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Real estate and more
New Lockport brokerage finds innovation with
business model, Page 4
Cooking up a career
LTHS grad receives big boost to dream of
becoming a chef, Page 7
Season’s proceedings
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Attendees of national conference visit
Gaylord Building, I&M Canal, Page 3

2 | November 22, 2017 | The Lockport Legend calendar
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SATURDAY
Christmas in the Square
1-4:30 p.m. Nov. 25,
Central Square 222 E. 9th
St., Lockport. All ages
are invited to celebrate
the holidays with Santa.
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 lock
portpark.org.
Grapes and Grains Around
the Globe
2-7 p.m. Nov. 25, Embers
933 S. State St. Lockport.
There will be over 40 different
wines, beers and spirits
to sample. Tickets are $25 if
purchased by Nov. 24. Tickets
will be $30 at the door
and $20 for Port Noir wine
club members. Light appetizers
will be served. For
more information, contact
Kim Brehm at (815) 588-
8121.
MONDAY
Refugee Guest Speaker
4:30 p.m. Nov. 27, White
Oak Public Library, 121 E.
8th St. All ages are invted
to attend. The Lockport
area American Association
of University Women will
have guest speaker Ahlam,
who is a refugee and subject
of the book “A Disappearance
in Damascus, A
Story of Friendship and
Survival in the Shadow
of War.” For more information
on AAUW, visit lock
port-il.aauw.net.
WEDNESDAY
Paint Your Masterpiece
6-8 p.m. Nov. 29, White
Oak Library District Lockport
Branch Library, 121
E. 8th St., Lockport. This
event is for adults and
seniors as they recreate
Van Gogh’s masterpiece
Sunflowers step by step.
Registration is required.
For more information,
contact Deborah Lullo at
(815) 552-4260 or dlullu@
whiteoaklibrary.org.
Upcoming
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 lock
portpark.org.
Breakfast with Santa
9 a.m.-noon Sunday
Dec. 3, Homer Jr. Higher
School cafeteria, 15711 S.
Bell Road, Homer Glen.
Enjoy a delicious breakfast
with Santa that includes
sausage, eggs, pancakes,
fruit, and beverages. Tickets
are $7 in advance for adults
and $8 at the door. Seniors
and children ages 4-12 are
$6 in advance and $7 at the
door. Children age 3 and
under are free. Tickets can
be purchased at Our Mother
of Good Counsel Parish office,
16043 S. Bell Road.
For more information, call
(708) 301-6246.
5K Jingle Bell Walk-A-Thon
10 a.m.- Noon Saturday
Dec. 9, Challenge Fitness
Walking Trail, 1119 S.
Lawrence Ave. Lockport.
This 5K is a fundraiser
for those affected by Hurricane
Maria. Donations
are going to the Convoy
of Hope organization
and can be given at fun
draise.convoyofhope.org/
fundraiser/1182063. Participants
are asked to dress
in red, green, white or other
Christmas attire. Registration
is free at tinyurl.com/
jinglebellwalk. For more
information contact Tasha
Pitchford at (815) 573-
4461 or kzmommy365@
gmail.com.
Pancake Breakfast with
Santa
8-11 a.m. Sunday, Dec.
10, American Legion Post
18, 15052 Archer Ave.
Lockport. The Lockport
Cub Scout Pack 61 is hosting
their annual Pancake
Breakfast with Santa. Advance
tickets are $6 per
person and $7 at the door.
For more information, contact
Chris at girlchris_1@
yahoo.com.
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 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. 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
a 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.
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
please call (815) 838-
3621, ext. 0 or visit www.
lockportpark.org.
SilverSneakers
Challenge Fitness, 2021
S. Lawrence Ave., Lockport.
offers SilverSneakers
programs for seniors.
Classic Fitness is offered
on Mon-Thurs mornings
which will increase
muscle strength and range
of movement with a variety
of exercises, hand-held
weights, elastic tubing and
a chair. Yoga Stretch is offered
on Tuesday and Friday
mornings and helps moves
your body to increase flexibility
balance and range
of movement. SilverSneakers
classes are free to SilverSneakers
members and
$4 per class for walk-ins.
Visit www.lockportpark.org
or call (815) 838-3621, ext.
0 for details.
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. Open
to the public; group tours
available by reservation.
For more information
or tours call (815) 838-
5080 or visit www.will
cohistory.org.
Free Jazzercise Classes
The Lockport Jazzercise
Fitness Center, 102/104
MacGregor Road, Lockport.
Through a program
dubbed GirlForce, free
classes are being offered to
girls ages 16-21 in an effort
to empower young women,
give them a place to get fit,
learn healthy habits and find
a place they belong in their
communities. Call (815)
370-3751 for more information.
Senior Cards
1-3 p.m. Mondays and
Fridays, Gladys Fox Museum,
231 E. 9th St.,
Lockport. The senior Pinochle
Club meets twice per
week and does not require
registration or fees.
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the Lockport Legend | November 22, 2017 | 3
National PastForward conference features Lockport
Jessie Molloy
Freelance Reporter
The National Trust for
Historic Preservation’s annual
PastForward conference
paid a visit to Lockport
as part of its 2017 event in
Chicago this week.
The three-day conference
draws preservationists, architects,
and city officials
from around the country for
the event, which takes place
in a different city each year.
While the main event was
held at the Palmer House
Hotel in the Chicago Loop
this year, one of the convention’s
“field studies” was
the trip to Lockport to learn
about the I&M Canal National
Heritage Corridor.
The site spans the length
of the canal from the Chicago
River in Bridgeport to
the Illinois River in LaSalle-
Peru and became the first
National Heritage Corridor
designated by the U.S. government
in 1984. During
their bus ride down to the
Gaylord Building in downtown
Lockport, just under
40 conference attendees
learned about the areas the
canal travels through. Upon
their arrival, the conference
goers got to see the canal
itself before heading inside
the Gaylord Building.
Before attending their
scheduled lecture on the history
and development of the
I&M Canal, its heritage corridor,
and the surrounding
communities, the guests got
to experience the Gaylord’s
exhibits including its standing
first floor gallery dedicated
to the I&M canal and
the National Trust for Historic
Preservation’s current
second floor exhibit on the
old Joliet Prison.
The exhibit, which will
soon be closing out a year
long run at the Gaylord, highlights
the prison’s history,
Alex Cole, of Asheville, North Carolina, makes her way through the “Illinois Passage: Connecting
the Continent” exhibit Friday, Nov. 17, in the Gaylord Building. Photos by Laurie
Fanelli/22nd Century Media
features photos and original
items from the prison, and
discusses the efforts being
made to restore and preserve
it since its closure in 2002.
“Our goal is to figure out
a plan,” Pam Owens, the Director
of the Gaylord Building
and a member of the task
force working to preserve
the site, told the group. “The
state holds the property right
now and the buildings are
falling into disrepair, but we
have had positive movement
in recent months getting
them to talk about plans to
stabilize the site so it doesn’t
get worse.”
After the luncheon and
walking tour of the canal,
the group planned to drive
past the old prison building,
which was designed by
renowned Illinois architect
William W. Boyington, as a
last stop before heading back
to Chicago.
In addition to the Gaylord’s
exhibits and the luncheon,
students from Lewis
University created a small
booth in the building’s main
entrance to discuss the canal
and its connection to President
Abraham Lincoln with
the guests.
“Lincoln advocated for
the canal while he was in the
state legislature in Springfield,”
said Kole Torres, a student
who works for the Lewis
University History Center
and designed the exhibit.
Lewis’ History Center
provided the photos for the
prison exhibit and the director
of the school’s History
Center, Dr. Dennis Cremin,
was one of the coordinators
for the outing.
During the luncheon,
which was catered by the
building’s Public Landing
Restaurant, Jerry Adelman,
the president and CEO of
Openlands which helped
work to create the heritage
corridor, addressed the group
about the more detailed history
of the area and the canal.
“This tour has been great
setting the context and the
importance of looking at
things on a regional level
and engaging local communities,”
said attendee Eileen
Huggard, a city and regional
planning student at the Pratt
Institute in Brooklyn, New
York. “I’m very interested
in the regional approach to
preservation and planning,
so the fact that this was
the first dedicated historical
preservation area in the
country is especially interesting.”
While Huggard saw the
session as a history lesson,
another attendee, Joey Bryan,
a city planner from the
Nashville suburb of Franklin,
Tenn., planned on bringing
some of Lockport’s canal
ideas home with him.
“Franklin started as an old
Mill town but it’s growing
and shifting to a more corporate
focus now,” Bryan said.
“The Horpith River is pretty
much the life source of the
community and we’re looking
to do a riverfront walk,
so I wanted to see what they
had done here.”
While this was Bryan’s first
time attending the conference,
Huggard has attended four
others and says the field studies
are her favorite part.
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Cara Vonk, of San Carlos, California, takes a photo of the
I&M Canal.
“They’re always just wonderful,”
she said.
“I really enjoyed the
mixed group of people coming
together and I really
enjoyed seeing Lockport
and the Gaylord building,”
Bryan said. “This is very
well done. It tells the story
without making you feel like
you’re in a museum.”
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4 | November 22, 2017 | The Lockport Legend NEWS
lockportlegend.com
New Lockport brokerage
partners with organic market
Realtopia Real
Estate and Naked
Sprout Organic
Market team up
Jessie Molloy
Freelance Reporter
People entering the real
estate market in Lockport
will now have a fresh, new
option for their home search
following the grand opening
of Realtopia Real Estate this
week.
The agency held its ceremonial
ribbon cutting the
evening of Nov. 14 with a
Chamber of Commerce reception
at its State Street office
featuring refreshments
and live music by local musicians,
the Moonlight Pickers.
“We’re very excited about
any new business coming
into Lockport,” said Ron
Lif, president of the chamber’s
executive board. “They
seem to have a lot of energy
and we want to support and
encourage them as they get
started. We’re all looking
forward to working with
them.”
Ashley York, who owns
Realtopia with her husband
Andrew and cousin Kristen
Shedor, said they are trying
to be innovative and different
with their business model
at the agency.
“We’re going to incorporate
more technology into
our business to make things
easier for everyone,” she
said. “For instance, nobody
around here is allowing people
to use electronic earnest
money, you have to actually
go to the bank, which probably
means taking time off of
work and it’s a hassle. That
was one of the first things I
sought out how to do when
we started.”
Representatives from Realtopia Real Estate gather for a
photo Nov. 14 during a ceremonial ribbon cutting at the
new office located at 936 S. State St. in Lockport. Jacquelyn
Schlabach/22nd Century Media
The Yorks have backgrounds
in IT and Management
Information Systems,
which they plan on utilizing
to keep their company on
the “cutting edge of technology.”
And while all three
owners have been in real estate
for several years, they
only started their own business
in July.
“I know it sounds cliche,
but we just set out to make a
company we would want to
work for,” Shedor said.
One of the unique ways
they did this was by striking
a partnership with another
Lockport business, Naked
Sprout Organics Market.
Realtopia’s office space
is located right next door to
Naked Sprout and is being
co-leased by Realtopia and
Naked Sprout owners Laurie
Sloan and Tisha McGary.
“Me and Kristen are very
on-board with natural stuff
and yoga and we thought
we’d try something different
by incorporating that
into our agency,” York said.
“We’re going to have a wellness
plan for all our agents
and try to incorporate fun
events like yoga Fridays to
make it a fun place to work.”
Due to its partnership with
Naked Sprout, even the office
space itself is a bit unconventional
with a large,
open, coffee shop-like space
at the front and a smaller private
office in the back.
“The office in the back
is definitely more theirs for
discussing confidential financial
meetings,” McGary
said. “But we’re going to be
using some of the front more
often for our yoga lessons
and wellness seminars and
community outreach.”
The hope is that members
of the community coming
into the space will see Realtopia’s
listings in the office
or remember the business
and spread the word, or that
real estate customers will be
inspired to explore the offerings
of the organic shop.
McGary also said that other
local business owners and
residents would be welcome
to rent out part of the front
space to promote their own
goods and services.
“We’re all about community
outreach, so we want to
do anything we can to help
people promote their business
and benefit their lives,”
she said.
“There are a lot more businesses
like this with a more
open space in the city, and
we thought it would be a
good idea to try to bring it
out to the suburbs,” Ashley
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the Lockport Legend | November 22, 2017 | 5
City Council
School facilities impact fees could see 80 percent reduction
Budget for FY 2018
gets approval
Jacquelyn Schlabach
Assistant Editor
The ongoing discussion
on the reduction in school
facilities impact fees was the
main focus at the Nov. 15
Lockport Committee of the
Whole meeting.
Officials came to a consensus
of an 80 percent reduction
of the impact fees,
along with a removal of the
four percent annual fee escalator.
At the Nov. 7 City Council
meeting, City Administrator
Ben Benson presented information
to the council about
the potential reduction of the
school facilities impact fees
by 50 or 100 percent.
The impact fees provide
school districts with funds
for new buildings, additions
and improvements in
an effort to compensate any
shortfalls as a result of residential
growth, as previously
reported by The Legend.
“We have run some other
numbers in regards to 70 or
75 percent, but the effectiveness
of those numbers and
running those don’t change
the bottom line that much,”
Benson said. “A 75 percent
reduction is $15,903 versus
an 80 percent reduction
at $15,530. I think a couple
hundred dollars is probably
not going to make a big difference
one way or another.”
Included in the city ordinance
of taxing bodies that
receive money, aside from
the school districts and high
school, are the fire districts
and the library.
Third Ward Alderman
Darren Deskin suggested
that the $100 library impact
fee be eliminated completely
or be subject to the 80 percent
reduction.
“I can’t comprehend how
a new home is going to have
an impact on the facility at
the library,” Deskin said.
“They already have a brand
new facility since this was
brought up.”
However, Deskin was in
favor of increasing just the
Homer Township Fire District
fee from $250 to $500
because of their financial
stress, and keeping the other
fire districts at $250.
Third Ward Council Member
Jason VanderMeer was
not in favor of Deskin’s proposal
because he believes it
adds unnecessary complexity
by doing different rates
for different fire districts.
“Homer Township Fire
District has a funding issue
and they have to solve
that with their constituents.
I don’t think it’s a Lockport
City thing,” VanderMeer
said.
First Ward Alderman Jim
Petrakos, who will abstain
from voting on the issue,
asked that the council remain
fair and not judge different
taxing bodies on who needs
money and who doesn’t.
Any taxing body will have
two weeks to appeal the 80
percent reduction proposal if
they feel it isn’t a good number,
Mayor Steve Streit said.
After that, it will be voted
on, and if approved, take effect
Jan. 1, 2018.
FY 2018 Budget approved
During the City Council
meeting, the council unanimously
approved the budget
for the upcoming fiscal year.
The budget was presented
at the Oct. 18 meeting and
a public hearing was held
Nov. 1.
As noted in the budget,
$9.9 million of excess reserves
will be used to fund
infrastructure projects
throughout Lockport. It’s
part of the city’s approach
to improve roads and water
quality. There is also an operating
surplus of $146,800
included in the budget.
Lockport police officers
and community members
recognized
Several Lockport Police
officers were recognized at
the Nov. 15 meeting for their
various acts of heroism and
dedication to the department.
Officer Vincent Vitacco
was awarded Officer of the
Year in October because of
his dedication and performance
on traffic related issues.
Officer Kevin Brauch
and auxiliary officer Michael
Chen were presented with the
meritorious conduct award.
Auxiliary officer Robert
Tague was also awarded for
his dedication to the police
department.
Veterinarian Dr. Paul
Nevin and assistant Carrie
Budzinski at All Pets Hospital
were each given an award
for their continued care of the
department’s K-9 Citgo.
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Fatigue
Hair Loss
Constipation
Low Libido
Cold Hands/Feet
Insomnia
Depression/Anxiety
Heart Palpitations
Muscle Weakness
Muscle Aches/Pains
Digestive Problems
Are your thyroid symptoms worsening while your doctor says your lab
tests look “normal”?
Have you been told you have Hashimoto’s and there’s nothing else that
can be done?
Are you tired of suffering year after year with no hope for better health?
Do you suffer with thyroid symptoms because you are being misdiagnosed
and poorly managed?
“Do you wonder why, even though you are on thyroid medication,
you still suffer with all of the symptoms of your thyroid condition? Or
maybe initially you felt better on your thyroid medication until all the
symptoms started to come back? You are cordially invited to get your
questions answered and learn about new protocols in the management
and support of many thyroid conditions-including Hashimoto’s
and Graves Disease.” ~Dr. Ed Beyer
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the Lockport Legend | November 22, 2017 | 7
Aspiring private chef earns Kendall College scholarship
LTHS graduate has
passion for putting
his spin on dishes
Thomas Czaja, Contributing
Editor
From an early age, Tim
Behland has found himself
enthusiastically cooking
and learning in the kitchen.
When he was really
young, he began to help his
parents, seeing how different
meals were made. The
lifelong Homer Glen resident
grew from there, getting
involved with E-FACS
at Lockport Township High
School, a club with a focus
on family consumer science
areas, including foods.
During his time as a Porter,
he competed nationally
for the school as part
of Team Illinois, finishing
second his junior year and
seventh his senior year as
part of three-person teams
representing the state in culinary
competitions in 2016
in San Diego and 2017 in
Nashville.
The Class of 2017 graduate
of LTHS was the No.
1-ranked culinary student in
Illinois both of those junior
and senior years. For the
competitions, Behland said
Kendall College in Chicago
sponsored the team, making
his college choice an easy
one.
“We got to work at [Kendall’s]
kitchens with their
chefs and really improved
our skills and practiced before
competing,” Behland
said. “I really decided Kendall
was where I’d really
like to go. I knew it was
definitely the right place.”
The decision to attend
Kendall College has paid
off, as Behland, 18, was
awarded the Dean’s Scholarship
from the school. As a
result, he gets a substantial
amount cut from his tuition
with the understanding he
LTHS graduate Tim Behland recently earned the Dean’s Scholarship from Kendall College in Chicago, where he is
pursuing a culinary career as a private chef. Photo submitted
will attend the college all
four years without a break
in between. Behland added
many students opt to take
a summer or winter quarter
off, but to keep his scholarship,
he won’t.
“It’ll help me stay focused
and learn a lot,” he
said. “I know kind of from
high school you learn stuff
one year then take summer
vacation and forget stuff.
This will help keep that
knowledge and remember
everything.”
The way Kendall is structured,
students begin with
basic classes ranging from
learning what cooking is
to basic skills needed. Due
to his experience, Behland
was able to test out of those.
The classes he is taking
build off of each other;
while he may not have all
the general education courses
of other colleges or universities,
a subject like math
and its varying levels may
be substituted for accounting
for food costs, tying
more into the culinary field.
As he progresses through
the program, he may get
the chance to participate in
the dining room, where students
cook meals and work
in there or the cafeteria, creating
and serving fare.
Behland looks forward to
all the things to come, but
the youthful cook said he
does not have a signature
dish at this point, though he
enjoys making fish — and
not so much baking.
“I like cooking fish; it’s
something basic,” Behland
said. “I like trying cooking
fish, cooking lots of meats.
I don’t like baking, dessert
making in general. I’m not
the best at it, but you have
to be really precise.
“What I like most about
cooking rather than baking
and pastry is not to follow
the recipe but throw all
these things in there ... it is a
little bit easier trying to express
myself.”
In regard to what his future
may hold down the
line, Behland currently envisions
himself as a private
chef working individually
with people rather than in
a restaurant. For him, it is
rewarding knowing people
like his food and making
something that others will
enjoy.
“When you plate a dish
and bring it to people, that
part of you is on that plate,”
Behland said, again emphasizing
the importance of
showing one’s unique touch
in their cooking. “It’s really
everybody experiencing
you in one way when you
plate something.”
Behland’s mother, Cheryl,
said she and her husband,
Tim Sr., were “thrilled beyond
words” that their son
received the scholarship,
allowing him a chance to
attend Kendall, which she
said is one of the top culinary
schools in the country,
without having to worry as
much about tuition.
“His heart was set on
Kendall,” Cheryl said. “It’s
just the best news a parent
could hear. We knew some
dreams were coming true
and were beyond words excited.”
She credits the culinary
programs at LTHS for preparing
her son to step into
his career path, along with
his start in the kitchen with
the family, whether making
Christmas cookies each
year – a Behland tradition
– or making one of his
“Timmy sandwiches” as a
young child, which consisted
of buttered and jellied
slices of bread put together
with a piece of cheese in the
middle.
“He’s always known
cooking is where he sees
himself,” she added. She
said Tim Jr. got a pasta mak-
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want her to be able to look
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what my parents and my
aunt created.’”
In addition to their unusual
business model and
partnership, the Yorks took
it upon themselves to create
a unique look for their business
decorating the entire office
themselves, down to the
wooden flooring and tables
in the office and common
area which Andrew built
himself.
“His background is in IT,
but he just likes to do this
kind of stuff,” Ashley said.
“I think it’s really pretty cool
because we know it’s all
very unique and we didn’t
have to go trying to shop
around for what we knew we
wanted for the space.”
Realtopia real estate is located
at 936 S. State Street in
downtown Lockport.
Feeding those in need
LTHS clubs assist Lockport Woman’s Club with Food Basket program
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Recently, members of the Lockport High
School Robotics Club and the LTHS Interact
Club helped members of the Lockport Woman’s
Club pack and sort food for its biannual
Food Basket program.
Approximately 40 families, identified by
local school officials, were given a variety of
food. The LWC purchased the food from the
Northern Illinois Food Bank.
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Publisher asks readers to spread
the joy this holiday season
Holiday Card Contest
returns for 2017
Bill Jones, Managing Editor
The holiday season is here,
and, if we’re being honest,
we are tired already.
We worked around
the clock to produce this
50-plus-page 2017 Holiday
Guide that has made your
paper so thick this week. We
have been working on short
deadlines. We are dealing
with people’s ever-so-pleasant
“holiday vibes.”
Doldrums, yo.
We need a burst of joy, an
infusion of energy, a sign of
peace on earth and goodwill,
to, like, all men and women
and such. We need holiday
cards.
And it is with that in mind
that publisher 22nd Century
Media officially is announcing
the return of its Holiday
Card Contest for 2017.
You know the one: You
send us your best homemade
Christmas cards, the most
boastful of year-end letters
(we welcome the facetious
variety with open arms), children’s
drawings of mommy
kissing Santa Claus, photos
of the family we surely keep
from year to year to see how
much everyone has changed
over time — basically, whatever
it is you send out to your
loved ones to show you still
think about them at least once
a year, when presents are on
the line.
By now, we know you’re
100 percent familiar with the
rules — you would never forget
something so important
— but we are going to run
through them one more time,
just for our peace of mind.
We want to see your
coolest Christmas cards —
homemade wonders, unique
presentations, sassy jokes,
beautiful envelopes.
We also want to read your
The Prizes
A look at the prizes to be awarded to one winner in each of
the categories.
Best in Show
• A certificate good for two tickets for the Blue Man
Group at the Briar Street Theatre in Chicago (some
restrictions apply).
• A gift card valued at $50 for Mr. Benny’s Steak &
Lobster House, 19200 Everett Lane in Mokena.
• A five-class pass ($70 value) for Gawea Yoga, 1000
S. State St. in Lockport.
• Four Play Passes for free admission to the KidsWork
Children’s Museum, 11 White St. in Frankfort.
Funniest
• 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.
• A gift certificate valued at $25 for Chesdan’s Pizzeria
& Grille, 15764 S. Bell Road in Homer Glen.
• Four unlimited play Power Cards for Dave & Buster’s,
49 Orland Park Place.
year-end letters. Who got sixfigure
jobs this year? Who in
the family has a bun in the
oven other than the Christopsomo?
Straight-A students
— you know we want to hear
about it (you’ve seen our
School News section; you
know).
We want holiday photos.
Goofy, tropical or traditional
— let’s see ’em.
Whatever it is you do for
the people you love during
the holidays (PG-13, please),
simply address these things to
Managing Editor Bill Jones,
and mail them to 11516 W.
183rd St. Unit SW Office
Condo 3, Orland Park, IL,
60467. Make sure the items
somewhere include a name
and a phone number at which
we can reach you, should you
happen to win the contest, as
well as your hometown.
We will accept submissions
through 5 p.m. Thursday,
Dec. 21. (You get your
cards out before then, right?)
They must be received (not
postmarked) by that day,
so please make sure to give
yourself enough time for holiday
mail service.
The entries will be evaluated
by our editorial staff
and judged in two categories:
Best in Show and Funniest.
We will pick one winner in
each of the categories from
across all seven of the towns
covered by 22nd Century Media’s
Southwest office: Orland
Park, Tinley Park, Frankfort,
Mokena, New Lenox, Lockport
and Homer Glen.
In addition to awarding
prizes (detailed in the sidebar),
we plan to publish images
or transcripts of our
winners in print, along with
a few of our other favorites.
We do have three important
rules to follow.
• We are allowing only one
entry per household for this
contest.
• The entry must be from
this holiday season.
• Electronic entries are
accepted and can be sent to
bill@opprairie.com.
So, like, start sending us
stuff.
Utility construction to
impact traffic in Lockport
Work on State Street
to last approximately
a month
Submitted by the City of
Lockport
Nicor Gas and NPL began
utility relocation work on
Monday, Nov. 20, in Lockport.
The work is to take place
CHEF
From Page 7
er last Christmas and makes
good homemade pasta dishes,
along with phenomenal
steak and chicken entrees.
“Part of the joy knowing
what you’re doing in the
kitchen is you can concoct
these things.”
The elder Tim Behland,
who does a majority of the
cooking between he and
his wife, gave an example
of his son’s acumen in the
kitchen. When making a
steak, the younger Tim is
able to get the meat to come
out perfectly medium rare,
medium well or whatever
he is going for, whereas dad
may not be as precise.
“He sees things a different
way,” Tim Sr. said. “One
of the fun things is watching
him do plating. I make a
meatloaf and mashed potatoes,
and he’ll take potatoes
on the plate and arrange the
meatloaf in a different pattern,
like something in a
high-end restaurant.
“For dinner, he plates his
a certain way.”
That signature touch is
one his father sees not only
with his son’s plating, but
with his dishes in general,
as Tim Jr.’s creativity with a
on State Street from 8th
Street to 10th Street in
downtown Lockport. The
work is anticipated to last
four weeks.
Traffic will be impacted
in the area during the utility
relocation. State Street
will have one southbound
lane open to traffic and two
northbound lanes open to
traffic during construction.
One southbound lane and the
on-street parking lane will
meal is readily evident. Tim
Sr. said that many young
cooks often may strictly
follow a recipe exactly as
it is listed, but his son isn’t
afraid to put out his own
twist.
Time will pass on, and the
aspiring private chef will
continue to learn and accentuate
his own spin on dishes.
be closed for the duration of
the project.
There will also be the potential
for additional temporary
lane closures as needed
during the construction process.
This includes an overnight
closure of 9th Street
at State Street with a detour.
This closure is anticipated to
take place over the course of
three nights.
All businesses will remain
open during construction.
Tim Behland plates a dish. The cook enjoys leaving his
own signature on each meal he creates. Photo submitted
“I like doing [that personal
spin],” Tim Jr. said.
“It makes it feel more personal
to you that it’s not
just here’s a cheeseburger
made 500 times. You might
make something more like
filet mignon exactly how I
would want to eat it, and not
how somebody else would
do it.”

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Lockport resident Sandy Melovic
submitted this photo she took of a
cardinal perched on a fence in her
backyard.
Have you captured something unique,
interesting, beautiful or just plain fun on
camera? Submit a photo for “Photo Op”
by emailing it to max@lockportlegend.com,
or mailing it to 11516 W. 183rd St., Office
Condo 3 Unit SW, Orland Park, IL, 60467.
Brody
Jon, Jen, Matthew and Madison, Lockport residents
Finn is 3 years old, but is still a playful puppy.
He loves to play fetch with his toys, frisbees, and
especially tennis balls. With a houseful of baseball
and softball players he gets many runs. Sometimes,
its hard to keep playing in the dog days of summer
when temps and humidity are high, but he tries really
hard to keep going.
Do you want to see your pet pictured as Lockport’s Pet of the
Week? Send your pet’s photo and a few sentences explaining
why your pet is outstanding to Editor Max Lapthorne at
max@lockportlegend.com.
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the Lockport Legend’s
Standout Student
Sponsored by Marquette Bank
Holiday Tree
Lighting
Diego Islas, Taft School seventhgrader
Diego Islas was chosen as Standout Student
for his excellence in the classroom.
What is one essential you must have when
studying?
One essential I must have when I am
studying is earbuds because I feel that studying
with music helps me focus more on what
I am reading.
What do you like to do when not in school or
studying?
Things that I like to do when I am not at
school or studying is hanging out with my
friends, playing sports or listening to music.
What is your dream job?
My dream job for when I am older would
be working for NASA. This is because I am
obsessed with learning about space.
What are some of the most played songs on
your iPod?
Some of the most played songs on my
iPod are electronic or EDM songs like Alan
Walker- “Faded,” Alan Walker- “Spectre” and
Cartoon- “On & On” featuring Daniel Levi.
What is one thing people do not know about
you?
One thing that people don’t know about
me is that I am trying to teach myself how
to play the piano because I think that it could
be cool to play.
Whom do you look up to and why?
Someone that I look up to is my family
friend Eric. I look up to him because he grew
up here in Lockport and he is now in his final
years at Stanford University. This is motivation
for me to do better in school so I can be
very successful.
Who is your favorite teacher and why?
My favorite teacher is Mrs. Valentine. This
is because she makes my favorite school
Photo Submitted
subject fun and easy to learn. Another reason
is that she makes learning fun with all the
labs we do in class.
What is your favorite class and why?
My favorite class is science class for many
reasons. One of the reasons being that we do
a lot of fun things in this class that help us
learn at the same time. Another reason is that
since other kids like science class it is more
enjoyable for me.
What is one thing that stands out about
your school?
One thing that stands out about our school
is that since it is a K-8 school everyone here
is like a giant family that works together.
What extracurricular(s) do you wish your
school had?
Two extracurriculars that I wish my school
had are electronic music class and foreign language
classes. This is because I think myself
and many others would enjoy these classes.
What is your morning routine?
My morning routine starts by waking up at
6 a.m. almost every day for basketball practice.
I go to practice at 7 to 8 a.m. and I start
school every weekday at 8:30.
If you could change one thing about school,
what would it be?
If I could change one thing about school
it would be that we should invest a bit more
money into the reconstruction of the 09 side
of the school.
What is your best memory from school?
My best memory from school is that I got
a letter saying that I was eligible to join Beta
Club/Junior Honors Society.
Standout Student is a weekly feature for The
Lockport Legend. Nominations come from Lockport
area schools.
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6:30 PM
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Meet
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Sing Carols with
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FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT
Scouts’ food drive donates
40,000 items to local
pantries
“Do a good turn daily.”
This is the slogan of the
Scouts and on one day in
particular, Nov. 12, local
Scouts exceeded this mission
by collecting, sorting
and donating truckloads of
items of food to local pantries
for the 15th annual New
Lenox Scouts Food Drive.
Lincoln-Way West served
as the central hub for all
of this generosity, as Boy
Scouts, Girl Scouts, Cub
Scouts, Brownies and other
volunteers came together
to organize approximately
40,000 items of nonperishable
food, good-heartedly
given by more than 11,000
area residents.
“We’re really excited,”
said the event’s organizer
Bill Thomson, who works
with Boy Scout Troop 755
out of New Lenox. “A lot of
these kids have been doing
this for many years. My kids
have been doing it for 12 —
and this is the 15th year, so
it’s a milestone event for us.”
More than 700 Scouts
joined forces to participate
in the New Lenox Scouts
Food Drive, and the event
was made even more special
by involving the entire community.
Seeing the community
come together in such a positive
way is one of the driving
motivations for Troop 12
member and Lincoln-Way
West student Daniel Fish to
keep volunteering his time
year after year.
“I love seeing how the
whole community comes out
to help everyone,” he said.
“It’s really nice and helps a
lot of people, even people
outside of New Lenox. This
also is a great way for people
to get service hours for high
school and for Boy Scouts.”
Reporting by Laurie Fanelli,
Freelance Reporter. For more,
visit NewLenoxPatriot.com.
FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER
Lincoln-Way East alumnus
performs in ‘Newsies’
production
From the stage of Lincoln-
Way East High School to the
stages of the Chicago area,
Liam Quealy always has
enjoyed putting on a good
show.
The Mokena native and
member of the Griffins class
of 2005 is a cast member in
the Marriott Theatre production
of “Newsies,” which
runs through Dec. 31 in Lincolnshire.
The Tony Awardwinning
musical is based
on the newsboys’ strike of
1899, in which newsboys, or
“newsies,” created their own
union to protest distribution
price hikes implemented by
two of New York’s major
newspaper publishers: Joseph
Pulitzer and William
Randolph Hearst.
Quealy has acted in a
number of Chicago area productions
— including roles
in “Tommy,” “Cats” and
“A Christmas Carol,” and
has credits with several regional
theaters. He also has
performed Off-Broadway
in “Dear Edwina” and participated
in a national tour of
“Fiddler on the Roof.”
What he loves most about
acting is the ability to have a
real impact on the audience,
he said.
“Being able to alter someone’s
life — even if it’s just
for the 30 seconds from
when leaving their seats to
getting into their car to go
home — being able to affect
people, it means a lot,”
he said.
Reporting by Nuria Mathog,
Editor. For more, visit
MokenaMessenger.com.
FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE
Woman reportedly grabbed
knife teen held to her neck
during robbery attempt
A 43-year-old woman who
had a knife pressed to her
throat by a would-be robber
was able to grab it and force
the Park Forest teenager to
walk away at an Orland Park
drug store.
Officers responded shortly
after 6:30 p.m. Nov. 14 to
the Walgreens at 7960 W.
159th St. in reference to an
armed robbery, according
to a press release issued the
next day by the Orland Park
Police Department.
Jakhari Carrell, 18, of 3
Sauk Court, allegedly entered
the store, walked to
the rear of the building and
placed a knife to the woman’s
throat in an attempted
robbery. But she was able
to grab the knife and started
screaming, which caused
Carrell to walk away, police
said.
Carrell was accompanied
into the store by Sylvina
Marquez, 22, of 15616
Center Ave. in Harvey, police
said. When the victim
notified a Walgreens employee
of what happened
and police were summoned,
Carrell gave the knife to
Marquez, who hid it in her
purse, according to the press
release.
Upon their arrival, police
reportedly located both Carrell
and Marquez still inside
the store. While being held
in Orland Park lockup, Carrell
damaged a mattress in
the cell in which he was being
held, police said.
Carrell was charged with
one count each of attempted
armed robbery, a Class 1
felony; aggravated battery,
a Class 3 felony; and criminal
damage to property, a
Class 4 felony. Marquez
was charged with one count
of obstruction of justice, a
Class A misdemeanor.
Reporting by Bill Jones, Editor.
For more, visit OPPrairie.com.
FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION
Student-athlete shows
passion for photography,
cinematography
Vejune Sidaugaite is a
middle hitter on the Tinley
Park girls volleyball team,
and she also plays on the
school’s girls basketball
team. But there are a couple
of things that are more important
to the senior.
When she was 12 years
old, Sidaugaite got her first
camera.
“I made a short film with
my friends,” she said. “Immediately
after, I knew
that’s what I wanted to do
with the rest of my life. I
took pictures here and there,
but not seriously until last
year. ... I’ve been more [focused]
on photography right
now, but I do want to do
filmmaking in the long run.”
Her focus on photography
arose almost exactly a year
ago, when she and her sister
were dressed up for Thanksgiving.
“We were like, ‘Why
don’t we go take some pictures?’”
Sidaugaite said.
“We just drove around and
took pictures, and they ended
up being pretty good. I
started doing that more and
more.”
But the senior felt that she
could be telling a greater
story.
“I kind of felt that I didn’t
have a purpose behind taking
the pictures, so that’s
when I started reaching out
to companies and brands,
and started taking pictures
for brands,” she said.
With some advice from
people who had made money
taking branded photos
before, Sidaugaite has since
been able to land side gigs
taking photos.
At 17, Sidaugaite already
is being paid for her passion.
Reporting by Tim Carroll,
Sports Editor. For more, visit
TinleyJucntion.com.
From THE FRANKFORT STATION
The Flower Cottage
celebrates anniversary with
food, friends and chamber
ribbon cutting
It has been 25 years of
hard work with no end in
sight, but Patricia Field,
owner of The Flower Cottage
in Frankfort, said she
would not trade it for the
world.
She has been with people
through the good times and
the bad, through sickness
and health. Her flowers
help celebrate the best days
in people’s lives, as well as
some of the hardest. Field
said most of her business
comes from wedding and
funerals, but she does arrangements
for a number of
other, smaller events and occasions,
as well.
“You never know where
something is going,” Field
said. “This could be flowers
that they’re ordering for
somebody’s hospice, mom
or dad, and it could be the
last thing that somebody
ends up looking at.
“Then, you know, making
someone’s day with a wedding
or making someone’s
day a little bit easier with a
funeral — that’s what we do
here, and every little thing is
important.”
An endeavour that began
in 1992 with just the help
of her sister has now grown
to include multiple employees,
delivery service and an
extensive gift shop. Field
said it was her and her sister’s
dream to open the
shop, and her sister has
since moved on to pursue a
career as a veterinary technician.
“Now, I am here with my
staff, and I just eased into it,”
Field said. “And it became
very easy for me, and I think
this is where I’m supposed
to be now.”
Reporting by Amanda Stoll,
Assistant Editor. For more, visit
FrankfortStation.com.
Lockport
man cited
for loud
exhaust,
suspended
license
Nicholas Rouse, 34, of the
300 block of State Street in
Lockport, was charged with
loud exhaust and for driving
with a suspended driver’s license
Nov. 12 after his vehicle
was stopped by Lockport
police for loud exhaust.
Lockport Police Department
Nov. 11
• Marten Molina-Reyes,
37, of Fenwood Street in
Bolingbrook, was charged
with using a cellphone while
driving and driving without
a valid driver’s license after
being stopped for using a
cellphone while driving.
Nov. 12
• Jenna McCloud, 26, of
the 4000 block of Harvey
Avenue in Chicago, was
charged with driving with a
suspended driver’s license
and driving with an expired
registration after her vehicle
was stopped for having an
expired registration.
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
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From the editor
Giving thanks for Thanksgiving
Max Lapthorne
max@lockportlegend.com
The holiday season is
officially upon us.
Whether we like
it or not, temperatures
have dropped, Christmas
decorations are popping up
and Mariah Carey is taking
over the radio waves. The
holidays are a hectic time
for most people. We have
to coordinate get-togethers
with friends and family
and buy them gifts while
also remembering to take a
few moments to enjoy the
season ourselves.
In the flurry of Christmas-related
happenings
at this time of the year,
Thanksgiving has become
an afterthought. It has
become more known for
the day of inebriation that
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shopping that follows it
than for the holiday itself.
And not that I sit around
every year waiting for
Thanksgiving, but I do find
its overshadowing a bit
disheartening.
To be clear, this is not an
indictment of the commercialization
of Christmas
— that’s a discussion for
another day — but rather
an acknowledgement of
a holiday that is too often
celebrated with one eye on
Christmas.
It’s easy to get carried
away with our day-to-day
lives and forget to take
a step back every once
in awhile to appreciate
where we are and all the
people who helped us get
there. For me, Thanksgiving
serves as an annual
reminder to get together
with the people we love
most and appreciate what
we have. And even though
some people may feel like
they have nothing to be
thankful for, everyone has
at least one person or one
thing in their life that
keeps them going and
inspires them on a daily
basis.
I’d be remiss if I didn’t
thank my wonderful family
and friends who do more
for me than I’ll ever be able
to express to them. And
I’d also like to thank all of
The Legend’s loyal readers.
Without all of you, there
would be no community
for us to report on, and we
appreciate your support.
We also enjoy covering the
multitude of events this
time of year that exhibit the
giving nature of Lockport
residents. You can find a
couple of those stories in
this week’s issue on Pages
8 and 19.
Thanksgiving is an unassuming
holiday without any
traditions of gaudy decorating
or frantic gift-giving.
Its lack of frills allows
people to enjoy it for what
it is — an opportunity to
give thanks. So I would
encourage everyone not to
fall into the trap of breezing
through Thanksgiving
while concerning yourself
with Christmas, because the
thanks we give each other
over turkey and mashed
potatoes this week mean
much more than anything
you’ll find under the Christmas
tree.
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Homer 33C Specialized Instruction Program students learn
life skills to expand classroom curriculum, Page 17
Eighth-graders (left to right) Alexander Heidelberg, Nick Korosa and Payton
Myers learn to prepare meatballs for lunch Wednesday, Nov. 15, in St. Coletta’s
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16 | November 22, 2017 | The Lockport Legend FAITH
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FAITH BRIEFS
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.
No Experience Necessary
Bible Intro
For times & dates call office
(815) 838-2091.
Dartball
7 p.m., first, third and
fourth Tuesdays of the month.
Worship
9:30 a.m. Sundays.
Communion
First Sunday of the month.
Voices
9:45 a.m. Sundays. Children’s
program which helps
them discover the Messiah
through stories, drama and
crafts.
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.
Communion
First Sunday of the month.
Gingerbread House Making
6:30 p.m. Dec. 1. The
annual gingerbread house
making night requires
an RSVP to the church
office by Nov. 28 with the
number of houses you plan
to build and how many people
are attending. There is
a donation of $3 per house.
Please bring one box of
frosted Pop Tarts for each
house you build. For more
information contact (815)
838-1017.
Joliet Seventh-Day Adventist Church
(21514 W. Division St., Lockport)
Saturday Services
9:30 a.m. Sabbath school;
10:45 a.m. Worship Hour.
Prayer Meeting
7:30 p.m. Wednesdays.
Attendees can share their
praise reports and prayer requests.
The call-in number
is (530) 881-1200. When
prompted enter the access
code: 761835 then the #
key. The prayer line is free,
and there is no additional
cost beyond regular phone
charges.
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
Saturday Mass
4:30 p.m.
Sunday Mass
8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and
11:15 a.m. All are welcome.
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@saintdennis.org
or call (815) 838-
2592 for more information.
Assumption Greek Orthodox Church
(15625 S. Bell Road, Lockport)
Sunday Services
8:15 a.m. Orthros; 9:30 a.m.
Divine Liturgy; 10 a.m. Sunday
School. For more information,
call (708) 645-0652.
THRIVE Church (1605 Washington St.,
Lockport)
Worship Services
10 a.m. service; Meet and
greet with coffee at 9:30 a.m.
and Children’s Church — infant
to fifth grade — also at
10 a.m. New summer hours;
all are welcome to join for
coffee, fellowship, worship
and the word.
Thrive Youth
7 p.m. Wednesdays night
youth gatherings
Thrive Small Groups
6:30 p.m. Tuesdays night
gatherings
Women’s Bible Study
7-8:30 p.m. Every other
Monday. The group meets at
Charity McCarthy’s home in
Lockport. For more information
you can reach her at char
itymccarthy1@gmail.com.
Upper Room
7:30 p.m. Saturday
nights. Upper Room is for
18-35 year olds to gather for
a time of worship, teaching
and fellowship at the Buck’s
home in Homer Glen. For
more information, contact
Phil and Nicole Buck at pnbuck@att.net.
Shepherd of the Hill Lutheran Church (925
E. 9th St., Lockport)
Sundays Service
9 a.m. and 10:35 a.m.
Saturday Service
5 p.m.
Bible Study
9:30 a.m. Wednesdays
Weight Watchers
5:30 p.m. Tuesdays weighin,
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”
First Baptist Church of Lockport (800
Thornton St., Lockport)
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.
Grace Baptist Church (501 N. State St.,
Lockport)
Sunday Schedule
9:30 a.m. Sunday school;
10:45 a.m. Morning service;
6 p.m. Night service.
Cross Point Church of Lockport (17530 W.
Fox Hollow Drive, Lockport)
Sunday Service
10 a.m. For more information,
call (815) 838-9105.
St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church
(312 E. 11th St., Lockport)
Worship Services
8:30 a.m. Sundays, Holy
Eucharist; 9:15 a.m., Adult
and Children’s Formation
(every second and fourth
Sunday of the month); 10:30
a.m., Holy Eucharist. Every
Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. Morning
worship; 7 p.m. Evening
Worship.
Holy Eucharist
8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Sundays. For more information,
call (815) 834-1168 or
email office@stjohns-lock
port-il.org.
Wednesday Services
9:30 a.m. Wednesdays.
12 Step Meetings
8 p.m. Mondays, 7 p.m.
and 11:59 p.m. Fridays.
Christ United Methodist Church (224 Bruce
Road, Lockport)
Holy Communion
First Sunday of the month.
For more information, email
pastorchristumclockport@
gmail.com.
Sunday Service
10:30 a.m. Sundays. For
more information, call (815)
726-1041.
Bible Study
10 a.m. Wednesdays.
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (1500 S. Briggs
St., Lockport)
Divine Worship
5:30 p.m. Saturdays and 9
a.m. Sundays with Fellowship
to follow at 10 a.m. For
more information, call (815)
838-1832.
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church (18101
W. Oak Ave., Lockport)
Sunday Services
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 Assistant
Editor Jacquelyn Schlabach at
j.schlabach@22ndcentury
media.com or call (708) 326-
9170 ext. 15. Information is
due by noon Thursday one
week prior to publication.
In Memoriam
Sartori
Carol A. Sartori (Nee
Kasprzycki), 75, of Lockport,
died Nov. 14. She is
survived by her husband,
Anthony Sartori; her daughter
Lynn (Andrew) Onderisin;
grandson Andrew Jr.
(Lindsey) Onderisin; and
many nieces and nephews.
She lived in Lockport most
of her life before moving
to Morris. She was a member
of St. Dennis Church in
Lockport, Lockport Moose
Lodge #1557 and Lockport
Moose Lodge Camping
Club. Services were held at
O’Neil Funeral Home chapel.
Interment Resurrection
Cemetery. In lieu of flowers,
memorials to a charitable organization
of donor’s choice
would be appreciated.
Bambalas
Laura T. Bambalas (nee
Vertucci), 67, of Lockport,
died Nov. 13. She is survived
by her children, Anthony
(Valerie) Bambalas,
Brandi (John) Kamper and
Jamie (Aaron) Jerkatis; her
brother Nick (Kim) Vertucci;
sisters Vicki (Sonny)
Vaickus and Cyndi (John)
Feigl; and six grandchildren.
She was born in Chicago
and lived in Lockport
for 25 years. Services were
held at O’Neil Funeral
Home chapel. Interment St.
Casimer Cemetery. Family
and friends can sign the
online guestbook at www.
oneilfuneralhome.com.
Have someone’s life you’d
like to honor? Email max@
lockportlegend.com with
information about a loved one
who was a part of the Lockport
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Homer 33C students learn daily skills through hands-on learning
Students in Homer
33C program visit
St. Coletta’s once a
month
Jacquelyn Schlabach
Assistant Editor
Doing laundry can sometimes
feel like a chore.
Cooking dinner is usually a
hassle.
Students from the Specialized
Instruction Program at
Hadley Middle School and
Homer Jr. High School are
learning to do both of these
daily tasks and more once a
month at St. Coletta’s Transition
Town in Tinley Park.
To them, it’s not a chore or a
hassle — it’s fun.
Thirteen fifth- through
eighth-graders — five from
Homer Jr. High, and eight
from Hadley — began their
visits to St. Coletta’s, a nonprofit
organization that provides
resources and services
for special needs individuals,
in September. For five
hours one Wednesday a
month, the junior high and
middle school students learn
a variety of skills: measuring
ingredients, working
small appliances, sorting
clothes, treating stains and
even helping in the General
Store in St. Coletta’s Transition
Town to stock items and
manage inventory for things
that go to 25 group homes.
Their most recent visit
to the nonprofit came on
Wednesday, Nov. 15.
“I’m a big believer not just
what we do educationally for
kids, but across settings and
into the home,” said Becky
Cortesi-Caruso, director of
special services for Homer
33C.
Cortesi-Caruso developed
this program for the special
education students in partnership
with St. Coletta’s
to “give them access to life
beyond the classroom.” She
received a grant through the
state that pays for the program
and is provided at no
charge to the students.
“I know some of the parents
have reached out and
said, ‘Thank you for what
you’re doing for our kids,’
and that makes my day,”
Cortesi-Caruso said.
Brandy Kuczkowski, who
is the culinary arts instructor
manager at St. Coletta’s
and works with the seventh-
Please see 33C, 18
Sixth-grader Saja Albahlooz stocks toilet paper Wednesday, Nov. 15, during Homer 33C’s
Specialized Instruction Program’s most recent visit to St. Coletta’s Transition Town General
Store. The toilet paper will go to 25 group homes. Jacquelyn Schlabach/22nd Century Media
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Kelvin Grove students
featured in ILMEA Festival
Submitted by Kelvin Grove School
On Nov. 4, the Illinois Music Education
Association Elementary and Junior High Division
held its annual District I Music Festival
at Lincoln-Way Central High School in
New Lenox.
Kelvin Grove students Rileigh Rubar
(Alto Saxophone - band) and Evelyn Moan
(Soprano - chorus) auditioned and were selected
to represent Lockport School District
91 at the festival. The festival involved more
than 500 students selected from more than
60 schools throughout the southwestern metropolitan
Chicago area.
More than 1200 of the total 5840 Illinois
schools participate in the 26 ILMEA fall festivals
throughout the state each year. More
than 24,000 students in Illinois perform in
these yearly festivals.
The Festival Band conducted by William
Jastrow, the Chorus conducted by Robert
Boyd and the Orchestra conducted by Michael
Hopkins presented a public Festival
Finale Concert held in the Lincoln-Way
Central High School Field House at 3 p.m.
that day. Appearing in concert were the
150-member festival band, the 100-piece
festival orchestra, and the festival chorus
numbering more than 150 voices.
Making
their mark
Lockport Woman’s Club
statue relocated to library
Kelvin Grove students Evelyn Moan (left)
and Rileigh Rubar represented Lockport
School District 91 at the Illinois Music Education
Association festival. PHOTO Submitted
33C
From Page 17
and eighth-graders in the
kitchen, said she believes
this partnership helps the
students not only learn new
skills but learn to become independent.
“They can absolutely
utilize this in life [and] at
home,” Kuczkowski said.
“Everybody needs some
type of passion and understanding
of how to feed
themselves, so this program
really introduces different
skills as far as measurements
and they can equate
it to math. As they get older,
it promotes more independence,
as well.”
Since working with the
students in September, Kuczkowski
has helped them
make chicken and waffles,
meatballs, homemade pizza
dough and sauce from
scratch.
“You don’t want to give
them too much, but you
don’t want to hold them
back, either,” Kuczkowski
said. “You want to challenge
them. That’s how they learn,
by challenging them.”
Before the program started,
Kuczkowski and Cortesi-
Caruso brainstormed together
an individualized plan
for the students in regard to
learning in the kitchen. It
has given Kuczkowski a lot
of hope moving forward in
terms of children with special
needs and the activities
they can do on their own.
“To see how far that they
come from start to finish,
even with just the few lessons
that they’ve come and
done, they’re already picking
up different skills on
how to measure and equating
it to daily life skills,”
Kuczkowski said.
The program will continue
through April, when
the students will prepare a
luncheon for their parents
at their last visit to St. Coletta’s.
Jen Hesek, who is
the special education teacher
for the seventh- and eighthgraders
at Homer Jr. High,
said seeing her students excel
in the activities they do
and get so excited about is
rewarding for her.
“Even from the first time
to now, it’s like little things
they’re picking up, and I like
to see that growth and even
their confidence, too,” Hesek
said.
The visit to St. Coletta’s
once a month is on their
classroom calendar, and the
students are always eager to
know when they get to go
next.
“Starting Monday, it’s all
we heard about was St. Coletta’s
on Wednesday,” Hesek
said.
Before the students arrive
at St. Coletta’s, Hesek asks
each of them to identify a
goal they would like to accomplish,
and when they return
to school after the day
is over, they identify a goal
they would like to accomplish
at their next visit.
“For me, just seeing the
students be successful and independent,
that’s really what
it’s all about,” Hesek said.
Cari Clarida, who is the
special education teacher for
the fifth- and sixth-graders
at Hadley, said that the goal
she has for the program is
for the students to see that
what is taught in school is
always used outside of the
classroom.
“It enhances the skills that
we’re already teaching in the
classroom,” Clarida said.
The vision is to continue
this program for next year
and for years to come. Annette
Skafgaard, who is the
executive director at St. Coletta’s,
said that Homer Jr.
High and Hadley are the first
schools to partner with them,
but other schools are now
interested and will partner
with them soon.
“I’m progressive, and I
like to think outside the box
in terms of our special needs
kids,” Cortesi-Caruso said.
Submitted by the Lockport Woman’s
Club
The Lockport Woman’s Club donated
a statue to the City of Lockport
to commemorate the 100th anniversary
of the club.
Donated in 2002, the statue was
recently relocated from Central
Square to the White Oak Library
District Lockport Branch Library.
This is fitting because the LWC
was instrumental in the establishment
of a public library more than
100 years ago.
Lockport Woman’s Club President Chris Wallace
stands next to a statue donated by the club to the
City of Lockport. Photo submitted
St. Coletta’s Rita Sherrill (right) works with fifth-graders Saja Heshneh and Nicky Vargas to
assemble LEGO blocks together as one of their learning activities at the nonprofit. Jacquelyn
Schlabach/22nd Century Media

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the Lockport Legend | November 22, 2017 | 19
Lockport organization gets $2,500+ donation
100+ Women Who
Care Will County
gives latest donation
to Bags of Hope
Submitted by 100+ Women
Who Care Will County
Local charities won big
during the November meeting
of 100+ Women Who
Care of Will County.
On Nov. 14, 100+ WWC
of Will County presented
their $2,558 donation to
Bags of Hope and voted that
their next donation would
go to Center for Disability
Services.
Bags of Hope president
Lana Howe and VP Desiree
Vernooij spoke to the members
about how the donation
would be used and about
the good the charity does
locally. Bags of Hope is a
non-profit organization dedicated
to ensuring students
do not go hungry outside of
school. Each week a backpack
filled with food is sent
home with students from
area schools in Lockport,
Joliet and Plainfield.
In addition to giving Bags
of Hope, the donation during
the quarterly hour-long
meeting, the 100+ WWC
members nominated and
voted on which new charity
would receive the November
donation. The two
charities presented were
Center for Disability Services
and Give Something
Back Foundation.
The majority vote went
to Center for Disability Services
and every member
wrote a $100 check on the
spot directly to Center for
Disability Services. The donation
should reach $4,000.
Open enrollment will be
held for the next week for
anyone interested in becoming
a member and donating.
All checks collected in that
time frame will be written
to Center for Disability Services.
100+ WWC is a philanthropic
group formed for local
women who are interested
in supporting their communities
by contributing to Will
County charities together as
a group to increase the donation
impact.
All 100+ WWC members/teams
make a pledge
FUNERAL SERVICES DIRECTORY
Members of 100+ Women Who Care Will County donated
$2,558 to Bags of Hope, which helps feed children in the
Lockport area. Photo submitted
to donate $100 four times
a year. All charities nominated
must be located in,
and serve Will County
and must have 501(c)(3)
non-profit status.
For more information,
visit www.100wwc-will.
org or find 100+ WWC on
Facebook.
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the Lockport Legend | November 22, 2017 | 21
The Dish
Slim Chickens hopes to hold court at Orland Square
Orland Parker brings
Arkansas franchise
to southwest
suburbs
Bill Jones, Editor
“The food court
was in dire
need of a new
restaurant. I felt
like it needed a
spark.”
Faris Ballouta — Slim
Chickens’ Orland Park
franchisee
Slim Chickens
288 Orland Square Drive
in Orland Park
Hours
• 10 a.m.-9 p.m.
Monday-Saturday
• 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday
For more information ...
Web: slimchickens.com
Faris Ballouta is no
stranger to Orland Square
and its food options.
The 20-year Orland Park
resident already owns a
Red Mango and Doc Popcorn
inside the confines of
the mall, but he thought
the food court options were
lacking.
“The food court was in
dire need of a new restaurant,”
as Ballouta put it. “I
felt like it needed a spark.”
So, he decided to turn
slim pickins into a Slim
Chickens.
Ballouta, 28, said he was
inspired by his travels to the
South.
“We’ve been wanting to
bring a chicken place to the
Orland area,” he said. “In
the South, they just have
great chicken. I just really
wanted to bring Southern
chicken to Orland Park.”
Slim Chickens started in
2003 in Fayetteville, Arkansas,
where Ballouta said
he first tried it. He said he
was drawn to the chain’s
approach to poultry, which
is now available at more
than 60 locations across 11
states. It is fresh — never
frozen — and hand-breaded
at the store, he said. It also is
cooked to order, rather than
kept under heating lamps,
but customers still generally
go from ordering to eating
within a few minutes.
While the Slim Chickens
business model is focused
on both fried chicken tenders
and wings, the Orland
Square location offers an
express menu, predominantly
focused on the tenders
plate (prices vary by
size), which gives diners
fried chicken strips along
with french fries, as well
as a choice of 15 dipping
sauces.
The business also offers
a chicken and waffles plate
($8.49), which smothers the
fried chicken and a waffle
in both butter and syrup for
Slim Chickens’ take on a
Southern classic.
The opening of the restaurant
the afternoon of
Nov. 17 saw Slim Chickens
faced immediately with
lines of people looking to
try it out. And Ballouta said
the opening right before the
holidays was strategic, to be
ready to go when the mall is
at its busiest starting Black
Friday, Nov. 24.
“Once people try our
food, they’re going to come
back,” he said.
The chicken and waffles plate ($8.49) at Slim Chickens in Orland Square bathes both of the aforementioned items in butter
and syrup. Photos by Bill Jones/22nd Century Media
Slim Chickens is located inside the food court at Orland
Square, offering an express version of the franchise’s
menu.
The tenders plate (prices vary by size) comes with french
fries and a choice of Slim Chickens’ 15 dipping sauces.

22 | November 22, 2017 | The Lockport Legend PUZZLES
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crosstown CROSSWORD & Sudoku
The crosstowns: Frankfort, Homer Glen, Lockport, Mokena, New Lenox, Orland Park, Tinley Park
Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur
Across
1. Put in place
7. Biochemistry abbr.
10. Satellite based positioning
13. American desert
14. Novelist O’Flaherty
15. Before of yore
16. Prepares for firing
17. Swenson of “Benson”
18. Homer’s TV neighbor
19. Calendar abbr.
20. Stand out student at Lincoln
Way East, Lily ____
21. Air quality tester: Abbr.
22. World clock standard
24. “Jo’s Boys” author
26. “Darn!”
27. Real estate ad abbr.
28. Bird dung
29. Yeats’ country
30. Deli order
32. Diana’s family name
35. Kafka heroine
37. Software delivery model
38. Analyzer
41. Cyberhandle
45. Mark for life
46. Andrew alumna selected
to play for Florida softball,
____ Christner
49. Temperature controls,
briefly
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51. Monopoly property
52. French nobleman
53. Word with “potato” and
“pepper”
54. More sensible
55. ___ polloi
57. Words before distance or
glance
58. Org.
59. Buckingham, for one
62. Spy novelist, Deighton
63. Insurance company for
military personnel and their
families
64. Passed, as time
65. Refrain syllable
66. Designer andartist, Maya
___
67. Understands
Down
1. Rascal
2. Neither’s partner
3. Japanese massage
technique
4. Pound (down)
5. Typically
6. Article in France-
Soir
7. Carnival game
8. Bedevil
9. Make ___ of
10. Type of prescription
drugs
11. Whip up
12. Cooler
14. Rest atop
20. Trademark, with
Victor
22. Watchdog’s
warning
23. Mrs., from
Marseilles
25. Leg exercise
26. Like heavy fog
31. Introduce to the
company, with on
33. St. ___ Girl
(German beer)
34. Recliner
36. Bill Clinton, e.g.
38. Driveway type
39. Two-wheeler
40. Woodstock
group
42. Tires
43. Hosp. area
44. U.S. Army
medal
47. “Mefistofele”
role
48. One photocopier
tray: Abbr.
51. Operatic voices
54. Israel’s first
king
56. Earthen water
pot
59. UPS delivery:
Abbr.
60. Mushroom
61. MS. workers
LOCKPORT
Port Noir
(900 S. State St.,
Lockport; (815) 834-
9463)
■■4-7 p.m. Monday-Friday:
Happy Hour
■■8-10 p.m. Thursdays:
Comedy Bingo
■■8-11 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays: Live
Band
■■7-11 p.m. Sundays:
Open Mic Night
The Outpost Pub & Grill
(14929 Archer Ave.,
Lockport; (815) 836-
8893)
■8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays and
Thursdays: Live DJ and
Karaoke
Strike N Spare II
(811 Northern Drive,
Lockport; (708) 301-
1477)
■8-11 ■ p.m. Wednesdays:
Quartermania
■7-10 ■ p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays: Cosmic
Bowl
HOMER GLEN
Mullets Sports Bar and
Restaurant
(14903 S. Bell Road,
Homer Glen; (708) 645-
7000)
■7 ■ p.m. Wednesdays:
Trivia
MOKENA
The Alley Grill and Tap House
(18700 S. Old LaGrange
Road, Mokena; (708) 478-
3610)
■9 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Karaoke
Fox’s Restaurant and
Pub
(11247 W. 187th St.,
Mokena; (708) 478-8888)
■6 ■ p.m. Thursdays,
Fridays and Saturdays:
Performance by Jerry
Eadie
FRANKFORT
Pete Mitchell’s Bar & Grill
(21000 Frankfort Square
Road, Frankfort; (815)
464-8100)
■6-8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays:
Free N’ Fun Bar
Game. Free to
play.
To place an event
in The Scene, email
a.stoll@22ndcenturymedia.
com.
answers
How to play Sudoku
Each sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that
has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3x3
squares. To solve the puzzle, each row, column and
box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9.
LEVEL: Medium
Sudoku by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan

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the Lockport Legend | November 22, 2017 | 23
Aug. 16
• 1020 Grandview Ave.,
Lockport, 60441-3647 - Marie
M. Spencer to Noreen J. Sullivan,
$175,000
• 1212 Shoals Drive, Lockport,
60441-2225 - Blalock Trust
to Jason Horvath, Heather J.
Horvath $214,500
• 14947 High Road, Lockport,
60441-5860 - Jaime A. Moreno
Jr. to Christopher Pajak, Beata
Pajak $274,000
• 15331 S. Oak Run Court,
Lockport, 60441-3901 - A &
J Construction Inc to Matthew
C. Juras, Michelle M. Juras
$462,500
Aug. 17
• 101 Macgregor Road,
Lockport, 60441-2711 - Michael
Dennis Lawson to Scott Parrino,
Jennifer Staros $174,000
• 16746 Mohican Drive,
Lockport, 60441-4384 - Gino
Russo to Steven J. Anderson,
Nancy V. Anderson $310,500
• 17436 Bonneville St.,
Lockport, 60441-4889 - First
Midwest Bank Trustee to
Barbara A. Burke, $282,000
• 2007 S. Hamilton St.,
Lockport, 60441-4616 -
Efrain J. Mendoza to Patrick
J. Shaughnessy, Frances M.
Shaughnessy $194,000
Aug. 18
• 1010 Madison St., Lockport,
60441-3448 - Kerri J. Kristoff to
Michelle Stamm, $260,000
• 16659 W. Arbor Terrace,
Lockport, 60441-7618 -
Marquette Bank Trustee to
Stephen Panozzo, Lisa Schmitz
$275,000
Aug. 21
• 17108 Burton Ave., Lockport,
60441-4608 - Cook Trust to
Christopher C. Applegate, Leslie
J. Applegate $320,000
Aug. 22
• 15312 S. Edgewood Drive,
Lockport, 60441-7620 -
Richard L. Goodwin to Ronald
D. Rupnow, Aura Alina Rupnow
$260,000
•16352 S. Downing St.,
Lockport, 60441-3151 - Kevin
Doyle to Laura M. Valentine,
Bryan A. Schuldt $334,000
•18071 Highland Ave., Lockport,
60441-1019 - Bwc Holdings III
LLC to Michael J. Cole Jr., April L.
Cole $450,000
•319 E. 15th St., Lockport,
60441-4205 - David Marino to
Deann Falat, $205,000
Aug. 24
• 1044 Ashley Court N. 1C,
Lockport, 60441-3849 - Felicia
A. Koonce Trustee to Colleen C.
Pacione, Donna L. Cavanaugh
$135,000
•1073 Ashley Court S. 1A,
Lockport, 60441-4010 - Chicago
Title Land Trt Co Ttee to
Patrice Roche, Carolann Roche
$123,000
•1320 Argo Lane, Lockport,
60441-3337 - Argo Lane Llc to
Vince O. Martinez, $138,000
•17805 Cinnamon Court,
Lockport, 60441-4761 - Shawn
W. Mann to Scott Samuelson,
$240,000
Aug. 28
• 1027 Ashley Court S. 1A,
Lockport, 60441-4022 - John
Del Coiro to Angela Apgar, Oliver
T. Apgar $125,000
• 16131 W. Switch Grass Road,
Lockport, 60441-4116 - M I
Homes of Chicago Llc to Crystal
R. Price, $319,500
The Going Rate is provided by Record
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The Lockport Legend’s
Enjoy a Northwoods meets Tiger Woods feel in this
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Course’s 9th fairway.
What: Located in Lockport’s Broken Arrow
Subdivision but inside Homer Glen 33C district
lines, this two-story townhome has three
bedrooms, 2.5 baths, walk-in closet, a loft, finished
basement, two-car attached garage and deck
overlooking the golf course.
Where: 17225 Arrow Head Drive, Lockport
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Amenities: This home features 1856 square feet of
living space that feels like you’re living in a single
family home. All new windows, exterior entrance
door, exterior sliding patio door with internal
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were all installed in 2015. New water filtration
system, new fireplace insert and gas starter set up
were installed in 2016 and finally, all new decking planks were installed in 2017.
Asking Price: $229,500
of the
WEEK
Listing Agents: Colleen & Michael McLaughlin, The McLaughlin Team,
Coldwell Banker Residential (708) 606-2881, realtorcolleen4u@yahoo.com,
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Want to know how to become Home of the Week? Contact Tricia at (708) 326-9170 ext.
47.

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1003 Help Wanted
Part Time Administrative Assistant Position
The Homer Township Fire Protection District is currently
seeking applicants for a part-time Administrative assistant
position. This position is responsible for a variety of business
related administrative tasks and reports directly to the Fire Chief.
The administrative assistant is responsible for a variety of office
tasks; including but not limited to accounts receivable entries,
answering phones, greeting visitors, maintaining files, taking
minutes at board meetings, coordinating workers compensation
claims, processing FOIA requests, preparing correspondence and
reports. Position requires at least 2 years prior office experience.
The qualified individual must be detail oriented possessing
excellent organizational, communication and data entry skills.
Must be proficient with accounting software (QuickBooks a plus)
and Microsoft Office programs (excel, word); power point a plus.
Candidate must be able to meet deadlines, retain accurate files
and handle multiple projects.
This is a part-time position that will begin ASAP. Successful
candidate may work up to 30 hours per week. Starting pay is $15
per hour.
Please submit an application along with a resume including a
cover letter to:
Fire Chief Locacius.
Homer Township Fire Protection District,
16050 S Cedar Road, Lockport, IL 60491.
All applications must be received by December 1st, 2017
Equal Opportunity Employer
F/T and P/T RESIDENTIAL CLEANING
PROS NEEDED!
START IMMEDIATELY! Up to $13/hr plus tips and
bonuses. APPLY NOW!
15868 WOLF RD, ORLAND PARK
708.873.9044 - MaidPro.com
customer_service_chisw@maidpro.com
SALES ASSISTANT
Due to our rapid growth and
expansion, Tinley Park
industrial mfg. Sales office
seeks exp’d, detail-oriented
Sales Assistant for full-time
position. A Sales Assistant at
ARC does both sales, secretarial
& customer service
functions. This is a very
diversified position in our
FAST-PACED office. The
ideal candidate must be
HIGHLY MOTIVATED and
needs to possess strong organizational
& communication
skills. Excellent computer literacy
needed, including MS
Word & Excel. Industrial
cust. service exp. req’d. Repeat
customer & supplier contact.
No telemarketing, no
cold calling req’d. Competitive
salary & benefit pkg incl.
401K. Send letter & resume
to: cstratton@aerorubber.com
Help
Wanted
WALK-IN INTERVIEWS
EVERY TUESDAY,
THURSDAY & FRIDAY
OF NOVEMBER!
9:00AM- 3:00PM
Part-Time Shuttle Driver/Yard
Worker For Tinley Park,
Orland Park, Frankfort and
Mokena area! Become a
Driver with Vehi-Ship LLC!
We are contracted with Ford
to ship their Ford Explorers,
Police Interceptors, and
Taurus’, from the plant to the
local railyards.
To become a driver with us:
- You must be over the age of
23
- Have a clean Motor Vehicle
Record
- Reliable with an excellent
work-ethic
- Safety Orientated
Interviews will be held at
Vehi-Ship office
920 W. 175th ST. Suite 6
Homewood, IL
1003 Help
Wanted
Are you made for ALDI?
HIRING EVENT
We are looking for Store
Associates, Casual Store
Associates, and Shift
Managers for the following
locations:
Frankfort, Tinley Park,
Bourbonnais, Orland
Hills, and Orland Park
Casual and Store
Associate - $13.00/HR
(starting wage)
Shift Manager -
$17.50/HR* (starting
wage) *when performing
Manager duties
Please visit the following
location on Wednesday,
November 29th between
the hours of 7am-11am or
1pm-6pm to complete an
application:
ALDI (new location)
16000 Harlem Avenue
Tinley Park IL 60477
Fairmont School District
89 is looking for a
P/T Lunchroom/
Recess Monitor
Qualified candidate will
supervise students at lunch
& recess, circulate
throughout cafeteria during
mealtime, ensures students
are orderly and will perform
other duties as assigned.
Interested candidates
may apply online at
www.fsd98.org
Inside Sales, Embroidery,
and Screen Printing
Experience preferred.
Please apply in person:
Same Day Tees
112 S. First St, Peotone
Relocating January 2018
to 9525 Laraway Rd,
Frankfort.
Snow Plowers Wanted
Experienced Plow Drivers,
Owner/Operators &
Sidewalk Crews. Local
routes; quick payouts.
708.687.8091
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Victorian Village in
Homer Glen is seeking a
F/T Housekeeper.
Must possess a minimum
12th grade education or its
equivalent. Exp. preferred.
Apply on Indeed.
1021 Lost &
Found
FOUND: APPLE IPAD
Found on Tues 11/8 at 9300 W
151st Street. Contact Jim at
708-846-1969
1023 Caregiver
Caregiver Services
Provided by
Margaret’s Agency Inc.
State Licensed & Bonded
since 1998. Providing
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Live-in/ Come & go.
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1074 Auto for
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z28 1995 Camaro
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easy mi, minor paint damage
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Deck & Fence
Repair, Rebuild or
Replace
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SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ES-
TATE of 16935 LILAC LANE,
LOCKPORT, IL 60441 (SINGLE
FAMILY HOME WITH AT-
TACHED 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: 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
PURPOSE.
SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ES-
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.
Case No. 15CH 1821 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
$244,751.71 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
PURPOSE.
SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ES-
TATE of 17451 Sauk Drive, #E,
Lockport, IL 60441 (White vinyl
siding and red brick, two story
townhouse with attached two car
garage). On the 7th day of December,
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 NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION Plaintiff V.Stacy
a. Sheenan, Unknown owners and
non-record claimants Defendant.
Case No. 15CH 1933 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
$145,097.91 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
PURPOSE.
SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ES-
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.
Case No. 16CH 1270 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.
SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ES-
TATE of 333 East 18th Street,
Lockport, IL 60441 (n/a). Onthe
14th day of December, 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: MID-
FIRST BANK Plaintiff V. DAVID
A COOPER Defendant.
Case No. 16CH 1584 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
$49,167.11 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
PURPOSE.
2702 Public
Notices
Certificate No. 31895 was filed in
the Office of the County Clerk of
Will on November 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
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR
DEBT COLLECTION PRAC-
TICES ACT YOU ARE AD-
VISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM
IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO
COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED
WILL BE USED FOR THAT
PURPOSE.
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) SS.
COUNTY OF WILL )
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIR-
CUIT
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
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
County Courthouse Annex, 57 N.
Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet,
IL 60432, sell at public auction to
the highest and best bidder orbidders
the following-described real
estate:
LOT 25IN PARKSIDE ESTATES
SUBDIVISION-PHASE 1, BEING
A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF

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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
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
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
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:
Plaintiff's Attorney
MIKE KELLEY
Sheriff of Will County
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR
DEBT COLLECTION PRAC-
TICES ACT YOU ARE AD-
VISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM
IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO
COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED
WILL BE USED FOR THAT
PURPOSE.
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) SS.
COUNTY OF WILL )
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIR-
CUIT
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
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
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
Public notice ishereby given that
pursuant to ajudgment entered in
the above cause on the 19th day of
April, 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
County Courthouse Annex, 57 N.
Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet,
IL 60432, sell at public auction to
the highest and best bidder orbidders
the following-described real
estate:
LOT 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
THE THIRD PRINCIPAL ME-
RIDIAN ACCORDING TOTHE
PLAT THEREOF RECORDED
AS DOCUMENT NO.
R2001058918, IN WILL
COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Commonly known as:
14443 WEST ETCHINGHAM
DRIVE, LOCKPORT, IL, IL
60441
Description of Improvements:
SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH
ATTACHED 3 CAR GARAGE.
P.I.N.:
16-05-21-406-007-0000
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%)
at the time of sale and the balance
within twenty-four (24) hours. No
judicial sale fee shall be paid by
the mortgagee acquiring the residential
real estate pursuant to its
credit bid at the sale or by any
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or
other lienor acquiring the residential
real estate whose rights in and
to the residential real estate arose
prior to the sale. All payments shall
be made in cash or certified funds
payable to the Sheriff of Will
County. Judgment amount is
$244,751.71 plus interest, cost and
post judgment advances, if any.
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
hereby notified that the purchaser
of the unit, other than amortgagee,
shall pay the assessments and legal
fees required by subdivisions
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and
the assessments required bysubsection
(g-1) of Section 18.5 of the
Illinois Condominium Property
Act.
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03
(J) ifthere is asurplus following
application of the proceeds of sale,
then the plaintiff shall send written
notice pursuant to 735 ILCS
5/15-1512(d) to all parties to the
proceeding advising them of the
amount ofthe surplus and that the
surplus will beheld until aparty
obtains acourt order for its distribution
or, in the absence of an order,
until the surplus is forfeited to
the State.
FOR INFORMATION PLEASE
CONTACT:
PIERCE AND ASSOCIATES
1 N. Dearborn Suite 1300
Chicago, Illinois 60602
P: 312-346-9088
F:
Plaintiff's Attorney
MIKE KELLEY
Sheriff of Will County
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR
DEBT COLLECTION PRAC-
TICES ACT YOU ARE AD-
VISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM
IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO
COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED
WILL BE USED FOR THAT
PURPOSE.
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) SS.
COUNTY OF WILL )
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIR-
CUIT
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSO-
CIATION
Plaintiff,
vs.
Stacy a.Sheenan, Unknown owners
and non-record claimants
Defendant.
No. 15 CH 1933
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
Public notice ishereby given that
pursuant to ajudgment entered in
the above cause on the 17th day of
December, 2015, MIKE KELLEY,
Sheriff of Will County, Illinois,
will on Thursday, the 7th day of
December, 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:
PARCEL 1:LOT 13-1, IN NA-
VAJO COACH HOMES PHASE
1, BEING A RESUBDIVISION
OF LOT 6IN BROKEN ARROW,
BEING A SUBDIVISION OF
PART OFSECTION 30, TOWN-
SHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 11,
ACCORDING TOTHE PLAT OF
SAID RESUBDIVISION RE-
CORDED SEPTEMBER 12, 1995
AS DOCUMENT R95-67518, IN
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
PARCEL 2: EASEMENT FOR
THE BENEFIT OF PARCEL 1AS
CREATED BY DECLARATION
FOR NAVAJO COACH HOMES
ASSOCIATION RECORDED
NOVEMBER 22, 1995 AS
DOCUMENT R95-91128 AS
AMENDED FROM TIME TO
TIME, FOR INGRESS AND
EGRESS OVER COMMON
AREA LOTS CA-1 AND CA-2
AS DEPICTED ON THE NA-
VAJO COACH HOMES PHASE 1
SUBDIVISION RECORDED
SEPTEMBER 12, 1995 AS
DOCUMENT R95-67518,
AFORESAID.
Commonly known as:
17451 Sauk Drive, #E, Lockport,
IL 60441
Description of Improvements:
White vinyl siding and red brick,
two story townhouse with attached
two car garage
P.I.N.:
16-05-30-316-009-0000
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%)
at the time of sale and the balance
within twenty-four (24) hours. No
judicial sale fee shall be paid by
the mortgagee acquiring the residential
real estate pursuant to its
credit bid at the sale or by any
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or
other lienor acquiring the residential
real estate whose rights in and
to the residential real estate arose
prior to the sale. All payments shall
be made in cash or certified funds
payable to the Sheriff of Will
County. Judgment amount is
$145,097.91 plus interest, cost and
post judgment advances, if any.
In the event the property is acon-
dominium, in accordance with 735
ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and
(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and
765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are
hereby notified that the purchaser
of the unit, other than amortgagee,
shall pay the assessments and legal
fees required by subdivisions
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and
the assessments required bysubsection
(g-1) of Section 18.5 of the
Illinois Condominium Property
Act.
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03
(J) ifthere is asurplus following
application of the proceeds of sale,
then the plaintiff shall send written
notice pursuant to 735 ILCS
5/15-1512(d) to all parties to the
proceeding advising them of the
amount ofthe surplus and that the
surplus will beheld until aparty
obtains acourt order for its distribution
or, in the absence of an order,
until the surplus is forfeited to
the State.
FOR INFORMATION PLEASE
CONTACT:
PIERCE AND ASSOCIATES
1 N. Dearborn Suite 1300
Chicago, Illinois 60602
P: 312-346-9088
F:
Plaintiff's Attorney
MIKE KELLEY
Sheriff of Will County
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR
DEBT COLLECTION PRAC-
TICES ACT YOU ARE AD-
VISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM
IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO
COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED
WILL BE USED FOR THAT
PURPOSE.
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) SS.
COUNTY OF WILL )
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIR-
CUIT
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Plaintiff,
vs.
Michael J. Westberg; et. al.
Defendant.
No. 16 CH 1270
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
Public notice ishereby given that
pursuant to ajudgment entered in
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
Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa
Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432,
sell at public auction tothe highest
and best bidder orbidders the following-described
real estate:
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
THE THIRD PRINCIPAL ME-
RIDIAN, ACCORDING TOTHE
PLAT THEREOF RECORDED
DECEMBER 21, 1990 AS DOCU-
MENT R90-70351, IN WILL
COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
Commonly known as:
15420 Sulky Drive, Lockport, IL
60491
Description of Improvements:
Residential
P.I.N.:
16-05-14-153-008-0000
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%)
at the time of sale and the balance
within twenty-four (24) hours. No
judicial sale fee shall be paid by
the mortgagee acquiring the residential
real estate pursuant to its
credit bid at the sale or by any
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or
other lienor acquiring the residential
real estate whose rights in and
to the residential real estate arose
prior to the sale. All payments shall
be made in cash or certified funds
payable to the Sheriff of Will
County.
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
Plaintiff's Attorney
MIKE KELLEY
Sheriff of Will County
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR
DEBT COLLECTION PRAC-
TICES ACT YOU ARE AD-
VISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM
IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO
COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED
WILL BE USED FOR THAT
PURPOSE.
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) SS.
COUNTY OF WILL )
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIR-
CUIT
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
MIDFIRST BANK
Plaintiff,
vs.
DAVID A COOPER
Defendant.
No. 16 CH 1584
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
Public notice ishereby given that
pursuant to ajudgment entered in
the above cause onthe 24th day of
January, 2017, MIKE KELLEY,
Sheriff of Will County, Illinois,
will on Thursday, the 14th day of
December, 2017 ,commencing at
12:00 o'clock noon, at the Will
County Courthouse Annex, 57 N.
Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet,
IL 60432, sell at public auction to
the highest and best bidder orbidders
the following-described real
estate:
THE NORTHERLY HALF OF
LOT 1, IN BLOCK 22, IN
SOUTH LOCKPORT, A SUBDI-
VISION IN THE NORTHWEST
QUARTER OFSECTION 26, IN
TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH AND IN
RANGE 10 EAST OF THE
THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN,
ACCORDING TO THE PLAT
THEREOF RECORDED JUNE
13, 1845, AS DOCUMENT' NO.
5461, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLI-
NOIS.
Commonly known as:
333 East 18th Street, Lockport, IL
60441
Description of Improvements:
n/a
P.I.N.:
11-04-26-129-006-0000
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%)
at the time of sale and the balance
within twenty-four (24) hours. No
judicial sale fee shall be paid by
the mortgagee acquiring the residential
real estate pursuant to its
credit bid at the sale or by any
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or
other lienor acquiring the residential
real estate whose rights in and
to the residential real estate arose
prior to the sale. All payments shall
be made in cash or certified funds
payable to the Sheriff of Will
County. Judgment amount is

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10 Questions
with Deondre Cooper
Deondre Cooper is a senior
at Lockport Township and
is a forward on the boys
basketball team.
How do you think the
team will do this upcoming
season?
I feel like we’re ready.
We’re coming out with a
better chemistry, we’re playing
faster and smarter.
What opponent do you
look forward to playing
the most this season?
Bolingbrook [which finished
3rd in the state in Class
4A last season]. Last year, in
our Porters vs. Cancer Game,
we played them at home [on
Feb. 3] and only lost by six
(55-49) when they were undefeated
and ranked No. 1
in the state. I look forward
to playing all opponents, but
especially them.
How did you get involved
playing basketball?
My older brother Jaylandt
Gilmer used to play here and
graduated in 2014. So I used
to come to a lot of his games
and I played in junior high
at Fairmont. But seeing him
and all his friends around
made me want to play too.
Do you play any other
sports?
Not anymore. My freshman
and sophomore years
I was in track and field. I
did the high jump and triple
jump there. But the last two
years I’ve just concentrated
on basketball.
What is it about the
game of basketball that
makes it the sport for
you?
I love competition and I
think basketball brings out
the highest competition level.
Unlike some other sports,
there’s no break. When
you’re out there, you’re always
competing.
Do you wish there were
games scheduled this
year at the old gym at
Lockport Central?
Yes, it’s like magical
there. So many great Lockport
teams played there and I
love the atmosphere. It’s really
loud there.
How aware is the team
of the program’s “uncommon”
history?
When we have our first
official team meeting, coach
Hespell tells us the team history.
He tells us how we’ve
had a basketball program
since 1906 and he lets us
know the highlights [and]
that the program has over
1,500 wins.
Photo submitted
What else have you
learned from
coach Hespell?
I’ve learned a lot. But especially
how to be a family
man. He just had a new baby
and he took care of his family
while still being a coach.
I’ve also learned how to talk
to people and communicate
better because of him.
Do you plan to play
basketball in college?
Yes. My cousin - Patrick
Cooper [who graduated
from Lockport in 2017] is
now playing football at
Millikin University. So I’m
looking to maybe play basketball
there or also at either
Carthage College or DePaul.
What’s the best thing
about being an athlete
at Lockport?
The ability to have the
Porter name on you. Just being
able to be a Porter athlete
and representing the school.
Interview By Freelance Reporter
Randy Whalen
$49,167.11 plus interest, cost and
post judgment advances, if any.
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
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 a court 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
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Chicago, Illinois 60602
P: 312-346-9088
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Future Porters invited to
Olympic-style event at LTHS
Youth athletes to
test their mettle
at December
competition
Submitted by Lockport
Township High School
Ten Porters make college commitments official
Submitted by Lockport
Township High School
BASKETBALL
From Page 37
Basketball Night vs. Bolingbrook
on Feb. 2 and the Sixth
Annual Porters vs. Cancer
Night against Homewood-
Flossmoor Feb. 9.
The Porters also plan to
honor the 40th Anniversary
of the 1977-78 State Championship
Team at a to be determined
date. It also happens
to be the 10th Anniversary of
Lockport Township High
School is inviting local fifththrough
eighth-graders to
participate in its Future Porters
Olympic Games Night
Dec. 11.
LTHS baseball coach
Andy Satunas and football
coach Dan Starkey encourage
all athletes in the Lockport
Township High School
district in grades 5-8 to attend
and show off their athletic
skills at the free event.
Attendees at the camp are to
receive a free T-shirt.
The Olympics-style athletic
competition is to include
tests of running, jumping,
throwing baseballs,
hitting baseballs, basketball
shooting/dribbling and other
athletic activities.
Awards will be given to
the top participant at each
grade level. Each participant
will take home a skills sheet
that has their results from the
Ten Lockport Township
High School athletes made
their college choices official
Nov. 13 at LTHS’ Fall Signing
Day.
The signing day was
for the Lockport athletes
who will be going to compete
athletically at NCAA
Division I or Division II
schools next year. Students
from four different sports
signed, with six softball players
pledging their college
commitment.
The student-athletes who
participated in signing day
were as follows:
John Meyer (Track &
Field), University of Michigan
Connor McCarthy (Track
& Field), Southern Illinois
University at Edwardsville
Jack Randall (Tennis),
Western Michigan University
Taylor Herschbach (Softball),
Valparaiso University
the 2007-08 Final Four Team.
In the first six weeks of
the season, the Porters only
have one home game. That is
a nonconference matchup at
6:30 p.m. on Dec. 12 against
Yorkville. Later in December
from Dec. 28 until Dec.
30, they are once again at the
Pontiac Holiday Tournament.
Lockport opened the season
this week at the WJOL
Thanksgiving Tournament,
which is held at the University
of St. Francis in Joliet.
competitions recorded.
All campers must bring a
signed waiver form to participate
in the camp. Also, campers
should wear comfortable
athletic clothing and gym
shoes and bring a water bottle.
Campers do not need to bring
any other athletic equipment.
This camp will be held
indoors in the LTHS East
Campus Field House. Participants
are asked to enter
through the Community
Wellness Center doors.
For more information,
contact Satunas at asatunas@lths.org
or Starkey at
dstarkey@lths.org.
Gracie Voulgaris (Softball),
University of Maryland
Taylor Shingler (Softball),
Maryville University
Courtney Schoolcraft
(Softball), University of
Southern Indiana
Elly Hagen (Softball), University
of Southern Indiana
Tara McElligott (Softball),
University of Illinois
at Chicago
JoDee Kovanda (Volleyball),
University of West
Florida
The first game was Monday,
Nov. 20, against Providence.
Wednesday, Nov. 22, brings a
6:30 p.m. game against Plainfield
Central, Friday, Nov. 24,
there’s a 7:45 p.m. matchup
against Lemont, and the tournament
concludes on Saturday,
Nov. 25, with times and
opponents to be determined
based on the pool play results.
Next Friday, Dec. 1, at 6:30
p.m., brings a trip to New
Lenox for a SWSC crossover
game at Lincoln-Way West.
Boys Bowling
Lockport 2912, Sandburg
2102
Keith Pintoy had the
high game and series for
the Porters Nov. 13 as they
took down conference rival
Sandburg. Pintoy’s best
game was a match-high
265, and his series total was
477. The Lockport JV team
also bested Sandburg by a
This Week In...
Lockport Township
High School Varsity
Athletics
Wrestling
■Nov. ■ 24 at Barrington Invite,
10 a.m.
■Nov. ■ 25 at Barrington Invite,
10 a.m.
Boys Basketball
high school highlights
The rest of the week in high school sports
score of 2005-1573. Chargers 1840-1682.
Lockport 2118, Stagg 1684
Mitch Gajda, a senior,
led the way for Lockport
Nov. 14 on senior night
with games of 266 and
257 for a 523 series. Alec
Buchhaas (443) and Caleb
Derrig (431) both also
turned in strong series for
the Porters. The Lockport
JV team also topped the
■Nov. ■ 22 at Plainfield Central,
6:30 p.m. at University of
St. Francis
■Nov. ■ 24 at Lemont, 7:45
p.m. at University of St.
Francis
■Nov. ■ 25 at TBD, TBD at
University of St. Francis
Girls Basketball
■Nov. ■ 22 host Richards, 3
p.m.
Girls Basketball
Lockport 62, Romeoville 28
Taylor Hopkins led the
charge for the Porters with
12 points in the team’s dominant
season-opening victory
Nov. 14. Jackie Maka
also tallied double-digit
points with 11.
■Nov. ■ 27 at Joliet West, 6 p.m.
Girls Bowling
■Nov. ■ 25 at Rock Island
Invite, 9 a.m. at Highland Park
Bowl
■Nov. ■ 28 at Joliet West, 4:30
p.m. at Town & Country Lanes
Boys Bowling
■Nov. ■ 28 at Bolingbrook,
4:30 p.m.
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Boys Basketball
Porters to rely on perimeter shooting, intelligence this season
Randy Whalen
Freelance Reporter
What the Lockport Township
boys basketball team
lacks in experience, it hopes
to make up for with heart
and hustle.
The Porters bring back
four returning players from
last seasons squad, which
finished 12-16 overall. Once
again, the Porters will face a
rough schedule. Last season
all of their losses came to
teams with 18 or more victories,
while a trio of their
victories came against conference
champions.
“We are very inexperienced
with only four seniors
and only two guys [junior
guard Jake Karli and senior
post player Zach Pytlewski]
as the only two that had significant
contributions last
year,” Lockport coach Brett
Hespell said. “The early part
of our schedule will require
the guys to get acclimated
to the speed and intensity of
varsity basketball. Perimeter
shooting will hopefully be a
strength of our team this year
as we have a variety of players
who can let it fly.
“In addition, this is a very
unselfish, positive group of
kids who will represent the
community and school in an
admirable way.”
Letting it fly could translate
into more points for the
Porters, who scored 50 or
more in only nine games last
season. But the key is for it to
transfer into more victories,
especially in the rugged Blue
Division of the SouthWest
Suburban Conference.
“As for our conference, the
Southwest Suburban Blue is
one of the top divisions in
the entire state of Illinois,”
said Hespell, a 2001 Lockport
graduate, who is in his
12th year as a coach at the
school and third season as
head coach. “When you play
basketball at Lockport, you
play against the best players
around. Bolingbrook,
Homewood-Flossmoor, and
Lincoln-Way East will all be
Top 25 teams in the state this
year.”
Of course to compete
against the top teams will
take some experience. Starting
with the two aforementioned
returners. the 6-foot
Karli and 6-foot-6 inch Pytlewski.
“Jake shot 40 percent from
3-point range last year as a
sophomore,” Hespell said of
“Perimeter shooting will hopefully be a strength of
our team this year as we have a variety of players
who can let it fly. In addition, this is a very unselfish,
positive group of kids who will represent the community
and school in an admirable way.”
Brett Hespell — Lockport boys basketball coach, on the strengths of his team
this season on and off the court
Karli, who may lead the “let
it fly” charge. “He is a tough,
strong, physical athlete and
the QB of our football team.
He is a very good shooter
from the perimeter and has
grown as a ballhandler. He is
our most experienced returning
player from last season.
As for Zach, he shot 50 percent
from the field as a member
of a crowded frontcourt
last year.”
Two other 6-foot-3 seniors
will be looked to make key
contributions this winter.
They are forward Deondre
Cooper and wingman Jack
Michalowski. Both played a
limited role off the bench last
year.
“Deondre is an athletic forward
who will bring a spark
to our team and add versatility
to our group this year,”
Hespell said. “Jack is a good
shooter from the perimeter
and has good length.
“Our fourth senior is Kevin
Horan, who did not play as a
sophomore, but is pretty athletic
and could be a difference-making
player for us.
He’d be a nice bounce back
story.”
With only the four seniors
on the team, that means
there’s plenty of newcomers.
A foursome of key ones are
6-foot-4 sophomore guard/
forward Tommy Ferriter,
5-11 junior guard Emmanuel
Allen, 6-1 junior guard
Blake Sartin, and 6-foot junior
guard Matt Hatzopoulos.
“Look for Tommy to join
the fray at the varsity level
this year,” Hespell said of
Ferriter. “He has good size
and length for a guard, and
is a solid ballhandler, who is
emerging as a potent scorer.
He’s a very versatile player,
who averaged 8.5 points and
six rebounds per game at the
sophomore level last year as
a freshman
“Emmanuel [Allen] is a
quick ballhandler who can
create havoc on defense as he
averaged over two steals per
game on the sophomore team
last year. Blake [Sartin] is a
well-rounded, solid shooting
guard who is starting to
emerge as a varsity player,
and Matt [Hatzopoulos] is a
transfer from Providence. He
is a great 3-point shooter who
will help stretch defenses
with that ability.”
Hespell is proud to point
out that his team should not
only be smart on the court, it
is very smart off the court as
well.
“I believe that we have the
No. 1 student in the LTHS
junior class in Eric Keta and
the No. 1 student in the LTHS
sophomore class in Tommy
Ferriter on our varsity team,”
Hespell said. “How often
does that happen in a school
our size?
“Sticking with the good
academic theme, we have
five members of the National
Honor Society on our varsity
team [Aaron Grcevic, Karli,
Keta, Michalowski, Sartin].
That’s over a third of our roster
in NHS.”
Unlike in the past few
years, there’s no games
scheduled for the old gym at
the Lockport Central campus
this season. There are
numerous special games,
however. Those include Military
Appreciation Night vs.
Sandburg on Jan. 19, Youth
Please see BASKETBALL, 35
Tim Carroll repeats as Pressbox Picks champion
Bill Jones, Managing Editor
After a neck-and-neck
battle all season long, it was
fitting that it came down to
one game.
With editors Tim Carroll
and Tom Czaja tied with records
of 47-11 and both taking
Lincoln-Way East over
Maine South in the Class 8A
Illinois High School Association
football semifinals, the
championship round all came
down to their split on Class
6A Providence Catholic versus
Nazareth Academy.
Czaja went Providence and
Carroll went with the winner,
Nazareth, lifting him to 49-
11 to claim the title Saturday,
Nov. 18, by one point over
Czaja (48-12).
“Sweet victory,” Carroll
wrote in response to the win.
“I called my shot. I made it
clear from the outset that I
was going to repeat as the
Pressbox Picks champion.
There were a lot of haters
out there who said it could
not be done, but I never let
the noise distract me from
picking the best games.”
Czaja was gracious in defeat.
“First off, congratulations
to Tim,” he offered in a written
statement. “I know this
means a lot to him as sports
editor to defend his Pressbox
Picks crown. I am happy to
have finished the season 48-
12. Everyone did well picking
this year. Exciting stuff
that it all came down to one
last game.”
Carroll called Czaja a
“class act” all season long.
“So much so that I did not
even feel that I could take
swipes at him in my prediction
explanations, which was
a real bummer for me,” he
wrote. “Tom, Joe, Max and
Heather all had good seasons,
and I wish them a lot
of luck in the future.”
But there is no denying
Carroll’s ego is growing
along with his proverbial
trophy case.
“Tim Carroll should start
to be recognized as a household
name, because two
years in, we’re looking at
a potential Pressbox Picks
Hall of Fame career,” he
said. “At least, that’s what
Tim Carroll thinks.”
Also participating in this
year’s Pressbox Picks was
Publisher Joe Coughlin, who
was eliminated in the semifinals
with a 44-14 record;
contributing editor Max
Lapthorne, who was eliminated
in the quarterfinals
with a final record of 38-16;
and Chief Events Officer
Heather Warthen, whose
season once again was the
first to end, this year with a
35-15 record.

38 | November 22, 2017 | The Lockport Legend SPORTS
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Merk leads young LTHS team at state
Neil Milbert
Freelance Reporter
A disappointing experience
for Lockport’s Lindsey
Merk in the IHSA Swimming
and Diving state finals
at New Trier on Saturday,
Nov. 18, was offset by the
realization that she has two
more seasons left in her budding
high school career.
After finishing third in the
100-yard butterfly as a freshman,
this time Merk had to
settle for sixth with a 55.65
clocking. Then, she re-entered
the water after exiting
following completion of the
event and was disqualified
from her other scheduled
race, the consolation final of
the 100-yard backstroke.
Although the sophomore
was disappointed, she wasn’t
distraught.
“Overall, I’m happy with
my season,” Merk said.
“Successful or not, competing
in the state meet is a
great experience. I enjoyed
it.”
In helping Lockport win
the sectional meet it hosted,
Merk qualified for the butterfly
in 57.68 and the backstroke
in 57.99. In the state
meet preliminaries on Friday,
Nov. 17, she improved
her respective times to 55.39
and 56.88 to advance the finals.
“There definitely are
things to celebrate,” Lockport
Coach Grant Ferkaluk
said. “She made a mistake
[in re-entering the pool].
When you make a mistake
you learn from it and go
from there. It’s not the end
of the world.
“Lindsey is a fantastic
kid and a fantastic swimmer
who works really hard. She
wanted to finish better than
she did today, but she dominated
most of this season
and the girls followed her
lead. Now, she has to focus
on getting stronger and faster
and making a higher finish
a priority.”
Ferkaluk will have a lot
of talent coming back next
season, as the team was represented
in the state meet
by two individuals, Merk
and junior Emily Johnson,
in individual events and the
200-yard medley relay and
400-yard freestyle relay
teams.
Johnson swam in the 200-
yard and 100-yard freestyle
events in the preliminaries
but failed to advance to the
finals. The relay teams also
were unable to reach the finals.
“Emily had a great Sectional
[with times of 1:53.89
and 52.72],” Ferkaluk said.
“We also are looking for another
junior, Oliwia Wolek,
and a sophomore, Alexis
Webb, [both of whom were
on the relay teams] to be an
important part of our team
next season.
“We should be really
good. We don’t lose a whole
lot and I have some girls
waiting in the wings to take
the spots vacated by our seniors,
Molly Gerches, and
Kayley Uy.”
Three other South Suburban
schools — Homewood-
Flossmoor Sectional champion
Lincoln-Way East,
Lincoln-Way Central and
Sandburg — also had swimmers
competing in the state
meet, but none of them had
contestants who made the
cut for the final day.
Lincoln-Way East senior
Makayla Varga came close
to succeeding in the 100-
yard butterfly — 12 swimmers
advanced and Varga
finished 14th.
“Makayla always will be
one I’ll remember,” Coach
Kate Fingello Gabey said.
“She had a great career and
Sophomore Lindsey Merk finished sixth at the IHSA State Finals in the 100-yard butterfly
Saturday, Nov. 18, at New Trier. Geoff Stellfox/22nd Century Media
finished 13th as a freshman
and sophomore, 11th last
year and then 14th this year.
She always was just on the
cusp.”
Gabey had two others
competing as individuals on
the first day — sophomore
Braelyn Binkowski in the
100-yard butterfly and 100-
yard backstroke, and junior
diver Alyssa Rudsinski.
“Braelyn qualified last
year in the 100 fly and I
think for her that was a big
shock,” Gabey said. “I don’t
think she believed she could
do that as a freshman, but I
believed she could.
“This year she had her
best times in both the butterfly
and backstroke in the
sectionals. She was hoping
to have a little bit more left
this weekend but neither she
nor Makayla were what they
were the weekend before.
Not only our girls but a lot
of girls on other teams put so
much adrenaline and energy
into the sectionals that it was
hard to come back a week
later and keep it going.”
Lincoln-Way East’s 200-
yard medley relay team also
failed to make the cut following
a strong showing in
the sectional.
Varga and Reis Parkinson,
who was a member of the
relay team, were the only seniors
on the state tournament
squad.
“Reis was a great kid to
coach but I only coached her
the last two years,” Gabey
said. “We had the situation
in our district where it was
realigned after Lincoln-Way
North closed and she was
there for her first two years.”
Lincoln-Way Central is
another school that is graduating
only two seniors —
relay team swimmers Julia
Signorelli and Kiera Bulger
— from its state tournament
contingent.
“Kiera and Julia came
over from Lincoln Way-East
when Lincoln-Way North
closed,” coach Pat Shaughnessy
said. “That was a big
opportunity for them and
they took advantage of it.
They were able to compete
in state in relays the last two
years. I was very lucky to
get them. They’re both great
girls.”
Signorelli and Bulger
swam on the 200-yard and
400-yard relay teams.
In individual events, Lincoln-Way
Central’s representatives
were sophomore
Madi Jager in the 50-yard
freestyle and 100-yard freestyle
and junior Cetta Senese
in the 200-yard individual
medley and 100-yard breaststroke.
“They both went last year
and this year they went for
more events, which is good,”
Shaughnessy said. “The
more experience the better.
This year I think they realized
how difficult and competitive
the state meet is.
“Keara McGowan, a
freshman who was on the
relay teams, is another one
who stands out. She works
harder than anybody I’ve
ever seen and I think she’s
going to do something in the
next couple of years. We’re a
young group and we’ve got
some good young girls coming
in so we should be very
competitive in the future.
Our expectations are high.”
In contrast to Lincoln-
Way East and Lincoln-Way
Central, Sandburg had five
seniors swimming in the
state meet.
Leading the delegation
were Madison Stuursma,
who competed in the 50-yard
freestyle and was a member
of the 200-yard and 400-
yard freestyle teams, and
Isabella Wrobel, who swam
in the 500-yard freestyle and
was on both relay teams.
Also swimming on the
relay teams were fellow
seniors Tara Maher, Natalie
Bartkowski and Ashley
Asiddao and junior Erin
Falsey.
“We had to taper for sectionals
to make sure we
would qualify for state so
we didn’t think we’d see any
big times,” coach Anna Mc-
Bride said. “We were happy
to be there to represent our
school [in the preliminaries].
Being so senior heavy
this team was very mature
and had a lot of perspective.
They had some struggles and
challenges and took them all
in stride. They performed
well as a team.
“Madison and Bella were
four-year athletes for us,
while Natalie and Ashley did
not swim all four years. Natalie
was a cheerleader her
freshman year and Ashley
participated in volleyball as
a freshman and sophomore.
It was fun to see them come
back to swimming and be
successful.
“Erin is going to be good
next year. As a junior, she
competed at a high level
within our conference and in
the sectional.”

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fastbreak
Girls Basketball
Lockport hangs on after 15-0 run to beat Downers Grove North
22nd Century Media File Photo
1st and 3
Lockport girls
swimming competes
at state
1. Merk leads the
Porters
LTHS swimmer
Lindsey Merk
finished sixth in the
100-yard butterfly at
the IHSA State Finals.
Merk had qualified
for the butterfly and
backstroke at state
at the sectional meet
Lockport hosted.
2. Johnson represents
team
Lockport girls
swimmer Emily
Johnson swam in
the 200-yard and
100-yard freestyle
events in the
preliminaries but
did not make the
cut to advance to
the finals.
3. Many returning
swimmers
Lockport coach
Grant Ferkaluk
looks forward to
having many of his
swimmers returning,
including Merk and
Johnson.
Team looks to cut
down on turnovers,
maintain free throw
consistency
Randy Whalen
Freelance Reporter
“One thing about this group is they’re resilient. They
bought into our depth, and we’re going to wear people
down.”
Dan Kelly — Lockport girls basketball coach, on his team’s depth this season
One of the marks of a
good team is being able to
overcome mistakes and still
win a game.
Entering the season, the
Lockport Township girls
basketball team believed it
was a good team. Last week,
the Porters showed it by rallying
down the stretch for a
47-41 victory over Downers
Grove North on Thursday,
Nov. 16, in a nonconference
matchup in Downers Grove.
It was the second win in
three days for Lockport (2-
0). The host Trojans (0-2)
were led by a game-high 13
points from 6-foot-3 junior
forward Jalyn Harris. They
played the last quarter without
starting junior forward
Quinn Stephens, who went
out with a left leg injury in
the final seconds of the third
quarter.
“One thing about this
group is they’re resilient,”
Lockport coach Dan Kelly
said of his team. “They
bought into our depth, and
we’re going to wear people
down. I’m really proud of
all 14 of them.”
He had every reason to be,
as the Porters refused to cave
in after early foul trouble,
missed layups and committing
34 turnovers hampered
them. Their two veteran
players led the way as senior
guards Taylor Hopkins (12
points) and Destiny Davis (9
points) showed the experience
of both being four-year
varsity players.
“We really locked in on
defense,” said Hopkins of
the Porters’ play down the
stretch. “We all looked at
each other and said, ‘Let’s
calm down and play the way
we can play.’”
Not only did they play the
way they can play, they got a
big contribution from junior
guard Payton Grcevic (9
points) off the bench when
Davis was sitting out with
foul trouble.
Grcevic swished a
3-pointer from the right
baseline with 2:18 to play
in the third quarter. That
not only closed the Porters
within 33-29, it triggered a
15-0 run that put them up
for good. Davis had a steal
and layup at the 31-second
mark, and sophomore forward
Treasure Thompson
(4 points, 3 rebounds, assist,
blocked shot) scored on a layup
to end the third quarter
with a score of 33-33.
Thompson and Grcevic
added baskets as Lockport
scored the first eight points
of the fourth quarter and extended
to a 41-33 lead on a
layup by Hopkins with 3:36
to play in the game.
“We expect every girl on
the roster to step on the floor
and do the job,” Kelly said
of Grcevic and Thompson
contributing. “They did it.”
But the Trojans, who had
opened the season on Nov.
13 with a 38-19 loss to Glenbard
West at Glenbard South
as part of the Glenbard East
Thanksgiving Tournament,
didn’t go away. After not
scoring for 8:25, North
went on an 8-2 run, which
was capped by six straight
points from junior guard Julia
Kramper (10 points) in
exactly two minutes to pull
within 43-41 with 1:27 to
play in the game.
Lockport committed its
eighth turnover of the quarter,
and the Trojans had an
opportunity to tie with just
over 20 seconds to play but
shot an air ball from close
range.
“We wanted to go out
to play to win, and we did
that,” Kelly said of the Porters
staying aggressive at the
end. “We want to play fast,
and [turnovers] is one thing
we have to work on.”
Hopkins and Davis, who
picked up her fourth foul
eight seconds into the fourth
quarter, both sank a pair of
free throws in the last 18.7
seconds to clinch it.
“Everyone made them,”
Davis said of the free
throws.
The Porters went 12-of-14
from the line to help them
win, while Downers Grove
North, which committed 27
turnovers in the game, was
3-of-13 on free throws.
“I’m happy with the free
throws,” Hopkins said. “It
felt good to make them because
in the past [missing
them] killed us. [The victory]
feels good. I’m just really
happy with the team and
how we ended up playing.”
A 3-pointer by senior
guard Megan James gave
Lockport an 8-5 lead with
3:19 left in the first quarter.
But the Trojans then went
on a 14-0 burst and held the
Porters scoreless for nearly
eight minutes to take the
largest lead of the game at
19-8 on a steal and layup
by sophomore guard Ellie
Gross. Davis was out for
much of that time, as she
committed her third foul
with 5:55 to play in the second
quarter.
“We just pumped everyone
up,” said Davis of what
she and the bench did when
she was out with the foul
trouble. “We just said, ‘Slow
down, keep your composure.
Let’s not get down on
ourselves and play the way
we know how to play.’”
They did that by bouncing
back from the drought and
scoring 14 points in the final
3:38 of the first half to pull
within 27-22 at halftime.
The Porters opened the
season on Nov. 14 with a
resounding 62-28 home victory
over Romeoville.
Trailing 5-4 late in the
first quarter, Lockport went
on an 18-0 blitz and lead
24-5 before settling for a
28-11 halftime lead. It was
40-21 after three quarters
when the Porters opened the
fourth period with another
16-0 run.
Hopkins led Lockport with
12 points. Junior forward
Jacqueline Maka (9 points),
Davis (8 points), James (7
points) and senior forward
Taylor Shingler (7 points)
also chipped in, as the Porters
had 10 players score.
Lockport hosts Richards
at 3 p.m. on Wednesday,
Nov. 22, and then travels
to Joliet West on Monday,
Nov. 27, at 6 p.m. for another
nonconference matchup.
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“Overall, I’m happy with my season. Successful or not,
competing in the state meet is a great experience. I enjoyed
it.”
Lindsey Merk — Lockport girls swimmer, after competing at state
Tune In
Girls Bowling
Back at it — 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 25, at
Highland Park Bowl
• The Lockport girls bowling team takes a trip
west to participate in the Rock Island Invite
to kickoff its season.
Index
35 - This Week In
34 - Athlete of the Week
FASTBREAK is compiled by Contributing Editor
Thomas Czaja, tom@homerhorizon.com.

lockport’s Hometown Newspaper | www.lockportlegend.com | November 22, 2017
Hanging Tough Lockport girls hoops team moves to 2-0
with hard-fought win over Downers Grove North, Page 39
Bigger and better things LTHS athletes make
college commitments official at signing day, Page 35
Sophomore Lindsey Merk highlights state performances for young Lockport squad, Page 38
LTHS sophomore Lindsey Merk qualified for the finals in the 100-yard butterfly and 100 backstroke at the Illinois High School Association State Finals Saturday, Nov. 18, at New Trier.
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