Napoli is a senior at 

Lockport Township High 

School and was a defender 

for the boys soccer team. 

How did you get started 

playing soccer? 

I first started playing soccer 

when I was 6 or 7. I 

started off in the [American 

Youth Soccer Organization] 

leagues and came up through 

travel ball with Homer 

Hawks, which I met most of 

my friends on the Lockport 

team. I went to Raiders [Futbol 

Club], which [is where] 

I learned most of my skills 

probably from. Now, I’m 

with Chicago Fire South and 

played it all four years for 

high school. 

What is it about the sport 

that you love? 

I love it so much because 

every game you get a new 

opportunity to prove yourself, 

make a difference and 

there is a new spark and 

your teammates. You try 

and go out there and win every 

game to the best of your 

ability. 

What is the biggest thing 

you’ve learned from coach 

Beal? 

From coach Beal, the 

biggest thing I’ve learned I 

think it’s probably to play 

your heart out and play the 

best you can. Anyone can 

be better than anyone else 

on any given day, so there 

is no underdog, there is no 

favorite in every game. I’ve 

learned a lot of technical 

skills, and he’s been great at 

preparing us for games and 

preparing us to be the best 

player we can be. 

What is your best memory 

from senior year? 

My best memory was 

probably winning the PepsiCo 

[Showdown] championship. 

It was a great experience, 

and last year we came 

up short again. We lost to 

Fenwick in the championship. 

This year, we got the 

opportunity to come back 

and win the tournament. 

What did that feel like to 

win? 

Well, coming up short 

was great motivation. We 

came in, we weren’t seeded 

... That served as motivation 

for us to show up and prove 

that we deserved a spot to be 

seeded. It proved that we can 

be a better team than everyone 

though we could be. 

What is your favorite pumpup 

song before a game? 

I would say bands would 

be The Amigos and Imagine 

Dragons. Those would be 

two of the biggest ones. We 

listen to a lot of Spanish music; 

it gets us in the groove 

before games. 

What was a funny moment 

from this season? 

We had a lot of funny moments. 

The funniest person 

on the team is [Zacary] Fox. 

Specifically funny moments, 

I guess just before each 

game, he would just get us 

all in the mood to play and 

ready to have some fun. We 

all kind of did that to each 

other, and we all kind of 

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helped each other get ready 

for each game. 

Do you have plans to play in 

college? 

I would like to play club. 

I’m trying to go to a four-year 

university like Iowa, Iowa 

State or the University of Illinois, 

but some of them don’t 

exactly have soccer teams 

competitively, but they do 

have soccer clubs. I’m going 

to try out for it, but it’s not 

my main focus for college. 

Do you have any hobbies 

outside of soccer? 

I like playing fantasy 

sports. Our team has a fantasy 

premiere league. I like to 

go out with friends and play 

other sports. Sometimes go 

[footgolfing]. It’s like golf, 

but you kick a ball into a 

hole. The nearest place is in 

Schererville, Indiana. 

What is your favorite food? 

My favorite food — that’s a 

tough one — I would have to 

with a nice steak dinner with 

mashed potatoes and broccoli. 

Interview by Contributing Editor 

Brittany Kapa

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The orland park prairie | november lockportlegend.com 

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.

lockportlegend.com SPORTS 


Going Places 

Lockport star thrower commits to Michigan 

Randy Whalen 


John Meyer still remembers 

the day his dad, who is 

also named John, suggested 

to him in sixth grade to try 

out for the track and field 

team at Richland Jr. High 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 current Lockport Township 

senior, who is the Class 

3A two-time defending 

champion in shot put, announced 

on his Twitter page 

on Oct. 31 he will be continuing 

his career in track 

and field career at the University 

of Michigan. 

It’s been quite a journey 

for Meyer throughout his 

teen years. He’s gone from 

not knowing anything about 

the sport to winning national 

championships in it. Now he 

will continue on 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 D1 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 out 

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.” 

While Meyer always 

looks to improve, he’s already 

made his mark as a 

Porter. He is the first Lockport 

athlete to win more than 

one state title in track and 

field. Not only is he the twotime 

defending champion 

in shot put, he’s a four-time 

medal winner in the state finals. 

He also finished second 

last year in discus and had a 

ninth-place finish in discus 

as a freshman. 

That, plus competing in 

many national competitions, 

put Meyer in the spotlight 

as a heavily recruited track 

and field athlete. He had narrowed 

it down to five universities. 

The others were 

Arizona State, Ohio State, 

Ole Miss, and the University 

of Illinois. 

While there were some 

outstanding schools in the 

mix, Meyer’s decision to go 

to Michigan is a good one, 

according to his coach. 

“I’m excited for him,” 

Lockport track and field 

coach Tom Razo said. “He 

had some outstanding universities 

to choose from. But 

talking to him and his father, 

I know they’re happy. It’s 

just a good place. You can’t 

go wrong with the University 

of Michigan.” 

Shields, who has been 

Lockport’s throwing coach 

all throughout Meyer’s career, 

knows Meyer made the 

right choice too. 

“I’m very happy with 

John’s choice of Michigan,” 

Shields said. “Jerry 

Clayton [Michigan men’s 

head coach] is a great coach 

and has coached multiple 

NCAA champs and Olympians. 

Michigan is a great 

school. They also just built 

a $170 million dollar indoor/outdoor 

track facility. 

John had offers from a lot of 

great schools and programs, 

but Michigan just felt the 

John Meyer Jr. (middle) announced his commitment to the University of Michigan Oct. 

31 via his Twitter account. He is pictured with his dad, John Sr. (left) and mom, Diane. 

Photo submitted 

best for him.” 

While he made numerous 

college visits, Meyer knew 

Michigan was the place for 

him. 

“We went there on an 

unofficial visit this past 

summer,” Meyer said. “But 

then I took official ones 

and by the third visit I fell 

in love with it. It’s a great 

school and they just built 

a 170 million dollar track 

and field facility, which is 

amazing. It has huge doors 

so in bad weather you 

can be inside and practice 

throwing to the outside. 

You don’t have to just 

throw into a net. 

“I plan to major in something 

business related. I just 

felt really comfortable at 

Michigan. It felt like a second 

home.” 

Something Meyer did give 

up in pursuit of his track and 

field career is the sport of 

basketball. He was a varsity 

player since his sophomore 

season, but won’t play this 

winter. 

“Freshman year I didn’t 

know what was ahead of 

me,” he said of participating 

in both basketball and track 

and field for the first three 

years of high school. “But 

by sophomore year I knew 

my opportunity was in track 

and field. By [not playing 

basketball this season] I’m 

trying to preserve my upper 

body. I don’t want to lose 

that muscle.” 

This past spring, Meyer 

became just the 10th individual 

in 92 years in the 

single-class or large division 

to win back-to-back titles in 

shot put. At last year’s Class 

3A finals, Meyer had a throw 

of 65 feet-10.5 inches in the 

preliminaries and wound up 

winning the shot put title 

by more than three feet. He 

also nearly won the discus 

title after going 189-5 in the 

preliminaries. Edwardsville 

senior AJ Epenesa, however, 

made a 197-11 toss in his final 

throw of the competition 

to repeat as state champion in 

the event. 

In his senior season, Meyer 

will try to become the 

first individual to win three 

straight state titles in shot 

put in the largest class of the 

state meet. 

“This season I’m looking 

to throw over 70 feet in the 

shot put and over 200 in the 

discus,” Meyer said of his 

goals for next spring. “I believe 

I can reach those for 

sure. I’m looking to defend 

my title. I’d love to go over 

70 feet at the sectional and 

PR at state.” 

Are the Olympics on 

Meyer’s mind in the future? 

“Not really,” he said. “I 

don’t want to get too far 

ahead.” 

That’s probably a good 

thing, as his senior season 

for the Porters and a promising 

career at the University 

of Michigan await. 

This Week In... 

Lockport Township 

High School Varsity 

Athletics 

Girls Swimming 

■Nov. ■ 11 host IHSA Sectional, 

TBD 

Boys Bowling 

■Nov. ■ 9 at Sandburg, 4:30 

p.m. 

■Nov. ■ 14 host Stagg, 4:30 

p.m. at Strike & Spare 

Girls Basketball 

■Nov. ■ 14 host Romeoville, 6 

p.m.

38 | November 9, 2017 | The Lockport Legend SPORTS 


Porter pack sticks together at state meet 

Tim Cronin, Freelance Reporter 

Call them the Porter Pack. 

They run together, pushing 

each other to faster times. 

Lockport Township’s girls 

cross country team ran that 

way Saturday, Nov. 4, at Detweiller 

Park. 

They weren’t fast enough 

to make an impact in the 3A 

race, finishing 23rd in the 

25-team field, but without a 

standout runner, there was 

likely no other way to run. 

“It came about in the summer,” 

Porters coach Erin 

Truesdale said of the strategy. 

“They were naturally 

running, training as a pack 

in the same tempo and everything. 

We used to run like 

that, but in the last couple 

years we had a couple frontrunners 

that I couldn’t hold 

back.” 

One was Morgan Bollinger, 

who graduated last 

year. 

Speed like Bollinger 

boasted – she ran last year 

in 17:15 – was missing from 

this year’s group. Sophomore 

Alexandra “Ola” 

Skibicki was the fastest 

Porter on Saturday, finishing 

130th in 18:26. The next 

four Porters were within 11 

seconds — Abbey Kozak at 

18:28, Kate Wojcikiewicz a 

second later, Anna Kozak at 

18:34 and Madison Polinski 

at 18:37. But that 11-second 

spread for the first pointscoring 

Porters, surpassed 

only by New Trier’s 10-second 

spread, began too far 

back to make an impact. 

“Every week, it’s a different 

seven [to run in a race], a different 

five [scoring points],” 

Truesdale said. “They’re very 

close in training. I’d have 

liked to have the pack a little 

bit further up here. But every 

week I had a different No. 

1 runner. If someone else 

had a bad day, someone else 

stepped up. Nobody was being 

held back.” 

Skibicki’s disappointment 

in the outcome was evident. 

“I didn’t get the time I was 

hoping for,” Skibicki said. 

“I wanted to break 18 [minutes]. 

The start was a little 

scary, because you want to 

get toward the front.” 

She had run 18:06 in the 

3A sectional at Granite City, 

with the next four under 

18:21 on a dry course with 

a section in asphalt. Slower 

times were to be expected on 

the soft and muddy Detweiller 

course. 

Lockport Township freshman Megan Mitchell sprints down 

the home stretch Saturday, Nov. 4, during the IHSA Class 

3A cross country championship at Detweiller Park in Peoria. 

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“It’s really hard to stick 

together because there are so 

many people,” Skibicki said. 

“But if we’re able to stick 

together and go fast, it helps 

you get a good team place. 

We were excited, weren’t 

that nervous. Excited to finally 

race. We’d been nervous 

all day.” 

Freshman Megan Mitchell 

(170th, 18:47) and senior 

Aubrey Frederich (187th, 

19:07) also ran for Lockport. 

“It’s a young team,” 

Truesdale said. “That was a 

thing I was a little bit worried 

about at the beginning 

of the season. Where is my 

leadership going to come 

from? But they stepped up. 

And being here bodes well 

for the future.” 

Glenbard West’s Katelynne 

Hart won the individual 

race in 16:22, repeating 

her title jaunt of last year. 

Naperville North won the 

team race with 87 points to 

Yorkville’s 117, with Lyons 

Township third at 184. 

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lockportlegend.com SPORTS 


fastbreak 

Boys Cross Country 

Porters find road bumpy at state finals 

1st and 3 


File Photo 

Lockport girls 

cross country 

competes at state 

1. Running as a pack 

The Porters girls 

cross country team 

finished 23rd on 

Saturday, Nov. 4, at 

state competition 

at Detweiller Park 

in Peoria. The team 

once again utilized 

its strategy of running 

as a pack to push 

each other along. 

2. Leading the group 

Sophomore Ola 

Skibicki was the 

top runner for the 

Lockport girls at 

state, clocking 

in with a time of 

18:26. 

3. A close bunch 

The next four 

LTHS runners 

after Skibicki were 

within 11 seconds 

of her, with Abbey 

Kozak at 18:28, 

Kate Wojcikiewicz a 

second later, Anna 

Kozak at 18:34 and 

Madison Polinski at 

18:37. 

Tim Cronin, Freelance Reporter 

Lockport Township’s 

boys team hadn’t been to the 

IHSA’s cross country championship 

as a team in eight 

years. 

The runners who represented 

the Porters at Detweiller 

Park on Saturday were in 

elementary school in 2009. 

They learned plenty Saturday, 

Nov. 4 – the hard 

way. The Porters, after a 

surprising second-place finish 

in the sectional at Granite 

City, were last among 

the 25 teams in the 3A boys 

field. 

“This is all new to them,” 

Porters coach Tom Razo 

said. “It’s hard for a team 

to come here after not being 

here and run well.” 

Razo didn’t have the benefit 

of experienced runners 

like Dan Hart and Zac Sartori, 

his aces who led the 

Porters to a third-place finish 

in 1999, Razo’s first year at 

the helm. 

Perhaps by next year, 

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) 

Lockport Township’s Ross Cronhom (2006) and Jacob Hinchley (2008) fight through the pack Saturday, Nov. 4, during the 

IHSA Class 3A state championship race at Detweiller Park in Peoria. Tim Cronin/22nd Century Media 

someone like Marc Schelli, 

the junior whose time of 

15:38 led the Porters, will 

assume that role. He also 

led the Porters in the Plainfield 

Central race early in the 

season and the SouthWest 

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 

Suburban Conference Blue 

Division race preceding the 

regional. 

Schelli finished 133rd 

overall and 102nd among 

team participants. Downers 

Grove North won the 3A 

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 

team fight with 73 points, 

its highest counting runner 

20th. 

Senior Cade Musich, who 

led the Porters in the sectional 

in Granite City, was 155th 

in 15:48, followed by junior 

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 

Donovan Paske (162nd, 

15:54), sophomore Ross 

Cronhom (188th, 16:10), 

and sophomore Brendan 

Diamond (195th, 16:17). 

Sophomores Jacob Hinchley 

(208th, 16:42) and Aidan 

Pajeau (209th, 16:42) were 

at the back of the field. 

What the Porters have going 

for them is their youth. 

Not only was Musich the 

only senior among the seven 

Razo selected to run at Detweiller, 

10 of his 12 runners 

are underclassmen. Now, 

adding in the First to the Finish 

race early in the season, 

where they finished 23rd, 

they’ve got plenty of experience 

at the mecca of state 

cross country. 

LISTEN UP 

“It’s a young team. That was a thing I was a little bit worried 

about at the beginning of the season. Where is my leadership 

going to come from? But they stepped up. And being here 

bodes well for the future.” 

Erin Truesdale — Lockport girls cross country coach, after her team 

completed the season at state 

Tune In 

Boys Bowling 

Facing a rival — 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, at 

Sandburg 

• The Porters hope for good scores when 

taking on the Eagles in one of the season’s 

early matchups. 

Index 

37 - This Week In 

35 - Athlete of the Week 

FASTBREAK is compiled by Contributing Editor 

Thomas Czaja, tom@homerhorizon.com.

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Going blue LTHS shot put standout announces 

commitment to Wolverines, Page 37 

Pitch perfect 22nd Century Media announces 

its boys soccer Team 22 All-Area squad, Page 36 

A pack of Porters 

runners traverse 

the course at the 

IHSA Class 3A 

state championship 

Saturday, Nov. 4, at 

Detweiller Park in 

Peoria. 

Tim Cronin/22nd 

Century Media 

Young LTHS girls cross country runners stick together at state meet, Page 38 

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