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Policing with poultry<br />
Lockport police give out Thanksgiving meals<br />
in lieu of tickets, Page 5<br />
Tip top trees<br />
Festival of Trees invites organizations to put<br />
their decorating skills to the test, Page 8<br />
Cheers to another year<br />
Publisher 22nd Century Media’s annual Cheers to<br />
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SATURDAY<br />
Breakfast with Santa<br />
8:30-10 a.m. Dec. 2, Prairie<br />
Bluff Golf Club Banquet<br />
Room, 19433 Renwick<br />
Road, Lockport. Families<br />
are invited to a holiday<br />
breakfast with Santa. Registration<br />
is required. Children<br />
2-11 years old are $13,<br />
children and adults 12 years<br />
and older are $18. For more<br />
information, visit lockport<br />
park.org.<br />
Brunch with Santa and<br />
Friends<br />
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Dec.<br />
2, Prairie Bluff Public Golf<br />
Club Banquet Room, 19433<br />
Renwick Road, Lockport.<br />
Families are invited to dine<br />
on a brunch buffet while<br />
visiting with Santa. Crafts<br />
will be available. Registration<br />
is required. Children<br />
2-11 years old are $18 and<br />
children and adults 12 and<br />
older are $25. For more<br />
information, visit lockportpark.org.<br />
Midwest SOARRING<br />
Foundation Open House<br />
11 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 2 and<br />
Dec. 16, Native American<br />
Cultural Center, 133 W. 13th<br />
St., Lockport. Meet Midwest<br />
SOARRING members<br />
and learn about their work,<br />
view displays of Native<br />
American cultural objects<br />
and see the photo exhibition<br />
on “The Repatriation<br />
of Iron Tail’s Possessions,<br />
the Face on the Indian Head<br />
Nickel.” Attendees can also<br />
browse through a selection<br />
of unique, handmade<br />
Native-themed gift ideas.<br />
Enjoy a warm coffee or hot<br />
chocolate as well. For more<br />
information, visit www.mid<br />
westsoarring.org.<br />
SUNDAY<br />
Breakfast with Santa<br />
9 a.m.-noon Dec. 3,<br />
Homer Jr. Higher School<br />
cafeteria, 15711 S. Bell<br />
Road, Homer Glen. Enjoy<br />
a delicious breakfast with<br />
santa that includes sausage,<br />
eggs, pancakes, fruit, and<br />
beverages. Tickets are $7<br />
in advance for adults and<br />
$8 at the door. Seniors and<br />
children ages 4-12 are $6<br />
in advance and $7 at the<br />
door. Children age 3 and<br />
under are free. Tickets can<br />
be purchased at Our Mother<br />
of Good Counsel Parish office,<br />
16043 S. Bell Road.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(708) 301-6246.<br />
Santa Delivers for Bags of<br />
Hope Vendor Fair<br />
11 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 3,<br />
Embers Tap House, 933 S.<br />
State St. Lockport. Enjoy a<br />
day with family and friends<br />
while supporting a local<br />
charity providing food to<br />
students in Joliet, Lockport<br />
and Plainfield communities.<br />
There will be food, drinks,<br />
raffles and a visit from Santa.<br />
Non-perishable food and<br />
monetary donations will be<br />
accepted for Bags of Hope.<br />
For more information, visit<br />
http://boh2016.org.<br />
TUESDAY<br />
Holiday Luncheon<br />
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.<br />
Dec. 5, Public Landing<br />
Restaurant 200 W. 8th St.<br />
Lockport. The Homer Glen<br />
Area Chamber of Commerce<br />
and the Lockport<br />
Chamber of Commerce<br />
are hosting the luncheon.<br />
Tickets are $25 per person<br />
for members and $30 for<br />
non-members. Guests can<br />
enjoy a meal while listening<br />
to the Lockport Township<br />
High School Madrigal<br />
Choir. RSVP online by Dec.<br />
1 at www.lockportchamber.<br />
com or www.homercham<br />
ber.com.<br />
Lockport Holiday Open<br />
House<br />
5-8 p.m. Dec. 5, White<br />
Oak Library, 121 E. 8th St.,<br />
Lockport. Attend the holiday<br />
open house for crafts, refreshments,<br />
music and a visit<br />
with Santa and Mrs. Claus.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(815) 552-4250.<br />
Lockport Township High<br />
School Holiday Concert<br />
7 p.m. Dec. 5, LTHS East<br />
Campus auditorium 1323<br />
E. 7th St., Lockport. The<br />
freshman band and symphonic<br />
band will perform<br />
their holiday concert. There<br />
is no cost to attend. For<br />
more information, contact<br />
Brian Covey at bcovey@<br />
lths.org.<br />
UPCOMING<br />
Lockport Township High<br />
School Holiday Concert<br />
7 p.m. Dec. 7, LTHS East<br />
Campus auditorium 1323<br />
E. 7th St., Lockport. The<br />
concert band and wind symphony<br />
will perform their<br />
holiday concert. There is<br />
no cost to attend. For more<br />
information, contact Brian<br />
Covey at bcovey@lths.org.<br />
5K Jingle Bell Walk-A-Thon<br />
10 a.m.- Noon Saturday,<br />
Dec. 9, Challenge Fitness<br />
Walking Trail, 1119 S. Lawrence<br />
Ave. Lockport. This<br />
5K is a fundraiser for those<br />
affected by Hurricane Maria.<br />
Donations are going to<br />
the Convoy of Hope organization<br />
and can be given<br />
at fundraise.convoyofhope.<br />
org/fundraiser/1182063.<br />
Participants are asked to<br />
dress in red, green, white<br />
or other Christmas attire.<br />
Registration is free at tinyurl.com/jinglebellwalk.<br />
For more information contact<br />
Tasha Pitchford at<br />
(815) 573-4461 or kzmommy365@gmail.com.<br />
Craft Show/Vendor Fair<br />
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday,<br />
Dec. 9, Lockport Women of<br />
the Moose #575 118 E. 10th<br />
St. Lockport. Get a head<br />
start on your holiday shopping<br />
and browse a great<br />
selection of gifts and decorations.<br />
A homemade lunch<br />
will be avaialble for purchase<br />
as well as homemade<br />
baked goods. For more information,<br />
call (815) 838-<br />
3944.<br />
22nd Annual Swedish<br />
Christmas Breakfast and<br />
Lucia Pageant<br />
10 a.m. Saturday Dec.<br />
9, Hope Covenant Church,<br />
14401 W. Avenue, Orland<br />
Park. Natalie Lif, a senior<br />
at Lockport Township High<br />
School, has been chosen as<br />
Lucia Queen for this year’s<br />
pageant. There will also be<br />
Swedish foods served such<br />
as cardamom coffee cafe,<br />
sweet rye, and much more.<br />
Tickets are $15. To purchase<br />
tickets and for more infomration,<br />
contact Heather Joh<br />
nson at (708) 229-2396.<br />
VFW Post 5788 Pictures<br />
with Santa<br />
10 a.m.-2p.m. Saturday,<br />
Dec. 9, Lockport VFW,<br />
1026 E. 9th St, Lockport.<br />
Families, kids and even pets<br />
are welcome to take pictures<br />
with Santa. For $6 guests<br />
can get a 4x6 photo and<br />
emailed photo. Hot chocolate,<br />
hot cider and cookies<br />
will be available. Proceeds<br />
from the event will benefit<br />
the girls and boys of Venture<br />
Crew. For more information,<br />
contact Brandon Sadowski<br />
or Sharyl Sadowski at (773)<br />
339-6309 or starfyre1@sbc<br />
global.net.<br />
Pancake Breakfast with<br />
Santa<br />
8-11 a.m. Sunday, Dec.<br />
10, American Legion Post<br />
18, 15052 Archer Ave.<br />
Lockport. The Lockport<br />
Cub Scout Pack 61 is hosting<br />
their annual Pancake<br />
Breakfast with Santa. Advance<br />
tickets are $6 per person<br />
and $7 at the door. For<br />
more information, contact<br />
Chris at girlchris_1@yahoo.com.<br />
Holiday Pancake Breakfast<br />
8-11 a.m. Sunday, Dec.<br />
10, VFW Post 5788, 1026 E.<br />
9th St, Lockport. Boy Scout<br />
Troop 50 is hosting their annual<br />
fundraiser. Take photos<br />
with Santa, purchase baked<br />
goods, enjoy raffle baskets<br />
and crafts for kids. Tickets<br />
are $7 at the door. Children<br />
under 4 are free. For more<br />
information, call (815) 838-<br />
2651.<br />
ONGOING<br />
Santa Claus is Coming to<br />
Town<br />
Saturday, Dec. 9; Friday-<br />
Saturday, Dec. 15-16. The<br />
Lockport Park District is<br />
offering special opportunity<br />
for residents to schedule a<br />
meet-and-greet at home with<br />
Santa Claus. Twenty-minute<br />
home visits can accommodate<br />
up to 10 children. For<br />
more information, visit lock<br />
portpark.org or call (815)<br />
838-1183 ext. 208.<br />
Vintage Hats, Will County in<br />
War exhibits<br />
Noon-4 p.m. Wednesdays<br />
through Sundays, Will<br />
County Historical Museum<br />
and Research Center, 803 S.<br />
State St., Lockport. A new<br />
exhibit “Vintage Hats” is<br />
on display as well as a 19th<br />
century Doctor’s Office,<br />
“Will County in War” and<br />
early textiles. Open to the<br />
public; group tours available<br />
by reservation. For more information<br />
or tours call (815)<br />
838-5080 or visit www.will<br />
cohistory.org<br />
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one week prior to publication.<br />
To submit an item to the calendar,<br />
contact Assistant Editor<br />
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326-9170 ext. 15 or email<br />
j.schlabach@22nd<br />
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the Lockport Legend | November 30, 2017 | 3<br />
Christmas in the Square kicks off holidays in Lockport<br />
Laurie Fanelli<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
Pictures with Santa Claus,<br />
holiday games, train rides<br />
and wood carving demonstrations<br />
are just a few<br />
of the activities that drew<br />
people from Lockport and<br />
beyond to the annual Christmas<br />
in the Square event on<br />
Saturday, Nov. 25.<br />
The Festival of Trees,<br />
on display inside the Gladys<br />
Fox Museum, and the<br />
Chamber of Commerce’s<br />
Passport to Christmas in the<br />
Square program provided<br />
even more free fun for all in<br />
attendance.<br />
Sunny skies and warm<br />
weather encouraged many<br />
to stay throughout the afternoon’s<br />
events — sponsored<br />
by the City of Lockport,<br />
Lockport Township<br />
Park District, and Lockport<br />
Township Government —<br />
until the grand finale tree<br />
lighting illuminated the<br />
grounds of City Hall with<br />
thousands of brightly-colored<br />
twinkling lights.<br />
“It’s the same fun concept<br />
every year, and we continue<br />
to try to make it bigger and<br />
better,” said Sarah Aspel,<br />
recreation supervisor for the<br />
park district. “The big ornament<br />
is a new feature in the<br />
Christmas tree lighting, and<br />
also new this year, Ozinga<br />
brought out their cement<br />
Ready Mix Truck to do a<br />
touch-a-truck exhibit for the<br />
kids.”<br />
The Austin Family of<br />
Plainfield – mom Stephanie,<br />
dad Will, Savannah<br />
(9), and Bennett (6) – come<br />
Please see HOLIDAY, 4<br />
Lockport residents Calianna Ruzanski (front) and Ariana LaRocco look at a Christmas ornament Saturday, Nov. 25, during<br />
the Christmas in the Square event in Lockport. Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media<br />
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4 | November 30, 2017 | The Lockport Legend NEWS<br />
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Police Reports<br />
Lockport woman cited in Nov. 2 fatal crash<br />
Enriqueta Smith, 26, of<br />
2118 Arthur Ave. in Lockport,<br />
was charged by the Will<br />
County Sheriff’s Office with<br />
failure to reduce speed to<br />
avoid an accident Nov. 2 after<br />
the vehicle she was driving<br />
struck the corner of Bethlehem<br />
Apostolic Church on the<br />
800 block of Princeton Avenue.<br />
Passenger Ashley May<br />
Miller, 21, of Romeoville,<br />
was later pronounced dead<br />
at Silver Cross Hospital from<br />
injuries she sustained in the<br />
crash, and Smith was treated<br />
for a fractured leg and other<br />
minor injuries, according to<br />
police.<br />
Will County Sheriff’s Office<br />
Oct. 31<br />
• Eric Milton Pinnick, 58,<br />
of 122 Riverview Ave. in<br />
Lockport, was charged with<br />
resisting a police officer on<br />
the 100 block of Riverview<br />
Avenue. Deputies activated<br />
their emergency lights after<br />
seeing Pinnick riding a bicycle<br />
in the middle of Barry<br />
Avenue, and Pinnick rode<br />
into the backyard of a residence<br />
and fled on foot, police<br />
said. Deputies stopped<br />
Pinnick and he continued to<br />
resist as deputies attempted<br />
to gain control of him, according<br />
to the police.<br />
Nov. 12<br />
• Kameron Tucker, 21, of<br />
423 Oak Ave. in Lockport,<br />
was charged with obstructing<br />
identification on the<br />
400 block of W. Oak Avenue.<br />
• Bing Kates, 24, of 22442<br />
Lawndale Ave. in Richton<br />
Park, was charged with disobeying<br />
a stop sign, driving<br />
with a suspended driver’s<br />
license and operating an uninsured<br />
motor vehicle in the<br />
area of S. Gougar Road and<br />
Golfview Drive.<br />
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Lockport<br />
Legend’s Police Reports<br />
are compiled from official<br />
reports found online on the<br />
Will County Sheriff’s Office or<br />
Lockport Police Department’s<br />
website or releases issued<br />
by the department and other<br />
agencies. Individuals named<br />
in these reports are considered<br />
innocent of all charges until<br />
proven guilty in a court of law.<br />
HOLIDAY<br />
From Page 3<br />
out to Lockport’s Christmas<br />
event every year for<br />
many reasons, but for them<br />
the biggest draw is the live<br />
reindeer from Summerfield<br />
Zoo.<br />
“We come here from<br />
Plainfield – instead of seeing<br />
our own tree festival<br />
– because the crowds<br />
are a little bit better and<br />
more festive, it’s easier to<br />
park and they have reindeer,”<br />
Stephanie Austin<br />
said. “We definitely wanted<br />
to see the reindeer.”<br />
Bringing their daughter<br />
Zoe to meet Santa Claus<br />
was the top priority for<br />
Lockport residents Jodi and<br />
Joe Zalewski as she wanted<br />
to ask Jolly Old St. Nick to<br />
bring her a Hatchimal and a<br />
TV for her room for Christmas<br />
this year. Jodi Zalewski<br />
explained, “This is our<br />
fourth year coming out to<br />
this event, so it’s become a<br />
tradition for us.”<br />
City of Lockport staff<br />
member Jodi Herman enjoys<br />
seeing residents attend<br />
and enjoy Christmas in the<br />
Square each year.<br />
“It’s a fun and free family<br />
event that kicks off the<br />
holidays,” she said. “We recently<br />
– within the last few<br />
years – have partnered with<br />
the chamber for the shop local<br />
program too so it brings<br />
people into the stores in<br />
Downtown Lockport.”<br />
It’s no coincidence<br />
Christmas in the Square<br />
coincided with Small Business<br />
Saturday as organizers<br />
hoped attendees would<br />
stop by local businesses to<br />
start their shopping while<br />
supporting independentlyowned<br />
stores. Twelve Lockport<br />
businesses participated<br />
in the Passport to Christmas<br />
in the Square program offering<br />
event-goers even<br />
more holiday cheer along<br />
with the opportunity to win<br />
a PS4 game console.<br />
Cari Potter of PotterCo<br />
Real Estate — who also<br />
serves as secretary on the<br />
Chamber of Commerce<br />
board — explained, “We<br />
gave businesses the opportunity<br />
to host a craft or<br />
a snack today in order to<br />
have their business added to<br />
the passport. The children<br />
stopped by each location<br />
to participate in the activity<br />
and get their passports<br />
stamped. In the end, we’re<br />
offering a PS4 as a raffle, so<br />
when they bring their passport<br />
back they are entered<br />
into that drawing.”<br />
The PS4 raffle took place<br />
right before the tree-lighting<br />
ceremony in the heart of<br />
Christmas in the Square.<br />
Families can look forward<br />
to many more opportunities<br />
to soak in the holiday cheer<br />
right here in Lockport.<br />
“Next weekend the park<br />
district is hosting the Santa<br />
breakfast and Santa brunch<br />
up at Prairie Bluff so families<br />
can register for that before<br />
it comes up on Dec. 2,”<br />
Aspel said.<br />
As the 2017 edition of<br />
Christmas in the Square<br />
came to an end, Herman<br />
and Aspel had one final<br />
message for attendees, saying,<br />
“Happy holidays from<br />
all of us.”<br />
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the Lockport Legend | November 30, 2017 | 5<br />
Lockport Police Department gives turkeys instead of tickets<br />
Tuffy Tire & Auto<br />
Service donates<br />
turkeys for unique<br />
holiday partnership<br />
Jacquelyn Schlabach<br />
Assistant Editor<br />
Getting a ticket during<br />
the holidays can really put a<br />
damper on the spirit of the<br />
season.<br />
Ticket or Turkey, a partnership<br />
with the Lockport<br />
Police Department and local<br />
business Tuffy Tire &<br />
Auto Service, changed the<br />
demeanor of a traffic stop<br />
Nov. 21 when drivers received<br />
a turkey and a warning<br />
instead of a ticket. The<br />
officers stopped drivers<br />
with minor traffic violations<br />
including speeding, having<br />
no lights on and using a<br />
cellphone while driving.<br />
A young man who was<br />
stopped for a traffic violation<br />
said his children would<br />
be so excited to see what he<br />
brought home. A Lockport<br />
couple was on their way to<br />
Walmart to purchase their<br />
Thanksgiving meal when<br />
they were stopped. Another<br />
man said he would not<br />
have been able to afford a<br />
Thanksgiving meal this year<br />
had it not been for the turkey<br />
he received during the<br />
traffic stop.<br />
A turkey was all it took to<br />
brighten the day of 25 drivers<br />
in Lockport.<br />
Susan Fiedler, owner of<br />
Tuffy’s, approached the<br />
police department with the<br />
idea for Ticket or Turkey<br />
when the police department<br />
in her hometown of Sugar<br />
Grove did the same thing<br />
the week before.<br />
“There’s so much negativity<br />
out there about the<br />
police, and I thought what<br />
a great way to build a community<br />
relation between the<br />
police and the residents, because<br />
not only the people<br />
Three police cruisers were stocked with turkeys to give out<br />
instead of tickets.<br />
that get a turkey, but everyone<br />
that hears about it will<br />
just get a good feeling about<br />
[the] Lockport Police Department,”<br />
Fiedler said.<br />
Five Lockport officers<br />
participated in bringing<br />
awareness to safe driving<br />
by giving drivers a warning<br />
instead of a ticket- and<br />
of course a frozen turkey.<br />
Officers Vincent Vitacco,<br />
Tom Pakula, Jaren Szmergalski,<br />
Sergeant Brian<br />
Phelan and Chaplain Steve<br />
Bednarcik patrolled the<br />
Lockport area.<br />
“[Ticket or Turkey] is<br />
important because it raises<br />
awareness to safe driving<br />
and also gives back to<br />
the community on behalf<br />
of Susan and her business<br />
Tuffy’s,” Vitacco said. “It<br />
closes any gap between the<br />
police and community. It’s<br />
nice that Susan can help<br />
bridge that gap.”<br />
Chief Terry Lemming<br />
said this is a great way to<br />
engage members of the<br />
community.<br />
“This is another great<br />
way for the public to know<br />
that we have a sense of humor,<br />
and we’re just like the<br />
citizens of Lockport, but<br />
sometimes that’s not the<br />
image people have in their<br />
mind,” Lemming said.<br />
Fiedler also thought<br />
Ticket or Turkey would be<br />
a great opportunity to give<br />
someone who would have<br />
otherwise gotten a ticket, a<br />
turkey a couple days before<br />
Thanksgiving.<br />
“Sometimes it kind of<br />
gets old giving out tickets,<br />
and it’s nice to see people’s<br />
reaction and appreciation<br />
when they get that warning,”<br />
Vitacco said.<br />
Before heading off for the<br />
morning of turkey giving,<br />
all police officers said they<br />
were most excited to see the<br />
reactions of people when<br />
handing them a turkey.<br />
Some drivers laughed,<br />
others were in shock and a<br />
couple shed tears because<br />
of their appreciation for the<br />
gesture.<br />
“Giving the turkey to<br />
drivers can’t be bad, any<br />
time of the day or year,”<br />
Lemming said.<br />
Lemming said he would<br />
like to continue Ticket or<br />
Turkey for next year.<br />
“I think it’s unique and<br />
nothing but good,” Lemming<br />
said.<br />
Lockport Police Chaplain Steve Bednarcik (left) has a laugh with Amanda Meyers, of Mokena,<br />
Nov. 21 after giving her a turkey instead of a ticket as part of the department’s Ticket<br />
or Turkey partnership with Tuffy Tire & Auto Service. Photos by Jacquelyn Schlabach/22nd<br />
Century Media<br />
Lockport Police Officer Tom Pakula (left) and Chaplain Steve Bednarcik (middle) watch<br />
Homer Glen resident Michael Antoszek’s reaction after being given a turkey instead of a<br />
ticket.
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Tremendous trees<br />
Local organizations show off decorating skills at Festival of Trees<br />
The Tracy family (left to right) Tina, Zach (16), Ajay (8) and Ron check out some of the<br />
trees.<br />
The Festival of Trees was on display Saturday, Nov. 25, at the Gladys Fox Museum in Lockport.<br />
Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media<br />
Attendees check out the various trees at the event.<br />
Lockport residents Evelyn (left) and Nolan Dillman look at historic photos upstairs at the<br />
Gladys Fox Museum during the Festival of Trees.
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Reed School celebrates Family Literacy Week<br />
Not just for kids<br />
Submitted by Reed School<br />
Reed School kicked off Family<br />
Literacy Week on Nov. 13 with storyteller<br />
Chris Fascione who mesmerized<br />
students with his engaging<br />
stories and humorous wit.<br />
His message was simple: reading<br />
books and using your imagination<br />
can take you anywhere. The fun<br />
continued all week with Westernthemed<br />
school spirit days, including<br />
Hats Off to Our Favorite Author,<br />
Be a Super Reader/Super Hero<br />
Day, Slip Into a Good Book, Lasso<br />
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School Reads Day.<br />
Throughout the week, students had<br />
an opportunity to visit the Book Fair<br />
as did parents during Family Literacy<br />
Night and Parent Teacher Conferences.<br />
On Nov. 16, staff hosted their<br />
annual Family Literacy Night.<br />
With a variety of stations to<br />
choose from, students, their parents,<br />
and siblings spent the night<br />
competing in Battle of the Books,<br />
taking photos in the photo corner,<br />
creating crafts, playing Book Bingo,<br />
searching the building for Scavenger<br />
Hunt clues, and taking part in<br />
a Book Walk.<br />
With more than 100 families<br />
having attended the event, Reed<br />
School’s Family Literacy Night<br />
Committee is eager to begin planning<br />
for next year.<br />
Sean Reilly Jr. gets into the Wild West theme Nov. 13<br />
at Reed School’s Family Literacy Night.<br />
Students (left to right) Annabelle, Leah, Sidney, and<br />
Reese Corrigan show off prizes they won at Family<br />
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and Nicholas<br />
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along with<br />
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Several events for<br />
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District is to offer Young Timers<br />
Club, Adult Spanish and Adult<br />
Tap Class in the coming weeks.<br />
Young Timers Club is open<br />
to all seniors ages 50 and older,<br />
and is to be held Jan. 16 from<br />
noon-2 p.m. Attendees will be<br />
welcome to a buffet followed<br />
by Bingo and socialization.<br />
Participants are to use their own<br />
money to play Bingo. The prices<br />
for Bingo are $.05 per card<br />
per game and $.10 per card for<br />
coverall. The fee to register for<br />
the club is $8 if pre-registering<br />
and $12 if paying at the door.<br />
Adults ages 55 and older can<br />
also participate in the Adult<br />
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on Wednesdays from Jan. 17-<br />
Feb. 21 at the Gladys Fox Museum,<br />
231 E. 9th St. in Lockport.<br />
Classes are to run from 12:30-<br />
3 p.m. Attendees are to learn<br />
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Fees are $85 for residents<br />
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For more information about<br />
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on Thursdays from Jan. 11-<br />
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place at Central Square, 222 E.<br />
9th St. in Lockport, from 8-8:45<br />
p.m. Anyone who is age 18 or<br />
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Holiday Card Contest<br />
running now through<br />
Dec. 21<br />
Bill Jones, Managing Editor<br />
OK, we admit it. Last<br />
week, we were putting on a<br />
bit of a front.<br />
We said we were feeling<br />
tired and down, that we<br />
needed your Holiday Card<br />
Contest entries to lift our<br />
spirits. We may have acted<br />
like we were too cool to just<br />
say we feel left out when we<br />
don’t hear from you.<br />
The reality is that our spirits<br />
are already there, baby!<br />
We love the holidays! And<br />
we’ll swallow our pride and<br />
just say, “Listen, we think<br />
you’re cool, and we’d really<br />
appreciate it if you sent us<br />
something around the holidays.”<br />
With that in mind, publisher<br />
22nd Century Media’s<br />
2017 Holiday Card Contest<br />
is well underway. Here are<br />
the details.<br />
We want to see your custom<br />
Christmas cards (homemade<br />
wonders, unique, full<br />
of jokes, beautiful envelopes),<br />
read your year-end<br />
letters, and check out your<br />
holiday photos and drawings.<br />
Whatever it is you do for<br />
The good stuff<br />
A look at the prizes to be<br />
awarded to one winner in<br />
each of the categories.<br />
Best in Show<br />
• A certificate good for<br />
two tickets for the Blue<br />
Man Group at the Briar<br />
Street Theatre in Chicago<br />
(some restrictions apply).<br />
• A gift card valued at<br />
$50 for Mr. Benny’s Steak<br />
& Lobster House, 19200<br />
Everett Lane in Mokena.<br />
• A five-class pass ($70<br />
value) for Gawea Yoga,<br />
1000 S. State St. in<br />
Lockport.<br />
• Four Play Passes for free<br />
admission to the KidsWork<br />
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people, including shoe<br />
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and pitcher full of pop,<br />
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• A gift certificate valued<br />
at $25 for Chesdan’s<br />
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• Four unlimited play<br />
Power Cards for Dave &<br />
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the people you love during<br />
the holidays (PG-13,<br />
please), simply address these<br />
things to Managing Editor<br />
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to 11516 W. 183rd St. Unit<br />
SW Office Condo 3, Orland<br />
Park, IL, 60467. Make sure<br />
the items somewhere include<br />
a name and a phone number<br />
at which we can reach you,<br />
should you happen to win<br />
the contest, as well as your<br />
hometown.<br />
We will accept submissions<br />
through 5 p.m. Thursday,<br />
Dec. 21. (You get your<br />
cards out before then, right?)<br />
They must be received (not<br />
postmarked) by that day,<br />
so please make sure to give<br />
yourself enough time for<br />
holiday mail service.<br />
The entries will be evaluated<br />
by our editorial staff<br />
and judged in two categories:<br />
Best in Show and Funniest.<br />
We will pick one winner<br />
in each of the categories<br />
from across all seven of<br />
the towns covered by 22nd<br />
Century Media’s Southwest<br />
office: Orland Park, Tinley<br />
Park, Frankfort, Mokena,<br />
New Lenox, Lockport and<br />
Homer Glen.<br />
In addition to awarding<br />
prizes (detailed in the sidebar),<br />
we plan to publish images<br />
or transcripts of our<br />
winners in print, along with<br />
a few of our other favorites.<br />
We do have three important<br />
rules to follow.<br />
• We are allowing only<br />
one entry per household for<br />
this contest.<br />
• The entry must be from<br />
this holiday season.<br />
• Electronic entries are<br />
accepted and can be sent to<br />
bill@opprairie.com.
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Publisher’s Cheers to Charity returns to Rock Bottom<br />
Annual event<br />
benefits area food<br />
pantry, Toy Box<br />
Connection<br />
Jason Maholy<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
Thanksgiving was still<br />
two days away, but visitors<br />
to Rock Bottom Restaurant<br />
and Brewery in Orland Park<br />
might have thought they<br />
were smack dab in the heart<br />
of the holiday season.<br />
Servers and bartenders<br />
clad in the traditional red<br />
and green of Christmas;<br />
Rudolph the Prairie Red on<br />
tap and being served in souvenir<br />
glasses adorned with<br />
the likeness of the most<br />
famous reindeer of all; and<br />
the Sandburg High School<br />
Chamber Singers wearing<br />
red sweaters and entertaining<br />
diners with Christmas<br />
carols.<br />
Those were the sights at<br />
22nd Century Media’s annual<br />
Cheers to Charity, held<br />
Nov. 21. The event benefited<br />
the Orland Township Food<br />
Pantry and Orland Parkbased<br />
Toy Box Connection.<br />
Publisher 22nd Century<br />
partnered with Rock Bottom<br />
several years ago to hold the<br />
event for the benefit of the<br />
two local charitable groups.<br />
“The organizations that<br />
benefit from this tonight are<br />
local, which drives home<br />
with what we do as a local<br />
newspaper,” said Heather<br />
Warthen, 22nd Century Media’s<br />
chief events officer.<br />
“The Orland Township Food<br />
Pantry helps a lot of people<br />
in this area who may not<br />
have the means to get food,<br />
or maybe at Christmas they<br />
need a little extra boost.<br />
Anything that we can do for<br />
a local organization, we love<br />
to help.”<br />
Garbage can-sized bins for<br />
canned goods and toys were<br />
already filling up 60 minutes<br />
The Sandburg High School Chamber Singers serenade the<br />
crowd at Rock Bottom.<br />
into the four-hour event.<br />
“Usually, by the end of the<br />
night, they’re overflowing,<br />
which is awesome,” Warthen<br />
said. “People are very<br />
giving.”<br />
Customers who brought at<br />
least three canned food items<br />
or a new, unwrapped toy for<br />
the Toy Box Connection received<br />
$5 off their bills that<br />
evening. Rock Bottom also<br />
donated 10 percent of all<br />
food and beverage sales —<br />
and 25 cents of every pint<br />
of Rudolph the Prairie Red<br />
— that evening to the pantry.<br />
The brewery is to, through<br />
Dec. 15, give to the pantry<br />
25 cents for every glass of<br />
Rudolph sold.<br />
The Toy Box Connection<br />
also received a big holiday<br />
boost from Leadz, a networking<br />
organization for<br />
business professionals. The<br />
group announced it will<br />
make a $500 donation to the<br />
Toy Box.<br />
“Obviously, the holiday<br />
spirit, we’re moved by this<br />
and we thought it would be<br />
fitting for us to give a $500<br />
donation to Toy Box Connection<br />
to really help them<br />
out this holiday season,”<br />
Leadz Co-President Mike<br />
Hardek said.<br />
The donation was the organization’s<br />
second this<br />
holiday season, as it already<br />
had pledged another $500 to<br />
a single mother with medical<br />
issues and two young children,<br />
Hardek said.<br />
Bill Paglia, an Orland Rotary<br />
Club board member and<br />
owner of Wild Blue Yonder<br />
Travel Club, donated canned<br />
goods and a new toy, and<br />
was happy to be part of the<br />
evening.<br />
“This is an awesome<br />
place to be to give back<br />
to the community,” Paglia<br />
said. “I’m always looking<br />
for ways to give back<br />
— to the kids, especially.<br />
So, when you see a chance<br />
to give any kind of food<br />
or toys, it’s always a good<br />
thing. So, to me, that was a<br />
no-brainer, and you’ve got<br />
to come out and do that.”<br />
Cheers to Charity for<br />
the first time this year also<br />
incorporated the Military<br />
Mama Network, which collected<br />
cards that will be sent<br />
to soldiers serving overseas.<br />
The Military Mama Network<br />
supports soldiers and<br />
their families by sending<br />
care packages to deployed<br />
troops, providing moral support<br />
and training for families,<br />
and providing informational<br />
and relational support<br />
for the families of veterans<br />
and soldiers.<br />
Meghan Preston, of Orland Park, makes a donation to the Orland Township Food<br />
Pantry Nov. 21 at 22nd Century Media’s annual Cheers to Charity event at Rock Bottom<br />
Restaurant and Brewery in Orland Park. Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media<br />
Frankfort resident Andy Varga (left) orders a drink from Rock Bottom bartender Christina<br />
Nykiel during the event.
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FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT<br />
NL resident accomplishes<br />
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Twenty years ago or so,<br />
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Right away, Boyle was<br />
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He remembers one of the<br />
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was well known to the sport<br />
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race.<br />
“She was kind of dragging<br />
herself to the finish line,”<br />
Boyle said. “I got caught<br />
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and I thought it was exciting<br />
and cool that she could<br />
go through that. She lost<br />
that year, but she came back<br />
stronger the next year and<br />
won.”<br />
It was in those moments<br />
when Boyle was at or around<br />
the age of 19 that he set a<br />
goal for himself to one day<br />
compete in that same race.<br />
Boyle, now 39, returned<br />
home from Hawaii after accomplishing<br />
that goal of<br />
competing in the Ironman<br />
World Championship last<br />
month. With a 90-degree<br />
day and a lot of other intimidating<br />
course factors, Boyle<br />
endured to finish with a time<br />
of 10 hours, 30 minutes and<br />
30 seconds.<br />
“The race was so hard,<br />
and I felt so drained from<br />
running in the heat and humidity<br />
that I was just thankful<br />
that it was over,” he said.<br />
In his age group, he placed<br />
115th out of 252. Overall,<br />
he was 685th out of 2,232.<br />
But none of that particularly<br />
mattered. His goal had been<br />
to get there, and by sheer determination<br />
and grit Boyle<br />
had done that.<br />
Reporting by Jon DePaolis,<br />
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visit NewLenoxPatriot.com.<br />
FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER<br />
Local woman helps collect<br />
supplies for children in<br />
Venezuela<br />
The capital of Venezuela<br />
is nearly 2,500 miles from<br />
Mokena, but home is never<br />
far from the heart.<br />
For Mokena resident Victoria<br />
Heredia, it has been<br />
heartbreaking to see the effects<br />
of the current political<br />
turmoil in the country and<br />
the impact it has had on residents.<br />
Heredia — who was born<br />
in Venezuela but has spent<br />
more than two decades living<br />
in the United States —<br />
teamed up with a friend of<br />
hers named Mary Slick of<br />
Manhattan to try to help provide<br />
for Venezuela’s smallest<br />
citizens: the children.<br />
Heredia said Slick started<br />
collecting items in May to be<br />
shipped to Venezuela to help<br />
provide nutrition and medicine<br />
in an area where those<br />
supplies can be scarce.<br />
The two met in 2014,<br />
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FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE<br />
Cinepolis redevelopment<br />
agreement could mean three<br />
theaters for village<br />
Orland Park is one step<br />
closer to having three movie<br />
theaters in town.<br />
The Orland Park Village<br />
Board voted 4-1 Monday,<br />
Nov. 20, to approve a redevelopment<br />
agreement with<br />
Bradford Orland Park 4.<br />
Mayor Keith Pekau cast<br />
the lone dissenting ballot,<br />
while Trustees James Dodge<br />
and Patricia Gira were absent.<br />
Originally conceived as a<br />
two-story, mixed-use building<br />
with Cinepolis as the anchor<br />
tenant, the project now<br />
calls for a 41,000-squarefoot,<br />
one-story building on<br />
1 acre of land. The theater<br />
would have eight screens<br />
and approximately 600<br />
seats, with a restaurant and<br />
bar, as well as in-theater<br />
dining.<br />
Staff estimates the annual<br />
revenue for the Village<br />
off this development to be<br />
$849,828 — or $5.94 million<br />
over the life of the TIF<br />
district and $16.96 million<br />
over the term of the Cinepolis<br />
lease.<br />
Additionally, as a result of<br />
the building being smaller in<br />
scope, Karie Friling, the Village’s<br />
development services<br />
director, said the Village<br />
will have an extra portion of<br />
land it can sell in the future,<br />
which can lead to more revenue.<br />
After the meeting, Pekau<br />
explained why he voted<br />
against the redevelopment<br />
agreement.<br />
“I was very clear with<br />
them when I met them behind<br />
closed doors,” Pekau<br />
said. “I said, ‘I’m not giving<br />
you a dime.’ We have a<br />
$30 million to $40 million<br />
investment for a [different]<br />
movie theater, where they<br />
are not asking for anything.<br />
Why would we give money<br />
to someone coming to bring<br />
in the same product? It<br />
doesn’t make sense to me.”<br />
Orland Park has a Marcus<br />
Theatres location on La-<br />
Grange Road, and a planned<br />
AMC spot for Orland Square<br />
recently was announced.<br />
Reporting by Jon DePaolis,<br />
Freelance Reporter. For more,<br />
visit OPPrairie.com.<br />
FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION<br />
Man from Tinley Park<br />
reportedly shot, killed in<br />
Palos Heights<br />
A Tinley Park man reportedly<br />
was shot to death in<br />
Palos Heights in the early<br />
evening of Nov. 20 in what<br />
police said was not a random<br />
incident.<br />
The deceased was identified<br />
as Murad Talib, 39, of<br />
the of the 17900 block of<br />
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at a residence in the 7300<br />
block of Ishnala Drive.<br />
Talib was shot around<br />
5 p.m. inside that Palos<br />
Heights residence, according<br />
to information posted by<br />
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He reportedly was<br />
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The shooter reportedly<br />
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From THE FRANKFORT STATION<br />
Frankfort Lions Club<br />
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during Thanksgiving holiday<br />
season<br />
To help ensure those in<br />
need do not go hungry during<br />
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Members of the group’s<br />
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“It’s a great organization,<br />
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This year, the food is to<br />
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“We appreciate it, that<br />
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“Working with Trail’s<br />
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The Frankfort Lions Club<br />
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and Christmas.<br />
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that a family could use<br />
over the course of a week.<br />
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In reality, these are things<br />
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DJ after Hawks game<br />
Dec. 30th<br />
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Live Show 9pm<br />
to Midnight<br />
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5pm-1pm<br />
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Watch the Hawks game with a<br />
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708.301.5555
Grapes and grains<br />
Bar event benefits LTHS Foundation, Page 21<br />
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Candy overload<br />
Sweet-tooth satisfaction abounds at Dan’s<br />
Homemade Candies in Mokena, Page 27<br />
Lockport Woman’s Club’s Christmas Crossroads<br />
event draws 10,000 visitors over two days, Page 22<br />
Chicago residents Llora Sullivan (left) and Eileen Durking browse the offerings at the Whispering Wood Carvings booth Nov. 18 at the Lockport Woman’s Club’s annual Christmas<br />
Crossroads craft show held at Lockport Township High School’s East Campus. Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media
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FAITH BRIEFS<br />
First Congregational United Church of<br />
Christ (700 E. 9th St., Lockport)<br />
First Class Kids Preschool<br />
Registration<br />
To register children for<br />
openings contact Sue, call<br />
(815) 838-8133.<br />
Greet & Meet over Treats<br />
10:30 a.m. Sundays.<br />
Children’s Sunday Mornings<br />
9:45 a.m. Second through<br />
fourth Sundays. Stories<br />
with Puppets.<br />
Contemplative Evening<br />
Worship<br />
6:30 p.m. second and<br />
fourth Wednesdays. Casual<br />
blend of music & meditation<br />
over scripture.<br />
Communion<br />
First Sunday of the<br />
month.<br />
Voices<br />
9:45 a.m. Sundays. Children’s<br />
program which helps<br />
them discover the Messiah<br />
through stories, drama and<br />
crafts.<br />
First United Methodist Church of Lockport<br />
(1000 S. Washington St., Lockport)<br />
Sunday Worship<br />
9 a.m. Sunday School<br />
10:25 a.m. Worship<br />
Circle of Love<br />
9 a.m. Wednesdays. Circle<br />
of Love provides diapers,<br />
feminine and incontinence<br />
products to clients<br />
who are qualified to use the<br />
local FISH Food Pantry.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(815) 838-1017.<br />
Communion<br />
First Sunday of the<br />
month.<br />
Gingerbread House Making<br />
6:30 p.m. Dec. 1. The<br />
annual gingerbread house<br />
making night requires an<br />
RSVP to the church office<br />
by Nov. 28 with the number<br />
of houses you plan to build<br />
and how many people are<br />
attending. There is a donation<br />
of $3 per house. Please<br />
bring one box of frosted Pop<br />
Tarts for each house you<br />
build. For more information<br />
contact (815) 838-1017.<br />
Joliet Seventh-Day Adventist Church (21514<br />
W. Division St., Lockport)<br />
Saturday Services<br />
9:30 a.m. Sabbath school;<br />
10:45 a.m. Worship Hour.<br />
Prayer Meeting<br />
7:30 p.m. Wednesdays.<br />
Attendees can share their<br />
praise reports and prayer requests.<br />
The call-in number<br />
is (530) 881-1200. When<br />
prompted enter the access<br />
code: 761835 then the #<br />
key. The prayer line is free,<br />
and there is no additional<br />
cost beyond regular phone<br />
charges.<br />
St. Dennis Church (1214 S. Hamilton St.,<br />
Lockport)<br />
Teen Mass<br />
4:30 p.m. Dec. 9<br />
Christmas Music Concert<br />
3 p.m. Dec. 3<br />
Daily Mass Times<br />
8 a.m. Monday, Tuesday,<br />
Thursday<br />
8:15 a.m. Wednesday<br />
8 a.m. Friday with communion<br />
service<br />
Saturday Mass<br />
4:30 p.m.<br />
Sunday Mass<br />
8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and<br />
11:15 a.m. All are welcome.<br />
Assumption Greek Orthodox Church (15625<br />
S. Bell Road, Lockport)<br />
Sunday Services<br />
8:15 a.m. Orthros; 9:30<br />
a.m. Divine Liturgy; 10 a.m.<br />
Sunday School. For more<br />
information, call (708) 645-<br />
0652.<br />
THRIVE Church (1605 Washington St.,<br />
Lockport)<br />
Worship Services<br />
10 a.m. service; Meet and<br />
greet with coffee at 9:30<br />
a.m. and Children’s Church<br />
— infant to fifth grade —<br />
also at 10 a.m. New summer<br />
hours; all are welcome to<br />
join for coffee, fellowship,<br />
worship and the word.<br />
Thrive Youth<br />
7 p.m. Wednesdays night<br />
youth gatherings<br />
Women’s Bible Study<br />
7-8:30 p.m. Every other<br />
Monday. The group meets<br />
at Charity McCarthy’s<br />
home in Lockport. For more<br />
information you can reach<br />
her at charitymccarthy1@<br />
gmail.com.<br />
Upper Room<br />
7:30 p.m. Saturday<br />
nights. Upper Room is for<br />
18-35 year olds to gather for<br />
a time of worship, teaching<br />
and fellowship at the Buck’s<br />
home in Homer Glen. For<br />
more information, contact<br />
Phil and Nicole Buck at pnbuck@att.net.<br />
Shepherd of the Hill Lutheran Church (925 E.<br />
9th St., Lockport)<br />
Sundays Service<br />
9 a.m. and 10:35 a.m.<br />
Saturday Service<br />
5 p.m.<br />
Bible Study<br />
9:30 a.m. Wednesdays<br />
Alcoholics Anonymous<br />
6:30 p.m. Wednesdays for<br />
beginners<br />
7:30 p.m. Wednesdays for<br />
established members<br />
All meetings are “closed<br />
door”<br />
First Baptist Church of Lockport (800<br />
Thornton St., Lockport)<br />
God and Country night<br />
10:30 a.m. Nov. 19 at the<br />
church. Retired Navy Seal<br />
Commander Michael Imhof<br />
and the Joliet American Legion<br />
Band Ensemble are to<br />
be at the event, which is a<br />
day for patriotism and worship<br />
of God.<br />
Sunday Services<br />
9:30 a.m. Sunday School;<br />
10:45 a.m. Morning Worship<br />
Angel Food House Food<br />
Pantry<br />
12:15-1 p.m. Sundays<br />
and 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays.<br />
Open to the public.<br />
Cross Point Church of Lockport (17530 W.<br />
Fox Hollow Drive, Lockport)<br />
Sunday Service<br />
10 a.m. For more information,<br />
call (815) 838-<br />
9105.<br />
St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church (312<br />
E. 11th St., Lockport)<br />
Worship Services<br />
8:30 a.m. Sundays, Holy<br />
Eucharist; 9:15 a.m., Adult<br />
and Children’s Formation<br />
(every second and fourth<br />
Sunday of the month);<br />
10:30 a.m., Holy Eucharist.<br />
Every Wednesday, 9:30<br />
a.m. Morning worship; 7<br />
p.m. Evening Worship.<br />
Holy Eucharist<br />
8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.<br />
Sundays. For more information,<br />
call (815) 834-1168 or<br />
email office@stjohns-loc<br />
kport-il.org.<br />
Wednesday Services<br />
9:30 a.m. Wednesdays.<br />
12 Step Meetings<br />
8 p.m. Mondays, 7 p.m.<br />
and 11:59 p.m. Fridays.<br />
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (1500 S. Briggs<br />
St., Lockport)<br />
Divine Worship<br />
5:30 p.m. Saturdays and<br />
9 a.m. Sundays with Fellowship<br />
to follow at 10 a.m.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(815) 838-1832.<br />
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church (18101 W.<br />
Oak Ave., Lockport)<br />
Sunday Services<br />
8:30 a.m. Sunday school;<br />
10 a.m. Morning worship,<br />
Nursery ministry (ages infant<br />
to 4) and Youth church<br />
(ages 5-12); 12 p.m. Adult<br />
Bible Study. For more information,<br />
contact (815)<br />
774-1016.<br />
Have something for Faith<br />
Briefs? Contact Assistant<br />
Editor Jacquelyn Schlabach at<br />
j.schlabach@22nd<br />
centurymedia.com or call<br />
(708) 326-9170 ext. 15.<br />
Information is due by noon<br />
Thursday one week prior to<br />
publication.<br />
In Memoriam<br />
Meyers<br />
Francis G.<br />
Meyers “Frank,”<br />
74, of Lockport, died Nov.<br />
20. He was a member of St.<br />
Dennis Church, Lockport<br />
Moose Lodge #1557 and<br />
was a United States Army<br />
veteran. He was a Green Bay<br />
Packers fan, an avid fisherman,<br />
hunter and loved golf.<br />
He loved to play and watch<br />
baseball, basketball, football<br />
and golf. He is survived by<br />
his wife of 49 years Regetta<br />
Meyers; his children Claudia<br />
Meyers, Courtney (Brett)<br />
McCullough and Frank<br />
(Julie) Meyers; his grandchildren<br />
Emma and Aidan<br />
McCullough, Samantha and<br />
Jack Meyers and numerous<br />
cousins. Per Frank’s wishes,<br />
cremation rites were respectfully<br />
addressed. A memorial<br />
gathering celebrating Frank’s<br />
life was held Monday, Nov.<br />
27 at St. Dennis Church,<br />
Lockport. In lieu of flowers,<br />
memorials to Rush University<br />
Medical Center for Johnston<br />
R. Bowman Health Center,<br />
1700 W. VAn Buren St.,<br />
Suite 250, Chicago, 60612<br />
would be appreciated. Family<br />
and friends can sign the<br />
online guestbook at www.<br />
oneilfuneralhome.com.<br />
Hostert (nee Vodziak)<br />
Josephine June Hostert,<br />
78, of Lockport, died Nov.<br />
21. She was a longtime<br />
member of the women’s<br />
auxiliary for the then allvolunteer<br />
Homer Township<br />
Fire Department. She was<br />
an active member of the Will<br />
County School District 92<br />
band boosters. She enjoyed<br />
cooking, gardening, reading<br />
and crossword puzzles. She<br />
is survived by three children,<br />
Judy Harvey, Jean (Jeff)<br />
Hartford, Dolores (Joe)<br />
McGrath; daughter-in-law<br />
Jeanne Hostert; her grandchildren,<br />
Annalyn Hostert,<br />
Mary (Nick) Szalinski, Theresa<br />
(Alex) Hefner, James<br />
Hostert, Hanah Hartford,<br />
Kelly Hartford, Martha and<br />
Joe Harvey; great-grandchildren<br />
Gryffin Hefner, Dean<br />
and Charlotte Szalinski; her<br />
siblings Loretta Hadrys,<br />
Dorothy (James) West, Ronald<br />
(Catherine) Vaughn and<br />
Richard (Beverly) Vodziak;<br />
sisters-in-law Louise Morris<br />
and Marcyann Vodziak; and<br />
many nieces and nephews.<br />
Funeral services were held<br />
Monday, Nov. 27 at St. Joseph<br />
Church, Lockport. In<br />
lieu of flowers, donations to<br />
the Morningstar Mission, the<br />
Alzheimer’s Association or<br />
Friend’s of Sunny Hill Nursing<br />
Home would be appreciated.<br />
Friends and family can<br />
sign the guestbook at www.<br />
oneilfuneralhome.com.<br />
Have someone’s life you’d<br />
like to honor? Email<br />
j.schlabach@22ndcentury<br />
media.com with information<br />
about a loved one who was a<br />
part of the Lockport community.
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Spirits for scholarships<br />
Grapes and Grains event at Embers raises funds for LTHS Foundation<br />
Event attendees Cindy Kroll (left) and Melissa Gonzalez try out some wine Saturday, Nov. 25, at the Grapes and Grains<br />
Around the Globe event at Embers Tap House. Photos by Geoff Stellfox/22nd Century Media<br />
Kathy Fields explores the offerings at the event.<br />
Nab Mrvalevic sorts through some spirits. Carol Hook looks on as her cup is filled at the event. Rich Gubala (left) and Carol Hook peruse the selection of<br />
wine and spirits.
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Lockport Woman’s Club kicks off holidays with annual craft show<br />
Christmas<br />
Crossroads brings<br />
crafters together in<br />
its 47th year<br />
Amanda Del Buono<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
Although some kick off<br />
their holiday shopping on<br />
Black Friday, many get<br />
into the spirit of the season<br />
by attending the Lockport<br />
Woman’s Club’s annual<br />
Christmas Crossroads Craft<br />
Show.<br />
Sisters Debby and Pat<br />
Blatzer, of Lemont and Orland<br />
Park respectively, are<br />
among those who attend the<br />
show every year as part of<br />
their family’s traditions to<br />
kick off the season.<br />
“We’ve been coming<br />
for close to 20 years in a<br />
row,” Debby said. “… The<br />
vendors all ask if we’ll be<br />
here. You get to know the<br />
vendors. … We’re actually<br />
friends with them now. …<br />
This is a family tradition,<br />
we always come together.<br />
It kicks off the holidays and<br />
kind of is our family thing<br />
that we do together.”<br />
The quality, handmade<br />
products available at the<br />
show bring the women back<br />
every year, they said.<br />
“Everything is so well<br />
made, and it lasts,” Pat said.<br />
The Lockport Woman’s<br />
Club’s 47th annual Christmas<br />
Crossroads Craft Show<br />
took place Nov. 18-19, at<br />
Lockport Township High<br />
School East Campus, and<br />
featured more than 180<br />
crafters with 10,000 visitors<br />
attending throughout<br />
the weekend, according to<br />
the event website, christmas<br />
crossroads.com.<br />
All of the proceeds from<br />
the event are to be donated<br />
to local charities and causes,<br />
Please see HOLIDAY, 23<br />
Jayla (left) and Jenna Guajardo look at holiday items at Peggy’s Country Crafts booth Nov. 18 at the Lockport Woman’s<br />
Club’s annual Christmas Crossroads craft show held at Lockport Township High School’s East Campus.<br />
Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media<br />
Lockport resident Jake Zacharias (right) – of Boy Scout Troop 63 – checks Pat Rieken’s<br />
coat.<br />
Connie Nickon (left) makes a donation to TLC Animal Shelter while members of Lockport’s<br />
Robotic Club (left to right) Nathan Hesse, Jordan Mariniak and Adriana Watson look on.
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HOLIDAY<br />
From Page 22<br />
said Chris Wallace, current<br />
president of the Lockport<br />
Woman’s Club and member<br />
of the craft show’s committee<br />
for the past 17 years.<br />
“This is our only fundraiser<br />
for the year,” she said.<br />
“All of the money goes to<br />
charities.”<br />
Rosemary Gasper, a<br />
member of the Christmas<br />
Crossroads committee who<br />
has been working the event<br />
for the past 23 years, added,<br />
“Everything that we work<br />
for we give away.”<br />
Yet, this isn’t the only way<br />
the event helps give back.<br />
Christmas Crossroads also<br />
provides opportunities for<br />
local organizations to fundraise<br />
and share their causes.<br />
For example, Lockport<br />
Township High School’s<br />
band sold food during the<br />
event to raise funds, while<br />
the local Boy Scout Troop<br />
ran a coat check, and several<br />
booths were saved for<br />
local organizations.<br />
“We have a number of<br />
booths we save for charities<br />
to have in order to help<br />
them as they fundraise and<br />
spread awareness,” Wallace<br />
said.<br />
About one-third of the<br />
vendors at the show were<br />
new this year, while the<br />
majority are regulars at the<br />
Christmas Crossroads Craft<br />
Show. Jackie Newberry, a<br />
Joliet resident and owner of<br />
Let It Snow-Men — which<br />
offers handmade snowmen<br />
décor made out of wood<br />
— has been a vendor at the<br />
show for the past six years.<br />
In fact, she’s been showing<br />
her products at the Christmas<br />
Crossroads since she<br />
began her business.<br />
“I think the variety brings<br />
a lot of customers, and I<br />
like that it’s all handmade<br />
crafts,” she said.<br />
Chicago resident Sheila<br />
Awong, along with her husband<br />
Chris and daughter<br />
Kayla, has been a vendor<br />
at the show with their company<br />
Budley Bows since<br />
May Xiong paints a clay flower at her May’s Art Clay Flowers<br />
booth. Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media<br />
Debbi Sumner (middle) of The Hook and Eye shows designs<br />
to Katie Vertenten (left) and Barb Szpyrka.<br />
2013 and also said the show<br />
draws a great crowd.<br />
“I hear it’s one of the biggest<br />
shows, and it’s welladvertised<br />
and well-organized,”<br />
Chris said. “And<br />
we always have returning<br />
customers.”<br />
In fact, Jaclyn LaPorte,<br />
a Lockport resident, said<br />
she comes to get new bows<br />
from Budley Bows every<br />
year.<br />
“I just like craft shows,<br />
and it’s for a nice cause, it<br />
supports local community<br />
members that are here in<br />
our community,” she said.<br />
After organizing the<br />
event for many years, this is<br />
the last year that the current<br />
committee members will<br />
produce the event, according<br />
to Wallace and Gasper.<br />
Next year, a new group of<br />
women will take charge of<br />
the event. Although Wallace<br />
and Gasper will be on-hand<br />
to help next year, they are<br />
proud of the work they have<br />
done throughout the years<br />
and are ready to step aside<br />
for new leaders.<br />
The Lockport Woman’s<br />
Club has also become involved<br />
with Wreaths Across<br />
America and is selling<br />
wreathes to be placed at the<br />
Arlington National Cemetery<br />
in honor the country’s<br />
fallen heroes. Each wreath<br />
is $15, and for every two<br />
purchased a third will be<br />
donated, Wallace said.<br />
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Showing<br />
spirit at<br />
Young<br />
School<br />
Young School students line up to purchase spirit sticks from the Young School PTO during<br />
lunch period at the school. Photos submitted<br />
The spirit sticks have a variety of designs on them.<br />
Young School<br />
students collect,<br />
trade spirit sticks<br />
Submitted by Homer 33C<br />
The Young School PTO<br />
recently started selling spirit<br />
sticks during lunch periods<br />
at the school.<br />
The sticks are $1, and<br />
each one has a unique design.<br />
Students collect them,<br />
trade them and wear them<br />
on their lanyards or backpacks.<br />
The PTO sells an<br />
average of 250 sticks during<br />
the lunch periods.<br />
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The Dish<br />
A cornucopia of confectionery charm<br />
Dan’s Homemade<br />
Candies offers<br />
favorite sweets<br />
of chocolate<br />
connoisseurs<br />
T.J. Kremer III, Editor<br />
So many things have<br />
changed since 1919 that it<br />
is pointless to even begin to<br />
mention what some of those<br />
things are.<br />
But at least two things<br />
have remained the same<br />
in the southwest suburbs:<br />
Dan’s Homemade Candies<br />
and the way those candies<br />
are made.<br />
In 1991, Richard and Carol<br />
Nelson purchased Dan’s<br />
from a family friend. The<br />
Nelsons ran the business for<br />
16 years before turning it<br />
over to their own daughters<br />
in 2007. They continue to<br />
own and manage the store’s<br />
three locations between Joliet<br />
and Mokena.<br />
And it has been a labor of<br />
love for co-owner Kristine<br />
Collins and her sister Kelly<br />
Bostjancic, who manages<br />
the Mokena location, which<br />
opened in 2012.<br />
“I love interacting with<br />
the customers and hearing<br />
their stories of when they<br />
were a kid coming in and<br />
buying candy with their<br />
parents, like the traditional<br />
caramel apples every season<br />
— got to have those caramel<br />
apples,” Collins said. “People<br />
come in happy. Even if<br />
they don’t have a piece of<br />
candy in their mouths yet,<br />
they’re just anticipating,<br />
and they’re happy.”<br />
Those customers have<br />
plenty to be happy about,<br />
too. The Mokena location<br />
makes plain fudge and nut<br />
fudge, English toffee, mint<br />
meltaway centers, caramel<br />
apples — when in season —<br />
and chocolate molds.<br />
Dan’s Homemade Candies in Mokena offers pre-assorted boxes of chocolates, caramels and<br />
creams for around $24.50 for a 1-pound box. Photos by T.J. Kremer III/22nd Century Media<br />
The Cass Street store in<br />
Joliet is where the creams<br />
are made, and the Plainfield<br />
Road store — also in Joliet<br />
— makes creams into whatever<br />
flavors are needed and<br />
adds the chocolate covers.<br />
Plainfield Road also chocolate-coats<br />
most other candies<br />
and makes the flavored<br />
popcorn, and each store<br />
makes its own caramel and<br />
clusters. They use the same<br />
chocolate supply company<br />
in Chicago as they did back<br />
in 1919. Chocolates stay the<br />
same year-round, but novelty<br />
candies change with the<br />
holidays and seasons.<br />
One of the more popular<br />
selections is a local candy:<br />
the G-Shaft hard candy<br />
($7.25 per pound), which is<br />
a mint-flavored hard candy<br />
that originated in Coal City.<br />
The legend goes that a<br />
woman whose husband died<br />
started making the candy,<br />
and right outside her window<br />
was a mine — Mine<br />
Shaft G.<br />
Perhaps even more famous<br />
than the G-Shaft is<br />
Dan’s signature caramel,<br />
the recipe for which has<br />
been passed down since<br />
1919 and is kept secure in<br />
a safe.<br />
The caramel comes in a<br />
variety of forms — from<br />
straight caramel pieces to<br />
chocolate-covered, and<br />
pieces with or without nuts<br />
— and sells for $24.50-<br />
$25.50 a pound.<br />
“A lot of people say it’s<br />
[their favorite], because it’s<br />
soft,” Bostjancic said. “You<br />
know, you eat a Brach’s<br />
candy, and it’s a little bit<br />
chewy, and they can’t do<br />
it with dentures or fillings.<br />
Our caramel is softer and<br />
it has a great taste. ... And<br />
that’s a Dan’s original recipe.”<br />
Friendly service and a<br />
quality product are what<br />
keep a lot of customers returning.<br />
And that repeat<br />
Customers also have the option of creating their own assortments<br />
at Dan’s Homemade Candies.<br />
business means the sisters<br />
get to know well what different<br />
customers like and<br />
are able to offer suggestions<br />
for new products.<br />
“I have one woman who<br />
has come in since her little<br />
guy was 2 years old,” Collins<br />
said. “He’s married and<br />
expecting his own kid now.<br />
And it’s kind of cool that we<br />
know our customers personally.”<br />
But that is not even the<br />
best part of owning a candy<br />
store, according to Bostjancic.<br />
“For me, the fun part is<br />
at the beginning of every<br />
holiday, we make chocolate<br />
molds,” Bostjancic said.<br />
“It’s just fun to see, OK,<br />
today we’re doing all the<br />
pumpkin suckers and the<br />
Frankensteins, and that holiday’s<br />
over and now we’re<br />
doing turkeys, and now that<br />
holiday’s over and now I get<br />
to pull out the Santa suckers,<br />
and then the Easter bunnies.<br />
Even though we use<br />
the same molds, it’s just fun<br />
to see them come out, and<br />
it’s like, ‘We made this. We<br />
made these 900 gingerbread<br />
suckers. We did this.’<br />
“I guess it’s a sense of<br />
accomplishment, but also<br />
just how cute everything is<br />
just makes you happy when<br />
you look at your table and<br />
you’re like, ‘This is really<br />
awesome that we have this<br />
and we can do this for people.’”<br />
But the most exciting<br />
part, Bostjancic said, is<br />
when they get a new mold,<br />
like they did this year for<br />
a special Hanukkah mold.<br />
Those chocolate suckers<br />
and other holiday and novelty<br />
candies range from 80<br />
cents for a quarter-pound<br />
bag of gummy snowflakes<br />
to $12.25 for a pound of<br />
peanut brittle.<br />
Candy is sold by the<br />
piece, as well as in bulk<br />
packages. In fact, one of<br />
the first customers at the<br />
Mokena location spent several<br />
weeks coming in and<br />
buying only four pieces at<br />
a time until she had gotten<br />
through all the candies,<br />
so that she could figure out<br />
which were her favorites.<br />
“I thought it was the funniest<br />
thing and the cleverest<br />
thing,” Bostjancic said.<br />
“She tried every product<br />
we had, four at a time, each<br />
week.”<br />
Dan’s Homemade<br />
Candies<br />
11400 W. Lincoln<br />
Highway in Mokena<br />
Hours<br />
•9 a.m.-7 p.m. -<br />
Monday-Friday<br />
•9a.m.-5:30 p.m. -<br />
Saturday<br />
For more information…<br />
Web:<br />
danshomemadecandies.<br />
com<br />
Phone: (815) 464-0827<br />
Dan’s has you covered<br />
when it comes to assorted<br />
chocolates and/or creams,<br />
too. A 1-pound box goes<br />
for $24.50, and Dan’s<br />
Christmas Towers, which<br />
come with an assortment<br />
of candies, sell for $40.99-<br />
$46.99.<br />
And with any luck, Dan’s<br />
could stay in the family for<br />
year’s to come.<br />
“I just hope the kids will<br />
take over,” Collins said.<br />
“That’s my dad’s idea. He<br />
always wanted to keep the<br />
whole family together. …<br />
Now, it’s our turn and we’re<br />
thinking like that, too. We’re<br />
thinking about our kids and<br />
nieces and nephews.<br />
“We just want to keep the<br />
business going and keep<br />
everyone happy, mostly. I<br />
mean, how can you not be<br />
happy waiting on customers<br />
who are happy all day?”
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Across<br />
1. The Kings of the<br />
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4. Inexpensive magazines<br />
9. Genoese admiral<br />
Andrea<br />
14. Billiard ball stroker<br />
15. “Lord of the Rings”<br />
setting, with “the”<br />
16. Poem with a pastoral<br />
setting<br />
17. Acknowledgment of<br />
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19. “Chasing Pavements”<br />
singer<br />
20. Nothing, in Nice<br />
21. Poetic time of day<br />
23. Dish with melted<br />
cheese<br />
25. Andrew’s girls soccer<br />
coach<br />
30. Mach 1 breaker<br />
31. “O Sole ___”<br />
33. Carolina river<br />
34. Arose suddenly<br />
37. Souvenir shop stock<br />
38. Great place for a<br />
family outing<br />
42. Defraud<br />
43. Elevator alternative<br />
44. Airport surface<br />
47. Keyword improvements<br />
for a website<br />
(abbr.)<br />
48. ___ de Triomphe<br />
51. St. Dennis School<br />
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54. More certain<br />
56. Wedding exchanges<br />
57. Hinged joint<br />
58. Battery inventor<br />
62. Good with chicken<br />
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66. Stylist’s shop<br />
67. Of a Middle Eastern<br />
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68. Prefix with athlete<br />
69. Black-and-white<br />
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70. Doughy<br />
71. Demolition compound<br />
Down<br />
1. Bandannas<br />
2. Sound tapes<br />
3. It sets very hard<br />
4. 2nd letter addendum<br />
5. Sounds of hesitation<br />
6. Roman 52<br />
7. TV teaser<br />
8. Spanish “Sir”<br />
9. Jazz singer Reeves<br />
10. Strange<br />
11. Highball ingredient<br />
12. Expressing future intention<br />
13. The A in IPA<br />
18. The Colts, on a scoreboard<br />
22. Kind of theater<br />
24. Strike callers<br />
25. Soil mixtures<br />
26. Fraternity letters, sometimes<br />
27. European border river<br />
28. Vegetable<br />
29. Famous film falcon<br />
32. Irritate<br />
34. Diploma word<br />
35. Trapeze artist’s peace of<br />
mind<br />
36. Grind, as teeth<br />
38. Brazilian berry<br />
39. Rover’s view<br />
40. Fasten a sneaker<br />
41. Lions and Tigers and<br />
Bears<br />
42. They beat Det. to win<br />
the 2006 World Series<br />
45. Indonesians, Filipinos,<br />
for example<br />
46. Mil. authority<br />
48. Newsman Peter<br />
49. Win back, as trust<br />
50. Give recognition<br />
52. Ancient land on the<br />
Aegean<br />
53. Autocrats<br />
55. Neighbor of Russ.<br />
58. Brandy letters<br />
59. Pole with a blade on one<br />
end<br />
60. Corporation type<br />
61. Suited ___ tee<br />
63. “I see!”<br />
64. Compass direction<br />
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- You must be over the age of<br />
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Homewood, IL<br />
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Relocating January 2018<br />
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2701 Property for<br />
Sale<br />
2701 Property for<br />
Sale<br />
2702 Public<br />
Notices<br />
2703 Legal<br />
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SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ES-<br />
TATE of 17451 Sauk Drive, #E,<br />
Lockport, IL 60441 (White vinyl<br />
siding and red brick, two story<br />
townhouse with attached two car<br />
garage). On the 7th day of December,<br />
2017 to be held at 12:00 noon,<br />
at the Will County Courthouse Annex,<br />
57 N. Ottawa Street, Room<br />
201, Joliet, IL 60432, under Case<br />
Title: U.S. BANK NATIONAL<br />
ASSOCIATION Plaintiff V.Stacy<br />
a. Sheenan, Unknown owners and<br />
non-record claimants Defendant.<br />
Case No. 15CH 1933 in the Circuit<br />
Court of the Twelfth Judicial<br />
Circuit, Will County, Illinois.<br />
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%)<br />
at the time of sale and the balance<br />
within twenty-four (24) hours. No<br />
judicial sale fee shall be paid by<br />
the mortgagee acquiring the residential<br />
real estate pursuant to its<br />
credit bid at the sale or by any<br />
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or<br />
other lienor acquiring the residential<br />
real estate whose rights in and<br />
to the residential real estate arose<br />
prior to the sale. All payments shall<br />
be made in cash or certified funds<br />
payable to the Sheriff of Will<br />
County. Judgment amount is<br />
$145,097.91 plus interest, cost and<br />
post judgment advances, if any.<br />
In the event the property is acon-<br />
dominium, in accordance with 735<br />
ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and<br />
(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and<br />
765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are<br />
hereby notified that the purchaser<br />
of the unit, other than amortgagee,<br />
shall pay the assessments and legal<br />
fees required by subdivisions<br />
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and<br />
the assessments required bysubsection<br />
(g-1) of Section 18.5 of the<br />
Illinois Condominium Property<br />
Act.<br />
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03<br />
(J) ifthere is asurplus following<br />
application of the proceeds of sale,<br />
then the plaintiff shall send written<br />
notice pursuant to 735 ILCS<br />
5/15-1512(d) to all parties to the<br />
proceeding advising them of the<br />
amount ofthe surplus and that the<br />
surplus will beheld until aparty<br />
obtains acourt order for its distribution<br />
or, in the absence of an order,<br />
until the surplus is forfeited to<br />
the State.<br />
For Information Please Contact:<br />
PIERCE AND ASSOCIATES<br />
1 N. Dearborn Suite 1300<br />
Chicago, Illinois 60602<br />
P: 312-346-9088<br />
F:<br />
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR<br />
DEBT COLLECTION PRAC-<br />
TICES ACT YOU ARE AD-<br />
VISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM<br />
IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT<br />
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO<br />
COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY<br />
INFORMATION OBTAINED<br />
WILL BE USED FOR THAT<br />
PURPOSE.<br />
SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ES-<br />
TATE of 333 East 18th Street,<br />
Lockport, IL 60441 (n/a). Onthe<br />
14th day of December, 2017 to be<br />
held at 12:00 noon, at the Will<br />
County Courthouse Annex, 57 N.<br />
Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet,<br />
IL 60432, under Case Title: MID-<br />
FIRST BANK Plaintiff V. DAVID<br />
A COOPER Defendant.<br />
Case No. 16CH 1584 in the Circuit<br />
Court of the Twelfth Judicial<br />
Circuit, Will County, Illinois.<br />
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%)<br />
at the time of sale and the balance<br />
within twenty-four (24) hours. No<br />
judicial sale fee shall be paid by<br />
the mortgagee acquiring the residential<br />
real estate pursuant to its<br />
credit bid at the sale or by any<br />
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or<br />
other lienor acquiring the residential<br />
real estate whose rights in and<br />
to the residential real estate arose<br />
prior to the sale. All payments shall<br />
be made in cash or certified funds<br />
payable to the Sheriff of Will<br />
County. Judgment amount is<br />
$49,167.11 plus interest, cost and<br />
post judgment advances, if any.<br />
In the event the property is acon-<br />
dominium, in accordance with 735<br />
ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and<br />
(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and<br />
765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are<br />
hereby notified that the purchaser<br />
of the unit, other than amortgagee,<br />
shall pay the assessments and legal<br />
fees required by subdivisions<br />
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and<br />
the assessments required bysubsection<br />
(g-1) of Section 18.5 of the<br />
Illinois Condominium Property<br />
Act.<br />
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03<br />
(J) ifthere is asurplus following<br />
application of the proceeds of sale,<br />
then the plaintiff shall send written<br />
notice pursuant to 735 ILCS<br />
5/15-1512(d) to all parties to the<br />
proceeding advising them of the<br />
amount ofthe surplus and that the<br />
surplus will beheld until aparty<br />
obtains acourt order for its distribution<br />
or, in the absence of an order,<br />
until the surplus is forfeited to<br />
the State.<br />
For Information Please Contact:<br />
PIERCE AND ASSOCIATES<br />
1 N. Dearborn Suite 1300<br />
Chicago, Illinois 60602<br />
P: 312-346-9088<br />
F:<br />
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR<br />
DEBT COLLECTION PRAC-<br />
TICES ACT YOU ARE AD-<br />
VISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM<br />
IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT<br />
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO<br />
COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY<br />
INFORMATION OBTAINED<br />
WILL BE USED FOR THAT<br />
PURPOSE.<br />
Certificate No. 31916 was filed in<br />
the Office of the County Clerk of<br />
Will on November 15, 2017<br />
wherein the business firm of Norwich<br />
Gate Pictures located at<br />
17845 Wilker Drive, Lockport, IL<br />
60441 is registered and a certificate<br />
notice setting forth the following:<br />
Jordan Miczek, 17845 Wilker<br />
Drive, Lockport, IL 60441<br />
630-205-0315<br />
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have<br />
hereunto set my hand and Official<br />
Seal at my office in Joliet; Illinois,<br />
this 15th day of November, 2017<br />
Nancy Schultz Voots<br />
Will County Clerk<br />
Certificate No. 31917 was filed in<br />
the Office of the County Clerk of<br />
Will on November 15, 2017<br />
wherein the business firm of Man<br />
At Hand located at 17845 Wilker<br />
Drive, Lockport, IL 60441 is registered<br />
and acertificate notice setting<br />
forth the following:<br />
Jordan Miczek, 17845 Wilker<br />
Drive, Lockport, IL 60441<br />
630-205-0315<br />
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have<br />
hereunto set my hand and Official<br />
Seal at my office in Joliet; Illinois,<br />
this 15th day of November, 2017<br />
Nancy Schultz Voots<br />
Will County Clerk<br />
2703 Legal<br />
Notices<br />
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR<br />
DEBT COLLECTION PRAC-<br />
TICES ACT YOU ARE AD-<br />
VISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM<br />
IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT<br />
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO<br />
COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY<br />
INFORMATION OBTAINED<br />
WILL BE USED FOR THAT<br />
PURPOSE.<br />
STATE OF ILLINOIS )<br />
) SS.<br />
COUNTY OF WILL )<br />
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF<br />
THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIR-<br />
CUIT<br />
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS<br />
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSO-<br />
CIATION<br />
Plaintiff,<br />
vs.<br />
Stacy a.Sheenan, Unknown owners<br />
and non-record claimants<br />
Defendant.<br />
No. 15 CH 1933<br />
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE<br />
Public notice ishereby given that<br />
pursuant to ajudgment entered in<br />
the above cause on the 17th day of<br />
December, 2015, MIKE KELLEY,<br />
Sheriff of Will County, Illinois,<br />
will on Thursday, the 7th day of<br />
December, 2017 ,commencing at<br />
12:00 o'clock noon, at the Will<br />
County Courthouse Annex, 57 N.<br />
Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet,<br />
IL 60432, sell at public auction to<br />
the highest and best bidder orbidders<br />
the following-described real<br />
estate:<br />
PARCEL 1:LOT 13-1, IN NA-<br />
VAJO COACH HOMES PHASE<br />
1, BEING A RESUBDIVISION<br />
OF LOT 6IN BROKEN ARROW,<br />
BEING A SUBDIVISION OF<br />
PART OFSECTION 30, TOWN-<br />
SHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 11,<br />
ACCORDING TOTHE PLAT OF<br />
SAID RESUBDIVISION RE-<br />
CORDED SEPTEMBER 12, 1995<br />
AS DOCUMENT R95-67518, IN<br />
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.<br />
PARCEL 2: EASEMENT FOR<br />
THE BENEFIT OF PARCEL 1AS<br />
CREATED BY DECLARATION<br />
FOR NAVAJO COACH HOMES<br />
ASSOCIATION RECORDED<br />
NOVEMBER 22, 1995 AS<br />
DOCUMENT R95-91128 AS<br />
AMENDED FROM TIME TO<br />
TIME, FOR INGRESS AND<br />
EGRESS OVER COMMON<br />
AREA LOTS CA-1 AND CA-2<br />
AS DEPICTED ON THE NA-<br />
VAJO COACH HOMES PHASE 1<br />
SUBDIVISION RECORDED<br />
SEPTEMBER 12, 1995 AS<br />
DOCUMENT R95-67518,<br />
AFORESAID.<br />
Commonly known as:<br />
17451 Sauk Drive, #E, Lockport,<br />
IL 60441<br />
Description of Improvements:<br />
White vinyl siding and red brick,<br />
two story townhouse with attached<br />
two car garage<br />
P.I.N.:<br />
16-05-30-316-009-0000<br />
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%)<br />
at the time of sale and the balance<br />
within twenty-four (24) hours. No<br />
judicial sale fee shall be paid by<br />
the mortgagee acquiring the residential<br />
real estate pursuant to its<br />
credit bid at the sale or by any<br />
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or<br />
other lienor acquiring the residential<br />
real estate whose rights in and<br />
to the residential real estate arose<br />
prior to the sale. All payments shall<br />
be made in cash or certified funds<br />
payable to the Sheriff of Will<br />
County. Judgment amount is<br />
$145,097.91 plus interest, cost and<br />
post judgment advances, if any.<br />
In the event the property is acon-<br />
dominium, in accordance with 735<br />
ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and<br />
(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and<br />
765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are<br />
hereby notified that the purchaser<br />
of the unit, other than amortgagee,<br />
shall pay the assessments and legal<br />
fees required by subdivisions<br />
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and<br />
the assessments required bysubsection<br />
(g-1) of Section 18.5 of the<br />
Illinois Condominium Property<br />
Act.<br />
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03<br />
(J) ifthere is asurplus following<br />
application of the proceeds of sale,<br />
then the plaintiff shall send written<br />
notice pursuant to 735 ILCS<br />
5/15-1512(d) to all parties to the<br />
proceeding advising them of the<br />
amount ofthe surplus and that the<br />
surplus will beheld until aparty<br />
obtains acourt order for its distribution<br />
or, in the absence of an order,<br />
until the surplus is forfeited to<br />
the State.<br />
FOR INFORMATION PLEASE<br />
CONTACT:<br />
PIERCE AND ASSOCIATES<br />
1 N. Dearborn Suite 1300<br />
Chicago, Illinois 60602<br />
P: 312-346-9088<br />
F:<br />
Plaintiff's Attorney<br />
MIKE KELLEY<br />
Sheriff of Will County<br />
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR<br />
DEBT COLLECTION PRAC-<br />
TICES ACT YOU ARE AD-<br />
VISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM<br />
IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT<br />
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO<br />
COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY<br />
INFORMATION OBTAINED<br />
WILL BE USED FOR THAT<br />
PURPOSE.<br />
STATE OF ILLINOIS )<br />
) SS.<br />
COUNTY OF WILL )<br />
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF<br />
THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIR-<br />
CUIT<br />
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS<br />
MIDFIRST BANK<br />
Plaintiff,<br />
vs.<br />
DAVID A COOPER<br />
Defendant.<br />
No. 16 CH 1584<br />
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE<br />
Public notice ishereby given that<br />
pursuant to ajudgment entered in<br />
the above cause on the 24th day of<br />
January, 2017, MIKE KELLEY,<br />
Sheriff of Will County, Illinois,<br />
will on Thursday, the 14th day of<br />
December, 2017 ,commencing at<br />
12:00 o'clock noon, at the Will<br />
County Courthouse Annex, 57 N.<br />
Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet,<br />
IL 60432, sell at public auction to<br />
the highest and best bidder orbidders<br />
the following-described real<br />
estate:<br />
THE NORTHERLY HALF OF<br />
LOT 1, IN BLOCK 22, IN<br />
SOUTH LOCKPORT, A SUBDI-<br />
VISION IN THE NORTHWEST<br />
QUARTER OFSECTION 26, IN<br />
TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH AND IN<br />
RANGE 10 EAST OF THE<br />
THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN,<br />
ACCORDING TO THE PLAT<br />
THEREOF RECORDED JUNE<br />
13, 1845, AS DOCUMENT' NO.<br />
5461, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLI-<br />
NOIS.<br />
Commonly known as:<br />
333 East 18th Street, Lockport, IL<br />
60441<br />
Description of Improvements:<br />
n/a<br />
P.I.N.:<br />
11-04-26-129-006-0000<br />
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%)<br />
at the time of sale and the balance<br />
within twenty-four (24) hours. No<br />
judicial sale fee shall be paid by<br />
the mortgagee acquiring the residential<br />
real estate pursuant to its<br />
credit bid at the sale or by any<br />
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or<br />
other lienor acquiring the residential<br />
real estate whose rights in and<br />
to the residential real estate arose<br />
prior to the sale. All payments shall<br />
be made in cash or certified funds<br />
payable to the Sheriff of Will<br />
County. Judgment amount is<br />
$49,167.11 plus interest, cost and<br />
post judgment advances, if any.<br />
In the event the property is a condominium,<br />
in accordance with 735<br />
ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and<br />
(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and<br />
765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are<br />
hereby notified that the purchaser<br />
of the unit, other than amortgagee,<br />
shall pay the assessments and legal<br />
fees required by subdivisions<br />
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and<br />
the assessments required bysubsection<br />
(g-1) of Section 18.5 of the<br />
Illinois Condominium Property<br />
Act.<br />
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03<br />
(J) ifthere is asurplus following<br />
application of the proceeds of sale,<br />
then the plaintiff shall send written<br />
notice pursuant to 735 ILCS<br />
5/15-1512(d) to all parties to the<br />
proceeding advising them of the<br />
amount ofthe surplus and that the<br />
surplus will beheld until aparty<br />
obtains a court order for its distribution<br />
or, in the absence of an order,<br />
until the surplus is forfeited to<br />
the State.<br />
FOR INFORMATION PLEASE<br />
CONTACT:<br />
PIERCE AND ASSOCIATES<br />
1 N. Dearborn Suite 1300<br />
Chicago, Illinois 60602<br />
P: 312-346-9088<br />
F:<br />
Plaintiff's Attorney<br />
MIKE KELLEY<br />
Sheriff of Will County<br />
USADVENTURE RVofNaperville,<br />
IL is notifying owner or owners<br />
ofa1977 Airstream International<br />
VIN number 131-B7J-3037<br />
that we are applying for a mechanics<br />
lien tosettle a $6000.00 storage<br />
debt. The trailer has been on our<br />
property since September 9th,<br />
2013. Settlement can be made at<br />
our store, 9740 South Route 59,<br />
Naperville, IL<br />
2900 Merchandise<br />
Under $100<br />
$1,000 wheel chair, heavy<br />
duty, 22” wide, 2 sets foot rests<br />
$25 CASH! Lockport.<br />
815.588.1214<br />
1 exercise bike, large seat,<br />
great condition $75. Ms. Evelyn<br />
708.623.9992<br />
1997 Lincoln Way 14-0 State<br />
Champions XL sweatshirt.<br />
Never worn. Tag still on. $50<br />
or best offer. Singer sewing<br />
machine, wooden case, portable<br />
70 yrs old, FREE!<br />
708.479.9258<br />
3 lighted Christmas buildings<br />
for under tree, ect. Church,<br />
house & barn $20 for all.<br />
708.532.0177<br />
3500 watt wen generators,<br />
hardly used $100. Milt<br />
815.258.7763<br />
6 foot wood toboggan for 4,<br />
$30 obo. Call 815.524.7133
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Automotive<br />
$52<br />
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7 papers<br />
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per line $13<br />
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7 papers<br />
Real Estate<br />
$50<br />
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7 papers<br />
Merchandise<br />
$30<br />
4 lines/<br />
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2900 Merchandise<br />
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2900 Merchandise<br />
Under $100<br />
2900 Merchandise<br />
Under $100<br />
2900 Merchandise<br />
Under $100<br />
2900 Merchandise<br />
Under $100<br />
2900 Merchandise<br />
Under $100<br />
7 ft. artificial Xmas tree w/<br />
stand $30. Two sets outisde<br />
lights, still in box, 24 ft each.<br />
$4 ea. 708.532.6778<br />
8” foam mattress, full size,<br />
new, $15. 708.599.6796<br />
Antique 1930 Brunsick Victorla.<br />
Fair condition, works.<br />
$100 firm. 708.349.1956<br />
Battery charger, Diehard, $35<br />
OBO. Frankfort. Call Pete<br />
708.609.8625<br />
Beanie Babies $2. Chicago<br />
teams baseball cards $2. Chris<br />
708.203.5667<br />
Berne size XLS padded work<br />
bib overall (new!) cost $72,<br />
will sell for $45. 708.460.4406<br />
Camillus year stamp 1960 rare<br />
military Vietnam Infantry survival<br />
utility pocket knife $50.<br />
SwissGear 24” expandable unisex<br />
black travel luggage $50.<br />
708.466.9907<br />
Craftsman block plane, like<br />
new w/extra blades $35. Palm<br />
sanders $15. Tool box, new<br />
$10. New brad nailer $50.<br />
708.214.4022<br />
Craftsman small deluxe router<br />
table $50. 7” tile cutter machine<br />
$35. 8” Skil drill press<br />
$50. 708.479.0193<br />
Dehydrator $10. car waxer/<br />
buffer $10. Bookcase $15. Propane<br />
grill for tailgating $25.<br />
Popeil pasta machine $25.<br />
Frankfort 815.348.2884<br />
Dept. 56 village buildings:<br />
Sterling Jewelers $45, Carnival<br />
Carousel $45. 630.430.6566<br />
Drapes, 3 sets, Earth tone<br />
color, 6panel, 80in. length w.<br />
rods, VGC $65. 708.822.8119<br />
Entertainment center (TV) side<br />
& bottom shelves w/ glass<br />
doors $100. Call Debbie<br />
815.534.5273<br />
Free king size Tempurpedic<br />
mattress, very good condition,<br />
washable, zipper cover<br />
815.836.0035<br />
Full size box spring, still in<br />
plastic $20. Pick up.<br />
708.873.1245<br />
Gas, self cleaning oven, almond<br />
color, perfect shape $75<br />
OBO. Super capacity, Magic<br />
Chef Oven. 708.935.5928<br />
Grundig majestic console AM<br />
FM SW LW, pick up in Lockport.<br />
$100. Call 779.456.2782.<br />
Days Only.<br />
Jamaican wooden head 13”<br />
tall, bought in Jamaica 1974.<br />
$80 obo. Sherri. 815.955.4882<br />
Karcher, pressure washer 1800<br />
PSI, 13 AMP, 120 V, works<br />
great! $65. Call Tom<br />
815.464.5232<br />
Kellar ladder, 6ft. All aluminum<br />
$20 obo. Steve.<br />
708.403.2525<br />
Kitchen table 46”x29” with 4<br />
chairs, black finish, padded<br />
seats, 1 year old $89.<br />
708.205.4625<br />
Ladies jeweled sweaters, variety<br />
of colors. $5 each. Call<br />
708.403.2473<br />
Large dark, blue suede Winter<br />
coat with inside zipper liner.<br />
Large Sopranos leather Winter<br />
jacket with zipper liner. Both<br />
coats never worn. $70 ea.<br />
708.532.4044<br />
Men’s show size 11W(new)<br />
Sperry Top Siders $35. New<br />
Bolane white walking shoes w/<br />
velcro $45. Call 708.460.4406<br />
Mint condition, never used<br />
Montgomery Ward open arm<br />
stretch stitch sewing machine<br />
$55. Royal portable electric<br />
typewriter $20. OBO<br />
815.464.9425<br />
Paper shredding machine $10.<br />
13 deer tree stand climbing<br />
straps $2 ea. 708.614.8148<br />
Petmate Vari Kennel, small,<br />
24x16x14.5, meets airline<br />
travel requirements $15. Pet<br />
seatbelt tether $5. XL Helpmeup<br />
dog harness, used 1day,<br />
paid $125, $75 OBO.<br />
815.463.9556<br />
Pro volleyball set with all accessories<br />
$50. Awesome condition!<br />
Electric drill & circular<br />
saw, each $20. Awesome condition!<br />
708.601.1947. Won’t<br />
Last!<br />
Red Flyer Grow &GoBike,<br />
new with box $20.<br />
708.975.3678<br />
Roll top desk, excellent condition<br />
$80. Microwave $20.<br />
708.203.0089. Orland Park.<br />
Rugs 100% woll, design zen<br />
2606 color: sage, copper,<br />
green, sizes 5’ x 8’. Pillows to<br />
match sofa. 815.717.6508<br />
Say you’re running out of gelato,<br />
here’s the solution: Beautiful<br />
GE chest freezer, 5.3 cu ft,<br />
white, excellent condition.<br />
Asking $100. 815.666.4945<br />
1997 Lincoln Way 14-0 State<br />
Champions XL sweatshirt.<br />
Never worn. Tag still on. $50<br />
or best offer. Singer sewing<br />
machine, wooden case, portable<br />
70 yrs old, FREE!<br />
708.479.9258<br />
3 lighted Christmas buildings<br />
for under tree, ect. Church,<br />
house & barn $20 for all.<br />
708.532.0177<br />
3500 watt wen generators,<br />
hardly used $100. Milt<br />
815.258.7763<br />
6 foot wood toboggan for 4,<br />
$30 obo. Call 815.524.7133<br />
7 ft. artificial Xmas tree w/<br />
stand $30. Two sets outisde<br />
lights, still in box, 24 ft each.<br />
$4 ea. 708.532.6778<br />
8” foam mattress, full size,<br />
new, $15. 708.599.6796<br />
Antique 1930 Brunsick Victorla.<br />
Fair condition, works.<br />
$100 firm. 708.349.1956<br />
Battery charger, Diehard, $35<br />
OBO. Frankfort. Call Pete<br />
708.609.8625<br />
Beanie Babies $2. Chicago<br />
teams baseball cards $2. Chris<br />
708.203.5667<br />
Berne size XLS padded work<br />
bib overall (new!) cost $72,<br />
will sell for $45. 708.460.4406<br />
Camillus year stamp 1960 rare<br />
military Vietnam Infantry survival<br />
utility pocket knife $50.<br />
SwissGear 24” expandable unisex<br />
black travel luggage $50.<br />
708.466.9907<br />
Craftsman block plane, like<br />
new w/extra blades $35. Palm<br />
sanders $15. Tool box, new<br />
$10. New brad nailer $50.<br />
708.214.4022<br />
Craftsman small deluxe router<br />
table $50. 7” tile cutter machine<br />
$35. 8” Skil drill press<br />
$50. 708.479.0193<br />
Dehydrator $10. car waxer/<br />
buffer $10. Bookcase $15. Propane<br />
grill for tailgating $25.<br />
Popeil pasta machine $25.<br />
Frankfort 815.348.2884<br />
Dept. 56 village buildings:<br />
Sterling Jewelers $45, Carnival<br />
Carousel $45. 630.430.6566<br />
Drapes, 3 sets, Earth tone<br />
color, 6panel, 80in. length w.<br />
rods, VGC $65. 708.822.8119<br />
Entertainment center (TV) side<br />
& bottom shelves w/ glass<br />
doors $100. Call Debbie<br />
815.534.5273<br />
Gas, self cleaning oven, almond<br />
color, perfect shape $75<br />
OBO. Super capacity, Magic<br />
Chef Oven. 708.935.5928<br />
Grundig majestic console AM<br />
FM SW LW, pick up in Lockport.<br />
$100. Call 779.456.2782.<br />
Days Only.<br />
Handmade classic wood Alpine<br />
clock 14”x22”. One of a<br />
kind! Crafted 1999. $100.<br />
Steve 708.403.2525<br />
Holiday Barbie, brunette/green<br />
dress, blonde/red dress. New,<br />
in box $35 ea. 708.479.4206<br />
Jamaican wooden head 13”<br />
tall, bought in Jamaica 1974.<br />
$80 obo. Sherri. 815.955.4882<br />
Karcher, pressure washer 1800<br />
PSI, 13 AMP, 120 V, works<br />
great! $65. Call Tom<br />
815.464.5232<br />
Kellar ladder, 6ft. All aluminum<br />
$20 obo. Steve.<br />
708.403.2525<br />
Kitchen table 46”x29” with 4<br />
chairs, black finish, padded<br />
seats, 1 year old $89.<br />
708.205.4625<br />
Ladies jeweled sweaters, variety<br />
of colors. $5 each. Call<br />
708.403.2473<br />
Large dark, blue suede Winter<br />
coat with inside zipper liner.<br />
Large Sopranos leather Winter<br />
jacket with zipper liner. Both<br />
coats never worn. $70 ea.<br />
708.532.4044<br />
Men’s show size 11W(new)<br />
Sperry Top Siders $35. New<br />
Bolane white walking shoes w/<br />
velcro $45. Call 708.460.4406<br />
Mint condition, never used<br />
Montgomery Ward open arm<br />
stretch stitch sewing machine<br />
$55. Royal portable electric<br />
typewriter $20. OBO<br />
815.464.9425<br />
Paper shredding machine $10.<br />
13 deer tree stand climbing<br />
straps $2 ea. 708.614.8148<br />
Petmate Vari Kennel, small,<br />
24x16x14.5, meets airline<br />
travel requirements $15. Pet<br />
seatbelt tether $5. XL Helpmeup<br />
dog harness, used 1day,<br />
paid $125, $75 OBO.<br />
815.463.9556<br />
Pro volleyball set with all accessories<br />
$50. Awesome condition!<br />
Electric drill & circular<br />
saw, each $20. Awesome condition!<br />
708.601.1947. Won’t<br />
Last!<br />
1 exercise bike, large seat,<br />
great condition $75. Ms. Evelyn<br />
708.623.9992<br />
1997 Lincoln Way 14-0 State<br />
Champions XL sweatshirt.<br />
Never worn. Tag still on. $50<br />
or best offer. Singer sewing<br />
machine, wooden case, portable<br />
70 yrs old, FREE!<br />
708.479.9258<br />
3 lighted Christmas buildings<br />
for under tree, ect. Church,<br />
house & barn $20 for all.<br />
708.532.0177<br />
6 foot wood toboggan for 4,<br />
$30 obo. Call 815.524.7133<br />
7 ft. artificial Xmas tree w/<br />
stand $30. Two sets outisde<br />
lights, still in box, 24 ft each.<br />
$4 ea. 708.532.6778<br />
8” foam mattress, full size,<br />
new, $15. 708.599.6796<br />
Antique 1930 Brunsick Victorla.<br />
Fair condition, works.<br />
$100 firm. 708.349.1956<br />
Battery charger, Diehard, $35<br />
OBO. Frankfort. Call Pete<br />
708.609.8625<br />
Berne size XLS padded work<br />
bib overall (new!) cost $72,<br />
will sell for $45. 708.460.4406<br />
Camillus year stamp 1960 rare<br />
military Vietnam Infantry survival<br />
utility pocket knife $50.<br />
SwissGear 24” expandable unisex<br />
black travel luggage $50.<br />
708.466.9907<br />
Craftsman small deluxe router<br />
table $50. 7” tile cutter machine<br />
$35. 8” Skil drill press<br />
$50. 708.479.0193<br />
Dehydrator $10. car waxer/<br />
buffer $10. Bookcase $15. Propane<br />
grill for tailgating $25.<br />
Popeil pasta machine $25.<br />
Frankfort 815.348.2884<br />
Drapes, 3 sets, Earth tone<br />
color, 6panel, 80in. length w.<br />
rods, VGC $65. 708.822.8119<br />
Electric Auto Lift Recliner<br />
Chair To Standing Position<br />
(Med-Lift). Asking $100<br />
OBO. 708-460-6291<br />
TV antennas, HDTV antenna<br />
w/ amplifier, new in box $30.<br />
Outdoor flat HDTV antenna,<br />
new in box $40. Mohu flat<br />
digital antenna, used $10. Clearcast<br />
digital antenna w/ suction<br />
cups, used $10.<br />
708.822.8119<br />
TV 22” LG $45. Call<br />
815.922.3690<br />
Entertainment center (TV) side<br />
& bottom shelves w/ glass<br />
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This Week In...<br />
Lockport Township<br />
High School Varsity<br />
Athletics<br />
Wrestling<br />
■Dec. ■ 1 host Bolingbrook, 5<br />
p.m.<br />
■Dec. ■ 2 at Washington Quad,<br />
8 a.m.<br />
Boys Basketball<br />
■Dec. ■ 1 at Lincoln-Way West,<br />
6:30 p.m.<br />
■Dec. ■ 5 at Plainfield North,<br />
6:30 p.m.<br />
Girls Basketball<br />
Wrestling<br />
Porters take fourth<br />
at Moore/Prettyman<br />
Invitational<br />
Matt Ramos and Anthony<br />
Molton led the way<br />
for the Porters as they<br />
were crowned champions<br />
SOFTBALL<br />
From Page 44<br />
Elly started on the sophomore<br />
team at the beginning<br />
of freshman year, eventually<br />
moving to varsity midway<br />
through the season.<br />
“Both of them are incredible<br />
workers,” Chovanec<br />
said.<br />
Schoolcraft would describe<br />
her best friend as a<br />
vocal leader, while Elly said<br />
she would describe her best<br />
friend as reliable.<br />
Both of these traits will<br />
help them succeed as they<br />
play together at USI next<br />
fall.<br />
“When she’s on the<br />
mound and I’m behind the<br />
plate, we have instincts,”<br />
Schoolcraft said. “We know<br />
what each other is thinking.<br />
It makes it so much<br />
easier because we’ve been<br />
playing for so long so we<br />
■Dec. ■ 2 at Minooka, 2:30<br />
p.m.<br />
■Dec. ■ 5 at Lincoln-Way West,<br />
6:30 p.m.<br />
Girls Bowling<br />
■Dec. ■ 2 at Palatine Invite, 9<br />
a.m. at Brunswick Zone Deer<br />
Park<br />
■Dec. ■ 5 at Sandburg, 4:30<br />
p.m.<br />
Boys Bowling<br />
■Nov. ■ 30 host Plainfield<br />
South, 4:30 p.m. at Strike &<br />
Spare<br />
■Dec. ■ 2 at Oak Forest Bengal<br />
Invite, 8:30 a.m. at Oak Forest<br />
Bowl<br />
high school highlights<br />
The rest of the week in high school sports<br />
just get each other.”<br />
Once college is over, the<br />
pair will have played together<br />
for 10 years.<br />
“I’m excited to see what<br />
college has in store for<br />
Elly and I,” Schoolcraft<br />
said.<br />
Elly said she is most excited<br />
to be a part of the<br />
Eagle family and Schoolcraft<br />
said it would be fun to<br />
make it far in the postseason,<br />
as the Eagles did last<br />
season.<br />
Head softball coach at<br />
USI Sue Kunkle came to<br />
watch a tournament the pair<br />
were playing in and saw<br />
them work together. She later<br />
recruited them as pitcher/<br />
catcher combo.<br />
“They know each other so<br />
well,” Brenda said. “Crafty<br />
knows when something’s<br />
not working and she helps<br />
Elly fix it. They’re really<br />
fun to watch.”<br />
They both immediately<br />
■Dec. ■ 5 at Lincoln-Way Central,<br />
4:30 p.m.<br />
■Dec. ■ 6 at Yorkville, 4:30<br />
p.m. at Yorkville Bowl<br />
Boys Swimming<br />
■Dec. ■ 1 at Lincoln-Way West<br />
Warrior Pentathalon, 4:45<br />
p.m.<br />
■Dec. ■ 5 at Lincoln-Way Central,<br />
5 p.m.<br />
Cheerleading<br />
■Dec. ■ 3 at Sandburg, 9 a.m.<br />
Dance<br />
■Dec. ■ 2 at Minooka Invite,<br />
8 a.m.<br />
in the 113- and 120-pound<br />
weight classes, respectively.<br />
Lockport had a number of<br />
wrestlers seeing their first<br />
varsity action at the invite.<br />
Also helping Lockport to its<br />
Top 4 finish in the 28-team<br />
tournament were Baylor<br />
Fernandes, who took second<br />
place at 152; Mikey<br />
Kaminsky, who took third<br />
place at 106; Zach Reese,<br />
who placed fourth at 160;<br />
Malik Daghash, who took<br />
sixth at 170; and Chris Mc-<br />
Murtry, who came in 10th<br />
place at 145.<br />
fell in love with the campus,<br />
coach and teammates when<br />
they visited USI.<br />
“I’m excited to play with<br />
Elly because I know her,”<br />
Schoolcraft said. “It calms<br />
the nerves I guess knowing<br />
someone, going so far<br />
away and having someone<br />
you can trust and know<br />
that’s going to make it easier.”<br />
The duo has one season<br />
left as Porters that will<br />
start at the beginning of<br />
March.<br />
Last season, Lockport<br />
made it to the sectional title<br />
game. This year, they hope<br />
to make it even further.<br />
As for the future of these<br />
best friends, their bond will<br />
only grow in college as<br />
they take on the game that<br />
brought them together in the<br />
first place.<br />
“[My advice is] take every<br />
moment in, because it<br />
goes fast,” Brenda said.<br />
Athlete of the Week<br />
10 Questions<br />
with Alec Buchhaas<br />
Alec Buchhaas is a senior at<br />
Lockport Township and the<br />
anchor and elder statesman<br />
on the boys bowling team.<br />
How do you think the<br />
season has gone for the<br />
team so far?<br />
I think since the beginning,<br />
we’ve got a lot better.<br />
As a whole, everyone is<br />
getting their shot down and<br />
figuring it out. We’ve put up<br />
some good scores the last<br />
couple of weeks.<br />
How did you get involved<br />
in bowling?<br />
When I was in the first<br />
grade, my sister, Devan,<br />
started bowling at Lockport.<br />
She was a freshman<br />
and just decided to go out<br />
for the team. Then she was<br />
a member of the 2009 state<br />
championship team. So I followed<br />
what she was doing<br />
and fell in love with bowling.<br />
My brother, David, was<br />
on the 2013 state champion<br />
team here at Lockport, too.<br />
So, I followed him, too, and<br />
always thought, ‘One day, I<br />
want to be as good as them.’<br />
So do you three get<br />
together to all bowl<br />
against each other<br />
now?<br />
We haven’t had a chance<br />
to all get together in quite<br />
some time. But when we do,<br />
it’s quite competitive. Still,<br />
until I get a state championship,<br />
I can’t put myself<br />
on the same level as them.<br />
They’re still ahead of me.<br />
Have you ever bowled<br />
a 300?<br />
Yes. Once in a game setting,<br />
and I think five times<br />
in practice. The game setting<br />
one was in the summer<br />
of 2015 in a league at Strike<br />
and Spare II. I’ve bowled<br />
some 299 and 298 scores in<br />
high school.<br />
What do you tell people<br />
who say that bowling<br />
isn’t a sport?<br />
I also play basketball, obviously<br />
not for the school,<br />
and just with my friends. Although,<br />
I played it at Homer<br />
Jr. High. But bowling is<br />
harder, especially mentally.<br />
You have a team depending<br />
on your shot, and [at the<br />
tournaments] it’s an all day<br />
event. Plus, there’s different<br />
oil patterns that you have to<br />
adjust to, so there’s a lot of<br />
physical things, too. But it’s<br />
a lot more mental than people<br />
imagine.<br />
During a typical tournament,<br />
how many bowling<br />
balls do you bring?<br />
I have a total of nine bowling<br />
balls, and I bring six to<br />
every tournament. I also<br />
bring six to the dual meets.<br />
I used to have a spare ball<br />
that I used just to pick up<br />
spares, but like a lot of other<br />
bowlers, I taught myself to<br />
use my regular ball to pick<br />
up spares. That’s because<br />
I could need all six of my<br />
balls, depending on the lane<br />
conditions.<br />
What is your favorite<br />
bowling alley?<br />
Strike and Spare II. I grew<br />
up there and actually used<br />
to work there. I love being<br />
there. I’m used to bowling<br />
there. It’s what I grew up<br />
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What have you learned<br />
from Lockport boys<br />
bowling coach Ron<br />
Davis?<br />
I’ve learned a lot in the<br />
four years that he’s taught<br />
me. I just soak up everything<br />
he says. He’s made me from<br />
a good bowler to a better<br />
bowler than I ever thought<br />
was good. He’s just made<br />
me so much better the last<br />
four years.<br />
Do you plan on bowling<br />
in college?<br />
Maybe. Right now, I’m<br />
going back-and-forth between<br />
bowling in college or<br />
getting a job with the union<br />
as a pipefitter.<br />
What is the best thing<br />
about being an athlete<br />
at Lockport?<br />
Definitely the people<br />
that are around the school.<br />
Our principal, Mr. [Dennis]<br />
Hicks, found out I was on<br />
the bowing team. So, now he<br />
always stops me in the hall<br />
and asks, “How’s it going?”<br />
and “How did we do?” Plus,<br />
we have great coaches, like<br />
Mr. Davis, and great things<br />
for recognition of the athletes<br />
of the sports, like our<br />
seasonal award banquets.<br />
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Porters softball players, best friends to play college ball together<br />
Jacquelyn Schlabach<br />
Assistant Editor<br />
Going to college can be<br />
a big adjustment. But going<br />
to college with a fellow<br />
softball player and best<br />
friend can certainly make it<br />
easier.<br />
Porters seniors Courtney<br />
Schoolcraft and Elly Hagen<br />
will have that luxury as they<br />
signed to play softball at the<br />
University of Southern Indiana<br />
Nov. 13 at the LTHS<br />
Fall Signing Day.<br />
Schoolcraft has played<br />
the sport since she was 8<br />
years old, and Hagen started<br />
playing when she was 6.<br />
“I love competing on<br />
the field, and I love playing<br />
with my best friend,”<br />
Schoolcraft said.<br />
They began playing softball<br />
together for the Lockport<br />
Pride travel team,<br />
coached by Hagen’s mom,<br />
when they were 12 years<br />
old. The friendship only<br />
blossomed from there.<br />
“They’re total opposites,”<br />
Elly’s mom Brenda Hagen<br />
said. “Elly is so obnoxious<br />
and Courtney is so laid<br />
back. They make the perfect<br />
pair.”<br />
It means a lot to Elly to<br />
have her best friend play<br />
softball with her at USI, she<br />
said.<br />
“It’s given me a lot more<br />
comfort going into the<br />
whole college thing,” Elly<br />
said. “The college experience<br />
is a lot for people and<br />
knowing that I’m going to<br />
have her not just behind<br />
the plate catching, but in<br />
the same dorm room as me,<br />
getting food in the cafeteria<br />
and having someone there<br />
everyday is going to be<br />
awesome.”<br />
Schoolcraft is a catcher<br />
and Elly is a pitcher, making<br />
them a best-friend battery.<br />
“I’m so proud of what<br />
Courtney Schoolcraft fires a throw across the diamond during a game last season.<br />
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Celebrating signing day at LTHS are (left to right) Brenda Hagen, Elly Hagen, Courtney<br />
Schoolcraft and Marie Schoolcraft. Elly and Courtney recently signed to play softball at<br />
University of Southern Indiana. Photos submitted<br />
they’ve been able to accomplish<br />
on the field and in the<br />
classroom,” Porters softball<br />
coach Marissa Chovanec<br />
said. “I’m lucky they came<br />
here as players. They are<br />
going to leave here better<br />
than they came.”<br />
Elly Hagen fires a pitch during a game for the Porters.<br />
Schoolcraft started her<br />
Porters career on the varsity<br />
team freshman year, and Elly Hagen (left) and Courtney Schoolcraft have played<br />
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Celtics top Porters by 10 points in season-opener for both teams<br />
RANDY WHALEN<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
A team is not supposed<br />
to play its best basketball in<br />
the first game of the season.<br />
So, the fact that Providence<br />
and Lockport Township<br />
combined to miss 58<br />
shots, eight free throws and<br />
commit 25 turnovers can<br />
be excused because it was<br />
the season opener for both<br />
teams.<br />
But it was Providence<br />
that pulled away in the second<br />
half and emerged with<br />
a 45-35 victory over the<br />
Porters on Nov. 20 in an<br />
opening round game in<br />
the 22nd Annual WJOL<br />
Thanksgiving Classic at the<br />
University of St. Francis in<br />
Joliet.<br />
“A win is a win, especially<br />
at this time of the season,”<br />
Providence coach Tim<br />
Trendel said. “But I’m not<br />
necessarily looking for wins<br />
here. This tournament is going<br />
to make us better toward<br />
the end of the season. There<br />
are no easy games, and<br />
you really learn about your<br />
team. Some tournaments<br />
are set up for wins; this one<br />
helps you at the end of the<br />
season. You can’t ask for<br />
more. We’ve got the pieces,<br />
and once we put them together,<br />
we’re going to be<br />
better.”<br />
Both Lockport and Providence<br />
got a look at how<br />
their teams were going to<br />
be as they played a slew of<br />
players. Providence played<br />
13 guys, with eight of them<br />
scoring. A dozen players<br />
participated for the Porters,<br />
who also had eight players<br />
score.<br />
Adam Taylor led the way<br />
with 11 points, and fellow<br />
junior guard Matt DiNardi<br />
added nine points and three<br />
assists for the Celtics (1-<br />
0). Seniors Ethan Petric (5<br />
rebounds) in the post and<br />
Scott Slocum (4 assists, 4<br />
rebounds) each added six<br />
points, and senior forward<br />
Brian Castelli came off the<br />
bench to register a gamehigh<br />
seven rebounds for<br />
Providence.<br />
“Matt DiNardi came out<br />
in the second half and gave<br />
us a great boost,” Trendel<br />
said. “He’s our emotional<br />
and vocal leader.”<br />
Senior forward Deondre<br />
Cooper led Lockport with<br />
a game-high 13 points. Junior<br />
guards Emmanuel Allen<br />
and Matt Hatzopoulos<br />
— who transferred in from<br />
Providence — each added<br />
six points. Senior guard<br />
Jake Karli led the Porters in<br />
rebounding with five, while<br />
sophomore guard Tommy<br />
Ferriter came off the bench<br />
to play 20 minutes and register<br />
a team-high four assists.<br />
The Porters (0-1) received<br />
a blow when starting<br />
post player Zach Pytlewski<br />
(2 points, 3 rebounds) went<br />
out with an ankle injury<br />
just over a minute into the<br />
second half. He didn’t return,<br />
but he is expected to<br />
be OK, although his status<br />
for the rest of the tournament<br />
was unknown after the<br />
game.<br />
“We are really inexperienced,<br />
and I knew there<br />
were going to be some errors,<br />
both mentally and<br />
physically,” Lockport coach<br />
Brett Hespell said. “Playing<br />
as a group in your first<br />
varsity game can be an eyeopening<br />
experience. We<br />
have a lot of new guys who<br />
have to learn to play at the<br />
appropriate speed.<br />
“We had some good looks<br />
around the basket, but we<br />
missed too many easy shots,<br />
too many layups. We have to<br />
learn how to finish around<br />
the basket. That will come<br />
the more we play, but we<br />
have to find a way to score.”<br />
Neither team scored<br />
much in the first half, and<br />
Lockport never led the<br />
whole game. Taylor hit a<br />
3-pointer 21 seconds into<br />
the game, and the Celtics<br />
led the whole first quarter,<br />
which ended with the score<br />
7-5. The Porters tied it three<br />
times in the second quarter,<br />
the last time at 11-11 with<br />
5:10 to play in the first half<br />
on a steal and layup by Allen.<br />
But Taylor hit a 3-pointer<br />
two minutes later, as Providence<br />
scored the next five<br />
points to take the lead for<br />
good. Ahead 19-18 at halftime,<br />
four different Celtics<br />
scored in an 11-2 burst for a<br />
30-20 lead midway through<br />
the third quarter. Lockport<br />
crept within 33-27 after<br />
three quarters and closed<br />
within five points twice in<br />
the opening moments of the<br />
fourth quarter. The last time<br />
was 35-30 with 6:14 left in<br />
the third quarter.<br />
The Celtics, however,<br />
pulled away to hold on for<br />
the win. DeNardi scored<br />
their final six points in the<br />
last 2:23 of the game.<br />
“One thing we did well is<br />
that everyone focused, and<br />
we shared the ball well,”<br />
Trendel said. ”This is going<br />
to get us ready, and we kept<br />
our poise down the stretch,<br />
That’s something to build<br />
on.”<br />
The Porters completed<br />
pool play with a 54-48<br />
overtime loss to Plainfield<br />
Central Nov. 22, a 46-38<br />
loss to Lemont Friday, Nov.<br />
24, and a 55-29 victory over<br />
Lincoln-Way West on Saturday,<br />
Nov. 25, in the seventh-place<br />
game.<br />
This week, Providence<br />
hosts DePaul Prep at 7 p.m.<br />
Lockport guard Jake Karli hoists a shot Nov. 20 during the 22nd annual WJOL<br />
Thanksgiving Classic at University of St. Francis in Joliet. Photos by Adam Jomant/22nd<br />
Century Media<br />
Lockport guard Matt Hatzopoulos protects the ball from Providence guard Scott Slocum.<br />
on Friday, Dec. 1. The Celtics<br />
also are in action this Sunday,<br />
Dec. 3 with a 1:30 p.m.<br />
matchup against Forman at<br />
the Ridgewood High School<br />
Shootout in Norridge.<br />
Lockport resumed play<br />
this Friday, Dec. 1 with a<br />
SouthWest Suburban Conference<br />
crossover game at<br />
scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at<br />
Lincoln-Way West.
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Porters boys bowling topples Andrew by 260 pins<br />
LTHS has four<br />
bowlers shoot over<br />
400 for two-game<br />
scores<br />
Randy Whalen<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
There will be a story to<br />
tell at the 2020-2021 Lockport<br />
Township winter sports<br />
banquet.<br />
That will be of the first<br />
ball thrown by freshman Jim<br />
Kontos last week in his first<br />
boys bowling varsity start.<br />
A gutter ball.<br />
“If I’m still coach here in<br />
three years, I will tell that<br />
story at the winter awards<br />
banquet,” Lockport coach<br />
Ron Davis said. “His first<br />
ball was a gutter ball, and<br />
he picked his game up from<br />
there. He has the ability to<br />
strike. He had four open<br />
frames on the day and still<br />
did very well.”<br />
Kontos sure did, registering<br />
a two-game total of 435<br />
(213, 222) and being one of<br />
four Porters with a 400 or<br />
better score as they toppled<br />
Andrew 2,064-1,804 in a<br />
SouthWest Suburban Conference<br />
dual meet on Nov.<br />
21 at Strike and Spare II in<br />
Lockport.<br />
Senior Alec Buchhaas<br />
bowled an entirely clean two<br />
games and led the way with<br />
a 453 series (238, 215), as<br />
Lockport (4-2, 3-1) remained<br />
among the conference leaders<br />
in the regular season.<br />
“He did very well for his<br />
first varsity match,” Buchhaas<br />
said of Kontos. “We<br />
have a lot of young guys,<br />
and we’re doing well so far.<br />
We’ve become a team, and<br />
we try for that balance.”<br />
A three-year starter who<br />
was brought up to varsity<br />
as a freshman, Buchhaas is<br />
glad to be the seasoned veteran<br />
on this season’s squad.<br />
He polished off the opening<br />
game with six-straight<br />
strikes and opened the second<br />
game with three more.<br />
Of his spares, which he<br />
picked all of them up, Buchhaas<br />
had to convert one pin<br />
on seven occasions, and a<br />
pair of pins on two others.<br />
“I’m glad to take the<br />
leadership spot; I’ve been<br />
waiting for that,” Buchhaas<br />
said. “Everyone just hopes<br />
to keep [the good season]<br />
up. We’ve been successful,<br />
and going to state is the goal<br />
every year. We have another<br />
really good group.”<br />
Junior Ian Ditter with a<br />
415 series (194, 221), senior<br />
Mitch Gajda with a 400 series<br />
(225, 175) that included<br />
a turkey two days before<br />
Thanksgiving to polish off<br />
the opening game and junior<br />
Evan Pleshar with a 361 series<br />
(173, 188) rounded out<br />
the Porters’ scores.<br />
“It is good to have Alec<br />
as a seasoned anchor man,”<br />
Davis said of Buchhaas. “We<br />
placed sixth out of 44 teams<br />
at the Plainfield North Invite<br />
[on Nov. 18], and that’s not<br />
bad at all. We’re figuring out<br />
where the chips are going to<br />
fall. But I’ve been impressed<br />
with what we’ve got so far.”<br />
The state tournament is<br />
just over a month away.<br />
Lockport has made it to the<br />
state finals the past five seasons,<br />
including winning the<br />
state title in 2013, and the<br />
team hopes to qualify again.<br />
The Thunderbolts (3-4,<br />
0-3) saw a seven-season<br />
state qualifying streak end<br />
last season. That stretch included<br />
a state championship<br />
(2012) and a second-place<br />
finish (2014). Against the<br />
Porters, Andrew was led<br />
by junior Trent Smith with<br />
a 379 total (184, 195), who<br />
had a trio of strikes to open<br />
the second game and fired a<br />
final strike to end it.<br />
Lockport’s Evan Pleshar throws a practice ball prior to a match against Andrew Nov. 21 at Strike & Spare II in Lockport.<br />
Photos by Adam Jomant/22nd Century Media<br />
Junior Rich Payton followed<br />
with a 374 (195, 179),<br />
Louis Kerfman had a 364<br />
(202, 162), fellow senior<br />
Ethan Kosche shot a 345<br />
(167, 178) and junior Jeff<br />
Serafini with a 342 (172,<br />
170) rounded out the T-Bolt<br />
scores.<br />
“We just don’t have the<br />
depth,” Andrew coach Mark<br />
Lobes said of this season’s<br />
squad. “We only have two<br />
seniors in this group. Two<br />
years from now, we should<br />
have some freshmen that are<br />
phenomenal.<br />
“But we still have time to<br />
prepare this group for January.<br />
Our goal is to get the<br />
team out of the regional, get<br />
to the sectional and see what<br />
happens.”<br />
The Porters closed last<br />
week by participating at<br />
the Plainfield South Invite<br />
on Friday, Nov. 24 at Town<br />
and Country Lanes in Joliet.<br />
The Porters come together as a team before the match against Andrew.<br />
There they placed seventh<br />
overall. Buchhaas (1,269)<br />
placed sixth individually,<br />
and senior Keith Pintoy<br />
(1,204) was 21st overall.<br />
This week was slated to<br />
bring a SWSC Blue matchup<br />
against Bolingbrook on<br />
Tuesday, Nov. 28, at Brunswick<br />
Zone in Woodridge.<br />
This Thursday, Nov. 30 at<br />
4:30 p.m. is a home nonconference<br />
dual meet against<br />
Plainfield South at Strike and<br />
Spare II. This Saturday, Dec.<br />
2 at 8:30 a.m., Lockport travels<br />
to the Oak Forest Bengal<br />
Invite at Oak Forest Bowl.
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fastbreak<br />
Girls Basketball<br />
Lockport beats Richards to run record to 3-0<br />
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Media<br />
1st and 3<br />
Lockport boys<br />
basketball comes<br />
up short against<br />
Providence<br />
1. First game of<br />
campaign<br />
The Celtics boys<br />
basketball team<br />
beat Lockport 45-<br />
35 on Nov. 20 in<br />
an opening round<br />
game in the WJOL<br />
Thanksgiving Classic.<br />
It was the season<br />
opener for both<br />
teams.<br />
2. Leading scorers for<br />
each team<br />
Adam Taylor led the<br />
way with 11 points<br />
for the Celtics,<br />
and senior Porters<br />
forward Deondre<br />
Cooper had a gamehigh<br />
13 points.<br />
3. Plenty of chances<br />
to play<br />
Both teams used a<br />
number of players<br />
in the first game. A<br />
dozen players saw<br />
time on the court<br />
for the Porters, and<br />
Lockport also had<br />
eight individuals<br />
score.<br />
Team cuts down its<br />
turnovers in home<br />
victory<br />
Randy Whalen<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
Balance beat boom.<br />
The Lockport Township<br />
girls basketball team continued<br />
its nice start to the season<br />
last week by using another<br />
balanced scoring attack to<br />
hold off Richards 50-46 in an<br />
early season battle of unbeaten<br />
teams in a matinee special<br />
Nov. 22 at Lockport.<br />
Taylor Hopkins had 13<br />
points, Taylor Shingler<br />
scored 10 and Destiny Davis<br />
added nine points. But the<br />
all-senior Lockport trio’s 32<br />
combined points was just one<br />
more than Bulldog Halle Idowu’s<br />
31 points. The 5-foot-<br />
10 sophomore swing player<br />
scored 20 points in the fourth<br />
quarter alone, but it wasn’t<br />
enough, as the Porters (3-0)<br />
held on to win.<br />
“She’s a great ballplayer,<br />
and they can score,” Lockport<br />
coach Dan Kelly said of<br />
Idowu and Richards. “But we<br />
worked a ton on being organized.<br />
We knew we had to cut<br />
down on our turnovers [34 in<br />
the previous game, a 47-41<br />
win against Downers Grove<br />
North]. Our goal was 20, and<br />
we had 18, We’d still like to<br />
get it down to 10 to 15 per<br />
game.”<br />
The Porters did have some<br />
turnovers down the stretch<br />
“Everyone can contribute. The<br />
other team isn’t able to focus on<br />
one player. We don’t get as tired<br />
because we can all trust each other,<br />
including the players off the<br />
bench.”<br />
Taylor Shingler — Lockport girls basketball player,<br />
on her team’s depth<br />
but were able to hold on.<br />
They led 38-24 after three<br />
quarters, only to see that lead<br />
cut to 42-36 with 4:19 to<br />
play in the game. But things<br />
looked to be in good hands<br />
when Shingler found junior<br />
forward Cailey Schlink on<br />
a nice pass underneath for<br />
layup and a 48-38 lead with<br />
1:12 to play.<br />
“Our coach says keep the<br />
ball moving,” Shingler said.<br />
“Everyone can contribute.<br />
The other team isn’t able to<br />
focus on one player. We don’t<br />
get as tired because we can<br />
all trust each other, including<br />
the players off the bench.”<br />
The one player on the other<br />
team had other ideas, however,<br />
as Idowu nailed a 3-pointer<br />
and followed that with<br />
a steal and layup. She was<br />
fouled on the play but missed<br />
the free throw with 46.2 seconds<br />
remaining, leaving the<br />
score at 48-43.<br />
Hopkins scored a layup<br />
with 32 seconds left to restore<br />
the advantage to seven.<br />
Idowu, who scored all her<br />
team’s points in the fourth<br />
quarter except for a rebound<br />
basket by senior guard Christine<br />
Philemy, answered with<br />
a 26-foot 3-pointer from the<br />
left wing with just over 16<br />
seconds remaining. Following<br />
a timeout, the Porters<br />
were able to run 10 seconds<br />
off the clock. Although they<br />
missed a free throw at the sixsecond<br />
mark, it was too late,<br />
as Richards miss fired a final<br />
shot at the buzzer.<br />
Lockport had nine different<br />
players score, including<br />
sophomore center Jenna Cotter<br />
with six points.<br />
“We have a lot of kids that<br />
can play,” Kelly said. “We<br />
have a lot of players that contribute<br />
without scoring.”<br />
Hopkins scored five points<br />
in the first quarter, which<br />
Destiny Davis scored nine points for the Porters in the<br />
team’s win over Richards on Nov. 22 in Lockport.<br />
22nd Century Media File Photo<br />
ended in a 13-13 tie. The<br />
Porters pulled out to a 22-<br />
18 halftime lead, as Shingler<br />
scored six in the opening half.<br />
With Lockport ahead 29-24<br />
midway through the third<br />
quarter, Shingler had four<br />
straight points, and junior<br />
guard Payton Grcevic capped<br />
a 9-0 burst with a 3-pointer,<br />
as the Porters opened up the<br />
14-point lead.<br />
Shingler, a softball standout<br />
and center fielder for the<br />
Porters this past spring, will<br />
attend Maryville University<br />
in St. Louis for softball next<br />
fall. But she’s certainly enjoying<br />
another season of basketball<br />
this winter.<br />
“It’s fun,” Shingler said of<br />
the season so far. “We have<br />
a lot of young girls, and it’s<br />
fun to mix with them. We’ve<br />
just all come together to help<br />
the team. I just like how well<br />
we all play with each other.<br />
We’re all friends, and we<br />
pick each other up on and off<br />
the court.”<br />
Long before any of the current<br />
players were born, Lockport<br />
actually played Richards<br />
in the 1986 Class AA state<br />
quarterfinals. There, Richards<br />
rallied in the second half<br />
for a 47-46 victory. The Bulldogs<br />
went on to finish fourth<br />
in the state.<br />
The Porters resumed play<br />
this week with a pair of nonconference<br />
road games, first<br />
on Monday, Nov. 27, at Joliet<br />
West, and then on Saturday,<br />
Dec. 2, at 2:30 p.m. at Minooka.<br />
A good local test for<br />
Lockport will be on Tuesday,<br />
Dec. 5 with a 6:30 p.m. game<br />
against Lincoln-Way West in<br />
New Lenox.<br />
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“We had some good looks around the basket, but we missed<br />
too many easy shots, too many layups. We have to learn how<br />
to finish around the basket. That will come the more we play,<br />
but we have to find a way to score.”<br />
Brett Hespell — Lockport boys basketball coach, after his team’s defeat to<br />
the Celtics in the opener<br />
Tune In<br />
Boys Basketball<br />
Wrangling with Warriors — 6:30 p.m. Friday,<br />
Dec. 1, at Lincoln-Way West<br />
• The Lockport boys basketball team travels<br />
to New Lenox for its first true road game of<br />
the season.<br />
Index<br />
42 - This Week In<br />
42 - Athlete of the Week<br />
FASTBREAK is compiled by Contributing Editor<br />
Thomas Czaja, tom@homerhorizon.com.
lockport’s Hometown Newspaper | www.lockportlegend.com | November 30, 2017<br />
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Lockport’s Mitchell Gajda throws a practice<br />
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