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THURSDAY 

Quad Cities Tour 

Deadline to register is 

March 15. Trip dates are Tuesday, 

May 1-Thursday, May 3. 

Join the Frankfort Township 

for a bus trip to Mississippi 

River as well as Rock Island, 

Moline and East Moline in 

Illinois and Davenport and 

Bettendorf in Iowa. Visit the 

childhood home of President 

Ronald Reagan, stop at the 

John Deere Museum, Rock 

Island Arsenal, Blackhawk 

State Historic site, Mississippi 

dinner cruise, Starved Rock 

State Park and more. Cost for 

single occupancy is $550 and 

$470 for double occupancy. 

Two night accomodations 

are provided and include two 

breakfasts, three lunches and 

two dinners. For more information 

and registration, call 

(815) 806-2766. 

Frankfort Square Park 

District Board Meeting 

7:30 p.m. March 15, 7540 

W. Braemar Lane, Frankfort. 

For more information, visit 

www.fspd.org. 

FRIDAY 

Build & Carve 

2-4:30 p.m. March 16, 

Frankfort Public Library, 

21119 S. Pfeiffer Road, 

Frankfort. Sign up to use the 

3D Printer or CNC Mill. Possible 

projects include making 

your own models, game pieces, 

replacement parts, stamps, 

and engravings. Staff will provide 

assistance with using machines 

and software. Registration 

required. Register online 

or call (815) 534-6173. The 

Learning Lab equipment is 

only available to FPLD Cardholders 

age 13 and older. 

Lucky Shamrock 

6:30-8:30 p.m. March 16, 

Founders Community Center, 

140 Oak St., Frankfort. 

Wear something green and 

hope for some luck to find a 

pot of gold. Children will be 

searching for a pot of gold 

that the Leprechaun has lost. 

There will be lots of Leprechaun 

games to play as well. 

A yummy holiday treat with 

a peppermint drink will be 

served to all the little Leprechauns. 

Cost is $22. This 

program is for children ages 

3-9 years. For more information 

and registration, visit 

www.frankfortparks.org or 

call (815) 469-9400. 

SATURDAY 

Cut & Sew 

9:30-11:30 a.m. March 

17, Frankfort Public Library, 


Frankfort. Sign up to use 

one of the sewing machines 

or the Silhouette Cameo cutter. 

Make your own projects 

including sew hems, pillows, 

skirts & more, or use the cutter 

to make cards, stickers, 

decals, or other paper crafts. 

Staff will provide assistance 

with using the machines and 

the Silhouette software. Registration 

required. Register 

online or call (815) 534-6173. 

The Learning Lab equipment 

is only available to FPLD 

cardholders age 13 and older. 

Community Showcase 

10 a.m.-2 p.m. March 

17, Lincoln-Way East, 201 

Colorado Ave., Frankfort. 

The event features about 100 

businesses and organizations 

highlighting their good and 

services. In addition to business 

booths there is a “Taste 

of Frankfort Chamber” which 

includes 4-6 food booths. 

There will also be a bounce 

house, face painting, balloon 

animals and more. The 

Chamber will again partner 

with the annual Lincoln-Way 

Community High School 

District 210 ArtWorks festival 

featuring local students’ 

artistic talents in art, design, 

music and dance. 

ArtWorks 2018 Festival 

10 a.m.-3 March 17, Lincoln-Way 

East High School, 

201 Colorado Ave., Frankfort. 

Students from 32 area 

schools, including all three 

Lincoln-Way High Schools, 

will exhibit their musical 

and visual art talents at 

“ArtWorks 2018,” a fine arts 

festival sponsored by Lincoln-Way 

Community High 

School District 210. Spend 

the day listening to a variety 

of musical groups, looking 

at art exhibits and demonstrations, 

and participating 

in hands-on art activities for 

all ages. Admission is free. 

SUNDAY 

Easter Egg Hunt 

9:30 a.m. Sunday, March 18, 

KidsWork Children’s Museum, 

11 S. White St., Frankfort. 

Join KidsWork for an Easter 

egg hunt. Cost is $5 for members 

and $7 for nonmembers. 

Preregistration is required. For 

more information and registration, 

call (815) 469-1199. 

St. Baldricks Event 

10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. March 

18, Frankfort Blackbelt 

Academy, 10850 W. Laraway 

Road, Frankfort. 

Frankfort Black Belt Academy 

will be hosting a St. Baldrick’s 

head-shaving event. 

St. Baldrick’s raises awareness 

and funds for childrens’ 

cancer treatments. There will 

also be a blood drive from 9 

a.m.-1 p.m. with Heartland 

Blood Center. A bake sale 

and raffles at the event will 

raise money for 2 local families 

with children currently 

going through treatment: 

Quinn, a 7th grade student 

diagnosed with leukemia, 

and Mason, a 5th grade student 

with an optic nerve tumor. 

For more information, 

call Vicki at (708) 921-9120. 

Sew an Infinity Scarf 

2-3 p.m. March 18, Frankfort 

Public Library, 21119 

S. Pfeiffer Road, Frankfort. 

Learn basic sewing techniques 

and make a stylish spring 

infinity scarf. All supplies 

are provided. Registration is 

required. Register online or 

call (815) 534-6173. Note: A 

non-refundable $5 supply fee 

is required and payable online 

at time of registration or at the 

Circulation Desk. 

MONDAY 

Lunch with Bunny 

Deadline to register is March 

19 (or until filled). Event will 

be held from 11 a.m.-12:30 

p.m. Saturday, March 24, 

Founders Community Center, 

140 Oak. St., Frankfort. Join 

Peter Cottontail for lunch, a 

family-friendly magic show 

and more. Each child will 

receive a goody bag. All participants 

must be registered, 

including parents. Tickets will 

not be sold at the door. Cost is 

$9 per person. 

Village Board Meeting 

7 p.m. March 19, Village 

Administration Building, 432 

W. Nebraska St., Frankfort. 

For more information and 

agendas, visit www.villageoffrankfort.com. 

WEDNESDAY 

Powerpoint Basics 

3-4:30 p.m. March 21, 



Frankfort. Learn the basics 

of creating Microsoft Power- 

Point 2013 slideshows. Slideshows 

can include animation, 

narration, images, videos, 

and much more. Register online 

or call (815) 534-6173. 

Meet, Greet & Network 

7:30-9:30 a.m. March 21, 



Frankfort. Join the Frankfort 

Chamber of Commerce for 

this free, monthly event. Networking 

will be from 7:30-8 

a.m. followed by a short educational 

presentation by Brett 

Schaibley, of Edward Jones, 

who will be talking about 

business retirement plans. All 

members will have a chance 

to share their 30-second business 

commercial. 

UPCOMING 

Business After Hours 

5-7 p.m. Thursday, March 

22, Breathe Fitness, 7545 W. 

159th Place, Tinley Park. Join 

the Frankfort and Tinley Park 

Chamber of Commerces for a 

BAH at Breathe Fitness. 

Plan Commission Meeting 

6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 

22, Village Administration 

Building, 432 W. Nebraska 

St., Frankfort. For the agenda 

or more information, visit 

www.villageoffrankfort.com, 

or call (815) 469-2177. 

TOPS Open House 

6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 

22, Old Plank Trail Community 

Bank, 20901 S. LaGrange 

Rd., Frankfort. Join TOPS 

(Take Off Pounds Sensibly) 

members from Frankfort and 

neighboring towns, including 

Mokena, as they get ready for 

spring. For more information, 

call (800) 932-8677, or visit 

www.tops.org. Park in back 

and enter through the double 

doors. 

ONGOING 

Lincoln-Way Toastmasters 

7:30 p.m. every first and 

third Thursday of each 

month, Lincoln-Way East 

High School, 201 Colorado 

Ave., Frankfort. This club 

for adults ages 18 and older 

helps participants develop 

leadership and communication 

skills, which in turn 

foster self-confidence and 

personal growth. All are 

welcome to attend and/or 

join. For more information, 

call (815) 210-1166 or (815) 

464-4414. 

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printed calendar, contact 

Amanda Stoll at (708) 

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the frankfort station | March 15, 2018 | 3 

Brothers John Newton (left) and Mark Newton co-founded Woggly Square Brewing, a 

venture named after a saying created by John Newton's autistic son Matt. PHOTOS SUBMITTED 

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The mark of a good beer is 

obviously the taste, but what 

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good as well? 

Brothers John and Mark 

Newton fell in love with 

brewing after diving in headfirst 

to home brewing. They 

started with a few extract 

brewing kits and quickly 

moved on to more advanced 

full-grain brewing. 

“Since then we’ve been 

brewing pretty prolifically, 

I can say that for sure. Almost 

every weekend at first 

we were brewing,” said John 

Newton, who said they made 

“a lot of good ones and some 

stinkers.” 

Making beer, as it turns 

out, is as much of a learning 

process as any, but they 

didn’t give up and started to 

get a lot of good feedback 

from their taste testers. 

“Then we decided one Saturday 

to try to make our own 

(Left to right) John, Mark and Scott Newton pose with beer 

bottles they went on to sell as a fundraiser for LWSRA. 

recipe. We played around and 

looked at other recipes and 

came up with something we 

called Simcoe Kid, which is 

a single-hop IPA with mosaic 

[hops],” said Mark Newton. 

“ ... That ended up so good 

and we had such a good time 

that we’ve just been doing 

our own recipes ever since.” 

They entered a few contests, 

not expecting much since they 

were still so new to brewing, 

but surprised themselves by 

winning a few homebrew 

awards along the way. 

“We just started dreaming 

about what it would be like 

to do this for a living,” said 

Mark Newton. 

Most homebrewers never 

brew outside of the confines 

of their kitchens or garages, 

but the Newtons teamed 

up with their friends at 350 

Brewing Company in Tinley 

Park and brought their love 

of craft brews to a new level. 

The name Woggly Square 

comes from a saying that 

John Newton’s 12-year-old 

autistic son Matt has. Though 

they aren’t sure what it actually 

means, it means something 

to them. 

It’s a reminder of the challenges 

people with autism 

face and the inspiration behind 

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Frankfort Village Board 

Village officials approve multiple planning project proposals 

Nuria Mathog, Editor 

During its March 5 meeting, 

the Frankfort Village 

Board gave the green light 

to proposals related to three 

development projects pertaining 

to properties within 

the Village. 

The board first approved 

a plat of abrogation of easement 

for a property in the 

Stonebridge Valley subdivision, 

located at 22302 

Ledgestone Road. The 

Plan Commission voted 

unanimously at its Feb. 

22 meeting to recommend 

the Village Board approve 

the plat. 

“This easement was created 

during the initial construction 

of the Stonebridge 

Valley subdivision and is 

no longer necessary at this 

time,” Trustee Mike Stevens 

explained. “Since 

the easement did not automatically 

expire, the applicants 

are requesting to 

abrogate the temporary 

easement.” 

Trustees also approved 

a final plat for the Buona 

Frankfort subdivision at 

20950 S. LaGrange Road 

as part of the Market Street 

West Retail Development. 

The plat was revised for full 

intersection improvements 

pertaining to the Illinois 

Department of Transportation’s 

required right-of-way 

and easement adjustments 

encountered by the development. 

Additionally, the board 

approved three actions related 

to a third project involving 

a property located 

at the southeast corner of 

LaGrange Road and Old 

Frankfort Way: requests to 

rezone the property from 

historic district to attached 

single family residential 

district and allow a special 

use permit for townhouse 

construction — conditional 

on factors such as IDOT approval 

of the final plat and 

pond maintenance — as well 

as a preliminary plat for the 

development. 

The applicants, John and 

Brian Fordon, intend to construct 

14 single-family attached 

townhouse units on 

the property in question. 

Trustee Cindy Heath recused 

herself from the vote, 

explaining she owned a 

property close to the project 

and thought it would be 

appropriate to abstain from 

voting. 

Trustee Bob Kennedy said 

he wanted to congratulate 

the planning commissioners 

for their diligence and expressed 

support for the project, 

which he said would be 

a “beautiful entranceway” 

into downtown Frankfort. 

“They took their time with 

the Fordons to get this project, 

I think, in a very quality 

state,” he said of the planning 

commissioners. 

During the mayor's report, 

Mayor Jim Holland noted 

the Village had once again 

received the Certificate of 

Achievement for Excellence 

in Financial Reporting from 

the Government Finance 

Officers Association of the 

United States and Canada. 

The award, which has been 

granted to Frankfort every 

year since 1989, was granted 

for the Village’s fiscal year 

end comprehensive annual 

financial report. 

“It’s good for our accounting 

department, our finance 

department,” Holland said. 

“They really do a good job 

of making it so that we can 

understand the finances of 

the Village but most importantly 

so that our residents 

can. You can find our budget, 

you can find the comprehensive 

annual report, and you 

can find all of those online.” 

Holland also reminded 

community members that 

applications to serve on 

a Village committee are 

available online or at the 

Village Administration 

Building and must be submitted 

by 4 p.m. Friday, 

March 30. 

Frankfort Plan Commission/Zoning Board of Appeals 

Residents air concerns over new construction in Old Town neighborhood 

Megann Horstead 

Freelance Reporter 

The Village of Frankfort’s 

Plan Commission and Zoning 

Board of Appeals met 

some resistance at a March 

8 meeting from Old Town 

Neighborhood residents 

making their case against the 

construction of a new home 

in the downtown area. 

The property in question, 

located at 122 Walnut 

Street, is in talks between 

the Village and Alexi Development 

for construction 

of a 3,288-square-foot new, 

single-family residence. 

The applicant purchased 

the lot with the intent of making 

the home fit the overall 

site design and character of 

the surrounding area. 

In order to proceed, however, 

a set of variances will 

require the Village Board’s 

approval. Variances requested 

include a front yard setback 

requirement from 30 

feet to 20.5 feet, rear yard 

setback from 30 feet to 28.2 

feet, corner yard setback 

from 30 feet to 21 feet, lot 

coverage from 20 percent to 

20.1 percent, and first floor 

building materials to permit 

the construction of a new 

home. 

“We’ve been through 

a couple iterations of the 

home,” said Tony Bari, president 

of Alexi Development. 

“This home is absolutely 

completely different than the 

first home we proposed back 

in October [2017], I believe. 

It was based on feedback 

that we received from the 

community.” 

The applicant has been 

working to reduce the size of 

the home on the lot to meet 

municipal codes. Changes 

to the home to this point include 

the front porch, deck, 

and windows. 

Several residents took 

time to make their concerns 

known to the Plan Commission 

and Zoning Board of 

Appeals. 

“My opinion, living across 

the street this house by turning 

it, it ruins not one block 

but two,” said Mark Adams, 

president of the Old Town 

Homeowners Association. 

“It ruins the block that it’s 

on, plus the block [to the] 

sideway.” 

Adams acknowledged 

that the home has a nice 

streetscape facing Oregon 

Street and said the problem 

is that residents won’t be 

able to see it along Walnut 

Street. 

“We’ve asked several 

times to please turn the 

house, let us enjoy the front 

of the house because we are, 

like I said before, we’re a 

neighborhood of porches,” 

he said. “We don’t get to 

enjoy that front porch. They 

don’t get to enjoy the front 

porch. Nobody walks on Oregon 

Street. They’re always 

walking on Walnut Street. 

They’re walking on Hickory 

Street.” 

Several residents wanted 

the construction of the home 

to be denied for that reason. 

Teresa Kara questioned 

the board’s direction and 

said she is concerned for 

the new homes entering the 

neighborhood, as they get 

larger and larger. 

“We’re just not sure what 

the cause and effect of all 

this is going to be to us,” 

she said. “What I can tell 

you that with this happening 

consistently now for a few 

years, we’ve had few homes 

go in. Is there anyone—because 

I don’t know the qualifications 

of the board, here, 

looking at this—is there anyone 

who’s giving us some 

feedback to what kind of 

cause and effect these houses 

are have on a town for us 

that have an older home?” 

None of the commissioners, 

nor Village staff, could 

provide a direct response to 

the question. 

Not everyone expressing 

concerns during the meeting 

lives within the Old Town 

Neighborhood. Consider 

Frankfort’s Emily Biegel, a 

director for Southwest Suburban 

Activists. She called 

into question the Village’s 

adherence to its ordinances 

and the leniency afforded to 

new homebuilders. 

“If the rules are supposed 

to decide who gets to do 

what and those aren’t being 

used, then what is?” Biegel 

asked. 

Commissioner Lisa Hogan 

contended that there are 

a number of lots that would 

sit empty if the Village adhered 

to its rules and did not 

grant variances. 

“You can’t make a rule 

that fits absolutely every scenario,” 

she said. 

Biegel said the voices of 

those in the community are 

not being heard. 

The lot in question is currently 

occupied by a home, 

if the applicant’s proposal 

is approved, that structure 

would be demolished. 

“I think that the request at 

hand represents everything 

that’s been happening,” 

Cristina Ruiz said. “A decision 

is made tonight, [and] 

that takes precedent for a 

decision in the future. It’s 

something that continues to 

snowball.” 

Ruiz said she thinks the 

history and the background, 

in terms of what’s been happening 

in downtown Frankfort, 

is very relevant to this 

matter. 

“Because what happens 

today is what’s already happened 

in the past and what’s 

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LW schools begin restricting access to community 


During the March 1 Lincoln-Way 

Community High 

School District 210 Board of 

Education meeting, several 

members of the community 

were present to object to a 

proposed plan to restrict use 

by members of the community 

to school facilities during 

school hours. 

After some discussion 

among the board, Superintendent 

Dr. Scott Tingley 

and the public, it appeared 

the matter would be tabled 

for further discussion until 

the next board meeting on 

Thursday, March 15; however, 

in a surprise reversal 

of the March 1 discussions, 

signs were posted at the three 

Lincoln-Way schools informing 

the public that their 

access to the facilities would 

indeed begin to be restricted 

to evening hours effective 

Thursday, March 8. 

Tingley said the decision 

was made with building administrators, 

including principals 

and assistant principals, 

who he said were “all 

in agreement that it would be 

prudent at this time to limit 

the access to our schools during 

the day.” 

“The security of the building 

is the responsibility of 

the administration,” he said, 

citing board policy 4.170, 

which states, in part: “The 

Superintendent or designee 

shall develop, implement, 

and maintain a comprehensive 

safety and security plan 

that includes, without limitation: 

An emergency operations 

plan(s) addressing prevention, 

preparation, response, 

and recovery for each school; 

Provisions for a coordinated 

effort with local law enforcement 

and fire officials, 

emergency medical services 

personnel, and the Board Attorney; 

A school safety drill 

plan; Instruction in safe bus 

riding practices; and a clear, 

rapid, factual, and coordinated 

system of internal and 

external communication.” 

No formal action on the issue 

was taken by the board. 

Tingley said there had been 

discussions with board members 

prior to making the decision. 

District 210 Board Secretary 

Aaron Janik said that the 

move was “an administrative 

decision.” 

Janik was the only member 

of the board to respond to requests 

for comments. 

Prior to March 8, community 

members were permitted 

to use track and pool facilities 

at Lincoln-Way district high 

schools while classes were 

in session. Now, those hours 

will be limited to those after 

school park district hours. 

Tingley said there will be 

an exception made for some 

morning swimmers, but 

those programs will be revisited 

with the park district 

before the start of the next 

school year. 

“There will still be opportunities 

for the community to 

use our facilities through the 

park district hours,” Tingley 

said. “They can still come 

and walk the track. We still 

have evening swim hours 

that are in place, so they still 

have access to the facilities.” 

The move comes ostensibly 

in response to recent 

tragedies involving shootings 

at schools across the country; 

however, a 2004 report 

from the Secret Service and 

“Our community members are going to have to 

adjust their personal schedules to make that work. 

We certainly understand the inconvenience. We still 

want to provide the opportunity for usage of our 

facilities, but at the same time you’re not going to see 

many other high schools that are doing what we did. 

Not in today’s world.” 

Scott Tingley — Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210 superintendent 

Voters asked to be aware of campaign-free zones at polling place 

Submitted by Will County 

Clerk's Office 

Is it okay for people to be 

standing outside of a polling 

place handing out candidate 

information? The answer to 

this question is yes, as long 

as they are 100 feet from the 

entrance or as long as the 

polling place is not a church 

or private school. 

The campaign free zone 

for the majority of polling 

places is the distance of 100 

feet from the door of the entrance 

of the room where voting 

takes place. If the polling 

room is above or below 

ground, the measurement 

begins at the elevator door or 

staircase used by the voters 

to access the floor where the 

polling room is located. 

Churches or private 

schools can designate their 

entire property as a Campaign 

Free Zone. Electioneering 

is then only allowed 

on the grounds adjacent to 

the thoroughfares or walkways 

leading to the entrances 

used by the voters. To find a 

list of designated properties, 

visit thewillcountyclerk.com 

Election Services page. 

the Department of Education, 

which looked at 37 such incidents 

involving 41 suspects 

from 1974-2000, showed 

that, “Almost all of the attackers 

were current students 

at the school where they carried 

out their attacks” — 95 

percent of them, in fact. 

Although community users 

were required to scan 

their driver’s licenses into 

the Raptor Visitor Management 

software upon entering 

the building, Tingley said 

the school did not have an 

employee assigned to walk 

to the athletic facilities with 

those users to insure they did 

not stray to other parts of the 

building. 

In response to security 

concerns concerning people 

bringing in large duffel bags, 

he said front desk personnel 

would not be tasked with bag 

searches because they are not 

considered security personnel. 

“That’s a clerical position,” 

Tingley said. “That’s 

not a security position, so 

they’re not trained nor would 

they qualify to do searches of 

bags, searches of individuals 

or their person.” 

“We still want to partner 

with our community and 

that’s why there will still be 

park district access in the 

evenings to our facilities and 

also we will have access to 

our swimming pools still free 

of charge,” Tingley said. 

In fact, the agreement to 

allow community members 

access to the schools’ facilities 

was part of a referendum 

passed in 2006, which created 

the Lincoln-Way Area 

Park District program. 

“Our community members 

are going to have to adjust 

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Training like a true ninja warrior 

Park district camp 

promotes fitness, 

self-growth through 

challenges 


Not often does anyone get 

a chance to try the extreme 

things they see on TV, but for 

the next few weeks, children 

will challenge themselves 

to a series of obstacles during 

the park district’s Ninja 

Warrior Training. 

Bill Brannigan, leader of 

the program, began his introduction 

by telling children 

off the bat that they would 

fail, probably a lot, during 

the next six weeks. 

“It’s a sport that’s meant 

to really push you both mentally 

and physically and if 

you’re not prepared for that 

up front it can be very discouraging,” 

Brannigan said 

about the ninja warrior challenges. 

“...I don’t want to 

see the kids give up because 

they can’t do something on 

their first or second try.” 

While that might seem 

harsh to some, Brannigan said 

it prepares children for the 

challenges they will face in 

the program and teaches them 

that it is OK to fail as long as 

they get up and try again. 

Challenges in the program’s 

first week included 

balance practice, parkourstyle 

vaulting, horizontal 

spider walking and hanging 

on gymnastic rings — all 

geared toward children rather 

than those obstacles faced 

by adult competitors. 

To make the more challenging 

activities accessible 

and not so difficult as to be 

discouraging, Brannigan 

said he begins everyone 

with a basic approach and 

increases the difficulty for 

those who are ready. 

The progressions are a 

way for the children to see 

Kyra Bryk completes the balance obstacles and heads onto 

the parkour vault. 

Joshua Abbott (left) practices balancing while walking on 

unstable discs, while Jacob Abbott (right) tests out his 

skills on the winding balance beam. 

an obvious improvement 

in their skills. Those “baby 

steps” are what he said helps 

build their confidence and 

motivation. 

Though the program challenges 

them to physical feats 

they may not have tried before, 

he said it is also about 

challenging yourself mentally 

and recognizing your own 

potential for success. 

“I think a big part of it for 

kids, too, is when they finally 

overcome a challenge it really 

instills a lot of confidence 

in them,” Brannigan said. 

Even small successes 

when measured against 

where they begin are celebrated, 

and Brannigan said 

that type of encouragement 

resonates with the youngsters. 

He is no stranger to the ex- 

try it yourself 

To see some of 

Brannigan’s exercise 

videos, obstacle 

demonstrations and set 

up tutorials, find him on 

Instagram 

@gamedaybill23 or on 

YouTube at Game Day 

Fitness. 

treme challenges the activity 

can dish out. Brannigan has 

done several Ninja Warrior 

competitions himself. 

“The first competition I did 

I think I completed two out 

of 11 obstacles on the course, 

and even though I only completed 

two of the obstacles I 

was hooked on it,” Brannigan 

said. “I was like, ‘I have to 

keep doing this. This is awesome. 

I can’t stop doing this 

Colin North practices a parkour vault during the Ninja Warrior Training program at the 

Frankfort Park District on March 8. PhOTOs by amanda stoll/22nd century media 

Bill Brannigan (center) explains the obstacles and talks about safety when executing some 

of the moves. 

knowing I failed that many 

times. I have to work and I 

have to be able to do more 

obstacles. It was almost like 

a challenge for myself to just 

see how good I could get myself 

at it.” 

He said the activity is an 

alternative for children who 

may or may not be interested 

in organized team sports. 

“It’s not an organized 

sport, which is great for a lot 

of kids,” Brannigan said. “... 

They just like being active 

and moving around and doing 

different things so it’s 

something that’s great for 

everybody. 

The program is one he has 

developed during the last 

two or three school years as 

a PE teacher at Franklin Elementary 

School in Dolton. 

He has also presented the 

children's ninja warrior program 

at the state PE conference 

the last two years to 

help inspire other teachers to 

use it with their classes. 

In the coming weeks, 

Brannigan said he and gymnastics 

coach Jorie Hansen, 

who is assisting with the 

program, will be trying out 

new parkour vaults, balance 

obstacles and working 

on precision jumps with the 

young ninja warriors.

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Megann Horstead 


The lights are turned 

down low and the bowling 

alley is buzzing from wall 

to wall, as last calls are 

made for anyone seeking to 

participate in the raffle prize 

drawing. The afternoon 

soon sped into action with 

bites of pizza and sips of 

pop/water between several 

games of bowling. 

The afternoon of March 

3 marked the Lincoln-Way 

Area Special Education 

Joint Agreement Foundation’s 

second annual Strike 

it Up fundraiser. The event, 

held at Thunder Bowl Mokena, 

was designed to be 

family-oriented and fun. 

“This is the big one,” said 

Ken Buck, president of the 

Lincoln-Way Area Special 

Education Joint Agreement 

“10” 

Foundation, referring to the 

non-profit organization’s 

fundraisers. The foundation 

conducts a 50/50 raffle every 

year around the holiday 

season and used to hold a 

fashion show. 

All funds raised through 

this event will be used to 

support teachers and administrative 

staff in the 

Lincoln-Way area. Funds 

can be requested through 

a grant the foundation 

extends. 

“We take all the sheets 

and all the requests and we 

go through them,” Buck 

said. “We’ll offer money to 

those teachers or programs 

that need extra funds.” 

In the past, the grant has 

provided teachers with 

funding to bring in reptile 

wranglers to supplement 

classroom instruction, purchase 

sensory materials 

to support students with 

sensory needs, and pay for 

plants to support instruction 

in the sciences. 

Typically, Strike it Up 

raises between $7,000 and 

$9,000. 

“It’s not a huge amount, 

but it’s enough to help us 

support the cooperatives’ 

needs through the extracurricular 

activities,” Buck 

said. “It’s been very rewarding 

helping staff to get 

things done that otherwise 

wouldn’t have gotten done.” 

The foundation had door 

prizes for those on hand 

for the fundraiser, as well 

as raffle baskets, a split the 

pot for 50/50 and a gift card 

wall. 

“We’ve had businesses 

that donated raffle baskets,” 

Buck said. “Some 

staff members pitched in 

and bought some things for 

baskets. So, it’s a combination.” 

Approximately 85 people 

came out to show support 

for the Lincoln-Way Area 

Special Education Joint 

Agreement Foundation’s 

fundraiser. 

“Last year was our first 

year, and everybody was 

like, ‘Oh, sign me up next 

year. I’ll come back,’” said 

Tracey Lesh, one of the 

directors for the Lincoln- 

Way Area Special Education 

Joint Agreement Foundation, 

referring to the 

excitement people have 

demonstrated for this year’s 

fundraiser. 

Buck agreed. 

“It’s a lot of staff and families,” 

he said. “It’s a family-oriented 

[event] to have 

all the families together on 

an afternoon. [It’s] something 

that everybody can do 

together, basically. If you 

did certain [events,] some 

families might not like fashion 

shows [and] some aren’t 

comfortable [with that,] but 

Zackry Tarrant releases a bowling ball down the lane March 3 during the Lincoln-Way Area 

Special Education Joint Agreement Foundation’s Strike it Up fundraiser. Photos by Megann 

Horstead/22nd Century Media 

Attendees had a wide selection of bowling balls to choose from during the fundraiser. 

bowling seems to [bring everyone 

together.] So, that’s 

the good thing about it.” 

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Donor Network, Treasured 

Smiles Pediatric Dentistry, 

Lincoln-Way Special 

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Café, Paul A. Panzica— 

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Tia Triezenberg of Century 

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County implements appointment system for collection events 

Submitted by the Office 

of Will County Executive 

Lawrence M. Walsh 

2018 community showcase to feature area businesses 

Nuria Mathog, Editor 

For nearly three decades, 

the Frankfort Community 

Showcase has given local 

businesses the chance to 

shine. 

Now in its 34th year, the 

family-friendly event plans 

to feature more than 100 

Frankfort businesses in addition 

to activities for children, 

live performances and 

more. The 2018 showcase 

is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 2 

p.m. Saturday, March 17, at 

the Lincoln-Way East High 

School Field House. 

“We have everything from 

Home Depot and Kidswork 

to insurance, realtors, deck 

cleaning, awning, the library, 

the park district—and 

everything in between,” 

said Alicia Bermes, executive 

director of the Frankfort 

Chamber of Commerce. 

The event will include 

a “Taste of Showcase” offering 

guests the chance to 

purchase and sample from 

five local restaurants: Nothing 

Bundt Cake, Sweet Frog, 

Bear Down BBQ, Dancing 

In an effort to shorten 

lines and wait times, the 

Resource Recovery and 

Energy Division of the 

Will County Land Use 

Department has implemented 

an appointment 

system for its collection 

events. 

“We want to make recycling 

as easy as possible for 

our residents,” Will County 

Executive Larry Walsh said. 

“In the past, people sometimes 

waited in line for up 

to two hours or more at 

some events. This new system 

should alleviate that 

wait.” 

The appointment system 

has been rolled out for 

the event from 8 a.m. to 3 

p.m. Saturday, March 24, 

in Peotone. Appointments 

are offered on a first-come, 

first served basis in 15-minute 

time slots with the last 

appointments of the day at 

2:45 p.m. Participants will 

receive an electronic event 

reminder a day or two in 

advance. 

“We spoke to representatives 

of other counties 

that have experienced large 

event turnouts and switched 

to appointment systems,” 

Marlin and Palermo's Pizza. 

There will also be performances 

and demonstrations 

from groups including the 

“On Pointe” dance troupe, 

the Youth String Orchestra, 

Down Home Guitars and the 

Lincoln-Way East musical 

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said Marta Keane, the 

county’s recycling specialist. 

“Each one reported improvements 

in wait times, 

satisfaction from participants 

that could schedule 

their day more easily and 

improved planning for staffing 

by the county and its 

event vendor. 

“The time it will take to 

unload each vehicle will 

depend upon the amount of 

recyclables that’s in it,” she 

continued. “That means we 

can’t guarantee to get every 

person in and out in 15 minutes, 

but we’re certain that 

it will take less time than an 

unpredictable long line.” 

“The Hunchback of Notre 

Dame.” 

Brett Schaibley of Edward 

Jones, the showcase 

chair, said he’s most looking 

forward to seeing new 

businesses participate in the 

event. 

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There will also be a collection 

event from 8 a.m. to 3 

p.m. Saturday, April 21, in Joliet. 

Appointments are already 

available for that event, too. 

Both upcoming events 

will accept household hazardous 

wastes, motor oil 

and electronics. They are 

open to people living in 

communities wholly or partially 

in Will County. There 

is a two-television limit, 

and participants will have to 

provide photo identification 

before dropping off items. 

To set up an appointment, 

go to www.willcoun 

tygreen.com and follow the 

prompts. Those without in- 

“We’re giving them exposure 

to 1,500 to 2,000 attendees 

who attended last 

year and then growing that 

again this year — getting the 

local businesses in the community 

exposed to consumers 

in the area,” he said. 

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An event for 

the entire family! 

100+ Booths 

Local businesses showcasing their products & services. 

Saturday, March 17 

10am to 2pm 

Lincoln-Way East HS, Field House 

Come learn about local businesses and 

what they can do for you! 

FREE admission! 

FREE goody bags! 

FREE chance to WIN a $500 

Chamber gift check 

& gift baskets! 

Brought to you by: 

Taste of Showcase with local restaurants: 

• Dancing Marlin 

• Nothing Bundt Cake 

• Palermo’s Pizza 

• Sweet Frog 

• Bear Down BBQ 

Kids’ Area including: 

• Workshop hosted by KidsWork Children’s Museum and 

Home Depot 

• Artistic Face Painting 

• Children’s vision screening hosted by Frankfort Lions 

• MR Moonwalks bounce house 

• Ivy League’s Mobile STEM Learning Lab with hands-on 

science activities 

Performances/Demonstrations including: 

• Down Home Guitars 

• Salon Agapé 

• Youth String Orchestra 

• Lincoln-Way East musical, 

“The Hunchback of Notre Dame” 

Heartland Blood Centers Blood Mobile 

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14 | March 15, 2018 | The frankfort station school 


Students practice kindness at Indian Trail 

Submitted by Indian Trail 

School 

Lincoln-Way East Scholastic Bowl teams excel during competition 

Submitted by Lincoln-Way 

Community High School 

District 210 

On Feb. 21 the Lincoln- 

Way East Scholastic Bowl 

Team closed out its SWSC 

campaign in the Conference 

Tournament. Varsity finished 

the regular season with 

a 10-2 record, taking third 

place in the 13-team conference. 

The spotlight was 

on the freshman-sophomore 

(frosh-soph) team, whose 

record of 11-1 on the regular 

season earned them first 

place in the Blue Division. 

In the conference tournament, 

the frosh-soph team 

took second place, knocking 

off Stagg and Sandburg, 

but lost by one question to 

Homewood-Flossmoor. The 

Fresh-Soph team was led 

by students Abby McCreary 

and Matthew Ferracuti. 

The Varsity squad also had 

Indian Trail students (left to right) Layne Larsen, Meghan 

McKnight, Elias Haddad, Matt Safarik, Seth Piwowar, 

and Elizabeth Ardagh are among the students who have 

participated in a pledge to perform acts of kindness. 

Photo submitted 

This quarter, fourth-grade 

students met with Dana 

Wright, principal of Indian 

Trail School, and discussed 

a very important word: kindness. 

For the next 30 days, students 

pledged to fill a bucket 

every day. The way to fill a 

bucket is to be kind to someone. 

Students have been performing 

random acts of kindness 

towards each other and 

then writing them down and 

filling each other’s buckets 

by writing caring messages. 

One example from a 

fourth-grade student was 

“Thanks for letting me sit 

with you on the bus this 

week.” Another one a student 

wrote to a classmate: 

“Thank you for helping me 

with my division problem.” 

This has been valuable because 

it teaches students that 

by filling up each other’s 

buckets with compliments 

and kind gestures they continue 

to spread excellence 

a successful run, and closed 

out its season in the IHSA 

Regional Tournament on 

March 5. The team opened 

with a 610-90 victory over 

Rich South in a match where 

11 different players scored 

points. In the Regional 

Semifinals, the Griffins 

faced off against Lincoln- 

Way Central. In a back-andforth 

match that saw three 

lead changes, it came down 

to the 24th and final question 

set of the round, won by East 

for a 400-390 win. 

In the regional final, the 

Griffins fought a spirited 

match against Providence 

Catholic. The match came 

down to the final question 

set, with the Griffins losing 

390-450. Patrick O’Halloran, 

Ryan Burns and Matthew 

Ferracuti led the team in 

scoring in the tournament. 

“This season was one of 

building, and because of a 

and positivity while improving 

each other’s self-esteem! 

The school’s mission is to 

create a world of bucket fillers. 

Student reporter 

Learn about polar bears 

Alina Puri 

Chelsea Intermediate School 

third-grader 

Did you know that polar 

bear skin is actually black? I 

am going to give you a lot of 

interesting facts about polar 

bears in this article. 

Polar bears are mammals, 

and they live in Alaska, 

Canada, the Arctic and other 

cold places. Polar bears do 

not get very cold in their 

habitats because they have 

a thick layer of blubber and 

fur over their skin. Even on 

their feet! Polar bears eat 

seal, fish and even some 

types of whales. 

Polar bears hunt like normal 

bears, they wait by the 

water for their prey or they 

chase their prey down in water 

or on land. Polar bears 

have huge paws. They also 

have big claws that help 

them not to fall on the ice. 


bears don’t have eyelashes 

because they would freeze in 

the cold weather? 

Polar bears can grow up to 

six feet tall and sometimes 

even a little more than that. 

A big threat to polar bears 

is climate change because 

it’s changing their home by 

melting all the ice they need 

good work ethic in and out 

of practice, we were prepared 

for any competition, 

and we won,” senior Ryan 

Burns said. “We were very 

successful.” 

The varsity team finished 

with one of its most successful 

seasons in recent years. 

East finished its season with 

a record of 24-9. 

“I am very proud of what 

these teams did this year, at 

all levels of the program,” .” 

Scholastic Bowl coach Matt 

Jordan said. “The kids were 

enthusiastic, encouraging, 

excited about competition, 

even on those long Saturday 

tournaments. I’m especially 

proud of the seniors who really 

set the tone. This class 

really wanted to leave a legacy 

of having built a winning 

culture, and they have. We 

had a lot of fun this year.” 

Senior Wes Janicki knows 

this will only be the beginning 

of Griffin Scholastic 

Bowl success. 

“This season has been one 

of the most memorable and 

rewarding,” he said. “From 

the very beginning with “cacao” 

(a malapropism for cocoa), 

to some of the literally 

buzzer beater matches, every 

moment has felt incredible, 

yet humbling. And it doesn’t 

end here. This season was 

just the start.” 

Among the high achieving 

students are: senior Wesley 

Janicki and junior Patrick 

O’Halloran, who made the 

SWSC all-conference team; 

and senior Ryan Burns and 

sophomore Matthew Ferracuti, 

who made the Illinois 

High School Scholastic 

Bowl Coaches’ Association 

all-sectional team. 

“It is so rare to find a group 

of friends that challenges 

you intellectually while also 

making you laugh uncontrollably,” 

junior Ellie Houlihan 

said. “My Scholastic Bowl 

teammates somehow find a 

way to both inspire me and 

make me smile every time we 

and the water is rising by the 

minute. 


bears’ fur is thicker than any 

other bears' fur? Another fact 

is their fur is transparent or 

clear. It just looks white from 

the reflection. Also, polar 

bears’ nostrils close when 

they are swimming. Polar 

bears also don’t get cold in 

the freezing water because 

their fur is so thick and warm. 

Polar bears can stay under 

the water for at least two 

minutes. They can also live 

up to 20 to 30 years long but 

most polar bears live only 

up to 15 to 18 years old. The 

oldest wild polar bear lived 

up to 32 years old. 

Polar bears are very interesting 

and fascinating creatures 

so I hope you learned a 

lot about them! 

The Lincoln-Way East Frosh-Soph Scholastic Bowl team 

poses with their Blue Division first-place plaque and their 

SWSC Tournament second-place trophy. Photo submitted 

practice or compete. We have 

had a thrilling season so far, 

and I am extremely grateful 

to have been a part of such an 

amazing team this year.”



Police Reports 

Area residents warned about 

increased burglary to vehicles 

Lincoln-Way residents are 

asked to be aware that the 

area has experienced multiple 

break-ins and vehicle 

thefts recently, according to 

a Frankfort Police Department 

advisory notice sent 

March 9. 

The advisory notes these 

events have typically occurred 

overnight and offenders 

have searched for 

unlocked cars; in some incidents, 

a vehicle has dropped 

off several people who proceeded 

to search for unlocked 

vehicles and take items from 

them before leaving the area. 

The department recommends 

residents lock their 

doors, remove valuables 

from the cars whenever possible 

and never leave their 

keys or key fobs in their vehicles. 

Residents who see or 

hear anything unusual, such 

as a dog barking or a car 

door shutting at an unusual 

hour, are asked to call police 

immediately at 911 for an 

emergency call or (815) 485- 

2500 for non-emergencies. 

March 4 

• Breonna L. Clausell, 24, 

of 6420 Grayhawk Drive 

in Matteson, was cited for 

alleged improper lighting, 

driving with a suspended license 

and no insurance. 

March 2 

• Alonzo Ashley, 22, of 120 

Sauk Trail in Park Forest, was 

cited for allegedly driving with 

a suspended license, no insurance, 

following too closely 

and no valid registration. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Frankfort 

Station’s Police Reports are 

compiled from official reports 

found online on the Frankfort 

Police Department’s website or 

releases issued by the department 

and other agencies. Individuals 

named in these reports 

are considered innocent of all 

charges until proven guilty in a 

court of law. 

Frankfort Township begins twicemonthly 

electronic recycling service 

Submitted by Office of Will 

County Executive Lawrence 

M. Walsh 

Frankfort Township has 

become host to Will County’s 

newest permanent electronic 

recycling site. Its first 

collection date will be Tuesday, 

March 13. 

The site, which will be 

open from 5 to 7 p.m. the second 

and fourth Tuesdays of 

each month, is at the Township 

Hall, 11000 W. Lincoln 

Highway in Frankfort. 

“Will County residents 

may bring a large variety of 

electronics, including the 17 

items banned from disposal 

in Illinois, plus many additional 

items such as power 

tools, hair dryers and microwave 

ovens, to this and all 

of the collection sites,” said 

Marta Keane, the county’s 

recycling specialist with the 

Resource Recovery and Energy 

Division of the Land 

Use Department. 

There is a limit of two 

television sets per vehicle; 

identification is required to 

prove residency in a community 

that is entirely or 

partially in Will County. 

The Frankfort Township 

site fills the time slot previously 

used by Joliet. Keane 

explained that the city’s new 

contract with waste management 

includes free curbside 

pickup of electronics 

for those who have Joliet 

garbage/recycling service. 

Residents should call (800) 

449-7587 to schedule an appointment 

for pickup. 

“Will County offers seven 

locations with year-round 

hours to make recycling of 

electronics as convenient as 

possible,” Keane said. “In 

addition, the county offers 

several one-day collection 

events on Saturdays.” 

Unlike the one-day collection 

events, which now require 

them, no appointments 

are necessary to drop off 

electronics at the permanent 

sites. 

For a full list of times, 

dates and places, along with 

what items may be recycled 

there, go to WillCounty 

Green.com. All sites are 

closed on holidays. 

The service is funded by the 

County and electronics manufacturers. 

The Land Use Department 

is under County Executive 

Larry Walsh’s office. 

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FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT 

Lincoln-Way West alum, 

soccer standout takes next 

step at pro level 

A dream came true for 

New Lenox native and Lincoln-Way 

West graduate Ian 

McGrath when he took the 

field Feb. 10 for his first professional 

soccer game. 

McGrath, who graduated 

from West in 2014, recently 

signed with Nashville 

FC, an expansion team that 

will play this season in the 

United Soccer League, one 

level below the MLS, but is 

expected to join the MLS in 

2019 or 2020. 

Nashville FC played the 

first exhibition game in franchise 

history Feb. 10, drawing 

a huge crowd. 

“I walked out of the tunnel, 

and there were 10,000 people 

in the stands,” McGrath said. 

“It was amazing. I took it all 

in. I let myself take a second 

to think about how far I’ve 

come to get here. 

“My family got to come 

to the game, and when I saw 

them in the crowd I got emotional. 

They’ve given me 

such great support.” 

Nashville SC signed Mc- 

Grath on Feb. 9. 

“Nashville is a phenomenal 

city and a great place 

for a new soccer team,” Mc- 

Grath said. “I’m so excited 

to be here. Playing professionally 

is something I’ve 

been dreaming about since 

I was playing youth soccer, 

and I’m really happy to have 

made it this far.” 

Nashville SC is to play 

its first regular season game 

March 17 in Louisville. It 

will mark the official launch 

of a career McGrath hopes is 

just getting started. 

Reporting by Steve Millar, 

Freelance Reporter. For more, 

visit NewLenoxPatriot.com. 

FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION 

Two Tinley Park USPS 

workers convicted for 

marijuana delivery scheme 

A federal jury in Chicago 

convicted two United States 

Postal Service employees 

who worked at the Tinley 

Park Post Office for scheming 

to deliver marijuana 

through the mail, the U.S. 

Attorney’s Office for the 

Northern District of Illinois 

announced March 6. 

Over a five-month period 

in 2016, Marvin Jones, 51, 

of Hazel Crest, and Angela 

Wansley, 44, of Harvey, 

while employed at the Tinley 

Park Post Office, intercepted 

parcels of marijuana 

and other controlled substances 

that had been mailed 

to the post office by a codefendant, 

Jason Smith, 34, 

of Country Club Hills, according 

to the press release. 

Jones and Wansley then 

furnished the intercepted 

parcels to Smith or a fourth 

defendant, Courtney Poindexter, 

38, of Country Club 

Hills, in exchange for cash. 

Smith and Poindexter pleaded 

guilty prior to trial. 

According to evidence at 

trial, Jones was a letter carrier 

and supervisor, while Wansley 

worked as a sales associate. 

Jones provided Smith 

with information about unoccupied 

P.O. boxes and customers 

who had placed mailhold 

requests at the Tinley 

Park Post Office. Smith then 

mailed the parcels of controlled 

substances and provided 

Jones with the tracking 

information to be intercepted. 

After a four-day trial, a 

jury convicted Jones and 

Wansley of accepting bribes 

to perform official postal duties, 

conspiring to commit 

obstruction of correspondence, 

and obstruction of 

correspondence. The bribery 

charge is punishable by up to 

15 years in prison, while the 

conspiracy and obstruction 

charges are punishable by up 

to five years. 

Reporting by Cody Mroczka, 

Editor. For more, visit Tinley 

Junction.com. 

FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND 

Adventure seekers to have 

new conquest in Lockport 

When storytellers brainstorm 

together, anything is 

possible. 

Creating new worlds that 

have not been discovered and 

designing ways for people to 

experience those worlds is 

exactly what Zombie Army 

Productions does and will 

be doing for the new Legacy 

Adventure Park set to open 

April 14 in Lockport. 

Co-owner, creative director 

and operations manager 

John Laflamboy, also is 

co-owner of Zombie Army 

Productions, which operates 

HellsGate Haunted House 

in Lockport next door to 

Legacy Adventure Park. The 

LTHS alum wanted to create 

a place that offers something 

for everyone in the community. 

“We are creating all these 

different micro-adventures 

that you can have out here,” 

Laflamboy said. 

Throughout the 66 acres 

of forest and trails, guests 

can play paintball, archery 

tag, outside laser tag, zombie 

tag, and engage in a zombie 

hunt and treasure hunt. 

Many of the games include 

the use of radiofrequency 

equipment that require the 

players to wear an electronic 

device to track their progress 

in the games. 

Players in zombie tag 

are assigned the task to escape 

the zombies, played 

by real-life actors. The radiofrequency 

device will let 

the player know when zombies 

are close, or when they 

themselves have turned into 

a zombie. The twist: guests 

are playing for cash and 

prizes. 

Reporting by Jacquelyn Schlabach, 

Assistant Editor. For 

more, visit LockportLegend. 

com. 

FROM THE HOMER HORIZON 

TLC Animal Shelter in need 

of donations for medical 

expenses, various items 

A little over 20 years 

ago, TLC Animal Shelter in 

Homer Glen received a stray 

pit bull named Bertha from 

animal control. Bertha’s 

physical appearance made 

those at the shelter think she 

was pregnant and anticipated 

the delivery of her pups 

any day. Unfortunately, the 

situation was much worse. 

“We took her into the vet, 

and it was the heartworm that 

was that bad; it was filling 

her with fluids,” said Janine 

Carter, one of the founders 

of TLC Animal Shelter. 

Heartworm is transmitted 

to dogs via a mosquito 

bite. The disease can result 

in severe lung disease, heart 

failure and death. But it is 

not contagious and cannot 

be spread by being near an 

infected dog. Unfortunately, 

for Bertha, the heartworm 

had gotten so bad that she 

was euthanized. It is in 

her memory that the Bertha 

Fund at TLC was born, 

which helps animals in need 

of extensive medical care. 

Years later, and with 

countless animals helped 

since then, TLC is in need of 

donations to help with four 

dogs between the ages of 2 

and 6 who came to the shelter 

with heartworm. 

Reporting by Jacquelyn Schlabach, 

Assistant Editor. For 

more, visit HomerHorizon.com. 

FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE 

Guy allegedly scares man, 

woman on roadway by 

pointing BB gun at them 

A Tinley Park man allegedly 

pointed a BB gun at a 

man and a woman in another 

vehicle March 5 while driving 

in Orland Park, leading 

the two to contact police for 

fear for being shot. 

Hussien A. Ahmad, 20, of 

16212 Princeton Ave., was 

charged with two counts of 

aggravated assault, a Class 

A misdemeanor, according 

to a press release issued the 

next day by the Orland Park 

Police Department. 

The incident occurred 

around 5:19 p.m. on northbound 

94th Avenue at 151st 

Street, according to the release. 

Police received a call 

about a man pointing a gun 

at another motorist in traffic. 

Officers learned that a 

man driving a blue BMW 

pulled alongside the victim’s 

vehicle, gestured toward 

the man and woman, and 

pointed what they thought 

to be a black, Glock-style 

handgun at them, according 

to the release. The man and 

woman reportedly provided 

a description of the suspect 

and his vehicle, along with a 

partial license plate number. 

Officers located the BMW, 

parked at Ahmad’s residence 

in Tinley Park, police said. 

They reportedly made contact 

with Ahmad and identified 

him as the person who 

pointed the gun. 

Reporting by Bill Jones, Editor. 

For more, visit OPPrairie.com. 

P & Z 

From Page 4 

going to continue to happen 

in the future because there 

are no rules downtown,” 

she said. “We don’t have 

any covenants, like all of the 

other neighborhoods. It’s the 

Wild West downtown, and 

we’re relying on you [the 

Plan Commission and Zoning 

Board of Appeals] to 

help us.” 

Kara questioned if the Village 

can put a pause on the 

board’s action until they can 

determine what is the potential 

impact. 

Commissioner Don 

Schwarz refuted the idea and 

said the board needs to make 

a decision. 

Commissioner Margaret 

Farina asked if the homeowners 

would be willing to 

compromise further. 

The homeowners wanted 

it to be known that they are 

open to ideas. The idea of 

changing the home’s orientation 

was not supported, 

however. 

“It’s very accurate to say 

that we don’t regulate the 

orientation of a home because 

the only time orientation 

is mentioned in the 

zoning ordinance is around 

garages,” Commissioner 

Jessica Petrow said. “It’s not 

mentioned around the door 

entry or the way that a home 

would be facing. So, I think 

it’s appropriate to then look 

to our other tools, which is 

our comprehensive plan, and 

it does talk about residential 

areas around site design and 

building orientation.” 

Petrow said she could not 

support the applicant’s request 

in any of her votes, citing that 

the home would change the 

neighborhood’s character. 

A motion to table the matter 

until the Plan Commission 

and Zoning Board of 

Appeal’s April 26 meeting 

failed in a 2-3 decision with 

Commissioners Maura Rigoni, 

Alicia Hanlon and Lisa 

Hogan casting dissenting 

votes. Commissioner Gene 

Savaria was absent. 

In a series of additional 

votes, the board went on to 

recommend the project’s approval 

to the Village Board. 

All but one of the following 

measures was approved in a 

4-1 decision, except a motion 

to permit construction 

on the lot being passed in a 

2-3 vote. Farina, Petrow and 

Hanlon were the dissenting 

votes in that case.

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The recent decision by 

Lincoln-Way administrators 

to restrict 

public access to the athletic 

facilities during school 

hours may not be shocking 

to most, whether you support 

their decision or not. 

Yes, the safety measures 

have been discussed for 

years, but still I don’t think 

people thought a decision 

would be made so quickly 

that the Lincoln-Way Community 

High School District 

210 Board of Education 

wouldn’t even have a 

chance to vote on it. 

I went to a school where 

members of the public were 

allowed to use the joint Park 

District and school facilities 

throughout the day. 

Those rules haven’t 

changed in my hometown, 

so why have they here? 

Tragedies happen in 

big cities and small towns 

alike, and anyone from a 

small town knows that even 

though the crime rate may 

be low it doesn’t mean that 

there aren’t problems. 

What we should be 

talking about is whether 

members of the public who 

come to use the pool and 

track are a perceived threat 

or an actual threat. 

Are the morning swimmers 

or early afternoon 

joggers the people we really 

need to be concerned about? 

Is a senior citizen coming 

into the school wielding a 

duffle bag with her swimsuit, 

towel and sandals 

where the danger lies? 

Research suggests it is not. 

What no one seems to be 

talking about is where the 

actual danger lies. No one 

wants to admit that the most 

dangerous person is probably 

already in the school. 

From my own research 

as well as information from 

various studies, including notfor 

profit organizations, the 

Secret Service and Department 

of Education, school 

shooters have largely been 

current or former students. 

It can be difficult to define 

and study school shootings 

because of the varying circumstances 

surrounding each 

tragedy, but one of the most 

recent and comprehensive 

studies, which was conducted 

by the Secret Service and the 

Department of Education, 

specifically focused on incidents 

of “targeted violence.” 

Those were defined as 

incidents “where the school 

was deliberately selected as 

the location for the attack and 

was not simply a random site 

of opportunity.” 

Some of the findings from 

the Secret Service report 

published in 2004 included: 

• Incidents of targeted violence 

at school rarely were 

sudden, impulsive acts. 

• There is no accurate or 

useful “profile” of students 

who engaged in targeted 

school violence. 

• Most attackers engaged 

in some behavior prior to 

the incident that caused others 

concern or indicated a 

need for help. 

• Most attackers had difficulty 

coping with significant 

losses or personal failures. 

Moreover, many had considered 

or attempted suicide. 

• Many attackers felt bullied, 

persecuted, or injured 

by others prior to the attack. 

The full report can be 

found at www2.ed.gov/ 

admins/lead/safety/preventingattacksreport.pdf. 

Similar to what I wrote 

last week, which is supported 

by the study’s findings, 

is that someone somewhere 

probably suspected these 

school shooters needed 

help. If that person had gotten 

the care and professional 

support they needed, maybe 

their actions would not have 

escalated to such extremes. 

Maybe a tragedy could 

have been prevented. 

I believe Lincoln-Way’s 

student reporting system is 

a step in the right direction, 

allowing students to anonymously 

report incidents of 

bullying or concerns of selfharm 

or violence. I also think 

the decision to restrict the 

public from using the athletic 

facilities during the day is a 

misguided action that is not 

addressing the real issue. 

If the school truly wants to 

continue being a partner with 

the community, as Superintendent 

Dr. R. Scott Tingley 

said in an interview with me, 

then I think it should reverse 

its decision and come up 

with a different solution than 

restricting access during the 

day entirely. 

A separate entrance could 

be delegated to allow public 

access, or a staff member 

could be tasked with walking 

down to the facility to 

ensure users go directly 

there rather than straying to 

other parts of the building. 

I realize that may require a 

dedicated security officer, 

but maybe that cost could 

be justified based on fees 

charged to use the facility. 

Rather than spending 

our collective time fighting 

amongst each other and getting 

nasty on social media 

or going around and around 

in board meetings, maybe 

our time would be better 

spent focusing on the students 

already in the school. 

With a demanding course 

load, pressure to be admitted 

to a good college, 

involvement in numerous 

school activities, peer pressure 

and teenage hormones, 

high school can be a stressful 

place for anyone. 

For those already suffering 

from mental health issues, 

that type of stress can 

be marginalizing, depressing 

and unstabilizing. 

Just as it has taken people 

years to be more comfortable 

talking about tough topics, 

such as cancer, so too must 

we as a society start talking 

about mental health. 

If our children are so 

important to us, let’s, as a 

community, start making 

their mental well-being a 

priority. 

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Showing support 

Lincoln-Way East students encourage peers 

at Special Games in New Lenox, Page 26 

Too sweet! Local bakery owner bucks 

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Créme by Sarah Ashley, Page 27 

Frankfort children learn dance moves at 

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20 | March 15, 2018 | The frankfort station faith 


Faith Briefs 

Lighthouse Fellowship (8128 W. Lincoln Highway, 

Frankfort) 

Group Prayer Meeting 

7 p.m. Wednesdays. All are 

welcome. 

Revolution Youth Group 

7-9 p.m. Wednesdays. This 

youth ministry is for those in 

grades 7-12. Meet for worship, 

games, food and Bible study. 

Enter through the upper-west 

doors. For more information, 

call (815) 469-0611. 

Men’s Prayer Group 

8-9 a.m. Saturdays. 

Bible Study 

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

These small groups meet at the 

church and are open to anyone 

who wants to attend, offering a 

place to ask questions and get 

answers without being put on 

the spot. For more information, 

call (815) 469-0611. 

Peace Community Church (21300 S. LaGrange 

Road, Frankfort) 

Worship Services 

9:30 a.m. Sundays. The 

church offers a staffed nursery 

during the service, Sunday 

School programs and biblically 

based teaching. Visit www. 

peaceinfrankfort.org. for more 

information. 

Food Pantry 

Peace’s food pantry is open 

the first Sunday of every 

month. For more information 

on the pantry’s services, email 

deacons@peaceinfrankfort. 

org. 

Healing Hope 

7:30-8:30 p.m. every other 

Sunday. 

Women’s Bible Study 

9:15-11:15 a.m. and 6:30-8 

p.m. Wednesdays. 

Men’s Meeting 

7-8:30 a.m. Saturdays in the 

Fellowship Room 

Heritage Baptist Church (21739 S. La Grange 


Morning Worship 

10:30 a.m. Sundays. 

Evening Worships 

6 p.m. Sundays. 

Sunday School 


Ladies’ Bible Study 

9 a.m. Tuesdays. 

Truth Trackers 

7 p.m. Wednesdays. This 

group is for students in grades 

K-6. 

International Community Church (200 S. Elsner 


Sunday Service 

10 a.m. Nursery available. 

For more information, visit 

www.icchurch.us. 

Teen Impact 

7 p.m. Mondays. 

Divorce Care support group 

7 p.m. Mondays. For more 

information about this divorce 

support group, contact the 

church at (815) 469-1966 or 

email iccis4me@sbcglobal. 

net. 

Frankfort United Methodist Church (215 Linden 

Drive, Frankfort) 

Worship Service 

9-10 a.m. Sundays. For 

more information, call (815) 

469-5249. 

Living Streams / Calvary Chapel (7837 W. Lincoln 

Highway, Frankfort) 

Midweek Bible Study 

7 p.m. Wednesdays. The 

group study will focus on Old 

Testament-II Kings. For more 

information, call (815) 464- 

5230. 

Sunday Morning Service 

10 a.m. The weekly service 

will focus on Book of Matthew. 

For more information, 

call (815) 464-5230. 

American Islamic Association (8860 W. St. Francis 


Daily Prayer Services 

For service times, visit 

www.AIAmasjid.org. 

Jum’ah Prayer Services 

Fridays. Sermon at 1:10 

p.m. followed by prayers at 

1:30 p.m. 

The Family Hearth (119 Kansas St., Frankfort) 

Spiritual Direction 

By appointment. Personal 

spiritual direction session for 

men or women with a male/ 

female spiritual director who is 

fully trained and experienced 

with 15 years of experience. 

Free will donation. To register, 

call (708) 334-1988 or email 

familyhearthfrankfort@gmail. 

com. 

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (177 Luther Lane, 

Frankfort) 

Special Lent Services 

5-6 p.m. Wednesdays. This 

Wednesday evening series will 

run through March 21. There 

will be a buffet-style dinner 

followed by worship at 6:15 

p.m. Maundy Thursday and 

Good Friday services will be at 

6:15 p.m. as well. 

Divine Worship Service 

8 a.m. Sundays. 

Sunday School 


Adult Bible Class 


Contemporary Worship Service 


Weight Watchers 

9:30-10:30 a.m. Mondays. 

Alcoholics Anonymous 

10 a.m.-noon Saturdays. 

St. Peter’s United Church of Christ (12 W. Sauk 

Trail, Frankfort) 

Sunday Worship with 

Communion 

9:30 a.m. every first Sunday 

of the month. 

Sunday School 

9:30-10:45 a.m. Sundays. 

Sew What? 

This is an ongoing gathering 

for beginning to advanced 

sewers that alternates on Fridays 

and Saturdays. For dates 

and more information, call 

(815) 469-2220. 

USO Drop-off 

The church serves as a 

drop-off location for donations 

to the USO from 9 

a.m.-1 p.m. every weekday. 

The church accepts 

entertainment items such 

as movies and games; food 

including beef jerky, powdered 

drink mix and coffee; 

hygiene items such as baby 

wipes, shampoo and toothpaste; 

and miscellaneous 

items such as bug spray, sunscreen 

and fabric softener. 

For a list of things that can 

and cannot be donated, or for 

more information, call (815) 

469-2220. 

Hickory Creek Community Church (10660 W. 

Lincoln Highway, Frankfort) 

Worship Services 

5 p.m. Saturdays and 9 a.m., 

11 a.m. Sundays. For more 

information, call (815) 469- 

9496. 

Powerzone Kids Ministries 

During worship at 5 p.m. 

Saturday and 9 a.m., 11 a.m. 

Sundays. Children newborn 

to fifth grade will enjoy ageappropriate 

Bible lessons each 

week. For more information, 

call (815) 469-9496. 

Reach Student Ministries 

6:45-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays. 

Students from sixth grade 

through high school can worship, 

connect with other students, 

learn about God and his 

word, and enjoy high energy 

activities. For more information, 

call (815) 469-9496. 

Mixed Bible Studies 

We have many Bible studies 

that meet throughout the week 

in the evenings. Contact the 

church at (815) 469-9496 for a 

current schedule. 

Women’s Bible Study 

Gathering is typically on 

Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays 

at various times throughout 

the year. Contact the 

church at (815) 469-9496 for a 

current schedule. 

Men’s Bible Study 

7:30-9 a.m. Saturdays at the 

church. Session is off the last 

Saturday of every month. 

Amazing Love Lutheran Church (21301 S. Pfeiffer 


Mornings with Mommy 

10–11 a.m. first and third 

Wednesdays of each month. 

The cost to attend the one-hour 

session is $5 per child per session, 

and payments can be 

made by cash or check. Registration 

is required, and those 

interested may do so online. 

Visit www.amazinglove.org/ 

mornings-with-mommy or 

contact Marlena Spurbeck at 

marlenaspurbeck@gmail.com 

for more information. 

Teen Group 

Teens in grades 6-12 are 

welcome to join. There will be 

a meeting with new activities 

every second Saturday of the 

month. For more information, 

visit www.amazinglove-ministries.org. 

Women’s Group 

9:30-11:30 a.m. every first 

and third Saturday of the 

month, at the church. This 

semester we will be studying 

“Uninvited” by Lysa Ter- 

Keurst. 

Men’s Group 

6:30-8 a.m. every second 

and fourth Saturday of the 

month, at the church. This 

group uses the Men’s Fraternity 

curriculum, which is currently 

focusing on “Winning at 

Work and Home.” 

St. Anthony Catholic Church (7659 Sauk Trail, 

Frankfort) 

Mass Service 

5 p.m. Saturdays; 7:30 a.m., 

9 a.m., 10:30 p.m. and noon 

Sundays. 

Reconciliation 

4-4:50 p.m. Saturdays. 

Knights of Columbus Meetings 

7:30 p.m. every second and 

fourth Tuesday of the month in 

St. Anthony Hall. The Knights 

help at parish functions such as 

the church picnic and their annual 

pancake breakfast. 

Pro-Life Rosary Group 

7 p.m. every first Monday of 

the month in the Padua Center. 

This group prays for the Rosary 

of Life for the unborn. If 

interested in joining, call (815) 

469-3750. 

Bereavement Support 

7 p.m. once a month at the 

Padua Center. For more information, 

call (815) 469-3750. 

Tuesday Morning Rosary and 

Scripture Group 

9:30 a.m. Tuesdays at the 

Padua Center. To join, call the 

Parish Office at (815) 469- 

3750. 

St. Anthony Seniors 

Wednesday afternoons 

monthly. Seniors gather for 

meetings, bingo and more. For 

more information, contact Pat 

Backus at (708) 720-9321. 

Sew ‘n’ Sews 

10 a.m. Tuesdays in Memenas 

Hall. Attendees make 

handmade crafts for the 

church. For more information, 

call (815) 469-3750. 

Holy Spirit Prayer Group 

7 p.m. Tuesdays at the Padua 

Center. Meetings are open 

to anyone who would like to 

join to grow spiritually through 

praise, prayer, scripture and 

music. For more information, 

call (815) 469-3750. 

St. Anthony Religious Education 

Faith formation Classes 

are Wednesdays or Sundays 

weekly beginning first through 

eighth grade. Please call (815) 

469-3750 for more information. 

To have your church’s events included 

in Faith Briefs, email them 

to Assistant Editor Amanda Stoll 

at a.stoll@22ndcenturymedia. 

com or call (708) 326-9179 ext. 

34. Deadline is noon Thursdays 

one week prior to publication.

frankfortstation.com life & arts 


Award-winning dance studio makes dreams come true 

Frankfort students 

among area children 

to attend classes 

T.J. Kremer III 

Contributing Editor 

There are a few things in 

this world that universally 

connect all human beings. 

We all have the need to be 

social, the need to feel loved 

and the need for expression. 

There’s a place in Mokena 

that checks all these boxes: 

Street of Dreams Dance Studio. 

Last month, at Dance 

Maker’s Trust the Journey 

dance competition in Dearborn, 

Michigan, Street of 

Dreams took home the coveted 

Standout Studio award, 

which is given to the studio 

that best exemplifies the 

spirit of friendly competition 

through its actions both on 

and off the stage. 

The studio also took home 

numerous Judges Choice 

awards, and several dancers 

were awarded scholarships 

to come back and compete 

April 6-8 in Schaumburg and 

June 23-28 at the Nationals 

Competition in Myrtle 

Beach, South Carolina. 

It’s hard to imagine that 

any other studio even came 

close, given the atmosphere 

and culture Street of Dreams 

has created through its owner 

Rochelle Ochsner, and its 

dedicated staff and dancers. 

Even at a non-competitive 

level, Frankfort resident Stacie 

Mroz said her daughters 

— Ivy, 5, and Eden, 4 — almost 

never stop dancing. 

“It’s every day,” Mroz 

said. “There’s music 100 

percent of the time at my 

house and there’s dance from 

the minute their eyes are 

open until the time they are 

closed. They don’t stop moving. 

Which I love.” 

The Boys Hip-Hop class works on showing off their stuff 

during rehearsal. 

Drew Schiltz, 10, of Mokena, 

who is in his third 

year of dancing at the studio. 

He’s currently enrolled in the 

Boys Hip-Hop class. 

“He listens to a lot of [hiphop] 

on YouTube,” his mother 

Amber Starchvick said. 

“He’ll do dances when he 

listens to it. Three years ago, 

when he started [at Street of 

Dreams], we knew he should 

be in dance because he loved 

it.” 

Street of Dreams Manager 

Carlee Koerner, who has 

been with the studio for 13 

years, said the staff make it a 

point to teach not only classic 

and the latest dance moves, 

but to also stress a culture of 

respect built around acceptance 

and appreciation for 

each other. 

“Dance has so many avenues: 

It builds character 

and discipline and trust, and 

it takes you so much further 

in life,” Koerner said. “So, I 

take it as, we can teach anybody 

a kickball change, you 

know?! We can teach anyone 

to turn. We can teach anyone 

to do hip-hop dancing. But 

can we teach this generation 

to be better and make a better 

and bigger impact in life? 

And that’s what we want to 

do.” 

It’s based on that premise 

that the studio focuses on 

empowering the young people 

in the classes by striving 

to make sure every student 

feels included. 

“It doesn’t matter if you’re 

the best dancer, or if you’re 

just started, you get to be a 

part of something bigger,” 

Koerner said. “So, Rochelle 

and I feel the exact same 

way: Life is bigger than 

yourself. So, that’s what we 

want to do.” 

Jorianne Zvonek, 14, of 

Lockport, takes all the classes 

that are offered, but is partial 

to ballet right now. She’s 

been dancing since she was 4 

years old. 

“I just love it. It gives me 

freedom when I dance here,” 

Zvonek said. “It’s just really 

joyful for me. I love it a lot.” 

Even though she’s only 

14, Zvonek already has her 

sights set on high aspirations. 

“[I’ll] probably be a professional 

dancer. Dance 

all over the world, maybe. 

Dance in Disney and stuff, 

ballet. Just dance.” 

Zvonek said the hardest 

part of dancing can be the 

mental frustration of learning 

something new. 

“You get frustrated when 

you can’t get something, but 

you work up toward it,” she 

said. “So, you know, like, 

Students at Street of Dreams Dance Studio in Mokena practice during a tap dance class 

Thursday, March 8. The studio offers a range of classes for children and adults ages 2-19. 

Photos by T.J. Kremer III/22nd Century Media 

‘Mmm. I can’t get this,’ but 

you just keep working up toward 

it. Sometimes you get 

brought down, but you can 

get back up again.” 

And it’s not only the children 

who see the value in 

Street of Dreams; the parents 

appreciate 

Mary Foster, of New 

Lenox, has her daughters 

Jayla, 7, and Avery, 4, enrolled 

there. 

Foster said she thinks the 

socialization aspect is important 

to her children’s development. 

Plus, they have a 

great time at the studio. 

“From day one when we 

came here they loved it, so 

we just came back every 

year,” Foster said. 

“They just have so much 

fun. The teachers are great.” 

She said she appreciates 

that there are different levels 

of instruction for the dancers. 

Jayla and Avery are already 

involved in competitions as 

gymnasts, so having the option 

to dance for the fun of it 

is a break from the stresses of 

competition. 

“As a parent, it’s not all 

about being competitive,” 

Foster said. “It’s very laid 

back, and it’s for all levels.” 

And it’s not a requirement 

to become a dancer at a very 

young age to still enjoy the 

classes, as 13-year-old Lindsey 

Huelsmann, of Homer 

Glen, attested to. 

“I just noticed this when I 

was driving past one day and 

I decided that I wanted to try 

it,” Huelsmann said. 

She may have gotten a later 

start than some of the other 

students, but she’s quickly 

making up for lost time. 

“I’m in tumbling, ballet, 

lyrical, jazz, hip-hop and I’m 

also on the company team.” 

Then there’s Grace “Miss 

Grace” Rives, 7 and ¾ years 

old, from Tinley Park. She 

said she’s been dancing 

“since I think when I was 

3 or 4.” She currently takes 

ballet, jazz and hip-hop 

classes. 

Rives said she enjoys 

hip-hop because she gets to 

“make it powerful and we 

get to be really sassy.” 

For more information… 

What: Street of Dreams 

Dance Studio 

Where: 9960 W. 191st 

St., Suite L, in Mokena 

Phone: (708) 478-4161 

Web: 

streetofdreamsdance. 

com 

So, what is “sassy” dancing? 

“It’s where you just shake 

your hips as hard as you can, 

and you make whatever kind 

of face you want depending 

on the music,” Rives said. 

She said she likes most 

music, except for one kind. 

“Country music. It goes 

kind of slow and I don’t understand 

what they’re saying. 

It’s not for kids, I don’t 

think.” 

Rives offered some sage 

advice for younger children 

who are thinking about taking 

up dance: 

“Do anything you want. 

You can be anything. It’s 

just up to you. That’s what I 

would say.”

22 | March 15, 2018 | The frankfort station life & arts 


Providence Catholic names Class 

of 2018 valedictorian, salutatorian 

Chelsea Intermediate School students Alida Ladere (left) 

and Emily Gassney participate in the school’s annual Jump 

Rope for Heart event. Photo submitted 

Chelsea Intermediate 

School hosts successful 

'Jump Rope for Heart' 

Submitted by Frankfort 

School District 157-C 

This was the 22nd year 

of Chelsea Intermediate 

School’s participation in 

“Jump Rope for Heart.” 

This is a national educational 

and fundraising program 

to benefit the American 

Heart Association. 

“Jump Rope for Heart” 

teaches students about the 

importance of a healthy lifestyle 

and also demonstrates 

that they can be empowered 

to provide vital community 

service and make a difference. 

At the same time, the 

children enjoy getting into 

the spirit of the fun-filled 

event. Students jump for 

their own healthy hearts and 

to help save the lives of others 

because the donations 

collected fund research and 

training to fight heart disease. 

Chelsea physical education 

instructors are Randy 

Klosowski, Ricky Innocenti 

and Matt Dykema. On 

Feb. 21 and 22 the Chelsea 

third through fifth graders 

jumped rope during their 

physical education classes. 

The students could also 

win raffle prizes during the 

event. 

With their parents’ help, 

students could set up their 

own Jump Rope for Heart 

web page with a photo or 

video and email it to friends 

and family to ask for their 

support. Donations could 

be made directly to their 

personal web page and they 

could watch their progress. 

Students could also jump in 

honor of someone by making 

a heart with their name 

to post on the “Wall of Honor.” 

Parent volunteers helped 

with the event and they were 

also invited to participate as 

part of the school’s “Parents 

in P.E.” program. 

Thanks to generous 157- 

C families and community 

members, Chelsea’s 2018 

contributions to Jump Rope 

for Heart totaled more than 

$49,000. 

Submitted by Providence 

Catholic High School 

Providence Catholic High 

School Principal John Harper 

announced Megan Kulpinski 

as the Class of 2018 valedictorian 

and Tianqi “Mike” Hu 

as salutatorian. 

“We are very proud of these 

academically gifted students 

who are very strong leaders 

among their peers both in 

and out of the classroom,” 

he said. “We know they have 

very bright futures.” 

Valedictorian Megan Kulpinski 

is the daughter of Todd 

and Merita Kulpinski. She is 

a graduate of Cardinal Joseph 

Bernardin Catholic School in 

Orland Hills, a parishioner at 

St. Stephen’s in Tinley Park, 

and a resident of Tinley Park. 

Kulpinski will attend University 

of Notre Dame and will 

study engineering with a minor 

in business. 

Kulpinski has been a member 

of the Providence Catholic 

high honor roll all semesters 

and is a member of the 

National Honor Society. She 

is an Illinois State Scholar 

and received numerous academic 

subject awards from 

the school including Algebra 

1 Honors, Physics Honors, 

English 3 Honors and the Villanova 

Book Award. Outside 

of the classroom, she is active 

in the Augustinian Youth 

Ministry and a sacristan for 

all school masses while being 

named PCHS Student of the 

Month three times. In addition, 

she has been a member 

of the PCHS volleyball team 

and was named captain this 

past year. Outside of school, 

she has been playing club 

volleyball for eight years, 

coaches and refs grade school 

volleyball and plays the piano 

at local parishes. 

Kulpinksi credits the help 

of Providence Catholic High 

School in making her college 

decision. 

“Providence Catholics really 

helps you prioritize what 

is important in your life,” 

Kulpinksi said. “Putting God 

first is very important to me 

and I knew I wanted to go to 

a Catholic college or university. 

Providence has helped 

me managed my time academically, 

athletically as well 

as being able to volunteer my 

time to others.” 

Salutatorian Tianqi “Mike” 

Hu is the son of Weiping Hu 

and Hui Wu of Frankfort. Hu 

is a graduate of Pleasanton 

Middle School in California. 

Hu hopes to attend the University 

of Illinois and major 

in Computer Science. 

Mike is a member of the 

PCHS National Honor Society 

and was recognized as an 

AP Scholar with distinction 

and National Merit Commended 

Student. Hu has also 

won numerous class awards 

for Algebra 2 Honors, Geometry 

Honors, Chemistry 

Honors, Web Design, Physics 

Honors, Pre-Calc Honors, 

AP Computer Science and 

AP European History. 

He is also the captain of the 

school’s Scholastic Bowl and 

Math teams. In addition to 

Mike’s academic excellence, 

he also excels as a member of 

the PCHS cross country and 

track team. 

Hu says Providence Catholic 

has prepared him academically 

to continue at the 

University level. 

“I have improved a lot 

at Providence,” he said. “I 

moved to America from 

China at age 14; it was a hard 

adjustment, I was taking ESL 

classes in grade school and 

coming to Providence I was 

transferred into English Honors 

my freshman year, which 

improved my English language 

tremendously.” 

Megan Kulpinski, of Tinley Park, was named Providence 

Catholic High School’s valedictorian for the class of 2018. 

Photos submitted 

Frankfort resident Tianqi “Mike” Hu is Providence’s 

salutatorian for the class of 2018.



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FREEDOM FROM SUDDEN 

URGES AND LEAKS 

Since hitting the market, sales for the 

patented UriVarx pill have soared and 

there are some very good reasons why. 

To begin with, the double blind 

large clinical studies published in the 

clinicaltrials.gov have been impressive. 

Participants taking UriVarx saw a 

stunning reduction in urinary frequency, 

which resulted in fewer bathroom trips 

both day and night. 

They also experienced a dramatic decrease 

in incontinence episodes, such as 

leaking and bed wetting. 

The active ingredients in UriVarx 

comes from a patented formula. It is 

both safe and healthy. There are also no 

known serious side effects in its history 

of use. 

Scientists believe that the ingredients 

target the muscles of the bladder to grow 

stronger. These muscles are responsible for 

keeping the bladder tightly sealed. They 

also help the bladder to completely empty, 

allowing bacteria to be flushed from the 

urinary tract. 

Research has shown that as you get 

older, certain hormonal changes in the body 

cause these muscles to shrink and become 

lose. This is what causes the bladder to be 

over active and the resulting urine accidents 

and why UriVarx seems to be so effective 

in the published clinical trials. 

EXCITING RESULTS FROM 

URIVARX USERS 

Many UriVarx users say their bladders 

have never been stronger. For the first 

time in years, they are confident and in 

complete control. Adult pads and diapers 

are no longer a big worry. 

“After my third child, I couldn’t control 

my bladder. I was running to the bathroom 

all the time! And once I hit my 60s it 

became so unpredictable I needed to wear 

adult pads every day” explained Marie L. 

of Danbury, CT. 

“I was embarrassed so before going to 

my doctor I decided to try UriVarx and I’m 

so glad I did! The urgency is gone and I 

no longer feel like my bladder is about to 

explode. I can also “hold it” when I need 

to so I’m no longer living in constant fear 

of finding a bathroom.” 

IMPRESSIVE CLINICAL RESULTS 

The exciting clinical results published on 

the government clinical website clinicaltrials.gov 

show that UriVarx can strengthen 

your bladder fast, significantly reducing 

the urine urgency and leaks. 

In a new double-blind, placebocontrolled 

clinical study, 142 men and 

women with bladder control issues were 

separated into two groups. The first group 

was given a placebo while the other 

received UriVarx. 

The results were incredible. The 

participants who received UriVarx saw 

major improvements in leaking, pressure, 

and the urgency to go − all without the 

usual side effects seen in prescription 

drugs! They also reported fewer trips to 

the bathroom both day and night. 

Overall, the UriVarx group experienced: 

• 56% Reduction in Urge Incontinence 

• 66% Reduction in Stress Incontinence 

• 61% Reduction in Urgency 

• 33% Reduction in Frequency 

• 46% Reduction in Nighttime Bathroom 

Trips 

Additionally, at the end of clinical trial 

and after seeing the results, 84% of the 

participants taking UriVarx said it 

significantly improved their quality of 

life. 

“The clinical findings are incredible, but 

people still wonder if it will really work” 

explains Dr. Bassam Damaj. “It’s normal to 

be skeptical, but we’ve seen thousands of 

UriVarx users get results exactly like the 

participants in the study. It’s an amazing 

product.” 

HOW IT WORKS 

UriVarx is a pill that’s taken just once 

daily. It does not require a prescription. 

The active ingredients are patented natural 

extracts. 

Research shows that as we get older, 

the muscles which surround the bladder 

weaken. This is caused by hormonal 

changes in the body that causes the 

muscles to atrophy and weaken. 

When they become too small and weak, 

they cannot seal your bladder shut, which 

causes leaking, accidents, among other 

incontinence symptoms. 

It also prevents your bladder from fully 

emptying, which can result in persistent 

bacterial infections and UTIs. 

UriVarx’s active ingredient targets the 

muscles around the bladder, making them 

stronger. Supporting ingredients in Uri- 

Varx support kidney function and overall 

urinary health. 

NEW PILL MAY REPLACE DIAPERS FOR BLADDER 

CONTROL: This new patented clinically proven 

pill solution is now available nationwide 

BLADDER 

PROBLEMS GONE 

With daily use, UriVarx can restore 

strong bladder control and help users 

overcome leakage without the negative 

side effects or interactions associated with 

drugs. 

Leakage sufferers can now put an end to 

the uncontrollable urges, the embarrassing 

accidents, and enjoy an entirely new level 

of comfort and confidence. 

HOW TO GET 

URIVARX IN ILLINOIS 

This is the official release of UriVarx in 

Illinois. As such, the company is offering 

a special discounted supply to anyone 

suffering from bladder issues who calls 

within the next 48 hours. 

A special hotline number and 

discounted pricing has been created for 

all Illinois residents. Discounts will be 

available starting today at 6:00AM and will 

automatically be applied to all callers. 

Your Toll-Free Hotline number is 

1-800-675-0570 and will only be open 

for the next 48 hours. Only a limited 

discounted supply of UriVarx is currently 

available in your region. 

THESE STATEMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN EVALUATED BY THE FDA. THIS PRODUCT IS NOT INTENDED TO DIAGNOSE, TREAT, CURE, OR PREVENT ANY DISEASE. RESULTS MAY VARY.CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN BEFORE TAKING THIS SUPPLEMENT. URIVARX IS NOT A DRUG.



Providence Catholic students participate in blood drive 



Providence Catholic students 

and staff rolled up 

their sleeves once again to 

donate blood. This is the 

school’s second blood drive 

of the year and is sponsored 

by the school’s Augustinian 

Youth Ministry. 

Being able to help someone 

in need is the driving 

force behind the donations. 

For senior Jack Barrett, donating 

blood is not new to 

him or his twin sister Claire 

to take part in. They not only 

donate to the Providence 

Catholic blood drives but 

also donate blood regularly 

at the Heartland Blood Center 

in their hometown of Tinley 

Park. 

“It is important for me to 

try to help others,” Barrett 

said. “Donating blood is 

easy to do and does not take 

much time and can make a 

difference in an emergency 

situation.” 

AYM Moderator Jen Williams 

encourages all students 

to donate blood twice 

of year if they are able. 

“Blood drives at our high 

schools are crucial to a safe 

and adequate blood supply 

because they get young people 

involved in community 

service and the ever-constant 

need of blood donation,” 

Williams said. “Statistically, 

if someone starts donating 

blood in high school they are 

much more likely to continue 

to donate throughout their 

lifetime.” 

Jack Barrett said this is 

something he and his sister 

plan on doing in years to 

come if not through their entire 

life. 

“As long as I am able to 

donate, I will donate blood 

for the rest of my life,” Barrett 

said. 

A wide diversity of blood 

donors is necessary to maintain 

a safe and sufficient 

blood supply. It takes about 

an hour to give one pint of 

whole blood. Blood transfusion 

can do more than save a 

life, it can provide hope and 

renewed energy for those 

who battle a chronic blood 

disorder, or undergo cancer 

and surgical treatments. 

Providence Catholic High School twins Claire and Jack Barrett smile for a photo as they donate blood during the school’s 

blood drive. Photo submitted 

Hickory Creek teacher Rebecca Schumacher 

becomes National Board Certified Teacher 


School District 157-C 

Rebecca Schumacher, a 

sixth-grade teacher at Hickory 

Creek Middle School in 

District 157-C, has earned 

the distinction of becoming 

a National Board Certified 

Teacher through the National 

Board for Professional 

Teaching Standards. 

Board Certification was 

designed to develop, retain 

and recognize accomplished 

teachers and to generate 

ongoing improvement in 

schools nationwide. It is a 

process designed for teachers 

to demonstrate, through 

standards-based evidence, 

the positive impact they have 

on student learning as a result 

of their deep and abiding 

understanding of students, 

content knowledge, pedagogical 

practice, ongoing 

reflection, and participation 

in learning communities. It 

is the most respected professional 

certification available 

in K-12 education. 

Under the guidance and 

mentorship of Board-certified 

colleagues and with 

the support of fellow candidates, 

candidates for board 

certification submit evidence 

that their practice meets the 

Five Core Propositions and 

National Board Standards, 

a body of knowledge that 

is maintained by teachers. 

Practicing teachers, through 

a peer-review process, then 

assess their submissions. 

Board certification, as in all 

other professions, is a hardearned 

distinction practitioners 

bestow on each other. 

Schumacher was recognized 

for her accomplishment 

at the February 21 

District 157-C Board of 

Education meeting. Hickory 

Creek Principal Will Seidelmann 

introduced Ms. 

Schumacher to the board. 

“Becky has been an asset 

to the classroom,” Seidelmann 

said. 

Superintendent Maura J. 

Zinni congratulated Schumacher 

and, on behalf of the 

board, Board President 

Gina Briese commended 

Ms. Schumacher for going 

“above and beyond.” 

RIGHT: Hickory Creek Middle 

School teacher Rebecca 

Schumacher earned the 

distinction of becoming a 

National Board Certified 

Teacher. Photo submitted

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Frankfort Square Park District’s 

dance program wins awards 


Square Park District 

The Frankfort Square 

Park District introduced the 

Braemar Dance Center’s 

(BDC) company classes in 

the fall of 2015, and has 

more than 70 dancers that 

now compete at local and 

regional events. 

Since the inception of 

Company Classes, the BDC 

performers have been recognized 

at every competition, 

taking home trophies 

and awards, and can boast 

high scores in all categories. 

Most recently, BDC participated 

in the Applause Talent 

Dance Competition at the 

Batavia Fine Arts Center, 

held March 2-4. All BDC 

dances were awarded platinum 

or double platinum 

awards, and also came away 

with the coveted Studio of 

Excellence Award, where in 

addition to high scores, our 

dancers also exhibited good 

character through the entire 

weekend, a requirement of 

this award. 

BDC is now preparing for 

their next competition, the 

Rainbow Regional Dance 

Competition, held in Elgin 

April 20-22. 

The success of BDC can 

be attributed not only to the 

dancers’ ability and their 

dedication to dance, but 

most importantly to talent 

of its phenomenal instructors 

and choreographers. 

Donnette Cannonie leads 

the talented dance staff that 

includes Kari Jensen, Melissa 

Bravo, Michelle Cannon, 

Michael Thomas and 

Tricia Evans. 

The Frankfort Square 

Park District is proud of 

its talented dancers and 

instructors and extends 

its congratulations for 

the hard work and dedication 

that earns them 

these accolades at all their 

competitions. 

Providence Catholic High School’s Anatomy and Physiology class viewed a live heart transplant surgery March 7 at 

Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry. Photo submitted 

Providence students witness open heart surgery 



On March 7, Providence 

Catholic High School’s 

Anatomy and Physiology 

class traveled to Chicago’s 

Museum of Science and Industry 

to view a live heart 

transplant surgery. 

The students went live 

into an operating room and 

watched and listened via 

video conference as a surgical 

team performed a heart 

transplant at a Chicago 

based hospital. Trained museum 

educators facilitated 

the video conference and 

the students had an opportunity 

to communicate with 

the surgical team to learn 

more about heart health and 

medical careers. The surgical 

team included the head 

surgeon, anesthesiologist, 

surgical nurses and a physician 

assistant. This STEMbased 

experience has been 

available to PCHS students 

for 15 years thanks to science 

teacher Frank Cavallone. 

“Many of our students 

choose careers in medicine 

and science,” said Cavallone, 

“and this is a great 

opportunity for them to see 

first-hand top medical personnel 

in action.” 

The group of students 

were sophomores and seniors 

that have demonstrated 

their passion for the 

medical field, human anatomy, 

and understanding of 

human structure and function. 

This is just one of two 

trips teacher Frank Cavallone 

takes the students. At 

the beginning of the year, 

he also took a group of students 

to the Cadaver Lab at 

the National University of 

Health Sciences, located in 

Lombard, Ill. 

Frankfort insurance 

agent receives Spirit of 

the Silver Lining Award 

Submitted by West Bend 

Mutual Insurance Company 

West Bend Mutual Insurance 

Company recently 

presented the Spirit of the 

Silver Lining Award to two 

of its agents in Illinois. Additionally, 

West Bend also 

donated grant funding to 

the two nonprofit organizations 

supported by the 

recipients of the Silver Lining 

Award. 

The Spirit of the Silver 

Lining Award honors West 

Bend agents and the nonprofit 

organizations they 

support for their dedication 

to delivering a silver lining 

to those in need. 

The Illinois recipients of 

the 2018 Spirit of the Silver 

Lining Award are Jim Smith 

of Gnade Insurance Group, 

Inc. in Frankfort and Kevin 

Lesch of Árachas Group, 

LLC. The nonprofit organizations 

Smith and Lesch 

support will each receive 

a $10,000 grant from West 

Bend Mutual Insurance’s Independent 

Agents Fund. 

Smith was presented the 

Spirit of the Silver Lining 

Award for his involvement 

with the Midwest BBQ for 

the Brave. In 2012, Smith 

and his wife Gayla hosted 

the first of what is now an 

annual BBQ that raises 

money for catastrophically 

injured service members. 

The BBQ raises money to 

support the Stephen Siller 

Tunnel to Towers Foundation, 

which builds specially 

adapted, custom designed, 

mortgage-free smart homes 

for catastrophically injured 

service members returning 

home. The grant funding 

from West Bend will be used 

to build one of these homes 

for America’s heroes. 

Lesch was presented the 


Award for his involvement 

with Young Hearts for Life. 

Young Hearts for Life offers 

free Electrocardiography 

(ECG) tests to detect conditions 

that may cause Sudden 

Cardiac Death (SCD) 

and educate the community 

about SCD. After the passing 

of a former colleague’s 

daughter from Cardio Myopathy, 

Árachas Group has 

supported Young Hearts for 

Life. Young Hearts will use 

the grant from West Bend 

towards the Elizabeth Grace 

Kunce Memorial Fund. 

“At West Bend, we have 

a proud tradition of giving 

back to the communities in 

which we do business,” said 

Kevin Steiner, president and 

CEO of West Bend. “The 


Award is a unique program 

that allows us to express 

our gratitude to our agent 

partners on whom we rely 

to identify the causes that 

matter most in our communities.” 

Since 2006, West Bend 

has awarded more than 

$1.2 million in grants for 

sustaining support, special 

projects, or capital projects 

to nonprofit organizations 

representing a broad field of 

interests, including, but not 

limited to, arts and culture; 

education; the environment; 

family, youth, and elderly; 

health and human services; 

medical research; and community 

development. Grants 

are made to organizations 

within West Bend’s core 

geographic operating territory 

that includes Wisconsin, 

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, 

Michigan, and Minnesota.



The Lincoln- 

Way East 

student section 

cheers and 

shows support 

for student 

athletes 

Thursday, 

March 8, 

during Special 

Games hosted 

at Lincoln- 

Way Central 

in New Lenox. 

Photos by James 

Sanchez/22nd 

Century Media 

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Lincoln-Way students participate in Special 

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The Dish 

Créme bucks convention with low-sugar treats 

Max Lapthorne 

Contributing Editor 

As of March 1, Sarah Ashley 

Samara is all in. 

Samara opened Créme by 

Sarah Ashley — located at 

11961 W. 143rd St. in Orland 

Park — last June, but it 

was not until the beginning 

of March that she quit her 

job to focus solely on running 

the store. Since then, 

she has been able to focus 

on improving Créme (pronounced 

like cream) and 

also increase the store hours. 

“I just have a lot more 

time to focus here, and kind 

of push more [items],” she 

said. 

The hours increase has 

been the most noticeable 

change, going from being 

open only four days per 

week to six. The most common 

early complaint Samara 

received from customers 

was that the store was not 

open enough, so she looks 

forward to expanding her 

customer base, now that she 

will be around more. 

“This is the first week 

we’re actually open Tuesday 

and Wednesday, and I can’t 

believe how many people 

came in that were newer customers 

or existing customers 

that said they would come 

here more if [we] were open 

more,” Samara said during a 

March 8 interview. 

The 26-year-old Samara 

has had her sights set on 

owning a bakery ever since 

she starting baking on a 

whim 10 years ago. She 

studied marketing and sales 

at the University of Illinois 

at Chicago, but told her father 

she wanted to pursue 

her dream of owning a bakery 

when she graduated. Her 

dad responded pragmatically, 

asking who was going 

to fund the venture, leading 

Samara to the job she held in 

corporate America until several 

weeks ago. 

Créme existed for roughly 

a year prior to the opening 

of the Orland Park location, 

but that marked Samara’s 

decision to really get serious 

about making Créme into a 

profitable business. And so 

far, the business is expanding 

even faster than she expected. 

“It was not even supposed 

to be a storefront, to be honest; 

it was more just for me 

to bake,” Samara said of the 

Orland Park store. 

But almost immediately 

upon Créme opening, customers 

began clamoring for 

there to be goodies available 

up front at the store for easy 

access. Samara obliged, and 

now there are a number of 

cupcakes on display at the 

front counter, with different 

combinations of the 35 

cupcake flavors available on 

a weekly rotating basis. But 

if a customer’s favorite flavor 

does not happen to be in 

rotation, Samara is happy to 

whip it up for them. 

“If I’m here and you don’t 

see a flavor you like, I can 

actually make it for you,” 

she said. “A lot of other bakeries 

don’t really do that, but 

we want to accommodate 

everyone.” 

When it comes to the 

menu, Samara is always 

willing to act on suggestions. 

The most popular cookie 

sold at Créme, peanut butter 

chocolate ($2.50), was not 

even going to be sold at the 

store until Samara’s grandmother 

suggested it should 

be, because she enjoyed 

them so much when Samara 

whipped them up for her in 

the past. 

“People asked where the 

recipe came from,” Samara 

said of the peanut butter 

chocolate cookies. “We have 

Créme by Sarah Ashley 

11961 W. 143rd St. in 

Orland Park 

Hours 

• 10 a.m.-7 p.m. 

Tuesday-Friday 

• 10 a.m.-6 p.m. 

Saturday 

• 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday 

For more information ... 

Web: 

cremebysarahashley. 

com 

Phone: (708) 704-2535 

that every week now, because 

people keep requesting 

it.” 

The cake pops are the featured 

items at Créme. There 

are chocolate, vanilla, red 

velvet and funfetti flavors 

available for $2. And gourmet 

flavors such as cookies 

n créme, peanut butter 

chocolate, mint chocolate, 

pumpkin, cinnamon toast 

and lemon are $2.50. 

“We are known for our 

cake pops,” she said. “Cake 

pops are something I’ve always, 

always done.” 

Items such as cake pops 

and cupcakes are known for 

being chock full of sugar, but 

that’s not the case at Créme. 

All of the items served there 

are low in sugar, which is 

fundamental to Samara’s 

way of baking. 

“Why I do that is because 

I absolutely hate the bakeries 

that think people really 

love sugar and they want so 

much sugar in it,” she said. 

“A lot of people that have 

tried us, they actually prefer 

[low sugar], because it’s not 

overly sweet.” 

Other popular offerings 

include the loafs ($4.50) 

which come in pumpkin, 

pumpkin chip, banana chip 

and banana walnut flavors; 

as well as the doughnuts 

(prices vary by size). Créme 

Créme by Sarah Ashley’s birthday cake cupcakes (prices vary by size) feature vanilla cake 

baked with rainbow sprinkles, topped with vanilla buttercream and sprinkles. Photos by 

Max Lapthorne/22nd Century Media 

Créme by Sarah Ashley offers a variety of cake pops, including chocolate sprinkle and 

vanilla sprinkle (pictured). 

had previously only offered 

baked doughnuts, but by 

popular demand they are 

now venturing into fried 

doughnuts. 

But do not expect Créme 

to turn into a doughnut shop 

anytime soon. 

“I will never steer away 

from being a cake and cupcake 

kind of shop, but we 

do custom doughnuts and 

we fry doughnuts,” she said. 

“It’s just an added item.” 

Going forward, Samara 

is looking to expand the 

store’s gluten-free options, 

and add some vegan items 

to the menu. And while the 

increased hours have already 

helped bring in more customers, 

Samara is still hoping 

to get more people in 

the door, because she knows 

once she does they will 

come back. 

“We know when you try 

us, you love us,” she said. 

“So, we just need everyone 

to try us.”

28 | March 15, 2018 | The frankfort station puzzles 


crosstown CROSSWORD & Sudoku 

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

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 

Across 

1. Porters softball star, 

going to play for Southern 

Indiana University, 

goes with 9 across 

5. People for whom a state 

is named 

9. See 1 across 

14. Battery for laser pointers 

15. Not one 

16. Excludes 

17. Indy 500 winner 

Mears: 1979 and 1984 

18. Fed 

19. Below (in text) 

20. Chooses beforehand 

23. Resident’s suffix 

24. Ravel’s “Gaspard de 

la ___” 

25. Bird word 

27. Guy in the black hat 

31. Stole 

32. Metric meas. 

35. Blew it 

36. Playwright 

39. Ages and ages 

40. Hair style 

41. Dissolute man 

42. Small white legumes 

45. Unresolvable, in a way 

46. Word of encouragement 

47. Mountains, abbr. 

48. Vichyssoise ingredient 

49. Sot’s sound 

50. Indian silk dress 

52. ___ George 

54. Threat at sea 

60. Porters bowling ace, 

Mitchell ___ 

62. Resembling thick 

cords 

63. “Combat” painter, 

William 

64. Arbitration decision 

65. “Last train” singer, 

Guthrie 

66. Barge ___ 

67. Dishes of many ingredients 

68. “___ here long?” 

69. Tear down 

Down 

1. 1994 Costner role 

2. Animal house 

3. 1984 T.V. movie starring 

Phoebe Cates 

4. Shoots the breeze 

5. Detach 

6. “As the World Turns” 

actress 

7. Execute 

8. In the mail 

9. ___ polloi 

10. Prenatal test, for short 

11. Knack 

12. Parisian “to be” 

13. U.S. intelligence org. 

21. “Camelot” character 

22. Pond algae 

26. Mouths, in zoology 

27. Gambling game 

28. “He’s ___ nowhere 

man” (Beatles lyric) 

29. Horde 

30. Refuse 

31. Clappers 

32. Plains Indian 

33. Astronaut’s wear 

34. Court figure 

36. Abbreviations for 

certain companies 

37. Escape 

38. Meadowlands pace 

43. ASCAP rival 

44. Emulate Albrecht 

Durer 

45. Dark 

48. Victimize 

49. Prefix meaning 

“water” 

50. Chewy treat 

51. Sufficient 

52. Wail 

53. Resort town near 

Santa Barbara 

55. Egyptian, e.g. 

56. Inheritor 

57. Volcano in Sicily 

58. Encyclopedic range 

59. Metric unit of force 

60. Comptroller General’s 

agcy. 

61. Newspaper inserts 

FRANKFORT 

Pete Mitchell’s Bar & Grill 

(21000 Frankfort Square 

Road, Frankfort; (815) 

464-8100) 

■6-8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Free N’ Fun Bar Game. 

Free to play. 

ORLAND PARK 

Girl in the Park 

(11265 W. 159th St., 

Orland Park, IL; (708) 226- 

0042) 

■7 ■ p.m. Mondays: Trivia 

■5:30 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Live 

Music 

■8 ■ p.m. Thursdays: Bingo 

■8 ■ p.m. Fridays and Saturdays: 

Live Music 

TINLEY PARK 

The Whistle Sports Bar & 

Grill 

(7537 W. 159th St., Tinley 

Park; (708) 904-4990) 

■6-8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Bar 

Bingo 

■2-5 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Happy Hour 

■3-5 ■ p.m. Fridays: Teacher 

Appreciation 

■3-5 ■ p.m. Saturdays and 

Sundays: Happy Hour 

LOCKPORT 

Port Noir 

(900 S. State St., Lockport; 

(815) 834-9463) 

■4-7 ■ p.m. Monday-Friday: 

Happy Hour 

■8-10 ■ p.m. Thursdays: 

Comedy Bingo 

■8-11 ■ p.m. Fridays and 

Saturdays: Live Band 

■7-11 ■ p.m. Sundays: 

Open Mic Night 

HOMER GLEN 

Front Row 

(14903 S. Bell Road, 

Homer Glen; (708) 645- 

7000) 

■7 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Trivia 

MOKENA 

Jenny’s Southside Tap 

(10160 191st St., Mokena; 

(708) 479-6873) 

■6 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Acoustic 

Avenue, Psychic night 

- second Tuesday every 

month. 

■9 ■ p.m. Thursdays: Karaoke 

■Fridays ■ and Saturdays: 

Live bands 

To place an event 

in The Scene, email 

a.stoll@22ndcenturymedia. 

com. 

answers 

How to play Sudoku 

Each sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that 

has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3x3 

squares. To solve the puzzle, each row, column and 

box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9. 

LEVEL: Medium 

Sudoku by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan



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Distinctive Home Builders Introduces New Craftsman Home Series 

At Prairie Trails in Manhattan and WestGate Manor in Peotone! 

Two new designs (with more to follow) are a direct result of buyer feedback 

Two refreshing designs mark 

the beginning of a new series 

of Craftsman-style homes 

available from Distinctive Home 

Builders at its latest new home 

communities: Prairie Trails; 

located in Manhattan within the 

highly-regarded Lincoln-Way 

School District and at WestGate 

Manor in Peotone within 

the desirable Peotone School 

District. 

“Craftsman homes were 

introduced in the early 1900s 

in California with designs 

based on a simpler, functional 

aesthetic using a higher level 

of craftsmanship and natural 

materials. These homes were a 

departure from homes that were 

mass produced from that era, 

“according to Bryan Nooner, 

president of Distinctive Home 

Builders. 

“The Craftsman design has 

made a comeback today for 

many of the same reasons it 

started over a century ago. Our 

customers want to live in a home 

that gets away from the “mass 

produced” look and live in a 

home that has more character. As 

a result of our daily interaction 

with our homeowners and their 

input, we are excited to introduce 

these two homes, with additional 

designs in the works.” 

Nooner, who meets with 

each homeowner prior to 

construction, has been working 

on these plans for a while and felt 

that the timing was ideal for the 

debut. “Customers were asking 

for something different and 

simple with less monotony and 

higher architectural standards.” 

The result was the Craftsman 

ranch and the Prairie twostory, 

now available at Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor. 

The Craftsman ranch features 

an open floor plan with Great 

Room, three bedrooms, two 

baths and a two-car (optional 

three-car) garage. The Prairie 

features a two-story foyer and 

Great Room, three bedrooms 

and one and one-half baths, a 

convenient Flex Room space 

on the main level and a two-car 

(optional three-car) garage. The 

Craftsman architectural elements 

on both homes include brick and 

stone exteriors with cedar shake 

accent siding, low-pitched gabled 

bracket roofs, front porches with 

tapered columns and stone piers, 

partially paned windows, and a 

standard panel front entry door. 

Distinctive Home Builders 

offers a Craftsman-style trim 

package offering trim without 

ornate profiles and routers. The 

trim features simplicity in design 

with rectangles, straight lines and 

layered look trims over doors for 

example. The front entry door 

will have the standard Craftsman 

panel style door. Distinctive has 

also created a Craftsman color 

palate to assist buyers in making 

coordinated choices for the 

interior of their new Craftsman 

home. Colors, cabinet styles and 

flooring choices blend seamlessly 

with the Craftsman trim package 

and are available in gray tones 

package and earth tones. 

Distinctive offers custom maple 

kitchen cabinets featuring solid 

wood construction (no particle 

board), have solid wood drawers 

with dove tail joints, which is 

very rare in the marketplace. 

“When you buy a new home 

from Distinctive, you truly are 

receiving custom made cabinets 

in every home we sell no matter 

what the price range,” noted 

Nooner. 


works to achieve a delivery goal 

of 90 days with zero punch list 

items for its homeowners. “Our 

three decades building homes 

provides an efficient construction 

system,” said Nooner. “Many of 

our skilled craftsmen have been 

working with our company 

for over 20 years. We also 

take pride on having excellent 

communicators throughout our 

organization. This translates into 

a positive buying and building 

experience for our homeowners 

and one of the highest referral 

rates in the industry.” 

Nooner added that all homes 

are highly energy efficient. Every 

home built will have upgraded 

wall and ceiling insulation 

values with energy efficient 

windows and high efficiency 

furnaces. Before homeowners 

move into their new home, 


conducts a blower door test that 

pressurizes the home to ensure 

that each home passes a set of 

very stringent Energy Efficiency 

guidelines. 

With the addition of these two 

new designs, there are now 15 

ranch, split-level and six twostory 

single-family home styles to 

choose from each offering from 

three to eight different exterior 

elevations at both communities. 

The three- to four-bedroom 

homes feature one and one-half 

to two-and-one-half baths, twoto 

three-car garages and a family 

room, all in approximately 1,600 

to over 3,000 square feet of living 

space. Basements are included in 

most models as well. Distinctive 

also encourages customization 

to make your new home truly 

personalized to suit your lifestyle. 

Oversize home sites; brick 

exteriors on all four sides of the 

first floor; custom maple cabinets; 

ceramic tile or hardwood 

floors in the kitchen, baths and 

foyer; genuine wood trim and 

doors and concrete driveways 

can all be yours at Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor. 

Most all home sites at Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor 

can accommodate a three-car 

garage; a very important amenity 

to the Manhattan homebuyer, 

said Nooner. 

“When we opened Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor we 

wanted to provide the best new 

home value for the dollar and 

we feel with offering Premium 

Standard Features that we do 

just that. So why wait? This is 

truly the best time to build your 

dream home!” 

Prairie Trails is also a beautiful 

place to live and raise a family 

featuring a 20-acre lake on site, 

as well as direct access to the 22- 

mile Wauponsee Glacial Prairie 

Path that borders the community 

and meanders through many 

neighboring communities and 

links to many other popular 

trails. The Manhattan Metra 

station is less than a mile away. 

Besides Prairie Trails, 


has built homes throughout 

Manhattan in the Butternut 

Ridge and Leighlinbridge 

developments, as well as in the 

Will and south Cook county 

areas over the past 30 years. 


chose the Will County village 

of Peotone for its newest 

community of 38 single-family 

homes at WestGate Manor 

within walking distance of the 

esteemed Peotone High School. 

Its convenient location between 

Interstate 57 and Illinois Route 

50 provide easy access to I-80 

and commuters enjoy several 

nearby train stations and a 

35-minute drive to Chicago. 

Visit the on-site sales 

information center for 

unadvertised specials and view 

the numerous styles of homes 

being offered and the available 

lots. Call Lynne Rinck at (708) 

737-9142 or (708) 479-7700 for 

more information or visit www. 

distinctivehomebuilders.com. 

The Prairie Trails and WestGate 

Manor new home information 

center is located three miles 

south of Laraway Rd. on Rt. 

52. The address is 24458 S. 

Rt. 52, Manhattan, IL. 60422. 

Open Daily 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 

p.m. Closed Wednesday and 

Thursday and always available 

by appointment. 

Specials, prices, specifications, 

standard features, model 

offerings, build times and lot 

availability are subject to change 

without notice. Please contact 

a Distinctive representative for 

current pricing and complete 

details. 

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SW Suburban Manufacturing Company seeks an Accounting 

Manager with Direct Experience in all areas of Accounting 

and Human Resources. Accounting responsibilities include 

preparation & analysis of monthly and year-end financial 

statements in a timely manner, a working knowledge of 

accounts receivable & payable, prepaid & accrued expenses, 

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AERO Rubber Company, Inc. 

8100 West 185th Street 

Tinley Park, IL 60487 

(708) 430-4900 

Summer Day Camp Counselors/Program Coordinator 

The Frankfort Park District is currently accepting 

applications from college students interested in working 

full-time as Summer Day Camp Counselors and Day 

Camp program Coordinator. Must be 18 years of age or 

older. General Camp hours are Monday - Fridays 9:00 am 

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is from June 11 - August 3. Applicants must be available 

for the entire camp scheduled dates. Applicants must 

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implementing children's programs, and enjoy outdoor 

activities. Applicants must be available to work the 

Fourth of July Celebration held on July 4. Download an 

application at www.frankfortparks.org or at the 

Founders Community Center located at 140 Oak Street, 

Frankfort, IL 60423. For questions please contact 

Kristen Morrison, Recreation Supervisor at (815) 

464-5579 or kmorrison@frankfortparks.org. The 

Frankfort Park District is an equal opportunity employer. 

Nancy’s Pizzeria in Mokena 

hiring exp. pizzeria/ kitchen 

help. Located 1 mi S of I-80 

on LaGrange Rd. 30-40 

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The Village of Homer Glen is seeking to fill 2 F/T 

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week from May to October. Selected candidates will be 

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Kokodynsky, 14240 W. 151st Street, Homer Glen, 

IL 60491. 

INDUSTRIAL SALES 

SW Suburban (Tinley Park) 

Manufacturing Company 

seeks a person with 

experience in B2B Sales of 

industrial products 

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This is an inside, 

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This sales/marketing 

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Successful candidates 

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Excellent salary and fringe 

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P/T Warehouse Labor 

Seasonal thru Oct. $13/hr 

20-25 hrs/wk. Approx. 

3-7pm. Apply in person: 

7320 Duvan Dr, Tinley 

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708.514.0324. 

New Lenox, P/T office 

help. Skills required: 

phone; data entry; A/R. 

$12-14/hr. Send resume to: 

P.O. Box 1013, New 

Lenox, IL 60451 

Lawn Care Service 

Looking for responsible, 

motivated with driver’s 

license. Pay based on exp. 

Paid training. 708.226.9322 

The Cottages of New Lenox 

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Seeking caregivers for our 

memory care community. 

Responsible for providing 

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2:45p - 11:00p & NOC 

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seniorliving.com 

1023 S. Cedar Rd. 

New Lenox, IL 60451 

LAWN TECHNICIAN 

Professional company 

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looking for reliable 

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For interview call: 

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landscapeassociatesinc.com 

Landscape Help Wanted: 

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English speaking a benefit. 

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Screen Printers & 

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of 7704 West Frankfort Square Road, 

Frankfort, IL 60423 (SINGLE FAM- 

ILY). Onthe 5th day of April, 2018 to 

be held at 12:00 noon, at the Will 

County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa 

Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, 

under Case Title: Wells Fargo Bank, 

N.A., as Trustee for Stanwich Mortgage 

Loan Trust, Series 2009-2 Asset-Backed 

Pass-Through Certificates Plaintiff V. 

LISA M. BOWE A/K/A LISA BOWE; 

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGIS- 

TRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; Defendant. 

Case No. 16CH 0480 in the Circuit 

Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, 

Will County, Illinois. 

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

time of sale and the balance within 

twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale 

fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring 

the residential real estate pursuant 

to its credit bid at the sale or by any 

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other 

lienor acquiring the residential real estate 

whose rights in and tothe residential 

real estate arose prior to the sale. All 

payments shall be made in cash or certified 

funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will 

County. 

In the event the property is acondomin- 

ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS 

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

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

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

that the purchaser of the unit, other than 

amortgagee, shall pay the assessments 

and legal fees required bysubdivisions 

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

required by subsection (g-1) 

of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium 

Property Act. 

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J) 

if there is asurplus following application 

ofthe proceeds of sale, then the 

plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant 

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

to the proceeding advising them of 

the amount ofthe surplus and that the 

surplus will beheld until aparty obtains 

acourt order for its distribution or, in 

the absence of an order, until the surplus 

is forfeited to the State. 

For Information Please Contact: 

SHAPIRO KREISMAN AND ASSO- 

CIATES, LLC. 

2121 Waukegan Rd, Suite 301 

Bannockburn, Illinois 60015 

P: 847-770-4348 

F: 847-291-3434 

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT 

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT 

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS 

LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A 

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING 

TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY 

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL 

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 


of 19505 S. Skye Drive, Frankfort, IL 

60423 (Single Family Home). Onthe 

22nd day ofMarch, 2018 to be held at 

12:00 noon, at the Will County Courthouse 

Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, 

Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, under Case 

Title: Wilmington Savings Fund Society, 

FSB, asTrustee of Stanwich Mortgage 

Loan Trust A, Plaintiff V.Helen 

Radvansky a/k/a Helen Davila, etal Defendant. 

Case No. 16 ch 1973 in the Circuit 















County. 



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

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








Property Act. 













Aldridge Pite, LLP 

Two Northfield Plaza Suite 201 

Northfield, IL 60093 

P: 1-224-216-2826 

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of 20600 South Acorn Ridge Drive, 

Frankfort, IL 60423 (Single Family). On 

the 29th day of March, 2018 to be held 

at 12:00 noon, at the Will County Courthouse 

Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, 

Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, under Case 

Title: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 

Plaintiff V. Timothy J. Lepper; Alyson 

E. Pech, AKA Alyson Pech; Marquette 

Bank; The United States of America, 

The Secretary of Housing and Urban 

Development; Midland Funding LLC 

Defendant. 

Case No. 17CH 1022 in the Circuit 













payments shall be made incash or certified 


County. 



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

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








Property Act. 













Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 

One East Wacker Suite 1250 

Chicago, IL 60601 

P: 1-614-220-5611 

F: 









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STATE OF ILLINOIS ) 

) SS. 

COUNTY OF WILL ) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., asTrustee for 

Stanwich Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 

2009-2 Asset-Backed Pass-Through 

Certificates 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

LISA M. BOWE A/K/A LISA BOWE; 

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGIS- 

TRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; 

Defendant. No. 16 CH 0480 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant 

toajudgment entered in the above 

cause on the 19th day of May, 2016, 

MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will 

County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the 

5th day of April, 2018 ,commencing at 

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

Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, 

Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, sell at public 

auction tothe highest and best bidder 

or bidders the following-described real 

estate: 

LOT 25INBLOCK 43 IN FRANK- 

FORT SQUARE UNIT NO. 16, BEING 

A SUBDIVISION OF THE SOUTH- 

WEST 1/4 OF SECTION 12, AND 

PART OFTHE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF 

SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 35 

NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THE 

THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, LY- 

ING NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE 

INDIAN BOUNDARY LINE AC- 

CORDING TOTHE PLAT THEREOF 

RECORDED OCTOBER 25, 1978 AS 

DOCUMENT NO. R73-42509, IN 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

Commonly known as: 7704 West 

Frankfort Square Road, Frankfort, IL 

60423 

Description of Improvements: 

SINGLE FAMILY 

P.I.N.: 19-09-12-301-025-0000 

Terms ofSale: ten percent (10%) at the 


twenty-four (24) hours. No judicial sale 






whose rights inand to the residential 


payments shall be made incash or certified 


County. 



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

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




and legal fees required bysubdivisions

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Property Act. 












FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON- 

TACT: 

SHAPIRO KREISMAN AND ASSO- 

CIATES, LLC. 

2121 Waukegan Rd, Suite 301 

Bannockburn, Illinois 60015 

P: 847-770-4348 

F: 847-291-3434 

Plaintiff's Attorney 

MIKE KELLEY 

Sheriff of Will County 










) SS. 





Wilmington Savings Fund Society, 

FSB, as Trustee of Stanwich Mortgage 

Loan Trust A, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Helen Radvansky a/k/a Helen Davila, 

etal 

Defendant. No. 16 ch 1973 




cause on the 25th day of October, 2017, 



22nd day ofMarch, 2018 ,commencing 

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



sell at public auction to the highest and 

best bidder orbidders the following-described 

real estate: 

LOT 109 IN HIGHLANDS OF 

FRANKFORT UNIT 3, BEING A 

SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE 

SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 12, 

SOUTH OF THE INDIAN BOUND- 

ARY LINE, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, 

RANGE 12, EAST OF TH THIRD 

PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORD- 

ING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RE- 

CORDED OCTOBER 26, 1987 AS 

DOCUMENT NO. R87-59113 AND 

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION 

RECORDED SEPTEMBER 19, 1988 

AS DOCUMENT NO. R88-44526, IN 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

Commonly known as: 19505 S. Skye 

Drive, Frankfort, IL 60423 


Single Family Home 

P.I.N.: 19-09-12-412-024-0000 













County. 



2703 Legal 

Notices 

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

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




and legal fees required by subdivisions 




Property Act. 













TACT: 

Aldridge Pite, LLP 

Two Northfield Plaza Suite 201 

Northfield, IL 60093 

P: 1-224-216-2826 

F: 


MIKE KELLEY 











) SS. 





JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Timothy J. Lepper; Alyson E. Pech, 

AKA Alyson Pech; Marquette Bank; 

The United States of America, The Secretary 

of Housing and Urban Development; 

Midland Funding LLC 

Defendant. No. 17 CH 1022 




cause on the 2nd day of October, 2017, 



29th day of March, 2018 ,commencing 

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



sell at public auction tothe highest and 

best bidder orbidders the following-described 

real estate: 

Lot 28inBlock 26, Frankfort Square 

Unit No. 6, Being aSubdivision of Part 

of the Northwest 1/4 ofSection 24, and 

Part of the Southwest 1/4 ofSection 13, 

Township 35 North, Range 12, East of 

the Third Principal Meridian, According 

to the Plat thereof Recorded October 17, 

1975 as Document No. R75-28267 and 

Certificate of Correction Recorded April 

12, 1976 as Document No. R76-10130, 

in Will County, Illinois. 

Commonly known as: 20600 South 

Acorn Ridge Drive, Frankfort, IL 60423 


Single Family 

P.I.N.: 19-09-13-306-028-0000 













County. 

2703 Legal 

Notices 



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

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




and legal fees required by subdivisions 




Property Act. 













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F: 


MIKE KELLEY 


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Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Taylor Wright 

Taylor Wright is a junior on 

the Lincoln-Way East girls 

track and field team. 

How’d you get started 

in track and field? 

I started track and field 

with the Aurora Flyers Track 

Club when I was living with 

my aunt and uncle over the 

summer when I was 8. Then, 

I stopped for awhile because 

I really wasn’t good 

at it. And then middle school 

came and I was good, and 

my mom put me back in, and 

I’ve been doing it ever since 

sixth grade started. 

What’s your favorite 

memory of the sport so 

far? 

My favorite memory has 

to be [at] state last year, after 

the 4x4 when we won. Definitely 

that. 

What’s your spirit 

animal? 

I would have to say a 

cheetah because cheetahs 

are known to be fast, but 

they’re also known to be 

tough, and I’ve been known 

to be a strong and tough person, 

too. 

What would be the first 

thing you’d buy if you 

won the lottery? 

A house. I’m in love with 

homes, so it would probably 

be my dream home … 

in Texas or Florida. I do not 

like the cold. 

What event would you 

like to see added to 

track and field? 

It would be — I know we 

do 300s [hurdles] in practice, 

but there’s not really 

an event just 300 hurdles, 

so I would add 300s just because 

400s are a killer, but 

300s aren’t really killer. So, 

I wouldn’t hate the 300s. It 

would probably be my favorite 

event. 

What one thing do you 

own that you couldn’t 

live without? 

I guess my phone. That 

everything: how I contact 

people and my mom, and 

I’ve gone a couple days 

without my phone and it’s 

been very difficult. 

What’s your ideal postmeet 

meal? 

For dinner, I don’t really 

have a post-meet meal. I 

always do a protein shake. 

That’s what I always do after 

a workout or a meet. But really, 

I just go home and eat 

whatever. 

Do you have any plans 

for college? 

Yes. I do want to want to 

run in college. I haven’t chosen 

a school, but I’ve been 

looking at schools and my 

big ideal is to be somewhere 

warm, but it’s also wherever 

schools will look at me. 

What’s the hardest part 

of the sport for you? 

Being in the right mindset. 

It’s easy to go out to 

practice and run your hardest, 

but the challenge is to 

having the mindset. If your 


mindset’s not right, then you 

won’t have a good race and 

it won’t show. I’ve learned 

that so many times, and it’s 

really hard to actually prepare 

myself mentally. But I 

think I’ve learned to overcome 

that in my high school 

years. So, I think everyday 

I’m getting better at being 

more positive, being able to 

go out and run. 

Is there a life lesson 

you’ve learned from the 

sport? 

A big one is I’ve learned 

that, even in school, when it 

gets hard I just stop and quit. 

And I’ve realized I’ve done 

that sometimes in track, and 

I can’t do that. I used to say, 

“I only do it in this thing 

or that thing. I don’t do it 

outside.” … I’ve learned to 

focus on not doing that because 

i cannot give up. 

Interview conducted by T.J. 

Kremer III, Contributing Editor

42 | March 15, 2018 | The frankfort station sports 


Lincoln-Way East student to play volleyball for Augustana 

Submitted by Augustana 

College 

Mark Wroblewski, a 

standout athlete from Lincoln-Way 

East High School 

in Frankfort, has announced 

that he plans on continuing 

his education and volleyball 

career at Augustana. He 

will enroll this fall and join 

Coach Mark Lau’s Vikings. 

Wroblewski, a 6-foot-3, 

172-pound outside and middle 

hitter, will earn his second 

varsity letter for Coach 

Kristopher Fiore’s Griffins 

this spring. As a junior, he 

recorded 29 kills and 19 digs 

for a Lincoln-Way East outfit 

that finished 34-8 overall, 

8-0 and champion of the 

Southwest Suburban Conference 

and second at the 

IHSA state championships. 

One of his teammates was 

current Augustana freshman 

Jason Szara. 

As a freshman, Wroblewski 

played on a Griffin sophomore 

squad that finished the season 

32-0. He is the son of Gregory 

and Barbara Wroblewski of 

Frankfort, and a three-year 

member of the high honor roll 

at Lincoln-Way East. 

Wroblewski joins a Viking 

program that began 

varsity play in January of 

2018. Lau, who led Graceland 

University to a 25-8 

record and a No. 4 national 

ranking in the National Association 

of Intercollegiate 

Athletics in 2016, was 

named Augustana’s first 

coach in April of 2016. A 

former club standout for 

the Vikings, he finished his 

career as a varsity player at 

Ball State, where he earned 

all-conference honors and 

was among the nation’s 

leaders in blocks per game. 

This Week In 

Griffins Varsity 

Athletics 

Boys water polo 

■March ■ 15 – at Fenwick 

Invite, 5 p.m. 


Invite, 5 p.m. 

Girls water polo 

■March ■ 17 – at Whitney 

Young Invite, 8 a.m. 

■March ■ 22 – hosts Riverside- 

Brookfield, 5 p.m. 

Boys water polo 


Invite, TBA 

Girls soccer 

■March ■ 15 – at Windy City 

Classic, TBA 


wrestling 

From Page 47 

eske, LaMonto, Adamo, and 

eighth-grader John Ingram 

at 185 pounds. 

Placing second at the regional 

was sixth-grader Sam 

Gade at 65 pounds, Stearns, 

eighth-graders Adam Drumheller 

at 119 pounds, Connor 

Lindaur at 145 pounds, and 

Andrew Miritello, who lost 

to Adamo in the title match, 

at 155 pounds. Seventhgrader 

John Hackett was 

Classic, TBA 


Classic, TBA 

■March ■ 22 – at Providence 

Catholic, 4:30 p.m. 

Boys baseball 

■March ■ 15 – at Aurora 

Central Catholic, 4:30 p.m. 

■March ■ 16 – hosts Plainfield 

Central, 4:30 p.m. 

■March ■ 20 – at Brother Rice, 

5 p.m. 

Girls softball 

■March ■ 20 – hosts Mother 

McAuley, 4:30 p.m. 

Girls badminton 

■March ■ 15 – hosts Andrew, 

4:30 p.m. 

■March ■ 17 – at Downers 

runner-up at 215 pounds. 

Taking third for Hickory 

Creek was Gavin Jones at 

126 pounds and Rasheed 

Ayoola at 145 pounds. Fellow 

eighth-graders Griffin 

Bell and Ryan Ball placed 

fourth place at 135 and 167 

pounds, respectively. 

"To qualify 15 [out of the 

19 weight classes] for the 

sectional and have five regional 

champions was pretty 

successful right there," said 

Napier, a 2006 Oak Forest 

graduate who is currently an 

Grove North Invite, 9 a.m. 

■March ■ 20 – hosts Lincoln- 

Way Central, 4:30 p.m. 

■March ■ 22 – at Lincoln-Way 

West, 4:30 p.m. 

Boys track and field 

■March ■ 16 – at SWSC 

Indoors, 4 p.m. 

Boys tennis 

■March ■ 17 March 17 – at 

Downers Grove North Invite, 

9 a.m. at Knights Invite Triad, 

8:30 a.m. 

Girls track and field 

■March ■ 17 – at SWSC Indoor, 

10 a.m. 

Boys volleyball 

■March ■ 22 – hosts Glenbard 

West, 6 p.m. 

assistant freshman football 

coach at Lincoln-Way West. 

"Then, to have Dominic 

have that success and win 

state was just great. 

"We will start back up 

with our Thunderbird [club] 

wrestling camp in April for 

eight weeks. We start back 

up the grade school season 

toward the end of November 

[Nov. 26]. We have some 

guys that wrestle club, but 

most of them want to wrestle 

for the community, and that's 

what they do." 

New Lenox resident finished his final game with the hockey team with an assist. He was 

also named All-State as a defenseman. BURNS PHOTOGRAPHY 

hockey 

From Page 44 

the game when he delivered 

just 1:26 later. 

“We obviously knew anything 

could happen against 

them so we tried to come 

out at our best and I think 

we did a pretty good job of 

that,” Leptich said. “We just 

tried to stick what we do 

best against them, defense, 

b-ball 

From Page 45 

as the two teams split a 

pair of close games (75-72 

East win on Jan. 26, 65-62 

Bolingbrook win on Feb. 

20) this season. But it wasn’t 

to be. 

Still, the Griffins will always 

remember this season, 

which marked the first time 

they won a regional title and 

also registered back-to-back 

20-win seasons after never 

winning 20 games in their 

first 15 years. That was a 

complete turnaround from 

a 7-19 campaign just two 

years ago. 

“There’s two things,” 

Kolimas stressed about 

this group. “First, we’ve 

known these guys since 

floor checking, blocking 

shots and staying disciplined 

and that seemed to 

work out well for us.” 

Despite falling short 

of a third straight appearance 

in the state title game 

at the United Center, the 

Celtics still finished with a 

strong post-season run after 

losing to Benet in the Kennedy 

Cup. 

“That was tough, but they 

fourth grade, so this [team] 

is home-grown. These kids 

have been developing their 

skills for a long time with 

us, and we’re extremely 

proud of how far they’ve 

come. 

“Secondly, Roger Bannister 

just passed away, so 

we talked about that. He 

broke the 4-minute mile, 

remember that? After he 

broke the 4-minute mile, 

great things happened and 

a lot of people ran 4-minute 

miles. So we’re hoping 

that this opens the door for 

us, and we continue to have 

success in our basketball 

program.” 

Sam Coverick, Danny 

Sajewski, and Desmond 

Shelton were also seniors 

on the team. But Buggemi, 

Parduhn, and Shafer 

came back and have played 

well the last few weeks,” 

Iaciancio said. “If you go 

back eight or nine years 

ago, this would’ve been a 

great finish. Expectations 

are a little higher now, but 

I think we realize we’re not 

going to win every time, but 

getting to the Elite Eight 

year after year after year 

is a sign of a successful 

program.” 

were all there for the past 

three years and will never 

forget it. 

“There’s so much,” Parduhn 

said of what he will 

remember. “Our trip down 

to Teutopolis, where we 

had so much fun. Winning 

the regional and coach Kolimas 

dancing in the locker 

room afterward. It’s sad that 

I won’t see the team at practice 

[anymore], but I made 

great friends and had a great 

time.” 

Shafer agreed. 

“Right now we’re disappointed,” 

he said. “But 

when we look back, we have 

accomplished so much. It’s 

awesome. Many of us have 

been playing together since 

grade school. It’s been a 

great ride with these guys 

and I love all of them.



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Hockey 

Celtics can’t overcome penalties in state quarterfinal 

Chris Walker 


Penalties have plagued 

Providence while Stevenson 

has had the Celtics’ number 

all season long. 

Nothing really changed 

during the March 7 quarterfinal 

game between the two 

teams in the Amateur Hockey 

Association of Illinois 

Red Varsity Division state 

playoffs in Bensenville as 

the Patriots advanced with a 

5-1 victory. 

Providence, the state runner-up 

the past two seasons, 

saw its season come to an 

end at 28-17-7. 

“The penalties came up 

and bit us again,” Celtics 

coach Nick Iaciancio said. 

“All year long, every time 

we had any momentum, we 

were called for something. 

We had a power play and 

took a penalty and come 

playoff time you can’t overcome 

those as often as we 

had to.” 

The Celtics, who had tied 

Stevenson 3-3, and lost 3-1 

and 6-2 previously, were 

cited for nine infractions 

this time. 

“We were tight against 

them and only had the one 

game that got a little out of 

hand,” Iaciancio said. “The 

one we tied was in a tournament 

when they scored on a 

last minute faceoff play so 

we’ve played them pretty 

good.” 

Stevenson (54-17-2) converted 

its power play chance 

at the 6:00 mark of the first 

period when Adam Offenbach 

slipped a pass to Trevor 

Hilt who sent a shot out 

of the reach of Providence 

goalie Kameron Bustos. 

The Celtics had chances 

of their own to draw even, 

but attempts by Dylan 

Gorski, Cam Cutler, Colin 

Ries and Jack McConnell 

were offline, deflected or 

snatched up by Stevenson 

goalie Elias Sandholm, a 

transfer student from Sweden, 

who saved 27-of-28 

shot attempts. 

The Patriots extended 

their lead to 3-0 in the second 

period on a transition 

goal from its leading scorer, 

Jackson Leptich, and then a 

bit of a lucky goal from Seth 

Cohen as the puck caromed 

among a crowd of players 

and slipped past Bustos. 

“I told the guys in between 

periods that we 

outplayed them and outchanced 

them in the first 

two periods but we weren’t 

getting bounces,” Iaciancio 

said. “Sometimes you have 

to make your own luck and 

that’s what we were hoping 

to come out in the third 

period and try to do. Other 

than giving up the goals we 

gave up, I was happy with 

how we played in those first 

two periods.” 

One thing the Celtics 

weren’t blessed with this 

season was a bunch of bigtime 

scorers, although they 

had a handful of talented 

guys that were capable of 

finding the net. 

Gorski was the lone one 

to find it for the Celtics as 

he cut their deficit to 3-1 at 

the 10:38 mark of the third 

period. McConnell and 

Ryan Kaup assisted on his 

effort. 

Tom Davis and Shane 

Horan had solid scoring 

chances shortly thereafter to 

attempt to draw the Celtics 

to within a goal, but both 

had their shots turned away 

from Sandholm. 

Offenbach gave the Patriots 

additional breathing 

room when he scored at 

the 5:43 mark of the third 

period and Leptich sealed 

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ABOVE: Dylan 

Gorski scored 

the lone goal for 

Providence in its 

state quarterfinal 

loss March 7 to 

Stevenson at 

Edge Ice Arena in 

Bensenville. 22nd 

Century Media File 

Photos 

LEFT: Mokena 

resident Jack 

McConnell was 

one of the leading 

scorers for the 

Celtics. He assisted 

Gorski’s goal in the 

loss.



Boys basketball 

Griffins' postseason run ends with fall to West Aurora 

RANDY WHALEN, Freelance Reporter 

One program was playing in 

this game for the 46th time in its 

108-year history. The other was 

playing in it for the first time in 

its 17-year history. So, history was 

not on the side of the Lincoln-Way 

East boys basketball team in its 

first sectional appearance — and, 

in the end, neither was the score. 

West Aurora pulled away in the 

third quarter and went onto a 70- 

58 victory over East on Wednesday, 

March 7, in the second semifinal 

of the Class 4A Romeoville 

Sectional. 

The second-seeded Blackhawks 

(24-4) won for the 16th straight 

time and attempted to win a sectional 

title for the 22nd time in 

their history when they played 

top-seeded Bolingbrook on Friday, 

March 9, for the sectional 

championship. 

Bolingbrook (22-6) outlasted 

No. 4 seeded Joliet Central 94-91 

on Tuesday, March 6, in an unforgettable 

opening semifinal game. 

East (23-6), the No. 3 seed, was 

playing in a sectional for the first 

time ever. East was 23-of-25 from 

the free throw line in the game, 

and Sam Shafer capped his outstanding 

career for the Griffins 

by scoring a game-high 22 points. 

But it wasn’t enough as East never 

led in the second half. 

“That could have had something 

to do with it,” East coach Rich Kolimas 

said of West Aurora having 

tons of program experience while 

the Griffins were in their first sectional 

game. “I don’t know the 

answer to that. It’s difficult to tell. 

They just played better than us. 

“We didn’t treat it any differently 

than any other game, but with 

what was at stake, it was a bigger 

stage.” 

The Griffins succeed in taking 

West Aurora’s two main senior 

scorers, guard Camron Donatlan 

(12 points, 8 rebounds) and forward 

Jared Crutcher (4 points) out 

of the game. But others stepped 

up as senior guard Damian Virgen 

led the way with 21 points, junior 

guard Traevon Brown banged in 

17 points and senior forward Benjamin 

Young contributed 16 points 

and six rebounds. 

The game was tied 15-15 at 

the end of the first quarter. Junior 

guard Julian Barr scored on 

a layup and senior point guard 

Zach Parduhn (9 points) nailed a 

3-pointer to give the Griffins their 

largest lead at 20-15. They still 

led 26-22 following a pair of free 

throws by senior forward Brandon 

Petkoff (7 points) with 3:10 left in 

the half. 

But West Aurora quickly went 

on an 8-0 run in a span of 1:35. 

Virgen had five points in the spurt 

and East had a trio of turnovers — 

the last of which was a steal and a 

layup by Brown with 23 seconds 

left in the half. Parduhn hit a pair 

of free throws with 11.5 seconds 

left in the quarter to narrow the 

margin to 30-28 at halftime. But 

that was as close as the Griffins 

would get the rest of the game. 

“I thought the second quarter 

was the key to the game,” Kolimas 

said. “We wanted to take charges 

and get their two main guys in foul 

trouble, and we did that. We were 

able to get in the bonus early, and 

we’re an 82-percent free-throwshooting 

team. But us not getting 

any kind of [big] lead at that point 

speaks to how well-coached, how 

very disciplined and very athletic 

they are. 

“The most disappointing thing 

is this was not the team we saw 

all year. Were we fatigued? I 

don’t know. Maybe I shortened 

the bench too much toward the 

end of the season. But let’s give 

[the Blackhawks] credit. They just 

played better than us.” 

Ahead 33-30, West Aurora 

quickly scored seven straight 

points in just over a minute span 

to go up 40-30 with 4:35 left to 

play in the third. Senior guard 

Joey Buggemi (13 points) scored 

on a layup midway through the 

quarter to slash the advantage to 

eight. But a telling third quarter 

thing happened on the next Blackhawk 

possession. They missed 

East’s Sam Shafer takes a shot Dec. 8 during the team’s game against 

Homewood-Flossmoor. Shafer scored a game-high 22 points March 

7 during East’s playoff game against West Aurora, which the Griffins 

ultimately lost 70-58. 22nd Century Media file photo 

three straight shots but got the rebound 

on all of them, and Young 

converted his own miss into a basket 

for another 10-point lead. West 

Aurora led 47-36 after three. 

“They pressured us into some 

mistakes,” Parduhn said, “But that 

[pressure] was not something we 

haven’t seen. We just lost the momentum 

and couldn’t get it back.” 

East hoped to be the ones applying 

some pressure in the third 

quarter, but the Blackhawks only 

had one of their 11 turnovers in 

the quarter. They also outrebounded 

East 15-3 in the third and 30-24 

in the game. 

“We decided we needed to go 

with a smaller lineup in the third 

quarter and maybe create some 

turnovers off our traps — a brilliant 

decision on my part,” Kolimas 

deadpanned. 

The Blackhawks upped the lead 

to 54-38 as Brown scored seven 

straight to start the fourth quarter. 

Seemingly out of the game, the 

Griffins never quit. Displaying the 

fortitude he had all of his threeyear 

varsity career, Shafer scored 

13 points in the fourth quarter. Included 

in that was a 4-point play 

that brought East within 58-52 

with 1:58 to play in the game. 

“I knew the whole game we 

were still in it,” said Shafer, who 

will continue to play at Southern 

Illinois University. “We’re a resilient 

group. We tried to get back, 

but just fell short.” 

Shafer, who averaged about 19 

points per game, scored 17 in the 

second half against West Aurora. 

He lamented the team’s slow start. 

“It felt like we were slow, not 

moving as much on offense as 

we should in the first half,” Shafer 

said. “We were forcing some 

things, forcing 3-pointers, forcing 

shots. Our game plan was to 

get them in foul trouble and take 

some charges and get them out of 

their game. We went zone in the 

third quarter, and sometimes in a 

zone, it’s hard to get rebounds on 

the weak side.” 

The Griffins never drew closer 

than that six point margin. Sophomore 

forward Nate Seputis gave 

them one last glimmer of hope 

by sinking a 3-pointer from the 

left corner to make it 65-57 with 

48 seconds remaining. But that 

8-point margin was as close as it 

got in the final minute. 

Young, who isn’t built like 

a 3-point shooter, hit a trio of 

them in the first quarter as the 

Blcakhawks jumped out to leads 

of 5-0, 7-2 and 10-5. Junior center 

Alex Witkowski capped a 7-0 East 

run on a layup for the team’s first 

lead with 2:05 to play in the opening 

quarter. But the game was tied 

after one quarter. 

East finished with 15 turnovers, 

10 of those in the first half. 

The Griffins hoped for another 

matchup with SouthWest Suburban 

Conference rival Bolingbrook 

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Lincoln-Way hockey falls to Waubonsie in playoffs 

Chris Walker 


Sometimes you just have 

to tip your helmet and say 

"good game." 

Unfortunately for Lincoln-Way's 

hockey team, 

Friday, March 9, was one of 

those times. 

For the fifth time this season, 

and with the season 

on the line in the Amateur 

Hockey Association of Illinois 

Varsity Combined state 

playoffs, Lincoln-Way came 

up short against Waubonsie, 

4-0. 

This wasn’t nearly as 

close as the two teams' prior 

meetings, which included 

three games decided by a 

single goal and the other a 

4-2 decision. 

“Every game we’ve 

played against them was 

very close,” Lincoln-Way 

coach Kevin Galassini said. 

“They executed a great game 

plan. They dumped the puck, 

they got it deep and just floor 

checked us and we couldn’t 

get out of our zone.” 

Waubonsie (34-19-1) 

took advantage of a power 

play opportunity at the 5:04 

mark in the first as William 

Naffziger scored. It was the 

only scoring it needed. 

The Warriors extended 

their lead to 2-0 with 1:44 

remaining in the period 

when Jack Flood and Cade 

Kenyon assisted on Alex 

Wilder’s finish. 

“Our first two shifts of 

the game we were all over 

them,” Galassini said. “We 

had a couple of shots that 

we almost got and that 

would’ve changed the 

game. That’s how close 

these teams are. I think 

if we got a one-goal lead 

early it would’ve been a 

different game, but then 

in the next minute we got 

a penalty and they scored 

and that was the game.” 

Still, Lincoln-Way had to 

feel it was within striking 

distance, recognizing fully 

well that they had played the 

Warriors tough all season 

long and with a little bit of 

offensive firepower could 

make things really interesting. 

Perhaps that’s what the 

players were thinking as the 

final seconds ticked off in 

what appeared destined to 

be a scoreless second period. 

It didn’t end up that way 

though as Flood, Kenyon 

and Wilder duplicated their 

efforts just like they did late 

in the first period, but this 

time did it with only seven 

seconds left before the end 

of the second period. 

“Whenever you score in 

the last minute or first period 

it’s just a big morale 

booster,” Waubonsie coach 

Jimmy Frasco said. “I think 

that gave us a big boost and 

kind of deflated them a bit 

more.” 

Lincoln-Way just couldn’t 

get much going offensively 

to really put any pressure on 

the Warriors, whose goalie 

Alex Lee only had to make 

nine saves and just four after 

a first period in which Lincoln-Way 

did create some 

opportunities. Lincoln-Way 

was outshot 32-13. 

“Everything was working 

good for us,” Frasco said. 

“Our defense was strong, 

our goalkeeping was good 

and our forwards moved the 

puck so it was good all the 

way around. 

“At the end of the year 

now, a couple of bad mistakes 

or bounces and you’re 

going home. We were just 

lucky enough against a good 

Lincoln-Way team. Maybe 

we just wanted it a little bit 

more because they played 

very strong.” 

Despite the sting of the 

immediate end, Lincoln- 

Lincoln-Way right wing Jack Bieniek takes control of the puck Friday, March 9, during the team's playoff game against 

Waubonsie. Photos by Bob Klein/22nd Century Media 

Way will look back on an 

extremely successful season 

and the program should remain 

strong, although it will 

lose some seniors. 

“It was just two years ago 

that we won only two games 

and last year we finished 

in the middle of the pack,” 

Galassini said. “This year 

we finished fourth so it’s 

been a pretty big jump. Of 

course, we wanted to go a 

little further, but didn’t.” 

And there’s always next 

year. 

“The program is on the 

right foot,” Galassini said. 

“We have six seniors, but 

we’ve got some kids coming 

up from JV that are pretty 

good. We should have a nice 

nucleus and be OK next 

year." 

Right defense Matt Fabish dodges two Waubonsie players on the ice.



fastbreak 

Wrestling 

Hickory Creek eighth-grader captures state title 

22nd Century Media file 

photo 

1st-and-3 

Three things to 

know about the 

East-West Aurora 

basketball game 

1. Sam Shafer, 

a Griffins senior, 

finished his career 

for East with a 

game-high 22 

points. He will 

continue to play at 

Southern Illinois 

University in the 

fall. 

2. Zach Parduhn 

scored 9 points and 

sunk a 3-pointer 

during the first half 

to give his team 

its largest lead at 

20-15. 

3. Joey Buggemi, 

who tallied 13 

points during the 

game, scored on 

a layup halfway 

through the third 

quarter to reduce 

the West Aurora 

Blackhawks' 

advantage to eight 

points. 

RANDY WHALEN 


The Hickory Creek wrestling 

program has come a 

long way in four years. This 

past weekend the Tigers had 

a first: a state champion. 

Dominic Adamo capped 

an undefeated season by 

taking home the state title 

at 155 pounds on Saturday, 

March 10. That was at the 

Illinois Elementary School 

Association State Finals at 

Northern Illinois University. 

Not only did Adamo capture 

a championship, but he 

defeated a two-time defending 

state champion to win it. 

That was fellow eighth grader 

Maurice Edwards from 

Grayslake Middle School. 

All Edwards had done the 

past two seasons was win 

the title at 135 pounds last 

year and also at 119 as a 

sixth-grader in 2016. In fact, 

he was undefeated the past 

three seasons. 

Until he met Adamo. 

Completing an undefeated 

(37-0) season of his own, 

Adamo toppled Edwards 2-1 

in double overtime to win 

the championship. He had 

extra motivation to do it too. 

"My sister, Gabby, pushed 

me the entire way," Adamo 

said. "She said I'd have to 

walk home if I didn't win it." 

When Gabby talks, her 

younger brother listens. 

That's because the 2015 

Lincoln-Way East grad is 

battling T-Cell acute lymphoblastic 

leukemia. She 

was diagnosed in September 

2016, and her treatment process 

will take more than two 

years. 

"This [past] Tuesday 

[March 13] he's going to donate 

bone marrow to her," 

Hickory Creek wrestling 

coach Josh Napier said of 

Adamo doing anything he 

can to help his sister. "She's 

a huge influence on him." 

That influence was certainly 

there in the state title 

match. The score was tied 

1-1 heading into the overtime 

period. There, neither wrestler 

scored so it went to the 

ultimate tiebreaker. Each guy 

had an escape, with Adamo 

getting his in the third period. 

Since Edwards had his score 

first [in the second period] he 

got to choose if he was in the 

up or down position in the 

second OT. He chose down. 

From there, it was simple; if 

he escaped in the 30 second 

period, he won. If not, he lost 

and Adamo would win it. 

Adamo, who was state 

runner-up at 126 pounds last 

year, wasn't going to be denied. 

"I held him down for the 

win," Adamo said. "We were 

match of the night and I 

knew after the [scoreless] 

first period that I just had to 

push past him." 

Indeed, the matchup was 

a big talk in the wrestling 

community. 

"It was hyped up and 

there was a lot of talk in the 

wrestling community about 

it," Napier said. "There was 

Hickory Creek wrestling coach Josh Napier (center) poses 

with student athletes Dominic Adamo (left) and Ari Zaeske 

(right) Saturday, March 10, at the Illinois Elementary School 

Association State Finals at Northern Illinois University. 


a lot of talk for a couple of 

weeks about it when people 

realized the possibility 

they could meet for the 

title. Maurice Edwards had 

pinned everyone on the way 

to getting to [the title match]. 

So he only had maybe two 

and a half minutes on the 

mat, and by the end of the 

overtime he seemed gassed. 

But at the end, he [Edwards] 

was a complete class act. He 

hugged Dominic and congratulated 

him. 

"It was my most exciting 

moment as an athlete or a 

coach." 

It's also a moment that 

Napier envisioned when 

he started the program at 

Hickory Creek four years 

ago. The Tigers steadily improved 

for three straight seasons 

and this year they sent 

five guys to state this season 

and placed 14th overall with 

53 points. Homer Jr. High 

from nearby Homer Glen 

was the team champion. In 

addition to Adamo, who had 

a 4-0 tournament record, 

seventh grader Ari Zaeske 

went 3-3 at state and placed 

sixth overall at 100 pounds. 

Both Adamo and Zaeske 

were champions at the Jeffereson 

Sectional, which took 

place on Saturday, March 3 

in Woodridge. Zaeske wrestled 

the entire tournament 

with an AC joint sprain. He 

went 32-5 on the season and 

is only the third wrestler ever 

to medal in the tournament 

for Hickory Creek. He has a 

great shot to be back and do 

better next year. 

Also wresting at state for 

the Tigers were eighth graders 

Jack Marion — who 

had a 2-2 tournament record 

at 90 pounds — and 

Jared Stearns, who had a 

1-2 tournament record at 

95 pounds. Seventh grader 

Zach LaMonto went 1-2 

in the tournament at 112 

pounds. The trio had all 

placed second at the sectional 

the week before, 

helping Hickory Creek to a 

third place team finish with 

110 points. Homer Glen was 

the sectional champion and 

the host school was second. 

The regional took place on 

Saturday, Feb. 24 at nearby 

Liberty Jr. High in New 

Lenox. There the Tigers 

won a regional title for the 

first time in school history 

with a total of 318 points 

to edge the host school by 

20 points. Hickory Creek 

had five regional champions. 

They were Marion, Za- 

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Listen Up 

"These kids have been developing their skills for a long time with 

us, and we're extremely proud of how far they've come." 

Rich Kolimas — Lincoln-Way East boys basketball coach 

What 2 Watch 

Girls badminton 

Hosts Andrew, Thursday, March 15, 4:30 p.m. 

• The Griffins girls badminton team takes part 

in their first meet of the season. 

Index 

42 — This Week In... 

41 — Athlete of the Week 

FASTBREAK is compiled by Editor Nuria Mathog, 

nuria@frankfortstation.com.

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