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FRIDAY 

HGJWC 2017 Sip & Shop 

Fundraiser 

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

Veterans of Foreign 

Wars Post 5788, 1026 E. 

9th St., Lockport. This fundraiser 

will benefit Kidz 

Play, To Write Love on Her 

Arms and the Homer Glen 

Junior Woman’s Club. The 

event will feature various 

vendors selling wares from 

jewelry, skin care and personalized 

gifts to artists 

and crafters selling unique 

items. Admission is $5 and 

will include a door prize. A 

hot chocolate bar and light 

appetizers will be served. 

Raffles and a cash bar will 

also be available. For more 

information, visit www. 

facebook.com/HGJWC. 

SATURDAY 

Veterans Day Ceremony 

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

11, Lockport Veterans of 

Foreign Wars Post 5788, 

1026 E. 9th St., Lockport. 

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. 

35th Anniversary 

Celebration 

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

Township Public Library, 

Community Meeting Room, 

14320 W. 151st St., Homer 

Glen. All are welcome to 

celebrate the 35th anniversary 

of the library. At 6 p.m. 

the Great Scott Magic Show 

will perform. At 7 p.m. 

Harpist Nichole Luchs will 

perform. Free food will be 

provided by Kenootz Pizza 

and Nothing Bundt Cakes, 

and a Kindle Fire will be 

raffled off. Giveaways will 

be available. This event is 

for all ages. For more information 

or to register, visit 

www.homerlibrary.org. 

WEDNESDAY 

Lemont Artist Guild: 

Watercolor Cityscapes 

7-8 p.m. Nov. 15, Homer 

Township Public Library, 


14320 W. 151st St., Homer 

Glen. Gordon France will 

demonstrate his watercolor 

style and technique. He has 

been a featured artist on 

WGN-TV, WMAQ-TV, in 

the Chicago Tribune and 

area suburban newspapers. 

Gordon was awarded third 

place in American Artist 

magazines 70th Anniversary 

watercolor competition 

for his painting “Wrigley 

Rainout” and was a featured 

painter on the cover and article 

in Watercolor magazine. 

For more information or to 

register, visit www.homerli 

brary.org. 

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 63 — from the 

Homer Glen area — 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 or reach out to Alex 

Carberry at shocker5k01@ 

gmail.com. 

Escape Room: ‘Back to the 

Future’ 

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

Nov. 21, Homer Township 

Public Library, Community 

Meeting Room, 14320 

W. 151st St., Homer Glen. 

Use clues and puzzles to go 

back in time and save the 

clock tower in this “Back 

to the Future”-themed Escape 

Room. Teens will be 

given all of the information 

they need to try to complete 

all of the activities in 

under 45 minutes. Choose 

from either the 6 p.m. or 

7:30 p.m. sessions. Registration 

required. The event 

is for teens in grades 6-12. 


register, visit www.homerlibrary.org. 

Holiday Tree Lighting 

6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 

30, Village of Homer Glen 


14240 W. 151st St., Homer 

Glen. The Village of Homer 

Glen hosts its annual Holiday 

Tree Lighting ceremony. 

Guests can sing carols 

with the show choir, meet 

Santa, enjoy a cold weather 

refreshment and children 

will be able to make 

a craft they can take home. 

For more information, visit 

www.homerglenil.org or 

call (708) 301-0632. 

Polish Christmas Traditions 

6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 

6, Homer Township Public 

Library, Family Activity 

Zone, 14320 W. 151st St., 

Homer Glen. Come learn 

Polish traditions, make 

Christmas tree decorations, 

try a Christmas delicacy 

and sing Polish carols. Children 

suggested ages 6 and 

up; ages 12 and under must 

be with an adult. The program 

will be in Polish and 

English. Registration and 

a $2 fee are required for 

all attendees. Please register 

each child and adult. 



Homemade Holiday Beauty 

6-7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 

7, Homer Township Public 

Library, Family Activity 

Zone, 14320 W. 151st 

St., Homer Glen. Pamper 

oneself or someone special 

with a homemade cranberry 

sugar scrub and cinnamon 

vanilla-whipped body butter. 

Registration and fee of 

$4 per person required. For 

ages 9 to 13. Payment is 

due one week in advance 

or child’s registration will 

be removed. Deadline for 

cancellation, with refund, is 

one week prior to the event. 



‘The Polar Express’ Holiday 

Movie and Craft 

11 a.m.-1:45 p.m. Saturday, 

Dec. 9, Homer Township 

Public Library, Family 

Activity Zone, 14320 W. 

151st St., Homer Glen. Enjoy 

light refreshments and 

make a craft while watching 

the animated ‘The Polar Express’ 

movie. The runtime 

for the film is one hour and 

40 minutes. No registration 

required. Limit 30. This is 

an all-ages event, which 

children ages 5 and under 

needing to be accompanied 

by an adult. For more information, 

visit www.homerlibrary.org. 

Santa Celebration 

6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, 


Public Library, 14320 

W. 151st St., Homer Glen. 

Mark the holiday calendar 

for this wonderful family 

event. Refreshments, crafts, 

games, spin the prize wheel 

and more. Guests can dress 

in their holiday finery to 

visit Santa at the library. 

Those who attend are asked 

to bring their camera for 

photos. An all-ages event, 

with children ages 6 and under 

needing to be accompanied 

by an adult. For more 

information, visit www.homerlibrary.org. 

‘How the Grinch Stole 

Christmas’ Holiday Movie 

and Craft 

11 a.m.-noon Saturday, 


Public Library, Family Activity 

Zone, 14320 W. 151st 

St., Homer Glen. Enjoy light 

refreshments while watching 

the animated ‘How the 

Grinch Stole Christmas’ 

movie. The runtime for the 

screening is 26 minutes. No 

registration required. Limit 

30. This is an all-ages event, 

which children ages 5 and 

under needing to be accompanied 

by an adult. For more 

information, visit www.ho 

merlibrary.org. 

Wreaths Across America 

with HGJWC 

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

Dec. 16, Abraham 

Lincoln National Cemetery, 

20953 W. Hoff Road, Elwood. 

Remember fallen 

U.S. veterans, honor those 

who serve, teach children 

the value of freedom. The 

women of Homer Glen Junior 

Woman’s Club will volunteer 

to lay wreaths at the 

cemetery. HGJWC is trying 

to reach a goal of donating 

1,000 wreaths to this event. 

Donations can be made 

by visiting wreaths.fast 

port.com/donateLocation. 

html?page=22773. 

Have an item for calendar? 

Deadline is noon Thursdays 

one week prior to publication. 

To submit an item to the calendar, 

contact Editor Thomas 

Czaja at tom@homerhorizon. 

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FISH Food Pantry celebrates reopening 

Pantry finds new 

home in Lockport 

Township building 

Jason Maholy 

Freelance Reporter 

The Lockport/Homer 

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 on 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, 

reopened 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 and 

was originally in the basement 

of a Lockport church. 

The food pantry is an entirely 

volunteer organization, 

and it 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 

Corn Maze 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 because of 

medical issues or other situations 

be unable to visit the 

pantry. 

“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, 

a fact the boys learned by 

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. 

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 ... unless your hands 

are busted.” 

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 they 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/Homer FISH Food Pantry volunteer Linda Jones, 

of Lockport, demonstrates how she packs a bag for clients 

Thursday, Nov. 2, at an open house event. Photos by Mary 

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The Homer Glen Public 

Services & Safety Committee 

held what will be its last 

monthly meeting of 2017 on 

Nov. 1. 

Due to the timing of meetings 

around the holidays, the 

committee will not reconvene 

until January, though 

it will be continuing to look 

into traffic issues in several 

parts of the community. 

Among issues discussed at 

the meeting, the committee 

agreed to begin investigations 

into traffic and speed 

complaints along Beaver 

Lake Drive and the Golden 

Oak subdivision. Specifically, 

Golden Oak residents 

want stop signs to be erected 

at several intersections along 

Hiawatha Drive to prevent accidents, 

although none have 

occurred in the area to date. 

One traffic issue that the 

committee did vote to take 

definitive action on is the installation 

of stop signs at the 

corner of 163rd Street and 

Syd Creek Drive. 

“We’re going to ask the developer 

to get those installed 

as soon as possible,” said 

Committee Chairperson and 

Village Trustee Beth Rodgers. 

“The fact that there is no 

sign there is a safety hazard.” 

In addition to the signs 

at Syd Creek, the committee 

will also be considering 

adding similar signs at Blue 

Mag Road and Circle Park 

Court along 163rd Street. 

Building code approval 

The committee also gave 

approval to send the issue of 

updating the building code to 

Mayor George Yukich and the 

full board at this week’s Village 

Board meeting that was 

slated to be held Wednesday, 

Nov. 8. The code will be discussed 

as a workshop item, 

although no major changes 

are expected. Some minor 

changes that could be enacted 

would relate to fire prevention 

measures and sprinklers in 

new construction. 

Potential tree-trimming 

policy 

Finally, Homer Township 

Road District Commissioner 

Mike De Vivo informed the 

board that his department is 

looking into creating an official 

tree-trimming policy, 

patterned after similar rules 

in neighboring communities. 

De Vivo stated that most 

Villages with similar policies 

cut trees in the winter months 

— when there are no leaves 

— and the change seems less 

drastic to residents. 

No decision on such a policy 

would be made until after 

the first of the year, but De 

Vivo noted that he thought 

the committee should know 

“because we have to trim 

back the trees for visibility 

and safety purposes.” 

Earley Family Dental offers 

free dental care to veterans 

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in the Illinois Dentists 

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Veterans who register 

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Hadley students lead donation drive for troops 

Max Lapthorne 

Contributing 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 

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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 

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“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 

Monday, 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. 

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. 

Inaugural Barn Bash for Ash 

fundraiser set for Nov. 11 

Homer Glen resident 

honors late wife’s 

memory with event 

Jon DePaolis 


Ashley Jurjovec was just 

31 years old when she died 

because of a rare heart disease 

in 2016. 

Now, in an effort to not 

only honor his late wife but 

also raise funds for critical 

research of these types of 

diseases, Homer Glen resident 

Matt Jurjovec is hosting 

the inaugural Barn Bash for 

Ash from 7-11 p.m. Saturday, 

Nov. 11, at Barn and 

Company, 950 W. Wrightwood 

Ave. in Chicago. 

Ashley, an Orland Park 

native, died in May 2016 

because of arrhythmogenic 

right ventricular cardiomyopathy. 

“It’s a progressive heart 

condition, where your right 

atrium lining gets replaced 

with scar tissue,” said Matt 

Jurjovec, Ashley’s husband. 

“It causes and triggers arrhythmias.” 

Matt said Ashley was diagnosed 

with an arrhythmia 

in high school and college, 

but doctors at the time 

thought it was benign. 

“She felt fine and never 

Please see ASH, 12

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Spooky, creative and carved 

Publisher 22CM 

announces winners 

of various 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 includ 

ed) 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, 


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, 

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, 


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. 

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. 

Best Adult-Crafted Pumpkin: 

Ashley Galassini, 19, of 

Tinley Park. 

Best Child-Crafted 

Pumpkin: Neil Shastri, 13, of 

Orland Park. 

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healthy eating ideas and more to start off 

the New Year with a New You. 

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FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT 

Schmuhl School open house 

provides 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.” 

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 

More vandalism was discovered 

in Mokena Oct. 30 

at Hecht Park, 9310 Birch 

Ave., the same day Mokena 

officials issued a press release 

to address prior vandalism 

from Oct. 22. 

In an emailed statement 

issued Oct. 30, Mokena 

Mayor Frank Fleischer responded 

to graffiti discovered 

Oct. 22 on four public 

traffic signs and one private 

business sign. The private 

business sign additionally 

was tagged with a satanic 

numeric reference. In theses 

cases, swastikas were spray 

painted on the signs. 

In what originally was 

described as “what appears 

to be an isolated case,” 

Fleischer expanded on comments 

he made during the 

Oct. 23 Board of Trustees 

meeting, in which he would 

not comment directly on the 

matter of hate symbols being 

drawn on Village signs, 

because he did not want to 

give the perpetrators “their 

two minutes of fame.” 

“I’m not going to talk 

about some of the stuff, because 

it is so stupid it doesn’t 

even deserve comment,” 

Fleischer said at the time. 

In the Oct. 30 press release, 

Fleischer said, “I’ve 

never felt it appropriate 

to attribute undue attention 

to cowardly acts such 

as this that are generally 

performed for that very 

reason: to give the promulgator 

of the act his or her 

two seconds of fame. That 

having been said, let me be 

very clear: The Board of 

Trustees, the Village Clerk 

and I in no way condone or 

accept this type of behavior.” 

Reporting by T.J. Kremer 

III, Editor. For more, visit 

MokenaMessenger.com. 

From THE FRANKFORT STATION 

Griffins fall to RedHawks at 

sectional semifinal 

The Lincoln-Way East 

girls volleyball team found 

out the hard way that 

Marist is every bit as good 

as any team in the state — 

and practically any team 

in the nation. The Griffins 

saw an otherwise very good 

season end with a 25-16, 

25-18 loss to Marist Oct. 

30 in the opening semifinal 

of the Class 4A Andrew 

Sectional. 

The top-seeded Red- 

Hawks (37-1) advanced to 

the sectional final on Nov. 

1 and played Marian Catholic, 

a 25-21, 25-21 winner 

over Sandburg in the second 

semifinal, for the title. 

East (26-11) completed an 

otherwise good season with 

its second straight regional 

title and first SouthWest 

Suburban Conference championship 

in 11 years, when it 

captured the Blue Division. 

Reporting by Randy Whalen, 

Freelance Reporter. For more, 

visit FrankfortStation.com. 

ASH 

From Page 6 

really complained about 

any chest issues,” Matt 

said. “She was a runner. 

She ran a marathon in 2015. 

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We worked out all the time 

together, and never complained 

about anything. 

“But she went to bed one 

night and just didn’t wake up. 

She went into cardiac arrest 

and passed away in her sleep.” 

Since her death, Matt has 

worked with the doctors in 

the cardiovascular genetics 

group at Lurie Children’s 

Hospital of Chicago and 

Northwestern University to 

perform genetic sequencing 

on Ashley’s DNA. 

“They find cases like this, 

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l.healy@22ndcenturymedia.com 

and they take the person’s 

DNA, sequence it and see if 

there are any specific genes 

that are attributed to these 

types of conditions,” Matt 

said. 

To help the doctors, Matt 

started soliciting donations 

through an email campaign 

last year. He also started 

working on other fundraising 

opportunities. 

For example, Ashley was 

a teacher at McClure Junior 

High School in Western 

Springs. Every year, the 

school holds a community 

race around Memorial Day. 

One of her colleagues put 

together a walk to hold in 

conjunction with the race to 

benefit the hospital. 

“We were able to raise 

about $40,000 through donations 

and the sale of T-shirts 

and merchandise,” Matt 

said. 

This past summer, he also 

decided to start a separate 

foundation to honor his late 

wife to make the fundraising 

process easier. 

“All the money we raise 

will still go to Lurie’s for 

the genetic cardiovascular 

research,” he said. 

Earlier this year, Matt and 

a friend of Ashley’s were 

floating ideas for fundraisers 

for the fall. Ashley went to 

the University of Illinois at 

Urbana-Champaign, and she 

often went to barn bashes. 

From there, the two started 

working with Barn and 

Company to set up the event. 

Matt is estimating approximately 

250 attendees, 

but he said the goal will be 

to get to 300. The event is to 

feature a raffle and a silent 

auction through the evening. 

The silent auction items 

include things such as tickets 

to Bears and Blackhawks 

games, signed jerseys by the 

Blackhawks, and weekend 

stays at cottages and condos 

in Michigan and Florida. 

“We’re going to have a 

great turnout, and we want to 

make it fun to honor Ashley 

and generate a lot of funds to 

send over to Lurie’s, so they 

can continue their research 

and hopefully find a cure 

for this disease,” Matt said. 

“Right now, ARV is very 

hard to detect. Even when 

they do, there are very limited 

treatments for it. They 

are hoping to find genetic 

causes for it, so they can find 

therapy and counseling for 

families who are diagnosed 

with this condition.” 

Tickets for the event are 

$75, and that includes drinks 

and appetizers from 7-10 

p.m. For more information 

or to purchase tickets, visit 

barnbashforash2017.event 

brite.com.

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Social snapshot 

Top stories 

From HomerHorizon.com from Monday, Nov. 6 

From the Editor 

Responding the best we can to loss 

1. Homer Glen Junior Woman’s Club thanks 

troops on Make A Difference Day 

2. Cross Country: Porters boys, girls both race 

onward to state finals 

3. Silver Cross breaks ground on psychiatric 

hospital 

4. Porter Players prep for ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’ 

production 

5. Families get into Halloween spirit during 

Community Trick-or-Treat Tailgate 

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Thomas Czaja 

tom@homerhorizon.com 

Just this past Friday, I 

needed to take a day of 

bereavement to mourn 

the loss of my uncle, who 

recently passed away from 

cancer. 

While attending the 

funeral — and the wake the 

evening before — it was 

touching to see the support 

that came for my uncle from 

his family, friends, coworkers 

and other acquaintances 

from over the years. It 

spoke loudly and clearly to 

the tremendous impact he 

had on so many. 

Each day was a great tribute 

to him, and the warmth 

in his personality and conversations 

and sense of humor 

will be sorely missed. 

When we lose someone, the 

grieving process inevitably 

takes time. That hole or void 

never really goes away, but 

we cherish the memories 

with that person and cling 

to our faith, support system 

and what we can. 

But besides simply just 

being sad or having our 

down moments over a love 

one’s passing, we eventually 

live on for them, hopefully 

greatly inspired by their example. 

Seeing the difference 

my uncle made has motivated 

me to do more, to try 

to be better, to keep aspiring 

to usher that positive change 

both for my loved ones and 

for strangers alike. 

Using such a blueprint, 

we can shine the light they 

once did for us and for others. 

Another example of this 

is Homer Glen resident Matt 

Jurjovec. His wife, Ashley, 

died from a rare heart disease 

last year. 

I cannot begin to fathom 

what that was like for him 

losing his wife when she 

was only 31. I cannot make 

sense of the unbearable 

grief that comes with such 

loss. 

But despite this extreme 

hardship, Jurjovec honors 

his late wife by continuing 

to help raise funds for 

research to one day better 

combat diseases like the 

one which took Ashley so 

prematurely. He has helped 

spearhead a fundraiser 

happening this upcoming 

Saturday, Nov. 11 for that 

very reason, and you can 

read more about their story 

on Page 6 of this issue. 

Amid all the hurt, this 

man forges ahead, dedicating 

much time and effort, 

and he continues to make a 

difference. How admirable 

is that? 

Yet, we won’t always 

be strong when we lose 

someone. We will need time 

to mourn. We will have bad 

days. 

But on the days we are 

able, we try our best to pick 

up the pieces. We don’t let 

death win; rather, we use 

the rest of our time to make 

our own positive contributions 

— like Jurjovec has 

done — to honor those who 

came and left this world 

before us. 

“A big thank you to the Homer Twp 

Oak Arbor of Gleaner Life Insurance 

Society for giving free pairs of these 

sweet sunglasses to our library’s 

teens!” 

Homer Township Public Library from 

Oct. 30. 

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“Here’s to everyone having a great day 

of chills, thrills, and fun!” 

@KenwoodLiquors1, Kenwood 

Homer Glen, from Oct. 31. 

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Trivia Mania at American Legion supports Special Olympics Illinois, 

Page 17 

Saying welcome 

St. Bernard’s has new pastor, music director 

to lead its faithful in prayer, song, Page 18 

Scanning the scene 

Area nightlife and entertainment highlighted, Page 19 

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 

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FAITH BRIEFS 

Cross of Glory Lutheran Church (14719 W. 

163rd St., Homer Glen) 

Community Blood Drive 

2-6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 

16. Heartland Blood Center 

will be at the church with its 

coach minibus. Call to set up 

an appointment at (708) 301- 

6998. 

Christian Life Church (15609 W. 159th St., 

Homer Glen) 

Vendor Fair 

10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, 

Nov. 18. Thirty different 

vendors will be selling 

wares. Concessions will also 

be available. For more information, 

contact Crystal Turney 

at (798) 601-1532. 

Our Mother of Good Counsel Parish 

(16043 S. Bell Road, Homer Glen) 

‘That Man is You’ 

7 p.m. Mondays. This 

talk is for men 21 years old 

and older. The talk will address 

the pressure and temptations 

that men face in a 

modern culture, especially 

those relating to husbands 

and fathers. The program 

harmonizes current social 

and medical science with the 

teaching of the Church and 

the wisdom of the saints to 

develop the vision of man 

fully alive. For more information, 

visit www.omgccc. 

org. 

Sacrament of Penance 

8:30 a.m. first Friday of 

every month, 4-4:15 p.m. 

Saturdays, 9:30-10:15 p.m. 

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Daily Mass 

8 a.m. Monday-Saturday 

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Weekend Mass 

5 p.m. Saturday 

8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. Sunday 

Bible Study 

7 p.m. Mondays. Books of 

the Bible are read and discussed 

to develop a deeper 

understanding of Scripture. 

For more information, contact 

Mati Principe at (708) 

301-6246. 

Confessions 

4-4:45 p.m. Saturdays 

Contact Jessica Nemec 

@708.326.9170 ex.46 


9:30-10:15 a.m. Sundays 

Brothers in Christ 

8-9 a.m. Second and fourth 

Saturday of the month. 

Men aged 17 and older 

can meet and foster spiritual 

growth. This group also 

provides participants the opportunity 

for Christian fellowship. 

Men who are not 

parishioners of the parish 

can attend. Contact deacon 

Joe Dalpiaz at (708) 966- 

4353 or deaconjoe1939@ 

comcast.net for more information. 

Council of Catholic Women 

7 p.m. Second Tuesday of 

the month. 

Women of the parish meet 

to discuss its needs. The 

group also hosts a monthly 

charity bake sale. 

St. Bernard Parish (13030 W. 143rd St., 

Homer Glen) 

Weekday Worship 

9:30 a.m. weekdays. Communion 

Service on Thursdays. 

Weekend Worship 

4:30 p.m. Saturdays. 8:30 

a.m., 10 a.m., and 11:30 a.m. 

every Sunday. 

Confession 

3:30-4:15 p.m. First and 

In Memoriam 

Jeanne F. Pozulp 

Jeanne F. Pozulp (nee 

Brazaitis), 92, of Homer 

Glen, formerly of Palos 

Heights, died Oct. 26. She 

is survived by her children, 

Kenneth (Jagoda), Keith 

(Penny), Kevin (Mary) and 

Kerry (Julee) Pozulp; her 

grandchildren, Keith Pozulp, 

Kristy (Matt) Faytle, Heather 

Pozulp, Jeremy (Jennifer) 

Pozulp, Trina Lindeman, 

Joshua (Deanna) Pozulp, Ali 

(Jeremy) Benson, K.C. (Tiffany) 

Pozulp, Cassie (David) 

Moonan and Zachary 

Pozulp; her 14 great-grandchildren; 

and her numerous 

third Saturday of the month. 

Confessions are also available 

upon request at any 

time. 

Community Choir Practice 

7:30-9 p.m. Thursdays. 

Parish members ages 16 

and older may join the choir. 

The choir needs vocalists 

and instrumentalists. For 

more information, join the 

weekly rehearsal or contact 

the music director, Dennis 

Sobczak, after Mass on Sundays. 

First United Methodist Church of Lockport 

(1000 S. Washington St., Lockport) 

Sunday Worship 

9 a.m. Sunday School 

10:25 a.m. Worship 

Circle of Love 

9 a.m. Wednesdays. Circle 

of Love provides diapers, 

feminine and incontinence 

products to clients who are 

qualified to use the local 

FISH Food Pantry. For more 

information, call (815) 838- 

1017. 

Have something for Faith 

Briefs? Contact Editor Thomas 

Czaja at tom@homerhorizon. 

com or call (708) 326-9170 ext. 

12. Information is due by noon 

Thursday one week prior to 

publication. 

nieces, nephews, cousins 

and many dear friends. Services 

were held at Petkus 

Lemont Funeral Home and 

St. Alexander Church in 

Palos Heights. Interment St. 

Casimir Lithuanian Cemetery. 

In lieu of flowers, memorial 

offerings in Jeanne’s 

name may be made to the St. 

Jude Children’s Hospital and 

will be deeply appreciated. 

Have someone’s life you’d like to 

honor? Email tom@homerhori 

zon.com with information about 

a loved one who was a part of 

the Homer Glen community.

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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 yet, 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.

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St. Bernard’s welcomes new pastor, music director 

Submitted by St. Bernard’s 

Parish 

The Rev. 

Joe McCormick, 

OSA, 

was officially 

installed as the 

new pastor for 

St. Bernard’s 

Parish in McCormick 

Homer Glen. 

The Rev. McCormick was 

born on the south side of 

Chicago and was raised and 

educated in Elmwood Park, 

where his family moved 

when he was a toddler. He 

attended the Augustinian 

seminary high school and 

college and received a master’s 

degree from Loyola 

University and another from 

Catholic Theological Union 

in Chicago. He was ordained 

as an Augustinian Priest in 

1977. 

His most recent assignment 

was as the pastor of 

two neighboring parishes: 

St. Ann Parish and Our Lady 

of the Lake Parish in southwest 

Michigan. Throughout 

his career, he has been 

known for his successful 

efforts building up parishes 

and creating truly involved 

communities. He is also 

known as an excellent homilist 

and loving shepherd of 

his people. 

The assignment of the 

Rev. McCormick to St. Bernard’s 

Parish marks a significant 

change, as the parish 

will now be administered by 

the Order of St. Augustine, 

or Augustinians, as they 

are popularly known. In the 

Joliet Diocese, Augustinian 

priests and brothers staff 

Our Mother of Good Counsel 

Parish in Homer Glen 

and St. Jude Parish in New 

Lenox. The order also staffs 

Providence Catholic High 

School in New Lenox. In the 

Chicago archdiocese, Augustinians 

staff St. Rita High 

School and three parishes on 

the southwest side. 

‘The Father Effect’ film to be shown Nov. 9 in Orland 

Two Homer Glen 

churches co-sponsor 

docu-drama viewing 

Submitted by Multi-Parish 

Respect Life Ministries 

A special showing of “The 

Father Effect” is to take 

place at Nov. 9, St. Francis 

of Assisi, Upton Hall, 15050 

S. Wolf Road in Orland Park. 

This 60-minute docu-drama 

was produced by John 

Finch as part of his stated 

mission to educate, encourage 

and equip men to become 

the fathers they were 

created to be, and to help 

men walk in daily awareness 

of their significant and 

The Rev. Joe McCormick, OSA, was officially installed at a 

special mass as the new pastor at St. Bernard’s Parish in 

Homer Glen. Photo submitted 

The Augustinian Order 

was founded in 1244 and has 

served communities around 

the world ever since. They 

are known for building involved 

spiritual communities 

in all of their institutions 

and parishes. 

New music director 

appointed 

St. Bernard’s also announced 

the appointment of 

a new Music Director, Julie 

Kane. Kane has served as a 

music director at St. Xavier 

University in Chicago and at 

Our Lady of the Ridge Parish 

in Chicago Ridge. 

She is known for her 

blending of traditional and 

upbeat music styles and 

her beautiful liturgical programs. 

Mass times, for more 

information 

Weekend masses at St. Bernard’s 

are at 4:30 p.m. Saturdays 

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

and 11:30 a.m. on Sundays. 

For more information, 

contact the Rev. McCormick 

or Mary Ponschke at St. Bernard’s 

rectory at (708) 301- 

3020. 

lifelong influence as fathers. 

Through the movie, he 

shares stories and messages 

that will move viewers to a 

new awareness about the everlasting 

impact of fathers, 

and the importance of forgiveness 

and openness in the 

relationship of this world. 

The first half of the film 

explores the different challenges 

fatherless boys face; 

it also touches on the effect 

that growing up fatherless 

has on girls. Finch interviews 

more than 80 people 

from all walks of life. 

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film, Finch also tackles solutions. 

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Rodriguez. Greg is a licensed 

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counselor with expertise in 

helping men and their families 

who are hurting, and 

seeks to provide them with 

the tools necessary to have 

a healthier and more enjoyable 

marriage/family. 

He has extensive men’s 

ministry experience within 

the church, as well as being a 

founder and board member of 

the Fishers of Men Ministries. 

The screening is sponsored 

by the Multi-Parish 

Respect Life Ministries of 

St. Bernard, St. Francis of 

Assisi, St. Michael, Our 

Lady of the Woods and Annunciation 

Byzantine Catholic 

churches.

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TINLEY PARK 

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(7537 W. 159th St., Tinley 

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■6-8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Bar 

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■2-5 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

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■3-5 ■ p.m. Fridays: 

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■3-5 ■ p.m. Saturdays and 

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■8-11 ■ p.m. Fridays and 

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This,coupledwiththefactthatAndrewhasmovedmorethan10timeswithhisfamily, 

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WhilemuchofAndrew’sfreetimepreviouslyconsistedoficehockeyandwatersports, 

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2703 Legal 

Notices 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ES- 

TATE of 12928 W. 159th Street 

Unit #3B, Homer Glen, IL 60491 

(Multi-Family Unit). Onthe 16th 

day ofNovember, 2017 to be held 

at 12:00 noon, at the Will County 

Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa 

Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, 

under Case Title: Nationstar Mortgage 

LLC Plaintiff V. Anthony Ingram 

Jr. a/k/a Anthony F. Ingram 

Jr.; et. al. Defendant. 

Case No. 12CH 0021 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: 

Codilis & Associates, P.C. 

15W030 N. Frontage Road Suite 

100 

Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527 

P: 630-794-5300 

F: 630-794-9090 

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 15565 Mallard Lane, 

Homer Glen, IL 60491 (Single 

Family Residential). Onthe 30th 

day ofNovember, 2017 to be held 

at 12:00 noon, at the Will County 



under Case Title: OLD NA- 

TIONAL BANK, NATIONAL 

ASSOCIATION, assignee ofthe 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSUR- 

ANCE CORPORATION, as Receiver 

for INTEGRA BANK, NA- 

TIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff 

V. DAVID L.MCFADDEN; 

TANYA L. MCFADDEN; 

UNITED STATES OF AMER- 

ICA; STATE OF ILLINOIS; 

MALLARD LAKES ESTATES 

HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIA- 

TION; REVIVE ENTERPRISES, 

INC.; â! œUNKNOWN OWN- 

ERSâ! › and â! œNON-RECORD 

CLAIMANTSâ! ›, Defendant. 

Case No. 14ch 0540 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. 













the State. 


Jacobs & Pinta 

77 West Washington Suite 105 

Chicago, IL 60602 

P: 1-312-263-1005 

F: 1-312-263-1055 










PURPOSE. 


TATE of 13320 West Valley View 

Drive, Homer Glen, IL 60491 (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: PNC Bank, National 

Association Plaintiff V.Joseph M. 

Podwell aka Joseph Podwell; Diane 

L.Podwell aka Diane Podwell; 

Defendant. 

Case No. 15CH 1899 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. 













the State. 


ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER 

LLC. 

1771 W. Diehl Rd. Suite 120 

NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS 60563 

P: 630-453-6960 

F: 630-428-4620 










PURPOSE. 

2702 Public 

Notices 

Certificate No. 31865 was filed in 

the office of the County Clerk of 

Will onOctober 19, 2017 wherein 

the business firm ofImagine Photography 

located at 14960 Carlton 

Lane, Homer Glen, IL 60491 is 

registered and a certificate notice 

setting forth the following: 

Kristy Christopher, 14960 Carlton 

Lane, Homer Glen, IL 60491 

708-299-6714 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have 

hereunto set my hand and Official 

Seal at my office in Joliet; Illinois, 

this 19th day of October, 2017 

Nancy Scultz 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 

Nationstar Mortgage LLC 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Anthony Ingram Jr. a/k/a Anthony 

F. Ingram Jr.; et. al. 

Defendant. 

No. 12 CH 0021 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that 

pursuant to ajudgment entered in 

the above cause on the 24th day of 

October, 2012, MIKE KELLEY, 

Sheriff of Will County, Illinois, 

will on Thursday, the 16th day of 

November, 2017 ,commencing at 

12:00 o'clock noon, at the Will 

County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. 

Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet, 

IL 60432, sell at public auction to 

the highest and best bidder orbidders 

the following-described real 

estate: 

UNIT 2-3B OF ONE PARK 

PLACE CONDOMINIUM, TO- 

GETHER WITH AN EASEMENT 

FOR PARKING PURPOSES IN 

AND UPON GARAGE SPACE 

2-3B AND ALSO WITH AN UN- 

DIVIDED PERCENTAGE IN- 

TEREST IN THE COMMON 

ELEMENTS, ASDELINEATED 

AND SET FORTH IN THE PLAT 

OF SURVEY ATTACHED AS 

EXHIBIT "C" TO THE DECLA- 

RATION OF CONDOMINIUM 

OWNERSHIP RECORDED NO- 

VEMBER 28, 1995 AS DOCU- 

MENT NO. R95-91811 AS 

AMENDED ON SEPTEMBER 10, 

1996 AS DOCUMENT NO. 

R96-081111, AS AMENDED 

FROM TIME TO TIME, IN THE 

EAST HALF OF THE SOUTH 

EAST QUARTER OFSECTION 

14, TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, 

RANGE 11, EAST OF THE 

THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, 

IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

Commonly known as: 

12928 W. 159th Street Unit #3B, 


Description of Improvements: 

Multi-Family Unit 

P.I.N.: 

16-05-14-411-003-1010 















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 









Act. 













the State. 

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE 

CONTACT: 

Codilis & Associates, P.C. 

15W030 N. Frontage Road Suite 

100 

Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527 

P: 630-794-5300 

F: 630-794-9090 

Plaintiff's Attorney 

MIKE KELLEY 

Sheriff of Will County 










PURPOSE. 


) SS. 




CUIT 


OLD NATIONAL BANK, NA- 

TIONAL ASSOCIATION, assignee 

of the FEDERAL DEPOSIT 

INSURANCE CORPORATION, 

as Receiver for INTEGRA BANK, 

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

DAVID L. MCFADDEN; TANYA 

L. MCFADDEN; UNITED 

STATES OF AMERICA; STATE 

OF ILLINOIS; MALLARD 

LAKES ESTATES HOMEOWN- 

ERS ASSOCIATION; REVIVE 

ENTERPRISES, INC.; â! œUN- 

KNOWN OWNERSâ! › and 

â! œNON-RECORD CLAIM- 

ANTSâ! ›, 

Defendant. 

No. 14 ch 0540 




the above cause onthe 21st day of 

July, 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 tothe highest 

and best bidder orbidders the following-described 

real estate: 

LOT 26 IN MALLARD LAKE 

ESTATES PLANNED UNIT DE- 

VELOPMENT, ASUBDIVISION 

OF PART OF THE EAST 1/2 OF 

THE EAST 1/2 OF THE NORTH- 

WEST 1/4 OF SECTION 17, AND 

PART OF THE WEST 1/2 OF 

THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF THE 

NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION



CLASSIFIEDS 



2703 Legal 

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2703 Legal 

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2703 Legal 

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Automotive 

$52 

4 lines/ 

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2900 Merchandise Under $100 

Real Estate 

$50 

7 lines/ 

7 papers 

Merchandise 

$30 

4 lines/ 

7 papers 

17 AND PART OF THE WEST 

1/2 OFTHE NORTHWEST 1/4 

OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF 

SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 36 

NORTH, RANGE 11 EAST OF 

THE THIRD PRINCIPAL ME- 

RIDIAN, ACCORDING TOTHE 

PLAT THEREOF RECORDED 

JULY 13, 1988 AS DOCUMENT 

NO. R88-31223, AND CERTIFI- 

CATE OF CORRECTION RE- 

CORDED JULY 26, 1988, AS 

DOCUMENT NO. R88-33779, IN 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 


15565 Mallard Lane, Homer Glen, 

IL 60491 


Single Family Residential 

P.I.N.: 

16-05-17-203-001-0000 















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 









Act. 










obtains a court order for its distribution 



the State. 


CONTACT: 

Jacobs & Pinta 

77 West Washington Suite 105 

Chicago, IL 60602 

P: 1-312-263-1005 

F: 1-312-263-1055 


MIKE KELLEY 











PURPOSE. 


) SS. 




CUIT 


PNC Bank, National Association 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Joseph M. Podwell aka Joseph 

Podwell; Diane L. Podwell aka Diane 

Podwell; 

Defendant. 

No. 15 CH 1899 




the above cause on the 26th 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 

and best bidder orbidders the following-described 

real estate: 

LOT 147 IN HIDDEN VALLEY 

ESTATES ADDITION, BEING A 

SUBDIVISION OF THE NORTH 

1/2 OFSECTION 23, TOWNSHIP 

36 NORTH, RANGE 11, EAST 

OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL 

MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO 

THE PLAT THEREOF RE- 

CORDED DECEMBER 8, 2003 

AS DOCUMENT R2003298148, 

IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 


13320 West Valley View Drive, 



Single family 

P.I.N.: 

16-05-23-101-018-0000 















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. 










obtains a court order for its distribution 



the State. 


CONTACT: 

ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER 

LLC. 

1771 W. Diehl Rd. Suite 120 

NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS 60563 

P: 630-453-6960 

F: 630-428-4620 


MIKE KELLEY 


2900 Merchandise 

Under $100 

160 used VHA tapes: TV 

shows, cartoons &sports $25 

cash. 815.588.1214 Lockport. 

4pc living room set. Beautiful 

sofa, coffee table, two end tables 

with shelves & drawer. All 

excellent condition! Perfect for 

condo, apt. $90. Will separate. 

708.301.0249. Leave Message. 

All wood pinette table &curio 

cabinet w. drawer $100. 

708.349.1145 

Brand new ladies bicycle. 

Light weight. Color blue. Asking 

$60 or best offer. Call Bob 

708.522.8338 

Cat, club house, scratch post & 

sleep area $10. Pet car booster 

seat, look out, new $12. 

773.552.7850 

Ceramic 7” pumpkin with lid, 

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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. 

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Girls Volleyball 

Normal’s size too much for Celtics in sectional final 

RANDY WHALEN 


Providence girls volleyball 

coach Lisa Muys wasn’t 

the least bit surprised that 

Normal University captured 

the title at the Class 3A Pontiac 

Sectional. 

That came when the Pioneers 

defeated Manteno 25- 

20, 25-17 on Nov. 1 to win 

their first sectional championship 

since 2011. Normal 

U-High (27-10) faced the 

host Titans in the Tinley 

Park Supersectional on Friday, 

Nov. 3. 

“That Normal team is 

a good team,” Muys said. 

“They are tall, physical and 

they are good. I don’t mind 

being beaten by a team that 

is good.” 

Unfortunately for Muys 

and the Celtics, that’s what 

happened. They were defeated 

by Normal U-High 

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

the semifinals of the Pontiac 

Sectional. 

“It was a tough matchup,” 

said Muys of facing 

the Pioneers. “We didn’t 

know them, but they were 

much bigger than us. They 

also have a good setter who 

has very good hands. The 

matchup was just tough for 

us.” 

The loss ended the campaign 

for Providence (21-17) 

in the sectional semifinals 

for the third-straight season. 

The Celtics last played for 

a sectional title in 2005 in 

Class AA. They last won one 

when they captured the second 

of two straight in 2001. 

Still, this season they won 

a regional for the third consecutive 

year after winning 

one (2010) in the previous 

nine seasons. The three 

straight regional championships 

is the first time since 

2000-2002 that Providence 

has captured three in a row. 

“We had a good season,” 

Muys said. “We finished 

third at the Rich East Tournament 

[on Sept. 23] and 

third in the Oak Lawn Invite 

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

West early in the 

season but lost to Lincoln- 

Way Central. We defeated 

Loyola, which was a nice 

win. We had some really 

good matches in going three 

with some teams like [Joliet 

Catholic Academy] and 

Wheaton St. Francis. 

“We had a team of five seniors, 

all of which started at 

some point, 10 juniors and a 

sophomore. We had a lot of 

defensive players, and only 

one girl that is 6-foot.” 

The Celtics graduate five 

seniors. They are: middle 

blocker/right side hitter Rachael 

Dion, libero Megan 

Kulpinski, libero/outside 

hitter Olivia Smagala, setter/ 

right side hitter Keely Tess 

and outside hitter Emma Urchell. 

But the 10 juniors and 

a sophomore are expected 

back. 

Tess, who is the only 

6-footer on the team, and 

sophomore outside hitter 

Izabela Gorys made All- 

Conference in the GCAC for 

Providence. 

Muys, who worked as a 

pediatric nurse for many 

years, has four children 

who all played volleyball at 

Sandburg, as well as the club 

and collegiate levels. She 

graduated high school from 

Andrew in 1982. Then, she 

embarked on an outstanding 

volleyball career at DePaul 

University, where she still 

holds records and was inducted 

in the school’s Hall 

of Fame in 2006. 

She’s coached at the club 

level for years, but she 

hadn’t coached high school 

since a lower-level coaching 

stop at Andrew in 1988. 

“It was a lot of fun,” she 

said. “The girls were awesome. 

We had a great team 

bond. Also, my assistant 

coach, Kyle Klaver [who is 

the Providence boys volleyball 

coach] was a huge help 

to me. Really, everyone was 

so helpful, positive and supportive. 

I look forward to being 

back next season.” 

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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.



Football 

Meyer’s major effort helps ensure quarterfinal appearance 

Celtics coast past 

Normal West at 

home in Round 2 

Chris Walker 


Steven Meyer’s initials 

are “S.M.,” so perhaps it 

makes sense that he played 

like “Superman” during 

Providence’s Saturday, Nov. 

4 Class 6A second-round 

game against Normal West 

in New Lenox. 

During a game in which 

the Celtics’ offense found 

ways to move the chains and 

put points on the scoreboard, 

Meyer did his part to ensure 

that the Wildcats did little 

of the same, as the Celtics 

rolled to a 33-7 victory. 

They advance to this Saturday’s 

quarterfinal game 

against St. Laurence (8-3), 

which beat Hinsdale South 

the same day. 

Meyer had the trifecta of 

big-time defensive plays, 

blocking a field goal, making 

a last-second tackle that 

saved a touchdown and then 

intercepting a pass in the end 

zone on that same drive. He 

did just about everything. 

Plus, he did this after intercepting 

two passes and 

scoring a touchdown the 

previous week in the playoff 

opener against Richards. 

One has to wonder if even 

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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) 

kryptonite can stop Meyer. 

“It’s been a good time to 

put everything together,” 

Meyer said. “In the regular 

season, you’re working on 

techniques and everything, 

and then you get pumped up 

for the playoffs, and, if you 

do the little things, the big 

plays are easy to make.” 

Providence (7-4) took a 

rare 2-0 lead less than three 

minutes into the game when 

Logan Anderson and Peter 

Spesia made a tackle in the 

end zone on a mishandled 

snap for a safety. The play 

came after Anderson’s brilliant 

53-yard punt that was 

downed at the Normal West 

1-yard line. 

“That was a great punt by 

Logan, and you could feel 

the momentum,” Meyer said. 

“You could see from their 

sideline that their mood had 

dropped, and we had them 

right where we wanted them, 

especially at home with the 

crowd going crazy and feeding 

off their energy.” 

The Celtics established 

their running game early 

and jumped ahead 16-0 on 

touchdown runs of 6 yards 

and 4 yards from quarterback 

Caden Kalinowski (17 

carries, 101 yards, 2 TDs; 

8-of-11 passing, 87 yards). 

“I have gotten more comfortable 

as the season has 

gone on,” Kalinowksi said. 

“But it also has to do with 

the type of season DeShon 

44-10 

Tim Carroll | Contributing 

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 

Thomas Czaja | Editor 

44-10 


Formidable schedule of Celtics has 

team well-prepared to continue 

playoff run to semifinal. 

• LW East 


• Batavia 

42-12 

Joe Coughlin | Publisher 


Like many Chicago Catholic League 

teams, the Celtics are built for this. 

• LW East 


• LW West 

[Gavin] has had.” 

Normal West (8-3) finally 

broke through the Providence 

defense on Adriel 

Fussell’s 11-yard touchdown 

run with 2:31 left in the first 

half, and the Wildcats looked 

to get even closer with a 

field goal seconds before 

the break, but Meyer’s block 

protected Providence’s lead 

at 16-7. 

“We were just one or two 

plays away from making this 

a whole different ballgame,” 

Normal West coach Darren 

Hess said. “It’s a game of 

one play here or there that 

could cost you. That’s what 

we experienced [on Saturday].” 

The Celtics wouldn’t allow 

the Wildcats any gamechanging 

plays the rest of 

the afternoon, nor would 

they surrender any more 

points. In its seven victories, 

Providence is allowing less 

than 11 points per game. 

Providence continued to 

increase its lead in the second 

half, getting a 32-yard 

field goal from Eduardo 

Favela midway through the 

third quarter, and then an 80- 

yard touchdown run from 

Gavin (21 carries, 160 yards) 

with 4:05 left in the quarter 

to make it a 26-7 game. 

“When you have a weapon 

like DeShon, the defense has 

to respect that,” Providence 

coach Mark Coglianese said. 

“Big plays are huge, especially 

this time of year.” 

Providence’s defense was 

in lockdown mode throughout 

the second half, shutting 

out the Wildcats. 

“We had made a lot of 

mistakes in the first half, and 

we were beating ourselves 

with mental mistakes,” Meyer 

said. “Coach Cogs said it 

comes down to playing with 

heart. He said we were up 

on the scoreboard, but we 

should be up more, so we 

played with more heart and 

came out victorious.” 

The Celtics added a 1-yard 

touchdown run from Jake 

Magurany with 2:40 remaining 

in the game to complete 

their scoring. 

Providence hasn’t played 

its next opponent, St. Laurence, 

since beating them 

38-0 in 2012, although many 

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Porters 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 

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. 

Tim Cronin/22nd Century Media 

year in 17:15 — was missing 

from this year’s group. 

Sophomore 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 point-scoring 

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. 

“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. 

Boys Cross Country 

Porters find bumpy road at state finals at Detweiller Park course in Peoria 

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 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, 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 Suburban Conference 

Blue Division race preceding 

the regional. 

Schelli finished 133rd 

overall and 102nd among 

team participants. Downers 

Grove North won the 3A 

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 

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. 

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



fastbreak 

Alumni Spotlight 

Beaumont finds place in Ouachita pack 

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. 

Brittany Kapa 

Contributing Editor 

Jorie Beaumont has embarked 

on a new adventure. 

Beaumont, a former 

member of Lockport Township 

High School’s girls 

cross country team, wanted 

to find a college that was 

both Christian-based and 

offered a degree in nutrition 

that was far away from 

home. 

“I love adventuring, and 

I love traveling,” Beaumont 

said. “I haven’t gotten a big 

opportunity to do that so far 

in my life. So, my parents 

said that if I got an opportunity 

to go somewhere far, 

and it worked out, that I 

could go.” 

During her search for 

colleges, Beaumont came 

across Ouachita Baptist 

University, located in Arkadelphia, 

Arkansas, and 

while there was no track 

team, they did have a small 

cross country team. She 

went on a campus visit and 

fell in love. Ouachita has 

a river running through it, 

lots of trees everywhere and 

a plethora of camping and 

hiking spots. They also offered 

a nutrition degree. It 

marked all of her requirements 

for a college, and the 

fact the university was in 

another state was appealing 

to Beaumont’s sense of adventure. 

Just as important to Beaumont 

was the type of team 

she would be on, and she 

liked that the other women 

were religious and that 

coach Steve Bostick was 

supportive. 

“I really wanted a coach 

that would be super supportive 

and just really encouraging,” 

Beaumont said 

about her final criteria for 

a college. “[Bostick’s] focus 

is more on the team and 

having fun but also working 

really hard.” 

This is Bostick’s second 

year coaching the cross 

country team at the school, 

and he does double duty 

by coaching the women’s 

swimming team, as well. 

“I also coach swimming, 

and on swimming, I have 

about 45 kids,” Bostick 

said. “So, to drop down to 

six to 10 girls, you really 

kind of get to know them 

better. It’s not just about 

athletics; we’re trying to 

help these young women 

become young adults. It just 

gives you more of that oneon-one 

time to spend with 

them and help them through 

college and all the stressors 

that come with growing 

up.” 

Even though the team is 

smaller — only 11 women 

are listed on the roster for 

the 2017 season — that 

smaller number appealed to 

Beaumont. 

Bostick is trying to build 

the cross country program 

at Ouachita, which is 

why when Beaumont 

reached out to him, he was 

a little surprised. 

“We’re down in Arkansas, 

and I never really 

thought about recruiting in 

the Illinois area,” he said. 

“[Beaumont] reached out to 

me, and it was kind of a nobrainer 

just because of her 

times and her academics.” 

Beaumont was awarded 

both an academic and athletic 

scholarship from the 

school. 

“It was a pretty easy decision 

on my part, and I was 

excited to have an athlete of 

her caliber,” Bostick added. 

Beaumont trained hard 

all summer, and Bostick expected 

big things from the 

freshman. 

“We did add three pretty 

good freshman this year, 

with Jorie being one of 

them,” Bostick said. 

Beaumont said she was 

excited to jump into school 

and cross country and get 

the season started. 

“I like just jumping in, 

getting ready and starting 

really quickly,” she said. 

As for her goals she had 

for the season, she just 

wanted to be a contributing 

member of the team and 

bond with her teammates. 

“I want to be able to be in 

the varsity runners and just 

to be up there,” Beaumont 

said. “More importantly, I 

just want to be able to contribute 

to the team and encouraging 

and be able to be 

able to create a great team 

atmosphere; that’s the most 

important thing for me.” 

Jorie Beaumont was one of the top runners for the Lockport 

Township girls cross country team before graduating this 

year and moving on to run at Ouachita Baptist University in 

Arkadelphia, Arkansas. 22nd Century Media File Photo 

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 

35 - This Week In 

34 - Athlete of the Week 

FASTBREAK is compiled by Editor Thomas Czaja, 

tom@homerhorizon.com.

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A pack of Porters 

runners traverse 

the course at the 

IHSA Class 3A 

state championship 

Saturday, Nov. 4, at 

Detweiller Park in 

Peoria. 

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